Went to the university library to return some books and to borrow a couple of new ones. Not sure how many books I need to read before I actually start writing my dissertation…
As soon as the Government drastically modified the financial budget to give every HK permanent resident 18 or older $6000 cash, the city went nuts! Politics is particularly LOUD here in HK, especially for someone who’s not politically-inclined like me. Sadly, one just couldn’t avoid hearing about it.
The news tonight was flooded with footage of the violent protest against the Government. Many questions popped up in my head. What’s the role of the Government? There are so much problems and injustice in the society and the best strategy they have is to simply divide up the money for every one?!
Played basketball, watered my plants, tended my aquarium, read a book – my definition of a happy Saturday. And the day was made pleasurable only while knowing that nothing serious was found on my mother’s MRI report!
Glad to know that the vision of a famous contemporary Architect for a sustainable city is that of high-density and compact form. Wonder what other visionaries have in mind…
Slowly gaining perspective and enthusiasm for my dissertation…
Father took Mom to the hospital today for her scheduled MRI scan. The report will be out tomorrow, hope it won’t be anything serious.
Meanwhile, mom’s staying in the hospital overnight. For someone who’s extremely fearsome of sickness and death, I pray that God would give my mother extraordinary peace and a restful sleep tonight.
Checked the result this morning, I passed the IT Proficiency Exam I took about a week ago! One step closer to completing my degree.
Need to stay focus and work even harder in March, still hoping to finish my dissertation before April…
Played soccer under the Lion Rock this evening. There were more people than usual, even our pastor played! I spent a fair bit of time on the sideline dribbling the ball on my own, I can easily spend all day trying to tame the ball, just like my days in UW when the Columbia field was just across the road from my residence. Some good old days.
On my way to fellowship last night, I saw a middle-aged man on the MTR. He had this great satisfactory smile on his face while examining the newly purchased basketball, I imagined him thinking about his son’s surprised joyful face when seeing the gift.
Walking up the slope to my church, I couldn’t stop thinking about the time my father bought me a couple of Chinese “dictionaries” before I boarded my flight to Toronto many years ago. I knew I wouldn’t use those books so I resisted to bring them along. A big argument resulted. I still have those books somewhere and I still haven’t read much of them. Thinking back now, I should have happily accepted them even if I knew I wasn’t going to use them. I regret for not ‘seeing’ my father’s wonderful smile of satisfaction when choosing the gift for me.
Had spent a few days searching for journal articles that are relevant to my dissertation, a total of 405 articles were found! I was being very meticulous, trying my best not to let the slightest relevant article slip away. When I was doing my M.Env.Sci. thesis, papers were passed down to me to study, and I wasn’t at all thankful to my supervisor for the time saved in searching the vast and boundless literature pool!
Would have to skim through the abstracts of the 405 articles later to see how many of those are actually useful for my dissertation…
My father took my mom to the hospital this afternoon, she had been complaining about the loss of hearing and occasional ‘ringing’ sound. It turned out, for reasons yet to know, one of her ears may have permanently loss 90% of hearing! I was unusually calm. Not a word uttered from my mouth as I don’t know what to say.
How I wish that she could share my belief and receive the exceptional peace in both sickness and health.
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