Incompetent!

At Pacific Coffee on a busy street

I'm back from my holiday trip at a place that is full of hustle and bustle. How's that?

And I am currently feeling bad that I didn't get the 老婆饼that mum mentioned just now, which she thought I would have gotten some. Ahhhh... I thought we had a hard time finishing those we got back during our last trip, and I wasn't crazy about them, so I thought it was not well received. Sigh... if I had skipped lunch at airport, I could have had more time to shop and perhaps I would have gotten more. :( Just spoke to MFG, he bought some from airport but only has one box, or 2 pieces to spare. Told him it's alright. I hope I remember this during my next trip. Or just simply buy loads of stuff back - better overdo than miss!

Overall, the my shopping wasn't so competent this time. I hadn't gotten sis anything, except for the egg tart. Ohh.. yes, I got her something else, hehe... but apparently nothing special :p. I only got 2 pairs of new clothes for myself, even though this was a shopping trip to get clothes. The pricing is much higher now a days, and I am still staying at the era where I don't spend over RM100 for a pair of casual outings. In fact, I really hesitated getting those 2 pairs which cost me HK$280 in total! But both were 2-piece set, so considered okay. Besides, their selling prices are definitely more than RM150 if sold over here...

And... the supermarket shopping was a disappointment. And mum also mentioned that she had forgotten to tell me to get extra bowl noodle for her friend's son! Ahh... more incompetency! And did't get any thing from one of our favorite cookie shop because I thought I can from the airport, but the airport branch was no longer there! Only just found out from MFG that it is apparently outside the departure hall! Humphhh.... Missed out again!!

I wanted to get iPhone 4, but seriously, no one is selling because they were out of stocks! But luckily I got a source and got one :))... So this was one of the more efficient shopping I had for this trip.

I hope I can sleep tonight and not dwell on my incompetency, and I hope I don't discover that I missed more tomorrow.

LGM, sorry, I was in such rush that I don't remember coming across the booklet that you wanted.

Impression

Hong Kong gives me different feel this trip. I am rather disappointed with a few too many things:

- The service of the hotel, which I've stayed for 3 times, has dropped. Or perhaps it was just that particular front desk staff who was a little defensive, and he was the one who told me I cannot check into my room until one and a half hours later. Hey, I arrived at almost 4pm, not like 12pm!! Never even offer any drinks, didn't suggest that I can go shopping first while they took care of my baggage. Only said they can help me send my bag to my room when the room is ready. BUT you know what?? I arrived back at the hotel and I took my own bag to my room.

- The high street retail shops are not as good as I'd remember them, nothing to buy unless I want to buy expensive, but not even branded stuff. Perhaps they are branded but not branded enough for my to know.

- The breakfast place does not sell egg tart anymore. The shop that I got some egg tarts during my last last trip and the one which sis approved of, doesn't even exist anymore! I just managed to find one, Janette lead me there just now but hopefully they still have a few when I return. It's a bit far to get them just before my flight. But they are less than RM2.50 per tart so even if they are so bad, it's at least SOME egg tart...

- The cookie shop, 奇华 ONLY has honeydew filling butter cookies. They said no more stock store wide! Ahhh... that bad?? And of course that meat floss thingy that had been out of stocks the last time we came, is still out of stock, or non existence.

- The bowl noodles that I wanted to get only has one flavour. No other better choice.

- The clothes are much more expensive than the last time, I only manage to get 2 pairs. HOWEVER, the sale at G2000 was really good. The shirt that Aunty wants me to get for Uncle were from HK$220 to HK$79 and HK$99. Less than RM40 per shirt! Is good deal.

- I am at Starbucks near Star Avenue, BUT not the one that is in the middle of the place overseeing the sea. Why? Because apparently, it is too hot to be seating at the top floor during day time! It's not as great as I'd imagine.

- iWanted to get iPhone 4 but no more stocks, even waiting list at Apple store is 3 weeks away, at least. BUT just got a good news of other source of getting one. FINGER CROSSED!

Lastly, though I wasn't expecting to, there is no MFG here to cheer my up after all my disappointments.

At least one happy thing is that I got the Chinese wording cutters that I want. I can later do Chinese "happy birthday" and I can cut out 福，寿，大吉 which will be great for Chinese new year as well :)

Looks like it might rain and I don't have an umbrella, and the hotel is at least 20 minutes walk away! So I better log off and go now.

My long awaited break!

At Starbucks with MC and Baby, girls day out

I am finally taking a break!!!

I hope.

The thing is, I am supposed to finish up the business paper project by 30 August for my friend to submit on 31 August. Looks like I will be working tomorrow and during my trip in HK. I planned to work late tonight, but I am really feeling very fatigue, one long week of running here and there, trying to meet deadlines, stayed up late... actually, it has been a few weeks of hectic schedule. What happened to me being lady of leisure??

And time flies, today is my 102nd day of vegetarian and tomorrow I will be doing the "hoi chai", most probably having my first bite of meat on the plane, not the most ideal meal for the first bite but it's an introduction for my dinner feast I suppose. Yes, gastric pill, checked. I had my last vegetarian meal with MC and baby just now, it was a great outing, baby was really a good girl, waited patiently for marmee and yiyi to finish their meal. A great girls hang out since dadee BIL is away for his business trip.

As for MFG, I just told LGM that it is both coincide and so happens (which I said happen-ly to be exact haha..) - that my trip to HK is when he is there. Coincide because I knew he was going and it gave me an urge to go HK for a holiday too. So happens, it is my hoi chai so I didn't want to go too early, and it is final sale in HK started early the month, so I also didn't want to go too late. :)

Although I have the pressure of the biz paper project, I am also feeling excited and cheery that I am finally on a holiday. It has been one and a half years since I went for a holiday.

I will try to blog when I am in HK, depending on the internet access and my shopping schedule. ^^

Also so happen I have a new project, one for my friend on writing his business paper, so iMight get something 4 free as part of my project fee. :) Anyways, I will get one there even if I had to pay... hehe...

Tetris

Breakfast at corner shop last week while waiting for aunt who was at the clinic

Last few days was really havoc schedule... yeah, it was a continuation of my previous post situation. I was so busy and it wasn't just about working long hours, it was about having to do a few things at the same time, and everything becomes priority. Normally, once I start with my cake decorations, it will take all the time from me, but meanwhile, the other urgent stuff becomes more urgent! But if I don't start with my decorations, I will have nightmare that I have nothing to deliver to my customers!!

So at one point it felt like I was playing a game of Tetris, and I was clearing space at the top last 2 rows, and I don't know what will be thrown at me adding to the already limited space to breath. And at a certain point I wonder if I should just game over it and start fresh - ya, I wish I can start fresh with real life games. You know that feeling? MC certainly will. :)

Today, I skipped my routine morning RPM just to get a few extra bonus hours, I managed to clear 1.5 out of 3 items that I need to urgently do today - the 0.5 because I have left out the heads of my 3 figurines, to be completed tomorrow. I am doing 5 figurines for 1 cake, can you believe it? It is really hectic, these human figurines. I hope the frogs will be easier on me (finger crossed).

I have delivery tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday. 2 meetings on Wednesday and all deliveries require me to go out of the way to deliver. One customer called me at 10pm Sunday wanting to order for Tuesday. I really wish I could but I had to tell him I cannot make it. My friend who ordered from me for Wednesday told me this morning miscommunication, she wants her cake on Tuesday. "Miscommunication" between who and who?? Tuesday is fine but I have to change my plan from full day concentration on orders to perhaps a 2 hour outing just to deliver a cake... sigh.

I am getting orders for next week, and the week after. I feel so blessed, but this means I most certainly am not able to take Raya orders. I don't feel like baking pineapple tarts this Raya but that means I won't be able to give that out as Raya gift! Argghhh... Seems like friends and family are always the ones to be sacrifice for business.

I won't be seeing MFG this week but I hope I will see him in HK :)

So busy

I am soooo tired. So busy with orders - either I am slow, or the designs got more complicated - till I have to work until midnight. Then again, the project has gotten onto fast pace, so there are a lot of tasks. One of my friends asked me to help with his business paper. Although I don't know how much he will be paying me for my job, but I already said yes. BUT suddenly he said deadline is 31 August!!! Quite impossible, but still I told him I will try my best.

I was working on my TeaRoom proposal, waiting for floor plans and drawings from cousin and it's ready to be submitted.

Hey... aren't I suppose to prioritize TeaRoom at any one time??

Amidst all these havoc deadlines and tasks, I got fever last 2 days. You don't know how crazy I got. Fever at such busy hours are just too much off a curse. Luckily I got well after a day. 4 boxes of cakes to deliver tomorrow and it doesn't look like I can take a break as there is a confirmed order with 5 figurines.

Help! Why do customers like ordering cakes with human figurines?? Can we stick to cute teddies? I suppose not...

I am blaberring, just so that I put up one blog post. :p

Pushing the limits

Picture heading looking more like I wanted to blog about "taking a break" instead of limits and challenges. Haha...

Okay, I finally moved on from "my current life" to a new post. Got a comment from MC asking for new post and only when I signed in that I realized I haven't blogged for more than a week. I was so busy...

It all started with putting on weights, and I finally MUST put a stop to whatever that caused that. First of all, of course all the not so healthy eating. The ever so convenient instant noodles when one is busy. Since I am vegetarian, I am mainly on egg-y and carbo food. To top it up, I am a lover of creamy stuff.

So I had stopped the instant noodle bit, I have been replacing one of my meals with fruit juices last week, no more creamer/ milk in my coffee, no ice cream for the whole week, had more vege, tofu and cut down on carbo...

I was also that crazy till I was considering PT, but of course it is a bit too expensive (as it always had been) and it is not my priority now. However, one of my conversation with ex-PT had made me realize that perhaps my 1 hour per gym visit workout is not enough. He suggested that if I were to take up PT of sorts, I should be having 2 hour sessions. Geeezzz... how tough is that?!

Anyhow, I decided to push my limits and started doing 2 classes, and increased the weights I carry in pump class again. (Although I remember telling Carebear that I will be doing lighter weights "forever").

So it was like this:

Mon - RPM & Pump
Weds - Pump & cardio machine
Fri - almost balance but free weights & RPM challenge
Sun - Combat & RPM

It was tiring, but actually I made it! And I almost "died" but didn't, in back track increasing the weights back to 7.5kg. Extra 5kg for lunges and back to 5kg for triceps and 3.5kg for biceps. I actually can if I endure the pain. I think I needed the extra bit of push towards my metabolism rate. It worked, got 1kg off last week. Haven't measure for this week but bad start of the week lah actually. Not to mention the hi-tea on Saturday!

But it was MC and BIL's birthday celebration, so it was worth the 1kg :)

Today, I actually worked (on project) for more than 15 hours. Started work at 9pm and finished my last email at midnight. So tired but imagine how much I've got done just in one day!

I wonder if I will achieve better results in the other areas if I push the limits...

I think not, and better not try. In some topics, results appear to be better sometimes if you leave things alone, like wine...

My current life...

My job

It has been almost 2 months now. To put it nicely it will be 2 months of being my own boss "si tao po" as one of my gym friend-customer described last night. Or I'd call it 2 months of unemployment.

So how did I like it?

Strictly speaking, I do have a project in hand, so cannot say that I am really unemployed. Without the project, I think life is going to be tough until I make more money. I guess I can not say steady income until TeaRoom is up and running stable.

I have to work more on weekends now because orders are normally for delivery end of the week. As I speak, MC and family has gone to Melacca for a short holiday but I am at home, just finished with preparing tomorrow's delivery.

But other than money matters and longer, odd working hours, life is good and actually my time can be very flexible depending how I manage it.

Nevertheless, lets put it this way - life cannot go on or rather will not go one like now even if I wish to. I will certainly miss the time when I can just go tea with MFG, arrange for massage session anytime I want with sis, go to gym for the "tai tai" slot...

But for now, lets just enjoy my life as much as I can.