David Cong's Lazy Space

As a little boy, I’ve thought of things like flying cars, or submersible jets, and although the flying car is actually in production, it’s still not within reach for poor folk like me. So, it’s still elusive. You know what else is elusive? The ION Booksaver! Waited over 2 years for something like this to come, and in the end, they never produced the thing. I HAVE A TON OF BOOKS THAT NEED TO BE DIGITALLY SCANNED TO PUT ON AN E-READER!!!
Hey, guess what else is elusive? The color e-ink reader! Sure there are devices from Hanvon Wisereader and the Ectaco Jetbook, but I haven’t seen them readily available in stores that I can buy them in.

What am I waiting for? A color e-ink Nook! Why? So I can root the thing, and use it like a tablet! Why not just buy a tablet? Because a color e-ink screen will last a long while [compared to LCD], and can be used out in the sun! That’s also beside being able to read a bunch of websites and pdf ON A COLOR E-INK SCREEN!

Oh well, I’m pretty sure it’s not going to come, so I’ll just have to settle for a black and white nook touch instead… Which isn’t all that bad either.

I don’t know why, but for Cinco De Mayo yesterday, I kept having 1 song in my head:
鄧麗君’s 千言萬語

To be honest, this song has nothing to do with that holiday, it was just stuck in my head. Which isn’t a bad thing, because it’s actually a really good song. In fact, I don’t feature her songs enough. Even for “relatively young” people such as myself, the quality of her songs are timeless. Just listen to that voice of hers. Very sultry. I think it’s best put in this documentary:

Daniel Pink on Motivation:

Rory Sutherland on perspective, and psychological value:

_{Other talks by Rory Sutherland here}

我往往去旅遊的時候，總是用這個條件來定一個地方到底好不好：「我到底能不能夠在這退休。」
這句裏面包括好多事情。。。
公衆交通：美國完全沒得比。
飲食 與 菜餸：美國某些地區是相當便宜。看你哪一區。而且，某些地方還會有各種各樣的菜。吃的豐富。

科技 與 電器：美國永遠比亞洲地區便宜多，因爲沒有增值税
_參考


居住：美國的生活水平相當高。而且如果沒有大陸的富豪帶著他們的富二代來跟你搶房子，把房價高高擡上去，你也可以買個房子。
服務：不夠日本好
[大多數]女人：美國的不是海市蜃樓（過度靠整容或化妝），就是醜如豬扒。有好多中國男人[因爲看了太多A片]想得到一個日本辣妹或者[受連續劇的印象]想擁抱一個韓國寶貝。不過亞洲的女人[再度強調“大多數”不等於全部]比較有公主病。

所以，考慮這種種問題的時候，到國外退休的思想就罷了。如果要長期在亞洲住的話，不會爲了退休，而是爲了做一翻大事。

We can improve our cities…

… by helping out people around us and being more altruistic…



… and we might actually end up being more happy by thinking of our circumstances differently.

昨天有個人說了關於她喜歡看的香港演員演的一部大陸片。我就是“怪不得沒有聽過。”她就反駁說”中國拍了很多好看的電影！”我沒說大陸片都是爛貨，
（「讓子彈飛」我還沒有看，不過早已經吸引了我的注意力。）

不過一旦有個香港人上去大陸拍片，大部份的時候都不知道爲甚麼，總覺得沒有了獨特的味道。我無法用話來講，就讓這三個專門家討論：

不過我們在評價劉德華的演技那時候，承認他演的都沒甚麼變化。可是。。。

I’m normally not much of a sci-fi person, however, there’s something about the idea of submersible jets that have always mesmerized me…

I don’t know why.

Recently, a female teacher at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Business College named Lin Xuewei became famous. Her fame is not because she wears little, but because of her beauty, and naturally beautiful Lin Xuewei(林雪薇) has been dubbed “Goddess Sister” by netizens.
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It’s said that many Guangdong University of Foreign Students Business College students no longer skip class in order to do well in this Goddess Sister’s class. Apparently when a beautiful woman is teaching class, there’s a big influence.

Makes me want to sing a song about her.

Funny, I was actually talking about beautiful teachers with someone just last night.

Color-coding parts:

Praciticing on the table: