third time charm

I passed!! woohoo driving test done. From not knowing how to unlock the car doors on Christmas Day 2009 to passing the driver's test in less than 3 months and only 14 hours of lessons. XD

二十六日後

究竟二十六日有幾耐先過？

二十六日，
好似好快，又好似好耐，其實都在於二十六日後會發生咩嘢事。

等待，

再等待。

人人話度日如年，而二十六日就像遠遠的未來將發生的事。

二十六日後我會喺邊度？
點解我心情會咁忐忑不安。
我究竟係咪喺度等緊某某的來臨？

他 還是 他？
好友 還是 密友？
我仲能夠分得清嗎？

其實二十六日後我應該會在洛磯山旅行，到時旅途上再胡思亂想吧！

Mid Autumn Madness

Let's see. What happened in the last 3 weeks? What did I accomplish? Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. I was basically ill during the entire time and I am still trying to fully recover from this gross and mysterious unknown that plagued me.

So first I started getting fevers, not serious ones, but serious enough to make me feel dizzy and almost faint going down the stairs to the skytrain at Commercial Drive. I took the right pills and felt better after a day or two. Then it comes back. Then it goes away again. And comes back. And goes away. Okay, it came back and I went to see the doctor and it was magically gone. He checked me for strep throat (whatever that is) but it turned out to be not so.

The weird fever roller coaster did continue and I managed to go down to Richmond to see the Chinese herbal doctor who gave me the black stuff to drink which got rid of my fever...but a horrible sore throat came out of nowhere to haunt me. It was one of the most horrible symptoms ever, I didn't even want to drink water! So I saw the doctor again, who tested me for strep throat and sent me for a monospot (another whatever that is) blood test. I started antibiotics and the fever came back...ohhh what a horrible life. I had to see the doctor again, now he told me to stop the antibiotics because he concluded that it was a viral infection but not mono and enough rest and water (plus time) should do.

Oh, and the nastiest part of all this. I was told to have white patches in my throat area or something. So I stood in front of the mirror at home and pointed a flash light into my mouth saying ahhhhh and saw patches of white stuff stuck on my tonsils or something. It looked so gross...although it could have just been old gum or marshmallows stuck there. Or maybe even mushrooms growing hahahaha!

help i am lost

i am lost.

Me the geography major that hasn't even gotten lost once travelling through India is so worried about where I will end up after I grad (hopefully) before X'mas 2009.

What should I do with my major and possibly Spanish minor...go to graduate school? Which school should I go into? Apply to UBC for MA or school of community and regional planning? Or should I try to get into some research masters programme in Singapore where I'd love to go back to...? Or try to get into the masters programme for planning in HKU? Or is there some other place that I could still go to...? Someone tell me...

I could also try some crazy things like teach English as a teaching assistant in Japan or Spain or some other Spanish-speaking country...I just don't know what's good for me. Maybe I should just start work in some sector but I don't feel I have the stuff to really take on a good career. Maybe I should be a photographer...who knows if I can earn a living off of that?

Oh if someone out there is reading this please help me...(or add to the problem even more by offering more choices haha...)

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.

The past will pass

記住，做人一定要

向前望

除了過馬路之外，不要四圍望，不要左望右望，

不要猶疑不決，原地踏步，

更加不要走回頭路。

過去會過去的。