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Mr. Bean, panic, 60000th visit soon May 31, 2010 So, it's the last day of May today. This means exam is really coming soon. Of course, panic precedes every exam. But I really feel great panic these days. The thing is, I am really not studying as hard as I was last year, and this worries me. Perhaps it's really time to concentrate. So, Bean, my patient (we respect patient confidentiality here right?), comes to his 16th visit today. Haha, he's really been a great patient of mine, and perhaps I should give him a Good Patient Award.. But then I don't really feel success today. You see, I really didn't achieve a lot today, coz 1) Rosa Yeung changed my treatment plan, asking me to do a cast post and core; 2) Bean's temp crown dislodged together with the remaining buccal wall of his tooth; 3) I cut my finger when I was working on a stainless steel wire. So I achieved only very little today, and I feel depressed. I really hope to do better work for my best patient, but then I often do procedures on him I've never done on others before.. So.. One great news: popularity index is now 59954. We're counting down for the 60000th visit to this site! From April's record we have roughly 29.2 visits per day, which means we can witness the 60000th visit on Wednesday. Isn't that exciting? OK, for the one who got the 60000th visit, send the print screen to me, and I'll send you my blessing. 國之將亡 必有妖孽 May 29, 2010 Well, of course I do not support the government's constitutional reform proposal. Recent government ads don't even make sense at all. This article has made a good summary:
And what Donald Tsang did today was even the most entertaining joke I've heard of lately (pay special attention at 2'40"): 事情已變得越來越好玩了! C'mon, James! 政改起錨吧! Woohooooooooo! Key skill, the best schedule May 26, 2010 Well, I took the extraction key skill yesterday. Despite making some stupid mistakes, I passed. I guess Winnie Choi has really helped us a lot. I realized this when I read Ronald's xanga. The mistake he made seemed minor, but he failed. I guess if I had a different examiner I may not be able to pass the key skill.. And then I decided to study all night yesterday. And I really did - I started studying at 10pm, and didn't stop until 6 this morning. Thanks to the fact that I don't have class until 2 today, I could sleep from 6 till 12. I feel good abt that. Hopefully this will recur tonight. Some recent tweets to share: "hey, let's send a letter to Steve! http://is.gd/coVOu" "點解李柱銘做左有線sales... http://twitpic.com/1qvvhp" "中聯辦同民主黨談判政改,已證明一國兩制名存實亡" Gatherings May 24, 2010 So, it was Mel's bday a few days ago and we decided to re-u yesterday evening. We went to Applegreen again. The food was 80% nice. I'm especially fond of 明太子意粉. And then we went to Tin Hau for dessert, which was, again, nice. For details you guys may refer to this album. As for today, we have to go to school. School today wasn't too tough, with just one session of clinic. I took an impression for an Ah Por, extracted two of her teeth and delivered an immediate denture. It's been a long time I haven't achieved so much in a clinic session. And then we went to Yum Cha at 明星. This is the first time we went there after its renovation. Food hasn't changed much though, but the venue has become more grand.Well, 明星 is at least better than 好彩, though not as good as 富臨. First taste of summer May 21, 2010 Well, according to the HK Observatory, it's the hottest day of the year so far. Hmm.. I went to Stanley beach to embrace this hottest day. Traditionally I'm not a person who enjoys summer activities, like beach-going, boat trips, etc.. "The sun is not my friend," I say. But then I guess what really matters is who you're going with. I got the right person today, so I had lots of fun. Exam is two weeks away. Is that lots of time? Not really, and I start to feel the pressure like all of my fellows do. Nonetheless I still haven't taken it seriously. I got too much distractions these days. Mind you, those distractions don't come from M. They're created by me.. Okay I'm not working seriously enough, but I guess this refreshing day will give me enough enough energy to face the hardships to come. Bad day May 19, 2010 So, I have had a bad day today. I don't know why, but I have somehow been 燥底 for the whole day. The following may not be the true aetiology, but are the contributory factors that I can recall: 1. I woke up twice from two nightmares. Literally, nightmares, not merely meeting somebody that I consider a nightmare (although I'll later meet one in the day, who I'll mention at point #3). The first one was a fight between my mum and dad, in which mum called dad a 契弟 (but my mother has never sworn).. In the second nightmare I saw snakes.. I guess this has to do with a recent memo from the hall manager that they found a dead snake.. But in real life I was never worried at all. Proof: I still walk along that path and take the lift every day. 2. Today's super hot and humid. And I wasn't able to catch a cab to PP until I've waited for 10 minutes. I don't know why, but the minibus or cab drivers seem ignoring me waving. 3. At PP, a DSA, who I've never met before, came into the lift with a trolley. I was nice enough to hold the lift for her. I was having coffee, and she looked at me suspiciously, and told me drinking/eating is not allowed in the lift. Well, there's no such sign in the lift, and I've been studying here for three years but no one has ever told me I cannot drink coffee in the lift. What the hell was wrong with her? I mean, I wasn't impolite to her. I am seldom upset by a nurse. I haven't even been upset by "Principal", "Princess" or even "iPhone Karen" in the clinic. But then today I'm officially announcing that I'm really upset! If I were Bendeus, I'd turn her department upside down. My evening is nice though. I found a really great MV, which features "Wuby"! And I'm really glad another bond has formed between M and I. Announcement, Desperate Housewives May 17, 2010 So, I made an announcement today. It may be surprising for some of you. But I guess for a few lucky ones, you already know that. Question - why am I announcing it so quick? First, it's not quick; and I guess when you're involved in something so deep, you can't wait to share your joy with everyone. I watched the season finale of Desperate Housewives season 6 on tudou just now. It's the best episode for weeks. Well, I did not appreciate most of season 6's episodes as much as I did for the previous seasons, coz it seems it's getting boring. There wasn't as much interactions between the housewives, which I think is what made this series a success. Anyway the last episode isn't as bad as other episodes in this season.. But then, as a surprise, Paul Young returned to the lane at the end. Why is DH bringing all those old stuff back? Are they really running out of ideas? PS Some readers complained that I was a bad spoiler when I posted/tweeted 蔡瀾's articles abt 亦舒.. That's why I hid the name of the character who returned to the lane, for those who haven't seen the episode yet. Another piece May 16, 2010 Since there's been a trend in recent days that I repost newspaper articles on my site, I'm going to post another good piece today.
C'mon James, Let's vote May 15, 2010 Well, today's tutoring day. Again, teaching F.3 is nothing like teaching F.7. I'm glad that teaching is not going to be my life-time career. It's going to be five-district referendum tomorrow. I will vote. "Why?" "Should I vote?" You may ask yourselves. Let me give you my answer for that. This is a by-election held by the government, with taxpayers' money, which makes it a legitimate election. It's civic responsibility to vote in a legitimate election. However, in a legitimate election, it's a civil right that everyone can choose who to vote, and whether to vote. So whether I vote or not is no one else's business, whether Donald Tsang votes is no one's business. If you feel like voting, just vote. Why do you have to ask whether others would like to vote? Nonetheless I'd like everyone to vote. Vote for what you believe in. If you believe that certain candidate can bring you hope, vote. If you believe that this is a de facto referendum, vote. I voted for Tanya Chan in 2008, and Tanya Chan represented democracy, so basically I voted for democracy in 2008. So why should I not vote for democracy again tmr? So, who's James? Well, it's unrelated to today's topic (although it blends nicely with it). An article by 陶傑 pops into mind recently. Since it's a hot one on hkgolden, I thought everyone should have read that before. It turns out my assumption is wrong. So, please find that below. Btw, some of you may know about the first article 《大學四年制》, but what you may not know is that there's a "season 2" of this article.
An update May 14, 2010 Well, I don't have anything special to blog. But I guess this has long been a tradition of this blog - that I don't blog to record only special moments; I blog my everyday life to make my blog special. So, what's not-so-special recently? First, CS I has finally begun, and we have fewer classes. Sadly, most of the classes are in the afternoon, meaning the whole afternoon can not be devoted to revision. I'm facing my worst study schedule ever. I can't really concentrate now.. What shall I do? And then let's talk abt today's clinic. Alen Ng came again today, dressed very cool. I guess you must agree if you've seen him today. Life has become a bit dull because M is now in Macau, and will be staying there for three days. Who can tolerate staying in Macau for THREE days.. She's gonna "bore die" XD. Retweet: this answers why i chose dentistry as my career but not design (via @anzyme) 
Today's OK May 10, 2010 So, it's a long day today - polyclinic in the morning, mos clinic in the afternoon, and then I attended Nigel King's seminar. There were imperfect moments today, like my mos case turned out to be a simple extraction, and that I waited for more than half an hour for my lunch at PP canteen. Luckily, I was visited by M as I waited for food, so my mood wasn't so affected.. Nigel King's lecture is useful. These irregular lectures make me desire those movie scenes again: a young gentleman goes to college, full of dreams for his future and enlightened by good lecturers. Well, forget it, I think it's even hard to find that in hku, not to mention in this education approach. Well, if there's someone to thank as I graduate, would it be wrong if I just thank myself? And then having had enough of CC Canteen's food, I bought McDonald's takeaway. So in general, today's been a good day. Oh I should've mentioned yesterday that out of the new books that mentions men's hair, 塔裡的六月 is the best. 蔡瀾, 亦舒 May 9, 2010
What I agree the most: 亦舒的新書, 無毛不歡. What I'd like to clarify: I think 少年不愁 is a good book. There're a few books that 蔡瀾 has mentioned in Appledaily, namely 世界換你微笑, 天堂一樣 (1) (2), and 德芬郡奶油, all of which are good books. As for me, I've also written abt Yishu XD, which can be found here. Letter of complaint (again) May 7, 2010 Some of you should be able to recall that I emailed a letter of complaint to Cedars regarding my hall's photocopier. Well, something happened today which really upset me, and that's why I decided to write a letter of complaint to Swire Beverages. Mind you, I don't really care about the nine bucks, but I really enjoy writing complaint letters XD. But I got their reply anyway and they'll arrange a refund for me.
Btw, isn't this great? 
Learning to see the half-full glass May 2, 2010 Well, my family and I went to Bai Shan this morning. It's such an old school activity, but it's an obligation, so.. And then instead of going to Yum Cha with a bunch of relatives, I chose to leave and go back to hall. But before that I thought I might be able to do better at Bonham Road's PCC. The first thing was that I ordered a Grande Latte, but the latte was so foamy that "it was only actually half-full", I thought. As soon as I said that in my mind, I realized something wasn't as usual - I said "half-full"! I've been seeing a half-empty glass for years, and I just don't know how on earth my attitude suddenly changed.. Anyway it's a good thing. So, I did well on the first hour or so, but then the air con was turned to freezingly cold, and I left. As I returned to hall and opened my door, I realized how messy it's become, and that soon I probably won't be able to stay in this nice single room, or not even in this hall. Feeling a bit blue, I decided to make my room nice for one last time. That's how I started throwing away the trash I don't really need, washing the clothes that I haven't washed for a week, cleaning off the dust that started cumulating since last May, changing the pillowcase and bed sheet I haven't changed since forever… So my room is now magic clean. I'm not putting a photo here though, coz I wasn't able to take a good shot. I don't know if my intuition is really that accurate, but later in the evening a floor meeting was called for room arrangement. Long story short, I'll have to move away from 1202 this August. (Or May?) But then I tried to be positive again: "in every loss there's a gain. it's gd that what i gained is far better than what i lost," I tweeted. May, photos to share May 1, 2010 Another month has passed quickly. April seems to be the most rewarding month of all. I'm thrilled by recent events, and I hope that they can fuel my life and let me focus more on studying, given that exam comes in just a little more than one month. Btw, I took some time to look at some (really) old photos. Read the descriptions and see if you agree with me.. 
 Finally, two more exciting pix to show. Left: our beloved theme pix; right: CS5 has become even uglier.. 
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