V的自言自語

My Wishlist: 5-10 skeins of undyed yarn. Acid dye of 6 basic colours. Knitty-noddy to skein yarn. Yarn swift. paper tags. Dyeing reference books.

2010-02-03T16:37:00.002Z

Caught a WM update this morning. Got Jeton, Türkis, Maus Jung, Rotkäppchen, Pinie, Fuchsia. 2 each for the first 4 colors. Enough as MC in garments.:)

2010-01-15T10:15:00.002Z

咩事呢? 我那兩位cousins怎麼在facebook上看到我engaged 的留言會是 Really?!

2010-01-11T16:10:00.001Z

Virgin Media is down again. We had no internet at home since Sunday's afternoon. Hope it can be fixed tonight. Or else I can't update my photoblog! :(

2010-01-11T16:07:00.001Z

I think in the next few months I have to make LOTS of shawls. For friends' birthday, my mother, myself & maybe S' mom. Gimme a shout if u want one!

2010-01-11T16:06:00.001Z

Start a new knitting project yesterday. It's a sweater for S. As he's regarded as my fiance, guess I don't need to fear the BF's Sweater Curse? :D

2010-01-11T16:05:00.001Z

I've received the pdf form of Notice of Intended Marriage this morning. Hopefully we can confirm everything by the end of Jan.

2010-01-05T10:59:00.002Z

Feeling so cold now. I forgot to put on my fleece before the down jacket. May head to Oxford Circus in lunch time for one more layer of clothes.

2010-01-05T10:58:00.001Z

Just got a skein of FREE yarn. A lady is giving away some yarn she doesn't use as a random act of kindness. I'll try to do the same some time this yr!

2010-01-05T10:51:00.002Z

I am reading "Quirkology". It's a book to use psychology to explain everyday phenomena. Very interesting and easy to read! highly recommend!

2010-01-05T10:44:00.002Z

Back to work. Back to murmur. Whenever I am in this office, I need this place to keep me sane.

2010-01-05T10:43:00.002Z

Recently am so stressed out. Boss is rude & unreasonable sometimes. The stress is jeopardizing my health and relationship. Maybe I should really quit.

2009-12-16T14:34:00.005Z

Started making a sock w/ OnLine yarn bought from Koln Xmas market. Will do 1 sock first & leave another later coz I needa make mittens before Iceland!

2009-12-16T14:32:00.002Z

I got my credit card from HSBC on Monday. :D

2009-12-16T14:31:00.001Z

CRAP. Just found that one of my files got corrupted. The constant price's page is showing the current prices figures... CRAP CRAP CRAPPPP....

2009-12-10T18:11:00.003Z

Going to a road trip tomorrow. But our supposedly Brugge-Koln roadtrip now becomes Brugge-Brussels-Ghent(?!)-Koln-Dusserdoft(?!?!)-Amsterdam(?!?!?!)!!

2009-12-10T15:03:00.002Z

連部小賣機都哈我! 我想買包kit kat食下之嘛，點知部機食左我錢，大拿拿1磅10便士呀，冇理由蝕俾佢囉。最後雖然有攞返錢，但前前後後攪左成十幾分鐘。:(

2009-12-09T16:20:00.001Z

終於去左銀行轉地址啦，另外係網上申請左信用咭。一星期後會寄到黎! YEAH.

2009-12-09T14:39:00.001Z

我想睇flash forward呀，好似好有趣咁喎。

2009-12-09T10:45:00.001Z

一份工作係正常時間範圍做唔晒，係代表份工應該多過一個人去做。夾硬要一個人做多過佢應份做的野，最後佢辛苦到挨唔住，攪到唔舒服而要請病假，其實都係好正常囉。

2009-12-09T10:38:00.000Z

可能因為是情人節也可能因為農曆新年的關係，二月中的機票同火車票都好貴呀! 應該不會同父母搭歐洲之星去法國啦，不過或者會租車係英國玩幾日環島遊。

2009-12-09T10:37:00.001Z

峰迴路轉!我地星期五去比利時同科隆的road trip會有五個人去，因為朋友C順利拿回護照，朋友P又突然失業週末不用上班。不過P打算獨自在德國背包旅行一陣子，週日不會跟我們同車回英國。

2009-12-09T10:28:00.000Z

I forgot to buy a drainer from Robert Dyas last night! Arg... may go again tonight.

2009-12-09T10:26:00.002Z

I watched an old episode of The X-Files about an organ black market in San Fran Chinatown. I felt so sick about its stereotype about Chinese!

2009-12-09T10:23:00.003Z

I stayed up till almost 2am to finish off the socks! Now waiting for my sock blockers to arrive b4 I can take some decent photos! YEAH!

2009-12-09T10:21:00.005Z

My boss is a jerk. No doubt. But he'll pay the price. I ensure you that I won't let others exploit me without a good reason. :D

2009-12-09T10:21:00.002Z

Is Canary Wharf becoming our new hub now? It's actually very cool as it just takes us around 15 mins to go home from CW! very convenient!

2009-12-09T10:19:00.001Z

Last night we went to Wahaca in Canary Wharf with 4 other friends. I had quite a bad day at work but the dinner made me a lot happier. :)

2009-12-09T10:18:00.001Z

仲有我想講我好鍾意我男朋友囉。因為佢一個人幫我到左一間毛線店買減價貨!!!今晚我要請佢食燒鵝... :D

2009-12-04T14:50:00.001Z

好忙好忙好忙，忙到反枱。頂。今個週末仲要攞野返屋企做，慘無人道呀。希望今個星期六裝到internet可以係屋企打blog啦。

2009-12-04T14:47:00.000Z

Recently I am very busy both at work & at home. Plus I still haven't got a stable internet at home. So it's difficult for me to blog.

2009-12-01T10:01:00.003Z

oh no. it didn't work. because the stupid company disclaimer will show up as part of the post as well. :(

2009-12-01T10:00:00.003Z

Am now testing if it's alright to post by emails... hopefully it's gonna work! :D

2009-12-01T09:59:00.003Z

Hehe,a US lady wanna buy my WM so I propose a trade for her Sundara. Love her Sundara. May trade away 2 red skeins to her.

2009-11-27T11:40:00.003Z

Just read the news about Dubai. Seems it's expanding too rapidly in the past 5 years and now it runs into debt and about to collapse.

2009-11-27T10:32:00.001Z

Ok. Time to do Weekly Economic Update. Then have to work more on an Inflation piece. DAMMM...

2009-11-27T10:14:00.001Z

It's really not too bad. Not as bad as I thought. It's improving too. I'll give 2 more weeks to see how things go. But I have more confidence now. :)

2009-11-27T10:09:00.005Z

Last night S went to London Eye for an event. Housemate came back at 8ish so we chatted quite a lot for over 1 hr. Guess I start to get used to it.

2009-11-27T10:07:00.001Z

Caught a WM update this morning. Quite love one inspired by Bavarian Milk Cow! But I managed to control myself and didn't buy anything! YEAH! :)

2009-11-27T10:05:00.002Z

Read from the forum that someone in UK has finally received the WM backlog sent on Oct 27. I hope mine will arrive today or tomorrow. Can't wait.

2009-11-25T12:20:00.001Z

After taking a 4-week break, I started sending out CV this morning but could only find one job to apply. Well. Let's relax. Just let it flow.

2009-11-25T12:19:00.003Z

琴日還鑰匙俾舊房東，佢扣起左我地£600按金。因為我地過去六個月都開唔到電力戶口(係咁架啦，英國人做野都係甩甩漏漏，我都就快頂佢地唔順啦)，而家個舊房東話會去整，交左錢之後會將剩下的還俾我地喎。希望係真架啦，因為我覺得我地呢六個月最多只會用左£300或者£400電費，冇理由俾佢食我地£200架!

2009-11-23T15:31:00.003Z

除左食野唔方便，假期交通都唔方便。途經屋企的輕鐵線逢週末都停線，所以我琴晚由西邊返屋企搭左兩個鐘頭轉左四次車。不過今朝好好多，我同S 8:00一齊出門口，佢9:15就返到啦。我就8:55返到，差唔多一個鐘，都ok。聽日會試下另一個方法返工，睇下會唔會快d。

2009-11-23T15:27:00.001Z

我上星期六搬左新屋啦。新屋原來真係大好多，廳、房、廚房、廁所都大過舊屋。不過落街食野唔方便，琴日星期日晚，樓下好似死城一樣，去最近間pub食野又賣晒，最後叫左pizza速遞，好彩都幾好食。

2009-11-23T15:23:00.001Z

上星期五至蘇格蘭寄出的毛線已經收到了，但4星期前在德國寄來的毛線還是影都冇。網上聽到英國起碼都有四五個人好似我咁訂左WM仲未到，但都冇辦法，唯有希望RM快d清到晒d backlog，如果聖誕節前清唔到，睇怕要等多2個月...

2009-11-23T15:20:00.001Z

而家寫緊份weekly report，發現英國真係好好笑，其實係好慘。政府放左差唔多2千億去執靚d銀行個帳目，想鼓勵佢地借多d錢出去，振興返經濟，但而家個lending同貨幣供應都一路係咁跌，銀行唔肯借錢，d人又未敢洗錢，咁攪法個經濟唔知要衰到幾時。

2009-11-20T11:44:00.001Z

今日返番黎office啦。雖然仲係咳，但都算好多。喉嚨都係痛，睇怕都係發炎，或者真係要搵個GP睇睇。

2009-11-17T09:36:00.000Z

呢排又睇 The X-files啦。其實我真係信有 UFO 架。

2009-11-13T01:21:00.002Z

放工後去waitrose買餸。嘻嘻，買左好多好味的野，有portobello磨菇、露荀、同埋唔知咩咩英國邊度出但近乎pancetta的豬肉粒。用truffle oil炒埋一碟，好味到呢... 係近期自家煮飯中最好食的一餐。

2009-11-13T01:18:00.003Z

同埋挑戰0號針失敗，gauge太緊好醜。剛剛試左用1.5號織DIC反而唔錯。本來卷DIC已經織左半條被肩，但我覺得呢隻冷都係唔適合織被肩，所以打算聽日拆左佢去織襪。

2009-11-13T01:14:00.004Z

Noro Kueryon 真係史上最呃錢同肉酸的毛冷!! 簡直係騙案。(不過或者係我特別唔好彩，咁啱呢卷有隻肉酸的dirty mix color。

2009-11-13T01:13:00.001Z

A new set of Knitpick sock-knitting DPNs have arrived. The wooden needles look gorgeous. Tempted to cast on a pair of socks tonight.

2009-11-12T15:12:00.004Z

I am coughing like hell now. Took some rest at home this morning but now am back in the office. Wanna update some files and draft for the weekly....

2009-11-12T15:11:00.001Z

我地而家睇緊一個thermo保暖壼，打算買一個等我可以帶熱野返公司食(我間公司唔單止連微波爐都冇，仲規定唔俾食熱野，但我諗住摶大霧帶熱湯或者pasta係休息室飲。而家諗緊買0.75L定1.2L...

2009-11-11T10:55:00.001Z

前兩日係公司canteen買左麥皮做早餐，每次都會送一盒蜜糖，但因為我落左提子乾後已經好夠甜，所以兩盒都冇用到留起左。今日剛好喉嚨有d乾乾地仲有少少痛，就擺左黎仲蜜糖玫瑰花茶啦。好香架。

2009-11-11T10:28:00.001Z

琴日條頸巾終於織好啦，本來想即刻做埋定型，但浸左條頸巾落水之後先發現早排執野唔知放左盒大頭針去邊。唯有一陣去書局買過一盒啦，好彩唔太貴，幾百粒先係£1。

2009-11-11T10:23:00.001Z

我張小王子法郎，終於安全返到去個賣家手上。睇黎Royal Mail開始清理倉底的backlog郵件啦。頭先剛剛聯絡左佢請佢resend俾我，希望過幾日收到啦。

2009-11-11T10:20:00.001Z

最近老闆經常係公司，我唔想佢成個lunch有一句沒一句咁不停叫我做野，所以我中午都會專登避開佢，走去4樓休息室食飯，食完會織一陣野。呢間公司冇幾多人係休息室食野，多數係位食三文治或出街食，所以我黎黎去去都係見到嗰幾個人，包括一個黑人茶水阿姐。今朝係茶水間見到佢，佢仲主動問我織完我件野未。

2009-11-10T16:44:00.000Z

今晚有個朋友生日，係 South Kensington 攪個 party，但我都係唔去啦。琴晚可能因為我一口氣食左兩個柿，攪到有d喉嚨痛，都係早d返屋企休息好過。同埋我又唔飲想飲酒，所以呢d生日會我都係唔去lu...

2009-11-10T16:38:00.001Z

用左個10% off voucher 係 Celticove買左一套雙頭木針。由2mm到3.25mm共六個sizes。我揀呢隻牌子(knitpro)因為佢每個size有六枝針，比其他牌子多一支，有咩事拗斷或唔見都有後備。

2009-11-10T16:36:00.001Z

佢話我知佢好唔開心，因為佢已經三十歲(我即刻話 me too!)又qualified左，但都要執頭執尾做 filing 貼 label。同佢傾完我先知道其實呢個時勢唔係剩係我地呢種外來人慘，就連英國人自己都好難搵工。

2009-11-10T16:32:00.001Z

今日中午同新同事傾左一陣，原來佢好唔開心。而家做record mgt的佢，其實有3個學位，其中一個仲係相關的archiving 碩士，但佢而家做個位係好初級的，可能中七畢業就可以做。但公司而家只係按週合約請她，隨時可能做多一星期就冇左份工。同埋佢上司學歴比她低很多，亦是她不開心的另一個原因。

2009-11-10T16:29:00.000Z

我覺得自己今日真係幾過份下，都冇乜做過正經野，剩係上網睇blog同埋蒲forum。頭先剛剛仲訂左少少野添。今日都冇乜心機lu，而家係度等放工咋。

2009-11-10T16:26:00.001Z

不不，細心想想，忽然記起家中還有4卷未染過的米色幼線。除了食物染料，我還有三小樽固體acid dye喎，可以自己染藍色間條去織襪喎!!!

2009-11-10T09:46:00.001Z

氣溫急降，今早氣溫只有三度，見手頭上的頸巾差不多織完，就想為男友織一雙襪子，但突然發現我stash內可織襪子的毛線，全是女性花的嬌媚顏色! 唯一可勉強織給男人的是最近買的wollmeise深紅色...

2009-11-10T07:46:00.002Z

我唔再update vivianalondon 那個blog啦，不過會繼續用呢個自言自語blog，唔係我返工實悶鬼死我架!!!

2009-11-09T15:20:00.001Z

我要睇reading啦又。又係個中東project，而家要睇 learning curve 的 literature 然後寫 summary 做 appendix....

2009-11-09T15:19:00.001Z

我打左成個鐘頭blog囉，不過我相信我唔係唯一slacking的人，我對面個鬼妹同事都霹靂拍勒極速打字--咳咳，我幾乎99.99%肯定佢都係上緊forum，因為有幾次我經過佢個位都見佢上forum chit chat囉... :D

2009-11-09T15:14:00.000Z

昨日S的父母終於回家了。他爸先回澳洲開工，他媽則回香港停兩星期才走。嘻嘻，無論如何，我們又回復二人世界囉。

2009-11-09T10:29:00.000Z

夜晚去左 Covent Garden 的 Belgo Centraal，叫左3煲青口食。好好食。泰式棷汁青口原來好好味。仲有Mango Beer，比上次Ams飲的莓子啤酒好飲好多囉。

2009-11-07T22:58:00.001Z

今日到了倫敦東 Cross Harbour站的 Lotus 飲荼，味道都ok呀，同埋同將來新屋距離好近，行10分鐘就到，好方便啊。

2009-11-07T22:57:00.002Z

我覺得自己有病，我經常會問男友他跟前女友的事。或者我太八掛，但我想我們之間甚麼也能說，亦不想有甚麼事要到將來才有別人告訴我。

2009-11-07T22:55:00.003Z

我袋 Wollmeise 黎左啦! 只係黎左一包，仲有另一包未到，不過我都好開心啦!! 不過而家煩緊究竟送邊一卷俾kylie，因為每卷都好靚喎...

2009-11-06T16:16:00.001Z

我聽緊「對一個人愛錯」，嘻嘻，講起呢首歌，其實有個故仔，因為曾經有人係我MSN info 見到呢首歌就somehow「確認」左覺得我鍾意佢囉。算啦，遲d有機會先講啦。:)

2009-11-06T16:15:00.001Z

昨日發現 W10的 Thai River泰菜館有半價。呢間野係都算近我地屋企，搭巴士大約15分鐘就到。之前食過都覺得幾好食，如果有半價即係十幾磅兩個人，係倫敦都算係平靚正呀，下星期等S父母走左之後去先。我地唔係刻薄佢地呀，佢媽咪話uncle怕熱氣所以對泰國野冇興趣，所以我地先唔同佢地去咋。

2009-11-05T14:54:00.001Z

Ngo Ho Moon Ah!!!

2009-11-05T14:35:00.000Z

steph 份禮物終於到左啦，好多謝呀。好靚呀，睇得出佢好有心機。我即刻影左相，遲d再upload同寫係blog到先。不過我睇下個郵戳日期，原來份野今次用左20日先到! 平日香港寄野黎倫敦好似只係7至10日左右咋!

2009-11-05T11:06:00.001Z

今朝遲起身，S為我夾左兩份三文治做早餐同午餐。頭先我一食，不禁皺眉頭。點解d蟹柳咁厚冇撕開架，同埋又冇煎蛋，只有火腿蟹柳同牛油咋(仲唔夠?!)。本來想話佢，但諗深一層，人地整野俾我食唔係應份架嘛，佢返工仲辛苦過我，但又做咁多家務(咳咳，琴晚我以冇手套為借口又俾佢幫我洗碗啦)，我應該多d感激少d抱怨。

2009-11-05T11:00:00.001Z

我好嬲呀，我係德國訂的毛冷，居然琴日都仲未到。聽日royal mail又罷工啦，罷到星期一添呀，都唔知幾時先收到。我開始唔鍾意英國啦。d 人做野真係好慢手腳兼好麻煩，做少少野要經幾十重人，完全有架構膨脹的問題，又郁d就罷工，稅率又高，我地又冇咩福利好用喎。:(

2009-11-05T10:52:00.001Z

琴日臨放工前我老闆同我開左半個鐘頭會，講左三個projects。佢仍然有唔知自己想要咩，想人地大包圍做完俾佢慢慢揀的習慣。不過講野的語氣則出奇地客氣，比以前好左唔知幾多倍。可能因為佢見我呢排成日講d要出門口講的電話，估我積極搵緊工，所以先變得咁客氣。而家我估佢驚我走多過我驚冇左份工。:D

2009-11-05T10:47:00.000Z

琴晚auntie煲左鹹蛋豬肉粥，另外再係唐人街買左炒米炒河各一盒返黎食。其實老實講我唔係好啱食，除左個粥對我黎講太鹹，我都好唔慣夜晚食咁多米飯，粥米河全部都係carbo! 不過我冇出聲呀，因為人地一番心機嘛，我係應該appreciate的。同埋都係遷就埋呢一兩日啫。

2009-11-05T10:43:00.000Z

遇上巴士detour，我被載到middle of nowhere!! 最後在離家0.7英里的The Vale 附近下車，再搭左幾個三四個站返轉頭。有驚無險。:)

2009-11-05T10:38:00.001Z

昨晚放工時，在地鐵內看到一個南亞裔knitter，當時人多車又不穩，覺得她站在人羣中拿到一對大木針編織很是危險。後來她看到我編織，就跟我聊起天來。編織或其他興趣，有時真能夠把陌生人連結起來吧。

2009-11-05T10:35:00.000Z

Ok. Back to Iran now. I mean back to my Iran report. I still have more to write about the political risk and presidency...

2009-11-04T10:24:00.002Z

Cast on another scarf yesterday during lunch. The pattern is called Woodland. 16 different rows each gets 12 stitches. Very challenging but fun.

2009-11-04T10:22:00.001Z

I lost interest in the red swallowtail shawl. A very bad idea to make the same pattern again only after 3 months. Hv to put it aside & pick up later.

2009-11-04T10:17:00.008Z

Well. I indeed enjoy typing very short thoughts in "title" to make this blog like Twitter. Unfortunately I can't type Chinese easily in the office.

2009-11-04T10:15:00.002Z

S said the agents here are very slow and inefficient. I need to push them hard to make progress so I emailed one this morning. Fingers crossed.

2009-11-04T10:14:00.003Z

I got another call from another agent yesterday. It's the 3rd agent already but i haven't received a single job spec yet! How come?

2009-11-04T10:13:00.001Z

Yesterday my boss said he wanted to discuss the Middle East & Iran projects at 10:00am. It's 10:10am but am still waiting. Sigh. Waiting is painful.

2009-11-04T10:11:00.003Z

I didn't see my Wollmeise yesterday. But I saw someone posting her new Wollmeise on Ravelry. She's in London too. So where are my Wollmeise?!?!

2009-11-04T10:10:00.003Z

Sometimes I miss the resource-abundant public libraries in US. UK libraries are like a desert. Maybe all money is given to healthcare & education?

2009-11-04T10:07:00.003Z

It's 14:51pm. I suppose the mail guy will come soon. Very anxious. I hope my Wollmeise can arrive today!

2009-11-03T14:52:00.001Z

Can't imagine staying in the same co. for 30 yrs. Sometimes it's risky to hv yrself so involved & attached to sth else. It makes u vulnerable.

2009-11-03T14:38:00.005Z

I feel so shocked to know that the colleague sitting next to me has been put in a redundancy pool after staying here for 30 years! Feel sad for him.

2009-11-03T14:36:00.003Z

Have heard the recruiting is dying down with Xmas coming up. But guess I should keep sending letters even I may not hear anything before new year.

2009-11-03T10:37:00.003Z

I haven't received any job spec from the agent who called me yesterday. Guess this opp has been blown? Sigh. May send some more CV this afternoon?

2009-11-03T10:31:00.003Z

I've pulled out of the Go-Karting day. Not a big fan of wheels. Dun think I wanna pay £75 for that. Plus feel awkward to go as no woman goes at all!

2009-11-02T16:44:00.003Z

I know I must be an Irish in my pastlife. I love the shades of green. I love harps. I love spinning & knitting. Dont these traits sound Irish? :)

2009-11-02T16:11:00.002Z

A few words about my Ireland weekend trip. Didn't do many touristies, but enjoyed the walk in Wicklow. Do hv some pressures w/ the parents but its ok.

2009-11-02T16:08:00.005Z