international coastal cleanup day

i love the sun, i love the sea, i love to volunteer and i LOVE TO CLEAN!!! so i was one of the first to sign up when the company was looking for people to volunteer in this coastal cleanup event.

early saturday morning rise and shine - we took a boat ride out to soko island where we dolphin watched for a bit...i wasn't expecting to see any dolphins at all really, but we spotted one - good job HK!we had to hike a distance before reaching the actual beach which we were supposed to clean. somehow the short hike reminded me of my mt kinabalu stint last year!the view from the top of the cliff presented a different side of HK.my group picked up like 300 plastic bottles, 100 glass bottles and lots of miscellaneous stuff from the beach. i wonder how all these rubbish got there seriously, the amount of rubbish there was insane. people should really stop thinking that whatever they throw into the sea will miraculously disappear!it was a beautiful day, the boat ride was awesome and lunch was good! can't believe we did all these for free, all thanks to BB!this must be one of the best days i ever had in HK!!!

小房子

我那小房子，最近成了朋友们的小小避风港了
有的是为了逃避，有的只是想要找个地方歇口气

希望我那不奢华但却很轻松自在的小房子
能让你们找到一丝的平静

虽然我希望我小小房子能够迎来更多快乐分子
但我苦恼的朋友们， 如有需要我还是无任欢迎!

singlish came... and left

and so the BB Singapore gang came...

they were here for a week on business trip and oh my... the entire week was filled with so much fun, food, laughter, singlish and very, very lame jokes. it was seriously the best week i ever had in HK since i moved in august...and so the Singapore gang left... :(

the five matchsticks

B and i finally bought the watch we wanted...and of course i had to update our conversation to:

me: ben... do you know what does "B" mean??
ben: again???
me: it means... "Ben, BOUGHT Biao!!".. congratulations!
ben: HAHAHAHAHAHAwhen LL saw my watch she said: "wow you got job, got rolex, got cat... once you get a man.. your life is tamade complete!"

hahaha - so random and so irrelevant but so amusing... :)

exit B

so for many many nights, me and B went on a mission to look for watches cos both of us had wanted to buy a new watch! we both have been a very "positive" influence to each other - urging each other to part with thousands of dollars for a watch.

coincidentally, all the watch shops are located at exit B of all the MTR stations we went to. hence this conversation:

me: ben... do you know what does "B" mean?
ben: what?
me: "B" means "Biao3"! (表, watch)
ben: hurr??!

me: ben.. ben... do you know what does "B" mean??
ben: what??
me: "B" means..."Buy Biao"!!
ben: what the!!

me: ben.. ben.. ben!!
ben: WHATTT
me: do you know what does "B" mean???
ben: ...
me: it means.. "Ben Buys Biao"!!!!
ben: WALAUEHHHHHH...

don't you think i'm very creative?!! thank you very much. haha.

the snake has left the rabbit hole

i never thought i would live long enough to witness this day. haha. it's so true that what comes around, goes around. it always pay to be a good person because your reputation will definitely catch up with you one day.

hopefully things will just get better from now on and that all my honest, hardworking friends in Singapore BB get what they truly deserve - Respect.

and for those who left us:
"the snake has left the rabbit hole... all rabbits who sought asylum somewhere else may return now"

HAHA.

"A" for "Aeffort"

my mood has improved by about 500 folds ever since my samsung LCD TV and DVD player arrived! - that's the first thing i switch on when i get home and the last thing i switch off before i sleep.

i actually carried my TV and a STANDING fan allll the way from Singapore to HK instead of fedex-ing it over. took airport express then changed to cab before finally reaching my apartment in k.town. i should totally be given an "A" for "Aeffort". as i was checking in at the SQ counter in the Singapore airport; the guy asked: "so what's inside these boxes?" .. i reluctantly said: "LCD TV, electric fan and some other home appliances". he must have thought that my domestic worker employment here in Singapore had ceased and i was to return home with my proud collection of foreign imported electronic products for my family and friends back in one of the villages in the Philippines.

somehow throughout this entire relocation i felt more like a foreign migrant worker than an expat....

having said that, i felt so blessed when i had E and L waiting for me at the taxi stand in the chilly STRONG winds of the HK autumn weather - they helped carry my TV, standing fan and "other home appliances" up to my apartment. E quickly fixed up all the wires and before i knew it, we were in time to catch the special TV segment in remembrance of MM LKY's wife on channelnewsasia.

i am a FX specialeee

so... the angmoh boss sent me to Singapore on a mission to learn about FX spot trading, currency pairs, carry trades, forwards, futures, swaps and options for 9 hrs a day.. 5 days a week... zzZzZz.......and i'm supposed to become a "BB FX specialist" after this. wahaha!