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Searchin' My Soul

I actually like the quest, the search. That’s the fun. The... the more lost you are, the more you have to look forward to. What do you know? I’m having a great time, and.. and I don’t even know it. -- Ally McBeal

Project 10 to the 100th

Heal the world Make it a better place For you and for me And the entire human race Here is another Google's surprise called Project 10 to 100th , a call for ideas to change the world, in the hope of helping as many people as possible. Google will collect submissions of world changing ideas by 20th Oct 2008 and publish 100 ideas for public vote to choose 20 semi-finalists on 27th Jan 2009. 5 final ideas will be selected by Google's advisory board. The announcement is planned in early February 2009. You can submit your ideas by filling in the online form . The project can support the following languages: English, German, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Korean, Russian, Swahili, Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, Arabic, Hindi, Greek, Czech, Hebrew, Danish, and Thai. Google commits $10 million to implement those projects of the winning ideas, while the winners will get good karma and the sati

New Chairs

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I had not come back the university for quite a long time. What is it to me? It's memory. When I sat on the seat of the mini-bus, I felt very comfortable, very relaxed. Under the big moon, the mini-bus flied through the time and the space. All outter scenes became blurred until the mini-bus arrived. The entrance remained unchanged, I thought that the whole campus had done so. When I arrived at the atrium, I found differences. There was an additional local bank beside newly built stairs. Some banners of complaining prohibition of banner sea were raised. The library was named by the name of a local rich man, who worked for numbers and was named by a number. I was surprised. I walked down to LG5 through escalator. I found very nice tables and chairs in LG3. I like them. Tables and chairs in public areas were wonderful places for students to gather and discuss. They were the warmbed of knowledges. On the other hand, the seats in front of Hall I were replaced by a statue of an ancient Ch

Heavenly Horse

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I visited an exhibition called Heavenly Horse 天馬神駿 in Hong Kong Museum of History. The exhibition aimed at demonstrating the horse in Chinese art and culture. During listening to the tour guide, I found that Chief Executive Donald Tsang walked beside us. There was no special announcement, nor strict protection. He was just one of visitors. Why did he come to the exhibition on the LEGCO election day? What have he learnt from the exhibition? learnt to be a good horse? or learnt to be a good judge? I've learnt how to draw a good horse.

Career Is Over

I had a dinner with some ex-colleagues last week. We talked about two IT gurus (very specific and professional) who had resigned. One became an insurance agent while the other became a salesman of aroma oil. Their changes have shocked me. I wish that they will success, but for my understanding, there are more challenges ahead of achievement.