Our Special Day

我和你相處時間不長, 卻建立了一份深厚的感情. 我們互相的信任可能好比已婚多年的夫婦. 還記得當天將我們距離拉近的竟然是 Ontario Health Card Services 的一張表格. 記得當你在「出生日期」填上7月30日的時候, 我立刻便打了你一下, 說道: 「甭玩啦! 填你自己的出生日期呀!」 話剛出口隨即就想起: 我們剛相識不久, 你沒可能知道我的生日! 想到這裡, 你已經填完年份 - 1973年. 你用好奇的眼光望著我問: 「你也是7月30日的嗎?」 從那一剎那開始我們再沒有隔膜. 天南地北、風花雪月, 無所不談.

我永遠不會忘記我們只是短短一年間的相處、深夜談天的日子和往後3年相隔兩地後的書信來往. 種種記憶, 並沒有在你離開之後而幻滅. 11年了...你已經離開了11年. 我也不會忘記你離開後我哭了多少次、哭了多久. 每年生日我都會想起你, 卻又有甚麼出奇? 那有不想你的可能? 只是: 你有否想起我呢? 想到這裡, 不禁覺得有些心酸、一點心疼.

不知道為甚麼近來心情分外忐忑. 或許是今年特別想你. 今天是我們的生日. 當朋友、家人祝我生日快樂的同時, 我也希望你在他方會感到幸福、快樂.

表哥, 祝你生日快樂!

Project Potato Head - ver. 1.10 之香港先生篇

『2009香港先生選舉』剛剛在星期六播出. 我們一定是第一時間收看喇! 所以, 昨日連同細V、 Gootoe、 Faye E 一同「笑爆咀」地看. 為了更加投入, 細V特地安排今個禮拜的 Project Potato Head. 簡單而隆重介紹13號的參賽者:

Week 11 - Mr. HK 薯

13號 - Mr. HK 薯
年齡 - 35歲 (盛年組)
星座 - 處女座
績業 - 消防員

興趣 - 滅火
必殺技(才藝表演) - 花式滅火

請大家多多支持!!

Yesterday = Craziness!!

If
day off = yay!
and
yesterday = day off
then does
yesterday = yay?

NOPE!

I've always disliked that time of the year when you have to renew your plate sticker and every other year, have an emissions test done, but this year I got an added bonus: I have to renew my health card, driver's licence, plate sticker AND do an emissions test. So, having to wait 'til the last minute to do everything every time, I finally decided to take a day off yesterday from work just to get all my errands done. I had booked an appointment to see my dentist 6 months ago, so I thought I'd make use of the entire day rather than just take the morning off work. While I was at it, I thought I'd have my annual physical done too since I'm way overdue with that.

So already my plate is full from all the things I have to do. Doesn't really sound that eventful right? Well, let's factor in the constants: 10:30am dentist appointment in Mississauga, government offices close at 5:00pm, doctor only works from 10:00am to 2:00pm on Tuesdays, must fast before the blood test so no water/food (NOTHING!!) until after it's done and must get emissions test done before plate sticker renewal. Hmm...kinda tough and I haven't even listed the places that these things have to be done at! Monday night I spent some time to map out my day and it wasn't that bad considering I would be done by 5:00pm and I will still have time to go to Ikea to exchange my halogen lights that I had incorrectly purchased last week, then go home and make dinner. In a perfect world, things would have worked out well, but since we're far from being in one, this is what happened:

9:15am - out the door to get car and drive to Yonge and Sheppard
9:27am - arrived at Ontario Health Card Services (1.7km)
9:47am - sucessfully renewed health card with new photo taken; paid $4.00 for parking
9:52am - arrived at Shell for gas (0.5km)
9:56am - left gas station to head to Mississauga; paid $45.97 for gas
10:22am - arrived at Dr. Chau and Associates - Britannia and Erin Mills (34.8km)
12:25pm - finally got to go in -_-"" after 2 freaking hours of waiting and falling asleep
12:56pm - left dental office to head downtown; paid $80 for dental cleaning (running short for time!!)
1:37pm - arrived at Dr. Lang's office - Greenwood and Gerrard (44.2km) - whew! 8 minutes later and he wouldn't have seen me
2:09pm - left doctor's office to head to lab at Coxwell and Danforth
2:13pm - arrived at CML Healthcare for blood and urine test (2.0km)
2:32pm - left lab to head to Richmond Hill
3:07pm - arrived at Car Boy - Yonge and 16th (28.0km) - still no lunch yet
3:30pm - my mechanic pitied me and offered me a tuna bun with a Nestea (first things in system all day)
4:24pm - left mechanic to head to closest MTO before 5:00pm; paid $125 for oil/filter change, emissions test, pollen/air filter change, replace brake light switch, replace brake lights
4:36pm - arrived at Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Office - Yonge and Elgin Mills (5.6km)
4:49pm - left MTO; paid $75 to renew driver's licence, $148 to renew plate sticker for 2 years and a freaking stupid $120 vehicle tax for 2 years for living in Toronto!!
6:02pm - finally arrived home after picking up some dried apricots and dried cranberries at the Metro downstairs (15.2km)

So, after 9 hours of purely "running errands" across the entire city of Toronto and its surrounding areas, driving 132km and spending $597.97 in support of our provincial government, I was completely exhausted to the extent that I didn't feel like eating anymore. Finally, I had my first real meal of the day at 9:30pm at 南園 across the street from 可可. Even there I got ripped off with my $6.00 bowl of 榨菜肉絲湯米!

Project Potato Head - ver. 1.9

Week 10 - Silly Spud

Lion's Lair

話說: 「一山不能藏二虎, 一屋不能藏雙嬌」. 那麼, 一個辦公室可以藏幾隻獅子? 數數手指, 我公司都有好幾個 Leo 同事. At one point, there were at least 6 Leos working simultaneously in the same office. I'm surprised we haven't killed one another yet! Funny how there are so many Leos and Scorpios in my industry.

講到 Leo, 就不得不提7月生日的朋友. 由7月12日至7月尾, 我識得15人生日. 好忙呢!

今天是很可愛的可可生日. 祝妳天天都咁可愛!

Happy Birthday Corrie!

特然想起

昨夜, 不, 應該是今早臨睡著前朦朦朧朧想到一句:

「百世修來同船渡, 千世修來共枕眠」

然後又想: 晚晚都和不同伴侶「一夜情」的人, 是否千世、萬世修行的妖精?!?! 想到這裡, 就終於緩緩睡去...

不充實的人生

怎樣才可以過一個充實的人生?

我常常問自己這個問題. 不是不滿足現有的生活, 只是覺得不大充實. 中學時後, 有想過當演員. 天天工作安排得密密麻麻, 連睡覺都沒時間, 但可以多方面嘗試不同的東西、擴寬視野. 娛樂事業看來多姿多彩, 但當演員是否就可以活得精采、活得充實?

最近收看『日日有食神V』得知主持韜韜出錢在內地開了廚師班, 讓內地沒錢讀書的男孩可以選擇學廚, 離鄉後可以有一技旁身. 我又想起早前『向世界出發III』播出的時候, 報導余慕蓮捐出自己大部分身家在內地起學校. 真感動! 活了大半生, 將自己辛苦得來的回贈社會, 自問又有多少人做得到?

庸庸碌碌過活的我就想: 「終有一天, 我也可以到內地起學校!」

現在要想個方法令自己走出這條「頹廢」路、撇去third-life crisis. 究竟我要做甚麼才可以開始我這條「起學校」大計呢? 我猜不是每天儲幾塊吧?

Project Potato Head - ver. 1.8

Week 9 - 薯叔公位二公子: 薯二虎

Project Potato Head - ver. 1.7

新劇『烈火雄心III』剛剛開始播出. 為了應應景...介紹:

Week 8 - Mr. Baked Potato

Project Potato Head - ver. 1.6

Happy Canada Day!! Feels so good to relax, watch ID精英 and be a couch potato. That reminded me that I needed to post ver. 1.6 of Project Potato Head!! Here he is...

Week 7 - 烏薯薯