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Saturday, July 05, 2008

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:51:41 GMT

Very tired from the boating trip today. The swimming and beach soccer was great. I will upload the pictures soon!

I am delighted to have been informed that I am invited to get the iPhone 3G on the very first day of its launch on the 11th of July. Just to clarify, I am NOT an APPLE FAN. NOT! And I did not even come close to even thinking of getting the original iPhone! The new iPhone 3G does not look revolutionary and the specifications are far from impressive. But at least it appears to be more equipped to work properly now so I will give it a shot given this kind opportunity.

Now, BLACK or WHITE?

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:25:35 GMT

Very busy at work recently.

I've fixed a problem on one of the products in which some of the rotary switch knobs would get stuck at certain positions under those "overly-meticulous" QC Quality Control Testings, in which they couldn't even produce a standard for their testing procedures (Feel by Touch?) -_-"... I almost broke my thumb pressing on the switches by over 1000 times trying to figure out which few units are "defective" from bulk of hundreds of units.

Anyway I've come up with a very simple solutions by adding a spring to the shaft of that stupid switch knob. I went through the warehouse dusts and found a possible candidate. The parts junk box is always your friend.

Now no matter how terrible the parts are assembled or how rough you play on the rotary switch, it would always pop back up! No more compalints!

That's all. Low Tech High Income, High Tech Low Income.

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:11:45 GMT

Been working hard these days and going out as well thank to the Hong Kong's 11th 回歸紀念日...

The rain has stopped at last. Finally get to see the sun todays. Those who are in HK would know what I am talking about. Need to keep working out and get a tan as well before...

So damn tired. Time to zzz...

Monday, June 16, 2008

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:22:49 GMT

Watched "The Happening" tonite. Nothing very interesting and the plot wasn't great either. It is basically a movie about an airborne toxin suspected to be released by plants, that makes people lose the ability to protect themselves and do dangerous things that leads to death. All happening in the America of course. Find it silly?

Well I agree that it is stupid but it does make me think more about the world that we all live in, Planet Earth that is. I am not a big advocate of Global Warming or some other apocalyptical theories but I believe that it has come to the time that we have to pay more attention to how our everyday actions can affect Earth's environment and economy.

One thing worth noticing is how much the people in the movie are fear of the plants up to the point that they would talk to them hoping to be spared. Did you ever find the scrubs and trees at the parks threatening?

It is a fact that the weather is getting crazy and natural disasters take place more frequently. I know many of which are not related to the humans. Whatever the reasons, we should think again.

【蘋果日報 6月15日】

隔牆有耳：阿嬌新價萬一蚊　平通街

太、太天真阿嬌，因為淫照風波人氣急跌，娛樂圈銷聲匿，「身價」同舊時不可同日而語，最新價新鮮出爐，令人幾意外。運輸署噚日舉行自訂車牌拍賣，同阿嬌個名同音「 G1L 」車牌，僅以 11,000 蚊成交，反觀阿「 SA 」車牌，卻賣到高價 170,000 元，真係同人唔同命。

車牌行執到平貨

「 G1L 」同「 SA 」兩個車牌都係由車牌行投得，負責人顏生強調並非 TWINS 粉絲，出手投牌係因為覺得呢兩個牌同好多公司英文名簡寫相同，估計日後有機會轉手，而兩個英文字母車牌，類似無字頭數目字車牌咁，由於買少見少，所以一向較為值錢，所以捨得出高價競投。
顏生今次可能成功撈底，事關舊年一個阿「 G1LL 」車牌成交價 65,000 蚊，今年呢個阿「 G1L 」價錢卻跌至 11,000 ，足足平 54,000 蚊，阿「 G1L 」忽然大劈價，抵佢執到平貨。阿「 SA 」、阿「 G1L 」身價差咁遠，雙劍合璧又值幾多呢？噚日同場有個「 TW1NS 」牌拍賣，經多口叫價，最終落巴籍買家 Jabber 手上，以 27,000 投到呢個牌。佢話根本唔知 TWINS 係乜鬼組合，投呢個牌係送畀孖生姪仔生日禮物。

得意牌配法拉利

玩開特別車牌人都知，兩個英文字母牌較好價，噚日最高價 22 萬元成交係「 KP 」，「 KL 」同「 BY 」則各以 20 萬元賣出；其他較得意牌價錢一般，好似鹹蛋超人一對眼車牌「 0V0 」，以 52,000 蚊成交。呢個牌由買家翁先生勾出，佢指「 V 」字係勝利手勢，兩個「 0 」就係一對眼，佢會將個牌掛法拉利跑車上，架車身價不菲，幾萬蚊買個心水車牌物有所值。
八方卻認為，跑車可以考慮買個「 2 FAST 」車牌，呢個牌以 50,000 蚊成交，價錢唔算 too expensive 。得意車牌有價有市，但唔係個個牌受歡迎，「 A FATB0Y 」同「 FE1 CHA1 」就冇人要，由運輸署收回。香港地肥人受人白眼，估唔到車牌都受歧視，咁又何苦勾佢出，蝕埋 5,000 蚊按金呢？

Almost missed this piece of news...

I thought I've spent too much! Well this is good and it means that it might have good resale values. Anyway...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:11:17 GMT

Long time no writing again... Lots of things happened recently, lots of you have heard of my United Airway story so let's just focus on today.

Didn't get to eat much these days due to 腸胃炎 last Saturday. Had lunch with 3 cuties and 2 of them could have been some fat ass dudes. Why? Nevermind haha...

When was the last time someone bought me a present? Too long ago to recall but yeah I've received a slim Gucci wallet that fits more stuff than the one I currently have. Thank you dear and now before you get that dog 停一停，唸一唸...

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:02:13 GMT

秋葉原電車男隨便殺人事件

(星島日報報道) ...話說回來，有幾個嫌疑很重的誘發因素，我認為是造成隨便殺人事件的罪魁禍首：一、殺人電影和遊戲。北野武的《大逃殺》是佼佼者，片中學童都在學習殺人，將殺人轉化成一種求生本能，要說意識差勁，此電影當之無愧。還有不少以殺人為樂的電子遊戲，也間接將青少年洗腦，視殺人如遊戲。二、傳媒廣泛報道，彷彿將殺人者描繪成冷血英雄，對於意志薄弱者，或希望受到社會關注者，會有效法之衝動。...

God Bless the Victims.

I don't think it has something to do with the movies and games. Do you feel like running over someone with your car after playing GTA? Do you feel like stealing nation treasure after watching the movie? Do you think you can fly after watching Superman or dodge bullets like Neo? Fuck that shit. Those who have fucked up minds will do what they do, those who don't kill won't kill.

One concern however, is that modern city folks are very self-protective mentally but not physically, which is the only thing that matters when it comes down to a live to die situation. That fucking kid only had a fucking knife. There are tens of thousands of people in Akihabara and none of the men are skilled to take him down face to face? Did all the capable people just ran off while one after another got stabbed behind them? How sad.

Just my 2 cent.

Now put that puny blade of you away son.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:28:47 GMT

Nothing too surprising.

Been running around for several meetings today. Funny how businesses and things link up within the companies. Now is the time for me to show some skillz! Hardly ever felt comfortable doing engineering before, "Business Development Engineer" is the appropriate title... I would say. At least I am earning like 3 times more than I did last year shhhh... (well dinner n drinks are still on me, no matter wat ) Will post some other different project photos as soon as I get them. Can't wait to see you all soon!

BTW I went back to the Science Park today for work... Just like a year ago. Only that there are better restaurants now. What else?

香港地...

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:04:01 GMT

Been busy and productive lately! So damn tired from last night but it was fun haha... How could we have eaten so much...

Didn't have time to upload the pictures these days. The LED Art Show at TST was fantastic, and especially the after party... Nice to see you all. Looking forward to working with you guys again.

The Site Setup

Andy Lau!

Alien Spiderth?

I still got lots of random pictures that I would like to share but I don't have them with me now. May be later!

Not a very descriptive blog entry but oh well let's keep it up!

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:46:54 GMT

Hmm...

Brother, remember what that happened to you. What needed to be done has been done.

It is more tragic to regret not having done something than having done something.

While that not being the case shall you not worry about it anymore.

Charging up!

A busy and long day... Working on a "soccer ball" project. No just kidding, it is a recreation of the Star Wars Darth Vader's "Death Star"! Haha of course not. I shall not spill a word, not yet. "Add oil!".

Wii-Mote For Sale:

Ever wanted a "UNIVERSAL REMOTE"? Not for your TV, Stereo, AV, PC, Karaoke Set. But for...

Behold! The only remote that a man ever needs!

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Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:08:16 GMT

From the papers:

19歲「新牌仔」昨零時許與友人分駕4輛新簇寶馬房車，組成「寶馬車隊」出巡，至上環干諾道西天橋東行時，領頭一輛察覺前方電單車收慢，遂緊煞閃避，惟尾隨3輛寶馬及2輛的士收掣不及相繼撞向前車，造成6車「串燒」。

眾人驚魂甫定，紛紛下車檢查愛驅「傷勢」，幸均撞眦輕微。一名28歲寶馬司機及2名的士司機(lol)表示不適，由救護車送院。另一名寶馬的司機，其父母得悉愛兒遇車禍後，駕平治到場了解，安撫兒子，場面溫馨。

SPOILED KIDS. Drive safe or next time is not gonna be “場面溫馨”!

Nice to see you all on Saturday. Next time will plan better. Kenneth I want to see that picture of you...

Took some quick pictures with my new 18-200mm f3.5 lens. I need to bring my tripod next time...

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