COMP 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner

On 8^th Nov 2024, Department of Computing, PolyU celebrated its 50th anniversary and held Gala Dinner. Unfortunately, I had a speech in Taiwan next day and I only showed up to support before the dinner started. 

When Dr. Jeff Tang and I went to the hotel, we met Prof. Li Qing in the department and took a photo for memory.

My colleague Dr. Kevin Yuen would come later.

When we arrived the Hotel ICON, we met many colleagues.

(Left: I, Dr. Jeff Tang, Prof. Li Minming, Dr. Li Bo and Dr. Li Ping)

I met Dr. Louis C.K. MA (Director, SCOPE, CityU) again who is the first cohort in COMP. We took a photo in front of the Gala Dinner banner.

We found seats on the seating chart.

Then entering the hall

I took a photo for memory.

I met Dr. Li Haoyang in the hall.

Then I also took a photo with Dr. Mohanned Aquil Mirza.

Before I left, I took a photo with Dr. Zackary Ping Tat SIN and Dr. Jeff Tang.

When I arrived at the airport, I received a photo of starting the gala dinner from Dr. Kevin Yuen.

(Left: Dr. Walter Fung, Dr. Richard Lui, Dr. Jeff Tang, Dr. Aquil and Dr. Kevin Yuen)

Each participant had a COMP 50th anniversary souvenir.

Reference

COMP - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/comp/

COMP 50 Digital Time Capsule - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/comp/news-and-events/comp-50th-anniversary/time-capsule/

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20241012: PolyU Info Day 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/10/polyu-info-day-2024.html

20240705: PolyU Farewell Seminar - Testing the Son of God Hypothesis - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/07/polyu-farewell-seminar-testing-son-of.html

20240701: PolyU Flag-Raising Ceremony - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/07/polyu-flag-raising-ceremony.html

20240531: COMP 50th Anniversary Alumni Homecoming Dinner - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/05/comp-50th-anniversary-alumni-homecoming.html

20240530: Celebration for the Retirement of Dr. Leong Hong Va - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/05/celebration-for-retirement-of-dr-leong.html

20240522: My second retreat in COMP Dept., PolyU 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/05/my-second-retreat-in-comp-dept-polyu.html

20240426: PolyU FS Chair Professor Lecture on Opportunities and Challenges for Translating Natural Products into New Drugs - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/04/polyu-fs-chair-professor-lecture-on.html

20240411: ICAC Guest Talks for PolyU Students - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/04/icac-guest-talks-for-polyu-students.html

20240327: ABCT Guest Talk for “Introduction of HKQF & Experience Sharing” - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/03/abct-guest-talk-for-introduction-of.html

20240322: PolyU Career Fair 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/03/polyu-career-fair-2024.html

20240111: My first retreat in COMP Dept., PolyU 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/01/my-first-retreat-in-comp-dept-polyu-2024.html

20240102: My first day on duty in COMP Dept., PolyU - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/01/my-first-day-on-duty-in-comp-dept-polyu.html

Advanced Class IV for I Ching (易經高班IV)–Lecture 1

 Prof. Pang’s (彭泓基教授) advanced class IV for I Ching (易經高班 IV) (6A class) the first lecture was held on 2^nd Nov 2024. Minda and I took a photo in the beginning of the lecture.

In the beginning, Prof. Pang mentioned the “Huangdi Neijing and the Wisdom of I Dao” (黃帝內經與易道智慧). Many classmates continued to study.

The first part of lecture included “Huangdi Neijing” (黃帝內經) 、“Difficult Sutra” (難經) 、“Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases”(傷寒雜病論) and “Shen Nong's Materia Medica”(神農本草經).

Then he briefed the Huangdi Neijing which is based on I Dao thinking. It included holistic concept, Yin-Yang and Five Elements, Zangxiang meridians (臟象經絡), Cause and pathogenesis (病因病機), Diagnosis and treatment principles (診法治則), preventive health care (預防養生), as well as, Qi Theory (運氣學說).

And then Prof. Pang introduced that the human body is made up of the five elements: heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys. (心肝脾肺腎). That match to five elements systems. Western medicine theory only considers individual organ but Chinese medicine theory consider the whole body as systems.

Meridian system (經絡系統) related to time.

After that Prof. Pang stated Essence, Qi (energy) and Spirit (精氣神) and demonstrated how to use Qi.

Finally, he played a video about meridian system and Ms. So Easy assisted to explain the logical flow based on Chinese medicine theory.

Lastly, Prof. Pang reviewed the Reasoning Logic of Eight Characters for Destiny (八字命理的推理邏輯).

We practiced the Eight Characters again with different tables included Yin-Yang, Five Elements and Directions of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches (天幹地支的陰陽五行與方向) and Ten Gods (十神) to view someone’s characteristics.

After the lecture, we had lunch together and took a group photo. We combined two tables to form a Tai Chi.

Reference:

彭泓基教授 - https://www.master-insight.com/author/penghongji/

屈機TV (屈基論) - https://www.youtube.com/@wgtvhk/playlists

2024

Advanced Class III of “I Ching”:

20240706: Advanced Class III for I Ching (易經高班III)–Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/07/advanced-class-iii-for-i-ching.html

20240713: HKSB Tomorrow Will Be Better Midsummer Concert (⾹港盲⼈輔導會明天會更好仲夏⾳樂會) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/07/hksb-tomorrow-will-be-better-midsummer.html

20240720: Advanced Class III for I Ching (易經高班III)–Lecture 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/07/advanced-class-iii-for-i-ching_20.html

20240703: Advanced Class III for I Ching (易經高班III)–Lecture 3 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/08/advanced-class-iii-for-i-ching.html

20240818: Advanced Class III for I Ching (易經高班III)–Lecture 4 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/08/advanced-class-iii-for-i-ching_18.html

20240824: Advanced Class III for I Ching (易經高班III)–Lecture 5 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/08/advanced-class-iii-for-i-ching_24.html

20240914: Advanced Class III for I Ching (易經高班III)–Lecture 6 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/09/advanced-class-iii-for-i-ching.html

Advanced Class II of “I Ching”:

20240224: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/02/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture.html

20240223: Chinese Wisdom and Calligraphy Grammar (中華智慧與書法文法) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/02/chinese-wisdom-and-calligraphy-grammar.html

20240309: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/03/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture.html

20240323: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 3 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/03/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture_23.html

20240406: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 4 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/04/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture.html

20240420: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 5 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/04/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture_20.html

20240504: Advanced Class II for I Ching (易經高班II)–Lecture 6 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/05/advanced-class-ii-for-i-ching-iilecture.html

20240616: I Ching Advanced Class II Graduation Trip (易經高班II畢業之旅) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/06/i-ching-advanced-class-ii-graduation.html

2023

Advanced Class of “I Ching”:

20231007: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/10/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-1.html

20231021: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班)–Lecture 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/10/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-2.html

20231104: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 3 -https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/11/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-3.html

20231125: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 4 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/11/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-4.html

20231202: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 5 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/12/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-5.html

20231216: Advanced Class for I Ching (易經高班) – Lecture 6 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/12/advanced-class-for-i-ching-lecture-6.html

20231227: I Ching Class Christmas Trip to Zhongshan (易經班聖誕中山之旅) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/12/i-ching-class-christmas-trip-to.html

Intermediate Class of “I Ching”:

20230603: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-1.html

20230610: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-2.html

20230615: 閱讀彭泓基教授著作的心得 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/blog-post.html

20230617: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 3 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-3.html 20230624: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 4 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-4.html

20230629: Ritual and Music Education as well as Chinese and Western Culture(禮樂教化與中西文化) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/06/ritual-and-music-education-as-well-as.html 20230708: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 5 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-5.html

20230709: Wudang Health Exercises (武當養⽣功) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/wudang-health-exercises.html

20230715: Intermediate Class for I Ching (易經中班) – Lecture 6 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/intermediate-class-for-i-ching-lecture-6.html

20230907: I Ching Intermediate Classmate Dinner (易經中班同學聚餐) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/09/i-ching-intermediate-classmate-dinner.html

20230914: Music Seminar on “How to train children to have feelings for their country and family” (如何培訓孩子的家國情懷音樂講座) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/09/music-seminar-on-how-to-train-children.html

Introductory Class of “I Ching”:

20230325: I Ching and the Wisdom of Life (易經與人生智慧) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/03/i-ching-and-wisdom-of-life.html

20230401: I Ching and the Wisdom of Life II (易經與人生智慧) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-ching-and-wisdom-of-life-ii.html

20230415: I Ching and the Wisdom of Life III (易經與人生智慧) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-ching-and-wisdom-of-life-iii.html

20230422: I Ching and the Wisdom of Life IV (易經與人生智慧) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/04/i-ching-and-wisdom-of-life-iv.html

20230525: I Ching Classmate Dinner and Introduction to Extenics (易經同學聚餐和可拓學導論) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/05/i-ching-classmate-dinner-and.html

Farewell Lunch for Xavier

 My colleague Dr. Xavier De Carne De Carnavalet’s last day at PolyU on 4^th Nov 2024. He will move to the Netherlands to take up a new research position. We had farewell lunch on 1^st Nov 2024.

(Left: Dr. Xavier, I, Dr. Kevin Yuen, Dr. Jeff Tang and Dr. Tayyab Muhammad)

When we arrived the restaurant, we took a photo first.

Then Dr. Kelvin arrived and ordered foods.

We wish Xavier a dream job and research, as well as a work-life balance environment.

In afternoon, we met Dr. Vincent Ng who is previous colleague in COMP department and now he serves as senior scientific officer in University Research Facility in Big Data Analysis (UBDA) and also senior programme Manager & Senior Research Fellow in CAiRS under AIR@InnoHK.

Reference

COMP - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/comp/

20240111: My first retreat in COMP Dept., PolyU 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/01/my-first-retreat-in-comp-dept-polyu-2024.html

20240522: My second retreat in COMP Dept., PolyU 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/05/my-second-retreat-in-comp-dept-polyu.html