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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:49:45 GMT

Did not have enough sleep two nights in a row, I was so tired and had to have some afternoon nap today. It's so rare from my habit but I chose to take care of myself as I wasn't really that busy today at home.

Mr.S's gone to Singapore for his business trip and will be back on Wed. However, even if he were here, I would have came home to do my homework anyways.

The Friday night's gathering with Nicole, Sherry and Shirley was great. I really like to be around these great friends. Marcus, Nicole's baby boy, who is now 1.5 years old is quite cute. He is a naughty little thing that would come up with funny idea to play with others. Seems like everyone is having a good life now at their new working environment. It's funny how the four of us once worked together but now all over the place. The more I grow up, the more I treasure the friendship that I have. We had dinner in a great and nice Thai restarant just next to Nicole's home. We chatted until 10 something that night. Hence, by the time I was home, it's already past mid-night.Then the next day I had to work and had to wake up at 6:00. No wonder I did not have enough sleep.

Then, the last night I had to have a telephone conference with the teacher and Students in Saybrook. The time was 10-12. By the time I was done with the phone call, Helen called in. I wanted to let her know that I am available when she needs it. So even though I was very tired and wanted to go to bed, I told her it's ok to chat some more. I ended up sleep at around 1:00 midnight.

Thanks Mr.S for searching for the wallet for me yesterday in Mongkok. Even though we couldn't find it, I finally got it from the Ebay. It will have to ship from the US to HK. I guess it may take a while. Nonetheless, I am quite exciting and looking forward to receive this nice wallet. Usually I don't like to get things that my friend has the same one, but this one is so nice that even though Sherry is using the exactly same one and Nicole is using the same one but in white, I still want to buy it. I find that when a person is stressful, one has the urge to buy stuffs.

Saturday, November 07, 2009

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:52:56 GMT

I went to Shum Shui Po to see my case today. It's a very exceptional case that I sympathize with the bereaved spouse a lot. Fortunately that Mr.S was with me so that I wasn't too scared to go upstairs. The building was quite terrible. There is a prostitute-like business on the first floor (I had to go to a few stairs above). I will visit this case again soon because she's pregnant and bereaved. Her baby is coming soon but she has not much social connection in HK.

Too bad that I couldn't find what I want after working. I thought I would buy something to appreciate my own hardworking recently. It's a very nice wallet but they are running out of stock. Mr.S went everywhere with me in Mong Kok but still got no luck.

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:48 GMT

Yesterday after work I went for the birthday dinner with Mr.S. It was a fine place with fine food. I like there very much. I hope he enjoyed the night too. After the dinner we shopped for a while. I had the need to buy something. I felt like that I need to cheer up myself for some reason. At least I got something and hopefully I will be quite happy when I see that new pink casecard stand at my office.

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:03:06 GMT

What a great exhibition I saw on my way back home after work. It's an exhibition on claywork done by people with handicapp. Since Mr.S was waiting for me, I did not want him to wait too long. I will take a more in-depth look of those artwork tomorrow when I leave St.Paul tomorrow.

It was in general a great day today. Besides the exhibition and having someone to pick me up, I had a great interview session with a kid. My colleague came to sit the session because she wants to learn to do bereavement counseling with children too. The case was exceptionally demonstrative today. I was quite satisfied with it.

Had a long talk with Sherry for many stuffs this afternoon. I am fortunate that I wasn't in TMH so that I could talk on the phone extensively when I was not busy. It's always such a pleasure to talk to Sherry.

The group in St.Paul also went so well. We are still talking about our personal myths. So many in-depth stuffs came up. I think 6 sessions are really not enough for this kind of in-depth exploration.

Monday, November 02, 2009

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:41:20 GMT

The book that I bought from the Amazon are really good. Right now I am reading hte "understanding children's drawings" by Malchiodi. It is so inspiring to my dissertation proposal! Have to work hard on changing the detail of the proposal again after reading the phenomenological approach to understand children's drawing.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:17:06 GMT

Mom just came back from Vancouver. She looks great, not tired. Thanks Dad for cooking for us when mom's not here. Thanks mom for bringing back the books for me and buying the maple syrup for me to give Dr.Ho as a gift. Now, I have to go to talk with mom rather than sitting in front of the computer!

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:04:15 GMT

I really like my St.Paul silver group very much. The students are thoughtful and intelligent. A F.3 girl talked about the meaning of life with me and we were able to talk about the value of the self, our self-concept and other very philosophical + psychological issues during the training. This is my first time using the 'myth creation activity' for silver's training. The aim is to get them to see their personal myth (the very deep down personal believes that they have). Then they could accept and transcend their personal myths. This is actually something I did for my homework. I was amazed by the fairy tales that these students created.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:38:38 GMT

It's about half way through the time mom is not in HK. Dad and I are doing fine living together. So far we don't have much conflicts (touch wood). In fact, when we are in harmony with each other, I like to spend time with him. Tonight he was the chef again and we had a great meal together again. What a nice daddy that he is.

In the afternoon, thanks Mr.S for shopping with me. I know he was tired but he still kept on joking with me and trying to make me happy. I find that when he's with me, his temper is actually better than during the time he spend with his colleagues or families.

I still can't find any nice clothes to buy but I bought mom and Mr.S's birthday present today. In fact, me and dad have been trying with mom's present tonight. It's a massage chair/cushion. Right now, even though I am not on that machine, I feel something rolling on my back. Hope that mom will like the present.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:42:23 GMT

Haven't been writing diary for a few days again. Today was ordinary still. The only thing special was that I cooked for dad and myself for dinner. Thanks Mr.S for shopping for food with me. Right after lunch, I came home to do my homework. At time it is quite boring but there's no other way. Really need to persist for these few years.

Yesterday Mr.S and I shopped a while too because I want to buy something for myself. However, usually when I am intended to buy something, it's impossible to get something nice.

So ordinary day by day recently because of the long working hour. However, I still enjoy my everyday.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:44:40 GMT

I really admire Tiffany's courageous of leaving her high-paid job to go to Australia for one year to pursue her dream. I am sure she will have a great time there and will come back as a new person next year. I wish her all the best. It's really great to find someone who enjoy these spiritual (strange) thing with me.

Mr. S came to pick me up after the dinner gathering. I know that's quite late, hence, thanks for coming. Recently I have little time to spend with him. That makes him quite upset. He's just like a little kid sometimes.