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There are always days that you just do not feel relaxed on most of the things.

Unfortunately I have been experiencing quite stressful days recently. Shit job, loads of studies to catch up, and the big question of 'to stay or not to stay afterwards'.

I have worried about this 10 months ago and it not only did happen but also got more complicated. Things are not as easy after Auctionicity merged with Auctioning4u, in terms of obtaining a work permit.

Also the self doubts about my capability in a competative environment like London where I do not have the advantages of the languages used. In the meantime, there are loads of opportunities for the creative jobs in Taiwan or Asia. Do I really want to sarcrify all these for a place where I do not really feel like home?

Loz has been really supportive and sweet, telling me that no matter what we aill not seperate and he is willing to give up things here and find a job in Asia if needed.
I feel I've never loved so much like this by someone other than my family, and I do wanna marry him, at some point.

I have fallen behind my study schedule and have working too hard for a job which I do not see the future. Guess I just need to put up with this until I get my work permit and visa to stay here. And from that point, I probably have more choices for my career and my future.

I love you Loz. You are the best thing in my life.

Picture is the 'new receptionist' of Autioning4u. Actually he is for auction as well.

Jackson asked for a leave for Paris 2 weeks ago,
and came back with this fab catwalk pciture!

He said he was spotted at a music fastival here in UK,
and 2 weeks later he was in Paris for the fashion show!

It was for Dior Homme at Paris S/S 2006 Fashion Show,
None of my colleagues believed that such a skinny-looking 17-year-old young bloke,can look so cool and fit in the show!

Well done Jackson!

Picture from :www.GQ.com

Drink at a cool bar near National Portrait Gallery first, then bowling at TROCADERO, then more drink at King's Arm pub near Waterloo (where they have amazingly nice Thai food), and then southbank for the Make Poverty Hisotry Circus performance.

The cool bar near National Portrait Gallery

Phil and Rozi

Priss & Phil

Haven't gone bowling for quite a while and of course I'm still very bad at it. I never played it seriously, well I've never been good at any sorts of sport anyway; however, I've always enjoying going bowling with mates coz it's really a good fun. Like Priss said that once when she was younger she went bowling with mates, and she looked so professional and focused, and just about to throw the ball--the ball droped at her back to the floor, making loads of noise and laughters.

Stephen and Phil palying at Trocadero

And the circus thing at Southbank was cool as well. Wicked band and great performance!

Cool Band

We had a great time and I do wish Phil a brilliant acting career as he's got the talents!

Ingredient—Serve 2
1. Udon Noodle x 2 pack
2. Fish cake
3. Crab cake
4. Vegetables as you wish
5. Fish sauce seasoned soy sauce (For Donburi)
6. Tofu x 1 box

How to do it—
1. Pour 2 bowls of water into a pot and bring to boil.
2. Cut the fish cake, crab cake, and vegetables in to slices / cubes (whichever you like) and put into the pot bring to boil again.
3. Pour 1 cup of fish sauce seasoned soy sauce into pot together with the ingredient
4. Cut tofu into cubes and put into the pot.
5. Finally put the udon noodles in and bring to boil.
6. Then you can eat!

Ingredient—Serve 2
1. TOFU x 1 box, cut into cubes
2. Cauliflowers, wash and cut into small bits
3. Vegetable stock cube x 1
4. Egg x 2, beaten well
5. Medium cucumber x 1, cut into slices
6. Medium carrot x 1, cut into slices
7. Medium Chinese mushroom x 3, cut into small slices
8. Asparagus x 6
9. crab cake x 4 slices
10. Nori for sushi (seaweed slice) x 1 pack
11. Rice vinegar
12. 2 cups of Japanese rice / or long rice
13. Fish sauce seasoned soy sauce

How to do it—
1. For soup, bring a pot of water to boil, and then put the vegetable stock, cauliflowers, tofu together bring to boil. Seasoning with pepper and salt.
2. Cook the rice, add 4 teaspoons of rice vinegar, stir well and put aside to cool for use
3. Steam or boil the vegetables for sushi (except cucumber, Chinese mushroom and crab cake) to just cook. Put aside to cool for use
4. Put the Chinese mushroom into boiled water, add 1/2 cup of fish sauce seasoned soy sauce, and bring to boil again with small flames.
5. Cook crab cake in water to just cook
6. Fry the egg on a sauce pan. Cut into slices when cooked.
7. Put a slice of the nori on the sushi roller, place a thin slice of rice on the nori, and then put anything you want in a neat row. Roll the whole thing over—remember to press a bit harder to make the ingredient stick together when rolling the first 1/3 bit of the sushi. Make sure the roll is steady. Cut into slices carefully with a bread knife.
8. Serve with the soup and EAT!!

This is the place where Cheese and Fiffy were from!

I remember I screamed like hell last year when we went for a ride of the scary roller coaster kind of thing. Well this year I still screamed a lot too. Haha.

Before the ride of the small-scale roller coaster.

L snoozing on the stone beach

Me

Me at the Thai restaurant

anniversary gift from L-very very nice silver and gold necklace

Cheese(left) and Fiffy(right). We won Cheese back from Brighton last year and this year he’s got a gf Fiffy!

This week my favorite TV reality show ‘The Apprentice’ has come to an end. Tim has won the competition after 14 weeks of tasks with other competitors who all aimed to win the business position offered by Sir Alan Sugar’ with a six-figure salary. Thank God Saira did not win.

As Sir Alan said on the interview after the last episode, The Apprentice has provided a more light-weight way for the audience to look into what a big enterprise would expect a successful candidate to work for the organization. It is very interesting to see the clash among the candidates when they worked on the projects—it is selfish, it is dramatic, but it is very true to life. I especially enjoy watching when the lost team appears in the board room trying hard to defend for the project failure and when Sir Alan decided who he should fire.

Among all the candidates, I thought James would win as overall he is a good team player and also a good project manager. The reason why Sir Alan fired him is weird—he couldn’t see why James would want to be his apprentice, giving that James’ business worth way more than the salary offered. Maybe Sir Alan does not want James who is already a very successful entrepreneur to get to know his organization too much?

Recently I attended 1 engagement party and 1 lovely wedding.. The freshly engaged couple are my bosses from auctionicity. Their engagement party was held in a lovely place by the river. There was a lovely balcony where you could have the (very cold) breeze with your cigarette or glass of wine, while inside the room there was music, wine, food and dancing people. I had a good fun with Lawrence, my crazy girl friends and other lovely people. And I’m very happy for Anna and Dan.

the lovely venue

Hammersmith Bridge, view from the balcony.

Anna and Dan

Crazy girls

One week later I went to this lovely wedding held in Ealing. The bride is L’s friend from college and according to L she’s been dreaming to have such beautiful and perfect wedding since long ago. Anyway, it was a gorgeous day and we went there by scooter. And guess what, in order to keep the lady-like image as I was in a fab dress, I was asked to sit sideway on the Vespa. I looked cute but it was actually very hard work and thank God I did not fall. After the I do ceremony in the church, all guests moved to the Great Conservatory located in a mansion which is in the middle of the Syon Park. The venue is definitely posh but it was definitely fantastic for the wedding. I had fun that day as I have never been to a traditional British wedding before. However, unfortunately I was terribly sick because of the flu, and poor L had to give up the yummy-looking wedding cake and the mysterious dessert afterwards as he had to send me home early.

Louise and Adrian

The mansion where the great conservatory is located

I love the display of the dinner table!

Me and L