"I think the American people are a lot smarter than that"

Quoted from this report.

LOL!!

Fusion on the way

A 10BN EUC project, attempting to replicate the sun, in France. If success, they will be no more energy problem. Every high school physics student know the implication. It'll be a major victory of the human kind.

Submit your site to Google

Just submitted my Netvigator site to Google, now it's #1 top when you search "Tobias Chiu". Cool. Search "Toby Chiu" in Google and you will get this blog at the top.

Studio for the office

Just set a studio to take products in the office. Using 2 x 50GN studio flash, 2 30"x60" softbox, the result is not bad for standard product photos. Good enough for catalogue and website. The whole set of flashs, stands, softboxes, remote trigger cost RMB two thousand something. Good deal if you know how to set it up and have hundreds of products to shot with.

Iran's new president

Iran has a new president. The hard-liner. Anti-America.

While the US government pressing the muslim countries almost opening, I believe if any Middle East countries runs a turly democratic election, an anti-America government will be elected.

The international oil price is rising again.

Jesus said: love you enemies. Can you really do that, Bush?

大圍雞粥

已有幾年沒有去了. 從前吃過的印象並不好, 總是味精太多. 今晚再去, 不單裝修改善了, 粥內也不太覺得有很重的味精, 焗魚腸跟炒麵也都有不錯的水準. ok.

Stall

When I drive to work yesterday morning, the engine stalled at the second traffic lamp. The rev just drop to zero graduately, without any strange sound or jerk. I started the engine again, and the engine stalled when I stopped at another traffic lamp again. Restarted the engine, I have to drive very carefully and when stopping, I have to beam-up the rev to over 1000 rpm to keep the engine from stalling. I drived back to home, park the car, and take bus to office. The driving take a little skill cause when I stop the car, I have to press the brake and on the gas (to keep the rev) at the same time.

After I back home, I started the engine again, and the engine just perform normally. Without any stalling, rpm as usual.

So my guess is correct. It's the car's security system. For some reason the security system engaged while I was driving (maybe I didn't lock / unlock the car properly for the last night, or maybe the security sensor doesn't recognize the key's chip correctly), and cut the fuel supply when I don't open the throttle. It's simple to fix it: just take the key outside the car, lock the car with the remote, wait for a few second, unlock it again. The security will be dis-engaged.

I believe this kind of security system is quite good. When it engaged, it won't fire any alarm. It just stop the fuel supply. So the thief will have difficult driving the car away. But this system often catch the owner ungarded. And it was the second time. Of course if you know what's happening, you won't panic. I could have fix the problem on the spot.

七一

快到七一了。今年我會去嗎？

零三年的七一，我去了遊行。跟很多人一樣，當時實在受不了政府推銷廿三條立法的手法；亦忍受不了無能的當政者種種施政的錯誤。我上街了。為的可能只是要發洩一下心中的情緒。

零四年的七一，我也上街了。董政府經過了一年的洗禮後，不單變得無能，更是形同虛設。一個如此不濟的主政者竟還能厚顏說經濟已好轉，過往並沒有錯，只是沒有好好溝通......　我呸！沒有認受性更大的行政長官選舉方法，就無法把豬頭主政者攆走。我上街了。我要求董要下台，我要求普選。

今年七一，我仍想要求普選。但我明白下一屆的選舉是不可能普選的，所以我只想要有一個計劃盡快走向普選的政改藍圖：沒有時間表也當有個計劃，沒有完整計劃也總得有個普選的條件吧。怎可能只是一句：〝普選是最終目標〞便算？

我的要求務實而合理，大概很多的香港人也如是想。香港攪民主的人真是窩囊！竟然沒有組織提這類較切合現實的要求，還在爭要07-08 普選。只爭朝夕，還不想想自己有多不濟！連抱相同民主理念的人也不能團結起來，也不能口徑一致，試問又如何有能力主政？香港現時的政制亦不是今天才訂立的，早十多年已知道會如此，正是麻雀耍樂家家有求，怎麼民主黨現時還完全不能進入權力中心？不是太差了嗎？

今年七一應要求甚麼呢？我還再上街嗎？

Greenspan's Opinion on RMB exchange rate

Fair say.

As a matter of fact, the US Administration won't really push hard for the free floating of RMB exchange rate. China government holds approx 180bn US bond as the national reserve, and is the second largest creditor to the US government. Read this.

If China selling the US bond in bulk volume, that can create great impact to the US administration. Remember the Bush administration is operating on a red budget. See this blog for another opinion.

Why people want to live in Sweden?

Advanced technology, and they do really care the environment. Here's their new Biogas Train. And Sweden already has hundreds of Biogas buses and thousands of Biogas cars running on the road.

In China, they are thinking every means to tap natural energy with environment protection being the last concern. God knows what China would be 20 years later.

Be the Incy Wincy Spider

Incy Wincy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Incy Wincy spider went up the spout again!
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The story behind this nursery rhyme is very much similar to SHK Properties new TVC (thou the CG not nicely executed). Your achievement in the pass maybe ruined by natual / economic / human / what-so-ever disasters. Just bite the bullet. When the environments getting better, redo it all over again. There will be success, some day.

If there is a Cantonese nursery rhyme of similar story, there should be lot less suicides in Hong Kong.

My favorite CD

Had this Getz/Gilberto CD since 1996, still my favorite. Another CD I love very much is an early Shirley Horn work, purchased almost the same time as the Getz / Gilberto one.

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
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Another UK lullaby about the curel side of the world. It's actually the story of King Louis XVI and his queen who was beheaded in the French revolution time. Story here.

Ray Charles - genius loves company

Listening to this album while I am typing. GREAT! Really can't miss it.

Too bad I don't have a decent amp now... :(

Rowing My Boat Merrily

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
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Yes, life is just a dream.
It isn't important where you are going.
The process is more important than the end.
Just enjoy it.

Jog Log #6

4300 metres, slightly less than 30 mins.

Feel Like Humpty

Humpty Dumpty
sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty
had a great fall.
All the king's horses,
And all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty
together again.
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When things broken, things broken.
Sometimes it's impossible to fix it.
That's the wisdom of English lullaby.

Jog Log #5

30 mins for the same 4300 metres. Jogging faster again.

Butterfly gallery updated

Rearranged and complete with description whenever I can identify it.

Jog Stop by Job

Because of my new busy job, I'd been stopped jog for some days. I must re-start it.

Keep blogging helps me make a journal of my everything. I hope it will helps me to keep fit, physically, emotionally, intellectually.

05年64晚會

其他相片

Butterfly photo

Went to take some butterfly photos today. I have a butterfly section in my online photo album.

Butterfly are beautiful creatures. However, the butterfly photographers here in Hong Kong like to photo rare species, as sharp as possible, as close as possible, doing rare things like laying eggs if possible... etc.

That's not my cup of tea.

有關中俄密約的報導

以 Goggle 搜尋的。還有很多很多。當然都是國外的報導。

甚麼是愛國？把自滿清末期被俄國強佔，共約有四個台灣或兩個多法國大小的土地，透過外交協商正式承認為俄國領土，那是愛國嗎？又換取了甚麼？

類似拱手讓出國土的事件，以前還有外蒙古的獨立。

那裡還有〝堅決維護領土完整〞？釣魚台？還是算了吧！

R2 or Artoo?

Went to watch Star War Episode III the day before. Mainly listening to the English voice over, I spared some attention to notice the Chinese subtitle.

Since when R2 became Artoo? Since when 3PO became Threepio? It stuned me that the subtitle writer seems never watched Star War eposode 4,5,6. Or (s)he was not born then?

There were some other mis-translations I failed to note down.

For the HK distributor, Chinese subtitle is the only post production they did (for English version). If they don't scruntinize the subtitle throughly for such a mega-movie, what can I expect from the HK movie industry?

I really would like to hear from those watched the Cantonese version.

再續中俄密約

早兩天已寫了我的意見。

今天，李怡先生在蘋果專欄中懷疑程翔被捕與披露了有關中俄邊境條約內容有關。果真如是那就真是恐怖。國界在那絕對是人民有權及需要去知道的，怎會是機密？

當然，李怡亦只是懷疑而已。

D2X Review on DPREVIEW

A very impressive camera. In the comparision with 1DSMKII, the D2X beat the Canon flagship in sharpness and color fringe.

I should really stop buying Pentax lens.

Jog Log 4

Jogging a bit faster and longer today, 32 mins covered 4300m. It was hot and humid, and I sweated a lot.

飄

我隨風而飄，時而起，時而落，歸根何如？
落了如斯之處，偶象穩定偶象危，拿它如何？
求天給我一陣清風，再一次讓我揚翔。
再求天給我幸運，能落到佳壤之地。
我承諾拼力發揮心中的種子，帶來美好的果實。

我沒要求太多吧？