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31.08.02

Broken again!

 

So many things are broken lately, relationships, eyeglasses.... and even Koala's water bottle.

Bought a new glass water bottle to replace the broken plastic one, hope it can last longer.

Also new food for Koala, I treat him even better than myself.



 
   
30.08.02

Broken

 

I break my eyeglasses today. :(

It is quite unbelievable, a shop in Stanley can replace my broken lens in four hours.

 
   

Guilin trip

 
Added some new family photos of the Guilin trip to the My Photos section.

 
   

My Photos

 

After a day's work, the My Photos section looks more professional now! :)

Did a lot of PHP programming and Photoshop works.

It can now show which camera I used.

 
   
29.08.02

Interface

 

Designed a new interface for My Log image gallery, it looks better now.

 
   
28.08.02

Ocean Park

 
Been to Ocean Park today, not much change.















 
   

Gallery

 

Added an image gallery function.

You can browse all the My Log images in the gallery.

You may get there by using the link on the right-hand column.

 
   
27.08.02

Toothpick holder

 

Thanks brother for sending me this lovely Alessi toothpick holder. :)

 
   

Accident

 
 
   

Search

 

Added a search function on the right-hand column for your convenience.

 
   

Sleep

 
I can't sleep well these days, I need to get a thing fixed as soon as possible.
 
   
26.08.02

Debts

 
I have a lot of design debts, I guess I have to clear them as soon as possible.

Don't urge me, they are free services anyway. :)

Keep in mind, all good things take some time.
 
   

Lakatos

 

Finally bought the latest Lakatos CD yesterday, the bonus VCD is real good.

I had been to his concert for twice, they were the most magnificent violin concerts I have ever attended. I even booked a whole table last time.

Lakatos never plays the same song in the same way for twice. There are a lot improvisations in his music, simply full of life! If you listen carefully, the same piece of music in the CD and VCD are different too.

The Godfather (track 2) is fantastic, I played it all day long.

 
   
25.08.02

Little brother

 

Here is the little brother of Koala.

He stays in my parents' home. :)

 
   
24.08.02

Unhappy

 

See how unhappy is Koala!

Mom is cutting his nails. :(

 
   

Organize

 
Organizing negatives that I took in past years, a real mess.

 
   
23.08.02

Throw away

 
Throw away many magazines and stuffs today, of course not Koala.

 
   
22.08.02

Lunch

 
Can find friends for lunch during my vacation.

Rarely have this chance when need to work.

 
   
21.08.02

BalconyCafe

 
Wake up too late, breakfast + lunch + tea at ParkNShop BalconyCafe.

A quiet place where you can sit for a long time.

Other than humans, you might find sparrows eating next to you.



 
   
20.08.02

A long talk

 
Talked two hours with the shopkeeper of a CD shop specialized in vioin CDs in Central.

The shop is next to The Center.

That shopkeeper is an old man, his point of view on different players is quite similar to mine.
 
   

Frog

 

On my way home, found a frog sitting aside.

 
   

Tai Mei Tuk

 

Went to Tai Mei Tuk for dinner tonight.

A nice place but the food wasn't really special.

 
   

Fried rice

 

This is my first try in cooking fried rice.

Although it doesn't look very good, it tastes ok.

It eases my hunger at midnight.

 
   

Magazine

 
Bought Milk Magazine today just because I knew my senior schoolmate appeared in an advertisement there.

Quite funny to see him in that ad.

 
   
19.08.02

Fixed price?

 

How come the set has lowered to $48 today?

They charged me $58 on Saturday. :(

 
   

Waves

 
Waves are still high this afternoon due to the typhoon.

 
   
18.08.02

Guilin

 

Just uploaded some Guilin photos.

Go to the my photos section and have a look.

Those files are a bit large.

Please tell me which one(s) you like, more are coming. :)

Photos were taken with my trustworthy Contax G2, with 28, 45 & 90mm lenses.

Films were either Fujifilm Reala,100, 200 or Konica Centuria 400.

The weather wasn't good.

 
   

Typhoon

 

Typhoon signal no. 1 today.

Heavy rain at night.

 
   
17.08.02

On my way home

 

Found a cock walking around graciously.

 
   

Sacrifice

 
So many girls sacrifice for the sake of art.

 
   

Greedy fish

 

Went fishing at the nearby seashore in Stanley.

Caught two greedy fish.

Really don't know why there are so many blowfish.



 
   
16.08.02

Brother's dish

 

Mom has taught me how to cook chicken and potato today.

My brother likes this dish very much, I think I can cook for him next time he comes back to HK.

 
   

Concertmaster

 
Being the concertmaster for a night.

Quite exciting, played as soloist for a few passages.
 
   

Dream

 
Just wake up from a 8 months dream.

Not much difference between reality and dream, both are cruel.
 
   
15.08.02

Preview

 

I have scanned many photos taken in Guilin ®ÛªL during the Chinese New Year.

I will post them up very soon.



 
   

Cuttlefish

 

I am my own chef tonight.

One of the dishes is cuttlefish in black bean garlic sauce.

Yummy! :)

 
   

Hard work

 

Thanks to my hardworking helpers, I can take leave a little bit earlier.

 
   
14.08.02

Voice talent

 

My helper told me she is a voice talent in Peoples. She is going to record something for them tonight.

You can hear her voice if you dial #888 using the Peoples mobile network.

A real surprise! :)

 
   
13.08.02

In shape

 
To Mui,

Don't worry, your plants are still in good shape.

Enjoy your trip! :)

 
   

Touchdown

 

After two weeks' time, a touchdown! :)



Two weeks ago

 
   

Helper

 
Thanks for the hard work of my helper,

I think I can take leave next week.

 
   

A nice story

 

Thanks Kay for sending me this.

    One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above
    a river,his axe fell into the river. When he began crying, God
    appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?"
    The woodcutter told Him that his axe has fallen into water.
    God went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe.
    " Is this your axe?", God asked.
    The woodcutter said "No".
    God again went down and came up with a silver axe."
    "Is this your axe?", God asked.
    The wood cutter said "No".
    God went down again and came up with an iron axe.
    "Is this your axe?" God asked.
    The wood cutter said "Yes".
    God was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him
    all the three axes. The woodcutter went home happily.

    One day while he was walking with his wife along the
    river, his wife fell into the river.
    When he began crying, God appeared and asked him,
    "Why are you crying?"
    "My wife has fallen into water."
    God went down into the water and came up with Jennifer
    Lopez. "Is this your wife?", God asked.
    "Yes", he said.
    God was furious. "You cheat! I will curse you......", God scolded.
    He quickly said, "Forgive me My Lord. It is an misunderstanding.
    If I say "No" to Jennifer Lopez, you will come up with Catherine
    Zeta Jones. If I also say "No" to her, you will finally come up
    with my wife and I will say "Yes". Then you will give all the
    three to me. I am a poor man. I will not be able to look after
    all the three. So that's why I've to say "Yes".

 
   

Annual leave

 

I think I will take a two weeks annual leave starting from next week.

I've got to finish up my works in hands as soon as possible.

Anyone misses me?
Do I owe anyone meals?

I will try my best to clear my debts during my holidays.

 
   
12.08.02

CDs

 

Here are some new CDs I would like to recommend.

If you like quartet music, you won't be disappointed by the Emerson quartet.

If you like violin, particularly Jazz/Gypsy style, Lakatos is the king.

Emerson

Lakatos

 
   
11.08.02

Bargain

 

Brought mom to the $10 shop yesterday.

Bought nothing there but found there's a stationery warehouse clearance sale nearby.

Bought a Rotring pen there for only $25!!

My dad even bought five pens. A real bargain of the century!

Check that store out if you like Rotring pens. It is one level below that $10 shop in Causeway Bay.

 
   
10.08.02

Little actress

 

You must have seen her before in TV.

I love this little actress very much. Really cute!

Take a look at her website.

 
   

New shrimps

 
Bought many shrimps to accompany the lonely shrimp.

Got a total of 12 shrimps now!

 
   

Temporary fix

 
Fixed my computer temporarily, replaced my CPU with a much slower one (celeron 500).

Kind of slow but can do the job.

I think I need to buy a new CPU.
 
   
09.08.02

Refined design

 

A less funny version designed during lunch.

 
   

Fastfood

 

For those who are frequent McDonald's or Pizza Hut visitors like me, here is an interactive way to calculate the fat and calories of their food (Australia Menu).

Check McDonald's
Check Pizza Hut

 
   

Award

 

My website has won the Golden Web Award presented by
The International Association of Web Masters and Designers.

I really don't know whether it is easy or difficult to win that.

Try your luck if you have a website.

Anyway, I am so glad. :)

 
   

Sick

 

My home computer is still having serious illness.

Double checked with two different virus programs, no virus found.

Checked the hardisk, no problem at all.

It runs smoothly when the CPU is around 40 degrees Celsius, will reboot at anytime when around 50 degrees. At 60 degrees, it will reboot frequently.

I think it is most likely CPU overheat problem, I will change the CPU tonight and see if the problem still persists.

 
   
08.08.02

Logo

 
My friend Winnie (another one again) wants to open a maternity fashion shop.

For fun only, I designed this logo. Hope she likes.

 
   

Help!

 
My computer at home is still having problem.

It will restart automatically in 5 minutes or less in Windows ME and even during the startup process in Windows 2000.

Therefore, most likely is a hardware problem.

Still wondering whether the CPU is too hot.

HELP!

 
   

Fix

 
I like to fix things by myself.

I even disassembled my TV few weeks ago.

 
   
07.08.02

Restart

 

My computer restarts automatically so many times tonight.

It should be hardware problem.

The CPU is running too hot.

Seems no problem at all running without a case! :)

 
   

Earn money

 

Need to earn more money.

Spent so much money on Koala's food tonight.



By the way, don't forget there is a donation button in the miscellaneous section.

 
   

Happy Birthday

 
Happy Birthday to Winnie, the one who designed my house.

:)
 
   
06.08.02

Travel

 

Does this wooden dwarf look like the one in movie "Amelie"?

I just found him travelled to Stanley tonight.

 
   

Cooking

 

I still prefer playing the Nissin noodles cooking game more.

 
   

Smallone

 

My girlfriend designed this cute logo for Smallone.

 
   

Bad weather

 

Though the typhoon has landed yesterday, HK is still affected by it.

Heavy rain this morning.

 
   

Dried out

 
Due to lack of care...

 
   

Naughty boy

 

Naughty boy has done something bad this morning.

He deserves to be kept behind bars.

 
   

Coma

 
I fell asleep early last night.

I even forgot to turn off the lights!
 
   

Surprise

 
Rebecca, a good friend of mine, called me last night.

It is kind of surprise as I haven't seen her for more than a year.

I admit I am a bit lazy in keeping contact with my friends, real sorry!
 
   
05.08.02

Greenhouse

 

I have found that many of my friends were being brought up in a shattered family. Compared with them, I am very very lucky.

Though I have already moved out and am living alone, apparently I am still living in a greenhouse.

I am wondering why there are so many single-parent families in Hong Kong.

Is this a local problem or it is a global one? Can love or maybe money solve this problem?

 
   
04.08.02

Cooking

 
So many people are cooking tonight!

It is a real good game. :)
 
   

Dad's Birthday

 
Tomorrow is dad's Bday,

best wishes and lots of love!
 
   

Cooking game

 

An interesting game.

Cook as fast as you can within the time limit.

See how well you can cook Nissin instant noodles.

Pan fried seafood noodles is real hard.



Play game

 
   
03.08.02

Oistrakh

 
Watched a great documentary tonight.

Don't miss it if you like Oistrakh.

 
   

Stuart Taxi

 
Quite fun to see it coming towards you.


photo taken on 3-Aug-2002
 
   

Kitty and Stuart

 

What a cute Taxi!

Nice lunch with Simon, Kitty and Ah Keung today.


photo taken on 3-Aug-2002

 
   

Tallest building

 

This is the tallest building in HK at the moment, an even taller one is coming.

That one will be the world's second tallest building.

Really scary!

Bad weather, typhoon signal no.1 today.


photo taken on 3-Aug-2002

 
   
02.08.02

My friend

 

Thanks Kay for sending me her photo, really long time no see. :)

 
   

Test

 

I have just created a test for my friends.

Come and see how well you know about me.

(You don't have to put down your real name)

Take the challenge!


 
   

Animation

 
My brother is a cosmologist.

I am building an animation for his website.

I need comments! Thanks!
 
   

Statistics

 

Added a statistics page to Miscellaneous.

Who said I can't manage statistics?

I am sure no one can tell my last card in hands...

 
   

Unexpected

 

Someone told me a big secret today.

A very special person told me she is in HK now.

Not many people know about this. Don't worry, I will keep the promise.

Maybe the one you are waiting is somewhere around you.

Will meet her this Sunday...

 
   

Miracle

 

After watching Amelie, it recalls me those little miracles that I have done to others throughout the years.

Most of them were things people didn't expect I would do. I have forgotten most of them, but I do hope they will remain in the heart of my dear friends.

 
   
01.08.02

Dashboard

 
The dashboard of Peugeot 206 is quite neat.

 
   

New member

 
Dad has got me a new member!

 
   

Tough question

 

Could anyone think of the couplet's second sentence?

This keeps bothering me these few days.

Email me if you know. Cannot post Chinese in comments.

 
   

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