October 14, 2006, 8:15pm

I am done with a first aid class. I will be expecting my certification in six weeks. :)

I cannot believe it. After a week of assignments and midterm exam, I was up early and finished the class from 9 to 5. I'm just exhausted right now.

Anyways, I'm really happy. I want to learn first aid for about 10 years. Just haven't got the nerve to sign up for a class. Now I made it!

I saw too many tragedies every single day many times when I was a spots news reporter in the summer when I was the first year in CUHK. Car accidents, drowning, suicides... dead bodies... It was a trauma to see people suffering in pain, both surviving the injuries and losing their friends and family members.

I was not just helpless. I was supposed to take a picture, to the extent that I might be interfering rescue work. This is not right. But this is what I was supposed to do to make news.

Sucks.

So, I never join the Hong Kong media. I don't know what I can do to help people in need. But at least I don't want to do harm.

Learning first aid is one way to help, just in case I meet someone in need. Got to see if there's any voluntary organizations to join and put my skills into use.