A few days ago, I realized that I forgot an important day, July 08. 07-08-09 is actually my 8th anniversary of stay in the United States. Time flies! I can't imagine how I passed all those boring days, hard days, n sad days I had all these years. Yet, I am thankful to God, my family, Wai tse tse, n my friends for giving me the chance and helping me to grow~ Without them, I would not become this ME today. I realized that I was inconsiderate and naive at the beginning (well I was still small back then??? ). I really need to thank my parents n Wai tse tse for their care and kindness. I love you~

I used to rmb this important day every year... I never thought of missing out this day.. hmmm... hehe probably life is just the same every day that I forgot... or probably, my honey made me forget the day.. kakka

hmmm.. How long am I gonna stay in the United States?? I really have no clue... maybe as long as I can stay?? This is the question that bothers me once in while, n I just try not to think about it...

I hate LIARS!!!!!! I hate ppl breaking promises!!!

It's been a week since I had my right ear lobe pierced last monday. This is actually my 4th time piercing this ear lobe. Hopefully, the hole won't close AGAIN!!! I remember the hole on this ear lobe from 1st time lasted for 10 yrs. For some reason, it got imflammation, and I finally had it closed up. For the other 2 times, the hole just closed a little while after the curing phase.. Aiiii... It's not much of a pain to pierce the ear lobe for me. The pain is in the curing phase. My ear lobes are thicker than normal, so it's pretty hard to clean the holes. Moreover, there's not much room between the lobe & the cap... I bet a little bit of "breathing" is needed for nice curing.

I had been thinking about piercing my right ear lobe for > 6 months. Alfred & my sister were tired of hearing me saying that actually. They just didn't think I would really do it after I passed by Claire so many times. However, as I am attending my good friend's wedding end of Mar, and I wanna wear "a pair of earrrings", I finally made up my mind and rushed into Claire last monday. Luckily, I had just enough time for curing b4 my frd's wedding. yay~

A little episode happened when I got to Claire. I didn't know that people needed to be 18 or above in order to have ear piercing without a parent signiture in the US. In Macau, there's not such a rule. No paper works are needed. You just go and pick the earrings, and PIERCE! When I told the staff that I wanna get ear piercing, she asked "Are you 18 yet?" Alfred laughed.  

opps... btw, Alfred turned his head away (& physically sort of away from me) when the lady pierced my ear... no "hand hand" for me...

This is not a moral topic.

This is not a religious discussion.

This is just some realization from my daily life.

Peace in mind and peace in world are probably what most people are looking for. Let's not talk about the whole world, but the tiny little community or just circles of people around us. Probably there are people who just like making sth out of nth or just like playing politics. Some people just touch things that are none of their business. However, I do think that people should just say & do things just good enough, but nth that break the harmony.

I remember a priest told me during a retreat, that one should not ever say anything that would not do any good but hurt others. It's totally correct.

• doing/saying sth that does not improve the situation is MEANINGLESS;
• doing/saying sth that will hurt others is RUDE;
• doing/saying sth that doesn't help any & hurts other is AWFUL.

Sometimes, one may be frustrated that others are not following his/her opinions. Sometimes, one may just be in bad mood. Sometimes, one may feel helpless with some situations.

No matter what the reason may be, it's not a reason/excuse for one to be rude to others, as it will only do damages to the relationship among them.

"Blessed are the peacemakers."  

Although it's a bit late to say to every one...

Happy 2009!!!

Last new year eve, I went to count down with Alfred in Boston. The trip was brief, and it's freezing cold. We only spent 2 days there, and there's heavy snow on our second day (Dec 31). The first thing we did on Jan 1, 12:01AM... was to rush back to the parking lot in Boston downtown. It was as cold as 6F there! I bet we didn't wear warm enough.

I didn't get anything from my Boston trip except a bad COLD. I have been sick for days, and finally I am recovering. However, since I am still weak, I have been tired & sleepy during my whole first work week of 2009...