The weather in Hong Kong has been absolutely dreadful the past 5 days. Overcast, gloomy, with rain that never goes away. Luckily, I've managed to hibernate inside my apartment and go grading-crazy on final exams. As of today, I have finished marking all 152 of them. Now, I just have to wait for the approval from the English Department, tidy up some loose ends, and then I can get ready to start my summer holiday.
As much as I would like to go traveling this summer, I am putting it off for another year or so. Instead, I will head back to Pennsylvania for some home-cooking and quality time with friends and family.
Still no word from HKU on the MFA program. The waiting makes me crazy.
I started reading David Mitchell's Ghostwritten last week. This book is blowing me clear out of the water. The parallels that I am discovering between what I'm writing and what he wrote in this book are numerous. The only difference is that his is much more ambitious and planned out. with a broader scope and a better sense of style and structure. But if anything, reading this will make me work even harder. I can't wait to read the rest of his stuff.
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Hi. I also applied for the HKU's MFA in Creative Writing program. I still haven't got any word up to now. Were you already given your decision yet? I'm kinda worried already.
Hello Naomi. I haven't heard any word yet either. Not sure what they're doing over there but I'm starting to get a bit impatient. Let me know if you hear anything.
I just called them up the other day. They said my name wasn't on the current list yet so I should just call again next week or so. Hm, I guess the receptionist didn't understand me. Hahaha! She asked for my surname instead of my application number---which was odd. Oh well. Let's just keep our fingers crossed. What is taking them so long?!?
Hi again. Have you received any word yet from your HKU application?
I have not. I went up there and everything and they told me that most of the results were sent out, and the ones that weren't would be out by the end of the week.
They also said there was some sort of delay, yadda yadda yadda. It took me about 2 hours just to get that minute bit of information out.
So hopefully by this weekend (fingers crossed). Let me know.
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