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Life April 29, 2009 There're supposed to be more things I'd like to talk about today, but, given what happened, they're put later. As I was on a taxi returning to hall today, 1 am (30/4) from central, a black cat jumped onto the road. The driver slowed down, but the cat was hit nevertheless. The taxi didn't run over the cat, but I'm pretty sure the cat was hit once. We (the driver and me) were quite sorry for the cat. And then when the taxi reached my hall, I found that I only had a $500 note and a $20 note. The fare was $36, but the driver didn't have enough changes for $500. He said I could give him as much as I had. So I gave him the $20 note, plus some coins. Well, perhaps he was regretful for hitting the cat, perhaps he was a nice guy. But anyway it was a good thing after the bad news. I thanked him anyway. Life is fragile. It is often said that cats have nine lives, but I believe it is only true if the cat is jumping off a building. Treasure life, treasure time spent with our lived ones. Something random April 28, 2009 We all do things randomly every day. This is especially true in Sim Lab - who isn't doing endo randomly? Anyway I also mentioned Simon Chiang randomly today, and I've asked my dear 2.6 groupmates to meet Simon Chiang together. Well, perhaps some day. But I really want to meet him. And then after Sim Lab today, I went to campus, killed some time (without studying) at main lib before I joined IT Sub-com's first gathering. It's been not bad, but I hope my work will not come altogether. One thing that wasn't done randomly is some slight changes to my site - new banner pix, new menu bg, new theme pix; and I've removed some links and replaced them with a twitter link. And I've renamed Daily to Today, which better distinguishes the latest entires from our archive pages. So.. 
Battle against chem: lost April 25, 2009 I think most of you have heard that I got a new F.6 chem student. It wasn't my best performance in the first lesson, and I vowed to come back. After I did that today, I can only say, shit. I just aren't capable of teaching chem anymore. I don't have the courage to teach phy or bio either. From now on, I'll just teach UE. And if I don't find the right job, I'll just do nothing. I just can't be hurt by myself again. What do I exactly mean then? Well, I'm going to sack myself, if not sacked by my student. Sometimes I'd ask myself, am I really a good teacher? Most of the time I'd say yes, but occassionally I doubt that. To Dennis and Taka, I've certainly done my best, and they surely feel that. To my F.3 students, I'd say at least I've improved this year. But I'm just not the teacher type - endless patience, the skills to explain things in an easy way, ... When I feel that I don't have a connection with my student, I'd rather give up than keep trying to make one. But still, I have to insist that I'm a good UE tutor. If you want to have an experienced UE tutor who teaches not just exam skills and grammar, but also the right attitude to English and the way to Western lifestyle, call me. Respect April 23, 2009 "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." If you don't know the true meaning of this, there's a simplier version: love your neighbours as you love yourself, or even simplier, 愛人如己. We all have heard of this, and know the meaning. But how many of us really understand that? To me, polyclinic is a place to fully demostrate this. When you face your patient, if you want to come up with the best treatment plan, you have to ask yourself: if you were the patient, would you want your dentist to do this to you? When you face DSAs, it becomes even more obvious that you have to be respectful and friendly to them if you don't want them to be harsh; sometimes you have to be 10 times nicer to them to make your life a little easier. When you face your friends, you don't rage at them because you were raged by others. Friendship is similar to love in that it has to be worked hard to maintain; it doesn't mean to be exploited. Yes, sometimes I can't do that, but I'm working hard on it. What about you? Dean's Forum April 21, 2009 To attend simlab is not the worst thing in school life - staying behind for Dean's Forum afterwards is even worse. During simlab session today, we were told to stay behind. And when we did, all those big figures came. What for? Later I found that what they said were all mentioned when we interviewed Susan. So we left at 6, by then no one'd like to go for tea. Btw, what I really want to talk abt is my yesterday's visit to North Point's 甜品工房. No, I don't think what NP's shop sells is like those at Tai Po or Hung Hom's shops. The focus here is 車仔麵. We had these, and it was really nice. 
Dim sum, new job April 18, 2009 Instead of going cycling yesterday, I met a friend and had this. It's quite good, and we enjoyed ourselves. So I got a new job today - tutoring chem for a F.6 girl. How was it? Tragic. I guess I don't really remember my AL chem anymore.. Bio and physics is still ok, but not chem. What should I do for this student then? Well, I'll try some more time, but I guess eventually I can just give up.      
Polling April 16, 2009
證明港大同學良心還在。 同學們請繼續努力，把不稱職的會長趕下台。 Direction April 12, 2009 All of a sudden, my life seems to have lost a direction. For a long period of time, I have determined that love life has a high priority in my life. That's because unlike friendship, love can generate happiness from nothing. But given that there're some changes to my life recently, I've lost my focus. What else should I turn to? Studying for exam is one thing, but I'll do that whether or not I'm in love. My new job of tutoring chem for a F.6 girl is perhaps another. But what about the remaining time? Kevin, don't worry. Time will resolve any matter. Life's short. (And it's certainly shorter for Eugene as he turns 21 XD, jk) So, just do anything you want. Btw, sorry Eugene for being late to say HB. So let me say it here again, happy birthday! June 4th April 11, 2009 I don't talk much about politics. One has to have his own stance, but need not publicly express that because it will only lead to endless, meaningless debate. But showing and guarding our own stance is important. The student union is going to hold a general polling on the June 4th issue on April 14-16. (The motion being "The Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China must vindicate the 1989 Democratic Movement, and be held accountable for the June 4th Massacre") I urge all hku fellows to vote. A lot of students, especially the non-local chinese, have strong political stance, and they will surely vote. If we, local chinese, don't vote, our views will not be heard and it is possible that the motion will be voted against. HKU has always been an important place for democratic movement. It is our obligation to defend HK's values. Venues of the poll are as follows: Covered area outside the Main Library, K. K. Leung Concourse, Area outside Campus Services Centre, Room G01, CYM Amenities Centre, Area outside T2, Meng Wah Complex, Run Run Shaw Podium, Outside Union Restaurant, Haking Wong Podium, Lobby of William Mong Man Wai Building, New Medical Complex To read more, visit this site. Ramen, 波兒, MTR, Corbet April 8, 2009 The four things I mentioned above are all unrelated (thankfully). So, what's so special abt them? Let's start with Corbet first. Well, he texted me this morning, with the words "Sorry I have not done my homework. Please call me on..." Homework.. It took me a while to figure out what he means is his work to the Apollonian. Nvm.. But he offered us a lunch with him at Island Pacific.. "I don't mind doing that at PP Can," I thought. Food there was not as good as stated in openrice though. I guess it's partly because I didn't have time to enjoy the food. Ok, ramen. I had ramen at this shop in YMT (Yaumatei) yesterday, and it was great. Ramen there was very original, and we enjoyed ourselves. 波兒 and MTR.. Well, I bought Ponyo from Taipei. But I have to declare that I'm not responsible for Mcdull's photo XD. As for MTR, it was just a random picture taken on the last Tung Chung Line train some time before. You know, there're not many chances that you can take pix on the MTR.     
Friends, hallmates, roomates, ... April 6, 2009 The reason we have all these titles is not to create hierarchies. They help us handle things in sophistication. We handle one relationship in one way, and another relationship in another way. Problems occur when we mix things up. As we celebrate the 5th anniversary of Western Culture Club, there's one thing to attribute to - the success we had when dealing with our work. Committee members of Western Culture Club were, of course, friends. But when they worked together, they treated each other as colleagues; in other words, more respect, more cooperation, less humiliation. My dear WCC successors, please bear this in mind, and don't fold my club. Forgive me for recalling these old memories. Good lessons that we learnt always need to be recalled so that we don't screw things up. 
Dreams April 5, 2009 No, dreams are not my reality, but it'll be not bad if they are. As weekend approaches my sleeping time increases significantly. I start to dream more. For angry ppl or those who do evil things every day, they may find themselves in nightmares. I'm not one of them. I'm grateful that I find peace in most of my dreams. For example, I dreamt of a special someone last night. Being alone these days does bring a lot of freedom, whether you want it or not. The thing is, I'm ready to be busy again XD. So, what are we waiting for? There's one more thing to do this weekend though - writing Susan Bridges' article. The progress is good, and hopefully it can be finished within this afternoon. So, CUL8R. 
From work to play April 2, 2009 Today was intended to be a serious day. I was supposed to be studying right after polyclinic - I brought my laptop, netter, etc. with me today. Yes, the laptop is for studying, not polyclinic. Why do we still need that given we're not in Lai Kau's group anymore? Sadly, things did not go as planned. Feeling dry, I invited my fellow 2.6 groupmates to Yum Cha. While that was enjoyable, it was time consuming too. We left at around four, but that's not the end. I decided to go to campus to pick up my copy of A Year Without Made In China, get something from Coop, and give blood. Yes, blood. It's not my first time to donate, and I hope this is not going to be the last. After all, I believe it's one of the few useful things that I can contribute to society. Blood donation was time-consuming too. There were too many students eager to give blood, too few bays available. Remember La Salle's blood donation drives? It was always a success - indeed more successful than what happened at CYM today. Well, I shouldn't be so sentimental. As I returned to hall after blood donation, I got a dinner invitation from Thomas. So once again I changed my plan, leaving me even less time to study. I'm not complaining though - I'm pleased to be invited for dinner. So, I guess it's time to start studying seriously now. But before that, please read the PS as well. (I leave that announcement for PS to retain consistency in K&C.) PS Popularity index is now 41078. 41078-39904 = 1174. There're 36.7 visits every day in March!! What happened? |