I came across this website while doing some searches on volunteering opportunities in Hong Kong. I think it’s quite up-to-date coz I found one of the events I wanted to join missing after one day!!! Check it out if you have time! This one seems to be a big one in Hong Kong, coz they got a nice website. ;) There is another one called Hands On Hong Kong. This organization gears toward bilingual people. Their English calendar is more updated than their Chinese one. ...
Would you ever confess over something you have never done? Of course not! Why would you? Now, what if I tell you there were four innocent men confessed to a brutal crime which they had nothing to do with? They were all fine men in their right minds. However, one by one they told confessions to fit whatever the current crime theory was. Even when the actual murderer came forward and confessed he acted alone, these four men continued to testify in court admitting to the crime. The DNA tests came out negative on these four men as well. ...
I live in California, using at&t. In my case, recently I got a new iphone 4 to replace my old iphone 3g. The transition has been smooth even though I lost all settings from my individual apps. But, the one thing that caught my attention is google voice. Now, I am not blaming any party here, since it’s always technically challenging to have two companies involved in one device. btw, I am referring to the phone service, not the gv app. When some people call my at&t number they get a “phone not in service” error message, same error when calling my gv number. However, some other people are fine calling me. Strange… ...
從前有一位小女孩﹐她被視為班上的壞份子。老師上課的時候﹐她總是沒法集中﹔她會騷擾同學﹑離開座位和胡亂發出聲音。不認識她的人﹐都會感覺到她“有問題”。八歲那年﹐在無計可施之下﹐老師要求父母帶女孩子看醫生 - 或許藥物可控制一下她﹔她甚至可以轉到特殊學校上課。(這故事發生在三十年代﹐那時“過度活躍症”等標籤並未流行﹐有問題的學生便會到特殊學校上課。) 小女孩的父母在沒有選擇下﹐便帶著女兒去看心理醫生。小女孩知道甚麼是“特殊學校”﹐但她亦打從心底知道自己其實沒有任何問題﹐所以她不想轉校。 踏進心理醫生的房間後﹐小女孩一直坐在媽媽的身旁。很奇怪地﹐醫生一直只跟媽媽交談﹐一句也沒有問過小女孩。最後﹐醫生跟媽媽了解完情況後﹐終於轉向小女孩說﹕“妳做得真好﹐謝謝妳一直有耐性地坐著。但恐怕妳要再多等一會﹐我要跟媽媽到外面單獨談一下﹐只是一會﹐可以嗎﹖”小女孩點了點頭。 醫生離開前﹐特意把房間裡面的收音機扭開﹐讓音樂播放。 醫生一把門關上﹐便跟在走廊上的媽媽說﹕“我們就站在這兒一會﹐從這窗戶看看您的女兒。”房間裡的小女孩站了起來﹐她隨著音樂﹐在房間裡自然的跳起舞來 - 不是在胡亂地跳﹐而是隨著拍子﹐優雅地動起來。就算不懂舞蹈的人﹐如醫生跟媽媽﹐都看得出這女孩子的一舉一動都充滿著舞蹈的天賦。 醫生終於開口﹐跟媽媽說﹕“你的女兒沒有問題﹐她只是個天生的舞蹈家。她需要上的不是特殊學校﹐而是舞蹈學校。 這是舞蹈家Gillian Lynne的故事。(你可能不認識這位驚世芭蕾舞家的名字﹐但不會沒有聽過她負責過編舞的音樂劇﹐如Cats 和 Phantom of the Opera)Gillian 繼續憶述說﹕“當我踏進舞蹈學校的一刻﹐我興奮得不得了。課室裡全都是像自己一樣的人 - 他們都在動﹐他們都是我這種要靠身體律動來學習的人!” 這故事﹐我聽了很多遍。每次﹐我心裡都有說不出的感動 - 要是那天﹐心理醫生開的不是收音機﹐而是一張藥方。學校會多了一個靜靜地坐在椅子上的小女孩﹐但這世界便會損失了一位巨星。 其實我一直相信﹐我們都需要靠身體律動來學習 - 你看那些總不能停下來的兩﹑三歲便能知道。我們都曾經像Gillian一樣有同樣的天賦﹐能用四肢感受世界﹔但當然﹐這天賦在進小學(或幼稚園)時﹐便已經被那些古老的規矩牽制著。久而久之﹐我們都不想動了﹐靜靜地坐著﹐閒時聽聽老師﹑閒時發發白日夢﹐多好。 學校這概念其實是上世紀﹐工業革命的產業。革命前﹐孩子都在街上學習。工業革命把世界整個營運模式扭轉﹐因為所有東西都不斷大量生產﹐工廠大流行。世界的經濟急速發展。學校都像工廠﹐一式一樣的椅子﹑桌子﹐一式一樣的校服﹔一式一樣的教學法生產出一式一樣的學生 - 那是工業革命時期非常合時宜的做法﹐因為社會急速需要一班有知識的人口。 但世界已經變了﹐我們是工業革命的受惠者﹐那個革新的營運模式把我們帶到新的時代 - 一個講求創新﹑獨特的時代。你看﹐工廠都關門了﹐因為人們追求的不再是一式一樣的東西。那為什麼﹐我大膽問一句﹐學校還存在啊﹖或許我應該問﹐為什麼學校還未變啊﹖為甚麼從營運的模式到教學的內容仍然跟百多年前雷同啊﹖ 現今當老師和父母都難﹐因為我們都是這“一式一樣模式”的產品。要我們接受一套二十一世紀的新理念真需要無比的信念和氣量。 但願我們都能用Gillian的故事提醒自己﹐就算我們沒有能力與天賦當一位孩子的啟蒙者﹐我們也不要當上孩子成長路上的打壓者。那位醫生﹐他不懂得舞蹈﹐但在他選擇扭開收音機而不是處方藥物的一刻﹐他也同時扭轉了小女孩的命運。
This is very insightful. What exactly is the real distraction? [youtube &fs=1&hl=en_US] Jason Fried: Why work doesn’t happen at work http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work.html
There may come a time when you want to limit your http download bandwidth coz it’s taking up all your bandwidth. I came across two apps that try to accomplish this task but I am afraid to say they are too hard to understand. So let’s just do this in the terminal. 1. First, create a pipe/rule that allows 100KB/s sudo ipfw pipe 1 config bw 100KByte/s 2. Then assign that pipe to port 80 which is the remote web server’s http port #. It’s src-port coz the data is coming into your computer. sudo ipfw add 1 pipe 1 src-port 80 ...
Recently I noticed my Matrix low beam light bulb went out. Being a little adventurous, I decided to fix it myself. Someone already posted the steps at http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_change_the_headlight_bulb_on_a_toyota_matrix, but it was all in text. Me being a visual person I feel more secure with a DIY youtube video or pictures. Nevertheless, I decided to give it a shot. First I went to Kragen to get the right light bulb. The part # for the low beam light bulb is 9006, but you don’t need to worry about that. You can simply ask the people there to help you look it up. It cost me $12.01 after tax. Below is a picture of it. ...
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This little passage touched a part of my heart when I read it, so I am sharing it here. It’s originally from http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/who-you-are-and-what-they-say/ If you are confident, they will say you are arrogant. If you are deliberate, they will say you are too sure of yourself. If you have a sense of purpose, they will say you are self-absorbed. If you know who you are, they will ask, “Who are you, anyway?” ...
[youtube &fs=1&hl=en_US] Quantitative Easing Explained http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k