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I bought it as introductory text on modern history of Japan and Korea from the perspective of historians from these countries.
Firstly I must say, the visual presentation of this book is very good. There are lots of nice pictures and photos and the text is very easy to read.
At a time I was into [...]

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Mickey Mouse everywhere, it makes me shudder.
The typical Mickey Mouse job of the Hong Kong people to make a quick buck.

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and SO for the new member in the family.
I wonder what it feels like to have an Olympic medalist mum.
We have great expectation for the daughter of the Queen of the Wind. It would be great if she goes into wind-surfing, but she could always get Lo Gan her Great Uncle to teach her bun [...]

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Jasper: “Too tight!”

Speedo. ~HK$100. A waste of money.

Jasper: “Okay.”
View. Adult model, with adjustable nose bridge. ~HK$70.

Okay fit. Very foggy. Over HK$100. Not worth it.

HK$64. Excellent fit and view. Very pleased.
I had a pair of TYRs and used it for over two years before I lost them. These new TYRs are very nice. Highly recommended if [...]

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As in my HKNet/PCCW ADSL line recovered after two days, for no particular reasons I am aware of. Maybe the technician at the main switch woke up from a coma or something.
Update (13:20): Nope, the line went down again. So I called HKNet, who said they could arrange for the PCCW technician to call at [...]

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The PCCW technician never showed up, nor did he call during the appointed hours. So I have had no reliable Internet BB access for 2 days. Crap. I’d have to call HKNet first thing tomorrow morning.
Bought an LG DVD writer to replace my dying CD writer. The SuperDrive combo drive in the TiBook is fine, [...]

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Accidentally wiped out the records…
I took it easy. ~40 minutes, heart rate ~127bpm, ~400Kcal.

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I was planning to spend the day at the university library, but I got up late, and couldn’t be bothered with the travelling, so I changed my mind, intending to spend the day doing some reading and some programming at home. A few (yes) sisters-in-law and nephews said they would come to swim. This is [...]

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Exercise time 48’57”, 518KCal, in zone 47’27”, average HR 127bpm.

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Grab your Windows client here.
The difference w/ Google Talk is, the XMPP protocol is open. I used to run a Jabber server, but no personal friend wanted to run yet another IM client, and the Jabber clients I used all had various degrees of difficulties in dealing w/ Chinese characters people were so fond to [...]

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Schadenfreude: Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

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This afternoon on my way out, our bus to Tuen Mun Town Centre was stuck in a traffic incident near the Sam Shing LRT station.
I waited a few minutes, and decided to get off the bus to take the LRT instead. I took a few snaps on my way to the LRT station. Check out [...]

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I have taken today off, intending to spend the day w/ the Lady and Jasper, both of them are on Summer break. Unfortunately, the Lady was called back to school for a meeting in the afternoon, and seeing that Jasper’s kinda tired after this morning at the beach so he’s going to be sleeping in [...]

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We took Jasper to see it in the afternoon. The kids were quite a bit more unlikeable than I remember from the old movie, and I certainly don’t remember Charlie having any merits.
The movie got a bit too slow for my taste in the middle, but did pick up again. It was quite entertaining, althou [...]

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This time, racing horses and jockeys. Enjoy.

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this time, haunted…

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Excellent explanations on Wikipedia.

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I took Monday morning off to attend an English Drama event at Jasper’s nursery.
It was a lot of fun. The K1/2/3 children were all marvellous. OTOH Jasper’s N1 class was hilarous. They were supposed to perform some simple dance movements along with a couple of nursery rhymes. Granted it was quite an achivement to get [...]

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from James’ link list, Veronica’s blog.

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Total exercise time 46’26”, 508Kcal, in zone 42’04”, average HR 130bpm.
I was testing out the breaststoke techniques discussed in this article, and arms are now quite sore. Sweeping the arms drives my heart rate right pass 140bpm in no time. I might need to do some weights.

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