I engrish am gooder then u

in 10 years

2007-06-30T21:02:00.001+02:00

I passed the first public exam, barely passed the second, lost my dream, met and lost my first love, got my first degree, mistakenly accepted my first job, weathered my worst days, lost some friends, made a staggering lot of mistakes, am now full of regrets yet still full of plans... what's next? hopefully something better~

楊惠妍

2007-04-26T08:40:00.000+02:00

http://news.wenxuecity.com/messages/200704/news-big5-389576.html
咦, 係真唔係呀!

Saxophone Choir

2007-04-08T17:58:00.000+02:00

It was simply great!

CE Debate

2007-03-25T19:20:00.000+02:00

Maybe it's too late to talk about the "debate" when the election is over, and I have nothing new to offer on the subject. The "debate" or Q&A or whatever, reminds me the experience in the Annual General Meeting of a student union in the university. As usual, the whole meeting was pervaded by stupidity. As if it was not bad enough, I had to stand on the stage to confront it directly. At that time, I was naive and silly. I took it seriously.

In the course of the CE debate, similar situation arose. At that moment, I finally realized I was mistaken. Stupidity should be dismissed with a sense of humour. It's supposed to entertain the audience when they start falling asleep. What a pity that I couldn't seize the chance and inadvertently allowed my audience to sleep soundly. This is certainly one of my unfortunate regrets.

Unicode domain name

2007-03-05T18:19:00.001+01:00

We can now use unicode as domain names. For example, you can register a japanese domain name 愛してる.com or 傻豬.com in chinese. I tried to register 無聊.com and 頹廢.com, obviously those who wish to profit from it are quicker than me.

Make Firefox Faster

2007-02-15T06:21:00.000+01:00

Enter "about:config" into the address bar. Change network.http.pipelining and network.http.proxy.pipelining to true, and network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to a number like 16 or 24. Right-click and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

轉載: 明報阿寬

2007-01-09T08:05:00.000+01:00

明報阿寬2007-01-09極度大男人她為何要懺悔？

祺在上年初與拍拖五年的女友分手。當時他希望女友給他多一次修好的機會，但她選擇與新歡一起。

他剛捱過最艱難的幾個月，女友有些工作上的難題要找他幫手，他無法拒絕。

女友在言談間講到當天分手的事，承認離開他是她不好，問他有沒有恨她。

他說不知道。事實上他仍無法接受她　欺騙過他，說恨，又沒這種感覺。

她向他表示歉意，但沒有回到他的身邊。

祺問我為何她要找他替她解決難題而不找現在的男友，問為何她要懺悔，又不是想回到他身邊。

女人負了一個她認為對她不錯的男人，心裏不會沒有歉意，我不排除她是利用工作上的難題，再想跟祺接觸，對他直接或間接道歉。這不等於她與男友相處有問題。對女人來說，絕對希望世上多一個疼她的男人，少一個恨她的。如果舊男友不好，女人連見也不要再見，提也不要再提，別人提起，也會不開心。

祺至低限度在他舊女友心中，是個很好的男人，她仍想他以非男友身分繼續關心她。

不要怪女人有這種想法，在她們的感性邏輯中，這是十分合理的。

將來可有重新發展的可能？只要繼續在她身邊，還是有可能的。

祺要清楚這舊女友是哪種性格和再三思考當日分手的理由。如果分手時她心裏連一丁點對他的愛也不剩，日後她就算與現任男友分手，回頭機會也極低。

祺想知道如何才能成為讓女人愛得死心塌地又可以傷害她們的壞男人，下次再談。　

Kowloon City Plaza

2006-09-27T16:20:00.001+02:00

裝修後的九場

F30 test shot 3

2006-09-14T20:47:00.003+02:00

p129
Originally uploaded by cogito_er.

F30 test shot 2

2006-09-14T20:47:00.001+02:00

p130
Originally uploaded by cogito_er.

F30 test shot 1

2006-09-14T20:46:00.001+02:00

p136
Originally uploaded by cogito_er.

Mandy Chiang

2006-09-13T16:37:00.000+02:00

想不到她拍的照片蠻不錯的

Horlick Vanila flavoured

2006-09-02T11:24:00.000+02:00

點解會咁難飲架! 初時仲以為會同原味差唔多...
怪不得比其他便宜一點，不過這種味道真的會有人喜歡嗎?

超女06

2006-08-27T21:15:00.000+02:00

譚維維(中)真的不錯

Fujifilm Finepix F30

2006-08-27T21:11:00.000+02:00

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1012&thread=19283193
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1012&thread=18663856&page=1
http://www.dchome.net/viewthread.php?tid=290448&extra=page%3D1&page=1

死, 心動添...

轉載: 蘋果日報

2006-08-27T09:42:00.000+02:00

always on sunday ︰趕修英文
劉紹銘　嶺南大學榮休授

Large rect in all local news - Spanish
生平對語言特別執的人，做老師也好、做編輯也好，離開崗位或退休後，在文字上斤斤計較的習慣，不會改變。語言文字是他們的終生事業，不為甚麼，就為了個人興趣。中國人對漢語的關心，理所當然，因為這是我們母體文化的一部份。但我們對外語，就說英文吧，會不會一樣關心？
我想到我的老師吳魯芹。上世紀五十年代中我在台灣唸書，魯芹先生在美國新聞處任職，公餘到台大外文系 part-time 。他文學批評和翻譯，因此可以說不論是正職或兼差，無時無刻不在英語世界打滾。七九年退休美國，除了上街買菜和跟鄰居打交道時非要用「蠻兒語」外，其餘時間在家，大可抱《夜雨秋燈錄》或《閱微草堂筆記》過日子。
誰料當過多年英文老師的吳魯芹授，在學生習作挑骨頭的習慣難改。他不但追看美國的報章雜誌和流行小說，也一本正經的做筆記，終於把手上資料湊在一起，以〈救救英文〉為題寫了近八千字，一一數落「墮落」的美國英文各種不是。「外戚干政」？聽來有點像呢，怪不得他在文前引了南唐中主李璟句「吹皺一池春水，干卿底事？」作小標題。英文的死活榮枯，是人家的瓦上霜，何用吳授煩心？他說這完全是出於一個「私」心理由：

像我這樣年紀的人， … … 當年開始寫英文，真是『苦交易』。凡是貧苦出身的人，對他辛苦積下來的一點點家當，必定加倍珍惜 … … 我們比較認真，對好的也特別珍惜，近年看到英文被一批敗家子弄到如此百孔千瘡，雖然是他人瓦上霜，於心仍不免戚戚然。
美國英文怎麼墮落？第一個給吳授拿出來「示眾」的是 Gay Talese ，他寫了暢銷書《 Thy Neighbor's Wife 》。吳魯芹譯為《隔鄰羅敷》。 Talese 不但是職業作家，而且還有一位在文字上絕對可以幫忙的賢內助 Nan Talese 。這位太太是 Simon and Schuster 大出版社的高級編輯。《隔鄰羅敷》的原稿，是經她過目後才送到另一家大公司 Doubleday 的高級編輯 Betty Prashker 手上的。
照理說，一人計短，二人計長，這本小說最少在文法上不應有沙石的。實情可不是這樣。吳授舉了這一句： Bullaro would sometimes peddle alone for 15 miles.
授把上文下義拼起來讀，覺得不可思議。 Peddle 者，沿街叫賣也。但在 context 內的 Bullaro ，明明是「踩」腳踏車，因此他踩十五里的踩是 pedal ，而不是 peddle 。 Bullaro 不是做零售生意的人。
好吧，這種情形可以推說是「手民之誤」，但吳授接下來舉的兩個惡例，怎樣也賴不掉： Turning the corner, the view was much changed.
這種句子，譯成中文，漂亮極了：「轉了彎，景色就大不同了。」但從英文文法來看，大作家犯了連中學生也不該犯的錯誤：這是個沒有主詞的 dangling sentence 。景物留收眼底，才知是否山河有異。誰發覺景色不同了？吳授因此代為捉刀，根據 context ，把句子改為：

Turning the corner, he discovered that the view was much changed.
Talese 「墮落」的罪證多多，再看一個吧： "After completing high school in 1949, his sister wrote that she had arranged for him an appointment to Annapolis."
吳魯芹讀過《隔鄰羅敷》原著，知道作者想說的是弟弟在一九四九年高中畢業後，姐姐託人安排他進海軍官校。但看句子，你搞不清楚這種關係。你會以為在一九四九年畢業的是姐姐、或妹妹。吳授沒有替這惡例捉刀改正，我只好毛遂自薦了。在盡量保留原文的原則下，只消改動第一句就成： After he completed high school in 1949 或 after his completion of high school in 1949.
什麼叫 dangling sentence 呢？半吊句子就是。除了文法錯誤屢見不鮮外，美國人蹧蹋英文的例子也比比皆是。吳魯芹引了一些 Edwin Newman 所舉的例子，讀來人怪難為情的。 Newman 說美國名牌大報如《華盛頓郵報》，設在首善之區，讀者不少是外國名流政要，照理說英文水準不應差到哪吧？
可是 Newman 常常看到丟人現眼的例子。譬如說，他就搞不懂把一匹獨一無二的賽馬說成 uniquely one of a kind ，因為這句話用中文來說，就是「獨一無二的獨一無二」。
這些不合邏輯的英文句子，我在香港也常常看到。用得最濫的是： one of the best 和 most unique 。連 most perfect 的話也聽說過。 Perfect 是「完美」。完美就是完美了，不是完美的就不能稱為完美了，是不是？哪有更完美、最完美的？床架屋跟裝腔作勢一樣令人討厭，也是造成英文墮落的原因。水門事件後，尼克遜總統給記者窮追不捨。能夠躲的，他都躲，差遣幕僚代替他走到台前。這些幕僚說廢話的本領，確是登峰造極。 Mr Nixon wanted to evaluate and make a judgment in terms of a response.

「尼克遜先生需要衡量一下並以回應的方式作一判斷」？這是什麼鬼話！但幕僚若是直截了當的說「尼克遜先生需要時間考慮」， Mr Nixon needed time to think ，那就不會收到混淆視聽的效果，聽來就不像官話了。
在今日美語諸多罪行中，令 Newman 感到如芒在背的是以作家故弄玄虛的作風，明明可以簡簡單單說清楚的話，他們卻偏要用「科學」之名鋪蓋起來。像「這條魚死了」這麼簡單一件事吧，他們是不會「這條魚死了」這麼說的。人人都聽得懂，對你就不會有敬意了。怎麼說呢？你聽吧： The aquatic fauna exhibited 100-per-cent mortality ，這條水生動物已進入百分之一百的死亡狀況。
值得我們注意的是，專門挑剔美國人英文的，有不少是「外國人」。像在老牌雜誌《 Esquire 》寫專欄的 John Simon ，原是前南斯拉夫人，十四五歲才移民美國。到美國前就通曉四種歐洲語言，但英文是做了新移民後才學的。他在《 Esquire 》寫了三年稿，擺明陣勢對看到的、聽到的「墮落」文字重炮轟擊，對象包括電視、英語師協會、整天 mumble Po Mo Babble 的大學授、黑人和少數民族「方言羼雜」的英語。

Simon 先生對英語「處處憐芳草」的因，大概跟吳魯芹授差不多：辛苦學來的外語，猶如血汗積蓄下來的家當，不忍胡亂蹧蹋。認識到 Simon 這種心態，就不難了解他對英文的愛護，比英國人還英國人。因此他對 Newman 拿「玩忽」的口吻去笑話美式英文各種不是，頗有微詞。用吳授的原文說， Simon 認為「當一種美麗、重要的文字被人蹧蹋到這種地步，是不能用開玩笑的態度去對付的，應該氣憤、痛斥才對。」
Simon 說整個美國英語墮落的問題就像一個七層的大蛋糕，底層是全國人民對文法的無知。如果 Talese 唸書時有過最基本的文法訓練，就不會寫出「無頭公案」的句子。如果人家問 Simon 為什麼他對文字如此執，他會說，語言文字是一種藝術，需要有靈魂、精神和感染力。甚至可以說需要的是一種「高貴感」。雖然他口誅筆伐「破英文」不遺餘力，私底下他也知道，大勢已去，補天無術了。用他自己的話、魯芹授的譯文來說：「文字語言的墮落，一如通貨膨脹，通貨膨脹是無法制止的。」在這方面，他比 Newman 悲觀多了。

Simon 的思想是 patrician ，貴族的。說話的腔調像 Cassandra ，一天到晚「天國近了、天國近了」的呼喊，難怪一些《 Esquire 》的讀者受不了他的「烏鴉嘴」，抱怨一多，雜誌換了新老闆後就請他另謀高就。
本文以〈趕修英文〉為題，當然語意雙關，既是修讀、也是修補。幾十年前香港學子學英文，得要乖乖的背誦「寶書」《 High School Grammar 》，因此知道 transitive verb 和 intransitive verb 的分別。知道什麼叫 dangling modifier 。今天香港棄用「古法」，難怪在常見的英文書寫中，我看到不少像從 Talese 小說彈出來的斷腿殘肢。搶修英文，要從基礎做起。

下一位將會是誰?

2006-08-23T07:19:00.000+02:00

何俊仁遇襲事件，幕後黑手是誰，本來只可以估估下，誰也不能肯定。但是賭王的一番話，卻暴露了有人不打自招。誰是凶手，是否呼之欲出?

今天有人署名"一個香港市民"，在報章刊了一個全版黑底白字廣告，引用了 Martin Luther King 在獄中寫的一封信:

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

希望"下一位"不會出現。

你屋企門鎖有幾安全?

2006-08-16T17:50:00.000+02:00

睇完段 video 你就知
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Uv45y6vkcQ

New layout

2006-08-16T08:20:00.000+02:00

Seems a bit dizzy...

After the upgrade, the chinese display names in the comments are messed up!

Blogger Beta

2006-08-16T08:05:00.000+02:00

Blogger has finally upgraded!!
New features:
- Labels
- Dynamic publishing
- Access Control
- Wysiwyg layout edit
More details here.

好中

2006-08-07T06:29:00.000+02:00

http://pkblog.org/?p=1034

2006-08-01T19:47:00.000+02:00

D1大整古-滑雪場按摩椅

軟硬

2006-08-01T19:29:00.000+02:00

讀中學時沒有怎樣留意他們
到現在仍是不解為何有人會如此崇拜他們
某些歌詞的確是有意思
不過餘下的都只是無聊嬉笑
也許這就是先入為主的威力

信報

2006-07-28T09:17:00.000+02:00

唉, 孔少林和方卓如都走了
似乎林行止和曹仁昭的專欄也開始倒數
只有寄望港燦寫多點了

Give up

2006-07-25T18:23:00.000+02:00

I've been using a multi-im client ever since I started using both ICQ and MSN, in order to minimize memory consumption. This multi-im client is called Miranda-im. However, this client's msn module has some problems concerning sending messages and files. So i switched to Trillian and see if it's better. This time I'm disappointed by it's buggy icq integration...

Finally I gave up and downloaded Windows Live Messenger, and it works perfectly well. But the memory usage is 50MB, comparing with Miranda-im's 5MB and Trillian's 8MB, it's huge! It's also 2 times more than Icq 2003 Pro's 16MB.

Is there a workable multi-im client available??

歌仔

2006-07-24T17:29:00.000+02:00

每逢下雨
總是想起某人唱這首歌的情景

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落大雨喇雞仔貪玩泠到傷風真真慘
論盡鴨仔 (擔)左花瓣當作撐開小雨傘
魚仔生猛蝦仔生猛青蛙水中跳低(難)
遇著母雞今天生蛋五隻鴨仔通處逛
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今日終於吹到 Mary has a little sheep, 向著脫離音樂盲的路又踏進一步!

書展

2006-07-23T05:58:00.000+02:00

幾年冇去, 今次收獲有:
Freakonomics - 平裝本, 幾抵
Jake's View - $50, 好似好抵
殺悶思維 - 李天命新書, 當然要捧場

青網大使... 乜咁似紅衛兵 gei?!
不如檢舉埋漢奸啦
最搞笑係個中大教授叫人用56k, 咁佢應該以身作則喎~~

A night at the movies

2006-07-15T20:30:00.000+02:00

Excellent!

BUSINESS LOGIC

2006-07-15T18:15:00.000+02:00

Father : I want you to marry a girl of my choice

Son : "I will choose my own bride!"

Father : "But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter."

Son : "Well, in that case...ok"

Next day, Father approaches Bill Gates.

Father : "I have a husband for your daughter."

Bill Gates : "But my daughter is too young to marry!"

Father : "But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank."

Bill Gates : "Ah, in that case...ok"

Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank.

Father : "I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president."

President : "But I already have more vice- presidents than I need!"

Father : "But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law."

President : "Ah, in that case...ok"

This is how business is done!!

MORAL : Even If you have nothing, you still can get something out of it, as long as your attitude is positive.

(from somewhere in time)

男生女相

2006-07-14T11:47:00.000+02:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wur503AjQM4
太可怕了...

新髮形

2006-07-12T20:17:00.000+02:00

剛剪了個 skinhead, 才發覺自己的頭形圓碌碌的, 是做和尚的上佳人選。
只是有點不習慣清風迎面吹拂的感覺, 有點癢和怪怪的~~

新版郭襄

2006-07-11T17:43:00.000+02:00

幾靚女喎!仲有d似長澤。

North Korea

2006-07-10T17:34:00.000+02:00

A very informative travel log (in chinese).

Bad Ending

2006-07-09T21:55:00.000+02:00

德國殘陣出擊，都仍能漂亮地擊敗葡萄牙，算是不失主辦國面子。

意大利能踢出這樣銳利的足球，居然能想出以頭球克制法國，教練納比應佔首功。只是球員操守......馬達拉斯和c7，強!

施丹，唉......太可惜了。

唉...

2006-07-04T23:31:00.000+02:00

技不如人......

my life will 張懸

2006-07-02T16:15:00.000+02:00

cover_CS01
Originally uploaded by cogito_er.

感覺有點像陳綺貞，還不錯~~

英格蘭與巴西

2006-07-01T22:52:00.000+02:00

英格蘭打出了今屆的代表作，卻輸在十二碼...

巴西至今未能發揮應有水準，遇著打出十二分實力的法國，也只能俯首稱臣。這樣的法國，絕對能殺入決賽。葡萄牙要努力了!

Huuurrrrrrrrraaay!!

2006-06-30T19:42:00.000+02:00

Deutschland!!!
好想搵個人擁抱!
德國可以直入決賽了!!

烏克蘭打破了四強必有新丁的傳統，面對越戰越糟的意大利，德國應可輕易過關。
只要巴西勝了法國，決賽應是上屆的翻版。

BeForU II

2006-06-27T15:25:00.000+02:00

Italy's tactics

2006-06-26T19:42:00.000+02:00

The Netherlands v Portugal

2006-06-25T22:44:00.000+02:00

今場十三張黃牌三張紅牌，邊隊贏都元氣大傷，看來下場英格蘭又可以執雞了。

唉，我最討厭的阿根庭和英格蘭都晉級了......

後記: 英格蘭將會面對一隊沒有Costinha、Deco和C7的葡萄牙

好睏...

2006-06-25T12:17:00.000+02:00

photo: http://blog.bencrox.info/

Go Go Deutschland!

2006-06-24T18:44:00.000+02:00

開波十分鐘就入兩粒，開心死我! 不過後防真係唔掂，特別係廢特列治，點解唔換左佢! 後備真係冇人?? 下一場對阿根庭(應該係啦)，係對後防的真正考驗，只要過到，都應該入到決賽。

World Cup Babies

2006-06-23T22:39:00.000+02:00

http://www.soccerpulse.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=93786&st=0

好強!

2006-06-15T15:54:00.000+02:00

World Cup First Round

2006-06-14T22:38:00.000+02:00

打完第一輪，覺得比上屆好睇。今年好多所謂弱隊都可以同強隊對攻，只係前鋒把握力弱，浪費大量機會。由第一場表現睇來，最具冠軍相的球隊係捷克同意大利。

德國第二場面對波蘭的9-0-1戰術，完全係老鼠拉龜，射門好似日本咁，冇乜邊下中目標，一係就連續中兩次楣。上一場的美妙遠射今場唔見影，令我懷疑上場表現出來的強大攻力似係虛火。點都好，補時入左一粒，總算鬆一口氣! 德國率先進入16強!!

Picasa2

2006-06-13T22:32:00.000+02:00

I have played with this software for a few days and am decently surprised with its performance and functions. Picasa 2 is google's free photo management software. Its strength is certainly its ability to search and index your photos at amazing speed. Together with some basic photo editing functions, it can satisfy the needs of most normal users. It'd be perfect if the interface can make use of the tags and keywords like flickr does, I feel that it's easier to manage my photos in flickr's way.

mein Deutschmania

2006-06-09T18:08:00.000+02:00

估唔到我和LDD 係同好，我也寫寫我的 Deutschmania。

第一次看世界盃，就是90年馬圖斯帶領西德奪冠。可能因為那件球衣，亦可能是西德奪冠給我極好印象，從此我就成為德國的支持者。若問我喜歡德國隊的什麼，眨時間，我會啞口無言。正如喜歡一個人並不需要理由，即使有，也往往是事後才賦予的。支持德國隊，並不需要理由。

德國並不只有足球。89年的溫布頓決賽，也是我看的第一場網球賽，Boris Becker 成為最年輕的溫布頓冠軍。94年一級方程式，Michael Schumacher 取得他的首次總冠軍。

說回足球，我喜愛德國隊的"自由人"多於前鋒，這個位置亦是由Beckenbauer所創，亦從此成為德國隊的特色。今年的德國隊，攻力異常強大(希望不是哥斯達尼加太弱)，大異於上屆歐洲國家盃，由Ballack單天保至尊。只可惜攻力大增的同時，防守竟比哥斯達尼加更差(哥隊只用一招就入了兩球)! 賽前本來對德國不存厚望，看見這隊煥然一新的隊伍，不禁喜出望外。希望奇哥真的有奇招可以加強防守，事成的話，今屆力足和巴西一拼!

未解決

2006-06-04T21:06:00.000+02:00

早幾日與友人閒聊，提及下年會考中文科開始有聆聽測驗。這個中文聆聽卷的題目，會否和高考那個一樣無聊? 巴士阿叔那段短片，恰好是最佳題目:

片中阿叔有什麼事未解決?
A. 和女友吵架
B. 壓力太大
C. 講電話的自由被侵犯
D. 以上皆否

I doubt, therefore I am

2006-06-02T13:23:00.000+02:00

早前在通寶那裡發現了一個叫思私日記的新部落，看了幾篇後看不下去，心裡慨嘆香港果然是國際城市。

最近"她"所引發的一場"港男港女"爭論，PK_質疑這是一個局，我也馬後砲地認同，只是想不透主事者有什麼動機。"她"是否一個局，並不重要；重要的是，我為什麼沒想過這個可能?

紙皮、鋁罐、廢紙

2006-05-30T13:15:00.000+02:00

以前住九龍城寨的時候，我都曾經為環保出過一分力，賣過不少可再造的物料。
那時候廢紙每公斤可賣五毫子，鋁罐三毫子一個，而紙皮是阿婆的頭號獵物，所以沒有多少可以給我賣。每次用車仔載十多二十公斤的廢紙，加上十多廿個鋁罐，足夠我買很多零食了。

joke: an accountant wife

2006-05-27T19:13:00.000+02:00

from unknown source

I have a professional woman as my wife; a Chartered Accountant. She uses LIFO method while taking out the refrigerated food.

She thinks I am no good with numbers. Fine with me, for now she handles the budget of the house. Initially she used to send me a bill at the month end, but when I told her that I am not her client but her husband, she asks for the money in advance. The expenses had been rising steadily over the months, so one day I snooped into the papers maintained in a current file.

No wonder! She was charging mileage and overtime to the house budget. She is crazy, I tell her but she corrects me. No honey, I am the auditor. I fail to see the light.

Every scrap of the paper in our house is filed. She tells me as per some Ordinance she must keep a copy of every thing for at least ten years before destroying it. I am worried.

The other day we had an hour-long fight. Later, I got to know that she had charged that hour to a client of hers, in the time sheet. My time was put down as unoccupied.

She says that she loves me and I tell her that I love her too. However, she never believes me. She says that there is susceptibility of it being a misstatement. Duh! She wants my representation on this!

Last year our house accounts got a qualified opinion I had not kept the supporting etc. of my purchases. Not a long time back my brother's wedding was to be solemnized. Wedding cards had been sent.
After some time I started receiving a steady trickle of letters. I was puzzled until my wife explained that external evidence was more reliable. She had called for confirmations from all those to whom cards were sent.

When she cooks: my wife at times does not go by recipe. Where the recipe says add half-teaspoon vinegar,one tsp black salt or one teacup of water, she ignores them. She says that they are not material when taken in context of whole meal being prepared.

She is crazy, I tell you. Surprisingly everybody calls her an auditor, instead. I checked the dictionary and it did not state that auditor is a synonym for crazy. The dictionary must be outdated.

When we got married, she had given me an Engagement Letter and I had said how cute-how sweet. Now she gives it to me every year saying that her standards state that it must be sent a new if there is any indication that I have misunderstood the objective and scope of engagement. Huh!

Apart from sending me the engagement letter once again she says I can't get rid of her just like that. She says that she has the right of being heard before I appoint some one else.

Phew! For a minute, I thought that we had jeopardized our going concern status. Duh! Dare I say so??

I am told by one of my female colleagues who is married to a CA that the scenario is even worse when the guy is a CA. Apparently he capitalised the wedding expenses as preliminary expenses and is writing it off every year. Also the time he spent dating his wife before marrying her is still under consideration for valuation...valuation of intangible assets.

So guyz please think twice....should u really marry a CA? and yes please discount it by the appropriate rate to arrive at the present value of the risk of doing so !!!!!!!

巴士阿叔

2006-05-26T19:14:00.000+02:00

估唔到佢咁快已經名揚四海! 連英國衛報同紐約時報都有報導。

Champions League

2006-05-17T22:22:00.000+02:00

唉.... 一換人就輸兩粒... 仲要開波冇耐就趕左列文出場....

EY 出 report 單野好搞笑，我諗佢都係將 Consulting/Research 拆出來好 d

同文堂

2006-05-16T20:00:00.000+02:00

太方便了! 用了這個繁簡轉換的 firefox extension 後，就不用再費勁看醜惡的簡體字了!

費達拿 vs 拿度

2006-05-15T09:34:00.000+02:00

真可惡! 居然冇直播 !!

Hot!

2006-05-13T19:30:00.000+02:00

I cant agree more with KY Lee that air-conditioner is the greatest invention in the 20th century because it unleashed the productivity of the people living in the tropics. It's hard to imagine how I can work in summer without it.

會考英文卷二

2006-05-06T15:59:00.000+02:00

有人可以用手機上網出貓?
在新聞組有人留言，問題癥結在怎樣防止有人在廁所用手機，而不是應否印出題目出處。
即使沒有題目出處，我也可以在四十分鐘內完成試卷，然後用 sms 發出答案給考生。要出貓的話，絕不困難。

Le Couple

2006-04-30T07:00:00.000+02:00

Happiness

2006-04-29T18:35:00.000+02:00

Today in MTR, a little girl played crazily with her dad. The girl has a beautiful blonde hair and they appear to speak Russian. She rubbed and squeezed her dad's head happily when he was trying to read a book, apparently forcing him to play with her. Her laughter drew our attention, and we were wearing a smile whilst she was having fun. Laughter is contagious. And so is happiness. Maybe it's the easiest way to be happy.

潮爆大狀

2006-04-27T16:23:00.000+02:00

丫，原來無線的編劇都有做過下資料搜集。頭先食飯聽左1/4集，單案基本上就係講返舊年 HSBC 輸左單官司。唔知咁樣是否一種進步?

Dream

2006-04-25T18:49:00.000+02:00

I seldom have dreams. But recently, I dreamt about her wedding several times. Frustrating, isn't it?

又係星期二檔案

2006-04-25T17:13:00.000+02:00

原來補習天王可以月入三十萬...... 只可惜我唔靚仔，同埋要說服自己唔係昆緊學生錢都幾難。

Park Hye Kyoung 朴惠卿

2006-04-20T16:54:00.000+02:00

星期二檔案

2006-04-18T17:13:00.000+02:00

看見那些小朋友要學鋼琴長笛游水奧數珠算要補數學英文中文時事，連校內考試都有得 tip 試題操練...我只是想想也感到很辛苦。他們長大後會怎樣評價這段童年?

真慶幸自己小時候不用受這種密集補習之苦，但也要為了考試而日背夜背。以童年的快樂來換取學歷是否值得? hmm...

好東西

2006-04-14T06:53:00.000+02:00

Google Calendar

Google 中文名

2006-04-13T09:53:00.000+02:00

叫"谷歌"...
是誰這麼 distasteful 選這個名字... 也許用台灣公司取的科高比較好一點。

Headache

2006-04-12T18:38:00.000+02:00

It's a warning that I've been reading and thinking too much. Perhaps I should give myself more time to idle...

Adidas 辱華?

2006-04-10T19:49:00.000+02:00

看過那個所謂的辱華圖像後，我只想到一句"崩口人忌崩口碗"。TC 一定會寫，這是因為小農社會的自卑感作祟。

英超

2006-04-09T18:43:00.000+02:00

都唔知點解，阿仙奴打英超總係咁差，今場又畀曼魚壓住來打。
馬嶽係茶杯提到，阿仙奴的歐陸打法被英超主流的體力化打法剋制，所以在英超表現欠佳。如果係咁，車仔迷可以橫掃歐陸強隊?!

Wedding

2006-04-07T17:01:00.000+02:00

朋友受邀到這裡赴宴，似乎日本仔的生意頭腦真的不錯。不知香港有沒有類似的地方?

ICQ 騙案

2006-04-04T16:09:00.000+02:00

有線報導話間結他學校騙了近一百萬元，如果每人被騙七千元，那即是有約一百四十人被騙。真係估唔到原來錢係咁易呃...

學前教育

2006-04-03T16:17:00.000+02:00

學前教育要資助? 你覺得一個月學費幾千蚊合理嗎?
讀幼稚園時發生的事，我已經差不多全忘記了。老師在幼稚園教的，小朋友又可以記得多少?

The Paradox of Choice

2006-04-02T18:12:00.000+02:00

選擇太多，的確不是好事。解兄在這裡提到"選擇"、"悶"和"生活要求"的問題。莊子云:"吾生也有涯，而知也無涯，以有涯隨無涯，殆已。"以有限的時間，我們也只能選擇去選擇什麼。

王苑之

2006-04-01T17:45:00.000+02:00

Loop 左幾個禮拜, 越聽越鍾意 , 佢把聲真係近年最正 !

中一數學題

2006-03-25T06:40:00.000+01:00

某國硬幣共有五款: $1 $2 $4 $8 $16
拿來付 $29 共有多少不同的組合?

問上圖陰影部份面積佔整個三角形的面積幾分之幾?
(那些陰影三角形是無限延伸下去的)

這兩條題目，我也想了很久...

紫微斗數

2006-03-24T18:23:00.000+01:00

紫微與天府兩主星同宮，兩雄相遇，力量太強，故為人聰明多才，有謀略及領導能力，處事負責謹慎，一生權勢。因兩強相遇，反有大器晚成之慨嘆，約為三十五歲以後方能有所發展。財入庫，故凡事精打細算，小氣，吝嗇。做事較任性縱慾，故常會有週期性的精神空虛與苦悶。幼年易有災傷，或與父母無緣，或其它方面之缺陷。

Phantom of the Opera

2006-03-22T18:52:00.000+01:00

Crazy! Good seats has gone already!!

不是香港人

2006-03-20T19:05:00.000+01:00

印象中，典型的香港人應是喜歡逛街購物，愛吃生蠔魚生等海鮮，衣著光鮮時髦... 而我卻是最討厭逛街，不愛吃未煮熟的食物，衣著更... 新移民也可能比我更"香港"。

上莊

2006-03-17T17:45:00.000+01:00

大學怪談提到上莊 mark sponsor 的問題。當時上莊的思維，的確像是誰mark 得多 sponsor, 或找到有頭有面的 sponsor, 就是最大的成就。而活動本身辦成怎樣，有沒有達到目的，全成了次要的問題。

你問我上莊學懂了什麼，可能是"道不同，不相為謀"。和豬講道理，不如留返啖氣暖肚。

Joke of the day

2006-03-13T16:50:00.000+01:00

教統局:中式飲食樓面員工要聽懂英語微積分運算

中西飲食業職工會主席陳偉麟指出，由工會及商會組成的資歷架構培訓諮詢委員會，剛於去年完成《能力標準說明》草擬本，待有關法例通過便可推行。有關標準訂明，第二級能力的主任級員工，只需要懂得基本中式飲食業銷售常用的普通話及英語，例如懂聽懂講「叉燒飯」及「茶」詞語招呼客人。

不過，統局上月發放由職訓局撰寫的《通用（基礎）能力》諮詢文件，其要求之高卻令業界側目。只有小學程度的福樓飲食集團人事行政副總監陳興國，入行已有四十年，他慨嘆現今入行人數很少，但政府對僱員仍設下重重關卡，會扼殺香港「美食天堂」美譽。育統籌局回應業界的指摘時解釋，《通用（基礎）能力標準說明》與行業訂立的能力標準相輔相成，除非員工有意轉行，否則不會硬性要求員工學懂標準內所有技能和要求。

Dim Sum

2006-03-12T19:31:00.000+01:00

In Discovery Travel & Living channel, city hall's maxim is introduced as one of the best dim sum restaurant in HK. Is the best dim sum in gweilo's eyes different from our's? Hmm... maybe I should try it one day.

Thanks to Gerrard's fatal mistake, Arsenal got a 2:1 victory against Liverpool. Now at the 5th place in the league, I hope Arsenal can secure its position.

Dogs Unlimited

2006-03-10T18:32:00.000+01:00

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/2006/03/10/dogs_unlimited.html

It's always good to see these cute and loyal friends. What a pity that HK is not a dog-friendly city, there are too many places that dogs cannot enter. And I also believe it's cruel to keep them in a small flat with little room for them to play and run.

Somehow, I think I like dogs more than human.

Noise?

2006-03-09T18:58:00.000+01:00

In my sister's recently-moved-in-apartment, strange noise is often heard from the upper floor. At first, I guess it's the noise produced by the water pipes, but it's quite different from what I heard in other places. My sister, using her unique intuition, suggests that the noise is the sound of a walking dog! OK. The noise really sounds like the pace of a dog. But if we can hear the footsteps of a dog, how come we cannot hear the footsteps of the residents? Weird!

What Makes 100%?

2006-03-07T16:32:00.000+01:00

What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%.
How about achieving 103% or even 118%.

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:
If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

Look how far ass kissing will take you,
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that While Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Ass kissing that will put you over the top. (source: unknown)

If you want to know more about India

2006-03-06T19:23:00.000+01:00

Here is a good start.

浪漫的終結

2006-03-06T19:15:00.000+01:00

找到愛人後，會發生什麼事? 在梁博士那裡找到這個連結。

似乎結局是，大家都在苦中作樂。

張永霖

2006-03-06T18:28:00.000+01:00

信報月刊今期又訪問這位"青樓名妓"，不過今次的內容頗對我的胃口。他退出商界後，全力做義務工作，亦大力推動教育；每天都要運動、讀書和思考，以後還要到世界各地住三個月至半年，體驗當地文化，這些都和我將來想做的一樣。根據他所說，他是在96-98年樓市泡沫期間賺得第一桶金，從而獲得財務自由。這樣的機會真是可遇不可求，不知我的機會，何時才會來到?

You are a Reserved Leader

2006-03-05T16:50:00.000+01:00

My Personal Dna Report

Get your own report.

是非成敗轉頭空

2006-03-04T05:36:00.000+01:00

大學怪談和梁博士談好人，似乎世上"好人"泛濫。師弟寫了篇幾度夕陽紅，又有女孩回應了一篇青山依舊在。果然，這個世界是物以罕為貴。

Pride and Prejudice

2006-02-27T19:54:00.000+01:00

1. I always want to read this famous novel of Jane Austen from the beginning to the end, but for various reasons, I never finish it.

2. I couldn't imagine how this movie would be like without the excellent acting of Keira Knightley. And of course, she's the reason why I can't wait to watch it.

3. When Mrs. Bennet and Lizzie's younger sisters were discussing about who married a richer man, I found this scene similar to those in HK's movies and TV dramas. Seems that "to marry a rich man" is always a popular topic for love stories.

4. There's a fight between Lizzie and her father on allowing Lydia to go to a ball. Mr. Bennet didn't really care about the future of Lydia, but he supported Lizzie when she rejected the proposal of her cousin. Lizzie apparently received much more love than her younger sisters.

5. Misunderstanding and prejudice appear to be more harmful than pride and arrogance in this movie. Maybe it simply because I couldn't feel the arrogance of Mr. Darcy.

港島每七個人一個百萬富翁

2006-02-23T19:08:00.000+01:00

這些"調查"是否用來鼓吹我們專心賺錢給銀行投資的?

False Accusation

2006-02-22T16:39:00.000+01:00

Being accused of something I have not done by people I work for inevitably ruined my mood of the day. The best way to mend my mood at this moment is to immerse myself in the world of music.

彭浩翔

2006-02-20T18:48:00.000+01:00

想當年，因為他是同學的哥哥，看了他的(第一本?)小說"全職殺手"。現在，想不到他的電影可以在柏林展出。他選擇的題材，在香港影壇中可說是怪雞另類，就像"買凶拍人"和"AV"，但也正對上了我這怪人的胃口。

influenza

2006-02-19T16:55:00.000+01:00

始終也逃不掉... 嗚嗚嗚... 今年開齋了...

Power of Consumerism

2006-02-19T13:30:00.000+01:00

An ordinary form 3 girl becomes an envy of her friends after she's offered a VIP card of VW. It really surprised me that luxury brands like VW and Burberry were so popular among them, and they couldn't wait to pour thousands or more dollars into the brands.

I'm not sure if it's good for her to keep this habit as long as she's happy with her trophies, but I'm sure the economy will benefit from people like her.

Cartoon War

2006-02-12T13:25:00.000+01:00

Isn't it ludicrous for the European press to support the Danish newspaper by republishing the cartoon, in the name of defending Freedom of Speech? I can't see why a cartoon, which humiliates/insults muslim, can gain the full support from them. It seems that by using Freedom of Speech as the mighty shield, we shouldn't condemn any insulting act. To the contrary, we should support it to defend our freedom. Respect? Goto hell!

SC 10km

2006-02-12T12:56:00.000+01:00

1. Overcrowded! 9000+ ppl flooded the road.
2. Fortunately I managed to squeeze to the head of the crowd.
3. It's a special experience to run with so many ppl.
4. One or two runners brought their tripod and DSLR camera with them, posing to take pictures in front of the West Harbour Tunnel.
5. A few couples held their hands whilst running... to celebrate V-day?!
6. I got stomachache after I passed the tunnel.
7. Muscular runners are not necessarily good runners.
8. Met some friends after the race.
9. The cheering team has done a really good job.
10. The bottleneck of the day was on the way from Golden Bauhinia to Wan Chai Stadium.

Sleepless

2006-02-11T21:15:00.000+01:00

Can't sleep whilst my stomach is making strange noise. Hopefully I can finish the race in such a condition.

好飽

2006-02-11T15:42:00.000+01:00

兩小時前吃了碟咖哩牛腩飯，不知何故現在仍飽到想睡也睡不了，明早怎樣四時爬起床...

有老人家說過，吃飯後不能抱怨說太飽，會折福。我相信此說源頭，是以前沒多少人能吃飽，抱怨太飽就像炫耀自己有飯吃，會招人嫉妒吧~~ 現在都市人只患吃過多，何患吃不飽?!