My friend's mom is against the choice of associate degree in Hong Kong, as she is quite concerned with the prospect after her son obtained the associate degree. I see this point well, and acknowledge that there are defects about the associate degrees in Hong Kong. I am not surprised by how poorly received associate degrees are, but how poor the education system in Hong Kong.

I don't think that associate degrees are damned beings, as long as they provide choices for people, and they serve the purpose, there should be no difference between associate degree and higher diploma. I doubt the problem lies with the consumers or with the system itself. Maybe certain consumers still cannot accept that associate degrees are good way-outs, and it needs time and a suitable environment for it to change. Yet, it is also true that we are not yet given the time to get accustomed to associate degrees. Why? Because the government, the initaitor of associate degrees, have decided to slash its budget on subsidies for these courses. Okay, I understand that the government is now facing a great financial difficulty, and maybe certain portion of funding on education would be worthwhile to cut, maybe associate degrees are amongst their targets too. But I just do not understand why they suddenly came up with a total change in policy only in a year or two's time. Are those running the government treating people like idiots, but in fact they are the only idiots, being unfortunately put in the government? Or just that we are too idiotic to understand the mastery construction of the government runners? Maybe we are too stupid, or NOT WORTHWHILE for slightly better treatment.

But I really want to ask why the system has to put so many people in misery? Education system in Hong Kong is already renowned for its harshness, and even as a partial survivor like me, I would still have to agree that it's harsh, and cruel enough to those people who may not be able to master a certain part of it just because they are not too interested in it. But why treat those who may have the ability to make it with this harshness? Furthermore, why allow S6 students, even only with 4-5As, to enter university without the need to take A-Level Exam? This is not only unfair to students who are taking the A-Level Exam, which might probably have affected the distribution of grades, but also unfair to those taking A-Level in the sense that they would not have as much chances to enter university just because they had not done well in Cert Level.

I would say it's the best to abolish A-Level promptly and ask all the students to enter university directly after they had known their results in Cert Level. Why should they continue a trail while they had already known that they would probably get nothing out from it? Nobody would be as idiot as doing that, and it's only nuts who would still go ahead. I respect those S6 students who enter university without passing A-Level in my year, and I know that they are working really hard to win for themselves, what they have done is worthwhile. But more importantly, the students taking A-Level feel much better just because those enter university a year younger would not take away their chances by a large portion, but what the universities have been doing right now? They are even going to accept students with 3-4As, or probably even less, to enter university right away. A sane person would not take such risk, and a sane person would just say that I'd start working harder earlier to get a comfortable and less-worrying life for myself. But what should others become? Die, or whatelse?

That's totally BULLSHIT on the government's part.............

Okay, the fate of Hong Kong is now in the hands of Liberal Party. I just hope that Liberal Party itself would cast their votes wisely. Wise doesn't refer how the Chinese Central Government think, but how the Hong Kong people think. Central Government should be comparatively less important when compared with Hong Kong people in this context, as the law itself is binding on the Hong Kong people than any other people else.

There is nothing else about this damned legislation I would wanna say, as it's already age old things, with every point that I would want to say said.

What a big day!

Today (4/7 HKT) is the day for the A-Level students to get their results. Of course, I am not a A-Level student or in any way connected to A-Level Exam. But, there are quite a few of my friends, who are taking A-Level Exam this year, and I decided to get back to my home school to see how things are, while see itself as a gathering for my peers.

The first special thing that I must mention is to get up early enough. Why? Simply because I would have to get back to school around 0830-0845 if I am to get the first-hand information myself, just like what a reporter does. But, I am totally disappointed when I saw things myself. I didn't see anybody running out from the room jubilantly, while I tried to have a glance at the faces of my juniors and mates through the window, I began to know, and realise that my mother school is not doing good this year.

I exchanged a few chats with one of my favourite teacher, and he shown me the paper which had every stat printed, and he just briefly told me that the rate of Credit is only 20+%, compared to my own year of 40-50+%. This was not the most scarry thing for me. It was when I entered the room, chatted with a few whom I knew, I began to find that they failed in either of the language subjects, while they were not doing too well in the A-Level subjects as well. They were calm, of course disappionted, and I didn't know what to do. Why? What else can I do except helping them to feel better? I could do exactly nothing, only encouraging them to try about other means to obtain further education instead of through the A-Level Exam, as they would surely suffer from the scheme that allowed S6 students to enter universities directly, as they were already the less competitive group.

But another thing that I was surprised about Arts Class, being an Arts student myself, is that the best student only got 2As while the second best, up to my knowledge, is already something like 3Bs. Okay, I may not have to right to criticise any people as I just got a bare result (Ask me for those who don't know that), but I was shocked and disappointed to know that the bext only got 2As, while I might have the hope to see him having the ability to do better. But for this bit, there is no way to deny my disappointment.

I've got to congratulate a good friend of mine whom repeated his S6. He got a fair result, which I think he might not be truly represented by the results, but at least he would not have to trouble himself on the problem to think about repeat again, while have the assurance to start the way ahead. While for a few friends of mine who decided to repeat S7 after last year's A-Level, they were also doing quite well in the Exam. There are no other things I can do here except to congratulate them and wish them to enter the courses they would like to start in their university life.

Today's not always the A-Level occupied, as well as being a gathering for my peers. At first, there were only 2-3 people, including myself, suggested to come back to the home school to see how things are as well as visiting teachers and other people whom we knew. And by yesterday night, I could only find around 4-5, without great progress right? But, maybe we haven't seen each other for a long time, and we do really treasure our friendships, probably having more and more people knowing about it, and finally got 11 people turning up for the lunch in Kowloon City, after visiting home school.

I am not just delighted, but flattered and overjoyed to see so many people together. I was very lazy in calling up re-unions, and last year, while I was away from Hong Kong for almost two months, they said nobody would be able to have a gathering of more than 7 people. But this time, 11, and it's already a year after we obtained our results, we still stayed together. This moves me a lot, and motivates me to do a bit more in setting up gatherings. I would get the photo up to my web album later on, but I would surely do that as soon as the photos were developed.

It's too great to be in Victoria Park, got ourselves ready for the demonstration. Hong Kongers have shown to the world that we are capable of being calm in spite of facing something quite unbearable, waiting under the Sun for up to 5 hours, sustaining all the heat and sweat, helping out people who need help, and patiently (in general) for our turn to get started.

Tung, do not try to turn your face away. You have nowhere to hide, STEP DOWN NOW!!!!!

God/Allah:
Guide us through the valley of darkness, especially in times of crises, when we need your support, your comfort and your guidance. Bring to this troubled Earth wisdom, peace and understanding. Blind following would not do anybody any good, if the government does not understand anything, plus not willing to listen to what other people say, should we still decide to follow this bit or should we change a bit? Why do we need to be scared? Bear in mind who are we with, with more than 100,000 people, probably up to a million people, together with truth, faith and peace with us, so why fear?

If God/Allah assigns a few of us should die for this, there is no reason for us to decline this task. Why? They would be the first martyrs on the Road to Democracy for this tiny place, and history will remember those people who have been fighting hard for DEMOCRACY, so as those people. We should respect all the martyrs on paving this road out.

Regardless of the tasks we are assigned by God, just do our part, walk onto the streets in Causeway Bay, from Victoria Park, Sogo, Wan Chai Fire Station, Tin Lok Lane, Queen's Road East, Queensway, Cotton Tree Drive, all the way up to Central, and the heart of Central, the Government Buildings........

Those who are walking with us, stay cool.....
Those who cannot come, pray for us, and pray for our wisdom-less government in this tiny place.

Oh! That's great....
I have made a new blog! Hope this would start a new, more fruitful, and enjoyable life ahead of me, and forget all the sorrows that I have in the past. It's time for me to start.....

And let us pray together, for goodness and for peace......