RISK

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk being called sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To expose feeling is to expose your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before the crowd is to risk being called naive.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risk must be taken,
Because the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing do nothing,
Have nothing, are nothing and become nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow.
But they simply can not learn to feel,
And change and grow and love and live.
Chained to their servitude, they are slaves;
They have forfeited their freedom.
Only the people who risk are truly free.

My EXCLUSIVE St. Catharines Trip Planner

Here's the outline~~ Planned exclusively by myself with the help from Helen & Mike :P

29th Dec - From Windsor (9am) to Toronto (DT subway station - around 12 or 1pm)
- Head to Helen's place by either cab or subway
- Have lunch together after dropping off belongings at Helen's place
- Maybe go window shopping at Pacific Mall or TNT and have dinner together
- Stay overnight at Helen's place and Mike stays over at his fd's place

30th Dec - Depart from Helen's place to St. Catharines at noon.(Mike will come to join us there)
- Arrive at Comfort Inn around 2 or 3pm. (Probably at 2pm) Check-in time is 3pm though (might take a small tour around)
- Get addresses, take tours to houses and visit Brock University
- Visit Downtown St. Catharines and tourist spots nearby hotel (dinner included)

31st Dec - Maybe continue taking tours to houses ....(tentative)
- If ideal house is found, then will move my stuff over and store there for one night (31st)
- Head to Niagara Falls after dinner
- Going back to Comfort Inn after countdown (maybe by cab)

1st Jan - Check-out at 11am
- Helen : You have appointments with your fds (i m not sure what time) You can take Greyhound back to DT Toronto (my suggestion)
- Mike : You have to accompany me buying some necessities. You can take Greyhound at night (my suggestion)
- Myself : Move to new house, settle down and meet new housemates

2nd Jan onwards - Explore St. Catharines, bus routes and new school myself - can't waittt ~~

THE END

Merry Boxing Day

While everyone is probably on shopping spree, I have been staying at home .... was once tempted by great deals offered , but I have no shopping mood at all this year ~

Frankly, I would head to the mall rightaway on Boxing Day , this year is kinda special for two reasons

1) I shopped two days in a row (22nd & 23rd) .. bought everything needed and wanted

2) I just packed my stuff, new stuff would just be troublesome at this time

On another note, phobia caused 3 years ago is still there .... not as profoundly as last year though ... Hope I would have guts to go Yonge Street, Foot Focker on Boxing Day next year !~~

* Third Boxing Day Anniversary *

Merry Christmassss

Christmas, has meant a lot to me since young ~

It means warmth, love and spirit ... it means even more if it's White Christmas - "cosyness" of being in a house etc ...

This year, I spent my first Christmas in Windsor - nothing more than spending an ordinary day .... In fact, I have been busy packing the whole day ... besides that, I also continue searching B&B and hotel rates deal, hoping to lower our costs of trip as much as possible .... that's basically how I spent Christmas this year ~

Anyhows will leave for St. Catharines sooon ... REAL SOOOOOOOON

Maybe that's God's will

Snow storm , started last midnight and continued till noon today ... (actually, there was light snow throughout afternoon and early evening as well)

There have been 15 to 20 centimeters of snow ~!! Snow is pretty and fun to play with, but too much of snow is irritating !!

So the interview which scheduled at 11am was cancelled.....

The night before, I was still hesitating if I should attend it {since I've already got the offer from Brock}... plus I have never been expecting much from that job ~~

But who knows ? they were the one who cancelled it instead of me ....well, even though i knew they did it due to the snow storm ~

Whatever, it was cancelled at last ....

P.S : Is that God's will or coincidence ?

【Answer lies in the post title】

Excitement !!

What would make me happier other than getting the offer from Brock University ?!

YESSSssss, I accepted the offer !! ( who wouldn't?! hahaha ...)

Within weeks later, I will be a graduate student at Brock ~~ That's absolutely exciting !! However，thinking of the complexity of grad courses is nerve-racking simultaneously ....... Whatever it's or whatever it might be, I will deal with it deliberately with whatever I've got now & those I haven't got as yet (get them through learning)~ :P
Certainly, also with all the supports + blessings from you guys ~~ XOXOXOXO ^^

I am sure I could cope with it pretty well ~!!

* Alelluya *

Undergrad life is gonna be over !

再过几天 大学 Undergrad 就正式结束了

没特别的兴奋 也没特别的不舍 ~ 因为现在连准备考试的时间都不够 呵呵

Next weekend 应该可以长篇大论一番 ^^

想知道我到底对这有何感想 就要 stay tuned 咯 ~~~ XD

本小姐想要更有才艺！！

本小姐只会弹钢琴so far 其实 我才学到Grade 3 不过自学Grade 4 & 5 的歌 嘿 本小姐还挺牛的嘛 ~ 不过出国以来 就没再练了 最近才翻出sheet music 打算X'mas break时练一练 :P

不知从哪冒出的想法 (也许是看了“大学生了没" 或是受老爸的影响) 突然想学violin ~~ 曾经有过这想法 只不过没付诸行动 hehe

Speaking of 老爸 可真多才多艺~~~~~ Piano, Guitar, Violin & Saxophone 无所不通啊 !!~~ 所以老爸永远是最"牛B"的 不愧是本小姐的偶像+目标 !!!!!!!!!! *applause*

Take care Daddy, love you alwayz XOXOXOXO =)

Light of Hope

I think my prayer does work !!!

Today, I got an unexpected call ~ a call that I would never expect esp. during this worsen financial crisis period ....

Right, that was a call for an interview. After researching, I found out that it is actually another company which provides financial services (yeah.. again.. after the unsuccessful Sun Life Financial interview in the summer)

Although I clearly know that being a financial advisor / consultant is not my dream career nor it's anywhere close to it (perhaps I am not an ideal candidate neither), I still think it's worth a try for an interview .... well, there's nothing to lose right ? who knows, I might gain new interview experiences or maybe skills too =P

So, the interview is scheduled on next Friday ... after I complete all my undergrad finals on the 18th ~~~

* Alelluya, hope I will get even better job calls for days to come *

Breakdown

临毕业的心情

好几次 因看不清前面的方向 焦虑地哭了

好几次 因被所申请的公司拒了 难过地哭了

好几次 因不想让爸妈担心 独自承受找工作的压力 崩溃地哭了

Yet,under so many uncertain options, I chose to pursue post-grad studies at Brock (Master of Accountancy - 1-year program)

Even though I've NEVER thought of continuing my Master study upon graduation in the first place, it looks like the best option for the time being (amidst global financial crisis)

In the mean time, I will persist on job hunting ~~ Luck is much needed !!

* Alelluya *

I am relieved & glad somehow ~!! I am sure the Jury had made the right decision !!

First man to be tried in death of Jane Creba guilty of second-degree murder

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Sun Dec 7, 4:40 PM

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By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press

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TORONTO - He may not have fired the shot that killed 15-year-old Jane Creba, but by participating in a reckless shootout that sent a hail of gunfire through a street teeming with Boxing Day shoppers, the first man to stand trial in the case must bear responsibility for her death, a jury found Sunday.

Creba's 2005 death sent waves of outrage rippling through Toronto and beyond with dismay over the random shooting of the bright young girl on downtown Toronto's busiest street in the waning hours of the busiest shopping day of the year.

The now 20-year-old man, who can only be identified as J.S.R. because he was under 18 at the time, remained stoic after the jury found him guilty of second-degree murder, two of six counts of aggravated assault and five weapons charges.

The Crown exchanged hugs and huge smiles, while the defence was incredulous. Lawyer Mara Greene's tear-stained face spoke volumes about their utter shock.

Outside court, lawyer Gary Grill said "in our combined experiences as defence lawyers, Ms. Greene and I, we've never, ever, ever had a stronger defence case."

They will "obviously" be appealing, he said.

"We maintain our client's innocence and we will not stop fighting as far as we can go in order to make sure that everyone knows that he indeed is innocent."

The defence called no evidence, but in his closing remarks Grill said the Crown's allegations defied common sense.

The Crown alleged the group of men J.S.R. was with that day escalated a confrontation with another man, Jeremiah Valentine, by pulling guns out, which prompted Valentine to allegedly fire the first shot.

One of the shots that came from Valentine's gun is the one that killed Creba, piercing her back and exiting her body at the base of her throat, the Crown said.

In her closing arguments, Crown attorney Kerry Hughes likened it to street racing, and the courts have said if one driver involved in a street race kills a bystander, both drivers are guilty.

Three guns were fired that day: Valentine's .357, a .25-calibre pistol and a 9-mm Ruger.

Though J.S.R. was arrested carrying the 9-mm gun, the defence argued that another man, Louis Woodcock, was the one who fired shots with that gun, then handed it off to a naive and underage J.S.R.

The Crown alleged J.S.R. took Woodcock's gun and began shooting after Valentine fired the first shot.

The fact that Woodcock brought the gun downtown that day and had it when the shooting began was in the agreed statement of facts and apparently gave the jury trouble, as they went back to the judge with a question about it.

Valentine, Woodcock, five other adults and one youth are charged with either second-degree murder or manslaughter in the case and are expected to stand trial next year.

As the jury's deliberations dragged into a fourth day, many began to wonder if the jury of 11 people (one was excused for personal reasons) would in fact be able to reach a unanimous verdict.

"Of course as time went on we all started thinking, as everybody else here did, as to which way it was going to go," lead investigator Det.-Sgt. Savas Kyriacou said

"(But) I knew what the right thing was and I knew that ultimately they would come up with the right decision."

The defence, however, was stunned.

"I can't explain this jury's verdict," Grill said. "Most of the observers can't explain this jury's verdict. It really is confounding for us."

In his closing arguments last week Grill urged the jury not to let anger over Creba's senseless death cloud their judgment, but outside court Sunday he suggested that's exactly what happened.

"That's obviously what goes through our heads right now, but I don't know and we'll never know what this jury was thinking," Grill said.

Kyriacou said he knew the jury would make the right decision.

He said he spoke with the Crebas and they are also satisfied with the verdict.

When Kyriacou heard the word guilty in the courtroom he said many things went through his head, but primarily the young girl who was shot while shopping with her sister then lay dying on the cold street that day.

"We've been thinking about Jane since Dec. 26, 2005," he said.

"We always think about Jane and I'm sure anyone that's a parent or has siblings or loved ones would also think about her."

A date for sentencing will be set on Thursday.

Reference:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081207/national/boxing_day_shooting

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Those are still cheating ~!!

"Anytime you're hiding a relationship from your partner with a member of the opposite sex, you're being unfaithful,"

"And if you're sharing your deepest thoughts or secrets with this third person that you're not sharing with your spouse, that's emotional infidelity."

A recently coined phenomenon, emotional infidelity is loosely defined as any time a person - whether an online pal, a colleague or a former sweetheart - becomes as important or more important than your partner.

If anyone interested

For more information/updates on Creba trial, please visit

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My day !

I like Fall ....

That is the time leaves turn color

I enjoy walking on sidewalk that's full of reddish/yellowish maple leaves

I like the beautiful complexion on those leaves caused by sun glow

I like November ......... when it starts to be chilly

As there is a time in this month that will thrill my soul

Certainly not windy, not rainy but SNOWY

Snowball fight, snowman match, white X'mas etc ... are alwayz one of those things I long for and enjoy doing the most !!!~~~~~


No doubt about that,

Snowy day has absolutely made my day ~~~

=)

My Boxing Day Shooting Trial collection - Canoe

November 10, 2006

Free under 3 gun bans

Creba accused in and out of court on drug, weapons charges: docs

By SAM PAZZANO -- Toronto Sun

A man arrested in the Yonge St. shootout that left Toronto teen Jane Creba dead was under three gun bans following convictions at the time of the Boxing Day incident, court documents show.

Wearing a white Tracy McGrady Orlando Magic jersey, Jeremiah Valentine, 24, appeared briefly in Old City Hall court charged with second-degree murder and was remanded in custody until Tuesday.

The issue of weapons bans and lax bail releases have been raised by critics of the justice system recently. Firearm bans usually stem from weapon, drug or violent crime convictions.

Fighting charges

One of Valentine's lawyers, Iryna Revutsky said her client "will be contesting these charges.

"At this stage, we certainly don't know what the allegations are as we have no disclosure," said Revutsky, who represents him along with co-counsel Edward Sapiano.

"I think he's very disturbed by the allegations and he's concerned, and so is his family," Revutsky said.

Valentine is also charged with aggravated assault while using a firearm for the Boxing Day wounding of David Audette, Su Jeyie, Dorian Wallace, Jevoy Johnson and Pui Wiu.

Revutsky is defending Valentine on several, unrelated allegations, including robbery of a Toronto man using an imitation firearm only three days before the Dec. 26 crime that stunned Torontonians.

In and out of court

Valentine was arrested on that robbery in mid-January and was released on a promise to appear, the least stringent of conditions.

He and co-accused Junior Leonard Rodney face a trial in January over the robbery.

Court documents show Valentine has been in and out of court since 2004 on drugs and weapons charges.

Police arrested and charged several men in the Creba case in June in a city-wide sweep and vowed further arrests. Two other men are also charged with second-degree murder along with a 17-year-old, who cannot be named.

My Boxing Day Shooting Trial collection - Toronto Star ( similar version )

Saw 'flashes of light,' witness tells Creba trial

Nov 06, 2008 02:27 PM

Peter Small
Courts Bureau

An innocent bystander injured in the gun battle that killed schoolgirl Jane Creba says she saw flashes seemingly coming from a man's chest before she felt her leg go numb.

Jeyie Su testified at the murder trial of a man who can only be identified as J.S.R. that when she was 19 she was walking south in front of the Foot Locker on Yonge St. with her friend Helen Yiu when she saw a group of three or four black men in front of them on the crowded sidewalk.

"They were talking in a loud voice," she said today, her testimony translated by a Mandarin interpreter.

One of them was wearing a sports vest and a hat, while the other a leather jacket, she said.

"I didn't pay too much attention, I was talking to my friend," Su told prosecutor Kerry Hughes.

The man in the sports vest was about to turn and leave and then suddenly she saw flashes of light coming from the middle of his body, she said.

"I felt numb on my leg. I also heard the noise of pomp, pomp, pomp," she said.

"I fell but not completely to the ground. I tried to walk slowly to the inside of a store," she added.

She held onto the door to support herself, feeling only numbness and not pain, Su said.

A man rushed to comfort her. She didn't dare to check if she was bleeding until paramedics arrived, which they did within seconds, she said.

Su was taken to Sunnybrook hospital with bullet wounds to her right calf and ankle. She had two operations to remove the bullets and to put a screw in her ankle, which is still there.

It took her two years to recover, she said.

J.S.R. has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the 15-year-old schoolgirl's death, to five weapons charges and to six counts of attempted murder of six people injured at the scene, including Su.

The trial continues.

My Boxing Day Shooting Trial Collection - Globe and Mail

Caught in the crossfire

November 7, 2008

TORONTO -- They were part of such a perfect cross-section of modern Toronto and what they saw, and in some cases what happened to them, also offered a perfect glimpse of the rarest but most cruel crime in the modern city.

Jeyie Su had nothing in common with Carl Turner and Jessica Fung until Boxing Day three years ago, when in a fashion they met on Yonge Street downtown. The foreign university student, the corporate lawyer and the banker - and the witnesses or victim-witnesses who have testified here before them - were all out shopping the sales on a warm winter evening.

Jeyie Su and her friend Helen Yiu had just decided to look for a theatre to catch a movie, while Mr. Turner and his girlfriend Ms. Fung, and his parents and his eight-year-old son, were coming out of the Future Shop, then located almost directly across Yonge Street from the Foot Locker on the west side.

Ms. Su and Ms. Yiu were caught in the crossfire of a gunfight that broke out on the crowded sidewalks of the busiest retail day of the year - they were both shot, Ms. Su twice - while Mr. Turner and Ms. Fung were witnesses to it, from the relative safety of the other side, the east side, of Yonge.

Ms. Su, Mr. Turner and Ms. Fung all testified yesterday at the second-degree murder trial of a 20-year-old who, because he was 17 at the time, can be identified only as JSR.

He is pleading not guilty, and it is not alleged that the 9 mm handgun he was found with when he was arrested shortly after the shooting fired the bullet that killed 15-year-old Jane Creba, who, as the jurors have heard, paid with her life for yielding to the call of nature and dashing across Yonge to use a bathroom in the Pizza Pizza on the other side.

Ms. Creba took a bullet to the back, which perforated her aorta; she never made it across to the east side.

Ms. Su was first to testify. Like Ms Yiu, who testified late last month with a Cantonese interpreter at her side, Ms. Su also had an interpreter, Mandarin-speaking in her case, beside her in the witness box. The interpreter sometimes appeared superfluous, as when Ms. Su was asked what she was wearing that day, replied in audible English, "Jeans," and translator Charlie Zhao said, "I was wearing jeans."

She and Ms. Yiu, she said, had just asked a passerby whether there was a theatre further north on Yonge, and were told there wasn't. They turned around at the Pizza Pizza and began walking back to the Eaton Centre when Ms. Su "felt numbness in my leg" and stumbled.

Almost at the same time, "I saw some flashes of light - and also heard a noise, bup-bup-bup." The light was coming from the middle of the body of a man she saw pointing in her direction, but not at her. She heard more of the bup-bup-bup noises, saw more flashes of light. "I was nervous," she said with massive understatement. "I tried to walk slowly inside the store."

The store, as it turned out, was the Foot Locker, and as Ms. Su made it inside, holding onto the doorknob for support she was so weak, she began to feel really ill and "I called: 'Save my life!' and someone came" to comfort her.

She had been shot twice, once in the back of her right calf, once in the side of her ankle; she later had two operations and took two years to fully recover.

On the other side of Yonge, Mr. Turner and his family and Ms. Fung had just come out of the Future Shop when he heard a "couple of pops" that caught his attention, looked in the direction of the noise, and "saw at least one person with a gun, facing south and shooting that way."

It was a young black man, and he was holding the gun above his head, shooting at a slight downward angle, and there was another man, who seemed to be with him, who Mr. Turner now believes was probably trying to pull the shooter away.

He heard three or four more shots ring out, "jumped on top of my son," and they scrabbled behind a parked taxi and waited until the shooting stopped, when someone from the now-defunct Sam the Record Man "gave us a hand signal to go in there."

Ms. Fung saw and heard much the same things as her boyfriend did, but she had once spent time at a shooting range, where she fired different weapons, and was able to better describe the gun she saw: It was not a revolver, she said, but rather the sort that takes a clip in the handle; she suspects it was a 9 mm handgun, because when she fired such a weapon before at that firing range, it was easy to shoot, with a manageable kickback. Anything bigger, she guessed, and a man couldn't have fired it with one hand, held high above his head.

She too took refuge behind a parked cab - there were two parked on the street - when she felt a hand tapping on her shoulder. It was Mr. Turner's mom, and she said they should run to Sam's, where a security man was waving them in.

In her opening address to the jurors last month, prosecutor Kerry Hughes told the jurors that a ballistics expert will testify that no fewer than three guns were fired on Yonge Street that day, and that as many as five could have been fired.

The Oxford Dictionary definition of "at random" is "without a particular aim," fitting in these circumstances. That day, the three shooters - or five - surely weren't trying to wound slight female students or send a lawyer across the street throwing his body over his son or kill Jane Creba. But that's what happened: They were randomized innocents who saw or wandered into a gunfight on Yonge Street.

The trial continues Monday.

My Boxing Day Shooting Trial collection - Toronto Star

Witness heard 'pomp' before leg went numb

Man in vest wheeled, and she saw flashes from the middle of his body, Creba trial told

Nov 07, 2008 04:30 AM

Peter Small
Courts Bureau

A bystander injured in the gun battle that killed schoolgirl Jane Creba says she saw flashes seemingly coming from a man's chest before she felt her leg go numb.

Jeyie Su testified at the murder trial of a man who can only be identified as J.S.R. that at age 19 she was walking south in front of the Foot Locker on Yonge St. on Boxing Day in 2005 with her friend Helen Yiu when she saw a group of three or four black men on the sidewalk.

"They were talking in a loud voice," she said yesterday, her testimony translated by a Mandarin interpreter.

One of them was wearing a sports vest and a hat, while the other had a leather jacket, she said.

"I didn't pay too much attention, I was talking to my friend," Su told prosecutor Kerry Hughes.

As the man in the vest was about to turn away he suddenly wheeled, pointed in her direction, and she saw flashes from the middle of his body, she said.

"I felt numb on my leg. I also heard the noise of pomp, pomp, pomp," she said.

"I fell but not completely to the ground. I tried to walk slowly to the inside of a store," she added.

Su held onto the Foot Locker's door to support herself, feeling numbness, not pain. Her friend Yiu, also injured, was seconds behind.

Su was taken to Sunnybrook hospital with bullet wounds to her right calf and ankle. She had two operations to remove the bullets and to put a screw in her ankle.

J.S.R. has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in Creba's death, weapons charges and six counts of the attempted murder of six people injured at the scene, including Su and Yiu.

Carl Turner, a lawyer exiting Future Shop across the street with his family, said he heard "a couple of pops" that drew his attention.

"I saw at least one person with a gun facing south down the street," Turner said. "The gun looked as if it was pointing slightly downwards."

He heard three or four more popping sounds and smelled sulphur.

"I essentially jumped on top of my son and we scurried a few metres down the street and behind a taxi cab," he said.

The shooter was a black male, age 17 to 22, with no facial hair, he said. J.S.R. is a black male who was 17 and had a moustache and goatee at the time.

Jessica Fung, Turner's girlfriend, testified the shooter had a dark complexion and wore a toque. J.S.R. is a light-skinned black man who was wearing a bandana and ball cap.

Four Ways to Turn Jealousy Into an Asset

What to do when jealousy happens

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1. When you feel jealous, realize that it is a sign of how much you care for your partner. Make a point of being affectionate and caring. Tell them just how special and great they are. Chances are, they will focus even more attention on you and forget about anyone else.

2. Journal about the negative self-talk that jealousy brings up for you. For every negative statement, write a positive one. For example, if you write, "I have ugly acne," add a sentence like "My eyes are a gorgeous blue." This will actually help you rewire your brain circuitry in a positive way!

3. Notice what qualities make you jealous. Is it the fact that the other person is in great shape? Or that they are sensual? Make a plan to work on yourself so that you develop some of those same qualities.

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Strike ENDS !!!

Gonna update more about this later !~~
Bye now.

First U.S Trip - Troy !

Started using my 10-year U.S Visa on Saturday ~~ ^^* YES, went across the border for the first time in my life ! Nothing special along the way .... cuz we headed to Troy with high-way ~ we went to Somerset Mall .... that's the biggest mall in Troy and Detroit I suppose ~ there's pretty good for window shopping, but if u wish to get nice stuff with 'reasonable' price that's unlikely .... ohhh there's actually ---- Forever 21 ~ that boutique shop has great stuff with affordable price - awesome ~!! There is a blouse that I really fond of , BUT the stupid salesgirl said that it's actually on hold .... :( arrgghh , that really SUXXXXxxx !!!!
Here are some photos we took , enjoy =)

Dilemma - CA vs CGA

The decision has been awaiting to be made....
Perhaps I can take a minute off not to think about it ... but the dilemma is still there and it has alwayz been there ............

CA vs CGA

CA
CA designation is the only Canadian professional accounting designation that allows you to practise public accounting (audit is allowed). The only disadvantage is it doesn't recognize any foreign work experiences .... (SUXXXxxxxxx~)

CGA
CGA designation is only designated to Canadian citizens or PRs. CGAs are not allowed to do audits. Job offerings for CGAs are somewhat more flexible than CAs. Also, it recognizes foreign work experiences. (great~!)

Again, this dilemma gotta be resolved sooon ~ This would never be an easy thing to do (requires thorough thinking) .. This decision gonna determine the career direction I am heading to ~~ if I make a wrong step in the decision-making process, it's gonna mess up my whole career plan as well as my time + life ~ which is devastating !!!

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测试结果:
举止

你打字时跳动的五指，你翻阅书籍时轻快的手臂，你在运动场上奔跑的姿态，你旋转时留下的弧度都是一道道无懈可击的风景线。即使异性只用剪影的状态观察你， 他也会因此而爱上你，因为你的举止就是你吸引异性的致命武器。所以，在约会时，如果你为了表现优雅和矜持像木偶一样僵坐着，一动不动，那么你的爱情几乎可 以戛然而止。只有放松，随意表现自己的举止时，你才拥有了至高无上的吸引力。

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透过发型测试你的姻缘

测试结果:

A: 如瀑布般的长发，又自然又飘逸。 　　

说明你喜欢的发型稍微保守，典型的东方少女型，但永不会被流行所抛弃，不管在什么时代，总有人钟情于此。相信你追求的爱情，是那种恒久不变的爱情，淡 淡的相识，淡淡地相知，慢慢地相爱，永久地携手。多么甜蜜的爱情故事！单纯而又浪漫、平凡而又执著的作，对爱情一直充满了渴望，但拒绝惊天动地式的相恋， 也不会一见钟情地将心灵完全奉献给一个人。互敬、互爱，融洽而持久的爱情，才是你真正的渴望。

这个还ok啦 ~

十道题看穿你未来的爱情

测试结果:

D型的人

　　你的爱情观相当豁达，一切随缘。合则聚，不合则散是你处理爱情的态度。只是过于豁达往往会让对方觉得你吊儿郎当，不够珍惜这段感情而选择离去，所以你失恋的次数也不少呢。人说“久病成良医”，下次就多多满足对方的需求吧，哪怕一句你认为很肉麻的示爱语言都可以。

好一句“一切随缘，合则聚，不合则散” 没什么比这更准的了~~

看你离爱情死神有多远？

测试结果:

你的性格中庸，性情平和。

温柔的你从不发脾气，在他的眼里犹如天使一般，你会适当把握彼此的距离，也不会有太苛刻要求，这么温柔的你可不要让他觉得你像妈妈一样慈祥哦，偶尔来点小刺激是爱情有效的调味剂呢，要不然，厌倦的爱情死神也会来的哦。

挺准的 本小姐本来就是个可爱的天使嘛 LOL ~~~~

你是否易发脾气，你是有克制力的人吗？

您的积分:

22
结果: 你虽然有好战的一面，但是你善于隐藏它。你比前面两种人都善于处理人与人之间的关系，只是有时还不够坦率，使他人不能完全理解你

准 ~！

八种怪丫头的恋爱测试（女生必测)

测试结果:

B.没意见怪丫头

　　恋爱体质：

　　你是温柔的美少女，很会观察对方的喜怒哀乐，然后机动调整，让对方开开心心，宁愿委屈自己，也要讨好对方。

　　谈恋爱时会使怪的地方：

　　你为了讨好对方，就是以对方的意见为意见，隐藏自己的想法，如明明不能吃麻辣锅，问你还逞能说OK，回家后在狂拉，做了那么多虐待自己的行为，就是为了去迎合对方。装久了对方也会发现怪怪的，觉得你真是有够假的。

　　避免成为恋爱怪丫头的关键：

　　不喜欢就说出来，不想去也就直接说NO，对方也能摸清你的喜好，不用再当可怜的好好小姐，要好好疼爱自己。

　　怪丫头指数：★★

这个嘛 部分是挺准的 hehe

你是哪种类型的明星公主

测试结果:

分析结果 A：王菲公主型 优点：我行我素，不会随波逐流，而且拥有一颗坚定的心。只要不喜欢便会断然拒绝，因而易获别人信赖。 缺点：当遇到困难时，会把自己困在进退两难的局面，不会向别人吐苦水。 忠言：你给别人的印象总是太独立，因而令人不敢走近你。不妨扮演一下弱者，会令你变得较平易近人。

优点不准 缺点挺准的 ~

每个人的性格不同，你想知道你是什么性格的人吗？

您的积分:

180
结果: 意志力强，头脑冷静，有较强的领导欲，事业心强，不达目的不罢休。 外表和善，内心自傲，对有利于自己的人际关系比较看重，有时显得性格急噪，咄咄 逼人，得理不饶人，不利于自己时顽强抗争，不轻易认输。思维理性，对爱情和婚姻 的看法很现实，对金钱的欲望一般。

这个不是很准 ~

心理测试：三年后你会是啥样子?

测试结果:

C、

选“考验你减肥的意志力够不够坚强”的朋友：你是个潜力无穷的理财高手，三年后的你虽不会大富，却也是个绩优股。这类型的人学习能力很强，开始可以判断分析，因此很有机会成为绩优股。

人缘好坏一测便知

您的积分:

32
结 果: 你的人缘不怎么好，你和朋友们的关系不牢固，时好时坏，经常处于一种起伏波动的状态中，这就表明，一方面你确实想让别人喜欢你，想多交一些朋友，尽管你作 出很大努力，但是别人并不一定喜欢你，朋友跟你在一起可能不会感到轻松愉快。你只有认真坚持自己的言行，虚心听取那些逆耳忠言，真诚对待朋友，学会正确地 待人接物，你的处境才会改变。

超准的 ~!!

测试你真实的一面（很准哦）

您的积分:

69
结果: (理性&淡定)

做事总是深思熟虑考虑再三，谨慎小心，冷静且也愿意当个易妥协的人，有时候宁愿自己承受舆论与压力，也不愿说出来和好友谈谈，因为他们总是认为自己能熬过那么不堪苦的日子，但其实这都只是在逞强罢了。他们通常讨厌被束缚，更是酷爱自由！

理性人： 深思熟虑为第一原则，凡事要求公私分明，生活可能较拘谨严肃，对于赞美、悲伤或开心等较没什么差异性。

淡定人： 与世无争恬定主意者，内心没什么波澜，就像温驯的绵羊，只要能够生活就好，不必计较太多，成为只羡鸳鸯不羡仙的那一类

超准的 !!!!!!

测试：你的桃花运最旺在哪一年？

测试结果:

你的桃花年在16岁、25岁、27岁、28岁、45岁
你需要积极勇敢一点才能得到幸福。你的桃花很多，但是都很淡。所以说，如果你不能主动地追求幸福，可能很多很好的缘分到你手中都会变成亲情或者友情。当你爱上一个人的时候，可真的多多少少都需要一些冲动。付出越多，收获越大。虽然你的桃花很淡，但是每朵都很大个哦 ~~

My daily reading - CA Magazine

Supposedly self-improvement weeks but ended up idling away @.@ ``
Today, went to Wei Wei's class - Audit 1 ... it's taught by Pathak... His course outline is brutal - you must pass the final exam (>50%) or else you would flunk the whole course.... WHAT ?!! what a horrible professor ~ Another thing to note is research paper requirement minimum 20 pages with 1/2 space whereas my EDP research paper - maximum 15 pages with double spaced~~ see the differences ? Jones I know you are a nice professor now !! ahahahah ^^

The only thing that attracts me to the course outline is a website called www.camagazine.com
HOLY ~! I can tell that's a must-read magazine for all CAs ~!! There are whole bunch of great articles inside ~!! I came across this article (one of them) titled CA confidential {I cut and paste it here for own reference :)) of course, go ahead if you guys wanna read it (just in case if you have difficulty falling asleep ~) lol ~

ESTATE PLANNING IS NOT JUST BUSINESS, IT'S PERSONAL. HERE ARE SOME TIPS TO GET IT RIGHT

When off-the-rack estate planning solutions fail to work, that's when clients consult professional advisers. With blended families, divorce, step-children, adult children in matrimonial or business difficulties and business shareholder agreements, comprehensive financial estate planning becomes more complicated for the motivated adviser. Such a practice touches on a variety of specialized professional skills (law, tax, finance, investment management and insurance) and requires a deft human touch.

Financial estate planning is about protecting clients, their families and their assets. It is a process of understanding the unique situation of each client, involving family and finance and their wishes for both. And it's more than just sorting out who gets what. The coordination of the many aspects of a client's personal and financial life is a significant component of financial estate planning.

As a chartered accountant you can add value by structuring solutions that provide tax relief. Also, you are very likely to be a trusted touchstone for your client and this is an essential resource when guiding a family through the search for estate planning solutions.

Tax relief and capital preservation are high on any client's wish list, but the first step is to identify and manage client risk. Questions to consider include:

• Is there sufficient cash flow in the family business to provide for the comfortable retirement of the founders and for the next generation?

• Should a sole surviving spouse be financially dependent on children's ability to manage the family business when an insurance contract could have provided a guaranteed tax-effective buyout?

• Should assets be left outright to adult children who are exposed to significant business or financial risk?

• Where a major asset is a pension, is there sufficient income protection for a surviving spouse?

Raising these issues means you become a facilitator of difficult conversations and tough decisions. Good people skills are essential to guide clients through touchy subjects that can arise. The emotional elements of any family can make or break the best estate plan, and to identify and address the sleeping giants present in all families, you must deal with clients on a personal level.

Topics can range from the family cottage to business succession issues. These discussions reveal who can manage money, who has a stable marriage and which in-laws are trusted. Many other issues related to family peace, harmony and equity arise and you must be willing to help your clients sort through their emotions and concerns while considering their own mortality.

Financial estate planners who ignore these issues and family dynamics do so at their own peril. All clients want to leave their family united and free from acrimony and bad feelings. Handled improperly, financial estate planning issues can create the opposite effect. Siblings can become estranged, a widow might find her share of a family business devalued despite the best intentions of her son and heir, and bitter feelings over the family cottage can endure for decades. Such outcomes can hardly be considered value-added, regardless of the amount of tax saved or how profitably a business may be transitioned to the next generation.

Offering financial estate planning services in your practice means venturing into a new client relationship. Whereas you may have had a comfortable relationship providing accounting and tax advice, to do this work requires you to move into a position as a confidante of sensitive information. Such a role may not suit everyone. It involves new responsibilities and isn't always easy. It is also possible that if the planning process provides unwanted answers, your previously profitable service relationship could be at risk.

Comprehensive estate plans involve many disciplines and theoretically could be quarterbacked by any of a number of specialists who have the focus and knowledge to assemble the solutions needed. The traditional CA firm environment offers some strong benefits. The recurring contact an accountant has with a client as a result of accounting or tax work could be the basis of a strong relationship. The firm often has in-house tax expertise as well as considerable knowledge about the business of the client.

A legal professional is sometimes the centre of a trusted relationship and brings the expertise to manage legal risks, structure asset ownership and document client intent with shareholder agreements and wills. Increasingly, growth in the delivery of this quarterbacking service occurs through the relationship built with a wealth management firm. In such an environment, a specialized role has developed that provides a focus on financial estate planning. This type of quarterback provides the ability to develop, implement and monitor investment and insurance strategies that can be integral to the success of the plan that often is developed and implemented with accounting, tax and legal specialists. Wealth management firms with CAs, who have tax and planning experience, plus investment- or risk-management skills, can leverage the ongoing relationship to educate clients on the need for such planning.

Who the quarterback is depends a lot upon the professional involved, what services you provide and the type of client relationships you enjoy. Successful practitioners spend considerably more time face-to-face with clients understanding their financial position, family relationships and goals. Also, the effective communication and implementation of the solution are critical. You must be able to help your client understand the value of the plan in comfortable language.

It is essential that whoever assumes the quarterback role accesses other expertise in addition to his or her own. Developing an investment strategy to provide retirement income, devising an estate freeze, writing a will or placing an insurance contract is likely to be only part of the solution. As quarterback, you are being paid a fee for thinking time and the delivery of the integrated solution. It is important to develop relationships with other specialists you feel comfortable canvassing in the solutions-development stage. Make no mistake about it: financial estate planning is a practice that involves teamwork and to a lot of creative thinking. The best financial estate-planning answers are often multifaceted.

Regardless of which chair you are sitting in, your client relationship should continue even after the planning is in place in order to provide the greatest benefit to clients. Given the trust you have built, as well as your knowledge of the client's intentions, you need to be on hand should circumstances change or when the plan is ultimately put into effect through the death of your client. If you do this, you will have transitioned into a role of trusted family adviser, adding tremendous value to your client and your practice.

To be successful in financial estate planning you will have to draw on specific skills and qualities that will help you guide your clients. A strong tax background is required to assist clients who might wish to transfer a family business, or other significant asset, to the next generation. What can drive some people to seek counsel on their financial estate plan is a family business that supports the client and his or her spouse, plus provides employment for an adult child.

The skills required are those that provide the ability to deal with all aspects of the financial estate planning equation, paying particular attention to the emotional aspects of the plan and the unspoken subtext inherent in discussions involving families, money and estates. Relying on your emotional intelligence quotient will become more important as your people skills become more crucial to your success, and you will leverage them more often as you deal with clients and their financial estates. There also has to be willingness on the part of the estate planner to invest in a client relationship and take on a new level of responsibility to make things happen and keep them on track over time.

Help clients articulate and identify their goals. This can be difficult if they have never discussed their financial life before. Help them express their wishes for the transfer of significant assets and provide them with advice. Also, look for family and emotional pitfalls. Unresolved issues will sink the process. Will three children jointly own the family cottage? Does one feel entitled to certain assets? Does a child feel pressure to join, inherit and subsequently succeed with the family firm?

Involve both spouses. Aim for family transparency and create a plan that works for everyone. Offer to educate other family members about the process and results.

Understand that thinking is also doing. Time will be spent on thinking projects, not always on doing ones. Research and evaluate options outside your specialty.

Anticipate that changes can occur in your client's financial situation. Changes in family relationships, the termination of pension income or the need to finance long-term health care must be explored.

Educate your client about choices. Clients find decision-making simplified if their options are delivered in language they are comfortable with. Relate this information to their objectives. Holding assets in a trust may seem unfamiliar, but not if it is presented as a mechanism that can reduce taxes and protect assets from a spendthrift beneficiary.

Finally, make a will. Involving a lawyer from the outset of your planning process is essential to ensure what you want makes legal sense. Updating wills then becomes a process of documenting your client's decisions near the end of the process.

I know it's a LONG one ~ Apparently, it's gonna take up some time to go over them ... But man, it's hard to get informative stuff like that ... so no matter how long it's or how boring it's gonna get , I WOULD READ IT ~!!!! =))

That's all for now ... would post more constantly ~!! so stay tuned *

Ways to tackle CGA Capstone Exams

准备时间

　　像别的课程一样，做好作业，利用周末和晚上的时间复习以往的知识和做练习即可。我只在考前请了三天假。

应试策略

　　准确的阅读和理解提议，不要答非所问，思维不要象野马一样没方向的奔跑，一定要围绕问题思考。要读懂暗示的题意。比如，提到一家private owned company你会联想到什么？当然是与Differential reporting有关的会计处理方法。

　　考试中，先以Point Format答题，每点的下面留够空间，有时间再“填空”。这样能够确保答完每道题。

掌握考点

　　复习以往的 知识点, CGA网站上有现成的，一定要看，做到融会贯通。比如，提到公司在海边买了别墅娱乐某些领导，首先想到的会计和税务问题是什么？既要考虑公司的会计和税务 问题，又要考虑个人的税务问题。这就是Integrated Application，这就是PA1。

　　知识点掌握到什么程度？比如收入确认的问题，掌握到收入确认的三条标准即可。

勤奋练习

　　复习的最佳材料当然是CGA Notes和过去的考试题。当你复习过去的考题的时候，最好像考试一样，先写自己答案，然后再与标准答案比较。尽管开始时你的答案和标准答案想去甚远，请 不要气馁，你在前进的过程中。练习到一定的程度后，你的答题能力自然会随着学习的进度而提高。

Are You Giving Yourself Acne?

7 simple, skin-saving tips to help you control breakouts

Breakouts are a pain, whether you get them once a month or once a year. You may blame yours on genetics or hormones, but have you ever considered pointing the finger at yourself? The fact is we all do things every day that can cause acne. The good news? There are seven skin-saving steps you can take today to start saving face.

Problem: Not washing your face every night before bed
It is absolutely essential to remove makeup, oil and everyday pollution from your face every night to avoid clogged pores.

Skin-Saver: Face wipes by your bed mean easy access, no-effort makeup removal and leave no excuse for not washing your face (even late at night). Try Garnier Complete Cleansing Cloths, $8, Garnier, garnier.ca.

Problem: Touching your face
Consider how many times a day you touch things and then touch your face. Each time you do something as simple as typing or opening a door, bacteria and dirt get on your hands. Eventually, this find its way to your face when you rub your temples or rest your chin in your hands as you work.

Skin-Saver: Get in the habit of washing your hands often, especially after eating, typing and riding public transit. Also, try to be conscious of how often you touch your face.

Problem: Talking on the phone
As a busy woman, you probably multi-task often, meaning it's not unusual to catch you with your phone wedged between your chin and shoulder with the dirty keypad pressed up against your cheek. This exposes your skin to bacteria that builds up from dialing and texting.

Skin-Saver: Be conscious of how close you hold your phone to your face and make sure to clean and disinfect it regularly.

Problem: Not changing your pillow cases often enough
If you spend the night sleeping on your stomach or side that means your face rest on your pillow all night. Naturally this results in oil and dirt from your face and hair building up on your pillow cases over time.

Skin-Saver: Wash or change your pillowcases at least once week, if not twice.

Problem: Hair on your face
While you probably wash your face every night, you most likely overlook that your hair has also collected dirt and oil throughout the day. As you sleep this can get on your skin (and definitely on your pillow cases – see above).

Skin-Saver: Keep your hair pulled back while you sleep with a bandana, bobby pin or clip.

Problem: Dirty makeup brushes
Cosmeticians often preach the importance of washing makeup brushes to keep them in pristine condition, but it's also important because it cleans dirt and pimple-causing bacteria that builds up over time from repeated use. Clean brushes are especially important if you re-apply or touch up during the day; otherwise it’s like mixing oil and dirt into your makeup and then applying it to your skin.

Skin-Saver: Wash brushes with a dab of clarifying shampoo or specialty makeup brush cleanser at least once per week. Try Mac Brush Cleanser, $13 per 233 ml, MAC, maccosmetics.com. Available at MAC counters nationwide.

Problem: Multi-purpose towels
Most likely you use two towels for post-shower drying – one for your hair and another for your body, and either one for your face. Unfortunately, using hair or body towels can lead to residual soap, skin cells or leftover conditioner transferring onto your face.

Skin-Saver: Keep a towel reserved strictly for drying your face to avoid unnecessary dirt from clogging your freshly washed skin.

测试你潜意识中的未来伴侣

题目：在寒冬的清晨用完早餐后，你希望在你的面前出现什么热饮？

A.热且香浓的咖啡

B.热朱古力、阿华田之类的饮料

C.健康身心的热牛奶

D.可以再冲的热茶

E.热开水









热且香浓的咖啡

你希望因为爱（无论是短暂或是永远的）而发生的性关系，能够满足你﹔也就是你所找的对像要能在性事上完全配合你的需要，令你感到愉悦，否则他条件再好，再爱你，你也会有一大堆理由说拜拜因为他不俱备引燃你爱情的首要条件！

热朱古力.阿华田之类的饮料

你所追求的恋爱对像，是那种能领导你的人！因为你的爱情心态是誓死效忠，永远追随型的﹔就算你是男性，也请你不用怀疑，虽然你不见得有恋母情结，但什么都一定以对方为主，所以无论你是男是女，都有以上的性格。

健康身心的热牛奶

你希望能有个爱人，陪你一起计画未来，和你一起照着计画中的一切向前迈进与对方同心协力。心灵契合是你所 需要的，渴望、憧憬的是一个共同努力的伴侣。

可以再冲的热茶

自由式的爱情是你所向往的！你希望对方能适 时的出现在你面前﹔也就是你想他时，或想找个伴出游时，你才会觉 得需要他。因为在你的心灵深处，并不想被某个人绊住，你也不需要 跟对方有更深一层的关系﹔你需要独立自由的空间和时间，并不要一 个缠着你不放的恋人。

热开水

你对爱情对恋人的条件很简单，也可以说很不简单﹔就是你在寻找一个和你心灵契合的对像。你要的是段纯洁，罗曼蒂克的 理想爱情﹔若是对方不能和你一切尽在不言中，而又老是对你有夸张 的暗示，你一定会逃得远远的！

Costly first interview experience in my life ~!

Went to a formal interview yesterday ... ok, "formal" interview here means that the interview was conducted by a company that I picked by myself.... actually I had couple interviews before, but all of them were conducted on-campus (i.e : I tend to be indifferent about those or at least not taking as seriously as the formal one does) ...
Let me talk about my job briefly .... the company is Sun Life Financial & the position I applied is financial advisor.... at first, I thought that position suits me cuz the job category is in Accounting & Finance , so I applied for it ... Later, I researched about the company and realized that financial advisor is actually responsible to sell insurance and there's only commission (i.e: w/o base pay) ...
So, I never expected to be hired by them ... nonetheless, I still gave it a try... cuz I wanna experience how a formal interview goes .... so I went ~
My 1st formal interview experience appeared to be a good one ~ the interviewer is a nice lady, she gave me a type of questionaire to fill up which would tell that if the job suits me or vice versa ... the outcome was that now isn't the right time for me to get that job =.= ""
Yeah.. that's the end of interview story ... I ended up spending $40 on transport (w/o getting the job) ~!! Apparently, that's a COSTLY experience !! sobs T_T
2 sides of a coin - whenever we look at the bad side, there must be a good side too right
Yeap, the good thing is I dropped by Tecumseh Mall (which I've never been to) and bought 3 skirts ... guess how much they cost --->> $17 in total ~!! that's the best deal I've ever seen in Canada so far ~~!! lol ^^

There are sooo many decision-making moments throughout life .... I used to hesitate very long whenever those moments come up .. But, I am glad that I hesitated for shorter period this time than I used to .....but this paid off with a little regret ... T_T anyhow that's LIFE ~!! You alwayz explore and keep probing till you found the right path isn't it ? that's exactly what I am going through now >.<

My next career plan - self-improvement weeks (from now on till Sept 9th) ... there'll be a KPMG on-campus recruiting info session on Sept 10th !! I am so excited that the long-awaiting opportunity finally shows up ~~yay ~~ I promise I'll do whatever I could to get in KPMG ! as it would determine how high I would soar in first full-time job of my life !~~

How long would it last ?

一些事 试了之后 才知道好与坏

一些感情 放下执着 勇敢前进 总比在原地幢憬好吧

现在才领悟 会不会太迟呢 ？


如果这段感情开始了 它会长久吗？


For whatever it's, why not give it a try ?

I am ready ...... at some point ~~

08/08/08 !!! Another THOUSAND year is over ~~

Has been almost 2 weeks since my last blog .... actually I have been awaiting to update today (nah ...)
So, 2 things happened today ~!
1st off, it's BEIJING OLYMPICS OPENING DAY ~~! I'm PROUD to be chinese !!! =)
2nd, I'm done with my VIP presentation ! yay ~~~ guess what ?! I got all excellent remarks from my facilitator ahahhahahha =P soooo happy !! ^^
hmmm .... frankly I am not very interested in watching Olympics Opening.... but I am super duper interested in gymnastics and diving !!! ~~~ I suppose gymnastics game takes place around 24th ... but I've no idea about diving ... could anyone tell me if you do ?
excited about it ~!!! hehehe

Lastly, today's 08/08/08

Another thousand year is over .............................................　

This is .... LIFE !!

Life is a gift ... Accept it.

Life is an adventure ... Dare it.

Life is a mystery ... Unfold it.

Life is a struggle ... Face it.

Life is a puzzle ... Solve it.

Life is an opportunity ... Take it.

Life is a mission ... Fulfill it.

Life is a goal ... Achieve it.

Choosing the perfect sunglasses

Take a look ~~ Get a perfect sunglasses for the summer ! =P

http://yahoo.shoptoit.ca/shop/content--locale_en__name_Sunglasses__cid_474.html

http://yahoo.shoptoit.ca/shop/products--catId_1000082__catCrumbIds_1000002-1000076__sortBy_6__locale_en__page_1.html

外表成熟、内心幼稚的男生

第一名：牡羊男

牡羊男外表成熟，做起事来非常有规划，可是牡羊男的人生有上下班之分，上班的时候很严肃、很专业，下班之后就是一个白痴，生活无法自理，应对不通顺，生活作息需要别人帮忙，是一个不折不扣的大孩子。而且他永远单向思考，永远都会为很简单的事情而开心。

第二名：巨蟹男
巨蟹男的幼稚程度要看跟对方熟与不熟，如果跟对方不熟，就会装老成，一定不会让人觉得他很幼稚；但是跟他熟了之后，本性就会流露出来了。这跟巨蟹男觉得环 境安不安全有关，当觉得这个环境对他是友善的，就可以放心了，本性就可以表现出来，开始讲笑话、依赖性...等等就出来了。

第三名：天蝎男
天蝎男永远停留在青少年时期，爱玩、爱作弄别人，喜欢吸引别人注意，很像青少年时期的小孩，喜欢参加舞会派对，希望女生可以多看他一眼。等他长大、成熟了，就用事业成功来吸引异性，天蝎男就像小孩一样，需要别人的赞美及肯定。

第四名：魔羯男
魔羯男的人生是倒着过的，年轻的时候是老成的，到了年纪越大就越想过没有经历过的青少年时期。魔羯男的幼稚是属于青少年时期，当看到一大堆朋友时，就会很 开心，曲终人散的时候，就会很失落。其实在这群朋友中，他也没有做什么，可是就会觉得这种场面人真多、真开心、真好，就是想把往日跟大家同乐的感觉找回 来。

第五名：双子男
双子男做事还蛮有分寸，跟人家交往时，看起来老气横秋，一副少年老成的样子，可事实上双子男的幼稚是停留在幼年时期。双子男之所以会阴晴不定，是因为受了委屈，受了委屈之后就会想哭，可是会告诉自己男生不能哭，于是就会哭丧着脸，在他的内心里，永远有一个羞怯的男孩。

Hey ! This is interesting ~~!! 他也是白羊座的。。其实这说的挺准~ 可我喜欢的是成熟稳重型 难道暗说....... he isn't my type ??!! hmmm

VIP is done !

erm, precisely speaking, should be only done with 40 hours of volunteering at VON ~! But still, it's exciting .. yay ~~ there's a final presentation left ! which is on 08/08/08 ~ the day Olympics starts !! hopefully nobody would pick that day ....
tooo bad laaa ... been thinking about taking photos with my co-workers and my workplace on the last day of volunteering but who knows i was late for bus this morning so I left my camera on the table !! This kind of stuff happens quite often =.= "" arrgghhh i hate that `~!! feel pretty sad for leaving VON without any photos to keep as memories T_T anyhows, hope i will have the mood and motivation to volunteer at there again (for extra hours) after my finals .... god knows, by that time I will have various kinds of excuses to not going... hehhehe
what to do, that's real me ~ ahahahahha (想的比做的还多）^____^

Pelee Island trip (Summer 2008)

okok ... here came Pelee Island trip ~~
First thing, I've been very excited and looking forward to it since I paid for this trip ....
Second thing is it turned out to be not as good/amazing as expected ~~ this is sad ..... hmmm if you asked me the attractive places I'd recommend vineyard ... it is a good spot to visit ~
I am gonna upload some photos tmr ... stay tuned ! =)

随感

人是不是失去了才知道珍惜呢？

我知道 很多时候是的

因为 浅意识里 我也是 ~

选泽我爱的人 vs 爱我的人

不知不觉 他回国也差不多2个多月了 对他却没有特别的挂念和想念 只是偶尔上上MSN 看他在不在
本来想在这个summer 认识多一点男性朋友 可是windsor终究就那么大 帅哥就没几个~！ (郁闷中~)
说真的 没有他在的日子 我活得更自在 轻松 因为 他在的时候 我就不由自主地想去依赖他 让我感情上有寄托 （因为一直以来 他是我唯一认识的男性朋友）我本身就是个没安全感和放不下的人 我就是不舍得伤害和不舍得 let go 这个难得对我好，喜欢我的人 我怕我失去之后会后悔 可同时我清楚知道他不是我爱的人 我讨厌自己的 “拿得起 放不下“。。 感情很快就放出去了 但是就怎么也放不下 （就算我知道他不是我理想中的情人）他对我的好 每次都让我陷入困境 烦恼 好烦~
无可否认 现在他对我已不如从前的好 因为我对情人要求很高 他只能对我一个人好 眼里也只可以有我一个人 但是 。。。gradually 我第6感sense 到他对我的感情也慢慢淡了。。只是他没说出口而已 有时我就因此而难过 为什么我会有种莫名的伤感呢？是我没珍惜他吗？还是我在不知不觉中已经喜欢上他了? 这些伤感随着他回国 也消失了
很怕 他9月再回来时 我会再度对他有期望 很怕我感情再一次放出去 很怕我又回到那个depressed & controlling self ~ 就好像整个人又被他牵着 我不想再当那样的我 我不想因为他瞒着我单独跟别的女生去吃饭 而静静的哭
说到底 我喜欢被我爱的人珍惜, 疼, 呵护, 关心, 保护 　我要的是 我心情好 陪我大笑 心情不好 聆听和逗我笑的那个人 ~~ ohh 还有是个浪漫的人是最好不过啦^^
朋友都说 最好是找个爱你的人结婚 别选你爱的人做终身伴侣 哪怕是你多爱他百分之十 你都会痛苦 。。 这个很难说 要亲自体验才知道 哎呀, 结婚对我来说还早着呢 (但我这个年龄是应该有个bf 了) 唉 。。。{ true love is hard to find } 我总算明白了
我会保持着愉快 开朗的性格 因为十个里的九个都喜欢那样的女孩 。。alwayz remind myself ~!!
小时候 总觉得会有很多人追 根本就不担心会找不到bf ..... but everything is different now ... i need to concern about this ! seriously ~!! 女人的年龄是很有限的 应趁有本钱的时候 物色一个
要不几年之后 没本钱了 才暗自伤心 那就太迟了~!!!
BUT --- [easier said than done] where to find goood guys ??? anyhows, I am gonna try my very BEST ~~!!!

A ZA, Jeyie ~!!

说了半天　我还是会选我爱的人 (at least for now ~)

i love 舞动奇迹 (season 2) ！

最近常追看 "舞动奇迹" 个人特别特别喜欢里面的"胡定欣 + 李承铉" 很喜欢看到他们make fun 的样子 超可爱~!! 也喜欢看他俩一起跳舞 感觉他们是舞台上的perfect match ~!!
我就喜欢看他俩在舞动奇迹里的表演 ！

Just love it !!

Here are some links

http://www.xiaoli.cc/video/detail/1895

http://entertainment.tvb.com/strictlycomedancing/artistes/4.php?row=19&video=http://vdo.tvb.com/g/20080602/20080602110546328-dance_1-30may2008.flv&image=

All these fantacies & blah blah blah

I've different fantacies about romantic love since young ~

In elementary school,
I wish someone would slip a love letter in my textbook...

In high school,
I wish someone would kiss me and say " I love you" .....

In university,
I wish I could get a big surprise ~ e.g: he & I would be on a helicopter enjoying the beautiful night sky view of New York City and he would hug me from the back, saying " you are the one I've been seeking in my entire life. Jeyie ~"

Sadly ... none of these turns out to be real ~

Is that because I'm too introvert ? or too rational ?
In fact, I'm the invisible girl .....
and the one who lacks of sense of security ....

In childhood,
I am afraid of losing parents' love ... I worried my parents would love my brother more than me ~ part of the reasons I seldom have heart-to-heart talk with my parents when I was young ...

In adolescence,
I'm afraid of losing friendships ... I worried my friends would see me as a loser ... that's why I keep all the secrets to myself always ... I don't want others think I'm weak ... so I never talk about my 心事 to any of my friends, not even the best ones .... e.g : I wouldn't have written this post from the bottom of my heart if i know this blog can be accessed by everyone ~~

In adulthood,
Thought I would share every joy & sorrow with my beloved one .... but I am afraid he would think I'm pessimistic and feeling pathetic towards me .... and afraid he'd dump me someday for not being cheerful enough ...

I've all these worries just because I lack of sense of security .... as time goes by, it leads me to be an introvert person - shy to talk to others, over worried often and over thought of unnecessary stuff ....

Wheather you realized or not, I always look cool in a way .... Frankly, I'm a very rational person ... just feel that I think too rationally at times =.= * e.g : I couldn't stand the guy that I like treating others like how he treats me ... I couldn't stand he keeps talking about other girls when I'm talking over the phone with him ... I couldn't stand he deleted birthday blogs he wrote for me during my birthdays .... all he used were just lame excuses ~ You know what, I don't wanna be soo rational sometimes ... cuz that's tiring .... really .... I cried couple times over those stuff ..... you might think they are trivial, but I don't think so ... really feel like talking to someone about those stuff ... but again, I don't want others think I'm weak ~

Honestly, keeping secrets are sooo hard most of the time ....not others' but my own .... i wish i could just cry out loud or "throw" everything bothersome to someone .... all i need is just a solid shoulder to lean on ...... that's obviously not too much of a request, isn't it ?

I am an invisible girl ..... but whatever it's or whatever it turns out to be, I cherish the hope that the one who would look through my heart to show up someday ~~~

I know you will notice me, my Mr. Right ~! Even though i've no idea how long it's gonna take, I will be here waiting for you to love me =P - as i alwayz will ~!

the longest post so far !

Abandoned this blog for quite a while ... i m back now ~!! erm, finished 371 final on Monday and then watched fireworks at night .. damn, brought the camera and thought i could shoot myself a nice fireworks photo as facebook profile pic ... god knows, after I took video for about 4 mins, the camera ran out of battery !! sigh, coincidently, Nancy's camera got the same problem too @_@
but my battery is non-rechargable so there's no way to know if it still works beforehand... >.< ""
Anyhow, those fireworks were amazing ~~!!! They lighted up the dark night sky .... I wish I could watch it with my loved one next year =) how romantic it would be ~~
ok, we went to watch "Get Smart" the next day night .... the movie that I've been awaiting since May ~!! it never disappointed me ... it was a great movie - action + funny ~ I laughed till I cried haha ... I strongly recommend you guys go watch it ~!! guess what ?! it had $39 M debut !! hmm it definitely worth me waiting ~ heheheh
Went shopping on Wed .... bought a blouse and a coat ... that coat is kinda pricey ... but i still bought it eventually .... (i like it sooo sooo much !) -- not the coat but blouse though keke
now, I need to prepare for 458 presentation ... i hate that ~ haihh

I almost got killed ~~ ! by my tummy T_T

Today was a cloudy day, drizzling occasionally.... today was actually my first official volunteer day at VON, too .... thought I would be busy helping out with the fundraising event ... but no, cuz of the gloomy and rainy weather .. it got cancelled ~~~ :(((
Anyhows, I wasn't able to join the event at night either even if it wasn't cancelled ..... cuz I've 458 midterm coming up on Tues !! (soo scared ~~ ) So I ended up doing some paper work and printing some receipts ...in the meantime, my left tummy hurts soooo much .... Oh man, I almost die of pain ~~ no kidding !~~ I tried to go washroom ... but useless ...... sigh, i could tell my face turned very pale at that moment ~~~ Luckily, it went off few mins later ... (those mins were the longest mins in my life ever !!! ) Despite of that, I volunteered from 3 - 7pm ...... that was absolutely tiring even though I didn't do any hard work ..... got to study 458 now .... haihhh
lazy + tired = inefficient
ok, maybe I will take tonight off ~ hehehe

VIP placement - VON Windsor-Essex County

Attended a so-called interview today ....... this interview was a "so-called" cuz I expected a formal one , so I wore formally ... but it turned out to be kind of a orientation ~~ oh yeah, this interview was for my VIP placement ! I got placed with my first choice ~!! ( how lucky ~ yayyy ^V^)
ok back to my interview ...... the people there are nice... btw, my feet got cut by the stupid heels even though I put on triple plasters !~~ can you imagine that ?!?! It was killing me every step I walked ~~ notice : under the blazing sun !!!! oh man ...............
Actually, that heels cost me around $56 ... that's pricey for heels ... but I was thinking to buy one pair of heels for both work & school .... and guess what ? that heels is considered the most comfortable I have seen during my shopping .... sigh, who knows .... my feet got cut by these "comfortable" heels ... >.< ridiculous ~
Next Friday would be my first day working for VIP placement .... there's an old fashion drive-in-movie night - this is a fundraising event taking place at the Market Square Parking Lot .... hmmm i think I am gonna be very busy helping out ..... anyhows, looking forward to it ~!!!!

P.S : After thinking over and over again, I've finally decided to stay in the Fall and go for internship in the Winter ~~~ this is my latest plan , would still subject to change (very unlikely tho) =P

internship at "Big Four" ? ... hmmm

well well well , I have nothing much to blog this week actually ...... that's because I will have a midterm on Mon followed by 458 12 hw Qs due on Tues ~!! I am gonna be @_@ * ....
In the meantime, I am searching one of "Big Four"'s internship vacancy ... I've tried PWC & .... just got to know that there's Deloitte in Penang !! OMG this is the most valuable job search ever ~!!
ok I gonna go browse thru their website .... bye ~

What a great summer job !!

I think I will only update my blog once a week now ....... classes started, tons of assignments due and exams coming up ..... in fact, I am much more occupied this summer than that of last summer! which is a good thing ~ ^^ I've got a job on-campus ~!!! I will be a research assistant , isn't that awesome ? ( i mean the pay >> $20 per hour ~!!! LOL ) This is soooo favourable =P Thanks to Prof. George Lan !! :) I am gonna be his research assistant again next term ~~ heheheeh
So, I am gonna earn $500 in total this summer ~!!! I am soooo happyyy ~~~ first time earning money in Canada ~~~ yayyy :))))
Mama & Papa are goonna sooo proud of me ~~ :D

..... gym gym ......

This week had been a bit busy ..... that's why i updated blog now ... Went to gym today, FINALLY~ !! even though i used to say I've to workout all the time ~~ lol
But .............. my appetite became soooo gooood after working out =.="" haihhh workout is supposed to make me slim but now it's gonna make me fat instead ~~ next time gonna workout after meal hehehe

P.S: Forgot to mention what I had at night ... --->>> HOTPOT <<<---
yeap it was yummy yummy ~~ { You can imagine how much calories it contains...also, how much weight I regained after that workout ..... >____< }

SAYONARA TORONTO

Arrived Windsor at around 5pm..... greyhound is alwayz that punctual ~ :) it was raining all the way to Windsor though ... :( I was partly soaked when I got back home ~~ @_@
I was supposed to go back with my housemate ... but i was 放鸽子 ... she gave me that lauzy reason ....and thinking that she was right ... oh man, i hate ppl who don't keep their promises ~~ haihhh

today's mother's day .... ooppps, it was past 12 now ... yesterday, should be. hehehe

P.S: sleepyyyy now ... classes start tomorrow :( ohhh nooooooooooo

i m who i m ~

never thought of sharing this blog with anyone when i created it ..... but now, I've given this link to 2 of my BFFs :) frankly, I am an introverted person and i never denied that ..... i don't use to share my "心事“to anyone, not even my parents. But the more posts i wrote, the more i feel like sharing it with someone .... hmmm creepy ... now, i just feel like throwing everything in my heart on this blog ... cuz i will probably explode if i keep it to myself all the time ... >.<

P.S : there's a saying 性格十八定八十 .... (am i right ?) i used to think that i will be more outgoing after I came to Canada ... that's not really the case though .... nevermind laaa, whatever it's , just be myself is the BEST ~!! ciao

闲话家常？

Called home today, after about 3 months ..... that's the longest time period I didn't call home ever ~!! The previous call was during CNY .... yeap, almost 3 months since I last called home !!!
got to know everyone at home is safe and sound .... very happy ..... esp. ya ya , the person that i m most concerned of..... the second person, perhaps as concerned as the first person is pa pa ~~
haihhh, asked pa pa go body-check but he alwayz turned a deaf ear ... never listened to me .... (am I not that persuasive ??) whatever laaaa ...... my papa is my most beloved person & he's the most filial person ever ever EVER !!!!!!!!! He is the one who saved ya ya's life !!! I love him !!!
I want my papa to live until at least 100 years old ~~~!!!!

ok enough for today. Gonna continue 原来爱上贼 ^^ damn NICE :))

P.S 1 : May God bless everyone at home safe and sound ~~ also, hope everyone esp. nai nai & ya ya, papa & mama are healthy and even healthier than ever !!!!

P.S 2 : I made it !!! My 碗仔翅 succeeded finally !!! yay ~~~ (my effort from lastnight to this afternoon was finally paid off =P)

有点无聊 =.=

I was bored today .. :( Been browsing through my photo albums on my space. Reminded me of what i did at this time last year .... 1 year ago from today, I was in B.C .... Either Rockies or Vancouver I suppose.... enjoying breathtaking scenery & eating delicious cuisine ..... well, it was definitely an awesome trip !! misssss it soooo much ~~~~
P.S : I am gonna cook again tomorrow ^^ gonna make 碗仔翅 + 番薯西米露 ~~ looking forward to it .... Also, please don't rain !!

Our last gathering - P Mall

Alright ..... today's Pacific Mall trip was kinda abrupt ... apparently, that wasn't my fault .... Helen and I decided to go to P Mall because her friends 放飞机 ..... Helen should be going to church instead .... ok, whatever laaa hehe
Sooo this was gonna be our last gathering until end of this year i suppose..... I might not going to Toronto in Aug .... so, I just told her about that ..... we ended up taking "photo stickers " (大头照）... it took us about an hour and half to figure out the photo setting (including taking photos toooo) ....it was fun ....hehe our first attempt ~~ i bought a small photo album to fit in all the photos .... i thought the photo album I picked was bigger ... but apparently it wasn't ~!! haihh i got cheated .... well, that was pretty gooood too actually :) hehehehe