Look down, Look down, Don’t look ‘em in the eye

Saturday, September 18, 2004

Javert
Now bring me prisoner 24601
Your time is up
And your parole’s begun
You know what that means

Valjean
Yes, it means I’m free

Javert
NO!
It means you get
Your yellow ticket-of-leave
You are a thief

Valjean
I stole a loaf of bread!

Javert
You robbed a house!

Valjean
I broke a window pane!
My sister’s child was close to death
And we were starving!

Javert
And you will starve again
Unless you learn the meaning of the law.

Valjean
I know the meaning of these 19 years
A slave of the law

Javert
Five years for what you did
The rest because you tried to run
Yes 24601

Valjean
My name is Jean Valjean

Javert
And I am Javert
Do not forget my name
Do not forget me
24601

………………

Valjean
Freedom is mine. The earth is still.
I feel the wind. I breathe again.
And the sky clears, the world is waiting.
Drink from the pool. How clean the taste
Never forget the years, the waste.
Nor forgive them, for what they’ve done.
They are the guilty, everyone.
The day begins…
And now lets see
What this new world
Will do for me!
[Lyrics from Les Miserable]

Foreigner learning Cantonese

Saturday, September 18, 2004

Here is an article written by Daisann McLane, who has learnt Cantonese for a period of time. 係、啦、都 with all 9 tones actaully represent different words in Chinese and of course has different meaning. The author find it interesting to learn Cantonese although these words sometimes confuse her. She found that the language is “Cantonese is like Italian to Mandarin’s German.”.

It’s interesting to see how the other sees us, including our language.

Related Link: Dispatches From Hong Kong – How Cantonese reduced me to tears. By Daisann McLane

Funny news about porn

Saturday, September 18, 2004

Yup. It’s a news about porn. It’s laughing my ass off…. Porn companies being fined for unsafe working environment. Here is some “quotes”:

Susan Gard, agency spokeswoman, said the companies violated California law when actors performed sex scenes without using condoms. She said state law requires employers to protect workers who are exposed to blood or bodily fluids on the job.

“Any bodily fluid is considered infectious,” she said. “That means barrier equipment must be used.”

So, we gotta ask Arnorld if the law has such protective rules to employee…..

Related Link: Porn companies fined over condoms

鐵拳電影版

Saturday, September 18, 2004

Reported by Sci Fi Wire that Tekken’s movie adaptation is on its very beginning stage. Hm… it just reminds me the failure of the famous “Street Fighter”. Seems that game—>movie adaptation is not a good choice after all.

But we can just wait and see for this one. There is no reason to reject all of them, right?

Related Link: Tekken Still Taking Shape

Google beware!

Friday, September 17, 2004

Amazon has launched its brand new search engine A9 Search which has a really attractive interface. It already catergorizes what searcher might want to search at the right side bar. Most importantly, you are able to keep your own search history. That would be quite useful if you did search a lot.

Surely this powerful search engine would bring new impact on the search engine market. Google just beware!