Will you still love me if I am a lamia?

Painted Skin is a film about a war between tow women. Xiao Wei and Peirong had asked a same question to Wangsheng:" Will you still love me if I am a lamia?" Wang gave both of them the same answer. To Xiaowei, his true love, Wangsheng said "I love you whatever you are." To Peirou, his wife, he ssaid:" I will always be with you even though you are a lamia."

I don't know this is only a conceit of the direct or such idea exists really, but I have to give my assent to Peirong's action of defending her love. She was wise and composure to contend with Xiaowei. On the other hand, even though Xiaowei is a one thousand year's old fox lamia, but she is still a green hand to complicated love of human being. She thought she would win Wangsheng's love by defeating Peirong, but Wangsheng choose to use himself's live to save his wife.

May be say I love you is easy, but hurt is also easy. So lamia is not a problem, the problem is how to love for long. Lack of trust or support, love will die. May be this is what direct wanted to tell us.

Determination

I've gained strong determination from my darling as she said she would make up her mind to study English from now on. I don't want to lose the edge. I want to keep my top post as an English expert before her. I will work even harder so I'm here to say sorry to my darling. Zoe, you will never catch up with little D. XD

Anyway, English language is a life-long course for me, but I will also keep Chinese in my mind at the same time because it is a cousre that I will have to take before getting a permit to marry my lovely Zoe.

Pig and Hog

Check out these funny expressions.

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.

A hog in a silk waistcoat is still a hog.

Both convey a meaning of do not do something futile.

And we got another two here

Teach a pig to play on a flute. = Doing things impossible.

What can you expect from a pig but a grunt. = Something like don't expect too much from an idiot.

Day One of LoL

My LoL is not Laugh Out Loud. It's Lack Of Love.

A four-day hiatus has been enforced upon us because my darling is now frolicking in her hometown. I bet she must have wolfed down a real lot today and gathered a bit fat on her belly. XD

This is the day one of my LoL.

I miss you Zoe. Do you miss me?

My trip back home

I'm sitting in my home to post this blog.
I had left for hometown for my step grandpa's exequies on yesterday, he was die for throat cancer. The exequies has gone well except the guest were more than expect. He was famous on my hometown for his hobbie - fishing. And my grandma still believes his hobbie coused his cancer.

After the exequies, my old friends invited me to hang out for FB, this FB was expect by me for long. I miss my hometown food sooooooooo much, we started our first station at 4:30pm, ended at 8:00pm, but we only had only ate at 4 places. I found my anti-spicy quility had downgrade, but the food were still great as before. We planed to continue our FB trip tomorrow of the day after tommorrow, I still didn't eat spicy little lobester yet.


D, every piece food I picked up, I imaged what would you be if I were you. LOL!

Do You Know Copyright Law?

Well, I didn't know how but today one of my desires pushed me to take a look at the copyright law. And the copyright law turned out to be a very long explanation, formal but not very complicated.

Here we go!

Copyright law -- This law is enacted, in accordance with the Constitution for the purposes of protecting the copyright of authors in their literary, artistic and scientific works and rights related to copyright, of encouraging the creation and dissemination of works which would contribute to the construction of socialist spiritual and material civilization, and of promoting the development and flourishing of socialist culture and sciences.

Three Idioms of Wax

Today let's talk about three important idioms that contain the word 'wax'.

First, take a look at wax and wane

It means to grow bigger and stronger and then to become smaller or weaker again.

Examples for wax and wane

Their influence waxes and wanes depending on which party is in power.

Religious influence on politics has waxed and waned since the founding of this country.

Next we have this idiom wax lyrical

It means to talk about something with a lot of interest and excitement.

I recall Zoe waxing lyrical about her bargaining prowess.

Finally here is another idiom that we gonna learn the whole ball of wax.

It means everything.

She started working on the project in 1999, and within six months she was responsible for the whole ball of wax.

So now you've put another three idioms into your pocket. Remember to use them as often as possible to make them stay in your memory for life.

Forecast of a Leaving

Tonight I had a very strong intention to forever say goodbye to UE, and I think my forecast will become a fact just within a couple of months. The company culture sucks to the extreme and I got overwhelmed by tons of frivolous stuffs that raping me on a minutely basis. A six-day working schedule packed with painful tasks has been preventing me from loosening up. The capitalists who have been milking me from the first day I worked for them had finally irritated my ego. Employees inside are like sitting zombies, most of them are not really "working" but just "idling" their days.

Well, I got sick of all these stuffs!

My determination is real, and I want to change my job as a chief editor in an English magazine. For now, I will just continue to hone both my English verbal and written skills every day. And I know a chance is not far from me.

Will You Fight Tooth and Nail for Something?

let's remember this idiom because it can be used frequently in your daily language.

fight (someone/something) tooth and nail

It means to use a lot of effort to oppose someone or achieve something.

Here I give a load of examples to make you more easier to remember this idiom.

1. I will fight tooth and nail to make Zoe happy on a minutely basis.

2. We fought tooth and nail to keep our share of the business.

3. They vowed to fight the new legislation tooth and nail.

4. That woman fought tooth and nail during the war to protect her children.

Do You Throw Caution to The Wind?

When you throw caution to the wind, you take a risk.

Let's check out these examples!

As a young man he was always ready to throw caution to the wind.

You could always throw caution to the wind and have another glass of wine.

Throwing caution to the wind, he decided to ride his motorcycle without a helmet.

Batten Down The Hatches

Today the new word is batten, pay attention, not fatten.

We should master two major meanings of this word:

1. To become fat.

Batten/Fatten one's bank account.

2. To thrive and prosper, especially at another's expense:

She battens like a leech on the lives of famous people, a professional retailer of falsehoods.

Slumlords who batten on the poor.

Besides these two meanings, we should also try to remember an idiom containing the word batten.

batten down the hatches

It means to prepare yourself for a difficult period by protecting yourself in every possible way.

Examples:

When you're coming down with a cold, all you can do is batten down the hatches and wait for the body to fight it off.

They just have to batten down the hatches, lighten the load and ride this thing out.

The Pot Calling The Kettle Black

The pot calling the kettle black is something that you say which means someone should not criticize another person for a fault that they have themselves.

Let see how we can use this idiom in our everyday dialogue.

Zoe accused me of being stupid. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! XD

Who's 杜撰?

Yes, this is a story that happened months ago, but, till now, every single reference could produce a LOL from both me and Zoe.

One day on our way home, I strutted out some seemingly beautifully-crafted words and asked my darling where they came from. My darling answered with a firm determination saying that they were 杜撰. My quick response to the answer was "who's 杜撰 anyway?"

Zoe laughed out loud. -_-

Zoe, Can You Fill The Blank?

Zoe, first, please try to remember these dictions.

I want a piece of the action.
I had a flock of questions.
I saw a herd of elephants.
I was attacked by a horde of mosquitoes.

And do you know what should be filled in the following blank? Try to finish it by doing some search online.

I want an ___ of corn.

Do a Whip-Round?

What's whip-round?

Let me introduce this word by fancying a hypothesis.

Next month will be Zoe's birthday, and all the ET members will do a whip-round to buy a joint present for her.

A whip-round is a collection of money among a group of people that is used to buy a present for someone.

Another example for whip-round

We had a whip-round for Zoe's leaving present.

Dooce®

Dooce® is more than a wickedly funny blog about motherhood. It is a blog chock full of advertising, a moneymaking machine indeed.

The blog is talking a lot about a mother's daily life, her dog, and her daughter. And there was even a new word "dooced" coined after the blog became famous. Dooced means to lose one's job because of one's website.

Now everyone wants to turn their blog into a cash cow, with few successes though. But I will definitely pay close attention to this area as blogging is also one of my favorite activities. =)

Five Sentens Tonight

I decided to hunt job again today.
For our better future and easy life, I have to train my English to a higher level.
With D's help and my own endeavor，I believe the result will not disappoint both of us.


Sample from D
sensing no danger, i sneaked into the room where Zoe lived.
With no danger felt, i sneaked into the room.
As i sensed no imminent danger, i sneaked into the room.
I sneaked into the room when i felt no danger around.
I, sensing no danger, sneaked into room as quickly as possible.


Copy from Z
Eating nothing at all tonight, Zoe wolfed down a bow of noddle at middle night.
With nothing ate tonight, Zoe wolfed down a bow of noddle at middle night.
As Zoe ate nothing tonight, she wolfed down a bow of noddle at middle night.
Zoe wolfed down a bow of noddle at middle night because she ate nothing tonight.
I, ate nothing at dinner time, wolfed down a bow of noddle now.

Are You Humorous?

Well, please think twice when you want to say someone is humorous! Dump that elementary vocabulary and upgrade your expression to another higher level.

playful - He meant to be conversationally playful but his voice had no tone.

waggish - Dennis, who is waggish and bearded, projects an air of arrogance.

jocular - Zoe, who is jocular and lovable, wears a fair skin and a good charming look.

See? Today you've learned three words that bear the same meaning of "humorous". Try to put them into your future articles. =)

电话两端的两颗心

darling刚才给我打了一通电话，和她谈完之后，我现在的战斗力达到了沸点了。谢谢你占宇，谢谢你对我的支持。我知道你就是那个behind me的女人，在工作中我常戏言你这样不行那样不行，但在我心中，你是多么的好，给予我无限的支持。

晚安baby。 ^3^

占宇，我越来越想你。

最近越来越发觉没有你在身旁的时光特别地难过。没有你的晚上，我只好一个人静下来看书，但再静的心湖也总会荡起孤独的涟漪。没有你的晚上，我只好一个人疯狂地宣泄力量，但再狂的火山也终会喷发至竭尽。

这就是黎明前的黑暗，我很清楚我需要做什么，我知道接下来要走的路并不会平坦，但我已经准备好了。

占宇，我会好好照顾你一生。

OBJECT

I had planned to write down something about I saw on garden this afternoon. But because of the post below, I am too angry to post a blog now, so I decide to keep silence to OBJECT!

Acne on My Face!

OMG! My face is covered with acnes. Don't look at me! >_<

Vimeo, People Connecting Through Video

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Also I checked the Google Trends of Vimeo and saw it has been soaring like a skyrocket over the past few months. No more hesitating! Come on in Vimeo today!

All Hail to Fenghuang

Our Fendhuang trip is over, well, I should say it was all over weeks ago. It's a trip chock full of wonderfulness and excitement. Here is an all-around textual record of my maiden trip to Fenghuang.

We departed from GZ at around 20:00 after knocking off work. The outbound trip to Fendhuang was proven a torture. Fourteen hours on a bus was not fun at all if you ask me. And we literally ate, slept and lived on the bus in return for a beauty spot. I was wondering in my head if it was worth suffering such a great pain in order to reach a backwoods surrounded by rivers, mountains and hills.

We arrrived the next day at about 11:30. We were exhausted and both wanted to sneaked into a comfortable bed ASAP. A four-hour nap reinjected us with full energy and we started fooling around till midnight. XD

We witnessed a proposal during an open concert under a bridge. We snacked along the streets all over Fenghuang. We were in a paradise indeed...

Well, I'd like to skip the Wulong Mountain trip and other less memorable events happened in there.

Thank you Fenghuang, but, to me, you are only a supporting role. Zoe, you are where all my fun came from.

Without you, even the most beautiful place would become a withered land.

Zoe, be at my side, and let me love you forever, till death parts us.

Stand Someone in Good Stead

If an experience, a skill, or a qualification will stand you in good stead, it will be useful in the future.

Check the examples out below:

She hoped that being editor of the school magazine would stand her in good stead for a career in journalism later on.

His recommendation will stand you in good stead when you apply for a job.

A very handy idiom that we can use in our future articles. =)

Salivate at Something?

Well, I'm just here to introduce this new word, salivate. It means to be full of desire or eagerness for something.

Check out a few examples below:

I salivated at the idea of winning the lottery!
I salivated at the idea of caressing Zoe!
I salivated at the idea of marrying Zoe next year!

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Social Proof

I've been reading Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive this morning and I was totally obsessed by its scientific coverage on social proof. The book gave me a lot of insight and greatly expanded my knowledge scope. It's amazing to have my eyes on this book and it should be rated as a must-read for every marketer.

I am sure I will level up after ploughing it though. Thanks to this book, my view on marketing has largely changed. Now in modern times, we should link psychology with marketing to form a new persuasive force, neuro-marketing.

RVSP & by Virtue of Something

Newly learned words from Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways.

RSVP = please reply.
A French abbr. of répondez s'il vous plaît.

by virtue of something = because of.
Many people believe that he will avoid jail by virtue of his money and connections.

I Want to Be With You!

The parting was excruciating and my heart ached. I want to be with you so much. I resisted the temptation tonight by using all my strengths. But a sense of loss still crept into my mind when I was home.

When can I have you sit and sleep beside me? When can we live together carefreely? I will go all out to find the answer, because I need you so much Zoe.

Form or From?

Yesterday my darling wrote on our blog she was impressed by a typo-prone word, 'form'. She always mistook 'form' for 'from', and vice versa.

Here I post an idiom with the word of 'form' to further intensify my darling's memory.

in any way, shape, or form = in any way at all.

Example:
I have never been involved in any way, shape, or form with love betrayal. XD

Yes, the example is for you darling. Can you feel my loyalty?

HttpWatch

HttpWatch is an HTTP viewer and debugger that integrates with IE and Firefox to provide seamless HTTP and HTTPS monitoring without leaving the browser window.

You should put it into your took kit if you are a website developer, as it will give you just another wing to your strengths.

Change the way that you develop, debug and tune websites today!

My Language Life

I've been learning English language for years, and to tell the truth, I see no foreseeable end for English learning. I have to admit even now I run into "new word" almost on a daily basis. English is a fascinating language as it has absorbed words from different cultures successfully for decades.

My darling said she would start to blog down word(s) that impress her, which I did long before even meeting her, like today I blogged down "agony column" and "agony aunt/uncle" which I bumped into during a surf on BBC.

Last but not least, Chinese is also a fascinating language which captivates my mind to the extreme. And I hope I will learn from Chinese guru Zoe and have a better command of Chinese in the imminent future.

Now me and my darling are on a learning curve. Just will be supportive!

From "form"

I always spell mistake, such as "form".
"form 20th to 30th Oct" I wrote today.
My mistakes always make D crazy, and also make me upset.
I don't know how to change this hobby, and D taught me a way today.
It is just what I am doing now.
Put it down on our blog. Not only the word I spelled wrong, but also the words impressed me deeply during day time. Day by day, my vocabulary will increase sharply. Hope so.

From today, I start to put down a word impressed me during day time per day, in the hope of improving my vocabulary.

What Are Agony Column, Agony Aunt and Agnoy Uncle?

agony column: a newspaper or magazine column offering advice on readers' personal problems.

agony aunt/uncle: a person who replies to readers' letters in an agony column.

Very funny expressions so I have to mark them down here to reinforce my memory.

Zoe, feel free to share your words here if you see some new, fresh, vivid or interesting ones in your daily life.

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I found Greasemonkey very cool because it can enhance the functionality of Google Analytics, and it gives us a lot of unprovided Google Analytics insight that can help us marketers to reach another level.

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Mouse Excrement

Today I found in my drawer two grains of black granule. After a round of inspection by four different people, namely, me, Ring, Echo and Henry, we ended up with a 2:2 draw, as me and Henry was for the idea that those black granules were mouse excrement, and the other two was against that concept. However, later more people confirmed firmly that those little sands were indeed mouse excrement.

I soon held up the feces and hurled them onto Ring's body, with a loud "catch it!". Ring was scared with a start and shouted out rudely to me with a trapezoid reddish face "我顶你个肺啊!" XD

Life is colorful, it is all up to you to paint your life. XD

The Chinese Zodiac

Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig.

This year is my year of zodiac.

Zoe, got it? =)

Speak It Out 1

Speak It Out a program I set up in an effort to help my darling on her way to English fluency. My sharing on this program will be mainly focusing on everyday spoken English. All we know is that we can divide English into two different parts, written and oral. Darling, let me know if you want a program dedicated to written English, and also please let me know if you like Speak It Out or not.

1. My darling should be home any minute.

Look, now you can replace your 'soon' with this newly-learned word! Remember, don't put 'in' in front of 'any minute'.

2. I totally sniped it from a guy on Ebay.

Here, snipe is a work that carries the meaing of 'grab or snatch'.

3. You got another month, minimum.

A short and concise expression that you can use in many occasions in life.

Let's take a look at another real life example:

D: When will you marry me?
Z: It takes another year, minumum.
D: Whoa.. T_T

Zoe, I love you. Hope you enjoy my lesson.

Color of My Life

After reading my darling's last blog entry, I took a really good look at my wardrobe. I had a full stock of clothes, with various colors and styles. I used to wear vivid clothes, say, bright orange or yellow. But I had somehow developed a liking to black color to the point that black clothes had become my usual wear now.

Well, now clothes is not something very important to me. I see clothes as a piece of rag that served as a covering, no more! So I don't really pay attention to my style now, because I need to save enough attention to boost my knowledge, not my look.

Maybe someday when I am learned enough, I would refocus on my clothing. XD

I'm here to show I'm here

I want to learn English better, at least better than now.
D, are u happy about this?

ok, my diary today.

I bought a red bag on my way home today. Its shape and color is what I have been looking for long.
Course it is autumn now, the little black bag I used in whole summer is too small now, and my old white bag is too big for this season. Fortunately, this red bag meets all my require! And most amazing thing is it only cost me ￥25！！hohohohhohoho~~~~
When I checking the new bag after I arrived home, I found I love red more and more. In the past years, such as 1 year before, I almost never use thing in red. No red clothes, no red shoes and of course no red bag. But in recent days, I bought red under wears( how to say 本命年 in en?), red scarf, red T, and red bag now. Why? I guessed the reason I didn't like red before was my uniform in high school was red. I used to wear in this color day and night for 6 years! As the same, my mother don't like white clothes, course her uniform is white. Hahaa. And now I have no color is the must-follow one, so in the unconscious, I want to repick the color I lost since graduated from my high school ?

D, I think you should try more colors in daily life.

My Company Locations

Do you know how to say your address in English?

New Company Location:
4/F Jin Ying Da Sha, Jin Ying Street, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Old Company Location:
Unit 307, 3/F, XianHuMingYuan 68, Hua Cui Street, JianYe Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

One of The Three Books is Here!

Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive is now in my hands! So exciting to have my hands on this tome. One of the stories in it had inspired us a very good testing point, and I'm really looking forward to read the other 49 chapters. Hope we can come up with some brilliant ideas after ploughing through this scientifically proven classic!

Bring Her a Pair of Chopsticks

Write it down as an entry in case I would somehow forget this significant thing. Darling, I will bring you a pair of chopsticks tomorrow, so your pretty lips and tongue will not be hurt again in the future by those evil wooden disposable chopsticks! ^3^

Blog Label Revamp

Tonight I made an effort to revamp all the blog labels so now they are more precise.

Where did I get all these momentums? I browsered a content-rich blog tonight and found the beauty of having an active blog. So I think it's time to tidy my little blog up for any possible future exposure. XD

Blogging is great! Both for me and for the people around!

Search Engine Info

These are very useful information for E-marketer.

Google Adwords Traffic Estimator

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Google Insights for Search

Google Trends

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Baidu AdWords

Baidu Analytics

Books Are on Their Way!

Today I am so happy because I've persuaded our boss David to invest on three marketing books.

1. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
2. Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior
3. Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive

$68.52 IN TOTAL!

I will purchase them from Amazon tomorrow and they will arrive around one month later! Cheers!

Old Word, New Meaning

The goal is not to bait the other side or engage in purely political point-scoring. It is more important to engage with the electorate watching at home.

Ok, audience, can you tell me what the bait means in the sentence above?

Generally in your minds, including yours truly, bait means "to entice, especially by trickery or strategy." However, it is not the case here. Here bait takes on a new meaning "to attack or torment, especially with persistent insults, criticism, or ridicule."

Remember, even "old words" can spark a new knowledge. Pay close attention to what you read everyday and find hidden knowledge along the way. =)

Down and Dirty

down-and-dirty behavior is not pleasant or honest.

Example:
He ran a down-and-dirty political campaign.

Well, I learned this compound word from a article on BBC. =)

Learning English everyday! Cheers!

Period is On!

Her perod is on again! This time I didn't come up with some stupid program like "a word a day" which made my darling vexed on her last period. And this time she didn't hurt as she did in the past, which she attributed to "a better sewer." I scientifically agreed to that. Cheers! XD

Star Wars MMO to be Disclosed

It seems that the long-rumored Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic MMO game is true after all, and will be "officially" disclosed later this month.

It's about time BioWare upped and decided to "officially" unveil their "secret" game. Everyone already knows about it. In fact, Electronic Arts' John Riccitiello already let it slip earlier this year that they were working on this would-be-epic.

Last February, an interview with BioWare over the then-mystery MMO revealed that the game will be heavy on RPG element. They planned to have every player act as a primary protagonist in their own narrative, as if the game really were their story, their world.

They sound pretty ambitious. Ambitious enough to go against the likes of World of Warcraft? We'll have to wait days to see.

Business Insight Magazines

eWeek and Strategy+Business are two business mags that offer readers insight into global business. I will add both to my must-read list by which to boost my economy knowledge so I won't be laughed at by my know-it-all darling. XD

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is Internet-based ("cloud") development and use of computer technology ("computing"). The cloud is a metaphor for the Internet (based on how it is depicted in computer network diagrams) and is an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it conceals. It is a style of computing in which IT-related capabilities are provided “as a service”, allowing users to access technology-enabled services from the Internet ("in the cloud") without knowledge of, expertise with, or control over the technology infrastructure that supports them.

Cloud computing is a general concept that incorporates software as a service (SaaS), Web 2.0 and other recent, well-known technology trends, in which the common theme is reliance on the Internet for satisfying the computing needs of the users. For example, Google Apps provides common business applications online that are accessed from a web browser, while the software and data are stored on the servers.

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services is now offering a lot of web services including compute power, storage, datebase and other services.

What's the most attractive selling point? I think is the pay-only-for-what-you-use policy. Here is the introduction for the AWS.

The cost-effective IT alternative
With Amazon Web Services, you pay only for what you use, with no up-front expenses or long-term commitments. To get started, you simply sign up for an account and deploy your first application. AWS manages the infrastructure that enables you to deploy highly scalable and reliable IT solutions.

No contracts or commitments – With AWS, all it takes to sign up is a credit card. And all it takes to cancel is to close your account online. There are no pre-purchase commitments required, and there is no minimum amount of use required.

Pay as you go – You pay only for what you use, no more, no less.

Transparent pricing – Our rate cards are published for everyone to see and there are no hidden fees.

Better economics – As the number of applications running in our cloud increases, the operations, management, and hardware costs to Amazon are amortized over more users. When we enjoy the economies of scale, we pass those savings onto you in the form of lower prices.

Better use of your time – Doing the heavy lifting of running IT infrastructure does not differentiate your business from your competition. Running your infrastructure on AWS enables you to focus your energies and expenses on running your business and adding value for your customers – instead of crawling around your datacenter.

Better environmental impact – From the way we build our datacenters, to the innovative technologies we use to cool and power our hardware, to the inherent green benefits of sharing reusable resources with a global network of customers, Amazon Web Services enables you to maintain a smaller environmental footprint, without sacrificing the scale and flexibility your business demands.

To Book or Not to Book

This Sat. my mind pushed my desire hardly to be with my darling. And after a "bogus" and unsatisfactory spaghetti dine-out at Tianhe and a long persuasive dialogue with my darling, we decided to pinpoint a place to sleep together. I called several 7-Day hotels but got the same answer from all operators "Sorry, the hotel is full now." Then we threw away the idea of settling in 7-Day hotel as we walked along the road aimlessly and tried to hunt down some other bargain hotel. However, after a little calculation, we found we didn't have enough money at hand to check in. We were cashless! Zoe proposed to withdraw money from bank and I agreed with the idea. When we were in the bank, I was stumped because my password failed, twice, for unknown reason(s). At the time of a complete despair, Zoe popped up suddenly another idea that was to live nearby her home so she could withdraw cash from her residence. I pushed her onto a bus with a grin on my face. Another long travel to her home equipped us with enough cash and we were again in a hotel hunting game. Soon we found a hotel nearby and walked into it, but was rejected harshly because we could not identify ourselves, as Zoe had left her identification card at home! We almost flopped and were forced to walk back again to her home to take out the "valuable" card. At around 10:30, we were completely exhuasted, but finally settled in. ^3^

Our life is simple, but also is made colourful by all these funny affairs.

Get Lost

A new way to use the idiom 'get lost.'

Definition:
something that you say when you are annoyed with someone or you want someone to go away.

Those kids told the new girl to get lost.

Get lost, Gary. We don't want you coming with us.

Escape Game

The well-known made in Japan escape game crimson room, viridian room and white chamber are all classics. But today I happened to have found another elaborate escape game named MOTAS, Mystery Of Time And Space in full.

I have to say these escape games are real mind twister. Try them out if you want to twist your mind in an unusual way. XD

Some Top Business Sites

The Wall Street Journal - International and national news with a business and financial perspective.

Business Week - Read the latest international business news & stock market news. Get updated company profiles, financial advice, global economy and technology news.

Fortune - Bi-weekly magazine and home of the Fortune 500. Business, investment, career, management and small business information.

USA Today - Breaking news on weather, sports, world, science, financial, technology, travel, national, economy, and entertainment news provided by USATODAY.com.

Forbes - News and featuresd from Forbes and affiliated magazines.

Red Herring - On-line version of professional magazine. News and reviews focusing on technology, analysis, and research. Investor oriented.

Some Top IT Sites

Cnet - CNET is the premier destination for tech product reviews, news and price comparisons, free software downloads, daily videos, and podcasts.

PC World - Computer and Internet news and information resource. Reviews, how-to's, downloads, product and price information.

PC Magazine - PC Mag is your complete guide to PC computers, peripherals and upgrades. We test and review computer- and Internet-related products and services.

ZDNet - Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers the best tech news, and resources for IT hardware, software, networking and services.

Info World - InfoWorld is the leading technology resource for IT news, product reviews, best practices, and white papers covering security, storage and virtualization.

Computer World - News and product coverage for information technology managers.

Infomationweek - InformationWeek is the leading news and information source for information technology professionals and business managers with technology management.

Bilzzard Announced the System Requirements for WotLK

PC System Requirements

OS:

Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4) or Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

Processor:

Intel Pentium3 800MHz or AMD Athlon 800MHz

Memory:

Minimum: 512 MB RAM

Recommended: 1GB RAM

Video:

Minimum: 32MB 3D graphics processor with Hardware Transform and Lighting, such as an NVIDIA GeForce 2 class card or above

Recommended: 64MB VRAM 3D graphics processor with Vertex and Pixel Shader capability, such as an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 class card or above

Sound:

DirectX-compatible sound card

Controls:

A keyboard and mouse are required. Input devices other than a mouse and keyboard are not supported.

Connectivity:

You must have an active broadband Internet connection to play.

Mouse:

Multi-button mouse with scroll wheel recommended.

Is This Can That Can?

Today I learned a new meaning of the simple word 'can'.

Let's see this example:

John was canned for insubordination.

Here, can means "to dismiss from employment or school."

can someone = give the sack to someone, sack someone or dismiss someone.

Music Boosts Exercise Endurance

A report says that listening to music when you are working out can boost endurance. I am very glad to hear that because this is actually my way of training up. I like to fill my ears with rocky music when working on my muscles. Well, maybe that's why I succeeded in swelling up my arms in a sustainable way. A secret that you don't know is my darling loves my muscle so much that she bites me every now and then for the sake of excitement. XD

OK, let's hit the dumbbells tonight!

Octazen

Do you want to go viral? This is a web service I would like to bookmark in my blog in case I need it someday in my future. Octazen is a company working on address book contact importer scripts and social network invite sender scripts. It claims that it can import contacts from 26 different popular web mails, and send messages or posts to contacts in SNS(Social Network Service) sites.

Start leveraging your members' network of friends!

I'm trying its demo now. Hope it works well!

SeoQuake

This is a firefox add-on that was designed completely for SEO(Search Engine Optimization) purpose. After installation, you will see a little SQ icon on your browser status bar. When activated, SeoQuake can show you a slew of info, including Page Rank, Search Engine Index, Alexa Rank, Internal Links and External Links, all are essential info a SEOer will possibly need.

SeoQuake is absolutely a very handy tool for any SEOer.

Splash Fighters

Splash Fighters is a free-to-play 3D MMOFTG. There are a dozen of characteristic fighters for you to choose, and you can also DIY your own character if you like. Every character is an expert in practicing different weird kungfu instruments, such as Half-Orc can transfigure to a Tauren when his mana is allowed, and the Revive Man can throw his head to attack his rivals. Splash Fighters is the North America version of GetAmped, which is in the course of Open Beta Test.

Also I would like to tell you that 热血英豪 is its Chinese version.

New Idioms Learned

dead heat

Definition:

1. A race in which two or more contestants compete evenly or finish at the same time.

2. A political campaign or other contest that is so close that it is impossible to predict the winner.

keep your eye on the ball
take your eye off the ball (opposite)

Definition:
to give your attention to what you are doing all the time.

If you're a manager, you can't afford to take your eye off the ball for one minute.

the gloves are off

Definition:
if the gloves are off in an argument or competition, the people involved have started to argue or compete in a more determined or unpleasant way.

She gave a second interview later that year but this time the gloves were off. Her ex-boss, she said, was 'a tyrant and a fraud'.

too close to call

Definition:
impossible to guess the result in advance.

Tonight's semifinals match is too close to call.

Hasee, The Cheapest Notebook

Hasee is leading the price battle with its cheapest notebook Q120c, which is priced at 1,999 RMB. Hasee claims Q120c is a zero-profit product that is made to aim at low-end market. I do want to know how cheap a notebook can be. Will we see a 999 RMB notebook within a or two years?

SNS

What's SNS? SNS is short for Social Network Service.

Here is a list of some prestigious Chinese SNS sites.

开心网, 海内网, 蚂蚁网, 360圈, 占座, 校内网, 聚友网, Facebook中国, 51网, 一起网, 5G网, 同学录, 同学, 雅虎关系

Financial Terms

reserve requirement

The reserve requirement (or required reserve ratio) is a bank regulation that sets the minimum reserves each bank must hold to customer deposits and notes.

accounts receivable

Money owed to a business by customers who have bought goods or services on credit. Accounts receivables are current assets that continually turn into cash as customers pay their bills.

securitize

Commerce. Convert (an asset, esp. a loan) into securities, usu. for the purpose of raising cash by selling them to other investors.

solvency

solvency is the ability of an entity to pay its debts with available cash.

credit crunch

Credit crunch is a term used to describe a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans (or "credit"), or a sudden increase in the cost of obtaining loans from the banks.

Baby Idioms

be like taking/stealing candy from a baby = to be very easy.

Example:
Beating them was the easiest thing in the world - it was like taking candy from a baby.

Selling my mother something I made is like taking candy from a baby — she can't say no.

something is your baby = you are in charge of something

Example:
The whole plan is your baby.

Animate Your Life

animate v.t.

Definition
To give life to; fill with life, to impart interest or zest to; enliven:

Example:
The party was animated by all kinds of men and women.

I Miss You Zhanyu

In the morning when I wake up,

I feel an aching in my heart,

That's when I realize,

How much I really miss you,

At different times throughout the day,

I find I'm missing you,

And I wonder if, perhaps a bit,

Maybe you miss me too,

I miss you in my home,

When I'm in there all alone,

And when I want to hear your voice,

I call you on the phone,

And When I check our blog,

but find there's nothing there,

I think by now it's due to say,

That I miss you very much,

And my heart will never be the same,

Since it suffered your tender touch.

I Speak Like a HKer

I found something interesting when I was watching HK news on TV today. A HK offical was being interviewed and I found he liked to spatter English in his Cantonese words, which reminded me so much of my own talking style. Actually I am the guy who loves to disseminate English in Cantonese dialogues. I have no answer about when this habit was formed in the first place and how it developed so quickly. Is this a good habit? Tell me please.

Miu!

Today I'm going to talk about a web-based game that I tested weeks ago, Miu!. The first glance of this game was satisfactory though I would like to refrain from using the word "impressive". The eye candy was actually the graphics, as Miu excelled at other web games in graphical field. In order to see the truth, I drilled a little bit deeper and found some playability within Miu. However, the age-old Achilles' heel existed, the game couldn't provide gamers a long-term goal. You get bored when your toon was at high level because you would have to grind the same bunch of monsters over and over again with no other things to do. One of its selling points I have to mention here is its casualness. You don't need to stare at the monitor to play this game, you can play it at a very slow pace, which is in accordance with the prime principle of a real web-based game. In general, this game is both a success and failure, it did attract players into the game, at this point, it succeeded, but it couldn't retain them for long.

Six Chinese Big Wheels in MMOG Field

Shanda (Nasdaq-listed)
Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: SNDA) is a leading interactive entertainment media company in China and offers a portfolio of diversified entertainment content that is accessible via the Internet.

NetEase (Nasdaq-listed)
NetEase.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES), one of China's leading Internet and online game services providers, today announced that it will report its financial results for the third quarter 2007 on Wednesday,November 7, 2007 after the close of the U.S. markets.

The9 (Nasdaq-listed)
The9 Limited is a leading online game operator in China. The9's business is primarily focused on operating and developing MMORPGs for the Chinese online game players market.

Perfect World (Nasdaq-listed)
Perfect World is a leading online game developer and operator in China as measured by the popularity of its games in China in 2006, according to a report published by International Data Corporation, or IDC, a leading market research firm.

Kingsoft (SEHK-list)
Since having commercially launched its first office applications software, WPS 1.0 in 1989, Kingsoft Corporation Limited has now become a leading software developer, distributor and service provider in China.

ZT Network Science Technologies (NYSE-list)
ZT Network Science Techonologies will be on NYSE soon, with the help from Merrill Lynch and UBS. I'm sure it wil be a real giant in China. Don't doubt!

MMOG Reporter Dennis

The Wings of the Goddess

The Wings of the Goddess expansion is slated for release this November, a pretty good news for all our Final Fantasy XI fans. The new FFXI expansion comes after Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia and New Treasures of Aht Urhgan as a gift to mark the fifth anniversary of FFX. It will be built mainly upon the history of the previous Crystal War and gamers will sure enjoy the upcoming challenges from all the new scenes, monsters, magics and features in The Wings of the Goddess.

I have always been wondering when the FFX magic would die away as it has been a cult for many generations. Will FFX live forever? This is an answer that I can't tell at this age.

MMOG Reporter Dennis

I Was Hit

I was hit by Zoe! What a fist!

Slideshow Feature Added

Cool, after hours hard work, I've finally set our online photo album done!

Go to Picasa Web Albums and log in using my ID. Upload your photos to the Dennis and Zoe public album and then all your uploads will be showed neatly in the slideshow feature.

More features will be added to our blog, stay tuned!

Say Rich in Various Ways

Think about it for a moment if you are going to say "Zoe is rich". Have you had some words in your pocket that can replace the cliche word "rich"?

Here is a list of word(s) that can be used when you want to say someone is rich.

1. well-fixed;

2. well-off

3. well-to-do

4. well-heeled

5. well-situated

6. affluent

7. prosperous

8. financially secure

Subjective or Objective?

In one scenario at a suppermall, me and Zoe orchestrated a set of funny dialogues.

SET ONE:

lil D: Darling, you are so attractive and seductive, I can't turn my eyes away from you!

lil Z: Subjective or objective?

lil D: Objective!

lil D + lil Z: LOL~~~

SET TWO:

lil D: How old do I look?

lil Z: Around 60.

lil D: What?! Subjective or objective?

lil Z: Subjective

lil D + lil Z: LOL~~~

Life is full funniness, just take a good breath and feel the fun around you.