August 29, 2005, 11:16pm

I've finally achieved 10.5lb, 15 minutes, each leg! January now seems to be so long ago when I couldn't even lift my own legs. (Natalie, you remember my hard time even standing beside the snooker table?)

And Vincent, my physiotherapist at HKU, showed me the photo of a patient lifting 10lb and said this has to be my goal... I thought he's talking to somebody else.

So, here I'm, finally. Will need to keep doing 10.5lb for a while. Need to ask him what to do next. More sandbags? Or holding the weight longer?

I'm lagging behind of my readings... so far behind. Thursday will need to have a class discussion about cognitive development. (I have never formally taken a course in cognitive or developmental psychology.) Need to read a lot before I will have anything to talk about.

I spent an average of one hour cooking every day. Is that normal? Any way to shorten the time? Or should I just "practice makes perfect?" I need more time to study...