impromptuz

“Only Virtue Ennobles” (明德惟馨)
Though a familiar motto since Primary 1,
Orzly, I’ve never even tried to embody this spirit in my daily life

Well, in my stupid opinion,
some other things that could “superficially” ennoble an individual includes:

0. Got common sense. Not pretentious. 沒有懶音
1. speak stunningly fluent English without a trace of a canto accent.
2. brims with charisma and style, with elegant behavior, outfit and speaking
3. hv gd knowledge @ world/local politics and econ, or even better–>science.
4. have talent @ sports, music, lit, or arts. Pick One!
5. Speak more than 2 languages.
6. with constantly good manner ..hygiene…etc. Know about wine, but won’t get drunk.
7. Have no sign of negative immaturity.
8. responsible+reliable, humble+humorous, fair+fearless
9. won’t feel uneasy to be the center of attention, always try his/her best to be inclusive

(disclaimer: i can’t do any 1-9 listed…
please tell me if u know anyone satisfying the above criterias hahaha)

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hou ji:

virtue alone ennobles is so true.
seeing ppl taking pride in putting their
酒池肉林/燈紅酒綠/夜夜升歌/bitchy beach parties,
well, I will respect their way of life,
but I won’t even relate this with anything to be proud of.
absurd, it’s really absurd.

Life is but an empty dream

Whenever someone is doing the same thing I’m doing / could be doing,
no matter how trivial it is,
I can’t help engaging my mind into an Imaginary Rivalry.

Living in intense competition,
Unconsciously we compare and calculate,
(who is better at this, who deserve that, who doesn’t deserve that)
The weak is teased, the strong is attacked,
and everyone judges /being judged on.

Maybe this is why,
My boss would quantify everything by scores.
My dad would relate every single thing with rankings.
And everyone defines a successful life by income and status.

btw, today hv half-day training at Exchange Square
the lecturer is from Ohio , so quite ‘american’
hope there could be more these kind of picnic-training sessions la XD

well, only if I can.
that’s why the life after retirement
is always the greatest motivation for me to move on.

小一 五歲  一百一十公分

• 我跟媽媽說  小息 沒有朋友跟我玩，媽媽買了跳繩給我，希望我會邀請同學跟我玩，最後，整整一年都是吃完食物盒的香腸後，自己跳。
• 前文說過，把人家用來比賽的中文英文朗誦都練好，在家裡每天表演。
• 作弊事件1：dictation要用student handbook 蓋著答案，我在handbook的第一頁寫好了要寫的字。其實完全沒有作弊的需要，只是好玩而已
• 作弊事件2：聖經作業遲交了半個月，最後自己幫自己改薄，用紅筆打了勾，再寫一個 G- ，最後老師打給我媽瑪投訴，我在家裡哭，奇怪著為甚麼媽媽沒有罵。
• 在校車上會跟五六年級的人玩包青天 （電視在播），坐在最後中間 （就是最危險那個位）是六年級包拯，小一二的是護衛，還有展昭等人。
• 數學科 加減數不懂，每一次測驗前畫 一百個圈圈，再一個一個數出來，一個一個劃掉。