認真工作

這幾天真的是蠻認真的耶，雖然都還是有做自己野的時候，但相對是少了很多喇。

上星期尾更是天天開足了 turbo 的，是沒有白人工的（老闆：那現在的時間是算怎麼樣？答：現在是等 model run 的空擋時間。）

有很多篇都是開了個頭但又完不了的在 draft box 等了又等。希望有一天我會完成他們，等佢哋可以重見天日。

Ride for Heart 2013

Completed.

The official course I took was 75km. But I’m also commuting to the venue with my bike, so…

Before I handed out in the morning:

By the time I was home:

The longest I’ve ever ridden on one single day.

The weather was perfect for cycling that day. It rained a few times that morning but I somehow managed to avoid all of them except the one on my way home. And even that one wasn’t too bad.

Since it was overcast, it wasn’t too hot but it wasn’t cold either. Just comfortable the whole way. I don’t think that I can ask for a better condition than that. Well… maybe a bit less windy on the way back.

But really, nothing to complain about the weather, especially given my past experience on this event a few years ago that it was pouring rain for at least half of the way. I was soaked before I was 1/10 of the way and was freezing the whole time. Compared to this time, it was a difference between heaven and hell.

Also got to ride with two rather cool ppl from the company for most of the way. A pleasant surprised. They are from the Whitby and St. Catherine office tho and are in different business line so our chance to cross path again is very small but it’s still nice to meet new acquaintance while I was planning to ride alone for the most part. And one of them was a real rider, with a nice bike and very fit (he did multiple loops so he ended up doing 125km that day). He could have ridden a lot faster but he stayed with us to keep us company. Good and bad cos I had to work very hard trying to keep up with his speed. But the good thing was that I didn’t get to slack off so it was a very good training for me.

Come to think of it, their names are James and Ian!!! LOL. 難道我跟這兩個名字的人真的特別有緣?!

The one dumb thing about this ride was the company photo. It’s retarded. We did a photo on route but the location is about 3-4 km from the start line so we had to wait for the slow ppl. I wasn’t against the slow ppl but they were doing only 25km so it’s ok to be slow. For me, I just wanted to get going and get done so that I could go home and chill and rest.

And, we had to wait for this one lady who really was the ‘team captain’ (I think she’s in HR. As far as I know, all she does is to organize events like this and to get corporate discount for events/attractions and to ask ppl to do payroll deductions for charities). For one thing, she was late. Second, she was slow. Third, she showed up at the photo location and then positioned herself right in the front of the pack, TWICE. (yea… did TWO photoes. Super dumb. We had to pretend to ride together and then had a photo and then go back and then do it again. Super retarded in my point of view. So fake. More like a company PR stunt than anything.)  Despised.

Not that I wanted to be in the front of the pack but I just didn’t like the way she had to make sure that she could be seen in the picture, as if to show ppl the ‘work’ she had done and that she actually did ride with the rest of the team, not just an organizer.

Really, I don’t actually know this person cos she’s not in my office (altho, it sounds like we are going to be in the same office before the end of the year… Another story… maybe in some other post). So, I don’t really know what her intention was, to be in the front of the pack but that was the impression that I got anyway.

I was so impatient about the picture that as soon as I was done, I started riding away and leaving those silly ppl to eat dust. And that’s when Ian joined me and the start of a pleasant ride.

All in all, it was a good day (altho I got rained on a bit on the way home). And I thanked all my friends and colleagues who donated to the good cause (actually, I was surprised by how hard it was to raise $300, which was my goal this year. Anyway, not trying to complain anymore here. Wanted to stay positive on this post.).

Twitching

My right eye has been twitching since last week.

It seems to only happen at work when I look at the computer for a long time.

And starting monday, my right arm triceps started to twitch as well. 

Super annoying!

The eye twitch is probably linked to the lack of sleep. Normally I don’t mind any muscle twitches cos it usually doesn’t last for long. I even find it fun from time to time. But NOT THIS TIME! It has been quite annoying. My eye twitch makes my eyes feel even tireder and makes me want to close my eyes at work, which, isn’t practical.

The arm twitch is just non-stop, even after I get off work and is no longer using the computer. It happens whenever my arm is in a relaxed position. But then, the twitching is stopping my arm from relaxing, no?

I wish they will stop soon. Time to load myself up with bananas!

洗燥

(This post has been in process for a long time. I have totally forgotten about it. I found it just now and thought that I should complete this post before I forget everything about this show.)

老老實實，不太喜歡。

但可能是 similar to 兒童不宜，I thought it wasn’t very good at first but then when I watched it again on DVD a few years later, I like it better.

So, I’ll have to wait for the DVD to come out and watch again. Maybe I’ll like it better then.

And maybe I wasn’t in the right mood that day. (details refer to the previous 近況 post), but honestly, I think 娛樂圈血谷史ＩＩ正好多。

I found that the show this wasn’t very 貼題，normally 子華 do a very good job with it but this time… hrm… felt like it’s only 貼題 in the first little bit of the show.

After the show, while I was lining up in the washroom, I heard this 年齡界於師奶and阿嬸的女子同佢個朋友講話個 show wasn’t too good, 講黎講去，都係講番以前講過嗰Ｄ嘢。有少少衝動想打個阿嬸。

The best part of the show, I thought, was when 子華 responded to the audience’s question/串，顯出了他的急才。

This time, I went to get a picture with him after the show. His assistants and security were as annoying as ever, kept saying that 子華 wasn’t going to take pictures with me. 好開心地，子華最後都好好人咁有同我影。Really don’t understand how come the 食蕉咁緊張，又唔係好多人，得另一個女仔淨係想簽名，同我淨係想影相之嘛，literally 一分鐘搞掂。而且，睇 youtube 明明就見到子華同香港Ｄfans 又影相又簽名又傾偈，又站喺度俾人影單人相，點解多人多唔得？好偏心！！唔通多人多真係凍得咁緊要一定要即刻衝上車？？

不過，其實佢都同我影咗，多謝！

Bikes Got Stolen

Both my commuter hybrid and my used-only-a-few-times mountain bike. Argh!

And oh mother’s day weekend! Ya, _Happy_ mother’s day.

But at least they didn’t take 詹占的, cos 佢的單車上裝咗個小孩位, 連嗰個都偷埋的話就真的是很慘了.

In view of the fact that I don’t really go mountain biking, I’m not going to replace it. I do need to replace my commuter bike tho cos now that it’s summer/spring time, I can’t bear to drive all the time. Driving also causes me to have a much shorter work day (need to do drop off and pick up) which doesn’t look good in my boss’s eyes.

I used to have a Trek bike. This time I got a Rocky Mountain. Unfortunately, in the rush to buy a replacement asap, I wasn’t quite prudent enough and didn’t get the best deal available. I mean, I still got an OK deal. But since I know that there’s a better deal, with my cheap 精 personality, I couldn’t help but felt regret and cheated (altho no one’s cheating, really).

I’m still very happy with my bike. It is nicer than my old Trek. Actually whoever stole my Trek isn’t really in luck cos I was planning to bring it to the shop and anticipated that the bike need its gear and chains replaced and my bottom bracket had some clicking problem and my hook for my rear fender is slightly defective that the fender falls down and rubs the tire from time to time. It wasn’t a bad bike but it had quite a bit mileage on it and needs some work done.

Anyway, here’s my new baby. 2012 model.

I’ve also bought a whole bunch of accessories (pedals, seat, fenders, speedometer, rack, lights and water bottle holder. I’ve already refrained from buying two other accessories to complete my need) which unfortunately, broke my bank. >_< Let’s hope that this bike last a long time and won’t get stolen again!

Unfortunately, since I’ve acquired this bike, I’ve only ridden on it three times due to sickness, weather and scheduling problems. It’ll be 登場 during my 75km fund-raising bike ride on Sunday tho. It will serve me well. And I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can make use of it more for the rest of the summer, ideally at least 4 times a week going to work.

See You Next Time

Last post talked about my trip to 娘家。This post talks about 小妹's trip to 我家.

One month (well… almost one month). Time flies. Too bad that I had to go back to work. Feel a bit bad about leaving her on her own most of the time.

And she did so much housework for us: making desserts, hanging and folding clothes, wash dishes, cleaning up after us, tidying up the office floor, unloading the dishwasher, providing a distraction to 小Ｊso that we could work on something else etc.

Now that she’s gone, I’m worried. How are we going to pick up all these ‘extra’ housework??

I hope I didn’t slave her too much (I didn’t request her to do them. She volunteered.) and I hope she had a good time in here and didn’t find it too boring.

And it’s nice to have an extra body at home la. 感覺上是熱鬧點，又有人跟我一起返教會，很開心喲～

我一個月，佢一個月，總共兩個月，真的是很難很難得才可以這樣。

兩個月一眨眼就過了。

As I always said, if it’s not bcos of 大小二Ｊ，I think 我回流了喇。

可能這也是神的計劃的一部份耶，衪在這麼安排了很多'工作'給我囉。

On a separate note, the futon that we’ve bought two years ago finally 大派用場了喲！之前海倫媽媽都有用過兩次，但今次是瞓足一個月耶，很厲害呀！而且真的是很好瞓的啦，小妹睡完也讚，之前花的一筆是值回票價的！

HK Home 2013

Went back to 娘家 for the whole month of April. Didn’t do much. Just staying home and visiting family and friends. It was actually quite a nice stay. The only stress comes from 小Ｊ.

I think he had a very gd time there as well. Eat lots of food. Went to the park pretty much every day. Got lots of personal attention from everyone.

I had a very healthy time there. Work out once a day for 85% of my time there. Went jogging quite a bit. Shredded some pounds (altho has already gained them all back now I’m back in TO) and even made my PB of jogging the furthest in one go. Quite proud of myself. I’ve got to say, without work and with my family around to take care of 小Ｊ(and me! I basically don’t have to do any housework), it’s definitely a LOT easier to keep up with the exercise regime.

Didn’t meet every single frd that I meant to see cos apparently, some people simply has no desire to see me ever again. I reached out. Some of them gave me a minimal response but when trying to pin down an exact date and time, that person never got back to me. Some didn’t even respond to the first message. Felt a bit like broadcasting my request for contact to the universe and received no response bcos the aliens simply didn’t want to be in contact with me human. Oh well… I tried. 人家不願相見就罷了，勉強無幸福，下次我不再為這幾個人浪費心神就是了（現在是這樣說吧，可能下次又心血來潮去送上門找人家然後又再被人唾棄多一次）。

Some other frds tho, 真的很正，超易約，一叫就到，仲要連地點都就哂我，超唔話得。我愛你們。

其中一個 surprise 係在多人多認識的JY小妹妹，回流咗番香港幾年，我跟她基本上是沒有 contact 乜滯，之前返香港話搵佢話話吓又無咗回事，今次終於都搵佢，佢又肯出黎，見面的感覺又很良好，都唔覺得原來係咁耐無見，小妹妹除咗成熟咗小小之外，都無乜點變。

又有三個差不多十年無見的舊戰友，喺第三者度得知我約咗某些人出黎食飯，竟然自薦要出現，咁既朋友邊度搵。

雖然有被人唾棄的時候，但能夠 get back in contact with some good friends, 算落我算是賺了。 ^_^

大家都請我食飯，我真係過意唔去。

有一餐又好白痴，明明係夾錢食飯，但到俾錢既時候我先發現原來我無帶錢包出街，淨係帶咗發達窿出街，結果變相屈朋友們請我食飯，自己都覺得自己超糗。

今次返去又可以跟媽過生日，乘機出街吃一餐。諗諗吓，上次返去賀小妹生日，再上一次是爸生日。呵呵，真好，佢哋Ｄ生日全部都係旅遊淡季！

不過坐飛機有夠辛苦的，去的時候還可，因為很幸運地有個空位讓小Ｊ坐，回來的那程比死更難受，睡又睡不了，位子又窄，電影又看不了，呆呆的坐十多粒鐘，好彩小妹跟人家掉了位，可以一齊坐，已經算是不幸中的大幸了。這就是做 cheap 精唔買多個機位的下場。>_<