tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111546912024-03-19T01:01:48.132+08:00Musings on Life in Hong KongStephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2449125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-9444539405527289082024-03-18T16:03:00.008+08:002024-03-18T16:03:52.193+08:00Fall<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is about time I explain the Lion Rock-like scar on my forehead.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">The short version: I fell down the stairs and bumped my head against the steps, which opened a big gash on my forehead, leaving behind a Lion Rock-like scar. </span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The longer version: On February 5, around 1:15 pm, I was walking from campus towards Tsim Sha Tsui East for lunch, going down the stairs at the end of the pedestrian walkway. When I was perhaps 10 steps from reaching the bottom of the stairs, I slipped and fell down the steps. My head bumped heavily against the steps before I came to a stop. I found myself sprawled on the last few steps, my head higher than my feet, facing down towards the steps. I was dazed but did not lose consciousness. I heard passersby screaming: “So much blood!” “I can see bones!” I opened my eyes and indeed saw a big pool of blood. At that point I thought I might have cracked open my skull! What happens now? Will I die? Other than that, not much came to mind. Not that I can remember anyway. </span></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0Q7r7lEhCDmAqRD5BDCqW7s_ujT5eNY7yJtaPObNKbXV6IVQjBbxq9MNJTRs78TOnX-MfsAuzoOP5Xy5xKBAQ2mg98avs7ITwI2AiQDYZmskwh4svvW3jhQ1NrjI7IONpDXvIMa_PGwfi3G09-pQIZYRG-Q7tIKhnoYTXiqB7RnNvKqTUpqO/s1024/Fall%20-%20stairs%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1024" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN0Q7r7lEhCDmAqRD5BDCqW7s_ujT5eNY7yJtaPObNKbXV6IVQjBbxq9MNJTRs78TOnX-MfsAuzoOP5Xy5xKBAQ2mg98avs7ITwI2AiQDYZmskwh4svvW3jhQ1NrjI7IONpDXvIMa_PGwfi3G09-pQIZYRG-Q7tIKhnoYTXiqB7RnNvKqTUpqO/s320/Fall%20-%20stairs%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A man handed me something white, perhaps a stack of tissue, and told me to put them on my forehead to stop the blood. I took the white pack of stuff with my right hand, put it on my forehead, and felt my hand getting wet and sticky. That must have been my own blood; but I did not dare to check. A person said I should sit up; another said no, because they didn’t know how badly I was hurt. Someone said to call 999 emergency; another said he has already done it. A man claimed to have medical training and said firmly I should sit up. He held my left hand, and helped me to sit up on my own power, on the last couple of steps. I felt I could use my hand and legs. My wrists and knees hurt; but I did not feel anything broken. At that point I felt perhaps I would not die yet. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I started to look for my mobile phone and eye glasses. A woman to the left in front told me that she had my glasses and phone, and that I should not worry about them. About this time, I realised that my boss, whom I was going to meet for lunch, had arrived by my right hand side. Another colleague passed by and offered to take her backpack back to the office. A doctor at the university health service (as well as a family friend) passed by, offered to call my wife, and directed her to meet me at the emergency room at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. By the time, the ambulance had arrived. I was taken into the ambulance and checked. My boss went with me to the hospital and handed me over to my wife. </span></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5npb-WfixEqiyaXOs4m4baw2U6k04cNdAB_q318wDN_3voSUev3Vsg6npub_bH-R608Di5W6IUlA3gw9YZpS9PtOZNaK5697WoDV4ylbdTK7lrPL1fHqvVhMXNdtPtztVABCNl-tvrssucUYtvOJNRXBprXI76LUubcukLKUyEJM2w_47aYv/s1024/Fall%20-%20scar%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1024" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi5npb-WfixEqiyaXOs4m4baw2U6k04cNdAB_q318wDN_3voSUev3Vsg6npub_bH-R608Di5W6IUlA3gw9YZpS9PtOZNaK5697WoDV4ylbdTK7lrPL1fHqvVhMXNdtPtztVABCNl-tvrssucUYtvOJNRXBprXI76LUubcukLKUyEJM2w_47aYv/s320/Fall%20-%20scar%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My head was CT scanned and my neck and wrist X-rayed. After the scan, the doctor suspected that there might be a fracture in my skull. I was plunged into another round of abject fear. Will they have to cut open my skull to repair something? Or just let it heal by itself? My skull was X-rayed and I was admitted into the neurosurgery ward. Fortunately, X-ray revealed no fracture. It was 8 pm when they started to clean my wound and stitched it up. I could feel every injection of local anaesthesia. It was particularly queasy when the doctor pulled up my scalp to clean under it, even though it was not particularly painful. I could barely bear the feeling of the thread pulling my skin tightly together, 16 stitches in all. When it was done, roughly an hour later, I was soaked in my own sweat. 12 days later, the stitches were removed. That was how I got a 16 cm long scar in the shape of the profile of the Lion Rock on my forehead. Honest. My wife has been at my side throughout the whole ordeal, fighting for better, quicker treatment for me, looking after me in all aspects. </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Many people, including doctors, told me I could have died. I am eternally grateful that I have so many guardian angels hovering around me, helping me pull through this ordeal. I feel that there must be something that God wants me to do before I actually die. I shall do my best to fulfil that responsibility. </span></p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-83604887201056777462024-03-06T20:50:00.003+08:002024-03-06T20:50:25.791+08:00Borrow from Guanyin (觀音)<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">There is a local custom for people to come to the Guanyin Temple, shortly after Lunar New Year, to “take out a loan” from the bodhisattva. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7JPKJhGYoUcBjd9iDxyUmZ3Kxs34xfbZRSmTQ8j7GXhBTU9TzNcz5Kj0jNUPfX7I4aXwjdK-s8ykjhhpKV5n6VeFzExO9TPRaq913l3TZkiGV831qvVTR7tpNOLYinxmpjnCT5lm9SG1DhBS59dy_9jIuPJVv5lUSsM1hx5PkfG_3qBCaFxK/s1024/KYT%20-%20front%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="1024" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7JPKJhGYoUcBjd9iDxyUmZ3Kxs34xfbZRSmTQ8j7GXhBTU9TzNcz5Kj0jNUPfX7I4aXwjdK-s8ykjhhpKV5n6VeFzExO9TPRaq913l3TZkiGV831qvVTR7tpNOLYinxmpjnCT5lm9SG1DhBS59dy_9jIuPJVv5lUSsM1hx5PkfG_3qBCaFxK/w400-h161/KYT%20-%20front%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">One comes to the temple and buys a package of incense and stuff to be offered to Guanyin. One can then take a kind of promissory note of an astronomical sum of virtual money, from Guanyin's treasury. At the end of the year, if indeed one is blessed with good fortune, one then comes back and makes another offering to show gratitude to the bodhisattva. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguw7QBWtIOLIEct_Gy93TvG-XUPEp78Kf5vrZJKTzJzColazDuF9HnvLrhXrS__GMOSedHC8c0O_CqY3VhLv7PggEShNCBucQEaVPqt6KrcOApbLTouaxHsKuu-egNhYV9k5fmAvFcYKfhDzaEPOqImvTfPw51ZDBR5WphWenw4_KTW7XwAGjR/s1024/KYT%20-%20crowd%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="1024" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguw7QBWtIOLIEct_Gy93TvG-XUPEp78Kf5vrZJKTzJzColazDuF9HnvLrhXrS__GMOSedHC8c0O_CqY3VhLv7PggEShNCBucQEaVPqt6KrcOApbLTouaxHsKuu-egNhYV9k5fmAvFcYKfhDzaEPOqImvTfPw51ZDBR5WphWenw4_KTW7XwAGjR/s320/KYT%20-%20crowd%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Today the Guanyin temple in Hung Hom is full of people. I estimated that there were at least a thousand people in the tightly controlled crowd in the street right in front of the temple. There were a lot more at the holding area in the park across the street behind the temple. And more were hurrying to join the end of the line. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq90QkaCjLxyoOsX80kJd7TzLAOSUWM2ipBbDxMoAsIEcrtckwH3srbsjwpvHMdQDxOCJ5SmMqvo4NZCyeS_aZdQ0B4sZrO3ng1cW6McuvOGvndmNCfffPoJH3F9BlVs9JiN5qfsLm4QN7wpkDXXlUWKkFg-qeSopz5628ohesnIMJSenpqpJy/s1024/KYT%20-%20candles%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1024" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq90QkaCjLxyoOsX80kJd7TzLAOSUWM2ipBbDxMoAsIEcrtckwH3srbsjwpvHMdQDxOCJ5SmMqvo4NZCyeS_aZdQ0B4sZrO3ng1cW6McuvOGvndmNCfffPoJH3F9BlVs9JiN5qfsLm4QN7wpkDXXlUWKkFg-qeSopz5628ohesnIMJSenpqpJy/s320/KYT%20-%20candles%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">One thing that I did not notice in earlier years is the large number of foreigners, from South East Asian countries, apparently. Many of them come in groups, with guides instructing them on what to do. By their looks and language, they might be Indonesians or Thais. But I cannot be sure. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpJc6iVOKFiOJLkZe292nu9f5pNWaRN_Kjgu-5vcZj-bYnTMDFxHoClcAvWYTMst1UAB-gvFf5VF2P1ZuOlQwVVgt6M1vnaqunx36XiH6Gv6PyuSxBdChus1EqePcokoSqCNRETeLeX9bRwOvqnE8SOzjOz3PREqt2-TRZ3IlP2zqKzFJHCMq/s1024/KYT%20-%20group%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="1024" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfpJc6iVOKFiOJLkZe292nu9f5pNWaRN_Kjgu-5vcZj-bYnTMDFxHoClcAvWYTMst1UAB-gvFf5VF2P1ZuOlQwVVgt6M1vnaqunx36XiH6Gv6PyuSxBdChus1EqePcokoSqCNRETeLeX9bRwOvqnE8SOzjOz3PREqt2-TRZ3IlP2zqKzFJHCMq/s320/KYT%20-%20group%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-28158034533638500222024-03-04T15:26:00.001+08:002024-03-04T15:26:04.595+08:00Lion Rock?<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">A hat?</span><br />
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Lion Rock <span style="font-family: "Songti SC"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">(獅子山)</span> of Hong Kong?</p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-71395977930915468362024-02-29T10:45:00.007+08:002024-02-29T10:45:48.135+08:00Solar Panel Engineer Novices<span style="font-family: Garamond; text-align: justify;">Another batch of students are training to be novice engineers. We are sending teams to Rwanda and Tanzania to install solar panels, hundreds of them, in July-August 2024. This batch of students have already gone through lectures and workshops on the basics of service-learning, leadership, cross-cultural competency, etc., to prepare for the project.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-align: justify;">They are now learning the technology: basic electricity, solar panels, batteries, installing lights and wires inside a house, etc.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-align: justify;">Part of the challenge is that there are not necessarily engineering students - they come from all disciplines: social science, business, humanities, …</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; text-align: justify;">Many have not even studied Physics before. Now they have to learn to sue hand tools such as pliers, wire cutters, screw drivers, …, to make workable electrical circuits.</span><br /><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8Xbhs4RQ5uuLbHfd6LVKv1sqBSzDxTuIlL8hyphenhyphenNvB1ZpvxBHPQd_H_ZyBVMti7wRXbJl8gsEOl-TGYPUzD1P9-KTGKvsrGVAn_txxMx8qOpgFArTqBhwYthb4zfL6Ni3B7L55odkRjgRCQKoIps42QyiDe-49XWobCsjFh2rDpthy-3rsJJwc/s1024/solar%20panel%20engineer%20novices%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8Xbhs4RQ5uuLbHfd6LVKv1sqBSzDxTuIlL8hyphenhyphenNvB1ZpvxBHPQd_H_ZyBVMti7wRXbJl8gsEOl-TGYPUzD1P9-KTGKvsrGVAn_txxMx8qOpgFArTqBhwYthb4zfL6Ni3B7L55odkRjgRCQKoIps42QyiDe-49XWobCsjFh2rDpthy-3rsJJwc/s320/solar%20panel%20engineer%20novices%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Most are curious and take to the task enthusiastically. Initially many are hesitant and anxious. Most learn quickly. Naturally, there are slackers., and we cajole them into getting their hands dirty, literally. We don’t worry about them. Once they get to the site, when they start experiencing first hand the primitive environment in the village and the terrible situation of not having electricity, when they start seeing the impact of having just a little electricity, when they see the joy in the face of the people they are face to fact with from their own work, nobody with a heart can continue to sit on their hands. All will become enthusiastic and work hard willingly to bring electricity to as many households as they can. They may regret not working harder to prepare. But that is part of the learning and difficult to avoid. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This year the project “Habitat Green in East Africa” is getting even bigger, with a wider range of teams participating, and more parties to come and learn, or just to observe. These students who are now training are the core of the bigger team. They will take on the bulk of the work, teach others to do the same, and essentially carry the whole team forward. They have to work harder than in other academic subjects that they take. The teaching team has to work extra hard, and innovate continuously, to facilitate it. The students work long hours. But the teaching team start before the students, and finish only after the students are done. But it is so worth it. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-14242432776875600692024-02-20T15:45:00.003+08:002024-02-20T15:45:37.549+08:00How to build a Service-Learning Army?<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Alternatively, “How do we help teachers realise their hidden potential as a teacher of service-learning?”</span><br />
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">When PolyU decided to make Service-Learning (SL) a compulsory, credit-bearing subject for all undergraduates in 2010, we knew we had a huge challenge. We needed to offer subjects (courses) to thousands of students each year, starting with zero subjects. It was estimated that we were going to need around 70 subjects, starting with none. We were going to need dozens and dozens (more than a hundred, it turns out) teachers. How do we find these teachers who can - and are willing to - teach the subjects? </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We started to try to (1) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">identify the characteristic</span> of these teachers. Perhaps teachers who have engaged in community service themselves, inside or outside PolyU? Perhaps those who come to seminars and workshops on SL? Perhaps those who respond to Call for Proposals on SL subjects? Perhaps those with religious beliefs? These potential “indicators” do not always work. For example, some put their names in because they have been asked by their department heads. Others volunteered for other reasons such as a perception that it may give them better job security (which may not actually be the case). But by and large these indicators did help us gather together a significant number of colleagues who got involved. And we continue to identify and recruit new members into the community. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Then we have to do all we can to help them (2) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">get up to speed and stay in the game</span>. Even the most motivated benefit from help to persevere in the face of all the obstacles and discouragement. We run numerous workshops on many aspects of service-learning: writing a proposal for a SL subject, cultivating community partners, finding possible projects offshore, teaching reflection, assessing performance, etc. We created a community of practice for interested colleagues to share experience, learn together and in general encourage each other. Many of the projects need financial support for equipment and material, extra manpower to support and supervise the students, for transportation and accommodation away from Hong Kong. So we work with the Alumni Office to solicit donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations, and distribute the funds among the colleagues who need them. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We realise that many colleagues need help finding projects, particularly for offshore projects, where we can make the biggest impact and the students can learn the most. Hence we make concerted effort to explore and set up projects in foreign countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, Rwanda, Tanzania and South Africa. We bring interested colleagues to meet with potential partners and discuss possible projects. We have developed a number of offshore bases where we can operate multiple projects for many years. In this way, we (3) <span style="text-decoration: underline;">open up opportunities for people</span>. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Our SL program was designed based on reading about other people’s experiences, our own little experience, what we know about education and psychology in general, and a lot of intuition and common sense. We are very glad that it is corroborated by scientific research. Thank you, Professor Adam Grant. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-30637431794056515242024-02-17T08:07:00.006+08:002024-02-17T08:07:58.271+08:00The Palestinian Christian Perspective<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">There is a rare opportunity to meet and listen to a Palestinian Christian pastor on his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and more. </span><br />
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Yes, there are plenty of Christians among Palestinians: Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant. Pastor Alex Awad was the pastor of a Protestant church in Jerusalem and the head of a seminary in Bethlehem. And he is visiting Hong Kong again. Last evening, he spoke after the showing of a movie: The Stones Cry Out - a movie on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from the Palestinian perspective. We may not agree with everything in the movie. But it is a good opportunity to better understand that perspective, and to put that in the Christian context. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">According to Pastor Awad, the conflict is political, not religious. The key issue is land. The Israelis want that land, but the Palestinians already live on it. There will not be peace for the Israelis if there is no peace for the Palestinians. God loves the Jewish people. But He also loves the Chinese, the Americans, the Japanese, the Cambodians, the Vietnamese, the Burmese, the Rohingyas, the Rwandans, the Tutsis, the Hutus, the Tanzanians, the South Africans, the Germans, the Russians, the Ukranians, the Turks, the Kurds, …, and the Palestinians. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">From the Christian perspective, our mission is to spread God’s good news. Not to fulfil the prophecies. The prophecies tell the world God is in charge. Our responsibility is to spread that word. Not to speed up the end of the world. Pastor Awad was born in Palestine, but turned into a refugee at the age of two. Yet he is not bitter. He dedicated his life to spread God’s good news. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT0M9sK0jZMGKtOMZL6gVDkAQpL6_mn-ZZUT5TTyKMFF9tSDfevdXZVgyVymfbyMDcUQ13QBHFhXleu4gEWeA2Zh7D2wOBmMOyI8BT3ExXZOzCGth_ub7RzmRLLugnzX4WmcL7206rvhlqE9D0_fdroi7zeGjfwGs-C06eQ12kAnZY5hT3z1-/s1024/Awad%20-%20book%20020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="743" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuT0M9sK0jZMGKtOMZL6gVDkAQpL6_mn-ZZUT5TTyKMFF9tSDfevdXZVgyVymfbyMDcUQ13QBHFhXleu4gEWeA2Zh7D2wOBmMOyI8BT3ExXZOzCGth_ub7RzmRLLugnzX4WmcL7206rvhlqE9D0_fdroi7zeGjfwGs-C06eQ12kAnZY5hT3z1-/s320/Awad%20-%20book%20020.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizC5sHpU79KzywwECNqY0C6ApQcrkxgCV_-jF8i2OAipIHJcUbjRdxqa9w7NA8lPOydlrNlP0DFTZOEJQ9PaghLU_sU9zZ6ai9749XB64MPqIyHWg7WE8oNLoFIbC2TnEgEfAz3bi9rg5oQYLrN5pLpCuQaDtIkPpI_G0SfjnHF-csRSosoCDM/s1430/Awad%20-%20book%20Chinese%20-%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizC5sHpU79KzywwECNqY0C6ApQcrkxgCV_-jF8i2OAipIHJcUbjRdxqa9w7NA8lPOydlrNlP0DFTZOEJQ9PaghLU_sU9zZ6ai9749XB64MPqIyHWg7WE8oNLoFIbC2TnEgEfAz3bi9rg5oQYLrN5pLpCuQaDtIkPpI_G0SfjnHF-csRSosoCDM/s320/Awad%20-%20book%20Chinese%20-%201.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Pastor Awad has written a book in English which has been translated into Chinese. Please read the book to get his amazing story. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtQLYaxQbJylKGu6Nqon8DLF2wwT_SQbpwkt0TbkZsFSbrQdKHU5E58wuHt9PFXUfWQdoW3lzvN4riTxSvyWtT4HiQze_mifBaucXAFmduv-NPU3HVPEf-QrB_0ZZJY33jw88b1dYwZQI7khi7RN85LCXRqb-Tgc21stdYoJ-Ph5WRTYQd1yb/s1092/Awad%20-%20events.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="513" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBtQLYaxQbJylKGu6Nqon8DLF2wwT_SQbpwkt0TbkZsFSbrQdKHU5E58wuHt9PFXUfWQdoW3lzvN4riTxSvyWtT4HiQze_mifBaucXAFmduv-NPU3HVPEf-QrB_0ZZJY33jw88b1dYwZQI7khi7RN85LCXRqb-Tgc21stdYoJ-Ph5WRTYQd1yb/s320/Awad%20-%20events.png" width="150" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Pastor Awad will be speaking at several more gatherings in Hong Kong in the coming few days. Details can be found here: <a href="https://ccphl.net/"><span style="color: #000087;">https://ccphl.net/</span></a> </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-43699811737658316702024-02-12T17:13:00.002+08:002024-02-12T17:13:13.954+08:00First Dim Sum of the Lunar New Year<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On the third day of the Lunar New Year, my wife and I had our first meal outside of home of the year at our favourite dim sum place - Steam Hut. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7Vsu6isMeBJJVJqp58KzGIPBiWXMnB9Ra_6_GFMWKHrTI-PuP0CzKdnzZw8nLq6lCjWz5nqpuJtvQZ0dAwRxtSmFWUKMex-J2ycvKE27pwLqFjZ67QAJJeixRX6O0Tdl5GDkCq_Ur7aPPHs_iplffslStxdrow4l6Ei4UD_MqxBSOcz3NLZc/s512/SH%20-%20dumplings%20x4%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="512" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7Vsu6isMeBJJVJqp58KzGIPBiWXMnB9Ra_6_GFMWKHrTI-PuP0CzKdnzZw8nLq6lCjWz5nqpuJtvQZ0dAwRxtSmFWUKMex-J2ycvKE27pwLqFjZ67QAJJeixRX6O0Tdl5GDkCq_Ur7aPPHs_iplffslStxdrow4l6Ei4UD_MqxBSOcz3NLZc/s320/SH%20-%20dumplings%20x4%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The food is just as good as ever. In fact, some of them taste even better than usual. The stewed black garlic and chicken soup is thicker and stronger in flavour. We believe they put in more chicken, dates, and in general, more “stuff” because it is Lunar New Year. <p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpTTUcK-f2GoXkxsKm6FOAckjOftKDH4mNi6HMLnHiWUWLvt-UDwiSvFq5LlaKAhHittCOsEkm1KDexHf9rSQvCsMrDrsETV0Ik8R9v2lbghejdwwQOu8q8bK_IAXckrWk8A1KpH2TINhgwVT1L8Na1id4r_fyXo39_faP2iQYC-QbgVu0paG/s512/SH%20-%20stewed%20soup%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="512" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpTTUcK-f2GoXkxsKm6FOAckjOftKDH4mNi6HMLnHiWUWLvt-UDwiSvFq5LlaKAhHittCOsEkm1KDexHf9rSQvCsMrDrsETV0Ik8R9v2lbghejdwwQOu8q8bK_IAXckrWk8A1KpH2TINhgwVT1L8Na1id4r_fyXo39_faP2iQYC-QbgVu0paG/s320/SH%20-%20stewed%20soup%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>They remain open the first day to the fourth, and closes on fifth and sixth - perhaps for the staff to take a break. <p></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDhFISzrLl9fsKV5AKcrR_UOZrg4NITy5BHm1XPVMTotwsEFjn6M2Ctmdvzh1Jq9wX150rY9oKM_UPxaFYwdnBY0g0g8PmZ979zOMLuun4ZvRcIvnnNl_Jl1IccR1KZcTzAKGyd2r2lb7V4tmGkLiRoxCNqPGXub_g3v9fOO89gaoQ2rC_6GN/s512/SH%20-%20steamed%20rice%20noodles%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="512" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDhFISzrLl9fsKV5AKcrR_UOZrg4NITy5BHm1XPVMTotwsEFjn6M2Ctmdvzh1Jq9wX150rY9oKM_UPxaFYwdnBY0g0g8PmZ979zOMLuun4ZvRcIvnnNl_Jl1IccR1KZcTzAKGyd2r2lb7V4tmGkLiRoxCNqPGXub_g3v9fOO89gaoQ2rC_6GN/s320/SH%20-%20steamed%20rice%20noodles%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The steamed rice noodles with chicken is excellent. There seems to be more chicken than rice rolls. The chicken is tender and flavourful. The rice rolls soak up all the juice. You can imagine the rich aroma, the multiple texture, and the multiplexed taste. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This is a restaurant we have been eating at starting about 4 years ago, when they opened in Hung Hom near our place. They have since moved to Tsuen Wan, which is almost an hour away from our home now. But we still come here as often as we can. Because it is not just about good food, but also good people and service. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-15797450578918579222024-02-10T15:34:00.001+08:002024-02-10T15:34:35.165+08:00Lunar New Year<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On the first day of the Year of the Dragon, we bless each other, visit each other, eat good food associated with good fortune, give each other lai see (red packets), …, and, in general, have a good time. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpv6W9DMM-JTJbL1jORu7LO4rlJ7zjUl2wpD_WkJN-n0uFxLsUcUbwDBHnfUM7jnSjIBkNvgNs3O4XL-QfFRuZb0CpvHXx77yruwFx5LlsY0pf5N6jeiob4-FwTtT-yC3Jg_FGa8OUVm1MVhwxdx0SDNsj6zlT4yVNr1Z2vLDK0399ajeKWER/s512/FC%20-%20turnip%20cake%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="512" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpv6W9DMM-JTJbL1jORu7LO4rlJ7zjUl2wpD_WkJN-n0uFxLsUcUbwDBHnfUM7jnSjIBkNvgNs3O4XL-QfFRuZb0CpvHXx77yruwFx5LlsY0pf5N6jeiob4-FwTtT-yC3Jg_FGa8OUVm1MVhwxdx0SDNsj6zlT4yVNr1Z2vLDK0399ajeKWER/s320/FC%20-%20turnip%20cake%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Throughout the morning, we have been calling our relatives both local and overseas. We have also been exchanging blessings and wishes with numerous people through social media. My wife and I wish our three daughters can be here with us, of course. But we are happy enough that they are pursuing their dreams and we are in touch with them. <p></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kGY9wCtat753saOaGTbIWFzoZWKyctnV3WeEcwaMqjPCh2eyMyFYEuw4D1RIRL_W1TaTLlM4XuWu2tR8a9iPBV2aPHj-fckfj61JqvQymssc99tnzBXr5NEnOrkRAOpznThCslSEidWucqosAi-szYggL34AWfoki4z2dK_fEEsbyLUxmMtm/s512/FC%20-%20fried%20sweet%20dumplings%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="512" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8kGY9wCtat753saOaGTbIWFzoZWKyctnV3WeEcwaMqjPCh2eyMyFYEuw4D1RIRL_W1TaTLlM4XuWu2tR8a9iPBV2aPHj-fckfj61JqvQymssc99tnzBXr5NEnOrkRAOpznThCslSEidWucqosAi-szYggL34AWfoki4z2dK_fEEsbyLUxmMtm/s320/FC%20-%20fried%20sweet%20dumplings%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">While we are going through the festivities, I can’t help but think that there are many many many people who cannot enjoy the festivities. Some have lost their freedom for unjust reasons. Many are in such poverty they cannot really afford the good food and gifts. Many are in far away places, but some are very near. Many are living in the middle of wars, being harmed and killed as we talk. What about them? Don’t they have a right to enjoy and celebrate as we do? I cannot be fully happy when fellow human beings are suffering. Particularly if the cause of their suffering are prejudice, greed, bigotry, and hatred. Especially when their suffering can be removed, at least alleviated, through compassion from fellow human beings. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">At night he removes the diaper and relieves himself, spreading excrement and urine all over the bed, and himself. The staff triy to clean him up and he struggles, complaining continuously. The staff remain gentle with him, in words and in deed. But they are firm that he cannot get up, presumably by doctor’s orders. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">He is feeding through a tube into his stomach. But he pulls the tube out. The staff have to insert the tube again. He resists mightily, complaining loudly, crying that he is dying. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">His wife and daughter visit him, trying to calm him down. Pleading with him that his antics is putting a lot of pressure on everybody around him. He seems to calm down while they are there. His old friend visits, telling him the same thing. Apparently his has had a stroke and is partially incapacitated. He may also have kind of deterioration in the brain. He thinks his daughter (who just visited him) is in the US. He tried to free himself while his friend was there, which his friend discouraged. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After his friend left, the old man pulled on something and toppled a table, making a loud bang and a mess. The staff rushed in, upset but not surprised. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">He seems confused. He does not seem to know where he is. Sometimes he talks about a 3-storey building, sometimes it is 6-storeys. It is not clear whether he means he owns it, or he wishes to jump off it. Sometimes he talks in coherent sentences. Often he simply moans and mumbles. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I do not wish to be in hte old man’s position. Surely nobody wants to be in his position. Most likely he does not mean to cause trouble but cannot help himself. Most likely he does not understand the consequences of what he is doing. His wife still considers him her husband, his daughter - father, his friend - friend. But how much? How much of him is left? Can he possibly recover? How much can he recover?</p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Our colleagues - P and S - created an amazing game, based on our experience in East Africa (mainly Rwanda, actually, where we have the most experience). They created 10 personal profiles (farmer, tailor, boy, girl, father, mother, widow with children, …). They then worked with our artist-in-residence, A, to create a map with 10 homes, roads, banana trees, farm animals, crafts, drying clothes, village gathering, school, … </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8TnNA6JUjS6bNCfFCjFTLEbxZI0D_upvNUr6mX6NELWXdqtSL_dhrL2TrrkSrtgPtcrEQwsNypQpWLHlwpCoIc98t4_Riywfcp7XrH1i8UvRuoZv8k4qVPqX_Kt7ERiBg684ktXf0vUFRgmVajfUIOTRK20Dr4bH2RaUudIkX0I1z3U-nkbP/s1024/Find%20Home%20Game%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1024" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8TnNA6JUjS6bNCfFCjFTLEbxZI0D_upvNUr6mX6NELWXdqtSL_dhrL2TrrkSrtgPtcrEQwsNypQpWLHlwpCoIc98t4_Riywfcp7XrH1i8UvRuoZv8k4qVPqX_Kt7ERiBg684ktXf0vUFRgmVajfUIOTRK20Dr4bH2RaUudIkX0I1z3U-nkbP/s320/Find%20Home%20Game%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The class of 40 some students are then divided into 10 groups. Each group sends a representative to learn one of the 10 personal profiles. The rest of the group are then sent to converse with as many as possible of the other 9 representatives, and figure out which home does each of the personalities live in. They also have to guess the social-economic status (from level 1 to 5) of each of the personalities, based on the information at hand. When the groups report their findings, they have to provide justifications for their guesses. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The students take to the game with gusto. We are also quite pleasantly surprised to find that their answers are quite accurate and their reasoning quite reasonable. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Through the game, our students begins to learn about the people and their living environments, how they make a living, the type of things they grow in the field, the challenges in their lives. The map is really beautiful and useful in explaining village life in Rwanda and Tanzania. It is exciting to see students getting involved. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">They can be moon gates in Chinese gardens.</p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOtD3UmJLMHNmzMM116rqdryVNnmc89AyiBL66gmKQqVxnQx4zg00j9p5SCF-ICUaq-iomD5MmsGo2CTyN9eH4jZOpmCHBb_pcB-n_fd2z8drt1TFaHMJqRDAywt2kWnurWwu4M8PNrmnq4_VSvjeKQVacQJy0w4ptSGxUBJrGN9cuXXm_1lQ/s1024/NM%20-%20moon%20gates%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1024" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOtD3UmJLMHNmzMM116rqdryVNnmc89AyiBL66gmKQqVxnQx4zg00j9p5SCF-ICUaq-iomD5MmsGo2CTyN9eH4jZOpmCHBb_pcB-n_fd2z8drt1TFaHMJqRDAywt2kWnurWwu4M8PNrmnq4_VSvjeKQVacQJy0w4ptSGxUBJrGN9cuXXm_1lQ/s320/NM%20-%20moon%20gates%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">They can pretend to be the rib cage of a dinosaur. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pHL-rXPBRuonCGAyLAo1hKilJx7L5F-pekbdazb-yRrjZ1NOXZ_1KSkZpJDck0LG55KcQmGlV6ye4Xw5xFnGSMOc8gx9x2YJAAVKD3Y9n8HNraXhSvUHXl-sZeqfrS44VDObtPGda0-8uEfpeMrBewhEkMCRsy2ha4B6ZA5dfCR638zMElMo/s1024/NM%20-%20rib%20cage%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pHL-rXPBRuonCGAyLAo1hKilJx7L5F-pekbdazb-yRrjZ1NOXZ_1KSkZpJDck0LG55KcQmGlV6ye4Xw5xFnGSMOc8gx9x2YJAAVKD3Y9n8HNraXhSvUHXl-sZeqfrS44VDObtPGda0-8uEfpeMrBewhEkMCRsy2ha4B6ZA5dfCR638zMElMo/s320/NM%20-%20rib%20cage%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">They can stack up to make different shapes.</p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfIY31gKFfFKqp78XQjeR4w1TRKQG6lOfNwa5TdrtJ4QvFPs8z8e7UqfxSoVoUidR29GxtXP50QzxZE7nlZuDq6apZFJ8u3GPCMxPGPCFwZyXodYOAnfgQtAh-hApNMoLT2KU64Oy9IVuPgo613u8jxkt3CaxTnjrDb3DA92JvWqzHBk8EV-y/s1024/NM%20-%201%20on%202%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="1024" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQfIY31gKFfFKqp78XQjeR4w1TRKQG6lOfNwa5TdrtJ4QvFPs8z8e7UqfxSoVoUidR29GxtXP50QzxZE7nlZuDq6apZFJ8u3GPCMxPGPCFwZyXodYOAnfgQtAh-hApNMoLT2KU64Oy9IVuPgo613u8jxkt3CaxTnjrDb3DA92JvWqzHBk8EV-y/s320/NM%20-%201%20on%202%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Upside down.</p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglG5tf_TmRz9Bbqlx8l2sm0iHnngv9oL5nmFoc3DgZcGDZgUeM95AqQOQC41Yi3gT38fDQqoqr19F839eZZWfueBqYoNjpVHLPptJVp6BeKThHog5oC3vXFILIIUbpF19ck2UUB0qf3em-JqVousMGx8Sm6OyM1zMnKxiDyWqborOehLbKb8BF/s1024/NM%20-%202%20on%201%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="1024" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglG5tf_TmRz9Bbqlx8l2sm0iHnngv9oL5nmFoc3DgZcGDZgUeM95AqQOQC41Yi3gT38fDQqoqr19F839eZZWfueBqYoNjpVHLPptJVp6BeKThHog5oC3vXFILIIUbpF19ck2UUB0qf3em-JqVousMGx8Sm6OyM1zMnKxiDyWqborOehLbKb8BF/s320/NM%20-%202%20on%201%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Right side up. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5uasoMT6qVuyBHQGuhw3SEtSOkFBDjOCHagndgEPGyFeL9MmTF3Li8Lj-VVTjI7dL0C4cP6oi_714jjnwxcpFIMup_RNVSTjMnM0HsGGJpo2ai4IEnMr1Fv_ccuutXdPKz9fOAnpu3ayx2v7GCjGCUalrcX5Hk5UHpM_eHf5Z2W0xsOwTHxq/s1024/NM%20-%204%20up%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1024" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5uasoMT6qVuyBHQGuhw3SEtSOkFBDjOCHagndgEPGyFeL9MmTF3Li8Lj-VVTjI7dL0C4cP6oi_714jjnwxcpFIMup_RNVSTjMnM0HsGGJpo2ai4IEnMr1Fv_ccuutXdPKz9fOAnpu3ayx2v7GCjGCUalrcX5Hk5UHpM_eHf5Z2W0xsOwTHxq/s320/NM%20-%204%20up%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEkh7azeAd-i72rA5opakir5Cr81e0d6O_qvw_zu8lnS1mUbZTnMP787PtTqjsrX0tRsTrradbDXW4relCkFMNGZeydDMTEe8XyXc89M6kpZEyusJI1RM248bOevwiF3JJG3PhdVvGnKa1lLfgDk6NnIuVTngliv-a_PLnDnr6YnPBQ-X1t8t/s1024/NM%20-%201%20on%202%20on%201%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="771" data-original-width="1024" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZEkh7azeAd-i72rA5opakir5Cr81e0d6O_qvw_zu8lnS1mUbZTnMP787PtTqjsrX0tRsTrradbDXW4relCkFMNGZeydDMTEe8XyXc89M6kpZEyusJI1RM248bOevwiF3JJG3PhdVvGnKa1lLfgDk6NnIuVTngliv-a_PLnDnr6YnPBQ-X1t8t/s320/NM%20-%201%20on%202%20on%201%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-8075517072994640602024-01-21T16:40:00.004+08:002024-01-21T16:56:54.436+08:00Marathon Day<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Today is the annual Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon. I have run all the distances: 10K, half, and full marathon.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">I have not been able to run since 2019 for various reasons: injury, out of HK, …</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> This year my excuse was injury. </span><br /><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uWexZUHLG8kjT_Uo-GmSKjuKZsF-ah5sqd-rZNMITNZZtI1dCoT-g8LPTQhT99MoVnWwiYYiRHxM48hvmdyrGkmaPhhA1fglOocqY5RgKpQsUjiTvk41QXvREmIkbWsZ8QScnbFHTTwgkCrJ8wNbsK2OKFiqbd5W1h7DhvnDBYVpFXklCAuK/s1024/mar%20-%20start%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="1024" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7uWexZUHLG8kjT_Uo-GmSKjuKZsF-ah5sqd-rZNMITNZZtI1dCoT-g8LPTQhT99MoVnWwiYYiRHxM48hvmdyrGkmaPhhA1fglOocqY5RgKpQsUjiTvk41QXvREmIkbWsZ8QScnbFHTTwgkCrJ8wNbsK2OKFiqbd5W1h7DhvnDBYVpFXklCAuK/s320/mar%20-%20start%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">But our eldest daughter got into the half marathon, from overseas. So my wife and I went to the races to watch. I even went to the starting line to se her off, and to relive the atmosphere. Indeed it was invigorating. The anticipation, the tension, the camaraderie. One cannot help but want to be part of it. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQERfgNpMwrJl_YjSOjws37LPveEkAlX6z1m_E1VzTip2l5taM-80jWM2VdnlB7TRCFb8CbUMtY_DL3u05Jez2Y6V4izM8z7X_T9piSCX5CHYoLcrIK-XD5B5SBZFFCWAn9AocXjxl248YxqJO2PITUoC6Ke-uukJwB71mBT3yUCrKNy78cTJA/s1024/mar%20-%20down%20the%20bridge%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1024" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQERfgNpMwrJl_YjSOjws37LPveEkAlX6z1m_E1VzTip2l5taM-80jWM2VdnlB7TRCFb8CbUMtY_DL3u05Jez2Y6V4izM8z7X_T9piSCX5CHYoLcrIK-XD5B5SBZFFCWAn9AocXjxl248YxqJO2PITUoC6Ke-uukJwB71mBT3yUCrKNy78cTJA/s320/mar%20-%20down%20the%20bridge%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I crossed the harbour on the Star Ferry, and ran along the waterfront towards Victoria Park, without having to cross a road. I then join my wife and daughter at the finish line, and saw the relief, the joy. Not just that of the runners, but also their families, their friends, everyone. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTnj7M8bYJak_imelAU8FhCzJ0CKMMA-KN-ep_Drt9Eqsgaf8tQjHv2fn8TAqk-PIgnUdGyRfxbfvuIG-ONdpgnd262ee4yYatUqn2HihR3pWi4oabSprfwZMowxLng8IZLI8c6ZipjEZS4jpAunK2oE3DB8cKtREebUgdX1zF2z7TLa3xU1e/s1024/mar%20-%20faces%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1024" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTnj7M8bYJak_imelAU8FhCzJ0CKMMA-KN-ep_Drt9Eqsgaf8tQjHv2fn8TAqk-PIgnUdGyRfxbfvuIG-ONdpgnd262ee4yYatUqn2HihR3pWi4oabSprfwZMowxLng8IZLI8c6ZipjEZS4jpAunK2oE3DB8cKtREebUgdX1zF2z7TLa3xU1e/s320/mar%20-%20faces%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We walked back along the final two kilometres of the route through Causeway Bay and Wanchai. We saw the sweat, the tiredness, the suffering, the determination. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRldQovsoDs0qL8M0-QJ9FtjJnrZJIzyu0Cihvfl5TmNtiy61GMfCAa3xcoocNomUU09lkZMpsdhPsjlWRsKUQpGoLDZagGb_TQnJFabyEUH7DaJuvN2P2TOSpCqEbqUHWtlgbH4oetwkSuPqI5sQVrhoZ1r400D2HJHaqjTvCChrG5CnMipIX/s1024/mar%20-%20turning%20onto%20main%20street%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="1024" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRldQovsoDs0qL8M0-QJ9FtjJnrZJIzyu0Cihvfl5TmNtiy61GMfCAa3xcoocNomUU09lkZMpsdhPsjlWRsKUQpGoLDZagGb_TQnJFabyEUH7DaJuvN2P2TOSpCqEbqUHWtlgbH4oetwkSuPqI5sQVrhoZ1r400D2HJHaqjTvCChrG5CnMipIX/s320/mar%20-%20turning%20onto%20main%20street%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The marathon is, of course, about running. But it is also a microcosm of life. Condensed into 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours. Before the actual event, there is the much much longer preparation, training, suffering, injury, recovery, training again. After the event, there is the reflection, the determination to do better next time, … It has the power to concentrate your mind, test you, and improve you. Not just for running, but for the rest of one’s life as well. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhB1xaiKQVcZC0sQ5LLC5OLOeEgBBfq0pdnn_BuH8MG6Qt_BIJC-k4Y6hAIaiEFXdrcCoJSqKAIytGBwzfo3UoBpuCYf4IHZmWOt3JryJrlaBoFbPF4gish7sZwhbMJnKGqAHtqbajFlRQ27u-b1PUU3vHDzVnZVMCO5VWsRr-7aRQu5uBOGjc/s1024/mar%20-%20through%20Causeway%20Bay%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="1024" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhB1xaiKQVcZC0sQ5LLC5OLOeEgBBfq0pdnn_BuH8MG6Qt_BIJC-k4Y6hAIaiEFXdrcCoJSqKAIytGBwzfo3UoBpuCYf4IHZmWOt3JryJrlaBoFbPF4gish7sZwhbMJnKGqAHtqbajFlRQ27u-b1PUU3vHDzVnZVMCO5VWsRr-7aRQu5uBOGjc/w400-h174/mar%20-%20through%20Causeway%20Bay%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I do not want to stop running, ever. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-699127315870962952024-01-14T16:23:00.001+08:002024-01-15T22:25:34.871+08:00Fashion as Service in Rwanda<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">In Rwanda, as in many African countries, many people wear bold colours and patterns. Sewing is an important part of the local economy.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Many women buy pieces of cloth and ask the local seamstress to make clothing for them.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Some search for styles on the Internet and then ask the seamstress to make clothes for them.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">An attractive dress can be made this way for 20 US dollars, including material and sewing.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">It seems that in many villages, this is how many of the women obtain their dresses.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Many local men and women make their living this way.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> Many are learning sewing from the vocational schools. </span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yZmZxqzSyCbwwJ4CIdaFnEq2IHSGe6JMQDTrrufg_l0RRxl9G-ec3r94FhyphenhyphenDPoU2IJ_UcAHAKB4SflUIKUaFvPIGSZwmVNjGzEfFAHAWGSruN64NadIO7UURrh9iRSaQ7vzWWdG2U3VlsfSkh76GbaOnrNwZu_IIwB2W64ss54MAMHOZBKMq/s1024/sew%20-%20women%20dresses%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="1024" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2yZmZxqzSyCbwwJ4CIdaFnEq2IHSGe6JMQDTrrufg_l0RRxl9G-ec3r94FhyphenhyphenDPoU2IJ_UcAHAKB4SflUIKUaFvPIGSZwmVNjGzEfFAHAWGSruN64NadIO7UURrh9iRSaQ7vzWWdG2U3VlsfSkh76GbaOnrNwZu_IIwB2W64ss54MAMHOZBKMq/w400-h186/sew%20-%20women%20dresses%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">A feet-powered, mechanical sewing machine, such as the one my mother used half a century ago, made in China, costs around 100 USD. It is not cheap but a good investment. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkdRxCySUR4S4aqnR6E5dPVq_XkyqgarHicLClhGMC6rw_WKTGMfuaEGFDRk6HI6xY12PxYNEyuXeuqrpuvaYzQuwGMeW7_vg8mlMTinVm0iLCdBN_7EZvKUMwjGbW9-NDdJ8kBJLAZQRVVJRPls2OBU_bUmOTduo016Pzt_V2R3UZ8EAxUwS/s1366/sew%20-%20lady%20sewing%20dress%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibkdRxCySUR4S4aqnR6E5dPVq_XkyqgarHicLClhGMC6rw_WKTGMfuaEGFDRk6HI6xY12PxYNEyuXeuqrpuvaYzQuwGMeW7_vg8mlMTinVm0iLCdBN_7EZvKUMwjGbW9-NDdJ8kBJLAZQRVVJRPls2OBU_bUmOTduo016Pzt_V2R3UZ8EAxUwS/s320/sew%20-%20lady%20sewing%20dress%20-%201.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We brought with us this time a professor who have been teaching service-learning through fashion design, in Hong Kong and Vietnam. We have been going around speaking with various people, and are now putting together the potential partners/participants in a first project for this summer: Seamstresses and potential seamstresses in the villages. Women who engage the seamstresses to make their dresses. The community workers who work with the villages. Sewing students in the vocational school. Women who cannot afford to buy their dresses. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBekhbiErLknDJdnQlGZvCecPLedm2Er4vlw2glvY6vwlHxlpiEvv4yDFdICv5UbBzPkrhJQ65AEAR-41R3gokbyoo-p9HfRAfuThLaPNXNzfDXIk_OLFJDhRii99HxFH6zy18jzJwJbxqepHJ_l7Lf1-zouIewE09LSWtR1grz9i95sp5PFY/s1024/sew%20-%20discussing%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="1024" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBekhbiErLknDJdnQlGZvCecPLedm2Er4vlw2glvY6vwlHxlpiEvv4yDFdICv5UbBzPkrhJQ65AEAR-41R3gokbyoo-p9HfRAfuThLaPNXNzfDXIk_OLFJDhRii99HxFH6zy18jzJwJbxqepHJ_l7Lf1-zouIewE09LSWtR1grz9i95sp5PFY/s320/sew%20-%20discussing%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Our students will work with seamstresses and potential seamstresses to design and make clothing for those in the villages, many of whom are old, handicapped, or just poor, perhaps victims of war, or disasters such as flooding. They will be assisted by sewing students from the vocational schools. What they contribute are local wisdom on clothing styles, use of colours, and the cultural meanings of clothing. What they learn from us are modern techniques, design concepts, and the use of cloths and patterns. We have already identified the villages, the parties to work together, a potential venue at a local school to place the sewing machines, … Many details are yet to be worked out. But everyone is excited about the prospects of working together. It will be a challenging and fulfilling summer. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter--></div>StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-26031018467775521142024-01-13T12:55:00.005+08:002024-01-13T12:55:31.872+08:00Drone delivery of medicine in Rwanda<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Rwanda remains a poor country, where many people continue to live without electricity nor clean running water, despite fast growth and much effort in recent years. Yet the country delivers much needed medicine to remote corners by drones.</span><br />
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The government contracts a company, Zipline, to do that. We visited the Muhanga site yesterday, to understand their operations. It is actually not too difficult to understand the main ideas behind the operation. But their achievement is still very impressive. Not too many countries, even much richer ones, have done this. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmU-ZRBF4wGTH0Q-1LkpmwyoQU8HjmOuEHc_ugD5dW7qzQPxTNfYjLxoc9-QTOPdXG92uwaRXFf4M_m0WOpeUjNQoCFXM8f3hmODE8skCOm3xlrtwAZlRNvcddRqPvj7x-XkxyY6ZeOLOjQEAx2GikJKc9CX8gOD6aZnE3-J9MaoJ3DvqY9Oh/s1024/Zip%20-%20blood%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="1024" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmU-ZRBF4wGTH0Q-1LkpmwyoQU8HjmOuEHc_ugD5dW7qzQPxTNfYjLxoc9-QTOPdXG92uwaRXFf4M_m0WOpeUjNQoCFXM8f3hmODE8skCOm3xlrtwAZlRNvcddRqPvj7x-XkxyY6ZeOLOjQEAx2GikJKc9CX8gOD6aZnE3-J9MaoJ3DvqY9Oh/s320/Zip%20-%20blood%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">T=A catapult shoots the drone into the sky. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYE_YKRr-0iKF4v2tpGW3NbjAnaf3eMPPuzaEhSkHr-8hPMFG-hQ_3T8aHSzqKRlOkUueEg_xWrke4IMIw0q434OGdfwbNux1U8f5EH1eVntIOQkLe9WO2gaYW4yEkG9UgDQLseb2IqHOIHeAgDmrE0KCw51vQYakkdSXCdBWVRanpRKM5QNg/s1024/Zip%20-%20catapault%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1024" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikYE_YKRr-0iKF4v2tpGW3NbjAnaf3eMPPuzaEhSkHr-8hPMFG-hQ_3T8aHSzqKRlOkUueEg_xWrke4IMIw0q434OGdfwbNux1U8f5EH1eVntIOQkLe9WO2gaYW4yEkG9UgDQLseb2IqHOIHeAgDmrE0KCw51vQYakkdSXCdBWVRanpRKM5QNg/s320/Zip%20-%20catapault%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>The drone flies automatically to the destination, along a described route. At the destination, the cargo hold opens. The package is dropped from the drone, and floats down to the ground, buffered by a simple but effective parachute. <p></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVjp-E4OrRcs9DBumFdaLWjXjhp-sZ6LWOCiGtnxnEQqlfXQc4fGQF3HVBfSvCLx2U7EMhghAMNonLhWgnMpVhFWeLxGCdFJybLrY7McK_aJeCr_SwyS3LxHIyApDBWVN7vb50KvuYOJPSgzwYCZGxD9nsav4gzHsVTwrzuBYQo7d49-Hnl6_/s1366/Zip%20-%20parachute%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVjp-E4OrRcs9DBumFdaLWjXjhp-sZ6LWOCiGtnxnEQqlfXQc4fGQF3HVBfSvCLx2U7EMhghAMNonLhWgnMpVhFWeLxGCdFJybLrY7McK_aJeCr_SwyS3LxHIyApDBWVN7vb50KvuYOJPSgzwYCZGxD9nsav4gzHsVTwrzuBYQo7d49-Hnl6_/s320/Zip%20-%20parachute%20-%201.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The drone flies back to the launch site, and is snagged from the sky on a wire. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtoNKeT6ZFxcGFfzTr0hroQjVWSTtMvFsgNu3WlYqrJq4KCWZfvFpo-FauYjjysWSp4jSdTgbycf3Yk98ybRI9sBg_McVh1801V5E_keRDIbE02RTQR4j0VvNzFKtNmwuqo9YBR5sWdK-z8dfY5qPfSgb0Wy-NvlYPKkobFSpygBsX4dtbrCS/s1024/Zip%20-%20drone%20landing%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtoNKeT6ZFxcGFfzTr0hroQjVWSTtMvFsgNu3WlYqrJq4KCWZfvFpo-FauYjjysWSp4jSdTgbycf3Yk98ybRI9sBg_McVh1801V5E_keRDIbE02RTQR4j0VvNzFKtNmwuqo9YBR5sWdK-z8dfY5qPfSgb0Wy-NvlYPKkobFSpygBsX4dtbrCS/s320/Zip%20-%20drone%20landing%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The drone is taken to the operation room, where it is filled with another package, and re-launched. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Rwanda is a relatively small country. Yet it is still 27 times the size of Hong Kong. It takes several hours to drive critical medicine, such as blood for transfusion, to medical centres at remote places, where the roads may be difficult. From a launch site at Muhanga in the west or Kayonza in the east, Medicine can be flown to any site in an hour. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">There are lots of technical, logistical, operational and financial problems to solve. The battery the power the drone weights 9 kilograms. The drones have to be piloted automatically. The drone has to be light but robust. The drone has to be snagged from the air with great precision, and safely. How does a small company and a small achieve that?</p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">That is partly what we want our students to learn. How does a small, poor, developing country facing enormous challenges use and develop technology? What are the lessons to the country, other similar countries, and ourselves? We are going to take our students here, to see for themselves, to ask their own questions, to seek their own answers. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-87534109575540683532023-12-31T09:02:00.011+08:002024-03-03T13:50:52.228+08:00Birth of PalmArt: Ring-O-Fish<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">After cutting a piece of PalmArt which is circular, I was left with some scraps with a nicely half-circular edges. I like pleasing shapes, so was reluctant to throw them away. </span><br />
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">After staring at them for some time, I thought they would look like new moons if I cut the opposite side with the same circular curve. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">And if I stick a short piece of copper wire between two pieces, I can connect them into a nice curved shape. I can even make the curve wrap around to connect with the beginning - and make a circle. Thus is born the ring of new moons. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugv6GOt6-AT3WlxkI8U-xUNebysupKQWBtBlruu3uL3cXLcXg_zevdjQ5wG01kVUD7-F7DCY2BGH-O5Q4Qsj-_rjohNtgEH4pcPBOCMEkUPgj0X7KC9Vilffc2UOBOfzms3EVxx7a5YpcrQcpq99e5dkqbY9t35D5m_twfh75jJoOLWvF9kuu/s1024/Ring%20-%20ring%20of%20new%20moons%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1024" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhugv6GOt6-AT3WlxkI8U-xUNebysupKQWBtBlruu3uL3cXLcXg_zevdjQ5wG01kVUD7-F7DCY2BGH-O5Q4Qsj-_rjohNtgEH4pcPBOCMEkUPgj0X7KC9Vilffc2UOBOfzms3EVxx7a5YpcrQcpq99e5dkqbY9t35D5m_twfh75jJoOLWvF9kuu/s320/Ring%20-%20ring%20of%20new%20moons%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">New moons are nice. But I always like fish. If I turn the new moons into fish …, and make a lot of them, I can make a long string of fish …, and connect the ends to make a large ring. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrkq8tcNTe_OuE8QLjZCKfCRIX05QFbZ0sqqt85ZAa5wHHYAVyrw3oNDt8jE1Im2sPfMYmQRsSH432hMFwaVB9zQCy407JXT5WpIw0rWAwEG11lm5V2Crg7JhEnro706qI37gtTJVfMg-5gt8GtBRC3T2K_8OPJuPH3UPVDGGmg-Emmi4sSgo/s1024/Ring%20-%20ring%201%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1024" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrkq8tcNTe_OuE8QLjZCKfCRIX05QFbZ0sqqt85ZAa5wHHYAVyrw3oNDt8jE1Im2sPfMYmQRsSH432hMFwaVB9zQCy407JXT5WpIw0rWAwEG11lm5V2Crg7JhEnro706qI37gtTJVfMg-5gt8GtBRC3T2K_8OPJuPH3UPVDGGmg-Emmi4sSgo/s320/Ring%20-%20ring%201%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">And if I twist the large ring, I can make a double ring, …, then the ring can stand by itself. In fact, it can stand in more than one positions. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRN5iTMJ8P2MmjBlc0PjXb1kdy58MnmHhv0WFznsS9RVLwhRnbgGlAEpRzT4bpyH4OGyjcedZTzmMCcxP8DXKN73KZo4xdZogWKg9a9vfxfmZSRv34YlXSPyvszIZpsZ3LcsWaHuI58I0_yOg4jBHQj3JE2yHLaOPIkr1N7q3NRHbQNI7008P/s1110/Ring%20-%20ring%202%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMRN5iTMJ8P2MmjBlc0PjXb1kdy58MnmHhv0WFznsS9RVLwhRnbgGlAEpRzT4bpyH4OGyjcedZTzmMCcxP8DXKN73KZo4xdZogWKg9a9vfxfmZSRv34YlXSPyvszIZpsZ3LcsWaHuI58I0_yOg4jBHQj3JE2yHLaOPIkr1N7q3NRHbQNI7008P/s320/Ring%20-%20ring%202%20-%201.jpeg" width="295" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Thus is born the Ring-O-Fish.</p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCTDVygYDaGa85pr-s671_rkQ2WZoTwauml6U1Pc1X67Ytve-Id0shKbhqTcOpPS7uuBHhqS1X753BKZCVdKKAqtKIPFRrOpyUGozQ6PiWJjc9-lu38Go0Np-f0X2a63bdm3x2CVYCSHK_mMIiSh4QzzSQVdvDSSbednxH7QkDaWCC3O3irNX/s1024/Ring%20-%20ring%203%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1024" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCTDVygYDaGa85pr-s671_rkQ2WZoTwauml6U1Pc1X67Ytve-Id0shKbhqTcOpPS7uuBHhqS1X753BKZCVdKKAqtKIPFRrOpyUGozQ6PiWJjc9-lu38Go0Np-f0X2a63bdm3x2CVYCSHK_mMIiSh4QzzSQVdvDSSbednxH7QkDaWCC3O3irNX/s320/Ring%20-%20ring%203%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-15010954648813268812023-12-27T13:37:00.007+08:002023-12-27T13:43:13.893+08:00The Mighty Mechanical Sewing Machine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">While we were in Vietnam, we went to see the tunnels at Cu Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">This is an immense network of tunnels used by the Viet Cong (from the Communist North) during the Vietnam War.</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">It was said to be the base of operations for the Tet (Lunar New Year) Offensive in 1968, a critical turning point in the war. </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;"> </span></div><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimEkPHuOLA8DyQofv2uZO99E3wX5BCZ1Gan8oIdVUP6PUxfLHBt518t9AGlEvocrko8SxscUD2qa68LUuY8nnZ8cyR9B_YXdCrckt1OEYkZ66WjejHqkG3i3EiUE6ulp4NN9WSQ3swga39UFhLCaYxG0XR6JRMmavQrvAhyphenhyphenUNKIfzbsn3lpXq/s1024/sew%20-%20tunnel%20system%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="1024" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjimEkPHuOLA8DyQofv2uZO99E3wX5BCZ1Gan8oIdVUP6PUxfLHBt518t9AGlEvocrko8SxscUD2qa68LUuY8nnZ8cyR9B_YXdCrckt1OEYkZ66WjejHqkG3i3EiUE6ulp4NN9WSQ3swga39UFhLCaYxG0XR6JRMmavQrvAhyphenhyphenUNKIfzbsn3lpXq/w400-h158/sew%20-%20tunnel%20system%20-%201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The tunnels have very narrow and camouflaged entrances. Inside it can be very elaborate and some rooms can be sizeable. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PWLxz-1qnJwqGiXrh1wBy-RvvT_h1mcdykVP-R2BsGxVrn3re15rL8cbm3VLMZdAKzoyB0DHjp8UsJP-cwkma52YAuKh53PUMZKWaWGNmJXqVVCH5Z9G2C-adHfNk_3G2wIK7QOr60IhnPf71MyxzpskLCtHhHP9pyffgYx6jrTQlygAVkGD/s1024/sew%20-%20tunnel%20entrance%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="946" data-original-width="1024" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PWLxz-1qnJwqGiXrh1wBy-RvvT_h1mcdykVP-R2BsGxVrn3re15rL8cbm3VLMZdAKzoyB0DHjp8UsJP-cwkma52YAuKh53PUMZKWaWGNmJXqVVCH5Z9G2C-adHfNk_3G2wIK7QOr60IhnPf71MyxzpskLCtHhHP9pyffgYx6jrTQlygAVkGD/w200-h185/sew%20-%20tunnel%20entrance%20-%201.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">People hide, move around, shoot, sleep, live, plan, make munitions, sew clothes, and a lot more in there. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTePag99IGaC98O5q-hXEiympWFpnsdnW6E-QyXc2C6lZhQv6xJHRaJICw5qtRmyzS-M7MyzezJ4L3_zmYZhQYy1lhjQMyMn8BHjvZwH16jHSwLam416nQA1HA0HRU_vp6dpRCs9cswlWZIKFQxonzUHTmUdValB8BH_aSJlzUuL4hf413IQju/s1024/sew%20-%20shooting%20window%20%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTePag99IGaC98O5q-hXEiympWFpnsdnW6E-QyXc2C6lZhQv6xJHRaJICw5qtRmyzS-M7MyzezJ4L3_zmYZhQYy1lhjQMyMn8BHjvZwH16jHSwLam416nQA1HA0HRU_vp6dpRCs9cswlWZIKFQxonzUHTmUdValB8BH_aSJlzUuL4hf413IQju/s320/sew%20-%20shooting%20window%20%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>A mechanical sewing machine caught my attention. It is something I am quite familiar with, even though I cannot really use it. It is powered by a paddle at the ground level that can be rocked back and forth by foot. The rocking motion is used to drive a belt, which turns the spindle of the sewing machine above the paddle. Which then translates the rotational motion into an up-and-down motion that drives the sewing needle. It is deceptively simple. <p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Vietnam War took place in the 1960s and 70s. The machine does look like it might be from that era, and quite familiar. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_jOA_qlqN7wGVuMVOJKfZ7kQQHHeQ7EJC4Lm-aSMjoPrEBRHCT-53uLVwNz6m0YHkaJ092qobx42i2mjl1dlglNwo4Eg_ngBfhl7yV8cdS0ggMiOup80Q3XvIbOEbBT_HSGDdQhKH9udi1WB1EJ6swhtQZmnNb5-Q7GerZ84fvIj7_l2zWcv/s1024/sew%20-%20Viet%20war.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1024" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE_jOA_qlqN7wGVuMVOJKfZ7kQQHHeQ7EJC4Lm-aSMjoPrEBRHCT-53uLVwNz6m0YHkaJ092qobx42i2mjl1dlglNwo4Eg_ngBfhl7yV8cdS0ggMiOup80Q3XvIbOEbBT_HSGDdQhKH9udi1WB1EJ6swhtQZmnNb5-Q7GerZ84fvIj7_l2zWcv/s320/sew%20-%20Viet%20war.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This was also the time I was attending primary and secondary school in Hong Kong. During those days my mother took care of the 3 of us. She also sewed at home to make critical income in addition to my father’s salary. I helped to cut the loose ends of the threads from the clothes, flip them inside out and pull out the corners properly. She used a sewing machine that look almost exactly like that one in the Vietnam tunnels. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The additional income that my mother made using the sewing machine was very important for our family. Particularly in the 1960s, when my father’s salary as a “semi-skilled" workman was very low, with 3 growing kids to feed, who also had to attend school. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Nowadays many people in the developed world continue to use sewing machines. But those, such as the one that my wife uses, tend to be powered by electricity. Some can also be programmed to make special stitches and elaborate patterns, automatically. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Yet in developing countries such as Rwanda, there are still many many people who depend on mechanical sewing machines to make a living. This is particularly important in the countryside, where there is no electricity. Wood and charcoal remain a major source of energy in many parts of Rwanda, as in many other sub-Sahara countries. Even in the city, electricity can be unreliable and expensive. Hence the technical sewing machine is much more dependable. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">It is not just women who sew. In fact, I have seen more men than women sewing in Rwanda. Many vocational school teach the skill to use these sewing machines. A sewing machine makes a great gift, enabling someone to make a living. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dfMledjXiglAeXF13xTC4SYdrwpbYCLglNKn3IYqWEydCBCfhzSW9l9axlS8bS_xqmxsk69faJfvuqLEykD9BRALUmy1bDQ-5YpiVzmLHqq8LVstwp5LI7eLerFKYj3Lp-KYVMDi3zRGSdk600F_4fsB__G9n5oc3tMcpiag7jtWK2EsyaAf/s1024/sew%20-%20Rwanda%20men%20in%20city%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1024" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_dfMledjXiglAeXF13xTC4SYdrwpbYCLglNKn3IYqWEydCBCfhzSW9l9axlS8bS_xqmxsk69faJfvuqLEykD9BRALUmy1bDQ-5YpiVzmLHqq8LVstwp5LI7eLerFKYj3Lp-KYVMDi3zRGSdk600F_4fsB__G9n5oc3tMcpiag7jtWK2EsyaAf/w200-h167/sew%20-%20Rwanda%20men%20in%20city%20-%201.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The mechanical sewing machine remains a potent tool - in my childhood in Hong Kong, for the fighters in the Vietnam War, as well as families in present day sub-Sahara Africa. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-24266923157727207492023-12-26T12:51:00.006+08:002023-12-26T12:51:35.695+08:00Christmas of Hope<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Gifts, parties, spending money, vacations, food and fun. For many that is what Christmas is about. </span><br />
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Not so, says some. That is so materialistic and hedonistic. Christmas is more about joy, happiness, peace and family. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">But looking around, it is not that easy to be joyful. Wars are continuing, and in fact seems to be getting worse. The rich are continuing to exploit the poor, rather than helping them. The powerful continuing to oppress the weak, instead of upholding justice. The “leaders” in government, church and elsewhere continue to suppress dissent. People prefer to believe fake news that suit their prejudice rather than facts that challenge that prejudice. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In the face of pervasive selfishness, self-righteousness, ugliness, hypocrisy, and hatred, it is hard to be joyful. Many places particularly traumatised by war and conflicts have chosen to not celebrate Christmas. It just seems inappropriate under such circumstances. How can one celebrate when so many are suffering so much? </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Perhaps hoping against hope is what remains. The defiance against overwhelming, depressing reality. Holding onto what little hope that remains, that things will turn better. Perhaps that is why people do not give up, even when they have lost so much: family, friends, land, possessions, jobs, the right to speak the mind. That people continue to come together to share what little they have. To insist to be kind to each other when they cannot really afford to. Coming together seems to help us retain that little hope. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYO_wxrV316tv4FXvKwMZY0D33nO6fqU-FPQnLis1uE8BVvKey8hXYDtyfEDGjBQZ81uhAzriHDO_Vn_0YymjVG_U1bMMmiI79yXWWLXVGgDA0YSCJVVM8HPV2eE1dq3OV3rQ9NZysvupkgKeHztdcmbUGQ_GYGRLjsNSUEH9uPZ_TRU0duQ_/s1024/Hope%20-%20yam%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="1024" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYO_wxrV316tv4FXvKwMZY0D33nO6fqU-FPQnLis1uE8BVvKey8hXYDtyfEDGjBQZ81uhAzriHDO_Vn_0YymjVG_U1bMMmiI79yXWWLXVGgDA0YSCJVVM8HPV2eE1dq3OV3rQ9NZysvupkgKeHztdcmbUGQ_GYGRLjsNSUEH9uPZ_TRU0duQ_/s320/Hope%20-%20yam%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Perhaps that is what Christmas is really about. The birth of Jesus brings hope in an equally depressing world 2,000 years ago. It seemed a very little thing then, but it brought great changes. The birth of hope in darkness, hope in suffering. With hope, life is just a little less depressing, with hope for a better future. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-83135368179442417292023-12-22T17:41:00.005+08:002023-12-22T17:43:30.641+08:00Francis Restaurant School<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Our family started the first day of our vacation in Ho Chi Min City by visiting Mai Sen, a social enterprise restaurant school. We visited another one on the last day, also opened by Francis.</span><br /><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXHvhKSaNb1p-hudGmgYohyphenhyphenTaKmIj4QEqfLq8AE1bZLiZPwJX5WzNHjO2077bxkczd-TUvMFsYKFie4hs4mVDxQOOi3F-zMwFMcH6DrRSWhdCVWlOJ88CfE7FKJPNAO9v0SqUH8mEKd2B4sIg6sWmWnhKsa47iT53jQHTmYH9Qvd0Dy8fYTRP/s1024/FRS%20-%20restaurant%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="1024" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXHvhKSaNb1p-hudGmgYohyphenhyphenTaKmIj4QEqfLq8AE1bZLiZPwJX5WzNHjO2077bxkczd-TUvMFsYKFie4hs4mVDxQOOi3F-zMwFMcH6DrRSWhdCVWlOJ88CfE7FKJPNAO9v0SqUH8mEKd2B4sIg6sWmWnhKsa47iT53jQHTmYH9Qvd0Dy8fYTRP/s320/FRS%20-%20restaurant%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This time we are able to visit both the school (where the students study and sleep) and the restaurant (where they train). </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The 40+ students are mostly underprivileged, from the countryside, who did not finish regular schools for some reason. Here they learn to work in a fine restaurant, and the English communications skills needed. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjMXQxi_ojkdPrH87SyxiRpZqOmrTdxqzkJulfb8aYJsMVB5DZTdU1f0k1ncZH1-tlJ_e1hGyMhmg2Q1731dyaaW8aLqtcppgdnJfnxIMudnj5ITp-V7pegyVu43XSBbcBt4B4en5JiU6lTyJjhIq1xddfkJFcvBVNZ8xjB2PVpiVko5r7Xtv/s1024/FRS%20-%20class%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="1024" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjMXQxi_ojkdPrH87SyxiRpZqOmrTdxqzkJulfb8aYJsMVB5DZTdU1f0k1ncZH1-tlJ_e1hGyMhmg2Q1731dyaaW8aLqtcppgdnJfnxIMudnj5ITp-V7pegyVu43XSBbcBt4B4en5JiU6lTyJjhIq1xddfkJFcvBVNZ8xjB2PVpiVko5r7Xtv/s320/FRS%20-%20class%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">They are provided with a place to live. And they do not have to pay - they cannot anyway. Yet by the time they graduate from the 3-year program, they are in great demand. That is how good their training is. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPQIyc420tImK-ifom5_4qGkaX18q28zmUapD3yu4OlpmFPbFtJgHYR357YH-9YPS-Ub5RL0yeyzOAVppiy9c4taeN2Nj9peLbPd_MlbCJnalSWbSaMhNSih7OIkMi-o2a63R2ZMWm4EJRKb5IVacmEynzAHOlnRmzbY8XNfMmxxOxHKzmQ0G/s1024/FRS%20-%20cook%20for%20themselves%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlPQIyc420tImK-ifom5_4qGkaX18q28zmUapD3yu4OlpmFPbFtJgHYR357YH-9YPS-Ub5RL0yeyzOAVppiy9c4taeN2Nj9peLbPd_MlbCJnalSWbSaMhNSih7OIkMi-o2a63R2ZMWm4EJRKb5IVacmEynzAHOlnRmzbY8XNfMmxxOxHKzmQ0G/w200-h150/FRS%20-%20cook%20for%20themselves%20-%201.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">They get up at 6:45 am, freshen themselves, have breakfast, then attend classes for the whole morning. They then have lunch, which they prepare for themselves. Their dormitory is tidy and spotless, which they clean and maintain themselves. It is easy to imagine the discipline that they have acquired from the training. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwLQt6ic-qALZsAwZKaX8AUrRzH28hCvVg-xZdDDIQg0ghCxkC3OrTuIbDQS3K2xdWncijtkqhj6bJiwtdN5ETmRj47onuOZi3s5OK1BxflfC3OaLBeihR9c7gjd5JQQtLZ5Ss3HjPzfKygumLTwCmTptWpgz2M16MwwMmviSkBG__f75RGpr/s1024/FRS%20-%20dorm%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="1024" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTwLQt6ic-qALZsAwZKaX8AUrRzH28hCvVg-xZdDDIQg0ghCxkC3OrTuIbDQS3K2xdWncijtkqhj6bJiwtdN5ETmRj47onuOZi3s5OK1BxflfC3OaLBeihR9c7gjd5JQQtLZ5Ss3HjPzfKygumLTwCmTptWpgz2M16MwwMmviSkBG__f75RGpr/s320/FRS%20-%20dorm%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">In the afternoon, they train and serve in the restaurant. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SsZUTBs76VJ3OZutzDpdix6QQwwTiocF6V3T4H5Z93n5tZbtxfj9LUAeEgh-D7982g9bXXFYJJI2d2-2cJaMZprNz5EQXj8craog7io5cWbFY7LsBjrdNOfHVZLS70CPDSy4rHM1ADdZtKWjKH6oUp3zKOXvJWYDPkUzr2naPeXJfT6o2ICf/s1024/FRS%20-%20pork%20knuckle%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1024" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-SsZUTBs76VJ3OZutzDpdix6QQwwTiocF6V3T4H5Z93n5tZbtxfj9LUAeEgh-D7982g9bXXFYJJI2d2-2cJaMZprNz5EQXj8craog7io5cWbFY7LsBjrdNOfHVZLS70CPDSy4rHM1ADdZtKWjKH6oUp3zKOXvJWYDPkUzr2naPeXJfT6o2ICf/s320/FRS%20-%20pork%20knuckle%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The restaurant is very well run. It serves very fine cuisine. Excellent German style pork knuckle. French style (?) duck breast. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2i0q2v2f4oqhpJHneUPSxvA90GFBP8Rsd2dK9o-hApbc6A2wrMoo4KRTw-pf0BeyG4-181XUzpEBwYaYatJ0vqijZcx02XROewLkHHGSdN8-QTq1uqnwjruZFsq3R7QrrG189VDx5EpVdVZH0_zINwhcF_QX6JmykqHxadAHaDGOk2LK_seP2/s1024/FRS%20-%20duck%20breast%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="626" data-original-width="1024" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2i0q2v2f4oqhpJHneUPSxvA90GFBP8Rsd2dK9o-hApbc6A2wrMoo4KRTw-pf0BeyG4-181XUzpEBwYaYatJ0vqijZcx02XROewLkHHGSdN8-QTq1uqnwjruZFsq3R7QrrG189VDx5EpVdVZH0_zINwhcF_QX6JmykqHxadAHaDGOk2LK_seP2/s320/FRS%20-%20duck%20breast%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">And Asian cuisine, cooked in Chinese style woks. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HrQ-E2ClbkE-coaPpXVZ4qIPFKsg7ZrcQEIjNMQ7DhgU3o_rQs0DwP3397Fclry9KM8HGucnEfbDHDFEM0iL9dwS2C6lw80sD1jz1BYmwn_O0EV95Q4JFvqi_DN5rvaruYx9CY2HMDw2QtWspmV4h3RqtmQXOVkbArZAqYZUAhEoace8cmEX/s1024/FRS%20-%20kitchen%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="1024" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9HrQ-E2ClbkE-coaPpXVZ4qIPFKsg7ZrcQEIjNMQ7DhgU3o_rQs0DwP3397Fclry9KM8HGucnEfbDHDFEM0iL9dwS2C6lw80sD1jz1BYmwn_O0EV95Q4JFvqi_DN5rvaruYx9CY2HMDw2QtWspmV4h3RqtmQXOVkbArZAqYZUAhEoace8cmEX/s320/FRS%20-%20kitchen%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The students we encounter are all courteous, diligent, and professional. No wonder they are in such high demand. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0JfZabGaE9L73uOXVpKfmOqjo5ms5X6Q0dW4VM0Rfy_T3y2cc5U6h7_bu722J2RX41DAdA-xMmfhyn_-MPUkKek0tmoc1yFk3aqD6SPGZWYijWqDaqfTrDjfQGJ-I6vjTF_b5efnuNd76WNN2uWUbGzYpzl3aa1yakdZnk5YAZ4J5hm34aFo/s1024/FRS%20-%20kitchen%20Chinese%20style%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="1024" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0JfZabGaE9L73uOXVpKfmOqjo5ms5X6Q0dW4VM0Rfy_T3y2cc5U6h7_bu722J2RX41DAdA-xMmfhyn_-MPUkKek0tmoc1yFk3aqD6SPGZWYijWqDaqfTrDjfQGJ-I6vjTF_b5efnuNd76WNN2uWUbGzYpzl3aa1yakdZnk5YAZ4J5hm34aFo/s320/FRS%20-%20kitchen%20Chinese%20style%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The resources needed to run such a school is great. I understand the land for the restaurant as well as the school are provided by the Catholic church. There is also the manpower, the equipment, the supplies, electricity, … The income from the restaurant and the catering must come in handy. Yet I imagine the kindness of donors is also critical. I heard that some graduates from Mai Sen are among the staff. They can probably make more money working at high class hotels and restaurant. Yet they are working here, with a different kind of return. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Many of these youngsters are having a much brighter future because of the kindness of others. God has blessed some of us with much, and we should bless others so. That is how the world should operate, isn’t it? </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-28067419125652317552023-12-17T00:38:00.004+08:002023-12-17T00:38:56.265+08:00An Re Mai Sen (and some good people)<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">We are here on vacation. But the first day of our vacation started at a social enterprise, a school that has been training underprivileged youths to work in the restaurant industry, for 10 years already. </span><br /><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJreB3tie-87oHG_9ai_ECjETARxKcBgpfqPgOl0n3kKxpup2lKV8XKJUw2ntz8Z1ytrnpmyjtrRjldCsozcx84vdmHt7DwljN1kINEgPJJb1CaSXV9IlxBJXBKgdbUlr8ZBFhgUFhs_B4zXkJBsZeyrBmNYeBmnOG2R3aS6p1lE2H6CN1oc1v/s1024/Mai%20Sen%20-%20outside%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1024" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJreB3tie-87oHG_9ai_ECjETARxKcBgpfqPgOl0n3kKxpup2lKV8XKJUw2ntz8Z1ytrnpmyjtrRjldCsozcx84vdmHt7DwljN1kINEgPJJb1CaSXV9IlxBJXBKgdbUlr8ZBFhgUFhs_B4zXkJBsZeyrBmNYeBmnOG2R3aS6p1lE2H6CN1oc1v/s320/Mai%20Sen%20-%20outside%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The story that I came to know can be traced back to the point when a young Vietnamese man named Francis who fled his country during the Vietnam War. He settled in Germany and learned to be a chef. Decades later, he came back to Vietnam and started this school. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjM89gnyo5wqVfD2Z_b17NmqGPIfI7ptsPJi1QzQRRjitOsfp4q10833BRTz7FXU8PEIX9eZAibQfMWwumdiJnL8guYHIwghxbdjE1aXbDpVUl5zkDbubjh5rIUXvY4bdHpFR62Kh_x9YTijY3tA-6F-LUw_emKBqgPcSfoYmidbwdr_OnLw3/s1024/Mai%20Sen%20-%20Francis.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjM89gnyo5wqVfD2Z_b17NmqGPIfI7ptsPJi1QzQRRjitOsfp4q10833BRTz7FXU8PEIX9eZAibQfMWwumdiJnL8guYHIwghxbdjE1aXbDpVUl5zkDbubjh5rIUXvY4bdHpFR62Kh_x9YTijY3tA-6F-LUw_emKBqgPcSfoYmidbwdr_OnLw3/s320/Mai%20Sen%20-%20Francis.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">He named it after a Catholic priest, Father Maicen (from Czechoslovakia, I believe), who came to Vietnam and started a Salesian school, which Francis attended before he became a refugee. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4Qcz9OCwPSaGgTJcvqfwzqdMSOgWfrIytnhwVpfTz_IEUvfqDHuJ_qzMp6G1RHXZiuo2ouUwib3XVTFJuLh9-BroMYqUnE8RmJwdC7X5yAAZ9EMLClvoP-35FogRFBI0QM_cVEEa6fEtHhNHY3WNe4jNHYo2S2C6iq6mSKPCQ93b6hYaFzWe/s1024/Mai%20Sen%20-%20Court%20yard%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="1024" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO4Qcz9OCwPSaGgTJcvqfwzqdMSOgWfrIytnhwVpfTz_IEUvfqDHuJ_qzMp6G1RHXZiuo2ouUwib3XVTFJuLh9-BroMYqUnE8RmJwdC7X5yAAZ9EMLClvoP-35FogRFBI0QM_cVEEa6fEtHhNHY3WNe4jNHYo2S2C6iq6mSKPCQ93b6hYaFzWe/s320/Mai%20Sen%20-%20Court%20yard%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Salesians is a Catholic order started by Don Bosco, to serve the underprivileged youths in Italy more than a hundred years ago. I happened to attend a school run by the Salesians in Hong Kong, before I went to the USA to study on a scholarship offered by an American university. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkEneQWVoVDHZ8my2HMDFn_QoBIjI0dpmyHO6CZUzePyEXY_-LvN4xTV6VEbAm-CNOePztYYLIZ-JalqGDJfyCygLms_MAzOnbfiLakseurX1c2JnPIottcRBD82gSE_8QQbtDLuWMdBQHriyv95BbbtGmHKwCoZm0qC8FBb4PCCZZMd2kC2i/s1024/Mai%20Sen%20-%20sausage%20and%20noodle%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1024" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkEneQWVoVDHZ8my2HMDFn_QoBIjI0dpmyHO6CZUzePyEXY_-LvN4xTV6VEbAm-CNOePztYYLIZ-JalqGDJfyCygLms_MAzOnbfiLakseurX1c2JnPIottcRBD82gSE_8QQbtDLuWMdBQHriyv95BbbtGmHKwCoZm0qC8FBb4PCCZZMd2kC2i/s320/Mai%20Sen%20-%20sausage%20and%20noodle%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">This is perhaps why the bistro that the school runs offers both Vietnamese and German cuisine. And this is why our family had Vietnamese and German food for breakfast this morning. Both excellent. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbJaIXRxKLIdYEPZCrWU6HX3TpLr5P7dyohi8uubkfBr9eUUXExlIsoc_g4aKtdEt4u64NGWXPalOHZ3M4Bzox2uA1ldmT9RxtNv4jnRmGMbiKTHfeauK-HPxLF83_atCZIT2_g1nRxcoRxh9iB55pWWxtEoytcb0O1QkrWheC0ywEoNrWqeA/s1024/Mai%20Sen%20-%20Viet%20noodle%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="1024" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbJaIXRxKLIdYEPZCrWU6HX3TpLr5P7dyohi8uubkfBr9eUUXExlIsoc_g4aKtdEt4u64NGWXPalOHZ3M4Bzox2uA1ldmT9RxtNv4jnRmGMbiKTHfeauK-HPxLF83_atCZIT2_g1nRxcoRxh9iB55pWWxtEoytcb0O1QkrWheC0ywEoNrWqeA/s320/Mai%20Sen%20-%20Viet%20noodle%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We visited a number of places during the day, much of it about the war. Just when we were getting into our homestay place at around 9 pm, we were interrupted by a Vietnamese man. He turned out to be the Grab driver who took us to the homestay from the airport the day before. He came to return a water bottle he found in his car after he dropped us off. It turned out the water bottle was not ours. But the driver’s kindness touched us greatly. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-44993088728438146552023-12-14T16:57:00.006+08:002023-12-14T16:58:02.774+08:00Phnom Penh Noodles (金邊粉) <span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Phnom Penh noodles is well known and popular in Hong Kong. Since coming here for the first time in 2010, I have had many different versions of it, from small shops frequented by locals, to fast food joints in posh shopping malls, to breakfast in hotels, to regular restaurants. It is truly ubiquitous. </span><br /><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesa87ANdkKXfphmzIgtk24YWD2dWWB437QFYEV4sFsXCpcunxXFD5YVuHlAf0uJkKoKl5OJotp7B-OsA5v4aWIFOgRkmrm6jr7FsUE2IbQfQCEf-q1fV9t4KLMj0BHHzS7VTOW2FGp2cbhhoYML0Ol-0aSWeDM7HRAA1GKhMcXaoQI-bmb0lz/s1024/PP%20noodle%20-%20beef%20%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1024" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesa87ANdkKXfphmzIgtk24YWD2dWWB437QFYEV4sFsXCpcunxXFD5YVuHlAf0uJkKoKl5OJotp7B-OsA5v4aWIFOgRkmrm6jr7FsUE2IbQfQCEf-q1fV9t4KLMj0BHHzS7VTOW2FGp2cbhhoYML0Ol-0aSWeDM7HRAA1GKhMcXaoQI-bmb0lz/s320/PP%20noodle%20-%20beef%20%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Even on this short trip scouting for new projects, I have eaten several varieties. All of them have the thin noodles in a clear broth. The noodle itself is made from rice. Similar to Cantonese “rice noodles” (<span style="font-family: "Songti SC"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">米粉</span>) but a bit more chewy. Also similar to “river noodles” (<span style="font-family: "Songti SC"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">河粉</span>) but firmer in texture. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhjOsA0OX96gns1l3fqtuXHboW0zk5V0S4xaUNrukPsk31pZ3WdRVDUMKdm03RTXZqLEOvitnEEYJi5YU12MQD1_cFNjlj7fC67r2kUC0kwoFCjqn_f9IPKKKTRKA5iZKN3iojQc0lOX2fBDMmluNW-dF6pmj5AFI9I5OS08KPhMKbIN69_DL/s1024/PP%20noodle%20-%20roasted%20pork%20%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1024" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLhjOsA0OX96gns1l3fqtuXHboW0zk5V0S4xaUNrukPsk31pZ3WdRVDUMKdm03RTXZqLEOvitnEEYJi5YU12MQD1_cFNjlj7fC67r2kUC0kwoFCjqn_f9IPKKKTRKA5iZKN3iojQc0lOX2fBDMmluNW-dF6pmj5AFI9I5OS08KPhMKbIN69_DL/s320/PP%20noodle%20-%20roasted%20pork%20%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">They usually come with mung bean sprouts, green vegetables, and a variety of condiments such as preserved vegetables, etc. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio57U9lbgQV8QnCAZ3I6aSL4ctJ9b3Bsr9ft3dmqzwFrKnXgALqwL5nTrpexKhWTU6_8sPL-3VhfUbHMV_mNODFbsztRw1qrjfnyQCmxJaAh_JsehzU-4z2M4UqXvuZiG7-y4vKYtdEP5z8uv_HSor67h8Agp-oW_kR1MASWELT96hdAGybZkI/s1024/PP%20noodle%20-%20mixed%20meat%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1024" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio57U9lbgQV8QnCAZ3I6aSL4ctJ9b3Bsr9ft3dmqzwFrKnXgALqwL5nTrpexKhWTU6_8sPL-3VhfUbHMV_mNODFbsztRw1qrjfnyQCmxJaAh_JsehzU-4z2M4UqXvuZiG7-y4vKYtdEP5z8uv_HSor67h8Agp-oW_kR1MASWELT96hdAGybZkI/s320/PP%20noodle%20-%20mixed%20meat%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">They can be accompanied by beef, chicken, pork, shrimps, roasted pork, roasted duck, dumplings, … </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Come to think of it, it resembles Vietnamese pho very much. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-77081614573921721702023-12-11T23:49:00.000+08:002023-12-11T23:49:17.543+08:00Phnom Penh Roadside Breakfast Option I am in Phnom Penh with an advance team checking out potential sites for service-learning projects for summer 2024 and beyond. We arrived in PP yesterday (Sunday). Today, before we set out to visit the first site, I went out for a jog, and ended up checking out a number of options for breakfast on the roadside. These are targeting, apparently, riders of motorcycles, and drivers of all kinds of vehicles. <br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQp0nOQbrsorJgqcJabeRfygmc29_dJ4OwxdT-g96xy-Rib6Om-qkTzP_8YgMLDl1nt9PAKXzHn55RsECDW7WtKl_78iMHyiDSXsl4uGDIIVYcWOcg-zo5tFPfZSZeHyMZmgfU-3XstBuzybAysGi3KyiISkIgvXeqkeo4m3US9hDDjEWfcjOH/s828/PP%20bfast%20-%20route%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="828" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQp0nOQbrsorJgqcJabeRfygmc29_dJ4OwxdT-g96xy-Rib6Om-qkTzP_8YgMLDl1nt9PAKXzHn55RsECDW7WtKl_78iMHyiDSXsl4uGDIIVYcWOcg-zo5tFPfZSZeHyMZmgfU-3XstBuzybAysGi3KyiISkIgvXeqkeo4m3US9hDDjEWfcjOH/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20route%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Popular sandwiches made with French bread. These can be picked up in a matter of seconds. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrivoNFI-k-1FKsAwbUrAjOa68ECXO994se4RfnFEDXQiD2HJ0CRlzNQn1pTvCg4ko1EnSJRIuuiZmcKZhJ3m2kb4vTQVXETjrcskMNJD8BMKwGLXOd-zgY7v-SUoN_0kwRSFfZm7pdp7EbTBXpl2veqtJAlzhdx8AMvIu8dGhpr2QO9TDSQbA/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20sandwich.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1024" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrivoNFI-k-1FKsAwbUrAjOa68ECXO994se4RfnFEDXQiD2HJ0CRlzNQn1pTvCg4ko1EnSJRIuuiZmcKZhJ3m2kb4vTQVXETjrcskMNJD8BMKwGLXOd-zgY7v-SUoN_0kwRSFfZm7pdp7EbTBXpl2veqtJAlzhdx8AMvIu8dGhpr2QO9TDSQbA/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20sandwich.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Buns of all kinds and colours. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA9-Dn2RbyhKpnyxv7fFGMRNFEOCIrcT9dbuV3-tqdXdkRBaZVvsvgO-Fi78BEP1arcgx-YpsX_GSpwe7iTL7n75SyEJMVyL_jVFWI-kLvDmQO2nt7FW7VVqwBBwdppnagzrUUlpiVa4MUZFn5pYvQjUKFXznuVnzgITrtoxcUEPJAubtP5Ac/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20bun%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="1024" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaA9-Dn2RbyhKpnyxv7fFGMRNFEOCIrcT9dbuV3-tqdXdkRBaZVvsvgO-Fi78BEP1arcgx-YpsX_GSpwe7iTL7n75SyEJMVyL_jVFWI-kLvDmQO2nt7FW7VVqwBBwdppnagzrUUlpiVa4MUZFn5pYvQjUKFXznuVnzgITrtoxcUEPJAubtP5Ac/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20bun%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Roasted skinless (!) bananas. Roasted sweet sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves. …</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNjFla05gjE4TqLcf_1be5oRVV88vVKICuMt081QFVQ3feKCFdkT3Wiz5TyN5XHIU_170yn6AwfvWKQfGg6wsWMyOeeStGjWqDFUffDEK16iuqcjzwGZM9q4-gsqiPGevSZg3zEGdmKocMluEXZXLAO3uNzMN1pk2Se83yohq-pgdEeAGwuM7z/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20roasted%20banana.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="1024" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNjFla05gjE4TqLcf_1be5oRVV88vVKICuMt081QFVQ3feKCFdkT3Wiz5TyN5XHIU_170yn6AwfvWKQfGg6wsWMyOeeStGjWqDFUffDEK16iuqcjzwGZM9q4-gsqiPGevSZg3zEGdmKocMluEXZXLAO3uNzMN1pk2Se83yohq-pgdEeAGwuM7z/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20roasted%20banana.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Boiled taro and other unidentified objects.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmYLX6WWbor6FFYk-sWV2xA2cUT0OYBJ_4qaMRk1nl89vd8eisaQqfq8iFVNnNtMITtu-uZhaq7bqOtqmMZvEpyEhwx6pnt4RwmtlUtG6KEFD-4sKZATmnZKa5tEylSkKcasb4Q0mtzaGfy2D1NnCvrotPYNOyV2QLiYoF0ZCefv3nHXqfHQk/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20boiled%20taro%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="1024" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmYLX6WWbor6FFYk-sWV2xA2cUT0OYBJ_4qaMRk1nl89vd8eisaQqfq8iFVNnNtMITtu-uZhaq7bqOtqmMZvEpyEhwx6pnt4RwmtlUtG6KEFD-4sKZATmnZKa5tEylSkKcasb4Q0mtzaGfy2D1NnCvrotPYNOyV2QLiYoF0ZCefv3nHXqfHQk/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20boiled%20taro%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Coconuts and jackfruits.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzjVhIOi3EsHvddwExZiYkZjdYR8uIv5ME3zZaHR-iRjjy1XmI35-smkNwttATJ79Tb37jHeQ7d9VvXSfQL9il7Jxow1xdZpyLvRV_NzM1EMvMNzvMtR_QpiDH2n087r8e8PEa1uqldi2MLQrAASalFRBsnjIjdsuYe4mTE6-Sq5JOhWcNErU/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20jackfruit%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1024" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzjVhIOi3EsHvddwExZiYkZjdYR8uIv5ME3zZaHR-iRjjy1XmI35-smkNwttATJ79Tb37jHeQ7d9VvXSfQL9il7Jxow1xdZpyLvRV_NzM1EMvMNzvMtR_QpiDH2n087r8e8PEa1uqldi2MLQrAASalFRBsnjIjdsuYe4mTE6-Sq5JOhWcNErU/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20jackfruit%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Pancakes of various shapes.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkw6piAG_R-kB10dQlo1CcQEIOHOWxFbT03pdOmWbzobZgFSN5h1GxO0AEfogbhyphenhyphenmpv94Pyh_FvSh2tDW8zb1YFcJXLuKocFRBX8g2KF9vhY0CjCb_Pz4jA97E470oVOwb-R1gqAvJAO3Br67sYDRT-iEBQDRZ2YMAD3GqMth7jX3eZHmu5Fe3/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20pancake%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="1024" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkw6piAG_R-kB10dQlo1CcQEIOHOWxFbT03pdOmWbzobZgFSN5h1GxO0AEfogbhyphenhyphenmpv94Pyh_FvSh2tDW8zb1YFcJXLuKocFRBX8g2KF9vhY0CjCb_Pz4jA97E470oVOwb-R1gqAvJAO3Br67sYDRT-iEBQDRZ2YMAD3GqMth7jX3eZHmu5Fe3/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20pancake%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Fried dough. Familiar shape and texture but short (compared to those in Hong Kong).</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUeWt4nrSRlF4c1cKM5l-ljTfpGahwp-Vu4j8oy9MHT9zdTQSmi7aL9er7ygH2E11vliI_2Q4C-eextasRrMbvDK5tQiVz4rXpddXwFGAJvhNiv8XdKCnCqLj_rig6thNAe5qipm-Y10zQ4KEAoT7-55ZUY4zN2-dAXsq9tYCJfizELRFVsAU/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20fried%20dough%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="1024" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUeWt4nrSRlF4c1cKM5l-ljTfpGahwp-Vu4j8oy9MHT9zdTQSmi7aL9er7ygH2E11vliI_2Q4C-eextasRrMbvDK5tQiVz4rXpddXwFGAJvhNiv8XdKCnCqLj_rig6thNAe5qipm-Y10zQ4KEAoT7-55ZUY4zN2-dAXsq9tYCJfizELRFVsAU/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20fried%20dough%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Prepared lunch boxes of rices with various unidentified somethings. Very very fast.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhzS4hdkf1qJTVFWmD7l8qQ-ElClGe0a_cIsGMsodAVHaN7Hs6YX8ABiskqpSwqQW7zjNE2onh5T_hpzh8osG0-FxMKDZ_XCYJ2A5nd-KKQXaw-5E3Tkb2nbvpySTTbYdZBR6lRc381g_LIBzKzuH834cRhB7nhu3x68hFgDmAXmELfzV-hW1/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20box%20lunch%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="1024" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhzS4hdkf1qJTVFWmD7l8qQ-ElClGe0a_cIsGMsodAVHaN7Hs6YX8ABiskqpSwqQW7zjNE2onh5T_hpzh8osG0-FxMKDZ_XCYJ2A5nd-KKQXaw-5E3Tkb2nbvpySTTbYdZBR6lRc381g_LIBzKzuH834cRhB7nhu3x68hFgDmAXmELfzV-hW1/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20box%20lunch%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Student lunch boxes filled with something. Right outside the school, before the students walk in, of course. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHkJ8VwNwx_cJa0AWubstlsj6B2mWypBiVGoUZQ3ymg5LcGLgM8NL08-QU8iSrbsejOlEfxF4w5Jhs6Am4EyWuipL2acHf3Kmi7sXESGS680dYgdon0hTBm7J4Oq44kl6IRAmLh85oUWJ_0RiwXTC0S-Cp-nJC8OiPvAtG8UXphLcxFkdEaLC/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20student%20lunch%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1024" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHkJ8VwNwx_cJa0AWubstlsj6B2mWypBiVGoUZQ3ymg5LcGLgM8NL08-QU8iSrbsejOlEfxF4w5Jhs6Am4EyWuipL2acHf3Kmi7sXESGS680dYgdon0hTBm7J4Oq44kl6IRAmLh85oUWJ_0RiwXTC0S-Cp-nJC8OiPvAtG8UXphLcxFkdEaLC/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20student%20lunch%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Noddles with or without soup. These take a bit of time to prepare. But it is still fast food. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvmzqjFPvhBguRhuOjiEp2l-sYLCNIcRH-l2aQ37pvzMJaQGZu9CnpDCqhYKeAVZngPPLki4cT4pTKaNL0j-EaiojZSpzwpEj8ji4_7Tq-wYVIgM1RpP29L8CPj3x0k5dCzWvn_vYWWH-mvsk1jPQaLrU4hGWMB5RXobf5aS5wJrHeDKNkpYT/s1024/PP%20bfast%20-%20noodle%20soup%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1024" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTvmzqjFPvhBguRhuOjiEp2l-sYLCNIcRH-l2aQ37pvzMJaQGZu9CnpDCqhYKeAVZngPPLki4cT4pTKaNL0j-EaiojZSpzwpEj8ji4_7Tq-wYVIgM1RpP29L8CPj3x0k5dCzWvn_vYWWH-mvsk1jPQaLrU4hGWMB5RXobf5aS5wJrHeDKNkpYT/s320/PP%20bfast%20-%20noodle%20soup%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Such variety on only a section of sidewalk of one road, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. 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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-35485631106176468132023-12-06T17:02:00.002+08:002023-12-06T17:02:23.033+08:00Made-in-Hong Kong Chinese Sausages <span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">One of our family rituals in winter is to make a trip to Sai Ying Pun to buy made-in-Hong Kong Chinese sausages and grown-in-Japan Chinese mushrooms. </span><br /><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKis3ZSEYY4t_VS2VFY7zNJZkFIs7YzBfn23hgO7Opl5vvhGoBX67MnW5zxCCLsBDTXAmTlIdbF7e0csTo119u-GiMDC_2XtDyCPw0fjcuaxGFasKaSpLmlOKJzwjREA5uVssFHxGvbRehbW4qDYbxEoWaLc64NJDUT_rIr81MnaaOZuMmxPtj/s1024/sausages%20-%20from%20below%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKis3ZSEYY4t_VS2VFY7zNJZkFIs7YzBfn23hgO7Opl5vvhGoBX67MnW5zxCCLsBDTXAmTlIdbF7e0csTo119u-GiMDC_2XtDyCPw0fjcuaxGFasKaSpLmlOKJzwjREA5uVssFHxGvbRehbW4qDYbxEoWaLc64NJDUT_rIr81MnaaOZuMmxPtj/s320/sausages%20-%20from%20below%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The family-run workshop that make those Chinese sausages is in one of the industrial buildings that looks out towards the Victoria Harbour. Each year, they start making sausages at the beginning of winter and stop just before Lunar New Year. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZk-5RaNDgzMcOs6JIhAOM7Z_uPdjSF8yDodL7SILJ83sTiw40bUvrpldJyPkyOOaVmbDvj2yRYqrRBhf4YSxpUkf6QfvIxk4U38-3ZP88UIPG-8g3UO2czDt3zfGl1A_JVzcgHrLBVx9_BakWyJYix8pJfH0wkC-_UsgxOlGjyYdDEikdf0jC/s1024/sausages%20-%20liver%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1024" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZk-5RaNDgzMcOs6JIhAOM7Z_uPdjSF8yDodL7SILJ83sTiw40bUvrpldJyPkyOOaVmbDvj2yRYqrRBhf4YSxpUkf6QfvIxk4U38-3ZP88UIPG-8g3UO2czDt3zfGl1A_JVzcgHrLBVx9_BakWyJYix8pJfH0wkC-_UsgxOlGjyYdDEikdf0jC/s320/sausages%20-%20liver%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The sausages are stuffed with pork, extra-lean pork, spicy pork, pork with dried tangerine, pork liver, duck liver, goose liver, …</p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrBrR-1mTHoYKuTQPlfcKYo5h_1LjJCjboeIFztucbTUIIK-Mg4TUx7xxgr7RcbfpQbm10_M582uBPtLgjaCHFZHKh7BR_rbGov_72U8iLL4xIMyBbqYwhyphenhyphenXnaE7sDM7npaloHsa3AfePcIadQnwjlRXi_mhR1UlCIVgGQoPy1myWAp9dFsqn/s1024/sausages%20-%20factory%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="1024" height="139" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrBrR-1mTHoYKuTQPlfcKYo5h_1LjJCjboeIFztucbTUIIK-Mg4TUx7xxgr7RcbfpQbm10_M582uBPtLgjaCHFZHKh7BR_rbGov_72U8iLL4xIMyBbqYwhyphenhyphenXnaE7sDM7npaloHsa3AfePcIadQnwjlRXi_mhR1UlCIVgGQoPy1myWAp9dFsqn/s320/sausages%20-%20factory%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">When they are not so busy, one can watch them mix the grounded meat with wine, stuff the meat into the skin like an extra-long eel, tie them up to the familiar shape, cut them into pairs, and then hang them up on long poles to dry. When they are sufficiently dry, they are trimmed and hung up in bunches to be sold. The whole process is done in a relatively small workshop. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzywBjTMD4bS8iKW9eDVXd5G0hB7DHX5zeWzRX4ldcYah2p-u_-p2pz8d6dOWAS2qdbHhY1qHAZWiC_Wpc-vkna9T4Iu0osW4uUvnx_vgROfoc8t3e3vgb2IenhLmqu8Zgk5nDoPd1-J6ruk1CgZbFKvi4k2Iyb2v5Nh9j7YkGPnUUnE__ejI/s1024/sausages%20-%20making%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1024" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgzywBjTMD4bS8iKW9eDVXd5G0hB7DHX5zeWzRX4ldcYah2p-u_-p2pz8d6dOWAS2qdbHhY1qHAZWiC_Wpc-vkna9T4Iu0osW4uUvnx_vgROfoc8t3e3vgb2IenhLmqu8Zgk5nDoPd1-J6ruk1CgZbFKvi4k2Iyb2v5Nh9j7YkGPnUUnE__ejI/s320/sausages%20-%20making%20-%201%20(1).jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I estimated there may be 100 sausages on one pole. There may be as many as a hundred such poles hanging in the workshop. I heard that it takes up to 7 days for a Chinese sausage to dry naturally. If heat is applied, the time can probably be shorter. How many sausages are they making each season? A quarter of a million, perhaps? It boggles the mind. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">My favourites are the regular pork and the goose liver. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-53300723389670430222023-12-05T09:56:00.004+08:002023-12-05T09:56:31.290+08:00Steamed Rice Rolls<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">A plate of steaming-hot rice rolls stuffed with minced beef, washed down with a cup of milk tea, or a bowl of porridge. </span><br /><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBebsK_9UZUp6re-dyOtffyFop0rhobvLnKKeX0Cz-csjHF7tjp10br3tKncO2QXExETT7vBq88hHpq1JRH7mTj7WobO8kGtE5Oa5DeixDvNIJ8X9DHl6jofscBUFQmRWV0mqZRJLW-h0UCde03vIR_hwOSYzRI9RFjpqYWGB9t9ENl_oR0Smp/s1024/rice%20roll%20-%20with%20tea%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="706" data-original-width="1024" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBebsK_9UZUp6re-dyOtffyFop0rhobvLnKKeX0Cz-csjHF7tjp10br3tKncO2QXExETT7vBq88hHpq1JRH7mTj7WobO8kGtE5Oa5DeixDvNIJ8X9DHl6jofscBUFQmRWV0mqZRJLW-h0UCde03vIR_hwOSYzRI9RFjpqYWGB9t9ENl_oR0Smp/s320/rice%20roll%20-%20with%20tea%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">My perfect “light” breakfast. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Some like them stuffed with shrimps, or Cha Siu. My favourite remains minced beef. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The very thin rice-based batter is spread on a cloth in front of you. The fillings are added. The whole thing is steamed for a couple of minutes, separated from the cloth, and rolled up. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCCEYAEtmhAq0WmybFk3d4fjm8W0ptpalRECyGFR-kOQhuR0zG39N_A2WqnyTiUQnOAafWp7uH4KDD44_hUTLOE0Fhem78o8gm3dfcRVucz8uY5LtcpMfZP7xvHtGhYa2TzZUy8bdvoufMfYzdml5pdEzaiOuEogyW4GNflNnmjcZif6FIIO3/s1024/rice%20roll%20-%20steaming%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="547" data-original-width="1024" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCCEYAEtmhAq0WmybFk3d4fjm8W0ptpalRECyGFR-kOQhuR0zG39N_A2WqnyTiUQnOAafWp7uH4KDD44_hUTLOE0Fhem78o8gm3dfcRVucz8uY5LtcpMfZP7xvHtGhYa2TzZUy8bdvoufMfYzdml5pdEzaiOuEogyW4GNflNnmjcZif6FIIO3/s320/rice%20roll%20-%20steaming%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The plate of delicious rice rolls, made to order, costs around 18 Hong Kong dollars in some places. That is the equivalent of just over 2 US dollars. Excellent value for the money. One of the perks of living in Hong Kong. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-42228526167307168802023-12-03T23:20:00.004+08:002024-03-03T13:51:19.722+08:00ATS Education (technology)<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Aberdeen Technical School was a real technical school. Not just in name. But it really provided a very strong technical education. </p><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iGbb6X6T7EVvUpEQHneI0FpU4BDdbssMoFc8fJGr6G1StqNQ7wXHqqR5IzpsBWEM3uZOjC9daHNuK7PsH2CCVp2yQKPhfuKIeQQgGHQESd1vh5ztnhOSG3WnSJQqiNxyffjJhNKJN4ksfBqa238pwH_ZSIFonx68PN4LOdgTJCgt_3SAMaTP/s1024/ATS%20tech%20-%20HK%20puzzle%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1024" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iGbb6X6T7EVvUpEQHneI0FpU4BDdbssMoFc8fJGr6G1StqNQ7wXHqqR5IzpsBWEM3uZOjC9daHNuK7PsH2CCVp2yQKPhfuKIeQQgGHQESd1vh5ztnhOSG3WnSJQqiNxyffjJhNKJN4ksfBqa238pwH_ZSIFonx68PN4LOdgTJCgt_3SAMaTP/s320/ATS%20tech%20-%20HK%20puzzle%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">We learned wood working. We learned to saw, shave, and chisel wood. We learned to make dovetail joints. We cut intricate patterns with jigsaws. We could also made useful things such as sound boxes for loud speakers. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We all learned to make professional level technical drawings. Each of us owned a wooden drawing board and T-square set, where the T-square fits into a slot in the middle of the drawing board. Many of us scored As in the Secondary School Certificate Examinations whose standards compare favourably with the British GCEs. When I was at university, what I learned at ATS helped me to take part-time jobs working for professors making illustrations for their research publications. Which helped me to support myself through university. <p></p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HsHvhOBrtMPlWUAvIHRaHVFYiDkDn2Pu7c7uTnDPFAuQY76y09AlfNhSBeMirveO3BzHp3RPDF8bvGHnEftszIAg2Oj45aD9dgaoLP3gSHxq1Y_YMkHIVCJzfEqdAZvj3j364NDcL2ZniI_Q7C3NMApPKRUzON2Upil2X1SzZMsSLGN8qXyq/s752/ATS%20tech%20-%20drawing%20boards%20-%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="752" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HsHvhOBrtMPlWUAvIHRaHVFYiDkDn2Pu7c7uTnDPFAuQY76y09AlfNhSBeMirveO3BzHp3RPDF8bvGHnEftszIAg2Oj45aD9dgaoLP3gSHxq1Y_YMkHIVCJzfEqdAZvj3j364NDcL2ZniI_Q7C3NMApPKRUzON2Upil2X1SzZMsSLGN8qXyq/w200-h164/ATS%20tech%20-%20drawing%20boards%20-%201.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Other than Technology (Electrical or Technical) and Technical Drawing, we studied other subjects similar to those offered in other “grammar” schools: Use of English, Chinese Language and Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Chinese History and Religion. Nine compulsory subjects. <p></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Our prowess in technical subjects was undergirded by Physics and Mathematics. We had an excellent Physics teacher in Mr. Fok. He was somehow able to engage us through the clever experiments and the challenging concepts. Newton’s Laws of Motion became almost second nature. I suspect part of his secret was his enthusiasm and genuine care for us. Plus his ability to help us visualise the beauty in Physics. Once you figure out the elegant formulation of the 3 laws, you can solve any problems without having to memorise anything else, but always starting from the fundamental principles. And the same method can be extended to other arenas of learning - particularly the technical subjects. Many of us scored As in Physics. Many of us enjoyed particularly solving geometry problems. Visualising spatial relationships become both a challenge and a joy. Decades later, some of us continue to pose geometry problems in our WhatsApp group. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">When we finished Form 5, a few of us went to other schools to continue with Form 6 and 7 - the “preparatory” courses, and went on to university. Many enrolled in technical college which eventually became today’s Polytechnic University. Many went directly to work. With our strong technical training, many were snapped up by shipping companies, technology companies such as computer makers and vendors, and engineering companies. Some ended up as engineers in the government. Some started their own companies. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">As for myself, I got through Form 6&7, then got a scholarship to go to the USA for university. Then graduate school for my PhD in USA. Then a research officer in the national research institute in Canada. Then a computer science professor at PolyU back in HK. Decades later, I started teaching service-learning. We started installing solar panels to generate electricity in rural Cambodia, Myanmar, Rwanda and beyond. The skills and knowledge that I learned in ATS - the Physics, use of hand tools, principles of electricity, reading and making of maps, suddenly become SO useful. Perhaps God had started to train me to teach service-learning so many decades ago, through ATS, without my having any inkings of it. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">As a hobby, I started creating objects by applying the principles of Physics and Mathematics to palm leaves, a material I became familiar with through my involvement in service-learning. </p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Garamond; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">I believe many of my fellow classmates have found that their ATS education had prepared them for their career (and life) in a similar manner. </p>
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<!--Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter-->StephenChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11720190970024188988noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11154691.post-15345165116052989062023-11-30T10:58:00.003+08:002023-11-30T10:58:26.694+08:00ATS Education (the living)<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;">In 1966, I entered Aberdeen Technical School when I was 10, to the one and only class of Primary 5, together with ~40 other classmates.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;">In 1967, another 40 students entered, to makeup a second class of Primary 6.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;">In 1968, a small number of new students entered at Form 1.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;">Together, we graduated in 1973, roughly 80 of us, when I was 17. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 14px;"> </span><br />
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This was not the type of private boarding schools for the rich and privileged. It was at the other end, a boarding school for the poor. The living conditions were frugal, almost spartan. We slept in a big dormitory with rows and rows of simple beds, as many as a 100 in one big hall. We slept on a plain straw matt placed over 3 wooden planks, which we have to wet and clean every Saturday afternoon. Looking for and then killing the bed bugs, which suck the blood from your body. We learned to live simply, without relying on a lot of material comfort. </p><p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwXpyTJfz42pff4OrS6UJOqATE2Q9WZLePZZh5TnEod8KkfDCj0ZZSxGOskGwh-eeUITcXxsf-D8bj6CPQ0qYkJNU6FPpWsTL67jh6R6V1x-7loPtdrPZPjSeZ7IynVZNP7n-T6oH46zKYgUZklTAcUoJCgzrGBhMMaiq_n1B2e2DRL6ym7p4/s1024/ATS%20life%20-%20rows%20of%20beds%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="1024" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwXpyTJfz42pff4OrS6UJOqATE2Q9WZLePZZh5TnEod8KkfDCj0ZZSxGOskGwh-eeUITcXxsf-D8bj6CPQ0qYkJNU6FPpWsTL67jh6R6V1x-7loPtdrPZPjSeZ7IynVZNP7n-T6oH46zKYgUZklTAcUoJCgzrGBhMMaiq_n1B2e2DRL6ym7p4/s320/ATS%20life%20-%20rows%20of%20beds%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Afterwards everyone goes on a hike for 2-3 hours. A typical hike consisted of walking from Aberdeen to Stanley and back. We also climbed up and down the hill that is now Ocean Park. It was so steep we had to use both hands and feet to climb up, and slide down on our butts. It was a miracle no one seemed to have died, or even seriously hurt. It was a bigger miracle that the parents didn’t complain. It is difficult, perhaps impossible to do that now. In those days, we simply admired the view of the horizon from the top of Brick Hill (Nam Long Shan). We called it Hill of the Cock (<span style="font-family: "Songti SC"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">雞公峰</span>) then. It turned out to be an excellent way to learn dexterity, endurance, determination and perseverance. </p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">All of our clothes and other belongings have to fit into a small chest next to our bed. We got up at 6 AM, attended mass before breakfast. Then classes before lunch. Then afternoon classes. Followed by a compulsory soccer game for an hour. Shower. Dinner. Self study. In bed and lights out at 10 PM. We learned to live with the minimal necessity, and discipline ourselves. </p><p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpJ8eb4912Xyu6rxDeUHf72yYcP2jrprcEhKR47GIT4noBQYNWjfwSWWWPmx8HmfbevFSwV9QkjtpMgdlZU5DzKgzooBG9jiKN7Zi_MSyL-JTVu-44esZapoLG2xWqPQEfRRVkY20EcBnKuqqnter8Gjq5jdtHh6-dgEYk-qZ_Vwroh-Pxq6Y/s1417/ATS%20life%20-%20chest%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1024" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpJ8eb4912Xyu6rxDeUHf72yYcP2jrprcEhKR47GIT4noBQYNWjfwSWWWPmx8HmfbevFSwV9QkjtpMgdlZU5DzKgzooBG9jiKN7Zi_MSyL-JTVu-44esZapoLG2xWqPQEfRRVkY20EcBnKuqqnter8Gjq5jdtHh6-dgEYk-qZ_Vwroh-Pxq6Y/w144-h200/ATS%20life%20-%20chest%20-%201.jpeg" width="144" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Soccer hour was another unique ritual. In a normal soccer game, two opposing teams play with one ball. The ATS way was that multiple games were played on the same field at the same time. Because of the lack of space, presumably. At any one time, several balls, all identical, flied around the field, chased by 100+ students. It was great training for soccer skills, concentration, and team work (social) skills. It was a rather difficult time for those who are poor at sports. That included myself, with poor balancing due to bad flat feet. Surviving that taught us ways to cope with difficulties. </p><p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbT8MzsBQ5EdRt4mq55nxWTbUhKIsgg9KRcthGrb7fcaMDHe0ZJOIfQfkaIabGEpqj04aiOc_5VsJW_YMzQPxZVnJSg2XBuIfdM8OukTfb9Ozw6KcAizl4lzUqwl4aaZaV5n1TuCRi4yiuQr6BkJAuGxFhEntHycJRSfaW6rwo8Uf8T5fUluH/s1024/ATS%20life%20-%20shower%20time%20-%201.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1024" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHbT8MzsBQ5EdRt4mq55nxWTbUhKIsgg9KRcthGrb7fcaMDHe0ZJOIfQfkaIabGEpqj04aiOc_5VsJW_YMzQPxZVnJSg2XBuIfdM8OukTfb9Ozw6KcAizl4lzUqwl4aaZaV5n1TuCRi4yiuQr6BkJAuGxFhEntHycJRSfaW6rwo8Uf8T5fUluH/s320/ATS%20life%20-%20shower%20time%20-%201.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Shower time was the greatest ATS ritual, seared into our consciousness forever. We did have privacy, each given a stall with door. Inside the stall, however, there was no on/off control knob. All 100 stalls were controlled by the one main on/off knob, in the hands of the father or brother in charge. And the shower provided only cold water, even in winter. Some of us developed the skill to stand very still in a corner, to avoid getting splashed by the ice-cold water in winter. It was referred to as “taking the corner kick (<span style="font-family: "Songti SC"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">斬</span> corner)” like in a soccer game. When it was really cold, we were allowed to take half a pail of hot water into the shower stall. But it was still difficult to avoid the icy water coming out of the shower head. Some of us felt that cold shower training was great for developing mind-body control. </p>
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<p style="font-family: Times; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Such are some of the memorable rituals of an ATS education as we experienced it. We believed it had a great influence on our character while we were growing up. In many ways it stayed with us throughout the past 50 years. And I had not even mentioned academics and faith yet. </p>
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