A or B

Cedric: Daddy, I ask you a question.
Daddy: OK, what is the question?
Cedric: A or B? A is newspaper, B is electrical fan, what is the answer?
Daddy: But...what is the question?
Cedric: A or B? Please answer.
Daddy: ...

道歉信

一個中一小妹妹在自己BLOG內寫了一篇對四川地震的涼薄文章後，給廣大網民圍攻，事件驚動了家人及學校，要接受社工及教育心理學家輔導。之後亦寫了道歉信：

http://weblog.xanga.com/SAYASHAN/657542999/item.html

從BLOG內留言看，網民對這篇道歉信十分不滿意，認為誠意不足兼有請槍之嫌。我都相信這篇道歉信由其父母從旁協助甚或代寫，但我認為可以接受之原因是她是一個中一小妹妹，中文語文能力有限，萬一寫到詞不達意，就只會是火上加油；至於她是否誠心悔改，則要放長雙眼，也看網民能否給予空間及信任這位小妹妹。

但在此刻，我只看到網民開懷地踐踏她，比諸壓在四川災民身上的瓦礫還要重。

後記：聽說她給學校記了大過。

A dialogue between son and mom

5 years old son said to his mom during lunch someday

Son: Mom, you are beautiful...

Mom: No, mom doesn't beauty anymore.

Son: Mom, don't said this, you're really beautiful.

Mom has no word, and her cheek turn red.

What my birthday means to me

Your Birthdate: July 28

You have a Type A personality so big it makes other Type A's shrink away in shame. You never shy away from adversity - and you love to tackle impossible problems. Failure is not an option for you, and more than a few people are put off by your ego. You tend to be controlling, and you hate leaving anything up to chance. Your strength: Your bold approach to life Your weakness: You don't accept help Your power color: Bronze Your power symbol: Pyramid Your power month: October

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

How to built a Air Bus A340

Zhao Xiang Guan will move

Tung Ying building will be dismantle very soon, and all the shops have to move out.
Just receive an invitation from Zhao Xiang Guan for their removal on 1 August.

Mold Control

Hong Kong rains heavily and continuously in these few weeks, and cause my TV cabinet have a serious mold problem. Last week, when I removed the cabinet away from the wall, the cabinet was full of mold and spread over at the back. So I throughly cleaned it up with water. Today, I discover some mold grows in the front part of my cabinet, and inside the drawer after some inspection; and within my guess, the back also has mold infection.

This site mention that: "One of the biggest problems with molds is that they can colonize a home very easily. Mold spores can become airborne. When they do, they float through the house forming new colonies wherever they land." So, get rid of those mold should be done quickly.

I searched the web for solution to kill the mold, but many told me that mold can't be killed or eliminated and they suggest to keep the enironmental humidity under 50%. At last, the above site advised me clean the infected area by diluted bleach solution (1:50 may be) to stop the mold from growing.

Back from my trip

Back from my US trip on Sunday night. Tired.

Go to work this morning. Really feel that Hong Kong is a breathless city, really, not kidding.

When I waiting for bus at Hunghom X-Harbour tunnel, I feel hot and wet, especially when a bus comes close and exhaust hot waste gas before me. I feel can't breath and a little bit faint.

I am so weak. Should I have another vacation?

Packing for my the trip

I'll leaving for US and Bahamas from 19 May to 12 June, totally 25 days for a wedding of my lady's family, and take this chance to have a long vacation before Cedric go start his school life.
So photographing is a must for this trip. But, what should I bring? Of course, a digital camera is a must, but a film camera would have better quality. Ah... a video camcorder is needed to shoot my jumping son. So my imaging packing list is:

1) Digtial Camera Konica Minolta A2, and the flash which I borrowed from my brother Wallace. Before, I decided to bring my EOS300D with 2 lenses and the flash, but consider the weight factor, I gave up this choice.

2) A water proof camera Canon Prima AS-1 for shooting at the Miami Beach and the wonderful Disney water world.

3) Medium format Mamiya 7 with 2 lenses and 10 rolls of 220 film.

4) Last, is the video camcorder.

Beside the above imaging equipment, I also bring my 15" PowerBook for saving the images and checking e-mail, web-browsing, etc, during the trip. A pair of walkie-talkie (FRS channel), mobile phone for communication. All the above is the least that I think of. Beside the equipment themself, I have to bring with their own chargers and batteries so that they can work for me. Totally, I have to bring 5 chargers and a bunch of batteries.

I'm already tired when I see the luggage.

Cedric was admitted

Last week, we received the confirmation letter from Wo Che Nursery, operated by the Salvation Army, that Cedric was admitted to study their nursery school starting this September.

Firefox 1.0 release party

My new D-SLR

I bought my digital-SLR finally today. It is Canon EOS-300D. I fell the weight balance of this camera is quite good, and I don't mind its plastic body which some people can't accept.
This is a second hand stuff (if I buy a new, it would be EOS-20D), and age 6 months and cost me $4,300 with the Battery Grip BG-E1.
So the plan to purchase a EOS-20D will be postponded to 2006.

Patent Office Rejects Microsoft FAT Patent

This is a good news to the world's electronic industry. Otherwise, we have to paid the patent fee for our MP3, DC for using the FAT32.

He killed Pochacco and feel guilty...
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New iMac

The new iMac will soon be launched. After study the price, the 20" iMac will be the most worth to buy. As a 20" LCD monitor will cost you $10,500, why not pay $4,400 more to get a powerful apple computer.

Highest security

I think the owner has try a lot of security measures and finally find that it is the right one.
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I am happy, but not proud of them..

Our Hong Kong Olympic delegate come back from Athen with a Silver medal, I am very happy they bring the joy and glory to Hong Kong, but not proud of them. The medal winner are actully trained in China not in Hong Kong. These is just another kind of "gift" from China.

Canon EOS 20D

Canon will soon launch a new Digital SLR EOS 20D. This camera's performance is close to what I expected with the price I paid. The price is close to EOS 10D about $12,000. I planned to buy this next year so that all the bugs are cleared and my bank account have that sum of money.

New DC

I used my Olympus C2020Z digital camera for more than 4 years for my daily shooting especially after Cedric was born. This camera could produce good picture but its response is very slow, saving & review will take you 4-10 seconds. So it is quite impossible to take picture with Cedric as he can't keep stand still. So I have a motivation to replace it.

I bought this from the Fortess Bazaar yesterday. The price for this 4-Mega DC is only $1380, or I might paid $200 more to have the 5-Mega F300. The F200 operate more smoothly and the extra 1-Mega pixels is useless as I only print 3R or 4R. Both of them has a terrible slow zoom, and the flash is not as strong as C2020Z.

This is a test for the blogger to add picture
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