Sunday, May 31, 2009
okay i should quit being depressed and update on more interesting happenings for the past week.
last sunday (coincidentally it was our class birthday too! 24th may), i met up with shuwen at tsim sha shui and headed for the an exhibition at the Hong kong Musuem of Art: Louis Vuitton: a Passion for Creation. i never knew LV is a form of art and it is interesting to note how the art forms of LV has transformed over centuries. the security at the exhibition is incredibly tight so we couldnt take any photos inside the exhibition.
after that, we went to the avenue of stars despite the downpour. honestly, the place is quite crappy; it's just yet another place to attract the tourists to cam-whore.
but in all, it was great spending some good time with shuwen. a well-spent afternoon despite the rain.
on monday, i followed by boss to the peak to a worksite inspection. i didnt enter the worksite but i got to see beautiful houses that are priced at billions. and the fact is that, there are so many of them!! also, BMW cars are quite commonly seen on the roads and other luxury cars such as porsches, rolls royce, mercedes.
on thurs (tuen ng festival: holiday! whee!), i went to the peak with toby (their son's name. actual name is tobias. haha unique name). disappointingly, there is nothing much to be seen on the peak itself as it was raining (again!!) and foggy. but the wind and rain were refreshing. the rain in hong kong is really fine and light, unlike singapore's. the madam tussued museum was quite a damper and we felt quite cheated after it. many tourists were busy snapping photos away but i didnt feel like being like one of them. oh and the musuem has this haunted house, something like we went through during fright night. oman, im really bad at this. even toby had to dig into it.
rest of the days have been spent watching tv, shopping a little here and there, playing monopoly (yes we were bored at home). BUT unfortunately, things went downhill after saturday. no more late nights, meaning no more dvd movies =((( this made my life even more borinnngggg.
and it's all my fault!! on saturday, i was at this worksite on top of an almost completed bridge with mr larry. everything was fine till i felt my vision turn blurry and i felt like fainting. i tried to control as i didnt want to attract any attention. but when i was at the brink of blacking out, i told mr larry that i needed to go back down for a rest. yea the rest is history when i was being sent back home (yes, history repeats itself). mr cheng was rather adamant that it was the lack of sleep that made me feel faint (which i think it was due to an assortment of reasons).
but im trying to take it positively. maybe i will watch them on weekends haha. (he has so many good movies at home!!!)
anyway, my sister is in HK. woohooo. and im going to meet her tml (hopefully)!!
also, i feel Robin Sharma's books are a good read, such as 'the monk who sold his ferrari' and 'who will cry when you die'.
this is an excerpt from the latter book:
"we live in an age when we have forgotten what life is all about. we can easily put a person on the moon but we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbour. we can fire a missile across the world with pinpoint accuracy but we have trouble keeping a date with our children to go to the library. we have email, fax machines and digital phones so that we stay connected yet we live in a time where human beings have never been less connected. we have lost touch with our purpose. we have lost sight of the things that matter the most."
"Mahatma Gandhi: be the change that you wish to see most in your world & once you do, your life will change"
"victor hugo: the supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved"
some of these phrases may sound a little cheesy. but they really caught my attention of how true they can actually be.
right now, im reading a book called 'the white tiger' by Aravind Adiga. if you like black comedy or an amoral book, you should try reading it.
photos from the worksite. i will upload more soon
4:06 AM
1 Comments:
i wanna take photos with andy lau!
take care, ya..
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