Typhoon No. 8

Ok. I got my wish. I am experiencing Typhoon No. 8 now. As like NOW!

Typhoon No. 3 was in force yesterday night, and I only got to know when my classmate called me. This shows how impt the local tv and radio is. Luckily I happened to be at Tung Chung's Citygate outlet with dear Serena, and got a good deal with a Giodarno umbrella which claimed that it will not flipped even in the opposite wind direction. Got it for like $7+! *happy!*
The weather changed very fast. While waiting for bus to return home, it was only a drizzle and felt actually quite stuffy. Only the distance of like a few bus stops, when I alighted from the bus, Oh my, the wind was like super strong! And I quote myself, "not only Ah duan will be blown away, I think I would be too!"

Woke up this morning at 7+am by a sms from a classmate saying that Typhoon no. 8 is in force. Turned on the tv and indeed, the No.8 signal was in forced at 4am in the morning. Reports about those "famous" bamboo scaffoldings collapsed, a ferry or something hit the pier, and the best - several window panes of Hang Seng Bank HQ in Central were blown off!! I was there at Central yesterday loh!
Oh, I must say that the reporters were very pitiful, need to go out just to give us reports. *salutes* and of course the firefighters!

Really wanted to experience the Typhoon No. 8, but me being a scaredy cat waited and waited until the sun came back shining, and rain stopped before I quickly rush off to the nearest supermarket. Did met with some strong wind and rain while on the way back.

 Took a quick photo and zoomed back into the hotel! 

Decision made...

Decided to stick with Practicum and continue to terrorise my poor group members with my poor Cantonese...
About the research study, I guess I have to leave the idea till I return to SG and continue with it.. Hopefully no one in SG has done research on the topic of Singaporean's attitude on organ donation... (but I guess NOTU would maybe have done it already).

So LA, I am still coming ok???!!!

Oh by the way, fell again this afternoon... literally fell and landed on by both knees. I think I need to take more calcium and glucosamin.

Another Dilemma!!!

Argh!!!!!  Another dilemma!

Practicum or Dissertation??????

Mid-Autumn @ HK

Mid-autumn is a very big thing in HK that the day after is a public holiday.. Had lunch with Dr Alicia in the day to discuss about practicum v.s. dissertation, and some chit chat. It is always nice to be talking to a fellow Singaporean in a foreign land.. and thanks for the lunch treat!

A lane around Hollywood Road... 

Got invited by Prof Cecilia to her house for dinner.. Was told that she would invite international students to her house on Mid-autumn, because mid-autumn is an occasion for family reunion, and quite sad for "lonely" students like us..

Home-cooked soup... ~ yummy ... 

With Prof Cecilia and other international students.. 

Prof and her husband brought us to the Pok Fu Lam Village to see the Fire Dragon thingy.. Only manage to get the dragon on its way for prayers, didn't get to see it fired up coz it was already quite late...

The indecisive me

I hate myself for being indecisive in many things.. I like to hear advices from other people, and these made me even more indecisive.. During this period of accommodation issue, I was reminded of the time when I was deciding about Occupational therapy @ Nanyang Poly and NUS. I went ahead to enrol in NYP, but to be met with some objections from my mum, which I eventually conform and took up offer from NUS. Did I regret the decision, not really. But how would I have fared if I have stuck to my initial decision?

This time in HK brought me another dilemma - accommodation. I had 2nd thoughts after signing the contract. After the contract! I wonder what i was thinking about then. Now i am waiting to hear from the more expensive place, which is 2x the rental fee that I have to pay for the small space.

I was trying to search for the underlying reason for my dilemma, and I thought I was feeling 心理不平衡 after knowing how "well-treated" my other counterpart was. Her hospital has given her a lump sum of allowance which worked out to be 800 bucks more than my current maintenance allowance, and that is excluding the textbooks allowance, mind you! And here my HR is telling me that allowance is to defray cost and not cover cost. What the H***!
Did I mentioned about the bond yet? Friend got 3 years bond, and me? 4 years. What the H***!!! (x100)

Can't help but to feel exploited and sad.

And angry with myself - had i not advocate for myself.