IN GREAT PAIN
UNBEARABLY PAINFUL

A Joyful Day

Exams are over.Probably it is the happiest summer holiday I have ever enjoyed.No tutorial classes.No summer jobs.No worries about examination results.Holiday is about pampering myself to the full.Holiday is about losing myself in a good read.Joint Publishing is now offering a 30% discount.I fetch a CHINESE STORY BOOK after a little wander.It is without doubt a highly readable book.I will go buy the 2nd and 3rd publications written by this prolific writer.Hoilday is about shopping for nothing in particular.But you will surely end up being weighed down by all the bags.Hoilday is about waking up in the afternoon and realizing that I have absolutely no responsibility to be anywhere for anything.Holiday is reserved for the sumptutous tea and taking an hour to have it.Nice tea at pizzahut.
World,my friend,you are my oyster!You make my day!
(With reference to the advertisement posted by the Intercontinental Hotel)

Clearing ceiling-high newspapers accumulated at home.Take at least a glimpse of each page to create an illusion that I have read the papers.Jeez~

As you may notice,I haven't typed anything in my xanga for ages.

It is not that I have nothing to write,but that I don't know how to arrange the list of things I want to say.

I have been busy at my university application these days,from choosing programmes,looking for referees and  filling in a pile of application forms to sending transcripts to all universities I applied and waiting for phone calls anxiously for interviews. It is so tedious a life.I also learn a lesson---no money,no studies.Do you know how much I have paid so far for my applications?

HKU---$350  CUHK---$400   BU---$150   CityU---$300   PolyU---$125  Altogether---$1325!!!

If I am lucky to be selected by any universities I just mentioned,I have to pay for the full school fee immediately to hold the university place.Do you know how much I have to pay?Let's say $50000 for each programme.I have to pay at least $150000 to play safe.It is such an enormous amount of money.It is non-refundable.How can you be so greedy?Are you fostering students or earning from students?

Only now can I fully feel the unconditioned love from my dad and mum.They have never complained about the financial support they offer to me.You may argue that it is because I have a well-off family.I do not want to say this for the time being.Just have a second thought.Why do they have to use their savings in an so unwised way?Perhaps or most probably,they can never get anything in return.Why do they have to throw away another $50000 so that I can pursue my studies in my favourite subject?Why doesn't my dad retire and enjoy the rest of his life?Why don't you force me to work after lessons?Why do you buy everything I want as presents for me,ranging from a notebook,a printer,a mobile phone,shoes,clothes and bags without a second's hesitation?Why don't you use this gigantic amount of money to travel overseas?You must look forward to enjoying smiling sunlight and wonderful beaches in Maldives.Why...?The ultimate answer is LOVE!!!I really cherish everything I have now.

Who else can I trust and share my deepest feelings?Who else will support me deep from their hearts?Who else will give me trueful advice?When I share a secret with you,why will I hear the echo of the secret before long?Who can really keep secrets?Can competitors be real friends?Why do relatives mock at me and remind me of the cruel fact that I cannot get a university place everytime we meet?

Dear all,I apologize for my mediocre gags in these days.Sorry for not making you laugh successfully.I just want to add spice to my life or else it will be too dull to go on.

So,you are so intelligent to have grabbed a university place.Treasure it and study hard.Wish you all the best of luck in the future.