Why do people always take things for granted? It is so weird that why do we always take things for granted. When we can walk, hear, breath, see or drink, we all take things for granted. When we look at an elderly, who couldn't even walk by herself and need someone to hold her hand to walk with her. And, as we reach a certain age, we tend to lose physical health gradually. My conclusion is we need to cherish the things that we’ve had.

Diary (Please help me to correct it!) It was my first day to work. In general, it seems to me that my colleagues are quite nice! But, I'm not a talkative person, especially with strangers. If I have a good impression on someone, I feel easier to talk to him. As a new worker working in the education center, I feel a little bit sacred if I say something that they don't like. I don't have much to do yet. They arranged me to sit in the teachers' classes to get used to/ get more familiar with ? how to teach students. Two teachers are not patient enough. When students don't understand what the teachers are saying, they yelled at them. I feel sorry for the students. Because this style of teaching, I don't really support but to be honest, it is quite common in Hong Kong. Do Western teachers yell at young learners when they don't understand? Would they say something like "I have taught you so many times? Why do you forget it? Do you have a brain?"

My new job My new job got postponed a few weeks ago. I was supposed to start my new job this morning, but because of the typhoon 8 in Hong Kong, I will start my work in the afternoon. I already knew it last night; the typhoon 8 was coming. I thought I didn't need to work today. Hope my colleagues will treat me nice. It's quite troublesome when working with some people who are not nice to us. What's the working culture like in your home county? Do you consider your coworkers as friends?Have you ever met some mean colleagues?

Journal (Please help me to correct it!) I took the bus to go back home after going shopping in Sha Tin, a suburb in Hong Kong. In the bus, I was reading a magazine. When the bus stopped, a lady came to sit next to the person sitting opposite to me. It was quite hilarious. The lady's backpack accidentally touched the person's arm. The person was not satisfied and then made a pull face. The lady was unhappy as well because of her look. After a few minutes, the lady changed her seat and came to sit next to me. Just a small issue, why people do this?

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Diary August (Pls help me correct) Have you ever taught your parents or grandparents how to use internet? It would be really intriguing. It needs a lot of patience when teaching others. Today, I taught my mum how to use phone to connect internet. She felt really content after learning how to use it. She said to me that you should have taught me how to utilise it earlier. Well, now I have time to teach her because of the quarantine. After that, we went to a nearby pharmacy to buy Chinese medicine. My mum's friend recommended her to buy the medicine, which her friend has used it. Now, her friend's health is getting better. To be honest, I'm not convinced that how good the medicine is, but it's more like an assurance. My mum's health is not quite good, with the help of the medicine, I feel more assured. Nothing is more important than our health. Money is vital; we all want to earn a lot of money and own a lot of properties in our lives. But if/When? we do not have good health, even if we own a materialistic lifestyle, that would be useless because we do not have the energy to enjoy it. Money would be spent on doing an operation in hospital or buying medicine in order to make our health better.

Interviews (2nd part) Please help me correct! After the first part of the interview, the interviewer wanted to ask us questions individually in English. Then, she put some group members to wait for a while. When it was my turn, she asked me to “When doing a project, someone complains to you that you have not done enough work. How would you deal with it?” I said “First, I would reflect on myself, if it was my mistake, I would say sorry to my group members. Then, I would do more work and research. If he accused me wrongly, I would talk to him and discuss what went wrong in a calm and peaceful way.” The interviewer replied to me “Do you have something to add?”. I said “No!”. Then she said to me “Do I have any questions?” I asked her a question after that. Now, I’m wondering about when she asked me “Do I have something to add?” Did she expect me to say more? (P.s You can take a look of the first part if you are interested in the whole story. :) )

Interviews (1st part) Please help me correct! I had a long day today! I had two nursing interviews because I was planning to go back to study. Because of the pandemic, the schools are using Zoom to have interviews with interviewees. The first one at 9:30 am, so I had to wake up earlier. I had been waking up really late, because of preparation of the interview, I woke up a bit earlier today. I did a bit of research beforehand, for example, “What’s the difference between enrolled nurse and registered nurse?” and “What are the symptoms of Cancer, diabetes and Coronavirus?” in case, the interviewer would ask me. The first interview did not go well as expected. There were around 10 candidates in total. The first part of the interview, the interviewer asked us a question “What are causes of stress? How should we handle it?” It was required to answer in English. I mentioned the causes for adults, mostly because of working pressure whereas for children, mainly from academic pressure. And, I elaborated it as well and I said “Adults always need to work overtime and Hong Kong children do a lot of homework after school so they feel overwhelmed. In order to deal with stress, it is good for them to exercise more, because while exercising, a chemicals called dopamine will release into our bodies, so that we will feel more happier.” Then, I had a group discussion in Cantonese, the topic was “ How should we deal with the high demand for Hong Kong public health care?” I did not respond too well in this part. I copied other candidates what they had mentioned before and elaborated a little bit. Regarding the second nursing interview, it was at 2:15 p.m in the afternoon. In order to calm my myself down, I went for a run before attending the interview online. The first part I had a group discussion in Cantonese for 8 mins, less people this time, only 4 including me. The topic was related to Marijuana. The group members and I needed to mention the side effects of Marijuana and how does it affect our society. (p.s The second part is in another notebook)

Random (Please help me to correct it!) Yesterday, I planned to go to Causeway Bay to buy French dessert. But, my mum asked me to buy KFC for her. So, eventually, I didn’t go to Causeway Bay. A few days ago, I had interviews. It will take a month to know the results. My future is quite uncertain now. It’s easy to say “Enjoy the moment”, but is quite hard to do! I really hope that the interviewers will accept me to study the programme, which will help me become a nurse one day!