Cyber Monday

Do you know that the Monday following the Black Friday is called Cyber Monday?

Below is the excerpt from Wikipedia:

"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The term Cyber Monday refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Whereas Black Friday is associated with traditional brick-and-mortar stores, "Cyber Monday" symbolizes a busy day for online retailers. The premise was that consumers would return to their offices after the Black Friday weekend, making purchases online that they were not able to make in stores. The idea has not survived the test of time (see below), however, Cyber Monday has evolved into a significant marketing event, sponsored by the National Retail Federation's Shop.org division, in which online retailers offer low prices and promotions."

If you missed out the Black Friday's specials, you can try your luck in front of the PC on Monday.

Good luck.

It's about time.....to buy a Mac

It's about time.

These days I clearly don't see an advantage of buying another Windows-based PC. With us doing everything on the web now I can just do the same with a Mac instead of a Windows PC.

Today the Mac is based on Intel-based hardware architecture, which I am very familiar with. However, the Mac OS and graphic are so much better than Windows, especially if you are into photo imaging and video.

And with Google's Docs I can create documents, spreadsheet, and presentation just like Windows.

With that, I am going to get myself a Mac for Christmas.

I think I deserve it.

I like the iMac with a 24" screen, which is perfect for video and imaging (my wife will love it, too). It will instantly make our living room comes to life (I will double it as a lively picture frame to display my family pictures in the living room).

I also like the Macbook's 13" screen, sleek and mean. Since I am getting old and have a bad back, so traveling light is now a requirement.

And Safari has put IE7 to shame.

The last time I used a Mac on a daily basis was back in early 1990's. I have not used it much since then.

I am going to take advantage of our company's discounts to buy ourselves some Macs. I also look at buying a Mac now will enable me to learn more about the latest Mac design and its software applications.

So sorry Mr. Bill Gate, it's time for a change.

Songs for my friend...

風中風中, 心裡冷風, 吹失了夢, 事未過去, 就已失蹤, 此刻有種種心痛...

SO KISS ME GOODBYE, 有緣沒有份, 都珍貴有過一刻跟你共行...

忘記了今天失戀寄望在明天, 在每一天我要不斷進步, 世界會變得很美


讓一切隨風 (Watch MV Here)

曲︰大野克夫
詞︰黃霑
編︰RICHARD YUEN

＊風中風中　心裡冷風　吹失了夢
事未過去　就已失蹤
此刻有種種心痛

＃心中心中　一切似空
天黑天光都似夢
迷迷惘惘　聚滿心中
追蹤一片冷的風

＋各種空虛冷冷冷　吹起吹起風裡夢
過去的心　火般灼熱
今天已變了冰凍　記憶中　突然又痛
只因空虛再作弄
你似北風　吹走我夢
就讓一切隨風

重唱　＊,＃,＋,＋


KISS ME GOODBYE (Watch MV Here)

曲︰LEO REED／BARRY MASON
詞︰潘源良
編︰劉以達

像流星　閃出愛情　一刻也長記於心
但浮生　飄忽似雲　分開了難再走近

＊SO KISS ME GOODBYE　有緣沒有份
都珍貴有過一刻跟你共行
只想一生　都記往你的吻
他鄉裡　作我心窩裡孤燈

＃KISS ME GOODBYE　愛是從來沒缺陷
不可以共對一生　心也是真
留往這刻　盡情來熱吻　忘記淚痕
KISS ME GOODBYE

任時光　沖擊愛情　洗出我和你的心
願明天　一身客塵　彼此也能再走近

重唱　＊,＃


世界會變得很美 (Watch MV Here)

曲︰HIDEKI ANDOH
詞︰向雪懷
編︰CARL WONG

期待中我　煩悶枯橾
流浪街中的好一段日子
從未相信命運就是天意
只知道自我世界有苦惱

＊前面的世界誰人又知道
平坦的不一定是好
有些失意並未公報
想將我悶與痛快向你傾訴

＃聽說外面浮華如樂土
走出這世界會有千個夢兒
痛恨從前為何無從目睹
聽說這世界再次變得很美

＋忘記了今天失戀寄望在明天
心中更自傲　憑我的感覺找到
朋友都踏著命運腳步抗拒風雨
找到愛慕　在每一天我要不斷進步
你會某天叫好

重唱　＊,＃,＋,＋

Goodbye 65, hello 52!

My 65-inch TV had finally passed away last week. I bought it in March 2001 so it lasted almost 7 years. I fixed the old TV once early this year due to a bad circuit chip which caused the picture to compress. This time it was the power circuit that had gone bad and it wouldn't power up. After doing some search I had determined that it's too costly to repair it so I decided to replace the old TV with a 52-inch flat panel LCD TV from Vizio. I bought the Vizio from Costco for $2199 and its picture quality is clearly on par with other brands that cost two to three times more. Below is the picture of the TV.



This TV has four HDMI inputs with full inband audio decoding, native 1080p at 1920x1080 pixels, and powerful full range detachable speakers. It can decode HDTV signals from my Cox cable so now I don't need my indoor HDTV antenna anymore! The picture is so sharp and vivid that it blows my mind away. I also got myself a Wii component video cable and now my Wii looks 10 times better than before. I actually visited Bestbuy and Circuit City prior to making the purchase and neither store offered anything close to what Vizio/Costco had to offer (both price and features wise). Costco also offers a two-year warranty on the TV which is very good.

墨攻

I finally watched this movie Friday night. It was very good although the ending could be better.



Next on my watch list are:

出埃及記 (to be released on DVD 11/22/2007)
色，戒 (to be released on DVD 12/15/2007)
C+偵探 (to be released on DVD 11/22/2007)
天堂口 (to be released on DVD 11/29/2007)
合約情人 (available now on DVD)

You can visit Yesasia for details.

More HK Movies

Watched two more movies:

老港正傳 - 鄭中基/黃秋生
門徒 - 劉德華/吳彥祖

Both were very good. Highly Recommended.

Next on my list is "C+偵探" - 郭富城/谷祖琳. However, the DVD won't be released until Thanksgivings time frame.

I still need to find time to watch 墨攻 by 劉德華/崔始源, but for some reason I am not too excited about this movie. Oh well, may be this weekend.

Winter Vacation Plan

Vacation Plan for the winter:

Dec 22 - 25: Ski trip vacation in Seven Spring, Pennsylvania.
Dec 25 - 29: Toronto, Canada

Surprisingly and coincidently a co-worker and his family will also be skiing in Seven Spring from Dec 22 - 25. He and I actually paid the same Chinese group for the ski package. I will ask to see if he wants to join us in Toronto...

Movie Marathon

Wow, we watched the following movie on Friday and Saturday! We went nut!

Transformers
Fantastic 4 - Silver Surfer
Spiderman 3
導火線 - 甄子丹/古天樂
男兒本色 - 房祖名/余文樂/謝霆鋒
跟蹤 - 梁家輝/任達華
每當變幻時 - 楊千嬅/陳奕迅

They were very good movies. Just don't think about the story lines; just relax and enjoy. We sometimes need to fantasize and submerge ourselves in virtual reality. Illusion and pretend to be a hero, a lover, and anything in between. Have a beer after exercise, it's good for you.

And drink a cup of coffee everyday; it's good for your liver, too.

Don't feel sorrow/upset/angry, etc., life is a show, just enjoy it!!!

Lastly, make sure to have a good laugh everyday no matter what happens. Just laugh out loud!

Wakakakakaka!!!!!

心只有你 - 劉德華

This was a classic TV commercial MV for Ericsson 手機廣告 back in 1999. And 關之琳, oh boy, she was (and still is) one of the most beautiful Chinese women of our time!

心只有你 (Watch MV Here)

曲︰劉祖德
詞︰劉德華
編︰褚鎮東

在匆匆的處境　曾相識的背影
最遠的人心裡　有著了最近的呼應

＊多天真的眼睛　藏絲絲的笑聲
我半生人希冀　愛著那原來的你

＃回頭便知　我心只有你
沿途路斜　愛卻在原地
平凡日子　令我一再度回味
想你　思想你　心只有你

重唱　＊,＃,＃