Magic Time

Today I showed Zoe a simple coin magin which amazed her so much that she kept asking me to reveal the secret behind it.

I then disclosed to her the sleight of hand that makes the magic work. After learning it by heart, Zoe was in no hesitation to show her newly-learned ploy.

Voila! The coin disappeared! You know what happened? The sliver coin slipped right into her bra and she failed to remove it from her body by giving herself a big bra shake! I envy that little coin, "who" could get so closer to her! @_@

You are really my queen Zoe!

Websites Could Get Film-Style Ratings

I happened to bump into an interesting news tonight when surfing Google news. The news said English websites could soon get rated in a way that similiar to the one the movie industry is doing. What would be your response if you are not allowed to view a website because it is rated 'not suitable' for you? Would you scream out 'freedom of speech forever' and then hurl straight your mouse into monitor? We have been censoring through out our lives. We got censored on TV, newspaper and virtually all major offline media available on earth. Unfortunately, we couldn't escape the gorgeous censorship by turning to online world. What have you got online? Great Fire Wall! So website censorship is no news to me, as our government has for ages helped us, willingly or unwillingly, sort out the online material in a bid to 'protect' us. What a government! Thank you!

What do you think about this website rating system?

Dormant for a While

I've kept this blog dormant for a while as my whole body and soul had been engaging in choreography for an annual show next month. I have to admit that I'm dancing-challenged, so I had to spend double time, or even treble, on the pre-set dancing steps. Ache crawled over my entire body after a backbreaking training yesterday, so that's why I can sit here now typing out this piece, though with great pain in both my arms and legs. Anyway, I enjoy the dancing game very much and will try to give the best of myself in the upcoming show. Cross my fingers!

Guangzhou Pork King

If you are still doubting the hidden power of selling pork, you should think again. Guangzhou Pork King, Mr.Chen, who left his post as a civil servant years ago and turned himself into a pork vendor, had now become a millionaire.


I was struck when hearing the pork king said in an interview 'I don't compete with the rich, and I don't compete with the smart. Since selling pork is 'shameful' in the eyes of the rich and smart, so I could succeed in this field more easily.'

His word struck my mind like a lightning out of the blue. Yes, he is absolutely right on this. Why should we again and again push ourself into battleground for something hot? Why shouldn't we be a little bit clever to avoid all those unnecessary business warfares by turning ourselves to an unwanted market? As a marketer, we should learn to take advantage of an unexploited soil, where the true treasure may well lie beneath.

This is a lesson for all of us -- focus on not the fully-competed but the undeveloped market.

How to Cancel Scandisk?

The very disgusting scandisk can be ultimately removed by first running regedit.exe.

Then locate the bane at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager and clear the value BootExecute autocheck autochk *

Done!

Deep Throat Died, Aged 95

Today BBC ran a front page news about the dead of a larger-than-life figure -- Deep Throat(深喉).

Deep Throat, one of the most widely-known figure in Nixon-era, has died, at an age of 95. Even thought you may not know this oldie well, the name should ring a bell. He was a former FBI-member who literally orchestrated a resignation of the then president Richard Nixon.

The review on Deep Throat was mixed. Some says he was a hero who helped overthrow a corrupt government. Other criticized his berayal, calling him a traitor. Whether you are for or against him, what you cannot deny is that he have done something that put him eternally in a history book.

Little bonus knowledge point: Deep Throat was named after a popular pornographic movie of the time. I intend to post the poster of the pornographic Deep Throat here, but after thinking twice, I think the best strategy for me is to skip this part. If you do want a peep of the pornographic Deep Throat, go directly to Google and do an image search with the sure-fire keyword Deep Throat movie. =D

Shoe Throwing Game

Well, do you remember that I've talked about the shoe throwing incident in an Iraq news conference at my blog early?

This famous press conference has inspired a spate of Shoe Throwing Games. Though it's still not certain about how the history book would record deeds of George W. Bush, he has successfully registered his name on game industry. It's not easy, at least, to earn a pair of shoes from your audience and make that into a widely-played online Flash game.

Joshua Persky Gets Job Again

Joshua Persky is not a common guy, at least in my eyes. A MIT grad has been trudging the Manhattan streets for half a year, in efforts to get himself hired again. This is not truly innovative to me. I'd seen reports on TV this kind of job-hunting or mate-hunting in the past, some of those stunt were even more spectacular. But in US, this guy appeared to be the first. Persky has attracted rich media attention since his 'take-on-street' strategy beginning in June this year. His perseverance is something worth our notice and reflection. He has again got a nice job all by his own efforts. Do you have the same determination and pserseverance like Persky to get something that you really want? This is a food for deep thought.

Crammed Christmas Eve

People are absolutely overreacting to a western festival -- Christmas. I was on board a Christmas Eve tube yesterday night to have a first-hand experience of this US-imported festival. To say that I was like in a crammed sardine can was an outright understatement. A few bouts of savage elbow fighting finally ensured me a place in the compartment. Everyone on board was dressed to the nines, seemed heading for an important audition. The scenario was tantamount to Chinese new year. I couldn't help asking myself how and when Christmas started to invade into China in the first place? Is China being assimilated subconsciously by western powerhouses? Should we be conscious and aware of this ongoing "harmless" assimilation? Whatever the answer, it is a trend.

I myself is not a fan of Christmas and have no intention to embrace it in the imminent future. But I'm not totally against it or deny its widespread penetration. Maybe the lacking of a western culture background was why I couldn't melt myself in this widely-enjoyed festival. The only way out? Live it or leave it!

Panda Diplomacy

Today we see the cliche panda diplomacy again. China has just sent two giant pandas to Taiwai, naming Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan respectively, in yet another effort to reunite the politically-unstale island. Panda diplomacy is a guesture that China frequently resorted to in the past, however, it seems there is no magic in the two Taiwai-bound pandas this time. Taiwai has been actting indocile for decades in the eyes of Chinese leaderships. Since the end of the Chinese civil war, China has tried, in vain, to reunite Taiwai through a host of strategies, from diplomatic gestures to military threats. But generation of leaderships have failed to find a way to budge the isle a bit closer to mainland. The relationship between China and Taiwai has been ebbing and flowing with no visible improvement. These two pandas, IMHO, will do nothing than a commonplace publicity. How can we reunite Taiwan? This is a tough question for our 'country boss.'