The research project that I had worked on in my last job had a report launch this morning. Though I left my last job in March, the final report had not been completed till recently (not by me!). It was a difficult project and I felt like I had done another phd! =_=' It happened that when I was doing this project, things didn't seem to go well, including my own family issue. Anyway, it was good to have such impossible mission completed! That also means I don't have any 'link' with my ex-employer any more! I feel like, what was thought as the most difficult would become a thing of the past at the end!
This was the first time I attended an event at the Manchester City Football Stadium! I was lucky today for not having to pay anything for getting to and from there - when I went there by bus, I didn't need to pay since the bus driver didn't 'have enough coins for changes. When I left the stadium, my ex-employer offered to give me a lift back to the city centre! The event was better than I had expected - in terms of the number of people attending, their responses and the running of the programme. I didn't have much to do, but just read out some bits of the presentation in Cantonese, an easy job for me. I would like to say something when people asked the panel questions, but I thought maybe I better be a quiet audience today! :p Though the audience were quite interested in the topic and asked a lot of questions, I still think they missed some important points indicated by the study - which is not surprising, as it's such a sensitive topic, there's a lot of research studies on it and it's a very complex issue. I didn't know anyone else besides the research team I worked with and a few ex-colleagues. No one besides two of my ex-colleagues came forward to initiate a chat with me, nor did I bother to talk to others.
The professor (my supervisor) was really brilliant - she could still remember all those stories and data after the project had finished a while ago, considering that she's a quite old lady (>60 years old). If I could still have such a good memory and healthy body like she does, it'd be a big blessing to me! By the way, she seems to cycle to and from work every day! Maybe that's the key - doing regular exercises! Hmm, I haven't done gym for quite a while (more than a week), maybe it's time for me to do some exercise...
After I had gone back to the city centre, I thought I might do some window shopping but later I decided I better go back home and have a short rest - my body is still sensitive and feeling itchy! :( I went to the Chinatown to buy some foodstuff, including those for making Chinese soup! I got interested in making Chinese soup these days, as I'm trying to find other ways to solve my skin problems after the western doctors fail to solve my puzzle! Tonight's soup was 粉葛綠豆薏米湯!
The event was held in the Boardroom Suite!
The lunch was not bad - I like the spare ribs & the noodles (it's like冷麵).
But there were not many choices and most of them were deep fried stuff, e.g. spring rolls, curry rolls...
My little toy koala would like to get some body warmth in such a cold weather!
Dinner: home-made shallow fry udon with tofu, pork chop pieces, aubergines & eggs
It was quite delicious indeed!! :)
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