花火

曲／詞：梁詠琪

來吧伴我飛　 不休不睡去飛
來盡力忘記　 兩腳降落何地
若記憶憑據 　到某一天告吹
回望即使太蠢 　都相信我做得對
原來風雪可以使我堅壯使我堅強
假使敢夢與想　假使天真地唱
我也會笑容漂亮
原來歲月太長可以豐富可以荒涼
能忘掉結果　未能忘記遇上

長路若太短　 花火生命更短
雙手可觸及你　有眼淚仍是暖

Google搜尋器

科技日新月異, 新花樣層出不窮, 網上搜尋器Google繼地球衛星照片之後, 又有新花樣了, 這次更把搜尋範圍擴大到我們只可遠觀的月球去了。最新玩意叫Google Moon, 此服務可以讓使用者看到月球表面的照片，還標示美國太空船阿波羅6次登陸月球的位置，有興趣的可點入任何一個地點，就可以看到該次任務的時間，參與的太空人等相關資料。

為使用者提供新服務之餘，Google Moon 亦不失幽默，只要將月球照片放到最大，便可一清二楚!

Google Moon

有玩過Google網上搜尋器既朋友,相信也試過使用其服務, 找尋自家的地球衛星照片, 公司附近高空下的景觀,或是將自己既視野擴濶至曾留跡的地球角落, 有甚者跑到居住在外的朋友家上空轉一圈,看看他家附近的城市規劃,周圍的自然環境,那感覺好像探了他一訪,很是親切!科技無疑拉近了人與人之間的距離,但是否縮短心與心的差距?則留待各人造化!

友人家上空地球衛星照片

Picture Concatenation

As requested by Snoopy, here I would like to have a ‘chicken demo’ how to concatenate pictures in a piece for blog display. It's easy. Are you ready? Let’s go !!!

- Find photos that you would like to concatenate
- Open both with Paint separately
- Ctrl+W to stretch the photos to 20% vertically and horizontally
- Open a new file from Paint in blank (now you have 3 interfaces of Paint)
- Copy pictures to new file one by one and concatenate them as desired
- Highlight the area of interest and copy to file for storage
- To the location saved, your desired picture is ready for you

Steps are shown as follows for illustration

See? You make it! ^^

Little Prince is Depressed

in a crowded city
there is a depressed little prince
he is suffering from the “emotional’ flu...
he cries
in his eyes
the world is not the same anymore...
he feels that he is being pushed by things around...
he feels that he is the loneliest person in the world...
he hopes there is someone who can help him but he is afraid...
where is the blue sky?
you might have met depressed prince!

kindly offers him a hug or care

it helps

Depressed Little Prince’s Journey

機械人王國

下午無聊,湊巧無記應暑假檔期播放多啦A夢大電影之機械人王國!好久沒有這種閒情,卻令我看得津津有味!

故事大綱:
大雄眼看小夫的寵物機械人羨慕不己，自己也想擁有一隻。於是，從多啦A夢的「後備百寶袋」裡拿出未來百貨公司通訊販賣機，喚出他想要的機械人，當中混入了從時空間來到的機械人少年波仔。為了幫助受傷的波仔，多啦A夢他們向波仔的世界，機械人王國出發!一場緊張刺激的冒險旅程即將開始……

喜歡看卡通片,叮噹和大雄都是陪我成長的常客之一,看過的不下百集,假日的大電影雖不會追但會看!已經習慣了叮噹的機智愛幫忙,大雄的懦弱但善良,靜宜的溫柔嫻淑,阿福喜炫耀也怕事,還有技安那欺善怕惡! 生活於同一天空下但性格各異,卻能互助互愛!是我習慣了叮噹,不喜歡多啦A夢這名稱,總覺得少了什麼似的,老是不自在!也不喜歡叮噹的結局,現實得有點殘酷,連我這個大朋友也接受不來!

卡通片旨為兒童帶來樂趣及無窮想像,我願意相信童話是美好的,王子和公主從此快快樂樂生活!雖然大雄有很多缺點,但也能找到他的靜宜來~~

大雄遇難事時大哭的樣子,大雄家的屋頂,還有大雄媽媽,是否很親切呢?

Zodiac Personality

Discover your Zodiac Personality @ Quiz Me

410,170 people have discovered their zodiac personality.
And 27,473 were libra just like you!

藍與綠

喜愛藍色
總覺得藍色迷人
好淺藍色感覺乾淨舒服
藍天白雲的組合一望便傾心
愛湖水藍看似深沉卻令人心安靜
碧波湖光的風景霎是好看
鐘情海軍藍是粗獷又是簡樸無華
簡簡單單已可穿出個人味道來
衣櫃里數最多的便是藍與白
買東西也不自覺地找藍
連我的電腦也是藍的
這是否病態了點?

常言道
喜歡藍色的人
是個很有理性的人
面對問題常常臨危不亂
在起衝突時總是默默將事情化解
等到該與以反擊時
一定會以很漂亮的手段讓人折服
乍看之下應該人緣不錯
不過卻不擅與人交際
常因堅持信念而受人尊敬
但堅持己見?或是固執?見人見智
應多採納旁人意見
行文處世才可如虎添翼
Find out your color at Quiz Me!

我是綠?
我是綠?
是我不夠了解自己?
還是我根本沒有藍的洒脫不羈?
亦或是獨欠那絲憂憂鬱鬱的神縕?
綠是什麼個性?




綠色者
基本上是一個追求和平的人
不過卻害怕獨處
喜歡群體的生活
也因此你擅長與周圍的人保持良好的和諧關係
總是給人親切溫和的印象
而周圍的人也對你十分信賴跟崇拜
不過
因為對每個人的態度都差不多
所以有時候也容易讓人誤會
認為是個八面玲瓏的人
喜歡綠色的人十分上進
但因為不喜歡在團體中太過突出
所以也會要求周圍的人一起奮發向上

追求和平, 害怕獨處, 重視和諧關係?沒錯，這不正正是天秤個性嗎?不就是我嗎？好藍色者愛自由獨立，理性，但有時會流於自我，堅持己見？天蠍特性，吾亦有之！周旋於感性與理智間的性個，既互融也相衝，很是矛盾！藍太寂寞，碰上和顏的綠或許是好事!誰說青山不見綠水，藍天沒有白雲，會是一幅好風景？

我的種植史

自小喜愛種植,涉獵的品種多不勝數,說出來也自覺嚇倒他人!不是戰績過分彪炳,只是…

小學上了科學堂,知道豆會長出芽來,心以為芽菜便是如此由來, 拿了媽子的豆發芽去了! 廚房里發了芽的蔥頭曾幾何時乃我的恩物! 偶然下拾到一顆枇杷種子,找一塊空地埋了,我信我信它會長出枇杷來,發芽了,第一塊葉, 第二塊葉,從此再也沒長高了! 曾經種過幾回仙人掌,貪它只管看不管花神,無獨有偶,它們皆歸西矣,遺下的只有一嗅皮囊!夏天好吃西瓜消暑,見一粒粒的黑豆豉,眼也發了青光,日日辛勤,竟給住在十四樓的我種出瓜來?那種興奮莫名,連姊姊也對我另眼相看!用心種過文竹,喜愛其細細翠綠如雲的枝蔭,自覺放在窗枱旁富有詩意,隨著秋意日濃,它也快快地換了上黃衣裳,走得連片雲彩也來不及帶走!

友人處拿了數塊紫羅蘭的葉子,便自家里起了製造工場來,一二三四五,連老爸也看不過眼,叫我轉讓他人,花是開了,卻也惹了一群飛蟲,一盆也不能留!貪婪桔梗花美粗長,合香港氣侯,不問由來,在窗旁種了起來,其乃桔梗科植物,卻爬牆過了鄰家去,自知理虧,一待花淍謝便急急地清理事發現場,後才知道其乃中藥, 根狀似人參, 可袪痰、鎮咳等療效!街旁買了盆墨西哥鐵樹,喜歡其名字--好型, 鐵樹?果然鐵樹, 不喜水份,一年來絲毫無變,害得蓮姐也禁不往問我,這是真的嗎?其他的?還有很多很多,不能在此一一細列!

不過數我最愛的—乃風信子也! 風信子原產自歐洲, 球科植物, 球莖飽滿結實,可栽培於庭園裡，也可切下來供放瓶中、擺於室內!每年二三月, 一個個洋蔥頭似的風信子便隨處可見, 花期時一叢叢的小花開遍花莖的每一寸, 霎眼看,還以為一花柱也! 高峰期曾擁五盤風信子,紅,白,藍,黃,粉紅等等! 個人較喜歡藍和白的,粉紅色?含苞待放時也不錯！

相傳藍色風信子是「幸福」的象徵 ; 凡是受到這種花祝福而生的人，人生洋溢著生命力。願你我如是!

失魂小狗跳窗

德國科隆一隻慣於跳窗出外的頑皮狗，忘記了主人最近已經搬家，由原來位於地下的住宅搬到6樓的新居，日前如常跳越窗口出外，幸而跌落3樓另一住戶的陽台，奇蹟地沒有受傷。狗主夫婦聽到跌下陽台的寵物拳師犬TJ悲鳴，但因該戶住客出外旅行，無法取回愛犬，只好報警求助，由消防員架雲梯救下頑皮狗。

貝克爾說﹕「我們搬來這新公寓只有一個星期，但TJ這幾天都要爬樓梯回家，我們還以為牠已習慣了，沒想到牠會如過往般跳窗往花園。」

-17Jul05/明報專訊-

備註: 看到這篇報導,令我想起甘甘, 姊姊由六樓搬到三樓的新居, 露台較之前的開放,高度亦較低,曾與姊姊開玩笑式說著, 門口是起跑點,客廳是個不錯的起跑道,越過露台門便是欄位,可以一誇而下, 甘甘會否抄襲?學劉翔奪奧運金牌乎?或是表演笨狗跳真人show? 原來這可不袛是一個笑話,可以係事實!
甘甘睇住呀 @_&

Join Forces to Transform Fraud-Detection Market

That's really a great move!

SAS, the leader in business intelligence, and HSBC Holdings plc, one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, today announced a long-term partnership to transform the payment card fraud-detection market.

Each year, banks and financial organizations across the world lose more than $2 billion annually to payment card fraud. Over the last decade, as banks have developed improved processes and systems to identify and stop fraud, fraudsters have also adapted. Today most banks rely on fraud-detection systems, but the types of fraud threats faced by card issuers evolve rapidly. HSBC recognizes the need for a new generation of fraud detection that includes more sophisticated analytic intelligence, real-time decision making at the point of sale, and complete integration with anti-fraud measures - such as chip and PIN - across the industry.

"We chose to work with SAS primarily because of its technology assets, extensive R&D capability and industry leadership, and its ability to support us across the globe. We are impressed with SAS' understanding of our business goals and its flexibility to meet our demanding requirements," said Siddharth N. Mehta, chief executive officer at HSBC North America Holdings Inc.

"By combining our proven ability to deliver robust and innovative predictive analytic solutions with HSBC's banking 'know how' we have the ability to change the way the industry looks at its fraud detection solutions," said Dr. Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS.

With a credit and debit card portfolio of well over 100 million cards, HSBC is one of the world's largest plastic card issuers. The new SAS® solution will be implemented in all of HSBC's major card businesses worldwide. In addition to reducing potential losses, the project will lower the operational costs of fighting fraud and will create a more flexible fraud platform so that HSBC can respond faster to new threats as they arise. SAS and HSBC are also cooperating on developing a strategy to extend the technology into other transaction monitoring applications.

"The SAS partnership will help HSBC stay at the forefront of the industry in protecting its customers and its business from fraud. Since fraud prevention and detection is a shared goal across the financial industry, SAS is already working with a number of other institutions to build a broader consortium in conjunction with HSBC," said Ian Manocha, director of the worldwide fraud practice at SAS.

About HSBC Holdings
Headquartered in London, HSBC Holdings plc is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. HSBC's international network comprises over 9,800 offices in 77 countries and territories in Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Middle East and Africa. With listings on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges, shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 200,000 shareholders in some 100 countries and territories. The shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Receipts. Through an international network linked by advanced technology, including a rapidly growing e-commerce capability, HSBC provides a comprehensive range of financial services: personal financial services; consumer finance; commercial banking; corporate, investment banking and markets; private banking; and other activities.

About SAS
SAS is the market leader in providing a new generation of business intelligence software and services that create true enterprise intelligence. SAS solutions are used at more than 40,000 sites - including 96 of the top 100 companies on the FORTUNE Global 500® - to develop more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers; to enable better, more accurate and informed decisions; and to drive organizations forward. SAS is the only vendor that completely integrates leading data warehousing, analytics and traditional BI applications to create intelligence from massive amounts of data. For nearly three decades, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know®. Visit us at www.sas.com.

Copyright © 2005 SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC, USA. All rights reserved.

羊群效應

為何用「羊群心理」來形容盲目跟風？土耳其東部的凡省，最近就上演了代價沉重的例子。一群牧羊人任由一千五百多隻綿羊，在山頭吃草，然後轉頭去吃早餐，突然一隻綿羊不知為了甚麼原因，一躍跳下十五米高的懸崖「自殺」，正當牧羊人目瞪口呆之際，其餘綿羊亦爭相仿效，一一跳崖，演成一次場面壯觀的「羊群集體自殺」事件。

450隻摔死
幸好並非全部綿羊都自殺成功。最初跳崖的綿羊，固然硬生生摔死，但後來綿羊屍體愈愈高，變成一大堆棉花一般，將後來跳崖的綿羊衝力抵銷，結果最後只有壓在最底的四百五十隻綿羊摔死，其餘都撿回一命。

損失約58萬
這群綿羊是由凡省小鎮蓋瓦什二十六個家庭擁有。這次「羊群集體自殺」，令他們總共損失約五十八萬港元。在這個人均國民生產總值只有大約二萬一千港元的國家，這是個龐大損失。其中一個養羊家庭的成員巴伊汗說：「我們都束手無策。牠們全部浪費了。」

生活將很艱苦
另一村民哈扎爾說，本來每個家庭平均飼有二十隻綿羊，但現時只有少數家庭擁有綿羊，「我們的生活將會很艱苦」。

-美聯社／路透社-

恐龍化石展

太古城中心由即日起展出8具恐龍化石及10件屬恐龍年代的動、植物化石標本。並設「恐龍初接觸」活動，讓參觀者觸摸「天府峨嵋龍」的股骨﹔逢周六、日舉行專家研習會，由四川自貢恐龍博物館的恐龍考古專家，親自回答觀眾問題。

日期﹕即日至7月31日
時間﹕每日早上9:00至晚上10:00
地點﹕太古城中心二樓舞台、中橋及一樓
費用﹕全免

當愛在靠近

曲：潘協慶 詞：潘協慶/李宗盛

真的想　寂寞的時候有個伴
日子再忙　也有人一起吃早餐
雖然這種想法　明明就是太簡單
只想有人在一起　不管明天在哪裡

愛從不容許人三心兩意
遇見渾然天成的交集　錯過多可惜
如果我是真的　決定付出我的心
能不能有人告訴他　別讓我傷心

每一次當愛在靠近　感覺他在緊緊地抱住你
他搔動你的心　遮住你的眼睛
又不讓你知道去哪裡

每一次當愛在靠近　都好像在等你要怎麼回應
天地都安靜　唯一不安的是你的決定
天地都安靜　唯一不安的是 你的決定







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