Study for Financial Statement Analysis

I couldn't sleep last night till 4am, maybe they added some red bulls in my drink. :p I couldn't get up until 12pm today... ar 好頹廢！

Since there is a Financial Statement Analysis exam tomorrow, I went to the library and studied till 11pm. I haven't finished studying yet but the exam is 7pm tomorrow, so I still have sometime to finish it up (hopefully)...

Some quotes

High expectations are the key to everything. - Sam Walton

We are paid best for the things we do for nothing.

Excellence can be attained if you risk more than others think is safe, care more than others think is wise, dream more than others think is practical, expect more than others think is possible.

Pride makes us do things well.. but it is love that makes us do them to perfection.

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.. regardless of the chosen field of endeavor. - Vince Lombardi

We are not here to pursue happiness... but to pursue those virtues that produce happiness.

If it weren't for the rocks in its bed... the stream would have no song.

it's a funny thing about life... if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.

God loves you just the way you are... but He loves you too much to let you stay that way.

Opportunity's favorite disguise is trouble.

If a man advances confidently in the direction of his dreams.. to live the life he has imagined... he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - Henry David Thoreau

Keep living, dreaming, loving, and risking. More people rust out than wear out.

A night of Salsa @ Solas

Wow I haven't done it for so long and forgot like 90% of the moves already. Nonetheless it was still fun to do that again. All you need is some good music, a little bit of alcohol, and most importantly a great partner. ;)

First time to Solas. Pretty nice place. (http://www.solas.com.hk/) Not too crowded but with good music. The only thing is that the drinks suck! I had 2 free drinks but didn't even bother to order the second cup.

Hmmm maybe I should really pick that up again. 晨光 told me that the Salsa school he went to in Beijing was quite nice. I guess I will start doing that modern dance again in this ancient city. :D

Thanks Vanessa for accompanying me tonight. I had lots of fun and hope that you enjoyed as much as I do! :D

My very first 禁食祈禱日

I manged not to have breakfast and lunch today and not feeling too hungry. The only problem is that instead of praying and reading Bible, I spent most of the time sleeping. :p I couldn't really focus on that though because I also need to do the negotiation excerise. German insisted on negotiating with email so it really prolonged the whole process. At the end of the day I had a huge dinner and finish it off with a cup noddle.... :p Oh well that's my first time. I didn't get much out of it but will definitely try again. ;)

Oh we HK gangs also had fruits and chocolates together on the 5th floor SKCC. It is probably the last time we hang out together at SKCC as many of us are moving out on Friday. I'll definitely miss all my friends and my life here at this small yet very cozy place.

One of the most important women in my life

I haven't seen her for close to 3 yrs. Nonetheless she is a very important person to me even though she may have never notice that. I still remember in my fellowship farewell party when I decided to come back to HK, Edward took a video for me in which he asked me what I think about her and I said she is "one of the most important women in my life" No kidding Edward I really mean it.

She is 溫姚賽珠師母 She led my conversion prayer on May 16, 2003 and I "officially" became a Christian (or in the Christian terminology "has accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour") To that I am forever thankful. Now that as I think back about it, accepting God is really a decision that have the most impact on my life. It is not like a decision such as where I go to school or where I go to work. It basically changed my core values and my perception about world! Frankly I wouldn't believe this could happen if I hadn't gone through this whole thing.

I learn from Y.K. earlier that 溫牧師 and 溫師母 has came back to HK to serve in one of the churches here. So I Google them up and found that they are now serving at 宣基堂 I went there this morning and was so glad to see them here in HK! :D They didn't change much. I visited their home after worship and had a drink with 師母. I told her about the problems I am facing and she suggested me to 禁 食祈禱 and 把一切交託。 Good idea 師母, but it is very hard to execute.... Just think about the idea of not eating for the whole day I faint...

Oh well but if that's what that is I'll do. So tomorrow I am just gonna pray and read the Bible for most of the day with an empty stomach.. let's see how things turn out. I guess I really have to pray hard... :p

Topics:
- family -> foundation
- 十一
- Commitment

Give me faith....

"By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return" - Genesis 3:19

(Oh the picture above is 師母 and her son Aaron and his wife Cecilia. Cecilia was converted the same day as I did at the David Fellowship Gospel Camp 2003)

MBA Lounge

Now that I am sitting comfortably on the big sofa in the HKUST MBA lounge reading The Search by John Battelle, the idea of starting my own blog just struck me. Not that I have never entertained this idea before but just that I have always been a big time procrastinator. :p So now that I have a sudden urge to start blog I decided to take this one-in-a-lifetime opportunity to really start doing it.

So what else should I say? Life being a full time HKUST MBA student is in fact quite nice. (Quite nice as of this moment, it doesn't apply just a few months ago.) I am only taking 2 courses (Negotiation + Financial Statement Analysis) and auditing 3. (Business optimization, Management Consulting, and China External Relations) Job search for summer internship is over. I'll be working for Google at their Beijing office from June 18 to Aug 30 in their AdSense team. I'll be responsible for the market intelligence side: performing China internet industry analysis and identifying high potential verticals to increase revenues. It is not well defined yet so I guess I'll have to see once I am on board. I am really excited about this opportunity and looking forward to it! =D

Hmm what else? Yea I have just started learning Chinese input. It is quite interesting and feels good as now I can type faster than before, although there is still a long way to go... :p

That's about it. Let me try to publish it sin....