1 day to go! no, it's actually 12 hours to go!

Finally finally finally the second overseas trip is around the corner! It's excited to see my countdown widget today because there is only ONE DAY TO GO!!
I do not know why, i feel even more excited this time.
No matter what is the weather like or no matter where we go, i know the trip must be fun!

禮儀師之奏鳴曲

Departure - What a touching film! No wonder it has won the Oscar's best foreign langauge award this year. With my Grandma's departure last week, the film in fact again stirred up my emotions. Death is an inevitable topic when we get older, and we have to learn how to live with this and how to treasure the people we love before we depart.

My eyes are still swollen this morning, after all the tears very late last night, and i read another article about the film at HK Headline this morning. What a coincidence. Enjoy the article and the film, i you have time.

幸福摩天輪——《禮儀師之奏鳴曲》
2009-03-25
《禮儀師之奏鳴曲》的第一個鏡頭，誤打誤撞成為納棺師的大提琴樂手本木雅弘，在大霧中駕車緩慢前行，滿懷心事在想：「回鄉兩個多月了，還是渾渾噩噩，前路如何走下去？」 從優雅的音樂天堂，瞬間墜落至和死人為伍的地獄！本土雅弘演繹那心慌意亂的小男人，叫你捧腹大笑。可憐一直同甘共苦的妻子，不甘被蒙瞞，獲知真相後含羞離去，老同學甚至當街責罵他丟臉，就連他細心服務的死者家屬，也在靈堂內恫嚇小朋友，若不好自為之，便淪落得像他，被逼做此厭惡性工作！ 本土雅弘卻隱隱覺得，即使在最噁心的環境中，在瘋狂的哀號之中，納棺師那待死屍如至親，那沉穩而細膩的動作中，恍如親手拉奏的一曲大提琴離別曲那樣，寧靜致遠，蘊含了超越生死的大愛。 你最鄙視的職業，卻正對你的親人送上崇高的敬意。沒有切膚之痛，就無法破解忌諱和偏見。終於，老同學在母親離逝時冰釋前嫌，妻子也在淚眼之中，看清了丈夫澄明的內心世界。 電影對白不多，複雜的心情，全靠身體語言去表達。我在電影後半段已流淚看的。本木雅弘最後向父親獻上的「離別曲」，也是一塊無言的石頭書，充滿了壓抑的愛。 《禮儀師之奏鳴曲》的啟示是，電影何須千軍萬馬、大卡士？但無論一個人，或整個電影工業，常會像本木雅弘那樣，在霧中前行，迷茫而不知方向。這時，觸摸一下自己的內心，就是最佳的指南針。

潘麗瓊

尋根之旅

It's inarguable that this is the best time to visit Europe this summer beacuse of the favourable exchange rate. However, it's been a while that we cannot confirm the final destinations until today.

This is the first time i know Ah Lun is very knowledgable about my "so-called" home country - Spain. He said he is amazed by the special architecture by Gaudi in Barcelona. (You never know when and where Ah Lun absorbs this type of information given that he is not studying arts or architecture?!! Making me feeling ashame of it) Anyway, this is a great step in firming up the itinerary of our summer vacation.

Considering my sister's advice, we will also go to Provence, France, to see the lanvender in summer, because it is just next to Spain. Then we will go back to Paris to see some of the famous sight seeing spots.

Wow, we get so excited just talking about it. My next step would be doing research on the air fare between HKG and Paris.

Paris

Provence

Barcelona

Talk of the Town: 港男 vs 港女

I knew i have missed out the last two episodes of 星期日檔案, so we watched those clips in you tube tonight. The programmes were very interesting and nicely done. I agree there are more and more sick women and men in the society, and I am afraid their wrong values will be passed to the next generation. This would be very devastating!
I am glad that i do not find Ah Lun a 港男 and he does not find me as a 港女. Enjoy the programes here if you missed them too.

南丫島一日遊 - 笑話一則

Meiling: 我們今日行山行了一整天, 真健康啊!

Ah Lun (以好認真的態度)回答: 應該比索k好些少!

Meiling (!!) : $@%&*@F**K

行樓梯正行得上氣唔接下氣的我, 真的笑到有窒息的感覺.

南丫島一日遊 - 隨拍

南丫島一日遊 (鴨子獨照)

Hong Kong Flower Show 2009

原來它的名字是"秋英", 好"英"的稱呼, 乃今屆花卉展覽的主角......

好大的太陽花!

2009 Business Trip #2 - Manila (Day 3)

There are not many attractions in the city of Manila. Fort Santiago is one of the most popular sight-seeing points. This is the so called "Walled City".
The oldest stone church in the Philippines, where Dicky Cheung get married last month.

City view from the water promenade of Manila Bay.

The first hotel in the Philippines, Manila Hotel, which is a 5-star hotel founded in 1912. A perfect filming location for Wong Kar Wai's film.

2009 Business Trip #2 - Manila (Day 2)

I am just a perfectionist, i really enjoy seeing all the goodie bags are in "PERFECT" order. I am so obsessed with the absolute tidiness, even though i know the guests will disrupt the tidiness in a split of a second.

Glad to see the audience are interested in our video.

People here in Manila are very helpful and cheerful, not to mention our business partners in the EK Manila Office.

Nice view from a fly over - on the way to shopping mall, Greenbelt

People always bring ice cream as a souvenir, so I tried the ube flavour of this famous ice cream brand, Magnolia. The flavours are great, but it is not very smooth though.

A well decorated cake shop in the shopping mall. The cookies are nicely done! In HK, they must be sold at hkd30-40. The shop here just sells them at HKD10 each, no wonder i am buying THREE. They are very lovely.