X'mas came and gone

Just like that a year had passed by. The busiest and toughest year I've had by far, but also gained the most knowledge.

Had 2 sumptuous xmas dinners, or I should say 3.

Made use of the boxing week sale quite fully this week. Got quite a number of items, especially proud of myself for finding a $2x.xx green pan (ceramic non-stick) (after 20% off) at the very last min of the boxing week and by chance... almost didn't walk in that lil store.

Workwise had no progress, totally stuck on performance issue with BIRT reporting framwork.

Was going to see Avatar but all sold out... both 3pm and 6pm show....

Met with high school friends on the very last day. It was SO much fun!!! We had sushi and then bubble tea.... yeah.. like when we were teenagers... hoho. I was so wired up till after 4am...finished watching 2 movies and still very awake... no wonder how I woke up at 8am the next day. (also a proof that I'm totally used to the skytrain noise).

busy as always
cleaned floor again this weekend.
in-law came over and did "gift exchange"
went to coquitlam again to fix skates.... and still not perfect and actually even worse...
had dinner at fisherman terrace. food wasn't as good this time. we let the manager ordered for us this time and 2 of the dishes were deep fried. one of them was deep fried + mayo on top!!! i wonder who thought of that recipe....

computer @ work got infected..... but the reboot was actually caused by Eclipse/BIRT tool... scary isn't it.... y would application make system shutdown?

Winter is definitely here. Snowed a lil during the weekend but that didn't deter me from going in to fix my skates. Got new blades, Coronation Ace, and trying yet another new alignment for my right foot. It seems to be working better so far. The blade seems to be slightly wider, and thus more balanced. It's relatively easier to spin than my old pair of blades.

Worked during all free time during the weekend, but project is still not progressing as fast as I'd like.

Complete floor cleaning and vacuuming on Sat, had really really sore legs afterwards.

No cooking research lately... mostly cooked saveon marinated food. On Sun, baked chicken thigh and potatoes with (and marinated with) Korean BBQ sauce and sprinkled with crushed rosemary leaves. Yes, a pretty weird combination but it kinda worked. The chicken were good but the potatoes were not quite done for some reason.

Had company xmas dinner on Sat. It was extremely small and crowded. It ended at 11pm!!! Record breaking late for our company. Entrees were ok, dessert was so so... only the raspberry mousse cake was good. As usual, won nothing.

Had hotpot for friend's bday on Sun. It was a lot of fun. We also played board game before the dinner and had a lot of snacks.

Cooked nothing and no vaccuum during weekend, will suffer during the week...

Skating continues to get worse. My right ankle has totally dropped inwards..... can't even do backward crossover... donno if I should just go check out my foot or go for custom boots...or try another alignment again.... on top of that.. i need new blades.

Tried a slow cooker recipe, another beef stew. I think I bought the wrong kind of carrots and maybe I should have browned the beef b4 putting it in crockpot. It tasted kinda blend, but much less utensils to wash except for the extremely heavy crockpot, which I figured out a better way to wash; wash it while standing on a step stool.

Work has been going quite slow but much less interruptions these days.

Skating's still very inconsistent, one day the boots felt good, other day not so much. It seems like staying off the loop jump is the way to go. The only thing that's been improving is my flip... maybe I'll get to try a double flip one day.

Watched 3 movies in a roll, "Push", "Caroline", and "UnderWorld". "Caroline" would be my favorite amongst them all. "Push" is only good because it's shot in HK!!