This blog is re-opened!

Since I have passed my exams, this blog is re-opened!! =)

Taken at college in the night we all passed. We got there late because St. Kilda Road tram was partially shut down due to maintenance... We need to change bus and then back to trams...


If you want to go to the college, this is the stop for the tram... lucky we meet some fellow Australian candidates... even when the guy told us to get off the tram one stop before, this is the right stop.



HAHAHA!!! So happy because I don't need to study anymore!!

Melbourne trip plan

Finally passed my HK exam, going to Melbourne on Wednesday night, and I will stay behind for a bit after the exam. Here's my trip plan.

28/5 (Wed) Hong Kong--> Melbourne
29/5 (Thurs) Arrive in Melbourne, settle down
30/5 (Fri) Try studying
31/5 (Sat) Exam (am +pm), waiting for results...
1/6 (Sun) See if I can find a church for morning service, sightseeing around Melbourne
2/6 (Mon) Phillip Island Day Trip
3/6 (Tues) Sovereign Hill Day Trip
4-6/6 (Wed-Fri) Great Ocean Road & Grampians 3 Day Tour
7/6 (Sat) Melbourne back to HK

Sichuan Earthquake

For more of my thoughts, go to my other blog.

A gift for myself

I know I said there'll be no more posts for some time... Just to let you know I found the Hiroshima shop. (At TST Sogo.) Although I don't like that furry surface... and the pockets inside are a bit small (the saleslady ensured me that I'll be able to put stuff in later when the leather are more "used"), I don't want to continue this search and decided to buy this. (And I got to use 3 of my Sogo coupons!!! One is about to expire later this year!)

Added note: I just discovered that there is some problem with the wallet!!!! ARGGHHH! I have to take it back to the shop... so troublesome... I just wanted to buy something for myself... why is this so much of a problem???!!!

Wallet wanted

As you have all noted, I have not written any posts for quite some time... It's not because I have abandoned my blog for Facebook, even though I use Facebook frequently, and many people have abandoned their blogs for Facebook, I'm not one of them.

Most of my friends probably know, the real reason behind is my upcoming exams... so this blog will be temporarily closed until I pass my exams...

These days apart from studying... I'm trying to find a wallet... I want something like this... (For some of you, even without clicking the link above, you can probably guess the colour of the wallet...) I don't think my present worn out wallet can last until after my exams... please tell me if you see anything similar... (I don't know why I can't bid on this thing on yahoo... and I don't know why I keep on seeing really ugly wallets in shops... Either that or something outrageously expensive...) I prefer something with less compartments, less bulky, but if I can't find anything smaller, this size is acceptable, please tell me if you see anything like this...

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all!! And hope you can all get to know the true meaning of Christmas.

Even though Santa is not really an important part of Christmas (despite the fact that you see Santa around more than Jesus during Christmas), this is an interesting link- if you want to know where Santa is right NOW! through Google Earth. Wow!

Christmas series #3

Christmas series #2- Best Silent Night I've ever heard

I remember listening to this years ago way before I started using internet... on some TV show. It's amazing.

Thank God it's not Friday

Wow, what's that all about? Who on earth doesn't like Friday?? Well, maybe when I'm on call in the weekends.

You'll never guess what this is all about.

Click here.

Political Correctness?? Or what??

I've been sponsoring a child in Sri Lanka for a few years through World Vision. They send us blank Christmas cards every year, so that we can write something for the kids.

I was really disappointed when a woman called me today and told me what I wrote on the card had to be deleted. Guess what I have written down??

"May God Bless You."

I told her I wrote this in the card EVERY YEAR. She didn't seem to be sure how to answer my question, and just said the condition in Sri Lanka have changed. I don't know a lot about Sri Lanka apart from the tsunami a few years ago and Tamil Tiger, so I couldn't argue with her, and I am sure she was under some order from above.

I seemed to remember Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country, if it were someplace like Iraq, or any Muslim country, I think I would understand this. It's Buddhism!! And Buddhists ,in my impression, are generally more tolerant to other religions, and honestly the term "God" can be interpreted differently by different people.

I did an internet search, and found that I am right. (I copied this from the Sri Lanka tourism site.)
Sri Lanka is a multi-religious society. Though Buddhism is the major religion, other religions such as Hinduism, Christianity and Islam are also followed.
Of course, I don't know the current condition in Sri Lanka, it could be really volatile.

I just can't help wondering if this is some kind of an attempt of political correctness. Just like what they're trying to do in the Western countries, avoid the term "Christmas", and use the word "holidays" instead... it's really stupid to send a Christmas card and avoid the term "Christmas" like plague...

World Vision is a CHRISTIAN organisation... I think I have expected more from them. While I don't think it is a good idea to antagonise the local people by religion like the South Korean missionaries, neither do I think it's good to do some sort of self-censorship automatically.

I am really disappointed by this.

(Note: Please tell me if you know more about Sri Lanka, any conflicts over religion or politics.)