Monday, October 23, 2006

A‧LIVE

Woww... working at this advertising firm just a month, but I feel like I've been working here almost a year!!

Every day, every hour and every single minute I would say I really am working, not disguising. Sometimes I couldn't really breath as if I'm dying; sometimes I would doubt if I might hold this job any longer?

Seeing shitty and crappy people around is no longer *NEW & SPECIAL*. Somehow for some reasons we just need to learn how to live with them 'cause we GOTTA WORK with them for God's sake. Then why do you get mad about it? Take it or leave it, honey!

Some of my friends may wonder and question why am I working in advertising agency? am I serious? No matter what kinda questions and things they ask and say, my answer is pretty straightforward: 'What's wrong with that?'

Everyone is struggling for and heading to their goals, so do I. I know where my weaknesses are and I know how I could improve 'em. TRUST ME FRIENDSSS, I would be so much better after what should be done here! Don't ya worry about me :P

Friday, September 22, 2006

諷刺文盲:欲蓋彌彰

是日精選【欲蓋彌彰】yu gai mi zhang

解釋:本想加以掩蓋,不料卻暴露得更加明顯。(彌:更加。彰:明顯;顯著。)

J例:去掩飾自己嘅缺點、短處或者係一D自己唔想俾人知嘅事係人之常情。如果你發現身邊嘅人欲蓋彌彰而你又識趣嘅話,扮唔知都不失為一件好事... 因為咁,可能佢反而感激你。

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

錯了又如何?

我哋個個都有做錯過野嘅時候,唔多唔少亦可能會怪責自己,但人誰無錯呢?最重要嘅係知錯能改!不過對於某D知錯唔改或永遠都唔會覺得自己錯嘅人,我就覺得有D唔掂喇...

嘻嘻,近日小弟發現咗兩個唔可能嘅錯,想同大家分享吓!首先就係今日响公司 (係!冇錯!我已經搵到工仲返緊tim喇 :P) 收到一份由一間超大大廣告公司send嚟嘅文件,我睇睇吓嘅時候,俾我發現咗文件上面有一隻錯字*Specufucation*(見圖1),哈哈哈哈哈哈... 相信佢係想寫*Specification*啦!當我諗起個錯字嘅發音嘅時候我就不禁笑咗出嚟... "WHAT? Spec‧cu‧fuck‧ca‧tion???" @_@ 依個錯當然係唔可以接受啦,作為一間廣告公司,佢哋係suppose對文字嘅野比較敏感 (因為都會間唔中做吓proof-reading架嘛!),仲要係超大大嘅廣告公司喎,就更加唔應該啦...

另外一單仲搞笑,HBO話晒都係全球知名嘅電視台,right?竟然當我响上個weekend第4次翻炒我最喜愛而HBO都算幾收得嘅電視劇《Sex and the City》途中,俾我發現第2個Season某一集裡面有個*穿崩*鏡頭!!話說當Carrie寫緊佢個column之際,我見到佢後面個電視機反映到有人*遞咪*(見圖2),呵呵呵呵呵呵呵呵!一個咁勁嘅電視劇响出街之前唔係已經俾唔同嘅人睇過幾百轉架喇咩??Umm... 所以話呢,佢哋依D咁Professional嘅都有錯嘅時候,自己做錯少少野又如何?!?Relax吓啦 :P

Monday, September 18, 2006

CONGRATS!! You got FREEDOMM now!!!

Exclusively for my dear friend R!

Thank you for sharing a bit of your life experience with me, it meant a lot to me!

Honestly, I really had no idea you are such a patient and tough person before I learn the truth. Well... it made me feel pretty shameful that knowing you for years but didn't really know who you are.

You're the only one, for the time being, show and assure me that no matter how worst we're dealing with in our daily lives, just as long as we struggle and fight for ourselves, we'll finally work our way out.

You know, you will deserve *something* better, much better in the future! Ooops don't forget to treat yourself better too... *HUGS*

諷刺文盲:天真爛漫

是日精選【天真爛漫】tian zhen lan man

解釋:今多形容人心地純真,坦率自然,毫無矯飾、做作之態。常用於少年兒童。也作「天真爛熳」。(爛漫、爛熳:坦率自然,毫不做作。)

J例:嘻嘻... 今日去apm嘅時候,有一對情侶响我前面行緊,行行吓個男仔跌咗張100蚊落地下,跟住佢就見到張100蚊然後執返... V_V 佢以為佢自己好好彩執到,仲同個女友鬼死咁開心,認真天真爛漫呀!不過咁都幾好嘅,唔洗錢就換到*鬼死咁開心*嘅快樂,抵呀!!

Italian Tomato

One-day afternoon, V and I went to Italian Tomato for tea... even though it was a tea but I had two dishes of spaghetti with clams in garlic sauce and a cup of hot chocolate. The spaghetti is fine, a little greasy though, and it's pretty cheap which only costs $38/dish! As for the damn hot chocolate, I highly do not recommend any of you to order it there, ummm... it just isn't good value for money at all...

There are regular and large for all beverages in the drink list for your selection. The prices between regular and large are not much different (regular $16 and large $21), so then I ordered the large one. Well... I have no idea why the hell the large chocolate would turn out to be such little; as you may see it at the second picture, I didn't even have my first sip of it. Also, the cup is incredibly small!! Take a look at the third picture, it is merely a bit larger than a normal fork!! Really can't imagine how mini the regular one would be...

Sunday, September 17, 2006

諷刺文盲:一團和氣 + 解鈴還須繋鈴人

致所有嘅朋友仔...

是日精選【一團和氣】yi tuan he qi +【解鈴還須繋鈴人】jie ling hai xu xi ling ren

解釋 - 一團和氣:原指態度和藹,與人關係和睦。今多指只講和氣,不講原則,不分是非。

解釋 - 解鈴還須繋鈴人:要從老虎頸項上把鈴鐺解下來,必須還由當初把鈴鐺繋上去的人來做才行。比喻由誰去惹出來的麻煩,還得由誰去解決。

J例:朋友之間一團和氣,又有邊個唔想?如果真係唔想嘅話呀,相信大家都唔會响聚會嘅時候一齊講返以前嘅開心事啦,係咪?大家都咁大個人,意見有分歧係在所難免... 當中真係有D咩誤會嘅,一定唔會單方面架,咁唔係應該大家都出嚟傾會比較直接同埋清楚咩?事出必有因,解鈴還須繋鈴人... 如果好似上面*一團和氣*嘅解釋咁講「只講和氣,不講原則,不分是非」的話,又何來有真正大家想要嘅一團和氣嘅日子呀?

Friday, September 15, 2006

投稿版諷刺文盲:順水推舟

是日精選【順水推舟】shun shui tui zhou

解釋:順著水流推船。比喻順著情勢說話行事。也作「順水推船」。

J例:話說怪獸某公司嘅創作總監H (英文名轉譯中文叫*頭髮*,好難定義佢係先生定女士!) 同肥M臭味相投,同樣都係咁鍾意邀功同出風頭,而依間怪獸公司又咁啱好重視依類人才。既然係咁,命不久矣嘅我何不嚟一個順水推舟,助佢哋一臂之力,幫佢哋急速上位,等佢哋可以快人一步、理想達到。同公司一齊同生死,攜手走向滅亡之路 :P

諷刺文盲:畫虎不成反類狗

是日精選【畫虎不成反類狗】hua hu bu cheng fan lei gou

解釋:想畫老虎沒畫成,畫出了類似狗的模樣。比喻學習、模仿不到家,反弄到得不倫不類。也比作「畫虎類狗」。「狗」也作「犬」。(類:類似;像。)

J例:如果知道自己真係學唔到或者扮唔到某D野,只好怪自己技不如人,但依個絕唔係你嘅錯... 只係你搵咗一D唔啱你做嘅野去做,咁你又*幹嘛*要格硬咁做呢?與其畫虎不成反類狗,不如你乾脆做返自己,唔會開心D咩?

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

仆街

今日成日落住滂沱大雨,下晝出門口見工嘅時候因為冇雨所以冇帶遮 (as usual... V_V),哼... 點知跑緊返屋企嘅途中我為咗唔撞到人而急速煞制,就咁我就跌咗落個水氹到... 仲一野就*產*低咗前面個女人 (樣衰度係9.9、難度係3.4),搞到佢都仆低咗... 同埋佢嘅傷勢仲勁過我 :P MMM... 真係有D唔好意思!

經過一輪嘅混亂後,佢要求我俾返$100蚊睇急症D錢佢... 最尾我媽咪就入咗$1000蚊落佢戶口作少少補償囉...

P.S./ 而家D政府醫院都幾仆街架喎... 响急症室等嗰個女人嘅時候,我問D護士攞一滴咁多嘅火酒or消毒藥水嚟整理吓我隻腳個傷口啦... 但都要我俾錢先俾我... 死仆街!!

Sunday, September 10, 2006

諷刺文盲:無出其右

是日精選【無出其右】wu chu qi you

解釋:沒有人能超過他,在他之上。(右:古人以右為上。)

J例:
何解你識咁多野,人哋同樣識咁多野,你會覺得人哋一定識得比你少?何解你識得多老外朋友,人哋同你一樣識得咁多老外朋友,但係你會覺得自己同人哋好唔同?何解你搵到咁多錢,人哋同你一樣搵到咁多錢,你會覺得自己比起人哋高一等?

因為你份人率直?還是你只係唔識得表達自己?定係你覺得自己無出其右呀?

Saturday, September 09, 2006

因我是個絕世塔羅迷...?

噚晚去唱K之前,阿S同我講佢發現咗一D關於佢個土耳其男友嘅野,講講吓佢就話俾我知佢之前去玩過塔羅牌 blah blah blah... 然之後我當然要八卦問吓準唔準啦,問問吓搞到我又好想玩吓嗃,跟住我哋就即刻去咗廟街玩,就咁樣我就响廟街到冇咗我隻占卜豬喇... :P 因為我咁大個仔都未正式玩過依D野... not even 求籤、睇相同算命等等...

排緊隊嘅時候,我開始構思我嘅問題,當然我係諗住問吓我嘅戀愛運啦,去嗰度嘅objective嚟架ma!但係諗諗吓又好似好唔實際咁,同埋*男人老狗*走去問愛情... UMM好似有DD樣衰 :P... 咁咪諗住問吓事業囉,不過阿S話佢之前都問過事業... 但冇咩特別... 經過阿S一番鼓勵同勸導下,基於詢眾要求,我就唯有問返愛情啦... 嘻嘻!

由於嗰條神婆法力有限,只可以問3個月內發生嘅事,咁我咪問年底前有冇拖拍囉... *冇!* 唔需要幾秒睇完D牌就答我... *冇!* 喂,你唔好再直接D!少hurt架ma... 佢下一句就補充話因為我放唔低先前嗰個 (係咩?!?!?有D拱嘅樹??),不過霧水情緣就有,唉... 都好過冇啦... :P 跟住佢就叫我抽一隻牌出嚟,而依一隻牌就會係塔羅俾我嘅提示!我抽出嚟嗰隻係皇帝,咁我就問佢我隻牌咩意思啦... 佢立即面色一沈,話我太過執著於之前段感情嘅事,遇到個新嘅就會攞嚟比較... 就算嗰個人點好我都會覺得唔好... that's why *冇!* ... mmm.. 又啱噃!唔怪得我咁煤啦...

之後成晚阿S就以為我唔開心 (其實我又冇野喎!) ... 佢最尾就搵機會贈咗2句歌詞俾我 "The best... is yet to come... 最好的... 尚未... 來臨..." 嘻嘻!好sweet呀,thanks muah!

Friday, September 08, 2006

Turkish food is on the menu tonight

Turkish food, Turkish boyfriend, Turkish coitus... everything - at the moment - is all about Turkey from the mouth of my dear friend S... 'cause she is recently in love with a Turk! Now, as in the transition of moving to a new job, she works as part-time waitress at a Turkish restaurant... guess she wanna get to learn more about Turkish culture and start with foods? Anyway, had a nice meal with two buds there which only costs HKD$100!! Well... S did the math :P Here you go the menu we ordered...

1.) Lentil soup $20 - Tasteless... umm maybe I don't really like pulses...

2.) Lahmachun $20 - Crispy! Finely chopped mutton and
the mixed sauce match up so perfectly!

3.) Doner sandwiches $35 - It's good too! Softtt rolls rolled up with grilled
juicy mutton, vegetables and some spices (no idea what are they :P)

4.) Fried chicken wings $45 - Doesn't taste any differences as you cook it yourself but it's fine though.

5.) Turkish tea $5 - How irony! I simply had a sip of the tea I could tell that it's actually the *Lipton tea*... but there really were some lovely customers asked my friend
what kinda tea was that? It just tasted so cool,
delicate and refreshing!! OH GOD.. you'd better go check and see if your taste bud functions really well.

9月7日的第一次

開始咗搵工依幾日都過得相當充實,因為每日都好早 (8:00 a.m. something) 起身就開始搵工同send野,都occupy咗我成個上晝喇,有時會send到2-3:00 p.m. tim架!而下晝就睇起碼2款書 (a.) 英、德、日文法同埋 (b.) 中(繁&簡體)、英文長短篇小說或self-help書或textbook,唉... 冇辦法啦... 唔趁有時間equip吓自己,遲D出嚟點同班PK鬥過你死我活喎!夜晚就會煲吓電視劇relax吓咁囉...

直到今日 (9月7日) 終於有人搵我見工喇!依份工係一間廣告公司嘅Account Manager (人工當然okay至於褔利就冇幸去知喇),唔係4A但佢嘅客仔都唔少來頭,牌面都唔錯。不過我肯定依間公司工唔會請我,因為我嘅表現平平,同埋第一次in廣告公司有少少緊張,鬼咩!D人串ma... :P 但係我都好開心,遇到個好好好smart嘅interviewer,俾我學到好多關於廣告公司內部嘅野、佢哋諗野嘅方法,同埋最重要嘅一點係我越來越知道我想要咩喇!哼,我下一定唔會失手架!

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

諷刺文盲:問道於盲

是日精選
【問道於盲】wen dao yu mang

解釋:向瞎子問路。比喻向不懂的人求教。有時用於自謙。

J例:而家好多人擺個款出嚟好似好識野咁,最難頂嘅就係佢哋都*以為*自己真係識咁多野,仲要串返你轉頭話你豬標點解咁都唔識喎... 哈哈!佢自己答返你嘅咪又係一大堆好似好有point嘅廢話!分分鍾你仲識得多過佢,當場識破佢又好似冇咩品咁... 畢竟人哋咁大個人有自尊ma... 其實問道於盲依家野都好易架咋喎!!

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

PRISON BREAK

Eventually the Prison Break has come out on Pearl tonight. Been seeing its DVD set at HMV for a while, I tended to buy it as I've finished my latest TV shows, Grey's Anatomy (First Season), but knowing that it'd be on TV soon... so I decided to wait. WELL... It didn't disappoint me, the show issss GREAT!!! I'll BUY it FOR SUREEE :P One thing really bewildering me is how does the storyline develop to Season four or five as the story is almost all about the prison? Umm...

Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) intended to commit a crime and planned to slip into a maximum security prison at Fox River Penitentiary, Chicago for saving his bro's life. It's because his bro, Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), was being set up and sentenced to the death penalty that will be executed in one month after. Michael then tries to get him out of there and finds out who's responsible.

As the architect of Fox River Penitentiary, Michael got the blueprint tattooed on his top right before his plan to get into the prison. He is confiding in his ability to escape... and save his bro... but things seem to be more complicated than he expects.

Saturday, September 02, 2006

諷刺文盲:苦盡甘來

是日精選【苦盡甘來】ku jin gan lai

解釋:形容吃了很多苦,終於盼來了好日子。也作「苦盡甜來」。(盡:終結。)

J例:開始咗第2日嘅搵工生涯,發現搵工的確唔易!莫講話要睇吓係咩公司、咩job nature、咩title、咩價錢及有冇prospect啦,又要好厭惡咁改嗰份討厭嘅cover letter同resume... 小心翼翼咁send咗個application出去又會有些少期望,唔覆你咩... 又要諗吓邊方面出咗問題... 如果你係一個唔樂觀嘅人就仲死得快!因為唔樂觀會導致冇心機,變得意志消沈而影響你嘅生產力,就算搵到分分鐘都未必係自己想要嘅...

好彩我嘅性格都幾樂觀,而家每日除咗要做routines之外,我會睇好多課外書去equip自己... 因為我相信嚟緊份工未出現嘅原因好可能係上天覺得我未well prepared啩... 雖然而家都唔係吃D咩苦頭,但都算有認真咁付出過呀,希望將會苦盡甘(金)來啦 :P

Friday, September 01, 2006

Ladies' FAVOR!!

Good news for sex loverss, especially for those HORNYYY and LONELLY old ladies!!! Series 'Play', the vibrators produced by Durex is now available at WATSONS!!!

This series of vibrators provide three levels of vibration, so when to have your orgasm is totally controllable! Also, the inbuilt charger function definitely wouldn't run out of battery and piss you off while you are getting so fxxking wet... well unless you're encountering the blackout at your place :P

Vibrator A - Play Charm ($699)
Vibrator B - Play Little Gem ($629)
Vibrator C - Play Wand ($699) <-- Sell BEST!!

諷刺文盲:爐火純青

是日精選【爐火純青】lu huo chun qing

解釋:相傳道家煉丹成功時,煉丹爐的火焰顯現出純青的顏色。今多比喻技藝、學問或修養達到精湛完美的境界。

J例:每次我遇到有唔公平嘅對待,我就會有咁毒就得咁毒咁去詛咒嗰D賤人、賤精、賤貨!有時會咒出口,有時就唔會... 好多時發洩完我就冇野架喇!我咒人嘅技藝已經到咗爐火純青嘅境界,最新嘅詛咒就係*鳳凰四重咒*,由佢嘅外婆開始咒起... 咒足佢四代!!!呵呵呵...

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Healthy Planet

GUESS how thoughtless I am!!! Almost forgot to post this entry of our DEAR uncle atmosphere!! Heard this news from the news roundup couple days ago, since the pollution of the atmosphere has been reducing... the health of our atmosphere is experiencing an obvious upturn. The scientists discovered that the split found in the atmosphere in the 20th century is now pretty stable and the size of it is diminishing naturally. There is a prospect of the atmosphere will be completely self-recovered in 60 years!! Ehmmm wish I could be part of the audience to share this wonderful news by then :P The following are some information about atmospheric pollution and the atmosphere for your review... CHEERS :D

Cause of Pollution
Since the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, most manufacturing and power-generation concerns have obtained their supplies of energy through the combustion of fossil fuels. Such combustion processes promote the release of various pollutants into the atmosphere. General usage of the term 'air pollution' refers to the anthropogenic input of such pollutants into the troposphere. Pollutants in the troposphere usually have quite a short residence time since they tend to be washed out by rain, altered by chemical reaction or deposited on the ground within a short while of their input. Pollutants that are injected directly into the stratosphere are usually characterised by a much longer residence time since removal mechanisms are weaker due to the comparative lack of water in this layer of the atmosphere. Natural sources, including volcanic eruptions, seaspray and lightning also contribute large volumes of gases that are considered as pollutants.

Classification of Atmospheric Pollutants
Pollutants of the atmosphere may be classified according to their source or according to their chemical composition. Classification according to source is dependent on the site of formation of a pollutant: Primary pollutants are formed within ground-based sources (e.g. factories, cars, power plants, volcanoes, sea-spray) and released directly into the atmosphere. Secondary pollutants (e.g. acids, ozone), on the other hand, are formed in situ within the atmosphere as a result of the reaction of various primary pollutants with each other and with other constituents of the atmosphere.

Types of Atmospheric Pollutants
Various groups of pollutants may be identified according to chemical structure, and the following scheme should not be considered exclusive.

1. Suspended particulate matter (SPM): small solid particles such as dust, soot, ash, sand. These may be derived from combustion (soot, ash) or from natural sources (dust, sand). Particles smaller than 10ì in diameter, called PM10, can pose a health risk.

2. Volatile organic compounds (VOC): mainly hydrocarbons, derived from boilers and central heating units, mainly due to burning of coal. VOC can also escape from vehicle engines into the atmosphere. Such pollutants may interfere with other atmospheric processes leading to a formation of tropospheric ozone.

3. Oxides: this class of pollutants comprises carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitric oxide (NO). All of these are products of combustion. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas released from vehicles, and its concentration in the atmosphere has increased with the rise in traffic density. Sulphur dioxide is derived from the sulphur present in most fossil fuels. Burning of these fuels oxidises the sulphur and converts it to sulphur dioxide. This gas can contribute to the formation of acid rain. Nitrogen oxides are mainly derived from combustion and contribute to the formation of acid rain.

4. Lead: the use of lead as an anti-knocking agent in petrol leads to the emission of this metal (as part of a chemical compound such as PbCl2) in automobile exhaust. Inhalation of lead compounds can produce serious effects on human health particularly in children.

5. Ozone (O3): although stratospheric ozone (as the ozone layer) is considered beneficial to humans, it nevertheless remains a health hazard. Ozone can form in the troposphere through photochemical reactions involving the breakdown of nitrogen dioxide. Since it is not directly emitted into the atmosphere from groundbased sources it therefore qualifies as a secondary pollutant. Some tropospheric ozone also accumulates through transfer from the stratosphere.

6. Radon: this gas is a natural product of the radioactive decay of uranium that occurs in rocks and soil. Since radon is radioactive, it can decay to form small electrically-charged particles than can bind to small particles of dust present in the air. When this dust is inhaled, these particles (which emit radiation) are introduced into therespiratory system.

Atmosphere
The present atmosphere of the Earth is probably not its original atmosphere. Our current atmosphere is what chemists would call an oxidizing atmosphere, while the original atmosphere was what chemists would call a reducing atmosphere. In particular, it probably did not contain oxygen.

Composition of the Atmosphere
The original atmosphere may have been similar to the composition of the solar nebula and close to the present composition of the Gas Giant planets, though this depends on the details of how the planets condensed from the solar nebula. That atmosphere was lost to space, and replaced by compounds outgassed from the crust or (in some more recent theories) much of the atmosphere may have come instead from the impacts of comets and other planetesimals rich in volatile materials.

The oxygen so characteristic of our atmosphere was almost all produced by plants (cyanobacteria or, more colloquially, blue-green algae). Thus, the present composition of the atmosphere is 79% nitrogen, 20% oxygen, and 1% other gases.

Layers of the Atmosphere
The atmosphere of the Earth may be divided into several distinct layers, as the following figure indicates.


The Troposphere
The troposphere is where all weather takes place; it is the region of rising and falling packets of air. The air pressure at the top of the troposphere is only 10% of that at sea level (0.1 atmospheres). There is a thin buffer zone between the troposphere and the next layer called the tropopause.


The Stratosphere and Ozone Layer
Above the troposphere is the stratosphere, where air flow is mostly horizontal. The thin ozone layer in the upper stratosphere has a high concentration of ozone, a particularly reactive form of oxygen. This layer is primarily responsible for absorbing the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. The formation of this layer is a delicate matter, since only when oxygen is produced in the atmosphere can an ozone layer form and prevent an intense flux of ultraviolet radiation from reaching the surface, where it is quite hazardous to the evolution of life. There is considerable recent concern that manmade flourocarbon compounds may be depleting the ozone layer, with dire future consequences for life on the Earth.

The Mesosphere and Ionosphere
Above the stratosphere is the mesosphere and above that is the ionosphere (or thermosphere), where many atoms are ionized (have gained or lost electrons so they have a net electrical charge). The ionosphere is very thin, but it is where aurora take place, and is also responsible for absorbing the most energetic photons from the Sun, and for reflecting radio waves, thereby making long-distance radio communication possible.

The structure of the ionosphere is strongly influenced by the charged particle wind from the Sun (solar wind), which is in turn governed by the level of Solar activity. One measure of the structure of the ionosphere is the free electron density, which is an indicator of the degree of ionization.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

The Birth of Gemini

人物:
- 宙斯 (Zeus)
- 斯巴達城王后 (Leda, the queen of Sparta)
- 雙子兄 (Castor) - 人
- 雙子弟 (Pollux/Polydeuces) - 神

故事:
雙子兄弟Castor和Pollux是斯巴達城(Sparta)王后Leda的兒子。兄長Castor是國王Tyndareus所生;而弟弟Pollux的父親則是天神宙斯(Zeus)。Zeus垂涎Leda的美色,化身成天鵝接近她。Leda生了一男一女,男的叫Pollux,女的叫Helen。

兄弟二人都拜人馬座Chiron師學藝,兩人都是勇猛的戰士。Castor精於騎射,而Pollux則擅長搏擊和摔跤,兩人都參加過阿耳戈號奪金羊毛之旅。船駛入黑海之前,在土耳其北岸遇到一個野蠻的國王叫Amycus,要船上的人跟他摔跤,否則出動軍隊。Pollux一於奉陪,還把國王殺了。

雙子的叔父Leucippus有兩個女兒,長得很俏。兩兄弟愛上了她們,不理她們已跟人訂了婚,而前去搶新娘,跟她們的未婚夫結了怨,在後來的一次糾紛中,兄長Castor被他們殺死,弟弟Pollux則殺掉他們二人為兄報仇。Pollux向Zeus許願,願意以自己的不死身來換兄長的性命,Zeus便准許他們兩人以後每年,一半時間在地府生活,另一半就在奧林匹斯(Olympus),兩人從此形影不離。

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

諷刺文盲:各人自掃門前雪

是日精選【各人自掃門前雪】ge ren zi sao men qian xue

解釋:比喻只顧自己的事,不去關心他人。常與「莫管他人瓦上霜」連用。「莫管」也作「休管」,「他人」也作「他家」,「瓦上霜」也作「屋上霜」。

J例:其實好多人都係各人自掃門前雪,莫管他人瓦上霜架啦... 隨住社會變得越來越複雜,人心都變得越來越複雜,好多人有咁嘅想法、動機同埋動作已經唔單只係純粹自私咁簡單... 中間可能有利益、妒忌、自信等影響因素。我認為依個係一種心理病囉,我亦都相信好多人唔多唔少係有依種問題,不過可能佢哋唔覺,又或者佢哋覺但冇膽去承認... 去面對... 去改善啩!如果响依個咁繁忙緊張虛偽嫉妒猜疑嘅生活裡面,我哋問心每日攞兩毫子誠意去真正咁關心身邊嘅人(當然唔可以成日都係你老竇老母啦,依個係你應該嘅!),咁樣我哋嘅生活會唔會變得冇咁卑微呢?

Movie Preview: The Lake House

Time and tide wait for no man.

The same troupe of Speed, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, 9 years later after Speed 2 we have them on the same screen again - The Lake House.

Saw its trailer on TV yesterday! It seems to be okay, the kinda typical romance movie as usual... that's good for me though, haven't seen any romances after Pride & Prejudice. While I was watching the trailer, one thing did really draw my attention is that don't know since when Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock have become the *uncle and aunt type* am intrigued :P Think they look a bit old for this kinds of romance, really... Maybe this is the gimmick? Anyway, I will definitely see it. It's coming out on 7th September in Hong Kong!!

The Full Synopsis

Feeling that it’s time for a change in her life, Dr. Kate Forster (Sandra Bullock) leaves the suburban Illinois locale where she completed her residency and takes a job at a busy Chicago hospital. One thing she is reluctant to leave behind is the uniquely beautiful house she’s been renting – a spacious and artfully designed refuge with large windows that overlook a placid lake. It’s a place in which she felt her true self.

It is a winter morning in 2006.

On her way to the city, Kate leaves a note in the mailbox for house’s next tenant, asking him to forward her mail and noting that the inexplicable painted paw prints he might notice by the front door were there when she moved in.

But when the next tenant arrives, he sees a much different picture. Alex Wyler (Keanu Reeves), a talented but frustrated architect working at a nearby construction site, finds the lake house badly neglected: dusty, dirty and overgrown with weeds. And no sign of paw prints anywhere.

The house has special meaning for Alex. In a happier time it was built by his estranged father (Christopher Plummer), a renowned architect who allowed his professional acclaim to grow at the expense of his family life. Alex feels a sense of peace here now and commits to restoring the property to its original beauty. He disregards Kate’s note until, days later, while painting the weather-beaten jetty he sees a stray dog run across the fresh paint and then towards the entrance of the house, leaving paw prints exactly where she said they’d be.

Baffled, Alex writes back, saying that the house had no occupant before him and wondering how she could have known about the dog; while Kate, who just left it a week ago, imagines he is playing some kind of joke on her and fires back a reply.

Just for argument’s sake, what day is it there?
April 14, 2004.
No, she says. It’s April 14, 2006.
The same day, two years apart.
Can this be happening?

As Kate and Alex continue to correspond through the lake house’s mailbox they confirm that they are, incredibly, impossibly, living two years apart, and each at a time in their lives when they are struggling with past disappointments and trying to make a new start. Sharing this unusual bond, they reveal more of themselves to one another with each passing week – their secrets, their doubts and dreams, until they find themselves falling in love.

Determined to bridge the distance between them at last and unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary connection, they tempt fate by arranging to meet. But, by trying to join their two separate worlds, they could risk losing each other forever.

Friday, August 25, 2006

諷刺文盲:望穿秋水

是日精選【望穿秋水】wang chuan qiu shui

解釋:眼睛都望穿了。形容盼望殷切。多用於女性對所愛的人的盼望。(秋水:秋天明淨的水。比喻人的明亮的眼睛。)

J例:記得朋友K而家個boy friend响好耐之前瞞住佢去偷食,仲要惹嗰個想俾人fuck嘅女仔返去佢哋屋企做... 最後somehow俾阿K發現,佢質問佢boy friend但佢boy friend又唔認,仲要反臺話阿K屈佢,冇耐就分手喇。隔咗好耐阿K都放唔低,話個男仔其實好perfect、對佢好好喎,所以成日响度等個男仔搵返佢... 等到望穿秋水... 終於有一日,個男仔真係打返電話俾佢認錯喇!自此之後,佢哋都好似好好咁囉.. 恭喜晒 hehe :P

P.S. 個男仔認錯嗰時,仲自爆佢嗰日冇用套嚟fuck個女仔,搞到阿K又再次發顛tim... haha!!

J's 10 Most Wanted

Alright, during the revision period for the exam, I've been on and off arranging to learn and work on something after... here you go, my 10 most wanted listttt!!

In alphabetical order...

1. A Master's degree in Media/Communication OR Journalism (Been suggested to do it next year, 2007)

2. Astronomical Observation (Class's already started. I've collected some useful info that I can learn more about the fundamentals myself @_@)

3. Cooking (I baked my first CAKE (BANANA flavor) one or two week's' ago!!! Yeahhh... but it wasn't eatable... 'cause I didn't put the sugar V_V)

4. English Calligraphy (Probably do it in HKU lah...)

5. Das Deutsch (Started picking up the grammar and vocabulary... currently am reading a German literature as well :P)

6. Harmonica (OH... am dying to learn that!! Gotta wait and see if my friend would join me... approximately will do it in November)

7. Mathematics (Will buy an exercise to review at first, then see what happensss)

8. Oil painting OR Watercolor (Will need some time to figure out which I like more***)

9. English Phonetics and Phonology (HEHEHE... enrolled the course commenced in October)

10. Thai Boxing (Wanna do it in Swish Club, YEAHH!!)

Thursday, August 24, 2006

諷刺文盲:膽小如鼠 + 心照不宣

HI YA!!好耐冇update個blog啦... 因為小弟之前忙於考試,所以冇時間寫,嚟緊會多返D架喇!唉... 講起個考試,當日就發生咗一D頗唔愉快嘅事...

是日精選【膽小如鼠】dan xiao ru shu +【心照不宣】xin zhao bu xuan

解釋 - 膽小如鼠:形容人膽量小得像隻老鼠。

解釋 - 心照不宣:彼此心裡明白,不用說出來。(照:知曉;明白。宣:公開說出。)

J例:噚日考試嘅時候,可能有D緊張,結果响reading time嗰時我就冇咩意識咁動咗筆,寫咗一句野... 呀... 之後就仆街喇!為表我冇心咁做同埋公平,我立即撕咗嗰頁紙落嚟,然後*質*咗張紙入櫃筒囉... 臺面冇位ma!條監考員就走過嚟睇吓嗰張係咪貓紙,跟住就叫我攝返張紙入本answer book到,fine!咁咪攝囉!點知隔咗一陣,條白痴嗅化西就發作喇,無端端走埋嚟一粒聲都唔出就响我寫緊答案嗰本answer book到扯返先前佢叫我攝入去張紙出嚟睇,再次睇吓係唔係貓紙 (You Mother Fucker... 頭先你咪睇X咗囉!)。搞到我唔記得我想寫咩,完全俾佢distract晒,又嘥晒我D時間諗過喎!依條白痴嗅化西一共响分別2個唔同嘅時段做咗2次同樣動作!!

今日,我當然要投訴到佢貼唔到塊*姨媽巾*為止啦... 打去個admin到問,原來依條白痴嗅化係監考員嘅leader喎... 我咪打去同佢當面對質囉,膽小如鼠嘅佢死口唔認嗰個係佢自己,只稱呼當日嗰個係佢個同事,但佢又搞笑喎... 當我講起嗰時個情況同D細節野,佢又曉用第一身嚟response架喎!唉... 大家心照不宣啦,*撚*樣!

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Reminiscence Five: Not so BAAD

Abstracted from my old blog. Entry posted on December 28, 2005.

Couples weeks ago, I went to hike with buds (3 beginners included me) in Sai Kung and done a 4-star trail.. guess what, we were cheated by a hiking website which says that 'the trail is for age 6-60', but it didn't highlight it's for AGE 6-60 HIKING WIZ!!! Think we'd be eaten by the wolves or something if we weren't nimble and swift..HUM!

In the middle of our journey, we unexpectedly saw a beam through a gap in the cloudy sky that illuminated the dead sea as if there's an UFO right over the gap and hunting the survivorsss... HAHAHA entertaining huh :P Well life is always like that, when your're in the never-worse-circumstance, good things will come along.....'I simply remember my favorite thingSSSS, and then I don't feel SOOO BADD...' - My Favorite Things - Julie AndrewS.

Reminiscence Four: Before Sunrise

Abstracted from my old blog. Entry posted on September 25, 2005.

Hollywood has movie 'Before Sunrise' shot in Paris, but I have another 'Before Sunrise' in Inner-Mongolia, China. It's not about romance, it's about EXCITEMENT!!!!

The temperature is quite different between day and night there; it's like 35-40 degree in the day, but less than 10 degree at night. Remember one night I stayed at the yurt in the steppe, right outside of mine was a campfire party held by the hordes. That night was SOOOO BEAUTIFUL, sky was clear, countless stars shining over my head, full moon with vivid moonlight. What a beautiful creation of nature!!

It was one-something in the midnight, my mates and I headed back to our yurts to get some sleep cause we gotta get up at four in the morning. GUESSSS what!! We were going to a highland where we can see the SUNRIIISE!!

As I said, it was pretty cold and dark there; we were told to drive the four-wheel mountain bike on our own to get to the highland. I was actually a little bit scared, feeling insecure and doubted how we can drive the damn bike in this unbounded steppe... what if some animals jump out suddenly??? Having 25 mins funky drive, unkind winds had messed up my hair, and my hands were sleeping cause the bike was QUITE SHAKYY!!! We finally got there, we waited for a while; suddenly, there's a man yelled, "HEYYY LOOK there it is, THE SUN'S RISINGGG!!" AHHH God, could the sun be more beautiful than that??!!

Reminiscence Three: BIG BIG Boobs Secret

Adstracted from my old blog. Entry posted on September 23, 2005.

Couple weeks ago I'd been to a so-called international exhibition in Bangkok, nearby the exhibition centers there is a mini wet-market where sells raw foodss and some of them I hadn't even seen in Hong Kong before. Here you GOooo...LADIESS, MY RECOMMENDATION - North Thai YAM.

Was told that this is the thing makes thai women's BOOOOBS BIGGER!!! According to my bud, the yam has some fiber thing that stimulate estrogenic hormone, this is why it helps extend the size of breastSS.. it really works!! If you're going to Thai later, why don't you buy some as souvenirs for your buddies and gfs??

[HMM.... there's a 'but', normally the size of this yams is very BIG, at least bigger than a baby head. Just make sure your baggage got enough space for this huh]

Reminiscence Two: Wen-Cheng-Wu-Wei

Abstracted from my old blog. Entry posted on September 23, 2005.

I HAD BEEN WAITING for Karen Mok's photo journal almost A CENTURYYY!! Fxxk, it finally came out today, named 'Wen-Cheng-Wu-Wei'. Frankly speaking, I expected more than that but it's still cool. What can I say...she is always on her ways, she is who we perceive she is: ARTISTIC, SEXY & HOT.

"This book, or photo journal as I prefer to call it, is a collection of some of my most personal thoughts and feelings captured in the form of images on film. Apart from the occasional accompaniment of words, I am using my body as a tool for artistic expression, as a medium of communication and as language itself. Words can often be twisted around, but only I myself can contort my own body in whichever way that I may please. As a performing artist, I feel the need and the urge to be comfortable in my own skin and at ease with my body." - Karen Morris

[P.S. She looks really COOOL in Salvatore Ferragamo huh]

Reminiscence One: Autumn in Hong Kong

Abstracted from my old blog. Entry posted on September 22, 2005. Wondering how this fall is like...

THANKssss GOD!!! I can finally feel that Autumn's arrived this damn morning!!!! I like Autumn-breeze sooo so MUCH! It's friendly, gentle and mild as if someone you love stroking and holding you.... Autumn is always the most romantic season and time to me. I believe when it arrives, love comes along.

Monday, August 14, 2006

投稿版諷刺文盲:拍案叫絕

呵呵呵... 好開心 :P *諷刺文盲*玩咗冇一個禮拜就有朋友要嚟投稿喇!以下一則例子係由當事人V小姐提供嘅,而且仲係喺今朝發生tim...

是日精選【拍案叫絕】pai an jiao jue

解釋:拍著桌子叫好。形容非常讚賞。(案:几案;桌子。絕:沒有人能趕上的。指少有的好。)

J例:今日,公司嗰個白癡同事 (肥仔M) 又嚟一次佢嘅「每月扮病博同情演出」。為咗突顯佢嘅工作熱誠,佢雖然聲稱好唔舒服,話下晝唔可以返工,但仍然喺十分鐘之後改變初衷,喺下晝返咗工。佢嘅演技精湛,十分鐘之內佢可以由「頭暈、腳軟、標冷汗」變成「抖咗一陣好好多」,又可以用一秒時間,由沙聲 (點解「頭暈、腳軟、標冷汗」把聲會沙架呢吓?太不可思議啦!) 變回正常…呢位同事嘅精彩演出,真令人拍案叫絕。其實佢唔應該埋沒佢嘅天份,不如辭咗呢份工,去廟街擺檔啦!

唉…佢下晝返到嚟仲周圍同人講佢病,又話自己未食Lunch,攪到好似好可憐但又好盡責咁。依家仲話頂唔住,要早走去睇醫生。超!真係病得咁犀利今朝又唔死去睇醫生?!係屋企度等死咩?!

**如果你都想利用四字成語去share一D生活上嘅感受,宣洩你嘅不滿及釋放你內心嘅抑鬱,我都好歡迎你哋email嚟投稿架嗃!呵呵!

星座與希臘神話 (Constellations and Greek Myths)

古代西方人士早已將天上的眾星,按其排列的形狀或以它們在某個季節出現時的氣候情況,配上一些有趣的名字。這些名字大部分取材於希臘神話故事中的人物、動物與事蹟。

「星座與希臘神話」共分五次講座,講者會帶領聽眾進入希臘的神話世界,在介紹每季星座背後的神話故事的同時,還會介紹星座中各類有趣的天體。

講者:黃衍蕃先生 (坐井會幹事)
時間:下午7時至8時30分
地點:太空館演講廳
語言:粵語

講座現在只剩下以下日期:

講座三:秋季星空2006年8月17日 (星期四)
講座四:冬季星空2006年8月24日 (星期四)
講座五:春季星空2006年8月31日 (星期四)

**所有講座系列均免費參加,講座一以先到先得形式即場派發入場券予輪侯人士。
**為方便有興趣人士能夠參與整個講座系列,太空館會預派下一次講座的入場券予進場人士 (講座五除外)。
**持預派入場券者須於指定時間前進場入座,此券逾時作廢,座位將由即場輪侯人士補上。

鳴謝:香港太空館
(以上詳情請瀏覽香港太空館網頁 http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space )

Sunday, August 13, 2006

諷刺文盲:五十步笑百步

是日精選【五十步笑百步】wu shi bu xiao bai bu

解釋:從戰場上敗退下來的人,敗退了五十步的去譏笑敗退了一百步的。比喻自己跟別人有同樣的缺點或錯誤,只是程度上稍輕一些,卻去譏笑或指責別人。也比喻兩者存在的問題性質相同,只是程度上稍有差別而已。

J例:有D人鍾意笑人language差,但笑嘅人自己又唔係好好多喎,仲衰到要周不時提吓你你嘅language有幾差 (笑人o個個自己認為啦... ),咁依D人咪五十步笑百步囉... 你又冇野prove你好勁,話人唔識話自己,你咩鄉下架?你阿媽教你架?還是你阿爸呀?

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: Good Luck

"You read about this story, it isn't by accident... "

"When you get to know about this story, good luck has already come to you..."

Hahaha is it true? If luck is all about fate and arrangement, then I should thank God for His arrangement for sending Ms. V to give me this book 'cause it's a gift given by her on the last day I left my previous company :P

How interesting it is! This book is written by two spanish Economists, Alex Rovira and Fernando Trias de Bes, they not only hadn't implied any economic ideas in the story, but instead chosen an ordinary children's literature style to show the core message that they tended to share, which made this book more lively. Also, these guys spent eight hours to get the book written, but three years to research on *luck* and assemble the info about *luck*.

Four-leaf Clover is in the leading role of the story; in fact, it's a category of creeping oxalis with four inverted heart-shaped leaves. Supposedly, it has three-leaf before its mutation, but don't know since when some of them sprouted one more leaf for unknown reason, therefore, a rare part of them have four leaves. According to the legend, saying that the first leaf represents *Belief*, the second leaf represents *Love*, the third one *Hope* and the forth one *Luck*. If you're lucky, the three-leaf clover will sprout the forth leaf for you!

I personally love this book so much and I highly reccomend you guys to read it! The motive of this book is that... you shouldn't do nothing and wait for luck to knock your door. Luck is supposed to be everywhere, the point is whether you can grab it or not. If you can't, means that you're so not well-prepared for the luck/ the chance comes, then don't moan!

Saturday, August 12, 2006

諷刺文盲:本末倒置

是日精選【本末倒置】ben mo dao zhi

解釋:比喻把根本的 (或主要的) 與細枝末節的 (或次要的) 弄顛倒了。

J例:太陽花旅行社嘅老闆娘常常話要點樣去拓展業務,講到好似好有遠見咁,但偏偏佢做事嘅作風及方法本末倒置... 成日執著於好多瑣碎事上面,例如話要cut茶水間 (pantry) D雀巢即溶咖啡,因為無必要!唔知頭唔知路自己走去做media plan,出廣告出晒响D reach唔到佢嘅target audience嘅報紙度... 因為平嗃,同埋係唔係都叫人出press release,差唔多連公司爆屎渠都要出,如果冇media coverage就係你嘅錯!佢又唔曉諗吓個涵係咩嗃!冇計啦... 精明嘅佢淨係識做依D野去拓展佢嘅業務同埋信晒佢身邊嘅小人,搞到間公司好似張相咁*榭晒*。真係要為佢哋默*唉*一分鐘!

**資料由Ms V提供。

Movie Review: 狼羊物語 (Stormy Night)

睇依套卡通電影之前都有些少期望,因為依種電影通常都會唔多唔少有D啟發性,提醒你响繁忙嘅生活裡面有冇忽略咗D咩野。睇完之後都其實冇咩感覺,因為佢個故事情節都唔可以令觀眾完全投入,唔係十分緊湊同埋絕對搵錯人做配音囉!!!指嘅當然唔會係葛民輝,而係林曉峰!點諗都諗唔到點解佢可以配到*阿咩*(羊仔) 把聲咁難聽... 唔係因為阿葛同某部分嘅script寫得okay嘅話,套戲都會頗悶囉。

不過都可以去睇下嘅如果你有空的話,因為D畫功真係幾好,畫到佢哋好cute,加上有少少 3D animation嘅motion就睇起嚟逼真D囉... 呀~ 係呀!仲有個script... 都唔知個Copywriter係咪覺得而家D小朋友仲係咁低能還是佢係gay架呢?隻狼同隻羊講嘅野都好好好GAY吓架,例如:*我好驚以後再見唔到你呀* *你唔好離開我呀* *我好想以後都同你一齊* *我同你一齊好開心、好幸福呀*... 等等 (仲要唔止講一次,而係勁講!)

整體上套戲都唔係完冇意思嘅,不過只係用好唔impressive嘅手法話比你知朋友好重要,對朋友要坦白,只要雙方交個心出嚟... 即使個現實再話比你聽你兩個有幾唔夾都可以做到好朋友咁囉... !

Friday, August 11, 2006

諷刺文盲:正中下懷

由今日起,小弟決定每日同大家分享一個四字成語,以最簡單、直接、輕鬆及諷刺嘅方法令大家容易掌握同運用 (**美其名係咁,不過最主要都係幫自己惡補中文 :P)!依個環節叫做「諷刺文盲」,至於點解咁叫... mmm...「諷刺」就已經解釋咗啦,而「文盲」就係... 我囉... 嘻嘻!

是日精選【正中下懷】zheng zhong xia huai

解釋:正好符合自己的心意。(下懷:自己的心意)

J例:舊公司有條PK心諗:「你個阿Jan,我想整走你好耐架喇... 哈哈,你而家無端白事自己走嗃,真係正中下懷!」

*備注:你睇得明就明,唔明就唔好X上嚟睇啦,多謝 :P

TV SHOWS RECOMMENDATION: Grey's Anatomy

GOOD NEWS to the Hong Kong fans of Grey's Anatomy!! The season two's DVD sets will be released on 12 September 2006 and now it's available for pre-ordering on ABC's website!! Guess it'll be soon available at HMV too!

I've watched the first season of Grey's Anatomy twice and I think most of the actors are great, such as Ellen Pompeo, T.R. Knight, Sandra Oh, Miranda Bailey, Isaiah Washington etc... hardly to pick one as my most favorite really!

In the show, you'll find out how the director wittily blends personal life with profession in the story and presents to you in an adorable way!

Monday, August 07, 2006

Wislawa Szymborska

Wislawa Szymborska, a polish poetess, ingeniously written one of my favorite poetry - Love At First Sight. She poetized the feeling of affinity in the air; concreted the inadvertent events that happen in life and utilized antithesis, which makes this poem even more consuming, persuasive, significant and beautiful.


Wislawa Szymborska, the winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Love At First Sight

Both are convinced
That a sudden surge of emotion bound them together...
Beautiful is such a certainty
But uncertainty is more beautiful still.
Because they didn't know each other earlier,
They supposed that nothing was happening between them.

What of the streets, stairways and corridors,
Where they could have
Passed each other long ago
I'd like to ask them whether they remember
- perhaps in a revolving door ever being face to face?
An 'excuse me' in a crowd
Or a voice 'wrong number' in the receiver.

But I know their answer:
No, they don't remember.
They'd be greatly astonished
To learn that for a long time chance had been playing with them.
Not yet wholly ready
To transform into fate for them,
It approached them, then backed off,
Stood in their way
And, suppressing a giggle, jumped to the side.

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, not as good as I expected but still fine. For the sequel's sake, the storyline of this one (part two) is constructed a bit long and the plots aren't quite as intensive and thorough as it seemed/supposed to be... so there're some boring parts occured during the movie from time to time.

Johnny Depp (Captain Jack Sparrow) is definitely the essence of the movie. He is funny and hilarious as usual, think his acting is better than the first one aired couple years ago, well... more *slick* I'd portray. As for Orlando Bloom (Will Turner) and Keira Knightley (Elizabeth Swann), both of them aren't quite outstanding in their actings, they're so-so.

What really intrigued me is when and why that Elizabeth has a want of Jack and how does the Black Pearl relive as it's already destroyed and sinked into the sea? Ohh.. and I'm now looking forward to the next Pirates of the Caribbean, in that I so much wanna see Mr. Chow Yun Fat who starred Cheung Po Tsai (our Chinese historial pirate) in the movie! CAN'T WAIT!!