All done -- At least for the time being! The next one is June 4th... But I'll worry about that after a short break. =) Good thing th CFA is all multiple choice because I'm afraid any more case type exams just will not be legible! Usually, at least the first question is neatly written. Today, it was chicken scratch all the way through... So much for any attempts to try and improve my penmanship.

I wrote the Law and Tax exam today--it's towards the CBV designation (Chartered Business Valuator), something that I kind highly doubt I will get. I don't know, I don't really know *what* I want to do with my career... I should probably settle down soon though.

Anyway, I got home tonight and had nothing urgent to do! It was nice to just tidy my room, change my sheets, etc. And of course, the Yam family's newest pasttime, Taiko Drum Master!





Haha...

Exciting times at First Canadian Place...



Bad picture, I know... my friend and I were geeks and took pictures from our phones. His is much better though!

It's George from the Apprentice, signing his new book! Haha..

I am slowly going crazy, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, switch!

Crazy going slow am I, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, switch!

All right, I'm procrastinating. At least I'm getting *some* studying done... I'm done my second pass of Advanced. Now onto Law & Tax, for which I am still finishing up my first pass.

I'm going crazy because my desk is all cluttered up and I don't want to spend the time to clean it up! And on my desk are the following two *cute* cars... I couldn't resist doing this... haha.

I love my Mini Cleaner.. it's so cute! As much as my mini Mini Cooper, although I realize the mini Mini Cooper isn't as functional as the Mini Cleaner, haha.







All right, back to studying, kind of... Hm, can anyone guess the functionality of the Mini Cleaner, actually? =) I suppose it's not that obvious at first glance.

Until next time, this is Gladys Yam.

[thoughts from last night]

An opportunity came up tonight to attend the New Pioneer Awards. This event is hosted by "Skills For Change", an organization that offers programs to new immigrants to integrate into the Canadian workforce. The event recognizes immigrants or refugees who have made successfully overcome the many barriers faced by them. There were six awards in various categories: Graduate of Skills for Change, Youth, Entrepreneurship, Science & Technology, Social Services, and Art. Each award winner was remarkable, most notably the winner of the Youth award; at the young age of 19, after being in Canada for only four years, she not only became fluent in English from scratch, but has accumulated a huge number of accomplishments, including many initiatives to better communities of Toronto. Just like any other eligible candidate for Medical school, I suppose!

The night was inspirational and reminded me of what it meant to pursue excellence... not that I have lost that goal completely [and I shudder at the possibility of losing that drive for excellence, which carried me for so many years], but upon honest reflection, I have in many ways gone the corporate way, if you will -- just aiming to meet deadlines as they come due. Hopefully, this is merely a rut in which I am not being challenged to the most of my capacity at work [and concluding that I am not really an auditor -- whether this is a fair assessment, I don't know], which will hopefully end soon as I transition out of a senior role, coupled with the meaningless of studying towards designations that I don't really care for.. (yes, yes, I know...)

I thank God for this reminder; the night was truly inspirational. It was also nice to have the opportunity to chat with a senior manager in the professional practice group, a group that I have considered pursuing as to future options and what I'd like to do.

On a less serious note, the dinner was held at the Westin Harbor -- the meal was the same as the CA ball. I have to find out the price for hosting a table, to see whether it would surpass the $125 x 10 price tag of the CA ball! Not that the food was *good*, at any rate.

Like many business functions, (including CA convocation, haha) media personalities are brought in to emcee the night. tonight we had Merella Fernandez, one of the anchors for CityPulse. I couldn't stop laughing every time she went up because she has *such* a journalist and TV voice. I do wonder whether journalism students have to practise a distinctive character of speech; I guess I'll have to find mine in preparation for my emcee stint -- in Chinese nonetheless, haha.

The night also showcased the many services that Skills for Change provides for new immigrants to Canada. Actually, the night was very much "rah rah Canada!" "Canada is the best place to live on earth!" I realize that I cynically smirked multiple times at such exclamations. I guess it's just cheesy to say those things, although I do love this country, and it is refreshing to know that there are many good people out there who are putting much back into the community. Also, it's nice to know that Canada has given these people those opportunities in the first place, although not without much, much hard work. I do wonder how I got onto the diversity committee at work; my experience and background is 100% Canadian. Compared to many, I've had everything so easy.

Finally, the last award winner of the night was Chan Hon Goh, a principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada, and the first Chinese to hold that position in the history of the troupe. Unbeknowst of this award at the time, I had the opportunity to see her perform Desir and Madama Butterfly at the Hummingbird two weeks ago and see her in her forte. It was a nice closing of the night, as she gently and soothingly gave for thanks and inspirations, in a tone expected of any ballerina. She held the audience in her gentle voice; everyone was in a dreamlike state listening to her, (certainly contrary to the teachings of most speech courses.) [That is, until Merella officially closed off the night.] Now if I only had a more feminine voice... haha.

Anyway, I guess I haven't been touched by much in the past while... it is a blessing to encounter and be reminded of humanity once in a while.

Until next time, this is Gladys Yam.

Yes!! I passed my Advanced Business Valuations case study! *Phew*! I was pretty worried about that one; praise God for that! Hopefully I passed my Law & Tax assignment too..

Now, the cramming cycle returns for the final examinations at the end of the month, here we go again..

Until next time (probably after March 31!), this is Gladys Yam.

Neutral faces...

I've got a ton of stuff to do, but of course, the most useless things come first... =p

Finally, we went to the much anticipated Aviv String Quartet, which graced the audience with some lovely pieces:

Beethoven - String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6 [early Beethoven: opened lightly, then contrasting pathos against a scherzo dance]

Prokofiev - String Quartet No. 2 in F Major [*very* Prokofiev; very contemporary Russian -- and always pleasing]

Sir Ernest MacMillan - Two sketches for string quartet [based on two Canadian folksongs, the style kind of reminded me of a contemporary Stravinsky-type.. despite being Canadian, I really enjoyed this one. =p]

Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat minor, Op. 30 [rich Romantic flavour -- a great finale]

I was extremely tonight this because this was my first Music Toronto concert; I have missed three of them because of (blasted) business trips! Oh well, it was great tonight...

...*except* that I find it slightly upsetting to enjoy live music when the performers look SOO BORED! If I had a comment card, I would have definitely told the cellist to "Smile more!!" [I don't think that would have caused trouble... ;)] Yes, I understand that people may naturally have the "neutral face", but you're still a performer, for goodness sake! The MacMillan and the Tchaikovsky weren't too bad, but as for the Beethoven, I could not feel the pathos!

Haha, all in all though, not a bad performance... definitely great value!

Until next time, this is Gladys Yam.

Finally, a continuation from my Christmas Eve post...

Let me clarify, the rest of my extended family did go to Shenzhen; only my siblings, my mom and I did not. Those crazy "chois", crossing the border at 1am... and then going directly to the foot massage parlour until 3am. Hahahaha... my aunt and uncle own a flat in Shenzhen, away from the border so the area is not as bad as one usually thinks...

Anyway, it was a good call to stay in Hong Kong because we had a real treat in store for us on Christmas Day. This day was a "Yam" day.

In the morning, we all attended Christmas service with my aunt (with whom we're staying). Unfortunately, the service was in Chinese, which was definitely not helpful for my siblings... a couple of my cousins and their kids [my aunt is about 20 years older than my parents..., and my cousins are actually "Yans"] also went too. The service was pretty good. I find Chinese speakers quite engaging; I think it's from their seminary background because many Chinese pastors have a similar way of preaching. It's slightly more forceful, but I find it effective -- like our senior Chinese pastor in Toronto. ;) The church actually has a huge sanctuary, even more so for Hong Kong. The kids sang a song, which was really cute [recommend download the video first, if you really want to see it..]:

kids...

After a nice buffet lunch, we had a real treat.

First, some brief background about my family... my grandfather opened a printing company in Hong Kong. This company was passed down to the eldest son (i.e., my uncle). *His* songs (i.e., my cousins) run the company now. Since my dad is the youngest son out of all of his siblings, the age gap is quite significant (i.e., 20 years!), and he is more around the age of my cousins, whereas my siblings and I are around the age of my cousins' kids; there is this juxtaposition in generations, if you will.

Anyway, running a pretty successful company is quite lucrative, so my cousins (4 guys), like any guys who have money will buy toys. And bigger toys. So beyond the nice cars, they've taken up flying, and the eldest of the brothers is now the president of the Hong Kong Aviation Club. [At least 3 of the brothers fly, and teach or spend time with the Hong Kong Air Cadets. The president is the only one who teaches helicopter piloting.]

So it turned out that it was a good choice not to go to Shenzhen, because we got helicopter tours around Hong Kong, piloted by my cousin [not the president, but that's just details...]. Since this was my siblings' first time to Hong Kong, a necessary tourist spot is the Big Buddha on Lantau Island. Well we didn't have enough time to go to Lantau Island... but they did get to see the aerial view. It was great.

Helicopter takeoff [also recommend downloading it!]







In the evening, we had a nice sit-down dinner at the Aviation Club... it's nice to have a nice steak once in a while, even though the Chinese food that we have everyday was so good. =)

To finish off a not-that-brief explanation of my family... my aunt (my cousin the pilot's mother) is an amazing woman. She is obviously not an original Yam (or Yan..), but she is the whole reason the entire Yam clan sticks together. No one really knows what happened to my uncle (he is the eldest son of my grandfather -- in fact, I think their marriage broke down.) But my aunt has stuck by the family and has gained respect by everyone. At the same time, at the age of 74, she still goes to many Publishing Association functions and is active at church, knowing that all the blessings that she has experienced in her lifetime are from God.

Since all her sons have their own families, they bought their dear mother a flat, which is where we stayed in Hong Kong. Of course, it is a nice flat... I was so fortunate as to sleep in my own bedroom (in Hong Kong!) for a few days before my siblings arrived. [We were also fortunate to have been chauffeured directly from the airport... heehee.] It has been my blessing to have her impart bits of wisdom to me throughout various encounters.

And I know that this is not really a typical experience for Hong Kong... it just came with the name. ;) Until next time,.... Yam.

OK, *in case* anyone thought I was an anti-relationships, bitter girl -- I'm not! Far from it, actually! I just think that song is *hilarious* -- you really have to listen to it! Haha...

On another note, it's been really nice to be in Toronto. Finally, I showed my face to my Ultimate frisbee team; I need to get back in shape! Great to be at home again.. to drive my car again ;) and to be in the office again!

It's very sad, I know, but I enjoy the office very much! A sense of security, I suppose. In any case, I'm not *completely* career-oriented as many may think... I qualify for the CA soon, so the opportunity is now, that I can figure out what I *want* in the future, to figure out what is the *best* choice to make. Not that I want to leave EY just yet; I do enjoy it there very much. I don't know!

Until next time, this is Gladys Yam.

This song is for my "Valentine's Day... woo...hoo..." friends. ;) The song is another fun Michael Buble song... especially funny because it's so upbeat despite the lyrics. Haha..

real | windows media

Down with love - Michael Buble (featuring Holly Palmer)

Down with love
The flowers and rice and shoe
Down with love
The root of all midnight blues
Down with things that give you that well known pain
Take that moon, wrap it in cellophane

Down with love
Let's liquidate all its friends
The moon, the June, the roses and rainbow's ends
Down with songs that moan about night and day
Down with love
Yes, take it away, away

Take it away
Take it away
Give it back to the birds and the bees and the Viennese

Down with eyes, romantic and stupid
Down with sighs and down with Cupid
Brother let's stuff that dove
Down with love

Ah, let's go!

Down with things that give you that well known pain
Take that moon and wrap it in cellophane

Down with songs that moan about night and day
Down with love
Take it away, away

Take it away
Take it away
Give it back to the birds and the bees and the Viennese

Down with eyes, romantic and stupid
Down with sighs and down with Cupid
Brother let's stuff that dove

Brother let's stuff that dove
Brother let's stuff that dove
Down with love
Down with love
Down with love

Down with love

There's no place like home... There's no place like home...

I am SO sick of travelling. Of course, travelling for leisure is completely different, but I am really looking forward to no more business trips in the near future! At least, nothing longer than a week...

It doesn't help that there is absolutely nothing in Bridgewater, New Jersey...

I was kind of upset for having to work last weekend in the States, at the same time missing a whole bunch of plans that I had that weekend. So to make the stay worthwhile I was able to visit Ina and relax in New York. It was a nice and relaxing Sunday... service at Trinity Baptist Church, brunch by the Rockefeller Center, Museum of Modern Art, and high tea... Guess it was what I needed before a really long work week.

Sigh... need to find time to sleep!!

But anyway, just really glad to be home. If I'm like this now, could I ever go away?? I don't know...

Until next time, this is Gladys Yam.

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,
Jack Frost nipping on your nose,
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir,
And folks dressed up like Eskimos.

Everybody knows a turkey and some mistletoe,
Help to make the season bright.
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow,
Will find it hard to sleep tonight.

They know that Santa's on his way;
He's loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh.
And every mother's child is going to spy,
To see if reindeer really know how to fly.

And so I'm offering this simple phrase,
To kids from one to ninety-two,
Although its been said many times, many ways,
A very Merry Christmas to you.

Ahh... I love that song. OK, Christmas is well over [can you believe it's already February!] but it's such a nice song -- so very smooth and relaxing -- no matter what time of year it is. And what do you know... Michael Buble has a wonderful version -- I love his style. =p

I'm still in New Jersey... this should be my last week here, thank goodness. Sigh, I can't wait to go home.

So until then, Merry Christmas to you. =)

So while we were supposed to return to Toronto the evening of the 5th, we were among the over 500 American Airlines flight cancellations at Chicago O’Hare that night and ended up staying the night after an evening of frustrating lines and chaos.

But, at least we got a relatively good night’s sleep at a hotel (*not* paid by American Airlines, but at least at a reduced rate) since our morning flight was further delayed until the afternoon. So last night, we arrived safe and sound, and not too tired – no jetlag! =)

Unfortunately, after I returned last night, I felt really gross in my stomach, and my body basically rejected everything I had eaten in the past day – so I didn’t know what caused it since I pretty much ate with my family for the entire vacation. Except for the sushi bar at lunch when I lost everyone before meeting to go to the Tokyo airport… it could have been any of the raw oyster, octopus, sea urchin, or fish that lunch… yuck. =P

However, there is always a greater plan, and I was able to rest up (didn’t go to work as I intended to) and finish my two assignments due today (well, yesterday – the 7th)! I had two assignments due for the CBV designation… one of which, I pretty much completed on the plane from Hong Kong; I just had to type it out. The other, I couldn’t start until this afternoon when I had to buy the replacement textbook … I left my first one on the train in Tokyo on the way to the airport.

When I realized my stupid, stupid mistake, the exact point when I misplaced my book on the train, up to the airport check-in platform completely flashed in front of my eyes. Sigh. So stupid – and a waste of time… which felt much worse with much idle time in Chicago.

Sigh, but, they’re all done and sent (half an hour past the deadline – hopefully it’s okay), so that my entire family can go to yet another Yam family gathering. My aunt and her sons (my indirect nephews) are going to London, England, whereas my sister is also returning back to Montreal tomorrow. So somehow, everything works out.

Until next time, this is Gladys Yam.

Can you believe it, three weeks have flown by just like that.

We are now trying to fit everything into our suitcases in preparation for our departure for Tokyo tomorrow morning.

A brief rundown of my HK trip this year:

December
13 to 17 - arrival and shopping, some sights
18 - cousin's wedding
19 to 23 - Fuk-kien
24 - Choi day
25 - Yam day
26 - Choi day
27 - meet up with friends
28 - meet up with friends
29 - Macau
30 - Shenzhen
31 - Shenzhen and Choi night
1 - last minute shopping!
2 to 5 - Tokyo, return home!

So yes... I will blog about various things!!

As for our return home, we will be returning to Toronto on January 5 on the following flights:

Tokyo -> Chicago O'Hare on AA 154, departing 7:20pm and arriving 3:55pm

Chicago -> Toronto on AA 1952, departing 5:35pm and arriving 8:06pm

Be back soon!

Much has happened in the past week and sorry for not blogging… but here goes part of it!

Rather than blog for the sake of chronological order, I’m just going to blog about the past two days because it’s relatively fresh in my memory; I’ll get to the rest eventually, I hope. =p

My siblings arrived in HK on the night of the 17th. The 18th was taken up by our cousin’s wedding. On the 19th, I went to service at the Evangelical Community Church (ECC), which included seeing Bonnie, Freddie, and Vonne:



Afterwards, I went immediately home to meet up with my family to go to the airport for our 5-day Fuk-kien province tour. So I’ll talk about the tour later… but we arrived back in Hong Kong late on the 23rd. The next morning, of course, was Christmas Eve.

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…

The weather in Hong Kong has been about 18 to 25 degrees Celsius. =) So warm weather coupled with the fact that we all got off a flight late on the 23rd, Christmas Eve felt kind of weird and premature; it didn’t feel like Christmas Eve at all.

This is the first time my siblings have been in Hong Kong, and because of the tour, the only time that they actually had to walk around the city was before our cousin’s wedding banquet in Causeway Bay for a couple of hours. So we did a lot of shopping on Christmas Eve in the daytime, in time for a Choi-side family dinner that was planned in advance. My aunt arranged for us to attend a “snake” night [seah-yeen] that is organized every year by a union. So we had dinner in the union headquarters (there were about 13-14 tables there), and we occupied a full table.

It was great fun – the organizers had a lucky draw of which 4 members of our table won. The prizes were very normal everyday products (we won socks, tupperware, hand-cloth with other fish soup cooking bags, and a vacuum-seal bag) but I thought it was a great idea to create a fun atmosphere.

The “snake” night means that we ate snake… we started off with THREE bowls of snake soup. As usual with multi-course Chinese dinners, due to my relatively slower eating pace, it gets to be stressful, and this was no exception. The snake soup was great, nonetheless. =) And then a number of other dishes that had snake in it. One of the dishes, the snake was chopped up and fried (not the best pieces because the meat would have already gone into the soup). But in this dish, my cousin found a surprise… can you guess what it is?



She initially thought it was the tail of the snake. However, the conclusion was that the snake carried a fetus and it was an unborn snake – even worse. =p

Of course, the evening couldn’t end without a live snake for pictures, and also tasting of snake wine, plus a few individuals got to taste the gall bladder, arguably the most expensive part of any snake. Here’s my sister, who was quite squirmy even just to be the photographer, so it’s quite incredible that she held it. I chickened out in the end. =p



Christmas Eve in Chinese is called [ping on yeah / ping an yea] (Night of Peace). Ironically, it’s one of the rowdiest nights of the year – the MTR (subway) ran through the entire night.

My family was no exception – near the end of the evening, the idea of going to Shenzhen, China sprang up. The idea was fuelled by my aunt (from Toronto), who was due to fly home on the 28th so she wanted to make one last trip there before leaving. However, I (with my siblings) was also to meet up with the UW HK people at Tsim Sha Tsui that night (one of the most happening places in Hong Kong), so I planned to head to Shenzhen after meeting up with them. Mind you, it was around 10:45pm when I stepped out of the Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station.

It turns out that an estimated 500,000 were in Tsim Sha Tsui that night. Of course, my siblings and I joined the crowd for a bit, as I was to meet the bunch of UW HK people there. The Hong Kong young crowd just likes the crowds. People were just in Tsim Sha Tsui to be with the crowds… it wasn’t moving. So I didn’t end up meeting up with UW HK people, because I couldn’t find where they were, and we were just trying to *move*. Eventually, we found our way to transportation and got home at 12am. [Thank God – we caught the last train going north.] The last bus to my uncle’s in Tuen Mun (where the rest of my Choi extended family were gathering to go to Shenzhen) was 12:28. Still had enough time to pack and catch the bus.

My mom didn’t like the idea of rushing from the very start, and we had a Yam family dinner to catch the next day (Christmas), so we would only have a few hours to shop in Shenzhen. So despite the major rushing and still even being able to make it, I was a good girl and decided to stay home that night. Although, if we went, the story potential was great, illustrating extreme maximization of time, not to mention crazy spontaneous plans on Christmas Eve not just by me, but by my extended family!.

Staying home, however, I did end up getting some quiet time, which caught up with me when we were rushing home – there were carollers outside of the subway station on the way home, which was a very timely reminder. Christmas is HUGE in Hong Kong – Christmas music everywhere… Santa hats everywhere… life-size Santa mannequins that dance rock-and-roll everywhere [I actually find them quite freaky]… the true meaning of Christmas in the birth of Jesus Christ is lost. Increasingly in all places now, I guess.

So I am very thankful that I got to have that bit of quiet time to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas Eve on this [ping on yeah]… definitely difficult to experience in this City of Life.

Now for Christmas Day… =) But later; you’ve read enough if you’ve read all of this!!

Merry Christmas!

Until next time, this is Gladys Yam. =)

Hey hey!

Quick message from the province of Fuk-kien in China -- we're on a "cultural" tour for a few days and will return to Hong Kong tomorrow. No, there's no fried rice here.. just... simple foods. =p

My cousin's wedding was great... great to see a lot of my family together. Holding a wedding in Hong Kong is somewhat more complicated because practically no one has a car -- so getting around in formal wear is arranged by the organizers and/or people aren't *that* dressed up.

Also, the fashions in this year are dresses that resemble drapery, with a lot of furs... fur collars, fur shawls... you name it. =p

Hong Kong - City of Life - Day 2

*Yes*! No jet lag!

No caffeine either -- so was tired here and there, but guess it's for the better that I get used to it...

However, there *are* 34 Starbucks locations in Hong Kong now! 4 years ago, there were only 5!

Hong Kong, City of Life – Day 1

Just got in not long ago! It's great to be back, although still kind of feels surreal that I'm here... The last time was about 4 years ago!

I left yesterday in a rush at 5:00am (didn't expect to leave that early =p) with no sleep... which I think is generally a good tactic to beat jetlag. However, the travel time was LONG. We stopped over in Chicago and in Tokyo, and although the layovers weren't too long (1.5 hours in Chicago and 2 hours in Tokyo – we were delayed), the wait times weren't too bad overall, considering the number of delays experienced lately...), the total travel time came to about 24 hours! Guess that's the price to pay in return for a cheaper ticket. So basically, for the past 24 hours, I have been sleeping, waking up to eat, and sleeping again! I feel fat!!! [Although I *did* end up studying for a little bit, while watching Catwoman...] I guess my point was, hopefully I get to sleep tonight after sleeping for the past day, in order for my efforts to beat jetlag to work. If travel time was 15 hours, I would be fine!

In Chicago, I enjoyed my last North American peppermint mocha from Starbucks for the year. [Apparently, they *are* available year-end, just promoted around Christmas time... but that's dangerous to know.] I need to see where the Starbucks are around HK... because I'll be dying! I can't stand the HK style coffees, and don't know if I can wean off of coffee in 3 weeks. At least, this will be good practice for lent, which I intend to do again for coffee. When I did work term here, I actually stopped drinking coffee except for social reasons!

Anyway, I'm off to bed -- and if I can't sleep, I'll work on the Pharma SRM! =P [I really did intend to work on it on the plane.]

Until next time, this is Gladys Yam.

Rush... rush... rushing to the airport...

Will be blogging from Hong Kong -- assuming I can find a connection!

=)

Ok... I won't be able to practically hide this any longer:

I bought a new car.

Yes, it's exciting and all, but I'm still coming to terms with it... mainly because I still feel kind of guilty about such a frivolous purchase; perhaps I feel like I need to explain, for some reason...

Anyway, I'm not trying to rationalize or anything, but these are just my sentiments:

This car is definitely a gift from God; only by his grace and mercy. As with any gift, there is a corresponding responsibility, so I am reminded of the importance of stewardship, not only regarding financial matters but of all aspects of my life, including fellowship and my missions initiative. This made me think about second year when I was one of the few people fortunately to have a car at university, and how much I cared to use it for His service. In addition, I am reminded of being a witness -- like the words of Nichole Nordemann's "Legacy".

Haha, when I picked it up last week, I thought about the phrase of picking up "my new baby". Similarly though, I wanted to lay hands on it and dedicate it as any baby dedication we do at church. Even though I didn't do the "lay hands" part, it was my prayer that the car remain in God's protection (especially with my novice manual transmission driving skills!) and that it be dedicated for His service.

So all that being said, please do not dote on my car... as tempting it is to decorate the cute car... haha... but even though I bought it because I thought it looked nice, it's a conscious decision not to emphasize it more than my usual "everything's not a big deal". After all, it is only matter:

"It's an accumulating trinket and a treasure pile
Where moth and rust, thieves and such will soon
enough destroy."
Until next time, this is Gladys Yam.

Can't wait to get back in Toronto...

Travelling is fun and all, but it can't beat spending time with family and friends... not that my coworkers aren't fun. =p