AOL and YAHOO! Homepages

Have you seen the new AOL beta homepage? It's nearly an exact replica of YAHOO! The mail, weather, radio buttons on the right. The search button looks exactly the same, only a different color. The directory on the left side. Completely the same except for the ad on AOL's. They just took out their Xerox Copier Machine, added a few extra features and optimized it for AOL's network. YAHOO! might sue them sooner or later. Below are the screenshots from my Windows XP.

Below: AOL

Below: YAHOO! (United States)

Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Microsoft Flight Simulator X is a award-winning simulation game where you can steer passenger aeroplanes (airplanes) and jets. I want it so much, but, it's so expensive, even on eBay. My friend, Ko, has the 2004 version and likes the Boeing 747. Now, you can even download the all new A380 (Airbus) .The best thing about the game is it doesn't require a lot of RAM, only 256 for XP and 512 for Vista. I want it so much!! Screenshots from Flight Simulator X:

Above: Airbus A330 taking off

Above: Cockpit view of airport

Railway Museum

Today I went to the Hong Kong Railway Museum 香港鐵路博物館 (九鐵) in Tai Po. It's the site of the previous Tai Po Market Station (Ceased operation in 1983). I contained the old trains and even the tracks were still there, decayed of course. We even got a chance to go into the old locomotives (compartments). I have to admit, it's a really strange place for the KCR station. It's hard to get to (We walked for a long time from Tai Wo KCR), and it's on a hill. It's still next the "working" railway tracks, between "new" Tai Po Market and Tai Wo Stations. Here are a few pictures I took, and for more information about the Hong Kong Railway Museum (currently managed by LCSD), click here.

Above: Behind those gates are the tracks currently in operation, you can also see a train :)

Above: Most trains in KCR British Section were made by the japanese train company Kinki Sharyo (also maker of today's KCR Millennium Train)Above: Ad in First-Class train compartmentAbove: Poster about KCR trains, then and now ("now" trains are on the bottom-left)Above: Decayed tracks caused by precipitation, people etc.

Easter Break-Movies

This morning, I went to UA Shatin. We were supposed to watch Mr. Bean's Holiday (戇豆放大假)-Comedy, but, there were only 2 BAD seats left, one at the front row-right corner (next to the screen) and one at the back left corner. So we watched Meet the Robinsons (羅拔神奇家族(粵語配音版)-Cantonese Version instead. It was ok, but, $15 more expensive than the Morning Show (9:50). The show was at 11:00, so we went to IKEA Shatin, I forgot that it wasn't open yet (10:30). We also went to the Jumpin' Gym (NOT a gym), it's one of those places where you play games and exchange your tickets from prizes. By the time we finished playing, it was 10:50, nearly 11! We raced back to UA Shatin.

--About The Movie (Released on April 5-HK)

I have to admit, it wasn't that bad. Although, in the beginning, I thought we were in the wrong room, it started with a Mickey Mouse film (I know...weird). If it was the English version, I would've fallen asleep. I'm quite impressed with how they translated the movie into Cantonese. The whole "moral" of the movie is: Look in front of you, It's the future.

--About The Theatre

This is interesting about the theatres in Hong Kong. In HK theatres, there's not a lot of air-con and not as loud as the U.S. ones. They're also a lot smaller (not enough room in HK), also, the seats are all on the same level, no "upper seats". Also, less commercials :)

April Fools!

NOTICE: All Products are HOAXES by Google (see note at the end of post)

A new product revealed today (April 1, 2007), Google TiSP. This new product by Google is a free in-home broadband service that uses the toilet.....It uses a optic-fiber wire (same as found on bottom of ocean), and goes all the way down the sewage pipe. If you want to go online, you must flush first. It's a joke, since it's April Fools Day. The official logo of it is: For more information about this FREE broadband service, click here (Service is only avaliable in USA and Canada right now).

Requirements:

Windows XP/Vista (Mac and Linux support coming soon)
Internet Explorer 6.0+ or Firefox 1.5+ with the Google Toolbar
Round-front or elongated toilet providing at least 1.0 gallons per flush (No Water-Saving Ones)
Use of automatic toilet bowl cleaners is not recommended

Another Joke?

Gmail Paper is a product that is also FREE. It lets you send the email(s) to Google, and Google sends them back, in the form of "snail mail".
All are HOAXES, part of Google's yearly April Fools (Click for more hoaxes, since 2000) Feel free to leave comments :)

HK Sevens Pictures

During the Hong Kong Sevens, the whole stadium was so loud....filled with cheers and boos. Once, I appeared on the "Close-Up" TV, but, I didn't see myself, I was getting something in my backpack. The stadium was ok, but, everything was expensive, $40 for a double-cheesburger, $15 for a coke.....Well, here are the pictures

U.S.A vs. France, U.S.A. WINS!!!!!

Welcome To Hong Kong Sevens (Cathay Pacific Airways)

"Close-Up" TV

So Bright....(7:50 PM)

Japanese players tackle Canadian player