Happy New Year!

It's a bit late - i wish everyone all the best in the coming Year of Tiger.

HK film Ecohes of the Rainbow have won the Crystal Bear in Berlin, it's marvellous to hear that in the beginning of the year. I'm looking forward the movie on screen in summer.

Last week was very cool. Each season have its own character and colour, for winter it is tranquility and dark. I like winter the most, it remains my mind peaceful and i can thus think more reasonably. Summer is good but i have often been dazzled under the hot weather.

One week to go HK marathon. I have did running practice since last spring, i wish i can finish my course with a pretty result. The only thing needed to worry about is that It's not likely for me to sleep well in the night before - the game will start at 6:30 AM and i don't know if i can get up at 5:00 AM that day.

Eventful Week

Many things had happened in the city this week. A multi-storey run-down building collapsed and claimed 4 lifes; Nina Wang's estate row was over, Mr Chan failed to be the heir of the hundred million dollars estate; Noble Prize winner Dr Kao returned to Hong Kong. It should be more but i can't remember all of them at this moment.

They all are big, but not bigger than that: I have lost my Job.

Yes, I have lost my job.

It's a very imminent issue. Despite my last day in office is approaching, i still have no idea of what's the new job i have to get. But there is something very clear in my mind, that's: i will not find a engineering work as my new job this time. I hope i can have a brand new experience in the coming year.

Maybe a short trip is wonderful.

Distraught

If a real man should dare to take risk, what i'm going to do will make me one of them.

Let me off this week

Something has to be done.

The Greatest Google

The undaunted internet giant wins praise for it giving up censorship on web serach service in China. Google has done a great job to tell the importance of speech freedom and set a example to other enterprises which have given compromises under the assertiveness of China. It dare to offend authorities for the sake of retaining the crucial motto of the company is worth us to repect.

But it is really a hard decision to give up such a huge market as China. It seems reckless for the giant to abandon astronomical take-home profits to just gain public respects in return. China is not likely to give concession to the giant for its defiant act, so it apparently implies the business of Google in China will not be sustainable. But the leave of Google, a powerful competitor, will probably undermine the innovation and development of mainland's internet industries due to lack of competition, as Baidu would nearly take over the entire market share once Google leave. It is solely a lose-lose approach, i don't think the two parties will accept it as a final result. I presume one of them will give in, but i can't imagine China will be that one.

So far I really appreciate Google's noble act to keep loyal to its crucial motto, but i guess the outcome may not be elegant as we expect.

Busy week

Need to reshuffle my time table.

Good bye, 2009.

2009 is a very eventful year, we had witnessed Economic Tsunami, Obama be the first black US president, the pass away of Michael Jackson and the 60th anniversary of Republic of China. So much events had happened in 2009, and each event has still impacted our world unprecedentedly.

Albeit the world has devoted to ride out from economic downturn, there're still long way to go. Obama had been confered the Noble Prize of Peace, but it's yet to see any concrete result come with his works. China has garnered more and more say in the international bloc, but its assertiveness seems growing with its state power. It seems 2010 will still be a hilly year, i hope everythings have a positive outcome.

Welcome, 2010.




P.S. Goodbye again, Michael.