August 20, 2005, 1:23am

The first pot of soup I ever made in my life! South date, walnet plus... what... I don't know the English name for that kind of nut... with pork. Said to be nourishing the brain. :)

This morning Shirley took me to Homossasa, about two hours drive from Gainesville. So, I was out of the city and to the countryside! I love it!!!

So many times I told myself, I just got to leave Hong Kong. I need a place where I can see the endless sky. I just love the clear blue, cloudless sky on the way.

We went there for Shirley's great nephew's baby shower (I hope I got it right. I always mix up nephew and niece.). Baby shower is the party to celebrate a new baby in the family.

After that, it poured. Lightnings, ponds on the road... So, I was in the countryside both in the blinding sun and the frightening stormy rain. It's a bargain, two extreme situations in one day.

I was stuck with my computer. Moved in my apartment yesterday afternoon. I was unpacking everything, trying to arrange everything and then re-arranging everything. And installing softwares for internet...

It went on OK though time-consuming. But then, DSL didn't work this evening. Promoted me to enter the password but it just didn't work. Called Bellsouth, the phone and internet company... but it's not the office hour...

So, I called Ling in CA for counseling. (Thank you so much, Ling.) And now, finally, I'm wired again and my HP printer is working after installing the Chinese driver from the HP Hong Kong website, instead of the CD accompanying the printer.


Now, the rice cooker doesn't work... So I can't make rice. And I made congee in a pot instead... Psyche, do you know why? Please help~~

All is OK though this place is so messy. Anyways, I'm just too tired and still have my physiotherapy exercises to go...