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Post by chinaman on Jan 12, 2015 9:15:12 GMT
R.I.P for those those journalist who killed by Muslim Terrorist in France . France shall kick those Muslim out ,sent them back to Arab . Even Germany paper got fire bombed by Muslim for printing Charlie cartoon .
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Post by chefying on Jan 15, 2015 16:23:55 GMT
I was looking through my DVD's today, and I noticed that one of the disks of my Return of the Condor Heroes 2006 - the one Mainland China production - had some sort of glue stuck on it. With the foreign stuff there, the disk would not play properly.
So I decided to clean the disk with a bit of solvent. I tried with some moisturiser - it did not work; some came off, but quite a bit was still left on the shiny surface of the DVD. Time to get a bit more aggressive. I have some thinner with me, so I used that on the disk. The sticky stuff came off, so did the shiny surface. Any part of the DVD that the thinner touched became matt.
Now the disk would not play at all.
The moral of the story is, thinner and DVD do not mix. Well, they do, only too well. You have been warned.
Sigh.
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Post by siuyiu on Jan 15, 2015 21:58:47 GMT
chefying you need one of these: next time, try something less strong, like vinegar.
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Post by chefying on Jan 16, 2015 4:57:22 GMT
next time, try something less strong, like vinegar. Vinegar? I don't think I have vinegar in my house. And another random thought. I am trying very hard to lose weight after finding out I put on 4 kg. In part, the weight gain was because the Pringles brand of potato crisps were on sale (I bought 6), and was able to demolish one whole tube of it in a day. I blame it on the stress of having to read, summarise, make interesting the Romance of the Three Kingdom thread. Then there was this milk chocolate with Fruit and Nuts that was on sale, so I bought 5 large slabs of it. Not much of them left, as I was under work pressure. So, here I am, 4 kg too heavy, and was trying to lose weight. Then I spotted the balance of my muesli in a plastic container, so I decided I should munch on that instead of potato crisps or chocolate. I made an interesting discovery. It turns out that muesli that had been opened and left around for a year tastes awful. It should not be, it was dry food. Granted, not vacuum sealed and not frozen but equatorial climate not withstanding, it should keep for a couple of years. Anyway, I threw it away. Maybe I should just keep my 4 kg...
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Post by siuyiu on Jan 16, 2015 19:11:52 GMT
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Post by yenchin on Jan 18, 2015 22:45:47 GMT
chefyingA TV/movie producer here in Taiwan once said something like, "We put so much money in eating good food and getting fat, why cut weight?" Seriously speaking I remember back when I wanted to cut some weight it took me about a year to cut down 3 Kgs, though I admit I wasn't putting too much effort on it. So I guess in the long run if you don't want the 4 Kgs it could still go away. Anyways I'm back in a Taipei job and it still takes me 1 hour to the workplace. It's fascinating that despite roughly the same time to workplace Taipei > Hsinchu probably due to the fact that I don't need to drive now. Two weeks into the job and my director is already asking me for English related personal favors. Back in December during the interview she asked "If our superiors want you to edit their English emails could you do that?" and this question shows what she was REALLY interested in. Well at least she treats me well on the job. LOL!
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Post by chefying on Jan 19, 2015 4:53:19 GMT
chefyingA TV/movie producer here in Taiwan once said something like, "We put so much money in eating good food and getting fat, why cut weight?" Good for you! We do need bosses who value us.
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Post by siuyiu on Jan 19, 2015 5:22:09 GMT
yenchin yay! it's always nice to be indispensible.
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Post by chefying on Jan 19, 2015 15:35:40 GMT
My stupid neighbour decided to feed the stray cats that wander around the back of my house. Since they are being fed, they hang around my backyard, breed and of late, decided to shit there. Alas, that stink had started coming into my house.
People say there are more than one way to skin a cat. Can anyone suggest a few different ways? I plan to skin those bloody cats, all of them, in all different ways. I have not decided if I would eat them yet.
Bloody cats. I hate cats. I am a dog person.
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Post by siuyiu on Jan 19, 2015 18:27:34 GMT
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Post by chefying on Jan 20, 2015 8:06:06 GMT
My house alarm came on at 4.30 am and at 6.30 am this morning, no thanks to the cats. They went around the doors and windows etc. at the back of the house, triggering the alarm.
When it happened the second time at 6.30 am, I was really crossed. I slipped on a pair of shorts, opened the back door with a staff in hand, and chased the cats. Not exactly morning exercise, but my blood did coursed around my veins very quickly. At the same time, I cursed the cats quite loudly. I did not care if the neighbourhood had been roused; actually I wanted my neighbour to be awakened (if my alarm had not woken them).
The point about cursing the cats is from Sun Zi's Art of War - Point at the Mulberry and curse the flowers. I think it worked. A short while later, while I was washing the cat shit from my backyard, my cat feeding neighbour walked pass very quickly, and did not acknowledge me. I pretended I did not see her.
I hope no one is familiar with Egyptian curses around my area. If the cats are charmed to start dining on my cat-feeding neighbour, I will be the first to be hauled in for questioning by the police!
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Post by Admin on Jan 24, 2015 17:35:58 GMT
My house alarm came on at 4.30 am and at 6.30 am this morning, no thanks to the cats. They went around the doors and windows etc. at the back of the house, triggering the alarm. When it happened the second time at 6.30 am, I was really crossed. I slipped on a pair of shorts, opened the back door with a staff in hand, and chased the cats. Not exactly morning exercise, but my blood did coursed around my veins very quickly. At the same time, I cursed the cats quite loudly. I did not care if the neighbourhood had been roused; actually I wanted my neighbour to be awakened (if my alarm had not woken them). The point about cursing the cats is from Sun Zi's Art of War - Point at the Mulberry and curse the flowers. I think it worked. A short while later, while I was washing the cat shit from my backyard, my cat feeding neighbour walked pass very quickly, and did not acknowledge me. I pretended I did not see her. I hope no one is familiar with Egyptian curses around my area. If the cats are charmed to start dining on my cat-feeding neighbour, I will be the first to be hauled in for questioning by the police! Cats can be really annoying. Do you know that during the mating time, they will meow-ing the whole night!!! yes...the whole night!! I hate cats too...although I enjoy the songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS
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Post by Admin on Jan 24, 2015 17:42:05 GMT
I went to see Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor yesterday, as my cough hasn't recovered since early December last year :S it only stopped a bit when I was on vacation. The doctor gave me some medicines, this time it's the boiled medicines put in a plastic bag, two times in a day. The taste and smell is so awful. Have to immediately take a spoon of honey to cover the awful the taste. And...unlike the western medicines for cold and cough which usually make people drowsy, Chinese medicine make me have stomach problem, but unable to sleep It is 1.40 AM here and I'm not sleepy at all
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Post by Admin on Jan 24, 2015 17:50:17 GMT
R.I.P for those those journalist who killed by Muslim Terrorist in France . France shall kick those Muslim out ,sent them back to Arab . Even Germany paper got fire bombed by Muslim for printing Charlie cartoon . I think western countries really have some immigration issues. To be honest, I'm laughing and being cynical to some of the western countries. They're so difficult and reluctant to give visa to East Asian countries, and before this recent years...China (now the Chinese are rich, they want to get Chinese's money). But they are so easily give visas and even residency to peoples from Middle Easts who have history of radicalism!
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Post by yenchin on Jan 24, 2015 23:16:12 GMT
chefyingSome pet equipment stores sell cat repellent which could be sprayed around, perhaps you could try some?
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