三個月

停產咗個半月，真係唔好意思。唔知大家係唔係已經放棄咗黎睇呢 ?

三個月剛過去，亦即係話試用期都過去，老闆今日無叫我下星期唔洗返，咁應該都係順利過渡。

依個半月都有兩單特別事。第一件就係十月三十日返hku做mphil嘅oral defense (即係oral examination)。由被通知到exam日子，之間只有兩個星期，可以話係完全無prepare過，求求其其整好個powerpoint，rehearsal都無做就走去exam，結果就係overtime，present咗四分三就俾examiners叫停。之後答examiner問題又答得唔係太好，要ex-老細俾提示先答到 (緊係啦，丟低哂d野成兩個月，乜都唔記得啦)。最後examiners都俾我過，都算有驚無險。依家就revises緊本thesis，十二月十九日交final bound version，咁就完事啦，兩年嘅master就黎有個了斷。

第二件就係發生响十一月十六日，當日係公司一年一度嘅family day，地點就係disneyland。話明係family day，有家室嘅同事就一家大細出席，好似我lee d尚未娶妻嘅人就要單刀赴會。一早十點响門口集合，影完大合照之後就自由活動，我同幾位都係單刀嘅同事响中午就竄咗出青衣食lunch，之後就走咗去馬灣，到四點多先返disneyland，夜晚再集合一齊去holloywood hotel食buffet。依日好彩都算有伴，如果唔係我一條友响disneyland都唔知做d 乜。

依家工作咗三個月，諗返轉頭覺得自已真係非常非常的好彩，所有事情都好似响一個perfect timing發生响我身上。例如响我揾到工之後先至發生金融海潚、office又離家不遠、又入到一間福利唔錯嘅公司、上咗工唔夠兩個月總公司就話有股份分，又可以去北京training、免費去disneyland、又啱啱好今年可以有bonus收、仲有就係下年一月尾會去丹麥首都哥本哈根開會!!!!

你地話，係唔係天時地利人和都好配合??
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

習慣

已經有一個多月無打entry，大抵都係因為平日放工後都無精神同時間上網，依家趁星期六晚得閒d，終於都可以打返個entry。

工作了一個多月，己經習慣了新嘅生活模式，幸好公司離我家不遠同埋唔prefer OT，好多時都好早(大概六點機)就返到屋企。公司d人都好好，因為公司不大，只有十五人，大家都無乜隔莫。我暫時都好鐘意响依間公司做，因為佢俾我好多機會接觸新野，雖然做嘅野可能係有d瑣碎，不過lee d經驗對一個新CRA黎講係必須嘅，我諗我會响lee間公司至少做兩年先會再揾工。

中秋節同rita去咗sydney一趟，因為我有兩張免費sydney來回機票。相已經upload咗，大家可以去右手面個link。

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

親身接觸

已經返咗工一個多禮拜，大致都掌握到要做d乜，不過要做上手恐怕需要好長嘅時間。我嘅title叫做clinical research associate，我諗大家聽都未聽過，其實依個post主要工作係確保clinical trial (臨床實驗)係在依足國際指引 (Good Clinical Practice)同埋藥廠嘅protocol嘅情況下進行，需要定期去醫院睇文件。正因為clinical trial係關乎人命，所以依個post係professional，要考試的。

一直對依個post都好有興趣，不過我無hand on經驗，所以好多藥廠都無請我。直至揾到我依家返緊嗰間，佢話無經驗都會consider，我緊係apply啦，最後經過三次interview先請我。依家真係接觸到clinical research associate嘅工作，感覺很興奮，唔親身接觸過都唔知工作量係好大，好多timeline要follow，好多好多document同data要check，要file，有時又要估吓點解個醫生會甘填張data sheet，真係有好多野要學。

初入行係要捱吓ga la，依家唔做好，將來有排受。

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

係時候了

好啦好啦，我依家响robert black college過埋最後的一個晚上，坐在已收拾好，空空如也嘅房裏面打依個entry。

離開hku，離開個lab，離開rbc，無好似當年year 2 離開ricci咁喊到收唔到聲，因為都長大了，懂得面對離去，面對轉變。其實最唔捨得d人，六年大學生涯中，認識到不少人，從每個人身上都學到好多野，有正面有反面，的而且確令到我成長了，可以話無你地都唔會有今天的我，真係無言感激! (係唔係覺得好鬼骨痺??)

星期一開始，我就跳出大學，投身社會。又唔係好緊張，將來發生嘅事都係兵來將擋，水來土淹，做錯野就當學野。係需要歷練的，有信心就可以了。

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

轉變

一切都好似來得太快，使我心理上有d難適應。上星期一，老細終於話我份thesis可以submit，真係好。星期二，再到novo nordisk做second interview，個interviewer話最快七日，最遲廿日先會有通知，心諗機會都不大了，有點灰心。星期三，一個unexpected嘅電話，竟然係novo nordisk打黎，叫我星期四去做final interview，乜料呀，又話七日，你第二日就打黎，完全無心理準備。星期四，响完全無準備嘅情況下去做final interview，點知一坐低，個interviewer一條問題都無問就話，"廖生，我地offer你$xx,xxx，你有冇問題?? 除咗依個數，仲會有..........所以實際上你每個月係有$xx,xxx"，我當時覺得個數完全响我expect嘅range之內，所以就乖乖地咁簽咗contract，九月一日開工，我揾到工啦!!!!!!星期五，thesis終於bind好，submit咗，我嘅master生涯就暫時完結。

睇睇日曆，我得返兩個星期relax，我要好好享受。九月一日，我就踏入一個新階段，過一個新生活模式。祝自己好運!!!!
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

大病一場

估唔到會响依家咁crucial嘅時候大病一場，只怪自己貪玩吧。上星期二早上見完工之後就開始覺得自己有d唔妥，有d咳同好想訓覺，不過都頂得住，所以下晝五點半就同labmates去打籃球，打完之後出事la。返到房沖完涼，全身發冷，摸吓額頭，超"慶"，食兩粒藥，即刻上床訓，第日朝起身，好wing，仲未退燒，最後成日都响張床上過。星期四，都仲有燒，又越咳越勁，睇咗醫生，開咗d藥，依日又係响張床上過。星期五，好咗d，就返lab做野，不過食完藥勁眼訓，到下晝都頂唔順，決定返屋企。星期六又係食吓藥，訓吓覺咁過。星期日見仲未好，睇多次醫生，食第二d藥。到依家，己經無發燒，不過一開口講野就咳，都唔知點解。希望快d好返，如果唔係下星期二嘅second interview就發揮唔到la..........

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

機會

好多機會會响你面前出現，最緊要係你懂唔懂去抓緊機會，抓唔住，機會就會遛走。

類似以上嘅說話我諗大家都聽過唔少次，不過大家有冇真係付諸實行 ??? 自問就冇lu.........日日都見到唔少心儀嘅工，好想報，但係有時諗得太多，怕經驗唔夠，遲遲都唔send信，到最後決定send嘅時候，個ad都無咗lu。

真係無鬼用!!!

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

多重焦慮症

腦裏面有好多野煩擾住我，thesis、manuscript、揾工、strings appassionato limited、錢..........每件事都令我擔心，其實係俾咗唔少壓力自己。只不過我份人就係咁，乜都諗餐死，驚餐死。

揾工，早排見咗兩份工，不過in完就知道已經無行，因為自己表現唔好，講咗好多廢話，俾interviewer challenge轉頭就啞口無言，自斷米路。唉.........

點算呀???

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

再次抗戰

上星期完成1st draft，交咗俾samuel過目，今日攞返comments，非常感激!!!! 睇黎需要一d時間去修改，要將某幾個section加長。今個星期就當係休息，聽日開始，再次要抗戰了!!!!

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

What a mess!!!

終於寫到result嗰個chapter，真係好唔容易。面對住一大堆嘅data，一個個嘅graph，真係覺得好亂，點先至可以present得好同smooth??? 其實大概嘅outline已經定好，但係邊d data要加，點樣加，用graph定係用table，真係攪到我頭都大埋!! 同labmate傾過吓，知道describe data嗰陣用d wordings要用得好小心，真係有d難度。result之後，仲有discussion要寫，長期抗戰..........

另外，gsk份工已經宣告失敗，都係繼續努力咁send application，我一定要入到clinical research associate依一行，做professional!!
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Long weekend

今年d公眾假期大多都响星期一或者五，所以每隔個幾月就有一個long weekend，一連休息三日，真係好，每次我都會好好享受。就好似啱啱過咗嘅端午節長假期，雖然星期六朝早嘅黑雨，但係之後嘅時間都行吓街，同家人食飯，完完全全將thesis嘅野拋諸腦後，真係好鬼舒服。下次中秋節long weekend (9/13-9/15)，小弟就會同rita去悉尼一趟，好期待呀!!!

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

何去何從

三星期了，仲未有電話，似乎都係無行lu，都係唔好抱太大期望，就當係攞吓經驗，睇吓d藥廠想要d乜人。

寫thesis方面，寫黎寫去都唔知寫咗d乜，introduction嗰part仲要大改，有d擔心趕唔切。

睇黎我都係疊埋心水响lab繼續做廉價勞工或者响其他depertment揾份RA就算，真係灰。

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

黃金四星期

今日開始，老細就放四個星期大假，好彩响佢走之前confirm咗thesis title同examiners，要簽嘅form都俾佢簽咗，可以話係萬事俱備，依家就只欠本thesis嘅完成品，希望可以响lee四星期內寫好first draft，等老細返到黎就俾佢睇。
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Swire Visit

小弟有幸能夠响robert black college住，都係多得swire (太古) 嘅scholarship。上星期五(9/5)，swire就邀請獲得swire scholarship嘅學生到swire旗下嘅公司參觀。我地去咗Cathay Pacific Catering Service，Cathay City，可樂廠同太古城。四個地方，最精彩都係Cathay Pacific Catering Service。除咗cathay pacific，catering service仲為好多airline提供飛機餐，所以每日要準備嘅食物量係好多。唔好以為整飛機餐嘅材料係現成，買返黎已經切好哂，去哂皮，其實係每日由好多人手去切，洗，去皮，好多功夫。睇完之後，我諗下次食飛機餐都唔會浪費，食哂所有野。俾大家睇吓d相啦，就知道係幾多功夫

著住保護衣的小弟; 待洗的青蘋果; 切蘋果的工人

响荷蘭豆攞d青豆; 幾多人整三文治; 好多碟叉雞飯

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

開行turbo

今日同老細傾掂咗個thesis title，雖然個title同我之前自己計劃好嘅title有d出入，有可能要重新plan過個outline，但係都總算有d野落實咗，有個目標。依家係時候要開行turbo寫thesis，希望唔洗補太多experiment。

除咗thesis，仲有要準備兩個禮拜後嘅swire night，小弟貴為當晚嘅mc，一定要好好prepare吓。

揾工方面，GSK第一關過咗，依家等緊second in，希望早d有電話。
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

繁瑣工作

五月了，歐遊的holiday mood都應該消失了。五月將會係一個多勞的一個月，要做的雖然唔係甚麼大件事，但係係要做好多好多繁瑣濕碎野，有時真係覺得好鬼煩! 當然由五月開始就要認真準備thesis，又要揾工，壓力都唔細。
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Europe trip photos

The photos of the Europe trip are uploaded to Webshots. Click the hyperlink on the right hand side of this page. Enjoy!!
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

非一般的澳門之旅

星期五(18/4)，包括小弟在內，一行九人嘅swire scholars出發到澳門大學參觀交流。澳大係澳門唯一一間官立大學，位於氹仔，面積不大。我地得到澳大校長親切招待，佢同我地响coffee shop食lunch，親自帶我地參觀sport center，仲教我用gym equipment!!近住就帶我地去佢office，完全唔介意俾佢張亂七八糟嘅書枱我地任影，佢office有個無敵大海景架!!!!之後就做d例牌野，介紹澳大、同澳大學生交流、campus tour。夜晚就去官也街食葡國菜，去venetian。我地响澳大學生宿舍過了一晚。

星期六(19/4)，多得澳大校長關照，朝早去咗一個由澳門政府攪嘅唔知乜叉文明對話座談會，有幸見到何厚鏵特首。我地座咗一陣就走咗lu。之後返宿舍收拾行裝，準備去大三巴附近買手信。响返緊宿舍途中，有個"實q"同我地講，"三號風球wor，你地有冇船走架??" 當時我地都唔知頭，唔知路，我心諗八號先會停ga fai，所以不以為意。點知當我地去到十月初五街鉅記買野，個sales姐姐話，"喂，一點半會掛八號，可能無船架la wor!"，我地即刻仆去碼頭，一點鍾去到，但係己經停咗航lu。我地本來諗住都要响澳門過多一晚，仲想揾校長求救，不過出面真係好大雨，去賭場d shuttle都停開，最後決定留响碼頭等。一等就等咗七個鍾，我地終於搭到八點班船返香港。

多得今次澳門之旅，我地swire scholars都好似熟落咗，紿終大家都一齊 "落難"過.......

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

我的期限

前幾日lab meeting嘅時候答應咗老細做多幾個experiment，真係有d下巴輕輕。究竟我幾時要停? 幾時send信?
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

終於將簡短嘅歐遊遊記完成，如當中有d乜野睇唔明，請多多包涵，小弟d英文真係有限公司。依家就努力將遊行d相upload上網，加caption，請大家耐心等候。
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Prague (March 15 to March 16)

We chose to spend our last day of the trip in Prague again. March is the month of Easter and Easter is a big thing for European, so before Easter, there are Easter Markets held in many European cities. In Prague, the Easter Market is like a big carnival and you can find many stalls selling hand painted Easter eggs. Some stalls sell special Czech food and beer. It just like the 年宵市場 of Hong Kong.

The Easter Market concluded our Europe trip. We took the flight to Hong Kong on March 16.

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Florence, Pisa, Siena (March 12 to March 14)

Florence, "Firenze" in Italian, is one of the ancient cities of Italy. It is where the Renaissance began 500 years ago, so the city is surrounded by an "artistic atmosphere''. The style of building of the churches of Florence is very different from those of Rome or Venice. I can't describe how they are different in here becuase of my poor English, but when you get there, you should have the same feeling as me. What I am happy about Florence is the food. There is a food stall on Via Sant'Antonino selling 牛什包 (Guts of cow)!!! Have you ever thought of eating the guts of cow in Italy?? I am sure the owner should have been Hong Kong before becuase the 牛什包 is served with 辣椒醬 and 薑蓉!! Delicious!! Gelato is very cheap in Florence too.

Pisa is just one hour train ride away from Florence. Piazza dei Miracoli is the only place to go in Pisa. You can find the leaning tower there. Spend half day in Pisa is sufficient.

Siena is the most preserved ancient city of Italy and is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. I personally like Siena most among all italian cities I have visited. It gave me a peaceful feeling. Piazza del Campo is of the right size, not too large, not too small. I felt very comfortable when sat on the floor of the Piazza.

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Rome (March 10 to March 11)

There are two types of domestic trains in Italy, regional and Eurostar Italia. Both can bring you to the italian destinations you want, but 'regional' is slow train and Eurostar Italia is fast train. If you take the fast train, you have to reserve seat beforehand and pay 15 euro reservation fee per person even you have a train pass. If choose to go for the slow train, no reservation is needed but have to tolerate 6 to 7 hour ride from Venice to Rome instead of 3 hour in fast train. To save time, we chose to pay for the reservation.

There is a Chinese proverb means 'every road can reach Rome' (條條大路通羅馬). It is really true. You can come across people of different nationalities in Rome, Chinese, Afrians, Turkish, Indians....... They are not tourists but residents.

The monuments in Rome are very grand and well preserved. Every church has its special pieces inside like Moses statues, the Holy stairs, la bocca dell'verita, the Holy chain....... Bascillia di San Pietro of the Vatican City is gorgeous!!! It is the largest church in the world!!

Rome is really an exciting city. Safety was a probelm but it looks better now because policemen are everywhere.

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Venice (March 9)

How did we go from Prague to Venice?? 15 hour train ride! The design of the so called 'couchette car' of the train is really stupid. In a space not larger than a cargo lift, how can six people sleep? Even that six people can manage to sleep on the couchettes, where should the luggage place? We stayed with three italian students and an US girl in one of the couchette cabins. With all the luggage, no spare space for us to move at all. Six of us decided to sleep on seats finally. What a special experience, but never again!!

Venice, "Venezia" in Italian, is so small that one day walking tour is enough. We started from Murano (needed to take a water bus to reach there), then went back to the train station, took another water bus to Piazza di San Marco. From the Piazza, we walked througt all the small streets ("via" in Italian) and felt like submerged in an ancient city. Get yourself lost in Venice streets, this is the best way to have a close look of Venice.

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Prague (March 6 to March 8)

Prague was the core place of my Europe trip because I attended the scientific conference here. The conference, as usual, was boring but I learnt new things and got new inputs to my research project for sure. And eight participants took my A4-size copies of my poster, out of my expectation!!

Prague is truly a beautiful city. Luckily, the weather in Prague in the days we visited was very nice so we could see the magnificent panorama of Prague from Prague Castle. (Go to my online album to have a look!) To have the closest look of Prague, what to do is just walk, no bus, metro or tram. We started walking from the Prague Castle, then St Nichole Church, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square.......... There are so many attractions to visit but I advice you don't try to skip anyone of them. They are all beautiful!! We bought "Prague Card" to assess most of the attractions.

Prague was also an important city in the history of Classical music. Mozart, my favorite composer, visited Prague several times in his late life and composed three important and grand pieces: Don Giovanni, 'Prague' Symphony and La clemenza di Tito. Mozart liked Prague very much because of the success of his music. Another important composers who are related closely to Prague are Dvorak and Smetana. Both of them are the pioneer of Nationalistic music. Symphonic poem cycle 'My Country' is the national music of Czech.

We watched "The Magic Flute", opera by Mozart, in the Prague State Opera House on March 7. This was the first time to watch opera in Europe.

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Salzburg (Mar 3 to Mar 5) Munich (May 5)

Salzburg, the city of Mozart. Truely, I can find the face of Mozart everywhere. I like the taste of European small town like Salzburg. Everywhere is easily accessible. We bought 'Salzburg Card' which allowed us to visit most of the tourist attractions and travel on bus free of charge. The weather was not so good, it snowed heavily. But we went up a snow mountain when it snowed. So excited!! I highly recommend Salzburg to you all!!

Because we had to catch the flight to Prague, we visited Munich again. We tried the world most famous Scheweinshaxe ("German Pig Knuckle"), DELICIOUS!!! It tasted much better than the one of King Lugwid. Do you know how much was it? It only costed us 2.99 euro!!!
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

Munich (Feb 28 - Mar 1) Vienna (Mar 2)

Alright........finally, i can go online without any cost in hostel.........

Munich is a nice city. Many good food to eat. It is a well-discipline and safe city. I felt very comfortable there. It snowed unexpectedly on Mar 1. There are three main churches in Munich. The exterior of them is not good-looking at all, but the interior is stunning beautiful. Theatinerkirche (Theatiner Church St. Cajetan) is a good example. From outside, its exterior has no difference with a ruined house, but when you enter it, extremely beautiful with very fine sculpture!!!!

Vienna, the city of music. To be frank, i barely felt the atmoshpere of music in Vienna. But palaces are very grand and worth visiting though (I mean take some photos outside them), especially the Parliment building.

The hostels we stayed in these few days belong to the same company, Wombat City Hostel. I highly recommend the Wombat's hostels because the rooms are nice, the location is good and the staff is friendly. Remember to book the wombat hostels of Munich and Vienna together if you visit thes two places becuase you can get a 'Wombat Cheque' which offer you a free breakfast after it is stamped. The breakfast is great and can feed you whole day!!!
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

出發

仲有唔夠廿四小時，我的歐洲之旅就開始，非常興奮!!儘管今次出門的目的係開conference，係去學野，係要帶d野返lab，我的心態都是去旅行、去散心、去休息。出發前apply咗兩份工，終於捨得揾工，希望有好消息。亦交低咗review paper first draft同修改過嘅powerpoint俾老細，其實我完全唔execpt老細會睇，因為佢大概己經let go咗我。不過let go還let go，我都要自己跟緊d，如果唔係，miss咗畢業deadline就弊。

如果有機會的話，我都會响歐洲寫blog，大家多多留意啦!!
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

加人工

等了又等，終於等到了。响我將近畢業之前大學宣佈加studentship六百大元，仲要先加三百，過多幾個月再加埋剩低三百。聽新閒講上個月通脹率係4.3%，今次加人工嘅percentage係4.8%，換句話說，即係無乜點加過。其實有得加己經好好啦，都算有多咗d錢洗。
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

歐洲遊

還有一個多星期，我同rita就出發到歐洲了，非常期待! 其實此行主要目的係到布拉格參加scientific conference，不過依家似乎已經將conference嘅野拋諸腦後，哈哈! 三月嘅歐洲仍然係好凍，大多數時間都係响十度以下，所以都執咗唔少厚衫，攪到d行李都幾大份。不過無壞，最重要係享受成個旅程。
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

愚不可及

做了一件超級白痴，低b，低能的事，攪到破了少少財，真係抵死!!!!! 諗番起真係唔知點解當時會做出d咁嘅事。算吧.....就當破財擋災。
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

一月

我覺得二零零八年的一月過得好慢，好不容易先至來到二月。大多因為依家搬返hku campus住，工作的節奏無之前咁緊迫，每日都可以做耐一d，時間感覺上過得比較慢。但係諗深一層，自己好似係懶散咗，做野嘅efficiency係慢咗。其實日子真係所剩無幾，好快就要畢業，再唔上心d，遲早出事。

前日响電視見到jamie oliver整咗一碟courgette carbonara，好鬼吸引，好想自己整番碟。

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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

計劃

不少朋友都話我係一個好有planning嘅人，但自覺在做每件事時都沒有周詳計劃，只係諗到乜就做乜，非常即興。在這一刻，我心裡只想著怎樣先有足夠嘅本錢去買樓、結婚，眼看銀行戶口只有"丁屎"咁多錢，真係唔知點算。大家有無一d計劃可以建議俾我?
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

股市

這兩日股市大跌，恆指由舊年三萬幾跌到依家二萬一，由此可見投資股票的風險不少。自己手上都有一點兒貨，都跌到無影，不過我係睇長線，有上有落係正常。仲記得舊年股市大旺，有很多人同大行都話恆指會响某某時間前升到某某點數，好鬼興奮，到依家跌市，就話將先前嘅目標向下調，真係俾佢講哂。我覺得最緊要信自己，自己覺得買得過就去買，賺咗係自己嘅，蝕咗就唔好賴，當係攞經驗，當然，一些有用嘅意見係必須的。

趁低吸納定係靜觀其變? 自己judge啦......
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“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

新學期今日開始，campus又熱鬧起來，好鬼多人，我都係鍾意無乜人，無咁嘈嘅campus。

搬咗入robert black之後，夜晚大部份時間都係睇電視，除咗睇無綫，仲愛上了睇Discovery Travel & Living，尤其係jamie oliver嘅節目，因為我太鍾意煮野食了，有得睇lee個台，我成晚唔做其他野都得!!
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"......兩個人，一冷一熱，一剛一柔好唔襯，但其實係一凹一凸最合襯。" --- 摘錄自《向世界出發II》中的一段旁白

“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

新的一年

2007年已成過去，2008年是一個新的開始。08年的生活有了些少轉變，有點好似回到住hall的生活，因為從一月一日起我就入住robert black college。能夠住在campus，做lab的時間自然多了，時間安排都可鬆動一些，當然食野方面就要節省一點。

踏入08年，亦意味著我的mphil已到了尾聲，還是做不完的lab work，再加上thesis，conference，review aricle，搵工，壓力有曾無減。我只希望lab work順利，最重要的是準時畢業!!!!

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"......兩個人，一冷一熱，一剛一柔好唔襯，但其實係一凹一凸最合襯。" --- 摘錄自《向世界出發II》中的一段旁白

“I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)

“[T]o talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” --- W. A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)