28th Feb 2009 
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This year, February is very warm and dry. Whistler is missing at least 1 meter of snow fall compare to February of last year. The snow condition of last few weeks is so bad that even a hardcore skier like me don’t want to go skiing. Finally,… [...]
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I really want to kick myself. Today is the final match of the company’s foosball tournament. After a week of round robin playoffs, we beat the other teams to place ourselves in the final match. The match is the best three out of five games.… [...] 星期天剛參加了朋友小孩的領洗儀式﹐才發現原來我是第一次參觀嬰兒領洗。領洗的儀式很簡單﹐前半段神父照例讀經講道﹐我則照例打嗑睡。後半段父母抱著嬰兒上到祭台前﹐一個個像團麵粉的嬰孩﹐排著隊給神父洗禮。神父先把聖水倒在嬰兒頭上﹐再用油在額上劃十字聖號。有些嬰兒濕水覺得不舒服﹐便受驚大哭起來﹐不過父母親友倒在開心地笑。完成禮儀後自然是合照時間﹐親友前來拍照留念和逗玩嬰兒。… [...] 
不論是網絡的影評還是朋友的推介﹐都說《神探伽里略》劇場版是十分精彩推理電影﹐小說原著更奪得日本推理小說大賞。我沒有看過《神探伽里略》的電視劇﹐但也看過故事介簡﹐知道福山雅治飾演推理天材﹐正職是物理教授﹐課餘幫靚女警官柴咲幸查案。劇場版同樣圍繞一宗殺人案﹐不過與一般推理故事不同﹐觀眾開場時已知道誰是兇手﹐亦知道行兇的整個經過。謎團並不是找出真兇﹐而是看疑犯如何暪天過海﹐讓警察找不到任何罪犯的證據。也許希望越大便會失望越大﹐電影希望以物理天材對數學天材﹐營造兩大推理高手過招鬥智的氣勢﹐可惜謎底關鍵只是掩眼法的小把戲。在福山雅治把案情娓娓道來時﹐完全沒有恍然大悟的快感﹐只有被小玩兒欺騙後的滿嘴不是味兒。未看電影的朋友請注意以下內容包含劇情﹐推理故事謎底說穿便不好看了。… [...] 
有些人對理論總是抱有敵視態度﹐認定理論脫離現實沒有任何用處﹐只是象牙塔內蛋頭學者的無聊玩意。可是我從小讀理科長大﹐更接受工程系的洗禮﹐透過理論去理解事物﹐就彷如呼吸般與生俱來的本能﹐我完全不能理解為什麼有人會排拆理論。這本書的作者是社會學教授﹐給大學一年級生上理論課時﹐看到學生如墮百里雲霧內﹐完全迷失在理論的大海中。於是他決定寫一本淺白易明的書﹐為學生解釋學習理論的重要性。這本書並不是解釋那些深奧複習的理論﹐而是供提一個關於理論架構的地圖﹐讓學生不再恐俱和壓惡理論。… [...] 醫管局發表早前明愛醫院見死不救事件的報告﹐裁定兩名高層需要為事件責任﹐接受未來十四個月凍薪凍職的處分。網上對這個判決有不少異議﹐認為事件做成人命損失﹐只是凍薪凍職刑罰太輕。他們認為至少也應該要減薪降級﹐有些人甚至認為應該要革職殺一警百。也許人命關天難免群情洶湧﹐也許事發高層的詭辯的確令人髮指。只是因為我們看不過眼﹐便對犯錯的高層處以極刑﹐又是否合乎公義原則呢﹖… [...] If human is defined by our ability to cook and to eat meat, are raw vegan still human?… [...] 
Can you imagine yourself being an Olympic athlete? I almost feel like one when I am skating on the Olympic speed skating arena. It is less than 1 year from the 2010 Winter Olympic in Vancouver The brand new $200 million Richmond Olympic Oval is… [...] 七十年代John Rawls提出自由主義對左翼政治思想有很大影響﹐當中以他用無知之幕作為起點的推論﹐更常被引用作支持重新分配資源的社會公義。他師承康德道德哲學﹐認為先驗理性能推論出社會公義。他認為公義就是公平﹐是每個人理性地自願參社會契約﹐並履行社會契約的義務他同時認為與每個人生俱來的地位或天賦帶有隨機性﹐所以在道德上並不屬於持有者所擁有。因此使用地位和天賦得來好處和財富﹐應該要與社會上的其他人分享。… [...] Every year on Valentine’s day, fine dinning restaurant are much more busy than usual. I suspect they are even busier than X’mas day or New Year. It seems going out to have a nice dinner with your love one is a fixed program to celebrate… [...] Music and love always goes hand in hand. Going to a Vancouver Symphony Orchestra concert is a romantic way to celebrate the Valentine’s Day. Pat heard about the special VSO Valentine event on the radio and we think it make a great night… [...] 
現在才寫《葉問》的影評﹐有點像酒席散場時姍姍來遲。不過身在外國沒有辨法﹐不能像香港的觀眾般到戲院先睹為快﹐只好耐等侍DVD下載才有機會看。讚美的說話不用多說﹐這齣電影是近年最好看的港產片﹐特別是喜歡看武打動作場面的男性觀眾。不論是甄子丹的身手﹐還是他終於等到了代表作的角色。不論是葉偉信導演的場面設計﹐還是與王家衛鬧雙胞胎。不論是戲中葉問武學修為帶出的人生哲理﹐還是華語英雄片的仇日情義結。不論是上映背後國內審查改劇本﹐還是編劇避重就輕略改葉問生平。差不多所有想像得到的觀點﹐早已被人說過好幾十次了﹐寫這篇影評真的有點難道。… [...] The Japanese had pioneer urine drinking as natural medicine, now the India push the edge eve further, marking a soft drink from cow urine. I can’t believe it is real, but here is what I read form the news, see it yourself at this link. We all… [...] 
在香港印度電影應該是冷門中的冷門﹐若果不是《一百萬零一夜》橫掃金球獎和英國電影電視獎﹐相信不要說在戲院上映﹐恐怕連翻版DVD也買不到。嚴格來說這套不是Bollywood而是英國電影﹐製作班底是英國公司﹐導演更曾拍攝荷里活大片28… [...] How much are you worth? That is the question you should ask yourself when you are interviewing for a new job. Today I attended the APEG Salary Seminar in UBC. The main presentation in the seminar is on how to negotiate your salary. The seminar’s… [...] Rules: It’s harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag twenty people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real…nothing made up! If the… [...] My colleague sit next to me just resign. He quits his job to start his own business. My first response is congratulate him getting out of this hell. The executives find new ways to lower the employees’ morale every week, it’s just… [...] There are many interesting rules for the Jews on Sabbath days. Today I went to Whistler with a colleague from Israel. The drive on the Sea to Sky highway is long and boring. To keep myself awake, I chat with him about the Jews culture and one of the… [...] 
I always fantasy about mechanical watch. I think mechanical watch is a more true art form than many other so-called arts, such as meaningless fine arts. Watch making originate from the quest of making an accurate time piece to calculate the… [...] 
田立克是二十世紀四大神學家之一﹐去年基督教人文學會舉辨網上讀書組﹐閱讀他的名著基督教思想史。這是難得學習基督教歷史的好機會﹐我二話不說便立即報名參加了。這次參加讀書組雖然獲益良多﹐但過程只可以用痛苦來形容。閱讀田立克這本神學巨著並不容易﹐特別對我這個神學的門外漢。既然下了決心要看畢全書﹐便每星期按進度表閱讀﹐並寫下閱讀筆記幫助理解內容。我在閱讀小組所花的時間﹐大慨足夠讀大學兩課的學分。我看書的速度已經比常人快﹐但也要花一小時才讀二十頁左右﹐實在需要時間去嚼咀吸收書中的解釋。每章我至少看了三次﹐第一次速讀繪畫記憶地圖﹐第二次細心閱讀跟隨默絡﹐第三次綜合整理知識寫下筆記。讀書小組進行到四分三時﹐我因去印度工幹事忙﹐跟不上閱讀度﹐險些兒就此半途而廢。雖然讀書小組早已完結了﹐最近兩個月我還是重新拿起書來﹐努力地完成餘下的章節。很高興我能夠堅持到底﹐成為讀書組中少數能夠完成此巨著的人。… [...] |
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