Thursday, May 21, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Nine Months Later, May 2009
Today (1st) I almost went to work but for Wife's reminder last night. She said are you serious? I was. It takes some time to get used to Hong Kong holidays. May 1st is not a holiday in the States. This is the second time I did not know the next day was a public holiday, almost going to work the next day. The previous day was April 11. I must be losing my menory at record pace. Wife remembered most of a movie we previously saw on cable, but I merely remembered two minor parts.
For four weeks in a row I attended a worship service not as the Sunday preacher but as a regular worshipper, twice at Yan Fook, twice at North Point. Ironically, I will also be shuttling between these two churches for ministry, helping out the English worship at North Point and the Sunday school at Yan Fook. It is good for me not to get caught substituing corporate preaching for personal worship. Also, much as I want to improve my Cantonese, I keep getting requests to minister in English.
Along with a "headache" today (8th), I have an infection on my left hand from peeling a loose skin on a finger nail. Wife handed me an antibiotic cream and the swelling went down after a few hours. At least I do not have to go to a doctor for now. I was worried since I have never had an infection like that before. The next day I had pus in the skin near my nail, but I used a needle-like instrument to open up the skin and let the pus out. I felt like a surgeon, but it worked! Funny, I don't even remember the last time I had pus under my skin anywhere.
Sunday (May 10th) was my first day navigating ministry at two churches. At 8:45 in the morning I taught Sunday school at Yan Fook and 12:15pm in the afternoon I preached at North Point. In between we managed to rest at Starbuck. It was more relaxing than we thought but still we had to sleep an hour or so in the afternoon after all is done to recover. The ministry at Yan Fook is for 10 weeks and the ministry at North Point English worship is twice a month.
The last week or so has been humid. I sleep with little to light clothing on. After exercise with staff and students in the morning, I usually raise a sweat not seen before. I missed this time of the season last year since I did not arrive in Hong Kong until last August 18th. The next few days are going to be the same, news report indicates.
I found a gray hair on my right eye brow today (17th). After a single attempt to pluck it in a public restroom , I gave up. At home I successfully rid the hair. The problem is, at this rate, I could be browless in no time at all, which is not pretty.
It has been hot and humid since the middle of the month. My idea of putting up a fight is turning the fan on when I am at home, even all through the night. It has been nothing short of a revelation and a miracle. Relatives say the most humid time of the year is over, but others dispute that prediction.
Last week HSBC offered an annual savings interest rate of 0.001%, or HK$1 annually for every HK100,000. It used to be 0.01. What a farce.
For four weeks in a row I attended a worship service not as the Sunday preacher but as a regular worshipper, twice at Yan Fook, twice at North Point. Ironically, I will also be shuttling between these two churches for ministry, helping out the English worship at North Point and the Sunday school at Yan Fook. It is good for me not to get caught substituing corporate preaching for personal worship. Also, much as I want to improve my Cantonese, I keep getting requests to minister in English.
Along with a "headache" today (8th), I have an infection on my left hand from peeling a loose skin on a finger nail. Wife handed me an antibiotic cream and the swelling went down after a few hours. At least I do not have to go to a doctor for now. I was worried since I have never had an infection like that before. The next day I had pus in the skin near my nail, but I used a needle-like instrument to open up the skin and let the pus out. I felt like a surgeon, but it worked! Funny, I don't even remember the last time I had pus under my skin anywhere.
Sunday (May 10th) was my first day navigating ministry at two churches. At 8:45 in the morning I taught Sunday school at Yan Fook and 12:15pm in the afternoon I preached at North Point. In between we managed to rest at Starbuck. It was more relaxing than we thought but still we had to sleep an hour or so in the afternoon after all is done to recover. The ministry at Yan Fook is for 10 weeks and the ministry at North Point English worship is twice a month.
The last week or so has been humid. I sleep with little to light clothing on. After exercise with staff and students in the morning, I usually raise a sweat not seen before. I missed this time of the season last year since I did not arrive in Hong Kong until last August 18th. The next few days are going to be the same, news report indicates.
I found a gray hair on my right eye brow today (17th). After a single attempt to pluck it in a public restroom , I gave up. At home I successfully rid the hair. The problem is, at this rate, I could be browless in no time at all, which is not pretty.
It has been hot and humid since the middle of the month. My idea of putting up a fight is turning the fan on when I am at home, even all through the night. It has been nothing short of a revelation and a miracle. Relatives say the most humid time of the year is over, but others dispute that prediction.
Last week HSBC offered an annual savings interest rate of 0.001%, or HK$1 annually for every HK100,000. It used to be 0.01. What a farce.
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