Donnerstag, Januar 29, 2009

The transit stop - London

On 4th day of CNY, 29th Jan, I was in London, staying with S & C. It snowed heavily on my last day of stay, 1st Feb. Posted by Picasa

Donnerstag, Januar 22, 2009

Hong Kong Tourist Series - Lam Chuen Wishing Tree

This was such a place, where one could only spend at most an hour... Posted by Picasa

Mittwoch, Januar 21, 2009

Heating knowledge for dummies

Fußbodenheizung "Water = 27°C" x 4 = very important fact Interesting statistics: Gas has a leading market share over other energy sources in domestic sector since the 90s (slide 3) GERMANY -- Russian gas meets about 42% of annual demand. German customers remained supplied in full as German gas market leader E.ON-Ruhgas and its peers turned to gas reserves, alternative North Sea supplier countries, and a route via Belarus and Poland to bypass Ukraine. A spokesman for Wingas, which receives the bulk of its gas via the alternative route, said the status was still comfortable and had not changed over the weekend. The Renewable Energies Heat Act in Brief "Natural gas and mineral oil alone cover nearly three-quarters of Germany's heat demand."

Montag, Januar 19, 2009

Sonntag, Januar 18, 2009

崖の上のポニョ予告

聽罷波兒新歌,想起 Schnappi 舊歌,感到世上沒有新事...

Freitag, Januar 16, 2009

人間はやさしさが大事です

記得上年,白痴佬一個 msn 訊息,叫我到香港機場拯救一個身上只有 20 RMB的非洲人,擔心他在香港機場被人歧視,又連買食物的錢也沒有。那個非洲人因為要省錢,便轉乘四次便宜的飛機,從非洲飛到中國。不知為何,被香港海關拒絕轉乘上機。 那時我人在台灣,有個借口不用到機場。我想即使我在香港,也很難說我會到機場拯救這個朋友的朋友。沒有想到白痴佬會期望我到機場,幫助一個被拒絕上機的陌生人。另一方面,當我把事情告訴神經佬,他第一句便駡我為什麼不說自己的近況,卻告訴他我的朋友的朋友要滯留機場的事,跟他毫無關係;每天都有一百個人以上要滯留機場。沒有想到把愛神愛人的精神掛在咀邊的神經佬,對這個急需幫助的非洲人漠不關心。 也無他,除了可以聆聽和說幾句安慰的說話以外,他沒有什麼實質的可以做。是他說話誠實還是自私?兩樣都是吧。只要換個處境,便不會覺得這是個小問題。而且,把一個小問題解決了,也是減少了世上的問題啊。 看罷這類的報導,總會覺得那種"逆境使人堅強"的哲學,只是一個正面的信念;用理智分析,不可能覺得這些逆境對一個人可以有什麼好處... 不過反正事情怎樣看都己經發生了,有個正面的信念也是不錯的。如果每個人都會替別人設想,其實這個世界的山山水水也是美好的,不會是個如此可怕和痛苦的地方。

Donnerstag, Januar 15, 2009

Explore. Dream. Discover.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain It is important though, that the adventure carries a purpose, and is not directionless.

殘酷一叮

如果是真的,也真可憐...

Mittwoch, Januar 14, 2009

Last Day at Thomson Reuters

"Gray" Posted by Picasa
Even if I worked till 9pm on my last day of work in HK, not everything could be fully completed... Farewells... I begin to think if I have treasured the time that we spent together, made it a period of quality time, tried my best to maintain a long-term correspondence, etc. It doesn't matter to me if someone has to leave. This is but a natural phenomenon in my lifetime. The company logo fleece was distributed right on time. There is in fact a grammatical mistake in the company name. The founder is called Paul Julius Reuter. The 's' at the end is the German possessive form, as in "Reuters Haus". Strictly speaking, the company should be called "Thomson Reuter"

Sonntag, Januar 04, 2009

空降亞琛的計劃

空降在即... 回憶在土賓根空降之前,有兩個不認識的人替我找宿舍 - 時光和瑞士人 Bruno。歌德同學給了我一個 contact。港大另有三個人已登陸 - 在機場碰巧遇上 SC, J 又在火車站接我。另有一個計算機學系的導師也提出可以接機。之後碰到住在同一座的 Hui,幫助我在宿舍的一切。所有事情都十分順利。 回憶在台北空降之前,先認識了假髲妹教我坐公車。老闆又親自替我看了七八個房子。雖然最後我都沒揀上,才寄住在媽媽朋友姊姊女兒的房子兩個星期。老闆又開車到火車站接我。我在工作的園區認識了德國的 Tom,在教會認識了曾經住過香港的 Selina和她的印度同事 Siju。Siju 碰巧住在我家附近。之後又認識了德國的 Lai。所有事情也都十分順利。 現在快要空降亞琛,介紹我到公司的 Richard 給了我一堆 contacts,可是沒有一個人是很熱心的。也難怪,這些人都不知道空降的煩惱;還是南部的人比較熱情?筆友的女朋友的兄弟是住在亞琛的,這個關係打得上嗎?三年前是見過一個住在亞琛的網友,可是現在也沒有聯絡... 看來這次空降是沒有什麼可以計劃的,只好自求多福... 後記: 聯絡一:同事 Richard 聯絡二:筆友女朋友的弟弟 聯絡三:我 Tübingen 朋友在台灣認識的朋友 感覺自己好像是落難一般,要四處求助。感恩的是,我直接認識的人都很願意幫我的,只是他們都不在亞琛...

Donnerstag, Januar 01, 2009

今年去年

看罷了這篇,也很難說今年發生的事情,是否可以跟去年的作比較... 可能因為他們的生日日期是同一天,再加上同樣的地理位置問題,讓我常常把兩件事情和兩個人聯想起來。其實他們的性格和思路確實是有點像,除了道德標準有天淵之別。今年的我又犯了上次的錯誤... 又也許是我再次作出了正確的決定? 也許簡單的生活真的是比較快樂。