Dear jumjum...
Today in language class, we did a presentation to describe our sci-fi 'invention'. Melody and I despise language classes as a rule, and generally any class that counts participation as part of the grade.
However, this particular language instructor is pretty cool- she prepares interesting material for us to mull over and discuss and so every lesson is interesting. For once, I have actually picked up some presentation skills (gasp!), and I have immense respect for her.
As Mel and I were leaving the classroom, the instructor expressed that she was surprised that the pair of us can actually talk. Oh woman, you should see how we are in other classes, where we're not even attempting to speak out. She was like, 'Why are you guys usually so silent?!' Well, yes, we do speak- but to quote Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (film, 2005)-
'Only when forced!'
*atm*
Dear jumjum...
Dad was in HK again the past week for a meeting. It was the perfect time for him to come, since there were two public holidays anyway and midterm madness has yet to begin.
When he first arrived on Monday, we had lunch with his colleagues, walked around Festival Walk (probably dad's favourite mall in HK), then we came back to campus to drop off the stuff mum got for me. Mum's care packages always come plus-sized- we had to drag it all in a small cabin bag. Dad insisted on transporting it all the way to my dorm for his little princess. =) We then had an awesome zhu chah dinner at 坑口村, where I must bring Crazy Cat and Patricia to one day, seeing as the only chinese food they've had is campus food which is far from decent!
I went to stay with dad at my aunt's on Thursday, and in all my hurry-scurry, I left my aunt's house key behind and only realised it when I was already on the train. =.= It was kind of embarrassing to call my dad and tell him what happened and that I was going to be super late. We then spent the following three days alternating between walking and eating. I don't think I've explored HK this much since my first year and I made dad walk so much that his calves were aching =D
Dad was stoked to chance upon Joe Bananas, a bar he used to go to with his old boss 15 years ago. Other than stuffing our mouths with food, we went drinking, played pool, sat on a park bench and watched some teenagers play basketball, and watched the new Transporters movie. On the last day we were feeling cultural so we went to the heritage museum and walked through a park. Oh, dad also got to experience his first typhoon.
I'm glad that dad got to meet my HK friends (of whom I talk about a lot to my family) over a dim sum breakfast. We also attended mass at the tiny old church that I usually go to. Dad and I got to talk a lot, and I finally got the complete story of how he started out as a seminarian, then sold cell phones, worked in a bank, worked in warehousing apparel and finally ended up selling shoes! On the last night, we were chilling and talking at a restaurant-bar where there was some live singing. Dad requested a song, then made me go up there to sing! =.= I'm such a pushover. But then again, I wasn't going to defy orders from the one paying the bills to keep me alive and educated! xD
It has been a blissful three days where I got absolutely no work done, and now I'm so reluctant to get back into the grind...gahhhhhh
*atm*
