January 31, 2007, 10:33pm
So, there's a problem in the water supply and the heater... Probably somewhere the water pipe is frozen... then it broke...
My goodness. It's 9F out there.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
January 31, 2007, 8:56pm
I just wonder, is there a way to study the Hong Kong work culture?
Bosses know little. They like to be flattered. People get promoted the fastest if they are good at flattering the bosses.
Few people go to work to work. Most people go to work to play office politics. They stay away from work and make those few people who are willing to work to work. They pretend to be busy by walking around to tell everyone that they are busy. They sit in the office to OT to pretend that they have a lot of work to do.
1. Is this biology or environment? Are these people born with the lazy trait? Or do they learn to have the lazy behaviors?
2. How do the bosses become bosses themselves? How are they promoted to their positions when they don't seem to have any integrity? Are they promoted because they are good flatterers themselves?
I just want to go to work to work. Perhaps this is already an ideal...
I just wonder, is there a way to study the Hong Kong work culture?
Bosses know little. They like to be flattered. People get promoted the fastest if they are good at flattering the bosses.
Few people go to work to work. Most people go to work to play office politics. They stay away from work and make those few people who are willing to work to work. They pretend to be busy by walking around to tell everyone that they are busy. They sit in the office to OT to pretend that they have a lot of work to do.
1. Is this biology or environment? Are these people born with the lazy trait? Or do they learn to have the lazy behaviors?
2. How do the bosses become bosses themselves? How are they promoted to their positions when they don't seem to have any integrity? Are they promoted because they are good flatterers themselves?
I just want to go to work to work. Perhaps this is already an ideal...
Saturday, January 27, 2007
January 27, 2007, 8:58pm
Nightmare...
This is my first time to have a nightmare about my father. I was very angry. He turned on the TV very loud when I was sleeping. And I couldn't sleep anymore. I was deprived of sleep.
This happened so many times all these years. I was always angry. The TV's on all the time. No matter when I was sleeping, reading, studying, working... No one cares.
I need to think about anger. Was reading about emotional development last week...
***
The snow this morning was very beautiful. The flake is a big star. It's like a soft layer of sponge on my car. :)
Nightmare...
This is my first time to have a nightmare about my father. I was very angry. He turned on the TV very loud when I was sleeping. And I couldn't sleep anymore. I was deprived of sleep.
This happened so many times all these years. I was always angry. The TV's on all the time. No matter when I was sleeping, reading, studying, working... No one cares.
I need to think about anger. Was reading about emotional development last week...
***
The snow this morning was very beautiful. The flake is a big star. It's like a soft layer of sponge on my car. :)
Thursday, January 25, 2007
January 25, 2007, 11:29pm
My knees are still in a lot of pain after snowshoeing...
It's going to snow again this Saturday...
I replaced my microwave with a new one. It's only three months but the American brand wouldn't work again. I got my first in August. Then it wouldn't work in October. So, I replaced the same model and it wouldn't work again. I got a Japanese brand this time.
Somehow I think I hurt my back again when I was taking the microwave in and out from the trunk...
My knees are still in a lot of pain after snowshoeing...
It's going to snow again this Saturday...
I replaced my microwave with a new one. It's only three months but the American brand wouldn't work again. I got my first in August. Then it wouldn't work in October. So, I replaced the same model and it wouldn't work again. I got a Japanese brand this time.
Somehow I think I hurt my back again when I was taking the microwave in and out from the trunk...
Sunday, January 21, 2007
January 22, 2007, 12:03am
This is the destination. And I made it there. :)
My broken knees and broken back survived. I was up in the Mills Lake.
I'm standing by the professionals. Real tough people. :)
This is the most difficult part in the trip. The Glacier Valley is very steep. My knees simply couldn't support my weight. Got to ask my physical therapist why.
This is the destination. And I made it there. :)
My broken knees and broken back survived. I was up in the Mills Lake.
I'm standing by the professionals. Real tough people. :)
This is the most difficult part in the trip. The Glacier Valley is very steep. My knees simply couldn't support my weight. Got to ask my physical therapist why.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
January 20, 2007, 8:45pm
I'm up in the mountain again, snowshoeing this time.
This is the very beginning. I just wore the snowshoes. No snow on my shoes and pants. No sweat, no pain, no panting, no stress.
Up to this point, my knees were still OK. It's not very steep in the lower hill. Some people decided that they had enough and went back at this point. I decided I wanted to go up to see the lake...
It's just life-threatening to go up there in the lake. It's very steep and my knees simply didn't have the strength. I made it in the end, with the support and help from a person in the team.
Then, my camera battery was low when I finally went to the lake side... Poor me. So, I don't have any picture of the lake to show here. I'll upload the pictures when I get them from my friends.
This trip has confirmed what I believe. There're many things that may not be recorded. We need to experience as the first person. Reading, watching movies, doing research etc may not capture everything, sometimes not even the significant parts of others' experiences.
Going up the steep glacier valley was very difficult. I fell don't know how many times. It's like the story that a snail goes up the wall of the well 2cm, then fall down 3cm. It's very dangerous. If the other team members were not supporting me, I simply wouldn't be able to go up there at all.
I couldn't breathe for one minute. I was using a lot of energy to go up. I was feeling dizzy. The air is always thin up in the mountain. I went to 9,000-10,000 feet above sea level.
It was simply impossible to take any picture of the valley when I was going up and down. It's high and very slippery.
Just so many times when I think about doing research, there're so many reasons that the results are biased. For example, if someone wanted to study family experience when I was living with my family, I simply wouldn't participant at all. I was too busy to deal with my family every single moment.
No energy to do anything else and I wouldn't bother filling out questionnaires or doing interviews. I didn't have the energy to write blogs either. Then the study results would be biased. Probably people having extreme situations won't be able to participate in research studies.
Anyways, this is the best we can do. Record what we can record, study what we can study with the available resources. Get to the closest to what other people experience. :)
I'm up in the mountain again, snowshoeing this time.
This is the very beginning. I just wore the snowshoes. No snow on my shoes and pants. No sweat, no pain, no panting, no stress.
Up to this point, my knees were still OK. It's not very steep in the lower hill. Some people decided that they had enough and went back at this point. I decided I wanted to go up to see the lake...
It's just life-threatening to go up there in the lake. It's very steep and my knees simply didn't have the strength. I made it in the end, with the support and help from a person in the team.Then, my camera battery was low when I finally went to the lake side... Poor me. So, I don't have any picture of the lake to show here. I'll upload the pictures when I get them from my friends.
This trip has confirmed what I believe. There're many things that may not be recorded. We need to experience as the first person. Reading, watching movies, doing research etc may not capture everything, sometimes not even the significant parts of others' experiences.
Going up the steep glacier valley was very difficult. I fell don't know how many times. It's like the story that a snail goes up the wall of the well 2cm, then fall down 3cm. It's very dangerous. If the other team members were not supporting me, I simply wouldn't be able to go up there at all.
I couldn't breathe for one minute. I was using a lot of energy to go up. I was feeling dizzy. The air is always thin up in the mountain. I went to 9,000-10,000 feet above sea level.
It was simply impossible to take any picture of the valley when I was going up and down. It's high and very slippery.
Just so many times when I think about doing research, there're so many reasons that the results are biased. For example, if someone wanted to study family experience when I was living with my family, I simply wouldn't participant at all. I was too busy to deal with my family every single moment.
No energy to do anything else and I wouldn't bother filling out questionnaires or doing interviews. I didn't have the energy to write blogs either. Then the study results would be biased. Probably people having extreme situations won't be able to participate in research studies.
Anyways, this is the best we can do. Record what we can record, study what we can study with the available resources. Get to the closest to what other people experience. :)
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
January 16, 2007, 11:25pm
My box of books is in the apartment office. Came back today too late and the office was already closed. Got to get my books tomorrow morning! Oh, Scotland, Yorkshire, horses, sheep, cows, and bulls... and rabbits...
Called Ann and Bert yesterday. She said there's no snow in Scotland this year. The rain is like buckets of water from the sky. :)
I'll have my first class in this semester tomorrow. Statistics! I love numbers.
My box of books is in the apartment office. Came back today too late and the office was already closed. Got to get my books tomorrow morning! Oh, Scotland, Yorkshire, horses, sheep, cows, and bulls... and rabbits...
Called Ann and Bert yesterday. She said there's no snow in Scotland this year. The rain is like buckets of water from the sky. :)
I'll have my first class in this semester tomorrow. Statistics! I love numbers.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
January 14, 2007, 10:49pm
It was very heavy snow this morning. Feel like it's snowballs falling down.
But the weather cannot beat me. I'm having authentic Japanese food here. My friend's just back from Japan. Just seeing the packs makes me hungry. :)
I need to take a picture of each of them. Then I can at least have a picture to see when I'm hungry for Japanese food.
One good thing about watching Japanese TV dramas and animations is to look at the image of food. Sushi...
My friend will teach me how to make sushi and rice ball this Saturday. :D
Made in Japan!
It was very heavy snow this morning. Feel like it's snowballs falling down.
But the weather cannot beat me. I'm having authentic Japanese food here. My friend's just back from Japan. Just seeing the packs makes me hungry. :)
I need to take a picture of each of them. Then I can at least have a picture to see when I'm hungry for Japanese food.
One good thing about watching Japanese TV dramas and animations is to look at the image of food. Sushi...
My friend will teach me how to make sushi and rice ball this Saturday. :D
Made in Japan!
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Friday, January 12, 2007
January 12, 2007, 11:21pm
Hurt my back really bad... Was preparing for the semester so I got a box of printing box. Was unloading the box from the trunk then I hurt my back.
It's been three days already... Went to see physical therapy. So, more exercises to do. My knees and the back. I will work hard. :)
My books are on the way already. It's pretty amazing that I can track them going all the way to here. Not that I have never used any tracking mail. But I'm really excited this time to get the books I have longed for for years.
01/13/2007 1:10 A .M. EST (USA
Hurt my back really bad... Was preparing for the semester so I got a box of printing box. Was unloading the box from the trunk then I hurt my back.
It's been three days already... Went to see physical therapy. So, more exercises to do. My knees and the back. I will work hard. :)
My books are on the way already. It's pretty amazing that I can track them going all the way to here. Not that I have never used any tracking mail. But I'm really excited this time to get the books I have longed for for years.
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
January 11, 2007, 8:08pm
It's snowing again. :)
I was searching airlines, British Rail, LSE accommodation etc last night. I'm planning to go to Scotland this summer. Need to find the most budget way to fly and stay.
There're a lot of things to complain when I was in London. Traffic congestion, tube breakdowns, strikes, train delays, rain... Still, I love London in a lot of ways. It's a vibrant, dynamic, and metropolitan city. A lot of museums, musicals, operas...
I should have enjoyed the train delays going to and from Edinburgh. I should also have appreciated the traffic congestion on the London bus. Even the lines getting coffee in Starbucks. :)
Somehow someday, maybe I'll miss the snowstorms in Fort Collins. It's peaceful and beautiful to see the snow falling. Just quiet and calm. I will probably miss the white. :)
I'll worry about shoveling when I need to shovel. Better enjoy the snow in the time being.
It's snowing again. :)
I was searching airlines, British Rail, LSE accommodation etc last night. I'm planning to go to Scotland this summer. Need to find the most budget way to fly and stay.
There're a lot of things to complain when I was in London. Traffic congestion, tube breakdowns, strikes, train delays, rain... Still, I love London in a lot of ways. It's a vibrant, dynamic, and metropolitan city. A lot of museums, musicals, operas...
I should have enjoyed the train delays going to and from Edinburgh. I should also have appreciated the traffic congestion on the London bus. Even the lines getting coffee in Starbucks. :)
Somehow someday, maybe I'll miss the snowstorms in Fort Collins. It's peaceful and beautiful to see the snow falling. Just quiet and calm. I will probably miss the white. :)
I'll worry about shoveling when I need to shovel. Better enjoy the snow in the time being.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
January 10, 2007, 11:05pm
Just placed an order in bn.com. Nine bargain books for less than $30 including tax. :)
1. James Herriot - All Things Wise and Wonderful and the Lord God Made Them All (hardcover)
I read two of this collection in Scotland, not quite sure which two. Probably All Creatures Great and Small, and All Things Bright and Beautiful.
Got them in Bert's bookshelf. He has the very old editions. :) Then I couldn't find time to finish the third book once I went back to Hong Kong.
I miss England. I miss Scotland. I miss the green...
BN is selling the hardcovers for $7 and paperbacks for $2. These books are treasures. They remind me the gorgeous English landscape I saw taking the British Rail from London to Edinburgh. Then the Scottish highland is so different...
Just placed an order in bn.com. Nine bargain books for less than $30 including tax. :)
1. James Herriot - All Things Wise and Wonderful and the Lord God Made Them All (hardcover)
2. James Herriot - All Creatures Great and Small, All Things Bright and Beautiful (hardcover)
3. Vet in a Spin
4. If Only they Could Talk
5. Vet in a Harness
6. Vets Might Fly
7. Let Sleeping Vets Lie
8. It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
9. Every Living Thing
3. Vet in a Spin
4. If Only they Could Talk
5. Vet in a Harness
6. Vets Might Fly
7. Let Sleeping Vets Lie
8. It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
9. Every Living Thing
I read two of this collection in Scotland, not quite sure which two. Probably All Creatures Great and Small, and All Things Bright and Beautiful.
Got them in Bert's bookshelf. He has the very old editions. :) Then I couldn't find time to finish the third book once I went back to Hong Kong.
I miss England. I miss Scotland. I miss the green...
BN is selling the hardcovers for $7 and paperbacks for $2. These books are treasures. They remind me the gorgeous English landscape I saw taking the British Rail from London to Edinburgh. Then the Scottish highland is so different...
January 10, 2007, 9:16pm
So I took my roommate to go grocery shopping this morning. Just don't want her to worry about taking the bus etc. It'll snow again tomorrow and Friday...
She said she called home and her mom's crying because she's sick. I have this huge question mark in my head. How can they cry because of getting a cold? Are they strange or am I strange?
She said she's feeling very bad getting a cold. My goodness, how bad can a cold be? She said her joints are aching. OK, it's still a cold. It's just a usual symptom and it will go away in a week. A cold is not good but how can it be very bad compared with so many other things in life?
If I cry because of a cold, how can I face the problems in the world? Or are they coping very well by crying? That I'm having emotional problems because I don't cry?
I want to study in what occasions people cry... What makes people cry?
So I took my roommate to go grocery shopping this morning. Just don't want her to worry about taking the bus etc. It'll snow again tomorrow and Friday...
She said she called home and her mom's crying because she's sick. I have this huge question mark in my head. How can they cry because of getting a cold? Are they strange or am I strange?
She said she's feeling very bad getting a cold. My goodness, how bad can a cold be? She said her joints are aching. OK, it's still a cold. It's just a usual symptom and it will go away in a week. A cold is not good but how can it be very bad compared with so many other things in life?
If I cry because of a cold, how can I face the problems in the world? Or are they coping very well by crying? That I'm having emotional problems because I don't cry?
I want to study in what occasions people cry... What makes people cry?
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
January 10, 2007, 1:05am
It's going to snow this Thursday. Got to get up early tomorrow and go grocery shopping. Then go to work.
My roommate's getting a cold. She said she's crying... I really don't understand. How can some other people cry so easily? How do they get the tears out? My counselor has been trying to convince me to feel my sadness but I still don't feel anything.
I didn't have any tear when I was not able to walk. Or walking with pain every single step. Everyone got a cold once a while and I really don't know why my roommate can cry because of getting a cold.
It doesn't mean that I don't say kind words to her or I don't remind her to dress warm and take medicine. Everyone got to learn how to take care of themselves when they have a cold. When all these are done, just go to bed. Sure she will get well sooner or later. I really don't know why it worths a tear because of the fever, headache, and feeling cold.
It's just a cold. This is Colorado winter. It's below 0C most of the time. What else can I expect? Only if I can think or feel like her, maybe I can do what my counselor told me to try...
It's going to snow this Thursday. Got to get up early tomorrow and go grocery shopping. Then go to work.
My roommate's getting a cold. She said she's crying... I really don't understand. How can some other people cry so easily? How do they get the tears out? My counselor has been trying to convince me to feel my sadness but I still don't feel anything.
I didn't have any tear when I was not able to walk. Or walking with pain every single step. Everyone got a cold once a while and I really don't know why my roommate can cry because of getting a cold.
It doesn't mean that I don't say kind words to her or I don't remind her to dress warm and take medicine. Everyone got to learn how to take care of themselves when they have a cold. When all these are done, just go to bed. Sure she will get well sooner or later. I really don't know why it worths a tear because of the fever, headache, and feeling cold.
It's just a cold. This is Colorado winter. It's below 0C most of the time. What else can I expect? Only if I can think or feel like her, maybe I can do what my counselor told me to try...
Saturday, January 06, 2007
January 6, 2007, 3:17pm
I've got my very expensive statistics book. Got it from the Amazon.com marketplace, $75.99 including shipping.
It's $99.50 for a used or $132.75 for a new one in the university bookstore. They marked up the price recently.
I'm really excited. I like statistics a lot. Got to work hard next semester!
I've got my very expensive statistics book. Got it from the Amazon.com marketplace, $75.99 including shipping.
It's $99.50 for a used or $132.75 for a new one in the university bookstore. They marked up the price recently.
I'm really excited. I like statistics a lot. Got to work hard next semester!
Friday, January 05, 2007
January 6, 2007, 12:32am
My head is spinning... I have been working on my datasets for a week... Hopefully I will finish up the result section by tomorrow.
To do list:
1. Procedure
2. Measures
3. MANOVAs
4. Line graphs with standard errors
5. Hierarchial multiple regressions
6. Discussion
7. References
Count down: 9 days
My head is spinning... I have been working on my datasets for a week... Hopefully I will finish up the result section by tomorrow.
To do list:
1. Procedure
2. Measures
3. MANOVAs
4. Line graphs with standard errors
5. Hierarchial multiple regressions
6. Discussion
7. References
Count down: 9 days
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
January 3, 2007, 9:39pm
It'll snow again this Friday... 1-3 inches...
I'm fed up with shoveling...
I have been back to the gym finally. It was closed for two weeks and I didn't do any exercise for my knees. So, I have been working really hard since yesterday. With all the walking on snow and shoveling, my knees are really bad. The strength and flexibility are worse than before.
Got to work harder.
It'll snow again this Friday... 1-3 inches...
I'm fed up with shoveling...
I have been back to the gym finally. It was closed for two weeks and I didn't do any exercise for my knees. So, I have been working really hard since yesterday. With all the walking on snow and shoveling, my knees are really bad. The strength and flexibility are worse than before.
Got to work harder.
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