http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2008/03/12/rory-reid/
手提電腦這個東西
一向對我來說都沒有很大的設計突破
不是和名牌車合作 (ASUS Lamborghini & ACER Ferrari)
就是和運動掛鉤 (Toshiba World Cup)
可是最新在德國CeBIT展銷會掀起一陣熱潮的新ASUS手提電腦
外殼完全使用竹制成的一系列手提電腦和電腦顯示器
當然還有像MAC Mini的迷你主機
ASUS這個品牌對我來說一直都是品質保證
他們的主機板不止一次受到各界業者的一致贊同推薦
也因為他們長久專注于研發及制造電腦內部的硬體
對于設計方面有點欠缺
可是近年來 ASUS的手提電腦已經不再只是功能好
他們也越來越注重設計感
也一直都很積極參與及推廣環保這塊地
所以我可以很肯定地說
在未來2、3年內 ASUS會成為手提電腦界的佼佼者
這個真的是臺灣的驕傲
來認識一下吧
附上wiki：http://tinyurl.com/296rbw
我也愛特權啊
超愛自己厚著臉皮不恥下問
問了還覺得自己很賤
我自己沒有做的事情我才敢說別人
要說 這次我一張照片影片都沒有
8月也是他們要求要合照的
我的照片可能比那些迷妹還要少
我想記者應該都比我多
自己問心無愧的話 何必怕別人說你
別人還沒有說到你 自己抓自己的包
嫉妒我們一班人比較高調嗎？
那么是你們不了解他們吧
試想想 如果你是表演者
而你的歌迷除了拍照什么也不配合
叫揮手也沒有 大家一起唱也沒有
只是拼了老命拿著相機猛拍猛拍
然后有另外一批人很嗨很嗨
根本就是很enjoy的樣子
你會比較在意誰？你會比較喜歡誰？
而且小巨蛋演唱會是我自己去問的
我寄信給cellur寄到我都覺得自己很煩
幾乎每一兩個禮拜寄一次信
自己不會做人不要怨別人有“特權”
如果不是cellur自己破功
我是不會自動說出我認識他們的
我這次也沒有特權啊
也是要像普通歌迷一樣 很可憐的自己搭巴士到植物園
也沒有跟來跟去
這種人這麼愛猜忌別人嫉妒別人 生活好累
我只有X JAPAN那個才叫特權
可是這個特權也是我用勞力換回來的
I once thought I’ll never get phone calls such as this.
Some random person called me, with a phone number that was suspicious to begin with. +855111. Seems to be calling from one of those nifty tele-marketing software, where they can call out via the computer. Think SKYPE. Minus the sophistication.
So this auntie sounding caller said she was calling from Hong Kong and represents a phone manufacturing company doing a survey. The supposed phone company intends to release a new 3G PDA phone in Singapore and would like to find out what kind of price range would be reasonable. And she went on to ask me the questions.
My immediate reaction was to go on Red Scammer Alert. Very un-gemini trait. Anyway, I cut her off and threw a bucket of questions at her. What company do you represent? Where did you get my mobile number? What company are you calling from? What is the purpose of this survey? What will be done to the survey questions?
The more I asked, the more I suspected. She actually works for Asia Television Ltd but represents this obscure company called 卓越科技公司. This company apparently manufactures mobile phones. Yet when I whip out my trusty Google and searched for the company? Nada. None of the companies that are listed in the search makes mobile phones. I see refractometers, beauty/massage/health products, military defense products… But NO MOBILE PHONES. Ah-ha!
And when I decided okay, I’ll let her ask the questions. She asked for my FULL NAME, which I refused. And when I did, she said she is unable to continue with the survey. Ah-ha! Another suspicious point. Legit surveys are a bit more lax about the name requirements. The important point is the results, not the contacts. Unless, of course, their aim is not the results, BUT the contacts. Which I’m obviously not going to give them that.
So that’s it. End of the survey! Should have given her some random name I pluck from the air.
Seriously. They are horribly unfortunate in that they meet ME. Someone who has done research before. And someone who actually KNOWS how a company works. Manufacturing companies DO NOT make such marketing surveys. If they manufacture phones for other companies, all the more they should not be the ones doing such calls. And come on.. 3G PDAs? What’s the technology in that?? *rolleyes*
Plus, she spoke to me in MANDARIN. If you are calling Singapore, you should NOT be speaking in Mandarin.
Plus she sounds more Mainland Chinese than a Hong Kong resident.
Pfft.
在我家大門口掛了一小串大蒜
原來是招財。
我還以為我們家鬧僵尸那 囧
JRock Revolutions forum open on Monday… I need all my sleep tonight & tomorrow.. To prepare to work through the night on Sunday.
How I wish the entire world is in the same time zone.
Oh My God.
My maid ate all my dinner. The good part that is.
Mom said she asked the maid cook fried rice for dinner. Cos neighbour kindly cooked some dishes for mom. So mom thought she’d ask the maid to cook some fried rice for us. Said fried rice contains dried scallops, silver fish and egg amongst other things. So while maid was frying, mom told her that the scallops are expensive and that to save some fried rice so that me & my brother can have some when we come back.
When maid just finish frying, mom’s friend came to visit her. So while mom & friend were chatting, mom’s friend saw that maid went to wash the bowl of rice. MAID FINISHED EVERYTHING! The bowl was a huge soup bowl and it was a round heap of rice!
Bowl about this big: CLICKIE
Maid sure knows what is good. Neighbour’s chicken & mushroon dish & the cabbage soup were left untouched. But the big bowl of delicious & expensive fried rice was totally cleaned off.
Mom couldn’t believe it but she had a guest so it wasn’t very nice to well, scold maid or anything.. So she had no choice.
But when mom told me, it took all of my willpower to NOT laugh!!! It was sooooooooo funny! My mom was so exasperated that she was all “She finished it. You know. The maid finished all the good stuff. The dried scallops are expensive you know…”
HAHhahahahahhahahahahahahhaha
It makes sense doesn’t it? The sheer number of Brand’s chicken essence he must have sold. People buy it in flocks, especially if they are visiting someone. I think there must be a doctrine somewhere that you must buy Brand’s chicken essence when you are:
My mom was admitted to hospital for a simple knee operation, to insert a small piece of metal into her right knee because her cartilage has worn off and the bones are not straight anymore.. Guess how many Brand’s stuff we saw when we went to visit her in the evening? And it was just 1 day!
And yes, being the blogger that I am, I purposely arranged it nicely and took a picture. I counted 1 basket of Brand’s Innershield something with Berry flavour, FIVE boxes of chicken essence, 1 Brand’s bird’s nest, another bird’s nest from 正中平medical shop & a 生魚精 (whatever this is) from the same medical shop, together with 2 random bottles of American ginseng and cordeceps.
My mum can drink a bottle a day and it will last her at least 1 month.. Not to forget she has another 2 more days before she is discharged. Oh. My. God.
Oh. And stop giving grapes! I’m going to be sick of grapes soon.
OMG! I saw this dead ang-mo person this morning.. I had to take this photo..
It was so traumatizing I couldn’t believe it.
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BOO! It’s a pillow! A blood puddle pillow!! It’s freaking ingenious! I really want this pillow. If anyone gets it for me, I’ll… kiss the person!
Ha ha ha.!
Does anyone remember this? The Lone Wolf game book series created by Joe Deaver???
There was a period of time in lower secondary where I was absolutely hooked on these gamebooks. Right down to the basics, a game book is something like those RPG that is widely available now, except its in words and you play it with your eyes & a pencil & paper. A game book is played in such a way:
1. There is often a stats page where you can fill in your HP (health points), EP (endurance points), items which you collect, weapons, skills etc that you have.. As this is always changing, it is advisable one copies the pages onto a blank piece of paper. And use a pencil. 🙂
2. Read the opening of the game where there will be a history & a setting where this particular book is set on. At the end of the intro, there will be a line that tells you which section to go to. Flip to that section.
3. At almost every section, there will be a choice-point. Here, you pick an option that you think you should/want to go. Sometimes this option is simply a directional option i.e. NSEW. It could also be based on what skills you have or what items you have. Some options lead you to find useful items/skills etc and some options lead you straight to death.
4. There will always be a battle somewhere in your course of the game. The battle is fought (usually) by pitting your EP & HP against that of the other party, and using a random number generator.
5. The purpose of the book is to fulfil what task had been given to you in the beginning of the book. There will always be a fixed ending section. But not necessary a one-way route to it..
We (rather, I) always cheat. I’ve never “fought” a battle and I’m always backtracking sections when I die, or when I meet with something I don’t like. I usually try out a few options before “picking” the one that I want to follow in the end.
Kinda sad but aaahh.. If I tried to complete the book dutifully, it will take me days! days on end boy! Hohoho. Well not really, probably 1 day I suppose, have never tried it so I wouldn’t know. Hahah.
And recently I’ve been wanting to pick it up again.. Simply cos it’s the fun-est thing that I did after my kiddo days.. Like reading Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys.. Or watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Captain Planet on TV. Or playing zero-point & hopscotch with my neighbours.. Or playing 5-stones & catching downstairs with strange kids.
Those days, we read books & played with kids outside the house. Those days we read Pride & Prejudice & Little Women…
And I’m such a boy-girl mix… Cos Lone Wolf = BOY thing… Nancy Drew, hopscotch etc = GIRL thing..
Gee. lol.. ;p
