so i've been really busy on assignments these days.
it's the last month of being an undergrad so yeah.
right there's something i want to say / remember so i decided to blog today.
話說
已經趕了數晚通宵
兩週以來都沒空吃一頓正餐
適逢又到每週三的聚餐
心想應該又要缺席了
誰知六時多電話響起
"喂在幹嘛"
"唉.. 做功課囉“
"等會大夥兒上你家吃外賣好嗎"
那一刻 感動了
就是知道我在忙
必然沒空出門
大顆兒明明可以去吃頓好的
卻願意為了我
又要travel那麼遠到我家
又要吃外賣
...
曾經想過
好像在這邊沒幾個真心的朋友..
或者大家覺得這樣沒甚麼
可就是這些細節
感動了
這天 那份友誼的味道很濃
哈
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
product design | LEGO usb hub
i can never get enough LEGO bricks do i?
this is going to my must-buy list.
LEGO usb hubs from Systown bear.
if anyone knows where to get these, PLEASE tell me about it.
thanks.
this is going to my must-buy list.
LEGO usb hubs from Systown bear.
if anyone knows where to get these, PLEASE tell me about it.
thanks.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
cafe : Coffee Culture
What's better than having nice coffee under nice weather in a nice cafe with free wifi?
I am a person who can't live without internet. I constantly go on msn / facebook / twitter / blogs. I also love staying out when the weather is nice, you know, especially under the Sydney blue sky / white clouds / sunshine. Recently I've been spending a lot of time at cafes, to work or to relax. But there's this problem with cafes here in Sydney, is that they don't often have wifi services.
I do not want to go to Maccas nor Gloria Jeans just to get free wifi but with the wrong coffee and wrong atmosphere in the wrong environment. This is so wrong. I want somewhere I can just stay for hours and relax and have nice coffee and to be able to sit under the sun and with nice service by the nice waitress and nice seatings and on and on and on. Well there are a number of places that suits the above requirements. Yet most of them do not provide internet access. In that case I would not be able to stay there too long because I seriously need internet to do research on my assignments and yeah you know what I mean. OK so what I want to say is: some cafes have nice coffee but wrong environment to stay and work; some cafes have the right environment yet crap coffee; some cafes provide internet access but only during inconvenient time period. So yeah I've been exploring so many cafes these months and I've finally found one that impresses me: Coffee Culture at Crows Nest.
Coffee Culture locates at a very convenient spot at Crows Nest, right next to a car park which allows 2 hours free parking. They provide both indoor and outdoor seating so people like me who likes to enjoy the sunshine could choose to sit outdoor. Indoor seating are pretty comfortable so your butt won't hurt even if you sit all day. What makes it better is that this place provides FREE wifi access til 10pm every day. Awesome.
I know there are a few more other cafes that provides coffee and free wifi e.g. Maisys at Neutral Bay. However, say like for Maisys, they only have internet til 7pm, and there ain't much convenient parking spaces around, provided that it is located on the main road where the traffic is really busy so yeah. Oh and the seating hurts my butt if I stayed for long.
I'll be a frequent customer from now on.
I'm sorry I couldn't get a better image. But yeah this is it :
I am a person who can't live without internet. I constantly go on msn / facebook / twitter / blogs. I also love staying out when the weather is nice, you know, especially under the Sydney blue sky / white clouds / sunshine. Recently I've been spending a lot of time at cafes, to work or to relax. But there's this problem with cafes here in Sydney, is that they don't often have wifi services.
I do not want to go to Maccas nor Gloria Jeans just to get free wifi but with the wrong coffee and wrong atmosphere in the wrong environment. This is so wrong. I want somewhere I can just stay for hours and relax and have nice coffee and to be able to sit under the sun and with nice service by the nice waitress and nice seatings and on and on and on. Well there are a number of places that suits the above requirements. Yet most of them do not provide internet access. In that case I would not be able to stay there too long because I seriously need internet to do research on my assignments and yeah you know what I mean. OK so what I want to say is: some cafes have nice coffee but wrong environment to stay and work; some cafes have the right environment yet crap coffee; some cafes provide internet access but only during inconvenient time period. So yeah I've been exploring so many cafes these months and I've finally found one that impresses me: Coffee Culture at Crows Nest.
Coffee Culture locates at a very convenient spot at Crows Nest, right next to a car park which allows 2 hours free parking. They provide both indoor and outdoor seating so people like me who likes to enjoy the sunshine could choose to sit outdoor. Indoor seating are pretty comfortable so your butt won't hurt even if you sit all day. What makes it better is that this place provides FREE wifi access til 10pm every day. Awesome.
I know there are a few more other cafes that provides coffee and free wifi e.g. Maisys at Neutral Bay. However, say like for Maisys, they only have internet til 7pm, and there ain't much convenient parking spaces around, provided that it is located on the main road where the traffic is really busy so yeah. Oh and the seating hurts my butt if I stayed for long.
I'll be a frequent customer from now on.
I'm sorry I couldn't get a better image. But yeah this is it :
Monday, September 7, 2009
daydream | 01
Do you daydream? I always do. I guess daydreaming occupies a lot of my time so I decided to write down what I've been thinking so to make daydreaming more meaningful (not to waste time on it but forgetting about it very soon)
Sometimes I hate myself for wasting so much time sitting here daydreaming instead of doing something meaningful like working on my assignments or other shit. And yet I still act the same. I was surfing the internet the other day, as usual, and I found a very interesting article. It claims that daydreaming is actually good for our health because our brains are most active while we daydream. Aaahh good news for me. Some other good points includes swearing / being untidy / getting angry / playing video games / lazing about etcetc are good for us. Well basically I do all of these and I am glad that these are good for my health. The next thing I did was to forward this piece of article to all my close relatives. I also posted in on facebook to share it with everyone. Maybe I should post the link here too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1210341/Being-bad-good-Playing-blaring-rock-music-skipping-housework-actually-boost-health.html
Is there anyone who never tried daydreaming at all? I cannot believe there's one. And what would you think about? I am a person who tend to think a lot. It could be anything. Usually about the life and future. I think about what is wrong with the present. I think about what could be done to make a better future. I think about what I could do to add value to myself. I evaluate what has happened recently..
People say: oh you think too much. But I cannot control about this. I don't know why but my brain never stops and I just keep thinking all the time. I think when I'm on my bed. I think when I'm on the bus. I think when I'm driving. I think when I'm working. I think when I'm cooking. I do agree that I think too much and sometimes it leads me to the negative side: which is happening to me right now. The thing is, my brain works too fast and when I get to think of something, another thought comes across my mind the next minute and I eventually forget what I really thought about a minute ago while the negative feeling stays with me. So sometimes I feel upset but I don't remember why. Am I ill? I know that this affects people around me negatively. And believe it or not, I feel terribly bad about it yet I don't know what to do about it either.
Oh great so while I've been typing up all the above, I've forgotten what I initially wanted to write about. Oh well. I'm such a forgetful person. OK. I give up.
Sometimes I hate myself for wasting so much time sitting here daydreaming instead of doing something meaningful like working on my assignments or other shit. And yet I still act the same. I was surfing the internet the other day, as usual, and I found a very interesting article. It claims that daydreaming is actually good for our health because our brains are most active while we daydream. Aaahh good news for me. Some other good points includes swearing / being untidy / getting angry / playing video games / lazing about etcetc are good for us. Well basically I do all of these and I am glad that these are good for my health. The next thing I did was to forward this piece of article to all my close relatives. I also posted in on facebook to share it with everyone. Maybe I should post the link here too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/articl
Is there anyone who never tried daydreaming at all? I cannot believe there's one. And what would you think about? I am a person who tend to think a lot. It could be anything. Usually about the life and future. I think about what is wrong with the present. I think about what could be done to make a better future. I think about what I could do to add value to myself. I evaluate what has happened recently..
People say: oh you think too much. But I cannot control about this. I don't know why but my brain never stops and I just keep thinking all the time. I think when I'm on my bed. I think when I'm on the bus. I think when I'm driving. I think when I'm working. I think when I'm cooking. I do agree that I think too much and sometimes it leads me to the negative side: which is happening to me right now. The thing is, my brain works too fast and when I get to think of something, another thought comes across my mind the next minute and I eventually forget what I really thought about a minute ago while the negative feeling stays with me. So sometimes I feel upset but I don't remember why. Am I ill? I know that this affects people around me negatively. And believe it or not, I feel terribly bad about it yet I don't know what to do about it either.
Oh great so while I've been typing up all the above, I've forgotten what I initially wanted to write about. Oh well. I'm such a forgetful person. OK. I give up.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Thoughts after Shanghai Trip.
I just got back from my Shanghai trip. It is my first time visiting the city. The 3 days 2 nights trip already provided me with a remarkable impression of the city/country, and the environment lead me to many thoughts including those about my Chinese identity.
So who am I really and what made me become this present 'me'?
I am Chinese.
I was raised in Australia since I was born, got back to Hong Kong and was sent to this English elementary and high school, and continued my tertiary studies in Australia. I should have developed a solid knowledge in English, and people often question about my knowledge in Chinese. However, I'd have to say, I'm pretty good in Chinese yet I suck at English, including reading, writing and speaking. So why is this happening?
I was born in Hong Kong yet I was sent to Australia when I was a baby because of the June 4th incident. Dad stayed in Hong Kong to work while mum brought me, sister and brother to Sydney. My brother and sister are both older than me for more than 10 years, and they both studied in a Chinese high school in Hong Kong. Dad does not know English at all and he was really worried that I'd become someone who does not know Chinese at all. He is a typical traditional Chinese guy; he thinks we should be really good at Chinese and embrace every single bit of the Chinese culture (i.e. Chinese history, literature, calligraphy, kungfu/qigung, etc.) He then ordered mum and bro to indoctrinate me to be an absolute Chinese person.
So there we go, I started learning Putonghua in kindergarten and I was also taught to read Traditional Chinese from my brother at the same time. Of course I had no idea about this 'Chinese Indoctrination Strategy' so, being an innocent kid, I just accepted what was given. I actually loved 'learning' Chinese because my bro actually used comics to 'teach' me. I then started reading all kinds of comics like 足球小將 and 男兒當入樽. I LOVED reading these comics. Seriously, they were a great influence in my life. I learnt Chinese, soccer, basketball and fraternal loyalty. I then developed a habit in reading books, both Chinese and English, until someday my sister stopped me from doing so because she believed that buying books is a waste of money. I stopped reading books and when I went back to Hong Kong for elementary school, I started to learn about classic Chinese literature from dad by watching the stories on tv with him. Imagine a kid like me from elementary school, already know about 射雕英雄傳, 神雕俠侶, 倚天屠龍記, 三國演義, and most of the Chinese history from 堯舜 to 民國. Due to the influence of my family, I love and am pretty good at Chinese history. YAY.
When I got into this so called English high school, I never really read any books and I did not really learn fluent English because the teachers themselves are not that good. (haha ooops) When I got into F.4, my family forced me to give up on History and wanted me to study Science instead because they wanted me to be a Doctor or some other similar professionals. I hated my family because they forced me to do something I didn't want to do and I ended up getting really bad grades. Anyway, I stopped reading any literatures and focused on memorizing formulas instead. I think I was one of the worst Science students in my year but I'm lucky enough to pass all my subjects and got promoted to tertiary studies at a later stage.
As I've mentioned, I continued my studies in Australia. Being a bad Science student, I hated what I had been studying and I thought I would definitely refuse to study a Science-related course in university. After thorough considerations, I finally decided to take Industrial Design as my major. I don't really know if I just wanted to choose something that is against my parents' will, or is it really something I wanted. All I know right now is that I am doing fine in it, learnt a lot and I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy doing this rather than memorising all those theory stuff like my commerce or law friends are doing. So yeah I'm now an Industrial Design student, and I do not need to do any writings or readings for this. So once again I do not get a chance in learning English in school at all. I usually hang out with Hong Kong people and did not get to know any English-speaking friends, and some knows the reasons. haha.
It was not long ago when I started to realise the importance of this situation. I started writing more blogs since last year because I've been doing a lot of thinking and I started to take note of what have been happening around me. I realised I could not really write well, both English and Chinese, nor can I read well. Now I know I had the best opportunities but I never treasured them, eventually become someone who is not fluent in both English and Chinese. I cannot write proper formal English nor Chinese at all, nor can I have a fluent English conversation with English-speaking people. Damn.
So I guess this is one of the reasons I decided to blog more so to practice writing more.
The question is:
Should I blog in English or in Chinese?
I can express myself better in Chinese yet I should really practise my English. hmm.
I guess I should do both.
One last thing. I really have to thank my friends for inspiring me, especially jk, sali and angel. Sometimes I worry that I cannot catch up with you guys because you are all really good at what you're doing and I can tell you will all turn into successful individuals in your future career. I worry about my future. I do not want to fall behind. Seriously, I feel like I know so little and I have a lot to catch up.
I want to be successful. I need to be.
So who am I really and what made me become this present 'me'?
I am Chinese.
I was raised in Australia since I was born, got back to Hong Kong and was sent to this English elementary and high school, and continued my tertiary studies in Australia. I should have developed a solid knowledge in English, and people often question about my knowledge in Chinese. However, I'd have to say, I'm pretty good in Chinese yet I suck at English, including reading, writing and speaking. So why is this happening?
I was born in Hong Kong yet I was sent to Australia when I was a baby because of the June 4th incident. Dad stayed in Hong Kong to work while mum brought me, sister and brother to Sydney. My brother and sister are both older than me for more than 10 years, and they both studied in a Chinese high school in Hong Kong. Dad does not know English at all and he was really worried that I'd become someone who does not know Chinese at all. He is a typical traditional Chinese guy; he thinks we should be really good at Chinese and embrace every single bit of the Chinese culture (i.e. Chinese history, literature, calligraphy, kungfu/qigung, etc.) He then ordered mum and bro to indoctrinate me to be an absolute Chinese person.
So there we go, I started learning Putonghua in kindergarten and I was also taught to read Traditional Chinese from my brother at the same time. Of course I had no idea about this 'Chinese Indoctrination Strategy' so, being an innocent kid, I just accepted what was given. I actually loved 'learning' Chinese because my bro actually used comics to 'teach' me. I then started reading all kinds of comics like 足球小將 and 男兒當入樽. I LOVED reading these comics. Seriously, they were a great influence in my life. I learnt Chinese, soccer, basketball and fraternal loyalty. I then developed a habit in reading books, both Chinese and English, until someday my sister stopped me from doing so because she believed that buying books is a waste of money. I stopped reading books and when I went back to Hong Kong for elementary school, I started to learn about classic Chinese literature from dad by watching the stories on tv with him. Imagine a kid like me from elementary school, already know about 射雕英雄傳, 神雕俠侶, 倚天屠龍記, 三國演義, and most of the Chinese history from 堯舜 to 民國. Due to the influence of my family, I love and am pretty good at Chinese history. YAY.
When I got into this so called English high school, I never really read any books and I did not really learn fluent English because the teachers themselves are not that good. (haha ooops) When I got into F.4, my family forced me to give up on History and wanted me to study Science instead because they wanted me to be a Doctor or some other similar professionals. I hated my family because they forced me to do something I didn't want to do and I ended up getting really bad grades. Anyway, I stopped reading any literatures and focused on memorizing formulas instead. I think I was one of the worst Science students in my year but I'm lucky enough to pass all my subjects and got promoted to tertiary studies at a later stage.
As I've mentioned, I continued my studies in Australia. Being a bad Science student, I hated what I had been studying and I thought I would definitely refuse to study a Science-related course in university. After thorough considerations, I finally decided to take Industrial Design as my major. I don't really know if I just wanted to choose something that is against my parents' will, or is it really something I wanted. All I know right now is that I am doing fine in it, learnt a lot and I'm pretty sure I'd enjoy doing this rather than memorising all those theory stuff like my commerce or law friends are doing. So yeah I'm now an Industrial Design student, and I do not need to do any writings or readings for this. So once again I do not get a chance in learning English in school at all. I usually hang out with Hong Kong people and did not get to know any English-speaking friends, and some knows the reasons. haha.
It was not long ago when I started to realise the importance of this situation. I started writing more blogs since last year because I've been doing a lot of thinking and I started to take note of what have been happening around me. I realised I could not really write well, both English and Chinese, nor can I read well. Now I know I had the best opportunities but I never treasured them, eventually become someone who is not fluent in both English and Chinese. I cannot write proper formal English nor Chinese at all, nor can I have a fluent English conversation with English-speaking people. Damn.
So I guess this is one of the reasons I decided to blog more so to practice writing more.
The question is:
Should I blog in English or in Chinese?
I can express myself better in Chinese yet I should really practise my English. hmm.
I guess I should do both.
One last thing. I really have to thank my friends for inspiring me, especially jk, sali and angel. Sometimes I worry that I cannot catch up with you guys because you are all really good at what you're doing and I can tell you will all turn into successful individuals in your future career. I worry about my future. I do not want to fall behind. Seriously, I feel like I know so little and I have a lot to catch up.
I want to be successful. I need to be.
kickoff.
I've been wanting to start a blog for long and finally I'm here right now.
Thanks to jaips - my BFF.
Well I don't really have something in particular that I want to talk about.
I guess I just want to remind myself that I really should blog more starting from now on.
: too many are worthy of note.
2009
first half year was probably the worst part of my life.
honestly, i thought i should forget about what happened and move on.
and then i realised i should really store them all in my mind
: experience, learn, absorb, transform then do better.
soooo im setting these goals for myself
blog more
read more
draw more
exercise more
photograph more
positive more
negative less
peace.
photo of the year so far
Thanks to jaips - my BFF.
Well I don't really have something in particular that I want to talk about.
I guess I just want to remind myself that I really should blog more starting from now on.
: too many are worthy of note.
2009
first half year was probably the worst part of my life.
honestly, i thought i should forget about what happened and move on.
and then i realised i should really store them all in my mind
: experience, learn, absorb, transform then do better.
soooo im setting these goals for myself
blog more
read more
draw more
exercise more
photograph more
positive more
negative less
peace.
photo of the year so far
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