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On and on, A tribute to Steve Jobs August 25, 2011 My last blog entry's title was "people come and go". That was quite a sentimental moment when I saw my dear friends' departure. This week, I became the victim of the phenomenon that "people come and go" -- yep, this is referring to my resignation as a Math tutor, which I must have mentioned here before. Those long time Anzyme readers must understand the reason for my departure. At the beginning of my part-time teaching career, I just treated it as a job; then there was a renaissance period when I met really brilliant students and I really enjoyed teaching them; then there was the decline. Now I've lost interest in teaching them completely. This is not entirely true though. As the day of my departure approaches, I started to develop bonding with some of them. Despite suffering pain most of the time, I still found fun sometimes. And now as I leave, I begin to worry if my successors would do the job equally well, if they would spoil the materials I've prepared in these four long years; or if they would really excel and that my students would then think I'm such a liar (unlikely =] ). But I guess I just have to remind myself of one thing -- no one is irreplaceable. The show must go on, and on, and on. I wish my students very best. On August 24 2011 (Wed) Steve Jobs resigned as Apple CEO. Apple typically announces major product release on Wednesdays. A man paying attention to the most minute detail, Steve Jobs couldn't have made this announcement on a Wednesday simply by coincidence. I wish to believe that Steve had planned his resignation and set everything at Apple in order before he leaves. That way, we would be expecting great products in the next 1-2 years. But without Steve everything will never be the same again. There's one thing I've learnt this summer though - never be prematurely disappointed. What's disappointing has yet to happen, so before that unfortunate day comes, shouldn't we enjoy what we have today? Steve Jobs is not dead, yet. So we should be happy that we have him. We should appreciate the achievements he has made: the Mac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. We should always remember this genius who has rocked our world. We thank you, Steve.  People come and go August 12, 2011 For the first time in my four years of university life, I feel sad when an academic year comes to an end, signifying that some friends finally graduate and are leaving. For people studying 5-year programmes, the most likely time to feel sad is year 3, when most friends of the same year are leaving. I'm not one of them. Well, most of my friends are either studying 4/5-year programmes, and are therefore leaving this year, including a number of hallmates. I've been seeing them more in the past two weeks, trying to say goodbye in an informal way. This is hard, because I know that I'll be on my own in the coming September. Yes, I'm always on my own, and I have the capacity to do that. But it's always good to have companions to face the hardest times. I have complained that I haven't truly utilised living in a hall, feeling the so-called "hall life". But in my fourth year I feel that I've done more. E.g. I go to have "morning tea" more often, I play MJ more often, and so much more. With these, I'm satisfied. I can tell myself that I've lived my university life. But these are only possible because of my friends at hall. But I will be seeing them much less frequently soon… OK, I shouldn't feel sad. People come and go. This is a fact, and perhaps it's also the beauty of life, so that the less worthy friends are cleared and new, better friends come. Is this the correct attitude if I want to become a positive person? Update August 10, 2011 Time to update. There's not much to say though. Basically summer holiday is summer holiday. There can't be many surprises. I've developed a new habit - going to Aberdeen for dinner. Actually Aberdeen is a good place to go when I don't want to go to the three restaurants in Bonham - Fusion, Pesto and 越河.. Btw, our theme pix is changed. "Beautiful uncertainties." Yes, uncertainties can be beautiful. I think the biggest gain for me this summer is that I have a change of attitude in life. It's not a dramatic change, but perhaps this is a good thing, because I don't love drama. I just need a simple life that works. 
Sky 100 August 5, 2011 Another place I went to in the past few days was Sky 100. Before I went there I didn't think it was worth the price. But given that students got (great) discount in summer, I thought I'd just go and see. It has a beautiful 360-degree site of HK, and I guess it'd be especially interesting to visitors like @Eugene.
Handling the unexpected August 4, 2011 It's always difficult to handle the unexpected. When there is a long-held belief but then something happened which dramatically changes what's about to happen, it can be even more difficult to handle. This is like you're suddenly offered free round trip tickets to Europe for a three-week journey, which starts tomorrow, but without having set any itinerary. Should you go for it? Of course. What will happen during the trip? You don't know. It could be the best experience in life; it could be a nightmare. And all these thoughts are puzzling for one. But then I could have adopted a second axis of thought: why bother? What's the point to give up one golden opportunity for fear that something bad might happen at the end? I remember a story from the Bible which went something like this: there were a master and three servants. One day the master gave an equal amount of money to the three servants, and told them to earn some money with that. The first two servants did some business and earned a hundredfold of the principal; the last servant just hid the money underground and waited for the day to repay his master. If we hesitate, the only chance for having dreams come true would slip away. Which axis of thought would I adopt? If you know me, you should know that I would always choose the first. But what's the problem with the second? Even if I lose at the end, I will still gain something during the course. Why not give it a try? Btw, I got a new mac - Mac mini. Is that a good machine? I think so, especially if you opt for Core i7 and discrete graphics. Buying a Mac mini is another unexpected event though, because for a long period of time, probably after the introduction of the unibody MBP, I've always thought the next Mac I'd bought is the next generation of unibody MBP. Due to recent turn of events, I've chosen not to buy a laptop but buy a mini instead. And now I'm enjoying every moment using my new mac. How long have I not experienced opening Aperture without the dock icon bouncing less than five times? I even had to avoid opening Word because it's another sluggish I'd still want (need) a MBP though, perhaps after I graduate.
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