Ok, I joined the debate club.

Honestly I have always wanted to try, but erm…you know la, you really need courage to start the first step and keep it on.

I like the atmosphere in the club. How they been so encouraging to newbie that totally don’t know anything like me and guided us so well. I mean, they could always point out something good in you although you feel like you are just crapping pointlessly. Regardless of course and ages, they mixed up so well without barrier. I enjoy the view of it and may one day I will become one of them.    

I really learned a lot of things. Debate is really about effective communication. It is not about what you say, what is in your head but what other people heard from you. It is not only blurting out everything, but you have to mention it in a way that your argument will penetrate into their brain and let them nod with you. Well, that is exactly what I need to learn. The main reason I joined debate is how we get “advice” from lecturers that we seriously need EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION, which I’m still trying to pick it up. I guess that is an art which require a lifetime to master.

I heard a senior mentioned the most fascinating element in debate is you can turn the whole world upside down. Things that are right could be wrong. Nothing is definite. Now I agree with her. You began to see the world in a whole new and wider perspective. Personally you think that A is totally wrong and sinful, but in a debate you are going to suggest a proposal to legalize it. You really have to persuade yourself before you could stand in front and try to get vote from others. That was hardest part for and I found that fun.    

My classmate tried to stop me from joining this club and competition. She was right, we don’t even have time to study for all those things yet I have to read up on heavy issue like Utilitarian, ICC blah blah blah that sound like issues from outer planet and spent so much time on practice. Although I need to invest lots of time, I like what I learned in debate team. Economy, rights, international issue, these are what I felt a university student should know. I don’t want to bury myself in anatomy and linguistic. Yes, I have to juggle my time between classes, debate, assignments and other curriculum activities, but I like the feeling of filling my brain with useful stuff.

Last weekend, I went for the training simply because I wanted to learn more. No other purpose. It was indeed a big surprise that I am elected as one of the member in junior team for unknown reason. I know that I am really fresh junior that needs a huge brush up process before I could hit the bar. There are people that are way better than me. I really appreciate the fact that they gave me this opportunity to try. Unfortunately I screwed up in the last practice and I don’t know whether I would disappoint senior that put faith on me.

Wish me good luck this Friday. ^^

我在抬头就望见双峰塔的地方

思念

果然还是乡下的孩子

车辆呼啸而过的马路

每天都塞着的车

受光污染染上红晕的天空

提醒我这不是我的地方

庆幸仍可隐身在钢铁森林中的小绿荫

旁边还有漂亮的湖

但还是怀念那种

可以自由骑在中间的马路

你们的痕迹太深刻

耳机偶尔播着我们的歌

我会在课室中微微的笑

庆幸我们有属于自己的旋律

不想吃晚餐

虽然同学努力邀约

但对那些食物真的提不起胃口

不跟家里比

原来真的会怀念KMM的食物

我要有厚厚鸡蛋包着的蛋包饭

贴着漂亮欲爆蛋黄的印度煎饼

不想去购物

因为人太多店太多

在人流中

我觉得自己像下错站的旅人

请别担心，

这只是适应期

我会找到喜欢、怀念、舍不得这里的理由

PS：我有重大发现，原来双峰塔12点后会关灯

You are Everything To Somebody  

Right now at this very minute-----------  

someone
is very proud of you  

someone 
is thinking of you

someone 
cares about you

someone
misses you  

someone
wants to talk to you

someone 
wants to be with you  

someone
hopes you aren't in trouble

someone
is thankful for the support you have 
provided  

someone 
wants to hold your hand 

someone 
hopes everything turns out all right

someone
wants you to be happy  

someone
wants you to find them

someone
is celebrating your successes  

someone 
wants to give you a gift

someone 
thinks you ARE a gift  

someone 
hopes you are not too cold, or too hot  

someone
wants to hug you  

someone
loves you

someone 
wants to lavish you with small gifts  

someone 
admires your strength  

someone 
is thinking of you and smiling  

someone 
wants to be your shoulder to cry on

someone
wants to go out with you and have a lot of fun

someone
thinks the world of you

someone 
wants to protect you

someone
would do anything for you 

someone 
wants to be forgiven

someone 
is grateful for your forgiveness  

someone 
wants to laugh with you about old times  

someone 
remembers you and wishes you were there

someone 
needs to know that your love is unconditional  

somebody   
values your advice  

someone 
wants to tell you how much they care

someone 
wants to stay up watching old movies with 
you  

someone 
wants to share their dreams with you 

someone 
wants to hold you in their arms

someone 
wants YOU to hold them in your arms

someone 
treasures your spirit  

someone 
wishes they could STOP time because of 
you  

someone 
can't wait to see you

someone 
wishes that things didn't have to change  

someone 
loves you for who you are  

someone 
loves the way you make them feel

someone 
wants to be with you 
someone 
hears a song that reminds them of you  

someone 
wants you to know they are there for you  

someone 
is glad that you're their friend  

someone 
wants to be your friend  

someone 
stayed up all night thinking about you  

someone 
is alive because of you  

someone 
is wishing that you would notice them

someone 
wants to get to know you better

someone 
believes that you are their soul mate  

someone 
wants to be near you

someone 
misses your guidance and advice  

someone 
values your guidance and advice 

someone 
has faith in you

someone 
trusts you

someone
needs you to send them this letter  

someone
needs your support

someone 
needs you to have faith in them  

someone 
needs you to let them be your friend

someone 
will cry when they read this

         Gosh, I feel fresh when the dark cloud left my head.

         The worries that stirred in my head these few days evaporated, finally. ^^ This simply proves how easily I would be coaxed. What I need is just a little faith, vote of confidence from people that I care.

Then is a story of someone failed to get my course and get medicine instead. ???!

I don’t know whether she was wrongly informed but this is definitely the key to free me of the chains. Another thing, I finally reached a classmate! Thanks to the fb group. ^^

         Thanks for your words of comfort and being attentive enough to sense my insecure. Now I just feel excited, haha~

         So from now on, I won’t try to evade questions about my course and maybe giving more patience to explain WHAT IS SPEECH THERAPY to everyone. It was tiring OK, especially trying in vain to tell my grandfather that a speech therapist is not a DOCTOR.

         Some say it was a waste, not to pursuit a career in medicine or any better field. Who say you must be a doctor if you get good result? I knew that was not for me, maybe I could do that if I push myself a little harder, but why make life such misery? It would be a dishonour to the noble work.

         What plagued me before is that did I make a wise decision? Stepping into this unknown field which is still a mystery to me and betting my future on it. But the worries won’t help.

Just let the time justify my choice.

I am a fierce Harry Potter fan, the book I mean. This usually means that I am on the opposite side when it comes to the movie.

It was always exciting to have Hogwarts came before our eyes, to compare the portrayal of our mind with the Hollywood product. ^^ The scenes were attractive, we got all the essential entertaining elements and some part was so thrilling and vivid such that it must feel like roller coaster in 3D theatre.

However, they always appear not enough appealing for me as the movie is not original enough.

In my friend’s word, this is another story. I guess both of us are just disappointed as the scenes we expected did not came out or turned the other way. I knew it was indeed a challenging task to compress this brick-thick book into movie, even split in two. Due to the complexity and richness of the story, everything had to move in a high velocity and the faces of the character just flashed in and out.

Despite everything, Harry Potter is still a must-see. We grew with Harry, Ron and Hermione, or should I say Daniel, Rupert and Emma?

I recalled the moments we watched the whole series again. Equipped with snacks and pillows, in those nights……miss that moments

At least it was awesome for those who never read Harry, and even ignited their interest to grab the book, I should be happy about that.

Harry Potter is unrivalled in my heart till now. I still remember when I get it from my friend in Standard Three or Four? A book with a weird name and dazzling cover which unlike any of the book I read before and the story proven to be fascinating. I simply stick on it the whole time and was asking for the sequel as soon as I finished it.

There is a book review which left such comment, “Rowling must had a whole committee running in her head!” and I couldn’t agree more with this. Till now, I enjoyed reading it over and over again albeit growing familiar with the storyline and smiled when the dialogue in the movie was same with the line in my heart, the story still exerts magnetic force on me that I can’t let go the book once I opened it. It is another source of fun to discover how Rowling had delicately placed all her clues without any traces.

Rowling showed me the true power of words, building a world out of nothing, presenting us the magic world with wizards, wands, elf, Quidditch, broomsticks, but what Harry Potter bring to me were not merely fascinating fantasy but far more better. 

Guess I'll have another read of it soon. ^^

Quote from somewhere

Childhood ends, this time forever, with tears and howls, swirls of smoke, the shock of mortality and bittersweet smiles in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,”

Is that so?

P/S: I’m sorry to watch it first but I would definitely go for a second time with you. Y