Martin Lee's Article on WSJ

Read some online news and threads about the recent Martin Lee incident in HK. If you don't know about it, here is a good summary:
http://zonaeuropa.com/20071026_1.htm

Regardless of whether I support the point of view in Martin's original article (that probably worth another blog post), I am totally disappointed at the response of some of major medias in HK. To incline towards one side is something (I now believe that no newspaper is, or can be, neutral), but to condemn the other side with provoking words and false accusations is something else. I think the western medias can only see this incident as a silly soap opera from some of the news articles.

I am really worried about the future of HK media.

2 Books

Randomly picked up a book which I bought a while ago, 尋訪東西哲學的境界 by 梁燕成. It is surprising not boring (compared to another one I bought together). He went through all the different philosophies in the East and the West, using a lively first person conversation mode which is easy to understand, and ultimately tried to reach the conclusion that Christianity goes beyond all those philosophies and includes the spirits in them. I am only a third way through the book, and can't wait to finish it. Given that I am kind of tired of the endless bible studies and sermons which seem to repeat things unrelated to my life over and over again (largely due to my ignorance perhaps), this book may inspire me to look at Christianity from a different perspective, and start to look for more readings which can broaden my understanding about the religion.

Recently got the Feel 100% #16 from Hong Kong, the final one. I am glad that it has finally ended. I still remember it was published once a year during my highschool days, which was well over 17 years ago. After that it got to the market less and less frequently, and I think I have waited this one for over 2 years. After finishing the finale prompted me to read some of the older issues again. And interestingly, even for a comic book like this, I perceived new things. Most notably, for some of the behavior of characters in the book, I can now see them happening among my friends around. And I can now understand some of those behaviors which I used to think only happens in movies or novels.

A Little Card Arrived by Mail

Finally got my green card after 3 and 1/2 years...and all the document preparation and filing, body checks, fingerprinting, etc...
No more waiting in long lines at immigration after a long 12-hour flight
No more worry to bring several documents with me on trips in order to get back into US
No more need to apply for new H1B visa and pay $$ to get the visa stamp in embassy in HK
No more asking around for the latest news on immigration
No more checking USCIS websites to get the latest progress

And if I got laid off today, I will get paid by the government for 3 months!