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Love LV, Check out link to learn to spot fakes...

2009-09-29T22:09:00.001+08:00

had never been interested in branded stuff but thot to share this link with u all.... if u r into lv stuff, maybe by reading the guides in this site, u would really learn more in spotting the fakes...

http://www.fashionphile.com/

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y's help unexpected, scarce??????

2009-09-07T23:07:00.001+08:00

I've always had a habit of sleeping on transport.... 1 night last week, probably thursday night i think, on my way home via mtr, trying to dose suddenly felt the guy 2 seats away from me (almost last train, thus seats very sparse and no one sitting between us...) is somewhat bleeding... i peek at him n saw him pressing tissues against his palm.... not bleeding very badly but could see that it wasn't stopping either.... n he was really uncomfy, like at a loss of what to do... thus i just naturally digged into my wallet for a bandage and passed to him.... he looked so stunned n surprised that i started to question if i were doing something wrong???

what is it about this world that we are now in that just a simple gesture like this would make the other party stunned.... ain't everyone supposed to be trying to help another in need? is it only HK or the whole world.... i really don't understand... y had man lose that warmth in them to help others??? sigh....

tonight, in jusco "fighting for discounted sushi", there's this guy (middle age) beside me, holding to a mountain of 5~7 packs of sushi n trying to make a call home (i think).... its rather comical watching him trying to balance the sushi n his phone, then the top pack unbalanced n u could c that all's going to fall soon, thus i just naturally reached out and replace the "runaway" for him.... again that stunned, surprised look like he didn't expect any help, that he expected everything to just fall.... y? y's everyone so self-centered now? so much so that help is such a surprise and unexpected.... y do we always expects to only depend on ourselves in times of trouble... is help to be scarce? if the world that we are currently in is already like this, so self-centered, so selfish, what about the future? would it be better or worse?

or maybe i should just stop being a busy body, n be like everyone else, just watch other misfalls lo.... :<

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【Ent】與楊怡再度合作 - 林峯 - Blog

2009-08-13T19:05:00.003+08:00

via blog.tvb.com

Interesting.... this is one of the few clips that I've seen of Raymond where you can feel from his vibes that he's truely comfortable with another artist.... this time namely Tavia... this is pretty rare from my observation of Raymond who generally gives the feeling that he's friendly with everyone but then there's still a slight distance.... hmmmmmm........

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【Ent】今日VIP:王喜 (20090804) 看後感

2009-08-10T22:57:00.004+08:00

2009.08.04 節目重溫

一向都很喜歡看王喜的演出... 基本上他所演過的劇除了"水許傳"我都看過.... 可能因為他能讓我入戲, 讓我相信他是那個人, 所以特別會看他的演出....

Astrid 從來都是一個 '好' 主持, 她的特色是每個被訪問者都是 '好人'... 所以看她訪問有時會廷悶的... 但這次是有驚喜的, 她讓我更加確信王喜是值得支持的.... 尤其是聽了他如何幫Astrid的親戚, 我真的很感動...

(Story summary: Astrid's dying relative wanted to 落髮 n asked Astrid for help, but Astrid wasn't able to find the person... She didn't know Hei then but contact him thru managment for help... the guy that they were looking for travels all the time n was pretty difficult to locate but in the end Hei managed to locate him in Indonesia and they were in time to fulfill Astrid's dying relative's last wish....)

老實說我相信沒多少人會真的像他那樣去幫一個與他不是很熟的人, 即使是很熟的朋友, 親人也不一定會這樣幫, 更何況是個不熟的人呢... 以前的我或許會, 但現在的我, 我都不敢保證會... 王喜, 謝謝你讓我再一次看到人的 '美'... 相信我不是一個傻子, 相信自己堅持的, 謝謝你...

看了這訪問, 我最大的感覺是: 他是個"高人".... 或許如果我能到他那境界, 或許我會開心點... 不會再那麼計較吧...

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Would you sympathize with her if she got into trouble?

2009-08-10T22:04:00.003+08:00

was going home via bus the other night, probably around 2+am, when this girl board the bus wearing a "drop-shoulder" whitish top, see-thru, tight short jeans skirt... just when i'm about to alight, i noticed this same girl coming down the stairs for the upper level, with the skirt's "split" in between her tights... my god, i could almost see her undies... n i thought to myself, "what the hell" doesn't she know what time it is, she's really asking for trouble man.... I thought probably after she got off the bus, she would probably adjust her skirt to the decent state thus out of curiosity, i watched her (as we got off at the same stop, she b4 me) but she didn't adjust or anything, just walked....

i've never been a conventional person but with all the "rapes" n murders rate going up, n in the middle of the night, my thought were that if something should really happened to her that night, she's asking for it lo.... she would definitely not be getting my sympathy lo... sigh... really don't know what this world's coming to lo... or am i just getting old?

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Good Deed??? Don't know.... But all that matters is ..... I feel good.... :D

2009-08-05T01:35:00.001+08:00

was on the mtr today when i suddenly hear sound of liquid splashing and see people getting out of their seats and moving away.... within seconds, the area emptied and i realized that a guy was vomiting near the last door between the "car"... a friend's with him and they immediately got off the next stop - north point.... the "scene" was really gross.... he must have really felt very unwell but he looked quite alright when he got off.... when i got off @ quarry bay, i noticed that the train's # D614 and we were in car #6 near #5... don't know why, just felt that someone should inform the station about what had just happened esp. with swine flu n all... probably they need to do some special cleaning or something but couldn't find anyone around.... thus got to exit n inform the cs there.... hopefully i wasn't making a mountain out of nothing but during times like this its best to be safe isn't it??? though not sure if they (mtr) would really take notice n do something about it but at least i've done my part.... :D

Not sure if I did a good deed or the right thing but all that matters is... I feel good about it.... haha....

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【Ent】Check out this blog if Raymond Lam (Fung)'s one of your fav....

2009-08-05T01:19:00.004+08:00

Found this blog site done by Raymond (Fung)'s fan... Pretty good, with quite a number of "cute" pics that i've not seen elsewhere... Check out this blog if Raymond Lam (Fung)'s one of your fav....

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Irritated....

2009-08-01T09:03:00.001+08:00

God! Some people r just too much.... I'm @ mac now having breakfast n the old man sitting @ the table beside me, actually dare to pretend, pretend n then sit between his n my table n started reading the newspaper by putting each of his hands on both my n his table respectively.... I just can't stand this type of deliberate behaviour lo.... Mac table already very small, we r both paying customer n yet for his own comfort, he just take advantage of me lo.... god... so i very bad la, i just pretend to need to use my pc, n needed to adjust my table for use and thus force him to remove his hands from my table... haha... Maybe I'm just sleepy la, so in a lousy n irritatable mood lo... sigh... people....

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$$$ is nothing...

2009-06-15T02:07:00.000+08:00

There's this girl in front of me now wearing a t-shirt with e above written on her back. :D haha.... If only I could say that too.... Wonder how many people could actually say this n mean it... R U one of the lucky ones?

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【HK】14 y/o manslaughter, 17 y/o rapist

2007-12-17T19:53:00.001+08:00

Background Story: New born baby boy found with half skull missing, multiply fractures, suspected to be thrown out of a 24th floor window shortly after born (at home). 14 y/o mum held for manslaughter and father suspected to be 17 y/o rapist with previous offenses such as violence, rape, sex with pre-mature girls.

Another tragedy. What's becoming of HK? Or shall I ask, what's becoming of the world, current society? Had it always been like this? Was I just unaware of it? 14 y/o and 17 y/o, they are still so young? What would become of them in years to come? Especially the mum, won't she regret her actions in the forthcoming years?

【HK】Mum threw kids out of window before jumping to death…

2007-10-31T07:12:00.001+08:00

A tragedy that shakes and shocks Hong Kong!

Background story: In the middle of night, in the middle of sleep, mum moved towards her children, tied and threw both her kids (first daughter (12 y/o) then son (9 y/o) ) out of their 24th floor apartment before jumping to her death... Family’s from mainland china, dad said to be a gambler who’s in hospital for cancer treatment during incident.

Tragedies happen but with the style of news reporting in Hong Kong in recent years, endless suicides, accidents, casualties and deaths, I (like most people in Hong Kong) am more or less numb to this kind of news… (In fact, I give up on reading the newspapers or even listening to news reports…) But this tragedy still managed to shock me to the core… To me, the horror’s not in suicide or throwing the kids out of the window (there’s been numerous cases of parents taking their kids with them in suicides) but in tying them up in their sleep before throwing them out… This signifies that they’ve probably woke up, struggled and thus resulted in being tied… Imagine the fear, the panic and the horror… Imagine a mum doing that to her own kids… Kids that she given birth to and took care of since babies… If you can’t trust your mum, who else can you trust?

Who am I ? (In my previous life)

2007-10-25T10:48:00.001+08:00

Bored, read a post in Nicole’s blog (with following url) and took this “test” that diagnosis us in our past lives from Past Life Analysis. If you are also interested, visit http://thebigview.com/pastlife/

Your past life diagnosis:

I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation. You were born somewhere in the territory of modern North Australia around the year 1200. Your profession was that of a philosopher and thinker.

Your brief psychological profile in your past life:

Timid, constrained, quiet person. You had creative talents, which waited until this life to be liberated. Sometimes your environment considered you strange.

The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:

Your main lesson is to develop magnanimity and a feeling of brotherhood. Try to become less adhered to material property and learn to take only as much, as you can give back.

Was this me? Mmmmm... But actually I’ve got 1 concern... This diagnosis is calculated based only on birth date and thus I guess if a friend of mine, born on the same day/year would also have the same result lo... Haha... But just for fun, its quite interesting lo...

Random thoughts: Work meals

2007-10-12T15:03:00.000+08:00

Is it only me or is everyone else face the same 'problem'?

One question I hate asking myself everyday's: what to eat today?

In the past, working in hotel, they've had a canteen and thus only need to select from list but now.... Sigh...

Now what shall I have for lunch today....

【HK】Prepaid SIM Card providing WIFI access...

2007-09-21T23:23:00.001+08:00

With references to my previous blog: Internet access in HK..., I've just discovered that PCCW had just release a new prepaid SIM card (PCCW "All-in-1" Communications SIM Card) that allows local calls, roaming, IDD and WIFI... This is really great news as the prepaid internet card mentioned earlier in Internet access in HK... is not really that accessible as its often not available in 7-eleven but now with this new SIM card (PCCW "All-in-1" Communications SIM Card), WIFI would definitely be more accessible....

【Pets】Finally a normal reaction

2007-09-21T18:28:00.001+08:00

A couple of weeks ago, on my way home with my kids (bunnies), I happened to pass by a pet shop where a girl's grooming a kitten.... As I was hugging ballball (Gugugu's in my bag), the girl glazed up and we started chatting about the subjects in our hands...

Suddenly, I wondered aloud if ballball knows what a kitten is 'coz by right rabbits should be afraid of cats... (You can't blame me for wondering 'coz Gugugu had never been normal in his sense of danger. If you would like to know more, read Curly_Whiskers...._Huh). Thus by holding him tightly, I brought him closer to the kitten and to my delight, he tried to escape even though the kitten ignored him... Hahaha... At least, ballball's sense of danger seems to be normal...

【Clips】Clever uses for Aspirin

2007-08-30T19:09:00.004+08:00

Not sure how good these tips are but these are the kind of things that it's better to know than not... 'coz you'll never know when you need them...

Share with us your tips, no matter how common it is 'coz you'll never know who can actually benefit from them..

clipped from www.gomestic.com

To remove perspiration stains from white T-shirts, dissolve two aspirins in half a cup of warm water and apply to the area of the fabric where the stain is. This should be left for a couple of hours before washing.

First aid for pimples: Crush an aspirin tablet and add a little water to make a paste. Cover the pimple with this paste and after a few minutes rinse it off. The pimple will be less red and reduced in size. Aspirin is an astringent.

Drop a soluble aspirin tablet into the water before arranging cut flowers in a vase. It helps to keep them fresh for longer.

Mosquito bites can be eased by wetting the skin and rubbing an aspirin over the spot.

【Clips】Cows - The Energy Source of the Future?

2007-08-30T18:56:00.002+08:00

If this's really true, maybe we don't have to be so worried about the future... But of 'coz we should still try every means and ways to save energy just in case...

clipped from www.sciencedaily.com

Cows might be alternative energy sources

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say cows might one day help meet the rise in demand for alternative energy sources.

Ohio State University researchers used microbe-rich fluid from cows to generate electricity in a new, small cellulose-based microbial fuel cell.

Doctoral student Hamid Rismani-Yazdi, lead author of the study, said experiments showed it took two of the new cells to produce enough electricity to recharge an AA-sized battery. That power was produced from the breakdown of cellulose by a variety of bacteria in rumen fluid -- the microbe-rich fluid found in a cow's rumen, the largest chamber of a cow's stomach.

To create power, researchers fill a microbial fuel cell with cellulose and rumen fluid.

"Energy is produced as the bacteria break down cellulose, which is one of the most abundant resources on our planet," said Rismani-Yazdi.

【Tips】 Old stockings recycled

2007-08-28T17:04:00.004+08:00

Do your shoes smell? Do your shoes lose their "shape" during storage? If so, try the following... I have and it worked...

When I was working as a hotel receptionist, one of my monthly compulsory expenses was getting new pairs of stockings... There's always one reason or another for the need of change and thus another extra pair... But what to do with the "throw-aways"... Its such a waste... Till I discovered this...

Tea leaves absorb smell and by putting them into old stockings, you can make them into a ball and stuff it into your shoes to absorb smell and maintain shoes "shape"... and these can be reused over and over again...

Points to note:
You don't have to use expensive tea leaves or fresh ones... I used tea leaves from expired tea bags that I couldn't finished drinking and they have worked just fine...

If you don't have stockings, you could use those tiny white bags used in cooking to separate ingridents from soup in chinese cookings...

【Tips】Temporary measures to runs in stockings

2007-08-28T16:54:00.002+08:00

I read about this in an article but didn't have the chance to try 'coz I'm lucky enough to work in a place where there's no need for me to wear stockings...

If you are starting to have a run in your stockings, the best thing's of 'coz to change a new pair but if you ar unfortunate enough to have none on hand, you can try apply some clear nail polish to the run and hopefully this would be able to last you till the end of the day....

Bear this in mind and hopefully this could be of use to you some day...

【Tips】Paper Arts and Glue

2007-08-27T14:06:00.002+08:00

Working in a book-binding company has opened my eyes to a couple of things that maybe you do know but I sure don't before I join this company...

1> Normal glue's used for most jobs and its thickness is controlled by mixing water into the glue. Thus a "drying" glue can be refresh by mixing in some water.
2> Boiled water or distilled water instead of tap water should be used to ensure longer lifespan of crafts.
3> Paint brushes used to apply glue to crafts. To clean glue-covered brushes, add a little shampoo to hot water and soak the brushes overnight before washing.
4> Plastic/glass containers used to contain glue before mixing in water. After use, leave container with glue remains to dry and peel these remains off once completely dry. This method is so much easier than trying to wash the glue off...

This's all for now... Would share more later...

【Clips】The Memories You Want To Forget Are The Hardest Ones To Lose

2007-08-23T21:48:00.002+08:00

Read the clip below and truly agreed with it... From personal experience, memories (especially painful ones) are mostly trigger by the slightest thing and they are usually the ones that I wholeheartedly wish to "throw" away... Just wish that someone would be able to invent something that could help us "forget"...

Share your thoughts and let us know what you feel...

clipped from www.sciencedaily.com

Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may be the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues,

found that even "mild" emotional events, like getting a bad grade on a test or a negative comment from a coworker, can be hard to forget.

When people are trying to intentionally forget information, they need to mentally segregate that information and then block off the information they don't want to retrieve, Payne said.

Emotion undermines both of those steps. "You make a lot of connections between emotional events and other parts of your life, so it might be difficult to isolate them. As far as blocking retrieval of an unwanted event, emotion makes events very salient and therefore highly accessible," Payne said.

found that their subjects could not intentionally forget emotional events as easily as mundane ones. They also found that both pleasant and unpleasant emotional memories were resistant to intentional forgetting.

【Clips】Empathy makes you 'catch' a yawn

2007-08-23T21:00:00.002+08:00

I didn't know that... Now I have another excuse for yawning....

Share your thoughts and let us know what you think...

clipped from www.abc.net.au

Michael Kahn

People who identify better with others are more prone to contagious yawning, researchers say.

The researchers publish their results in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.

In their study, children with autism, who can have trouble showing empathy, were least likely to 'catch' a yawn.

Scientists have long known that one yawn often leads others to follow suit but what triggers the phenomenon is not as clear, says Dr Atsushi Senju, a researcher at the University of London's Birkbeck College, who worked on the study.

The team tested the reaction of children with and without autism when watching video clips of people yawning and then simply moving their mouths.

The researchers found the children with autism, a developmental condition that severely affects social interaction and communication including empathy, yawned less than other children during clips of people yawning

Both groups of children yawned the same amount when watching the video of people only moving their mouths

【Clips】What about safe sex? and AIDS? and unwanted babies?

2007-08-23T20:55:00.002+08:00

Upon reading the clip below, my first thoughts were "Aiya! 1 more excuse for guys to refuse to use condoms...." Its already hard enough as it is to get most guys to use and now after this article, all the more reason for them to refuse... Sigh... So what's becoming of safe sex? and AIDS? and unwanted babies?

Share your thoughts and let us know what you think...

clipped from psychologytoday.com

The finding that women who do not use condoms during sex are less depressed and less likely to attempt suicide than are women who have sex with condoms and women who are not sexually active, leads one researcher to conclude that semen contains powerful—and potentially addictive—mood-altering chemicals.

Study author Gordon G. Gallup, Ph.D., a psychologist at the State University of New York in Albany, also found that women who routinely had intercourse without condoms became increasingly depressed as more time elapsed since their last sexual encounter. There was no such correlation for women whose partners regularly used condoms.

Semen contains hormones including testosterone, estrogen, prolactin, luteinizing hormone and prostaglandins, and some of these are absorbed through the walls of the vagina and are known to elevate mood.

【Clips】Decapitated rattlesnake head bites man... Can you believe this?

2007-08-23T19:45:00.003+08:00

The lifelong reason why I hate or am afraid of snakes is 'coz I've had nightmares of being in a room full of snakes whenever I'm very unhappy / depressed / stressed, ever since I was a kid... And this clip certainly give me more reasons to stay away from one...

clipped from www.startribune.com

A man says he was bitten by the decapitated head of a rattlesnake on his
property near Prosser.

Danny Anderson and his son saw the five-foot rattler Monday evening while
feeding horses. They pinned it with a pipe and cut off its head with a shovel.

When Anderson reached down to pick it up, he says the snake head twisted around
and bit his index finger.

A state Fish and Wildlife Department biologist says it's possible the snake had
the heat-sensing ability to make one last attack

【Clips】Eight Hours of Sleep a waste of time?

2007-08-23T19:08:00.002+08:00

With reference to the clip below (from clipper), I really wonder in this world of ours, what's not a waste of time? Why are we so short of time? Are we too slow or do we just aim for too much and thus end up with too many to do?

If I'm given the choice, would I choose to be zap? I guess I probably won't 'coz though I'm also always short of time but I do believe that even if I'm zapped, I would still be short of time 'coz I would definately aim for more and thus have more to do and the cycle goes on...

What about you? Would you or would you not? Share your thoughts...

clipped from discovermagazine.com

Zapping your brain with an electromagnet could do the trick.

A good night’s sleep just takes too long. Scientists may soon be able to cut those eight wasted hours down to three or four—by waving a wand, more or less.

The technique, transcranial magnetic stimulation, involves an electromagnetic coil that emits pulses of skull-penetrating, neuron-activating magnetic energy. Depending on where the wand is and how fast it pulses, TMS can play all kinds of tricks. It can make a thumb twitch, create the illusion of a flash of light, or even treat depression. Neuroscientist Giulio Tononi of the University of Wisconsin set out to see if TMS could switch on certain sleep phases.

Electronic naps are a long way off, though. Between the armchair, the clicking coil, and electrodes, “it’s clearly not a machine that you can use at your house,” Tononi says. “It’s actually hard to get the person to sleep while doing these magnetic stimulations.”

【HK】Internet access in HK...

2007-08-16T09:56:00.006+08:00

No matter you are a local or a traveler in HK, if you don't need 24x7 daily internet access, if you just need to check your email a couple of hours a day or even once every couple of days, maybe the following might work for you as it's working for me...

Free internet access

There are actually places in HK that offers free internet access as long as you know where to find them... Of 'coz some of these place excise constraints as to what you can download or even where you can surf but if you have a laptop like I do, then the IFC in central or the airport are some of the best choices for you 'coz its free there and there's no constraints (as far as I'm aware of at this moment) and thus your only constraint would be how long could your battery last, that's all...

Mine last 2 hrs, thus I would usually reply all my emails offline and type out the blogs that I would like to send out at home on ac power, thus I'm usually only retrieving emails, surfing the net and amending my blogs when I'm in IFC... This arrangement works very well for me 'coz I'm the kind that once concentrating on something, would forget the time and thus with the battery running out, it would distract me from the computer and thus assist me in better managing my time as I've got only limited amount of time to work in... But if you are traveling in HK and didn't have a laptop with you, you could actually access your emails from pacific coffee and starbucks (found almost all over HK) but of 'coz you would have to first buy a drink...

The other place where you can go would be the libraries... Most (if not all) libraries in HK offer free internet access via the library computer but of 'coz there's constraint as to where you can surf and what you can download... You can also bring your own laptop to the library for free internet access but do remember to bring a broadband cable with you and the best thing about using your own laptop in the library is that you are allowed to plug-in your laptop, thus you would be able to work all day as long as you remember to bring your power cords.... But the disadvantage of working in the library is, remember its the library and thus library rules such as no eating, no drinking, staying quiet and etc applies... If you are comfortable in libraries and to avoid disappointments of no available slots, try the central library in causeway bay which is the biggest in HK... Remember to check the opening hours before going... But if you are the kind that needs to eat and drink while working, then maybe library would not be your best choice...

Prepaid internet card

Actually several ISP in HK offers mobile broadband in HK and my favorite is this prepaid internet access card that just been released... Payment for most mobile broadband services in HK is via credit cards and offered in places such as MacDonald, KFC, starbucks, pacific coffee and etc... But for those of us who feel uncomfortable using credit card over the internet in such open areas, we could actually purchase this prepaid card from 7-eleven... There are 2 kinds of cards offered by PCCW, one 24hr card @ HK$20 and the other 30-day card @ HK178... I would usually keep a card with me as a backup but if I foresee that I would actually be needing internet access for more that 8 days consecutively, then I would get a 30-day card instead of a 24-hr card... But actually up to this moment, I've yet foresee this need....

Thus traveling in HK, you no longer need to control yourself due to hotel high internet cost... Hopefully this information would be useful to you as its been to me...

【HK】Stopped by the police tonight...

2007-08-16T09:56:00.005+08:00

On my way home tonight, I was stopped by the police... Asking to see my ID card... This is not the first time I'm stopped by the police to check ID, in HK, this is very common practice... But the most unusual thing about this "check" is that while I'm getting my ID, he asked where I'm going, am I working, working as what, then when I passed him my ID, he just took it, flip it over and return to me without even calling back to HQ to check... Maybe I'm being thick-skin but felt that he's main purpose was just to stop me to chat and not to check...

Anyway, whatever you do, while traveling in HK, remember to bring your identity documents...

Praise for Making Chinese Knots...

2007-08-16T09:56:00.004+08:00

Very happy today, happened to talk to some frequent customers about Chinese knots and they praised me for making very nice Chinese knots... Actually, the one that they've seen wasn't really that good 'coz the cord used was not the right type...

Actually, any type of cord can be used to make Chinese knots except for the elastic ones 'coz the most basic concept in making Chinese knots is to balance the tightness of the knot all around... But when elastic cords were used, its very hard to balance the tightness all around...

In the picture attached above, the knot on the left is made from elastic cord and the one on the right is from the usual Chinese knot cord... You can actually see from the picture that the tightness of the knot on the right is actually more balance and thus looks better than the one on the right...

Fire in Microwave...

2007-08-15T12:55:00.001+08:00

I did a stupid thing yesterday...

I bought a roasted chicken packed in a paper bag but got home a little late and chicken slightly cold, thus without thinking put the whole thing into the microwave to reheat while unpacking other stuff into the fridge... Suddenly, I started seeing sparkles inside the microwave and upon taking a closer look, saw the paper bag on fire... Immediately, I switched off the microwave, took out the plate with the chicken and bag and luckily for me, it was a small fire that diminished very quickly once it's out of the enclosed area... Out of curiousity, I examined the bag and realized that I've overlooked the fact that its that kind of paper bag with "metal" inside to keep your food warm but actually shouldn't be put into the microwave at all...

A lesson learned and would be more careful in the future while dealing with other appliances...

【HK】Search JobsDB for your dream jobs now before it's too late....

2007-08-14T02:51:00.002+08:00

Job Hunting? Are you? I am...

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【Ent】『2007 許瑋倫光芒音樂會』看後感．．．

2007-08-12T15:12:00.002+08:00

剛剛看了『2007 許瑋倫光芒音樂會』... 其實對許瑋倫沒甚麼特別的喜歡或不喜歡，知道她是誰，看過很多她的戲劇如：【撞球小子】，【雙璧傳說】等等．但印象卻就停留在她很美，演技不錯，我不介意看她的演出．

今年年頭，當剛聽到她撞車的消息，還以為是同名同姓的人．直到看到片段，才知道原來真的是她．當時真的很希望也很相信她會好起來，但最後還是失望了．

很早的時候就知道有這節目，但就一直不太敢看，因為知道自己很眼淺，情緒很容易受影響，所以一直拖到現在才看．看完後，眼都腫了．因為看到很多很多人很努力的強忍眼淚、傷痛說出他／她的感受，以及很努力的表演給她看．很感人，真的很感人．我想她一定人很好吧，否則他們又怎麼會都出席這節目呢．我想她如果地下有知，也一定會為她／他們心痛，不舍吧．

從不知道那首歌叫＂葉子＂．．．好像不知道在哪聽過，有印象，現在終於知道歌名了．還有許瑋倫的歌尤其是＂好眼淚壞眼淚＂，很好聽．

你想過嗎？在你離開時，會有多少人為你傷心，惋惜？有很多很多或很少少．曾經看過一則新聞，有一個男人因為要測試會有多少人來參加他的葬禮，而在報上刊登了自己的死訊，結果只有他母親一個人來．這人的人緣也太差了吧！但既然他會這樣惡作劇，可想而知他是個多差的人．我想是我的話，應該也不多吧．不多應該不是因為我人緣差，而是因為我不擅長保持聯絡．或許當大家知道時也已時隔多時，不會那麼難過了吧．也或許大家永遠都不會知道，那也未嘗不是一件好事．

曾經看過一齣戲叫【第八號當舖】．故事是說︰這世界上有間當舖．它不是普通的當舖，因為典當的都不是能買賣的東西，而是感情／健康／名利之類的．我曾經想過如果我有這樣的機會，我會典當甚麼呢？換取甚麼呢？我想我會典當所有的感情（包括親情／友情／愛情）來換取所有人對我的記憶．就當我從未存在過吧，那我走了也就不會有人難過了不是嗎？就好像【我和殭屍有個約會3】裡當『天涯』消失時，『天祐』和『小玲』哪一殺那都感覺到難過，但因為不知為何難過，也就不去理會它．這樣不就很好嗎？

【Pets】Rabbit in Toilet?

2007-08-11T03:28:00.003+08:00

Left: Hi... I'm Gugugu... The "star" in this story... Shy la... Please don't look at me....

Imagine my surprise when I open my washroom door and saw a head popping out of the toilet bowl, looking at me very pathetically, crying "HELP" with his eyes... I really didn't know to laugh or to cry...

A little background history...

I've never believed in keeping my rabbits caged... I feel that if I wanna keep them caged then, I might as well not have them... Another thing is that after having to clean the cages of my chinchillas in the past (they have all gone to heaven now), I find then mopping and vacuuming the floor is a lot easier and less tedious than cleaning the cage... Of 'coz have to keep chinchillas in cages 'coz they can jump very high but as for rabbits, well not so high... Thus, I've been keeping my babies in the kitchen... My kitchen is long in shape but with no obvious pet hazards like cables, sharp edges, tiny spaces for them to be able to squeeze through but probably not out... but as the summer in HK had been very hot this year, I've decided to relocate them to the washroom... The washroom's a lot smaller than the kitchen, but compared to lots of caged pets, they are still getting more than their share of space...

So this's the reason why he's or they're in the washroom... But before this incident, I've never seen them hopped to the top of anything... Thus it never did occurred to me that they are capable to do so just yet... And guess who's the star this time... Yap... It's Gugugu (shown in pic attached above) again... I guess alot of you who have read both my last post and this, must be thinking now "she's such an irresponsible pet owner".... Sigh...

Anyway, for the first time in his life, he relaxed when I rescued him out of his predicament and for the first time, he let me bathe and blow-dry him with too much fuss... And what really amazed me when I rescued him was that I then realized that the upper part of his body was perfectly dry while the lower part being in the toilet bowl's of 'coz wet... but this means that he fell leg first... ??? How did he manage that???

Now, I learn my lesson... Remember to keep toilet cover down after use.. so that even if they had a party, they would be one less accident to worry about....

【Pets】Curly Whiskers.... Huh?

2007-08-08T03:38:00.003+08:00

Gugugu:
I've got curly whiskers.... Sob! Sob! Pain! Pain!

Mimi:

Who ask you stupid? Candle. Fire. See fire still go, smell... Smell nice nice right... lavender ma... Relaxing... Til don't know to avoid fire right...

Gugugu:
Don't laugh at me la... Mimi, kiss kiss....

Story (about 1 month after BB's death/ 6 weeks after adopting Gugugu)....

Mimi:

I've always loved to relax in the mist and scent of lavender candles... my current favorites are the tea lights... I'll usually surround one big candle with eight tea lights, switch off the lights (at night) and hug BB (blue-ish-grey drawf rabbit) to lay with me while I watch TV/DVDs... Wow... Heaven...

That day, after waking up, suddenly felt like relaxing in the mist and scent of lavender candles... Thus set up and light the candles...

Oh ya... Let Gugugu (never try before) relax with me also la... (Went to kitchen and picked up Gugugu. Gugugu struggled. Put Gugugu down on the table (away from the candles), turned around to get something (can't remember what), turned back and......)

Gugugu:

Mmmmmm... Nice nice... Smell nice nice.... What's this? (Nose very close to the top of the candle lights)

Mimi:

Oh my god! Why are you so near to the lighted candles? (Picked Gugugu up) Aiyo... Fire. Hot. You not scare. Burn. Burn. Pain. Pain la... Stupid... You OK? Luckily stop you, else roasted rabbit already la... Why you so stupid? Silly! Don't you know fire? Danger la...

(Smell burnt smell, looked around) Nothing burning lei... (To Gugugu) You got burnt hah? Where? (Took a good look at Gugugu) Huh? I don't see anything on fire or burning... Oh my god... How come your whiskers short and so curly? (Smell Gugugu) Aiya, burnt smell from whiskers la... You OK?

Gugugu:

Huh? Mimi, why you smelling me? (looking calm and innocent) Don't scold me la... What did I do???

DG (a visiting friend):

(Waking up) what happened? (To Gugugu) Why Mimi scolding you? What did you do?

Mimi:

(Hugging Gugugu and walking to kitchen) He silly la... Burnt whiskers... See. Short and curly now...

DG:

Aiyo... (To Gugugu) You Ok? (To Mimi) why not put some water on his whiskers? Else he go into shock, how?

Gugugu:

Nono... No water... I hate water... I hate water...

Mimi:

(To DG) Cannot la... He hates water... He'll scream one la... I know la... Put him here lo... (putting Gugugu in freezer with doors open)

DG:

Aiyo... Freezer? Can or not?

Gugugu:

Good.... So cool... I like freezer (sniffing everywhere and exploring, then relax and lay down)

Mimi:

(To DG) Can la... I always put them in freezer (with the doors open) when the weather gets too hot... See he's relaxing already...

Story end...

I know... All of you who's reading this right now would probably be cursing and scolding me for being so careless... I'm really sorry... It never did occur to me that there's an animal who didn't understand the danger of fire... All my other pets would immediately shy away from candles and fire, no matter how curious they are, but Gugugu... Sigh... So learn from my lesson ok... Never take things for granted...

For your information, I did a test a few days after this incident... I set and light the candles again as before, but this time, after I placed Gugugu on the table, I watched him... Once again, he got attracted by the candles and started towards them... Sigh... I picked him up and learnt my lesson... Never ever again put him near anything that might be a danger...

Flood, Fire & Washing Machine

2007-08-07T21:40:00.002+08:00

On my way to work this morning... I heard the DJs over the radio, enthusiastically discussing about flood, explosion and washing machine... In the back of my (still sleepy) mind, I thought to myself: "What on earth had they to do with each other??? Flood and washing machine. Yes. Explosion and washing machine. Yes. But flood, explosion and washing machine... Am I too sleepy or what..."

So out of curiosity, I concentrated on their conversation and finally realized that they were commenting on a household disaster that happened in Sheungshui (Hong Kong) this morning...

It's a very simple, common, everyday story of a guy forgetting to empty his pockets before doing his washing.... It's something that you and I "did" every once in a while but unfortunately for this unlucky guy, the two coins that he left in his pockets, slipped out of his pants and somehow got stuck in the draining pipe of the washing machine... If you had been observant, you would have noticed that washing machine usually goes into a cycle of high spin, then low spin and back high again... High spin for spinning the water off the clothes and slow spin to wash... But with the coins stuck, the machine went high and high and high and eventually exploded causing both fire and flooding to occur in the apartment.

Honestly, I do occasionally forget to empty my pockets but compared to him, I was pretty lucky to have just either lose that "thing" that I forget to empty or having bits and pieces of paper fibers everywhere in the washing... Never had it occurred to me that forgetting to empty the pockets of the washing could have such hugh consequences... So dear friends, do learn the lesson and remember to empty your pockets before doing your washing...

Adsense + Blog 可以幫你賺錢？

2007-07-30T18:13:00.001+08:00

如果告訴你 Adsense + Blog 可以幫你賺錢，你會信嗎？

今年年頭參加了兩個由 eOneNet 所主辦的網上賺錢的座談．聽到了關於Adsense＋Blog的一些事情．聽起來雖然可行但卻一直有種等等看的感覺．期間也讀了很多有關Blog的書籍，還有找了很多有關Adsense的質料，但卻還是說服不了自己開工寫Blog．直到讀了『Blog中百萬年新』這本新書．．．它的內容易懂不複雜，最重要的是它有提供一些網址為例，讓我覺得這真的並不是一件遙不可及的事．再加上我最近找到一個網站 Multiply.com ．它是一個提供用戶免費Blog，圖案上載，影片上載服務的網站，而收入來源據了解就是Adsense．它的用戶不少，但卻能提供不少的免費服務，我想Adsense的收入應該不錯吧！

If you were told that you are able to earn $$$ via Adsense + Blog, would you believe or would you have doubts...

I attended 2 seminars by eOneNet at the beginning of this year and that's where I first heard of earning via Adsense in Blogs... Though everything sounded reasonably realistic, I still have my doubts and thus decided to wait and see... In the meantime, I started gathering information about Blog and Adsense but still these information weren't able to get me started on blogging... Till i came across this book 『Blog中百萬年新』... Its a very simple, practical and no-nonsense book filled with step by step instructions and most importantly, the writers URL were listed for readers to refer to... I surfed the sites and suddenly everything feels real... The prospect of earning via Adsense and Blog no longer seems so far-away... Then I chance upon a site Multiply.com... This is a site that provides free blogging service, photo and video uploading services and etc to members and its source of income seems to be Adsense mainly... What surprises me most is that there's no obvious limit on the number of photos or videos that could be uploaded per member... This makes me believe that they should be having quite a considerable income from Adsense to be able to provide such services...

【Ent】MelissaN's married and going to have a baby this July... 吳美珩已婚，七月將添丁... Wow!

2007-05-08T13:45:00.005+08:00

MelissaN's married and going to have a baby this July... Wow! How did she do it? How did she escape the press and that nonsense? I'm amazed… and very, very happy for her… At least one artist manage to escape all that scrape and is able to live her life the way she wants to… Hurray! Good for you! Way to go! Keep it up!

吳美珩已婚，七月將添丁... Wow!她可真棒ㄚ！是怎麼做到的呢？她怎麼瞞過＂狗仔＂的呢？我真敬佩她！好樣的！終於有藝人逃脫了，不用再活在它們的陰影下了．真好！祝你幸福！

【Ent】Vertical Limits - afterthoughts／有感而發

2007-05-08T13:45:00.004+08:00

Have never watched vertical limits before… A friend lent it to me once but I wasn't interested… A few days ago, while I was bored and switching channels hoping to find something interesting, I was caught by the scene where "3 of them were hanging off the cliff and dad was shouting at son to cut the rope and sister shouting at son not to, son cut and dad died." I was enchanted and ended up finishing the whole movie…

For days, I kept asking myself the same questions: "what would I do if I were the son? Would I cut the rope to save my sis and let my dad die or would I rather take the risk like sis and possibly dying together?" In the end, my conclusion is that it really depends on who's below and on top of me… Who's more important to me, the one on top or the one at the bottom… For example, if dad's not at the bottom but in other positions, I believe he would not cut the rope no matter who's at the bottom, son or daughter… If you were the one in the center, what would you do? Cut or not?

從未看過【Vertical Limits】這齣戲．．．之前，曾經有人借過給我，但我沒甚麼興趣，所以沒看．．．幾天前，因為太無聊，一直轉台，突然在銀幕上看到三人掉掛在懸崖上．．．女兒、兒子、爸爸．．．爸爸要兒子切斷繩子．女兒不許．兒子終於切了．爸爸掉崖，死了．．．我著迷了．．．

連續幾天，我一直捫心自問：＂如果我是那兒子，我又會怎麼做呢？切還是不切呢？切，爸就會掉崖死．．．不切，大家都可能會死．．．最後我的結論是：這整件事的關鍵在於我在哪個位子，以及其他兩個人是誰？哪個在我心中的份量較重？那個是我寧死也要救的？我相信，如果爸爸不在下面，而在中間或上面，他會寧死也要救他們倆．．．你呢？如果是你，你有會怎說呢？切還是不切？跟我分享你的意見吧！

Firefighters learn from burglars! 消防員也要向賊拜師學藝！

2007-05-08T13:44:00.001+08:00

Recently saw an interesting news on TV. In Taiwan (if I didn't remember wrongly), firefighters tried to break into a unit to complete a mission but weren't able to do it quite as fast as they wanted to. Towards the end of the news, one firefighter mentioned that actually burglars were able to break-in easier and faster than them, thus they should probably master break-in skills from them in order to better serve the community…

Ain't this interesting? Firefighters learning from burglars??? I believe burglars would never imagine that one day firefighters would want to learn from them… If I were them, I would be so proud of myself… But what a shame to the firefighters or even the government, to master skills from burglars in order to better serve the community… Hahaha! Ridiculous!

In Chinese, there's a saying: "There's use for each and every person born!" Meaning that every person in this world is born with a purpose in life and not useless… I guess this saying most suitable in this case… What about you? Tell me your views!

最近看新聞，看到了這則：消防員也要向賊拜師學藝！覺得很有趣！新聞的由來是：好像在台灣吧！消防員需要破門而入某個單位救命，但卻花了好些時間才成功破門而入．有位消防員新聞結束前曾表示，賊破門而入的技術高超，消防或許應該向他們多多學習以便以後能夠更快速的救人救火．

你覺得這則新聞有趣嗎？我倒覺得很有趣！我想這些賊也沒想到有一天政府官員也要向他們討教吧！如果我是他們，我一定很開心很自豪．但政府也太沒用，太丟臉了吧！向賊討教？哈哈哈！

突然想到一句話：＂天生我才必有用！＂我想可以應用在他們的身上吧！你覺得呢？告訴我你的想法吧！

像樹熊的小朋友？

2007-05-04T10:44:00.001+08:00

走在街上，遇到一位女士把懷裡的小朋友放下，讓他自己走。小朋友大概只有兩三歲，但卻讓我想起了之前抱樹熊的經驗。小朋友大概比較膽小，怕跌到，即使是雙腳已經著地，手還是緊緊地抓著女士的衣裳不放，直到女士輕聲的向他說些甚麼，才肯放手。

記得之前抱樹熊的時候，最深的感覺就是："這樹熊好膽小！抓的好緊啊！"就好像深怕我會
一個不小心就把它跌在地上，所以雙'手'就死命的抓著我。即使是訓練員把它接回時，它
也是卻定不會跌到後才肯放開緊抓著我的'手'。

被緊緊抱著、抓著的感覺，很溫心，很難忘。雖然事隔多年，每當想起還是會恛心一笑。

【Ent】肥姐【沈殿霞】要退休了？真不捨！

2007-05-04T09:42:00.001+08:00

最近剛看到個消息，肥姐【沈殿霞】要退休了！我第一個反應是：＂不是吧！又是誰在那兒亂講！怎麼可能！＂但當看到'明周'今期的封面時，突然有種可能是真的的感覺．．．

很希望這消息會是假的．因為肥姐可以說是我最喜歡的主持人之一．很希望她能好好的，健健康康的，能永永遠遠都陪著我．所以聽到這消息時，難免有點傷感，還有很多'點'的擔心．擔心她的健康，擔心她是不是很糟糕，很嚴重．擔心她會不會像阿梅（梅艷芳），羅文那樣一下子就離開我們．祝肥姐身體健康，早日能'食言'回到我們身邊．特備節目（每年都有她的），少了她，都有點變了樣．不是其他主持不好，但就是不知道少了甚麼．像今年農曆年的特備節目吧！少了她，就好像不知道少了些甚麼是的．沒有了新年的氣氛，沒有了拜年的感覺，感覺上今年像是還沒過年．

我尤其喜歡看她的訪問節目，如：【掌聲的背後】、【友緣相聚】．她風趣幽默，真誠自然的訪問方式，往往讓我有種喜出望外的感覺．即使是看過不只一次的專訪也都一樣．我個人認為，訪問節目好不好看在於嘉賓和主持人的互動，以及嘉賓對主持人的信任．訪問節目不是個戰場，不需要搞到大家都戰戰兢兢的．當主持的都不自然時，那嘉賓又怎會自然呢？訪問有怎會好看呢？我想這就是很多主持該學習的地方吧．

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【HK】Mum threw kids out of window before jumping to death…

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Cows might be alternative energy sources

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【Clips】Empathy makes you 'catch' a yawn

【Clips】What about safe sex? and AIDS? and unwanted babies?

【Clips】Decapitated rattlesnake head bites man... Can you believe this?

【Clips】Eight Hours of Sleep a waste of time?

Zapping your brain with an electromagnet could do the trick.

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【Ent】『2007 許瑋倫光芒音樂會 』看後感．．．

【Pets】Rabbit in Toilet?

【Pets】Curly Whiskers.... Huh?

Flood, Fire & Washing Machine

Adsense + Blog 可以幫你賺錢？

【Ent】MelissaN's married and going to have a baby this July... 吳美珩已婚，七月將添丁... Wow!

【Ent】Vertical Limits - afterthoughts／有感而發

Firefighters learn from burglars! 消防員也要向賊拜師學藝！

像樹熊的小朋友？

【Ent】肥姐【沈殿霞】要退休了？真不捨！

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【Ent】『2007 許瑋倫光芒音樂會』看後感．．．