讓我想一想

Just stay at home to revise for my AGE interview this Thur.

Time flies... I was just flipping over my notes 2 years ago. I didn't realize I was once so enthusiastic when I just joined the Graduate training...
I'm not clear what I want to do, or what I want to pursue.
After my MSc exam, I should really think about what I wanna be...

Suddenly think of this song:
讓我想一想 - 陳綺貞

漫步在荒原 我想找一棵棲身的樹
有陽光 有流水 還有微風吹
該如何面對 這未知的一切
讓自己的思緒沈澱
隨著天色的改變 心情的外衣也要多加一件

這些對 那些好 我想追 我想逃
其實我也害怕
可不可以就這樣停下來
我要多一點時間好讓我再想一想

隔著玻璃窗 我早已沈醉在藍色的街
有寂寞 有笑語 還有看不見的雪
該如何整理 這忙亂的城市
還有我的心事
躲在十二月熱鬧的夜 我只要一個人 安安靜靜地

什麼對 什麼好 不要問 不要猜
不要太靠近我
可不可以勇敢地停下來
我要多一點空間好讓我再想一想

Sense of belongings?

The tiny bit of sense of belongings to my organization has lost.

As a trainee in my organization, it is usual for others to exclude me from theworkforce. I am, however, annoyed by the different status between contract and permanent staff. Regardless of income and benefits, contract staff is being excluded from the establishment of the division in current policy. That is part of the reason why our division has so limited space (the space granted is according to the number of permanent staff in the division), consequently all our colleagues in the division have to be crowded together as there is significant amount of contract staff.

In terms of workload, contract staff shared the same amount. But there is not even a place for them to work! How sarcastic is the whole matter!

I am just pissed off. Not until the administrative people review this matter,they can no long attract high calibre people to the organization.

Oh... by the way, they don't need to attract people to join the workforce anymore.

Song of the Day - Little Girl Blue

Few of my U-mates love Jazz, and that was the time I fell in love with it. (Certainly I was heavily influenced by my ex, but that's a good one! :P)

The marvellous thing that Jazz brought to you is its variety - different performers can play the same song in a completely different way, thus giving a completely new flavours to the song.

And I just like to listen to female jazz vocals. Different vocals have their styles and you can always have new feelings on the same songs.
(To people who seldom listen to jazz: there are some jazz standard songs that are "must-sing", so you'll hear the same song sang by different singers, which is very different from pop songs)

So, from now on I'll share with you some songs (especially jazz ones) that I like, just jot me a message if you feel interested in the song. :)

Today I'll like to introduce to you a jazz song called "Little Girl Blue", sang by Stacey Kent. This is indeed a sad song, but I am really touched by the lyrics.
Maybe I found I'm not young anymore...

Little Girl Blue
When I was very young
The world was younger than I
As merry as a carousel

The circus tent was strung
With every star in the sky
Above the ring I loved so well

Now the young world has grown old
Gone are the tinsel and gold

Sit there, and count your fingers
What can you do?
Old girl, you're through
Sit there, and count your little fingers
Unlucky, litle girl blue

Sit there, and count the raindrops
Falling on you
It's time you knew
All you can count on is the raindrops
That fall on little girl blue

No use, old girl
You may as well surrender
Your hope is getting slender
Why won't somebody send a tender
Blue boy
To cheer up little girl blue?

Easter holiday (1)

One of the longest holiday of the year...

A good day with my colleagues and friend, especially playing Monopoly (just haven't played for ages!!). Suddenly I felt I'm much younger, haha...

Hope all of you are having a nice Easter holiday!

my snaps!

Just to announce I've opened a new blog for putting my snaps (you can also find the link on the bottom right):
http://wyliesnaps.blogspot.com/

Please visit them and your comments are always welcomed!

Tree Cotton

When I was small (actually not really small, should be during my teenage years) I remembered mama would picked the tree cotton flower in the summertime, for making soup after the flower was sun-dried... in order to remove 'wetness' from your body during wet seasons.

In the past I just hated those fallen tree cotton flowers, making the ground so dirty and you need to 'bounce around' to prevent stepping on them.

I have never noticed tree cotton are so beautiful, until I saw them on the bus on my way to work yesterday. They give a different 'taste' to the tree cotton, which is dull and lonely trucks when there's nothing on it.

Just take a look how beautiful they are! (hope they won't fall off so soon...)


Tree cotton dressed in red... longing for the summertime~


Old estate, old trees... will they be gone soon?

Sweeties gathering

Again a nice and relaxing gathering, although this time just four of us were available...

And, thx for all your suggestions... i really need to consider what is the best for me!


Same smile~ :)

Simple Love

To love someone is a simple feeling, but as your feeling towards someone 'builds up' it starts to get complicated – to an extent that sometimes you doubt whether you are in love anymore.

For an emotional idiot like me, I have sometimes thought too much even everything's fine. I have too many expectations and projections on someone, somehow making myself uneasy, while there's nothing wrong happened. I started to get suspicious of every of his act and lose my temper easily.

Just wanna jot this down when I'm conscience, and as a reminder to myself. Love is just simple – there's no need to make any sophisticated thought, and put myself in hell.

Agree, my dear?

EGG's last stop

I'm staying in-house for my design training! This is my last stop of my 3-year training.
(To those who cannot figure out what I am doing: throughout my training I need to post to different divisions within my department or private civil engineering firms to gain my training experience... so a bit like Gipsy...)

Frankly, to be seconded to private firms will be a good way to gain hands-on work experience, and a good way to have a feel of the 'dynamic' of the industry. But given that my training will last for 6 months only, I will be leaving the firm after I have get used to the working environment. Consequently, I am not be able to get full use of my time in acquiring required skills.

Though the scope of job is more limited in-house, I think it's better for me to equip with basic and simpler projects before I can work on sophisticated tasks.

What's more, I need not move my belongings to far far away... just one floor downstairs! :P

I just feel glad!

Hey, I just wanna say a big thanks to all of you, who 'keep track' of my OD everyday. :)
Hope you can enjoy here !

You know, ade, i really can't imagine u'll jot me a line, and there's more than one, hee, anyway, i love your words :D

5, just wanna say "I missss you so!!!". I feel so happy to see your comments here! I just missed our times in GHS!

I should really hold our 5F gathering la... hope my good hope sweeties are getting more smart and beautiful ("a mature lady" as said by Helen Law.. haha)

CPD

This is the most interesting CPD I've ever attended. Although I felt asleep in one or two sessions... :P

Today's CPD titled "Use of Natural Materials in Hong Kong's Engineering and Building Development". Other than technical aspects like testing of aggregates in cement and alkali-silica reaction in concrete, there were some sessions that relates to the use of Hong Kong's natural materials in the past, such as ore extraction (there are no mines in Hong Kong anymore!), reclamation development(with emphasis on the use of marine sand), and quarrying techniques dated back from pre-colonical times.

More interestingly, the speakers for these 'Hong Kong's History' sessions are foreigners! (Should I say it's sad?!) I think we native Hong Kong citizens should really know more about the history of our land, a place with lots of amazing "East meets West" stories.

Wanna know more about our place in our parents or grand grand parents 'good old days'? I think the best is to start with museums. The Hong Kong Museum of History and The Hong Kong Heritage Museums have excellent permanent exhibitions about our place. Just check out the following links:

Hong Kong Museum of History
check out the permanent exhibition "The Hong Kong Story": http://hk.history.museum

Hong Kong Heritage Museum
my recommendation: new town development in Hong Kong
http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/

Self evaluation

I need to write a summary for my AGE application.

Frankly speaking, I think I didn't do well for my entire training period, mainly due to laziness and I'm always slow at work.... but yet I found that I've gained quite a lot during the time.

Mapping is the best thing I've gained in the meantime. Back to the school days, I was just hanged out and played around... But now I really, at least, know and understand what is mapping. By the way, this skills really needs experience. I'm just at the starting point! :P

For better or worst, I will continue to work hard for the rest of my training. :)

chat

It was a nice chat tonight.

It's so comfortable to talk about everything with you, just like the good old days.

I'm really glad that you are doing well.
Add oil and I'll support you always. :)

Pics for today

Just wanna post some pics here...

This is taken during my hike to Mount Butler. Nice scenary of the Eastern Kowloon.

East Kowloon View from Jardine's Lookout

This two snapshots are from the same bus stop:

The Arch 1


The Arch 2
Property developer really puts a lot on their ads! :P

Children

I helped with my department's exhibition held in a shopping centre today. I and my colleagues was responsible for a game booth with computer games for kids. Souvenirs (very stereotyped ones) were given when people 'wins' the game (and we gave them anyway :P).

Although I don't think the game is fun, the kids did enjoy in the game, and were happy with the souvenirs. By the way, children were just 'playing' without really knowing the aim of these games (although I've tried hard in explaining the reasons for the games, yet nobody noticed... sigh).

Kids these days are often nasty and disgusting, to name some:
1. rude and without courtesy - they just took the sourvenirs after playing the games without asking, seems they had the right to take everything that's free;
2. greedy - played the games for dozens of times to get lots of pens, erasers (the sourvenirs) and told us they just want to 'save money'.

I'm sure these behaviours aren't in-born. I have also met some well-mannered, polite and nice children on the day. However, i felt so sad that there are just few of them.

Frankly, children are just a 'photocopier': they saw how their parents or people nearby behave, and just do the same. To be parents are more than giving the physical needs to the children, you need to teach them - the right behaviour, the attitude towards life, and the courage to face difficulties and challenge.

Before deciding of having a child with your loved ones, I hope everyone can have a thorough hesitation. Your sacrifice and love are the prerequisite.

Busy...

The coming months will be very busy... report, exam and AGE interview...

Hope I can be more concentrated on my work and study.

Mid-twenties Crisis

According to my colleague next door (who is already 28, oh... hope he's not reading this :P), you will have some kind of 'crisis' in one's late twenties, when you think you are no longer young very suddenly...

I'm not sure if I will have the same feeling (let's wait and see, hee...), but i'm a bit 'lost' in these two years, that I'm not able to explain how and why. I felt I'm less ambitious than before and I'm not so hard-working in my work.

Just want to know if anyone feels the same...

Live alone

My friend will move to his new home soon, so we did some window shopping for some thoughts of the setting and layout of his new 'sweet' home.

It's really enjoyable to shop around, and discuss how the new home will be like (Anyway, seems that I just like shopping :P), but it's just the beginning. What's more, there's much more out there you need to sort out, and they are of no fun. To name a few:
(1) Application for electricity/water supplies/towngas/telephone line;
(2) Notify the change of your correspondance address;
(3) MOVING!!

After all the above are settled, when you think you can start your new life, some nightmares may be waiting for you: clothes washing, cooking (maybe it's fun for someone, but think of cooking after your tiring work...), house tidying, household goods shopping... you will find it's no longer that enjoyable to live alone.

Even so, I do think living alone is a good experience for us. Living with family, we have always someone to rely on.

For me, I'm not prepared to live alone. I still want to rely on mum for her delicous meals and more! :)

Welcome

My writing is deteriorating - a reason simple enough for me to start (finally) my own diary.

Another reason driving me to do is I really enjoy reading my friends' diaries. I hope you can enjoy and share my thoughts by reading mine.

I will try writing it in a formal way to brush up my writing skills, so forgive me if you find it 'too formal', and your comments are always welcomed if you find there's any misuse of vocabularies or grammatical errors.

Buddies, just keep an eye on me and see if I can keep this up! :)