To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.
I eventually had read through Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (ISBN: 0747550999) a few days ago, (Hu… it took me about half of the winter vacation…), and on the same day, I also saw the movie. I remembered the story so clearly when I was seeing the movie. Although it may be a bit boring if I saw the movie just after reading through the novel, I can obviously find the deficiency in the movie.
Since I found VoipStunt, which can make free regular landline calls, I always used it. But just now, I was going mad with it. I called the Payroll Section of NCKU for checking the record of my brother‘s tuition. Firstly, I cautiously used Skype to avoid the delay problem, but it always told me it couldn’t switch to the extension. After several tries, I gave it up and used the VoipStunt. That’s when nightmare began.
It switched to the extension correctly, but the other side seemed unable to hear my voice. I tried to shout more loudly, and then she found the delay problem and was very confused. Finally, we finished the conversation with impatience.
How can these voip softwares suck like that!? Skype can’t make a switch, and VoipStunt has delays. Hu… they almostly spoilt my good mood even when today just began. =.=凸
What a wonderful service it supplies!
This morning, I read the China Times and found out a book Taiwan, During Japan Colonization (日本統治下的台灣; ISBN: 9867375548). I’m interested in it and decided to buy one in the upcoming book exhibition. In fact, going to visit the exhibition to buy one will take me more time and more money, so I search it online first. What amazed me was that there’s a large gap of the price between each bookstores. The price gap between the cheapest and the most expensive is 60 NTD. Wow!!
If I buy one online, I may spend the transportation charges. So, I went on the web site of the cheapest for details. I found I have not to pay the transportation charges if I choose a convenience-store transportation. How wonderful it is. So I bought one at once.
Another book I’d like to buy is Brokeback Mountain (ISBD: 1857029402), but there’s no stock of the older version, which is cheaper than the latest one. So I gave up. Maybe I’ll accidentally find one in one of the Eslite Bookstore someday.
Haha … It’s so happy to buy something cheaper. :p
I like to watch baseball games, especially when our national team is fighting for the triumph. Gong-Tou held an activity to connect the blogsphere to give applouse to the Zhong-Hua (Chinese Taipei) Team. I hope they will get a good result in the ’06 World Baseball Classic. Come on. Let the world know we are a strong tiger, not an ill cat.
After I posted last article, I found it’s not validated and the HTML Validator showed me where the error is. I traced the source code of WordPress, made a little modification, and then solved the problem. That’s not the point. The point is, I decided to report the bug to the development team. I went on the official web site, simply searched the forum and the tickets system to make sure that no one had reported this, registered an account (although it’s not necessary… XD), filled the ticket form, and then submitted it.
I don’t know if this patch will be received or not, and the problem is not critical, but for me, it’s worthy to write it down. I’ve used WordPress for such a long time, and this is the first time I do something for it. ^^a
Last Chinese Valentine’s Day, I designed a cover based on the picture above and ordered two EasyCards for Kilo and me as the Valentine’s gifts. I also used the picture as my laptop’s background image since then. Today, when I was using my laptop, my mom walked behind me and saw that image. She said that Kilo and I look very alike. My brother was nearby and he agreed with her.
Haha… does it mean that we are so-called “husband-and-wife faces” ?
2006.02.11 UPDATE: The pictures below are my background and the card cover.
Tonight is Chinese New Year‘s Eve, one of the most important holidays for Chinese. Families get reunion from where they work or study, enjoy the New Year Eve’s Feast (reunion dinner), and the elders will give the juniors red packet as a Spring Festival gift. Theoretically, everybody loves the happy ambiance.
But I don’t like this very much. Maybe it’s a waekness in my personality. I don’t like to get in touch with my relatives. I don’t know exactly what the reason is, but I do know the condition since I was a child. But it’s an important tradition, I still have to follow it. Maybe I need to change my mind a little, face this with a more positive attitude, and then I can accept this in a happier mood.
Hope everyone have a good chinese new year, get healthier than before, and every thing can be all right.
Tag: Chinese New Year
