Josephine Chow

Yes ok I know Valentine’s day was last week but I don’t have much time to update my blog these days..

Valentine’s day was spent up North on business with my two bosses having back to back meetings, didn’t get home till 9.30pm so not much of celebration for me and I was too tired to thinking about red roses and chocolate to be honest, so it was bit of surprise when I walked through the front door and realised Mike decorated our front room and was baking chocolate chip cookies for me..

These are my presents:

There are 41 ballons and each has a message attached to it

and those C’mon dolls, aren’t they cute?? Yo Yo!!

So it’s Chinese New Year! The year of Pig (or Boar I’m not sure which is correct) so my niece will be a piggy, hee hee..

Me and Mike went out for Italian on Saturday, very unconventional huh? Followed by a glass of champagne, well.. had to tried out my new champagne flutes (Western New Year gift from Sally and Albert and I have waited nearly 2 months for them) shame about the cheap moet though.

CNY celebration will be carried on throughout the whole of this weekend too… Opera on Friday, BBC CNY party on Saturday (thanks Anthony for the free tickets) and follow by dim sum with some of my colleagues on Sunday afternoon. Although, it doesn’t feel like Chinese New Year to me anymore.. had to go work, not wearing red, not getting any red packets.. and I’m going to be away from home for two days again for work

Just why can’t Britain cope when the weather is slightly abnormal? Needless to say it was a nightmare getting into work this morning. My UGG boots are completely ruined with the wet dirty slushy snow, I was so tempted to wear my snow-boots this morning but then I realised they’re stored up in the loft and I don’t have the time to get them. Oh well.. giving me excuse to buy some new UGG, hee hee..  I love them, I know they look ’stupid’ but they are just so comfy and the fur inside protects my bunions and reduce the pain, truly are the best shoes ever!

Next time it snow again I won’t be bother coming in!! Since the whole Britain shut down anyway I might as well join in!

I haven’t been on the tube for sometimes but I noticed there’s a new lastminute.com ad on one of the platform this morning - advertising the ‘5-a-year’ (an imitation of the 5-a-day fruits and vegs intake advertising)

romantic city break

skiing break

spa break

sunshine break

theater break

Great idea I thought and it bought a smile to my face, I love being on holiday and enjoy travelling very much. Planning holiday is one of my strongest area. Me and Mike are certainly living up to that. Today I’m planning the summer holiday, seeing no-one is interested with the Greek Island group holiday, we are thinking of going to Florida or somewhere in America instead, will see.. but will definitely get something sorted out soon.

At the same time, I’m also looking into next year’s winter break at Lapland! There are just too many places I need to go! There’s no surprise that I never have any savings cos I spend all of it on holiday!

In couple of weeks time we are going to see Puccini’s huge masterpiece Madam Butterfly, we have excellent seats in one of the boxes at the grand tier, from the reviews I have read this is a fantastic classical performance and those seats we have allowed a prefect 3D view of the entire round stage in the arena center.

All very exciting and I can’t wait!!

It’s 1st Feb and it’s finally pay-day! I think it’s outrageous that you only get the hard earn money after you have actually worked the entire month!

Last month was particularly difficult, my previous company paid us every 25th day of the month and now is all changed, so I had to make my last pay cheque last for nearly 6 weeks! and bearing in mind Christmas (the biggest expenditure!) Plus Canada holiday. Plus I am in fact unemployed the 1st week of 2007. Anyway, the dark days are over!

So.. 4th week into my job, ok over all, but sometimes I feel as though I don’t even existed.. for starter, because of space issue, I was placed in finance department, I have garments sitting next to me still wrapped inside poly bag as I don’t have a rail to hang them up. The accounts I have now were being handled by our overseas team previously and they are still dealing with the clients direct, so where do I stand?? (My main concern is of course how would my commissions be calculated?? haha.. mean I know but money is the only thing I get up at 6.30 for!)

The strangest thing of all, I have not even spoke to my boss yet (perhaps it’s a good thing).

It’s quite funny sitting in the finance department though, you will hear all those money issues.. and yesterday we have a ‘milk crisis’. Apparently, the milk consumption is rather high last month.. oh dear oh dear, I miss my old company already.. those buffet breakfast!!

OK, this is not a races comment but I think sooner or later I will be able to speak Indian, just now I was listening to Indian pop music My company is a global company, headquarter is in Bangladesh. My rough guess, 80% of employees in UK head office are Indian with the board directors are all Indians, so..

Ok, done with work. Me and Mike are going skiing again in March, just had my holiday approved aswell. I was abit worried cos appareantly, I am not supposed to take leave until I have completed 3 months of employment, so I was just couple of weeks short. But I’ve got away with it

We going to Italy and ski the massive Milky Way, how exciting?? Just pray for some decent snow now… oh and need to arrange a good travel insurance for Mikey!!