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G called yesterday evening - when I was relaxing on the sofa, having woke up from a whole afternoon nap ... ! Spoke to your colleague P too, who called. Meeting G for lunch tomorrow at 12:15pm at Marriott -...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com G called yesterday evening - when I was relaxing on the sofa, having woke up from a whole afternoon nap ... ! Spoke to your colleague P too, who called. Meeting G for lunch tomorrow at 12:15pm at Marriott - fingers-cross for me, bb. P said the post involves some travelling - including going to US for training. She also thought bb would be going to US in around Sept. ... sigh. will let you know how it goes tomorrow. miss you much. ... tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1796 2007-08-27T15:43:11Z 2007-08-27T15:44:10Z

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Had an interview with a private practice firm last week. It went ok. We said we'll meet again mid-August 2007 and if all goes well for them (they only recently opened their offices here), I'll join them January 2008. If...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com Had an interview with a private practice firm last week. It went ok. We said we'll meet again mid-August 2007 and if all goes well for them (they only recently opened their offices here), I'll join them January 2008. If possible, I'd like to go in-house. $$-wise is worse but I don't like marketing and worry about liabilities, etc. Had an interview the hkex this afternoon. I was surprised they asked to see me in the first place. I knew they won't hire me as I don't have the necessary experience and background, but still hold my hope for it as it's a good opportunity. Perhaps I wanted the job quite badly, I was nervous, and consequently, didn't do well in selling myself. I'm never good at selling myself, or I won't be where I am now ... : ( After the interview, it's almost confirmed that I won't be hired. : ( Then, one of the colleagues who'd resigned from here had lunch with my boss, and my boss spoke ill of me in front of my colleague! My boss said he found it difficult to work with me - that I don't follow his instructions, he didn't know what I'm doing and was scared from risk management point of view, ... blah blah blah. They are of course unfounded allegations. My appraisal is coming up in over a month, and I could expect to have more of such unfounded allegations and I would have to swallow them ... I really want to resign and take a break. My dad advised against it. Realistically, he is right, especially for what I do, but it's hard to soldier on here when your boss is just trying to lay blames on you for his own incompetence. tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1666 2007-06-07T07:21:49Z 2007-08-21T04:19:58Z

bb and mm took a short break at Singapore at the weekend just passed. It was fun. Very hot, but quite breezy and of course, we were smart to stay in shopping malls most of the times to enjoy the...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com bb and mm took a short break at Singapore at the weekend just passed. It was fun. Very hot, but quite breezy and of course, we were smart to stay in shopping malls most of the times to enjoy the air-conditioning. : ) I'm told that the weather was awful locally whilst we were away. We were lucky. We went to nearly all shopping malls that we could possibly get something for ourselves, but ended up getting nothing. The "Great Sale" was on, but we noticed that the stuff there were pretty old-fashioned and we haven't qutie got to that stage/age yet :P Ah yes, we bought food eg the very nice Pandan cake and mult-layer cake at the airport, and I bought 2 elephants from Jim Thompson. We had wonderful food, from chicken rice, satay etc from hawker centres, to chilli crab at East Coast - yum yum! I was tempted to buy the chilli sauce and make chilli crab when I get back, but I stopped myself knowing that I may not get to that before the sauce expires ... ! :P Met some of bb's mates - nice bunch. Deadline fell on 1st day of our holiday - 7 June 2007 - Sigh. tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1665 2007-06-05T08:59:37Z 2007-08-21T04:19:58Z

Read newspaper today and noted that from today, we could book tickets for 2008 Olympics. Read the rules and small prints. It feels and in fact works like subscribing for IPOs, as tickets are bound to be over subscribed. Each...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com Read newspaper today and noted that from today, we could book tickets for 2008 Olympics. Read the rules and small prints. It feels and in fact works like subscribing for IPOs, as tickets are bound to be over subscribed. Each person could only put in one application, for a maximum of 10 matches, each for a maximum of 4 tickets. The event would be held in China (and to a small extent, HK), and I guess the weather would be "too hot" for bb to be interested (I was told it was 37C in June, let alone August when the Game would be held). So I have asked my colleague, she will ask her bf and I've also mentioned it to one of my friends. The plan is we would all put in an application for 4 tickets for the matches we are interested to maximise our chances of getting the tickets. It's quite expensive, I mean the tickets plus flight tickets and hotels, but I guess it's a lifetime experience. It's too preliminary to say anything now, but we'll see. At least the thought itself is pretty interesting. : ) tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1653 2007-05-29T04:58:29Z 2007-08-21T04:19:57Z

These days, I'm learning to offer all my unhappiness and sufferings to the One Above and ask for His comfort. I did that yesterday too, and one of my best friend, CC, called last night! I was thrilled! I've been...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com These days, I'm learning to offer all my unhappiness and sufferings to the One Above and ask for His comfort. I did that yesterday too, and one of my best friend, CC, called last night! I was thrilled! I've been so unmotivated for the last several months/half year, so much so that there's a lot I wanted to tell her but just couldn't get round to writing emails to her. Then she called! I feel my prayers have been answered; although I also asked for help to be out of here asap, but I feel comforted. Bless her! : ) She's coming back in September, and she has invited me to join their group for skiing in France later this year. I'm tempted. But GBP and Euros are so expensive these days; I've had skiing lessons, but am afraid of heights and could really only stay in Green runs and some low or half-way of Blue runs ... We are also planning to go to US next year to visit our mutual best friend. Yeah! :D I forgot to keep a record of last month's deadline, but I feel it's coming in a week or two's time ... tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1651 2007-05-28T07:54:36Z 2007-08-21T04:19:57Z

My memory is getting worse these days, probably because I'm getting old. sf called this morning and asked what did I do during the weekend just passed. I had to make an effort to remember it before I could tell...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com My memory is getting worse these days, probably because I'm getting old. sf called this morning and asked what did I do during the weekend just passed. I had to make an effort to remember it before I could tell him. Oops. So, last weekend. Well, did nothing and stayed in all day on Saturday. So tired and exhausted, or really, so unmotivated. As sf said this morning, I'm kind of stuck here. The problem is I don't like it here. They pay me ok, but there's not much for me to do and they have not been giving me the credits I deserve. Anyway, enough of moan and groan - what's the point? Things are not gonna change if I continue moaning and groaning. I should focus on the future. Came across a few in-house positions lately. Although I don't 100% fit the profile they are looking for but I'm tempted to give it a try. I must get my acts together and get it done. I'll try to do my CV tonight. It may need a revamp as they may not want so much details. We'll see. Sunday was great. Went to have homemade lunch made by bb after Sunday church. Yum yum! bb is such a good chef. I feel a bit guilty though, as she was so hot and wet just because she was making Sunday lunch for us. I enjoyed the 5-star menue immensely, but am a little unhappy as the lunch has made bb tired. She even insisted on cleaning up, whilst I napped on the couch - By now, you must be shouting "What a pig!" I'm so spoiled : P Have also been thinking about a friend of mine who got married and is staying in Australia. She has liver cancer. I was lazy and haven't emailed her a little while. Then my best friend who also knows this lady in Aussi told me the lady's condition is not looking well. We used to go to the same college and she's just a year ahead of my best friend and I. I emailed her several weeks ago but haven't heard from her ... I'll pray for her. In fact, several of my friends are not feeling well lately. One is in constant pain in the neck/shoulder area. bb too! I'll remember them all in my prayers. Haven't received the Holy Communion in the last few weeks, although I went to Sunday mass. Plan to go to do confession after work today. This confession is in fact long overdue ... Hope I can escape then. tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1609 2007-04-19T07:03:28Z 2007-08-21T04:19:56Z

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been busy with a new probate case. Client was particularly naive - he is generally too late. He has been staying with his mother, keeping her company etc for the last few years, and when she passed away recently, he...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com been busy with a new probate case. Client was particularly naive - he is generally too late. He has been staying with his mother, keeping her company etc for the last few years, and when she passed away recently, he failed to take the necessary precaution against his relatives and "allowed" them to have raided the property and took away documents and jewlleries, when one of those documents could possibly be a will in his favour, which if that were the case, by now, should have been destroyed and would never see daylight. Sigh. tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1571 2007-03-19T04:24:15Z 2007-08-21T04:19:55Z

mm had an ok busy weekend. After work on Saturday, mm went to one of the shops that sells baking ingredients, utensils, apparatus etc and City Super. Both were good. Had lunch at one of the local tea house at...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com mm had an ok busy weekend. After work on Saturday, mm went to one of the shops that sells baking ingredients, utensils, apparatus etc and City Super. Both were good. Had lunch at one of the local tea house at Wanchai close to the shop mentioned above - tasted great! Was gonna attend a Yoga class, but mm had had pain on the upper back so she'd left it until next week. mm had apple crumble in mind - bb no here to make for mm lah! She downloaded Delia Smith's recipe. The recipe was to serve 6 to 8 and mm intended to cut everything by half, hopefully the end result would serve 3 to 4. Sat was too tired and so mm made it yesterday evening, after having been to churches in Central and Kln (ceremony for her Goddaughters). It's pretty bad, kind of a disaster! Firstly, taking bb's advice, mm only measured one-quarter of the sugar in the recipe for the crumble but she forgot to put it - when she remembered that, the crumble was already baking in the oven! The crumble had medium sized lumps and it was difficult for mm to make them into nice little crumbles, like those bb made. mm guessed that's probably because she didn't do it quick enough - the butter was already soft, too soft to make them into nice crumbles. The recipe suggested a bit of ground cloves. mm tried several places but couldn't get any. There's no Bramley apples here, so mm used Granny Smith. Then the custard. mm bought vanilla extract - which Delia recommended as an excellent substitute to vanilla pods; she said vanilla essence was no good. The recipe didn't say how much vanilla extract should be added so mm added several drops to start with. She could only smell milk and egg. She added another 1 or 2 teaspoons; didn't help much either. The custard wasn't thick enough too. You see, this time, mm did the entire measurement so no half-ing, although she used whole milk, as suppose to double cream, which Delia said should be ok. The end product was pretty runny and a bit cuddled as mm brought it to boil (!) in her desperation to get it thickened - unfortunately. All sounded pretty disasterous, right? mm was disappointed too. Surprisingly, it tasted ok! mm guess : u can't go far wrong with baked apples! :p mm will give another try to making apple crumble - her favourite dessert ! It was good fun too ! bb will be back tomorrow - yeah! : D Perhaps she would give some tips to mm? ******************************************* Bruce called last week - we'll attend a seminar by a Franchisor of creative memory (or thinking or what not??! :P ) tomorrow evening (Monday). Objective is really as part of market research for a possible business, something to do with kid. will see lah. tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1568 2007-03-13T14:56:50Z 2007-08-21T04:19:55Z

mm had a marathon of meetings today. The day was quiet before lunch and mm was drafting her monthly article on St. Teresa for the church. Then mm's 1st client called, and they agreed to meet at 3:30pm. Then mm's...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com mm had a marathon of meetings today. The day was quiet before lunch and mm was drafting her monthly article on St. Teresa for the church. Then mm's 1st client called, and they agreed to meet at 3:30pm. Then mm's 2nd client (the one that's involved in a family dispute mentioned in yesterday's post) called to confirm instructions. They agreed to meet at 6pm so that letter of engagement may be signed and cost on account may be given to the firm. mm expected the 2nd meeting to be short but it took nearly 2 hours! mm was sympathetic towards their position and they are new to litigation, and she had to explain her advice on the strategy and way forward again and answer questions again. So eventually, mm was in meetings from 3pm (the 2nd client called and they spoke on the phone) until around 8pm! mm was exhausted! For purpose of acting for the 2nd client, mm had to report the matter to her boss (Joe). Joe raised the question as to how comfortable we are in involving in probate cases. He said he had only "touched" on contentious probate case! He was honest and mm respected that. mm reminded him of my experience in contentious probate matters and said I intended to involve counsel at early stage, and have advised client of that intention. He suggested sf - yes! mm thought, however, that her boss was easy on this one because the team has been very quiet - to the point that everyone has plenty of capacities! Oops! bb's comment on mm's post of yesterday made her (mm) day! : D tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1566 2007-03-12T15:30:29Z 2007-08-21T04:19:55Z

Had a hard working but very productive weekend. Tidied up the documents that have been on my dining table for some months and cleaned out my fridge on Sat and Sunday respectively. The fridge took me a few hours to...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com Had a hard working but very productive weekend. Tidied up the documents that have been on my dining table for some months and cleaned out my fridge on Sat and Sunday respectively. The fridge took me a few hours to do. The things I dumped took up the whole bin for the entire floor! Oops! Attended a meeting for bible class teachers last night. Before that, attended the 6pm mass hosted by the Rev. Father recently joined the church. He was good! He's Indian, but his local language was excellent! He's so funny and to the point. Simple message, but big ideas. I like him! The meeting for the bible class was good too. Very useful for someone like me who needed a bit more training. It's also a good place to exchange ideas. I seated next to Father Lok. A member of my Legion team was there. He came after I did. He asked why did I sat there i.e. next to Father Lok. I said another bible class teacher invited me to sit there, so I did. Then that Legion member didn't say much but for the rest of the meeting, he looked at me strangely, as though I picked that seat deliberately, intending to shine shoes for Father Lok. That idea never came across my mind. Why are they so small and shallow? Had a meeting with a potential client relating to a family dispute. The meeting went well; I spoke to sf and went over my intended advice, so sure win lah! I think they will confirm instructions to us tomorrow. However, it made me very sad, dealing with family disputes, rows between members of the same family. Sigh. I joined a Planet Yoga last Thursday. It's a life membership - I paid a fixed amount by monthly instalment (interest free) for 2 years, and some GBP 40 per annum after 100 months i.e. over 8 years! I thought it suits me quite well. You see, I'm not persistent in terms of exercising. So, I won't lose out too much if I use it a while/stop a while ... and so on. Good deal, hur? tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1559 2007-03-06T08:02:23Z 2007-08-21T04:19:55Z

It's been very quiet in the office. For me, that happened since around Oct/Nov last year. Recently, no new instructions came through the door at all ! So what do I do during the time in the office? Mainly, surfing...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com It's been very quiet in the office. For me, that happened since around Oct/Nov last year. Recently, no new instructions came through the door at all ! So what do I do during the time in the office? Mainly, surfing on the net and socialising with colleagues. Honestly, I am worried that I'd be made redundant soon. That itself is stress. I don't know what to do if that happens ??! I'm beginning to see how courageous, strong and tough my younger brother has been - he's able to face so much downturns that had happened with his career. I love him and admire him immensely. I got close to a colleague recently. We both have been looking out for opportunities. I tried a few in the interim. For one I was one of 3 shortlisted for 2nd interview, but had heard nothing since early Jan this year; no, not even a rejection. It's a brand name company, and I later heard from the news that it's income was below expectation. As it's a back office post, the company had probably put the matter on hold. With this colleague and a friend of mine, we were thinking of a business in cakes and ice-creams, and we had even thought about our target customers and marketing. Last week, a friend from Uni calle. It was a friendly call but later we moved onto discussing forming a playgroup ! We said we'll do some research. I'm keen on the idea of moving away from the industry I'm currently at. I await however God's plan for me. In my prayers, I ask Him for wisdom as well as love, faith and hope in Him. : ) tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1557 2007-03-04T15:17:21Z 2007-08-21T04:19:55Z

Attending Sunday mass at the usual chapel. We (member of the service team for that chapel) talked about our CNY gathering held last night. I was responsible for one of the games, which was very well received. I was told...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com Attending Sunday mass at the usual chapel. We (member of the service team for that chapel) talked about our CNY gathering held last night. I was responsible for one of the games, which was very well received. I was told they all loved it and they were very happy! hee hee! Picked up KFC and had chicken/chicken wings with bb at her place. We watched some travel/food programs on the tv and after a while, I dozed on her sofa, leaning on her. zzzzz ... I had a few attempts of making red beam and coconut pudding for CNY gathering, and I therefore had a few late nights. It wouldn't set but later, I figured out what went wrong and corrected it. It was successful ! I gave half to bb, and reserved the other half for my family tonight. bb loved it. She's so nice! : ) Had dinner with my family at the usual restaurant, celebrating mum's birthday. My newphew was really something. His family came last. When he enters, he gave a bouquet to mum. It's handmade, made with clay and paper. It's really nice, and of course, his mother helped a lot as the kid only turned 3 a month or so ago. My other sister in law and I each have a small bouquet too. So sweet of him. They tried my new pudding and thought it was quite good, although a bit sweet. bb said the same thing later. I have improved on the recipe I found for this dessert. It 's now my own recipe. I will start a notebook and write down my recipes, and hopefully, one day, they will be published ! Yes, I am interested in a career with baking/dessert, and perhaps catering but that would be quite hard I reckon. Anyway, I still have a long way to go. My colleague and a friend have been talking about this. We need to be persistent lah! tag:www.invisiblecompany.com,2007:/pizza//12.1558 2007-03-02T15:26:24Z 2007-08-21T04:19:55Z

bb is back today, but I have Legion and deadline ... ! Well, I got 4 more lai see packets before the 15th of CNY - hee hee...

http://pizzaorme@yahoo.com bb is back today, but I have Legion and deadline ... ! Well, I got 4 more lai see packets before the 15th of CNY - hee hee