Rainy day~

It's been a while since I last blogged. It's now week 6 i think in a new semester for me in CityU and everything just got on track quite ok, last week was a horror week =P And that of today is Thursday which suppose to be my off day but I normally go for a sit in class. Well anyhow, is a relax day for me, to get some things done in the morning, and get my mind some off time too.

Well, haven't been going out much for month to be exact now, had a muscle torn at my left leg joint near the groin area and made me quite unable to walk much for weeks. Got stuck out in the cold when I try to go somewhere, when I walked out, the temperature outside literally frozen my injured muscle that I'll be in so much pain and all I can do is just stay at the same spot until the pain goes away and I'll be able to walk again, and that normally takes an hour or so.

LOL, never felt walking was so much of an effort before. Learnt from this now. It's getting better, just still slight pain, thanks to the medicines Jing brought me from Malaysia, things are going good. I think I'll be on the streets again in a week or 2, whee! Going mad already cause stay indoor too long! Only went to TVB to watch the International Chinese Singing Competition last Saturday, that felt like release from jail~!

Today is not cold actually, just 20 degrees celcius, but the rain made the environment so humid and annoying~ had to on my heater anyhow. Feel so lazy to even walk out to class later, but I will! Today's class is my energy enhancing class!

Shall talk more next time, when I have the mood to sit down and write again~

North Point : Street Markets

I wanted to go out on my own for some adventures for a while already, but I just couldn't get my butt off this chair. So finally this morning I woke up and I tell myself I will go out!

Where to? Somehow, I love to go to street markets at Hong Kong, especially those with a lot of things to look at (or buy) and cheap.

Actually there's one near my area, which located at Pei Ho, Sham Shui Po (SSP), but recently I have been to SSP for so many times, for meals and dessert, so I decided to go elsewhere. I looked up on net for some other street markets available and I found Chung Yeung Street Market which is located at North Point. So off I go, MTR my way to North Point.

I took the long way to escape the crowd. I decided to go to North point by Yau Tong interchange, when I reach north point, as I was walking, someone tapped on my shoulders... when I looked up, was my lecturer, Nadim! Hong Kong's really small huh!

Actually the last time I went to North Point, I had egglets, at King's Road.

But this time around I exited the MTR station by the A2 exit, and I look for road sign boards. I found out there's another street market there~ Marble Road Street Market~!!

There's actually a lot of things to buy there, and cheap.

I got myself

a pair of jeans (hkd39)

3 pairs of socks (hkd10 for 3)

a turtle neck long sleeve tee (hkd49)

1 roll of musical notes designs wallpaper (hkd5)

That is in total HKD103 = about RM42~

I was like omg! That's one street market! And I haven't found the one I wanted to visit!

So I kept walking, on the way finding that, I actually went into another shop and bought another checkered shirt for hkd20~ that is like RM8

So there goes RM50!

Can you believe it? RM50 you can get a pair of jeans and 2 tops already? and 3 pairs of socks?

So I continue walking, and I found King's Road playground, more like a park. So I went in and sat a while. Packed my stuffs into my backpack and wore my jacket. Drank some water and check my map.

Behind that park is this

The Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department. Super random findings really!

As I continue searching for Chun Yeung St. Market, I realized I was walking towards the wrong direction, so I turned back, but I decided to walk with another road parallel to where I have been walking, turns out, it was King's Road, lol~

I walk along that road and I saw a shop clearance, I almost wanted to buy the pair of Nike shoes there, HKD200 only~ but in the end I didn't. And then I saw McD, I decided to go in and have my really late lunch and the per usual McChicken burger + small coke + small fries (HKD18) as other sets of value meals here are all quite expensive, the cheapest value set would be Nuggets or Fillet O Fish, HKD20 per set. Anyhow I went for a burger instead as it'll be more filling~

Oh ya, before I went into McD, I actually went into this Salvation Army family stores which sells a lot of 2nd hand stuffs and then make it as donation. They even have used clothes tagged as "TVB"! I wonder, is those like, from the dramas or what =P

And after the McD late lunch, I finally found Chun Yeung St. Market.

As I read from the net, it was call as Little Shanghai long time ago as you can get many goods here.

I find it very interesting as it is a street market where both sides have shops and stalls but there's tram track in the middle, so occasionally, you see trams passing by, and ringing the bell "ding ding" =D

And so from this Street market, I got myself some vege and tomatoes (3 for hkd10 - 2 kind of vege and some tomatoes) and also some prawns for hkd10 too~! That is like RM8 can get myself some ingredients for 2 dishes already~

It's almost 6 when I left Chun Yeung street and headed towards MTR station again, and then only I realized, both street markets are just side by side haha~ divided by a flyover~ no wonder I can't see it! And guess what? As I pass by Marble St market again, I got myself a pair of new sneakers for HKD99 (RM40) which consider quite expensive already, since I can get much cheaper at Fa Yuen St, but the design is nice so I bought it. So there, almost top to toes with RM100~ =P

By the incoming of new shoes, means old ones have to go, this time...2 go off, bye bye

Got back to hostel about 7pm~ had a great dumpling dinner cooked by my tutor Cherry!

Yum!

Happy Winter Solstice everyone!

Little happiness

The little happiness in my room~

Ansel Adams

I'm currently reading Ansel Adams : letters and images, 1916-1984

And I saw his photo when he was younger in the year 1920.

He was a charming guy!

That takes great photos~

Gotta continue reading, 2 big books!

Dopamine-responsive dystonia (DRD) might be mistaken as Cerebral Palsy, parents take note!

I saw this video just now, I was quite shocked.

But this could change many people's life, CP patients'

I myself is with CP, life could be hard at times.

But do remember, there's always hope =D

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For those who don't know what cerebral palsy is, basic explanation would be it's a some sort of neurological disorder. When you have it, it's sort of permanent, can be help to improve by some therapy.

To know more about DRD read here.

Time and space...

It's been 2 months since I arrived in Hong Kong.

I would say I have already settled down. I felt I have already kind of blend in to the pace of life her or at least are quite comfortable with it.

Studies are alright, but I wished I could be stronger and ignore those unnecessary stress and focus I should do. I'm trying to.

Someone told me I looked like I have slowly regain my energy, regain a life.

I do really hope and feel so too.

I don't know how to explain how surreal it is and how grateful I am just to be in this place.

Although I don't get the fresh air I used to get back in Malaysia, but I am gaining more energy.

Slowly seeing more things around here too.

People, places, and all sort of things.

Actually 2 months is short, but why do I felt super long...

Perhaps I have done a lot compare to what how I was in my routine-ish days...?

I guess, and I hope so.

The feel of lost in Time and Space~

First week at SCM

It's a few weeks late, but I just got my laptop like last week and got things sorted out. So now I have some time to post up some stuffs~

My first week at School Of Creative Media (SCM), City University of Hong Kong, was an O-Week~
As in orientation week. We each are given 2 white cube box and have to do something about it.

I have group up with 3 other people and come up with this,

PANDA~







Hehe, it was fun setting up this small little installation art~ People are suppose to destroy the installation and rebuild it again, to bring out the message, to destroy something is easy and preserving is actually easy as well if you put a heart into it.

SCM is located inside this new building call Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre or we call it CMC. This is an awesome building design by Daniel Libeskind.

One of the part of outlook of CMC


Inside CMC : Stairs~


The stairs structure are nicely built, from G to 3rd floor it only take a while of walking and not feeling tired at all~


Some arts related newsletters available in CMC

Lee Kum Kee Lantern Wonderland

Will be spenting my first mid-autumn festival away from home.
My first mid-autumn day with a public holidays!