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Boast about the past

31st Jan 2008 31 3 Daily Scribble

Old man loves to boast about their past, telling stories about their gold days. Pat’s dad used to serve in the army, he always tell us his army stories. He is very proud of he won the first place in the army shooting competition. Unfortunately… [...]

Immunization

30th Jan 2008 34 2 Daily Scribble

It is wise to take immunization and vaccines before traveling to third world countries. Those places are so poor in hygiene that have many deadly diseases. I just visited the travel clinic today before my trip to India. I guess India is… [...]

Sardine

29th Jan 2008 54 2 Daily Scribble

We have heavy snow fall last night, the streets are covered with snow this morning and the road condition is pretty bad. Many people left their cars at home and take the sky train to work. I have to go to downtown this morning, so I am one of the… [...]

Indian Visa

28th Jan 2008 45 2 Daily Scribble

Everyone traveling to India need to apply for a visa. India is famous for their bureaucracy, so the apply for a visa needs to fill out many forms. First I have to get two Indian passport size photo, which is difference size than a Canadian passport. … [...]

Honey Moon Planning

27th Jan 2008 35 0 Daily Scribble

Honey moon is the most important part of getting marry. The wedding day is more an event for family and friends, and for the formality and paper works. The honey moon is the enjoying experience for the newly wed couple. I am assigned the… [...]

Hit and run

26th Jan 2008 31 5 Daily Scribble

Today I have a mysterious hit and run. I was driving on the Sea to Sky Highway coming back from Whistler. The road condition was pretty bad, it was snowing and the road is icy. I drove slowly and very careful. There was a pickup truck in… [...]

Booking my flight to India

24th Jan 2008 34 4 Daily Scribble

This afternoon, I was booking my flight to India. There are not many airlines flying direct to Bangalore. I am not adventure enough to take an internal flight inside India, so my options are limited. The most straight forward path is taking… [...]

Big endian vs little endian

23rd Jan 2008 133 1 Daily Scribble

The endian is one of the most confusing concept in computer design. I remember it took me so long to remember their difference in year 1 computer course and then I forget which one is which shortly. The endian answers the question what is the… [...]

寶貝計劃

22nd Jan 2008 133 1 評影說戲
Rob-B-hood

以前成年的電影﹐拍出來總是像倒模一樣﹐套套差不多﹐看多了也覺得悶。今次「寶貝計劃」狀態大勇﹐給人耳目一新的感覺。可愛趣緻的嬰兒誰不愛看﹐想出把嬰兒和動作電影﹐兩樣不干相的東西加來坐的這個編劇應記一功。電影有老中青三代男演員﹐許冠文﹐成龍﹐古天樂﹐不過最搶鏡的還是那個嬰兒﹐他才是這套戲的真正男主角。… [...]

美女食神

21st Jan 2008 226 2 評影說戲
Beaty Chef

荷里活的爛片也有三斤釘﹐但始終是大製作靚特技﹐尚餘不少觀賞價值。香港爛片則糙製濫造﹐內容無聊低俗﹐免費下載也嫌浪費硬碟空間﹐更不要說浪費時間看。看後完想寫點評論﹐除了盡情地狂罵勁踩外﹐基本上沒有什麼好寫。… [...]

Bourne Ultimatum 叛諜追擊﹕最後通碟

21st Jan 2008 266 0 評影說戲
Bourne Ultimatum

一部好的驚險電影﹐不需要炫目的電腦特技﹐甚至不需要很多的動作場面﹐已能捉緊觀眾的神經﹐令人大口也不敢喘地追看到完場。這部「最後通碟」是「叛諜追擊」系列的最後一集﹐改篇自Robert… [...]

Spiderman 3 蜘蛛俠第三集

20th Jan 2008 165 0 評影說戲
Spiderman 3

早陣子說過年荷里活電影有兩條公式﹐ 電影中越多電腦特技﹐電影就越爛。電影開拍越多續片﹐電影也同樣越爛。 「蜘蛛俠」第三集是乎合這兩點﹐而「蜘蛛俠」第三集也是一套爛電影﹐正好引證這兩條公式萬試萬靈。「蜘蛛俠」第一集本來不錯﹐有動作有內心戲﹐文武雙全。第二集我沒看過不作評論。第三集的就不堪入目﹐連動作場面也不甚可觀。蜘蛛俠在紐約吊來吊去吊了三集﹐動作設計早已欠缺新鮮感。蜘蛛俠不似蝙蝠俠集集有新武器﹐他只懂一招用到老。現在潮流講終身學習自我增值﹐蛛蜘俠再不學點新技倆﹐恐怕會過落後不上時代了。… [...]

The rise and fall of the shopping mall

20th Jan 2008 58 0 News Clips

In HK, there are some people who are anti-mall. They think mall is the root of all capitalism evil, the source of social unjust. They should read what a mall really is before they complain.… [...]

Mao and the art of management

20th Jan 2008 32 0 News Clips

This is a fun article to read. A guide on how to rule like a dictator in the corporate world.… [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 加勒比海盜﹕世界盡頭

20th Jan 2008 229 0 評影說戲
Pirate of Caribbean 3

近年荷里活電影有兩條公式﹐ 電影中越多電腦特技﹐電影就越爛。電影開拍越多續片﹐電影也同樣越爛。爛片不等於票房不好﹐畢竟是幾千萬美元的大製作﹐吸引到觀眾入場。爛片也不等於沒有人﹐觀眾最多邊看邊罵。爛片也不是沒有娛樂性﹐「加勒比海盜之世界盡頭」有打有笑﹐俊男美女加電腦特技﹐讓觀眾目不暇給。不過爛片始終是爛片﹐看了三個小時也不知道自己看過什麼。… [...]

007 Casino Royale 新鐵金剛智破皇家賭場

19th Jan 2008 310 0 評影說戲
Casino Royal

記得以前小時候對於我來說﹐每逢鐵金剛電影上映是件大事﹐因為父親總會帶我上戲院看。每逢明珠台930播鐵金剛﹐兩父子也會坐在沙發一起看。鐵金剛系列是金漆老招牌﹐是動作電影的品質保證。鐵金剛永遠無逐憑演技角逐奧斯卡﹐永遠只是很公式的打鬥場﹐但永遠也不會讓觀眾失望。… [...]

The Ultimate Gift 超級禮物

18th Jan 2008 349 3 評影說戲
The Ultimate Gift

加拿大去香港要坐十多小時飛機﹐幸好現在飛機設有私人小電視﹐有十多套電影可以選擇欣賞。來回兩程飛機總共看了七套電影﹐結果帶上飛機上打算看的書一頁也沒有翻過。一口氣狂看電影時很開心﹐現在就要慢慢還債寫影評。有幾部電影是普通娛樂片﹐正常情況可看可不看﹐返正飛機上也是沒事幹﹐看看也無妨。有幾部是港產爛片﹐好奇心驅使下看了﹐再次肯定我杯葛爛片的決定是正確。也有些電影想看很久﹐下載了回來一直沒有時間看﹐「超級禮物」就是其中一套。… [...]

Selling Innovation to the CxO

17th Jan 2008 41 0 Daily Scribble

I just come across a very interesting article, Selling Innovation by Blast Radius. I would like to share its insights with my fellow readers. In business world, every one knows the importance of innovation. Be innovate or get leave behind. … [...]

四代香港人 – 呂大樂

16th Jan 2008 3,134 1 華洋書塾
4 generation HKer

我十分喜歡去年陳冠中的 「我這一代香港人」﹐讀完後還上網看不少香港文化研究的資料。網上有提及呂大樂這本「四代香港人」﹐心想應該會是本不錯的讀物。回港放假途經地鐵站書店時見到﹐… [...]

往左走往右走 海耶克啟迪自由之路 – 獅子山學會

15th Jan 2008 155 0 華洋書塾
Left Right

早前聽聞獅子山學會﹐會出書講述海耶克的思想時﹐已經很想先睹為快﹐看看香港學者如何解讀這位自由主義大師。加上我的朋友有份編寫這部書﹐自然要支持捧場。奈何身在海外郵購書本不便﹐只好等待聖誕回港時才購買。獅子山學會是香港的民間智庫﹐支持小政府大市場自由主義的旗幟鮮明。會員不時在報章發表文章﹐從自由主義的角度出發﹐評論政府的政策。這本「往右走往右走」是入門級書藉﹐內容簡潔易明﹐扼要地歸納自由主義的重點思想。頁數不多二百頁也不夠﹐適合繁忙的香港人閱讀﹐初探自由主義的門檻。對於我這閱讀過「自由到奴役之路」原著﹐從修讀政治哲學認識自由主義的人﹐這本書的內容未免太過淺白﹐欠缺嚴緊推論來支持書中的結論。… [...]

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