Can't Wait to see You again

Hi, Dear all, Happy 2011!

If you see this cat following your blog, don't be shock, Yes! it's me - antleeli = protoworkannie. How come?

Yeah! a long story since I left you last year. I was keep on writing post in Cocoa Design Life in another account but also keep on reading/leave comment to your post from this account. The feeling is strange due to different language used, in different blog environment (one is more personal while the other is more designwise).

Sometimes after reading your blogs, I miss a lot - the pleasure of writing personal blog. Although it's only 3 months vanish, it seems long. Somedays I want to share with you of the Winter come, or the new challenge I've met, it's not easy any more. I understanding now, why some bloggers said, they need a break, but will not stop blogging......true, once you've started, it's hard to leave because you will remember, remember all the warmth here.

Finally, I make a decision, let's combine them.Why not? Coffee Break should be part of our design life. So I just ember it into our new blog as a new series, then I can start writing again in"MY COFFEE BREAK".

I still trying to improve my layout, so both my English or Chinese readers can find the blogs they want easily. From now on, I am really leaving this site but meet you in Cocoa Design Life, hope to see you there.

Thanks everyone, especially the lovely template provider Deluxe Templates - EZwpthemes.
Bless you all :)

My minute

Just finished my "Google reading" that accumulated for over a months time, so enjoyable. Although some good news and some bad news, everybody are basically fine and keep up with their living. That is the strange but lovely feeling that we have while reading blogs, to care some one who may not know you and existing in different corners of the world, so amazing.

Sometimes when I read posts that talk about the season change in their country, or having heavy rainy days throughout the week...,etc. I can almost feel the same here...may be it's because of the nature, all in common no matter what culture you are, what language you've speak; we are living under the same space.

Last month I was too busy and couldn't spare a minute to write or read blogs, but truly speaking, I had some spare time, but no spare mind. To sit down and write something is not difficult, but to write my heart...I need peaceful and quiet environment, like what I am having right now.

It will be the first birthday of this blog in the coming November, my original decision is to finish my last post in November, I am not sure, still thinking of it, may be it's cruel of just giving my blog one year's life, and may be it's too cruel either, to stop communicate - seems it's not a perfect choice...I have to figure out, promise!

Hello Autumn

Hi! I am back, almost a month away from here, miss so much. The fact is simply busy for living, that's the reality. But nice to be back in Autumn-my favourite season.

We've just pass our Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, as we are adult now, it's seems this kind of festival is not so amazing, especially we need to work whatever festival we are in.
But on that night, 22 Sept, 2010, when I was on my way home, a couple on the street shout - hey, there is the moon...

I looked up, it was in the sky covered by a sheer of cloud, a bit pale in her face, but I just kept on looking at her three times...she was still so pretty, so familiar to me. There was no more celebration, no family gathering caused I was working late, but I still had her as my companion, never need to make appointment, just look up and she will be there- Good night my dear !

No Answer

Today is supposed to be a happy day to me because there is something worth to be celebrated. But I am sad...very sad.

24 H.K. tourists were hi-jack by a local police in Manila yesterday, it ended after 9 hours, 7 died and 8 injured, the people and the "body" are still in Philippine. Whole process was broadcast on T.V. last night, the reason behind is only because that police wish to resume his duty after being fired, he lost his life...couldn't make his dream come true...and destroyed the innocent's rigth to survive.

Everyone is talking about this, news and FB...,etc. I just can't relief, those tourists are our citizen, they were planning to return H.K. last night after visiting the last tourist spot, and we've lost them within a day, why? 


Life is so fragile, we can't ask for one more second if it comes to an end. It can be or be not predictable, when we are fell asleep, in the hospital, in our "journey"...I am not expecting any answer from anyone, I know there is no excuse for the killer or even the helpless police force, but I also know they are all victims, living in a country of unfair without justice.

Internet without boundary ?!

I am starting a Chinese blog in this few weeks talking about Design Life, you may know it is always been a difficult decision for me to blog in Chinese or English, I prefer using latter as it is more international, meaning more people can have a chance to read what I wrote. But during the research, I've finally discovered that, Internet world are not always connected in some countries, like China, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Japan.

Besides of the political reason, it will be the language and cultural difference. Most of the bloggers in H.K. & Taiwan blogging in Yahoo (Chinese) instead of Blogger, we have only 1-2 active forums here, even worst than Taiwan. China condition is self explanatory, whereas Japan has their own specific language...that's why, as those experience bloggers said " we need to do a lot of work behind for the exposure of our blogs", or even MORE in Asian world.

I had an experience while scrolling blogs randomly, the first visit was my last because the author was so frustrated to continue blogging due to no or less followers/ readers. I feel sad and hope they can continue after recovery. 

Internet world makes our life so difference and it is affecting our emotion, too. We feel the joy and sad of others, no matter they are true or not; when you find others is working hard for their living or life, you gain energy,too; but if someone quit, you feel the "pain".

There are so much time and effort we need to dedicate into our blog world, is it worth at the end? I can hear from you...definitely, yes! At least I am sure it will be a learning experience in our life to share and to hear.

O.K. finally, if you do have interest to view our Cocoa Design Life, be my guest. But I didn't put a translator there because it is not working in Cantonese (hopefully I can find a better one in future), just let me know if you what to understand any of it, I will translate it manually and re-post here for you. No matter how, your click will be my treasure, thank you all.

「蕾」コブクロ- A song to share

 

This is a song from a Japanese T.V. drama : Tokyo Tower, that I really want to share with you. A song to express the close relationship between a man and his passed away mother, that he loved most.

A teenager who wants to escape from the village, from his mother to find his freedom in Tokyo,  with the uncountable support from his mother, he did it. But he can also feel the depress, failure, loneliness, pressure that all found in this modern city. He knows deeply in his heart how great his mother's love to him was......no matter when, where and what he did.

Reading blogs

Recently, I  have changed my habit of reading blogs from daily to once a week. It seems it is more suitable to me, instead of a bit rush every morning to complete something follow by starting my daily project, I spare 1-2  hours on one morning within the week, get ready with my cup of coffee and start reading from my Google reader, wherever there are posts attracting me, I will click into the blog and read in details. 

Originally I thought ready blog should be fresh everyday to follow the author's post, but it is even more enjoyable for me to read all posts at once, like to see a movie from the beginning till the end. 


Another change is to find new blogs from the blogs I followed, instead of from "The coffee shop", I discover that there will be greater chance for me to find suitable blogs to read in this way, may be it's because the bloggers I like are unconsciously selected good blogs for us. Thankssss...




 

Introduction of Coffee Diary

I wonder how many cups of coffee we've already consumed in our life? Don't try to count, it will never has a figure.

I have a collection of snap shots in the Pacific Coffee corner of the airport, everytime I leave H.K., I will take a break here before departure.It's not only record the trip, but the weather, time and my mood, too.

As this blog is "Coffeebreak" by protowork, I think some sharing of my coffee moment is a good idea. So a new series of Coffee Diary is coming very soon, hope you will enjoy :) 
 

Another sharing channel

Hello all, you may find that I've add a widget of Amazon.com at my side bar this week. Well, one reason is hopefully to gain some coins by recommendation, but truly this is only a dream, I guess. The actual reason is add another channel for sharing.

I've read some blogger's blog who can write good articles to share what they've read, I suppose some of them they are writers. I don't have this ability, but I still want to share with you all when I come across some really good films, books or music, that touch my heart; so I finally choose using Amazon as a channel. Wish you can enjoy it, too. Good day!

Breakfast

I have just returned from busy days, worked for an ah hoc project from last Saturday until yesterday. This morning, besides of having my real breakfast, I take a break to enjoy my virtual breakfast, too.

It's always enjoyable to read blogs, especially for those I've followed, it seems we are connected through sharing of post. I usually started from a quick view in Google reader, then a detail read in specific post, if time allow, I will go to "The Coffee Shop" see what's happening around people, looking for some more new blogs to read.

Is this your daily pattern, too? I will miss if I can't have two "breakfast" each day, thank God this will not cost more or increase my weight, but only brings me more joy.

Spring

It must be Spring now, everywhere is sweating,
our walls, floors, furniture, even the air around,
so wet, so uncomfortable.

Small green leaves extrude from the old bark,
telling us a new cycle is happening,
will there be a new hope to the current status?
Seems not but may be the next moment,
who knows?

Bilingual post

Hi! My Dear readers,

I decided to start a Chinese post whenever I have more free time. Originally, I think a Google translator may help, but after some tests, it is not working good, may be it's because of the sentence structure and the existing of some Cantonese. So, I finally prepare a bilingual post, hopefully all of you can enjoy.

In Hong Kong, we are going to have our Chinese New Year this Saturday with 4 continuous public holidays. This year is quite special because our first Lunar date is also Valentine's day, so may I take this chance to wish you all to have a

Happy Chinese New Year
and
Sweetest Valentine's Day
to
your family, lover, friends and pets!

protowork annie @2010

中文網誌? Chinese Blog?

仍然考慮是否加入中文網誌? 因為打字很慢, 卻很想聯繫到"中文人". 或許先登出這篇呼籲, 看看有沒有人回應. 如果機緣巧合給你看到, 請留言提議, 謝謝!

I am still thinking whether I should add some Chinese blog here, so I can share with Chinese reader without open another blog in Yahoo, I like to use Blogger, especially when I discover "pages" can now be easily added. So I make an announcement here to see if the search engine can help me to connect any Chinese blog reader.

But I will continue to post my English blog, because it is where I've started and I enjoy a lot.

Being positive

The weather is very bad, cloudy and wet, it is the sign of Spring in Hong Kong. It also makes me depress and don't have the mood to write my blog. To deliver a positive message to reader is the original idea to this blog, but these days, I fail.

I try to gain some energy by reading others, it do work a bit. Hopefully I can return to my normal situation and write some good stuff next week!

Happy New Year

Today is the last day of the year 2009, we have had a difficult year but it's nice to see we are still survive. May we take this chance to give an applause to ourselves and people who help the world to overcome this year. Wish you all to have

a wonderful year of 2010 full of hope, joy, success and love!

See you next year and thank you to everyone who have been visiting this blog and being my greatest support this year.

Nav bar

This is what I want to do long time ago - to reactivate the nav bar. Hope this move will let my reader feel more convenience. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas to all of you

Hi guys!
protoworkricky just finished
our new Christmas card,
may I use it to
wish you & your family
have a wonderful X'mas Joy
with God's blessing!