HK 昂坪360 vs. Taipei 貓空纜車

Like Hell and Heaven ...
昂 坪 360 of Hong Kong is dead ! Shame !
At the *similar time*, Taipei will have their tourist cable car called 貓 空 纜 車
One Taiwan guy have simulated it with Google Earth
Very interesting video ....



Remark: Expected production date of 貓空纜車 is 4th of July 2007

Abuse of funding ?

Funding should be used in better ways
At least, don't spend on "buying" these so called high ranked students
All those VCs are dumb
:(

Quoted from MingPao HK
【明報專訊】高考放榜在即，考生摘A有價，狀元不愁沒有獎學金。各院校銀彈招生成風，科技大學大灑金錢吸引本地高材生入讀，預留逾1000萬元獎學金，高考取得4A及中英文達C級或以上的尖子，入讀科大四年制課程共可取得約40萬元獎學金，出手之闊綽為各院校之冠。

科大為高考3A和2A(同時中英文達C級或以上)學生提供的獎學金，則不及理工大學和城市大學豐厚。以三年制課程計算，3A和2A生在科大可獲12.6萬和 4.5萬元獎學金，2A1B入讀理大獎學金則高達23.1萬元，入讀城大亦可獲16.8萬至19萬元。理大高考生入學獎學金的門檻較低，高考1A1B及中英文C級或以上已可獲12.6萬元。

中大只向4A生頒獎學金

老牌大學的入學獎學金反而較「手緊」，中文大學只向高考4A或以上學生頒發入學獎學金，金額相當於首年學費，3A或以下成績則不獲頒獎學金。香港大學未定新學年入學獎學金細節，去年4A狀元3年可獲共12萬元，3A生首年得3萬或1萬元(見表)。

合資格者「自動」獲取
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News - Upward Pay Level Adjustment

Waited for too long ....
Finally saw little sun light !
:)

Quoted from MingPao HK
【明報專訊】理工大學將於未來數月撥出4270萬元，向最多3500名全職教職員發放一筆過花紅，每人可獲8000元至3.6萬元，金額不少於月薪三分之一，但附屬機構員工不能受惠。中文大學向員工報喜，中低層非教學人員薪金7月起將調高7％，高層人員則加2.8％，每年涉及近2000萬元額外開支。
中大非教學人員加薪2.8至7%
中大於04年將部分中低層非教學人員減薪10％，高層非教學人員則減4％，校董會昨日通過，曾減薪的中低層非教學人員加薪7％，高層非教學人員加薪 2.8％，每年需額外支出1900萬元。04年中大另有非教學人員自願減薪、減少退休福利或延長工時，相當於減薪6％，他們每月將獲發4.2％生活津貼，每年涉及147萬元。... ... ...

Quoted from Internal Mail
前述政府數度削減經費是永久的，故大學於2007-2008年度的預算尚有赤字。然而，大學預期隨著於2012年恢復四年本科學制及學額增加，大學教育資助委員會將因學生人數上升而增加對大學撥款，大學的財政狀況可望逐年改善。為了提升受2004年薪酬水平下調影響 [即曾減薪4%（「甲」類）或10%（「乙」/「丙」類）] 的非教學職位(註)的薪酬，提高同事的士氣，並維持大學的競爭力，大學決定由2007年7月1日起按下述百分比上調非教學職位的薪酬水平，並適用於現職相關同事（包括受該薪酬水平下調影響的長職同事及由非政府經費資助之聘任）：
「甲」類服務條例及相類職位 ： + 2.8%
「乙」/「丙」類服務條例及相類職位 ： + 7%

Ming Pao may mis-understanding the information
原 來 無 我 份 !
:(

PTU's Wall of Clocks

Visit Mongkok PTU
Saw this wall of clocks
:P

Repair my poor SIGMA

Finally took my poor SIGMA to repair
Hope it need not too much $ $ $ la
:(

How fast is your Apple Mac ?

I have found a blog list all popular Mac performance index
Those Mac that I can use are ...
PowerBook G3 400Mhz (FireWire) @home, aka Pismo, ranked index 210
PowerMac G4 867Mhz @home, aka QuickSliver, ranked index 482
iMac G5 1.8Ghz (1st Gen) @office, ranked index 988
:P
But those Intel-based Mac(s) are at least having index of over two thousand
:(
Really want to get a new one !
:)

Movie - Fantastic Four: Rise of the Sliver Surfer

Yesterday, we went to watch this movie
But I have forgotten the story of Episode One
Side stories is acceptable, but the ending .... :(


The seat numbers are not correct
As there are a tall guy sit in front of us
We have changed seats
Weekday before summer holiday
Not many people can watch movie at this timing

Certify R.I.P. ... my SIGMA !

Tested by the method provided by my friend - Wai Yue
Takes shots in bulb-mode with maximum and minimum aperture

SIGMA 12-24mm f:4.5

f:22 (no different)


Samples of working lens
Canon 17-35mm f:2.8

f:22 (aperture blades closed)

My SIGMA lens failed !

So sad, found some problem of my SIGMA 12-24mm yesterday
Go out to have field test again today
And found problem of over-exposure when f-stop values bigger than f:5.6
Problem happened for any modes of my EOS 10D, e.g. Av, Tv and P etc.
:(
Any expert know why and what happening ?
:?

Normal test shots show belows, for your reference ...

Stanley Dragon Boat Race 2007

Oh ! Too hot ! My camera and I are melting !
And finally found the limitation of my Sigma 12-24mm DG HSM
In this extreme hot environment ....
It gave me the famous "Err 99"
I need to reboot my EOS 10D a few times
Fortunately, pictures can still be took and saved into memory
:P
Unfortunately, out come are over-exposure and/or out-of-focus
Those wide angle shots are so bad
:(

Lilo and Stitch ?


Tattoo


The Valkyrie


Drum-lady


Kid and Sea
Old man and Sea


One more ? or what ?


Here are the Full Album of
Stanley Dragon Boat Race 2007

Secret picture on Vista DVD ?!

WANTED

Three guys being wanted by Microsoft secretly for some reason
Don't know why ?!
This picture is hidden in Microsoft Windows VISTA DVD cover
Someone found this secret !
National Security ? Ha Ha !
:D

Pre-Summer Big Shopping

Sick still not totally recovered
So still can not eat some "good" stuff

May be too long haven't eat "good" stuff
Saw this T-shirt ...
Wow ! It can read my mind ...
:P
EAT ... EAT ... EAT
Temptation is ... "Just do it", I means "Just Eat it" !
:)


So bad that Nike HK recently only sell Asian-size ...
XXL is my size now !
:(
This is my new short pants in "environmental-friendly-green(s)"
he he !

Yuen Long & Tuen Mun [Day Trip]

Visit Tuen Mun, CRE Exam Center
My-C took this examination



Nearby Farm and Village


Windows VISTA wallpaper ? Vertical edition !
:P


Wind-Up, Cloud-Rush [ 風 起 雲 湧 ]

Low-cost 3D scanner

Found this low-cost 3D home-made scanner video
Very Interesting !
:P
:O
C O O L !!!!!

Travel with iPod

Good news for travel-lover and iPod-lover
There are some people contribute iPod optimized subway maps
Go download and sync to your iPod
Enjoy your trip(s) !
:P
:)
:D

As a US Disney company shareholder

As a Disney shareholder, I have just received a booklet to inform that ....
Disney going to spin off ABC business ...

Feel pretty cool that I can received such documentation
As I only have one share of Disney shares
:P

iPhone Fever [Ad Collection]

My dream phone ...
:P

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Science Fiction Movie

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Music, Mail, Web ... Calls

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Music, Movie, Photos ... Calls

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Movie and Map

Cheung Chau [others]

Pier and boats


Wind and ribbons


Lighting


Dragon boat