Life Update Summer 2008 =)

Wow...it's been such a long time since my last post.

I think it's been about 2 months since I left that Kent Ridge campus in Singapore, the good food, the eternal weather, all the friends I met...(and all that exam stress). Returning to Hong Kong this summer feels different. It doesn't quite seem like all the previous summers that I've been back from Vancouver. I think life for me is different now. Having experienced so much, good and bad, in the past year in Singapore and during my travels. I have learned to treasure as best as I could everything that I have and will have in the future, with family and friends at the very top.

Anyway, cousin's wedding is over, mom and bro went back, leaving me behind for an intern posting which is already half complete. I feel so lucky to have a chance to work in a place related to my interest and studies. And by the way, it's my first time that I met friends that are from Hong Kong (not overseas) through this internship. I hope the friendship will last a long time with my four new Hong Kong friends and 3 other intern friends!

That was an update of my...life. Oh just to tell you, I've been sleeping so well with Hong Kong raining all the time without air con for over 2 weeks. But it's air con time now cuz even my shoulder bag says so. It's grown full of mold and smells so rotten now!

life is like chicken rice

When you are in Singapore, you must confront it in your everyday life. Sometimes you just have no "choice" but to eat ji fan (i.e. chicken rice):

Yi pan ji fan. Zuo 83. (1 plate of chicken rice. Table 83)

OK, sometimes I will jia cai (i.e. add veggies). But anyway, ji fan is just ji fan What's so special about it? Nothing, people would say. People always ask me why I always eat ji fan. It might be boring and repetitive, but it's simple.

Life is also repetitive and most of the time boring. The oily rice keeps you full. Veggies, tomatoes, cucumbers, bean sprouts, etc add some variety to the rice and meat. The chili spices the whole meal up. The rice is like your schooling, or your job if you've graduated. It keeps you busy but it's boring. The veggies and all are things that you do that make your life a bit more interesting. Perhaps, your hobbies, your friends (ok, i don't mean eat your friends), you weekend outings, etc. Sometimes, there might be some excitement in your life. That's the chili. Your ups and downs, in your family, friendships, and your love life. There are those who can take chili just like that, but there's those who simply can't take it.

Oh, and there's the soup for that purpose, to gulp it all down, to cry it out in tears. But for most, even after the soup runs out, the chili still stings your tongue. But what can you do? Just eat more next time and get used to it. The more chili you dip every time, the less soup you will need.

FE1001 (Fundamentals of Final Examination Frenzy)

FE1001 Module Keywords: jio, M.I.A., chope, and mug.

• Remember to jio (i.e. call) your neighbours and friends to the library during reading week.
  
  
• If you choose to go for it alone, make sure you are M.I.A. (i.e. missing in action) for at least a week.
  
  
• Don't forget to chope (i.e. secure) the best seats when the library opens.
  
  
• And of course, do mug (i.e. study) for at least 12 hours and be the ultimate mugger by staying overnight. Yes, level 6 of Central Library is now open overnight even on Sundays bringing the mugging tradition to even higher grounds.