Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all!! And hope you can all get to know the true meaning of Christmas.

Even though Santa is not really an important part of Christmas (despite the fact that you see Santa around more than Jesus during Christmas), this is an interesting link- if you want to know where Santa is right NOW! through Google Earth. Wow!

Christmas series #3

Christmas series #2- Best Silent Night I've ever heard

I remember listening to this years ago way before I started using internet... on some TV show. It's amazing.

Thank God it's not Friday

Wow, what's that all about? Who on earth doesn't like Friday?? Well, maybe when I'm on call in the weekends.

You'll never guess what this is all about.

Click here.

Political Correctness?? Or what??

I've been sponsoring a child in Sri Lanka for a few years through World Vision. They send us blank Christmas cards every year, so that we can write something for the kids.

I was really disappointed when a woman called me today and told me what I wrote on the card had to be deleted. Guess what I have written down??

"May God Bless You."

I told her I wrote this in the card EVERY YEAR. She didn't seem to be sure how to answer my question, and just said the condition in Sri Lanka have changed. I don't know a lot about Sri Lanka apart from the tsunami a few years ago and Tamil Tiger, so I couldn't argue with her, and I am sure she was under some order from above.

I seemed to remember Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country, if it were someplace like Iraq, or any Muslim country, I think I would understand this. It's Buddhism!! And Buddhists ,in my impression, are generally more tolerant to other religions, and honestly the term "God" can be interpreted differently by different people.

I did an internet search, and found that I am right. (I copied this from the Sri Lanka tourism site.)
Sri Lanka is a multi-religious society. Though Buddhism is the major religion, other religions such as Hinduism, Christianity and Islam are also followed.
Of course, I don't know the current condition in Sri Lanka, it could be really volatile.

I just can't help wondering if this is some kind of an attempt of political correctness. Just like what they're trying to do in the Western countries, avoid the term "Christmas", and use the word "holidays" instead... it's really stupid to send a Christmas card and avoid the term "Christmas" like plague...

World Vision is a CHRISTIAN organisation... I think I have expected more from them. While I don't think it is a good idea to antagonise the local people by religion like the South Korean missionaries, neither do I think it's good to do some sort of self-censorship automatically.

I am really disappointed by this.

(Note: Please tell me if you know more about Sri Lanka, any conflicts over religion or politics.)

Pearl Harbour

Summary from imdb.com (in case you have no idea what the movie is about)
The classic story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is told through the eyes of two boyhood friends, now serving as officers in the Army Air Corps. Rafe is an energetic young pilot who is selected to fly with the British in Europe while America is still not at war. After Rafe is shot down and presumed killed, however, Danny comforts Rafe's former lover, Evelyn, and the two draw closer. But, when Rafe turns up alive, the two former friends become enemies, and it is through the turmoil of Pearl Harbor that the two may reconcile their differences.

I really can't see why these people fell in love. I only remember the heroine said "the guy's butt is cute." and the hero said, "you're so beautiful."... I agree looks are an important part of the attraction, however, for a 3 hour movie with not much plot, frankly, I think I expect more than that... You don't spend the rest of your life with someone because their butts or looks... Am I getting really old to think like this??

As for the plot, the movie felt like a 2-hour one being stretched into 3 hours, unless we can get to know more about the characters (which we don't), then it may be ok... Luckily I was doing MCQs while watching it last night... =P

So you may ask, anything good about the movie??? well... Ben Affleck looks really gorgeous in the military uniform... HAHA!!

Public Displays of Affections (edited)

It is a very common thing to see couples embracing each other inside MTR trains.

A woman snuggled in the arms of a man right in front of me inside a crowded MTR train today. It was nothing unusual.

Until the woman talked to a boy who was standing behind her (I think he is around 10 years old), then I realised the boy is actually the son of the couple!!!!

Then I don't know whether I should envy the couple for their "lasting passion" =P or feel embarrassed for the boy...

I have never seen parents like that. I am not a prude against PDAs, but I don't think it's polite/appropriate for people to act like "the world is just the two of them alone" even around friends, and let alone their children... unbelievable...

Awake

Wonder if this movie is going to be shown in HK?? It's a story about a guy who is having awareness during surgery...

The tagline is wrong about its incidence though... "Every year, one in 700 people wakes up during surgery. When they planned her husband's murder, they never thought he'd be the one." =P

Ada Choi is getting married!

Just heard from TVB, actress Ada Choi is getting married to an actor from China named Max Zhang. (Just did a search on google, coz I have no idea who this guy is, and found out that both of their blogs got links to each other's blog. =P)

The letter she sent to the press was shown on TV. I have just caught a glimpse of it while parts of her praises of her future husband was being read, like being handsome.

What I want to mention is the point I have glimpsed on the letter but was not being mentioned on TV... She mentioned her future husband is loyal to God. Interesting, to find an actor from China who is a good Christian, hmm. I have always liked her, just really happy to hear this piece of news.

Reminiscing

Do you think your life was better before?? Do you ever dream about going back to a certain time in the past??

A few friends told me they'd rather be children again, because they were happier as a child. (And they are younger than me...)

I have never wanted that. I am happy with my life, right now. I think I am happier as an adult now. I do have quite a few things to worry about in my life as a grown-up, but I don't think I wanted to go back in time and get rid of all the stuff I have learnt in my life through all the bad times...

Though I suspect I'll probably miss my twenties later on... =P

And this pic is just for fun. =)

Christmas series #1- photo

I took this photo a few hours ago. Just wanted post it up here to add some Christmas "feel" here.

And I just realised that you can actually see me in the reflections!! HAHA!!

ASUS Eee PC

I've been thinking about buying a UMPC for quite some time... I saw this computer today... The specs are really lousy, but the price is really attractive...

It is actually LESS THAN HK$3000!!!

Wow!

With a 4GB harddrive, most people suggested using an external memory... hmm... 4GB is really really not enough for me when I go travelling and taking pictures crazily... I can bring my external harddrive I suppose, but I really don't want to carry that many things around...

Outlook

From the Merriam Webster Dictionary...

Outlook
1 a: a place offering a view b: a view from a particular place
2: point of view
3: the act of looking out
4: the prospect for the future

For all the Hongkongers, please use the word "appearance" if you want to describe somebody's appearance.

The worst thing today was that the guy actually knew the correct meaning of the word, but all these people who thought they knew the meaning of this word "corrected" him...