Mouse

Today, I disconnected the mouse and see if I can survive without that.

The main reason for not using a mouse is my desk is too small. Getting rid of it would save me a little more space. Second, should be more important but actually not the main reason this time, is more wrist hurts again.

It all begins when I was working on my MSW dissertation back in 2002. I had to rush it through the deadline, and I wrote much more than required. The worst part was I got lots of tables (more than 40 or may be even more) in my dissertation. I kept using the mouse to drag the information here and there, change format to make them easier to read, etc.; and at the end my right wrist hurt so much that I couldn't even hold a pen. I thought I couldn't write any more.

Then, it gets much better later on, but it hurts again one day when I woke up last week. May be I am doing to much knitting lately (yes, knitting and knitting to rush the a Christmas present for a pair of twin boys). I hope not using the mouse and depending on commands can be a relief for my wrist.

So, I am going to the doctor again this Friday. Have to prepare for it. I guess after this visit, I shouldn't need to go again anymore until the next pain hits me. My knee's getting better and better, except walking up and downhill too much, and after the first half hour of the stretching class. However, I also notice that since I am not doing enough "exercise" (well, I didn't do any in the past, but at least I used the stair!) for a year, I am not as "strong" as in the past. It's hard work simply walking a few steps up.

P.S.(1) Back to work tomorrow, after Chung Yang Festival long weekend. No more public holiday until Christmas :(

P.S.(2) I am reading "The Historian". Critics said it's comparable to the Da Vinci Code, but I find it not as attractive though. I will try to find a copy of 1984 to prepare for the HK Arts Festival next year (there's a 1984 drama performance). Last time I read it was in Grade 12 as English 30 reading, and I am twice as old now! My goodness.

The bird outside the office

Can you see a bird outside the window?

I heard a bird singing while I was at work this afternoon. Our office is at the 10/F, so very often we can see birds flying beside us outside the window. At first, I thought the bird would fly away soon. However, it kept singing for a while, so I stood up and looked out the window -- oh, there you were!

So I took up my mobile, turned it on and took this picture. I tried to zoom in more but by that time the bird was gone.

The bird sang for longer than a minute. Nice music in the middle of a boring afternoon.

Can't wait to show you this

My 2007 Elmo diary!

I saw more than 10 different sorts of Sesame Street diaries at UNY tonight. Never see so much at once before, and I stood there for quite a while before I could finally make up my mind. Too bad they are not in different years :(

I think I will take a picture with Elmo :P

杏花新城芝麻街We嘩大派對

內容：表演及教小朋友製作芝麻街面具、南瓜及填色等攤位遊戲，並有Elmo與Ernie跟小朋友見面

日期：10月29日(周日)

時間：下午2:30至3:30

地點：杏花村杏花新城

P.S. That's the shopping centre at the housing estate I live.

Oh my god!

...... I lost my bank card again. Have to check with the bank tomorrow to see if there's any strange transaction.

...... oh my god!

Dangerous!

The previous tenant of our new apartment had left owing our landlord a few months of rent. Today, we received a letter from the mailbox asking the previous tenant to pay for their debt and it's the last call, in big red Chinese characters (It reads 欠債還$$$，最後通知 with the names of the tenant and a phone number).

Mom had already informed the landlord, and I will tell the security guard tomorrow morning, and probably will call the police just in case as well. Mom will be going for an Europe trip for 11 days and it will be just me in the house. Have to be very careful.

yeah yeah yeah! i will receive my pink ipod nano tomorrow!

So I will be very available if you buy me breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, late night snack, etc :P

P.S. Extremely tired after stretching class tonight, a sub teacher teaching something entirely different.

P.P.S. Mandarin exam on 22 October. Still haven't start studying :( Nervous.

Thumbs up for HP technical support

OK. After an one-week long struggle, I finally fixed my all-in-one HP Officejet 4355. I haven't installed the driver yet, but at least it doesn't tell me "paper jam" any more and I can hook up with the phone now. Never imagine this kind of telephone technical support can work. I planned to bring it to the maintenance at the beginning.

Also thumbs up to the frontline staff of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department. I am an annual pass holder for LCSD museums. Staff there are always so nice and cheerful and of course very helpful too. They always make my experience there extra fantastic. Also big thanks to the library girl (also under LCSD) who made all the troubles to make a roving exhibition of mine possible around major public libraries in HK. Although it's part of her work, by pushing her alone I know it's a very ignoring and tedious job. I think I should write to the Director of LCS to compliment her (or his? can't remember) staff.

The day after Mid-Autum Festival

I had lunch at the flagship store of Charlie Brown Cafe at TST today, on my way to the Science Museum. The best thing of the Cafe is it didn't have many customers around 12:30pm to 1pm so I could have a nice sip of coffee and read some pages of book.

I then visited the DNA exhibition at the Science Museum. It isn't so good in the sense that you could read all the materials from a book and don't need to go to the exhibition.

However, I saw that the Illusion exhibition is part of the regular exhibit now, although in a much smaller scale. If you haven't visited it when it's on, I strongly recommend you to go. It's simply amazing and fun.

I then went to the History Museum just across the platform. There's no special exhibition today but I always like the regular exhibit of "Hong Kong Story". Again, if you haven't been there before, I strongly recommend you go at least once. It's so fun. It's already the fourth time I was there. Last time I had to leave in the middle cause it needed to close for the day. Although it's a regular exhibit, I think some of the items are new that I have never seen them before. Lots of students were at the two Museums for school works, and the History Museum is always full of tourists. I plan to visit the Heritage Museum after Mandarin exam on 22 October. There are some interesting exhibitions going on there, but it's so far far away for me that I have to plan ahead and find a date that those I want to see are on at the same time.

Festival dinner tonight. I wanted to buy that small cheese whole cake with the sugar Charlie Brown on the top. But when I looked at the price closely, the sugar Charlie Brown piece is charged I bought some cakes from the Charlie Brown Cafe for dessert as we are having Mid-Autumn HK$30 extra!!!!!!!!!!!! (Not to mention the cake itself is rather expensive.) So forget it. I bought some sliced cakes instead.

I also plan to have a walk at the "water front part" tonight after dinner to see kids playing lanterns :) Last night I went too early (8:30pm to 9pm) that the kids only came when I left :( I also have to resume this evening walk thing again as I finally had to face with my increasing weight last night when I tried to buy a pant :(

Family pictures

Aunt and Uncle 2's visit 2006








Aunt and Uncle 3's visit 2005








The Lam family's visit 2004








Although I don't want to admit it, but we sure do look older and older each year :(

Some of the stuffs I threw away when I packed

We moved

Before we moved in...



















In the middle of the moving...



















We still haven't finished unpacking yet, and it seems a never ending story. Scary.

I took last Friday off to pack and yesterday was China's National Day so it's a public holiday today, i.e. I have a four-day holiday this weekend, and I almost forgot how the office world should be. A bit nervous about going to work tomorrow :(