A Dialogue With K

iPod Nano, originally uploaded by: Andrew* It's just simply charming. By accident, I browsed around Times Square in Causeway Bay with a friend to buy her first iPod. Apparently, the intention was just one of the factors that will be considered but because I was charmed with the new look of this 3rd generation iPod nano, I bought one for myself too. What's the new cool factor? It has changed ...

+it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, originally uploaded by: jwlphotographyI know too well how grippingly Christmas would be if I'd spend it all alone all by myself, cooking for myself. My Hong Kong Christmas has never been that joyful place since. For years I was too frightened of being alone to spend it myself so each time when Christmas comes, it's served as a reminder of ...

Fall 2006 catalog, originally uploaded by: fd We all know that the holiday season is upon us when the leaves swirl down, the first chill wind blows and surprisingly our mailboxes goes bulge with the latest batch of catalogs. For marketers, the holiday season always come early. The other day, I have found out at least a dozen upon dozens of catalogs for every kitchen gadget, home improvement, and ...

Spare me, I have nothing in mind to write. I've been thinking about the meme that Ambo gave me but honestly, I have a Xmas tree - but it's not that grand. Why would I put a tree? Well, I walked around the store yesterday to find one but since I am downsizing this year's Xmas, I opted for this HK$19.00 worth of ornaments that would at least ...

Filipino fast food in Hong Kong, originally uploaded by: takejiro Yesterday at work, one of our clients approached me in my desk to ask something. Of course, I didn't know he was a Filipino, so obviously I addressed him in my usual English greeting - perhaps I sounded an American, British or Filipino accented English, I am not sure - but he appeared to be a little bit ...

Snob, originally uploaded by:nirakara Snob [noun]: a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field: a musical snob. Dictionary.com Some people at work says that I am a snob. Well I see myself the uber-cool person. Maybe I am just not in the same league ...

Prosperous Piggy Bank, originally uploaded by: jaevus Before the end of the year, I’m going to try something new: I’m saving all my loose change in a jar so that by the end of every year, I can buy a small gift for my nephews. It's not hard to do this really. Since the change will just sits in a jar all year, it’s an automatic savings for the ...

RBJ, Weekly Top 300, originally uploaded by: KnOizKi Surprisingly, the nice people from RBJ community LOVES me. Is this for realz? How charming! But you know, I doubt it - it probably caused by my recent blog "maintenance". I must have hit a magic link somewhere in my css file and made myself the instant top pick. Who did this to me? I am just shocked. I don't need ...

Let the prank calls begin, originally uploaded by: nimboo A visitor in my house still lives with me up until now. It's been about two weeks already wherein she can't decide whether to find a job here or go back home. I replied in a jokingly manner, "you should go back home, your family needs you". The thing is, I can't keep somebody around here anymore. I can't seem to ...