一個人起床
一個人食早餐
一個人睇報紙
習慣了一個人的生活
一個人做project
一個人坐地鐵
一個人坐的仕
一個人搭飛機
沒有人會接機
一個人返工
一個人食晏
一個人食大家樂
買一份外賣
報一個人的稅
一個人睇電視
可以隨時轉台
一個人追DVD
一個人的BLOG
一個人的孤獨
一個人的清靜
一個人唔會多野煩
晚上一個人睡

兩個人...會唔會好D?

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All the right elements but don't add up



Watching the movie trailer, I think wow there is another great movie. Sadly, they got me again! Its not bad, well any movie with the talented and gorgeous Angelina Jolie can't be bad, but its definitely not a great movie.

There were some good actors in the movies, Ethan Hawk, and Keith Southerland aren't bad either. There is the standard chase scene. The strange and dark side of the movie, showing corpse and distorted face, broken hand ... all the gore. The hot (hot!) sex scene featuring yes, lovely Angelina (although its not really necessary, but I don't think anyone minds ...) the suspense, and the surprise ending. Somehow, it has all the right element making but doesn't add up at the end.

The movie didn't really spend any effort to develop the characters, and its also hard to believe the leading characters would fall for each other so quick. I can't help to compare this with Seven (David Fincher), which has more symbolic meaning in his suspense while this one is totally flat. I guess its okay to watch if you have couple spare hours on your hand, or an Angelina fan ... like me.

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去或留2

因為公司改組,本月已有三位同事先後離開。其實是另謀高就,因其他公司有好的offer。這個年代轉工已是平常事,再沒有甚麼大驚小怪,但中午才聽同事說遞信,傍晚便見HR的同事監視下收拾離開,不免令其他同事議論紛紛,連運輸部的女同事特意跑過來問我有否內幕消息。我心想你都幾八…其實換轉我也會這樣,便答公司怕他到competitor的公司,所以便寧願送他早走。

這位同事是我去年底聘請回來,還有點小插曲。直至最後一round interview,有點猶疑,怕他不能勝任,在offer之前,突然後悔答應請他。但HR發生誤會,已把offer letter直接寄到他家中了,他也很醒目,立即簽了還fax返美國總公司。最後我們內部決定先看他的表現和工作能力,便答允讓他上班。結果大家都很滿意其表現,直到今天。有段時期我還是他的上司,觀其表現,做事很交帶亦很有責任感。今天離開,肯定是公司損失。

借PK_兄常用一句:祝佢工作順利,生活愉快。(也望PK_兄早日痊癒!)

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出門必備７件出事

Think about it. Now I am owning all these gadgets:

-Erisson T610 Mobile Phone (Use it daily, plan to upgrade)
-WeWa MP3 player (gave it to my girlfriend)
-Panasonic MD player (Yes, still use it quite often especially travelling)
-Fuji 5200 digital camera (plan to upgrade to Sony/Casio)
-HP iPad 4150 (Good, very satisfy with Chinese input)
-BlackBerry 7230(New toy !!)
-IBM X40 notebook (mainly use it at work)
[option: JBC speakers for my MD player]

It would be just wonderful, if I can have an all-in-one integrated handheld device. The problem used to be bringing all these various charger/power adapter to go on a trip. Thank God for USB, nowadays I could charge most of these from my notebook USB port. Still quite a bundle of stuffs to carry.

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生剝

其實香港人是否缺乏創意或是過份眼明手快?

昨天剛剛發現電影我要做Model大抄外國電影之後,今天竟又見快週刊用"生剝長毛"做標題,這分明就是兩星期之前,壹週刊"生剝林志玲"的翻版。將林志玲生剝,雖然是不雅,但無可厚非夠晒出位,能令人遐想林小姐的美好身段。

快週就算將近期紅人長毛生剝,也只是東施效顰,令人生厭。

紅人長毛 ....林志玲

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利記:曼聯 1:2

曼聯對利物浦,絕對是值得半夜爬起床觀看的賽事。這兩隊對賽,一貫放在黃昏、配合亞州區球迷,不明為何今屆放在深夜?

曼聯人腳逐漸歸位,霸氣開始出現。上半場曼聯有絕對優勢,復出的李奧費狄南、基斯甸郎拿度、雲尼斯度來等,均有好表現。利物浦雖近況不錯,但仍是全埸受壓。加上謝拉特受傷,整埸比賽利記都缺乏像樣的攻勢。不過曼聯近來後防失準,失些莫名奇妙的入球,今埸雖已換了卡路爾做龍門、軒斯的表現也不俗,但仍有奧沙擺烏龍。看樣子利記若要爭英超前三甲位置,並不容易。

李奧費狄南

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估不到這套電影可以這樣差。

谷德昭加上鄭中基的組合,並未能延續"龍甘威"的成功,實在可惜。其實故事的情節跟"龍"相近,有點像歡樂今宵式的喜劇,將主角們放入一個又一個的situation當中,以不同的處境來引發出不同的gag來搞笑。電影的兩大條橋:Model大比拼和訓練林嘉欣成材,主要是抄襲Ben Stiller的Zoolander和Sandra Bullock的Miss Congeniality (就黎有續集)。不過導演的處理手法實在太鬆散了,欠缺了貫通前後的主線,亦沒有上集的曾志偉或羅家英等老戲骨來串通整齣電影。無聊的劇情,胡鬧的笑料,令觀眾越看越洩氣。似乎玩得最高興的,只有是谷德昭及其班底的小圈子。

林嘉欣-飾張鐵柱

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Milk's cover picture issue #158

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I've been considering to change my Digital Camera for awhile. I've bought the Fuji 4200 3 years ago, which was advertized to be the one of first 5M pixels camera at that time. It turned out that the picture quality was only so-so. My theory was that if it only got a tiny lens in front of the camera, how can it take good pictures? Its all physics, right? You got a bigger len, and you should get better picture quality.

Not until I helped my friend purchased a Sony Cybershot couple months ago at Boardway, finding out was I so wrong. Checked out the Cybershot picture quality, and its quite impressive. Another friend has brought the Sony DSC-T1, and picture also looks nice.

Now, the decision has come down to pleasure vs. functionality. DSC-T11 is a beauty, but its quite heavy. However, I also found out Exilim P700 just released (7M resolution !) at Mongkok Laser over the weekend. Given the function and feature, its quite tempting, although, I am favoring the DSC-11 a bit more for now.

VS.

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終極預測

第五輯的Amazing Race已播至尾聲,有線AXN差不多和美國同步播出,而明珠台就落後四、五集左右。AXN最大好處就係有catchup episode, weekend 會一次過播出數集,連續收看更覺緊張剌激。

下週便是兩小時season final,淘汰剩下四隊繼續爭一百萬美元獎金。我的猜測是:

Collin & Christie
有體能及智慧,長期保持三甲之位,本來係最有機會勝出一隊,但上週被CK隊出牌罰企,被迫延遲,幸好是non-elimination race,得番個第四。但下週比賽時便冇錢可用。最後一隊加上要籌錢比賽,好難追番上黎。

Brandon & Nicole
靚仔靚女model隊伍,嫌心理質素不夠成熟。冇乜冠軍相。


Bowling Moms
相當有料及合拍的家庭煮婦團隊,剩係睇上星期裝飾汽車比賽勝出,就知道她們並不簡單。但體能是四隊中最弱,是阻止他們勝出的最大因素。

Chip & Kims
最後一站以首名勝出,更對最強對手發出至命一擊,帶著這絕對優勢進入最後一週以賽,應能順利奪冠而歸。這對夫婦很有默契,絕少吵鬧,心理質素很好,最"正"是待人處物都很nice,有禮藐,且談笑用兵。
一于睇好佢!

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利記vs摩記 2:0

上週英超冇直播利物浦,總是覺得若有所失,今晚下決心一看新班底在歐冠盃表現。中場路亦斯加西亞同謝拉特跑勻全場,連接整個利記的攻擊及防守,十分搶鏡。雖然只看上半場(太累),覺得前、中路的西班牙兵團都幾對版,應該冇入錯貨。不過摩洛哥是殘陣,下週對ManU才是考驗。



深宵影院:東方不敗之風雲再起

如果不是要等開波,不會有機會欣賞到這套由一線演員擔綱的9級騎呢片。

1,影片頭十分鐘竟然係笑傲江湖一、二集的精華片段,天啊!
2,林青霞加上王祖賢但竟然冇似樣的男主角,由于榮光左右逢源。
3,拍整齣戲的目的就是為了林青霞的時裝表演。
4,東方不敗由始至終已經是無敵。佢真係無敵架,能相手接發炮彈,甚至把整艏戰艦凌空拋起重疊起來。
5,又話歐盟加日本對戰中國。千軍萬馬的對戰場面欠奉,只有幾隻模型船撞來撞去。
6,東方不敗一人已可單挑日本加歐洲戰艦,駛唔駛甘無聊騎劫人地D船去同于榮光的船隊硬撞。
7,竟然在明朝出現日本潛艇!
8,由東方不敗太勁,結局竟要幫敵人提升功力去同自已對打。下,唔係麻。
9,結局係林青霞和王祖賢坐飛毽奔向太陽,…唔通徐克認為仲可以有第四集?
10,導演係徐克!

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New Look

Liverpool started to show sign of new life by beating English Premiere League new comer West Brom 3:0 last weekend. New coach Rafael Benitez basically inherited Houllier's old team starting this season. Although Cisse looks promising, he is considered Houllier's farewell gift to Liverpool. Cisse was signed last year, but he has to finished France's football season before he could join the RED.

Not until Benitez injected 2 Spanish player, Alonso and Garcia, has he starting to build up Liverpool's fighting squad according to his own way.

I think Benitez has made good choices, and last game started to show some promises.

Liverpool has a couple world class forward: Owen and Baros, but ends up losing a few close games last year. Main reason: weak midfield. Gerrard has been a shinning star. Kewell is above average, but not as impressive as he's in Leeds. Hamann was a good defensive player but not mobile enough, well he's not in his twenties anymore.

Benitez seemed to understand the missing link and acquired two good midfielders.
Although Owen is gone, Cisse's performance can still hold up the team at the front. Strong, creative, and mobile midfield like Alonso and Garcia, could really help the dangerous strikers like Baros and Cisse.

Good move: Heskey, Diouf (they seemed out-of-sync with the rest of the team)
Next move(?): Biscan, Garragher (trade or sell them to get couple younger and faster defenders, who could really help the midfield or forward)

Last game was not a real test, playing a home game with a newly promoted team. The Champion Leage vs. Monoco would be a good challege to Benitez's new squard. Hopefully, we got ourself another contender.

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長毛
上午獲悉得選後,下午便馬不停蹄前往政府合署門外抗議選舉安排失當,並呼籲林瑞麟下台。(好正!)不同的是,以前只能在門外叫口號,今天能獲副處長接待。記者訪問長毛,他只能笑笑口說句自已並沒不同,轉變的只是政府的態度。長毛的成功全是個人的努力成果,他是一直在忠於自已信念。本人並非認同長毛的理念,但佩服他的努力。觀察長毛在無線及有線電視論壇拉票的表現,比絕大多數候選人出色。一分鐘是一分鐘、三十秒是三十秒,時間摟拿準確、up to the point, Presentation出色,跟田少對著幹、富娛樂姓,絕無冷場。〈大學教授曹宏威博仕,請靠邊站並虛心學習)長毛不但出位,而且make sense,若我是新界東區選民亦會被他吸引。

今次長毛可以名利雙收名符其實名正言順跟老董對著幹,且看長毛的政治智慧。



妹妺仔
機械人蔡素玊in,口齒伶俐妹妹仔何秀蘭out. 不禁說聲Oh no! 其實Oh shit!也可。看見投票結果,不禁大罵民主黨有冇甘蠢,要出Martin告急這一招。選舉遊戲規則已定,配票、分票已成選舉重要策略,指揮及組織能力是輸贏之間的變數。



光明頂
陶傑重返光明頂、論盡選舉各大派別,雖然馬後砲味濃,但以水滸傳喻民主派,正!
好彩商台仲有個陶傑。

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The biggest event happening in the 21st century. A terrible event.

I'll always remember where I was. What I was doing, and the state of the mind. 3 years ago, I was in between job, and taking a break in San Francisco. The morning of 9/11, the news just hit me from no where. Its such a shocker that I don't know what to react, but keep staring at the TV screen.

SARS, 9/11, June-4, ... event like these changed alot of people's life. Some people find comfort in reglion, and some would start to treasure the moment and live a more meaningful life.

I just don't know. Except for the economic impact, some how I am shield off from all these. Not even emotional impact. I can just hate myself for being so insensitive. But, I just can't relate myself to all these kind of "thing".

I would just sit at my sofa to condemn the terrorist for attacking all these innocent people around the world. On the other hand, I can't see myself would sacrify my life for a belief.

My point is I can at best be emotional for a minute, and then life goes on. In fact the importance of "life goes on" take the highest priority. I can't see myself changing.

What's the point? What's next? Who cares?

Ground Zero

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Presentation

Exhausted. However, my brain is still very much active, and I can't go to sleep right away.

I must have done over hundreds of presenation over the years. Still I am dead nervous every single time. Right before each presentation, I have to study the material over and over again, in order to give the audience the image of being an expert in the field. Over and over, over and over ...

This time, there is no difference. I have couple days to study them. The worst part is I didn't create the presentation myself this time. Somebody put a bunch of slides together and I need to present it. This time I really need to study hard because all the material is new to me. All I can do is jamming as much as I could right before doing the presentation.

Turns out: it sucks!

Well, I don't feel too bad now. I was feeling really bad couple hours before I sit down and write my blog. Too bad, I studied quite hard at it too. Frankly,I envy at those people who could do presentation at ease. Party all night, still can do a good job the day after. Even crack a few jokes at the audience. Style is something I can't achieve. I have to discipline myself to sit down, and review the material again and again before I feel comfortable talking about it.

Damn! I can't nail it down this time.

With so much new information from the presenation, still very much vivid in my mind, how can I turn it off and go to sleep?

ARGH....

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蜘蛛俠2

一句講晒,好好玩。如果睇完套戲覺得仲未夠喉,這隻game一定可以滿足到你。遊戲有點類似grand theft auto,不過GTA是用汽車來穿梳鬧市,而這次你便是spiderman,使用蜘蛛索在摩天大廈間飛翔,感覺極棒!

遊戲主線是跟據電影劇情推進,而副線是作為Peter Parker/蜘蛛俠,每天都會有不同的工作任務,或在鬧市中鋤強扶弱。整個game在紐約曼克頓市發生,3D的遊戲世界傍大,內有大廈、商店、途人和各式其式的罪案在發生,等待spiderman解決。男、女主角、八爪魚博仕均由電影原班人馬配音、令玩家增加親切感。每個任務完成,都可獲報酬。使用金錢可購買新的招式及加強功力。可惜對本人反應遲頓,花招雖多,尚未能一一學會。無論如何,能在紐約市中擒高爬低,飛簷走壁、我已經感到十分過癮。

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死左 1,000 人 ...

CNN.com - U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000 - Sep 7, 2004

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同場加影 Hellboy

聽說美國的英雄人物已達供不應求的地步,從英俊瀟灑的Superman到現在面目猙獰的Hellboy都搬上銀幕,實在可見一斑。年初已從milk,看到這電影介紹。在美國開畫有不俗的票房,反而香港連上畫的機會也沒有,直接出DVD,實在有點不解。

沒有大牌名星,主要靠特技和故事來吸引觀眾入場。劇情比較平舖直敘,Hellboy人物造型雖然特別,卻並未能造成驚喜。不過電影倒是輕輕鬆鬆,還帶點黑色幽默,加上大量打鬥特技場面,整齣電影也算流暢。

奸角方面,我比較喜鐵面人,雙手裝上尖刀,殺氣凌厲。Hellboy雖是異類,而且外貌粗獷,但卻有人類細膩的感情和煩惱。但女主角造型普通,愛情線太過簡單,未能引起共鳴。今個夏天有Spiderman2 珠玉在前,以漫畫改篇的電影來說,Hellboy算是合格。

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鄒秉恬 vs. 陳偉業

前天看有線電視的選舉節目,鄒秉恬先生不韋言他參選是針對某些議員的言行。節目中與陳偉業互相對質,針鋒相對,場面火爆,參選成為他打擊陳仕途的工具。不過作為電視正流行的真人show觀看,可謂娛樂性豐富,雙方聲嘶力竭,口沫橫飛,一方要義正詞嚴,極力抹黑,另一方要大聲疾呼盡力抵擋。本著八卦心態,翻查綱頁(又係google),陳跟鄒同是荃灣區議員,可能因意見不合而生嫌隙,去年陳支持另一侯選人在鄒的選區競選區議員。更加在鄒當選後對簿公堂,質疑鄒是否隱瞞其政黨身份。因此二人勢成水火,想是鄒藉參選立法會議員跟陳對著幹!

鄒沒有後台支持,選舉的介紹直言沒有經費去做單張印刷宣傳等活動。政綱也欠奉。報稱是CEO,我想也不會是什麼上市公司主席吧。倒是他在區議會中申報利益說明他是荃灣海濱曲藝會名譽主席,實在有點"本事"。鄒競選招數是拿著結他唱出許冠傑舊歌新詞,諷剌政府和對手,在云云競選招數中,最為特出。

騎呢候選人,目前得票率不夠百分之一,「鄒陳恩仇記」正在上演,希望九月十二日能劃上句號。

明報
鄒秉恬被指隱瞞「港進聯身分」 區選勝出 對手求推翻

去年區議會選舉在荃灣海濱選區勝出的鄒秉恬，被選舉對手鍾明指他誤導選民，向法庭要求推翻選舉結果。獲陳偉業支持的原訴人鍾明，指鄒在宣傳單張聲稱自己是「無黨派獨立人士」，但在港進聯的網頁及通訊錄上，都顯示鄒曾是港進聯成員。案件昨在高院開審。

大公報
鄒秉恬透露，他與該議員同期出身（鄒九一年開始任荃灣區議員），但其後在地區事務上雙方出現分歧，即被對方「抹黑」、「派人落同佢爭位」，他批評有些人一味將「民主」桂冠往自己頭上蓋、當作自己的專利，卻容不下別人半點不同聲音

鄒說，有些「永遠議員」任內根本不幹正事，只懂用議員津貼在各區聘請助理建立自己班底，結果去年區議會選舉「一拖十」以聯盟形式出選幾乎全軍盡墨。雖然沒有點名指摘，但明眼人不難看出所指何人。

明報
鄒秉恬指陳偉業說﹕「有些人講反金權、為民生，但我知你用公帑津貼自己物業，選舉時候又用公帑打官司，官司輸了又不給錢職員。」陳偉業即時指鄒的資料有錯，他的助選團也起哄說﹕「沒有﹗誹謗﹗」

大公報
在昨日一個選舉論壇上，獨立候選人陳偉業遭到另一候選人鄒秉恬狙擊。鄒氏聲稱，陳偉業在擔任立法會議員期間，以議員薪津補貼自己的物業，但陳偉業並未對有關指控作正面回應。

在論壇的自由質詢環節上，自言是針對陳偉業而參選的鄒秉恬突然「發難」，表示陳偉業的競選口號「反金權為民主」令他「笑?出來」，鄒更聲稱陳偉業「以公帑津貼私人物業」，說到激動處更高呼「陳偉業無能」及「無鬼用」等語句。

鄒秉恬 陳偉業

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