YOGAYUGA

Here is the sun….

Here is the noise…

I like the sunshine on my balcony, but I don’t like their noise at night. These cats are making horrible noise at night. I saw them eventually today. They are lucky as my sister is not around. My sister told me that she almost wanted to throw some stones towards them in the middle of night last week if she saw them. I don’t blame her.

Today is sunny. The weather is wonderful. The cold is no longer existed. Sunshine always makes you feel good, and feel bright. ^_^

I went to La Pampa for dinner in Soho. The steak was fine, but I found the way they cooked is rather dry included the vegetables. The portion is kind of large. The French onion soup was nice, but the cheese on top was a bit like a piece of biscuit. The restaurant was so full though. It seems like a popular restaurant in Soho.

The city was a bit quiet today no matter where I went. The MTR wasn’t crowd as well as shopping mall. I guess it’s because of the cold. Well, it’s not really that cold but I guess sometimes it’s nice to stay in during winter time especially staying at home and watching movies on internet!

I think the construction work of these three houses will be finished less than two months! The workers emptied the land within three days. They finished the ground floor and built up the scaffolding by bamboo within a month. They are now working on the second floor. It is unbelievable noisy. I woke up by the noise in early morning everyday. I think they want to finish it before Chinese New Year, so they even work on Sunday. Although it’s noisy, I still work as usual, and being focus. I think I start to get used to it. One thing I concern the most is the distance of the new house will be very near to our house as the distance looks like less than one meter in between.
My Dad acts like he is the one in charge of this construction site as he watches them working on it everyday. He knows every single details if those workers are doing good jobs or not. In fact, we did notice that our Dad knows many things happening around our living area. He did meet so many neighbourhoods my Mum and me have never imagined he would talk to them actively. What I mean is he is not meeting people living around us, he is actually meeting people in some villages quite a distance from where we live. Those people could be old ladies who sell vegetables around villages, the old men who grow plants and flowers in the garden, the old ladies who collect recycling material for sell, etc. He usually meets them by his cycling daily trip. I do think my Dad can be described as “down to earth” actually. He doesn’t show his real character obviously on his appearance, but the way he treats others that definitely can tell.

I went to walk around in Marks & Spencers after yoga class today. The following conversation is what I heard in front of the casier. Two western men were standing in front of casier. I was going into the queue by paying my food…..
American man: Do I line up in here?

English man: You mean queue up?

American man: line up?

English man: yes, queue up

Then they both looked at eachother and laughed, and said “well, I think we mean the same things!”

This reminded me my “line up” experience in L.A. when I saw a queue/line for wine testing in the Food and Wine festival, I would say “let’s queue up!”. This is not the correct way to say in the U.S. I have been told it sounds very UK. “Queue up” is common way to say in HK. Anyway, I remember well now I have to say “line up” when I am in L.A. again next time. ^_^V

My cousin bought us some honey from N.Z. I opened it this morning, and found it looks so weird. The taste is fine, but is just different from usual honey. It costs NZD29.00. It’s a kind of expensive honey I think. Although it is weird, it does heal my sore throat. L0L
 

She was hanging around in the sitting room today. She is a very beautiful cat actually, but just not so kind to me. She probably doesn’t like me. She kept turning around while I was trying to take her photos. What a cat!

Beautiful flowers….beautiful mood and of course beautiful smile….

My sis: Mum! what did I say first when I started to learn speaking?

My Mum: I think you both called Pa Pa first. Grandma did teach you to speak Ma Ma and Pa Pa at the same time. You did naturally speak Pa Pa first.

Do you know what did you say the first time you spoke when you were a baby? I am sure most of us don’t know as we were too young to remember. Chinese saying: ‘if a baby is taught to speak “Pa Pa” and “Ma Ma” at the same time, no matter which one baby do speak first; it means the one being called first, who would have good fortune of their life’.

Well, for my understanding whatever a baby speaks first is related to how you teach him/her. I do notice that babies do learn fast, so be aware of what you speak in front of them.

It seems a bit too much food to eat with a baby….. ^_^

How old are you?

I am 33!

Gosh! How come I don’t feel embarrassed when people asked me such question on my birthday. Be honest, I never feel embarrassed when people talk about topic related to age and birthday. It’s a kind of embarrassing topic about people’s age in Asia especially for women. Most women don’t like being asked how old they are regardless how old they actually are. I am exceptional for this topic. I always answer this question right away without hesitation. I have friends who don’t like telling people their age, and also don’t like being asked for such question. They will keep their mouths shut, and show their unappreciated facial expression in front of you. For me, I just feel this is a fact; there is nothing to feel embarrassed about. I will do something with my true self and listen from my mind. I am still VERY ME!

The ribbon earrings are one of my birthday gifts. Apart from this, I got a sweet birthday card with delicious Pastrami sandwich :-), a lovely birthday song, Lola make up, a pair of pearl earrings, a watch, red pocket money and delicious dinners. We don’t have family birthday dinner this year as my sister was in the hospital. She is fine now, already home. We all spent most of our time in the hospital accompany her. My parents do still treat us as little kids however; we are a very close family.