Implementing dreams

My childhood dream is about to becoming more true!! I still remember when my high school Psychology teacher asked us, 'What're your dreams?' My classmates answered occupations like doctor, teacher, scientist, artist, etc. However, I replied, 'I want to be a world traveler'. Looking at the map, there're around 190 countries in the world and I wanted to visit as many of them as possible in my lifetime. One of my classmates listened to my answer and teased me, 'Wow, Lillian, you have already thought about retiring plan?' I laughed and everyone in the class laughed too. NO, we don't need to wait to travel until we get old and wealthy. We can dream big and start small, most importantly, start now.

I'm very excited to save up $$ and go traveling around the world. Of course it'll take some time to arrange and implement between work, family, and travel. My goal is to achieve it in five years to finish stepping on the seven continents. By doing that, I aim at experiencing various cultures, documenting inspirations/business ideas, discovering myself, and becoming more open-minded.

Traveling certainly brings me happiness, fulfillment, and opportunities. I always agree that education and travel are two of the greatest investments of my money and time in life. Growing up in Asia and living in N. America, I have checked out two wonderful 'continents' (can't find any other synonyms for this word..). My next goal is Europe -> Asia -> Australia. I have many interests but traveling is my biggest passion. I enjoy finding ways to spend the least but to see the most.

My another goal is contributing the best I can to the societies and communities. I want to volunteer in numerous places and meet different people. Then, I can call it 'my life'!

2016 大事回顧 2016 Self Reflections (Chin/Eng)

轉眼間，一年又過去了。

我的記憶力有限，只記着好事：

1）増進了知識及人生智慧
2）事業新方向及發展
3）遊历了新地方，也首次試了一个人的旅行

前面的路仍長，也会有新難关及挑战， 我相信自己能堅毅不屈的努力前行。
凡事平常心面对！

In a flash, a year passed. My memory is limited and I only remember good things:

1) Increased knowledge and wisdom of life

2) New business direction and development

3) I visited a new place and tried a solo trip for the first time

The road ahead is still long, and there will be new difficulties and challenges. I believe I can move forward with determination and perseverance. Face everything with ordinarily calm heart!

Stay Positive!!

Be happy, stay positive!!

You can do it!! Say a positive thing twenty times to yourself when you are feeling down. Your subconscious mind will sense it and brighten your mood!

Set short and simple goals and achieve them, then you'll feel happier about yourself.

If you try to achieve a big and challenging goal but you are not running while everyone else is running to achieve it, you'll feel frustrated. If so, there are two options: either you set a lower expectation that you can walk to meet it, or you keep a high expectation but make sure you run and be aggressive enough to satisfy it.

2015 Highlights

HOME SWEET HOME

Mom's visit Apr - July 2015

My dearest sis became a college grad!

Growing up a lot

                                          

Working hard at my firm!

A year is passing soon. Make it count!

Please "Like" our cooking video on Youtube

Hi everyone, ^^

Sharon and I join the cooking contest on youtube which calls "Delicious Seoul Story".

There are 3 ways to support us to win the contest:

1. Click "like" on our video and invite your friends to like it as well. (Need to login either your gmail/ youtube acc to "like" it)

2. Refresh/ click the video for multiple times to increase the number of views. (Invite your friends too)

3. Leave a comment on our video response

40% of score depends on no. of "likes" and "views",
60% of score will be based on judges

Last year, we joined the contest (search "juk of love" on youtube). Although we did not win, we would like to try it again this year. Your "likes" and views" mean a lot to us. We really want to win the contest and get a free trip to Korea to join the final round of cooking contest over there.

Please help spread the words and "Share" it on your facebook. Thank you! :) The event is from NOW till August 17th.

模特儿 Modeling

(2011) I recently discovered the top ten most profitable supermodels in the world that three of them from Brazil, and the Brazilian girls are really charming. It is a pity that no Asian girl or African girl can be ranked in the top ten yet. I heard that there are Liu Wen, Lv Yan, etc. from China. They are tall, not to mention, and their unique oriental faces. They should be able to compete with European faces. I hoped that one day, the world can get rid of the aesthetics defined by the West and have proud standards of independence. 

(2020) But and then since the D&G Asian model using chopsticks to eat pizza incident, many Chinese people got mad about the joke. Zara model who has unique beauty appreciated by the top designer, had faced brutal criticism by her own people. Why would Chinese people embrace western appearance (big eyes, straight nose) more than their own beauty? As a Oriental girl who’s born in HK, I appreciate my own face because firstly it’s a gift from my parents, and secondly a Chinese model should look Chinese! What’s wrong and shameful with that? We should be proud of our outlooks. The true power lies with accepting differences in a harmonious way. 

最近发现十大全球最赚钱名模，其中三位是来自巴西，巴西女孩果然魅力十足。可惜的是，没有一位亚洲女孩或非洲女孩能跻身于十大。听说中国出品的有杜鹃，刘雯，吕燕等，她们身材很高不在话下，还有她们独特的东方脸孔，应该可以跟西方脸一较高下吧。我希望终有一天，世人可以摆脱西方界定的审美观，而有引以自豪的独立标准。(2011记)

但是自從D＆G亞洲人使用筷子吃披薩的事件發生後，許多中國人對這個笑話感到生氣。擁有頂級設計師獨特美感的Zara模特，曾受到本國人民的殘酷批評。為什麼中國人比西方人更喜歡西方的外觀（大眼睛，鼻子挺直）？作為在香港出生的東方女孩，我很欣賞自己的臉，因為首先這是我父母送給我的禮物，其次，中國模特應該看起來像中國人！這是什麼錯和可恥的？我們應該為我們的容貌感到自豪。真正的力量在於以和諧的方式接受差異。(2020记）

Words speak louder than pictures

As youtube, facebook and microblog are popular, blogs relied on writings, such as xanga and blogspot, lose their popularity. However, I still think words are more powerful than images. It's because writings show a person's knowledgeable thoughts, life philosophy, and level of writing skills. Sentences leave readers a space and time to imagine. Reading and writing cultivate patience in our minds. In contrast, eye-catching images and videos have already quickly exposed the realistic pictures and facts. Therefore, I would encourage people around me to keep the valuable habits of writing and reading.

Inspiration from the Rainbow

Life is an adventure. It gives us ups and downs. Similar to the rule of nature, we have sunny days and rainy days. However, the most beautiful and colorful rainbow is a transition from rainy to sunny periods. Rainbow reminds us that no matter how heavy the rain is, there will always be a wonderful and rewarding time coming to our lives=)

妻比夫瘦 Wife is thinner than her husband

The secret of a happy marriage is probably not complicated: as long as the wife is thinner than her husband. A new study points out that if a woman ’s body mass index (BMI) is lower than that of her partner, both partners will be happier and more likely to maintain a happy marriage. Relativity of body weight Researchers from the University of Tennessee selected 169 couples under the age of 35 to fill in the questionnaire every 6 months for 4 years. The study found that men with a higher BMI (weight (kg) divided by height (m) squared) than their wives are happier in marriage; and women with a lower BMI than their husbands are significantly happier than other women. Researchers believe that this is because men generally believe that slim partners are more attractive, and are therefore willing to maintain relationships; slim women will feel that partners still love themselves, are more confident and feel loved, and are therefore happier. Researchers speculate that men pay more attention to their partners' appearance and weight than women, and their husband's dissatisfaction with body shape may appear at the beginning of the marriage, which makes his wife increasingly unhappy. However, the results of the study show that the main influence on the relationship between the couple is relative weight. Women with different body types can have a happy relationship as long as they find a suitable partner. It is not necessary to be slim. Experts also pointed out that men are more capable in marriage, such as income, education, height or weight, which will make women feel more secure and both men and women will be happier.