Sally & Jack are Here!

March 7, 2009 Leave a comment

Guess what? Francis and family aren’t the only one this week! In fact, Cousin Leon and Kelvin were here too! And we have another couple old friends from Singapore too! Meet Sally and Jack (our 47th Visitors)!!! We did invited them to join our Sat program but they have been to those places we wanted to show Francis and gang. The great thing was Sally and Jack stayed in Mong Kok too! So, we decided to meet them for dinner on Sat night (at a really old-looking 大排檔 at Temple Street). The food was not cheap and as good as what Gareth said. And Jack even caught a "fly" on our fried noodle with his deadly super-fast fingers! Haaa…

The couple left for Macau today (as they are taking their flight via Macau Airport). They both sure came at the best time – Hong Kong’s temp went down to 12 this weekend! Nice cozy weather, despite the dizzle.

Opps.. Anyone see Elkan? He should be in the photo…

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Birthday Boy in Town!

March 6, 2009 Leave a comment


 
It must be telepathy… a kind of feeling I cannot explain. Strangely, I have been missing Shanghai so much over the past 1 week. And it was so bad that I said that to at least 6 Shanghai friends over MSN this week. 2 nights ago, I was lying on my bed, closing my eyes. In my mind, I could feel the cool Shanghai breeze. I saw the usual streets I used to roam… and the Shanghai new airport terminal. Just then, Elkan climbed on top of me and whispered this to my ears "Daddy, I want to take aeroplane." he whined.

"To where?" I asked.

 
"To Shanghai ah…" Elkan snapped. 

What a strange coincident – I was dreaming and missing Shanghai and a second later, my son spoke to me about taking a plane to Shanghai. I asked him, "Why did you mention about this right now? Why Shanghai? Why not Singapore or Korea?"

"Dun know. I think I want to go Shanghai and play.." he answered. "Remember the place we always walk, daddy?"

What a strange coincidence, I thought. The next morning, I shared this encounter with Tracy on the cab to work. She kept very quiet. She just told me that we should go home early tonight for dinner. Maybe at Soho. 

Normally, I don’t call Hovman in Beijing. But strangely, I called Hovman yesterday and today. What a perfect timing, he reminded me that 4th March was Francis’ birthday (and added that 8th March is his!). Gosh! It is Francis’ birthday! Instantly, I made a birthday photo card with Tracy in the office and emailed Francis. Today, I wanted to chat with Francis over MSN but couldn’t find him. I also kinda miss my "quabbling days" with Echo…wanted to call her but I was caught in some meetings.

At 7pm, I was wondering why there is no SMS from Felicia today. I tried calling her at home and at her mobile. No answer.

Just then at 7:20pm, Felicia called. She told me that Elkan and her were right outside my office and Elkan is shitting in his pants. Thinking it was that "Soho Dinner" thatTracy mentioned earlier this morning. I rushed to my office door. And I saw this old BENG of mine standing out in his DKNY Black Jacket…grinning at me with his sly face! FRANCIS CHAY????????

I am so delighted to see him here! I looked around for Echo and Grey… For that one moment, I couldn’t care less about the environment. It felt so much like home. I invited them into my small office (of course, there are many colleagues around – Elkan ran around the office greeting everyone!). I put them in the conference room, waiting for Tracy.

What a great weekend! And I know why I miss Shanghai so badly this week. Cos’ somewhere deep inside, I know Shanghai is coming to me.

It is telepathy. It is more than just 6th sense. It is simple happinese.

Happy Birthday my friend. Thanks for your presence!

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Most Wanted Man in HK

March 5, 2009 Leave a comment

Yesterday, Mark 6 Jackpot hit HKD38 million! Someone in my department suggested to gather a pool of bets. Each of us paid a small bet of HKD75, hoping for a return of HKD2.8 million each (if we strike jackpot). David, my boss is regarded as the "luckiest man" in our office. Thus, we voted for him to be the one to place that "winning bet" for us. Worried that he may run away with the winning money, we decided our contingency plan 5 hours before the result. At 5pm, I started printing and pasting his poster over the office. (Guess what, he didn’t see that until much later! Haaaa….)

Did we win? No. We bought 10 numbers… only 2 came up. Sigh….Kaninah!

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Our English Names in Chinese

March 1, 2009 Leave a comment

I thought this is basic information that we all should know. But anyway… just in case you cannot recognise your own "English name" in Chinese… here is what Google Translation did for you! (not sure if they are accurate… but mine sure sounds right!) If you name isn’t here, dun panic… click http://translate.google.com/ to find out!

Alex

亚历克斯

Irene

艾琳

May

可能

Alice

爱丽丝

Issac

伊萨克

Marco

马可波罗

Alicia

艾丽西娅

Jay

杰伊

Ming

明

Alston

阿尔斯通

Jason

杰森

Nelson

尼尔森

Amy

艾米

Jacob

雅各布

Nick

尼克

Benny

班尼

James

詹姆斯

Ramesh

拉梅什

Calvin

卡尔文

Jimmy

吉米

Randy

兰迪

Charlie

查理

Joanne

乔安妮

Rebecca

丽贝卡

Chester

切斯特

Joe

乔

Regina

里贾纳

Chesterton

切斯特顿

Johnny

约翰尼

Richard

理查德

Christine

克里斯蒂娜

Jovel

乔芬

Sally

萨利

Cindy

辛迪

Jovin

乔芬妮

Sam

山姆

Claudia

克劳迪亚

Juliana

茱莉安娜

Sandy

桑迪

Desmond

德斯蒙德

Kalinda

可琳达

Sean

肖恩

Diane

戴安

Karen

克伦文

Scott

斯科特

Duuk

杜克

Kendrick

肯德里克

Serene

尊贵

Elkan

埃尔肯

Kenneth

肯尼思

Shin

申

Ethan

葛特曼

Kitty

吉蒂

Stella

斯特拉

Felicia

弗雷西亚

Leon

里昂

Tracy

特雷西

Fiona

菲奥娜

Limbo

状态

Wendy

温迪

Francis

弗朗西斯

Linda

琳达

Xavier

泽维尔

Franklin

富兰克林

Lionel

斯潘

Yei

耶伊

Gareth

加雷斯

Louis

路易

Yogi

瑜珈

Hovman

Hovman

Martin

马丁

Yvonne

伊冯娜
Heidi

海蒂

Mary

玛丽

Zechariah

撒迦利亚

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