Von Karman

Von Karman vortex street is a very special and large-scale cloud pattern formed in the wake of giant obstable on the Earth. It is an amazing atmospheric phenomenon.

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亂世佳人

亂世佳人這套電視劇，可謂名過其實，我對整套戲印象不深，唯一覺得陳錦鴻飾演的潘世昌在劇中說的一句話很有意思：

當所有選擇都是這麼壞的時候，我唯有選一個傷害性最低的。

harpsichord

I learned this vocab from the Disney's Little Einsteins! Difficult to me!

harpsichord: a large musical instrument similar to a piano. It was played especially in the 17th and 18th centuries.

愛回家

今天回家了！雖然只是離開香港兩三天，但已覺得是很長時間的事。
老婆到機場接機，我一過了海關，便已經看到老婆高舉歡迎牌迎接我，真有心思呢！

香港人

終於來到正式會議的一天，我的報告尚算順利，答問環節總算應付得來(原來其他的報告都沒有答問部分，祇有我和韓國的才有)。會議期間，很多人因為知道我是從香港來，都會走過來和我打招呼及寒暄幾句，大會亦特別禮待我，突然令我感到來自香港有一份光榮感。

湖南之旅

今天出發到湖南，多謝老婆送我機，大家都很依依不捨。老婆，對不起，我又要出差了。

由於星期三是沒有會議的，所以下午和韓國的金完柱到了長沙市中心走走，我買了北京奧運會吉祥物給老婆，希望她喜歡。

由於我是被邀請出席會議，所以主辦單位包食包住，早午晚都提供自助形式的膳食，令我省卻不少錢！

未完的工作

今天是去湖南前的最後一個工作天，仍然十分忙，幸好還有時間做完PowerPoint，不過還未校對，所以借了公司的手提電腦，明天帶到湖南才繼續未完成的工作。

P.A.

Power of Attorney簡稱P.A.，即委託書或授權書：

以契約形成，將個人的某些權力，委派於他人身上。最常見的是用於物業管理上，例如業主已移民外國，業主在港的物業，他委派一個可信的人替他管理，亦可以透過委託書要求受委託人替他將物業出租或出售。

神父

今天晚上在聖瑪加利大堂望彌撒，神父的廣東話帶有極重的國語口音，令我聽得很辛苦，最後我更他講道時睡著了。主，對不起！

吃疫苗

今天帶豆豆到他出生的地方，即聖保祿醫院接受輪狀病毒口服疫苗，以減低他日後患嚴重腸胃炎的機會。豆豆很乖，把所有疫苗都吞下，沒有浪費半點。

出trip

下星期要到湖南開會，現在想起，已經捨不得老婆了！

Logical Flow

How to write article with logical flow? This website (or this mirror) offers some advice. Besides stating only the essential facts, the writer should also raise some obvious questions in mind that the readers may ask, and then answer them. Through the use of transition phrases, the writer can connect sentences (the essential facts and the obvious answers to questions) together, give them a sense of logical flow.

轉危為機

有一天，日本東武百貨公司的一名售貨員賣了一台隨身CD給一名美國女遊客。待她離開後才發現原來給了一個只有外殼的陳列品那位女顧客。那位女顧客其實是一位名叫基泰絲的記者，除了留下一張「美國快遞公司」的名片外，別無其他線索供售貨員聯絡。百貨公司公關部連夜展開一連串查找，打電話向各大酒店查詢，又打長途電話向「美國快遞公司」日本大阪總部查詢，後在深夜回話得知基泰絲父母在美國的電話號碼。接著，工作人員打國際電話，找到了基泰絲的父母，進而打聽到基泰絲在日本的住址和電話號碼。完成這一過程，總共打了三十五個緊急電話。

第二天一早，東武百貨公司給基泰絲打了道歉電話，並由副經理和公關人員前往基泰絲的住處，見到基泰絲，他們深深鞠躬表示歉意，他們為基泰絲送來一台新的新力CD外，還加送了CD一張、蛋糕一盒和毛巾一套，副經理還拿出記事本，宣讀了為什麼查詢顧客的住址和電話號碼，以及即時糾正失誤的全部記錄。

基泰絲由此深受感動，她本來是要把隨身CD 送給日本的親戚作為見面禮的，但買回家發現隨身CD有問題根本不能用，非常惱怒，立即寫了題為《笑臉背後的真面目》的批評稿，準備第二天拿到東武百貨公司興師問罪。可是沒想到，東武百貨公司竟然及時糾正了錯誤，並花了那麼多時間和精力。基泰絲為此撕掉了批評稿，而重新寫了一篇題為《三十五次緊急電話》的特稿。該文章發表後，引起社會廣大迴響，東武百貨公司也因此名聲鵲起，門庭若市。

急才

有一次，當李敖演講後接受聽眾寫紙條提問。其中一張竟然寫著“王八蛋”僅僅三個字。李敖靈機一轉，高舉紙條面向聽眾，並將紙條內容讀出來，然後說道：“很多人問了問題，忘記簽名；而這位聽眾只簽了名，忘了問問題。”話音剛落，大廳裏便一片掌聲、笑聲。

此乃急才、即興演講、「以其人之道，還治其人之身」的一個好例子。

Mcdonald Lunch

Since I had to go to the bank to apply for mortgage, I missed my allocated lunch time today. Finally, I had to buy takeaway food at Mcdonald and return to office by taxi. Although it was a very rush lunch, I felt happy because it was a good start of the Belcher's project!

Start of Belcher's Project

Congratulations! We signed the Provisional Agreement for S and P today!

After signing the agreement, we walked to the main entrance of the Westwood. I had a strong feeling that there was a difference: "This place becomes our home! It is our dream house!"

了解與原諒

「了解一切，就會原諒一切。」 To know all is to forgive all.

愈了解對方過去的遭遇或做事的真正動機，就愈能體諒他所犯的錯誤。

笑聲

今天首次聽到豆豆的笑聲，原來他喜歡和公公玩，而且會發出 ka ka 的聲音。

豆豆開心，我們也開心。

衝燈

今天收到警務處通知，說我在四月一日於銅鑼灣衝紅燈，要罰款$600及扣5分。是自己的錯，無話可說，幸好這個案不用向公司報告。

以後駕車要加倍小心了！

Remedial action

A statement indicating that the T. Warning was in force was inadvertently included in the hourly bulletin. A correction was issued at about 18 minutes later. The one who issued this bulletin was blamed for the carelessness. This is not the end of the story.......finally the supervisor was also blamed for not taking proper remedial action promptly. The managment thought that issuing a correction as usual was not enough. Instead, an apology announcement should be issued through the media.

Impromptu talk

P-R-E-P guide to impromptu talk:

Point: Start with a definite statement about your topic
Reason: Elaborate with a reason for your standpoint/opinion.
Example: Give an example to justify/substantiate your point
Point: Close by re-stating your point

肚瀉

豆豆今天的大便呈輕微液狀，不知道是什麼原因，明天要繼續緊密觀察。

Easter Mass

Today Ceci, dau-dau and I went to Rosary Church together. This is the first time dau-dau went to mass. He behaved very well and did not cry at all. Good boy!

inadvertent

Extracted from an O's press release:
...... apologizes for the inadvertent issuance of the......
A statement was inadvertently included in the bulletin......
The incident was caused by an inadvertent error ......

inadvertent : done unintentionally.

Disneyland

今日和老婆第二次到Disneyland，感覺仍然是wonderful！玩了新加的馳車天地，又玩了一些第一次沒有玩的項目，買了巴斯光年爆谷桶及復活節版米奇，過了開心奇妙的一天！

Belcher's

今天我們去睇Belcher's，是我們一向喜歡的座向，單位之前是租客住，保持得很新，希望這次可享天時、地利及人和，成功換樓。

Golf joke

"The reason the golf pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing." -Phyllis Diller

The Pursuit of Happyness

Watched this film last night. Very good! Here come some memorable quotes:

Christ Gardner to his son Christopher:
You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it. Period.

Christopher:
Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny?
There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said "Do you need help?" and the man said "God will save me". Then another boat came and he tried to help him, but he said "God will save me", then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, "God, why didn't you save me?" and God said "I sent you two boats, you dummy!"

web archive

A place where one can find the webpages archived in the past, should be useful for webpage recovery:

http://web.archive.org/

四週年

今天是我和Ceci拍拖四週年紀念，想當天我們在淺水灣開始，今天我們更有自己的家庭，自己的孩子，真的要感謝主。