Macarons

This is my first time to taste macaron. I tried Rose flavour, Jeff picked Citrus.

This French dessert looks cute, is like a little soap, but a bit too sweet to me.

The historical moment - Olympic torch relay in HK

I was 1 of 100,000 people who watched Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong today.

We arrived TST train station at 9:30am, luckily we did not have difficulty to walk to Nathan Road, the route where the third torch-bearer Andy Lau passed by. Although I couldn't see him in front of me as the place was extremely crowded, it was still nice to participate in such a memorable moment. Spectators greeted him ecstatically. The ambiance was filled with joyfulness.

After that we rushed back to train station and went to Shatin. We had spent two hours at Shing Mum River bank, before the flame appeared on the dragon boat. The 'runner' of this route was Sze Hang-yu, athlete (aquatics), she looked a bit shy, but totally delighted and honoured, was holding the torch tight and waving the cheering crowd along two sides.

At that moment, I just realized that Shatin was so beautiful, Hong Kong was so beautiful.

The mission of Olympic Game is "building a peaceful and better world", hope we can achieve this by embracing its core spirits of "friendship, solidarity and fair play".

Olympic Game, is belonged to everyone in this planet.

The photo of Sze Hang Yu with her Olympic torch is provided by the courtesy of Jeffrey Yuen

笑談補鐘趣事

承上篇網誌所說，我請了師父替我重操駕駛技術。

當我到駕駛中心報名時，我問那位姐姐我上堂時用的那架車是甚麼牌子。

「『吖郭』嚟架，細細架幾好揸。」她友善地回答。

我以為她說ACCORD，見到架車後先知道是ECHO...

******

上第一課，當我緊張地駛過黃格時，老師不停講「全，全，全呀！」

「全咩呀？」我驚問。

「全到嗰度！」師父說。

啊！原來是「前！」

Driving lessons

This is what I planned for quite some time, but just have time to take action recently.

I am talking about driving lessons. Actually I got my driving license in 2003 but I seldom drive in these five years. My dad said it was a frozen license.

Every time when I sit on the driver seat, I just feel dreadful. Jeff always tries to guide me when should do what, but end up we fight. I blame him for giving me the wrong direction, he complains me on not responding his instruction immediately.

Finally I make a wise decision, to have driving lessons with a professional instructor.

I have had 6 lessons in these two weeks. Finally I drive on highways next to those giant lorries, which I dared not to do 2 weeks ago.

My instructor told me he got his instructor license in 1959... wow, what an experience teacher. He is a little old gentleman, but his response, the clarity of his eyes are much better than young people.

4 more lessons ahead, will have a night class on next Monday.

High maintenance

5 more days then I will turn into 31. Well, it is not that overwhelming comparing to from 29 to 30.

I admit that I am a high maintenance girl. I "invest" a lot in skincare and strictly follow many beauty rituals - scrubbing, toning, deep cleansing, massaging, moisturising, good dieting, etc. My philosophy is it is wiser to spend your money on something that good for your skin than on a brand handbag that spend almost your one month salary. Trust me, most men have no idea whether you are carrying a B.V. bag or L.V. monogram bag.

I do not mean we beautify ourselves for the sake of men's attention. I just think radiant skin is much more attractive than a $18,000 bag with some logos on it.

Another area I "invest" a lot is books. Many years ago I read an article about beautiful women. The author thought many college girls were no longer pretty once they graduated, because they didn't read anymore after they left schools, they were lack of substance in their soul.

Well, I think there are still many girls who do not read but manage to be drop dead gorgeous, but it is not bad to read, I am sure a wise brain can enhance one's beauty, which could not create even by the best liquid foundation in the world.

That's why I read a lot.... I am really shallow....

Copper wire head

I feel so happy to receive lots of compliments of my new straight long hair style. The fringe on the forehead makes me look younger and more chic.

I do think we should reward the Nobel prize to the inventor of hair straightening technique. I know that hair under a 200 degree Celsius hair clipper will go lifeless totally. But guess what? This is what people with rebellious hair like mine want!!!!!

I am sure all my secondary schoolmates remember my 'copper wire head'. I practised swimming 3-4 times a week in those years, the chlorine water bleached and hurt my already uncontrollable hair seriously, you could tell how awful my hair became. Everyday, I could just combed back all my 'copper wire' into a pony-tail.

Actually I would love to try other hair styles, such as bob head with medium length, phone-cord-like curly hair etc, but I don't think I can handle these well... Let see if I will have gut one day and give a shot!!

Mackie Kitchen

Finally I could make to go there, and a bonus was with Doish along.

The restaurant is stylish, homey and cozy, I love the orange walls a lot. That 'book exchange corner' is surprisingly small, but I could still find a book I was interested in, at the same time, I left three chick lit novels on the shelf, they are "The Other Side of the Story", "The Nanny's Diary", and "Everyone Worth Knowing".

After the nice lunch there, we went to the Central to see loads of delicate shops in Soho, and H&M. Frankly, this is the first time I shopped in Hong Kong H&M, I could not believe you could find some great bargain apparel with nice design there. I bought a polka dot headband and a little summer dress.

A nice afternoon!!