From: Jason.Wong@p0.f118.n244.z1.fidonet.org (Jason Wong)
Newsgroups: k12.chat.senior
Subject: Re: Born in H.K.
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 06:03:00 PST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:244/118.0 - Renzo's Roost, Hamilton ON

 -=> Quoting Kiev Lo to Jason Wong <=-

 KL> Wow!  It sounds interesting enough just to work with e- accelerators.
 KL> I imagine it must take a lot of training before you can get your hands
 KL> on this kind of expensive equipment.
I just went to meet the new class today. There are 10 people in this 
year's class; 5 women and 5 men. I think they just wanted to balance the
class out because last year, there were 9 men and 1 woman! The class seems
very friendly; I think I'll get along with them quite well. I also found
out that there are only 5 university courses that we have to take and 
I already have taken one of them; good, less work for me! The good thing
is that we don't have to take more than 2 courses at a time. Most of the
remaining time is spent on clinical work. You know, working with patients
and so on. I got another chance to see all the accelerators and Colbalt
machines. I've seen them before because I worked in the same building
over the past year. Yep, it's the same place! I know most of the staff
already, especially last year's students. I guess I have a slight 
advantage over the other students just because I'm familiar with the
place. Oh yeah, we have to wear uniforms. They're pretty strict about
that. Women must wear regulation Nurses' uniform with white panty-hose
and white shoes that must be kept clean. Men must wear simple shirt and
a tie with dress slacks and black shoes. What a difference from what I've
been use to; jeans and sweatshirt in the winter, and shorts and t-shirt in
the summer!

 KL> Actually, did you know that Sunshine Village opened up for a summer
 KL> session in July(?) last year?  They were paying the snow machines
 KL> overtime in order to do that.  I didn't go though.  But I heard it was
 KL> pretty good except for the mosquitos cuz people were wearing their
 KL> boxer shorts and bikinis. 
Interesting. I think that's a waste of energy! Why fight the temp.? You're 
gonna lose! Bikinis?! I'm sure they didn't stay on too long after a wipe-
out!! Interesting!

 KL> minutes. When the same run is skied at a morderate pace, it can take
 KL> from 15-20 minutes.  So I guess it's not too long but okay for normal
 KL> skiers. 
WOW! 15-20 Mins! Let see....the longest run in this city would be about..
..30sec to 1 min. Yep....that's right. There are longer runs near Toronto
but I don't think they're as long as the ones in Alberta. I guess it's 
understandable since the slopes arise from the Niagara Escarpment and
not from an actual mountain.
 
 KL> I don't really play tennis considering I haven't played for about 2
 KL> years now.  But I love watching it though.
You have got to get out and play!! It's a great game to play. I find 
that most of the challenge is in the mind. If you just go and hit the
ball (given that you have some technique),and don't think about how
to hit it, you tend to do better. Just like the NIKE saying " Just
Do It ". Actually, my piano gave me a book to read to help me with my
playing. It's called the "Inner Game of Tennis". Yep, I use it more
for tennis than piano!

 KL> I agree.  I don't particlarly like him either.  Haven't there's a
 KL> player called Michael Chang though.
Come on! You should know. He's an American from California. I think he's 
ranked in the top 20. I think. He won the French open in '89. Keep track
of him. He's a pretty nice gut too. And a great player!

 KL> Really?  It must be the lack of practice.  I found backhands hard
 KL> because I play squash all the time (probably... I don't know, that's
 KL> what people told me) and I also have the same problem with badminton.
Yeah, I find it difficult to hit backhand shots in squash and badminton. 
I think I need to practise those more. My other favourite sport is
badminton (yes...I was born with a racquet in my hand! :] ). I use to 
play in a high school team. Do you play in a high school team?

 KL> Ouch!  I'd prefer nuclear fission too!  That's pretty bad you know. 
 KL> By the way, did you ever follow the tracks of the ITER fusion tamer in
 KL> UK, I saw on the news about half a year ago that they succeed
 KL> harnessing fusion for about 20 seconds or so.  After that, I never
 KL> heard any big breakthrough in this technology.
I think fusion would be better. Less radioactive waste. I don't recall 
reading specifically about the ITER fusion tamer, however, I know they're
close to the point of "break even". That is, they can almost harvest 
enough energy from a controlled fusion reaction to "break even" with
the amount of energy put into starting the fusion process. Recently, a
couple of Chemists claimed to have produced "Cold Fusion". Have you heard
about that?


 KL> Not to mention the expense of senators, huh?  Did you (or anybody)
 KL> ever think about growing up to be a senator or somethin' of that
 KL> nature?  Weird thoughts... I guess.
Never! I don't like politics. I think they break too many promises.  
Probably because they make promises without really counting the cost.
Unfortunately, I don't think there are any political party leaders in
our country that I think would be competent enough to run the country.
 

 KL> Cool name... Central mountain - is this actually an official district
 KL> name? I suppose the class system during Medieval Times didn't die out
 KL> completely, probably never will either.
No, I don't think it's a official district name; Hamilton isn't big  
enough to have areas defined by specific names. That name is understood
just because of the relative geographical location.

 KL> How do I like Canada?  I think it's alright as long as Qu(e)bec is part
 KL> of it.  I got a friend who went to Universit(e) Laval in Qu(e)bec City
 KL> Damn!  Couldn't get the accents to work (ASCII 138), any idea?
Were you trying to do this ""? I'm using a ASCII text editor to type 
this message. I'll offline right now and I'm using the "BlueWave Offline
Reader" . It allows me to use the text editor that came with DOS 5. The
Offline reader is quite useful 'cause it saves on-line time. And I can
also take my time reading and typing.

 KL> Yeah.  She sent me a postcard of the river in QC.  It looks exactly
 KL> like the pictures I've seen of Italian villages from my high school
 KL> teacher. 
Pretty, huh? 

 KL> He used to work as some kind of engineer in China Light & Power
 KL> Company when he was in HongKong.  He's working with a RTU/SCADA company
 KL> called Willowglen as a SCADA engineer.  Basically what he does is to
 KL> set up computerized remote control equipments for use in 3rd world
 KL> countries such as Slovenia, India...etc.
What's a SCADA  engineer? I think you answered that question; "set up 
computerized remote control equipments". 

 KL> I'm looking forward to it. NOT!
It's not too bad. I had a pretty good time. I mean there was a lot of work 
but you also meet many friends there too. And your friends become like a 
family because you all suffer through the same things; sort of a kind of
bond through difficulties. I think you'll like it!

 KL> Do you want to be a doctor eventually?  I was just reading through
I've applied 3 times to various medical programs in Ontario. I received 
an interview with McMaster however, I was turned down. I think I'll finish
RT (Radiation Therapy) first and work for a few years and maybe try again.
I'm not sure. Anyways, the extra experience with working with patients 
will be an asset if I apply again.

 KL> messages you wrote another person about a week ago.  You mentioned that
 KL> your father died of cancer 2 months ago.  (I'm sorry to hear that) 
 KL> Would this have been the momentum that lead you into studying radiation
 KL> therapy? 
Not really, it was my dad that suggested the program to me back in Dec. '91 
and then I thought I'd give it a try because it sounded interesting. We
didn't know that he had cancer. I think it's kind of ironic. As if it was
all planned. I mean it seemed like my career was confirmed just in time
before he was taken away.

 KL> I was going to tell you I was born in '74, that's all.  I got cut off
 KL> because of this stupid 100-line message limit set on this message base
 KL> (for online message typers only).  I've been trying to get BlueWave to
 KL> upload my reply packets properly but failed.  Therefore, I have to
 KL> type messages up online most sometimes.
Oh boy! Born in '74. I feel so old! BlueWave...Re: above.

 KL> The weird thing is that the QWK packet (generated by BW) works but not
 KL> the native BlueWave ones.
What version of BW are you using? I'm using 2.10.

 KL> ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.10
Never mind I just got the answer! :]
Hey, I think this message is over 155 lines! Wow!

See ya!

TTYL

Jason




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