It has been almost four years since I left Toronto and moved back to Hong Kong, but I still found this news disturbing.....
Jesse Mclean
Thandiwe Vela
Staff reporters, TheStar.com | Toronto Star

A 26-year-old man is dead after being shot in the head in the mobile phone store where he worked inside Markham's Pacific Mall last night.

Kit Chun Cheong of Toronto was shot inside Xsite before being taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died. He is York Region's first murder of the year, said Const. Gary Phillips.

A single gunshot was fired in the basement level of the mall around 8:45 p.m., 15 minutes before the building closed for the night.

Steve Wong, a supervisor at Auto Parts in the mall, ran out of his shop to see a man slumped on the floor outside the mobile phone store, surrounded by security guards.

The attacker had already fled the scene.

"It's pretty scary," Wong said.

The mall was mostly empty when the shot was fired, he said. "If it was busier, it could have been bad," he said.

Police don't know the motive but said they are looking for a male shooter, brown or black in complexion, about 6-feet-tall with a thin build, some facial hair, and wearing a black winter jacket.

Officers were stationed around the mall, blocking pedestrians and vehicles from leaving the area after the shooting. A police helicopter circled the area for most of the evening.

"Nobody's leaving until we've collected all the information we can," Const. Cathryn Harris of York Region police said yesterday.

Police are still stationed at the mall, gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses.

Video surveillance was also recovered from the mall.

Wong said he believes the violence will scare away some of the centre's customers.

"People won't want to come. They are shocked," he said.

Pacific Mall, at Kennedy Rd. and Steeles Ave. E., is the largest indoor Asian mall in North America with more than 400 shops.

The mall is infamously known as one of the largest centres of illegal DVD sales on the continent, and police have seized thousands of bootlegged merchandise in raids over the last several years.

(http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/591244)

Just realize that I not only share my birthday with some of my friends, including rockclimber LISA CHENG, basketball friend in Toronto CARLTON TEN, pr friend CHERRY CHAN, and guy friends like EUGENE LO, ALEX CHOY, and Natalie's bf... but also shares this special day with some very special celebs.... haha!

The most important one, for sure, born February 17, 1963 --
the God of basketball, MICHAEL JORDAN



Brazilian striker who plays for Inter Milan, born February 17, 1982 --
ADRIANO Leite Ribeiro



Chinese top badminton singles player,  born February 17, 1983 --
BAO CHUN-LAI (鮑春來)



Also some very special celebs, such as American socialite,
born February 17, 1981 -- PARIS HILTON



Also... there are HK celebs too, such as a popular Radio DJ + TV host,
who hosted a most popular cooking show in Hong Kong these days,
born February 17, 1955 -- SUSIE WONG (蘇施黃 / 阿蘇)

  

Another popular Radio DJ in Hong Kong,
members of the HK band "I Love You Boyz", born February 17, 1977,--
YOUNG MASTER JIM (少爺占)

 

But the best of all... comes from Korea, she is a singer + model + actress,
born February 17, 1975 -- HARISU (하리수 / 河莉秀)



In case if you have not heard of her yet... or forgot about who she is....

 
(Before and After)

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I heard that she is having a happy life now after getting married. So happy for her!!!

It has been quite a long while since I wrote my blog! Sorry Monkey Big Tummy!! Life has been very fulfilling since I moved to my new apartment at the end of last year. My girl is treating me real nice, and my puppy (Ah Dick Dick) is just so adorable and entertaining, always keeping me busy.



February 17, 2009 -- It was the day that I finally become 30 years old. A very special day of mine! And I would really love to share this great moment with you all....



For all the gals, getting into the 30 Club could be nightmare; for all the guys, this can be a sign reminding you to listen to Jan Lamb's song "Male Group (男子組)"! *LOL* (if you don't know what I am talking about, ask your Hong Kong friends!)

On birthday, a lot of people may choose to get busy in organizing birthday parties to get jiggy with friends. But I've been through too many of my buddies' birthday party, that ended up having the birthday boy/girl to take care of the WHOLE bill afterwards. Nah nah nah.... not something I want to remember on my birthday.

So I was chilling at home, actually start napping 2 hours before midnight strike... until something happened....

12 midnight!!!! My dearest god-family called me, and say Happy Birthday to me. Of course my girlfriend woke me up to answer the phone, and gave me the sweetest birthday cheers (since earlier in the day, she already gave me my bday gift).



My friend was supposed to meet up with me & give me back my gal's iPhone after fixing it, but he sms me after 12mn, saying he got off work late and asked me to go down and meet up.

I left home, went down, chat a bit (make the long story short!).... when I returned home, the house was darken and I saw bday cake on my table in the living room, and my friends rushed out from the washroom!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was such a surprise because I seldom have birthday celebration, especially after returning to HK due to my busy working schedule. But this Surprise Birthday Bash was really great, and surprising too!!!!!!!!! 



Thank you, Alan, Hazel, Salty Egg, Karen, and my love Nicole!!



But one more important thing I actually wanna share is that, after this great Birthday Bash, after my friends left.... I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY MOM, and say THANKS to her for giving birth to me....

"THANK YOU MOM. I knew it must be very painstaking 30 years ago. And I wanna thank you with my heart for doing this to me, and for me! I LOVE YOU MOM!!!"

Thank you also to every of my dear friends, who left greetings on my Facebook... Blog... SMS... E-mail... I had a blast indeed. So memorable... !!!!

My first reaction: YEAH! IT'S HERE!!!!!

This is one of my most favourite shop in Toronto Canada, and now it arrives to Hong Kong. YES! New York Fries has landed in Tsim Sha Tsui, at Shop 2602 of the Gateway Arcade  in Harbour City (尖沙咀廣東道17號海港城港威中心2602號鋪)



For those of you who didn't know anything about NEW YORK FRIES, listen up! It is a Canadian fast food restaurant (not NEW YORK!) that only serves French Fries and Hot Dogs as main food.



But most importantly, it also serves POUTINE (a very special type of French Fries served in CANADIAN QUEBEC style with Beef Gravy on French fried potatoes and cheese curds) and Veggie Works (with cheese sauce, sour cream, tomatoes and green onions).

 

You really should try this, especially during cold winter in Hong Kong.

For all the Canadians in Hong Kong, let's spread the words out!!!!