小妹剛做完手術，一切暫時都安好，感謝神．求神 continue to take care of her for her speedy recovery.
呢一兩年來，家裡的人的身體都出現小小的問題，雖然 thank God that none of them was big problem, 但都令人擔心，什至連詹占的家人的身體也出現問題. In one aspect, maybe I'm getting old and that's y ppl around me are having issues. On the other hand, 求神祝福＆保守家人及身邊的所有朋友，both physically and spiritually．
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Random
勁冇mood做野呀，勁眼瞓，今朝一早去咗做 gym, 今晚放工仲要去開執屎會，唉，唔到零晨都唔駛旨意有得走嗰隻，慘．真係唔方唔執屎．
上星期有幾日都喺係極度不安的情緒下渡過，有一晚更是輾轉反側，只係瞓咗四粒鐘．但經過跟娜娜子 Skype 之後，在星期六經詹占的開解，再於星期六下午找到一個非常明白既朋友後，心理上好過多了．多謝你們！I love you guys!
Another topic, 唔知做乜，呢幾日我勁愛你喲～～
你知道嗎？你是最好的．XD
終於去咗 Ontario Science Center 睇 Body Worlds 喇，ｏｋ啦，although it wasn’t a bad exhibition, 但無想像中咁震撼，好似睇標本咁之嘛．又唔係真係學到ｄ什麼新的人體學知識．It’s more suited for biology students. The next exhibition to go see is King Tut.
上星期有幾日都喺係極度不安的情緒下渡過，有一晚更是輾轉反側，只係瞓咗四粒鐘．但經過跟娜娜子 Skype 之後，在星期六經詹占的開解，再於星期六下午找到一個非常明白既朋友後，心理上好過多了．多謝你們！I love you guys!
Another topic, 唔知做乜，呢幾日我勁愛你喲～～
你知道嗎？你是最好的．XD
終於去咗 Ontario Science Center 睇 Body Worlds 喇，ｏｋ啦，although it wasn’t a bad exhibition, 但無想像中咁震撼，好似睇標本咁之嘛．又唔係真係學到ｄ什麼新的人體學知識．It’s more suited for biology students. The next exhibition to go see is King Tut.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Winter Olympics 2010
Watched part of the opening ceremony. Dumb, as always.
It's way too long, as always. Also, even though I didn't watch the whole thing, I could not stop but thinking about how stupid the ceremony was. Prolonged program that mostly have nothing to do with sports at all. More like a artistic show of symbology and tourism promotion rather than an opening ceremony of a sports event. I'm not just complaint about this opening ceremony but most of them are like that. I actually quite like the Athens one but I didn't see the whole thing so I couldn't comment too much.
And there's the silly torch relay. I found that it's so stupid to have it carried by so many people. And near the end of it, the day of the ceremony, the radio just kept going on and on and on about the speculation of who would be the last torch bearer. I happened to have ortho appointment that day, which means that I spent extra time in the car and that the ortho office happened to be running late so that I was watching the news station on the tv there, which, _surprisingly_, also talks about who might be the last torch bearer and was boardcasting live, showing the ppl who were carrying the torch. Really, they only get to walk like 100m with the torch (I hear that they carry it longer in smaller towns and cities). So stupid. I was sick of the Olympics before it had even began.
I also heard on the radio that Vancouver was trying to make it a "green" Olympics. They were having these hydrogen fuel shuttle buses to show the rest of the world how "green" they could be. But the irony (heard from the same radio show) is that, they had to "truck" the fuel all the way from Quebec. All the way from the east end of the country to the west end. How retard is that? So, basically, it may seem "green" to the ppl who only knows the surface but it's actually the complete opposite to the "green" spirit. Whoever came up with this "green" idea should really be shot in the head.
Talking about "green". I have so much to say about it but then it probably should belong to another post and I'll procrastinate on it for now.
Not that the Olympics is all bad things. I do quite enjoy watching some of the competitions. I mean the actual action, not the interviews of the athletes and the faces of their families when they won or when they lost. I don't mind seeing the joy of the athletes themselves in the moment of victory but come on, who cares about their family? It's not like I don't care about other ppl but the Olympics should really be about the sports and the athletes. I hate it when the tv networks tries too hard to put on the "extra element" to create the "emotional" effect or whatever effect that they are trying to achieve. May work for some audience but not for me. Sorry, really not my cup of tea.
And then there's those awkward interviews of the losing athletes. I understand trying to interview the winners and asks about how they feel and stuff but interviewing the losing ones?? That's pure cruel man. I mean, ya, they are all great athletes in order to be in the Olympics and probably deserves some recognition but sometimes I found them beyond cruel. They would have the athletes sitting there (after they were all changed) and replayed the clip for them and asked them questions like "Do you know that the other athlete was right behind you?" (the "other" person eventually passed our guy and won the race). What's that? It's not an interview. It's more like mockery.
Not to mention quite a lot of stupid commercials on tv. The PC were saying how they were feeding the Canadian athletes with their "nutritional" food. My goodness. I am actually a customer of PC but I still think that the ad was so dumb. All kinds of different product are exploiting that fact that they are somehow sponsoring the Olympics and that's why their product is the best. When can the Olympics be back to the origin intent, pure sports competition and the goal to challenge human limit, without all the commercial or other "add ons" to it? (I personally don't think that it would ever happen cos the 奸商 would never stop to exploit any opportunity to make $$. So sad...)
It's way too long, as always. Also, even though I didn't watch the whole thing, I could not stop but thinking about how stupid the ceremony was. Prolonged program that mostly have nothing to do with sports at all. More like a artistic show of symbology and tourism promotion rather than an opening ceremony of a sports event. I'm not just complaint about this opening ceremony but most of them are like that. I actually quite like the Athens one but I didn't see the whole thing so I couldn't comment too much.
And there's the silly torch relay. I found that it's so stupid to have it carried by so many people. And near the end of it, the day of the ceremony, the radio just kept going on and on and on about the speculation of who would be the last torch bearer. I happened to have ortho appointment that day, which means that I spent extra time in the car and that the ortho office happened to be running late so that I was watching the news station on the tv there, which, _surprisingly_, also talks about who might be the last torch bearer and was boardcasting live, showing the ppl who were carrying the torch. Really, they only get to walk like 100m with the torch (I hear that they carry it longer in smaller towns and cities). So stupid. I was sick of the Olympics before it had even began.
I also heard on the radio that Vancouver was trying to make it a "green" Olympics. They were having these hydrogen fuel shuttle buses to show the rest of the world how "green" they could be. But the irony (heard from the same radio show) is that, they had to "truck" the fuel all the way from Quebec. All the way from the east end of the country to the west end. How retard is that? So, basically, it may seem "green" to the ppl who only knows the surface but it's actually the complete opposite to the "green" spirit. Whoever came up with this "green" idea should really be shot in the head.
Talking about "green". I have so much to say about it but then it probably should belong to another post and I'll procrastinate on it for now.
Not that the Olympics is all bad things. I do quite enjoy watching some of the competitions. I mean the actual action, not the interviews of the athletes and the faces of their families when they won or when they lost. I don't mind seeing the joy of the athletes themselves in the moment of victory but come on, who cares about their family? It's not like I don't care about other ppl but the Olympics should really be about the sports and the athletes. I hate it when the tv networks tries too hard to put on the "extra element" to create the "emotional" effect or whatever effect that they are trying to achieve. May work for some audience but not for me. Sorry, really not my cup of tea.
And then there's those awkward interviews of the losing athletes. I understand trying to interview the winners and asks about how they feel and stuff but interviewing the losing ones?? That's pure cruel man. I mean, ya, they are all great athletes in order to be in the Olympics and probably deserves some recognition but sometimes I found them beyond cruel. They would have the athletes sitting there (after they were all changed) and replayed the clip for them and asked them questions like "Do you know that the other athlete was right behind you?" (the "other" person eventually passed our guy and won the race). What's that? It's not an interview. It's more like mockery.
Not to mention quite a lot of stupid commercials on tv. The PC were saying how they were feeding the Canadian athletes with their "nutritional" food. My goodness. I am actually a customer of PC but I still think that the ad was so dumb. All kinds of different product are exploiting that fact that they are somehow sponsoring the Olympics and that's why their product is the best. When can the Olympics be back to the origin intent, pure sports competition and the goal to challenge human limit, without all the commercial or other "add ons" to it? (I personally don't think that it would ever happen cos the 奸商 would never stop to exploit any opportunity to make $$. So sad...)
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
麵包香～
星期六難得副閒在家，於是弄起麵包來．
其實之前都嘗試過幾次弄港式麵包的（如菠蘿包呀，雞尾包之類），但就是發酵的情況不太理想，一直都認為是屋子太冷，發不起酵來，於是又試過用熱水坐住呀，又試過放進微微暖的焗爐呀，但都是不行．弄出來的不是不好吃，其實味道也不錯，詹占更是愛死了雞尾包，但我就是知道個包應該是要鬆一點才對嘛．
舊年搬了屋，家中是用那舊式的 radiator instead of force air, 就以為是 perfect 啦，放在上面（當然有多一層嘢隔一隔，不要 directly放在上面），以為冇死啦，但效果仍然不理想．
聖誕節收到的其中一份禮物是細路同細嫂送的 Essential of Baking 一書，決定一試．平時都是弄港式麵包，今次就試試西人麵包吧！
弄麵包 from scratch 真的是要花很多時間的耶，我說的不是 quick bread 那些，是要依士又要搓麵粉的那些，發酵都要發 at least 兩次，我今次弄的還要做 sponge 先，然後再發兩次酵，中間又要搓呀搓，搓呀搓，發完要切開幾份，切完又要等一陣，等完要 shape 好舊粉，shape 完又要等一陣，跟住終於都可以焗．
於是呢ｄ包就由我中午一點鐘開始，到晚上六點幾七點終於食得．雖然係好麻煩咁要搞一大輪，但我其實係幾 enjoy la, 仲要呀，今次終於發酵發得好成功耶！皆因我買咗新依士，原來我之前既依士都太舊喇，死鬼哂，今次呢ｄ太勁喇！！wahahahahaha…
我整既係 baguette，好好味喲，唔係自己讚自己架，真係整到好似出街買咁正！Yeah, 超 happy 呀！自己整既，因為夠哂新鮮，再加上自己的自豪感，就更加好味，無得頂！所以雖然好煩要整成日，但都係值得既！
原來一直之黎既失敗都唔係我既錯，等我有雞會再試整港式麵包先，下次應該都會好成功！
其實之前都嘗試過幾次弄港式麵包的（如菠蘿包呀，雞尾包之類），但就是發酵的情況不太理想，一直都認為是屋子太冷，發不起酵來，於是又試過用熱水坐住呀，又試過放進微微暖的焗爐呀，但都是不行．弄出來的不是不好吃，其實味道也不錯，詹占更是愛死了雞尾包，但我就是知道個包應該是要鬆一點才對嘛．
舊年搬了屋，家中是用那舊式的 radiator instead of force air, 就以為是 perfect 啦，放在上面（當然有多一層嘢隔一隔，不要 directly放在上面），以為冇死啦，但效果仍然不理想．
聖誕節收到的其中一份禮物是細路同細嫂送的 Essential of Baking 一書，決定一試．平時都是弄港式麵包，今次就試試西人麵包吧！
弄麵包 from scratch 真的是要花很多時間的耶，我說的不是 quick bread 那些，是要依士又要搓麵粉的那些，發酵都要發 at least 兩次，我今次弄的還要做 sponge 先，然後再發兩次酵，中間又要搓呀搓，搓呀搓，發完要切開幾份，切完又要等一陣，等完要 shape 好舊粉，shape 完又要等一陣，跟住終於都可以焗．
於是呢ｄ包就由我中午一點鐘開始，到晚上六點幾七點終於食得．雖然係好麻煩咁要搞一大輪，但我其實係幾 enjoy la, 仲要呀，今次終於發酵發得好成功耶！皆因我買咗新依士，原來我之前既依士都太舊喇，死鬼哂，今次呢ｄ太勁喇！！wahahahahaha…
我整既係 baguette，好好味喲，唔係自己讚自己架，真係整到好似出街買咁正！Yeah, 超 happy 呀！自己整既，因為夠哂新鮮，再加上自己的自豪感，就更加好味，無得頂！所以雖然好煩要整成日，但都係值得既！
原來一直之黎既失敗都唔係我既錯，等我有雞會再試整港式麵包先，下次應該都會好成功！
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Slumdog
Watched Slumdog Millionaire on Sunday night. I’ve heard that it’s gd and that I actually had rented the disc for a long time (from one of those places that don’t have a due date for the DVD) but I had to make sure that I was in the mood to watch that kind of movie so I have been putting it off for a while.
I thought that it’s the kind of movie that’s deep and might even be painful to watch but to my surprise, it wasn’t. I actually quite enjoyed it. I especially thought that the Indian boy who played the main character’s childhood was cute. Actually, I find those little Indian boys very cute but for some reason, most of them will turn out to be some rather non-cute adults. There’re exceptions of course. Hrm… now that I’m thinking about it, I guess it’s not just Indian that has this issue. Most kids are quite cute to start with and then most of them turned into un-cute adults eventually. I believe that it is a global issue, instead of a national one.
I thought that it’s the kind of movie that’s deep and might even be painful to watch but to my surprise, it wasn’t. I actually quite enjoyed it. I especially thought that the Indian boy who played the main character’s childhood was cute. Actually, I find those little Indian boys very cute but for some reason, most of them will turn out to be some rather non-cute adults. There’re exceptions of course. Hrm… now that I’m thinking about it, I guess it’s not just Indian that has this issue. Most kids are quite cute to start with and then most of them turned into un-cute adults eventually. I believe that it is a global issue, instead of a national one.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Color of Me
Two weeks ago 星期六花了四個多小時出席公司HR舉辦的 communication event，基本上我覺得係浪費時間，個 event 既 theme 係 “discover your color”, 有四種顏色，每一種代表不同既性格／工作 style，基本上有小小似心理測驗．
花四個幾鐘去做個心理測驗，仲要係無 paid 架喎，仲要去到無雷咁遠既 golf club 去做，仲遠過返工，洒時間之餘仲洒油錢，又唔係真係學到ｄ乜喎，如果係真真正正既 training, 我係唔會介意星期六 din ｄ時間出黎學嘢，但做ｄ無謂心理測驗就真係好廢．
其實做嗰個咁既測驗，十五分鐘就做完，但就係前前後後個講員講嘢同做埋ｄ無無聊聊既 communication/team building activity，搞到十五分鐘變四個幾鐘．I know I know, the point is that thru this exercise, we understand ourselves and others more and learn how to work with each other more smoothly and effectively. But still, I don’t think I remember much of what other ppl’s color is so that I can apply those “techniques” to deal with ppl according to their color. I understand that the ppl who organized this event was really 用心良苦，但我真係覺得唔太 practical.
Another thing is that the test is solely based on the assumption that ppl can answer the questionnaire honestly and objectively. Basically, if you “think” that you are, for example, a spontaneous person (while nobody else thinks that you are), and you answered the questionnaire based on your own knowledge about yourself, then the result is merely a reflection of what you “think” you are, but not who you “really” are.
For instance, I, unfortunately, got to sit next to this lady that I could not stand.點解我咁唔 like-y 佢 is a story on its own and I’ll leave it for another entry. (btw, I seem to get stuck with these ppl that I really don’t like during group events like this. For some reason, ppl whom I don’t like seem to like me… =_=) Anyway, she perceives herself to be a “good listener” which was sooooo not true. I believe that most ppl who have any dealing with her know that she’s definitely a talker, not a listener. What I wanted to say is that the result of the test can’t be that reliable cos you might have the wrong perception of what kind of personality you have.
Anyway, 超離題．What I really want to say is my result. 四種顏色入面，每個顏色最高可以攞廿四分，最低係六分．我既色數係 20, 18, 16, 6．All these colors are really just relative cos the questionnaire always asks you to rank the four different kinds of personality so really, even if one of my marks is low, it really only means that it’s not as strong as the others. It does not necessarily mean that I’m “weak” in that particular area. (finding excuses for myself!) I really don’t mind having a low score on certain area cos I know that it’s just relative. I actually thought that the result was quite accurate for me.
But the problem was that we all have to write down our scores on the big sheet of paper taped to the wall so everyone can see everyone’s score. =_= And what’s the area of my lowest mark? Blue, which is the personality to be sensitive, caring and that kind of interpersonal thing. And I was the only one of the whole room who had such a low score in that area.
So, I got portrait as an anti-social, insensitive person, even got picked out by the speaker and used me as an illustration. She did say that it doesn’t mean that I’m not a nice person but that when I’m working, it might seem like I don’t care too much about other ppl. But I wonder how many ppl in the room did get the point that “the result does not mean that I’m not nice”, but start to think that I’m an impersonal person, especially ppl who doesn’t really know me. Sigh. I mean, I still think that the result is accurate cos when I get to work, I would like to be left alone and do my own thing. I am not particularly social at work. All I want to do is to get my work done on time and leave on time. I don’t like sticking around and chat with other people about stuff like hockey that kind of nonsense. But then, if someone needs help on things, I usually response quite quickly, even it might mean that I have to put down what I’m doing at the time. I don’t think that I’m that impersonal, just that my time management, analytical, and other personality are too strong 而已.
Sigh, 我喺公司入面既好人 reputation 就是如此的被毀掉了….>_
花四個幾鐘去做個心理測驗，仲要係無 paid 架喎，仲要去到無雷咁遠既 golf club 去做，仲遠過返工，洒時間之餘仲洒油錢，又唔係真係學到ｄ乜喎，如果係真真正正既 training, 我係唔會介意星期六 din ｄ時間出黎學嘢，但做ｄ無謂心理測驗就真係好廢．
其實做嗰個咁既測驗，十五分鐘就做完，但就係前前後後個講員講嘢同做埋ｄ無無聊聊既 communication/team building activity，搞到十五分鐘變四個幾鐘．I know I know, the point is that thru this exercise, we understand ourselves and others more and learn how to work with each other more smoothly and effectively. But still, I don’t think I remember much of what other ppl’s color is so that I can apply those “techniques” to deal with ppl according to their color. I understand that the ppl who organized this event was really 用心良苦，但我真係覺得唔太 practical.
Another thing is that the test is solely based on the assumption that ppl can answer the questionnaire honestly and objectively. Basically, if you “think” that you are, for example, a spontaneous person (while nobody else thinks that you are), and you answered the questionnaire based on your own knowledge about yourself, then the result is merely a reflection of what you “think” you are, but not who you “really” are.
For instance, I, unfortunately, got to sit next to this lady that I could not stand.點解我咁唔 like-y 佢 is a story on its own and I’ll leave it for another entry. (btw, I seem to get stuck with these ppl that I really don’t like during group events like this. For some reason, ppl whom I don’t like seem to like me… =_=) Anyway, she perceives herself to be a “good listener” which was sooooo not true. I believe that most ppl who have any dealing with her know that she’s definitely a talker, not a listener. What I wanted to say is that the result of the test can’t be that reliable cos you might have the wrong perception of what kind of personality you have.
Anyway, 超離題．What I really want to say is my result. 四種顏色入面，每個顏色最高可以攞廿四分，最低係六分．我既色數係 20, 18, 16, 6．All these colors are really just relative cos the questionnaire always asks you to rank the four different kinds of personality so really, even if one of my marks is low, it really only means that it’s not as strong as the others. It does not necessarily mean that I’m “weak” in that particular area. (finding excuses for myself!) I really don’t mind having a low score on certain area cos I know that it’s just relative. I actually thought that the result was quite accurate for me.
But the problem was that we all have to write down our scores on the big sheet of paper taped to the wall so everyone can see everyone’s score. =_= And what’s the area of my lowest mark? Blue, which is the personality to be sensitive, caring and that kind of interpersonal thing. And I was the only one of the whole room who had such a low score in that area.
So, I got portrait as an anti-social, insensitive person, even got picked out by the speaker and used me as an illustration. She did say that it doesn’t mean that I’m not a nice person but that when I’m working, it might seem like I don’t care too much about other ppl. But I wonder how many ppl in the room did get the point that “the result does not mean that I’m not nice”, but start to think that I’m an impersonal person, especially ppl who doesn’t really know me. Sigh. I mean, I still think that the result is accurate cos when I get to work, I would like to be left alone and do my own thing. I am not particularly social at work. All I want to do is to get my work done on time and leave on time. I don’t like sticking around and chat with other people about stuff like hockey that kind of nonsense. But then, if someone needs help on things, I usually response quite quickly, even it might mean that I have to put down what I’m doing at the time. I don’t think that I’m that impersonal, just that my time management, analytical, and other personality are too strong 而已.
Sigh, 我喺公司入面既好人 reputation 就是如此的被毀掉了….>_
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