云起风扬: HKU Special

住宿消息更新 Update on accommodation affairs

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:39:20 GMT

首先多谢几天来大家的支持 Many thanks to everyone for your support in this thing

有你们在真好 It's always good to have you by my side

刚给校长发了邮件并抄送给其他相关人员 Just composed a email to the Vice Chancellor and c.c. to many related officers

现在就等回复了 Now I am waiting for the reply

现在动身回家 I will go back home now

关于Hall的新消息

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:37:30 GMT

被告知所有学校提供的住的地方都住满了
包括Student Flat和 Off-Campus Housing
也就是说
现在只能自己租房子了
靠
现在才告诉我有P用？

Anyway
还有人没房子住么现在？
我们一起租吧
这整件事情真TMD没有Point……

结论是
绝对不能相信大龄未婚的女人
正如绝对不能相信从不喝酒的男人
鉴定完毕

发觉"港大"很多方面真是 "得個港字"
而且还要是用官腔
我就不说什么了

Have to say good-bye to LSK hall...T.T

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:38:00 GMT

In response to my long and self-considered persuasive email to our senior tutor(cc to the another senior tutor and hall manager), our hall manager gave the following message:

Dear Johson Zhang,

According to the policy of the University Granted Committee, all halls
of residence funded by them can only accept full-time students for
residence. This policy applies to all universities in Hong Kong.
Hence, your data for hall resident will be rejected by the Registry if
you are not a full-time student. So, we are sorry that a hall place
in Lee Shau Kee Hall cannot be offered for you during your internship.

If your student status will be resumed next Sep and if you still have
interest to apply for a hall place, you can make an online hall
application in April 2008. Thank you for your kind understanding and
consideration!

--
Christina Lo
Manager
Morrison Hall
Lee Shau Kee Hall
Suen Chi Sun Hall

Well...The ridiculous fact is that I have already got readmitted into LSK for the next academic year and now I will have to move out for such a reason! And as far as I know, even local students in the other universities are allowed to stay in halls during their one year internship. Regarding internships, why they have never considered there will be non-local students who do not have other places to live here?

WTF! Now seeking for some off-campus accommodation...

If anyone have helpful information please let me know!

100000000000000000000000 x Thanks!!!

Lee Shau Kee Hall

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:06:39 GMT

Just got an email from David the warden that I have been admitted into LSK hall in the coming semester. Quite thrilled about that.

Hope a new value and culture would be developed through the efforts of my fellow hallmates and I won't hesitate to offer my service.

Special thanks to David, Irene, Chris, Jenny and Tong.

关于舍堂

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:27:26 GMT

我到现在为止

还是无法接受这边对于舍堂赋予的如此繁多的意义

所谓厚此必定薄彼

港大对于舍堂如此繁多的意义以外

就是对于班级概念的淡化

国内大学的在方式住宿方式

把一个班同学的吃住学习娱乐全部紧密联系在一起

而港大的舍堂只不过是把会和你一起吃住娱乐的人从会和你一起学习的人从里分出来

如此而已

表面上看起来你接触了更多的人有了更多的朋友

其实平均下来你和每个人接触的时间会减少以致深度方面无法保证

也许事实上你根本无需和那么多人深交

因为认识和不认识的影响远比深交和不深交强大很多

况且一个人的精力如此有限根本无法和如此多人深交

不过不管怎样

我始终以为

朋友的质量比数量更为重要

面对这边的大部分同学

忆起一些诗词

同学少年风华正茂指点江山激扬文字

呵这都是在香港不敢奢望的东西吧

而真正能说的上话的始终是大陆的同学

于是想起朋友说的

懂得广东话

有时会让人两头摸不着边

而下个学期

可能会被QuitHall

因为参与程度实在太低

也许……未尝不是一件好事？

对Hall想要说的

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:42:03 GMT

最当初是抱着满满的希望来LeeHall的也是十分想要和Hallmate混熟一些的所以过了O 做了楼委参加了Sports Team 而至今也已经半年多和大家的关系仍然停留在不冷不热的地步对许多人仅仅知道名字而还有的连名字也不记得更别提更深入的了解了现将主要方面总结一下

Group 相对于其他Hallmates来说这一群组员是我在Hall最亲近的人凡事他们也总是想着我的十分感激和他们在一起我也会比较放松　不过感觉和大家还是不是非常熟　至少我不会清楚的记得大家的兴趣爱好什么的

Sports 本人从小缺少体育细胞基本没什么擅长的项目而来LeeHall之后报了HockeyTeam 但因为种种原因训练根本就没有参加过几次至今水平没什么提高而训练多是很早或者周末上课或者回家自然也就没什么时间空余平时本来也可以自己练但因为比较懒所以也就没管那么多了而这学期回来拿到一个比较惨的GPA 就更没心思练下去了以至于最近整天泡在图书馆学习不敢心有旁骛

楼在楼里真的算是比较潜吧一般也很少去CommonArea和大家聊天什么的这大概是语言问题吧对广东话还是不够熟悉一说就浑身不自在而楼委的工作很大程度上还是沟通问题我一直也有把楼里的相片共享出来但也许是因为很多活动我都不在比如说寒假啊自然也都是Fred把事情都做好啊我对不起Fred啊……而有时楼里会半夜有活动之类　一般参加了以后第二天早上的课一定就没发上了　起不来是一回事　起来了在课上也提不起精神　久而久之自然有一定的抵触情绪……这就又要提到ＧＰＡ的问题…多少总是会有一定的影响的吧……

写了这么多　如果问自己一句　在ＬｅｅＨａｌｌ住的真的开心么　我自己也不知道

HKU的蚊子

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:05:56 GMT

今天重阳节，放假一天，所以格外轻松。下午突然想起学费的问题，于是穿着拖鞋短裤跑去RunRunShaw的HSBC摁ATM，弄完后就顺便坐在正对Lily Pond的长凳上发会儿呆。怎知刚过了5分钟光景，惊觉双腿奇痒，低头却完全不着痕迹。心中一凛暗叫不妙，一跃而起拔腿就往回奔，一路上两腿越来越痒却也无可奈何只得暗暗叫苦，等得回到寝室抓过清凉油就往腿上倒。这一看可真是尼亚加拉大瀑布汗，连包都是不规则形状的这什么蚊子啊……而我来HKU这么久还是第一次被蚊子咬……所以结论是下次一定要穿长裤再坐那儿发呆……

楼升仙

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:22:43 GMT

晚上楼的升仙仪式，从9点一直弄到现在才结束。所谓升仙，也就是楼里正式承认你是他们的一分子而特别举行的program 。一开始下所有人到楼下Dem Cheers，然后大声Address自己的资料后说我升仙啦！所有人完成之后回到楼里，进行7项升仙的特别仪式。先是每人亲吻一条鱼5秒钟，取不怕愚（不怕失败，尴尬类似的意思）。接着用Hockey的球棍击打锅，取谐音意为有祸同当。然后大家一起吃福什么牌子的干脆面，意为有福同享，吃脆心的朱古力，取什么意思忘了。接着的楼汤……乃是由柠檬，花生，辣椒等一干事物煮成，入口酸甜苦辣俱全，取大家共同经历酸甜苦辣的意思，不过个人认为味道比以前的中药还要难喝……后来派升仙木牌时，和中世纪册封骑士十分相似，楼主拿西式长剑轻拍半跪在地的Freshman的头顶及双肩，宣布此人升仙……跳“劲过绳”之后，大家一起拿菜刀劈烧猪，不过之前大家都会问很多私人的问题……有时都会让人颇为尴尬……最后大家下到楼下，喝着啤酒闲聊，虽然那种啤酒真的很难喝，和大家交流还是可以了解到很多东西的，很多本地人还是挺有自己的思想的，有趣。

回来之后，看到沈的留言，说要发这次设计的作业给我，可惜当时一直不在房间，没有收到。Ｓｏｒｒｙ啊……明天还会上的不？再发给我啦～好想看哈！还有ＣＣ的留言，说她已经从珠海回来了，她该是玩的颇开心吧。但愿如此。没有来得及说晚安……而Ｌｙｎ和曾则是在我马上要离开的时候和我开群聊……匆忙中只是说了再见就跑去集合了……在此也真诚的道歉……

First time to get lost in HK...

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:08:22 GMT

Our floor went to pratise running tonight, at the beginning everything is so fine and I ranked at 4th with Jacky, Kevin, Jeff ahead of me. This condition continued till I came to a crossing. Since I could see nobody either ahead or behind, I chose a way by my sixth sense. There my exhausting advanture began. I ran and ran but still couldn't see my floormates, I began to feel bad, but I could do anything except keep on running, for I hardly saw a single person in the street! What made things worse, I didn't bring along my mobile phone! Not to mention my wallet...But fortunately I met two travellers from mainland China on my way, and they gave me their map, though HKU wasn't marked on it, I felt more confident with it in hand...
I didn't realize how long I had run, actually I went through many streets, passed many roads, and finally I stood under the main gate of HKU, exhausted... But I did it~ By coming back by myself~! Long since I felt this relaxed and cheerful last time. It seems that I really improved my sense of direction. Cheers~
I bought a harddisk mp3 player today, iRiver H10 5GB, which cost me $1500(retail price $2000 on iRiver e-shop). It provides all functions I need, including mobile disks, FM radio, photo viewing, txt files reading and so on... And its MX400 earphone can provide relatively good quality sound. Again, I can enjoy music wherever I go~ At least won't be bored on my way home.

After Ocamp

Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:42:40 GMT

    Finally, I went through Ocamp. Exhausted after ten days' of intensive programmes. From 8:30 a.m to 2:30a.m, no private timeslot at all...I won't take part in it again if I can make my choice again. Now it seems I had already built up close relationship with my floormates and group members, but the fact is that we can politely say hello to each other but we can't talk for long. The cultral gap between us is too wide...Whatever happens there is one thing that can never be changed...We are different, from the very inside of our heart...This gap can't easily be filled up even after a generation. And what's more, my Cantonese is not so fluent when I want to express myself in a more detailed way...Still needs practising.
    The largest difference between military training and Orientation camp is that the latter is much more mentally harsh... There is MO programme(stand for mass orientation) in which u have to sit still,listen carefully, think swiftly and answer questions actively for as long as 7 hours...And there is programmes in which you have to practise cheers(songs) at the top of your voice for a couple of hours. And there is program in which you have to act co-operatedly with the people you have known for not more than a day...Many are tough tasks and I admit I did gains a lot and became maturer in the ten days, but I still don't think much of the concept of considering inter-person relaionship to be the most important thing in my hall. There are so many unnecessary activities in the hall and they may take much of your time if you are not good at time management. And the purpose of these activities,according to the advice given by current students, is knowing more people. I feel astonished when I got to know the all the 300 people in my hall were all familiar with each other. It's good as long as you can deal with your studies...
    To most HK students, life is completedly directed by themselves and they can do whatever they want without consideration of their family ,or rather, they are always trying to be more independant from the family,coze they are rich. But for me, things are different. I know I had come to HK for my studies. Not for fun. I have my responsibility to my family and the ones I love. I MUST master the ability to give them happiness when the day has come. So I won't waste my time doing something I think is worthless...I hear that a predecessor from SZ quitted Lee Hall in Y3 because of academic reasons. I don't know if I will have to do the same thing again...

Anyway, hope for the best and prepare for the worst. And I have to strive for my glory and dreams.

something about department O'camp

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:46:31 GMT

something about department O'camp
Took part in the O'camp organized by department of EEE
Had some interesting experiences to share.
We were divided into 8 groups and each group had a group father and group mother(group leaders), they are responsible for our performance and behaviour in the teamwork and will guide us in the mass games.
First day we went for HKO...We went to check points at many famous places in HK such as Time Square, Causeway Bay, and did many funny things...We asked strangers for their signitures, sang songs in the crowded street, called out slogans in the metro station,play TV games in the toy shop, did zombie jumps in the shopping mall...etc. If a person did such things alone he will definitely be considered as mentally disturbed.

Then went to a recreation campsite in Quan Wan. Play some mass game, had fun indeed~ We walk in a line holding to the shoulders of the person in front of us,with our eyes closed and tied with a piece of black cloth. We tried our way ahead with great efforts and got seperated and then re-united , finally we were asked to tell what we thought was the most important thing after the game. First I thought it was Teamwork or Friends or something... But in the end the answer proved to be eye sight(to take off the black cloth on ur eyes)...It was so practical and close to human nature, giving me deeper understanding about HK students...Most local students are friendly, but their Mandarine is so poor, so every time one got to know I could speak Cantonese he would be totally relaxed and gladly talked with me...For non Cantonese students, the best way to communicate with locals is to speak English. On the table, hk students are very polite and kind. They would fill up soup , rice and pour drinks for the whole group. Before eating they will call out slogans just like what we did when having military training or something. When eating they won't make loud noises,when needed they will talk quietly. In no ways will they mean to make other feel uncomfortable.
......

That's for today,I will take an extremely harsh Hall O'camp in the next 10 days. Hope I can get passed.

Next update is due on Sep. 3 or 4.

Keep the purity of belief

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:54:02 GMT

I also got some mails from a lady who is persuading me to join her bible study...If it was 4 or 5 years ago I will go without any hesitation, but now I trend to believe that we human beings should devote to ourselves rather than to God. I believe God exists only because he wants us human beings to have someone superior than us so that we won't do anything we want to, or rather,to make us hold a kind of respect to life, to Earth and to the universe .So that we don't need so much external performances if we can hold on to our conscience and humanity.
Let's just keep the purity of belief ,be honest to our heart, isn't it nice?