Musings

Here are a few things that I have been musing about:

1) This past week I have been going to a few farewell dinners invited by those that I have gotten to know in Hong Kong during the year. The year has gone by quickly and I cannot believe that in five days I will be heading back to Canada. I wish I could stay for another year or more and a principal even offered me a job to teach chemistry at a local Catholic school. Tempting offer but there is this vow of obedience issue.

2) I have not started to pack yet, but thinking when I should start and trying to finish a homily for tomorrow's Sunday Masses. I have to preach one in English and the other in Cantonese. Translation is always fun going back and forth from one language to another. Speaking of translation, there have been some significant events that have happened throughout the English speaking world this past week. You know that MJ has transcended culture and language when the residents at my table know his music and dance moves quite well.

3) Yesterday, there was a typhoon alert, thankfully it missed Hong Kong. The typhoon season has started and I can still remember when I first arrived in Hong Kong last year when there were a few typhoons that hit Hong Kong in August.

4) Grandma has settled quite well in the residence. She likes to play Mahjohng but the only problem is finding three other players and for some of the residents to stay awake when playing. The doctors have examined her and she is in relatively good health for 95 years of age. A little bit forgetful but still very aware of her surroundings. She goes to Mass daily at the chapel and yesterday mentioned to me before lunch that it was nice to see me up there being an altar server.

5) Lastly I think I have solved most of the Sisters computer problems. Being the resident IT person was quite interesting. One thing that they were quite happy about was when I showed them how you can merge excel files into a letter format. Now they just have to do some data entry of various names and addresses.