January 13, 2006, 10:13pm

Got a collect call request from the jail a second time. I hanged up again. Months ago when I got the first call, I thought it's just someone calling a wrong number. So, this time, I emailed to the jail director, and said this number is now used by me and I don't know anyone in the jail.

I feel really sad about this. I was a volunteer to write to inmates who do not receive any call or letter in Hong Kong. Usually, they are from mainland China. Many of them write very well. I even wrote to one in English because he said he wanted to learn English better. I must say, he has excellent grammar and very good vocabulary. Others wrote and told me what they thought about Lu Xun. It's such a shame. I didn't read any Lu Xun except one book chapter in F.4 or F.5.

They are very lonely in the jail. They said, people who do not receive letters or do not have any visitors are looked down by people who have letters and visitors.

I feel very bad about this inmate calling my number trying to find the person he or she wants to talk to. So many times, I feel so sad for not having a functional family. I don't call them. The best I can do is to avoid them. I have a feeling like, if anything happens, I'm on my own. I don't have any family to go back to. To have someone say, "Don't worry. This is going to be OK."

I cannot imagine how terrible the situation can be trying to reach out for someone in vain. I cannot trust my family in anyways. But I have friends supporting me. You're all a call or an email away.

Carmen and Lok, thank you so much for downloading the journal paper for me. And Mark, I finally got really furious about how they are handling my warranty issue and sent a complaint to Better Business Bureau and https://www.econsumer.gov.

BTW, the first week of the Spring semester has gone... time files. Went to the Gator Night movie, that is, free movie for students. It's Chicken Little. *Sigh*

Hey, JLM pals, remember what sort of movies we'd have in 208? Trois couleurs! And we would have stimulating discussions after movies. Just anything. Or Eric Ma stuff.

I really wonder, how come here in school, they would offer movie shows that may be comparable intellectually to the Stephen Chow movies in Hong Kong?