December 2007 Archives

Last bit of 2007 has past. It has been a year of change for me. I worked hard to overcome some of the toughest challenges, and made some difficult decisions and sacrifices for them.
Lets brave 2008 with smiling faces again. I'm ready. Hello 2008.

Spent it with some of the new friends I've made this year. We hung out at China Doll, amongst us, a radio host from EZ fm, Columbia student alum president, and of course Nick and Zhi Yang. I'm... the only single guy in this picture, hehe. Thats... great :-/

first stop was China Doll.

Then countdown at Block 8. I was actually in the elevator going up when new year arrived. he place went out of electricity when we arrived, and soon everyone tried to get out. Exit was packed.

I have yet to find a happy new year kiss, standing opposite of the couple.

We then headed out to Vics to meet up with Jason.

Apparently Vics has some Chinese theme going on, I saw two Chunli's.

Weiling and Amy had another table with bunch of expats.

Cheery's friends... Forgot their names, but.. had fun as well.

seem to have gotten a hang of this. snowboarding with nick, amanda, weiling, and amy.

Hard work at the new place is starting to pay off. For those of you that have time tomorrow (Dec 27th) come to 798 at 1:30, and check out some of our work for HP.

Drowning Heart.

Design by Rob Warnick

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays everyone :)

2007 is been a year of change for me, hopefully there will be happier times ahead...

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老总对秘书说：这几天我带你去北京走走.你准备下.
秘书打电话给老公：这几天我要和老总去北京开会,你自己照顾自己.
老公给情人电话：我老婆这几天要去北京出差,我们也出来玩吧.
情人给辅导功课的小男孩电话：这几天不用上课，我有事情.
小男孩给爷爷电话：爷爷，这几天老师有事，不用上课，你陪我玩吧
爷爷给秘书电话：我这几天要陪孙子玩,不能去北京了.
秘书给老公电话：这几天老总有急事,我们不去北京开会了.
老公给情人电话：这几天不能出来玩,我老婆不去北京了.
情人给辅导功课的小男孩电话：这几天继续正常上课.
小男孩给爷爷电话：爷爷，这几天还是要上课，我不能陪你玩了.
爷爷给秘书电话：这几天我还是带你去北京走走的.你准备下.

Nicholas and friends invited me for a skiing trip to NanShan Skiing resort. Hou Shuang was brave enough to take this endeavor. For you gossipy people in Ogilvy, isn't this just one more juicy story for you to pass on :), ooooh "goodie goodie" right?. Well, we're good friends, and I had fun with her. She's such a sweet heart, skiing with Nick's girl friend as me and Nick set out to the harder course, never whined and complained, loved that about a girl. Nick, sorry, gloves kept me from taking pictures of you and your GF, and besides guys taking pictures of each other on top of a hard course is a bit gay, hehe. Next time I guess.

Kerry Center really has the best view to this construction site. This is taken from the Toyota office in Kerry Center. The nick named "trousers building" will be the third tallest structure in the city.

taken in front of the HP building, waiting for a meeting...

I finally watched this dvd, its brilliant. I personally don't really like the typeface, its a well designed typeface, but, as some of the designers pointed out, its over used, therefore, loses its freshness. Thank god england still reserves to Gil sans, and... I mean, if you're really into it, they also have that slightly goofier Johnston 22 for their tube stations, but I mean, see? Because its a bit goofy, its not being used in a lot of places, therefore, it retains its personality and eccentricity, thats what counts in today's world.

I loved how this dvd also talks about the roots of Helvetica, I got to finally see the inside of Linotype foundry, amongst other really really cool things, IF you're into design that is, hehe. Sagmeister has a bit in the DVD, glad I met him in Beijing.

Best take on Helvetica:" Its well balanced, a perfect harmony of push and pull, positive and negative space."

Worst take on Helvetica:" Look at it, the "O" has the same proportion as the "Y" its not designed with a personality, its an army!"

Sorry Momo, I'm working on it...

A single female friend of mine (SFF): Have you got any Christmas songs?

Me: Hmm.. Lisa Ono's, I like her.

(SFF): I've got that, I like her too.

Me: Are we still going to that cheese place today?

(SFF): No, sorry, I haven't gotten you a date yet.

(SFF): You have any good singles?

Me: Well, I do if you do, ;-)

(SFF): -_-, I mean the songs.

Me: O.haha.

Jessica initiated a snowboarding trip to this past Sunday. It was an well thought plan, lift ticket is free, and so is the 2 hour bus ride to the place. 7 of us are all motivated and ready. I waited all week for it, on Saturday, I woke up early, took my brand new board I bought last spring and took it to fit a kick ass biding. Then, of course, Jessica got sick, Du Yi have to take care of her, and one by one, EVERYONE bails on the trip. Absolutely no one wanted to be any part of it despite my best effort to sway them. I told them how fun it would be, how cheap it is, but... nope, absolutely nobody wanted it to go.

Ok, So I thought to my self, maybe I don't have a circle of friends in beijing that would do anything anytime any day with me. I'm in some way still very much alone and without a support system here. I met a lot of people I liked, initially through work, and then through co-workers, new friends, and friends' friends. I was treated nicely, but... when all things are said and done, I was never really an insider, nor person to be trusted...

Just when I started to get depressed though, Wei Ling called, and out of all the people, she gave me a simple "sure" without even asking when and where it would be. What an fucking awesome girl! We had fun that day, thanks Wei Ling :), it really meant a lot to me :), You... are in my circle of trust now, hehe.

O, and I loved my board, it was hard to control in the beginning, but, later on, it worked out. Its a burton vapor, yeah, I know, i'm not THAT good, but what can I say, I'm into it, hehe.

Jessica's wedding Luncheon. As unbelievable as it sounds, I have a picture of the bride chewing on what appears to be a S&M type of horse bit (reins included).