Bye-bye 2010, Hello 2011

2010 is going to end soon. This year has proved to be good in most ways. Had I achieve all my resolution? Sad to say that, I failed a couple of the goals. Nevertheless, it's still a fruitful year.

Fruitful year in term of the business picking up, and we don't have any more unpaid leave, but looking forward it seems like the economy is going south again. But then I will leave this problem to next year to worry about.

With year 2011 around the corner, I have a guess that this will be a turning point in my life. Embarking into a whole new journey where most of the people will eventually go as they grow older. However, nothing is confirmed yet so I will sleep on it and take the matters into hand when it really happens.

What had I learn in 2010? I guess as we grow older, it seems we are starting to have better control over ourselves. Compare to last year, the most significant growth that I see within myself is that I do not let other people control my emotions. I learn to take a step back when I'm pushed into a corner or in the verge of volcano eruption, and analyze or at least talk with a level headed voice. I learnt that when you do so, you started to see the bigger picture and able to have constructive discussion.

Greatest achievement for 2010 will be the business cum personal trip to Germany, which is like a dream came true for me. To be able to go to a country which needs 14 hrs of flight and experience a whole new culture, language, building, weather is like an eye opener for me. This trip had indeed been the most memorable trip up to now in my life.

This year had not been smooth sailing. Along the year there's up and down just like any other years. It's because of the downside that we appreciated the upturn. I realized that life is indeed numbered. I saw a few of cases this year where young children, as young as 10 years old, passed away. I saw an adult fighting for his life, so that he may live longer to see with his own eyes, his daughter grows from a girl to a young lady, to witness her graduation, her marriage, the birth of his grandchildren, and to grow old with his partner. I hope sincerely with my heart that he will be able to pull through this and to make all these into reality.

With all these happenings, it re-enforces my motto in life, which is to live life to the fullest. Tomorrow is a mystery, yesterday is history, and today is a gift. Treat each day as your last, and you will have less or hopefully no regrets in life.

So for year 2011, I'm going to play hard and fulfill my dreams instead of thinking I have 30-40 years of time to spend. Oh ya, and learn to enjoy God more, because without Him, I doubt my life is what it is now. Be thankful that you are still breathing, still surrounded by loved ones, and still has the ability to support yourself.

DD Farewell Lunch @ Taipei 101

One of my colleague and blogger friend is actually leaving the company that we worked for during end of November. Kinda sad that many friends are leaving and starting the new chapter elsewhere. Nevertheless, all the best for their future undertakings.

Some of the drinks we ordered.

And the following are the food that we ordered that day.

Dresden Part 1

Too many pictures for Dresden as we walked along Elbe Riverside since all the historical buildings are centerised there.

Since there are too many photos available, I will divide it into two parts. The following photos are not in sequence order.

1. Eating a super delicious ice cream while posing for a monument besides Elbe River. The scenery besides the river is superb. Look at the clear sky, it's sunshine, yet cold with temperature around 15 C.

2. The ice cream I'm eating is Movenpick, only 1EURO. Super delicious. I wonder when Kuching can have this ice cream. The yummiest among all the ice cream that I had tried in Germany.

3. At the door of Albertinum museum.

4. Another side of Albertinum museum. Albertinum is a famous fine art museum in Dresden, Germany.

5. Some old historical building which I can't recall the name already. There is just too many of such buildings along the shore of Elbe River.

6. Inside one museum showing Jeff Wall's pieces.


7. The old building showcasting Jeff Wall pieces.

8. Another old building which I can't recall what is the name. If my memory didn't failed me, someone told me it's a big library.

9. The Church of Our Lady, Frauenkirche. The black small piece of wall is the original church which was destroyed during to WW2. The church behind was rebuilt using the original stones (which is blacken due to war) together with original pieces.

10.Dresden is famous for this type of wooden crafted toys. It's so cute and irresistible. Unfortunately, the pricing is resistible. Which explained I did bring any of this lovely toy back.

11. It's the beginning of Oktoberfest.


12. Cuckoo clock, another specialty from Dresden.


13. A monument of Martin Luther.

14. The full view of Frauenkirche (The Church of Our Lady). This picture didn't do it's justice. The church is magnificent. We even went and have a service session there on Sunday.

15. Statue of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. Frederick Augustus II (full name: Frederick Augustus Albert Maria Clemens Joseph Vincenz Aloys Nepomuk Johann Baptista Nikolaus Raphael Peter Xavier Franz de Paula Venantius Felix) (18 May 1797 – 9 August 1854) was King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin.

Christmas Dinner

The main dish for the night is SALMON!!

Salmon fried rice

Fried rice with other catering food

Limited edition Tiger Crystal

Salmon Sushi

Sashimi

Sigh, another inch to the waist. When can I start my diet?

Christmas in Kuching

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011

Christmas Eve

At Salon

Now.. Doing rebonding with Sk and DD. Cny is around the corner.

New York City

A lip gloss all the way from New York City. Thanks DD!

From Facebook: 乐嘉老师送给男生女生的话

女孩应该懂的：

1、一个女人如果第一眼就让男人想到性，那么她是很失败的。

2、当你从床上下来那一刻，你在他心中就开始贬值了。如果你把一切都给了现在的男友，那么，除了老公这个称呼你还能留给你未来的丈夫?

3、一个女人的品位在于她身边站着一个怎样品位的男人。女人一生最成功的事情之一，便是选了一个对的男人。

4、一个男人爱你的时候，你往往会感动于细节，同样，一个男人不爱你了，你也可以从细节中来发现。

5、想了解一个男人的好坏，先去看他身边是一群怎样的朋友。

6、女人的友情来的快，去的也快。其实男女感情远没有你跟姐妹的感情可靠，所以，珍惜你们之间的友情吧。

7、把买化妆品的钱去买两本好书，漂亮的容颜固然可以让人眼前一亮，丰富的内涵却能让人经久不忘。

8、虚伪的男人总倾向于喜欢你的容貌，真正的男人总倾向于爱你的内心。

9、男人没有你想象的那样好，可以真爱，但不要深爱，在爱情里为自己留个退路，否则受伤时会措手不及。

10、不要相信男人的甜言蜜语，面对喜欢的女孩时，不认识字的男人也会变成一个诗人。而诗人本来就不生活在现实中。

11、去发现一个有潜力的男人，往往比去傍大款更切合实际。并且你会更有成就感。

12、随时预防遇到色狼。必要时向他胯下踢，用力程度自己把握。

13、这个世界上，最值得你爱的，除了父母，只有你自己。

14、爱情不是追来的，所以，永远不要认为被男孩追是理所当然的。但是，你对他的考验是必须的。

15、当一个清高的女孩遇到一个高傲的男孩时，总有一个人会卑微下来，但是如果可以, 不要把自己放得太低。

16、在爱情里，永远不要抱怨什么。

17、爱情，是需要用心经营的。恋爱也是一门艺术.

男孩应该懂的：

1、如果，你不能给她一个美好的未来，那么，请不要把她哄上床。

2、不能做到的，就不要承诺。男人，膝下有黄金，嘴里也有黄金，不要轻易答应什么，因为你可能会食言

3、把她的地位放在游戏之上，毕竟她是那个肯能会陪你一辈子的人，游戏只是消遣罢了。。

4、你可以为了父母去教训自己的爱人，但是不能为了爱人去背弃自己的父母。如果她对你父母一直不好，那么她可以离开了。

5、如果不是生在帝王富贵家，那么找女朋友，不要只看重她的长相，而要学会欣赏她的内涵。你找伴侣，不是在找情人，而应该是在找妻子。。

6、一个成功的男人身边，需要一个相对优秀的女人。而这种优秀，与她的容貌无关，与她的内涵相连。

7、哥们，如果不擅长讨女孩欢心，那就去讨自己的未来欢心吧。男人，不是来征服女人的，而是来征服世界的。

8、你一生担负的责任很多，但最重要的是四个，对自己的父母负责，对自己的未来负责，对自己的女人和感情负责，对这个世界负责。

9、不要总想着玩弄感情，小心它有天会玩弄了你。

10、物以类聚，人以群分，这句话对男人很贴切。跟上进的人交朋友，跟有人生品位的人交朋友，你会获益很多。

11、这个世界上，最值得你爱的，除了父母，还有自己的女人和哥们，然后才是你自己。

12、爱情不是追来的。如果你死皮赖脸追求了很久，她却无动于衷，那么哥们，放下吧。有时，咱男人的尊严比一个女人更重要。。

Mini-Octoberfest @ Dresden

After checking in our hotel and throw the heavy luggage behind us, we zoomed out and started to explore Dresden City. First stop, the mini oktoberfest at the tourist information center.

The following are pictures as I'm lazy to write too much.

Shop selling handicrafts.

Small tree

Fruits stand. My face is pluffy T_T

The food we ordered. I like the mushrooms.

Potatoes! My all time favourite

Ferris wheel. Didn't ride one though. Looks very fragile and shaky in the strong wind

Autumn deco

Cute pottery cup

Posing with a shop

Handicraft. Now I regret I didn't buy any. But it's really too pricey

A shop full of small wooden crafts.

Even have shop selling underwear. Lol

Big size ang moh vs sexy ang moh behind

Ppl queuing to buy food/beer

Then I saw these two pretty ladies with traditional costume. Must take photo with them. Yay!!

City Herberge Hotel @ Dresden

After we got the map of Dresden City and Tram map, we went ahead to our hotel straight away to deposit our luggage.

This is the tram stop nearest to our hotel, Pirnascher Platz.

After dropping from this tram stop, we need to walk for 7 full minutes before reaching our hotel.

All I can said is that by the time I reached the hotel, I'm super tired and my hands are sore from tugging the luggage with us all the way from train station HPF to information center to the hotel.

It's super cold that day at Dresden. I even zip my coat from bottom up to my neck.