Tuesday, July 31

Life is a drama, or so we are told

At least, the word "hostage" seems more about a drama to Google. The world serves you well if all you care about are brain-washing entertainments... Wikipedia was the only entry in the search results that was relevant to the meaning of the word. But the Google results merely reflect what people collectively care about (aside from its side advertising). The only escape from this degenerating sense of escapism is to face the truth.

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A matter of knowledge and time

Little was I aware of the difference between reading news from newspapers or over the web and watching news on TV or listening to news on the radio. These days I can quote on my blog video feeds from YouTube, or I can quote articles from websites. But there's also a difference between the two. The difference lies in whether you are a speedy thinker or a slow thinker. A slow thinker when facing the TV or listening to the radio, has little time for him or her to discern what's subjective or objective in the reports, because s/he cannot pause to digest or rewind to focus on an overlooked statement. It is typical in such case to come up with a conclusion based on the view taken by the graphics, tone and incomplete information presented by the journalist. TV and radio as media to report news certainly have their own advantages. In a society where everything must be done in the shortest time possible, it appears that the advantages of reading have been gradually overlooked. Instead, we have been bombarded by advertisements, on the billboards, in the shopping malls, on the carrying tray, while waiting for an elevator, in the train, on the bus, on all printed daily reading materials, from all kinds of media, since childhood, till we return to dust, day in and day out. As long as there is consumerism, our perceptions, our senses will never escape from being abused. Discernment is the only weapon we have against being told where to go, what to eat, which brand to wear (if we should ever care about branding in the first place), and where our money should be spent. Knowledge is the material our weapon works on and time is the fuel it must be powered with. In order to regain one's own will, s/he must segregate herself/himself from some of the ever persuasive yet delusive trends. I've got no more to say. You are responsible for completing the rest of your own story.

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Wednesday, July 25

今天揀手 Yahoo! 網聞

塔利班再威脅殺南韓人質
(明報) 07月 25日 星期三 03:40PM
節錄:
若然...,他們會在早上十一時半至下午二時(香港時間下午三時至五時半)開始殺部分人質。

...愛主的人,一切在主的手中,必成就主的旨意。

濟南網民討論水浸竟被拉
(明報) 07月 25日 星期三 11:15AM
...警警和察察執法能力超凡。

美國一女子為求變性手術減稅走上法庭
(路透社) 07月 25日 星期三 11:38AM
節錄:
「如果不動手術,我只能依賴藥物和酒精,或者自殺。沒有其他方法,」63歲的奧多納海恩在法庭上說。

...我想,如果我不喝水,只能依賴打鹽水,或者XX。沒有其他方法。

溫哥華港口旁一輸油管破裂,噴出大量原油
(路透社) 07月 25日 星期三 10:57AM

任天堂調高2007/08年度Wii和DS遊戲機及軟體銷售目標
(路透社) 07月 25日 星期三 03:10PM
...看過任天堂和蘋果的業積,其實大路科技股的升跌頗易預測。

MySpace用戶近三萬人為性侵罪犯
(路透社) 07月 25日 星期三 09:52AM
...不足為奇。只是太多人以為這個世界很安全。

英兩記者地鐵放假炸彈被捕
(明報) 07月 25日 星期三 08:25AM
...現今記者的採訪方式,你能否接受?

歐普拉年收入2.6億美元,高居美國電視明星榜首
(路透社) 07月 25日 星期三 08:41AM
...2.6億從哪裡來的?

電玩展吸客愈夜愈精采
(星島) 07月 25日 星期三 06:30AM
節錄:
香港人首次研發的任天堂NDS遊戲亦將揭開神秘面紗,這套名為《mini chinese restaurant》的NDS遊戲,以港式茶餐廳為背景,玩家須自行沖奶茶、鴛鴦,烹調奶油多、蛋撻等,經營茶餐廳。負責開發的智傲互動娛樂集團發言人透露,遊戲仍在研發中,成本約二十萬美金,現已收回成本,將率先賣到美國市場。若反應良好,遊戲有機會出Wii版本,成為港人設計的第一個Wii遊戲。

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【Our Daily Bread】 My Heart Condemns Me

【明報】 港商欲化危為機 須轉型升級自強

【星島】 通脹來勢洶 貧富添懸殊

【明報】 無病 但唔舒服……

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Tuesday, July 24

手腦並用的物理遊戲

從圖書館借了此書,裡面寫了很多用簡單材料即可完成的物理玩意兒,講了很多有關科學的小知識。只是年紀大了,對科學的興趣大不如前。由逐頁看變成跳頁看變成草草揭過,才「一口氣」把它看完。人大了,用心去看書變成了奢侈的事。

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Wednesday, July 18

5L2F Sunday


崇拜完畢。為什麼嬰兒被棄在地上?


有人將生日蛋糕上的生果都挖走了


在香港不常有私家車坐坐~很涼快


艇上賣魚的販子~皮膚被曬黑看不見樣子了


西貢碼頭遠眺 船後的雲頗特別

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Tuesday, July 17

HOW-TO: Add reminder for your mom's lunar b-day in MS Office Outlook

I used to manually look up the dates of my mom's lunar b-day year by year and add them into Outlook. But I knew there would be a smarter way. There is. And I am going to share it with you today.

There are two steps you need to follow in Outlook:
  1. Display the lunar calendar as an alternate calendar
  2. Set up a recurring appointment in lunar calendar


Have fun!

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Monday, July 16

不要用耳聽

耳朶連接大腦神經
話語響起時
心還未甦醒
腦袋趕著發施告令

不要用耳聽
偏差的聲音
怎會告知好事情

昏花怎能看清
還不如閉上眼睛

萬象色相
生自執迷情性

以心耳傾聽
以心眼看明
以心唇發聲
唯靠主引領

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Love is free

Willingness is my wager
Oughtness is a completely different matter
Neither is meaningful
when heartbreaking is a pebble
thrown into the water that doesn't ripple

Dedication should have been a blessing
lost its charm should one was swinging
Rest sure it was not a loss cause
yet a case of misallocated resource

Disappointment sneaked onto my bed
threatened, wrangled and thrashed
Not a person who would admit defeat
I struggled all night with the beast
and woke up to the morning heat
Though heavily beat
I was delivered through God's merciful feat

Then I realised I was the one
who had compassion much overdone
To part and to die is one's destiny
there's much to do before eternity
So many I have run into
I must share myself with them too

Jesus Christ I love thy
He has His love always on me
and the freedom to love given to me

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Saturday, July 14

病倒了

突然病倒了
全部徵狀出齊

普通科門診 流感者創新高 (星島)

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第一次看那份MPF的資料,已經覺得蝕水好深。到今日還未申請,喜見以下報導。

積金管理費最高4.2% 議員批「蝕入肉」「收費比較平台」推出(明報)

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Tuesday, July 10

調控

這些日子差不多每天都浦Yahoo!香港的新聞網頁。是生理構造叫我們總是對可悲的新聞比較留心吧!除了財經和享樂以外,報章上和網上的沒有幾多樂觀的新聞。我盡其量不特意去提及負面的事。

讓我們看看別的。以下三則新聞多或少也和「調控」一詞有關:

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Monday, July 9

泉水姐走了

原來坂井泉水(1967-2007)無聲走了。如果不是今天港台節目中提到,我還不知道曾陪伴我大半中學生涯的ZARD樂隊的主唱已經離開了我們。這些年來,他們的名字沒有成為過去,在我家中卻封塵已久。原來是我先離開了他們。他們就像不少舊同窗,與我很久沒有聯絡了。今天她的名被提及,惋惜一部份自己屍首被尋回,且入土為安了。卻赫然發覺這一切早已離我甚遠了。

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Friday, July 6

記得你朋友

記得有一天
我緬靦走到你面前
害羞的問
你願意做我的朋友嗎

今天再做一次的話
我應該還可以

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找個朋友

找一個朋友
願意讀我的心
雖然聽說
「冇話冇咗邊個會死」
做人更多付出
可以有更多姿彩

有種愛
不在乎相敬如賓
不介意惡言相向
或許會玩到發癲
必要時絶不say no

如何「拍心口 拍住上」
如何「福同享 禍同當」

或許
要經歷風風雨雨
心靈才相連起來

「自力更生」說的沒錯
「凡事要靠自己」也很有理
真友情相會時
無聲已聞其意
因為相見之時
不就是為彼此

自言
或許未能完全適應
故需多安慰
唯盼望永存
God will make a way

回望過去
小學
中學
轉校
大學
找工
轉工
God will make a way
He always has and always will
for me

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Tuesday, July 3

Yingying & Loklok live video

Panda lovers,

You don't need to go to Ocean Park to see Yingying & Loklok. You can go here to see their live feed.

Enjoy!

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New look on my windows live space

It took me a good while to finally hook up a widget to properly display the blog posts I have over here and there on my windows live space.

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讀書風

每天看不少電視、上網,看的來來去去都是差不多的東西。由於時間自己話事,也不知何時開始多看幾眼書,三天前便走到公共圖書館去。我當然隨身沒有借書證,應該說我記不起我沒有沒借過公共圖書,也記不清以前有沒有申請過圖書證。那天天昏有雨,我拿著沾了雨水的縮骨傘子走到服務台要申請一張新的借圖證。原來首次申請與補領的收費不同(首次申請當然是免費)。服務員有善地為我翻查以往申請的記錄,但多次也找不著--也許我這是頭一趟申請。我填了張表格,便馬上給發出了一張新的借書證。

試過經大門附近的一台電腦從資料庫中找《Confessions》但找不著,便在圖書館的第一層裡看這個看那個,看的都是兒童圖書。有水滸傳、西遊記、各國童話、甚至漫畫。漫畫中也有我認識的茄菲貓和史路比。我想我一定是為了彌補小時沒有多看圖書的關係,借了《阿麗思~走到鏡子裡》、《安徒生童話精選》以及《三言兩拍(上)》。藉著七一假期,於昨晚全看畢了。下次看些甚麼書好呢?

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由本地零售業的上會費 至我們生存的上會費

全球資訊發達同時環球距離縮短,在此之下,零售商唯有鬥平、鬥地點、鬥服務。幾多沒有後台、沒有特色的小本生意被大集團玩殘、淘汰。在香港這個大都會,零售業的生存空間越來越窄。本地銀行在存入硬幣收費之餘,更加收存入紙幣的收費,擺到明要本地零售業百上加斤、無啖好食,目的明顯叫回報率較現今投資部門低的門巿,把責任歸到本地零售業身上。本人不贊同大集團這種「明搶」的經營手法。貧者越貧、富者越富這情況在未來的日子只會不斷加劇。

如果有人反駁說:「你先看看幾多公司上巿吸水?」真的,我何以回答?因為全港有多少阿公阿婆整天對著金魚缸目不轉睛?有幾多商人以取得世上有限的資源為謀利之?有幾多商人會為自己的品牌把包裝弄好,又有幾多商人會為自己浪費在包裝上的資源和其產生的污染而內咎?或者問,在這個高拜低踩的社會,有幾多人願意努力實現無私的理想,又有幾多人無奈卻又無力反抗,在無選擇的餘地下苟且自度?大國如美國也在享樂和把社會及環境的責任推卻給下一代的能力上如此了得。今天我們那物質較以往充裕,貧富幅度日益加快的社會文明,是福、是禍?

如果要不苟同於這個時勢,又不想餓死街頭,便唯有以更高的社會利益為賺錢的大前提。我的心呀,你獨力能作甚麼?你願意作甚麼?你這逆水之意堅決嗎?


伸延閱讀:【星島】存逾五百紙幣 銀行收50元

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