Holy shit!!! time flies....... another year has passed!!! What have I done this year??
Didn't go anywhere special to count down since there're so crowded everywhere... in fact jason invited us to a party with his friends in Clear Water Bay but we thought it's kinda expensive for us so we went to have jap food instead. However, we "accidently" ordered a $880 Uni.... we were so "ho" that we ordered Uni without looking at the menu! so we ended up kinda regret that we didn't join the party instead.......... v_v
anyways.......2010 was not a bad year for us, at least we bought a house and nothing bad happened! let's look forward to 2011 and hopefully it'll be a better year~
12.31.2010
12.24.2010
Xmas Short Trip to Macau & China
Oh yeah it's Xmas again! Nothing much planned to do except having a Xmas eve party at Jason's house and non-stop eating. Not going anywhere interesting either cause it's so expensive everywhere! ((and gotta save $$$ for our new house...)) Also HK dollar just keeps depreciating so much that everywhere is not affordable anymore.
But since we just HAVE to escape from this place as long as we have a chance, we chose to go to Macau again!! I know..... it's a boring choice but where else can we go? However the hotel rate in Macau was crazily gone up by the high demand from Mainlanders, so we rather cross the border and sleep over at ZhuHai instead. And since we've been there before already and the weather was freezing outside, our main activity was to stay at hotel and play MJ!! lol~~~ it was actually pretty fun actually because it's automatic MJ table :P
Oh ya I think I've mentioned this phenomenon before, which is most of the men in Macau and China have young girls accompany them now, no matter dining or walking on street !!! this is just so.... crazy. I cannnot let myself think of another thing..... Also all the brand names shop was blood-washed by those rich mainlanders too. Like Hermes, I doubt if they really know what's it all about..... -_-
But since we just HAVE to escape from this place as long as we have a chance, we chose to go to Macau again!! I know..... it's a boring choice but where else can we go? However the hotel rate in Macau was crazily gone up by the high demand from Mainlanders, so we rather cross the border and sleep over at ZhuHai instead. And since we've been there before already and the weather was freezing outside, our main activity was to stay at hotel and play MJ!! lol~~~ it was actually pretty fun actually because it's automatic MJ table :P
Oh ya I think I've mentioned this phenomenon before, which is most of the men in Macau and China have young girls accompany them now, no matter dining or walking on street !!! this is just so.... crazy. I cannnot let myself think of another thing..... Also all the brand names shop was blood-washed by those rich mainlanders too. Like Hermes, I doubt if they really know what's it all about..... -_-
12.09.2010
Dec 4: Another life time decision was made
After a year of causual shopping, 3 consecutive weeks serious shopping, finally, we bought a Xmas present for ourselves! It's the biggest present we've ever bought but it's also a life time debt for us.
Yes... we bought a house^^
okay.... not exactly a house, but a small flat v_v. Anyways... the process was a little dramatic, and it doesn't happen a lot to first time home buyer. Why? because... the house is a 摩貨! what is a 摩貨? it's basically means the seller of the house sells the house before he physically owns it!
So what exactly happened? The seller of the house is an aggressive investor (i.e. 炒家) that he's also owning many houses at the same time. His goal is to buy a house and then sell it away within a short period of time to make money. However, becuz of the sudden new launched of policy measurement, he's afraid that his plan is not going to work out, so as a result, he will need to start paying mortgage for the house and probably for ALL the houses he owns. So now he rather sells the house at a cheaper price to make sure he has less debt.
So.... What's our benefit? He is willing to sell the house at a cheaper prize.
What's our risk? We cannot see the house before we buy it.
That's why I said first time home buyer normally would not buy a house in this way.
well... we gonna "receive" the house at Jan 31. And by that time, we'll know if the risk was worth taken :)
Yes... we bought a house^^
okay.... not exactly a house, but a small flat v_v. Anyways... the process was a little dramatic, and it doesn't happen a lot to first time home buyer. Why? because... the house is a 摩貨! what is a 摩貨? it's basically means the seller of the house sells the house before he physically owns it!
So what exactly happened? The seller of the house is an aggressive investor (i.e. 炒家) that he's also owning many houses at the same time. His goal is to buy a house and then sell it away within a short period of time to make money. However, becuz of the sudden new launched of policy measurement, he's afraid that his plan is not going to work out, so as a result, he will need to start paying mortgage for the house and probably for ALL the houses he owns. So now he rather sells the house at a cheaper price to make sure he has less debt.
So.... What's our benefit? He is willing to sell the house at a cheaper prize.
What's our risk? We cannot see the house before we buy it.
That's why I said first time home buyer normally would not buy a house in this way.
well... we gonna "receive" the house at Jan 31. And by that time, we'll know if the risk was worth taken :)
12.08.2010
Makeup Class at Portfolio
After looking for freelance makeup & hair stylists for the Jason's wedding, I wanted to take some makeup class again! I remember I had taken one in Van but it totally didn't work well... haha. So I was browsing around on web and see if there's any makeup class I can try out. Basically the "star-grade" makeup artists in HK has their own makeup school now. So I found Gary Chung's makeup school - Portfolio and it looks pretty interesting. ((((If u remember, Gary is Tsui Sze Kei's official makeup artist.))) So I called them up and ask for the price, then they invited me to a free trial class. THen i immediately asked Carmen to go w/ me becuz i know she'll be so interested la~
So lucky of us, the trial class was doing "smoky-eyes"!!! it's one of the must-learn class nowadays becuz girls love smoky-kitty eyes now. It's suitable for brides and party. And more lucky of us... the class was taught by Gary himself !! woohoo~ he's such a professional teacher.... he started by skincare process, then makeup, then hair. He chose a student and did the whole makeup. Other than that, the most attractive thing about his school is all the tools and makeup are free for use for the students, he encourages his students to go school with differet models and practice as much as they want. Also his school linked up with other model school, dance school, and celebrities, so it is really a good way to start the career because u can build ur portfolio with celebrities! However, the price is also "star-graded" too. There're 3 parts which last for about half year. It's $40,000 for 3 parts or $15,000 each. :P
So lucky of us, the trial class was doing "smoky-eyes"!!! it's one of the must-learn class nowadays becuz girls love smoky-kitty eyes now. It's suitable for brides and party. And more lucky of us... the class was taught by Gary himself !! woohoo~ he's such a professional teacher.... he started by skincare process, then makeup, then hair. He chose a student and did the whole makeup. Other than that, the most attractive thing about his school is all the tools and makeup are free for use for the students, he encourages his students to go school with differet models and practice as much as they want. Also his school linked up with other model school, dance school, and celebrities, so it is really a good way to start the career because u can build ur portfolio with celebrities! However, the price is also "star-graded" too. There're 3 parts which last for about half year. It's $40,000 for 3 parts or $15,000 each. :P