Apartment in BJ

June 30, 2007

Dear Bloggy,

Just realized that I have never post my apartment pictures here so there you go. If you're visiting BJ from now till end of August just give me a shout and I can provide lodging free of charge ;) The red sofa can turn into a bed and I actually slept on it for a few nights as my bed is hard like a rock!

Salsa @ Street 42

June 28, 2007

Dear Bloggy,

The progress of my project has been going quite well. But today I am stuck and not sure how I could proceed. I have requested additional data from engineering team and ShenKai has also asked for data for me on the other side. Let's see if those could shed some light on it.

Since tonight is the opening of club "Street 42" we all went there for a night of Salsa dancing. I think the music was a little too loud there but all in all the atmosphere was good. :) But most importantly thank you HuiFang for dancing with me tonight. As I said you are really a great Salsa partner! :) Look forward to dance with you again in class Tue. :D

I still don't have internet connection at home. :( The carrier has promised service for almost 2 weeks and still not able to deliver. I called them up and started yelling, but realized it was too hard to do so in Mandarin. :p Luckily Sophie, HaiLei and myself has engaged in a language exchange program and now I think I can tell the difference between the "s" sound and the "sh" sound. Yes I know my Mandarin sucks but I'll work on it! Next time I can yell with better pronunciation to make sure that I get across my message. :p

Salsa again

June 26 ~28, 2007

Dear Bloggy,

Now that I have started a bet with Sophie on whether I can keep on with the blog I just have to write it in order to win the bet. ;) So Bloggy I hope I can write to you more often.

It was to my pleasant surprise that a group of Googlers organized Salsa lesson in office and they hired a teacher to come here and teach every Tue and Thur. :) So I don't have to go to the place that ChengGuan has mentioned which is soooo far away. It's been really nice picking it up again as now I can remember moves that I learn before bit by bit. As I said before I am not really forgetful, I have things stored inside somewhere which just take a little while to retrieve. :p Got to meet many interesting people there too. ;)

Also went to a Salsa place last night. The place is way more spacious than what we have in HK, but then somehow I feel a little weird as you're not supposed to have so much space around you while doing Salsa.

Baiyangdian

June 22, 23, 2007

Dear Bloggy,

Here are some of the pictures I have taken over the trip ;) I couldn't sleep last night at the motel because there were just too many mosquitoes!

But all in all the trip was good. ;)

TGIT

June 21, 2007

Dear Bloggy

I finally got the converter so now I can charge up my phone battery. I haven't been able to buy it in the last 2 days as I have to go to the welcome dinner and engineers mixer at night. Oh but did I tell you that the food was good? ;).....

Today is TGIT. I think Marshall and I put up a pretty good performance today. ;) Now that the company thought that I can really do Salsa. Not too bad a misunderstanding for me, isn't it? ;) Morden's Tawianse trick is quite impressive too! I also got a chance to talk to our China president Dr. Kai Fu Lee (www.kaifulee.com) and he said our performance is one of the best he has ever seen here. ;)

I have only started here for a few days but I notice I have put on quite a bit of weight (especially on my belly) already. Free lunch may not be such a great thing afterall in contrast to the common belief.. So I went to gym today. The gym is actually better than the one in the IBM Tornoto lab. Not only it is bigger, but most important of all it has less people. I went there at 7ish and there were only 3 people including me. Met Jacky there who is working for AdSense direct and he told me there are a group of people practicing Salsa every Tue. I really want to pick it up again so I will go join them. ;)

Tomorrow my team is going for an "off-site meeting" :


Starting: 7：30 AM Jun 22 (Friday)
Gathering: Kejian Building
Returning: 12:00 Jun 23 (Saturday)

Day 1
1. Fisherman's Paradise-enjoying osprey fishing, boating, etc...
2. Baiyangdian culture Court-lunch, Gazi village, wild lotus
3. Lotus Wounderland- taking small boat to enjoy more than 300 kinds of world famous lotus
4. Boating on Baiyangdian at night-Taking lights to water

Day 2
1. Visiting Fishermen Village-learning boating, fishing, picking lotus and leaves.
2. Yuanfei Park- watching performance and taking drum pontoon.
3. lunch, returning to Beijing around 15:00

白洋淀2日游行程安排：

时间：6月22日（周五）-23日（周六）
地点：白洋淀
住宿：景点中的度假村

第一天：
1. 早上7点半出发，10点左右到达乘坐机动船开始游览，第一个景点

—渔人乐园，欣赏鱼鹰捕鱼、撑竹筏、脚踏船等。
2. 午饭，第二个景点—白洋淀文化苑，百亩荷塘、嘎子村、野生荷花、精品荷花
3. 第三个景点—荷花大观园，世界名荷、睡莲等300多种，各种观赏鱼等，踏桥赏荷，乘坐小木船深入荷花丛中
4. 安排住宿，晚餐后夜游白洋淀，放河灯

第二天
1. 早餐后退房
2. 赴渔民村，乘坐木船，学划船、下网捕鱼、采摘荷花荷叶芦苇
3. 赴元妃荷园，观看雁翎队表演，走滚筒浮桥
4. 乘船返回码头，12点午餐后返回，下午3点左右回到北京

Bowling

June 20, 2007

Dear Bloggy,

Today I am still trying to collect data for my project and to educate myself a little better. We went to play bowling in the afternoon with the engineer team as some of them are going to relocate. We then went to for dinner afterwards. Food is very good there and I am still so full now. :p After dinner Marshall and I stayed over at the gym to practice karaoke and Salsa as we need to perform tomorrow on the TGIT (Thanks God it is Thursday) tomorrow. Thanks God it will be done tomorrow as I just want to get it over with. :p

吧國布衣

June 19, 2007

Dear Bloggy,

Today Marshall and I are given the scope of our project. Since I was told a hundred times that we can not disclose any company information, not even a humble little project that a humble little me is handling, I can not provide any details here. But I do like it a lot and if successful it may have a direct impact on the company's baseline. (well at least that's what I hope for) So I will do my best to get it done! ;)

My teammates are all very nice and willing to teach an ignorant me not only on work related stuff but also on my Mandarin. :p I hope I could at least improve a bit after 2 months. There were also a basic training provided to us regarding our product.

At night there was a welcome dinner for the 3 intern students. We went to 吧國布衣 which is a restaurant specialize in "Chun" cuisine It is the tradition kind of building from the outside and it is decorated exactly like those restaurants in the Chinese KungFu movie on the inside. It has 2 floors and at 8pm there is a guy who perform "face changing"

First day with Google

June 18, 2007

Dear Bloggy,

First day with Google! :D Today is mainly orientation which they talked about the Google history, culture, and those IT stuff. Google has really non-traditional office. There are 10/F floor in total and each of them are decorated with different themes. There is a gym on the 2nd floor so no need to shed the $700/month in the gym downstairs. ;) Snacks and food on every floor while the 1st floor is the main cafeteria. There are also table tennis and friz balls all around the places. What is most important is that there is a 'fun' environment there. People within this atmosphere are generally cheerful and friendly, which in turns make the whole organization effective.

So, so far so good. :) Tomorrow we are going to have a meeting and we will then really be given our objectives to achieve.

"Back Sea"

June 17, 2007

Dear Bloggy,

Just moved into my new apartment today. :) The landlords, Mr. and Mrs. Wang, are a nice couple. Mr. Wang is a PHD working in the chemical industry, and Mrs. Wang is serving in the military. They have a boy-girl twin children who are both 7 years old. So cute they are! ;) Since the apartment is brand-new and they have never lived in it either, so there are still a few housewares such as garbage bin that hasn't been in place yet, but they are very helpful in helping me to get those.

Went to "Hao Ha" Met Eric (Cassie's friend), Teresa (Lillian's friend) and Bonnie (Teresa's friend) and we just walked around the back sea. It is quite an interesting place! While there is lake scenery with old Chinese buildings around just like you see in movies (the river pic is one of the top ten sceneries in BJ, there is even a nice Chinese name for it but I can't type in Chinese) , there are many restaurants and bars just around the lake. Many of them are fusion of Chinese buildings with Western-style bars.

3rd day in Beijing

Dear Bloggy,

Life is really interesting. I used to work for Nortel Networks at Ottawa, and I still remember the day when I took a bus to go to Ottawa from Kingston and spend the whole day walking around the city to look for an apartment. Once I got off the bus, there were an apartment right in front of me but I didn't walk in for some reasons. Then I walked around and looked at different apartments but couldn't find anything that I really like. Exhausted, I realized I have got back to that apartment. I walked in, talked to the management office, checked out an apartment there and immediately fall in love with it. There was a nice balcony that overlook the Ottawa river and the inside was neat and tidy (i.e. it WAS, no more after I stayed there for 16 months.. :p) So I spend my whole internship staying happily.

Now that I am looking for an apartment in Beijing, I spend the last 2 days searching in vain. But today I just steped into a housing agent right across my motel, and he bought me to an apartment that I really like, and I am moving in tomorrow! To me, it is totally like what my house-hunting experience 7 years ago in Ottawa. 踏破鐵鞋 and only found out that what things you're looking for are just at your doorsteps.

My apartment is very nice :) It is a studio on the 10/F. It doesn't have a seperate bedroom but very cozy. It is also a brand new building so the owners (who is a middle age couple) themselves haven't lived in there. It is 5 minutes walk from the subway station and Walmart. I will be taking subway to go to work, just one station away and takes only about 15~20 minutes door to door.

Now I feel much better as the apartment is settled. I am just going to enjoy tomorrow and wait for my new work to begin on Monday! :D Looking forward to it! :D

Another thing, you know I am still not able to make sense out of crossing streets. When the light is red, people cross the street and cars stop. When it is green and I start crossing, there are always vehicles rushing toward me. I feel my life is always under constant threat whenever I try to cross the street. But today I devise a perfect street-crossing strategy and I am afraid no more! What I will do is just wait for a group of people that looks just like who know what they are doing, then I will do whatever they do to cross the street. If they walk, I walk. If they run, I run. If they sit on the ground, I sit on the ground. As simple as that. A strategy only works when it is simple, and I believe my street-crossing strategy satisfy this requirement and works on the time. That's why it is perfect! ;)

I also tried out a local restaurant for dinner tonight. I ordered Beef noodle, "white veggie" and TsingTao beer. The TsingTao beer costs only 2.5 RMB so I was expecting a can of beer. But no it comes in a form of a good 875ml glass bottle! Thank you for your business sir the grand total of your meal tonight is 12.5 RMB. Thank you so much. :p Food is actually very tasty. Too much noodle but not enough beef though. Since I'm a Christian I usually pray before meal to thank God for providing the food and also ask for "cleansing" it. And I pray much harder this time. Since I haven't yet have any stomach ache this is another evidence that God is with us all and He listens to prayer. :P

Just had a online chat with mom. Somehow she can always find something that I do which upsets her. It then upset me and I started getting loud. Eventually, I think she is upset with my getting loud, and I am upset with myself for upsetting her. :( Why is the communication with your closest family members always the most difficult? Shouldn't the closest ones can best understand each other?

Dear Bloggy,

I flew with Air China to come to Beijing yesterday. Since I have always been interested in the working cultures and attitudes of different countries, I have paid some attention with the services of the flight attendants. I think they have been trained pretty much the same as the other airlines, such as how to serve tea and coffee, how to put meals on tray etc. But there is still something missing. You don't feel that they are connecting with you or are putting their customers' comfort in the first place. I can't really describe it but you can just feel the difference. I think staff training only helps to a certain point, in the end it is the culture of the company that really counts. Devil is in the details.

Well talking about working culture and attitudes I have some not-so-pleasant experience just today. I bought and new sim card here and suppose to have 50 dollars in my account. Today when I tried to call a landlord I was surprised that it has been cut off already because there were not enough $$ in the account. How can one used up 50 dollars in Beijing especially I didn't make any long distance phone call? I went to the shop again and the attitudes of one of the staff there was just driving me crazy. He was essentially talking to me with his head on his hand and I had that sudden impulse of dragging him out of his counter and punch him at his nice little nose which his glasses is hanging on! Yuck!

But then all in all I think people here are friendly and helpful, it is just that the way of doing things are different than it is in HK. I don't want to say which one is better but I think for now I am still preferring the latter. Or maybe I am just bias I don't know.

Enough whining. I spend the day looking and searching for apartments. No luck and quite frustrating. In general, the apartments or rooms I have seen so far are quite old. In fact, many of them (including my motel) are quite decent on the inside. However, when you look at the building from the outside or the surrounding area, you just feel that there is something wrong. It is usually very dark, old, and sometimes even dirty. It is quite depressing walking through those allies....

I have also done body check today. Different doctors are responsible for different sections. One of them is very rude. I think she couldn't believe that in this world there is someone as stupid as me who doesn't even know how to put the "X-ray protecting armor" on. Oh well... :p I also did a blood test. The nurse took my blood, but I think it doesn't occur to her that it might even be a good idea to give something such as a bandage to stop her subjects from keep bleeding. :p
BTW, the hospital is kinda like the apartments I mentioned above: dark, old, and sometimes even dirty. It is a hospital GDI!

Oh well I think I shouldn't be just complaining. Maybe I am just too frustrated with the apartment-hunting. So let's cut it short and buy for now Bloggy.

First day @ Beijing

Dear Bloggy,

There are so much to write about today as it is my first day here in Beijing. I am in the motel typing up the blog but I am tired so I better keep it short.

I arrived BJ at around 2pm as it took about 3 hrs to fly here. Took a taxi to go to the motel directly from the airport. On the way the driver spoke to me about the road system and different landmarks here. The most interesting one has to be the "bird nest" which is build for the Olympic games. I saw that on picture before but it is way bigger than I thought. It certainly is one of the most amazing building I have ever seen as it looks totally different than any other buildings I saw before, be them in America, Asia or Europe. Interesting.

The weather and air quality here is not as bad as I thought. It is 28C here and very dry. So it doesn't feel as bad as HK for its humidity. I bought a sim card (oh and my new phone number in China is 13717841431 (so loooooooog!) I walked around the area and it is actually very nice. The place is very concentrated and there are not only big stores like Starbucks, KFC, big super markets but also have many nice little coffee shops and boutiques there. I went to the Google office building, which is at the Science Park, to meet up with ZhongQui's friend. The park area certainly look impressive and I think I will have fun working there. :) HuiMin treated me Peking Duck in a nice restaurant (don't remember the name, will fine out) and it tastes sooooooo good!!! Some parts of the duck skin is like M&M which melts the moment you put them into your mouth! But those parts are very few and the majority of them are good too but only on the level which you can get in HK. But that particular few pieces of duck skins taste certainly amazing.

Since I have no luck finding an apartment today I need to catch up tmw. Need to sleep now... very tired...

Last day in HK

Dear Bloggy,

I will be flying to Beijing tomorrow. Today I just spend most time with family. I also bought a new pair of shoes as my previous one which I have wore for like 7 years have finally broken down. To this pair of shoes I salute.

I am excited for going there tomorrow. I tried to search for apartment online but it doesn't seem to work as I couldn't quite send messages to the apartment owner due to the restrictions of those house-searching website. So I'll just fly there first and will just walk around and search. It reminds me when I worked for Nortel Networks at Ottawa, I didn't have a clue on how to look for an apartment so I just took a bus to go there (I was in studying in Kingston at that time), walked around the place and signed a contract all in one day. Hope this apartment hunting trip in Beijing will work as smooth as the one I had in Ottawa 8 years ago.

To all my dear friends in HK farewell for now. I know you are all gonna miss me a lot but don't worry dear I shall be back in half a year time heheh ;) If you happen to drop by Beijing from now till end of August, or Shanghai from early-Sept to end of the year, just drop me a line and we shall meet up there! Until then, chow and take care! =D

Thanks for a great day!

Dear Bloggy,

I went to have lunch with 大家姐 today. It is her second day of work only but she already worked overtime on Monday, her first day of work, till 10pm! Don't you think work life here in HK is quite interesting? Luckily this is just an exception, average work hours should be quite normal. I am happy for her as her work at Mercer sounds interesting and with lots of growth and learning opportunities. Add oil la 大家姐! Not only on your new job but also on everything. Your "靚" will support you always!

I then went back to UST to pick my last legacy there which is a printer that I have never used before. I sure will miss the campus there. The sea view rocks!

Had dinner with Martin, Wilson & Joyce. We then went to M2 for a drink. It was a really pleasant surprise to see Lillian, Lin Mu and Kwan Sui to show up as I wasn't expecting them. Edna and Fona were also there and we had good chats. Oh and thank you Edna for the lovely vitamins present. =D I sure will take those in BJ to stay healthy. Thanks! :D

Thank you for everything guys and I'll see you again in less than half a year! Best of luck!

Big Removal!

Dear Bloggy,

Big removal - O Lord please help me

Went to the Canadian Embassy this morning to apply for the Canadian citizenship certificate since I lost mine. Just happen to have Ah Bo, who is my Grandma's friend working there, to serve me. I have nothing against her personally but I just couldn't help being rude when she tried to explain all those non-sense rules about renewing the passport to me. I blame the Canadian government for that. :p Hmmm... actually no excuse I think I just have to control my temper.

As I was in Exchange square in lunch time so I called up my ex-UBS co-workers in IFC2 and have lunch with them. It is good to see many of them again. :) Lunch sucks though, don't ever go to the "Macau Tea Restaurant" at the ShengTak building again. I have also paid $3882 (ARRR it hurts!!!) and picked up my ticket: HK -> Beijing -> Shanghai -> HK

Took a break from the hot weather at the Central facility. Thank you Vanessa for letting me just sit-in without paying that $4000+ fee. :p

Farewell dinner

Dear Bloggy,

June 10, 2007

Thank you for coming out with me tonight for my farewell dinner at Simply Thai! :) Apart from the fact that you guys frequently treat me as the sole laughingstock and the primary source of entertainment.... you guys have actually been quite nice to me. So thank you gum la. ;) Vito, Tony and I went to Dickens' and watch part of French Open final.

I also met with Lin Mu and Timothy for lunch. Afterwards I went with Lin Mu and her friend to "Ma Bo Cha Fong" for dessert. Too full!

Dear Bloggy

Dear Bloggy,

I spent most of the day reading Anne Frank's diary during WWII. It is unbearable just to think that how this poor little 13 years old girl endure all these tragedies... But I think God did give her the characters and courages to live through those dark ages.

One thing that is interesting is that she called her diary Kitty. "... but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty." What an ingenious idea! So to pay tribute to Anne Frank I decided to call my blog Bloggy! I guess the only difference is that it is perfectly OK for a 13 years old girl to call her diary Kitty, but for a guy turning 30 to call his blog Bloggy sounds a little.... hmm... pathetic... but Oh what the heck! So Bloggy it is. :p

What else have I done today? Oh yes I saw Oceans 13 with friends. To be honest I don't exactly like the movie. It is just too 'movie'. You know all the good guys are doing all sort of smart moves and the bad guy never have a chance. This is perfectly unacceptable as I the only actors I like there is Al Pacino!

I have also advised my friend who shall remain anonymous on her break-up line. I am not sure if she is really gonna take me seriously but wish you best of luck! Cheer up and be courageous!

Oh shoot....

Oh shoot I haven't updated the blog for the last 2 days. That is a big problem! For those of you who know me, I can't remember things that happened 2 minutes ago, let alone 2 days ago... However, my theory is that all those stuff are stored somewhere inside my little brain, it is just a matter of retrieving them. If I can devise a methodology for retrieval, I should be able to improve my memory dramatically. That is IF I can devise this methodology..... :p

June 6, 2007 - Wednesday

Oh yes that's the thing. There was that thing that bug me for the last 2 days. It was a bad decision we have made regarding the finance of the MBA graduation dinner. I didn't think it was a bad decision but now as I think about it, it is quite bad. When I realized I was surprised how I got myself into it and felt stupid for not being able to spot it out earlier. I think I get it fixed today so things should be fine. Nevertheless, I consider it a very good lesson learn, so I won't make the same mistake over again. Remember Eugene!

Also brought a book called blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I have always want to read it and now is the time. Went to the Starbucks at CWB Square, ordered a cup of hot milk and read the book. It was quite enjoyable but that Starbucks is a little too dark. Need to find a better one in the CWB area...


June 7, 2007 - Thursday

Since I lost my Canadian citizenship certificate somewhere inside my apartment I had to go to a police station to report it. Then I went to the Canadian embassy to try renewing the passport but I was told that I need pictures, photocopies of driver's license and this and that... oh well I have never had any good experiences dealing with the Canadian government or any related authority. I still remember the Ontario driver's license office in Toronto (Hwy 7 + Kennedy I think..) The service is slow, rude and terrible. In contrast the HK government (at least the front line services it provides) is way more efficient and professional. I guess the 5% raise is justified. :p

Went out to have a drink with 文姑娘 at CWB. I haven't seen her for over a year already as she "flies me plane" all the time. Nevertheless, it is good to see you again ;)

Bought another book Anne Frank: The diary of a young girl. Have always want to read it too.


June 8 2007 - Friday (i.e. today)

Did the survey from Camay. Went to the HK Central Library to read the books. I had a short phone conversation with her and that has already made my day. ;) I also feel relieved as I think I got the Grad dinner and basketball court issues sorted out. Thank you my Lord for helping me but Eugene you have to remember the lessons and do things better next time!!! :p

Make your life count! - from "The Vine"

This one thing I do. - Philippians 3:13

Edgar W. Work said, "The real tragedy is not in being limited to one talent, but in the failure to use that one talent." To make the most of your life:

(1) Maximize what God's given you. Edison set himself an ambitious goal: to come up with a major new invention every six months and a minor one every ten days. When he died he had 1093 patents. Edison made his dreams a reality by sticking to what he did best. Are you doing that?

(2) Start where God put you. After losing a baseball game, cartoon character Charlie Brown pours out his heart to his friend Lucy: "All my life I've dreamed of pitching in the big leagues, but I'll never make it!" Lucy replies: "You're thinking too far ahead, Charlie Brown. Set yourself more immediate goals. Start with the next inning, for example. When you go out to pitch, see if you can walk to the mound... without falling down." Success starts with one step. Exercise your faith and take it.

(3) Focus on what God called you to do. Music was everything to Brahms. He collected music and studied compositions going back to the 15th century. He worked day and night to perfect his craft, refusing to publish anything that didn't meet his exacting standards. That's why he didn't publish his first symphony until he was 40. And he never married, saying it would distract him: "I am in love with music, I think of nothing but, and of other things only when they make music more beautiful." Is that fanaticism? No, it's focus; it's what makes your life count!

It's why Paul said, "This one thing I do."

Family day

Well I won't say it is a very good family day afterall. This morning my parents and I went to visit 婆婆 and we walked around 奧海城. Not bad I think but I seems to have problem communicating with my parents. I know it has been a problem all along but from time to time we just have to end up in communication breakdown. I just feel that we have different values and different point of views in so many things. I guess that's what people call a generation gap.

Anyhow I think I was rude to my Dad. I tried all the time to calm myself down but I just seems to have lost all my patience everytime I talk to him. I ended up upsetting him, upsetting myself and feeling guilty for upsetting him. Why are family relationships so difficult and frustrating?!

Another Movie

Now that I am done with my school work and waiting for summer internship to begin, I have lots of free time on hand. So I watched another movie today - a Korean movie called 醜女大變身I think. Since I just don't get the strange thinking of the girls in the movie so I believe it must be a chick flick..

Went to the Charlie Brown Cafe for a cup of coffee and a tiramisu. The place is quite cozy but the cake and the coffee are just so-so.

Also read a good article from 'The Vine' - Bigger isn't always better

While the world trades in the sensational and stunning, God loves to work through the ordinary and insignificant. In His Kingdom, bigger isn't always better. When He gave Gideon victory over the Midianites He used an army of just 300 to defeat an enemy hundreds of thousands strong. That wasn't because there weren't more soldiers available; God just wanted to demonstrate His power in "the day of small things." Jesus could have chosen any number of followers, but He handpicked 12 to reach the world with the Gospel. On a mountain He fed 5,000 people with five rolls and two fish from a child's lunch box. He compared God's Kingdom to a mustard seed, which is a tiny seed, yet it grows into a tree. He also likened it to yeast that, even in a small amount, can raise an entire batch of dough. Jesus said, "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much" (He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much." (Luke 16:10 NIV). So if you're asking God to make you bigger instead of better, you may be disappointed. All the prayers in the world won't pressure Him into giving you what you're not ready to handle. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said "Most people would succeed in small things if they were not so troubled with great ambitions." The drive to be bigger can give you ulcers, keep you awake at night, and stop you from enjoying the blessings God has already given you. Better may be harder to measure and not as glamorous, but the inner stability that comes from gradual success is more valuable and lasting. Think about it!

iPOD and the Parates of the Caribbean :D

I promised myself an iPOD Nano if I got the Google offer. So here it is, charging itself comfortably on my desk, waiting for its first day of service. ;)

But for all these electronic gadgets I have a condemned history of losing interest of it within 2 days of puchase. Let's see how long it can last...

Enjoyed an afternoon tea with Kam and Alan F. It has been nice seeing them again. Hope I can see you guys in BJ very soon. ;)

Watched Parates of the Caribbean 3 today. As usual I don't really have much clue on what the story is, but I think I enjoyed the second episode much much more. I miss you.

Yearbook and Last party

June 2, 2007 Saturday

Thank you so much for everything class! Thank you for all the kind words you've written on my yearbook. Even though it may be our last party together as a class I am sure our paths will cross soon in the very near future! :D

Until then, best of luck and may God be with you always!

(Oh and I never knew I have 'fans' in the class. BTW, if you want my autograph I'd be most happy to oblige ;)

二人聚、二人散

I have checked out from my beloved SKCC room today and therefore have offically closed my dorm-life at HKUST. I am sure I am gonna miss the sea-view from the 4th floor common room, the accessibility of swimming pool and squash courts, and most importantly all the laughers and tears over the past 10 months. Goodbye SKCC!

Evil Lin, Edna, Fona, Rachel, Kenny went to HK Arts Center to watch "二人聚、二人散"
http://www.2onstage.org/ I guess the main theme about that play is to bring out the inevitability of death. The whole tone is quite sad and sorrowful to me even if there are quite a few nice jokes there.

Had a nice dessert at CWB. :) Thank you all of you for bring together a very enjoyable evening! :D


在生與死，來與去之間，為何會「聚」，又為甚麼會「散」？在付出與接收之間，又如何衡量我們是「得到」，還是「失去」？一個生命、一個故事、一段關係、一份感情、一個理想、一句說話、一個生命的誕生、另一個生命的終結…以終結作開始，以開始作終結。

Move Move Move!

Thursday May 31, 2007

Spent whole day in the library studying for Financial Statement Analysis. Exam from 7 to 10pm. The professor might not have explained things very clearly in lectures but I think I have learned quite a bit from this course, at the very least I am more familiar with the financial statements now.

But the day was really characterized by moving stuff back home as I have to check out by noon tomorrow. Unlike the fortunates few who have the luxury of moving stuff with their own vehicles, I had to resort to the MTR. Since I decided to move all the books and notes back home first with one big luggage (bad decision!), that thing became darn heavy! You know there is a very small gap from the MTR platform to the train itself, I even had problems carrying that luggage across that gap since it was just too heavy. Oh well... no excuse actually I guess I just have to start going to gym. :p

Nonetheless I am happy that I got all the books and such back home. I will still have to go back to school on Friday, Saturday and Sunday to the rest of the stuff out.

Oh and I have been watching some Tango video on you tube recently. I just realized that I like the Tango kinda music a lot. I downloaded one called "Tango de Los Exilados" which is a violin piece. Try it! =D