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Monday, August 18, 2008

  • 2-1-4

    Woohoo!!!! And I finally got to see a Canadian on the podium (Ryan Cochrane finishing with BRONZE in 1500m men's freestyle) because I tuned into TVB Pearl (ahh the English commentary is so much more pleasant and HEY they even showed the medal ceremony even though it's not a Chinese or Michael Phelps winning the Gold!).

    I think if there is a statistic on which country has the most 4th place finish, Canada would be ranking right up there. Too bad the women's eight lost out on bronze by THAT LITTLE. There are still other events to look forward to. :)

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    OFPS reunion tonight and so many people showed up! We had 2 tables that are over the capacity! Although there was a minor issue as we ate, overall, I think everyone had a great time with catching up with each other!
    Thank you to those who helped organizing! SPLENDID JOB! I will post pictures later, or, just go to my Facebook.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

  • 1-1-1

    YAY FINALLY!!!!

    Day 8 is a really good day to Team Canada, landing one gold, one silver, and one bronze medal.
    GOOD JOB!!!!

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    seems like media in the U.S. (Canada as well?) are really digging deep on whether the Chinese female gymnasts' age is legit... but i haven't heard much (if anything) here in HK's broadcasts, newspaper, or even online information.
    I tried typing in relating keywords in Yahoo HK but there are only a few topics returned and a lot of them are from forums...
    it won't surprise me if indeed these girls are below 16 and the government + team officials are trying to cover them up... just hope the IOC would investigate in this and find out the truth, as in THE truth... not some passport nonsense...

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    finally i found the book that i have been looking for since a few weeks ago! it is more expensive than i thought but i still bought it: MAmiMamA's 一屋四人一日一誌2

    except for the one on the lower left corner, these are the books i have bought in the last couple months...
    and none of them are fictional novels... absolutely love the book by 林夕!!!

    of course, even though i have a few books that i still had not finished, i just grabbed MAmiMamA's fourth baby and finished it last night (it's not that long of a book anyway)... there is this part that made me well up:

    保護自己

    保護自己--怎樣用三言兩語去教會你倆這絕技呢?只怕我也未曾學曉這門大學問。不過,我相信有些教誨,一百年都不過時。還有,若然有一天遇上了挫折,老家隨時歡迎你倆回來,不用解釋不需辨白,maMa的能力縱然小,也會拼力替我的馬騮遮風擋雨的。馬騮是三嵗又好,三十嵗也好,有些事一輩子都不會變

    因爲我知道  我媽也有同樣的感覺
  • 北京遊記 - 第五天

    一直都沒有抽時間完成遊記真正“遊玩”的部分...
    慚愧慚愧!!
    就趁我的記憶還在的時候就寫多點吧!

    本來真的叫自己早點起床看升旗禮
    但抱歉 我真的太愛睡覺了!!
    早上在酒店吃過早飯後就出發尋找可直達八達嶺長城的車
    問過酒店的前臺
    他們建議我到前門附近找一找
    於是我就出發了
    今天天氣還是有點雨
    不過至少不像昨天晚上那麽誇張 還可以的!
    從地圖看來前門好像離酒店不那麽遠
    雖然途中看到有到達前門的巴士
    我還是選擇走路走過去
    也可以沿路到天安門廣場觀光嘛~~

    人民英雄紀念碑


    對  大白天+周末的天安門廣場到處都是人人人人人人人人人...
    我也顯得十分之遊客!
    不斷地拍拍拍拍拍拍...

    正陽門(前門)


    到了前門但都不太清楚該往哪裏找車
    問了很多人
    他們分別叫我到地鐵站裏問、乘地鐵到德勝門找車等等等等
    終於我找到前往八達嶺的車站了
    雖然是一個“一天遊”
    但我也不管了
    再找就沒有時間了
    從買票一刻開始就很混亂
    大家都在吵吵鬧鬧的 煩得很
    其實這個“一天遊”也有點哄你購物的成分
    第一站就是到午飯的地方
    午飯前就帶我們遊覽玉石市場
    我當然什麽都沒有買啦
    踏入吃午飯的飯堂時看見有其他旅客正在吃杯麵
    心裏著實感覺奇怪
    不過 看到我們將要吃的東西時 就恍然大悟
    就是一桌(10人左右)吃(看起來也知道不好吃的)家常便飯
    在沒有公筷與和完全不認識的人同桌
    我就沒有吃任何菜
    只拿了一個冰冷的饅頭啃(感覺好像古人上京赴考的苦況.. 嗚嗚嗚...)
    幸好我在出發前已經買了一條麵包
    待我隨時肚子餓得時候都可以飽餐一頓

    隨著巴士走進有更多綠色的地方
    我們離八達嶺長城的距離有拉近了一點!
    我們 終於到了!!!
    不過因爲正下著微雨的關係
    很多團友都去買便利雨衣
    而我就選了一件紫色的
    既撐著傘 又穿著雨衣 (我以爲)這已經是雙重保險啦
    不過卻忽略了相機不可以碰水這個問題
    所以呢 自拍時 我的傘都是在保護我的相機 而不是我自己

    出發往北京前朋友已經告訴我八達嶺裏遊人多得很
    而選往左邊的人比較少
    所以如果想有比較好的拍照效果就得往左邊去
    不過 我還是選了右邊
    不是因爲我忘記了朋友的忠告 而是...


    他!




    對!大家都想跟這個牌拍個照
    想找個空間都不容易呢...

    其實可能因天雨關係
    遊客已經沒我想象中那麽多(還是我一早已經為最壞做出心理準備??)

    我在登長城的時候拍了幾個video本來是想send給在溫哥華的媽媽的
    不過卻成了趣事一則
    話説這幾天我不斷(也只有)用普通話來溝通
    腦子裏思想的時候也是一樣
    所以在“旁述”時雖然是講廣東話
    好幾次卻用廣東話把普通話的用詞講了出來-____________-;;
    比如説 想說“很涼爽”卻説了“很涼快”
    明明是要說“雨樓(找不到對的字,不過你們明的了)”卻差點說了“雨衣”
    頓時滴汗

    走著走著 開始除了一身汗
    雨夜開始停了 所以我就扔掉我的雨衣了(方便多了)
    我自問已經穿了比較適合走動的鞋子(就是鞋底比較滑,所以下山時也滑了一滑)
    看見其他内地的遊客
    有很多都穿著裙子和高跟涼鞋
    佩服佩服!



    因爲在長城逗留的時間只有兩小時
    這已是我走到最遠的地方
    The Wall goes on and on and on and on and on...

    下了長城 竟然讓我看到一小片藍天
    這可是來了這麽多天的頭一遍呀!!!


    不到長城非好漢
    I am one now!


    回到北京市中心後
    我又到處逛逛了

    34 days before the Games

    很喜歡楊柳的形態

    在囘酒店途中發現了一個公園
    挺漂亮的


    會酒店後不一會又外出了
    因爲晚上我要去掃街+到王府井逛逛!!

    Still gets me laughing...

    晚上的王府井

    掃街 有很多奇形怪狀的東西可以買得到
    我就沒膽子試了

    吃完了後在到處逛逛
    但是真的走了太多路了
    腿都開始軟了
    所以只好囘酒店休息了..

    one more day to go!

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    今天放假
    早上都躲在家裏收看奧運直播
    老實說 香港電視台(不論是TVB 或 ATV)的主播們的水準真的不好
    大家都好像中國的拉拉隊似的
    偏心的程度也太誇張了
    不時做出很偏幫的言論
    實在令我很想念加拿大CBC的Brian Williams
    儘管是加拿大人
    卻對其他國家的選手有著很公平的評價
    所以呢 有時候看電視真的看到想把聲音降至 0 的衝動

Saturday, August 09, 2008

  • Beijing Olympics 2008

    watched the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games last night (I missed the first 10 minutes of the ceremony) and I was very much BLOWN AWAY by the performance.. in the past, i have never been a fan of the performance before the athletes marching into the stadium but WOW..

    i was reading the paper in the morning about the rundown of the ceremony... from the description on the newspaper, i had the feeling that the performance would be filled with a lot of Chinese stereotypes and cliches that i hate... but i have to say that 張藝謀 did a really good job with the theme... i am particularly blown away by the “文字” part and the 星光 part... got goosebumps as i was watching it (even when seeing highlights on tv)...

    TVB did an alright job with the commentary too.. did not have too many commercial breaks (and i was happy that they showed Team Canada marching in before going to commercial break)... the story behind the kid who came in with Yao Ming as flag bearer was quite touching... and i LOVE how i could msn with Tab, who is all the way across the Pacific Ocean in Vancouver, simultaneous on the same TV programme that we are watching "together"!

Saturday, August 02, 2008

  • 有親戚於年底將會結婚
    他已到適婚年齡 自不出奇
    但在Facebook接連看到同齡朋友(甚至比我年輕的)邀請我出席他們的婚禮
    真的有點兒surprise...
    而我呢?就連priority都算不上...
    真的 26嵗結婚的話我也覺得太早了...

    嗯 也許 這沒有早或遲之分
    只有適合不適合

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    今天去了逛家具店
    因爲要為搬家作好準備
    不過好像沒有看到什麽適合的家具
    不管了 也要多逛逛才知道什麽價錢才是合理嘛
    還得要和弟弟一同看看 要他也喜歡才行

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    我越來越自閉
    儘管知道不該如此
    但卻沒有什麽意思想改變
    我想 之前買的那些有關情緒的書籍也是一個明確的選擇

    (對不起啦 moo你晚上叫我外出 我卻選擇不去 
    不是因爲我不想花錢或是什麽
    而是我真的想留在家)

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