Miss Vy's birthday - 23 Oct 2008

I was told that there will be a lunch party, compliments from Miss Vy - our company accountant on Thursday.

VN ppl are nice and friendly, they love parties and would take turns to cook and treat friends, colleagues and family members.

When I came back to the office from Dong Nai on Thursday, I was pulled to lunch with everyone and the food item was : Banh Trang Cuon. To translate into english > it means rice paper wrapped with beef (or any meat) and vegetables. Vietnamese would dip into fish sauce, while I dip into the sauce from the beef :P

After lunch, I was then told that it was Miss Vy's birthday and that's the reason she cooked and invited us for lunch :) All of us decided to pool and buy a birthday cake for her (a surprise!).

Miss Vy and her birthday cake
From left: Miss Tu Linh, Miss Dep, Miss Mai, Miss Phuong Linh, Miss Vy, Me and Miss Huong
The birthday girl

We had a lovely afternoon as we took photos (using my HTC), sang the birthday song, cut and eat the cake. There were small cups of jello too, in different flavours (coconut, yam, cherry, fruit etc...).

Another memorable experience in VN! I will never forget it :)

Old english songs

Recently, a gf introduced me to a website where I can hear a lot of old English songs online. Hmmm...and suddenly this song appeared in my head:

Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles that's what you do

For the morning sun in all its glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
You fill my life with laughter
And somehow you make it better
Ease my troubles thats what you do

There's a love thats divine
And its yours and its mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray
To the one, to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away all my sadness
Ease my troubles that's what you do
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Lovely song right? Oldies are always the best.
It brings tears to my eyes everytime I listen to it.

Have I told you lately that I love you?
Without words, I know that you know.
100% and 101%?

时事造英雄

OR

英雄造时事

Old & New Memories

For: A dearie friend who has been feeling low lately
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Memories are intricate things.

They are part of our spirit, our soul, our brain, our emotions, our feelings.

We cannot live without memories, yet we cannot live only based on memories.

Old memories are deeply embedded in our brains, we cannot forget the things that had happened, the people we had met, all laughter, all tears...

However, as we live, we will meet new people and continue to create new memories, which will create new chapters in our lives.

We should not try to erase the past. Yet we also must embrace the future.

Different stages...haha :)

Mummy used to tell me that dating is an interesting process, men will behave differently at different stages. Haha, recently, I observed this trend (from people and frens around me). One scenario is when a couple eat together in a restaurant.

1st month
Waitress put a saucer of chilli sauce on the table (for dipping).
Girl: "I need soy sauce because I cannot eat chilli."
Guy: "Excuse me, could you please give us some soy sauce?"
Waitress brought a saucer of soy sauce with cut chilli.
Guy: "Sorry, please give us soy sauce w/o chilli."

2nd to 6th month
Waitress put a saucer of chilli sauce on the table (for dipping).
Girl: "Erhm..." (gave a I-do-not-eat-chilli look)
Guy: "Excuse me, could you please give us some soy sauce?" (he said it automatically because he already knows the habit of his gf)
Waitress brought a saucer of soy sauce with cut chilli.
Guy: "Sorry, please give us soy sauce w/o chilli."

6th month onwards
Waitress put a saucer of chilli sauce on the table (for dipping).
Girl: "Erhm..."
Guy: "Excuse me, could you please give us some soy sauce?"
Waitress brought a saucer of soy sauce with cut chilli.
The guy gave the soy sauce to the girl and continued eating. The girl eyed the saucer apprehensively and gave a I-do-not-eat-chilli look.
The guy used this chopsticks and removed all the cut chilli, left only the soy sauce.
Girl: "But the sauce is still spicy..."
Guy: "Eh, you can eat Thai Tom Yum soup. Why can't you eat soy sauce with some chilli?!?!"
Girl: "Sigh..." (rolled her eyes)