August 30, 2007, 10:32pm

Nightmare again. Mom was yelling and screaming. Never remember what she said. The difference is, I didn't wake up in shock anymore. The nightmare was stressful and unpleasant. But at least, I didn't feel the intensity of the shock and threat as before.

When will this end?

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Was in the gym this afternoon between classes. This is my first time ever to be able to sit on the mat like Japanese.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiza

Looks like my flexibility has improved after almost a year of workout. I keep going to the gym two times a week during semesters, and three times a week in the summer. Skipped the gym when I was traveling or when the gym was closed for maintanence.

Hard work and persistance pay off. :)

August 30, 2007, 12:04am

Had a weird dream of mosquitoes having babies...

August 28, 2007, 11:53pm

I have been having the feeling that I don't know how I'm going to survive this semester. Look at the to-do list... it is endless.

Then, got an email from a friend from HKU. Well, it's not about what she said in the email. But thinking back about the time when I was in HK, thinking about how much work I was doing, thinking about how I wrote two freelance articles in the evening after a whole day of work... plus the PhD applications and my doctor's appointments... sometimes even doing part-time teaching...

Sure, I will handle this semester very well. This is a piece of cake.

To do:
1. Statistics class weekly questions
2. Statistics class presentation
3. Statistics class paper
4. Neuropsychology class presentatoin
5. Neuropsychology class paper
6. Neuropsychology class exam x 2
7. Measurement class exercise x 6
8. Measurement class paper
9. Measurement class exam x 3
10. Seminar presentation
11. Seminar poster presentation
12. GSA conference presentation
13. Guest lecture

Plus my work in the lab. Need to brainwash myself. This is a piece of cake.

August 24, 2007, 8:26pm

The first week of the semester reminds me of "Haken no Hinkaku." This world is full of office politics.

I don't like it. But I will have to live with it. Well, I'm living in it already.

OK, maybe I can try to win this game.

August 22, 2007, 10:10pm

This cat pooed right in front of my door... She must be mad at me about something...

August 21, 2007, 10:13pm

Was watching a DVD about Italians. An Italian guy in Venice said, you don't need to be a philosopher to think. You're surrounded with things in Venice that make you think. Italian architecture, music...

Makes me really want to go back to Europe.

August 20, 2007, 8:54pm

First day of class~~~ It's a wonderful time. School becomes lively again with crowds of students.

I'm staying in a friend's house to take care of the cat. She's 17-year-old. Sounds like she can be a little sister. :)

August 13, 2007, 8:49pm

This is the last week of summer. Got 10 DVDs from the public library. Got to finish them all by the coming weekend. :)

August 12, 2007, 2:42pm

The queen cakes look very OK. My egg tarts... sigh~~~~~~~~

August 7, 2007, 9:10pm

London buns. :)

Got to grab the time and have more fun. School begins on August 20. Summer is sneaking away...

August 6, 2007, 10:52am

Just called Ann to see how they're doing in Scotland.

I got back my jacket yesterday that I left in the wardrobe. Bert sent it back to me. :P

August 5, 2007, 7:00pm

The camping site was in the Colorado State Forest, with elevation up above 9,000 feet. Was having a headache last night because of the high altitude.

This is my first time to sleep in a tent. :)

This is where I went hiking. Well, not to the top though.

This is it. This is where I wanted so badly to still be able to go with my bad knees. Tall trees on the sides. Quiet. I could hear my own heartbeat when I stopped walking.

I hiked about a mile to go up there to Lake Agnes yesterday.

Went another 2-3 miles this afternoon. Also saw a moose very far away. Don't know exactly what kind of animal that is.

Got to do something to my screaming knees.

August 2, 2007, 10:18pm

I got a flooding here... It's just like two buckets of rain. Then the water was going so close to my car.

Got my car parked in a higher ground. Hopefully I'm not going to lose my first car because of the flood.