Sandy's life as a small potato in Hong Kong

The Diary of a small potato in Hong Kong

What's a small potato like?

- unnoticed, not powerful, not influential, not threatening

- trying to seize every opportunity to get lazy; usually the scapegoat for anything

- plain but versatile, reliable and essential: doing very minor work, but you may find you can't live without him/her!

- abundant and ubiquitous: Have you found one around you? Or, are you also a 'small potato'?!

April - adapting...

Well, I had to start my first job since graduation in the UK just two weeks after return to HK. I still had not adapted to the new life back home. I missed those things like cereals, pasta, the walls of my room, an afternoon nap, my friends in the UK, my laziness...

What was I like at this moment? A robot saying something time and again with the same movements (pressing the phone buttons) because I had to make hundreds of phone calls to students for a project as a part-time research assistant... A fat baked potato who ate a lot, thanks to her mom with her cooked food and those she bought, and who was exposed to the Sunny Uncle in an oven-like environment. You know, potatos have to be kept in a cool place without exposure to the light but now I was...

May - settling...

It is said that Hong Kong people have few problem adapting to the new environment everywhere. As a 'potato' growing up in this small city, I was getting used to the life I used to have in the past, as time went by. There wasn't much to do at work for the time being and sometimes I had to go to the university library to borrow books or just walk around to keep myself awake.

It was also time for me to do some exercises or 'small' potato would no longer be small but BIG! I started having some hiking trips with a friend of mine...

June - Hooray! It's Football!!!

World Cup is something a football fan finds difficult to resist. The World Cup 2002 was held in Japan and Korea and as a result most of the games were kicked off in the daytime while we were working. What could I do? As a small potato, I tried my best to go back home after work as fast as possible. When the clock ticked at 5 o'clock every weekday, I had already packed my stuff and rushed out of the office and aimed at the bus stop where I got onto the bus back home. People would find no difficulty contacting me these days because I was either in the office or at home but unfortunately they'd find it difficult to persuade me to go out. I was afraid I might soon have mould by staying too long at home!

July - relaxing and hot!

What's a small potato good at? Of course that's the fact that he/she can find a way to get lazy without getting noticed! As summer has come, my supervisor also started his annaul leave, which means I can be FREE!!! Hehe...

Aug - Past and Future

Busy with everything...busy having gatherings with friends and classmates as I came to terms with the fact that I'd be here for some time and had settled in... willing to see some of my friends finally, busy thinking about my near future as a big decision had to be made... busy carrying umbrella for some days this month (I hate rainy days! They are as horrible as those in Manchester)... busy with office move (for the second time since I worked here; but I like the new office in which it isn't easy for people to locate me when they enter the office - that's essential for a successful small potato!).

Sept - Quiet...

This is a quiet month for me. I got a hair cut (Yeah, a small 'potato' does have hair, but no one noticed my hair cut); I attended a wedding at church knowing no one except the bridegroom and a friend who accompanied me (again, we got unnoticed!); I had a quiet Mid-Autumn Festival at home (I didn't want to play with candles, which is what children like to do, because I didn't want to bake myself); I got my shoes broken in a rainy weather but 'fortunately' no one noticed that and I finally made it back home with a pair of soaked broken shoes; I got an extra half day-off, thanks to the typhoon which reminded me of the gales in Britain; My supervisor bought me and another colleague of mine lunch.

Is this a typical life of a 'small potato'? Nothing special, no surprises, everything is quiet...

Oct - Go back to the old schooldays

I got to see an excellent concert performed by my youth idol, a local singer who disappeared from the showbiz here seven years ago and who returned to Hong Kong half a year ago (almost the same time as I went back to Hong Kong). That's the guy who moulded me and had a great influence on me who chose to study the same subject at the same college of the same university as he did. Watching his concert, buying his photos at shops, waiting for him with those little girls outside of the hotel where he was one of the performers of a TV show made me feel like I was a teenage girl (though I am not)!

Nov - Crazy for a guy!

The small potato lost control of herself after seeing her idol at close range...

How crazy was I? I queued up like a little girl for his autograph and got a chance to talk to him for the first time; I ran onto the stage just to take a photo with him (in front of other fans) in his birthday party organized by a local radio station. I just couldn't believe it was me myself. Maybe everyone has their crazy moments in life; I'm just a 'small potato'

Dec - My X'mas means laziness, rest, eating, buying...

This is the month for small potatos!! Festive food, X'mas presents, holiday, parties, and thousands of excuses for being lazy. This is also why I'm telling you not to expect too much about the updates of my homepage this time! :P

It was last updated on 24th Dec, 2002

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