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Counting down

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2022 is coming to an end. It’s time for a quick summary. Or, this isn’t really a summary, but a recap, because there’s no content on this site to summarize in 2022.

At the start of 2022, the most amazing in tennis happened — Rafa won the Australian Open. He went on to win his 14th French title. Sure, tennis fans all enjoyed the joy of his victory. But every time Rafa wins a title, people are asking if it would be his last. As Rafa makes history, his day of retirement is on the countdown. Speaking of retirement, Roger announced his retirement three months ago. Before that, everyone thought he’s going to play professionally one last time. But he didn’t. So, again, you never know when’s the last time certain good things happen.

I’ve advanced to M3 in 2022, and only one more semester to go. So my MDS life is also counting down. My second last post was about MDS being a long vacation I’m enjoying. Sadly, with graduation approaching, works are beginning to pile up, making student life no longer a source of pleasure but pressure. An interesting fact I was reminded of is that this is my eighth year studying at HKU, making HKU to surpass LSC as the school I’ve been in the longest time. But right now, I really don’t want to stay any longer.

Another thing that I hope is on the countdown is Covid. Sure, many places around the world have resumed to normal, but not in HK. In fact, I doubt that HK will ever become “normal” again. But at least let’s hope that we don’t have to wear a mask, do PCR/RAT, lose our confidentiality, etc. all the time.

So, there you have it. A list of things to countdown: Rafa, MDS life, Covid, and 2022 itself. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Let’s not hope that this site is also on the countdown.

Long vacation

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Long Vacation (1996) is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated Japanese dramas of all times.

In the series, a long vacation referred to the low tides in life. There are times when we lost focus. Day after day, we dutifully do meaningless, repetitive tasks, tasks that we don’t know what they’re for, what we can get out of them, and which certainly have no chance of doing anything good for society. We often question why we wish to continue; yet seldom do we have the motivation nor the guts to step up and change. The show maintained that it’s perfectly okay for us to get lost. We can enjoy such times and consider it a long vacation for ourselves. When the right time comes, we’ll know it, and finally step up and end this long vacation.

I haven’t updated my blog since May last year. What’s new? Well I’ve started a new chapter in life and went back to HKU to study. While this indeed put an end to my lost life I’ve lived for the past few years, I’m not sure if my previous life or this new life is a long vacation. Some may think studying full-time Mon-Fri and going to work on weekends is very demanding, I’d say this is nothing compared to working full-time and bearing all that stress. So this student life 2.0 could be another form of long vacation for me, a long vacation that doesn’t involve feeling lost. I know this vacation will one day end and I’ll return to work. But who knows? Maybe this time after my vacation ends, I’ll return to a regular life that I don’t feel lost, just like the characters did in Long Vacation the TV series.

Btw, this site has turned 18 today. Maybe it can finally show porn?