Deng nai

I'm updating this at about 2:00 am local time ... went to bed early last night, and tired. Good tired, not bad tired. All the walking has been great, even if it's hot, even if it's humid. I still like it, and I still like exploring. But the combination of the heat and few easy vegetarian options has resulted in somewhat of a reduction of my calorie intake. But I'm getting by okay.

This afternoon, in fact, I was treated to deng nai by my former PhD student Edna, a professor at Singapore Polytechnic, and her husband. Deng nai is literally "steamed milk", a dessert that's pudding-like in texture and in any of various flavors or just plain. We had it at Yee Shun Milk Company on Nathan Road, although there are probably a half dozen of these little dessert cafes around Hong Kong. Edna ordered plain, chocolate, and coffee, and allowed me to sample each ... very smooth, creamy ... a cool treat.

On our way back she managed to spot the temple that the conceirge had thought existed, though it was closed by the time we made it there. It's directly behind the Public Square area where I had previously watched gentlemen playing Go. I'll try again tomorrow (that's today, really) and also consider exploring Kowloon park.

My more pressing concern is the session I'm chairing at the conference today, and also my presentation. It's okay, I still have a few hours to prepare. There's nothing like a little time pressure to get one's attention focused. My topic? Achieving asynchrony in global parallel genetic algorithms using dataflow scheduling. It's all here, all in my head.