Yesterday was my birthday. As usual, I bought some food; shortcakes, muffins and tarts for my colleagues. Shortcakes were their favourite. Hmm… How do you choose a present normally? I would probably choose the things that I like. However, in the case of buying things for my colleagues, I will have to choose the things that I do not quite like. Well, that is just culture difference I think. We were brought up in different kind of environment and food though we speak the common language, English.

Mee made a cheesecake for me which was nice; lemony and cheesy taste. I do not think it tastes very much different from the cheesecakes which I had before. After all, this was her first effort in making a cheesecake.

Anyway, the day went well. Mee and I had our dinner at the Lime Leaf restaurant. It is a Thai food restaurant. However, we like to think that a third of its menu consists of Chinese style food. Upon entering the restaurant, we were greeted by a very welcoming Thai-waiter. We then ordered a Lime Leaf platter, Tom Yum Kung and Pad-Thai. Overall, the food was all right. I like the Tom Yum Kung because of its uniqueness but it lacked of spiciness and it was a bit salty. We also thought that the food was not hot enough.

We then proceeded to the Vue cinema to watch Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. I was very excited before that but I was a little bit disappointed after watching it. Previously, I was not sure whether the lead actor was the suitable one to be the Prince of Persia. But no doubt, he was good. What disappoint me were the overall actions in the movie. Some of the actions we incredible and heart-stopping but it lacked the idea of deadly traps and puzzles which could easily be found in Prince of Persia games. Watching the trailer was like watching the summary of the whole movie. Hence, there were not much left to explore.

I just want to add. I read some of the reviews in the Internet Movie Database. There was one review that quotes “for an adult it’s silly and fun and utterly unrealistic”. What an idiot! I do not think of any movies that I have seen before were realistic. I mean how could a movie be realistic when everything is just about how a director and script want it to be. She even compared Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time to the In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale. What a big mistake. That King movie was probably a low budget movie. It tried to imitate the force of Uruk-hai army as seen in The Lord of the Rings but failed miserably as they looked more like a bunch spiritless extras. Jason Statham starred in that King movie. I have to say apart from the Transporter, any other movies that starring Jason Statham is not really worth watching.

Apparently, this reviewer wrote quite a lot of reviews in IMDB. Having read through some of the reviews, it is clear that she has a definite definition for the movies that she is about to watch. For example, in a movie about police, she will be expecting shooting, bombs and killings. However, a movie about police can also be about a spy which does not necessarily involve a lot of shooting. It will be about how the spy can keep the line clear between being a good guy and being a bad guy. Well, can someone please stop me now? I think I can spend the whole day criticising her. I will stop myself now.

Quite a nice day to start with today; bright and sunny where as yesterday was cloudy and raining. It was forecasted that this week will be hot. As you may have known, UK has a new prime minister elected and he is from a different party as before. I have not heard much news about this government but all I heard were rise in taxes, again and employment opportunities are still as bad as before, maybe worse. Foreign exchange rate is also at its lowest in recent years. But we cannot really expect a lot of things to change immediately or get better when the new government has only been in charge less than a year, can we?

Yesterday, I was frustrated when I worked from home. The network was a bit slow and it screwed up some of my files. Luckily, I have a copy of my files in the server before I went home last Friday. But then, it means that all the work that I have done yesterday is wasted.

At dinner time yesterday, Mee and I went to Café Rouge to celebrate her belated birthday. It is the same place where I went with my colleagues for last year Christmas lunch. As expected, the food was nice though the wait was a little bit too long as there were not many customers at that time. However, the food was worth the wait.

It was Mee’s birthday yesterday. Happy Birthday to Mee! Hmm…. I could have posted this yesterday but I was really busy these days. The deadline is getting nearer and nearer and I have to be sure that there will be no problem with my web system once people start using it. Anyway, I did post a note on Mee’s facebook wall. I had also given her a birthday card and she has got the present that she wanted. Everyone is happy then. She made herself a chocolate mousse cake and it was really nice. A bit of shame really because I do not know how to bake cake. I offered to buy one for her but she said that it would be better off that she make one herself.

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Two days ago, I ordered a mouse for use with my netbook. I find it quite difficult to use my netbook to work from home without a proper mouse. It is the Logitech LS1 Laser mouse and it arrived yesterday. It is a basic mouse and I love the idea of laser instead of optical. Well, laser supposes to work on almost any surface while optical does not work well in some surfaces. There are two other technologies that I know which will work on any surface; they are called the Darkfield Laser Tracking by Logitech and Microsoft Blue Track. Nevertheless, mice equip with these technologies are very expensive. I would only want to spend £15 maximum for a mouse.