A HONDA ACCORD FOR THOMPSON

same as my prediction

vba

from this and this, microsoft (ms) is not dropping visual basic for applications (vba) yet.

even vba has some drawbacks like outdated (based on vb 6) and security issue, staying alive is good for many people as many macros (from word, excel, access to other programs) are written on it (not just me feeling happy, but also company colleagues).

but the move from ms still make many worrying. first is discontinuing support to other non-ms programs. and it's not available for latest office for mac '08 (that may stop people transferring from pc to mac!). the important is they are pushing people to use visual studio tools for office (vsto). the latest one needs you to use visual studio '08 pro or team system.

i do think vba will be faded out just like visual foxpro. but seems that many are still using vba and not many will buy a full set of visual studio just for office macros, the future of it is still a bit long (like win xp now or win 98 in the old days)

atv world is great

gets both top gear and fifth gear! the two great british motor shows.

FYI top gear is a bit more funny while fifth gear is more normal one

triple o's

have a try of original burger combo at citysuper's cookeddeli causeway bay. size is quite big for the burger but meat is a bit too dry (even drier than mcdonald's'). it's wise to take pickled cucumber out as quite many don't like it. french fries - they are real potatoes obviously! price is double of mcdonald's' which may not be worth for normal hk people (so at this moment stay inside luxurious food courts).

investment strategy

hold & buy more in long term: 0006.hk, 0410.hk, 0806.hk

short term interest: ipo (some in the list)

other will try to sell @ better price (but dunno when)

another poirot season on atv world

they are: the mystery of the blue train, cards on the table, after the funeral, and taken at the flood and were shown in uk in early '06. the broadcast time sucks which is at 11:30 pm on sun and they are shown few months after second season of marple in hk.

cappuccino caramel truffle

it's the new favor served in hk. but i love the solo coffee more. caramel taste is a bit too strong that i don't feel like it's a coffee product. the chewy chocolate truffle however is lovely. that is the selling point of this ice cream i think.

no sharp front upper for adidas' stan smith

the latest milk previews new edition of adidas' stan smith will be out. and it said the editors like sharp front upper design. but i don't really like it.

i agree it's quite dull for the series but the design doesn't feel the whole shape. the shoes are much more cute with round front. and most important is much harder for me to buy another stan smith. the one i'm wearin' is near servin' me for nearly two years. but this is hard to find another to suit my foot size (i need one size larger than those available sizes!). with sharp front, at least half/one size more is needed. damn..

Televisionista: "House" Christmas Episode in January?

the strike really hurts! need to wait one more month to watch latest house episode. and it is the first one after new fellows are chosen. let's sing x'mas songs in jan then.

lego city 7991 garage truck

it's time to complete the remainin' one before end of year. under the same frame, obviously this is done by different designer from concrete mixer. the driving cabin is in less details but components are in fit. a few are in queer (pls click the gallery link below): 1. why the trolley is on the top? 2. no cover for the garage container? 3. something strange in the manual...

link: my 7991 gallery in flickr

goodbye my soldier

thx for your service in last three years...



salute!

FIA WTCC

as what i have said after the last race this year. alfa romeo's car is a bit too old to keep competitive in the top race. so now the team running it, n.techology finally gives up and they are going to find another partner to play the game in coming future. but if they wanna fight with manufacturer teams, they cannot choose those putting official teams in the race, i.e. bmw, seat (or audi group), chevrolet (or gm group), or no mercedes (the focus on dtm). So most likely they can find japanese or korean cars. And most active one should be honda, there are some cars running in wtcc under independent teams for past few years (not the one just completed). and they have individual design for europe market (major battle field for the race). anyway, as a fan, what we can do is just enjoying holidays and wait for more news.

latest faq for empire: total war

looks like empire will be attractive. it's developed by the same team makin' rome: total war which i think is great one. and all new gaming system is implemented. and that means medieval 2: total war was done by another team. that's why the way the game shows is a bit different from rome.

warm coffee for x'mas is back

toffee nut latte from starbucks!

p.s. hk starbucks management pls monitor shops a bit more. cups in cochrane street's shop are not quite lookin' good.

wtcc macao round 2

it's so lucky for andy priaulx with some tactics. based on wtcc's regulations, 8th in first round starts at first for second round, so priaulx became first. his major competitor, yvan muller was down in first round. so he just needed to run safely and he could become the champion.

after start, second was james thompson and third was nicola larini. but maybe alfa romeo is not supporting officially, the car is a bit slower and larini crossed him later on. thompson was strong enough to stand third from seat's tiago monteiro.

bmw is lucky and with good tactics. seat is much stronger with diesel engine. chevrolet also has potential with good drivers and good cars (even faster than seat on hills). but will n.technology's alfa romeo continue to play in wtcc while others improve a lot?

championship:

1. andy priaulx
2. yvan muller
3. james thomspon

wtcc macao round 1

alain menu started on pole but yvan muller got the first after first corner. all top position cars passed most of laps in safe. but in second last lap, yvan muller's car was broken before curva melco. so his seat temmate gabriele tarquini became aggressive and augusto farfus jr got hit when blocking the way. menu was the first to pass the finish line, then tarquini and robert huff...

bmw doesn't have advantage in macao anymore...

who can be champion?

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really wanna know whether any schoolmates meet similar situation?

and whether they will think of their future?

alibaba

thru ipo, i got a lot of shares and i sold that at a relatively cheap price on first date. the market is kinda crazy right now. will i buy it again? the current value is still too high for me even the company is profiting. let me focus on other stocks first.

complicated

everyone's workin' on this basic, "faster, better, cheaper", motto from former nasa administrator, daniel goldin. but what actually happens is shown the comic strip on oct 26 dilbert. and finally the things are made complicated.

eason's moving on stage 1

they gave fluorescent sticks instead of floated sticks which reduce the noise & stay bright in the stadium. but the fluorescent sticks are fragile...

the time for changing clothes is too long and the screens block the upper side of stage...

but he knows how to sing