onsdag 31. desember 2008

祝各位新年快樂

12月31日

今天晚上要上班。其實沒有甚麼大不了,因為Coco也要去我爸媽得餐館幫忙。在這種日子,誰開門就能保證生意不會差。可是一般的挪威人是不會犧牲難得的過年而去賺這種錢。

有一個客人問我會不會去新年派對。我想了一下說不會。自己其實完全沒有甚麼計劃要怎樣慶祝新年的來臨。因為我很懷念2008年,根本不想這一年過去。如果可以的話,真的想2008年重新過一次。

23點0分:剛下班,但要載幾個同事回家。不是很順路,但也得做點善事。

走出餐館門口,溫度零下八度(根據車裏得溫度計),下著毛毛雪。教堂的鐘正在響,徬彿提醒我們要趕快回家跟重要的人慶祝這個特別的時刻。

23點15分:放下了一個,還有兩個,幸好她們是去同一地方。但路程一點都不近。眼看要12點前未必能回到家,于是拼命的踏油門。在時速80的地方開160。把她們都嚇壞了。

23點35分:終于到她們家,頭也不回就飛車回家。立刻把手機拿出來給老婆撥電話。那邊爸媽的餐館十點鐘已經關門了。她正在跟我媽一起看煙花。知道她們的行蹤之後我說回到家再講。

23點45分:還有一分鐘的路程,外面是零下六點五度。正想練習飄移的時候看到有警車開過。嚇了一跳。後來發現他是去抓違例放煙花的人,自己嚇自己。

坦白說,現在真的沒有心情放煙花。聽到這種bilibala就讓我想起正在以色列放的煙花。分別是在這裏放的人開心,看的人也開心。在以色列,放煙花的人開心,看的人傷心。

23點48分:回到家了,立刻打電話給老婆,先跟媽聊了一會順便把煙花拍下來。由于光綫的問題,效果不是很好。

0點5分:跟老婆說了一聲新年快樂。沒有一起倒數,因為她忘了把她的錶帶上。那一對錶是我們在瑞士買的,一糢一樣,還特意把時間調到一樣。就是想用來在這種日子可以大派用場。

0點30分:講了晚安之後,就寫了這個Blog entry.

在這裏我想跟所有看到這個blog的人說聲新年快樂。尤其是卡臣,劉朗和Daniel, 很高興可以在08年回香港的時候跟你們見面。希望來年(應該說是今年,已經過了12點了)再有機會跟你們和其他的網友(Bottle,Eric,Hana,Singer,Snowysoso,Viking,佚名 ,行姐)聚一聚。

tirsdag 30. desember 2008

2008 -> 2009

In 2008, I......

- got married
- switched job
- crashed my car
- met up with an old friend

In 2009, I hope to......

- start a business or go back to school
- passed the SCJP exam
- become a father soon
- lose my "spare tire"

In 2008, I have been to.......

- Stockholm, Sweden
- 重庆, China
- Füssen, Germany
- Salzburg, Austria
- Venice, Italy
- Locarno, Interlaken, Genevè, Switzerland
- Bergen, Norway
- Düsseldorf, Germany

In 2009, I would like to go to........
- Namsos, Norway
- North Cape, Norway
- Cyprus
- Bombay, India

For 2009, I wish that ...........

- the financial tsunami will be over
- my parents can finally retire
- my sister can finally finish her study and support herself
- Coco can get a job, make new friends and settle down in Norway
- a friend would come and visit me in Norway

I hope I am not wishing for too much.

Boring day #2

Not much to do in the office again, posting this song to share, a song that came to my mind at this very moment:

onsdag 24. desember 2008

聖誕交叉BLOG:牛市股神特別醒, 熊市燈神特別多

一年容易又聖誕,最好嘅當然係玩大鐵鎚嘅聖誕交叉 blog 啦。市場維京人嘅第一個 blog 係講股票嘅,喺度都係忍唔住要講下個市。如果冇興趣,可以去 iPhone 維京人 ,睇下最新嘅 SimCity on iPhone 有幾好玩都得,哈哈。

回顧番上年 2007年呢個時候,恆指啱啱由十月份嘅高位三萬二千點左右大幅回落至約兩萬六千點。跌幅雖然大,但睇番 2007年年頭恆指只不過喺萬八點左右升上嚟,一年埋單計數其實升唔少,約有8000 點。既然賺錢咁容易,市面瀰漫住一股好濃厚嘅消費意欲。當其時大家仲覺得個市跌咗咁多,應該差唔多啩。仲有唔少人諗住入貨博反彈。

四叔當其時仲好睇好,雜誌有人訪問佢話睇好中人壽同埋碧桂園。呢嘢真係牛市股神特別醒,熊市燈神特別多。

2008年好幾個百年一遇原來同時間可以喺一年入面發生,包括內地雪災、四川地震、北京奧運、雷曼破產、XX萬億救市方案等等等等,股市瀉到阿媽都唔認得,今年入市如果唔係做淡真係心都實,可以講話由頭跌到尾。好彩臨尾呢兩個月阿爺又幫手同出口,力撐香港。

老實講,雖然阿爺出晒飲奶嘅力撐港,但內地個市其實家下好嚴峻。自己都未攪掂,仲要出多14 招挺港,睇嚟都係望梅止渴居多。特區政府班子其實又點會唔知吖,如果唔係阿唐唐都唔駛走出嚟食碗麵俾你睇,落力叫人如果有能力就適當消費駛多 D 錢。

仲有幾日2008年就會玩完,2009年如無意外第一季應該會如大家估計一樣:衰到貼地。家下有 D 口痕友話香港越衰,阿爺俾嘅 JETSO 就越大。唉,睇嚟回歸呢幾年大家都變咗伸手派。香港仔 (或女),唔該幫幫忙爭氣,唔係嘅話阿爺睇唔過眼最多唔鬼睬你。

小弟一如既往喺自己個 blog 度 講持續睇淡,恆指有機會未來半年有機會見四位數。當大家睇到個市冇乜希望之時,就係名副其實嘅寒冬,至於會唔會係「深寒」,就真係要過埋年先至喇。嚟緊呢年阿爺要慶祝六十大壽,咁就緊係希望可以安然渡過啦。估計2009年會係波濤洶湧嘅一年,因為經濟差同埋救市呢兩大力量會互相鬥法,相信短炒都係小注算數。

喺度祝各位有個愉快嘅聖誕節同埋新年!唔知邊個 blog 會咁唔好彩登呢篇交叉 blog post 呢?

Merry X'mas and Happy New Year! Cheers!

by: 市場維京人

tirsdag 23. desember 2008

Argggggghhhhhhh

Day before Christmas eve, in Norwegian we call today the little Christmas Eve (Lille juleaften).

Party went on till 3 last night. Had to carry a drunk girl to my car, pray that she doesn't puke in my car, and have to carry her to her house. (The whole time I was carrying her I was just thinking about Carson, had him been here, his 42 inch bicept would have been pretty useful). Despite her 42 kg body, it was not an easy task for me.

So I went to the office with only 4 hours of sleep. Shouldn't be a problem consider that fact that I expect today to be a slow day and I should be able to leave early. Only to discover that a crisis was waiting for me. My boss told me to check my email before I even sat down and I realize that some of the files didn't run correctly during the test yesterday. So I have to analyze the files to find the error and then try to fix it. That took me the whole morning. The good thing is that I don't feel a bit sleepy.

Then my boss told me during lunch that the client have to figure out if they can run another test today after I attempt to solve the problem (the error happens when they push 10,000 contract deals into the system at the same time, now that's what I call stress test) So in order to test it again, they have to simulate this scenario and that takes time. As of right now I am still waiting for their answer regarding the possibility of running another test. My boss, who left after lunch, will call me about that and I am to stay in the office until he calls me. Bah!

Most of the people were gone by 2, my boss left the canteen and went straight home for some last minute Christmas shopping. The manager left after a dart game with me and the other people quickly followed. So I have been sitting in the office alone for the past 2 hours and waiting for my boss' call while doing some random monitoring work. It is so boring here that I want to sleep and puke.

Here is a song to cheer us up a bit:

Take on me:





We're talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, OK?

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

Oh the things that you say
Is it life or
Just a play my worries away
You're all the things I've got to
remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway

Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two

torsdag 18. desember 2008

装修书房,贴墙纸流水帐

老婆的BLOG文被我偷了:

上个周末去逛街,人好多!难得看到这么多人,而且大家都是大包小包买,圣诞节快到了啊。

我们去商场是想去买冰雕的工具。因为ERIK看了电视LOST IN CHINA讲哈尔滨的冰雕,这里的温度也降到了零下8度,他把家里大桶小盆里都装了水拿去阳台冰着,准备周末大干一场。在MAXBO逛着逛着,看到墙纸,心想换个墙纸换个感觉。最近一直在想装修的事,很想试试看。于是临时决定装修我们一间房间,我想把它装成书房,或者会客厅,看个书,喝个咖啡或者下午茶什么的。想想便对ERIK说,你有冰雕玩具,我呢?我的玩具在哪里?找了三大理由,一为娱乐,二为圣诞节装饰,三为家更美观,一箭三雕,好处多多。选来选去,摒除以前墙纸以白黄为主,选了迷人的红酒色,既给寒冷的冬天添抹暖色,又象红木一样沉稳,适合做书房。很好,自我陶醉了一番就买了一堆。

抱着墙纸回家,那么激动啊!马上就想贴了,但是没有胶水!!!

事情总是一波三折。迫不及待的上网查了怎么贴墙纸,整理出步骤然后打印出来。我问ERIK商场什么时候开门,我们好一开门就去买胶水。他答道10点。我调了9点半的闹铃要10赶到商场。星期天的早上路上都没有人,在加油站看到这半年最低的油价8.94KR(最近从14.75降到10左右)。我们兴匆匆的赶到商场,到处都亮着灯,圣诞的装饰闪闪发亮,但是很安静,停车场空荡荡的,一下心里凉了半截。看到超市写14-17点开门,另外一家写14-18点开门。我们满载希望而去,满心希望而归。ERIK在想我把他这么早叫起来没有睡好,我想还不是他昨天给我说10点开门害我白跑一趟。

回到家,我把那间屋子的家具搬出来,窗帘下了,先把以前的墙纸撕下来,把墙弄平整,然后把新墙纸切成墙的高度16块,然后吸尘,准备完毕。和我的激动鲜明对比的是,ERIK跑去睡他的回笼觉了,在他眼里这是个浩大的工程,懒得动。

14:00 我们又咚咚咚地跑去商场买了胶水和刷子,询问的刷胶水的技巧,打道回府。

这下开始了涂胶水,贴墙纸……刷啊刷……贴啊贴……,2个小时过去了,才贴一半。哎呀,歪了;哎呀,皱了;哎呀,不平;哎呀,这里没有胶水……再2个小时过去了,为了提高效率,发现人从站起来到蹲下去,从上到下,这样刷的面积最大,速度最块,而去胶水均匀,比用手腕上下左右刷的效率快多了。这样个姿势,就演变成下蹲运动加手上下晃……到贴了80%的时候,人已经筋疲力尽了,腿蹲不下去了,手也举不起来了,完全是跳了几个小时的健美操!!晚上10点,总算把最后一张贴到了墙上。

星期一醒来,全身每块肌肉都是痛的,吃早饭拿杯子喝水都颤颤微微……一不做,二不休,咚咚咚去买了油画框和布,颜料和笔。新的墙纸要配上协调的油画才有格调嘛。

星期二晚上稀里糊涂的画了2幅油画用做装饰,弄脏了一件T和一条裤子,后悔中……

星期三整理一下,像模像样了。

星期四想想挺有趣的,应该记下来,好处是既美观又锻炼身体,坏处呢,既劳命又伤财。

onsdag 17. desember 2008

夹硬黎

今天开始了一个新PROJECT, 自己在新公司的第一个PROJECT. 客人是瑞典人, 本来想到用英文跟他谈(尤其是在座有一个德国来的, 来了挪威两年但他的挪威文不比我差), 但全部在坐的挪威人都好像听的懂他说什么, 那就没理由要全村人就我一个吧. 那就只好硬着头皮去听. 后来居然发现我原来也听的懂一点点, 听起来好像挪威语的乡下话. 最后终于熬过了.

突然间想起这首歌.....

Linkin Park 的 "In the end"

tirsdag 16. desember 2008

Perfect Score

Played 501 of dart with my co-worker yesterday. After 8 rounds I have 180 points left (yeah, I am not that good), and then the miracle happened. The first dart landed on triple 20, and then the next one landed right next to the first one, also in the triple 20, and then the third one looks like to end up on the triple 1, but then got knocked back into the triple 20 by the dart on the board. And so I have scored a perfect round of 180 for the first time in my life.

Where is the triple 20? It is that smaller piece of red under the 20, above the bullseye. (The larger piece of red right under the number 20 is the double 20, you get 40 points for hitting that)



Game rule for 501:

1. Aim of the game

Each player starts with 501 points. The number of points collected while hitting a board with a dart is subtracted from the given player's points. The winner is the player who scores exactly 0 points that way.

It is a double out game, which means that players must hit a double that makes their score exactly zero to win the game. We don't play with this rule, otherwise it would be too difficult.
2. Bust

In case of a bust the player's score from the previous turn is restored. There is bust if the following events arise:

* The player scores more points in the active turn, than his current score (subtracting would result in a negative score)

3. End of the game

Players continue playing until one of them scores 0 points in total. The player who does so, wins the game.

If none of the players gets to zero in 20 turns, the player with the lower point wins.

If the scores are equal after 20 turns, the game will continue for another possible 10 turns.

During these extra turns, the player who gets to zero obviously wins. A player with lower score any time after the 20th turn also wins the match.

If the scores are equal after 20+10 turns, the match will end in a draw.

onsdag 10. desember 2008

衣櫃裏的狐狸 by Carson




赤柱一帶是高尚住宅區,
住在這裡的人非富則貴。
尤其是一些單憧獨立屋;
門前停泊幾部名貴靚車,
屋內有現金珠寶和古董,
都是爆竊匪的頭號目標。

一名「專業爆竊匪」對一間三層獨立屋,早已虎視眈眈,
他計劃了很久,經過長時間觀察統計,知道今夜屋內無人,一於落手做案。
他在美國長大,經常跟黑人爬牆越壁,練得一身敏捷身手,神出鬼沒,自封綽號為「沙漠狐」!
他在背上紋上歌德式死亡派英文字「Desertfox」。

當晚,他成功解除保安系統後,用百合鎖匙開啟大門,潛入豪宅。
他在三樓睡房內的梳妝枱前,在黑暗中埋頭苦幹,把珠寶首飾搗入袋中。
突然聽到睡房門外有人聲,沙漠狐立即躲進衣櫃內。
從衣櫃門隙往外偷看,見到一男一女又攬又錫咁倒在床上纏綿,
他們沒有開燈,沙漠狐估他們是豪宅主人夫婦,為什麼他們這麼早就回來啊?
沙漠狐的袋中已裝有現金和珠寶,諗住睇埋呢場真人表演先走人。

但床上這對痴男怨女咁激情咁瘋狂,唔似啲老夫老妻噃!
不出沙漠狐所料,這對野鴛鴦,突然停哂所有動作!
女驚恐:「弊!老公返!」
男更驚愕:「Oh!Shit!」
女:「快啲匿埋入衣櫃先!」
男馬上連人帶埋地上衣服鞋襪,跳入衣櫃內。

有錢人的衣櫃,當然比一般平民的衣櫃大幾倍,
奸夫不知道在衣櫃內,跟自己相隔半尺的距離,早已坐著一名爆竊匪。
沙漠狐把呼吸聲壓到最低,從櫃門隙,望見她的丈夫回來,
女:「點解.......今晚......突然......咁早返嘅?」
男:「哦,因為......」

沙漠狐和奸夫靜心等待適當時機逃離現場,
突然櫃內「eeeeee......」聲,原來奸夫的電話震機響起,
奸夫馬上cut線,電話屏幕把黑暗衣櫃的一小角,照明了一抹白色。
沙漠狐全身衣著黑色,奸夫未有發覺。

奸夫cut線後,檢查來電紀錄,原來是「豬B」來電,
奸夫不其然喜上眉梢,「豬B」應該是奸夫另一個情人。
奸夫見橫豎都有排等,不如Sent個短訊給「豬B」。

他在鍵盤上按:「開會忙緊,明天趁你老公不在,再給妳執一劑!一劑勁!」
臨sent出短訊時,沙漠狐偷望到電話屏幕上顯示「豬B [9124 1921]」,
咦?!9124 1921呢個電話號碼......咁熟嘅?!
可怒也!9124 1921係沙漠狐自己老婆Coody嗰電話號碼!
哼!呢個淫賊搞人哋老婆都算衰喇,仲衰格到搞埋我老婆!真係罪無可恕!
怒火中燒,沙漠狐的閃電左手,緊掩奸夫的嘴鼻,右手勒緊他的頸,
爭扎一輪,沙漠狐在衣櫃內無聲無色地結束了奸夫的性命。
12時,沙漠狐趁房內無人,走出衣櫃跳窗逃走。
留下全裸的奸夫屍體在衣櫃內,死狀恐佈。

沙漠狐走在赤柱大街,怒氣未消,想打電話給老婆Coody大興問罪之師,
他按電話號碼,按到9124 192第七個號碼時,
才突然驚覺:老婆電話號碼是9124 1927而非9124 1921!
吓?因為自己一時大懵,記錯老婆Coody號碼,咁就攞走一個陌生人的寶貴生命?!

沙漠狐估計自己袋中總共有十萬元贓款,回頭離遠望向屋內三樓亮燈的睡房,
心中向男戶主默唸:「咁......呢十萬蚊......就當係我幫你剷除奸夫嘅酬勞喇!」
沙漠狐誤打誤撞,在他的職業生涯中,第一次當上殺手。
沙漠狐隨即打電話給紋身師傅做Booking:「聽日我想喺背脊Desertfox之前,紋多Killer呢個字!」

同一時間,深夜寧靜的赤柱街頭,被女戶主發現屍體的惶恐驚叫聲劃破,
Killer Desertfox聽後,隨手在口袋中取出一張鈔票,把它撕碎,手心一張,鈔票碎片四散風中。
因為他知道殺手每次完成一單殺人任務後,必有一個特定的自選動作,作為他的專有signature。
一瞬間,來去無踪的Desertfox已經消失在黑夜之中。
冷冷長街,只剩下金色鈔票碎片,隨風飄蕩。


送給Desertfox

lørdag 6. desember 2008

Red Ribbon

受到大瓶子感染,特意post這首歌。陳慧琳的红絲帶:

作詞:黃偉文 作曲:陳光榮 編曲:陳光榮

每次我收到每份精美禮物時
我也會深感慶幸兼有份歉意
誰人在全世界慶祝之時 在戰火中逃亡等天處置
但我卻正與你 佈置派對營造細雪降下時

* 我已有禮物他有嗎 當我要喝便有茶 不快樂嗎
怎麼我尚要挑剔今年的煙花
誰在肚餓誰在街邊執紙箱起破陋的家
拆開紅絲帶仍念掛哪個有禮物給予他
若然我快樂有餘可轉贈嗎 若與他分享更歡樂嗎

每次與知己暢聚小菜晚飯時
轉載來自 ※Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網
我會當一種禮物天厚待賦與
同時在遙遠處有許多人 垃圾堆中流連饑荒處處
但我卻正與你 吃喝說笑然後跳進了泳池

Repeat *

個個有禮物他有嗎 休假約約下午茶 不快樂嗎
出年我或會披起珍珠色婚紗
其實每日無盡禮物多出的經已能幫他
結起紅絲帶提自己 共他分可以嗎