August 25, 2005, 9:37pm

Now, this little globe has been out of the rice cooker. Perhaps it really is a small world though it took me 20 hours to fly from Hong Kong to Gainesville. (Thanks, Lillian!)

I had the intake interview at the Counseling Center this afternoon. It turned out that the counselor is from Hong Kong! It's such a small world. :)

He went to study in Tai Wan and has beein the the States for years. So, I talked with him in Cantonese for one hour. I just feel it's so nice. I told him about my previous councelor and my problems with her, my family problems and my knee problem.

He was responsible enough to find me an article online about patellofemoral syndrome and tried to contact students from Hong Kong so that I can develop my network of friends here.

So, things go on well.

Well, I pan-fried this fish fillet. I don't actually know what this is... what is catfish? Why is it called catfish? Would there be sealfish, penguin fish then?

The problem is, the pan-frying irritated my eyes so much that my tears went on and on for 30 minutes. If I didn't attribute my tears to the fish, I'd think I had developed depression. (Psyche, do you think it's the garlic that I put together with the fish?)

BTW, let me tell you about the wonder of Gator Lift. It's almost like I have a team of personal drivers. I can give them my weekly schedule and they will make sure to arrange time to pick me up within the campus. I can also just call and wait for like 15 minutes and they'll pick me up.

Gil, the driver, said this morning, "You're always on time. I really appreciate that." I appreciate their servie a lot more. I mean, I need to go to class and need their help. Sure enough I'll be on time. But then, I'm here to receive his compliment. Perhaps I should really write a column or something for the medical faculties in Hong Kong. Or I should give them a kick in their ass. (Carmen, what do you think?)