Flying a Pigeon

I was stood up today by a professor as she played no-show at our scheduled appointment at 11:00. In Chinese, this is called "flying a pigeon". (This Chinese term was coined based on an old lottery scheme in Shanghai and the fact that the owner who sets free a trained homing pigeon would lose nothing since the bird always knows the way back home.)

Well, I didn't mean to blame her. Just noted this down to remind myself that I have to get ready for any possible unexpected happenings and take precautions.