惠東

今天到惠東跟當地官員討論下個月的新站落成典禮事宜，來自省局的人效率真高，邊討論邊用手提電腦記錄，午飯前已經把細節安排寫好，並拷貝一份給我們。這方面真值得我們學習。

Forge

As a verb, forge means:

(1) to make an illegal copy of something in order to deceive
e.g. A number of forged works of art have been sold as genuine.

(2) to make or produce, especially with some difficulty
e.g. The accident forged a close bond between the two families.
She forged a new career for herself as a singer.

(3) to suddenly and quickly move forward
e.g. Just 100 metres from the finishing line Jackson forged ahead.

聚會

今天到青衣城和Ceci的紀律部隊朋友吃晚飯。雖然我和他們不是很熟，但由於他們各人均很健談，所以我很enjoy這個聚會。

Work on VL day

Work on VL day? Yes. I have to submit a paper to a symposium very soon but I got no time and also could not concentrate on writing the paper at office. Therefore, I applied for a vacation leave and stayed at home to work on the paper. Poor me........

Visiting the Bel

Today we had tea with Rayman, Keung and Ricky at Mongkok. An idea suddenly came out --- How about visiting Bel before the refurbishment? All of them were free and therefore we took a taxi there. They seemed to be fond of my new house, especially the club house. It was a wonderful experience for me to show (not show off!) my achievements in front of my good friends.

Bed

We went to choose a king-sized bed for the new house today. The first choice is "Simmons". The sales manager Mr. Chi is a funny guy who talked a lot about how good their beds were. Although Simmons bed is rather expensive, I will go for it as both Ceci and I want to enjoy a very relax and comfortable sleep in our dream house.

Hello Kitty Show

今晚和老婆到大學會堂看Hello Kitty Show，遲了少許入場，幸好沒有錯過精采部分，最令我和老婆印象深的，是無端端有一個真人角色叫konichiwa，好攪笑！中場休息，當然少不了買些紀念品回家喇！

Books

Ceci emailed to me this morning, saying that she suddenly thought about the bookstore at Taiwan and missed it very much. Yes.....I also have the same feeling. If life is not so busy (esp. at work), I really wish that I can visit bookshop and read books more frequently.

busy

Busy...busy...busy....
After the arrival of new boss, my workload apparently increases. Besides, I have to prepare a PowerPoint for my boss's boss and a full paper for myself. Both are about GIS. So busy recently that I even have no time to read online newspaper in the morning!

誠品書店排行榜

在台灣旅程中，於誠品書店已經想到回港後要多些瀏覽它們的排行榜，獲取新書的資訊：
http://www.eslitebooks.com/promotion/chart.shtml

The Green Sea Turtle

The story of the Green Sea Turtle inthe book "Why Cafe" is also excellent!

The turtle linked its movements to the movements of the water. When a wave was going toward the shore, and in the face of the turtle, he would float, and paddle just enough to hold his position. When the pull of the wave was back out to the ocean, he would paddle faster, so that he was using the movement of the water to his advantage. The turtle never fought the waves, but instead he used them.

Once someone knows why they are here—they know their Purpose For Existing (PFE), then they can spend their time doing things that fulfill it. People who don't know their PFE also spend their time on lots of things. The things they spend their time on are things that don't help them fulfill their PFE.

The green sea turtle taught us that if one isn't in tune with what he wants to do, he can waste energy on lots of things. Then when opportunities come up to do what he wants, he might not have the strength or time to spend on them.

In one's life, the incoming waves are made up of all the people, activities, and things that are trying to capture his attention, energy, and time but are not associated with his PFE. The outgoing waves are the people, activities, and things that can help him fulfill his PFE. Therefore, the more time and energy he wastes on the incoming waves, the less time and energy he has for the outgoing ones.

Why Cafe

These are the three main questions raised by the book "Why Cafe":
“Why are you here?”
“Do you fear death?”
“Are you fulfilled?”

I also found some interesting quotes in the book:

Part of the answer to your question about why we spend so much time preparing to do what we want, instead of just doing it, lies in the messages that are placed in front of us every day.”

How much of my definition of success, happiness, and fulfillment had been determined by people other than myself?”

Why wait to do what you want, when you can do it right now?”

8號風球下的香港

昨日的八號風球，導致社會交通大混亂，今天的報紙重點不討論本港的風力達不達到八號風球的標準，而是說預警的時間不足，以往一般有兩小時，但今次卻不足一小時！

天文台的預警概念本來是好，如今卻成了自己的絆腳石。雖然在預警中已經說了八號風球會在三時半或之前發出，但市民根本不會察覺或理會「之前」二字。雖然天文台在技術或文字上是沒有錯，但今次的預警安排導致交通混亂卻是不爭的事實，看來還有很多改善的空間。

Slow Response

No.1 was issued again this morning. This was done right after the daytime senior officer came back to the office. The night-time officer was blamed for his slow response to the changing TC situation! How? Cease acting!

No.1 lowered

No.1 was lowered this morning. However, the TC is still in our vicinity...........therefore an SSO still has to work shift overnight tonight.

No.1

As expected, No.1 signal was issued today. Every thing was fine with me during the shift work. Some extra work that has to be done:
1. Re-draw the radar observation made by coleagues of the last shift using BALL pen.
2. Analyse the Fujiwhara effect.

TC is coming

A TC is approaching HK and No.1 signal may be issued tomorrow. It means that I have to work shift tomorrow! Got to read the procedures and make sure that I am familiar with them.

Present perfect tense

We use the past simple for completed actions, where a past time reference is indicated. The past simple always refers to a past action.

With the present perfect tense, a clear time reference is very often not stated. The present perfect may or may not refer to a past action

Note:
Sometimes we use present perfect for an action that occurs during a period of time that is not yet finished. A clear time reference is given here but the action is not yet over. Let us illustrate this with some examples:

· We have simplified the application procedures this year. (It is still this year.)
· I have been inundated with e-mails today. (It is still today.)
· We have seen dramatic developments in the internet over the past decade. (It includes now/up to now.)

What is the difference between:

a) Have you been busy this morning?
b) Were you busy this morning?

In a) it is still this morning (before 12 noon), whereas in b) it is clearly the afternoon, evening, or later in the day.

台灣之旅 - 第四天

今天我們離團，自己去看電腦展及到誠品買書，我、老婆和豆豆都有收穫。下午我們到忠孝東路走了一回，之後便到飛機場了。

台灣 --- 希望可以和老婆再來。

台灣之旅 - 第三天

今天我們自由行，先到西門町，後到天母住宅區，接近黃昏時，老婆特別安排我們到中央氣象局參觀，Thank you, LP!

台灣之旅 - 第二天

今天早上到了漁人碼頭，那裡景色非常優美，給人很悠閒的感覺。可惜的是，聽導遊說那裡並不太興旺，很多食肆都已倒閉了。

下午我們去看花海及吃牛奶薰衣草火鍋。晚上，我們到了士林夜市，吃了一些地道小吃，那裡非常熱鬧，街邊有很多擺賣，老婆說那裡就算是晚上也很熱，所以我們在一間有冷氣的精品店也留了很久呢！

台灣之旅 - 第一天

今天到了九份，雖然對我來說，已是第二次到訪，但和老婆來的心情跟上次當然完全不同。這裡有很多東西買和吃，我亦買了一幅九份的瓷畫。

今晚我們住在福華渡假飯店，在那裡點祈福燈，把願望升到空中。我和老婆更在渡假村第一次打乒乓球呢！

準備出發

由於太累了，我和老婆決定今晚早些睡覺，養足精神，明日早上才執拾行李，現在要睡了！