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Thu Apr 04, 2013
This past month has been hectic. The slang "chur" derived from university students would be absolutely suitable for my current situation.
Let's anticipate four remaining group presentations as well as two desertations by the end of April. This will mark the last milestone, concluding my stud…
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Wed Mar 13, 2013
A quick word about Hong Kong styled cuisine. When I first stepped off the Guangzhou train onto the platform of Hong Hom station in, I was surprised to find a heavily Western influenced city. English was found in every direction subbing behind Chinese directional signs. Secondly, I was shocked to fi…
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Sun Mar 10, 2013
For the past weeks, I have been working in Dr. Shen's lab to perform gel electrophoresis, Western blot, replace growth mediums in cell culture and protein concentration determination tests. We have also had several group meetings in which the other members of the team discussion the progessio…
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Wed Jan 30, 2013
Putting Chinese medicine and biology aside, I decided to sit in a class of "Understanding the Financial Crisis", a common core class offered at the University of Hong Kong. We discussed the occurrence of the Credit Crisis of 2007 and how the collapse of the American economy has jeopardized the heal…
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Mon Feb 11, 2013
Happy Chinese New Year!
It is the year of the snake. The festive spirits of the new year celebration brings everyone outdoors. There are several flowers markets and decorations. The young return home to their family and eat a large New Years Eve dinner. The married and senior generations give the …
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Mon Oct 15, 2012
What best entertains the elderly on the Mid-Autumn Festival? A Mid-Autumn Festival program! This year, I joined a Christian Church group in Shatin to pass out mooncakes, photograph the show and to entertain the seniors in a senior day care.
The program was filled with oriental music, aerobic exerc…
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Tue Oct 02, 2012
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Mid-Autumn Festival was September 30, 2012. My family friends and I went to the Repulse Bay to view the full moon. The rowdy atmosphere beach was filled with the laughter and play of young teenagers from international schools. People stuck glowsticks into the sand and lit candles as substit…
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Fri Aug 31, 2012
I am staying in Guangzhou for the week before moving to the University of Hong Kong. The people of Guangzhou and Hong Kong speak Cantonese, and have the most similar cultures. Today, I went shopping down the “???” ??? and bought two dresses. Bargaining and haggling are reserved for the …
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