Who needs more money?

I just bought an Ipod Video for myself as X'mas gift. I was thinking of buying Ipod nano before, it's very small and light, but not big enough storage for me. I need to use it to store my pictures so that I don't have to carry my laptop with me everywhere I travel. Luckily, not long after nano came out, Ipod released this new product -- Ipod video. It's thin, light, good looking, big size screen, and the space can go up to 60G, which is perfect for what I need, even though I finally decided to go for the 30G one. 1G a day, I can store pictures for about a couple of weeks on the road, and still have enough space for some music, maybe a little video. :)

Besides Ipod, I just realized that there are so many things I need to buy -- I need to buy some accessories for my new Ipod, such as a good looking case, docking station etc; I also need an external hard drive to store all the pictures and music, right now my laptop space is almost full with those; a very small compact digital camera, so that I can take it into my small purse when I dress pretty and go out at night, then I need to get 1G SD card for it... So many things!

I was chatting with my friend J the other day, she asked me that how come I never go shopping with them. All my girl friends go shopping for clothes, shoes or purses almost every weekend. She asked me whether I am saving money for something. Well, I think that's part of the reason, and I prefer shopping for clothes myself most of the time, 'cause I can really take time to look for what I like and try it on. Also, if I go with other girls, I may end up buying something which I don't really like only because other girls think it's good on me or tell me it's worth to buy because it's on big sale ... Anyway, while I was chatting with her, I was thinking, geeeze, girls need a lot more stuff than guys. Girls spend a lot more money on clothes, pretty dress, purses, shoes and cosmetics than guys do, and we also need to buy electronic gadgets like guys need. There are much more places we need to spend money, but we don't get as much pay as guys do. Then J said:” No, it's not true! Guys spend more money than girls! Guys need to pay for girls!!!" Ha, exquisite! But it doesn't apply to me! :P I buy for myself, just need some excuse when I spend money, such as X'mas gift for myself, my Birthday gift, or something like I lost a few pounds -- eating ice cream is a reward. :P

Nepenthe

My bubble world finally broke. All the colorful imaginations fell into small pieces; my heart is falling with them, trying to catch all the pieces in vain. It tried so hard, but the piece it caught has already turned into grey color. My heart kept falling, there is no end, and there is no place it can rest, so tired.

I heard that 70% of human's body is water. I think at least 5% of the water is tears. I'm 3% less weight than what I was yesterday morning. Crying probably is a good solution to loose weight. Just need to remember, eat less salt, 'cause tear is really bitter.




If you have a potion of Nepenthe, will you drink it? I always thought that I won't. Whatever I went through or am going through is my own life experience, it helps me to grow. But sometime, maybe a little potion can make things a lot easier...

Badminton Badminton Badminton

Hmmm, I haven't updated my blog for a while. What have I been doing these days besides working, eating and sleeping? Practicing badminton.

Yeah, I'm really into badminton now. I played 3 times last week, Wednesday lunch time, Wednesday night and Sunday afternoon. I went to practice last night again, I'm sore everywhere now. But it's a good workout for me. :)

It all started the first time I played with my co-workers. I did so horrible, everybody beats me. I got 0-15 when I played with B for single game. I don't like to be beaten; I need to have my revenge game sometime soon.

That reminds me of how I started to play ping-pong at work. When I first started to play PP, I was very bad, I can't serve, I can't smash, and I can't even return any spin ball. I probably was the worst player in the team back then. But I enjoyed the game and I like to be competitive. So I practiced and asked all the better players to play with me. I didn't have good PP skill, so I worked on strategy, playing with brain, trying to hit the ball to the unexpected corner so that it's hard for my opponent to return. I practiced a lot and I got better and better, then I started to beat one by one. It was like in a video game, I played with a good player, and I beat him. Then I went to challenge the better player, I beat him... Finally I beat the best player in the team at that time, and won my PP champion title.

I guess I have that competitive side in me since I was young. I remembered that when I was in the second year in high school, we had a math quiz in the beginning of the semester. I failed the quiz and only got 45, the lowest score in the class. I was shocked by myself; my math teacher was shocked too. My math teacher came to talk to me, I felt so embarrassed that I just kept crying. Then I made up my mind to study really hard on math. From then on, for all the quizzes, I never had a score below 90, no matter how many students failed those quizzes. In the last year of high school, I was one of the two students who represented my high school to compete in the Shanghai high school students’ math competition. And I got 3rd rank.

It's the same thing in badminton game. I know I'm not as good as the other people, so I need more practice; I need to work hard on my skill and foot works. And I really enjoy playing it. Hopefully, I’ll get a lot of improvement and have my revenge game in a few months. :P

Halloween party

Fall is leaving. Orange color everywhere, it's Halloween again. I decided to join the company's Halloween party this year, the biggest question is what to wear? I have been an Indian girl, and a Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon girl in the past years, what should I be this year?

Costume contest is always fun, fun to watch, more fun to participate. You can see all kinds of costumes, cheap, fancy, funny, creative, good or bad. I have a skeleton costume at home, but I decided to go a little sexy. :P Cow girl seems a good idea, I have the whole outfit -- jean shirt, jean skirt, fancy belt, boots and cow boy hat, and I even have a handcuff. So I tried out my clothes at home Saturday. I put everything on, and looked into the mirror, hmmmm, not too bad, and the best part about this outfit is that it's ZERO cost! :D No need to spend extra money on costume. I even found a handkerchief to put on as a mask, so I can look like a western gangster. But I need a gun to look like a real gangster. So over the weekend, I went everywhere looking for a cowboy gun with holster, but unluckily, I cannot find any. It's sold out in Halloween store and all the other toy stores don't carry toy guns any more. :( So I have to be a gangster without a gun.

I went to work this morning with my whole cow girl outfit, I even put on my real leather jacket. I'm an Asian Cow girl gangster -- or whatever I look like. Then I started to chat with my co-worker V, luckily, she said her son may have a toy gun, and her hubby is going to meet her for lunch, so I borrowed a toy gun from her son, which made me look like a real gangster. :)

I went to the costume contest. I was a little disappointed that not many people dressed up, but there were some very cool costumes. Lots of kids were running around in their costumes, little spider man or fairies. Every kid is getting a 7 (full score) from the judges. Dan dressed up like a cow boy, and he has some really cool gadgets -- a nice cow boy gun with holster, real spurs he just got in today by mail, and nice cow boy hat. Since he got the real spurs, he gave me his toy ones. So I even have a pair of spurs on my boots, I felt more and more like a real cow girl gangster. :P But when Dan went on to the stage, I heard someone is asking how come he worn the same outfit as last year. Geeeze, do people really remember what costumes other people wear every year?

My favorite one is the guy as the little red riding hood. He is hilarious, he has beard and moustache, but wearing a red cape with black skirt and a basket. When it’s his turn to show off his costume, he just hopped on to the stage, and went to give the judges bribes -- cookies from his basket. So he got 7 from all the judges. This really is -- 拿人家手短，吃人家嘴短。


My Costume