2004 - Volunteer at Chi "Duck" Association and HKU Student Helper 2005 - HKU Student Helper + Tokyo trip 2006 - KFC Design Department Summer Staff 2007 - Practicum in Vancouver 2008 - Technical Officer - PolyU 2009 -
Once there are confirmed swine flu cases reported in Hong Kong, students will be required to bring their own face masks and wear them during examinations.Students who do not wear face masks may NOT be allowed to enter the examination venues.
Sadly, Hong Kong has just confirmed the first case of swine flu. Will the final exam be postponed? Hopefully yes as I absolutely doubt I can find a summer job this year. A summary vacation of 3.5 months will definitely be way too long for me. After all, I won't spend ANY time in preparing next year's study. (I am not Daniel...) And would you expect someone who doesn't have any study 1 week before the final to study in the summer vacation?!!!
Reading materials in the vacation:
Actually I am only capable to read Hikki's english mesages, which counts less than 5% of total content. i.e. 2 hours will be more than enough to finish the books...may be plus another 1.5 hour to see the pictures as well, and that's it!
p.s. To all my friends who laugh at me for buying these books: one day before long I will be capable to digest them! (when there's a Chinese / English translation LOL)
I have bought The Other Side Of The Moon recently, which means that after years of waiting, I get all of The Cardigans' albums finally~ The next target is the singles...well...still a long path to go.
From left to right:
Upper row: Emmerdale, Life, First Band on the Moon, Gran Turismo, Live In London Lower row: Other Side of the Moon, Long Gone Before Daylight, Super Extra Gravity, Best of The Cardigans
I watched the special preview of Painted Skin with Ar Cheong on last Saturday. The movie is quite different from my expectation. Everyone knows Painted Skin is a very scary movie, but for this version, it isn't very scary...at least not scary enough to make me scared except the sense when Zhao Wei's face was changed to Zhou Xun's suddenly. The so-called most horrible skin tearing scene, in fact, is not horrible at all.
The most impressive character of this movie is the demon buster (降魔者), Xia Bin. She protrays her role extremely very well, given the fact when she was here the audiences always laughed~
The theme song of the movie, 畫心, sang by Jane Zhang, is perhaps more impressing than the movie itself. Zhang performed the song perfectly. The rhythm is touching and the lyrics is nicely written.
After 14-months of hard work, the FGH Website is completed finally.
"Completed" means that the website is uploaded to the FTP successfully. Guesthouse owners' satisfaction is of no importance.
FGH website is actually a part of my FYP. This project brings me not only the chances to learn (the way of handling annoying boss), but also brings me at 4 things:
1) Competitions
Since this website is too simple for the FYP, we have to add extra features to please our supervisor. The extra technology we applied is RFID. What is RFID? I am not going to explain the theories behind since it's too complicated. An example of product applying the RFID is the Octopus Card. Clear enough, right? So how do we apply the RFID on our project? According to the City University professor, KY Lam, we "call the function" only! Fine...we can still participate in Microsoft Imagine Cup and Amway Pan-Pearl River Delta Region Universities IT Project Competition by our call function FYP~ The result of our team is:
Imagine Cup: Third round, and the judges commented that our idea is creative enough but not innovative enough. What a remarkable comment! Amway: What should you expect from the only non-university representative of this university competition?!
Anyways, it's a good chance to experience how powerful the competitors are.
2) Adventures
The guesthouse is located at Chung King Mansions, a place I have never visited and don't want to visit anymore. The lifts of the building scared the hell out of me all the time. And there are always accidents one day before our visit, for example, a 密林 handgun was found on 2007/10/05. Besides, the General Manager of the guesthouse, Parkson Lee, is one of the "nicest" old men I have ever met. While a foreigner was bargaining the room rate with Parkson's wife, Parkson kept scolding the foreigner and ask him to get out, in CANTONESE, his action greatly widens with my horizon. However, compared with the adventure we had at Wah Yuen Building, the story at Chung King is nothing.
Wah Yuen Building is an old building as awful as Chung King Mansions. On 2008/04/10, the guesthouse owner wanted us to meet her at her home at Wah Yuen Building. She told us she lived on the 8th floor, but for a old building like Wah Yeun, 8th floor and 八樓 is different. We were confused when we entered the lift, and a man offered help voluntary. We told him we would like to go to 八樓, he pressed the button for us and laught in a strange way. After exiting the lift, we found four "1-floor-1" flats! The "1 floor 1" flats are one the right hand side while the guesthouse owner's flat is on the left hand side. When we left the guesthouse owner's flat, we were in the same lift with a "1-floor-1"...Initially CK and I didn't know she's a "1-floor-1", it's Zen telling us as he saw her leaving the flat. After the visit, we shared our horrible experience with the supervisor and he suggested we guys go ahead for the service. We replied, "Should you / the department sponsor us, we will".........
3) Holidays
We have visited the guesthouse twice during the lesson, but in our supervisor's handbook we have at least visited four times. Where is the extra two times? Well, they are converted to our holiday, such as the one on 2008/02/14, haha.
4) University place
I don't have a good examination result, but with my FYP, I can merely meet the minimum entrance requirement of university, even though I almost make no contribution in the FYP. I still obtain a good mark~ I really owe CK and Zen a big favour!
I haven't updated my blog since 7/7/2008. And what makes me to have an update? Roger Federer again? Partly. Well, Roger has just captured his 5th consecutive title for US Open! Congratulations and well done~ From this victory, I believe he finally gets back his confidence.
Lots of things happened in the previous two months. One of the most worth talking point is the job at PolyU. However, since only my close friends know this blog, and I assume that all of you know what I have done and what I felt about this job already, so I am not going to share here, hehe.
(What a piece of bullshit...well, sorry about that. After learning from my previous experience, I am afraid that my boss will reach this website at anytime, so better not to make any comments here...)
School has started for a week and sadly my passion of university life has gone already. All because of maths...I always keep asking myself why I love Mathematics so much in my primary school but not at secondary school and now. I have deduced the answer recently. In primary school, we learnt elemantary arithmetic, the most elementary branch of math, therefore, even I have no math sense, getting an excellent result isn't a difficult task at all. With an excellent result, surely I love math, but now, I totally don't understand what's going on in the math lecture! How can I enjoy this subject...and at the same time some of my classmates treat it as a piece of cake...sigh...not to mention the 10 years old real math genius who takes the same English course as me...
At the very beginning of the semster, I still haven't decided whether I should work hard or study hard, now I know my objective clearly. Two reasons:
Long-term: Change the major Short-term: To get a high GPA for exchange programme, target? Simon Fraser University for sure, hehe
I love Supernova. Supernova explodes, it soon becomes as bright as the entire galaxy, and it can be seen across vast cosmic distances, but after the explosion, it leaves only a small, dense core, and usually nothing remains to rise from the dead.
One day before long, I will be a supernova. To make you surprised, to make you delighted, then I disappear, forever, forever.
Sometimes, no news = good news, but definitely no news from a person who is on the verge of death won't be a good news. We may not understand your painfulness nor have the professional knowledge to help you , but please do give us the chance to make you happier.
1) I am never a hardworking person and I simply can't believe there's someone who's even lazier than me! Well, perhaps...this guy is testing my EQ, or examinating the limitation of my tolerance...sigh......
2) You don't know who I am...but please...please don't do such a stupid thing, okay? Many people still care you a lot!!! I wish I will never read a horrible news regarding you anymore. THANK YOU.
Not only did my parents give me a happy childhood, my dad had also recorded it down as well. Thanks to the digitalization of the ancient V8 tapes, I discovered a dew scenes which no one has watched before, such as this one, which is described as the best of best by my dad. Well, I totally concur~
This duration of the clip is only 10 seconds, but the loading time is pretty long. Be patient, and make sure the speakers are on! Click this if you still couldn't watch it.
We had our first round presentation of HKIC today. Feedback from the judges:
"Innovative but still plenty of rooms for improvement....."
So are there still any hope for us moving to the 2nd round???
I think there's still hope. You can't expect students submitting perfect works, right? I believe the proposal we submitted is already far better than our preliminary one. Anyways, we already gave our best, and we should have no regrets at all. Surprisingly, there's no pressure for this presentation as I scare the "unlucky list" more....
I discussed a topic with Mike which I have never discussed with others before. Eventually, Mike becomes the 3rd person in the world knowing how Edwin Lopez and I had been cheated in my Form 3 Half Yearly Exam Post Exam activity, an activity which I will never do again, haha
I believe in destiny. Everything is planned to bring you to a certain place and at the right time.
If I didn't know who Emilie Simon is, I would not buy her CD. If I didn't buy Emilie Simon's CD, I would not visit HMV on 25th Oct. If I didn't buy a CD with a broken CD case. I would not return to HMV on Saturday and request an exchange. If there's no Chris, I would not wake up at 7:45am on Saturday. If I didn't wake up at 7:45am, I would not return to HMV at 11:00am If I didn't come to HMV for exchange, I would not come back home at 11:45am. If I didn't come back home at 11:45am, I would not be at the bus station at 11:30am. If I was not at at the bus station at 11:30am, I would miss the chance of seeing a person I haven't seen for more than 3 years. If I missed this chance............I would not write this entry.
Is it really the end of the story? I dunno. And I hope it isn't. And what happened when I see that person? Nothing happened.
Eating too much beef and 熱氣 food lately...It's all because of Alvin and President. They're the superstars in June. Alvin hasn't come to HK since 1997!!! It's really rare for a Vancouver guy...
Sunday: 國金軒 & Deep Fried Chicken Wings w/ Garlic and Butter @ Ricepaper Thursday: 炸雞軟骨 @ Japanese restaurant Yesterday : Mos Cheese Burger, Fried chicken and crisscut (薯塊) Today: Ruby Tuesday Bacon Cheese Burger and lots of French fries (I miss New York Fries >.<) Tomorrow: My cousin's 3rd birthday party....Of course there will be lots of yummy food.
I need to exercise more as I gain 3 pounds within 6 days! Fortunately, most likely, my sister will buy a Wii tomorrow! Great!!!!!~~~ (as my dad's fathers' day present?! if so I should buy a golf game for him...)
Came to an art exhibition called LOVE.LY with Alvin yesterday. "Love" as the theme, a piece of A4 paper as the platform. Damon is one of the exhibiters and he told me he wrote "Calvin Choi" as the name of artist. By the way, I got a sticker for Rachel, hope she will like it.
Alvin finally bought his PSP today. Thx President for accompanying us. Without his superb bargaining skill, we couldn't get it with such a reasonable price. Though my mom said that $1700 is the ideal price! Gosh she doesn't understand the market...And I met Damon @ the tram stop, what a coincidence.
The Battle of Mohi can be one of the most decisive wars in human history if Ogedai Khan had lived just one more year. After this battle, there were no more well-organized European army capable to fight against The Mongols. After this great victory, General Subutai and Batu Khan planned to invade Austria, destroy Vienna, conquer Germany and Italy. If everything goes fine, in the following year, France and Spain would have the same fate, given the complete failure of the European Knights in the aforementioned battle and Battle of Legnica.
However, the death of Ogedai Khan prevented the utter destruction of the remainder of Europe as the Mongols retreated and never returned again when the news came of the death of Ogedai Khan...
While watching the Saddam Hussein before execution clip in the news report, I feel so cold and sick. It feels like my surrounding temperature drops by 10°C. I had the same feeling in the 9/11 tragedy, as I know I am not watching a movie with CG effects. Everything I watch is real. Innocent civilian are dying. Buildings are burning. Everything is utter mess.
Shame on you, Saddam. Instead of sentencing to death in the "fair" and "legal" trial and fooled by George W Bush, why don't you commit suicide when you were captured by the US soldiers? You always claims you are a martyr, but sadly you die in such an ugly way. A real martyr should die nobly.
The Iraqi seems to be very happy. When the American army vehicles pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein in April 2003, thousands of people are celebrating cheerfully. Three and a half years after, I am curious to know how many of those happy people are still alive. How many of them still believe the Americans will bring them peace and democracy? I have no idea. I wish them all the best. I wish they have a better fate than Saddam.
Saddam, you are not alone. One day, Bush and Laden will join you in hell.
BAGHDAD, Iraq Dec 29, 2006 (AP)— Saddam Hussein has been hanged, state-run television reported Saturday. "Criminal Saddam was hanged to death," state-run Iraqiya television said in an announcement. The station played patriotic music and showed images of national monuments and other landmarks.
A U.S. judge on Friday refused to stop Saddam's execution, rejecting a last-minute court challenge.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said U.S. courts do not have jurisdiction to interfere in another country's judicial process.The ruling can be appealed, but it was issued within an hour of the time Iraqi officials said they expected the execution to be carried out.
Saddam and others were convicted of murder in the killings of 148 Shiite Muslims from an Iraqi town where assassins tried to kill Saddam in 1982.
Also to be hanged were Saddam's half-brother Barzan Ibrahim and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, the former chief justice of the Revolutionary Court, the adviser said.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the most talented ever and God's chosen composer, passed away on 5th December 1791, (i.e. 215 years ago) leaving his most profound work, Requiem, K.626 unfinished.
I am now going to listen to these tremendous works. All of them are world-wide know~
1) Piano Sonata No.10 in C Major K.330 2) Piano Sonata No.11 in A Major K.331(I.Andante grazioso) 3) Piano Sonata No.16 in C Major K.545(I.Allegro) 4) 12 Variations In C Major, K.265 5) Piano Concerto No.23 in A, K.488(II.Adagio) 6) Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K.364 for Violin, Viola and Orchestra(II.Andante) 7) The Marriage Of Figaro, K.492 (Overture) 8) Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 (II.Adagio) 9) Ave Verum Corpus, K.618 10) Requiem, K.626
I wish I am now in San Francisco so I can have fun with you! Anyways, I hope you will have an enjoyable time with Helena, as well as your wonderful regression analysis test
World number one Roger Federer underlined his absolute dominance of men's tennis when he routed American James Blake 6-0 6-3 6-4 on Sunday to win the Tennis Masters Cup for the third time in four years.
Many people said that watching Roger Federer's games is extremely boring as Roger Federer always dominates in the game. I doubt, seeing how Roger dominated is already an enjoyment.
James Blake played very very well in the tournament, except the final. It's not his fault. The fact is no one can resist Federer now, including Rafael Nadal. I am sure that Roger is now better than Andre Agassi, may be...even better than Pete Sampras!
Today is the so-called "Double-13 Friday" because all the numbers in the numerical notation -- 13/10/2006 -- add up to 13 coincidentally.
p.s. the formal name of 13 Friday: Paraskavedekatriaphobia...23 characters
And I have a triple feeling today.
Disappointment is the first. The Tai Chi Club is dissolved by the Student Union. What a pity. If everything goes fine, I will be the first ever Tai Chi Club Chief Consultant who knows nothing about Tai Chi! A big loss to them.
Sorrow is the second. One of my very first fish passed away on 13/10/1999. I remember the last time I saw him, he was swimming normally, 3 hours after, I saw his dead body. I collapsed and started crying helplessly. I cannot accpet this. How come we are all powerless against death? 7 years has passed, he is still my all time favorite fish.
Third is joy. I get a wonderful CD today. It's Hungarian Rhapsodies performed by the late Hungarian virtuoso pianist Georges Cziffra in 1958. Who is Georges Cziffra? Cziffra is a famous pianist and master of improvisation. Some hates his playing style as he loves showing off. But I love it! I simply love seeing talented people showing off their master skills!
I spent a few hours researching data for the System Development report, and turned out that all I need can be found from a document issued by the Lebanon government...
Cycling + BBQ with the ex-workmate on 1/10. Thx May and Carol for arranging this wonderful actvity.
Photos restructured by IFC. So real, so Jade, so May!!!
My friend said that I look like an aberrant killer in this photo. (because of the gloves???) So am I Calvin the Ripper? lol...
Chatted with Karen(I can finally classify Karen, Ginnie and Melody, yeah!) on the train and she told me how challenging and difficult LRSM is. Really? May be. By the way she will take the ACTL soon. May the force be with her.
I found a very interesting Star Wars novel at Wikipedia yesterday. Of course I wanna read it as soon as possible. So I accessed to Amazon and found this book instantly, um...the item itself costs me US16.35, which is acceptable, sadly, adding the shipping the book rises to $28.33
Then I went to eBay. The starting bid is GBP 1.5, what an attractive price. How about the shipping? Sorry, GBP 4.5...I will bid the item without any hesitation if Book(GBP 4.5) + 1.5 shipping cost but I cannot accept the shipping cost is 300% more than the book.
Lastly, I tried to find the novel from www.hkpl.gov.hk by entering the keyword "Darth Vader", Bingo! There is a copy at the Electronic Road library!!!
Now, I am enjoying this wonderful Star Wars novel~~
What a concert! My long waited Vienna Philharmonic concert. Vienna Philharmonic + Valery Gergiev!
Gergiev is a conductor full of energy. His interpretation was full of sparks. He didn't use any baton. Simply love the way he moves and body language. Or better to say, he was literally dancing with the music on the conductor's podium!
Honestly, I didn't enjoy the every minute of the concert. I am referring to Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9. Of course VPO performed this piece very well, but I simply didn't like it. May be because I was not familiar with Shostakovich. What I know is that he's a Russian born in 1906. and that's all. The young lady in front of me even slept! What a waste...
After the intermission we had Brahms's Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, for me it is the highlight of the concert and it is already worth the ticket price in its own right. I was particularly impressed by the first movement of Brahms No.4, which was played with such intensity. Everything seems to be perfect, however, I don't understand why there's no pause between the third and fourth movement...Never mind, after all, the Symphony was amazingly well played which is good enough for me to hear the difference between VPO and the other orchestras.
The encores were Hungarian Dance and Strauss's Waltz(can anybody tell me exactly which work it is?). Both were excellent, and the harp was finally here~
Thx God for letting me to see two very different concerts within 3 days. I enjoy both of them and I am looking forward to 25 Oct Vienna Boys' Choir and Brother Fong's harmonica concert on 26 Nov. (Brother Fong, your loss for not watching the concert with me!!!)
Concerts on 24 Sep, 25 Oct, 26 Nov, what a coincidence...
I would like to express my deepest thanks to my workmates. Stephen, Raymond, Kay, Harvey, Damon, May, Ar Ping, Edmund, Alice, Phonna, Cammy, Cookie, Wing Chai and 蓮姐, thank you for the help and guidance during this summer holiday, plus loads of jokes, gags, laugh and hahahahaha....haha.
And hereby I apologize to Wing Chai and 蓮姐 for the troubles I create......
Trivia on the Last Day:
Linda used her pass to open the door for me. What a moment! I can never forget it...so as four Chinese characters: 「有拖無欠」.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Several pictures taken on the last day and farewell lunch:
With Ms Yeung & Ms Ng at the entrance of the Teacher's Room...
The Group Photo, Raymond is so 搶鏡~ (better no to use the term 搶鏡, this term gets me into trouble!)
With Damon, May, Harvey
With Alice
With 蓮姐
Farewell lunch at McDonald's organized by May perfectly
The Empty HK Stadium is so clean, so fresh and amazing~
