大戶就似披了羊皮                       
大戶造市奸得離奇                       
大戶就似恐嚇著你做人沒趣味             
在營造 Deep V  隔一天沽爆你             
到最後  資金再運回賤美                 
摩根、Goldman 、Citi 、德銀 那個信得過? 
徬徨時我有蟹貨獨坐一角像是沒協助!       
在某年  那四叔講過                     
記得要追call 追call 落力在春天買貨     
一生之中高峰股災  我也要走過           
從何時跌市有你四叔跟我地獄內唱和       
像熊日之歌  老散都知錯                 
結伴行  股災也定能踏過                 
讓晚風  吹雞蛋殼                       
伴送著清香一束  站在IFC 祭我           
望佢升  偏偏估錯                       
個股市每到高處回落...Fall               
快要輸死我 woo woo                     
末日就似即將來臨                       
末日令我輸光頭痕                       
絕望大市使我面對未來沒信任             
別流淚  心酸  四叔輸得甘過你           
佢定能  一生蟹著陪伴你    

Are you going to get the new 3G iPhone?  I am planning to - the white 16G one.  What to do with my old iPhone?  Sell it!

 

You can canvass your friends, highlighting the fact that if they get your old iPhone, they can keep whatever voice plan they are using - no need to shell out $30 more for the data plan.  Or you can tell people you are selling on your blog (*wink *wink).  Or, you can go to this website www.buymytronics.com, answer a few questions about the general condition of your iPhone or other gadgets, get a quote, mail it off and get the money.  No hassles! 

 

I checked the price for my 8G baby, and it will pay me $192.03 US if I sell it to them right now, on the morning of the much anticipated launch date of the new iPhone.  Not bad, since I plan to sell it to my colleague at $199!

 

We'll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.

If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn't the plural of booth be called beeth?

Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!

Let's face it - English is a crazy language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger;
neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England.
We take English for granted, but if we explore its
paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square,and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing,grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but
not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of
all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a
humanitarian eat?
Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking
English should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.

In what other language do people
recite at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by ship.
We have noses that run and feet that smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the
same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a
language in which your house can burn up as it burns down,
in which you fill in a form by filling it out,
and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

And, in closing, if Father is Pop,
how come Mother's not Mop?

I give up !

Author unknown
 

I just realizes I haven't tended my website for a long time.  Been busy lately... playing Pet Pupz on Facebook. 

Anson asks why I would want to spend so much time playing with an e-dog that doesn't move or do stuff, when two real dogs are relishing my attention all the time.

Um... I don't know...

The day is almost over.  At least the work day.

 

After we decided to go ahead and do a telethon to raise funds for the victims of the Earthquake, my emotions went on a roller coaster ride.  On the one hand, I feel a certain 'high', knowing there's a lot of work to be done, and it's meaning ful work.  On the other hand, the more I talk about, think about and read about the victims, the sadder I felt. 

 

I came across a story on Commercial Radio Hong Kong about the first hand experience of a volunteer who was stranded in Sichuan.  I couldn't help but cry.  Before I went into the studio to do my own radio show, I was listening to the song 'It Will Be Better Tomorrow', tears welled up in my eyes again, and I was so worried that I couldn't control myself when I go on air. 

 

As of this moment, we have raised over $35,000.  Hopefully, we could reach $50,000.  With the dollar for dollar matching from the government, that would make $100,000.  If you are reading this blog, please help!  Call 1-800-268-2776 and make a donation now, even if our telethon is over!

Kathy,

 

Thank you for your message.  Yes, I try to be happy as best as I can.  I believe that happiness doesn't just fall from the sky.  You have to work towards it.  How?  By learning to appreciate the small things!  I have gone through difficult times, just like anyone else, but I always try to make myself find things that I can be happy about.  Think positive thoughts.  Smile at strangers and see if they smile back at you.  It's really not that hard.

 

Cheers,

Leslie

 

I mentioned the couple at Splendid China in my radio program.  Here are two photos from last Sun

 

 

 

 

1 cup + 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 3/4 cups + 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour.

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

3 cups sugar

5 extra-large eggs

1tsp vanilla extract

1 cup plain yogurt

grated zest of one lemon

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

 

1) Preheat oven to 350F

2) Prepare a 10-inch Bundt cake pan by spreading the 2 Tbsp butter and then dusting with the 2Tbsp flour.  Make sure that the inside urface is evenly coated to prevent the finished cake sticking to the pan.

3) Sift the 2 3/4 cups flour, baking soda and salt into a mixing bowl.  Set aside.  Mix yogurt, lemon zest and lemon juice in a separate bowl.  Set aside.

4) In a separate borl, combine butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

5) While beating, add eggs, one at a time.

6) Alternately beat in dry flour mixture and yogurt mixture.

7) Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted to the thickest part of the cake comes out clean.

 

While the cake is cooling in the pan, make the Lemon Glaze and glaze the cake while it is still warm.

 

1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup water

 

1) Mix all ingredients in a small saucepan. 

2) Cook over low heat without stirring until the sugar dissolves.

3) Turn up the heat and swirl the pot, cooking until the mixture turns syrupy, about 10 - 12 minutes.

做人不能太CNN，开壳 
要说我们做人别太CNN 
西方媒体喜欢放TM狗臭屁  
他们成帮结伙沆瀣一气  
要把西藏从我们中国分裂出去  
那是痴心妄想别有用心地  
（美国佬，西方那帮杂碎，你们别TM做梦了哦） 
   
看看我们中国五千年历史  
和我们相比你就TM白痴  
那时你们还TM用手爬着走路  
身上一块树皮就算劳动保护  
现在整天在我们面前瞎装酷  
你们就是一头头西洋大蠢猪  
还TM舞舞扎扎不走寻常路  
（你丫的，当初咋没让那些土著人把你们灭绝了呢）   
西藏那疙瘩自古中国的国土  
达赖喇嘛不要了B脸要来搞藏独  
祖国完整昌盛需要我们来维护  
怎么能够让你们这些外国佬比比划划来指路  
你也别不服输 有本事向前一步  
我们让你们TM的死无葬身之处   
中国要富强要崛起 不管苦和累  
中国要维护祖国统一 不许西藏分裂出去  

中国再也不是那个软弱的中国  
改革开放让我们过上好生活  
一分领土都不允许你们来抢夺  
鄙视你们这些人类败家的小喽罗  
西藏是中国的领土，没有别的说  
央央大国13亿人口兄弟姐妹贼拉多  
每人一口吐沫 让你们全军覆没  
（妈的，你TM要再给我面前舞舞喧喧，我TM抽你）   

德国之声 CNN 还有 一个BBC  
你们一群大煞笔  
中国人不好惹 有本事一对一  
整死你个逼养的  
（别跟我们中国人装逼哦，你以为中国是阿富汗、伊拉克、南斯拉夫呢？NM的，有本事你们到中国来，TMD中国人整死你们，TM脑瓜XX给你们打出撸子）  

中国要富强要崛起 不管苦和累  
中国要维护祖国统一 不许西藏分裂出去   
（打倒美帝国主义，打倒西方垃圾国家，打倒CNN 打倒BBC 做人不能太CNN！）  

 

 

 

 

You shall cross the barren desert,
but you shall not die of thirst. 
You shall wander far in safety
though you do not know the way. 
You shall speak your words in foreign lands
and all will understand. 
You shall see the face of God and live.

Refrain:
Be not afraid.
I go before you always.
Come follow me,
and I will give you rest.

If you pass through raging waters
in the sea, you shall not drown.
If you walk amid the burning flames,
you shall not be harmed. 
If you stand before the pow'r of hell
and death is at your side,
know that I am with you through it all.

Blessed are your poor,
for the kingdom shall be theirs.
Blest are you that weep and mourn,
for one day you shall laugh.
And if wicked men insult and hate you all because of Me,
blessed, blessed are you!

 

  

Athena,

 

Thank you for your message.  Due to your 'communications setting', I couldn't reply you privately. 

Please give fairchild TV a call the information you want.  They have the complete contact info.  I only know that the restaurant is at Leslie and 16th Street, and the Dr's name is Dr. Pun.  His book's name is Metabolic Diet, but it is not available at general bookstores.  Fairchild's number is 905-889-8090.  If the receptionist can't help you, please ask to speak to the Leisure Talk producer.

 

Thanks and have a nice weekend,

 

Leslie

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Stephen Wiltshire was born in London to West Indian parents on 24th April, 1974. His mother, Geneva Wiltshire had come from St Lucia and his father, Colvin, from Barbados. Colvin was killed in a motorcycle accident when Stephen was three years of age. His sister, Annette, is two years older than her brother. He lives with his mother in West London.

As a child, Stephen was mute and did not relate to other human beings. Aged three, he was diagnosed as autistic. He had no language, uncontrolled tantrums and lived entirely in his own world.

At the age of five, Stephen was sent to Queensmill School in London, a school for children with special needs, where it was noticed that the only pastime he enjoyed was drawing. It soon became apparent he communicated with the world through the language of drawing; first animals, then London buses, and finally buildings. These drawings show a masterful perspective, a whimsical line and reveal a natural innate artistry.

Aged eight, Stephen started drawing cityscapes after the effects of an earthquake (all imaginary) as a result of being shown photographs of earthquakes in a book at school. He also became obsessed with cars and illustrations of cars at this time (his knowledge of them is encyclopaedic) and he drew most of the major London landmarks.

The teachers at Queensmill School encouraged him to speak by temporarily taking away his art supplies so that he would be forced to ask for them. Stephen responded by making sounds and eventually uttered his first word - "paper." He learned to speak fully at the age of nine.

In 1987, the BBC QED programme, 'The Foolish Wise Ones', featured Stephen's astounding talent. The programme was devoted to three autistic savants: musical, mathematical and artistic. Stephen was introduced by Sir Hugh Casson (past president of the Royal Academy), who described him as "the best child artist in Britain". Stephen's work has since been the subject of numerous television programmes around the world, and the writer and psychologist, Oliver Sacks, has devoted an essay to Stephen in his book An Anthropologist On Mars (Picador 1995). Stephen is the only artistic autistic savant in the world whose work has been recorded and published since his childhood. His third book - Floating Cities (Michael Joseph, 1991) - was number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list.

Meanwhile, Stephen's artworks were being exhibited frequently in venues all over the world. In 2001 he appeared in another BBC documentary, Fragments of Genius, for which he was filmed flying over London aboard a helicopter and subsequently completing a detailed and perfectly scaled aerial illustration of a four-square-mile area within three hours; his drawing included 12 historic landmarks and 200 other structures.

In October and November 2003, thousands flocked to the Orleans House gallery in Twickenham near London, England, to see the first major retrospective of Stephen's work. The exhibition covered the 20-year period, from 1983 to 2003, and comprised 150 examples of Stephen's drawings, paintings and prints.

In May 2005 following a short helicopter ride over Tokyo he drew a stunningly detailed panoramic view of the city on a 10-meter-long canvas. Since then he has drawn Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid and London on giant canvasses.

In January 2006 it was announced that Stephen was being named by Queen Elizabeth II as a Member of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his services to the art world. (No specific mention of his disability was made in the citation) Later that year he opened his permanent gallery at the Royal Opera Arcade, London.

Here's another video of Stephen drawing Hong Kong: