MicMin ...

Low-Protein Flour

2010-08-16T10:46:00.000-07:00

My dad has been searching for flour with low-protein so he could make yummy Chinese bun, just like the one you eat at your local dim-sum restaurant. I didn't know it'd be that difficult, but I think I may have found some alternatives. So here are the ones that I'll order and let him try out and see.

King-Arthur Queen Guinevere Cake Flour does not only has a nice name and it also has the lowest protein % (7%) I can find so far.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/king-arthur-queen-guinevere-cake-flour-3-lb

King-Arthur Unbleached Pastry Flour has only 8% protein.
http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/items/king-arthur-unbleached-pastry-flour-3-lb

This Red-Lotus brand one also has 8% to 8.5% and some people from Yahoo! answer claimed that they can be found in Ranch 99 (a oriental supermarket chain here in the California).
http://grocerythai.com/lotus-special-flour-p-912.html

A Miracle ...

2007-09-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

Just got this from Francis ... it's really quite amazing how God lead our lives without us realizing it and this man see it all.

Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents - Yahoo! News

2007-09-11T09:52:00.000-07:00

Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents - Yahoo! News

Wow ...

Bathroom Break :D Will you still go in afterward?

2007-09-04T13:37:00.001-07:00

名人爛 gag 也可變名言

2007-04-02T23:07:00.000-07:00

人生名句

搞笑型
「減肥還須係肥人」
「唔使急，最緊要快。」
「若要放上網，唔好咁鹵莽；若要人不知，唔好太低 B 。」
「春去春回來，花謝花再開，女死女還在！」

時事型
「和平、安逸，只會造成停頓；衝突、對抗及戰爭才有新生。」
「八萬五已經唔存在喇！」
「富貴於我如浮雲，浮雲於我如命根。」

賭博歪理型
「沉迷賭博，富可敵國；日賭夜賭，光宗耀祖。」
「小賭可以養妻活兒，大賭可以興家創業。」
「博一博，單車變摩托。」

哲理型
「耳聽為虛，眼見亦不為實。」
「努力過的人，未必一定有成果。有成果的人，卻一定曾經努力。」
「弱者等待時機，強者製造時機。」

France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years - Yahoo! News

2007-03-23T10:38:00.000-07:00

France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years - Yahoo! News: "www.cnes-geipan.fr"

"The website itself -- which crashed host servers hours after it was unveiled due to heavy traffic -- is extremely well organized and complete, even including scanned copies of police reports."

Can't wait to see it.

Secrets of Great Business Communicators

2007-03-20T23:23:00.000-07:00

Quoted from book ...

7 traits that contribute to great business leader's success

They were confident and never afraid to ask for what they wanted
They appreciated people when they did get them what they wanted
They consistently nurtured relationships and maintained open lines of communication -- not only when they wanted something from that person
They were tenacious. They never gave up. They just tried another route of strategy to achieve their goals
They were excellent listeners. They didn't shut people out, kept an open objective mind, and listened to the negative as well as the positive.
They bounced back quicly from reject or depression. This was reflected in the tone of their voice and their attitude. If they were upset about something someone had said to them earlier that day, they didn't carry it with them their entire day.
Finally, there were friendly and approachable. They said hello to employees they came into contact with. They weren't stingy with their praise and gave well-deserved pats on the back.

Free land in Alaska

2007-03-16T16:49:00.000-07:00

21st century homesteading: Free land in Alaska - CNN.com

"Anderson, a little town in Alaska's interior, has no gas station, no grocery store and no traffic lights, but it does have plenty of woodsy land -- and it's free to anyone willing to put down roots in the often-frozen ground."

Ready to pull the trigger, I was about to, but not too soon ... you need to pay $500 deposit PLUS you have to build a house measuring at least 1000 square feet within 2 years.

Playing around with Apache Axis

2007-01-08T10:17:00.000-08:00

Basic simple Testing script to see if it runs happily
http://localhost:8080/axis/happyaxis.jsp

Testing a SOAP endpoint using this ...
http://localhost:8080/axis/services/Version?method=getVersion

Testing a simple JWS script without any deployment, so far I haven't got this right yet.
http://localhost:8080/axis/EchoHeaders.jws?method=list

List the Applications/Services already installed using AdminClient
C:\Tomcat 6.0\webapps\axis>java -cp WEB-INF\lib\axis.jar;WEB-INF\lib\jaxrpc.jar;WEB-INF\lib\commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;WEB-INF\lib\commons-discovery-0.2.jar;WEB-INF\lib\jaxrpc.jar;WEB-INF\lib\saaj.jar;WEB-INF\lib\axis.jar org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient list

For Deployment
C:\Tomcat6\webapps\axis>java -cp WEB-INF\lib\axis.jar;WEB-INF\lib\jaxrpc.jar;WEB-INF\lib\commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;WEB-INF\lib\commons-discovery-0.2.jar;WEB-INF\lib\jaxrpc.jar;WEB-INF\lib\saaj.jar;WEB-INF\lib\axis.jar org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient deploy-BillingServiceIF.wsdd
(Linux)
java -cp WEB-INF/lib/axis.jar:WEB-INF/lib/jaxrpc.jar:WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging-1.0.4.jar:WEB-INF/lib/commons-discovery-0.2.jar:WEB-INF/lib/jaxrpc.jar:WEB-INF/lib/saaj.jar:WEB-INF/lib/axis.jar org.apache.axis.client.AdminClient deploy-BillingServiceIF.wsdd

Which deploy-calculator.wsdd looks like: (make sure it does not contains any method definition for this one as there is no method in the java class)

Hitting the service like this would produce a WSDL
http://localhost:8080/axis/services/Calculator?wsdl

Starting a stand-alone SOAP Monitor (login info from WEB-INF/users.lst)
java org.apache.axis.utils.SOAPMonitor [-u admin] [-w password] [-l axisURL]

iPod Docking with Bath Tissue Holder

2006-12-08T16:45:00.000-08:00

I kinda like this idea. But I don't think I'd put my precious player near any toilet. However, this is truly amazing that how people come up with anything that related to i-Pod, and how these i-Pod generate so many channels to generate money.

http://www.xpcgear.com/icstdoforipw.html

2006-12-03T00:48:00.000-08:00

Mrs. Mug and Lee

This is hilarious .. wonder where I can see anymore. This was a blast at that time, like 90s.

2006-12-03T00:39:00.000-08:00

TVB classic drama Two of a Kind -- 1989 Intro Theme Song

A rare tv-series that Paul Wong was acting in it, and it has Hacken Lee too.

I found this while I tried to search to see if I can find the old tv-series that advertized "if you think you can, YOU CAN!" ... hahaha.

You like this star ... let me go and pick it for you !

2006-11-29T21:03:00.000-08:00

I always find it funny when I remember how the older generation would say such things to impress girls ... "isn't this a nice star, how about from now on, we name this star to be your name?" ... "it's such a beautiful sky, that star is the brightest ... I'll go up there and pick it for you ... "

Now with this SkyScout, you can no longer name any random stars after any girl's name. You can look thru the viewfinder and the LCD will show you right away the name, radius, mass and even mythology. You could have make up some stories, but now this device will leave you in the dark all by yourself.

Price is set to be around $400 ... a little steep ... but the technology is impressive, built-in GPS so the device knows its location, and with the electric compass it knows the direction it is pointing at, and also an accelerometer detertmines the angle.

http://www.celestron.com/skyscout/new/features.php

信他的人必得永生

2006-11-20T11:36:00.000-08:00

Just got this from AppleDaily ...

WOW ... USB Missile Launcher

2006-11-16T15:09:00.000-08:00

This is so cool, I am definitely in for one if it's not that expensive.

Seriously, this is just the right distance for me, 5-8 feet away from my desk at work and my target is right within that. Yup .. for those who heard me complaining these days, probably know why I need one of these.

2006-11-13T17:23:00.000-08:00

The Bridge - Trailer

An interesting movie ... got it from Emma ... quite dark I think, but I hope i can see it sometimes ...

Very old MTV from group of singers in HK

2006-11-13T17:21:00.000-08:00

小虎隊忍著淚說 goodbye MV

Got it from someone, I can't believe back then people actually liked that kind of style. I just can't help myself from laughing ... And some of the comments from youtube is horrible too, "are they gay?" ....

Changing keyboard ... as it needs to be ...

2006-11-06T17:46:00.000-08:00

Think about this, when you hit the "Caps Locks", all your key on the keyboard actually showed you the upper case of the letters. Ops ... I don't look at the keys when I type ... that's the catch, but it'll be so good for any gamers or lazy people who wants one-clicks to start any application.

Each key packs with full-color OLED display that can show icons or characters in any language. And they will change accordingly ... when you play quake, it shows only the equivalent keys and when you're typing chinese, it shows only the "chong kit" .. (it doesn't describe this feature, I'm just guessing it should).

Price not set yet ... available in 2007, I would imagine it costs more than 200 !! Btw, it doesn't has an ergonomic version yet ...

http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/

初戀&老婆

2006-05-01T10:21:00.000-07:00

Copied frome someone's xanga ... I used to not like doing this, but I think it is good to keep in here to remind myself ... it's a long story, I used to hate reading too, and now maybe getting more mature, I start to like digesting this type of passage.

初戀&老婆

初戀總是寶貴的，令人難忘的，遺憾的是，十有八九的初戀，都不能成為婚姻，因為不能成為婚姻，初戀又顯得更為寶貴，讓人回味無窮。

阿偉是一位成功的外科醫生，和太太結婚二十年，兒子已入大學。

在一次大學舊生會，重遇初戀情人Alice。Alice 當年是眾男生的夢中情人，公認的美人兒。就是現在，仍比實際年齡漂亮年輕。

當初，為了一個誤會，再加兩人的自尊心特強，就這樣分開了。後來，Alice 去了外國，阿偉留在香港。

初戀的夭折，一度令阿偉痛苦不已，幾乎垮了，幸虧得一位護士同事的關心和鼓勵，令他於走出感情低谷，重拾心情，這位女同事就成了他的太太。

不料二十年後重逢Alice 。

那晚，他們談了很多，解除了誤會，只是，大家都已人到中年！

次日，Alice 打電話邀阿偉去淺水灣酒店燭光晚餐，阿偉問：「是不是請我太太一起去？」 Alice 回答：「我只想請你一個人，我們已失卻太多時光，現在是彌補的時候。」

「對不起，除了因公事，晚上我一般不單獨外出吃晚飯。」

「你不是怕老婆吧？」 Alice 譏諷他。「我怕老婆！」他直認不諱。「我好怕不自覺地令她不開心。」

幾日後，Alice 又特地讓速遞公司送來一封信，信封上寫明要他親啟，並且注明：only for you！阿偉將信原封退回。

「本來，我會讓太太看這封信的，既然你不希望她看，我也不看了。我已習慣與她分享生活中的一切喜怒哀樂。」

Alice很不忿氣。她見過阿偉的太太，已中年發福，且不擅修飾，像個屋村師奶，相反，自己比實際年齡要年輕得多，風韻猶存。當年阿偉追她追得這樣熱烈，他不可能對她失去feeling 的，一定是阿偉的太太兇神惡煞。

她一不做二不休，當下親身到他診所去。「阿偉，你只需講 yes or no 。你仍對我有feeling 嗎？你還愛我嗎？你以前是十分愛我的。」阿偉只笑笑。「愛一個人與恨一個人同樣需要精力和能力。感情過去了，應該無愛無恨，古人說，一笑泯恩愁。讓已過去的、無法改變的事實影響目前，根本毫無好處。我已將我的全部愛分給我的家人，而且，我已過了這種玩浪漫感情的年紀了。」

Al ice 仍不死心。「你真的愛你太太？還是僅出於一種義務和責任？賽過當年對我那份初戀之情？」

「我是醫生。我相信一種科學說法，真正的愛只能維持十個月，正好是由胚胎到嬰兒哇哇出世所需的時日。這或許要從生物進化的角度來解釋。但愛不同愛情，愛，或許只是一種由荷爾蒙分泌而激發出的感情反應，一如我受傷會流淚，開心會微笑，是一種很生物式的感情反應。用一個不合適的比喻：雄性動物在追求異性時，毛會特別亮麗，叫聲也會特別悅耳。

愛，只是一種行為，動物也懂得用舔觸等動作表示「愛」，然而，唯有愛情，才是人類獨有的能力。一個情字，令人類愛的行為，變得成熟、深沉，由一種單一的行為上升為一種情懷。我很懷念我們的初戀，但我更珍惜我和太太的婚姻，珍惜我們一起走過的這段路。」

阿偉的思路非常清晰，不愧為一位名醫生。他十分明白，當初，在他感情最低谷、最消沉時，是現在的太太給他溫暖，喚起他的信心。後來，太太省吃簡用自己帶著兒子獨守空巢，支持阿偉外出留學深造。這二十來年，是太太伴他走過來的。太太全心於這個家上，無心顧及自己的儀容、衣著，她將每一分一秒，都花在家人身上。而且，太太屬於那種生活低調，安於做男人背後的女人那種類型。阿偉不想太太為了他而刻意改變自己，做她不喜歡做的事。

因為愛她，他也尊重她，由她選擇她自己喜歡的生活方式。「我們互相看著白髮開始萌生，皺紋出現，因為這後面包含著許多只有我們兩人知道的故事，孩子的出世，我們第一間屋的喬遷，雙方父母病故的哀痛，我們升職，她的一次有驚無險的大手術… … 點點滴滴都寫在她和我的皺紋上，也只有她和我才懂得。

至於你，Alice，我很懷念那段我們花樣的年華，但我不會用現在幸福充實的家庭生活去交換那段時日的延續，這只有百害而無一利。如果我們都珍惜我們的初戀，珍惜這次難得的二十年後的重逢，我們就這樣互相握手、互道「珍重」吧！」

Alice 聽了這番話，默默擁抱了阿偉，轉頭就走。人說，蒼蠅不叮無縫的蛋。今天婚外情、一夜情泛濫，但這絕成不了你忽略她、冷淡她的理由。

珍惜你與她一起走過的路，如是你對她的愛，會如醇酒，愈陳舊愈香。

Brussels, Beligum (arriving from UK via EuroStar)

2006-03-31T10:28:00.000-08:00

I managed to get out early enough from work and arrived at the Eurostar station on time. So I quickly browsed around the food court and see if I can get anything good to eat. There was no surprise and I can't find anything good to eat. So I only grabbed some pastries and thought there is something to eat on the train.

Next time, I know I'll go to the tuck-shop-like stall on the train to buy food before the train even departs. Most of the normal food was gone and the pesron in front of me bought the last sandwiches ... so I finally only got a chocolate cake and a cup of tea.

So I arrived the Gare Du Central station, with the experience of my last Paris' trip, I was very cautious going to which platform and getting on which train with the confusion of French. Interesting enough, this main station has 2 types of train .. one kind (likes the muni here or LRT in HK) goes thru the middle of the platform and the other kind (likes our Bart or MTR in HK) goes thru the side of the platform. So that takes me a while to figure out and I still went on the wrong one 'cos they don't list all the station somehow ...

At around 12 o'clock, I finally arrived on the West-End of the city, which later I discovered that it's like a more "hip" or wealthier side of city, that's full of nice boutique and restaurant. Picture shown was taken right at the surface of underground the next morning. Quick is the Beligum clone of "McDonald", but more popular and localized than "McDonald".

"Hm ... Donar kabab ... huh !?"

2006-03-28T15:32:00.000-08:00

I guess I'll never and never eat any donar kabab .. or might be all kinds of kabab ...

My co-worker Ian suggested to go to a kabab place for lunch ... the one that is always on my way from hotel to the tube station, so of course I opted in together with Alex. My Russian co-worker Alex also picked the donar kabab and we went back to the office to eat it. It felt kinda strange 'cos they both finished their own kabab in 10 or 15 minutes. But mine is like never-finished ... no matter how fast I eat, it seems the same size .. so they went back to the seat without waiting for me ... and as usual, I'm like a goldfish, not sure when to stop. I had to eat with coke so I can finish more ... oh well.

I started to feel weird about 4 o'clock .. and felt like I wanna go, but can't go ... u know ... and finally I was so tired and went back to hotel at around 6. I threw up heavily ... I don't think I ever done that before ... I felt like I'm one of those "ghost" in those horror movie that spit out tons and tons of water. So my nice contemporary toilet in hotel became a mess, the donar kabab smell that stayed with me for the next 2 weeks were everywhere ...

I decided to call the SOS Worldwide, see how much I get covered if they send a doctor in or if I go to the hospital. And I tried ordering some hot liquid to eat, and un-surprisingly, the only soup they have is CREAM of mushroom .. haha. So I ordered a hot tea ... for my first time ever, like a wealthy person, ordered room service and they charge me 2.5 pounds for tea and 2 pounds for room service. Hm ... a tea-bag tea costs over US $9.

Finally, I think I better go to hospital by cab, so hotel got a cab for me and he just took me to wherever the closet hospital, which I think it's called "Barts and the London". Time was arbout 1040 I think. Dragging my tiring body, I kinda slowly crawled around and see where the A&E is ... it was quite scary at first to me, I was the only Asian while the other patients are mostly arabic ... and some lady carrying a baby cut in line in front of me ... and what can I say ... I don't want to argue ... i just have no strength.

After 20-30 minutes, I finished all the paperworks and they directed me to a waiting area, where I eventually got a chair to lie down after 40 minutes of standing ... and I was on and off slept and hoping htat it's my turn ... i think i started to feel better .. haha ... 'cos I managed to feel thirsty ...

So don't know when ... probably like 1 or 2 in the monring, i finally got to see a nurse, and they took some blood and urine from me for testing. The doctor finally came to see me after an hour of waiting in the room. He wants me to do IV (or drip or watever it's called) for hydration. Since I started to feel much better, i used the cellphone to take some pictures ... it probably means that I'm kinda recovered.

So they don't know what happpened, but since I have to wait for the blood result to come back ... I have to stay ... so I lied in the bed for 1 hour and half ... and I walked down and asked them when I can go ... and then sent me back .. haha ... so i stayed again and the nurse came by and told me that i am going to the ward ... gosh ... oh well, later I found out from the doctor that someone in A&E was disturbing other patients, so they want to send me away .. haha, it's really quite something.

Anyway ... i got into this single bedroom ... and slept on and off, in between nurse came in and check my temperature. I think around 6 0r 7, the light was all ON and 3 doctors came in with a nurse. I thought something bad must have happened to me ... then one of the doctor checked my body and asked me questions ... and of course, the same thing after everyone see my chart, "Hm ... Donar kabab ... huh!?"

She discharged me finally but I still have to wait for the nurse to come by and take off the IV tube for me ... so I waited and a non-brit lady stop by and asked me what kind of breakfast i want ... and she mumbled something, and I heard congee ... :D Without any hesitation, I want congee .. haha .. i was so surprised that a hospital in London has congee ... oh well .. a congee is actually

Anyway, i tasted 2 spoon and I had to give up ... sorry ... the same lady came back for the used bowl and she was so disappointed to see my almost-full-bowl ... she said to me, "oh ... u didn't like my congee ... argh ... it's my first time making it ... ". Oh well ...

So I finally got to leave the hospital and I called a cab and headed back to the hotel and stayed there for the day ... I asked my boss whether Alex has any problem ... his response is "he can't be any stronger" ... :D

"Hm ... Donar kabab ... huh !?"

撒旦向全世界的邪靈招開了一之會議

2006-03-21T17:02:00.000-08:00

Quoted from a friend's xanga.

一開始牠便說:「我們不能繼續讓基督徒返教會。不能繼續讓他們讀聖經並從中知道真理。我們更不能讓他們可以與他們的救主耶穌有一個親密的關係。因為只要他們與耶穌相知相愛,我們的勢力就必定盪然無存。所以讓他們返教會但偷去他們的時間以致他們雖彷彿活在耶穌中,但卻無法與耶穌基督建立真實的關係。這就是我今次開會的目的了。」

接著繼續說:「分散他們對救主的專注及維持他們所有時間都是在那種與主耶穌似有實無的關係中」其中一個邪靈叫道: 「我們可以怎樣做到呢?」

撒旦回答:「不斷讓他們忙碌著一些對他們生命不必要的事並且為他們炮製無窮無盡的計謀去充斥他們的思想。」繼續說:「引誘他們不斷的消耗、消耗、消耗，不斷的借、借、借」。「說服他們的妻子們去做一份長時間的工作及他們的丈夫一星期做足七日每日工作至少10-12個鐘頭,以致他們大家完全無法享受生活及無時間陪伴他們的兒女。只要他們的家庭快快被破壞, 他們自己就連這個可以舒緩他們從工作中得的壓力的地方都無了。」

「極度刺激他們的思想以致他們無法聽到神微少的聲音。誘使他們在任何地方都開著聽著收音機或其他音響器材。讓他們的TV電視機、VCR錄影機、CDs鐳射碟及PCs電腦不停在他們的家播放, 不單如此,更要在他們身邊所有接觸的環境包括餐廳、店舖都不停播放著不屬神的音樂。這樣就會阻塞他們的腦筋及打挎他們與耶穌的聯合。」

「為他們的咖啡桌工作桌充斥各種各類的雜誌及報紙。要用各種各類的新聞24小時的將他們的腦筋搗碎。用各類型的廣告牌入侵他們的駕駛時候。」「在他們的信箱及行街時塞滿不同種類無用的宣傳單張、新聞信息、優惠贈卷、產品試用及思想傳播叫他們睇都睇死他們、用都用死他們為止。」

「不斷讓那些骨廋如柴又美麗的模特兒充斥在雜誌及電視上好叫他們的丈夫們相信外邊的女士總是更有吸引力、以致他們開始對自己的妻子不滿足。讓他們的妻子又因忙碌過度到不能在晚上時愛他們的丈夫，不單如此, 讓她們亦有頭痛。若果她們不能給予她們丈夫需要的愛，他們就會開始另覓新歡，這樣可以很快的破壞他們的家庭。」

「給他們製造一個名叫聖誕老人的人物擾亂他們正確教導他們子女聖誕節的真正意思。在復活節時為他們設計復活蛋及復活兔以致他們不會再講耶穌的救贖及耶穌勝過死亡和罪的能力。」「就是他們的娛樂也不要放過, 讓他們玩樂得過份而倦死。讓他們因太忙碌而無法到大自然欣賞神的創造。取而代之, 給他們各種各類新奇的公園,運動項目,電影, 音樂會,最重要是叫他們過度沉迷。忙碌、忙碌、忙碌。」

「切記用那些似是而非, 無關痛癢甚至他們會認為有意義的事擠擁他們的生命以致他們毫無時間去尋求耶穌的能力。不要多久, 他們就會很快的用自己以為有的能量(己力)來生活甚至不惜犧牲他們的健康及家庭, 只是為了那些似是而非, 無關痛癢甚至他們會認為有意義的事, 這是必定可行的，這是必定可行的。」

這個似乎是一個可行的計劃!邪靈們已經熱烈地開始好叫那些全世界信耶穌的人愈來愈忙碌, 愈來愈匆忙,走來走去, 都不知道正在做什麼。然後我們就會發現愈來愈少時間給神及神為我們預備的家庭。更加無時間去告知其他人關於耶穌的能力可改變生命。

我想問題是:「撒旦的計劃是否真的會成功呢?」你的決定將會成為牠計劃的成與敗。你可知道Busy 的意思嗎?

B -eing 正在
U -nder 處於
S -atan's 撒旦的
Y -oke 枷鎖

Farewell ... L Jeh ... grow strong and live a good life

2006-03-13T14:19:00.000-08:00

I don't know whether it's really a good friend of mine leaving made me so moody and sad today, or just lack of sleep, or worries of life ...

I really don't know what I want to do, why I'm feeling that, or it's just the 'unhappy side of me' coming out all of the sudden.

All I wanna do now is to focus on my work ... but all I want to do now is to go out and stare at the very nice blue sky and listen to sad songs.

L Jeh ... I didn't realize you have so much impact to all of us, not until u step inside the custom door. All I can do is to make stupid, silly jokes ... or talked about this and that with Shamson and Lucian to avoid myself burst out any tears. I know everyone was trying really hard and I know you did too. I guess that's true to every tiny thing in our lives, we dunno how important it is until we about to lose it.

不要走　大鐘即使敲響　你別放開手　
成年後　什麼都不可再　有成人遷就　
不要走　前去在人群內　會磨鍊到夠　
可見將來　日子總會有　順逆流　
不過此時　獲得的愛顧　無私愛顧　未夠

Take good care ah .. and I wish you can achievewhat you want and come back soon la ...

Tax ...

2006-03-02T13:33:00.001-08:00

Just finished my tax and kept reviewing it these days, can't believe the IRS and State Gov owe me that much. I am glad that I worked on it earlier this year. This is the new $10 bill released today ... hm ... counting how many of these I'm going to get from my return .. yeah !!!

Toaster from NETGEAR !???!?

2006-03-02T13:32:00.000-08:00

Today I saw a deal about this "toaster" for over 100 bucks ... of course wasn't too surprised about the price since there is some english-made toaster costs over 200 bucks .. haha ... can't believe it

But this one ... eh ... from NETGEAR ... I almost thought I will be out of work soon since such a big tech gear manufacture has to manufacture kitchen-ware. :D Luckily this is just a "Storage Central NAS" ... looks quite cool ah, and funny thing is it also has 2 slots ... the guy who designed this must get the idea from a TOASTER !!!!!! Anyway ... it just worths me a little giggle this morning.

Faan Chin ?

2006-02-22T01:29:00.000-08:00

Hm ... discussed this earlier on the phone ... I haven't mentioned and thought of these phrases for a while ... maybe my life is fortunate and maybe my life is full of default. Sometimes, I don't get it ... people seems to disregard your kindness ... do they care, do they treasure? What should I do? I am faan chin too ... sigh ... 3 yrs ago I was, now I am too ...

I don't think I'm well these days ... not really sick ... but always so sleepy and tired at work ... i just hate the cube I'm in now ... but I don't know how to improve it. And now it's the middle of night ... I can tell my physical is going down in slope ... and the 24-hour fitness deal is gone .. sigh.

Past weekend ... long 3-day one ... finally laid down the concrete with my parents in the front yard ... now I realized how much work that is and afterall, it's not as difficult as I imagined, but the fun part is how to level out the floor ... 28 bags of 60-lbs of concrete mix .. crazy huh ... i never thought of that ... then how heavy is the road ? wow ...

I feel so bad that my parents finished the last block themselves ... while I was window shopping in SF. And thanks Sarah for taking them to buy the last 2 bags of concrete. I always think I'm taking care of them now, but it's the opposite, they're still taking _VERY_ good care of me ... See ... faan chin ah ... why why ... can i be a better person? Can I stay away with all my bad habit?

V's Day ..

2006-02-17T10:25:00.000-08:00

Few days ago was the V's day everyone loves and hates ... And this is quite a special one for me this time ... I spent the night with her in my office ... not like we're doing something secret here, but I was just working with someone from all over the world (Sweden, London, India) to get some issue reslolved.

However, I am glad that I brought some surprises to 2 of my very good friends. Sometimes, I wish I can be the one to bring something special to human mankinds .. haha ... like super-man or mother theresa. And in fact, if I can just make 1 person feel special for a day, for a few hours ... which is already very good enough. And I did it few days ago ...

Nothing ...

2006-02-03T16:28:00.001-08:00

Nothing to write ah ... but just want to capture the moment ... I dunno what I'm thinking now, I can tell my body is getting weak ... so tired and got sweaty palm ... wat's up with me ?

I see some sort of signal light in front of me, but I don't know what that is ... is it something I shoud pretend I didn't see? Or I should try to run even faster to see the sign sooner? Or I should take it slow and hope that I dun see the signal that would be sad anyways?

Or there is just nothing ... it's a matter of time ... or "jap jurk" of life ... or being stubborn.

Life is always manic

2006-02-01T09:56:00.000-08:00

Wow ... it's been 3 months I haven't post anything.

Someone somehow somewhere would enter your life without a note ... and you just can't control ... somehow sometime someone would just leave your life suddenly too ... but leaves so much traces behind you ...

What they left behind could be memorable and could be unforgettable ... I would rather remember all the bad side of things so I would not repeat them again ... however, life is also balanced ... the bad things were usually a result of some unusual, unexpecting, exciting and happy deeds ... it's just a seed of sins ... growing and growing, one day you will hit the pain .. but we still want to grow it ...

If we can all pick again ... what would we do ...

Chinese New Year ...

2006-01-28T14:45:00.000-08:00

Thanks MOM !!!

Imagine the world of no more backup ..

2005-10-05T10:22:00.000-07:00

This is quite funny I think ... but a very good concept. I remembered I heard a lot of complaints about backing up the car in order to park closer to the house. :P I guess this would solve the problem then, and it'll be so much safer even our car spin around on the highway ... and it'll be even better if this "pivot" will also turn around automatically accordingly and u'll always face the right direction ... oh no ... it's like coffee cup in Disneyland.

Samething holds true for us Chinese ... it's going global and not going to backup ... when u look at cars on the street, you may soon see "Made in China" on their dashboard or the exterior. "Geely" car is shown in the NY auto exhibit.

I need to get myself on this mode too, no more looking back .. and focus on the future.

Life ...

2005-09-26T14:31:00.000-07:00

Just wanna drop down something ... came across of a friend's photo site .. and saw some of the old friends. Time really flies ... while I'm worried for my own future, people around me also busy "creating" the futures ... and new life is coming very soon, here comes all my best wishes to them. God bless ...

i am happy for you guys ... although I'll not have a chance to meet you anymore, one day we're going to meet in the heaven !!!

Hurricane Rita

2005-09-21T14:38:00.000-07:00

Wow .. I can't believe my beloved friends has to evacuate from Houston and flee to Austin ... I feel so bad and worried for the people there ... she told me it's going to take 16 hours to drive ... and used to only take 3 hours normally. Sigh .. and how can a government survive with all these money pouring into helping these people while supporting wars .. do u hold any govenment bonds? haha ...

2nd day being a tourist in London

2005-08-28T12:45:00.000-07:00

This morning I woke up around 8 as usual, since I wanna tried my best to visit couple of places. First thing in the morning, I went to Tower of London, my co-worker highly recommended me to go even it could take more than an hour to go in. Luckily, I went there even before the ticket office opens, so I went in without much waiting. So there is an old man guiding us ...

The Tower of London is a place where the kings and queens used to live, and also it's a place where they used as a jail for many people, even queens, prince or other famous people like St. Thomas More. I vaguely remember he said that some king was actually jailed here by his own son and finally died here too. And Thomas More was jailed here such that he could change his mind and lead people to turn away from Catholicism. Of course he didn't and he becomes a Saint.

So I gotta see some jewelrys that Queens and Kings used. I saw a diamond that weigh 3 thousands something carat ... it didn't get polished, so it looks like a piece of plastic. I wonder if I see it on the street, I wouldn't even pick it up .. haha ... anyhow, they dun allow to take pictures inside ... so you could only see the exterior.

After that, I went to Webminster Abbey and hoping to go inside ... however, they're closed on Sunday. So I turned around and go to the Webminster Catheral instead, it's quite an old church and it takes me quite a bit of walking before I can get there. A signature of it is there is a McD right outside of the church. It's the usual GRAND looking inside, and I paid 3 pounds to hop into a lift (escalator), driven by an old man, to the top of the tower, so I could see the London. I'm just being cheap, instead of paying 10 or 20 pounds to get on to London Eyes, I chose this one instead. One thing I keep forgetting is these cathedral is not under the Roman Catholic Church ... anyway, I still prayed there for a short period of time.

Then I took the bus to go to British Meseum, where I didn't see the whole thing before they close yesterday. It's just so amazing how all these stuff get "taken" away from their original places and now being stored here. After thinking for a while, maybe it's a good thing la ... at least, they're in good hands. I saw the very famous mummy ... and surprisingly I spent quite a big deal of time reading the description and the history of every pieces ... I wish I have the whole day to really look at every single item carefully.

My final item in the wish list for today is St. Paul's Cathedral ... once again, I thought it's a Catholic church and they said they have a service with Ballet at 6 ... I was a little disappointed about it .. it's a meditation kind of thing, where some young people was dancing ballet and the band was singing ... and trying to lead you to meditation. One little surprise is 2 female dancers are chinese ... 'cos I dun get to see much chinese around and I found 2 here. After that, I joined Joey for dinner, and she brought me to an "local" indian place to eat ... it's pretty good la ...

1st day being a tourist in London

2005-08-27T12:44:00.000-07:00

Today morning as a tourist, I started with Buckingham Palace and I can go inside the Palace. However, they dun allow to take picture at all, so I can't share with you any scene inside the palace. They had given me the audio guide thing, and since I was rushing to finish this one soon so I can see the Changing of the Guard ... I was always ahead of the audio track. haha .. Here is the back of a building inside the palace .. and the green open area has been used as a party place for the queen to meet with many many thousand guests every year.

Inside the building, I saw lots of the jewels that she wears, or other kings and queens wore before. I saw how grand the cutlery, tables, chair or pictures are ... when King George wants to build this palace, he used 3 times over the budget that parliament allowed him, and it is too detaailed that it couldn't be finished before he dies, so the budget was carried over to the next queen.

I finished the tour within 1 hour 15 minutes ... I think I can spend more time in it, 'cos there are just so much to see and I kinda forgot what I have seen inside already ... so bad ... now I walked to the front gate and try my best to peek thru the gate and see the changing of the guard. At first, I was quite excited, but this whole thing takes 45 minutes and since I'm so far away and I can't really see in detail what they're doing, what they're playing (the band) .. I just felt kinda bored.

I walked over to the National Gallery and browse around for 15 minutes, then I headed to Notting Hill to meet with Joey for lunch. We ate in the Portorbello Street and we briefly walked around there as well, it's just like the Ap Liu Street in Shum Shui Po ... so I didn't spend too much time. And we went to British mesum, so she could explain to me what she understand .. and it's good to have her around to explain to me what the "main" attractions are and what's the interesting fact ... however, the meseum closed after an hour and we have to rush to Tate Modern to continue our meseum jorney.

The building now holds Tate Modern used t be a factory building. They converted it to a meseum and moved those works starting from 1900 to here from the Tate meseum. It also looks very nice inside .. She also tried her best to explain to me what she knows, but too bad, I don't have good enough background to understand some of them. Anyway ... we saw lots of paintings and some really weird "arts". Like there are some TV showing some sort of "arts" inside. Like some artist likes to use clown to display different kind of impression .. and on the TV, s/he has this clown jumping up and down and yelling ... that's a piece of "arts". There is another one called "Flip, Flop and something something" .. I went into this huge room, with 4 projects, and each project display a corner of a lab with different colors, 3 of them are flipped in different orders ... and the video is quite static plus some background noise ... and that's it ... I don't know, I just don't have this artistic mindsest to see thru these things.

Anyhow, Joey cooked dinner and so we had dinner at her place. Quite a nice place .. I kinda imaged it'd be some 'old-style' looking apartment, turns out it's quite big and modern ... haha ...

TGI Friday ...

2005-08-26T12:39:00.000-07:00

TGI Friday .. today my team leader in UK assigned me a ticket which will be my first little task in this company, I am of course happy to take it and I'm also a little nervous, but Ian explained to me what's the exact problem is and I believe I can take care of it in a jiff.

So I took off around 6, and took a bus .. forgot which number la ... that destinated at Waterloo Station. You can take the EuroStar train to France, and I can see people lining up going thru custom, and that reminds me how HK people line up to go in to China before.

Oh btw .. initially I thought I'd go to Hyde Park Corner tonight to listen to people's talk ... but my co-worker said it's not Friday ... so I decided to visit somewhere else instead ... and Webminster, Big Ben, London Eye and also Millinenium Bridge would be my destination for tonight.

I always like to get lost somehow and then "discover" new thing ... Ops, I did it again. I left the Waterloo station and saw the circular IMAX Theatre and I walk toward some square and I suddenly got this bright sunlight from my right hand side, and here I'm ... I can see the sun THRU the London Eyes .. This is quite impressing ... While I was struggling whether I should get a ticket and hop on the London Eyes ... I couldn't find the ticket booth .. it's alrite, I am not gonna go then.

I walked quickly over the bridge and saw the Big Ben, the Parliament and the Webminster Abbey. I walked along the street and I saw whole bunch of government building, I believe they're Whitehall ... which is where the Prime Minister works and I also passed by 10 Downing Street ... All these location are quite familiar to most HK people, and now I am finally gotta see it ...

You know, these places is those people who used to make all different kind of decision for your home town ... and u saw it on TV, on newspaper, and finally I can see it with my real eyes. I continue to walk along, and I passed thru the Horse Army Square or something ... and I see this really nice entry ... I guess it's those Gothic building, but I think it's really nice ... passing thru it, I saw Trafalgar Square plus the Nelson's monument .. there are lots of people just sitting, waiting, feediing bird .. and up there it's the National Gallery and next to it, I found the National Portrait Meseum. I have to pass today, but I'll visit them some weeknights again.

There were really lots of people in Trafalgar Square, lots of shops too. And I feel it's like Mong Kok in Hong Kong. As I continue to walk in the crowd, I saw this TV-tower, so I tried to walk close to get a better picture and I think I walked into the SOHO area once again. However, this time I think I entered into a different part of SOHO, and I think I finally know why SOHO is "attractive" to some people ... I was asked "Darling, wanna come up?" once ... haha ... of course, I didn't stay too long and return to the sqaure and get some food.

I finally had the Fish and Chips today ... now I know how bad it can be, heehee. After that, I went back to the Webminster Abbey and the Big Ben area to take a few night shots .. You know, at first I dun feel the London Eye has nothing special before I see it with my eyes, but today and tonight ... i realize it's beautiful and I am delighted that it'll be in London for at 20 years more.

I walked along the Thame Path and waked thru so many different bridges, like Hungerford Bridge, which looks kinda cool from outside. But I like millineium bridge the most, because it's a path to St. Paul ... it's a pedestrian-only bridge and when you walk on it ... I just feel like I'm walking on the corridor in the church ... you know, it'd be really interesting if my future wife will be walking along this isle and get married in St. Paul's ... although I think it'll take her and her dad 30-40 minutes to walk from this side til the altar .. haha ... just a crazy idea ... that pretty much ended my wonder night .. and my legs were in great pain.

Another Nice day of London

2005-08-25T05:41:00.000-07:00

I had lunch in an English pub ... finally with my team lead and an coworker. I ordered the bangers, which is essentially sausages and smash potatos ... I also ordered a capuccino, which I thought would keep me awake till 5 or 6 ... and of course it didn't do its job, I feel asleep at my desk starting somewhere around 4 o'clock. Not sure if anyone noticed me, but I'm sure some of them did ... I was supposed to read some Perl code and ask as much question since my co-worker is just next to me ... I did ask some, but not much. It's really some smart code that they're doing, which I've never done before. Thanks God for giving me this opporunity.

Tonight's destination ... First, walking on City Road South ... and saw the Bank of England

on the left hand side, the Royal Exchange and the Stock Exchange are close by, although I didn't really see the Stock Exchange, but I"m sure I saw it 'cos according to the map, it's right there .. haha.

So as I walked around and I didn't even notice I am very close to London Bridge ..

I was distracted by the fire trucks that parked next to this little church. And there here I am .. finally the first time seeing the famous Thame river and the London Bridge. A song that we used to sing a lot when we were little ... of course, I"m a little disappointed .. haha ... i thought it would really give you an impression or feeling that it will fall down or something but it's a rigid concrete bridge .. and nothing special compare the the Tower Bridge.

So I walked along the Thame path ... passed a tiny St. Magnus The Martyr Catholic church ...

so tiny that it is "embedded" within the tall building and hotel around it, but u can see the cross on top of its roof from far away. I passed London Tower ...

I heard from my co-worker that it's the place where people get beheaded in the past. And there is a DeadMan's hole ... it's the only place where people can possibly find their friend's "head" after the execution ... sounds scary ah ... I dun think I saw the hole but I could have ... but it was kinda dark and I dun quite wanna see anything "un-usual" ...

Anyway .. I get to the Tower Bridge, it's a really nice bridge and I can see the intersting building - City Hall and next to it is the College of London ... and I can see lots of other interesting thing, like another cool looking building, it's just like those lava lamp ... and I believe it's the Swiss bank or something ... i walked over the bridge and I had dinner in an Italian restaurant ... nothing particular that worth mentioning, after that I just went to take tube back to hotel ...

St. Paul's Cathedral

2005-08-25T05:36:00.000-07:00

Hm ... I had chinese food for lunch again ... the 4-pound lunchbox from downstairs. I am so sleepy today which I pretty much fell asleep during the meeting, and it's a 1-on-1 meeting with a russian guy in our team. I was writin and all of the sudden I dunno what i"m writing ... and then I accidentally close my eye and I woke myself up and trying reallly hard to hold my pen and keep writing ... I didn't know one can still write while he's sleeping .. haha ... pretty funny, and I dun even know if he noticed or not too ...

oh well ... so my luggage finally arrived at my hotel and I finally get to use my own towel and make the hotel more like a home now. And since i don't need to buy any new clothes, I can go out and walk around the city ... first place to go is the restaurant my sister suggests ... Smith around Chatterhouse .. i finally got there with 20 something walk plus getting lost ... haha .. it's just my nature to get lost .. I found it !!! But it's a very crowded pub .. and I really dun

wanna be in a pub by myself ... people are really loud and environment is really crowded .. people dressed nicely standing everywhere yelling at each other ... i really want a quiet sitdown place to eat ...

anyhow, I kept walking around trying to find another place to eat ... and London is such an amazing city, it always gives you some surprises ... after walking around/getting lost for about 20 minutes, I saw a nice chapels far away ... and i later on found out it's the famous St. Paul's Cathedral. It's HUGE, and pretty ... too bad one side of it ie being remodeled so it's covered. And I found this little ramen place at the corner ... and I had the worst ramen in my whole life ... even worse than the Nissin one .. and I grabbed some california rolls for 'siu yeah' .. and the little bag of wasabi costs me 10 pence ...

I walk to the nearby tube station ... and figured out how much i need to pay and which platform I should go to .. and which station i need to change trains ... but as i said, it always gives u some surprise ... the train driver announced the Tower something station is closed ...

(nowadays they close station very frequently if they see any unattended bags or items), so I figured out I can get off 1 station earlier and I can walk "internally" to another line ... hm ... but when I arrive ... the station has some smoke and some strange smell ... I right away associated the closure of that station and this smoke ... the train came by and I hopped on it w/o further worrying. And I"m safe at hotel typing now ...

2nd Day here ...

2005-08-24T09:03:00.000-07:00

I got quite a lot of sleep last night and I guess that's why I can't put myself to sleep until 12 tonight. Today, noting interesting happened, my lulggage is still stucked in Minnesota ... 'cos the Northwest strike cancelled the flight to London. They said they'll deliver it to me tomorrow, we will see.

Free breakfast at the hotel ... and after that trying to "rush" to work, which is something I haven't done for a while since I left Hong Kong ... and ppl here do walk fast ... but it's really cool ... a really good feeling and just feeling like I'm walking to work in Central ..

I ate Pret sandwiches for lunch .. later I found out that this store is everywhere in the city ... I guess they're much like subyway or mcdonald in US. Price is decent, I ordered a chocolate crossiant 'cos I dun think that sandwiches is enough for me ... plus order an interesting orange juice .. not sweet at all ...

my co-worker gave me direction to H&M store on Oxford Circus ... and I can take Bus-55 right outside of my hotel and get there for only 20 minutes. I shopped at H&M until the last minutes, 'cos I really really need to get 1 new clothes or even a pair of "trousers" if I can ... so I ended up picking a striped sweater .. whatever, i just hv to keep my finger crossed for my luggage to really arrive tomorrow.

And I walked around the Oxford circus ... and accidentally passed by lots of italian restaurant and pubs .. and I think it's the so-called SOHO area. I wanna go try those pubs, but usually they're very crowded and it will look quite stupid for me to wait there alone ... so I decided to walk even further ... and I arrived China Town accidentally ... i guess everything is kinda close by .. and I decided to find a restaurant in China town for dinner ... i know it wont' taste good, but what the heck ... I should at least tried before I made comment ... rite ?

So it turns out to taste okay ... and I walked back to the oxford Circus and took the same bus back to hotel ... if the luggage arrive tomorrow night ... then I can go to somewhere but not clothing stores ... I guess I wanna go check out the Westminister abbey or London Bridge at night ... will see ... or I should go back to Oxford Circus again to get something for Di Di ... not sure la ...

Arriving London ...

2005-08-22T22:45:00.000-07:00

Today I finally arrived at London. Now staying in a okay comfy hotel room typing the blog. This trip begins with a quite unpleasant situation, Northwest went on strike, 1st flight was delayed for about 30 something minutes while I only had about 5 minutes to walk from 1 gate to another gate. And while I was considering myself lucky that I got on the London plane .. I didn't know my luggage was still lag behind, EVEN my 2nd flight wasn't able to depart with 1 hour delay. That made me waited in the baggage claim area for quite a long time searching my bag and also fill out the application form for them to transfer my bag to my hotel "tomorrow" with my finger crossed.

Another strange thing happened during custom, they somehow evaluate my entry very very carefully. They somehow have to copy my passport, my greencard .. and they asked so much question about my position in mBlox, and why I'm here and what exactly I'll be trained on. So strange ah .. I was worried that some stupid terrorism was using my name ... I guess not ...

So then after get out of the baggage claim with only my laptop bag .. i bought a train ticket to London Bridge, where I can take tube to Old Street station. He only told me to go to Platform 4 ... and then ... nothing. But I somehow spotted a train opposite to us when we stopped at our 2nd stop that has "ThameLinks" on it ... and my ticket also says "Route: ThameLinks ONLY" ... so i quicky hopped on to that train and asked one of the passenger ... and he said this would be right train. So I successfully arrived London Bridge station within 15 minutes.

I dunno if they're being unpolite, or I really looked like an idiot ... I totally forgot that I need to "get out" of the train station before "getting into" the tube station .. so before i got out of the train station, i saw these gates then i asked those ppl where I'm going to get ticket ... and surprisingly they pointed me to somewhere ... of course leading to nowhere .. and afterall ... i figured out I need to use the train ticket to "get out" ... so I tried and doesn't work, and then I turned to this Indian-English guy asking him why my ticket can't go thru ... he then pointed at the sign and said impolitely, "Look at the sign ..". FINE ..

anyway ... w/o luggage, i need to use the towel, the razor, the soap from the hotel .. and I have to rush to Marks and Spencer for some underwear, socks and new clothes to wear ... what a waste ... sigh. And tonight I had Indian food .. it's okay ... and the chinese food for lunch .. hm .. cheap lor ... hehe.

9th day @ new company ...

2005-08-11T11:35:00.000-07:00

I should have done a better job updating this blog .. and I will go back and put in some pictures and what I saw in Canadian Rockies ... and of course, putting more what I've seen in this new company.

I am having serious headache these few days, and all of the left side ... seems weird to me, 'cos I never had such a bad headache before. I hope it's not something serious as I'll be heading over to London in a week or so.

Met with couple people and I guess I'm starting to feel more confidence this company would succeed, although majority of revenue are coming from the content that I'd personally never subscribe .. haha ...

他約我去迪士尼(鋼琴版)

2005-06-16T18:38:00.000-07:00

他約我去迪士尼(鋼琴版)

原曲歌手: kellyjackie @ Royals
原曲作者: kellyjackie @ Royals
原曲作詞: 海藍 @ Royals ／庭 @ Royals
原曲編曲: 林柿 @ Royals

兜過幾個圈　看木馬旋轉　美夢似是遙遠　仍埋藏著繾綣
快樂旅途中　有沒有熱戀　看著這入場券　如同尋獲溫暖

笑問你　你話連夜候票再多的困倦　也不怨　似在平靜地說出　絲絲的愛戀

畢生也願記起　香港迪士尼　煙火璀璨夜晚定會很美
坐咖啡杯　溫馨記憶　旋轉中細味　天邊星宿也沒法比

今天心碎或痛悲　只需要記住陪伴在你身邊有米妮
始終可以幸福地　沉迷在美夢裡希冀

要是你　決定明日伴我去闖天與地　會很美　故事延續下世紀　一生都記起

不必理是與非　不需要顧忌　穿梭堡壘內陪伴我嬉戲
米老鼠　比精品店的美　輕輕靠近　都可使我快樂跳起

當　身邊掛著相機　假使到最後還未望到不准你別離
可知心裡正準備　無緣合照亦抱緊你

公主與白雪都　不需要羨慕　因可跟你在長夜裡擁抱
見阿拉丁　本想說聲坐飛氈　卻又不可媲美你待我好

星空不算是太高　假使有你在旁陪伴我一起每段路
可將一切記心內　明日共你愉快傾訴

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Foot-less Trash Can

2005-06-13T10:56:00.000-07:00

Just can't resist to save these pictures here so at least there is still a trace later when this product discontinues after a few years ... haha ... another "great" product !!! But it worths a try ... u never whether it rocks or not ...

Interesting fountain ...

2005-05-19T16:52:00.000-07:00

I really wonder how much chocolate this would waste .. but it sure looks interesting, tell me if anyone bought this ...

Coincidence ...

2005-05-18T17:25:00.000-07:00

Just browsed around a friend's xanga and found out she quoted what I said to her the other night ... seems so funny that I somehow someday somewhere I can read back what I said, what I did on the web ... either good or bad ... stupid or funny ...

But yeah ... can't resist to add a comment to you, you still look great even you looked kinda "charn" ... so dun worry !!!

WW III ?

2005-05-17T18:14:00.000-07:00

Don't trust any of them ah ... I just quoted it from 881903 Forums ...
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第三次世界大戰遠因:

遠因我們現今也見到了,就是現今的亞洲問題,伊拉克,中東等國被美國干涉中東人強烈的恐怖襲擊,使美國有了一個多次介入亞洲問題的借口
布殊上任時說出不惜仕何一切保護台灣,助長了中台兩地火葯味

第三次世界大戰近因

黃保羅凡第斯預言

第三次世界大戰將源於亞洲最大國家(中國)核彈攻擊一個已經唱反調五十年,面積小的反對國家(台灣) ((唱了反調50年,暗示了大約年份))

.美國將會燃燒

俄羅斯總理開始對中國總理說話︰「我會將土地及人民給你，但你必須解放美國人的台灣。不要怕，我們會從後攻擊美國。」

從以上兩篇預言中可得出結論,第三次世界大戰的直接導火線是中國核彈攻擊台灣而後,世界演變成兩大陣營

兩大陣營:

美國將會燃燒

他們都握手擁抱，他們簽署了合約，其中一人說︰「我們肯定韓國及古巴都站在我們一方，同樣，無庸置疑，我們合作定可以毀滅美國。」

兩大陣營主要國家

俄羅斯,中國,中東反美各國,韓國,古巴,東南亞各國
美國,以色列,日本,印度,印尼,歐盟 (很多預言都沒有說出歐盟站在那一方,我根據花地瑪預言來將歐盟放在美國那方)

阿米吉多頓之戰 = 第三次世界大戰

戰況: (第一階段)

首先,中國攻擊台灣,而後,中美宣戰,中俄等秘密聯盟公開俄羅斯偷襲美國本土 [按美國將會燃燒一文]
阿米吉多頓之戰是在美國被神懲罰後才開始的，如此阿米吉多頓之戰可被視為第三次世界大戰
美國將會燃燒, 那人再說︰「當美國跟中國打扙，俄羅斯會突擊美國。」
金陵塔碑文靈山遭浩劫，烈火倒浮濤。(靈山指日本/美國,說出其中一國遭到攻擊而燃燒)

戰況: (第二階段)

中國vs日本
中國很快就將日本打敗,日本被打敗後,中國主攻歐洲,助俄羅斯

推背圖

有客西來　至東而止
木火金水　洗此大恥
炎運宏開世界同　金烏隱匿白洋中
從此不敢稱雄長　兵氣全消運已終
((日本很快會被打敗,[炎運=大戰/戰爭][金烏隱匿白洋中]說出是日本))

金陵塔碑文

東風吹送草木哀。洪水滔天逐日來。六根未淨隨波去。正果能修往天台。
二四八，三七九。禍源種己久。
(([六根未淨隨波去]就出日本跟錯人
[ 二四八，三七九。] 二四八，三七九=六=陸 (解這個陸地的)
[禍源種己久]此兩國的恩怨早已種下))

武侯百年乩

聯軍東指同壹氣。劍仙俠士有奇秘。
(說出聯軍會攻擊東方,而用了一個奇妙的戰術而成功)

戰況: (第三階段)

第二階段戰爭結束後,中國進攻歐洲
花地瑪預言第二部分反基督化身為「聖人」的撒旦在東方出現，全因為他，中國會變得威脅到全世界，中國的軍隊將會無情地橫掃歐亞，血腥及殘暴之處是自成吉思汗以來所未見的。
日本戰線結束後,中國攻擊歐亞反聯軍的國家

戰況: (第四階段)

中俄兩國主攻美國,從下文可看出兩陣營苦戰一段長時間,而其後中俄發明了新武器將美國打敗

武侯百年乩

水能剋火火無功。炮火飛機何處避。此是陰陽造化機。意土發明成絕技。
[水能剋火火無功]說出了美國有破解中俄核彈攻擊方法( 戰區導彈防衛系統?)
之後戰美國本土上,激戰了一段很長的時間,兩大陣營亦會互相反攻
直至到 [意土發明成絕技](此句解不通,應是聯軍發明的新武器)戰爭才分勝負

戰況: (最後階段)

我之前看過一本預言書說出地球將會有5次遭核陣攻擊(二次大戰兩次,第三次應是俄國攻擊美國)
而那本預言書說出最後兩次都是落在印尼土地上
而最後應該第三次大戰就此結束 [因忘記了是那本預言,所以沒有資料給大家,抱歉]

最後

中東各國所有土地物歸原主,世紀再度和平

武侯百年乩

稱雄東土日己終。物歸原主非奇事。此時國恥一齊消。

保羅凡第斯預言

第三次世界大戰將持續九年，牽連125個國家

Gloomy Thursday ...

2005-05-12T17:17:00.000-07:00

Believe me, I was surprised ... after almost 2.5 years it happened to me again ... my company just laid off 5 people, around 15% of the work force. While many people expect the US economy is picking up .. I am sitting here in my really nice cube thinking, what should I do ... not necessarily in the coming days or months, but in these 10 years.

This is a tough question ... only God knows the answer. Now I need to get ready and prepare for so-called-the-worst and most likely after i find another better job it'll end up be somehow-it-is-the-best-situation !!!

John Paul II was a telegenic dream: AFP photographer

2005-04-06T11:31:00.000-07:00

John Paul II was a telegenic dream: AFP photographer

PSP-Vault :: PSP downloads, community, news

2005-04-05T18:30:00.000-07:00

PSP-Vault :: PSP downloads, community, newsWaiting ... I'd love to get one ...

Labels on fish give shoppers the whole story

2005-04-05T15:45:00.000-07:00

04/05/2005 Finally I know really what I'm eating ... but isn't it a discrimination as well ? I should start an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EATER committee.

my teenage life ...

2004-09-23T23:56:00.000-07:00

Yup ... talking about my teenage life ... it has passed quite a long time. I just checked out one of my "little" friend's photo albums ... looking @ the pictures they took when they depart the airport ... it makes me think back the day that I was in the airport, and there were couple of my cloest friends standing next to me while I tried really hard not letting any tears out ... it's all history la, where are they now ? All in HK ... what are they doing, I don't know.

I guess all I miss now isn't any particular person, but the relationships I had with them ...

Day 6 (50,000 ft up)

2004-07-01T10:20:00.000-07:00

This is always one of the picture I really like up in airplane ... it feels like you're in North Pole, with snow all over the ground, and a little mountain there ... It really matches what the Chinese used to think ... some "sun sin" lives on top of the cloud watching us. I think this picture ends my 5-day journey of Austin, San Antonio and Houston. Have to get back to work so early today ...

2004-07-01T10:17:00.000-07:00

I know it's a little too much of these pics .. haha, but just can't resist ... I just wonder when I can hike around all these cool mountains ... especially this one looks like the triangle close to HK, JuKong

2004-07-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

From the airplane ... somewhere around Grand Canyon ... can't take the Grand Canyon since it's on the other side of the plane ... I wonder when the bottom of airplane can be transparent .. haha .. and probably it'd make most of the passenger sick anyway.

Day 5 (Austin, Texas)

2004-06-30T10:27:00.000-07:00

Congratulation, my friends ... both are very good friends of mine. I used to have dorm food with Shirley almost everyday, of course, I have to pay her $2 for each meal ... and this is how I gained so much weight plus cholestrol ... This is my big reason coming back to Austin to witness this important moment. I was the one bring Shirley to our Chinese Catholic Society and there they met and now they married. I have never be a match maker, but this is truly a good match by our lovely God.

Day 4 (San Marcos, Texas)

2004-06-29T10:10:00.000-07:00

This is how the Schlotzsky's Deli looks like, for those of you never seen and never taste it ... it makes me hungry now ...

2004-06-29T10:09:00.000-07:00

Another favorite restaurant that I cannot find in CA. Schlotzsky's Deli announced earlier that it might close down all its branch ... oh well, I hope not ... it's so yummy ... and unique ...

Day 3 (San Antonio/Houston, Texas)

2004-06-28T10:08:00.000-07:00

Inside the Rudy's dining area ... looks like I better clean up ... and get some rub for friends & family ...

2004-06-28T10:07:00.000-07:00

Rudy's ... one of my favorite Texas BBQ place, it claims to be the "worst" BBQ in Texas ... every store has a gas station and convenient store plus the kitchen ...

Day 2 (San Antonio, Texas)

2004-06-27T10:06:00.000-07:00

Look closer ... Have you ever seen a police car having a flat tire ?

Day 1 (Austin, Texas)

2004-06-26T23:45:00.000-07:00

Oyster ... hm ... it doesn't taste as I expected ... dun worry, the Cajun comes the last, which is the best !! yeah ...

2004-06-26T23:44:00.001-07:00

Menu from the Boiling Pot

2004-06-26T23:44:00.000-07:00

Cajun seafood from Boiling pot ... i still feel those spice now and my throat still burns, but it really makes u feel so good .. can't taste it anywhere in the Bay Area.

2004-06-26T23:42:00.000-07:00

Gaudalupe ... just like another usual university avenue ... however, here gives me the unique smell and taste of my early "immigration" life.

2004-06-26T23:40:00.000-07:00

Cheese steak ... yummy, from Texadelphia ... a place I personally and many other alumni highly recommend ... This is the BEST !!

2004-06-26T23:38:00.001-07:00

An indoor basketball in the same apartment ... I played a lot in the "old" days, when I have so much free time.

2004-06-26T23:38:00.000-07:00

This is the very first apartment that I lived when I first come to US 8 years ago. And surprisingly, most of my good friends now live there ...

2004-06-26T10:49:00.000-07:00

As usual, I couldn't sleep until 2 or 3 the Bay Area time ...
I woke up around 10 ... and i am able to get around the area okay easy ... since I used to stay here for more than an year.
I got a JavaLuka Mint Creme Cookie Oreo Coffee from Seattle's Best Coffee ... ya ... rite ... Seattle & Coffee ... they said they improve the so-called Seattle Coffee.. but i am not sure .. maybe I should order something more plain and hot

2004-06-26T10:20:00.000-07:00

The Gaudalupe Street .. UT-Austin's student's hangout street ...

Hang out with an old buddy ...

2004-06-21T23:07:00.000-07:00

It's been over 2 or 3 years that I haven't met with him ... and not even chatting much over phone nor icq ... i was about to kill him when I see him ... haha ... but suen so la ... it's been a fun nite, we had sushi with his girlfriend, Wanda and also SeeYu in Ray's Sushi. It's a feast .. with tons of raw fish ... seriously, i haven't been that "ho" for a long time ... and stupid enough, i went to restroom in the wrong time ... and SeeYu got the bill ... it's quite a bad feeling for me ... anyhow ... i'm sure i'll buy a good dinner for her next time ...

and this crazy SeeYu suggested to go to SF for some nice view and drinks ... okay ... for Iggy .. I'll do it .. haha ... so we endup went to CityScape after "hit the door nail" in Hilton ... and we had quite some good talk ... luckily, we will see each other very soon in Austin again ...

My Birthday ...

2004-06-08T14:20:00.000-07:00

Today is my birthday !! ... as most people say, after the 25th birthday, all you need is only 1 person to celebrate with you. And that important person brought me to this wonderful performance ... surprisingly, I enjoyed it so much that I think this is the best gifts ... Seeing all these disabled people trying their best to do something that's more challenging for them. For instance, a mentally challenged boy can conduct the UC-Davis symphony while he knows nothing about music .. and a disformed man plays "yee woo" so well ... and also some deaf ladies can dance simply by feeling the floor vibration ... How amazing God treats us, providing us with different kinds of talent that we never thought we use so extensively ... Thank you !!

Never seen a CalTrain that full

2004-06-05T14:02:00.000-07:00

A day of CalTrain .. Today is Free weekend CalTrain day, since the weekend CalTrain started after being stopped running for around 23 months. Here is the Mercury newspaper reporter taking pictures of some young riders. I never seen a CalTrain that full, people has to stand almost all the way, and I was lucky to get a seat with all my luggage.

Prelude ... history of Honda ... not yet for me ...

2004-05-29T13:57:00.000-07:00

Nobody wants my car ... So I'm going to keep it ...

My 5th speeding ticket ... oh well !

2004-04-22T13:05:00.000-07:00

got a speeding ticket last nite on 4/21/2004

This is a bad experience ... man, the cops dunno how fast I'm definitely ... although i was speeding a little bit, but the time they were after me, I'm sure i was below 75 .. and they put me down as 80+ ... damn it ...

Billy & Ophee's wedding

2003-10-25T14:10:00.000-07:00

Billy & Ophee's wedding ... this is a quite impressive wedding that I have ever went to that year. Compare to other quite cheesy wedding ... I never seen such a pair of loving and caring couples ... here I wish them the best of the whole world.

MicMin ...

Low-Protein Flour

A Miracle ...

Town ditches traffic lights to cut accidents - Yahoo! News

Bathroom Break :D Will you still go in afterward?

名 人 爛 gag 也 可 變 名 言

France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years - Yahoo! News

Secrets of Great Business Communicators

Free land in Alaska

Playing around with Apache Axis

iPod Docking with Bath Tissue Holder

You like this star ... let me go and pick it for you !

信 他 的 人 必 得 永 生

WOW ... USB Missile Launcher

Very old MTV from group of singers in HK

Changing keyboard ... as it needs to be ...

初戀&老婆

Brussels, Beligum (arriving from UK via EuroStar)

"Hm ... Donar kabab ... huh !?"

撒旦向全世界的邪靈招開了一之會議

Farewell ... L Jeh ... grow strong and live a good life

Tax ...

Toaster from NETGEAR !???!?

Faan Chin ?

V's Day ..

Nothing ...

Life is always manic

Chinese New Year ...

Imagine the world of no more backup ..

Life ...

Hurricane Rita

2nd day being a tourist in London

1st day being a tourist in London

TGI Friday ...

Another Nice day of London

St. Paul's Cathedral

2nd Day here ...

Arriving London ...

9th day @ new company ...

他約我去迪士尼(鋼琴版)

Foot-less Trash Can

Interesting fountain ...

Coincidence ...

WW III ?

Gloomy Thursday ...

John Paul II was a telegenic dream: AFP photographer

PSP-Vault :: PSP downloads, community, news

Labels on fish give shoppers the whole story

my teenage life ...

Day 6 (50,000 ft up)

Day 5 (Austin, Texas)

Day 4 (San Marcos, Texas)

Day 3 (San Antonio/Houston, Texas)

Day 2 (San Antonio, Texas)

Day 1 (Austin, Texas)

Hang out with an old buddy ...

My Birthday ...

Never seen a CalTrain that full

Prelude ... history of Honda ... not yet for me ...

My 5th speeding ticket ... oh well !

Billy & Ophee's wedding

名人爛 gag 也可變名言

信他的人必得永生