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working saturday

Incredibly great weather today, yet i'm a bit stuck with my homework and really need to spend some brain and time on it. Ha, not that bad yet. I'm still enjoying a great sunny working day at home, and just thought i would like to share with you my desk with mr. sun shining on my right through the big windows, listening to a great jazz channel, drinking royal milk tea (in a starbucks container), chatting with some friends on msn, reading some references, writing my paper....... 

if you do not have so much imagination, here's what it looks like:

lovely penguins

My memories of Krispy Kreme

If you have been reading my facebook update recently, you might misunderstand that i am a big fan of doughnut or Krispy Kreme. I am not. In fact, i am really afraid of anything as sweet as a piece of doughnut. Yet, the doughnut from Krispy Kreme really have some special meanings in my life, those special moments making it so unforgettable.

 

Here's the story:

 

First encounter: not knowing where to get it in london

My first encounter with Krispy Kreme was back in London. After arriving in london for a short while, i once went to downtown london with Paul (my taiwanese classmate) for a bit of sight seeing. Suddenly he told me that there's famous doughnut shop around and we started searching. we were somewhere near Piccadilly circus and we simply walked around and see whether there are chance seeing someone eating a piece of doughnut. After a while, nothing close were found. So, we went home. My first encounter with Krispy Kreme was not really an encounter, we missed each other.

 

Second encounter: first taste of something sweet in london

After settling in London for a while, i went to church with Lor Lor (my highschool classmate) on every sunday. And after church, we often went for dessert lunch (lunching in hagadez). I remembered there's once, me and  loretta was shopping in harriods. Suddenly she suggested getting some doughnuts......

I suddenly thought of the doughnut mentioned by paul and guess that's a match. Yo! it was expensive at that time (probably around 10 pounds per dozen) yet it's the first time i felt i brought something that is "luxurious" (i dont really dare to spend so much during my stay in london, buying only necessities - in the beginning). I brought a dozen, had some with lor lor and brought the rest of them back to share with my flatmates. My feeling was really good, felt that i found something warm and sweet in london...

 

Last encounter: moving out of dorm in london

I can't really remember whether i ate some more doughnuts since the 2nd encounter. Yet i clearly remembered the last time i had krispy kreme in london. That was when we need to move out of our dorm and moving to the new apartment i rent in downtown kingston. Despite me throwing out loads of stuff and the short period of me staying in london (9 months at that time), i still got a lot to pack and move. Luckily we got Sodam (my korean friend) driving us and helping us out with the packing. She is one of the kindest girl i've met in london, sweet, very caring and i just felt like having a sister when she's besides me.

 

We worked so hard packing and finally done at the dorm. Sodam arrived with her car and a DOZEN (or half a dozen) of fresh doughnuts!! (and with 3 cups of coffee) I still remembered the moment of us sitting in the dorm, with sun shining through the window, 3 of us having a piece of original krispy kreme doughnut with a cup of coffee. The satisfaction i felt is unforgettable.

 

So i really think that happiness is very simple: great friends and a piece of doughnut.

 

Krispy Kreme in Hong Kong

Since the opening on kirspy kreme in hong kong, i guess i had it around 5 times, mostly by myself, with all the great memories in my mind.

 

It's sometimes sad to be missing everyone. As all my friends who shared my kirspy kreme memories are not besides me but very far away, yet they are all the source of energy and happiness that makes me the Heidi i am today.

 

So, with my thanks to 3 best friends: paul, Lor lor and Sodam! hope to be back to visit you guys someday!

Fruitful week of meeting friends

Fruitful week of meeting friends

 

Had  a great week meeting friends that i do not see so often.

 

You might know that i am getting more of a family person and prefer staying at home (mom and dad might not agree with that recently). There are always a list of friends that i wanted to catch up with yet too lazy to do so.

 

I made it this week, having lunch and dinners with many different people, to catch up or to get to know more about them.

 

Tuesday:
Lunch:Had lunch with an old colleague from KA. Actually we knew each other because we joined KA on the same day but haven't got so much chance to know more about each other. Very happy that he shared his difficulties with me and i will be praying for him on his future planning and career.

 

At night: went to the wedding of E Lo and Frankie and met 4 highschool classmates and i guess i haven't seen 3 of them since i graduated from highschool.............

 

- Han yan: we shared same name in chinese and i always admired her of being a very "free" and "playful" classmate at that time. You know, most of my classmates were being quite serious studying for A-level and she was always relaxed at that time. Turned out she's now producing documentaries on art related matters in HKradio.

 

- Sze Lau: my best buddie at high school, we shared a lot in common, she's a support for me at that time as we need to take care of so many things in high school: christian fellowship, volleyball, study, choir, orchestra, student committee etc. We're always hanging out together.........glad to hear that she's getting married next year and wish her all the blessings from god on her new family!

 

 

Wednesday:

- Had lunch with a new friend in CX, we played badminton for a couple of times and he helped with photographing at the event at cx. It's nice to know more people now and then in CX and making this working place and a more fun and caring environment. I am feeling so comfortable now at office, with great team.....and great colleagues......and great boss.

 

- Had dinner with another old colleague from KA, i guess we haven't seen for a year or so? a very "mo lei tou" guy with passion in his work all the time. I found it a bit difficult to have a smooth conversation with him sometimes as he just slips in "lan Gag" every 3 sentences and i just cannot fake to laugh everytime. Anyway, he's the one who inspire me to do photography and i am really glad i can earn so much satisfaction from photographing beautiful moments in my daily life.

 

Thursday:

- Had lunch with a group of current colleagues that is in my team but working on completely different projects. I seldom got chance to have lunch with them except team lunch and i am so so glad about this. We also played badminton together as 2 of them are really badminton master and always willing to teach me. Hope that we'll have more chance to lunch together in the future. ar, besides, they've taugh me how to grow plants (such as chillies and we're currently trying to grow different types of plants as our "life indicator"...hahaha