Green Paper on Constitutional Development

So, the Green Paper on Constitutional Development was finally released yesterday.

From the "direct election in 1988" campaign to now, longer than 20 years has been passed. I think we have "gradually and orderly progressed" long enough to deserve universal and equal suffrage.

From what I have learned from the media, there are still some important elements missing in the Green Paper (e.g. what's a "democratic procedure" to nominate a Chief Executive election candidate?), making the rather complicated and wide spectrum of proposals very trivial. However, I do think it's time to act up and express yourself.

Public consultation will end on 10 October 2007. It should be now or never.

All you really need to know, you learned it in kindergarten......Part 1

On health,

1. Sleep early
2. Don't forget your balance diet
3. Exercise, exercise, and exercise
4. Sit back and relax
5. Stay happy :)
   

P.S. Sometimes ago, I thought of making a list of "all you really need to know, you learned it in kindergarten", something simple, but something we always forget. Let's start with health. This is something my Chinese doctor asked me to do. She's more concerned about my "sleeping problem" than my "hair problem" :P

隨機應變，隨遇而安

To be continued...

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髮線越向後，人要越向前看

This is my friend's greeting line at g-talk, and it seems written for me :P

So my hair problem continues. I had a hair cut and a hair treatment, changed shampoo, etc., and I am going to visit Chinese doctor tomorrow!

Everyone asked if I am too stressed. I think I might not be before, but I am extremely stressed now. The more I read from the Internet, the more I am worried. I think everything I do now is more to clam myself down.

When I am used to my "little" problem of my knee, I have a new problem!

Home Impovement

I took this picture while having my evening walk tonight. I find this kind of bamboo structure quite amazing, good for the whole building and also good for some small home improvement. If you look at it closely, it is only supported by some triangles (I know they should have a more proper name, but I have to say I give everything back to my Structural professors. I feel sorry for them :( I stood underneath for about a minute, examining it for a while, and decided to take a picture.

Although I am not in the field, I still have the appetite for any kind of construction, from event set-up to real construction sites. (Oops! I forgot I was supposed to be a transportation engineer!)

Today, I had had my Putonghua class exam. After another Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi on 22 July, my study on Putonghua comes to the end, for the time being. I will take a break (don't know how long) and try something else. Lots of books and halfway through knitted sweaters are waiting for me!

My hair

For all my life, I am being complained for having too much hair. There's plenty of it, and it's never quite "manageable". But today, I notice that my hair is getting quite thin, too thin even to an alarming stage.

......

My goodness!

I can't tell you how shocked and worried I am today. I know there's should be something else that I should worry about (e.g. mandarin exam again coming Sunday), but my hair sure is issue no. 1 today.

I know it sounds very stupid, but can't help.

......

My friend reminded me that I had changed shampoo, which doesn't seem very good, lately, and suggested me to change a milder one. So I will. Hope it will get better soon. Maybe it's some unavoidable things for being old :(

P.S. Rose, anything good from Adamant Eve?

...簷前滴雨...殘留幻影...

So Jerry talked about the Paradox in his blog.

I used to be a super fans at the time. My dream college was CUHK studying journalism and philosophy (needless to say I was a bigger fans of Erica Li). I had all of their cassettes (also Yvonne Lau's) and I even had a Paradox wall calendar! (I think that was 1990. My secondary school friend sent it to Canada for me.) I had a tape recording some of their long radio interviews and the moment they won the gold award of new singers at the Commercial Radio's music award ceremony! (Unbelievable!) These were all precious treasures until I somehow lost these things when I returned from Edmonton. (So sad.) I now only have two CDs of theirs :(

Will I see you tomorrow night?

The Society for Truth and Light

I was totally not aware that the Pearl Report had done a "report" on my beloved The Society for Truth and Light last year. It's on Youtube right now. Hope that it can stay there longer so more people can watch the missed episode.

Pearl Report on the Society of Truth and Light:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0gCOLWyjKo

Official website of The Society for Truth and Light (be careful, the content can be very scary):
http://www.truth-light.org.hk/index.jsp

Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi

I passed! Although I only got the lowest grade, it's still a miracle. I had to say my mandarin was a mess that day.

Bye-bye Super Sandwiches

Today is the last day of the Super Sandwiches downstairs from office. We are going to miss it :( Well, not exactly because of the food they served, but because of the lack of places for lunch! Very soon, I am afraid there would be no place for lunch in the surrounding area!

Elmo Wanted!

I've been collecting Circle K Sesame Street figures lately. From the picture, you can see that I am not very successful in finding Elmo. Most of the time I see either Oscar or Big Bird.

Anyone has spare to trade?

A chocolate dip donut, please

Date: I think is 1995

Time: Can't remember, I think is between lunch and dinner

Venue: A room in CAB, U of A

People: Ida, GGG

GGG: I am going to the cafe(teria). Do you want to have anything?

Ida: ...... get me a chocolate donut then.

GGG: What kind of chocolate donut?

Ida (a bit frustrated): What different kind of chocolate donuts I can have then?

GGG: A lot -- chocolate donut, chocolate dip donut, chocolate sprinkle donut, chocolate-chocolate donut...

Ida (cutting in): OK, OK. A chocolate dip donut then.

P.S. This box of delicious donuts makes me think of something in the last century.

In search of a comfortable cushion

Lately, I am having some difficulty sitting up still as my back gets tired very easily. So, I have been looking around for a suitable cushion that can fit the gap between my back and the chair's.

I tried using the one my colleague gave me, but it seems too hard. I tried bringing the one at home to the office, but it seems to "thick".

So, you should now kind what're the main criteria for the right one -- soft and thin.

I spent quite a while at the IKEA several nights ago, touching and pushing every single cushion. Finally, I found this one in the kids' section (again!) -- it's thin and soft, and I think there's an elephant on it. Unfortunately, the original cover was made up of fabric that attracted dust very easily, which is bad for my nose. So I got this red one, cheapest in the section :P

We seem to get along very good these few days, which is very very good :)

Every year around this time...

... they will close and clean the "lake" in HK Park. But this year, they seem to changing the landscape as well. Managing a park (even not a theme park) is a difficult issue.

No milk?

Just watched a TV programme about the down side of milk consumption (it happened that the producer is the one I worked with for the corporate video on CEDAW and HK women development two years ago). My first thought was "what would happen to the farmers due to this 'no milk campaign'"? Second image flashed across my mind was those "drink milk" commercials a decade ago across the US and Canada to encourage the youngsters to drink milk (they were shown mainly during cartoon time in Saturday morning). Third thing I remembered was the sudden drop of milk prices after Canada joined some free trade pact (WTO?) and the Canadian government had to remove its control to safeguard milk prices.

Very random thoughts.

Lately, I seem not quite comfortable with any types of coffee served at the Starbucks and Pacific Coffee, and very often I have a cup of hot milk instead.

Still very random thoughts... ...

Ching-ming and Easter Long Weekend

It's almost the end of the second day of the five-day Ching-ming and Easter long weekend. Before the holiday, you will be looking for it. When it's starting to leave, you are feeling very very sad.

May be I shouldn't have any holiday at all.

P.S. Feeling a bit moody after long walk from Arts Centre to the MTR station tonight.

"Colourful Lives of Women" TV Series

I suddenly remember that I haven't mentioned anything about the TV series I am sort of involved during the last several months. It's a series of 5-minuters on the contribution of local women's groups in women empowerment. Make sure you check out the archive:

http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/tv/colourfullivesofwomen/

Marathon Hot-pot

I had hot pot at a friend's place last night, from 7pm to 3am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a fun time and talked about a lot of things. It sure worths the time and lack of sleep.