You are welcome B!

I spoke too soon. B just came by to thank me for lunch. It was a big thaaaaaank yoooou! B said A asked her to say thanks to me. Now I wonder why A would not say thanks personally when we can see each other from our desks?

Oh well, I surely feels a lot better now.

Should I expect a thank you?

I just had lunch at Bistro Delifrance in United Centre, Admiralty with two of my colleagues. We always pay for our own lunch or share the cost among the three of us. Sometimes either one of them treats us especially when they made some money from their personal share trading. I seldom buy them lunch as I rarely get alloted with IPO shares I applied for. Two weeks ago I applied for shares of this company that listed last Friday. On its first trading day, the shares were trading below its IPO price. Yesterday it was trading a bit higher but I waited until this morning to sell my 2,000 shares. My colleagues immediately calculated that I could net about HK$500. So lunch was on me.

This is not my first time to buy them lunch but I never got any thank you from them. I probably should not expect a thank you as I offered voluntarily. But it would have felt good to at least be acknowledged. I always, always, say thank you to them when they pay for lunch. So let's say A bought lunch, me and B would say thank you to A. And if it was B who paid for lunch, both A and I would say thank you to her. But it was never thanks to me. Could it be because I am the youngest and they are almost twice my age? I mean, no need to say thank you to someone younger than you?

Thank you Big Boss! Thank you Tara!

After a half day work on Saturday, my colleagues and I were treated to a heavy "yum cha" (literally drink tea) courtesy of our big boss. Yummy dimsum dishes and my favorite (this may sound gross) chicken feet! And of course the best part, it was free!

I then headed off to practice my mahjong skills on the computer. I am still learning to play this very popular local game. And hoping I may be able to beat my colleagues when they let me play with them. They say I am still too slow coming up with my combinations of mahjong tiles.

Sunday started with an early breakfast at Fairwood, a local fast food chain. And then had a walk around Wanchai and taking photos of buildings. My boss is thinking of buying a flat so I had a list of buildings recommended by the property agent. The buildings were old and I'm not sure of the status of the units inside. But I am no property expert. I do not even own a flat of my own. Oh well, business people have better judgement.

In the afternoon, I went to a bag shop for some very cheap but nice hand bags. The store do not have any name so it is just THE bag shop for me. I have been to this shop four consecutive Sunday since it was mentioned to me by a friend. I am really glad she told me about it. She does not live near the shop but on her way home the bus passes the shop. I would not even think of stopping by from the looks of it. So a BIG thank you to you Tara for letting me in on such a gem of a find.

Food Expo

I joined two of my colleagues to check out the Food Expo at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday.

Admission ticket is HK$20.

But after 6 p.m., admission ticket cost only HK$10. Of course, we waited until 6 p.m.


As expected, a sea of people.

From a Japanese stall selling sausages, cute elephants and daisies!

We had to push our way through the maze of stalls, but it was worth the HK$10 entrance fee as we enjoyed a buffet of free food taste. Yummy!

Sleepy!

I am tired and so sleepy. I feel like my head is just floating. I should have slept earlier last night and not finish reading this novel I started a week ago. I thought that I won't be getting much sleep anyway since the next door neighbors will be noisy as they have been the past several nights. Alas! The kids were well behaved last night and closed the doors much gentler than they used to. So I have to catch some sleep tonight. I am hoping for at least eight hours of peace.

Hello World!

I turned thirty two this year. As my friends told me, no longer in the calendar and a good candidate of spinsterhood. But I do not care! I am happy and try to be content with what is happening albeit dull and boring as compared to most people I guess. Well, let's see if it is indeed as plain as I thought it is. Hello World!