The nights with THE CURE & Transformer

A night with THE CURE - This legendary British post-punk band performed live in HK for the first time ever last night at the AsiaWorld Arena. It was brilliant! Robert Smith was great. I was standing in the middle facing Robert. They played almost 3 hours with a lot of classics and hits. They put this much energy into the night. It was intense. The sound mix was the best I've ever heard and every song was powerful and deep. The music was amazingly "full". They got my body shaking the whole night. The HK crowds were much much milder than anywhere else...it's good so nobody got hurt. Thanks my boyfriend for introducing the band to me. When they were playing "Lovesong" my boyfriend was holding me close and singing close to my ears. Thanks again Robert, Simon, Porl and Jason.

He was dancing a little on the left corner of the stage...VERY cute.

The movie TRANSFORMER - It's as juvenile as it exhilarating, as staggeringly-stupid as it is keenly well-crafted. This is a primal entertainment, brute force vs. brute force, bad robots vs. good robots. The United States federal government sits somewhere between the rival robot groups. Generally, leaders are buffoons, more hindrance than help, while grunts on the ground are brave and battle-tested. When Transformers isn't going over the top, it's often a fun summer-movie ride. Besides, Captain Lennox is cute.

I feared the moment of separation

Leaving 15 days----------Staying 8 days----------Another Leaving (13 days)

Up thoughts for down moments

Love is an understanding that is so complete that you feel as if you are a part of the other person, and accepting the other person just the way they are and not trying to change them to be something else.

Tooth pain

Few things are more uncomfortable than tooth pain. You feel like you cannot eat, the pain may be so great that you cannot think, and life with tooth pain can be miserable.

I woke up this morning with the worst ache from a back tooth ever!! I also tried to get some sleep but couldn't, since it hurt so bad.

My dentist had one of those machines which can take an X-ray externally. You just strap on the lead padding, bite down on the mouth piece and stand perfectly still for about thirty seconds. You have no idea of the relief I went through when I realized they weren't going to try to wedge any of those little white X-ray films in my mouth. To cut a long story short, my dentist couldn't see anything wrong. She suggested seeing if it got worst, and then we'd react accordingly.

By lunchtime the pain was a lot worst. I can only chew on the side of my mouth that doesn't hurt...

Wakeboarding

Wakeboarding is such a great sport that many people are getting hooked. An exciting sport giving you a whole new excitement, thrills, and fun all rolled into one.

Back at Home Only to Leave Again

Back at home only to leave again, the up and down moments lie on.

Love is

Love is being honest with yourself at all times; being honest with the other person at all times.

Love is

Love is the excitement of planning things together; the excitement of doing things together.

Love is

Love is having someone to scratch your back.

Love is togetherness forever.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Life's a gift and so are you!

Love is

Love is knowing that the other person will always be with you regardless of what happens;

missing the other person when they are away but remaining near in heart at all times.

A bad day at work

My blue skies fade to grey. I'm faking a smile with the coffee to go.

I've had a god damn bad fing day at work, one of those lousy days where everything seems to go wrong. We've all experienced a bad day at work. But when this happens, how do you turn your day around and make it pleasant instead of ruining it? Being optimistic and knowing that there's a light at the end of the tunnel is the driving force to overcoming negative barriers. Being able to pull away from the situation and look at it with perspective will often clear things up and permit you to see through the muck. I followed these tips but seems that it couldn't work this time.

I've been feeling down lately at work. I've stayed for 3 years trying to make it work, but I can't anymore. My heart wants to stay, but my soul needs to go. So where is the passion when I need it the most. Sounds pretty awful. I hope tomorrow is better.

Date with Destiny

What do you think about fortune telling? I don't do that, so just before you push exodus before down my throat I was just wondering.

Why, in a society that has so warmly embraced technological development, do so many people place their faith in a craft that is so difficult to explain scientifically? One reason is that may be it works, or at least people believe it might work.

People say fortune tellers emphasize that their work is based on usually astrology, rather than any special ability on their part to see into the future. It builds upon details of your birth, they can produce a map of your life, identify the point you are now, and see why you are doing what you are doing. Fortune-telling's purported accuracy is perhaps one of the reasons it has been so ingrained in Chinese culture.

My mom set up one for me yesterday. The scary part is the fortune teller has been right about many things. She had no previous knowledge of me, but she pretty much got it right. She even knew my current situation, but I'm sorry I don't want to go into too much personal detail here. She used her special technique to measure if my boyfriend and I fit each other, she even predicted me giving birth.

Fortune tellers make generalizations and our minds take it from there. Any sort of fortune telling should be taken as indications of your future life, definitely they should never be considered as perfect predictions. Sure they are real but do they really work, and God doesn't want us involved.

Like anything it can be good or bad. Fortune tellers are neither good nor bad in the same way a knife or a car isn't evil by itself and can be used to help people or hurt them. I believe if I continue just as I am, this might happen. More often than not they tell you more about yourself than they do about your future, or how your current state of mind will affect your future. I really hope this wouldn't change anything. I try to have a good life, enjoy everyday, share with my beloved as much as I can, fill myself with challenges and interesting things everyday.

Destiny is always balanced by determinism. Nothing in life is to be fear only to be understood. The bad thing is that people lack of the courage to be responsible for their lives and make their own decisions, fortune-telling usually becomes an excuse.

My conclusion is... If you don't believe it, then it can surprise you. If you do believe it whole-heartedly, you certainly will be disappointed.

My parents adore HIM

I recognize that my family and my boyfriend have made significant strides in the wake of high emotions and feelings. My mum, aunts, uncle all adore him because he is really personable. Thank them for making the integration of two significant parts of my life easier.

Happy Birthday to My Beloved Sis

Intimacy II

I believe that trust is the key to intimacy in a loving relationship between two adults. Trust is more than just a high degree of openness and honesty on both sides. It includes the faith that the other person can be counted on, that they will not behave irresponsibly or selfishly in important matters. Trusting another implies their loyalty and caring are unquestioned. Simply put, trust is confidence that we know where we stand with the other person, that they are 'on our side'. Ultimately, trusting someone means we do not fear them. Without some level of trust intimacy is not possible.

Intimacy I

Intimacy is a way of relating rather than a feeling. Being intimate with a person means we are truly ourselves with them, without any kind of barrier or facade. This is only possible if we are fully comfortable with the other person, ideally to the point where we feel as though we are only with ourselves. This takes time, more exactly, it requires a long and mutual process of self-disclosure. Ultimately, intimacy means being entirely known by the other person, i.e. not consciously holding anything back. Montague Ullman explains the importance of this, "The freedom to let oneself be known is also the freedom to be oneself."

Giving vs Receiving

The necessity of receiving is less obvious. If you are able to give but not to receive, then you are not putting yourself on the same level as the other person. When this is a pattern in the relationship it amounts to aloofness, though one is not normally conscious of this. It is only when you can both give and receive freely that there is a real connection with the other person. If you cannot receive then you remain separate. Nor is receiving as easy as it sounds. It is often easier to do a favour than to ask for one. An interesting aspect of receiving is that you will have a problem with receiving unless you are able to truly give without strings.

How much love you will give

If you are not willing to give to the person your ostensibly love, then you do not really care about them. Of course, not all giving is an expression of love. The workaholic husband who gives money but begrudges his time is an obvious example. Giving in a loving way means contributing what the other person wants or needs, not what happens to come easily to you. Knowledge is needed since ignorance of the other person's needs may sabotage your giving. Nor is horsetrading - I give this if you give that - an expression of loving.

Diving in HK

The weather on Sunday was very nice, sunny, a light breeze. Hong Kong diving is a different type of diving to what you get in a lot of the popular dive spots in Asia. At first sight there is less to see, and visibility is often not very good. You tend to have to focus on smaller things and swim quite slowly and carefully. You would find there are lots of soft coral, clown fish and anemones, crabs, and urchins.

The clownfish is one of the most common fish that splashing around Sai Kung waters. The first impression that this lively little fellow gives is that it is playing with you. In fact they are protective of their home, the anemone and their young ones or eggs.

Obviously pollution, over fishing, land fills and downright indifference (out of sight out of mind!) on the part of the Government and general population have all played their part in devastating underwater marine life over the years.

SHE

Mind-blowing

Boyfriend who travels for work and is gone often

Would you purposefully choose to get involved in a relationship if you knew you wouldn't see your partner very often? I think it depends on the people involved at a particular point in time. If you like someone enough, you'll be willing to put up with things that you might not have in previous relationships. But even for the strongest couples, this type of situation can cause a strain.

And it's true – they are hard, one must have a high degree of trust, and the seemingly endless carting around of your belongings from one place to another.

It doesn't hurt when you're crazy punch-drunk mad about each other, count down the days until you're together again. While the time apart kills you, it makes the time both of you do spend together spectacular. But sometimes people around you seem to have more of a problem with your boyfriend's schedule than you do. They always ask you if you are sad and if you miss him and they look at you with pity.

On the bright side, one of the major benefits of ...is the fact that it forces you to learn how to verbally communicate with each other. Many relationships are based on fun, on joint activities, on social events. Couples aren't forced to tackle issues until they are cohabitating or married.