My Holiday Thoughts - The days when people called my chinese name (1)

Date: Dec 3
Time: 6.30am


1. I have only arrived in HK for 3 days, but I have felt that I am traveling between places of different social classes. I don’t have any sociological book in my hands and I have forgotten several definitions of classifying social classes. As far as I remember, according to Karl Marx, social class is classified according to economic power. According to Max Webber, it is classified both according to economic power and social prestige.

2. My dad and my mum are from a humble and ordinary background. Gradually through years of toils .and hardworking they have gradually enhanced our family economic power. I think now my family can be called a middle class family, though some may argue that the range of middle class is so wide that it actually tells you nothing.

3. Though my dad and my mum are competent in managing their finance, they have different outlook of life regarding lifestyle and material possession. Since their divorce, they had walked in a very different path of life.

4. My dad chooses to live a lifestyle of lower-middle class. He would not invest too much resource on housing, and he value efficiency higher than the others. He chooses to live in a less comfortable way even though his financial power allows him to do so. He will prefer use the spend resources on investment on his properties and lease them out to derive income. He is wise in money management, but some may find him rather demanding and mean.

5. My mum is more generous than my dad. The flat that she is currently living is my old home. It is located an old building, but the area inside the flat is quite usable and spacious. Rather than investing in properties, my mum invests in stock market. She leads a relatively comfortable and relax life.

6. My sister and my sister in law are those typical young professional with high spending power. They have a decent job, and their earning power is well above the average of the people of the same age group. They have recently moved into a small flat in a high class area. The building is like a hotel with a high level of security.

7. Owing to my family reason, I am going to settle in my sister place (though I haven’t moved in yet), with some time staying overnight with my dad and my mum respectively. It’s quite a special feeling, as my living style seems to go around from one end of spectrum to another end. Perhaps God want me to experience more about life and make myself more adaptable and flexible towards different environment and various lifestyles.

8. People always think that life in UK is very boring, and they are looking forward for a holiday in HK as it is very fascinating. However, I have already felt bored since I have returned to HK for holiday.

9. After 3 days of adjustment, my heart start to feel settled. I started to know where I want to go and what I want to do during these 4 weeks of holiday. Apart from spending times with family and friends, I hope to devote myself more into writings. I want to write down my thoughts as well as to clarify my line of thoughts. Facing with a place where I haven’t been backed for 4 years, together at the moment where I am now standing at the crossroad in my life, gives me a lot of inspirations to write.

10. Another reason why I feel lighted at this moment of time is because I don’t need to worry about my thesis, my work, money, where to eat, and to a certain extent, my service in God. It’s really a holiday. Though of course, there are some issues that I still need to settle during my holiday time. Thank God for letting me know my purpose during these times, and thank God for providing a suitable environment for me to work towards these goals. Besides, if I don't write down my thought, I will feel lost.