Wishing all my friends a Happy Thanks Giving. This year, I forgot to get some delicacies for my friends in the USA, last time I send was Bak Kwa, the previous year Alaska crabs and smoked salmon. Took a long time to figure out what to send, but this year really too caught up in too many things. I wonder if I am lucky or unlucky. Quite a huge migration was tasked on me. To be frank, really a nightmare, hellish nights and everything seemed so dark. This happened to be the start of a new course, hard to do the syllabus etc and also prepare the exams. I have great students, these are normally matured students coming back to campus, can’t fail them. I tried my best. Thank God for His help. All of a sudden I had a great “shadowing” senior who taught me how to teach the course and his experiences.

The migration was also solved, in miraculous ways I guess only He knew. Had great colleagues with me, met great engineers willing to help, had great friends volunteering their advice. It suddenly made the migration a blessing in disguise instead of a nightmare. Still extremely hectic, but at least the path ahead of me seems so bright and beautiful. Going to the end of the Semester, this being an accelerated Semester, having my migration problems sorted. It will be hectic for a month or two but not panicky or depressed. I am Blessed indeed. Tomorrow is Thanks Giving, really an apt day to reflect upon the grace of the Lord and the love and support from friends and family. Of course, my journal papers are gone case already, have to delay again. Wonder when will I ever be able to published in a Tier 1 journal. Everytime I started, something will happen and the papers will drag on and on and on.