Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)

Work and life both have been busy recently. This is holiday season, we are all busy chilling out. However, there isn't many good movies out there. We picked Sherlock Holmes after all.

I still remember we watched Sherlock Holmes in 2009 around the holiday season. Same old, the movie is predictable, so that the story line is not that appealing. Of course, I see it differently from two years ago. The ability Holmes had is pretty impressive. This is definitely something I should learn. Maybe I will never get to that level, but reaching some of it will be good.

I realized that it is very important that you can pay attention to all the details (even the smallest ones) and able to summarize all given information and turn them into use. This skill is very critical for both work and life. It is worthwhile to train.

Happy Holidays everyone! =)

演唱會

這是我第一此坐VIP席看演唱會。我自己當然不會付這樣的錢，是客人請的。第一次覺得辛苦是值得的，哈哈。 我們看的是GEM。這小妮子是真的能唱。總的來說，雖然沒有坐滿，但整個演唱會我還算滿意。 看的出來，他們在制作、服裝、燈光等等都花了心思。 除了歌聲值得一提的還有舞者，他們跳得真的很不錯。這兩個小時看得很滿足很愉快。 看著這女生很努力，沒有怯場也發揮得不錯，真有點佩服。 她很小就出道了，勇敢的走自己想走的路。 我是不夠勇敢。 事事都想退路不是完全不好，但有了退路就不會全力向前衝了。 其實不應該怕受傷怕跌倒，人得輸得起才會有真正嬴的那一天。 是時候重新出發了。

感謝

真的不太敢相信這是真的。原來老天爺真的有眷顧我，之前的努力都是值得的。衷心感謝所有幫過我的人！特別是一直幫我的師父，一起溫書的同伴，聽我傾訴的朋友，當然還有最最重要一直在我身邊無限量支持的父母。真的謝謝你們！

知道這才是開端，以後的努力才是更重要的。這條路現在才算是真正開始走。在以後的路上，我會記住之前的苦和今天的甜而更努力。

再一次感謝！

First snow

We got the first snow of the year today. Did not have a chance to take a picture because they mostly melted during the afternoon.

Winter.. here it comes.

是我细路女唔知世道复杂

一個礼拜两次，从来没有试過的事。没有想過會有這样的客人，雖然不至于無理取闹但我有種被陷害的感覚。當初选這行，本想着作幕後的事情较多也比较中立，以為不用handle太多复杂的關系。原来不是。

是自己掉以轻心了，以為自己看淡了，就連戒备心也放低了。人家對你笑不等於不會害你，跟你聊的来不等於在你背後不會说你的不是。

經一事，長一智，以後还是少说话，少承担。在這種地方，只要听order做事就好了。

重要的事

上星期遇到一個朋友，很聪明，很有能力的一個女生。她提醒了我一件很重要的事。

if you really want something, you will find a way to get it.

是真的，生活有時很磨人，有時還摧毁你的自信心。那股永往直前的冲劲没有了，開始怀疑自己的能力和潜力。其實人的潜力是需要激发的，到了困难時终會有解决的办法。解决了，也成長了。

Paranormal activity 3

Today is Halloween. I don't know if everyone celebrate/like this holiday, but I still wish everyone happy halloween. =) I personally don't celebrate this holiday often. I went to Trick or treat once/twice when I was a kid. Other than that, I did not really dress up in costume again.

This year we went to this Halloween party in Sheraton hotel in downtown Toronto. It was pretty fun, saw quite a few of interesting costume there. You guys may check out the pictures in the following link.

https://picasaweb.google.com/michelle.z.x/2011Halloween?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCO2huI2EtMjxcQ&feat=directlink

I am here to talk about the movie, Paranormal activity 3. I never really like/dislike horror movies, because I was not really scared. My friend commented, I tend to analyze movies with logic, therefore I don't really get the movie and do not feel scared.

I watched this movie in the theater. It is actually pretty funny to see other people's reaction to a horror movie. I agree with the movie leaves a lot of room for imagination. It may be a good point for some people.

I personally do not like the movie. Maybe it is because i never really understand it. >_< If it is just for an experience, i guess it is worth a try to watch it in a dark room.

Guu Izakaya

Guu Izakaya is a pretty well known Japanese restaurant in downtown Toronto. It is not a new restaurant and now they have two stores.

It is a very cheering dining place. The waiters are very cheerful at all times. They cheer for every customer when they come in/out of the restaurant, cheer for birthday, cheer for dishes...etc. It may be a bit loud for some people. I don't know recommend if you want a quite place for dinner. The dining atmosphere of Guu is different from a typical Izakaya. Regarding to the food, overall it is pretty good. I would rate it 7/10. Some dishes are a bit saucy, but a few dishes such as fried chicken are strongly recommended.

There is one thing I do not like about Guu and I believe many people would agree with me. They do not take reservation, this resulting a long line up at all times, unless you go very early for dinner.

I actually admire the waiters at Guu. I know someone worked there before. As a host, they work 12hour shift. They start preparing for dinner start around 1pm, store opens at 5pm and close at midnight. They do not have any breaks for dinner. It is very tiring, especially they are cheering for customer consistently.

Please refer to following link for photo sharing.


https://picasaweb.google.com/michelle.z.x/Guu?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCNPdtJPlqvyn0wE&feat=directlink

其實你沒有自己想的這麼好

為甚麼別人能得到和擁有自己所沒有的？並不是命中注定，也不是因為他人比自己幸運，只因為自己真是不夠好。從很小的事就能看到一個人的能力和潛力。你可能沒有用心去做，去想，但出來的效果也恰好反映了你態度。你可能以為小廟容不下大佛，但其實你可能連小佛都不是。小事都做不好，又怎樣去做大事？別高估自己了。

不要問為甚麼他能得到而自己的不到？答案很簡單，你不夠好。可能是工作能力不夠，可能是不夠醒目，也可能是態度不好••• 你以為自己已經做得很好了，拿個90分，卻忘了別人拿的是100分。努力了還不夠，還得用對方法。老天爺沒有你想的這麼不公平，努力過的人或多或少總會得到些回報。

所以在問為甚麼的時候，歎不公平的時候，先做好自己。人總有進步的空間。

Fin Izakaya

I went to this Japanese restaurant, Fin Izakaya twice this week. It is a great restaurant, I certainly don't mind going there more often.

The food there is good, including meat and seasons. We tried the oyster shooter last night, the presentation, flavor, taste are all well matched. The sashimi is fresh and in a great value. The blow torch macro is tasty as well.

Furthermore, the service in the restaurant is creditable as well. Overall, I rate this restaurant 8/10. It is worth a try. =)

The pictures are available in following website.


https://picasaweb.google.com/michelle.z.x/FinIzakaya?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPG9wvXpvYid5AE&feat=directlink

Thanksgiving trip photo sharing

那是真正的风和日矖，蓝天白雲。能在這样的天空下生活，是一種幸福。

有時候，你也试试停下来，抬頭看一下那美美的天空。


Please refer to the following link.

https://picasaweb.google.com/michelle.z.x/2011ThanksgivingTripToMuskoka?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCOmi0qeH8K_a7wE&feat=directlink

october update

十月份過来發生了不少事。

坦白说，不用温書的日子很轻松，但總覚得在浪费光阴。趁還没老，應该多读書，多吸收。經過感恩節假期的思考，也大概找到了以後要走的路。有目标是重要的，即使不會一路顺风的走到最後，但目标會給你走下去的勇气。

本来想写一篇来悼念一下Steve Jobs 的，现在也写进来好了。

听到消息時，覚得可惜了。雖然结果一早就想到了，但曾经仍能够拖一下。他的确為21世纪的科技發展贡献了许多。到此，也没有人再提他當初的 'dictatorship' 了吧。當然，今日几乎人手一部smart phone 不全是他的功劳，但他的确有很大的影响。才五十多歲，是可惜了。

這次感恩節假期也没去哪，爸妈也是刚回来，不想太累了。
短途去了北面的一個小镇，Muskoka，一個挺漂亮，挺安静的地方。在那里退休怕是不方便吧，甚麽都没有。但有空去赏赏枫倒是不错的。跟父母相聚的每一次机會都應该珍惜，年長了，机會就更少了。要去哪里闯得趁年轻，父母老了還得回他们身边照顾。

Moneyball

I am not really into sport movies and I do not really like baseball. I thought sport movies are pretty much the same, not much surprise. This movie did not give me any surprise either. I also think 2hr is too long. There are some scenes can be cut, so they won't drag the length of the movie. 1.5hr would be decent. Again, the story line is nothing new. I predicted most of the movie and the ending.

Overall, I rate this movie to 6/10. No need to see it in the theater, dl is good enough. I didn't watch the movie for Brad Pitt. However, as my friend said, we see his improvement in acting.

I like this movie because it is encouraging. I tend to do what others said, what others think it is the right thing to do. Maybe, there is one time I should really try to stick on something I think it is right to do and not worry about what others think.

Really, like Bill said in the movie, it really does not matter how other people say/think. It is about do you believe in what you do is right. When no one else believes, you should still believe in yourself. Of course, adventure is not easy. There will be difficult times. You just have to get through those times and solve the difficulties in order to achieve your goals.

I am still looking, and I will get there. But I learn, I should be more brave this time. Holding back is not gonna get me anywhere. If you don't try, you won't get hurt, but you won't succeed neither.

没有原因

因為朋友的事，當年的一切回忆都回来了。本以為一辈子都不會再回想了，但可能是命吧。不是老天爷的用意是甚麽。正因為要回忆，也终於知道，我好了。雖然傷疤仍在，但已不再流血也不在痛了。他已變成一個平常的疤痕，除了难看一點外，對我已没有甚麽影响了。原来，真的會有好的一天。

很多事情是没有原因的，也不能解释，不是说你付出多少就能得到多少回报的。開始的時候没有為甚麽，结束的時候也没有。 如果不甘心就用全力去再努力一次，如果死心了，那就彻底放手。别人说甚麽一點也不重要，重要的是自己的心情和感受。

過去的就讓他過去，他只是你人生經歴的一部份。火车到站了就會有人下車，接着車還是會继续向前行驶。要相信，幸福的那一天總會降临。

take care, my love.

how to be mature

since i m heading back to work tomorrow, i really should improve my maturity. once again, i want to thank my friend for the advise today. however, i still did a research on how to be mature.

• Tone down your fashions
• Use manners. Try to be courteous without being stuffy or inflexible
• Have a genuine good attitude and a goodwill towards others
• Have confidence in yourself and speak from your heart. If you think that you have a good idea, share it. But think before you act. 
• Think before you speak
• "Be slow to anger"
• Learn to apologize sincerely for your mistakes, inappropriate words and actions towards others.
• Listen, slightly nod, and say little things like, "Oh" or "yes," to let them know you are listening
• Remember, when you speak, use facial expressions and be funny as usual, but be more serious in conversation.
• Be helpful
• Talk about mature things to people
• Keep in mind, around kids, squat down to their size when you talk to them
• Try to use proper grammar and spelling whenever you write, including instant messaging and online games.
• Keep an open mind 
• Learn to control your temper.
• Don't swear,
• Accept compliments gracefully
• Take criticism gracefully, too
• Be mature and polite online, too.
• Observe your friends
• Write out your goals and plan how you will achieve them

i believe this list is pretty useful. hopefully, i see the improvement within a short period time.

it is time

Technically, i did not have a break after the UFE. I am not complaining, most of people do not have a break after UFE. We either go back to work or school. For me, it is staff training. Today is the last day, I will go back to the boring work routine starting next Monday.

Of course, I don't know if I will pass. However, I think it is the time that I should start to do something I want to do. There are too many things I wanted to do for the past year but did not have time/chance.  Hopefully, it is not too late to start now.

Here is the list of goals. Let's see how much I would get done after a month.

• Learn Japanese
• Weekly yoga/workout
• Work part time in startbucks
• Read inspiration books
• Complete GMAT/GRE
• Travel to a place I have never been before

 I will be honest. It feels good that no more stressful studying. However, not studying makes me feel not learning and improving. I still think I should absorb more knowledge and different kinds experience whenever I have an opportunity.

一個人的生活

不是第一次自己生活了，大學四年也是離家一個人生活的。但這次不同，當一個大大的房子只剩自己一人時，感覚就是空空的。唯一好的就是耳根很清静，累的時候不必说话，也没有人打扰。但的确是不习惯。

從来就知道自己不是作家庭主妇的料，现在更是親身軆會到了。要好好照顾一個家并没有很容易。雖不覚得是甚麽难事，也好像不需要太多的脑细胞，但還是需要一定的精神和時间的。佩服所有的媽媽的，一直把我們照顾的好好的。更佩服那些有全职工作的家庭主妇，真的很不容易，要有很多的耐性和坚持才能做到。

渐渐习惯了一個人的生活，其實很自由。可能會累一點，但可以當運動，也是锻炼自己的一種。

看似容易

别人的路看起来都好像很好走，别人的幸福看起来都好像很容易得到，别人的成就看起来都好像轻而易举。。。因為你不是别人。

没有親身經歴過的人不會明白，在成功的背後作了多少努力，流了多少汗水。當其他人好好過節，享受假期的時後，他们都在努力。好奇為甚麽有些人可以得到這麽多，家庭，爱情，事業，都面面俱到。不是上帝不公平，而是他们在各方面都努力了。他们没有懒惰，要付出才能得到。

没有百分百幸運的人，也没有天降的机會，所有的一切都需要努力争取。當羡慕和嫉妒别人的時後，问问自己，你努力了没？

i really hope it is done

When everyone is jumping around and so excited that it is done, I had a hard time to believe that it is actually over. I do not feel happy at all, neither relieved. >3<

I hope it is actually over. It is out of my hand now.

Praying...

Crazy, Stupid Love

I have been working hard. I have to say I have never study this hard before in my life, really hope I can get through this.

However, a break is still needed. We watched Crazy stupid love yesterday.

My friend picked it because it is light and don't really need much brain cells. I would say it is a good break from functioning the brain. XP

I rate this movie as 7/10 because I actually kind of enjoyed the movie and had a good two hours of break.

The movie is romance comedy, pretty obvious. I like that this movie climax is very obvious and standout. Maybe you can argue the rest of the part is not as great, that why the climax seems more exciting comparatively.

I enjoyed those small funny scenes and some quotes are pretty true. I am not saying they are very creative, but they are worth to check out. After all, I would say this is a dl movie.

Of course, there is a lesson to learn from everything. From this one, it is a small world. =P The other one is... It only take days to change your appearance, but it takes you years to build up what is inside.

Harry Potter - it all ends

50 days count down to UFE...

However, since there are two days left to prep school, we went to see Harry Potter today. Honestly, I am not a big fan of Harry Potter personally. I didn't like the fact that it is super long and not very finding the story interesting. While everyone is talking about it, it is not a bad choice to watch it.

I did not watch the entire series of Harry Potter nor read the books. I will evaluate the movie on its own for this one I just saw.

First of all, I like the fact that this one is not super long and the director did not make the movie longer than necessary. The movie turns out better than I thought, the plot is pretty tight and no breaks in between. I watched the movie in 3D again. I actually like it, compare to the previous one I watched in 2D. I guess it is worth it to watch Harry Potter in 3D because of all those graphic effects. It is a pleasure to enjoy the graphics for this movie.

There is not much to talk about for the actors and actress. However, I found the ending kind of weird and not fit into the entire story. The "# years after" scenes are not really necessary. I think the ending should be more creative than that. Overall, I rate this movie to be 7/10.

PS. I was lucky... now i should work extra hard.

Captain America

Today is the release day of Captain America. Honestly, I didn't really know what is this movie about when I picked it.  I saw the trailer and thought it was fine. I wanted to pick something that comes out today because today is special.

Movie first...
When I told people I am going to watch this movie, everyone is shocked. >< I guess it is not a favor super hero for everyone and it seems childish. However, I don't it is a bad movie after all. I never really know the original story of Captain America, the plot of the movie is not bad. Yet, the ending is pretty awkward and do not really fit into the whole story.

I watched the movie in 3D. I don't think it is worth it. The 3D parts have not done well. I did not really see the 3D is necessary. Other than the 3Ds, the overall action scenes are fine. Some of the explosion and fighting scenes are not realistic enough.

There is nothing special about the acting part because they are mostly action scenes.

overall, i rate this movie 5/10.

PS. 要感谢神的眷顾，也要感谢所有帮了我的贵人，更要感谢給我無限支持的家人和朋友。我會為下一城更努力。

2011 Summerlicious

Tonight, we went to this Italian restaurant Ciao for summerlicious. We picked today because of I don't know if I would have mood to do it tomorrow. Overall, it was a good experience and we had some fun time together. However, it is not a restaurant we would like to go back.

We picked this restaurant like the last minute because the one we booked was far from our workplace. When we checked out the website, the place looks pretty decent and attracted. It is located on Yorkville St.

We decided to rate this restaurant as following.

• Interior design and renovation - 7.5/10 (it looks pretty inside just like the pictures on the website.)
• Service - 8/10 (the reaction time is pretty fast and waiters have nice manners overall.)
• Food - 4/10 (my dish was very salty, my friend's dish was not fully cooked and one spaghetti was tasted weird.)
• Atmosphere - 5/10 (it was really loud there, we have to talk really loud to hear each other.)

Since the food is not so great there, we don't think we will go back there again. For Italian food, we think we can have better ones elsewhere. Out of all the courses we had, I like the dessert best. Yet, we cannot have dessert only afterall.

PS. it is the hottest day of the year in Toronto. >3< 

can't go back

it is too late to go backward. it is too late to start all over again. whatever is done is done, all i can do now is to look forward.  I should be responsible for the way i chose, even if I fell, I still have to get up and finish the road.

hope for the best...
expected and prepared for the worst...

praying...

Night it up!

Night it up! 是大多倫多地区一年一次由華人举办的夜市。

我也有几年没有去了。第一次去還是在很多年前，我還在讀高中的時候。當時的夜市由York U 的學生办的，坦白说真的不怎麽样。所以去了一次也不想再去了。相隔這麽多年，夜市真的進步了许多。先不说场地大了，是整個organization 進步了。從几方面来看，食物摊档整齐了，种类多了，秩序也好了。雖然還是很多人，到了晚上地上的垃圾也很多，但這個是很难避免的。球赛和表演的队伍也是受邀请的。歌唱得不怎麽样，但舞跳得還過得去。業余的也不要要求太高。年轻人有机會玩一下都是好的。

有一样很不满意的，在夜市是完全受不到电话或短信的。有可能改进一下吗？

PS. It is a good night after all. =D

Zookeeper

It is summer time, there are many good and popular movies out there. Since I am behind on movies for two months, I can only watch something that my friend have not watched. Here, Zookeeper is the one we picked. It is a comedy movie, average. Do not have much comment about it because there is not much special or memorable from this movie. There are some funny scenes, but not enough to make me laugh for the entire time. The story is not new, the idea reminds me of Night at the museum when the animals start talking to humans. Overall, I rated 4/10. It is really a dl movie.

However, there is still some idea you may get out from this movie.
Do not try to be someone that you are actually not. It is not worth it to try too hard to be someone you are not, do something you don't like in order to impress someone else. Your happiness is more important than anything else, life is short.

PS. 看到你們幸福我真心的替你們高興。正因爲看到你們的開心，覚得這世上還有開心的事，我的不開心已變的不算是甚麽。谢谢！

new intern

公司来了個新女孩，summer internship。每個礼拜来两次，因爲我也是刚回到工作岗位，所以我也才见她两词而已。才大學一年级，19歲都不到，真的年轻。她来之前，同事跟我講起，说她是 "a whole different generation" (同事就比我大三年。）哈哈。一個很開朗的女生，會在這一行前途無量吧。但有時覚得，说话有點不知轻重。呵呵，我以爲自己已經够糟的了，有時真得不懂掩饰。但跟她比真是... 這就是年轻吧，可以率性而爲，何况她還是皇親國戚。

她讓我想起几年前的自己，也是這样事無忌惮。现才真正明白當初师傅和同事對我有多包容，他们的胸怀有多宽廣。毕业也一年多了，好像没有做多少事，可以说一點成就都没有。未来還有太多太多要學，好好努力吧。人越大越發覚自己懂的太少了，完全不够用。不久的将来，還是應该會學校继续學。

praying...

it is now over...
all i can do is pray and hope for the best...

shoulder pain

This is not the first time i got shoulder pain. I am sure many people get is frequently as well. In the beginning, I should it would fade away if I get enough sleep, apparently not. After a while, I figured some ways to relief the shoulder pain.

• work out - work on your back muscles
• hot bath - make sure the hot water go over your shoulder
• massage - temporary
• pain relief pad (cold/hot) - it doesn't have to be the brand name ones. (it works the best for me, maybe my situation is very serious.)

Actually the best solution is not to stress out. ^0^

nervous

this is a serious warning...
starting to get worried and nervous >3<

I finally realize there is no time left.. really have to hard cord studying...

Good luck everyone.

thanks

Today is the second day. it is very tiring....>3< I pray for not getting sick within the next 22days...

Thanks all of you for remembering. I get all your wishes and hope you are all doing well too. ^-^

June

Today is the first day of class. I really hope everything will go well. I woke up extremely early and typing blog right now, which I have no idea why. >3< I actually need my sleep. I realize I still get up way earlier than I should or not able to fall asleep when something comes up. That means I am still not mature??

June 4th is just over...
I hope the CFA candidates did well. Since there is a belt, I hope my friends pass. ^o^
Once again, pray for the 6.4 event.

This month is supposed to be hardcore because I slack quite a bit in May. Hopefully, the school will turn out ok at the end, to all of candidates.

Hangover II

Yesterday was the opening day for this movie. It is a sold out movie. The theater was packed when we go in and there was a pretty long line up when we exit the theater. I believe it was because the rating for Hangover I is good, people have high expectation for Part II.

The story is basically the same as Part I, the setting is different from the previous one, Bangkok instead of Vegas. The characters and story line is pretty much the same, meaning everything in the movie is expected. I would say the first one is better because there is more surprises in the movie. Part II is still funny, with different jokes. Remember, this movie is rated R.

I will rate this movie 4/10 and I won't recommend watch this movie in the theater. It is a good one for relaxation and have a laugh. Don't expect too much, so that you don't get disappointed.

what's wrong with being 80s?

也不是甚麽新消息了，近两年来有很多批评80後的声音。我自己也是80後，如果爲80後说话真的没有说服力。我不否認，有些批评對某些人也是正确的。但有時我覚得真是過份了。尤其是當發言人用一個例子就把所有80後都归类，真是不公平。现在是把一代人都歧视是，怎麽说我也覚得不公平。

人都有不足，人都會犯错。错了就接受批评，改正就好了，用不着把整代人都说得不好吧。先是港女，跟着港男，最後把整個80後都骂了。凭甚麽说整個80後都不努力？後生的，年轻的就一定是工作态度不好，懒散不認真？不认真的人，懒的人每一代都有吧。雖说我們這一代人比上一代幸福，没有怎麽缺吃穿。但生活指数高了，我們就更要努力了。不是只有上一代的人才能吃苦，很多80後也懂得吃得苦中苦，方爲人上人的道理。再说了，這一代再不好也是上一代教出来的。

每一個人群中都有不够好的人，男人有，女人有，不同国籍的有，不同年龄的也有。不要只看到别人的缺点且将一群人都归类了。不要只因爲别人与你持不同意见就把人家归类了。尽量對事不對人，客观的對人 會比较公平。

要看到别人的長處

發現自己越大越挑剔，對人對己的要求都越来越高。對自己，就想不段進步，想比自己以前更好，能追上比自己好的人。對别人，就覚得自己能做到的他們也應该能做到，有時候會忘记，不要用自己的标准来衡量别人。

每個人都有自己的故事，都有自己的经歴。每個人做每件事背後總有自己的原因，是外人不知道不明白而已。有耐性的會去倾听，去弄明白，没有耐性的人就容易會产生误會。可能有些人做些被外界不認同的事受到责骂，但如果你懂得他們背後的原因就不會责骂他們了。當然，有些原则問题因為立场不同，觀念不同所以無法理解。這時候，就想想他们的好處，比你好的地方，他們做到而你做不到的，就會轻松了。

没有必要跟某些人生氣，因為為别人的過错不開心不值得。
也不需要跟自己生氣，错了就是错了，也過去了，没有今天的不足就没有明天的進步。

被打乱的計划

我是一個喜歡控制自己時間的人，從小我就被选练好好計划和運用自己的時間。在制定計划的時候我會尽量計划周全，把所有想到的因素都計划進去。雖然经常會有些意外，但我通常也會把意外計算進去。一般情况下，我都能80-90%按自己的計划進行，那我也满足了。

但是這次我真的有点點失算了，在這個紧迫的時期，我整整少算了两天。這绝對是意外，我高估了自己的能力，低估了那份文件的重要性，没有想到自己會在制定的時間會做不完。真的是有點不開心的，且不能怨是black Friday, 的确是自己的不足造成的。

j计划乱了就是乱了，现在能做的只能是努力把失去的時間在其他地方追回来。计划可以改變，但最终的目的不能改。即使是要走再多的弯路，也要走到终點。

回到温書的日子

夏天终於到了，多市的冬天就是太長了。经歴了那苦闷的四月，我也開始我這個悠長的温書假期。坦白说，不用朝九晚五的上班工作真的很不错，我還真适合做一個自由工作者。這两天我也没有偷懒，還是一早起来，到Starbucks讀書，做该做的事。但是没有了办公室的压抑，享受着阳光，人的心情會比較轻松。

其實我也只剩不到三十天的温書時间了，是應该好好抓紧讀。雖然會羡慕别人在享受夏天，但也明白每個人都有属于自己的人生。真的不能把自己的内在跟别人的表面比，你並不知道别人在那幸福的後面经歴了多少。很有可能在别人看来，你比他們都幸福。路是自己选的，跪着也要走到终點。

Queen Street

I went shopping in downtown Toronto today. i didn't go to a mall or anything indoor. I really appreciate the nice sunshine outside today after six months of winter and three weeks of rain. Today is pretty warm, I can finally wear my short. ^o^ As I said, people don't appreciate what they have everyday, they tend to take it for granted. When the nice weather comes after a long winter, you will appreciate it more.

Queen streets is a shopping district in downtown. It is like Bloor Street, but instead of all the big brand name store, they have some designer stores in the area. In general, I like to shop on the street better than shop in a mall, especially this nice weather. It reminds me of HongKong, you get more feeling of the city.

I see a few interesting things on the street today. First, I see two little boys singing for money on the street. They are actually not bad, lots of potential. Then, I see this Miss. Canada walking on the street with a bunch of followers. It was creating a whole scene in the middle of the street. At the end of the district, there is a performance of magic show. This is the street culture in downtown. I am a typical uptown girl, sometimes I figure I should head downtown more often instead staying in this nice and safe neighborhood for too long.

又到母親節

每年母親節我都會送花給媽媽。媽媽是一個很低调的人，不喜歡虚荣的東西，平時也不追求時尚或名牌，只要實用就好。但我總覚得，女人心底總有想收花的想法，所以作爲女儿的，一年一次送媽媽鲜花想她開心。但是今年没這样的機會，只能打电话送上祝福，希望她能開心，放心。
小時可能知道但不明白，在世上，除了父母再没有人會為自己付出而不求回报。现在是真的懂了，如果没有父母作强大的后盾，靠自己一個人根本没法如此無後顾之忧去实践自己的理想。父母不一定要很有钱，钱够用就好，衣食无忧就好。重要的是父母能給你指条明路，教你怎样在人生路上走下去，这就足够了。有些父母在叹子女不争气的同時有没有想過是否自己當初身教不當？

it is coming to the end...

Tax season is almost over. This is not the end of it, it is actually the start of my study journey. The past month is not as bad as I expected. I didn't get as much as OT as I thought. Good management of a company is very important, HR control is essential to a firm's success. Management should have a good control of a company's capacity. Under staff restricts the firm's growth and over staff is purely wasting resources. The theory is simple and straight forward off the textbook, but I realize it is hard to control when it comes to real world.

It would be another start for me very soon. I should really get into the mode. Hopefully, it will go well.

know when to leave

A personal will have difference stop during his lifetime. Someone told me, a person's life is like a trip. You meet different people on the trip, people come and go in your life. Some people may spend a longer time with you, some people you may only see once and never get to meet again. There are different stops during the trip, if you like the place, you may stay long, if not, you leave right away.

I am thinking, you should know when is the right time to leave a place. People tend to stay in one spot where they feel comfortable with. Being stable is good, but it is not always a good thing. Maybe I am not stable yet? I still want to try a lot of different stuff, I want my life to be fulfill with different kinds of experience, even some of them are painful and tough. I personally think, if this place doesn't give you anymore opportunity to develop, to make to be a better individual, it may be a time for you to leave.

Of course, you cannot always learn everything from one place. However, you should learn and take what you need, waht is the most suitable for you. You don't take and leave, always be thankful and remember the goods others provide.

Arthur

It is tax season, working six days a week and OT everyday is not fun. >-< However, I learn that balancing between work and life is important. I manage to have watch a movie last night. It is been a while since I went to a theatre and watch a movie.

This movie is not GREAT, but it is funny. It is pretty fun to watch after OT work. Rusell Brand played pretty well in this movie, surprisingly. I guess the director picked the right actor for this role. Although, I think he needs some improvement on his 'lazy' English if he wants more potential in film industry. The storyline is nothing new, it implies the obvious meanings. 'money' is not everything.

I personally think it is a dl movie. However, there is nothing wrong to watch it on a girls night, chilling with your girls after work with this movie. =)

十年前後

十年前
剛移民，很多不適應，但自己並不覺得。有太多的不懂，不明白，但以為自己懂得很多。有很多想法，很多夢想和理想，但只有想，沒有做。有很多事想試，想做，不怕死，不怕受傷，不顧結果，只求體驗。
十年後
希望回頭看覺得現在的自己有多不足，就證明真的進步了。把眼前的每一樣事都做好，去到更高的位置。去更遠的地方，看更多的事。重要的是要感到幸福。

真的，有時後要回頭看看，知道自己得到了甚麼，錯過了甚麼。反省自己做對了甚麼，做錯了甚麼。無論過去再不堪回首也是屬於自己的過去，過去造就了今天的自己。不能好好面對過去等於沒有接受真正的自己。活在當下是應該的，但也要對未來的自己有期望。有要求才有進步，太滿足現在的自己對將來沒好處。
 

新同事

公司來了新同事，是一個會跟我們聊天的男生，很高興。^_^ 不要誤會了，我高興並不是來了一位男生，即使是女生我也一樣高興。重要的是，他會和我們聊天。一個不悶，不會死氣沉沉的公作環境很重要。因為來了新同事，就不自覺的把兩個年齡相近的男同事作比較。雖然覺得有點不應該，但還是的做了。其實我們的新同事是一個平凡的男生，跟我那些男生朋友們沒什麼大不同。只是因為近一年來，公司的男生都很靜，所以來了個正常的反而不習慣了。人就是這樣，無論喜惡，最終也敵不過時間和習慣。

Last day of SOA prep

Today is last day of SOA prep. I can see people are starting to procrastinate. Let's just say a group of four of us. One was completely not coming, two left halfway of class, I stayed for the entire class. However, honestly I wasn't really listening for the last 45 minutes. >/< There are less people from class to class. There are more and more people leave early. I don't think it is because all of us think we are smart and don't need to listen. It is just there is still some time until the SOA. The stress have not hit yet, so we are still slacking off. That is just human, we won't work until stress and deadline hits. Who says stress is not a good thing? =P

Nevertheless, last day of class also tells the fact that I should really start my own studying schedule. I was planning the calendar. I only have literally 100 days left to my SOA exam. Besides that one month training in June, I have only two months to study and one of them are during tax season. Technically, we don't really have much time left. Hopefully I would be able to stick with my study plan this time.

PS. praying for Japan, praying for Tokyo. There are many ways to donate and help out. Please help out!

不是你的就不是你的

再一次證明不是你的就不是你的，再努力再想要也沒用。
一早知道很多事不能強求，只能順其自然，但到了某個點就覺得應該相信自己，應該都力。雖然不信邪，但卻不能不認命。有些東西不屬於你就是不屬於你。付了錢，下了訂，簽了字都會被人搶走。付了錢，貨到手，最後還要退還。暫不說金錢，我是真的花了心思和時間。不是說錢不重要，但的確，有錢也有買不到deal. （當然，如果我真的很有錢，完全不用計算成本又不同。）

沒有辦法，不是我的就只有隨他去。

日本地震

星期五一早起來，習慣性上twitter看新聞，就看到日本地震的消息。看手机是，電視是，收音機是，網頁都是。比起兩天前的雲南地震，我要看中文報紙才知道，我開始還以為傳媒偏心。 但是留意多了，發覺地震＋海嘯＋核洩漏真是很慘。坦白說，我很佩服日本的國民教育，即使如此大的災難在前，他們都很鎮定堅強。水和食物是免廢派發的，沒有人坐地起價，沒有人發災難財。所有酒店和學校都開放讓受難者避難，黑幫的事物所也不例外，真是很團結。最可貴的，他們仍然很有抶序，沒有呼天搶地，也沒有趁火打劫。不可否認，他們真的很團結。

這次災難影響長遠，對日本經濟更是雪上加霜。為所有災民祈禱，送上問候。對日本人是，中國人也是。這已經不是種族為報不平的時候了。對微博上慶日本受災的人說一句，己所不慾勿施於人。即使對方在歷史上再錯也不應該在別人脆弱時踩上幾腳，不幫也就算了，何必將仇恨加深。如果日本人在中國地震時做同樣的事，你們又會有何感覺？

大家都是人，雖然文化背景不同， 但每個人都擁有努力過幸福生活的權力。如果天災是不能避免，就用人力去保護自己，幫助同纇。知道嗎，當人很沮喪的時候，那怕是一句最簡單的問候，都可能會挽救一條生命。

心情

每樣事都有第一次，從第一次摔掉媽媽的手走自己的路開始就知道以後有太多的嘗試都要靠自己。以前是來不及要離開父母，甚麼都想自己試試。從自己嘗試做家務，搬出來住，打工，獨力做很多很多從前看起來只有大人才能做的事。不怕跌倒，不怕受傷，還大言不慚的說，如果從未跌倒又怎會長大，從為試過怎會學會。不是不知道父母會擔心，會心疼，但還是想勇敢向前衝。

那種不怕死的心情能夠在現實社會維持多久？漸漸發現無論多努力工作都不一定能付得了首期，買房子的一切貸款，交收都要靠自己。回到公司全靠自己，不會再有人無限的包容和原諒你。在恨恨跌倒，受傷後會後悔為甚麼當初沒聽老人言。有沒有試過跌倒後再也不想站起來？那就再也不用再在別人的期待下生活。你再怎麼懶散也不要緊了，因為沒有人再會對你有任何期待。

長大後，進社會後就發覺讓自己變強很是重要。到頭來，甚麼都是靠自己。

Ridiculous service

I personally believe that trust plays a big part of a business relationship. If I put down deposit, personal information to reserve for certain product, I make a reasonable assumption that the vendor should reserve/hold the product for me until I make the rest of payment and sign the official contract.

It is true that there is an akward period between negotiation and contract signed. However, the relationship between business partners should be built base on trust, especially when some physical guarantee is given. I found this is ridiculous to sell what I reserve to someone else without notifying me at all. I don't care if it is a mistake or other reasons. I am not satisfy with this kind of service. This kind of mess only ruins the business reputation and relationship. No more business ever again...

Tax season kick off

Here it comes.. tax season.
This is the peak season for public accountants. Personal tax filing is due on the 30th of April every year in Canada. Individuals should receive their personal tax receipts by the end of March. I realize some other accounting firms start OT since Jan/Feb. Our firm starts this week. This means.. 12hr working shift started and Saturday becomes a workday...

This is my first official tax season, working full time. I am worried. Efficiency counts every minute, there will be a lot of stress. I am going to cross my finger from now on. It is more than a tax season for me because my study timeline hits me as well. Counting down 3 months left to SOA, I really should study my technical material. PASS is all it matters...

我错了

連自己都不知為甚麽，做事心不在焉，频频出错。其實也不是放松了，因為我一點也没有放松的感覚。可能是办公時間有了些空闲，脑袋就開始想些有的没的。很明显，我想的都错了。My logic is wrong, thinking process is wrong, idea is wrong, judgment is wrong, the entire conecpt is wrong...

喝着人家喜歡喝的咖啡，看着人家喜歡看的球赛，到人家喜歡的地方做着人家喜歡做的事。這些並不能令人家喜歡我，也不等于我做到人家所期待的。但我愿意做别人喜歡做的事，也不介意把人家的興趣當作自己的。我覚得一點也不勉强。

我不是怕负责任，也不是怕一個人。只是错了以後希望有人為我指条明路。

從滑雪學到的

我不聪明，學東西也不快，但我偏偏喜欢尝试新東西。

這是我第一次滑雪板，雖然真得跌了很多，但還是挺好玩的。我天生的平衡力就不大好，snowboard  比 ski 對我来说更难，所以跌的次数也很多。我比别人跌得多，感到拖人家後腿真有點不好意思，但這也變成動力。每次跌到都會摔得很痛，就想摊在那里不想起来，但最後還是用全身力氣起来了。不摔倒又怎會學會重新站起来，怕摔倒又怎會把滑雪學會？每一次摔倒都问一下自己為甚麽，下一次怎样才會不摔，摔了几十次後便學會了。

滑雪時我就在想，我的人生也是一样吧。如果摔了一次就怕了，摔倒後不重新站起，那我就永远都呆在原地，到不了山脚和朋友们集合，也去不了更高的山上滑了。 雖然是學得比人家慢，但跌到後爬起来的精神我想我還是有的。

Creme Burlee

In fact, I want to make this dessert for a long time. I tried a couple times in univeristy, but failed. Since my coworker is good at cooking, I let her give me a lesson on creme burlee. I guess she is a good teacher, I made it. The next day, I brought it back to office and let other coworkers try them. The response is pretty good. =)

The raw material of this dessert is simple and inexpensive. The hardest part of the making process is "tempering the egg". If you get the trick, you will be able to do it. Everything has a certain way to do it right, you just need to find it.

I am going to try New York Cheese Cake today. Hopefully it will be another success. o^^o

2011 Winterlicious

Toronto got Summerlicious and Winterlicious.[Toronto 2011 Winterlicious]
This is the first year I go to a Winterlicious. The restaurant we went is Five Doors North. We decided it pretty late, couldn't get a reservation on Saturday night so we went on a Tuesday after work. The restaurant we picked is pretty small, afterall it is on Yonge Street.

I got a Alaska crab meat cake as my appetizer, lamb rack for main course and creme brule for dessert. We also got Aresti Carbernet Sauvignon for wine drink and long island after the meal.

Overall, I rate this meal 6/10. However the score wasn't for the food completely. I just enjoyed the dining expereince in general. The crab meat cake is good, but hardly taste any crab meat.  The creme brule looks pretty but taste pretty weird. It is not hot or cold, werid. The wine is pretty new and I doubt there was any alcohol in my long island. Yet, the main course - lamb rack is pretty decent.

The meal wasn't as good as I expected. Maybe I picked a wrong restaurant. Hopefully, the upcoming summerlicious would be better.

Quotes

I wish everyone enjoyed their lunar new year. I am here to share some quotes, hopefully they will motivate/inspire you in the new year. ^-^"

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be; because you have only one life and one chance to all these things you want to do.

I believe that happy girls are the prettiest. -- Audry Hepburn

I can accept failure but I can't accept not trying -- Michael Jordon

Unless you're willing to have a go, fail miserably, and have another go, success won't happen. -- Phillip Adams

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. -- Walter Bagehot

Life doesn't just happen to you; you receive everything in your life based on what you have given. -- Lil Twist

兔年大吉

恭祝大家新春快樂！在新的一年，身體健康，心想事成，萬事如意，事事都順風順水。是很老土，但是都是真心的。

很多時候，能夠一家人簡簡單單的吃一個團年飯已是幸福。

希望大家兔年過得更好！^___________^

又開始了

過去了的已經不重要了，重要的是從現在開始面對更新更難的挑戰重新出發。今天又開始沒有周末的日子，感覺不太壞，可能習慣了吧。覺得今天的那些錢付得還算值，像是學到了很多。希望今年能學到很多新且有用的知識，還希望今年一切都能順順利利。

Gulliver's Travels

Tuesday is movie night. This time, we watched Gulliver's Travels. This is another redone movie.
There is some funny moments in the movie. Yet, I would not give this movie a high rating. It would be a nice and relaxing movie but it is not worth to pay $13 for it.

The story is about this typical mail room guy's adventure experience in the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens. It is the first time he feels 'big' and powerful. He always think he is a small mail room guy and never try to take an extra step.

This movie reminds me...
If you want something, you need to take that step or otherwise you will never get it. Same theory applies to career, family, relationship...etc.

No Strings Attached

This is a movie just came out this Friday. It is romance, comedy movie. I picked it because I liked the Proposal.

Compare to the Proposal, I think Proposal is more successful in all perspectives, script, funny actors...etc. The theme of No Strings Attached is good, but most the funny scenes linked to sex jokes. Sometimes, it is not even that funny. The story is about this girl starts off a friends with benefit relationship with this guy because she doesn't want any commitment, and she ends up fall for him. This is not a new/interesting story. Everything is predictable and I won't feel bad if I miss part of the movie.

Girls are not strong or independent even they appear to be...

The Green Hornet

I watched this movie the other night.
I think this is Jay Chou's first holywood movie. I didn't go for him, I went because friends picked it. Since I didn't expect much from the movie, I didn't really get disappointments as well. Honestly, I like Jay Chou's music but not his acting. Surprisingly, his English is not as bad as I have been told.

Back to the movie...
This is a funny movie. There isn't much story but I like the funny parts. I watched on a weekday, it is a pretty relaxation after work. You can laugh off a lot of stuff. Seth Rogen is pretty funny, he uses he chubbiness pretty well in the movie as well. I would rate this movie as 6 out of 10.
The story line goes from the son hates the father to finally understands and likes his father. It is a reminder. We should cherish people around us, before it is too late. We just need to communicate before misunderstanding happens.

Lastly...
I am having a good day... I passed. =) 2/3 to go..

Social Networking tools

I banded facebook from my list for a while. Ever since I realize how much time I wasted on facebook and how much privacy exposure on facebook, I stopped going on facebook. I am not saying facebook is not a good thing, I would still go on if I have to. However, I am not addicted to it anymore. I would admit facebook is a good tool of social networking. It is not the first one, but it is a successful one without a doubt.

Recently I play with twitter. I never have it because I don't like to stalk people. After I installed it, twitter changed my view. People (at least the people I follow) don't really post the stupid stuff as I thought. I get quite a bit of information from twitter, new and fast information. It is pretty impressive. There is a Chinese version of twitter as well. It is interesting to see two complete different kind of people social networking. The content and perspective of theirs tweets are very different.

My colleague said 90s are heavily rely on technology. I guess it is understandable. You just have to use technology wisely.

Let the bullets fly

Since this movie is popular in China in now days, I downloaded and watched last night. I personally don't like the movie. The casting and production is pretty big, the storyline and idea is not as good.

With such big casting, actors did a fine job in their roles. However, I think the scrip is badly written. It is pretty much a Chinese version of Robinson (I haven't watched Robinson yet.) idea wise. There isn't much in the movie. At least it is not as good as I expected.

I personally won't pay that $13 to watch this movie. Maybe there is something else in the movie that I don't see. 0.o

看到你們好比甚麼都高興

前段時間忙，連聖誕聚會都沒有機會去。近來有些時間，有機會跟親友見見面很開心。不用得到些甚麼，不需要任何大場合，只要簡簡單單的見面聊天，看到大家健康幸福就好。^o^

羨慕

是羨慕不是妒忌。
我明白每個人都有自己的路要走，選好了就走下去。每個人的人生目標都不同，想要的東西也不同，重要的是都在朝夢想前近。我沒有妒忌任何人或事，也從不想說如果我是怎樣怎樣就好了。始終路是自己選的，重要的不是你的起點在哪裡，而是你的終點。
但是我還是羨慕， 羨慕一些人可以做自己喜歡做的，把興趣變為專長。羨慕他們可以很大聲告訴別人他們喜歡甚麼，不喜歡甚麼。羨慕他們可以無後顧之憂做自己喜歡的事，且得到很多支持和掌聲。
只是羨慕不是妒忌，發完夢還是要回到現實。每天做好自己應該做的。

slow January

It is been a week after I back to work from the new year/exams. I have been told the office would be slow in December and January. Now I totally understand.... I am out of work every morning, have to wait for boss to give me some work. Colleauges are pretty chill, especially when the boss is gone.

I know this kind of good times will not lasts long, it will be extremely busy when it hits March. I should prepare for it. It is a good time to clear my mind and sort some stuff out. =]

*still praying that I pass...*

哈日

不要誤會，我不是哈日族。縱使我喜歡很多不同的日本文化，音樂，劇集甚至食物，但我不是哈日族。比起日本文化，我自覺中國文化更有深度，尤其是文學方面。但不可否認的是，日本確有很多很好的，他們的好不能因為曾侵華而磨滅。都說日本很多都是抄的，但人家真的抄的漂亮。我是一直不太明白，為甚麼中國人設計的汽車和衣服（看大陸的時裝劇，港臺例外）會如此沒有美感。你可以說我比較膚淺，我喜歡漂亮的東西，視覺效果很重要。日本人有本事將日常用品的質量和美感提高到此水平，我們不得不服。

Praying...

The exam is done... now all I can do is praying.
Hopefully I did ok, hopefully I will pass.

I don't feel relieve at all. Today is the first day back to work in the new year. Finally I can go back to my daily routine. My new year resolution for 2011 is... cherish everyday of life and learn something new everyday.
I really like this quote and it inspired me.
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, today is gift."

Good Luck!

It is now less than 24hours to go. I really need the luck.
I wish all of you good luck as well.