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Spent the whole typhoon #8 morning watching 新紮師妹, this is very rare for someone who seldom even look at the TV. Can't beat the humor and its theme song - 勇.

我也不是大無畏 我也不是不怕死
但是在浪漫熱吻之前 如何險要
懸崖絕領 為你亦當是平地

愛你不用合情理 但願用直覺本能去抓住你
一想到心儀的你 從來沒有的力氣
突然注入了漸軟的雙臂

旁人從不贊同 而情理也不容
仍全情投入 傷都不覺痛
如窮追一個夢 誰人如何激進
亦不及我為你那麼勇

沿途紅燈再紅 無人可擋我路
望著是萬馬 千軍向直衝
我沒有溫柔 唯獨有這點英勇

我也希望被憐愛 但自願扮作英雄去保護你
勳章你不留給我 仍然願意撐下去
傲然笑著為你擋兵器

趺下來再上去 就像是不倒翁
明明已是撲空 再盡全力補中

再沒有支援 還是有這點英勇
想被愛的人 全部愛得很英勇

Listen on Youtube.

Introduction of the Little Falls platform in the mini-iTX form factor by Intel (and various partners, like this one by Gigabyte) has brought this Atom-945GC combo to the attention of miniature PC enthusiasts. With a quiet & cool 1.6GHz Atom processor, ICH7 and GMA950 onboard display under the hood, Little Falls brings affordable mini-sized PC to life!

Intel's Q3 release of its Atom dual-core processor (codenamed Diamondville) and hopefully someday a new chipset with hardware HD-decode and HDMI interface will surely mark a high profile entry of miniature PCs into home entertainment market.

For now, this US$100 goodie is enough keep DIYers and PC modders busy for a short while.

這陣子身邊人被許多煩惱事纏繞著，想要給她一點安慰和鼓勵，奈何小弟不擅言詞，說話往往到了脣邊就出不了來。我想安慰普通朋友倒還容易一點，跟朋友能一起分憂就已經很足夠，對身邊人則少不免會想得週到一點，想多了、說多了卻又可能惹彼此的氣。說話我不懂也不會在這裡多說，我們作為基督徒，比別人應當是多了一點盼望。神從來沒有應許跟從祂便會一帆風順，但因著祂的保守，在危難中我們有平安。

以下幾句歌詞, 盼望她有機會看到能思想一下:

神未曾應許天色常藍，人生的路途花香常漫；
神未曾應許常晴無雨，常樂無痛苦，常安無虞。

神未曾應許我們不遇苦難和試探，懊惱憂慮；
神未曾應許我們不負許多的重擔，許多事務。

神未曾應許前途盡是平坦的大路，任意馳驅；
沒有深水渠汪洋一片，沒有大山阻高薄雲天。

神卻曾應許生活有力，行路有光亮，作工得息，
試煉得恩助，危難有賴，無限的體諒，不死的愛。

早陣子因工事到北京待了幾天，平常我出差基本上是沒有什麼私人時間的，這一趟還好，剛到的一天完成工作後趁其他同事還沒有到便逕自到中關村走了一趟。

中關村是電腦商場的集中地，海龍、鼎好、太平洋、e世界等幾大腦場共有幾個高登、黃金般大。(都是那一句，當你逛遍上海、深圳、廣州、成都、台灣、新加坡、曼谷等地的腦場，你就知道還是黃金好) 小弟上一次到中關村是去年春節的事，一年後舊地重遊驚喜欠奉，倒是親眼見証了北京(或許也是中國整體)的過發展。近年無論腦場高檔消費品還是其他商場都不約而同地開完一家又一家，老實說，京城人口雖多，但哪能一下子養活這麼多高檔商舖? 相隔不過一年，有關燈的，有降格的，也有的捱不下去被逼關門。

去年小弟到中關村去的時候看到了一座興建中的漂亮教堂並拍下照片，一年後特地再去看看，回來比對一下，發現這教堂一年內的變化也蠻有趣。這教堂名為北京市基督教海淀堂，位於海淀區海淀西大街，中關村彩和坊9號。



海淀堂的設計師為 Meinhard von Gerkan，網站 http://www.gmp-architekten.de.

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「喂! iPhone 好平喎，US$199 咋...」
「又平又有 3G，買啦買啦...」

類似以上的句子我今日最少聽過 50 次，我想同大家講... 咪咁快開心住。

無錯 Apple.com 係話新 iPhone 賣 US$199，不過大家先諗下呢個價錢合唔合理先? Steve Jobs 係有時會有令你估佢唔到，但係佢唔係傻既。明知賣 US$399 都會賣個滿堂紅既新 iPhone，佢為乜要賣 US$199? 唔通佢唔駛同股東交代? 係咪一定無咁筍我唔敢肯定，最少大家要有心理準備無以前咁容易 walk-in 買 10 部 8 部然後拎番香港解 lock，如果 Apple 趕絕左水貨要用 3G iPhone 可能唯有上台買。

MacRumors 新鮮滾熱辣的一則報導可能足以令各位的熱情稍為冷卻，著名 gadget 網站 Gizmodo 訪問 AT&T's President of National Distribution Glenn Lurie，此 AT&T 高層聲稱 3G iPhone 所有 activation 將會在店內即場進行。簡單來說，如果該報導無誤，而你有辦法以 US$199 買到 iPhone 番香港解 lock，抵你發。

Enough of ugly Volkswagens? Are you prepared for some spice?

VW AG showcased the unreleased Scirocco at the 24-Hour Nurburgring race, powered by a 16V direct-injected 2L-Turbo, the Scirocco GT24 packs 325 horses under the hood. These beasts captured 11th and 15th positions out of 219 cars.

"Chinese only get German cars that look like Korean cars styled to emulate Italian cars. See, globalization is simple." -- from an automobile forum.

The moment I saw this car in Beijing, I went "What the heck is this? A Camry with a VW logo?". Unlike the comment I quoted above, I didn't particularly find the Lavida carrying any Italian styling cues, Korean maybe; but if I thought it looks like a Camry, it can't possibly be good looking anyway.

Lavida (means "Life" in Spanish and sounds to me a name that belongs to a Nissan), is based on Volkswagen's PQ34 platform, also known to VW enthusiasts as the MK4, the same platform shared by Golf IV, Bora, New Beetle and the 1st-generation Audi TT. Volkswagen China offers two engine options for the Lavida, the 1.6 and 2.0 8V engines which many of us were familiar with.

Lavida may or may not be a commercial success, it is too early to tell, but to me it is no doubt one of the ugliest Volkwagen of all time.

Sarah Brightman's first album in 5 years, released in Jan 29, 2008, Symphony has since became an international bestseller and one favourite on my iTunes playlist.

Listen to Fleurs Du Mal, Symphony at Vienna Live on Youtube.