Merry Christmas every one! No matter you’re celebrating Christmas or not, be happy and enjoy the holiday! After a full year of hard work, you deserve the break! At least I feel that way. I was pretty much OFF for the last couple of days - offline, not working, not busy with anything. Just sleeping, eating and chilling out at home. I’m not even bulk-sending e-cards to clients and friends like last year! The only party I went to was a small one at my tennis friend Andy’s place this afternoon. I ate a bit and watched a good movie. And here I am, relaxing at home again. Despite the daunting tasks on my to-do list, I just try to enjoy every present moment of this holiday. Oh, my favourite Christmas present? It gotta be this one from Andy: The Player: The Autobiography by Boris Becker with Boris Becker’s autograph in it!

The first BarCamp in Hong Kong was a blast! I totally enjoyed it, check out the photos on Flickr.

Baby Hang Hang, first son of my SSC classmate Holly just turned ONE! He was born on Dec 14, 2006 and his lovely mom threw him a big birthday party today. I was attending BarCamp Hong Kong at the same time but managed to join the party during the short lunch break. Baby Perth, son of another SSC classmate Elva, was also present. Both boys are super cute, active and food-loving, well done my friends and keep them coming!

He kicked both feet into the cake while taking this photo!

Finally got time to upload all photos of the party to my Flickr gallery. Check them out and make sure you’re logged in (free to sign up Flickr) to download the full size version. Thank you all for your greetings, text messages, e-cards and presents! This is one of the most memorable birthdays that I would never forget!

In less than 2 hours, I will be saying farewell to my precious “twenties”. Should I be happy or sad?

Friends keep asking me “Are you excited about your upcoming birthday?”, and I replied, “Yeah, of course! It’s a big day for me!”. In fact, I am excited about every day. I once read a little book called The Present, and learned that in order to enjoy life and work one must treasure now - the present moment. Be it an exciting birthday party or a dreadful project deadline coming up in a week, life has to go on and I still have to live now. Ignoring the present is a usually a cause for stress or regret.

Waking up every day feeling excited and grateful is a real bless for me. Turning 30 is just like turning 40 or 50, as long as I am still here, I would be enjoying every moment until my journey ends.

Birthday party starts at 7 p.m. tomorrow. For those not in HK, I’d miss you!

“Two weeks ago,” I said, “was my forty-fifth birthday and I wasn’t feeling too hot that morning anyway. I went into the kitchen for breakfast knowing that my wife would be pleasant and say ‘Happy Birthday’ and probably have a present for me. She didn’t even say ‘Good Morning’ let alone say ‘Happy Birthday’.”

“I said to myself ‘Well that’s wives for you. The children will remember.’ But the children came into breakfast and didn’t say a word. And when I started to the office, I was feeling pretty low and despondent.

Den ganzen Beitrag lesen…

Being a very typical Sagittarius, I found this very interesting:

Spontaneous. High appeal. Rare to find. Great when found. Loves being in long relationships. So much love to give. A loner most of the time.

Loses patience easily and will not take crap. If in a bad mood stay FAR away. Gets offended easily and remembers the offense forever. Loves deeply but at times will not show it feels it is a sign of weakness. Has many fears but will not show it.

VERY private person. Defends loved ones with all their abilities. Can be childish often. Not one to mess with. Very pretty. Very romantic. Nice to everyone they meet. Their Love is one of a kind.

Silly, fun and sweet. Have own unique appeal. Most caring person you will ever meet! Amazing in bed..!!! Not the kind of person you want to mess with - you might end up crying. 4 years of bad luck if you do not forward.

其實係好消息，因為有新 project 要趕在一月出街，本來十二月放假的念頭被迫打消。仲有唔夠兩星期就係我三十歲生日，真係光陰似箭！可能我成日都返大學開會、打波，一直都覺得自己仲好後生，宜家正式踏入三字頭，想唔認老都唔得！不過我又唔會唔開心，人係一定會老的，我覺得我畢業後呢幾年都過得好充實，可以做自己喜歡的工作，絕對係快樂不知時日過。今年生日不會去卡拉OK「劈」酒了，老土一點同Ｄ老友食個飯就算，飲少少香檳都可以的，但不可以好似舊年咁飲到不醒人事，因為安排在正日（星期二）晚慶祝，大家都仲要起身返工。

另外仲有喜事幾樁。網球聯賽季度正式結束，我所屬的香港大學隊再次蟬聯「亞軍」。Morning league 更好，Dec 14 還有一場比賽，但我所屬的Easy Beas隊已輕鬆提早奪冠，呢場可以話係「風流波」。壓軸消息係屋企將會辦喜事（唔係我！但係我都好興奮），詳情要遲Ｄ先可以公佈。:-D

Forwarded to me from a friend via email and I guess it’s a good one to share with you:

感嘆男人 :
有才華的長的醜, 長的帥的掙錢少 , 掙錢多的不顧家, 顧家的沒出息 ,
有出息的不浪漫, 會浪漫的靠不住 , 靠的住的又窩囊 .

感嘆女人 :
漂亮的不下廚房, 下廚房的不溫柔 , 溫柔的沒主見, 有主見的沒女人味,
有女人味的亂花錢 , 不亂花錢的不時尚 , 時尚的不放心, 放心的沒法看.

老婆是電視 , 情人是手機, 在家看電視 , 出門帶手機, 破產賣電視 ,發財換手機,
偶爾看電視, 整天玩手機 , 電視終身不收費, 手機欠費就停機 .

做女人一定要經得起謊言 , 受得起敷衍, 忍得住欺騙, 忘得了諾言 ,
寧願相信世上有鬼, 也不能相信男人那張嘴 ……

I like the “TV/Mobile” analogy!