折原商店。

went to 折原商店 (11 Unity Street #01-02 Robertson Walk) last thursday and had great time with iris (lola) and celeste. lola is always a cheerful company to have at any occassion. while for celeste, it's actually the first time we could sit down and chat so much since we know each other. wish we can do it more often in future. thanks to celeste for the photos! oh by the way, the cocktail in lola's hand was actually the champion cocktail by the bar tender who just started his first day work on the night itself. the taste was surprisingly good and refreshing!

i love poached egg.

it just looks appertizing on any food. 
*picture from 柳田栄萬.  

here's how to poach an egg perfectly with some little tricks.

souvenirs.

the most enjoyable part is picking them up in the park.

落地生根。

又名：花蝴蝶，倒吊莲，土三七、叶生根，番鬼牡丹，叶爆芽，天灯笼、枪刀草，厚面皮、著生药、伤药、打不死，晒不死，古仔灯、新娘灯，大疔黄、大还魂。

之前跟關說，雖然兩老曾做過園藝，我卻完全是個白癡，沒有青手指（green fingers）。昨天關就很有心地送了我這一瓶落地生根，還付有小紅菇呢！（謝謝你！感動！）

都已經叫打不死、大还魂了，若經我手還活不下去的話。。。那是要怎樣啊。心里不禁有點壓力。而且，落地生根剛來我家不久就得接受一個月自生自滅的嚴峻考驗，我。。。我。。。我由衷希望它能等到我回來。

jacket.

yesterday, i just realised that i have lost my favorite jacket. i have to admit that i feel quite...lost, sad and painful. so much so that i couldn't fall asleep, so much so that i dreamt of looking for it last night. so much so i even blog about it right now. i didn't feel as much when i lost my handphone. in fact, i didn't feel anything at all when i lost my handphone. while trying real hard to recall when i last saw it, i keep telling myself that it's just a jacket. a mass produced jacket. not even a vintage jacket. but...i love the jacket! it's been to many places with me. it kept me warm. it fitted on me nicely. i love the details of the jacket. i love its colour. i love its material. i love its lightness. i love its size. i love it i love it i love it. you might think that it looks just like any other jacket, but i don't think i will ever find a similar jacket again. *sob*

行き先は、、、

不明。

一百分。

好人做太多會被當成理所當然。
我又何必每次都做到一百分呢。

人情。

華人最愛做人情。人情本應是溫暖的。還人情卻讓人感覺壓力。我覺得人情太多不是一件好事。只會讓接受的那方感到沉重。有沒想過你一廂情願要給的人情，其實只不過是讓自己覺得好過而已，而且對方根本沒那個需要。有沒考慮過對方想不想接受你給的人情？有時別人謝絕你要給的人情，就隨他的願吧。強迫別人接受你的人情，反而是一種自私。我本身最討厭華人在餐館里飽食一頓後爭著付錢的場面，夾在之中的服務生超為難，場面超尷尬。其實，接受別人對你的好意是一種溫柔。接受別人謝絕你的好意是一種體貼。

henderson waves with hy.

did some sightseeing like a first-time tourist with hy. so much fun. wish sling were here too, like how we hung out together many years ago.

the best travel guide.

during my last visit to beijing in august, i had this great great honour to receive this travel guide book which was hand drawn by my super busy best friend, Karen. YES! it's karen, THE KAREN! here you can see a very heartwarming cover, a very cute and innocent panda and a dreamy...erm...flying bird. so sweet of karen! she is a sweet girl actually, even though most of the time she acts like she doesn't care (ok i guess sometimes she really doesn't care)...

and it goes like this...

...she's a very professional event planner/organiser, knowing i would feel lost in beijing, she drew me a very clear map of her and sean's house location plus listed down all the necessary information...

...she even attached a very precise map of chaoyang district, where she lives and works now, and gave me some background info...

...karen is an artistic girl, she even googled some art piece about beijing, printed it out and pasted it into the guide book! so much effort!

i was soooo excited and couldn't wait to see what is in the next page! and then...

she became extremely busy and had to stop here...

oh well, i love this guide book, it's so karen!
( ' u ' )

再來一次。

如果有機會，我要再來一次。不是同一地點，而是這一種感覺的。

flower series II

toilet.

次、荻上直子監督の最新作のトイレットをみたい。

kamome shokudou.

今日みたのはかもめ食堂という映画です。
もう最近荻上直子監督の作品にはまっちゃいました〜
you can watch it here. ( ' u ' )

”やりたくない事はやらないだけです”
"i'm only not doing things that i'd not like to"
that's my favourite quote by sachie in the movie.