Mom just called me telling me about the travel news. The government had warned travelers who planed to go to Phuket before 1/10, because of the disaster a few days ago.
I became worried, so I searched for news and forums. It turned out that mainland Thailand was okay. So we can still go.
Many people wanted to cancel their trips because of the disaster. I think they worry too much. One of the reasons we have high education is to have the ability to differentiate facts from tales. We should search for the facts ourselves, and then decide if we should go. Not just listen to the news, because you know how Taiwan news groups are - they don't tell the whole truth.
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Chicken Meat Man
I've decided to call THM the Chicken Meat Man, aka CMM.
He calls me 機毛女, derived from 機車, 龜毛女. So I call him 雞肉男, not 肌肉男.
He calls me 機毛女, derived from 機車, 龜毛女. So I call him 雞肉男, not 肌肉男.
Sunday, December 26, 2004
Monopoly
It's the day after Christmas.
After spending $6,000 in Sogo, we met up with Randolf and his gf in a hot pot restaurant to have dinner. Afterwards, we invited them to our apartment to see our Christmas tree.
Then THM suggested we play Monopoly. It was the 2nd time this set of game was played. The 1st one was one year ago when THM asked what I liked to do for fun, and I said I liked to play Monopoly. During the year, he brought up this topic many times saying the game had been played only ONCE. Finally he got his chance to play it again.
The four of us started the game around 11:00pm, and played for straight 6 hours until 5:00am when Randolf claimed bankruptcy. THM was the Monopoly, and I came in second. At first, I kept losing money, but then some of my properties made a lot of money for me, so that I escaped from bankruptcy. Haha...
After spending $6,000 in Sogo, we met up with Randolf and his gf in a hot pot restaurant to have dinner. Afterwards, we invited them to our apartment to see our Christmas tree.
Then THM suggested we play Monopoly. It was the 2nd time this set of game was played. The 1st one was one year ago when THM asked what I liked to do for fun, and I said I liked to play Monopoly. During the year, he brought up this topic many times saying the game had been played only ONCE. Finally he got his chance to play it again.
The four of us started the game around 11:00pm, and played for straight 6 hours until 5:00am when Randolf claimed bankruptcy. THM was the Monopoly, and I came in second. At first, I kept losing money, but then some of my properties made a lot of money for me, so that I escaped from bankruptcy. Haha...
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Shopping, Money, Chirstmas
It's Christmas today! THM and I went shopping.
Yesterday we went to the department year-end luncheon in Lakeshore hotel. It was my first time there. THM had always wanted to to spend a night there, or at least try some of their food. Now his wish has finally come true. ^^
The luncheon was a traditional Chinese style. We sat around a big table to eat. Something worth while to mention is that it was a all-you-can-eat kind of luncheon. Usually, all food is on a big table, and you need to walk there to pick up your food, and come back to your own seat to eat. But this one, you order from your own seat, and the waitresses put the food on your table. The advantage is that you don't need to walk around and can still eat a lot. The disadvantage is that the restaurant tend to get slow after you've ordered a lot of food.
Anyway, in every year-end party, there is prize-drawing. They required everyone to bring in a 500-dollar gift to exchange with others. However, managers had to bring in a more valuable gift. I got $500 cash from the secretary. THM got a gift from the department manager. At first, I thought it was a $500 book, then I found a $5,000 gift certificate inside the book.
This was the first time I got such a big prize. Well, not really mine, but THM's is mine, anyway.
THM said he always spend away such prizes, so we went to Sogo to spend the $5,000. We stayed in Sogo for about 5 hours. At the 4th hour, we had only $1,000 left, it's not enough to buy a pair of shoes, and too much for stationary, and a pair of gloves was too expensive. We already didn't know how to spend that money, so we decided to have DimSum since it's time to eat.
In the end of the day, we spent about $6,000 in Sogo...
What an experience. Now I can understand why those people who win lotteries went crazy. When suddenly you have too much money on hand, you don't know what to do with it, and problems come...
Yesterday we went to the department year-end luncheon in Lakeshore hotel. It was my first time there. THM had always wanted to to spend a night there, or at least try some of their food. Now his wish has finally come true. ^^
The luncheon was a traditional Chinese style. We sat around a big table to eat. Something worth while to mention is that it was a all-you-can-eat kind of luncheon. Usually, all food is on a big table, and you need to walk there to pick up your food, and come back to your own seat to eat. But this one, you order from your own seat, and the waitresses put the food on your table. The advantage is that you don't need to walk around and can still eat a lot. The disadvantage is that the restaurant tend to get slow after you've ordered a lot of food.
Anyway, in every year-end party, there is prize-drawing. They required everyone to bring in a 500-dollar gift to exchange with others. However, managers had to bring in a more valuable gift. I got $500 cash from the secretary. THM got a gift from the department manager. At first, I thought it was a $500 book, then I found a $5,000 gift certificate inside the book.
This was the first time I got such a big prize. Well, not really mine, but THM's is mine, anyway.
THM said he always spend away such prizes, so we went to Sogo to spend the $5,000. We stayed in Sogo for about 5 hours. At the 4th hour, we had only $1,000 left, it's not enough to buy a pair of shoes, and too much for stationary, and a pair of gloves was too expensive. We already didn't know how to spend that money, so we decided to have DimSum since it's time to eat.
In the end of the day, we spent about $6,000 in Sogo...
What an experience. Now I can understand why those people who win lotteries went crazy. When suddenly you have too much money on hand, you don't know what to do with it, and problems come...
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