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Summer July 31, 2010 I hate summer. I've always hated summer. Weather is one factor, but there're more than that. Summer has never been a good time for me, and for my friends. For the past three years, my summers have been busy. I had to attend various orientation activities in F.7's summer (including DAMN-cheer preparation); I was involved in organizing various orientation activities in year 1's summer; and then I had work from the Apollonian last year. As for this year, I'm not as busy, but again, it's not a good time - more on that later. And then there was boredom. I hardly had company in the past few summers, and what I could do was to learn to be, and enjoy being, alone. Well, after a few years of training I seem to have mastered the basic skills. Skills such as reading lots of textbook and journals despite being on holiday, reading fictions, watching movies, … These activities appeared to be quite unpleasant for me before, but I enjoy them more this year, which is good. Still, summer sucks. Remember my summer back in F.5? I spent most of my time in a meaningless way. And for the rest of those times, I learned to re-u with friends, rather than meeting them in a routine way. That's because I knew that they'd be leaving La Salle and I'd see them much less often. And then there was F.6's summer, when I spent most of the time studying endlessly in study room, not knowing what'd be next. It's good that my hard work paid off, but looking back, it was one of the scariest times in my life, having no direction at all. This made another summer suck. I guess I don't have to mention the more previous summers. My point is, summer really sucks. There's been virtually nothing good happened in summer. I've had no gain, but only loss. And in this summer, it seems that I'll lose more. Still, there's nothing I can do. If I look at this in the way I look at a half-full glass, I can remind myself that I just have to keep moving on. But the sad fact is that this, when translated into half-empty terms, means that it's a dead end. No, I don't believe that I am always the victim. I refuse to be a victim. I can do whatever I can to trade for a scenario that's not only best for me, but best for both of us. Please, just tell me what I'll have to do. Movies, deja vu July 29, 2010 I keep watching movies for the past few days, either on DVD/VCD or in theatre. The latest ones are American Beauty and Inception. American Beauty is a 1999 movie, but it's great. Inception is great too. It talks about dreams inside dreams.. At the present moment, I'm facing a deplorable truth. And I really wish that someone can just tell me this is a bad dream and things will all turn out okay after I wake up. I mean it. I really need this. Otherwise, what happened before will happen all over again.  
Book fair July 26, 2010 I went to the book fair this afternoon. It wasn't part of my initial plan though. As some of you may know, I'm kinda against the book fair in recent years. For one, it's crammed with people; besides, I can find all those books and explore new options in a comfortable way if I visit ordinary bookstores. So I really can't see the point of going to the book fair, perhaps except that it's trendy to be there. (Note: the presence of teenage models is not a reason though - more on that later.) So, having been against the book fair for a few years, and finally sick of it when I last visited it in 2008, when the HKCEC was under some construction work and so the fair could not suck more, I decided not to go to the book fair last year. However, I went there again today, given that M was going with me this time. Well, my experience was above expectation. Since M had two VIP tickets, we didn't have to walk a long way before going into the halls. But when I looked at the conventional route, I still found less people coming to the book fair. Inside the halls, people density was remarkably lower, and it's a much more pleasant experience walking through the halls. Of course, it's still crowded at particular stores, but c'mon, we're talking about stores selling 亦舒 etc.. OK, back to the topic of teenage models. While I'm personally against the presence of teenage models in the book fair, the rationale posed by the HKTDC to ban them does not stand. If they're to find a reason to ban teenage models, why don't they just admit that "I think you're cheap, that's why I decided to bar you from entering the book fair"? This article explains my thoughts. Btw, I bought a couple of books. Is it a convention that people show what they've bought at book fair? (I really found people announcing on fb that they've bought teenage models' albums.) If so, here they are: together, I have something new, something old, something borrowed (from M), something blue. 
Hot pot, holiday begins July 23, 2010 Polyclinic this afternoon is my (and many others', including the student DSAs') final session at PP this year. It's eventful. I found that it's not easy to obturate a multi-rooted tooth… This is sad, coz that means I still need some time to master the skills in endo. Nevertheless I managed to finish most of my work within this session, and I'll be able to enjoy five weeks of freedom before we go to school again in September. Summer is, as I've said before, boring. I used to have lots and lots of expectations on summer in university life, like spending lots of time with friends and loved ones, going on trips, etc.. Three years have passed, and it seems only part of those expectations have become reality. I'm still alone some days, and the situation is not going to change in a foreseeable future. Sometimes, I wonder, "what went wrong?" I thought maybe the group of people was wrong, or maybe I was wrong.. No, nothing was wrong. It's just a large portion of life depends on luck, and that sometimes, luck is given to others. What can we do then? Pray? Well, God always listens to our prayers, but the thing is, sometimes, the answer is "no". Btw, after several months of saying "let's have hot pot some day", we finally had hot pot today. And it's fun. 
TM Leung July 22, 2010 So, following polyclinic with P Ng today, we met TM Leung for dinner at 蓮香樓. Everything was nice - the people, the food, everything. Thankfully it wasn't a dinner with P Ng. Personally, I don't dislike P Ng was much as other guys within our group. It's like if I have to grade him on a scale of 1-5, I'd choose 2.5. As for TM Leung, well, I guess I'd give 4. No, he's not the best possible tutor, but he's not far from perfect. There're lots of meet-the-tutor-for-the-last-time moments this week. On Monday we said goodbye to Rosa Yeung; we met P Ng for the last time (finally) today; and it's gonna be the last session with TM Leung tomorrow. Well, I'm going to miss them. What's more important is that, after meeting TM Leung for the last time tmr, summer vacation finally begins! And I'm going to be free for a whole month before I become year 4 in September. NIce. 
We're Anzyme, more July 21, 2010 The story today begins with a pix I found on Gizmodo:  It says: we're a Fortune 500 company, not a lemonade stand. Fortunately, we don't use Comic Sans here. From the very first day, we've been using a gorgeous font - Trebuchet MS. Then I start to wonder, what are the things that define Anzyme today? What makes me proud of this site so much? And what makes my readers love this site so much? The first thing you'd notice is simplicity. The thing you can find the most among the seven years of entries is text. Text, and therefore content, is what my site is about. In as early as 2004, I've said I wanted to record "what happened in my everyday life, my feelings towards those events, and many other memories for sharing". So basically, if you ask me to put a motto for this site, it should read something like "my thoughts in plain text". Thankfully, I've been able to follow that rule. All other elements you find on this site are secondary. They've passed through a design-thinking process, and at the end, they are aimed to help you understand the content. And the design elements here, while aesthetic, are primarily designated to improve user experience. There's no single thing that doesn't need to be here. And I guess this is what my site is about. Good design should be consistent. You see, my site has a uniform style, and every picture are displayed at a standard manner. Like medium-sized images can be clicked and enlarged over the page itself, large images can only be opened in new browser. And of course there're many more rules like this, but I'm not going to elaborate here. One of the elements I'm most proud of is that my site is designed to last long, and age gracefully. Every new product usually looks beautiful when it's first created, but not all of them survive through time. But look at this site - it looks as good as it was on the first day, if not even better. When this version, codename buddy, was first revealed in 2005, I thought I'd change the design soon, maybe in 1-2 years. But since I've been busy since then, I haven't had the chance to do a design overhaul. It's now 2010, but this site still looks great. So as this layout comes towards the end of its lifespan, we still love it, and we'll always remember that we've had such a good friend. It's quite eventful today. Long story short, I didn't sleep last night because I went to 飲早茶 with some second-years at 3 am, came back to hall at 4:30 but still got something else to do. OR splint course in the morning was, again, hea. I went to yum cha again for lunch, this time with a different group of people. And then afternoon paedo course was productive. I fit three crowns in two hours. Splendid. The universe July 20, 2010 I've been watching Discovery's new series of documentaries for the past few days, with Stephen Hawking talking about the universe: aliens, time travel, and everything. I don't know what you feel about documentaries, and especially those on Space, but I love them. And Stephen Hawking has his way to tell complicated matters in an easy, and entertaining way. And it's not just about the universe. This series of documentaries are provoking. Hawking explains that from the start of the universe, commonly known as the big bang, through the billions of years in which galaxies, stars and planets form, to the moment life on Earth begins, and the subsequent evolutions that lead to what we are today, everything that happened could be purely based on luck. There could have been no big bang; there could have been no gravity; there could have been nothing. A series of randomness are what make us today. If we consider our existence in this way, that we've been so lucky that so many random events happened leading to life, everything else - unfortunate events such as death, sickness, ups and downs in life - becomes secondary. What's more, each individual is just one in seven billion populations on Earth, and the Earth is just one of the One of my favourite parts in the series is when Hawking warned that contacting aliens are rather dangerous: Let's get wet July 18, 2010 Let's get wet. This is the new theme for my site. What I hope is that these theme can cool ourselves down in this sweatingly hot summer. The past few days have been boring. My activities are even more boring - tutoring, reading, ... Yes, to make my life more meaningful, I've decided to voluntarily read some journals. Since this is only voluntary, I decided to read something I'm more interested in - most of which being topics on Endo and Perio. What about OR then? Isn't that an area you need to be more familiar with? I know that, but sorry, I'm not interested. Reading journals can sometimes be, well, fun, since some of them are amusing. For example, one on perio initially lists some features of chronic and aggressive periodontitis, and then went on to address if there is such thing as "non-inflammatory periodontitis". The author cites one journal and criticizes many parts in it. It gives me the impression that the author of the journal I read has some issues with the author of the journal he cites. For instance, the author says "the arguments presented by Page & Sturdivant for the existence of a specific non-inflammatory destructive periodontal disease are weak and unconvincing"; "Page & Sturdivant appear to have uncritically interpreted some very old literature and assumed that what was written by John Hunter (circa 1771) and Joseph Fox (circa 1806) must be true". In another journal on oral medicine, it mentions some uncommon sites of ulceration that should ring a bell when dental practitioners do find ulcers at those sites. In particular, it says "the lingual fraenum may be traumatized by repeated rubbing over the lower incisor teeth in cunnilingus". = = So, although holidays have not yet started, my summer plans have begun - doing abso-fuckin-lutely nothing, be more artistic by reading books, magazines and movies, be more equipped by reading some textbooks and journals… Guys, wish me a happy summer. 
The Peak, more July 15, 2010 It's only a half-day-school today, but it's demanding. Several months ago, I was tempted by P. Ng to perform RCT for a 37, which has a c-shaped canal. I've had no idea about how to do that, and no idea where to read about that either. And then when I expect him to assist me to obturate the canals today, he said during briefing "normally in this hospital we refer these cases to endodontists". WTF… Nevertheless he still managed to finish up everything for me, so that I won't be in trouble when I meet Danny Low in year 4. So, I went to the Peak on Tues. I haven't been to the Peak for a long long time, let alone going there just for fun. The last two times I was there I had floor orientations with hallmates. As I've said multiple times, I don't usually enjoy that. That's why I had a great time when I was there on Tues, because finally I was with someone meaningful and doing meaningful things. The tram was lovely, the Peak Tower was lovely, everything was lovely. Btw, what did we do on the Peak then? Not much, we just went there to have breakfast, and walk around. C'mon, time is to be wasted when we're still young. Btw, I also had a wonderful time with friends this week. On Monday I had dinner with Thomas and we were joined by Martin for dessert. On Wednesday I had dinner with dental people; the dinner turned out to be kind of a "surprise" for my Bday, which was half-month ago. Thx anyway, my time was spent easier because of you guys. I've also developed certain ways to spend time this summer. Like watching movie alone (DVD or theatre), reading a hell lot of 亦舒, renovating Anzyme (note: we don't say K&C as much these days), reading some journals and books, … Because of friends and M, I haven't had much time for those things so far. Hmm, but I guess as holidays come next Saturday, I'll be much freer and will be able to finally enjoy my summer, which were spoilt in the past few years.      
It's complicated July 11, 2010 My dear friends continue to be entangled in complicated matters. While some of them can escape that with ease, a small number of them find the problem so complicated that it's beyond their capacity to solve. In this case, I can only pray for them.
Worries July 10, 2010 The more one gains, the more one afraid he'd lose. This is exactly happening on me. What if everything's lost after this amazing summer, and what if happiness at this moment is only transient? God created this world in a tricky way. The trickiest of all is that love is not always guaranteed. My life seems happy to some, but it's far from perfect. And then I find that many bonds are being formed recently. I'm not fond of forming unnecessary bonds. The question is here: how do you know if those bonds are really unnecessary? One bond I formed proved crucial. What if I missed another? Everything is good today except for tutoring F.2. Ya, it's always been a nightmare. Sadly they're just F.2, meaning I'll have to teach them when they're in F.3. Unexpected day-off July 8, 2010 So, it's the first day of this unexpected long weekend. The best thing to do would be to sleep till noon. This wasn't in my initial plan though. But I just couldn't fall asleep last night (as a matter of fact the last time I looked at the clock it was 5 am..). So I woke up at 12, and guess what? I went to PP, coz I haven't booked a bay for Monday. And afterwards I had my lunch at a 茶餐廳 nearby.. I had my second "carbonara" this week.. Today's was not really carbonara, compared to what I had at California Pizza Kitchen on Tues. It wasn't bad anyway.. And then I went to CWB, alone, and hea at Starbucks. Why CWB? Actually there's no specific indication. It's just because I got nothing else to do. I could go to TST, MK, or even Stanley.. I just chose a more convenient location so that I can go back to hall by 8 for a crap meeting. Ya, meetings these days suck. Sometimes, I'd rather do everything for someone who doesn't know how to do that but would respect my every decision, but not someone who knows a little bit and therefore add lots of opinion to "improve" your work. Well, an ex-Sec-Gen was one of the latter, wasn't he? Too little, too late July 7, 2010 It's the second school day this week, and it's the third day since PPDH has no air-con. The hospital is, again, hot like hell. Everyone sweat, and I sweat even more. (I sweat a lot more than I used to, for some reason.. Perhaps I also swear more XD) And it was practically impossible to focus under such conditions. I still survived the am session. And then, in the afternoon, when we had PDO session, what seemed to be an unbelievable, yet so rational, news came: school this afternoon was cancelled, so were all clinic sessions on Thurs and Fri. So, we have a long long weekend starting this afternoon till Sunday. "It finally makes sense," tweeted Karen. I can't agree more. The "it" there, however, from my understanding, has a twofold meaning. First, school being cancelled when there's no air-con makes sense. Second, having holiday, instead of 4-day session per week, in July and after exam makes sense. Sadly, whichever meaning you're referring to, I'd think the holiday given is too little, and the decision from the faculty comes too late. And I'd like to talk a little bit about yesterday. I watched 分手說愛你 yesterday. Many of my friends have positive comments on that film, and my comments concur with theirs. You should really try to watch it, no matter you are single or occupied, gay or straight. Any good quote? Here's one - "佢大我呀，我咪小佢囉". And as I was in the cinema, I received a text, which let me know that I passed all three papers. Anxiety relieved. Life's made more beautiful. Thank God. So, I'm going to be in 4.6 this coming September. Two more obstacles to pass. Hopefully, one year from now, I can announce to you guys that "i'm in group 5.6", and two years from now, "I'm Dr. Chan." 
July, air-con July 5, 2010 So, it's July, and I finally blog the first entry in the month. The past few days have been a nightmare for me - being sick, lonely, and seeing some uncertainties ahead, I got no mood to blog. I'm feeling much better now, though I'm still lonely and the uncertainties remain. But since 33 per cent of the factors deterring me from blogging has gone, it's time to write again. The BIG thing today is that there's no air-con at PPDH. The impact is big. I wore the blue gown in the am session and I just couldn't stop sweating, and I suspect that some of my sweat dropped on the patient's face. If you ask what is the most 博盡 moment in my university life, this could be one. You know, those I-Day booklets (which I'm working on now) for halls always stress on "blood", "sweat" and "tears" as the triad of elements that constitutes 博盡ship.. The moment I was back to hall after this exhausting day, I switched on my room's air-con. Once again, I was situated at a habitable temperature. And I began to think: how did I survive my first two years at hall, when my ex-roommates, Bert and Austrian, wouldn't let me switch on the air con because they "couldn't tolerate the temperature"? I couldn't tolerate the heat and humidity either, and why didn't I fight back? Maybe I could, but after living in Or will I be a fourth-year in September? I'll soon find out tomorrow.  PS There's been (61152-60000) 1152 visits in June, or about 32.9 visits per day. Thank you. |