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作詞：林夕　作曲：Carlsson/L.Thompson　編曲：劉志遠

明知　並沒任何可能　卻放棄漫天白雲　尋覓遠飛的風箏

是　寂寞是流星群　往往用一生　來懷念霎眼的街燈

為了　那些美麗煩惱　愛得那樣殘酷　越是想得到的　永得不到

他不會愛我　他只會記得我　沈悶的天空　彼此閃過　耀眼的火

他不再愛我　漆黑裡看清楚　誰是一顆星

光速的愛　一閃即過　一閃即過 (寂寞如梭)

曾經　寂寞就如灰塵　佈滿躍動的心　連沈睡也發出聲音

曾經　付出氣力光陰　拚了命要握緊毫無用處的奢侈品

不要愛　無法愛上的畫　任我怎麼欣賞他　都不要到處掛

Sleeping my worries away...

When I first saw this picture I thought...how nice...sometimes I feel this way when I am unhappy or when I've had a long night...although this is probably not the best way to get over unhappiness, sometimes some rest will help. Sometimes my problems won't go away and the only way I can stop thinking about those unhappy moments is by sleeping - although I agree, this does not solve my problems...

Gel Nails...

Recently, I've been getting gel nail manicures. This is possibly one of those most strange and crazy things I still do. Every time I get a new design they always seem to brighten up my day. I have no idea when I became so "girlie" but I really enjoy staring at the drawings on my nails because they remind me of life that's more creative, more free, like from my school days. In the midst of a busy and very serious work life, they remind me that there is a lot more to life than the current worries... Yeah, I'm still so immature =)

接近三年啦

真的很難想象 在港的日子接近三年啦. 這些日子讓我更加明白自己, 明白中國人的文化. 日子裡有愛有恨, 不過總括都幾開心. 一直都想在亞洲工作, 總算了結一個心事. 有好多人會認為在香港工作一定很辛苦. 沒有錯, 這理一定比加拿大忙, 不過也沒有象一些朋友說得那麼恐怖. 香港做野很少會有懶人, 效率十分好. 我十分幸運因為我不需要長時間工作, 同仕都算幾好. 神真對我好好, 也在所需要的也沒有欠缺.
不是所有人都適合香港的. 不過對我來講(一個CBC)我以十分適應, 也在短期內(God Willing)想留在香港. 覺得還有好多野想學習, 好多事想做. 好明白如果不把握每一刻, 如果時間過了, 就返不倒轉頭. 珍惜現在...對我來講是十分重要. 希望大家無論在做什麼都好, 都要珍惜眼看前每一個機會, 不要錯失. 就算失敗也無妨. 正面面對, 只要努力, 再依靠神, 就可以. 好多事現在不明白, 不過, 過好多年以後, 又會make sense. 人生就是這樣奇妙...心裡還是好多問題, 不過相信, 每一天一定有他的意思和安排...願你路上幸福...

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year Everyone! Wishing you all a very happy and healthy year of the Rat. So glad to finally be able to find some rest for the next few days. The weather is freezing in Hong Kong but meeting old friends around this time is quite heart warming. Lunch and dinner with old friends and finally having time to invite friends over for short gatherings. People live so spread apart so it's rare to find the time to invite friends over.

I've been in Hk for 20 months now. Although most of my days are quite similar I still feel like a tourist on some days. I'm still adapting to the culture, the surroundings and the people. Almost every day there are new surprises and although there is excitement - by the end of the day I feel pretty drained out.

I changed jobs about 4 months ago and surprisingly things have been okay (knock on wood). I also changed apartments around the same time and fortunately things have worked out well. God has been watching me when I look back. I never got everything I wanted from moving to Hong Kong but God has always provided for me whenever it came to the basic things I would need and most importantly my health.

Kevin arrived at the same time and has now finally finished his MBA, looking for a job. Please pray for his search as he is making a career transition and most places are not as forgiving in giving him a chance. However, overall, he seems quite happy.

Church life is good. I attend an English speaking congregation and regularly see friends from ex-Luke Fellowship for lunch every weekend after church. I am thankful they are here to provide support to me especially being so new to HK.

Looking back, I don't know how I did it....all I had was an airplane ticket and two pieces of luggage. I remember the time when I was @ the Metropark Hotel with my mom in Tin Hau. On the last day I was in Hong Kong, my mom asked me if I wanted to leave some clothes at my Auntie's House so that I would not have to bring back these clothes again. At the time, I did not have a sure offer. I struggled for a while in the hotel and finally decided to leave some clothes in Hong Kong (a whole bag of suits) -betting on being able to come back... and now here I am almost a year later. I'm so thankful to God and all the people who helped me along the way in the past 2 years. God has been so amazing.

Another new start...

3 weeks...the next 3 weeks will be one of the craziest 3 weeks I've had since arriving in HK. I'll be moving flats, changing jobs, having an operation and fingers crossed, I'll even be able to slip in 2 weeks in Vancouver. within one week, I bot practically every piece of furniture you can think of. luckily furniture is pretty cheap in HK cause most of it is custom made in China...but all the hassle, has definitely kept me on my toes over the course of the last few weeks.

most of all, I'm most thankful I can finally change jobs!! Yes, after searching for over 6 months, I've finally found a job in a field I've been wanting since I came to Hong Kong. I've learned a lot from this last job. Do what you love and NOT what makes the most $$. Money has no loyalty and when you don't bend to it, it will eat you alive. I spent my past year slaving away at a bank that I didn't like and a job I hated. I knew it even before I took the job. Surely, not too long afterwards, I was making lots of money for the bank, but it was really eating at my soul. I started to question my own worth and after 6 months I no longer knew what I was living for.

Of course, it was nice to be able to buy some nice hand bags to treat myself, but at the end of the day, the pain was much harder to take and my life is definitely worth more than all the abuse I had to take.

My advice, think back in your life. What have you been good at? What have you enjoyed? Go after that, and you will definitely be on the right track.

Yatta!

Thanks for everyone's prayers. I am getting close to getting and moving into a job more suitable for me. Although the pay is much less, I think there is something there where I can contribute to other people and to God in a more meaningful way. If I am successful in obtaining this job next week, the next challenge will to be to ask my boss to allow for less than 3 months notice ...hopefully that will be something smooth and peaceful.

I'm also moving soon...to Kowloon side. I need to pack, move and buy new furniture. It's going to be a crazy few weeks.

It's been a crazy half year.... although I cannot understand it, I pray that God give me to the strengh to accept what I cannot understand and be able to comprehend all of this one day although it hasn't been easy at all.

meaningless

I spent the week with a really good friend from Germany. I haven't seen her in about 14 years? It was interesting to see her and strangely the two of us are still very talkative and can share a lot even though we haven't seen each other for 14years. My friend is a diplomat for the United Nations. Several years ago, she left a very high paying investment banking job to pursue her dream. To work for the United Nations. She hated working for the financial industry. She used to tell me that she was tired of making money for ppl who already had abundance and wanted to work for those in need. She said that she was tired of dealing with piddly small requests when ppl were dying on the other side of the world. She never regret leaving the financial industry and finds a lot of job satisfaction and excitement in her jobs with the UN working in war torn countries. Of course, she is almost 35 now and so she chose to start a family and again, she does not regret her decision. We are both similar in the sense that we believe in having enough time to explore what we want before settling down. There may be girls out there that pity me for still being single, but I really don't mind it at all. I have a chance to explore and have the freedom to have at least tried. Spending a week with her really brought things back to perspective. I started to think about what kind of career could give me better satisfaction or at least be of better benefit to others. Of course, I help my clients to manage their money...but when I look at the larger picture, I realize I've become so cut throat I tend to look at things in a more business like manner than from a humanitarian standard. It seems stupid that I am only helping ppl to make more money. Well, this is important, but it's starting to feel so unimportant.

I'm still awaiting the results of my last interview. I'll be taking a large pay cut but at least I know I will be somewhere where I can do a bit more to help build other people. God willing, I may just get an offer, get rejected or be sent for another round of interviews. Who knows, maybe I will get so sick of this industry, go insane and then finally leave the financial industry...who knows.