Random Photo Story

Hey guys,

I am so shocked and surprised to see that so many people are following my blog. As a gift to you all, I put a link of my newly created Flickr page. I still have a lot of uploading and a lot of editing to do but check out some of the pictures.  I put pictures up of random photo shoots that I did and things that I thought were cool. Comment if you like what you see. Don't be surprised if you see yourself in one of the pictures.

Expect a new blog entry by the end of the week.

By the way a special thanks to Hillary Winghei Fung for being the first to comment on my blog! "YOU ARE SO CUTE!!!"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrjaddy2

Here are a few examples of what awaits you.....

Truly Taking Over Hong Kong

You will never guess who won second place for their entry in the Hong Kong Baptist University Annual Poetry contest. Well I'm pretty sure you can already guess because you ARE reading MY blog. If you can't, I will ruin the suspense by saying I won. 

The two internationally acclaimed judges Nguyen Phan Que Mai and Meena Kandasamy said that this is one of the best poems they've ever read.They also said the complexity of this poem is beyond my own understanding.  To my surprise, they spent hours trying to find out whether I plagiarized. They called their colleagues in Spain, Germany and the United States, putting 3 countries in an uproar in an attempt to figure out whether I stole individual lines from other poems. The most they could find was that my opening line was very similar to a poem written by Antonio Machado in 1924, where he starts by saying "verso libre, verso libre/ liberate, mejor del verso" which translates to "free verse, free verse/ liberate, best verse." I can honestly tell you that I didn't plagiarize. Interestingly enough, I wrote this poem in 30 minutes as a result of waiting only an hour before the deadline for the competition to write it. 

I guess we never really know the depts of our potential until they are challenged. I always knew I was an okay poet, but this was definitely flattering and a great confidence boost. What I can say is that this poem caused me to take my own poetry seriously and push myself to take intellectual risks.

The masterpiece itself.

The Certificate (in case you didn't believe me)!

Professors and other Award winners (Judges: Meena Kandasamy to my right and Ngyun Pham Que Mai to her right) 

Receiving the certificate!

Half Way Marker

KIBC Retreat at Cheung Chau Island

Getting out of Pirates Cave

Blowfish

Sunset in Cheung Wan

Aaron Lai, Ben Leung (PSY), Me

Solarium

Grand Lavender Annual Dinner

Me and my lovely date Serena

The Invitation

Clear Water Bay

Looking down at the Bay

Family playing in the sand

Time is Running out.....Bucket List!

Its been a month since I wrote my last blog entry and so much has happened: I went hiking and to the beach for the first time  at Clear Water Bay, I went to a high table dinner called the Grand Lavender Annual Dinner where I learned the Waltz and participated in Wine tasting, I went on a retreat with Kowloon International Baptist church and finally for the past two weeks I've been inundated with midterms, projects and presentations.

I am half way through my Hong Kong journey and I still feel like there is so much I haven't done! To ensure that I take full advantage of my time here, I made a bucket list using recommendations from locals, expats, and TIME Travel's "Hong Kong: 10 Things to Do."

As of now my bucket list is as follows:

Hiking Lions Rock
Ocean park
Ozone Bar
Big Buddha at Lantau Island
Chung King Mansion
Visit the African Community in HK
Macau
Tsim Sha Tsui Museum
Light Show
Mr. Wongs Restuarant

It's a short list of the things to do, but I am pretty sure I will get through these things in the next two months I will defintiely get through these things in the next two months!


I will keep you posted as I complete each item on my bucket list.

                                           (Photo taken at Cheung Chau Island)