2016.03.13 | 十年旅程

[Volume 11 Issue 3, #2109]

10 YEARS A JOURNEY...

2015.07.10 | 留言竅門

[Volume 10 Issue 7, #2038]

Commenting Tips: COPY!!!

最近經常都係用手機睇blog同留言.. [...]你會問:「點解要用手機呀?? 個screen咁細, 打字又咁唔方便!!」, 而我就會答:「因為我係得返工放工搭輕鐵時先有時間, 所以只能用手機!!」.. 因為用手機留言用得多, 教識我一個留言好竅門同養成一個習慣, 就係要時時刻刻COPY自己嘅留言.. 唔係寫完先copy, 而係仲係寫緊嘅時候都可以咁做.. 等我話你知點解呢個習慣值得學習, 尤其當你正在「流動模式」中, 不過當你用緊PC接緊Wifi時都可能會發生以下狀況:- 網絡訊息(尤其係手機嘅數據缐)唔穩定, 當你發咗個留言之後, 就即刻見到「網頁不能顯示」- 留言消失無蹤!! 有啲blog係用手機版本, 大家知手機版面係幾咁敏感.. 好多時候寫緊留言時想話掃上去睇下貼文內容, 點知唔覺意掃到左右, 咁就去咗之前或之後嘅貼 - 留言消失無蹤!! 線路全部都穩定及快速, 但係咁好彩與此同時有另外一位朋友同你同一時間發留言, 結果就見到「conflicting updates, comment not posted」- 留言消失無蹤!! 我確實係賴過唔少嘢呀, 真係好激氣㗎!! 我相信大家肯定有過類似經歷, 唯有重新再寫過個消失無蹤嘅留言, 痛苦!! 大部份嘅blog又冇「自動儲存」功能, 唯有自己郁手啦.. 請大家相信我, 你係唔會後悔咁做嘅!! :)

i have been using my phone to read blogs and type comments for quite some time now.. [...]"why phone?? the screen is so small and typing is so inconvenient!!" you may ask.. i will answer, "because i only have time to do this when i'm commuting to and from work, so i can only use my phone!!".. and using phone to post comments has taught me one great tip and cultivate a habit in me, that is to always COPY the comments, not only after you have finished typing but also while you are typing.. i shall tell you why this is a good habit to learn, especially if you are in the "mobile mode" but the following may also happen when you are connecting to Wifi using your PC:- the internet connection (especially the data line) may not be stable.. you do not want to post your comment but end up the line is disconnected, all you see is "page cannot be displayed" - comment lost!! some blogs use mobile layout that is sensitive to swipes.. many times when you are typing your comment and need to refer to the contents, you swipe up but unintentionally swiped left/right and the blog loads the previous or next post - comment lost!! the internet connection is stable and fast, but unluckily somebody else is also doing the same thing as you are doing.. both posting comment at the same time and you got a message "conflicting updates, comment not posted" - comment lost!! i kena this many times and this is one of the most frustrating things that could happen on Earth, and i am sure you have had the same experience to retype the whole chunk of comments too!! most of the blogs do not have the "autosave" feature, hence it has to be us to do the manual save.. trust me, you won't regret doing this!! :)

2015.04.27 | 留言的事

[Volume 10 Issue 4, #2016]

On Blogging and Commenting...

首先要向大家致歉, 因為最近都冇回覆大家嘅留言.. 我其實係優先確保定期有新貼同埋去大家嘅博留言, 最後先至考慮回覆留言.. 最近都只有在週末預寫下個星期嘅貼, 跟住趁返工放工搭車時用手機在各位嘅博度留言.. 不過我可以向大家保證, 我係有去睇大家嘅留言㗎..

first of all, i apologize for not replying to your comments lately, but i have to prioritize updating my blog with new posts and dropping comments in your blogs before replying to comments at mine.. now i can only pre-write my posts for the coming week on weekends, and spam comments on my phone while traveling between work and home.. anyway, no worries because i assure you that your comments are all read..

MOMENTS OF TRUTH!! 大家仲記唔記得留言計分其中一個因素係必須與題材相關?? 好喇, 以下為我自己寫嘅程式介面, 可以分貼將所有未睇嘅留言由我個博中讀取.. 不過, 要斷定一個留言是否相關, 梗係需要人手操作啦.. 所以就解釋到我其實係一定要去細讀每一個留言!! MOMENTS OF TRUTH!!! remember one of the factors of your commenting score - relevance to the topic?? now, this is the screen i wrote myself to retrieve all unread comments by posts from my blog.. of course a little manual work has to be done to determine the relevance of your comments lah, hence this explains that i actually must read every single comments out there!!

當然, 之後嘅數據計算, 位置排名, 統計上載, 金榜呈現全部都係自動化嘅.. 以下為第二個介面, 我可以好輕鬆咁㩒三兩個button就做晒全部嘢, 之後大家就可以即刻於專屬網頁睇到最新留言榜喇!! of course moving forward from this, all things like the computation of statistics, chart ranking, uploading to database and presentation display are automated.. this is the next screen that does everything for me, i just easily click a few buttons and then everyone can see the updated chart from the webpage right away!!

就係咁喇, 依家公開俾大家知道喇, 你嘅留言入榜前係如何被處理.. 所以話金榜只會係「近乎即時」, 因為始終都需要少少人手操作.. 順便一提, 本人將於28/4至5/5出遊(又公又私), 新貼照舊出街, 不過留言榜更新會有延遲.. 不過咁樣都好嘅, 大家喺唔知道最新走勢情況之下, 應該更加「緊張」嘅, 即係回到以前嘅基本模式.. 哇哈哈哈!! :D

so, this is the actual process *revealed* how your comments are processed for the chart.. that is why it is only "almost real-time" as there is still manual work required.. BTW i'll be traveling (for business and personal) from 28/4 till 5/5, new posts as usual but do expect delays in the monthly comment chart.. good also, probably create some "kancheong-ness" in you for not instantly knowing your ranking until the chart is finalized, that is back to the basic model we used to have, muahahaha!! :D

2014.09.19 | 深藏不露

[Volume 9 Issue 9, #1943]

How DEEP is my blog??

今日個重點係, 我呢個blog其實就好似佢個主人咁「深..藏..不..露」!! 哈哈, 先唔好講我自己啦, 相信大家都應該有留意到, 我呢個blog其實唔係一般普通嘅blog.. 因為我鍾意不時(懶醒)放好多互動元素落去, 係都要讀者呢度click下嗰度click下, 係都要搞到大家頭暈暈先睇到啲絕密東西!! 呵呵.. 所以為了大家著想, 今日就同大家解釋一下, 我個blog其實應該點樣去欣賞~~ :p [特別教學] 首先, 請由呢個button開始 >>> 冇錯喇!! 你先頭所㩒嘅BUTTONS (當然我轉咗個新theme之後會唔同樣啦), 就係我經常都會用嚟顯示貼文隱藏段落嘅互動元素喇.. 我其實唔喜歡我篇貼文望落去過份長篇, 所以我喜歡將相關段落隱藏起嚟, 咁篇貼文睇落就乾淨利落好多.. 接下來, 請按下面圖片前進: 係喇, 另一個我經常用嚟顯示貼文隱藏段落嘅互動元素就係圖片喇!! 咁如果你想知道一張圖片究竟係唔係一個互動元素, 好簡單, 只需要將鼠標喺圖片上: (1) 如果鼠標變成手指嘅話, 表示你可以click入去; (2) 如果鼠標依然係個箭咀, 就表示唔會有事發生.. 同樣一個道理適宜用在其他互動元素上, 等大家慢慢發掘.. 所以大家睇唔睇到下面, 有兩個互動元素, 同埋一個非互動元素呢?? :) 從頭開始 | 返前一步 繼下一步 希望到目前位置, 大家都仍然跟得到啦.. 咁其實除咗顯示隱藏段落之外, 我有時候都會俾讀者選擇權利嘅.. 舉個例子, 大家可以由左至右, 按下面三個小圈圈, 選擇以不同配色顯示呢個段落.. 再次溫馨提示, 記唔記得鼠標手指呀?? :) 請顯示:  暗色主題 亮色主題 下一步 相信大家已經非常之精通喇!! 另外一個大家經常都會見到嘅, 尤其最近日本北海道之旅, 就係本人最經典嘅互動電子相簿, 按號碼一張相一張相逐張睇, 而唔係要scroll嘅.. 不如我哋就搵兩篇真正嘅貼文嚟實習下啦, 好唔好?? 北海道2014夏: 富良野花園之遊 (按圖片下之號碼按鈕查看照片) 北海道2014夏: 美麗的函觀灣 (按圖片右手邊之號碼查看照片) 繼續下一步 (有冇留意呢個鏈接唔似上面兩個咁有兩個小框框喺後面??) 係因為後面兩個小框框代表跳出視窗, 兩個貼文鏈接有, 下一步鏈接冇, 唔信可以返去再睇下.. 有咗呢個提示, 你可以預計自己會有幾多個視窗(尤其你老細失驚無神企喺你後面嘅時候), 呵呵.. 好喇, 我覺得大家已經識晒我啲秘技喇.. 完結前我有一樣嘢想(重複再)講嘅.. 如果一篇貼文有超過200條留言, 而你有發覺好似見唔到其中一部份留言嘅話, 請按留言版底部個"Load more.."按鈕, 咁就可以顯示全部留言喇.. 呢個係Blogger嘅標準功能, 不過佢有時得有時又唔得, 所以大家請俾啲耐心!! 最後我要聲明, 你嘅留言可能喺其他部落俾人篡改或刪除, 但係我保證喺我呢個部落, 我絕對冇篡改或刪除你嘅留言!!

today's topic of focus is, this blog of mine is exactly as "D-E-E-P" as its owner!! haha, let's not talk about my first but i believe many actually noticed that, my blog is not just another ordinary blog.. because i always like to (show-off and) put in interactive elements into my posts, die-die also want my readers to click here and click there, die-die also want to make my readers feel giddy before they could see the hidden good stuffs!! hehe.. hence i think for the sake of everyone (especially newcomers), perhaps i should explain a little how's best to enjoy reading my blog~~ :p [TUTORIAL] first, click this button to start >>> right!! BUTTONS like what you clicked just now (though they will look different if i change the theme) is the element i use most often to show hidden sections that consist of photos or contents.. i just dislike my post to grow too long, hence i usually hide optional sections so that the post looks a lot neater.. Next, click on the image below to continue: yes, another element i use to show hidden contents is IMAGE!! and to find out if an image is an interactive element, move your mouse cursor over: (1) click for something to happen if your cursor turns into a FINGER (2) forget it if your cursor stays as an arrow.. this principle applies to all other elements, of which you can slowly explore.. so now, can you spot two interactive elements and one non-interactive element below?? :) Start Over | Previous Next hope you are fine up to this step!! so, besides showing or hidding sections of contents, i also sometimes allow OPTIONS for my readers to choose from.. for example, click on each of the small circles below from left to right to change the theme of this section.. again, click where the finger cursor is, remember?? :) Show Me:  Dark Theme Bright Theme The Next Step now, i guess you are already an expert!! what you will also see very often, especially in the recent Hokkaido trip series, is my very signature PHOTO ALBUM, for which you can browse through the photos one by one by clicking the numbers (yes, no scrolling).. let us try on two real published posts rather than on this tutorials, shall we?? Hokkaido Summer 2014: Garden Hopping in Furano (Click on the numbered buttons below the photos to browse) Hokkaido Summer 2014: Beautiful Hakodate Bay (Click on the numbers on the right of the photos to browse) Next Step (Notice this link does not have two little boxes at the end like the two above??) that's because the two little boxes mean a pop-up window, the posts popped-up but the next step did not, go back and see again if you don't believe me.. with this, you may be more prepared about the number of windows you are working on (just in case your boss is standing behind you), haha.. okay, i guess that's all you need to know, but before we end, one final thing i would like to (repeatedly) say is that, If a post has more than 200 comments and you do not see some of the comments, please click the "Load more.." button at the bottom of the comment threads to show all at once. This is a Blogger feature, sad to say, it sometimes works but sometimes doesn't, so be patient with them!! FYI, your comments may have been deleted/edited in some other blogs, rest assured I WILL NOT delete/edit your comments at all here in this blog!!

2014.05.19 | 留言的事

[Volume 9 Issue 5, #1895]

各位朋友大家好!! 又係一個全新的星期喇, 希望大家今日不受Monday Blues困擾啦.. 不過最近我就有啲困擾喇, 大家可能有留意到呢一個月來, 我有好多post都冇回覆大家嘅留言!! 對唔住呀, 好似覺得好懶好提不起勁囉(係呀, 坦白講我唔係冇時間), 不過大家放心, 我依然非常熱誠於到訪大家嘅blog兼且誠心留言喔!! 雖然懶惰回覆留言, 不過我要強調, 大家嘅每一個留言我都有睇㗎, 如果唔係, 我又點會知大家嘅feedback呢?? 所以大家請繼續留言, 你嘅支持係會永遠被珍惜的, 呵呵!! 又多謝大家嘅feedback, 我個blog最近添咗幾樣新元素, 大家是否留意到?? 希望大家會喜歡~~ :)

hello folks!! it's a brand new week again, and i hope you are not affected by the notorious Monday Blues today.. but i have been quite affected lately, maybe you can notice since this month, i have many posts which i did not reply to your comments!! so sorry about that, i am just kind of lazy and not motivated to do so (yeah, i am being frank and won't blame of having no time), but no worries as i still drop by your blogs like a shrine and spam comments everyday!! though not replying to comments, i want to stress that i read every single comment from you, else how would i know some have given me feedback?? so, please continue to spam, and all comments are appreciated, hehe!! lastly, thank you for some of your feedbacks, i have got some new elements in this blog, wonder if you noticed them?? hope you will like them~~ :)

2014.03.17 | 乏人問津

[Volume 9 Issue 3, #1871]

寫blog進入第九年嘅第一篇, 因為上一篇嘅留言而有感而發.. [閱讀省略的一段文字] 當初係抱住玩下無妨嘅心態, 直到有一段時期, 很希望自己有日可以非常出名, 好似網上好多知名博客咁無人不曉.. 諗返起其實都覺得大想頭, 我係邊個唧, 想靠寫blog名利雙收?? 哈哈!! 當然, 呢一個美麗嘅夢想未能實現之前, 我已將佢粉碎, 現在已經看透非常喇.. 與其有一百個慕名而來但你唔認識嘅粉絲, 倒不如有十個同你比較close嘅忠實讀者?? 大家可能見我每個post都有好多留言, 就以為我個blog好掂, 虛相嚟啫, 其實只不過係慣常幾位讀者一次留低幾個comments咁啫.. 所以我呢個blog嘅讀者係唔多㗎, 大家見啦, 嚟嚟去去都係嗰十數位之嘛.. 甚至有獎品送俾大家, 都係反應冷淡, 應該係我嘅獎品太cheap, 又或者我嘅問題太無聊?? 呵呵.. 點都好, 其實我都好滿意現在呢個情況嘅, 至少同呢十數位讀者好似朋友咁, 大家有交流, 好似傾閑偈咁天花龍鳳, 感覺比較親近, 其實係好開心, 我係珍而重之㗎!! 當然, 我哋亦都歡迎其他讀者加入呢個天地嘅, 唔駛怕醜㗎~~ :) 雖然反應慘淡, 都係要揭曉上一篇文嘅八週年有獎游戲嘅結果嘅.. 恭喜晒三位幸運讀者, 每人將獲得如圖的全手製音樂CD一份..

the first post after entering into my 9th year of blogging, inspired by comments of the previous post.. [extend hidden paragraph] i started blogging just for fun, until there was once i hope to be famous, like many celebrity bloggers out there whom none wouldn't know.. thinking back and i find that was such a big daydream, who i am to get rich and famous from blogging?? haha!! of course before this dream could even realize, i have already scrapped it off and be very care-free about blogging.. rather than having 100 people flocking to be your fans that you do not know them at all, it's better to have 10 loyal readers whom you are close with huh?? perhaps everyone thought this blog is famous due to the number of comments in each post, but i would say that is just illusion, because it's only a handful of readers who has left multiple comments.. hence, this blog's readership and page hit is relatively low, you notice just that barely over 10 readers who are commenting each time right?? even with giveaway contests, not many cared to participate too, probably my prize is so cheap or the questions is too stupid, haha!! anyway, i like what this blog is now, at least with those 10 over readers i interact with them and feels like chit-chatting about things we care and don't care, it's more intimate and something happy to do, and definitely appreciate that!! of course, we also welcome other readers to join in the fun, nothing to be shy of~~ :) though few readers cared to participate, still i need to announce results of the 8th anniversary giveaway contest from the previous post right?? congratulations to the three lucky readers, each winS an all-handmade personalized music CD as shown..

2014.02.17 | 我博風格

[Volume 9 Issue 2, #1861]

我由2006年開始學人玩寫blog, 不經不覺就快滿8年.. 累積咁多年, 我覺得自己已經建立起自己嘅一套風格, 有人話透過一位博克經營佢自己個blog嘅風格, 可以睇到佢個性格.. 我依家就列出我自己所見到嘅所謂風格, 你又能夠從中了解到我嘅性格嗎?? :p 我啲post個標題, 從來都係有一個日期帶頭, 跟住先係一個四字標題, 只有中文個長度係固定, 咁樣我個post archive先會見到個list整齊出現.. 仲有, 如果你有留意到, 每個post我都會有一個流水號碼噃!! :) 每一個post我都儘量做到精簡, 最怕就係長篇大論, 相我都通常放一兩張就夠(如果需要放多張相, 我一定會用slideshow或click-through album).. 不過我一個post要寫兩種語言, 真係唔好以為我寫得短就唔駛嘥咁多精力呀, 哈哈!! 近呢幾年, 我發覺自己甚少寫啲我每日做過啲乜嘢, 我每日食過啲乜嘢, 今日發生咗啲乜嘢事之類嘅post.. 可能我自己都覺得我嘅生活就係平反納悶到, 連我自己都唔想再悶親多一個人!! 囧~~ :p 我每個月都會幫我個blog換上新裝, 即席新banner同presentation, 其實就好似月刊雜誌換新封面一樣.. 我覺得咁樣呢, 至少比起每次到訪都見到一樣嘅背景來得稍為有些少新鮮感啩?? :p 仲有乜嘢係你發覺到而想要補充㗎呢?? :)

i started (to follow my friends to play with) blogging since 2006, and soon it is coming to a full eight years.. i think i have established my very own style of blogging throughout the years, and some said you can read a blogger's personality from the way he/she runs his/her blog.. how true?? let me list a few style i can see from my blog, wonder if you could see deeper into my personality from there?? :p the title for each of my posts starts with a date before the 4-word title in chinese, only chinese gives fixed length and this way i can see them lined up neatly in my posts archive.. and yeah, i labelled my posts with a running number you realized?? i try to keep my posts short and sweet possible with minimum photos (slideshow or click-through album in use if i have a lot to share).. but i write in two languages, hence the effort may not be as minimum as you expect, haha!! in recent years, i hardly write about what i do or what i eat in a day, or what has happened in a typical day of mine.. my life is probably too boring hence i hope not to bore more people, geez!! :p i change the presentation and banner of my blog on a monthly basis, it's shooting a new cover for a monthly magazine.. i guess it's a little more exciting than seeing the same old layout all the time huh?? :p any other things that you noticed and want to add on?? :)

2014.01.13 | 留言分析

[Volume 9 Issue 1, #1849]

好多人見到我啲留言榜, 都以為我係逐個逐個留言去計.. 咪傻啦, 計到天光都計唔晒啦!! 家下科技時代, 我梗係自己寫個小小的program, 隨時隨地只要我㩒個button, 佢就會幫我自動計算, 自動整份完整報告我啦, 容不易唧?? 當然大家個blog都有讀者統計俾大家睇, 但係我會比較注重有留言嘅讀者, 因為你唔留言我唔知你係邊個, 你留言我就會認識你, 呢個blog界內大家都儘量做朋友啫.. 所以我有自己一份詳細嘅留言統計, 從中就可以更加了解各位讀者留言嘅方式, 以下同大家分享四個留言統計分析..

after seeing all my comment charts, a lot of people thought i did very tedious manual work to calculate the comments one by one.. holy, do that and it can't be completed even after the sun rises!! it's the technology era peeps, of course i wrote my little program, anytime and anywhere when i click on a button, it will do the calculation, build the statistics and generate a detailed report for me, easy?? of course your blog host would have already provided you with some readership stats, but i am more concern on the comments, because i won't know you if you don't comment, i only get to know you if you left a comment, we all try to become virtual friends when it comes to blogging right?? hence with my very own detailed commenting statistics, i can understand the commenters more - their habit and style.. i am sharing with you today four analysis below..

語言選擇 | Language option :  中文   English 點擊圖片查看統計分析 | Click image to view statistical analysis

04.12.2013 | 美食故事

[Volume 8 Issue 12, #1831]

我的美食相集 My food album: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]

我記得曾經有一段時期, 我係非常之沉迷於食物嘅, 唔係食嘢, 而係非常迷戀於美食拍攝, 基本上係任何食物喺我面前我都情不自禁會影相, 搞到差不多去親邊都隨身帶住部相機(因為當時未有一部能夠影靚相嘅智能手機).. 諗返起, 其實我都應該向所有曾經俾我影響到食嘢雅興嘅朋友道個歉先得, 哈哈!! 睇返自己啲folder, 嗰一排所影嘅美食相實在多到嚇人(其實好多我都唔明白自己影嚟做乜??), 不過最近所影嘅美食相就少得唔夠以前嘅半成.. 唔係我三分鐘熱度唔再有興趣, 我仍然都仲好喜愛食物攝影, 或者依家嘅熱誠大大退減?? 又或者更大可能係因為依家已經好少(又能力)去食好嘢啦, 呵呵!! 當然, 我影得相就其實打算要blog嘅, 不過大家最近又好似好少可見到我有寫美食呵?? 唔好意思呀, 各位美食擁躉, 就算我寫都可能冇人鍾意睇啦, 事關呢一範我實在係好屎.. 我只不過係唔想再繼續同各位重複又重複咁「彙報」我每日食過同做過啲乜嘢, 只係想寫啲我覺得特別或有意思嘅事物, 又或者背後有故事我可以寫嘅東西.. 其實我一路以嚟都希望與眾不同啲, 我寫我鍾意寫嘅題材, 不過讀者到訪可能要睇唔喜歡嘅題材(但係禮貌上又局住要留言), 哈哈!! 所以我每次都儘量寫不同題材, 而唔局限自己於某個題材框框內, 我覺得多樣化係精髓所在呀, 自己唔會悶親, 同埋多樣化應該可以吸引更多讀者同自己有互動啩?? 呵呵~~ :p

i remember there was once i was so obsessed with food, not eating but just obsessed with taking photos of food, basically any food that was laid in front of me, until i was carrying my camera almost everywhere i went (since i haven't got a good smartphone that can take nice photos back then).. having thought about this, i think i should apologize to friends whom i may have spoiled their eating mood, haha!! looking at my folder i actually find tons of food photos taken during that time (many i wonder why the heck i wanted to take snaps of), but the number of food photos i have taken lately isn't even 5% of that.. not that i've lost interest, i still like food photography, perhaps the passion isn't that intense anymore?? or most likely i rarely (can afford to) eat nice food now, haha!! of course when i take a food photo, i intend to blog about it, but seems like you hardly see food posts in my blog now huh?? hehe, sorry to foodies and food lovers, even if i blog about food probably nobody will like to read since i'm so lousy in this area.. just that i do not want to repeatedly "report" what i eat or do everyday anymore, but only about things more special or meaningful to myself, or particularly things that i have stories to tell.. i always try to be different, i guess i write what i like, but readers drop by and read what they may not like (and still courteously leave a comment), haha!! that is why i write about different topics and not limiting myself to a theme, i believe variety is the essence, i won't get bored myself and more varied topics can attract more readers to interact with me?? geez~~ :p

15.11.2013 | 關於寫博

[Volume 8 Issue 11, #1821]

大家寫一個post通常需要用幾多時間呢?? 唔計你拗爆頭諗要寫啲乜時間, 由你有頭緒開始計, 我諗唔駛一個小時都應該搞掂啩??

how much time do you usually need to write a post?? exclude the time you scratched your head for what to blog about, from the time you (have an idea and) start writing, probably just within an hour??

06.09.2013 | 手寫一貼

[Volume 8 Issue 9, #1783]

今日呢個post算係同其他post有少少嘅唔同, 不過又未至於話好特別.. 本來都冇咩特別嘢要寫, 就唔好長篇大論喇, 就請大家按下面個button繼續啦.. 因為今日張相係比較大張, 所以可能會用多少少時間先可以load出嚟, 大家俾多少少耐心等下啦~~ :)

today's post is a little different from all the other posts, but can't really say it is of any special.. don't really have much to blog about actually, hence i shall not say much, but please click on the button below to continue.. because the photo today is slightly larger in size, hence it may need a tad little more time to load, but just be a little more patient okay?? :)

12.07.2013 | 即時一貼

[Volume 8 Issue 7, #1753]

屋企嘅internet connection由噚晚到依家都神神哋, 不停斷線搞到無法上網.. 依家搭緊車, 唯有用手機個apps即時寫今日呢篇post, 都唔係大問題嘅, 不過始終手機都不甚方便, 所以今日盡量從簡喇.. 話是話, 其實今年我本來就已經係打算每篇post都好精短, 一張相加兩三句嘢止, 但係唔知點解都係囉囉嗦嗦張篇大論嘅?? 人老咗就自不然"語重心長"?? 呵呵!! 不如下個星期開始就試下呢個精簡方式啦, 到時可能讀者們唔知要如何留言.. 正好似facebook上某些朋友, 貼上(懶係)好有深度嘅message, 但係同時間又貼上一張毫無關係又極端白癡嘅相!! 救命~~  唔好意思, 三句不離本性, 其實今日呢篇post, 篇幅都唔算短噃, 哈哈!! :D

the internet connection at home was not stable since last night, hence i couldn't go online due to the frequent line drop.. am commuting by train now, so i am using the apps on my phone to blog this post for today.. not really a big issue but afterall it's still a phone, things get a little quite inconvenient, so i'll try to keep this post short.. actually i have planned to write short posts starting this year, short as in a photo with just two to three sentences, but always ended up with a long one.. does it have to do with age?? we get more long winded as we get older?? haha.. why not i start the short post style next week, perhaps my readers wouldn't know what to comment then.. could be like some friends on facebook, who often post messages that are (seem to be) very deep in meaning, but at the same time tag along a totally unrelated yet super stupid photo!! help~~ sorry, i guess it's difficult to change, that's why this post is not short and simple at all huh?? hehe.. :D

13.03.2013 | 七年之仰

[Volume 8 Issue 3, #1686]

回想當初柴娃娃學人寫blog, 寫咗幾個月之後, 曾經出現面臨放棄嘅情況.. 幸好到緊急關頭我話俾自己聽, 唔可以咁輕易放棄嘅!! 所以當我其他朋友都已經陸陸續續放棄寫blog嘅時候, 我仍然堅持住呢一份熱誠, 其實就係一路咁繼續寫, 從來冇諗過寫到今日, 已經係滿七年!! 第八年喇, 暫時都未有意思退下嘅, 哈哈!! 其實真係要認真多謝各位讀者對我嘅支持, 呢個blog先可以捱到今日!! 七年來一共1686篇post, 雖然比上不足, 我都要喺度同大家分享我嘅驕傲.. 長寫長有!! 話是話, 鐘唔鐘意我上面個色彩繽紛嘅bloggoversary banner?? :p 週年回顧: ■ 2006 ■ 2007 ■ 2008 ■ 2009 ■ 2010 ■ 2011 ■ 2012 ■

i remember i started blogging just for fun because friends around were doing it, after a few months of blogging, i was on the verge of giving up.. luckily at the critical moment, i told myself i cannot give up just like that!! hence while all my friends slowly gave up their blogs, i am still keeping that promise to myself, i just continue to blog and i never have expected it has been a good 7 years to date!! the coming 8th year, well i still have no intention to stop yet at least, haha!! seriously i would want to thank all my readers for the support all these while, without that i don't think my blog will last!! with a total of 1686 posts in 7 years, though still incomparable to some super blogs, i guess i would want to share this glory of mine with everyone.. more seven years to come!! BTW how do you like my colorful bloggoversary banner above?? :p bloggoversaries review: ■ 2006 ■ 2007 ■ 2008 ■ 2009 ■ 2010 ■ 2011 ■ 2012 ■

20.02.2013 | 圖片大小

[Volume 8 Issue 2, #1673]

最近嘅七至八篇post都係我農曆新年前寫好嘅, 休息咗個幾星期, 係時候再次動筆喇, 哈哈!! 因為有一段時間冇寫blog, 所以先後知後覺blogger上載相片嘅界面有更動, 尤其同時上載多張相片變得更簡易!! 之前大家係先選擇相片向左中右對齊, 再說明相片大細, 不過新界面就係貼上之後再來更改.. 對於習慣用HTML編寫嘅我, 呢個更動確實係嚇咗我一跳, 幸好後來我發現一個快捷有效嘅方法, 就係喺HTML編寫界面內, 直接更改相片URL嘅數值!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdke16NCPQ091TaMzg6FvUms3YhSCvNhliT-dgwjIihZgLr_TjQbuBYhlgPKUbe_e0DjJoh44ekLXUXFpP3GmMg93GVK2hwNJ7UT5MVJeRjp1hGgblIdkg_fgbDxv5V9o7QqT1/s1600/20130220_PhotoUpload.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdke16NCPQ091TaMzg6FvUms3YhSCvNhliT-dgwjIihZgLr_TjQbuBYhlgPKUbe_e0DjJoh44ekLXUXFpP3GmMg93GVK2hwNJ7UT5MVJeRjp1hGgblIdkg_fgbDxv5V9o7QqT1/456/20130220_PhotoUpload.jpg" style="cursor:pointer;margin:0px;" /></a> 如上, 只需稍為更改highlight部份嘅數值(blogger原設320), blogger就會跟住你說明嘅大小顯示圖片, 而且仲係按照原本比例哦!! 係唔係好簡單, 而且仲不局限S,M,L,XL呢幾個size??

the recent 7 to 8 posts you read lately were actually pre-written before CNY, after a-week-plus break i guess it's time for me to start writing again, haha!! because of the long absence in blogging, i only realized the new interface for photo uploads from blogger today, uploading multiple photos at one go is now so much simpler!! previously we chose the alignment and size of the photo before uploading, but now with the new interface it's done after upload.. for advanced user like me who is used to the HTML editing mode, it was a shocked, but luckily i found out a simple and fast way to change the size, which is directly changing the value in the URL in the HTML editing mode!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdke16NCPQ091TaMzg6FvUms3YhSCvNhliT-dgwjIihZgLr_TjQbuBYhlgPKUbe_e0DjJoh44ekLXUXFpP3GmMg93GVK2hwNJ7UT5MVJeRjp1hGgblIdkg_fgbDxv5V9o7QqT1/s1600/20130220_PhotoUpload.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdke16NCPQ091TaMzg6FvUms3YhSCvNhliT-dgwjIihZgLr_TjQbuBYhlgPKUbe_e0DjJoh44ekLXUXFpP3GmMg93GVK2hwNJ7UT5MVJeRjp1hGgblIdkg_fgbDxv5V9o7QqT1/567/20130220_PhotoUpload.jpg" style="cursor:pointer;margin:0px;" /></a> just change the highlighted number (blogger's default is 320) to any number, and blogger will render the photo in that size accordingly and in the correct proportion too.. now isn't that easy, and you are not limited to just those few S,M,L,XL sizes??

23.01.2013 | 印裔博客

[Volume 8 Issue 1, #1658]

應該有讀者會好奇點解我會有個叫做SK Thambee嘅朵, 而呢位博客又相對應叫做Anay.. 喺印度淡米爾語中, thambee意即細路而anay就係大哥咁解.. 不過我可以好肯定話你知, 我完全冇任何印度血統, 更加唔係好似我成日開玩笑話係由Tiruchirapalli嘅貧民窟偷渡過嚟嘅.. 我係真真正正馬來西亞華人一個, 最多比較喜歡好似Bollywood咁喺椰樹週圍追逐咁啫, 哈哈!! 剛剛睇返自己以前啲post, 終於俾我發現點解喇!! 事情發生全由呢一個post而起(記住要睇留言!!), 從此我就俾「尊稱」為博界Thambee喇, 認真搞笑!! :D [後記] 今日係Anay生日, 俾我尋根究底搵到呢個post, 真係好巧合.. 不如就順水推舟, 等我將呢篇post獻給佢賀壽, 同時感激佢自2008年來對本blog不離不棄嘅支持.. :)

some of you may have wondered why i am also known as SK Thambee to this blogger who is known as Anay.. in Tamil, thambee means little brother and anay means big brother.. nope, i can tell you that we are definitely not any Indian descendants who came from the slums in Tiruchirapalli like we always joke about, but we are true local Malaysian Chinese, perhaps we just like to chase our Kamala and Letchumi around the coconut trees ala Bollywood, haha!! i was reading some of my older posts, and voila, i finally found out why!! it all started from this post of mine (read the comments!!), and since then i am honorarily known as Thambee, hilarious enough!! :D [PS] what a coincident timing i found this post on Anay's bird-day today.. maybe i shall dedicate this post to him on his big day and for being a loyal supporter of my blog since 2008.. :)

30.12.2012 | 再見馬騮

[Volume 7 Issue 12, #1644]

自五月廿一日fing-fing重見天日再首次亮相本blog之後, 七月八日打後每個星期日我都會叫fing-fing出下嚟同大家見下面.. 見埋今次係第27次喇, fing-fing唔厭, 大家睇到都厭啦, 係唔係?? 今日係2012年最後一個星期日, 所以今日係fing-fing最後一次以慣性姿態同大家見面.. 2013年fing-fing爸爸會減產, 唔會日日都寫blog㗎喇, 所以fing-fing都只會偶然出嚟同大家見面, 等佢可以好好休息, 到時俾大家驚喜, 呵呵!! 大家同2012講再見嘅同時, 都同fing-fing講聲再見啦~~ :)

since fing-fing was lost and found on 21st May and made his very first appearance on this blog, he was featured every sunday starting 8th July.. today is his 27th post here, i guess even fing-fing isn't tired, everyone is tired seeing fing-fing right?? today is the last sunday of 2012, hence it is also the last time fing-fing will see everyone regularly.. in year 2013, fing-fing's daddy will be cutting down his posts, thus fing-fing will also appear once in a blue moon to see everyone.. better let fing-fing rest more so that he can give more pleasant surprise to everyone?? hehe.. while you are sending off year 2012, maybe you also want to bid farewell to fing-fing?? :)

10.12.2012 | 鹹人聚會(I)

[Volume 7 Issue 12, #1624]

上個星期四同一班博客朋友聚會, 呢一班博客朋友係出名喪癲, 而且男男女女都非常喜歡講鹹嘢.. 呢一次難得聚首, 好多都未正式見過面.. 始終都係認識於虛擬世界, 所以大家都估估下真實世界裡, 原本網上喪癲嘅, 真人會唔會其實係大悶蛋?? 結果當晚餐飯都總算喺一片樂也融融氣氛之下度過, 雖然大家都顯得有啲收斂同客氣, 不過始終第一次聚會嘛, 算係好玩㗎喇!! 除咗一路食一路講嘢之外, 當然仲有交換禮物呀, 影下相咁啦.. 大家掛住食嘢傾偈, 相唔係影得多, 不過當晚主要活動當然係聯誼一番啦.. 話晒大家都一把年紀, 唔會好似啲靚妹仔咁啦係嘛?? 哈哈!! 點都好, 多謝各位成就一個咁開心嘅晚餐, 有機會再聚.. :) ■ [相關博貼] ■ lina | Small Kucing | Simple Person | Yan

had a gathering with a bunch of blogger friends last thursday, these bloggers are famous for being crazy, and especially likes to talk about hamsap things regardless guys or ladies.. this is considered the first official gathering because most of us have not met each other before.. afterall we knew each other in the virtual blogsphere, it make sense to guess if the one who is always crazy in the blog would be a boring person in real?? so, in the end, the dinner was done under a happy atmosphere, even though it seemed like everyone was a bit reserved and courteous, it's the first time gathering and i would say that was indeed a fun one!! besides eating and chatting, of course there was gift exchange and photo shooting.. not a lot of photos but i guess the main thing that night is to get together, afterall we are all aunties and uncles, can't really do what the youngsters are used to do right?? haha!! anyway, thank you all for the lovely dinner, we shall gather again.. :) ■ [related posts] ■ lina | Small Kucing | Simple Person | Yan

03.12.2012 | 每日一貼

[Volume 7 Issue 12, #1617]

今年為自己訂下每日一貼嘅目標, 計埋今日大大話話都已經寫咗338個post, 總算未曾失手.. 今年尚剩28日(汗顏!!), 要完成呢個任務應該唔係問題.. 四年前我訂下同樣一個目標, 但係當年好似非常輕鬆就完成.. 今年可能寫作風格有所改變, 所以似乎經過一番努力先可以keep住每日一貼.. 自己就覺得呢一年寫嘅嘢比較有深度, 唔似以前咁流於表面嘅膚淺, 所以每次寫完一個post, 我其實都會覺好似剛剛完成一件重大差事咁.. 明年喇噃, 當然就唔再係每日都會有新貼啦.. 其實我曾經有諗過, 邊一日我會唔再寫blog呢??

i have set my target to have one post a day this year, including today i have 338 posts to-date, at least i am still keeping the pace.. there are still 28 days to go for the year (scary!!), hence i would say it's not an issue to get this mission accomplished.. four years ago i had the same target but it seemed to be accomplished more easily back then, perhaps my writing style has changed hence it requires my great effort to keep the daily post rolling.. i actually realized what i have been writing this year are kind of "deep" compared to the superficial posts in the past, thus after writing a post i would feel like having just completed one of life's tough jobs.. next year, for sure i will not be blogging everyday anymore.. actually i have always been wondering when would be the day that i retire from blogging??

29.08.2012 | 商業博客

[Volume 7 Issue 8, #1521]

最近因為blogging嘅原因, 有幸可以免費觀賞到一場擊鼓表演同一場電影.. 對於我呢個寂寂無名可有可無嘅blogger, 可以有咁嘅筍嘢真係千載難逢!! 當初開始寫blog其實冇諗到呢啲所謂嘅報酬, 純粹係一個好個人嘅出發點.. 咁耐以嚟我淨係寫過一篇所謂嘅廣告post咁大把, 我覺得我唔會將我呢一個blog變成一個好商業嘅blog囉, 所以絕對唔會唔理好醜都塞篇廣告post落去.. 見到好幾個朋友嘅個人blog已經淪陷成商家嘅工具, 唔好意思, 我已經冇興趣再去follow囉.. 老實講, 我對個人post有興趣多過大家掩住良心幫商家講好話, 感覺好虛偽!! 講到尾, 其實都冇商家主動搵我啦, 扮咩清高唧我?? 哈哈~~ :D

recently because of blogging i got the chance to watch for free a performance and a movie.. and to such a tiny sesame blogger like me, these can really be a once-in-a-lifetime thing.. when i started blogging, i have never thought of all these rewards but purely from my very personal aspects as the direction, so far there is just one sponsored post that i've published.. guess i won't let this blog become a commercial blog, hence no way i will for no reason slot in a sponsored post in this blog of mine.. have seen a few personal blogs i used to follow turned very commercialized, sorry, i have no interest to follow those blogs anymore!! frankly, i have more interest in reading personal related posts, but not those ignoring conscience and keep telling good stories of the merchants, those are really so fake!! in the end, there is actually not a single merchant who has contacted me, so what the hell i am trying to act noble here?? hahaha~~ :D

22.08.2012 | 四字標題

[Volume 7 Issue 8, #1514]

我呢個blog其實係以中文開始, 2008年6月尾先開始有兩種語文, 不過標題都仲係中文.. 如果你有留意, 我啲標題都係同一個格式, 先係日期, 然之後在2008年6月之後, 全部統一用四個字.. 除咗雙語之外, 四字標題可算係我呢個blog嘅小小個人特色.. 有人曾經問我, 寫兩種語言會唔會難?? 唔難, 我都係寫好其中一個, 然後再直接翻譯成另外一個.. 雖然好多人都話, 中文嘅寫得比較生動, 哈哈!! 不過我要強調, 有時後要諗個貼切嘅四字標題出嚟, 仲難過寫內容囉~~ :p

i started my blog with posts in chinese, only after late june 2008 that i started to write in two languages, but the post titles are still in chinese.. if you are observant, you'll notice my post titles use a common format, starting with the date, and since june 2008 i standardized to use four chinese words as the title.. besides bilingual, i think 4-word title is a little signature attribute of my blog.. some asked if it's tough to write in two languages?? definitely not, because i usually finished writing either one, and then right away translate to the other.. though some have commented that the chinese version is more fun to read, haha!! anyway, i want to stress that sometimes it's even tougher to think of a meaningful 4-word title than writing the contents~~ :p