The Butterfly Effect
"It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world." - The Chaos Theory
Despite being a low-budget film, this film chills with its brilliant illustration of its name - the butterfly effect. In fact it was a 2004 production, but I missed the opportunity for so many times, now I got it and love it.
From time to time, we human often fascinates the possibility of going back into the past,
Blokus, Block us!
Umm I love board games.
In this era of computer video games, between the Starcraft II and Mastermind , the newer generation could pick with zero reaction time. I am not pretending to be old, but indeed when I shop in the current Toy'R'us searching for Abalone (not the edible luxury, it-is-a-chessgame!), I found the shelf for broadgame shrinked - from 4 complete blocks in the past, to currently, 1 single shelf.
Probably the toy-manufacturers have
In this era of computer video games, between the Starcraft II and Mastermind , the newer generation could pick with zero reaction time. I am not pretending to be old, but indeed when I shop in the current Toy'R'us searching for Abalone (not the edible luxury, it-is-a-chessgame!), I found the shelf for broadgame shrinked - from 4 complete blocks in the past, to currently, 1 single shelf.
Probably the toy-manufacturers have
Ip Man 2
Umm originally my first choice of movie for this weekend is Dear John. But after the exceedingly exhausting OSLER, I need something stronger to cheer my mind up, so finally I resorted to the Ip Man 2 . (By the way, I wonder why the inflation is going so mad here, now $9 for renting a VCD? Gosh I would go broke very soon...)
Frankly, films on Chinese kungfu have quite limited themes, and among them, national spirit is definitely the top. This truly
Best purchase!
Recently, I had my best purchase of the month.
Every weekend, I used to buy some drinks back to hostel to sooth my dry boring days. Instead of the usual lemontea, this time I chose the long-forgotten Ribena (it often reminds me of my good old days, when there is a whole large glass bottle of concentrated Ribena at home).
Wellcome was making a promotion, among the every-where-yellow-tags:
$19.6 for TWO 6-in-1 packs
Every weekend, I used to buy some drinks back to hostel to sooth my dry boring days. Instead of the usual lemontea, this time I chose the long-forgotten Ribena (it often reminds me of my good old days, when there is a whole large glass bottle of concentrated Ribena at home).
Wellcome was making a promotion, among the every-where-yellow-tags:
$19.6 for TWO 6-in-1 packs
Inception
Christopher Nolan got my heart since I first watched his low-cost but phenomenal production - Memento. He is such an amazing story-teller, no matter how twisted the plot is, he never failed in keeping the pace tight and tensioned. So was his last blockbuster The Dark Knight , which I enjoyed it under the huge screen of IMAX - he made the classic so much alive.
When expectation is high, many a time I got let down. But Inception is an exception.
Instead of praising how well the
The Texas Play
I am always a big fan of Texas Holdem, and recently the 2010 World Series of Poker has just started.
With the entry fee of US$40,000 (and my poor poker face), by no chance I could ever join this tournament in Vegas. Still, watching the highlights in youtube still offered me quite some excitement. No doubt one of this year's spotlight would be on the 21 years old Tom durrr Dwan, who has been such a young successful
With the entry fee of US$40,000 (and my poor poker face), by no chance I could ever join this tournament in Vegas. Still, watching the highlights in youtube still offered me quite some excitement. No doubt one of this year's spotlight would be on the 21 years old Tom durrr Dwan, who has been such a young successful
God and logic
Can God work beyond logic?
This is a disturbing question.
First, we need to make some terms clear. Nowadays, we use the word "illogical" quite off-labelled - when a couple quarrels, the girl may fire: You are being so illogical - well, I must say that, he may act or speak in irrational reasoning, but he is definitely still under the boundary of logic.
Day to day, like oxygen, we live so close with and actually rely very much on logic, we
This is a disturbing question.
First, we need to make some terms clear. Nowadays, we use the word "illogical" quite off-labelled - when a couple quarrels, the girl may fire: You are being so illogical - well, I must say that, he may act or speak in irrational reasoning, but he is definitely still under the boundary of logic.
Day to day, like oxygen, we live so close with and actually rely very much on logic, we
Stockholm Syndrome
Wikipedia:
Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims.
Came across this term while getting some extended reading on hostage psychology. It is such an interesting phenomenon which has been consistently demonstrated in a series of kidnapping events. Well, as I previously mentioned, human emotion may partly (at least what I believe) be generated via a sequence of subconscious reflex neuroendocrine responses -
Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims.
Came across this term while getting some extended reading on hostage psychology. It is such an interesting phenomenon which has been consistently demonstrated in a series of kidnapping events. Well, as I previously mentioned, human emotion may partly (at least what I believe) be generated via a sequence of subconscious reflex neuroendocrine responses -
If
If I were one of the hostages, I would definitely fight back after the first bullet was out. Judging from the snail-like actions by the local Phil police, I would rather fight for my own life. Of course, in that narrow aisle in the coach, with only a handful of men, it is a gamble of life - it either works, or I die.
If I were the police officer in charge, I would have asked two of my elite collegues (corrupt them if needed) to
If I were the police officer in charge, I would have asked two of my elite collegues (corrupt them if needed) to
Blame
When the phrase of foul language broadcasted lively in TVB news, nobody would lodge a compliant on it - simply, it ventilated all our anger and disappointment, seeing the professional SWAT team in operation.
Apart from the word stone-aged, I cannot find another that could better be used in describing the entire rescue process. Going without helmets, staying in cross-fire positions, hammering windows with hostages inside. Gosh, for God's sake, if we were allowed to send our local team there, things can
Apart from the word stone-aged, I cannot find another that could better be used in describing the entire rescue process. Going without helmets, staying in cross-fire positions, hammering windows with hostages inside. Gosh, for God's sake, if we were allowed to send our local team there, things can