Project Potato Head - ver. 1.22

Week 23 - 薯薯聖教四大護教法王之一:
白眉鷹薯
絕招: 鷹爪薯茸手

The Aura of Legitimacy

After reading about 細V's eventful week, I suddenly came to realize my week has been pretty boring. Three of the last seven days I was involuntarily involved in several close relationships with various toilets around town (aka diarrhea for 3 days); two other days I was 60+ kms away working in Milton (aka used up half a tank of gas); spent 7 hours today grocery shopping (aka 橫掃四大超市) and ended up with nothing but pasta, soup and mushrooms.

今日喺「大統華」買咗一合大嘅辣筍。當阿姐挾緊嘅同時，我特然想起黃子華喺「絕代商驕」裡面講解過嘅「合理化煙幕」 the aura of legitimacy. 發覺自己中得應一應. 唔知點解覺得好開心, 睇劇集可以學到啲唔係十分無謂嘅嘢. At least it's not a total waste of time watching TV!

Project Potato Head - ver. 1.21

Week 22 - Potato Bleu

鉤心鬥角 vs. 掙家產

TVB 台慶月 will officially commence this coming Monday. I always get excited this time of the year because I LOVE watching 台慶! This year's 台慶劇 are:

宮心計 starring: 佘詩曼, 楊怡, 陳豪, 鄭嘉穎, 米雪, 關菊英, 謝雪心, 惠英紅, 李國麟, 李詩韻, 呂珊, 韓馬利, 程可為, 曹敏莉, 蕭正楠, 葉翠翠, 陳自瑤, 張國強, 蔡淇俊, 蔣志光 (what a massive cast!)

and


富貴門 starring: 呂良偉, 羅嘉良, 袁詠儀, 郭可盈, 戚美珍, 馬德鐘, 薜家燕, 劉兆銘, 馬國明, 許紹雄, 陳敏之, 王浩信, 盧宛茵 (looks like 創世紀 all over again LOL!)

I can't say which one I have more hopes for because sadly speaking, TVB story lines haven't exactly been very original ... 鉤心鬥角 vs. 掙家產 ... I'm sure we'll see it in the new series. However, I'm quite impressed at the massive cast for 宮心計 and especially excited to see 米雪, 惠英紅 and 李國麟. Not to mention cutie 蕭正楠!! As for 富貴門, I'm certainly looking forward to seeing 戚美珍 back in action.

I HATE reading story synopses, so I'm not even going to go there. Hence, I will let the fobness in me loose and enjoy these series as they air starting Monday!

Project Potato Head - ver. 1.20

Week 21 - Dr. 薯

Shoes: Whatever it Takes to Get 'Em!

On Friday, Sofia and I decided to go check out the Petite Feet Sample Sale at the Markham Fairgrounds since I so needed a pair of dress shoes for the company gala next month. The sale officially started on Friday so we thought we'd go after work to see what we can pick up. I've never been to Markham Fairgrounds before but I knew it was far when I saw the address: 10801 McCowan Road. Yep, a quick check on Google Maps told me the place was north of Elgin Mills so yes, definitely FAR and in the boonies. It was raining quite a bit that night and little did I know that as soon as you pass Major Mac, the view becomes this:

We just barely found our way there, almost missing the tiny driveway to turn into. Luckily I didn't drive into the ditch as the entrance gate wasn't lit, otherwise it would have been um...bad. After spending a little over an hour in there, I was starving AND late for a birthday party so we decided to leave. This is when it gets funny... or pathetic, whichever way you want to look at it. We drive out of the parking lot, towards the unlit gate that we came in through and came to this:

Me: Wait, this doesn't look right. Did we make a wrong turn?
Sofia: We must have, that looks like a private yard. Back up and turn around...
Me: Too late, people followed us! I gotta try and 3-pt turn. I just hope I don't fall into the ditch.

I get to point two of my 3-pt turn and suddenly Sofia says: "wait, is that McCowan?!?" (meanwhile a few cars drive by) "crap! It is! @($*&@$!" I quickly turn the car back into the right direction and slowly inch out into the "intersection". The road was so dark I couldn't make out the stupid one-lane-of-a-stupid-road-called-McCowan and almost turned into a ditch. Wouldn't have been half as bad if it wasn't raining! I hate driving in the rain! After the turn and a good share of cursing, Sofia and I concluded that it was a good idea that only one of us drove.

All of that, just for these:

Sofia's 戰利品, in red. Reg: $150, paid: $70

My 戰利品's, both in brown. Reg: $100 each, paid: $60 each

Of course, like all women who go shopping; I walk in hoping to buy one thing, then walk out with two things I didn't plan to buy...

Project Potato Head - ver. 1.19

Week 20 - 薯師傅 (inspired by 周中師傅)