豈有此理!!!

一位同事非常努力去做一個project...
但post mortem一句多謝都沒有...
還講到好像她沒有做過任何事...

更可笑的是把credit給另外一組 !!!

還.....把有問題的責任推到我manager身上

有冇攪錯!!!

非常非常非常替她不值!!!

上癮了...蟹肉蕃茄湯檬...

綠葉 [china town 的新越南餐館] 的蟹肉蕃茄湯檬非常非常非常非常非常好吃....

我對它簡直上癮了, .... 在10天裡居然吃了它三次...... 還未厭.... ah!!!!!

星期天的工作

....真難忍受 [好在還有 jeanne 一起做]....

我又作病...不停打噴嚏... 流鼻水... 耳仔又痛... 公司又熱 ...

依家...還開始有輕微的fever...

*嘆氣*

*嘆氣*

*嘆氣*

it's all about ...

h e l l o k i t t y

不想在星期天工作

但 ...

我心太軟 *嘆氣*

怎能忍心說不? 我的manager是一個非常非常非常非常非常好的人 ....

a warm surprise

hubby gave me a warm surprise yesterday - i wasn't feeling well so i left work early by taking the bus - and he gave me a warm surprise by showing up there with some mint (to make me feel better) ... i felt very happy about it, indeed.

no more inspection?

how come everyone is waiving inspection lately when getting houses in Bellevue? would this be too big a risk ... ?

What Color Heart Do I Have?

Love completes you, but that doesn't mean you seek it out.
When love comes your way, you integrate it peacefully into the rest of you life.
Your flirting style: Laid back
Your lucky first date: Walking around aimlessly and talking
Your dream lover: Is both enthusiastic and calm
What you bring to relationships: Balance
WhatColor Heart Do You Have?

remodel ?

got some estimate today from a contractor for varoius projects we've been thinking for our house. Probably we'll go with the bathroom project as the first one to start ... :D

serving...

i have been thinking about going back to what i've been serving before i got married - and then all of a sudden, it happened that those 2 groups of people asked me within these last 3 days about going back. hm... pray pray pray ...

a packed weekend

i've done so much this weekend...

meeting few friends who i haven't met for a long long time for a dim sum on saturday...

meeting another group of friends for dinner til almost midnite ;)

then, resume our tree cutting projects, and in theory, we're done (check out the pictures!)

oh - and we went checking out the new rav4. unfortunately they do not have the ones with 3rd row seating yet in the lot. but the new rav4 really looks much better appearance-wise ;) we love it ....

SUVs...

i've always wanted to get a SUV if i'm to buy another car - and crv has always been the one i wanted - but i just heard toyota has its new rav4 which has the optional 3rd row, which i always want. hm.... hm....

您的父母

someone forward me this today, and it is very meaningful -

<不但學懂珍惜、也要學懂愛惜>

有一個女生，因為跟家裡相處得不好，所以很少回家，
後來有一次回家，發現年老的母親走路一跛一跛的，
不經意的看了母親的腳一眼，
這才發現母親的腳指甲太長而長到肉裡面造成流血，流膿，

這時，她認真的看者已經很久沒有正眼看過的母親，
她才發現在她眼前的母親已經年老，
老到已經沒有辦法彎下身來自己剪指甲，
所以才會讓雙腳的指甲傷到肉，
她哭了！

從此她變每個禮拜回家，
用一盆溫水先幫母親泡腳再幫她剪指甲，
泡溫水是讓腳指甲變軟，
才不會因為這樣不好剪而傷到母親的腳。
　

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<你留意過自己的父母嗎？>

一直以為父母也應該跟我們一樣能適應這個變化的世界，
新的科技、新的資訊，新的理財觀…

直到最近幾年才知道他們追的蠻辛苦的，
遙控器太多太複雜、聽不懂的專業術語、完全陌生的理財工具…
直到最近幾年才知道為了怕我們不耐煩，
父母偶爾忍住了想說的話，想做的事，

如果沒有這次遠遊， 遲鈍的我也不會知道，
一向熱心打點照顧我們子女無微不至的父母，
退休十幾年的老爸，竟衰老得如此快速。

我們五姊妹只湊足了三個，決定陪爸媽去新加坡玩。

在去程的飛機上，老爸四小時都不願如廁，
任憑我們好說歹說，他依然老僧入定，不肯起身。

在每一站觀光區，他也是非到萬不得已才進男廁。

有次我觀察到他小解很久才出來，
看不到熟悉親人身影，
先是向東搜尋，
繼而向西眺望，
即使在這節骨眼，
他也不願放聲大喊大叫，
讓我們子女沒有顏面，
站在陌生人群中，
一副茫然失魂的樣子，
安靜、耐心等子女們的出現，
我終於瞭解他出門在外不願如廁的原因。

以前不解事的小兒子常笑他八十幾歲的外婆，
連鈕釦都不會扣，真慢！真笨！

好簡單的一件事，為什麼老人家們就是做不好？
我們還未經歷到，當然難以理解，
年紀大了，有時候手腳會不由自主、不聽使喚，
我以為老爸和婆婆之間還有一大段差距，
誰知他也不知不覺走到這個階段了。

往後行程我根本無心玩賞，
只要看到老爸表情稍有異樣，
便好說歹說強行押解他到男廁，
自己則只好守在男廁外頭，
起初老爸感到萬分不自在，
後來也就漸漸習慣了。

回程飛機上，
我陪老爸去洗手間，
他忽然低聲對我說：
「其實我不會鎖機上廁所的門。」

我拍拍他肩膀，
告訴他：「沒關係」
心裡卻翻湧出一陣心酸。

心裡很想告訴同行的妹妹，
下次出遊，
把各自的老公也帶來，也可以多盡一份心，

也很想告訴沒有同來的么妹，
錢財日後都賺得回來，

唯有父母健在安康，
又能帶著遠遊，
這才是為人子最大的福份；

想告訴老爸，
如廁問題解決了，
我們下次可以飛到更遠的地方去旅行。

一趟旅行帶給了我許多感觸，
也讓再度離開家、身在火車上的我不禁滴下眼淚....

或許是自己太多愁善感，
也或許擔心自己的父母狀況，
只是自己一直沒發覺，
才驚覺原來老爸老媽也變老了，
變脆弱了，
不再是以前那「強壯的臂膀」、「溫暖的避風港」

原來一直幫我扛著頭上那片天的巨人
人也會變老....

你留意過自己的父母嗎？

您的父母還有多少時間等您？

樹欲靜而風不止、子欲養而親不在
　

後記： 《余光中的一段詩》

母難日，今生今世，我最忘情的哭聲有兩次，

一次在我生命的開始，
一次在妳生命的告終

第一次我不會記得 是聽妳說的，
第二次妳不會曉得 我說也沒用，

但兩次哭聲的中間啊！
有無窮無盡的笑聲，
一遍一遍又一遍，
迴盪了整整三十年，
妳都曉得我都記得。
　
生、離、死、別是生命中一個過程

可悲的是…它不可能重來
可喜的是…它不需要重來

seattle is so great because...

it has a lot of nice people around...

• on a friday, when alex and i were done loading all the stuff we got from costco into the car, and when alex was about to take the cart back - a guy was pushing his cart back and offered to take ours so as to save us a trip ...
• on a saturday, when i was waiting in line at the post office, i saw various people offering help to a lady who was carrying a big package to mail ...
• on a sunday, a neighbor walked by and chatted with us and offered us great ideas for gardening ...

we are very close...

in getting the whole tree down! Pictures here!

we spent 5.5 hours on cutting the trunks of this maple tree - the tree doesn't look as big until we actually cut it - it was very tiring, and we are left with the tallest trunk that we cannot remove - until we get a taller ladder ...

quite an experience!!!

it is sooooooo cold

when we got home tonite around 930 pm when it was all dark - i notice that my front yard look a bit different - seems like there's sthg spreaded on the grass. i looked closer and closer - it was all "ice balls" !!!! they are pretty big in size indeed, and they are pretty :D

阿虫說

阿虫說，沒有對或錯，好與壞，但有真和假。
阿虫最怕忍，也反對忍，所以選擇恕。

阿虫說...

new orleans food

had a group lunch today at new orleans restaurant. I had an eggplant + crasfish + crabmeat + shrimp dish and it is very tasty. :D

Today is a bad day ....

i hate this!!!

and i'm still in all these stuffiness because of all my tears and running nose

bad bad bad

an addition

to the kitty room...

懂

要找到真愛，便要找一個懂妳的人。

這個人也許並不是十全十美，
但因為他懂妳，所以妳就認為他是十全十美的。

就是這麼一個懂字：

當你遇到挫折時，他不說一句損妳尊嚴的話。
當你意氣用事時，他絕不遷就而會娓娓解說事理給你聽。
當你心情不好時，他絕不和妳一般見識而大吵大鬧。
當你遠隔千里難得見面時，他也深信妳。
當你愉快時，他也愉快而且會告訴你。
當你煩惱時，他也煩惱但不會輕易告訴你。

懂，是需要多少的了解，多少的體諒，多少愛心。
要找一個懂妳的人，也許很難，但要有信心。
找一個懂妳的人，也期許自己做一個懂他的人。

筷子

夫妻倆過日子要像一雙筷子：

一是誰也離不開誰；

二是什麼酸甜苦辣都能在一起嘗。

m a r t e n i t z a

so, this morning, i was given one of these "martenitza" from a coworker who's from Bulgaria -

What is martenitza?

There is an ancient and unique Bulgarian custom: to present each other a so-called "martenitza" at the beginning of the spring (the 1st of March). Its red threads symbolize health and the white ones beauty.

so --- i have health and beauty now :D heehee...