So I hate my birthday and most often, dislike presents. ...I'm the type that would much rather go out and buy what I want and when I want.  I much rather my friends/family spend their precious time with me instead. I admit, it's almost impossible to buy present for me. I have my reasons, some are big reasons of why I dislike getting presents and count Christmas too. This year, so far only one person get it right and how it was given to me is something I will never forget. Sometime it's the simplicity of the gift that touch me.

That said, torturing myself for the past couple hours if I should start open all these FedEx and USPS Priority boxes that I know are my birthday presents...Anyway, the hell with it....too late to do anything about it now...These are what came in the first 2 boxes...I thought you girls would definitely appreciate these pretty things...The Manolo Blahnik  was the actual pair Sarah Jessica Parker was wearing in Sex and the City....

Thank you Niki and Chrys. You girls should of wrap those you "borrow" from my closet and send them back....that would work too :=)

                  ---Have a safe, relaxing 4th of July weekend.---

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3zu1Tmwgpo

Boston suppose to have the best 4th of July firework in the nation...next to Disney ironically. I usually go camping during the 4th of July weekend somewhere; this year I couldn't make it and therefore, wake up with some time to think about things. I'm homesick; miss Boston so much. For those that read my old blog, July is the one month of the year that I have very hard time with. Many unfortunate events, many loss, many bad memories that somehow happen during the month of July for me. And my birthday fall on this month also and I'm not a fan of birthday. I will be inactive and quiet for awhile till this month pass because I'm not my usual self and trying to avoid conflicts.

Have a great weekend and go out enjoy your summer :-)
-Elle-

Have a good day guys...

Many of you have asked me what do I do with my NOT so...free time...

I honestly have no idea because I don't have free time :-(                                However, if I really want to do something, I will make the time, even if it mean cut down my 4 hours of sleep every night . Lately, my frequent date is with the new Playstation 3. A friend hooked me up with one prior to the US official release this month just so I can enjoy my little toy before everyone else...and because well, it's now sold out everywhere. After many many hours of "testing" the PS3, I'm toying with the idea of going back to being a game programmer. The gaming industry is definitely not what it used to be years ago and I must say I'm very impressed with this solid console and gosh the games are just too good. I usually like racing & fighting game but since the console came bundled with Metal Gear Solid which is a tactical action (one person shooter) type of game I think; I try it out anyway. The graphic is amazing and I like the concept that the game is like a movie itself. I find myself enjoy it too much, almost too addictive for my own good. I tried a few more games and the experience is so far enjoyable enough that I actually consider this is a "research" for my next career move.... May be it's about time I return the phone call to set up an interview with EA perhaps?

Oops, too exciting about the games, almost forgot to mention, this is the best value if you're looking for a Blu-Ray player as well; price much lower than a decent B.R. player but offer much more flexibilities and features. Blu-Ray is Sony's technology, might as well buy from the source. Also, it's clearly the best companion for Hi-Def TV.  I'm watching Pixar Short Films collection as I type this blog and I'm speechless....let just say it's AWESOME. Ratatouille looks much better on my TV than it's in the theater...  Yup, it's that good :-)

Lastly, I now can browse the Web in the comfort of my couch using my TV and PS3 console and watch youtube video (a little blurry) without my laptop. Best of all, I can also play all my movies from the 5 Terabyte media server sitting in my office that house hundreds of my collection of dvds, music, photo, etc through the wireless network, no disc sitting around, no mess, no clean up...Gosh, I do sound like a dork am I :-) I'm a dork with a new cool toy...hehehe.

Some "techie" notes:

Came equips with Bluetooth, wireless, Ethernet, HDMI output, optical digital audio output (SPDIF), and PlayStation AV output for analog audio and video, 4 USB, etc. and Memory Stick, SD Memory Card, CompactFlash Card (just in case 80GB internal hard drive is not enough for ya) but I'm using it as a digital media hub so shouldn't be hard to connect couple external data storage unit to it :-) Thank you Sony!!!

Blu-ray format offer the high-density discs provide much more storage space (will need that for more complex games) than those of Sony's competitors; Blu-ray discs max out at 50GB and can theoretically go to 100GB or 200GB, while the Xbox 360 and Wii use standard DVDs, which top out at a comparatively cramped 8.5GB.

Online gaming service is frozen on me most of time, very annoying :-( Built-in browser is relatively good, could be a lot better if Sony can sit down with Adobe to figure out Flash version. I love the massive supports for music and photo format and built-in interface is not at all bad.

It's a WINNER!!!

These are photo I took while playing Blu-Ray disc. Yup, taking photo of what playing on the TV and picture still look that amazing; imagine you're sitting in front of the television :-)

Planet Earth Blu-Ray







Me and my toy

Who said I don't eat : =)
This is what my usual Sunday's brunch look like @ one of my favorite restaurant.
The foods are consistently good (dim sum, lunch and especially dinner) but the bar is what being rave about. Not only it's huge full bar with a wine cellar, they also have some of the best cocktails in town. Mojito is known to be one of the popular drink here...This is just half of the order but I can't wait for the rest of the food to come out  and people already think I'm crazy for taking photo of my foods...Sorry for the blurry low quality pictures...it was taken from my Blackberry camera (in a hurry cuz I must eat..)

Favorite sugar glazed BBQ pork bun


Turnip Cake with LOTS of hot sauce



All MINE



First 1/2 order...yeah, I'm a pig...



A few pics of the restaurant from their site since couple of you asked :-)

Private Dining Area


The Main Dining Room