2005 年 8 月 11 日 星期四 【乍寒還暖】

YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!!!
A SCHOOL ACCEPTED MY SIS!!!

I am so happy as I've been worried for daysssss.
You know today was thrilling.
We went to St Benedict first.
When we arrived (at 8 a.m.), there were already many many people queuing outside the school.
After hearing my sis's friends saying that there were many people at Lung Cheung,
I was so worried that I went there myself to help my sis queuing.
When my sis was waiting for interview at St Benedict, Lung Cheung asked her to interview as well.
After serious consideration, she decided to come to Lung Cheung to have the interview there first
as this school said that it would accept stus immediately and it got more stus applying.
However, she got to wait at Lung Cheung for hrs
and that school started to be critical.
I really feared that she would lose both schools.
Luckily she got accepted.
I will never reject her learning anything related to make up esp stage make up
(Hey since when have I reject??? Never!!!).

Sing k with my sisters to celebrate.
After singing for 4 hrs, I could hardly speak.
Then went to watch the concert held by FM99.7 with Anna, my sister and her friend.
Anna and I sat at quite a front row lei, so we could watch the singers clearly.

Fiona really lacks stage experience
as she always stood either in the middle of the stage or her left- hand side.
She didn't take care of the audience on her right-hand side including Anna and me.

P.S. I would like to thx all those who helped me to find schools these days
esp Angel and Clara.
Angel called to suggest schools in Tseung Kwai O, which is extremely helpful and made me feel warm.
Clara called to ask my sis's situation, which made me feel warm as I know she cared about me so she cared about my sis.
What nice friends they are!!!

>>August 13, 2005 at 1:59:47 AM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 10 日 星期三 【晴】

Found a study place with my sis again.
Still no school accept her.
Don't know why schools so loyal to the regulations.
In the previous years, most schools accept students with lower marks earlier.
Not many schools sticked to that stupid regulations.
I AM SO WORRIED!!!

Since no schools violated the regulations, we gave up finding in the afternoon.
My sis went back home to take a rest and I got a hair-cut.
It is really hot these days.
I don't wanna have such long long hair.
However, my new look is ......OMG!!!

>>August 13, 2005 at 1:49:17 PM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 9 日 星期二 【乍寒還暖】

Today my sister's HKCEE result is released.
Her result is not good.
As Roy said, her mark is a 吊鹽水mark.

We went to many schools but not one of them accepted her up to this moment.
Those DDS are hateful.
Collected $30 application fee for each student who got a application form
(EVEN THOUGH THEY KNEW THAT THERE WERE NOT MANY PLACES LEFT
AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT YOU).

One DDS is even worst.
Their teachers told a student to wait until 2p.m. when that guy arrived at 11:00p.m.
They said that they may give him a chance for interview even though he got 11only
(as they required 12 at least).
Giving a hope to him and then at 2p.m., another staff told him to leave as his mark was too low.
He even said it would waste his time waiting at there.
HEY HIS TIME HAS BEEN WAITED ALREADY BECAUSE OF YOU!!!

WE HAVE TO ADD OIL TMR!!!
(Actually my whole family has confidence that my sister can be admitted.)

p.s. Finally knew the reason for the death of my student.
Actually Apple Daily reported that news and I read that.
I just didn't know the character was my student.
He died because of a mistake made by the doctor in China.
I REALLY HOPE HIS FAMILY CAN FIND A WAY TO COMPLAIN THAT HOSPITAL AND THAT
CARELESS DOCTOR
(as the newspaper reported that their complaint was restricted by the hospital).

>>August 10, 2005 at 3:15:17 PM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 8 日 星期一 【晴】

MY VACATION IS COMING TO THE END!!!
I have to go to school every day from 9a.m. to 5p.m. next week
to attain the English course hold by some Singaporean.
Then the week after next week will be a whole-week meetingssssss.
GOODBYE SUMMER HOLIDAY!!!

Finally rented a flat in Kwun Tong.
The new flat is extremely near to my new school.
Hehe, that's mean the coming 2 months I can save a lot of travelling money. YEAH!!!

Hey Grace, Ans gets further sale AGAIN!!!
The pillow-bag-like bag now is 40%off, so with my VIP card, you can buy it at $145.
Bargain???

>>August 9, 2005 at 12:22:03 PM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 7 日 星期日 【陰】

Watched the premiere of Racing Stripes.
Well, the story is just so so as it seems to copy from 熱鬥小馬.
Whatever as it is free, hehe.

Saw Gigi Leung at the premiere.
She's pretty.
Though not like her, I took a photo of her.

>>August 9, 2005 at 2:42:41 AM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 6 日 星期六 【晴】

Watched a great great movie - The best of youth.
It is an Italian film.
The story is about the lives of two brothers. They shared the same dreams, hopes, books and friendships.
However, after they met a girl with medical disorders, they started to change.
Their targets and everythings became different.
The film focus on describing how the Italian history and incidents happened to them change thier lives and thinkings.
It also describes the changes of people around them.

We just watched the 1st part.
If I had not promised to join the gathering with my PCED classmates,
we would have watched the 2nd part.
Then that will be 6 hrs, crazy!!!

>>August 9, 2005 at 3:23:14 AM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 4 日 星期四 【颱風】

Our city tour started at 9:30a.m.
However, it started raining heavily as well.
When we got to the 1st visiting place, we could hardly see anything.
Therefore, Simon (he guided us back) suggested we postpone the city tour to 1:00p.m.

After sleeping for an hour, Dirty Cat and I went to have lunch.
I didn't know the name of the restaurant as it didn't show.
However, the food is delicious.
We ordered a tuna sandwich (US$5), a toast (US$5) and a banana choco (US$5).
The desert (banana choco) was the best one.

At 1:00p.m., it stopped raining.
Started our city tour AGAIN!!!
This time the tour guide was Ben.
Here are the places we went:
1. Banzai Cliff
(This is a place rented to Japan to commemorate their soldiers
who committed suicide at there during WWII.
Japanese government even built a 忠魂碑 there.
However, one may find that there is chewing gum at the back of the stele.
Ben told us that it was done by Korean.
As during WWII, many Korean females were caught to Saipan by Japanese soldiers.
Therefore, when the Korean tour guide led the Korean tourists to here
and told them the story,
he/ she would be the first one who put his/ her chewing gum on the stele.)

2. Last Command Post

3. Bird Island Lookout
(A very very beautiful place.
However, the government restricted people to go over there now to prevent pollution on the island.)

4. Grotto
(It should be the most beautiful place.
From the tourist book, I could see the water in blue.
Ben told us it is an extremely beautiful place and the water should be blue.
However, since the weather is not good today.
The water was polluted. The visibility was low and the water was green.
We were so unlucky.)

5. Suicide Cliff
(Nice place again. We could see the whole north part of Saipan from here.)

City tour finished at 3:00p.m. Then we headed to airport.
Boarding time: 5:15p.m.
Goodbye Saipan !!!!

HONG KONG, I AM BACK!!!

>>August 13, 2005 at 1:47:44 PM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 3 日 星期三 【乍寒還暖】

Goodbye Guam.
Hello, Saipan.
Boarding time: 10:30a.m.
Arrival time: 11:20a.m.
When I entered Saipan, the immigration staff asked me
how many days I was going to stay at Saipan.
I told him 1 night only as my bf didn’t got a long holiday.
He said it should be at least 3 days for travelling in Saipan.
Really??? But I was confident that we could visit all the places that we wanna visit.
Let's see!!!

Our tour guide Simon came to take us to our hotel.
This time only 1 Taiwan couple came with us.
Simon had to talk in Mandarin because of the Taiwan couple, which made me feel uncomfortable.
You know, my listening is not good not to mention listen in MANDARIN!!!
However, Dirty Cat found no difficult on that.
Again the Taiwan couple lived in a 5 stars hotel (Hyatt Regency Hotel)
but we in a 3 stars (Ocean View Hotel but without any ocean for viewing).

We joined the jungle tour (US$55 per head) that afternoon and the city tour (US$25) the following day.
Actually when Simon asked if we were interested in their activities,
we told him that there were several places that we wanna visit.
However, we didn't know how to drive and found that taxi was too expensive for us.
So we asked if they could provide tour for those places.
Then we found that the places they provided matched ours
and they were willing to provide the extra places for us to visit.

After lunch, Sambo (our jungle tour guide) took us and the Taiwan couple to the trip.

THE JUNGLE TOUR WAS GREAT!!!
IT WORTHS SO MUCH!!!
Here're the places we visited:
1. Old Man by Sea
(A very beautiful place. We had to walk into the water.
Luckily Simon asked me to wear short and slippers before.)

2. Crocodile Cliff
(A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AGAIN!!! You may found surf everywhere.
There were four Taiwanese stood at a great point for photo-taking
for a long long time causing others to wait for a long long time.
Then a crash of the surf wetted them which made me quite happy. Hehe!!!)

3. A Farm
(A boring place. We just drank coconut juice.
The male Taiwanese wore the hula dress for photo-taking. What a brave man!!!
Then we watched two very big and long lizards.
The Taiwan couple even held one of them to take photos.
Well, holding it is not the bravest thing.
What I respect their bravery was they held it right after IT DID A NUMBER TWO JOB!!!
Then we watched a fighting competition between 2 hens.
Actually it was the most boring place.
But the Taiwanese showed a great interest on everything. How cruel!!!)

4. Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine
(The only place on the island with fresh water.
I didn't pay attention to this point when I heard that.
But then, when I backed to hotel
and found that we were using sea water for bathing, washing faces and mouth.
I realized the meaning of FRESH WATER.)

5. Mount Tapotchau
(THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE!!! We saw the whole view of Saipan here.
If it was not foggy, we could see the sea with 7 colors.
However, even without sunlight and 7 colors, we could still find the sea beautiful.
Sampo told us there was a fresh water lake in Saipan.
However, that only fresh water lake was polluted by Japanese during WWII.
When the Japanese soldiers knew that the US army were coming and they were going to lose,
they put many dead bodies and toxic chemicals into the lake.
So that even US got the place, it was useless because of no water supplied.
Therefore, all Saipan people need to use sea water for daily use
and the price for drinking water was and is expensive.
I HATE JAPANESE!!!>)

At night, we went to the Thursday Night Street Fair.
It was not as populous as the Wednesday Night Street Fair in Guam.

>>August 8, 2005 at 1:50:46 AM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 2 日 星期二 【乍寒還暖】

Went to the Southern Part of Guam. US$49 per head.
Like last night, only Dirty Cat and I joined this activity.
It seemed that we hired a private tour guide. Haha.
Here're the places we visited:
1. War in the Pacific National Historical Park
2. Asan Bay Overlook
3. Gaan Point
4. Bear Rock
5. Talifak Bridge
6. Mt. Lamlam
7. Fort Nuestra Senora de la Soledad
8. Umatac Bay
9. A Natural Swimming Pool
10. Yokoi’s Museum

Most of the views are beautiful.
We found it worthy to join this activity (though it's really costly).

After lunch, James took us and another couple
who joined the city tour yesterday to Two Lovers' Point and Micronesia Mall.
These places should be included in our city tour
but we didn't go there yesterday.

From the Two Lovers' Point, we could see the whole Tumon Bay,
which is very beautiful.
We even hit the bell there.
James told us that if the bell rings in odd numbers, that means one has to wait for a long time to get marry.
However, if it rings in even number, that means one will get married soon.
He asked if Dirty Cat and I dared to hit.
Of course, we did.
I thought my bell rang for 11 times but Dirty Cat said it should be 12.
And he got 10 times.
James said the bell is amazing as different people hear different times for the same hit.
I thought it was just because people tend to believe what they desire.
Just like Dirty Cat, hehe.

Then we went to Micronesia Mall.
It is big but nothing interesting as things are expensive and useless to me.
I was just interested in the book shop.
I found the American version Princess Diary series which are extremely pretty.
However, Dirty Cat didn't allow me to buy them
as I already got the British version.
Well, given that they are so pretty.
I think it is worthy to have them as one of the collections.
You know, IT'S AN INVESTMENT!!!

After staying at that boring mall for 45mins, we went back to our hotel.
Dirty Cat and I changed our swimsuits and went to Tumon Bay.
We didn't know how to swim so we just sat in the sea enjoying the limited sunlight.

At night, we went to the Wednesday Night Street Fair.
James took us there charging us US$25.
He said $10 per head yesterday but this afternoon when I asked him he said US$20 per head including supper.
However, we didn't want to eat buffet or anything set by them anymore.
Therefore, we just asked him to take us there.
I thought he wanna cover his loss of getting the commission from our supper, so he charged us US$5 more.
He really knows how to earn money
as he persuaded the couple went to Two Lovers' Point with us to go there as well.
And so as a family of four who joined the city tour before.

When we reached there, he told us when and where to gather back.
Then Dirty Cat and I walked around the night street fair ourselves.
Well, even things sold in this kind of fair were expensive.
We ate some BBQ chicken and pork (US$1 for each) as dinner and watched a good show there.
Then we went back to the gathering place and bought some spicy chocolate as souvenirs. (US$0.5 for each and US$8 for a box)

>>August 10, 2005 at 1:19:36 PM GMT+8

2005 年 8 月 1 日 星期一 【乍寒還暖】

I was not feeling well. I wanna land. I got a headache and my stomach was not feeling well. I would vomit anytime.
Luckily I stayed well until we landed Saipan.
However, the boy sat next to us vomited all the times (according to Dirty Cat).
We got to leave the plane even though our destination was not here.
We gotta get our things and leave the plane for checking.
Then we got into the same plane again to Guam.
The effectiveness of Guam immigration department was EXTREMLY slow.
We have to wait for a long long time to enter Guam.
What cause me more frustrated was WE ARE THE LAST ONE TO GET ENTER.
I don't why we chose that line to queue.
That immigration staff did things so slowly that I changed my queue to other lines.
Unfortunately, a Japanese boy cut in. Really wanna kill him.
Then when it was my term finally, that immigration staff asked me to go to another line and served Dirty Cat.
When I went to the line she asked me to go, that staff refused to help me and asked me to queue the other lines.
Hey, is it funny??!!!
After I got enter, I have to wait for Dirty Cat.
Yes, he got handled before me but he was the last one
because he used a Portuguese Passport (but he didn't bring his Macau ID card).
He got to fill a form before entering.
(Dirty Cat was very happy as the immigration staff praised his English. Childish!!!)

When we got our, our luggage was already waiting for us.
Then we took it and left the airport.
Our tour guide was already waiting for us (and other Hong Kongers who bought packages like us).
The car took us to hotels first.
Most of the people were staying at either Marrioff or PIC, some 5 stars hotel.
Then the bus left 6 tourists including us.
We gotta have our breakfast at a small hotel restaurant first,
then we put our luggage at our hotel (as it was not yet 2:00p.m., we couldn’t check in yet).
The other couples were staying at Nikkon and Hilton.
We were the only couples who were going to stay at GRAND PLAZA HOTEL (A 3 STARS ONE)!!!
It's ok, Dirty Cat said we are adventurers.
We are not going to stay at a high-class hotel and enjoy.

After settling our luggage, we got our city tour. Our tour guide was James.
He took us to several places:
1. Statue of Liberty
(a very very small one)
2. South Pacific Memorial Park
3. Plaza de Espana
(Spanish ruled Guam before, so there are Spanish buildings left in Guam.)
4. Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica
5. Latte Park
(Latte is a kind of stone. James said that only the rich people can use Latte to build houses.)
6. Fort Apugan

It was 11:00a.m. when we finished the tour.
I found that there was a place that we didn't go,
so I asked James and he promised me to check it out. We couldn't check in when we reached our hotel.
Therefore, we took a walk around our hotel.
Then at 12sth, we got our room.
After taking a bath, we went to sleep.

We woke up at 4:00p.m., then we went to the Tumon Bay.
THE BEACH WAS EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL.
The water was clear and the sand was soft.
We walked along the beach, regretting that we didn't wear our swimsuit to come out.

Before backing to our hotel, we bought our supper – pizza.
US$14.25 for three toppings.
We wanna eat the pizza on the bed and watch TV, you know, just like The X-Files.
However, we didn't wanna pollute the bed that we gotta sleep.
So we just sat on the chairs.

At 9:00p.m., James came to bring us (only Dirty Cat and I joined this activity) to watch the ADULT SHOW (US$30 PER HEAD).
Actually I was kinda disappointed when we arrived as the place was so small.
I expected that it should be like the one shown in Closer.
There were many tables and many exotic dancers stripping and dancing on the tables.
However, at our place, there was only 1 table with 1 naked girl dancing.
Though she is an exotic dancer, she really knows how to dance.
The place was different to others.
The exotic dancers will strip off all the clothes
(not only showing their breasts but you know the lower parts)
and you can spend US$1 to touch them.
When the dancer finds that you put a note on the table,
she will come in front of you and put your hand on her breast or any part of her body.
I saw some foreigners even kissed her breasts and the lower part.
James persuaded us to touch the exotic dancers to check whether their breasts are real which made us quite embarrassing.
Dirty Cat used me as a shield to refuse.
I just showed no interest on touching others' breasts.
However, we did give US$2 to one of the dancers
as we found that the 'mother' of the dancers seemed to give some pressure to James on persuading us.

After we left the place, James told us there was a place selling Magic Mushroom.
Taking 5 pills will make one feeling excited.
He even led us to the supermarket selling it.
I showed my disgust on it immediately
and he took us back to our hotel immediately.

>>August 6, 2005 at 3:51:18 AM GMT+8