say no for leung chun ying to be appointed as ce of hksar

there is news coverage showing he intends to be ce in coming future.

what we need is universal suffrage instead of appointed.

perfect disaster

tonight just played the episode of typhoon featuring hong kong as victim. most of them are fucking fake. i think only one of the actors is really from hong kong, others are from singapore. scenes, actions by government departments make us large...

the spiderwick chronicles

the story is a bit thin (actually it combines the whole series!). but it's cool for kids even only adults can understand the content completely.

is it a good thing to study the world thoroughly?
is it a good thing to work deep but ignore your family?
is it a good thing to lie to your child?

and nowadays cg is not a problem at all. and don't expect the brothers are portrayed by same kid.

‘House, M.D.’ co-producer offers advice - The Daily Princetonian

big picture is a bit better than the coming season finale!

Ausiello on Smallville, Grey's, House, Lost and More! - Ask Ausiello | TVGuide.com

from latest spoiler, seems like the team has run out of ideas. the story sounds a bit like the finale of season 2...

sea world explorers

this outsourced program shows underwater archeology enthusiasts to search for history located nearby. what they do is quite interesting and also show hk people also care things around.

but the program background search is a bit weak compared. like in episode three, saying usaf attacked japs in wwii. there was no usaf at that time, it was under army instead. and so general henry h. arnold was the only person to hold general of the army & general of the air force.

in the latest episode, a "historian" said if cheung po tsai was still in higher rank in the military after capitulation (he was dead in 1822 as said in the program), hong kong would not become british colony after first opium war. but the opium war was after 30 years from the capitulation, cheung po tsai should be too old to command a navy at the front line. what he talked seems a bit non-sense.

at least three more years for dtm?

mercedes hired ralf schumacher as a dtm car driver. once their boss said ralf needs two years to learn from formula car to touring car world. to fill the investment, dtm can play at least three years even first there is a strong competition with wtcc; second only two manufacturers participate (actually volkswagan ag have two legs on top touring car sport, i.e. audi in dtm & seat in wtcc).

update on Apr 13: another proof!

back to cityu

it's for one thing, interview for a master degree study.

but this is not in electronic engineering anymore which were taken by classmates; for knowledge and career, i decide to apply master in finance.

interview is now over, and only god knows whether i can start my study on coming september or not.

recent music favorites

1. sheryl crow's love is free. it's so easy going.
   
   
2. latest album from jack johnson, sleep through the static. versus love is free or his last own album, in between dreams, it is a bit darker. but if you like in between dreams, you will still like it as change is not big to force people giving up (especially songs after "if i had eyes"). my favorites in this moment are "if i had eyes" and "hope".
   
   forgot to say a thing. why is the leaflet inside in german/dutch even it is printed locally?
   

an article from chairman of hk apple daily

is about agatha christie. basically it's about her biography with a little bit of his own view on her books and herself.

attractive red packets for year of rat

1. citistore
   
   
   
2. grand century place - very cute
   
   

Say it ain’t so… « Flickr Blog

two things about polaroid in my mind

1. no more old crime scenes in movies or tv like cold case? using polaroid is meaning professional when we watch in the box.
   
   
2. we will lose the moment, the expectation to wait pictures coming out

uninstall them

1. avg anti-virus - the program affects many programs; like foobar, internet explorer...
   
   
2. windows live mail - even introduces new functions fitting today's usage, but it sucks for normal use; i.e. always cannot connect to mail server.
   

sweeney todd

for the movie, all things are quite good except the storyline. it is very weak. maybe this is as an adoption from musical which focuses less on script. except johnny depp, there are other big names in the film which is out of my expectations.

midway is a bit nonsense but the ending is quite sad when he finds out what he did is very wrong which is much more than just revenge. still everybody lies!

it's a film suitable for valentine's more than lunar new year.

P.S. anyone knows whether benjamin barker recognizes her daughter at last?

what i got from special shopping event

© Apple Inc

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)