Thursday 12 August 2010

Random Banter: Facebook Stalking



I'm backk! Back from sunny and humid Hong Kong to rainy depressing England! I've actually got many entries of my holiday to post, but since its taking forever to upload photos they'll be sitting in drafts for now. =))

But today is just going to be some random banter from me...

Recently, I met up with a distant friend whom I rarely keep in contact with. It was really good seeing her again since I haven't spoken to her in such a long time! Obviously during one of these catch-up sessions, you would expect to have a lot to talk about ie. whats been going on in your life since you last saw her, what you're doing next etc. But what I didn't expect was the fact she knew most of the things I did anyway even without having kept in contact! 

How? 

Through Facebook stalking. -- An unhealthy act which facebook users inevitably do once in a while.. (or regularly..xP) 

C'mon.. who's NOT done it? 
I confess I've done it countless of times.. a bit of stalking doesn't hurt (unless you're going to the extent of pedophilia.. =S). But what really worried me was that after every tidbit I told her, she would go somewhere along the lines of.. 
"ah, yea.. I knew it was that.." and I'd be like 
"Erm.. really? how?" and she'd say
"Oh, facebook's my source ;)"

So from that, I got the idea that I'm either being WAYY to open on facebook, OR.. she's a REALLY good facebook stalker. 
Personally I'm not sure whether its a good thing to claim you're a facebook stalker to the person you're talking to.. especially when you're catching-up and all. It would just run the conversation a bit dry don't you think? But thankfully, I do know her and she's an incredibly sweet person =)) otherwise, I'd be a bit freaked out if I was talking to a random-er and they'd be like "Oh I Know what you've been up to ;)". But the conversation overall turned out well since I didn't know a lot about what she was doing. =)) 

But yes.. that was all I wanted to share really.. the knock-on effect of facebook stalking onto your 'external' social life. Obviously its going to be different depending on the person you talk to and how much stalking that person does but I'd actually like to give my friend props for owning up to facebook stalking! Because I'd never have the guts! hahaha! =))
Feel free to share any of your facebook stalking experiences! xP 

Peace! <3 

Wednesday 4 August 2010

Korean BBQ

credits*picture taken from openrice.com

Oh dearr. I haven't really been keeping track of what I have been doing lately! I've been busier than expected and internet has been very temperamental! xP
Since its been so long from my last update, I'm just going dedicate a post to a specific subject.. that way it becomes more orderly (how I like it xP) and easier to write about. So in this post's case... KOREAN FOOD!! hahhah

Its been a tradition for me to eat Korean food in Hong Kong since the summer of 2007, and its not just ANY Korean food, but Korean BBQ at Jin Luo Bao (I think!) located in Causeway Bay (if you're interested... lol). Although pricey.. its so WORTH it, considering I only eat it once a year.. !!


Basically I just choose a selection of marinated meat for the BBQ (as seen above), and it comes with a variety of side dishes i.e Kimchi =)) Rice and soup are also included.. along with ice-cream for dessert. I'm so good at making it sound tasty... hahha but trust me, its the best Korean food I've ever eaten! xP

Lim, from the Wonder Girls has also been there!! I saw her autograph on one of the Wonder Girls' posters! Sadly no picture to prove it >_<;; there were people queuing in front who were blocking the view!

During that week, I met up with my Aunts whom I haven't seen since I was about 3 along with their 11 and 12 year old daughters! Since they've never had Korean food, I took them to a Korean BUFFET so they could choose what they wanted to eat.
Bear in mind, I've never actually been to this place before, so I didn't know whether the food was going to be good. But OMG, since it was a buffet, I literally had an EAT-TO-YOUR-HEART'S-CONTENT fest. I think I must have gained at least 10lbs after that night!! oh dearrrr! But I tell myself.. "whats the point in not eating when you go back to HK?! If you do that.. you might as well NOT GO! Theres too much good food to not miss out on! xP
And to make myself feel even better... I just tell myself that I'll lose it when I go to uni since I applied for self-catering! PAH... we'll see how that goes. xD

Anyways back to the food... can't say it was as great as the one I usually go to, but it was a situation where you 'pay less for more'. xP

Since I was too busy eating.. I forgot to take pictures.. HAHHAH. So I'm afraid I've only got that one picture to show!

Till the next post! =))