Cousin's girlfriend

Met her in the last few days. Great gal. No wonder my cousin loves her dearly.

I am so happy for him, which leaves me with a great craving for one... hum...

St. Teresa's Church

I haven't been to this church for a long time.

The echos from the singing of over a thousand people just energized me. For some reason I felt that I want to cry. Perhaps it's like a thousand people telling me that I am not alone.

H.K.

16 hours later, I am no longer at "T."
H.K. is pretty much what I had expected. Even the little cold I got this morning was expected as well.

I managed to get up at 6am everyday now. Let's see how long this would last.

There are three things here I found interesting.

1) No pay phones. Get a cellphone, dude!
2) Somehow people managed not to be rude but efficient as the same time.
3) Banks have no line ups, take a number, have a seat!
4) You can do live without a driver's licence, but you are handicapped without an "Octopus" card.

More about this later.

57 hours to go

The farewell party was great.

A great turn out. I am going to miss them all.

less than a week

I am really starting to miss everyone.

A chat with special person flicked my emotional switch somehow, despite that fact that we were just talking about daily chores. I guess she really is that special.

There is another person that I am worrying about. I hope I will be able to reach her before I leave.

My "to do list" has gotten even longer. A little stressed at the moment.

Yes, stressed again. I think I should get rid of this "addiction" somehow.

2 weeks to go

and many things to do. I was busy the last time I moved, but this is ridiculous. Oh well. It's for the better, I guess.

Trying to squeeze different farewell gatherings into my no-much-free-nights schedule is just plain crazy.

I am gonna miss them all.

Things to do:
Studying... yes, still studying.
Sorting... through years of junks.
Planning... what I need over there.
Packing... yes, then repacking to fit the limit.
Hugging... my dear friends.

Hope I can manage them all.

A little faith...

9:30a.m. Morning call from the "manager".

Her investigation revealed that the "lady" was at fault and the stem of all troubles in my case. She apologize for all the problems.

May be they have a grunge against each other, but either way, it seems that they are not that bureaucratic after all. Perhaps, it's someone failing to wake up from her dreams.

Now that also sounds familiar.

You are rude

I received a document from the provincial government today, but something was wrong. After being told someone in the local office made a mistake, I called the local office. They asked me to go there to find out what's wrong because they couldn't tell me over the phone. Fine.

So I went there and ask them what happened. The "lady" asked me for another documentation instead. When I asked her why, she said, "Because I asked you." Then I said, "but you didn't tell me why am I even here." Then she continue to ask me for the other document. Then when I said, just tell me why and I will give it to you. Then when she lost it. She claim that I am rude when she is the one being confrontational. She said, "I am going to see the manager because obviously you have something to hide and you are rude."

Why does this sound familiar?

Turns out THEY don't know why I was there. Someone in their office flagged my file, but failed to explain why. So they had to keep digging to find fault of mine.

Even the manager started to be confrontational first, then weakened when she realized she couldn't intimidate me.

Being the bureaucratic heavens of workplaces, some government and school employees have reached a point where, they don't even bother to explain themselves. Even when their office made a mistake. Being in this country, where people only see themselves as individuals, they don't care if someone else in THEIR office made a mistake. It is always the "clients" who is making a fuss.

Pathetic!