Finally, I am bored with all the entertainment, youtube, House MD and BBC iplayer. After a series of housework, I sip a few cup of afternoon tea and coffee. No cake, no sweets, the bitterness is great to release the sleepiness in a late afternoon in spring.

 

Credit crunch has hit me, too. So I saved the money to be spent on Sunday papers, instead, I search the weekend magazines online. Nevertheless, too many bad press around financial sector. Is the worst over by now? Hope so. This is the industry that fear feeds itself. Funny enough, I still have work to do in this bank holiday. I kind of volunteered it, simply want a break from consolidating comps. Sector analysts are miserable, at least sometimes, I feel so.

 

But still, not in a mood to work. The clock is tickering, 1 pm, 3pm, 5 pm, still I am reluctant to make a call for taxi. Instead, I pick up the Economist. What a change since I was in university. Even US is running negative real interest rates. Suddenly inflation becomes a concern for all major first world economies. Then comes critics on Chinese economy statistics. What a mundane surprise! After all, we can adjust the noise for the data available, what a big fuss. 

 

Chinese School is still running on BBC four. A very good documentary on Chinese education system, covering welfare primary school, middle school and key high school. It brings me a lot of nostalgic memories. The welfare primary school in Anhui is portrayed as a truly well-run organisation. I wonder which NGO runs it. If there is any big ambition in me, I suppose supporting such organisations to promote education in rural areas in China will be one. Money surely helps, but set up an effective organisation, with a network of supporting workers, teachers and school chefs is also important. Very curious about it. So my summer plan would be going to Huangshan in Anhui province, provided I can pass my CFA exam as originally planned. 

 

Wish everything goes well.