Feb20

Friday

Posted by: Brian Chan | Filed in: life | Tags: | 12:41 pm, February 20th, 2009 No Comments »

又星期五啦! 香港人同美國人的分別在於:

我今日覺得好驚, 因為已經係星期五啦! 爽手D做完D嘢先得!

而在我身邊D人覺得, 終於星期五啦! 鬆曬!



Feb17

Bristol Palin

Posted by: Brian Chan | Filed in: life | Tags: , | 12:07 pm, February 17th, 2009 1 Comment »

Abstinence ‘is not realistic,’ Palin’s daughter says

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/17/abstinence-is-not-realistic-palins-daughter-says/

She says:

  1. Everyone should be abstinent . . . but it’s not realistic at all,” the 18-year-old told Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, adding that having sex as a teenager had become “more and more accepted now” among people her age.
  2. “I think everyone should just wait 10 years,” Palin said. Being a teenage mother “is not glamorous at all . . . your whole priorities change after having a baby.”

I am like… ah, girl, you are a big fat liar, hypocrite! Why didn’t you wait for 10 years while telling people to wait for 10 years. You got to practice what you preach!



Feb17

兩校半百學生 愛民邨毆鬥

Posted by: Brian Chan | Filed in: life | Tags: , | 11:22 am, February 17th, 2009 No Comments »

兩校半百學生 愛民邨毆鬥

http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/2/1/1/1038494/1.html

Don’t you find the title a bit ironic?



Feb13

Symptom Checker

Posted by: Brian Chan | Filed in: life, technology | Tags: , , | 04:32 pm, February 13th, 2009 No Comments »

This Symptom Checker tool is quite amazing! I am sure there have been times you have felt some pain or discomfort at certain part of your body, but it was not severe enough for you to drop everything to see a doctor. Well, this tool can do the pre-screening for you. I don’t think this tool can replace your doctor but it can at least give you an idea based on your symptoms. Try it out!

WebMD Symptom Checker (http://symptoms.webmd.com/symptomchecker)

I found a few more, just to be fair…

Revolution Health Symptom Checker (http://www.revolutionhealth.com/symptom-checker/index)

Mayo Clinic Symptom Checker (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/symptom-checker/DS00671)

Wrong Diagnosis Symptom Checker (http://symptoms.wrongdiagnosis.com/)



Feb13

Bonhoeffer

Posted by: Brian Chan | Filed in: church, life | Tags: , , | 10:26 am, February 13th, 2009 No Comments »

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a name foreign to many of us. I recently watched his autobiography DVD, and I am deeply impacted by how he lived his life.

From the PBS website:

He was born into a comfortable, upper middle class family and he risked it all to join the German Resistance. He had deep respect for human life, but he committed himself to joining plots to assassinate Hitler. Facing the death sentence in prison, he wrote some of the most compelling theology of the 20th century.

Some of the tough life questions from his life are:

  • Why go back to Germany to go against Hitler instead of enjoying the peaceful life in New York?
  • Going against Hitler implies assassination. Is killing justified in this situation?
  • What is ethics at a time of the outbreak of WWII? What’s considered men’s duty?
  • Ultimately, what is God’s will? (Notice that the Nazi also justified their acts in the name of God)

Bonhoeffer went back to Germany, joined the German Resistance, and participated in many of the underground operations. However the assassination attempt failed and he was executed along with some of his brothers. He was not well known because he didn’t succeed. However his life became a great source of inspiration to people like Martin Luther King.

I recommend you to check out his autobiography DVD.

“The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Bonhoeffer’s official website



Jan30

What've you drank today?

Posted by: Brian Chan | Filed in: life | Tags: , | 07:43 am, January 30th, 2009 No Comments »

Today, I had tea, coffee boba, beer, corn cream soup, lemon tea, and finally vita soy milk. Gosh… this is what life is like in Hong Kong…



Jan29

The Miniature Earth

Posted by: Brian Chan | Filed in: life | Tags: , , , | 10:34 am, January 29th, 2009 1 Comment »

After watching this video made by The Miniature Earth Project, I am reminded once again of the fact that life is so UNFAIR that I have SO MUCH compared to many people in this world. You got to watch this video!



Jan8

"The Good Life" parable

Posted by: Brian Chan | Filed in: life | Tags: , , | 07:21 pm, January 8th, 2009 No Comments »

This is really cool~~~ One of my friends forwarded this to me. If you have a minute check it out!

Original link