Any comment?

Sometimes, I wonder why people don't like to leave comments, or messages, even if your friends. Then I realize actually this is quite common.

You know, like being lazy, not willing to think about what to say, it is reasonalbe that you just let it go, not doing anything, whether to sit there and think for about five minutes just for a comment that the blogger may not give a damn about.

When I asked my friends, they said they don't know what to say, or, they are just too lazy to think about what to say. Yeah, this is exactly what I feel when I am thinking whether to leave a comment.

So, hey, it's not that bad! I appreciate people who visit my blog, even if they don't leave comment at all.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I finally can take a vacation and have the time of my life.

We're going to Macau next morning. Great! Egg Tarts! I love the egg tarts from Lord Stow's, what a must-eat!

Besides those lovely egg tarts, Macau is really a nice place to visit, much nicer than Hong Kong. Hong Kong is not for human being to live. Crowded, noisy, no lifestyles. It's always great to leave Hong Kong. Yes! Bye-bye Hong Kong. See ya!

General Education: A Tiresome Exam

In addition to my lovely Java exam, I also had an exam of a course named Apects of General Education this day.

I have to admit that this is one of the most enjoyable course I've ever taken in university. Basically, it is kind of like a weekly assembly. For each Friday, the class is held by a professor, or someone with its own profession. It is like a talk, and the speaker, the professor, gives us a one to two hour lecture. The course is wonderful because you can have different topic every week. And, for most of the time, the talk is exciting and inspiring. Well, yeah, sometimes it is just boring, I have to say, but it also could be a great chance for you to restore your strength you've lost for the whole week. So, in fact, no matter the talk is interesting or tedious, you always get some benefits.

But the exam, it is quite weird. Like a cake combining ten different tastes, sometimes the questions are about architecture, while sometimes you realise they are about teenager's issues. And maybe somewhere near the end of the paper, after filling 60 or 70 circles with your HB pencil, you'll find that the same topic just comes up again, though maybe it was multiple choice last time but it is true false now before your eyes.

And during the exam, while doing the 94-question-long-paper, I kept asking, what's it for? Is this course about giving us some lovely talks, widening our horizontals, leading us out of the overwhelming piles of books, or is it about giving the academy another way to measure us according to how many scores we've made?

I think we are human. We are not something to be measured, comparing to find which is better and which is worse. We are not measurable, espescially by that way. Sigh, this is a great course, just feel like it is screwed up at the end.

Can you can you just ANSWER MY QUESTION?

Today, my Java exam.

It was quite easy actually. Programming, you know, how hard can it be? At least much easier than Data Structure, OS, Networking, or that sort of things.

In the middle of the exam, I raised my hand, asked professor a question. I pointed out a sentence: "There is only one try-catch block allowed in readAndComputeSum method ..." and asked him, whether this requirement implied that it only allowed one single try-catch block in the whole class. Then he just said, "one try-catch block, in this class," with his index finger pointing up. I think I'd asked him three times, and he just repeated that same reply three times.

What? Why couldn't you just make it more clear? Look, I am a candidate and I am confused by the requirement of the question. How come you didn't explain anything but keep avoiding my question instead? My dear professor, he just kept being politic.

But anyway, he's a nice guy.

Stardust DVD is out!!!

Big news. The Stardust DVD is out!

But, unfortunately, it is a region 1 disc. That means I have to wait until the region 3 one is released.

I just finished one exam this Monday, Discrete Mathematics. It was far easier than I imagined it would be. But more exams are on the road waiting for us.

Sounds exciting!

How am I going to make it through???

Oh, how am I going to make it through?

The DVD of Stardust is not released until 18 Dec ... Besides, I'm in Hong Kong, not the US, so I suppose that I may need to wait for even longer.

The last time I saw the movie was... 27 Nov, about two weeks ago. I've seen this movie eight times. Is it crazy? I think it is a bit crazy ... but I love the movie so much that I can hardly go to the theatre to enjoy any other movie (not even watching DVD), and everytime I wanted to have some entertainment when I was free, without classes, the only desire that came to mind, was to go to the theatre, find a nice seat, and enjoy the next two hours watching the movie. So, two weeks for me without any chance to see the movie, since it was off, is such a frustrating moment.

Anyway, I found the subtitles of Stardust just yesterday! It is such a delight for me reading the subtitles, imagining the scenes... Maybe that's what I am going to do for the next two weeks.

Oh, the exam, the exam. Great.

Hectic ...

It's been so hectic recently ... The best way to describe the current sutuation is, "I want to die," like what they say around me in Hong Kong. Of course I am not saying I am going to kill myself, but I feel as though I am dying.

One test (Discrete Mathematics), two assignments (one for Java, one for linear algebra), and a lab session, which I didn't attend this day. But no matter, it is not possible to be a PERFECT student for always.

This moment, I am living, I am breathing. I eat. I sleep. I study. I feel great. I am happy. I am happy with what I have done and what I have achieved so far. And I believe I will do more and do what I enjoy doing the most.

For this, how can I possibly not be happy?

Oh, the exam is coming next Monday ... bof