Snake Peak

Today, we had walked up the Snake Peak in New territories.

I should say that there is a short section which was very dangerous!

We met a lot of people going up the hill.

It was only 7-9 Deg C in the morning, but once I warmed up, it was hot!

Many peoples say that if you have not yet been to that hill, you ain't Hong Kong Hiker!

Fever

I took Helicopter to work everyday!

Once I had to travel by helicopter to work every day.

I worked at Penzoil in 1983, they had a oil exploration rig in Western Oil field in Hai Nan Island.

We stayed in hotel of Tsam Jiang.

I had to fly by helicopter to the oil rig everyday!

I was a Radio Officer....

The pay was HKD10,000.00 a month!

I still remember the Job interview took me 25 minutes in New World's Penzoil office!

He was GM of Penzoil, very nice gentleman who asked me my experience and my expectation, then confirmed me with the job immediately!

At that time a house of 700 sq. foot was only HKD140,000.00!

If I work a year I could buy a house, but I did not...Did I miss the boat?

fever

Hiking Competition on 1 Jan 2009

I had a hiking on 1st Jan 2009 for 18KM .

My position was 16th with 2 hour 23 minutes

Fever

Sales man and an annoyed customer

I met a Hi Fi shop keeper, when I asked about how easy the FA (Focus Audio) floor stand two way three unit loudspeaker, he said that “ If you do not know how easy to drive a FA audio loudspeaker, it means that you are idiot in playing HI Fi, you have better break all you Hi Fi unit at home and stop playing it anymore….!” He spoke seriously and not a joking tone!

He is a man of about 35 year old… so my conclusion is:


He wanted to bluff people and his customers to show he is a supreme Hi Fi expert.

But My comment is: he is not a good salesman, I am sure I have played, listened more than he did in his life.

I have used 4 Turn table, 10 cartridges, 15 amplifier, 20 pair of loudspeaker, listed to over 5,000 Vinyls and be seated for many live classical concerts …I have started to build my audio equipment in 1969. 40 years ago! I know some electronics and all circuitry, I am not too serious audiophile, but I spent about 10 hours a weeks for music.

I believe I know what good music is…and all this is not important!

He broke one rule: do not wack your customer with in-appropriate words

He did, and I said sorry and left!

fever

Curry Crab

This is one of my favourite dish : Curry Crab

Wash Clean the Crab, remove all the lung, hammer to crack the shell.

Prepare a hot wok, put ginger, garlic, union, with Olive oil, ( no more peanut oil though the favour is better)

Stir fry for a couple of minutes, then put the crab into the wok and mix them well!

Put Salt, brown sugar, two spoonful of Chinse Rice wine, some chicken essence and some chinese onion cut in sections, cover and put to mild fire and bake for a bout 5-8 more minutes...

Prepare big bowl of rice and enjoy...

I really want to have this to serve my all beloved ones!

fever

Attached one was the one I cooked at X'mas eve!

Concorde

This is the most beautiful aircraft I have ever seen!

Appreciate that the French/UK can create such a pretty bird in the air... !

Note the speed of Concorde is 2,330KM/hr! From UK to NY was just 3.4 hours!
General characteristics
Crew: 3 (pilot, co -pilot and flight engineer)
Capacity: 92-120 passengers (128 in high-density layout). BA and AF Concordes had 100 seats. with AF removing a small number of seats after the safety modifications of CY2000-2001 due to weight considerations.
Length: 202 ft 4 inch (61.66 m)
Wingspan: 84 ft 0 in (25.6 m)
Height: 40 ft 0 in (12.2 m)
Fuselage internal length: 129 ft 0 in (39.32 m)
Fuselage max external width: 9 ft 5 in (2.88 m)
Fuselage max internal width: 8 ft 7 in (2.63 m)
Fuselage max external height: 10 ft 10 in (3.32 m)
Fuselage max internal height: 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m))
Wing area: 3,856 ft² (358.25 m²)
Empty weight: 173,500 lb (78,700 kg)
Useful load: 245,000 lb (111,130 kg)
Powerplant: 4× Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 610 afterburning turbojets
Dry thrust: 32,000 lbf (140 kN) each
Thrust with afterburner: 38,050 lbf (169 kN) each
Maximum fuel load: 210,940 lb (95,680 kg)
Maximum taxiing weight: 412,000 lb (186,880 kg)
Performance
Maximum speed: Mach 2.2(~1,450 mph, 2,330 km/h)
Cruise speed: Mach 2.02 (~1,320 mph)
Range: 3,900 nmi (4,500 mi, 7,250 km)
Service ceiling 60,000 ft (18,300 m)
Rate of climb : 5,000 ft/min. (25.41 m/s)
lift-to-drag : Low speed- 3.94, Approach- 4.35, 250 kn, 10,000 ft- 9.27, Mach 0.94- 11.47, Mach 2.04- 7.14
Fuel consumption: for max. range (max. fuel/max. range): 46.85 lb/mi (13.2 kg/km)
Thrust/weight: 0.373
Maximum nose tip temperature: 260 °F (127 °C)

HK Snob

How does the bank earn money?

Smart people uses OPM ( other people's money) to earn money!

To get loan from Bank may be one of the ways of OPM, as it is very difficult to save a good chunk of money to start your business.

We have to rely on some funding vehicle or extenal financial supporters like Banks. Unless you have a very good idea of commercialization on your product, or an invention that may be big potential in marketing it without the need for funding! Which is rare!

We have to get the loan from the bank, after the LB Castastrophe. The bank will try to earn more by increasing their management fee on all kind of bank transactions!

Hung Kung bang has already inceased the mangement fee starting today!

So this is a response to what I have metioned about the Bank poster 2 days ago!

每天騙取血汗錢, 惡魔勝在錢搵錢!

fever

No-Brand hand phone and The terrorists

Recently there is one Pakistani handphone user reported handphone loss case to PTA (Pakistan Telephone Authority). So PTA would lock up his handphone IMEI * number 135790246811220 such this that Hand phone could not be utilized anymore. However, at the same time, there were over thousands handphone users reported to PTA that their handphone were unable to be used!

The reason was that those thousand hand phone were manufacturered in certain small factory of China No-Brand Hand phone maker that did not entitled to have the authorization to use the phone network through the mobile providers. They just could use same IMEI number single IMEI number 135790246811220 for the thousands phone. Finally PTA had no way, but to unlock this IMEI number, all thousands phone could be used including the thief!

If you want to read you IMEI number, energized the code review access “#*06#”, it will be displayed on your phone.

Usually this IMEI code can be used a to track the position of certain people including terrorists I Pakistan. But because of this issue other 1,000 people would be tracked too!

A few years back Russia was able to kill one of the terrorist in Chechen being tracking on his phone number IMEI, when he talked with his hand phone, one precision missile was triggered to explode 20 meters on top on his head and killed the target person.

So in this sense, will you still take the risk to use this type of handphone from some unauthorized so called Copy Cat phone manufacturer or White brand phone maker?

Since 2006, a Taiwanese phone chip maker invented a single MTK chip. Then it is very easy to make a phone design with the chip that usually took a few years to develop!
A lot of White Brand Phone business has been growing like Spring Asparagus!

I recommend you buy from big renown shop for genuine hand phone for your SAFETY!

PS

IMEIThe International Mobile Equipment Identity or IMEI is a number unique to every GSM and UMTS and iDEN mobile phone as well as some satellite phones. It is usually found printed on the phone underneath the battery.
The IMEI number is used by the GSM network to identify valid devices and therefore can be used to stop a stolen phone from accessing the network. For example, if a mobile phone is stolen, the owner can call his or her network provider and instruct them to "ban" the phone using its IMEI number. This renders the phone useless, whether or not the phone's SIM is changed

Fever

Ref. Phone Show Vol 81 Jan 2009

Worries of Hong Kong People

64% of Hong Kong Poeple is losing confidence in 2009' s economy according to TNS research report.

I wish that with what the Hong Kong People would gather the vigor from our inherent street smart and flexibility in handling crisis would survive in the coming bad years.

Welcome 2009! wish all the best of 2008 would be the worst of 2009!

Fever

The poster of the bank in Hong Kong

What is your comment when you see the bank's poster?

Fever