50!!!!!

Today marks the big "five-o" for, not me, of course, the Lego brick. It was on this day in 1958 that the interlocking Lego brick was patented.

http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/01/50th-anniversar.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aRTBxPQelakk&refer=europe

I am a big fan of Lego and would like to say:

Happy B'day Lego brick!

Trams

Hong Kong trams - a slow, basic and old fashioned form of public transportation.

For myself, I absoutely love the trams. Though it may be slow, but that is exactly the speed to enjoy and absorb the scenery on both sides of the street. Not only does it add a lot of history and character to the daily life of Hong Kong, and with its colorful and eye-catching advertisements, how can one not to like it?

Lately, I have started to collect trams photos on the web, and realized how many of them are out there and I can imagine there are even more that are not documented.

I took these photos while I was visiting HK in October and am hoping whoever that has other trams pics, will forward them to me to add to my collection.

Pretz & Pocky

Saw these 2 new green tea flavored porky sticks at a local Chinese grocery store a few days ago. It was kind of on the expensive side at $2.69 each. Thought for a little bit, and since I like green tea, I decided to give them a try and compare them.

Porky Marble with green tea and chocolate
- 3 small packs

- 4 sticks per pack

- 12 sticks total = $.224 each (ouch!!)
I tried and found the chocolate flavor too strong and overpowered the green tea flavor.....don't like it : (

Green Tea Pretz
- 4 small packs
- 9 sticks per pack
- 36 sticks total = $ .075 each (reasonable)
the lightly glazed stick has a rich green tea flavor to it....absolutely love it, highly recommended : )

Happy New Year

Time (like Ethan) flies at "Sprint speed"! Before you know it, 2007 has come to a close as we welcome 2008!

We wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Christmas

Have a Merry Christmas!!!

"Real-life" Garfield

Jury Duty

On Wednesday, I was summoned to be a juror. Well, this is my first jury duty, and I have no idea what I really have to do. Will I be selected? Will I be part of a big criminal case? Will I be tied up for days, weeks or even months? Well. the answer to all of those questions is - NO!

There were 3 criminal cases for that day and since all ended up with plea deals, none of us jurors (around 150 to 200) were needed.

On one hand, I spent 3 hours of my time waiting there, but on another hand, I got a $15 check for this, and the rest of the day off from work.....not a bad deal. I was told that the next time that I will be selected for jury duty, it will be another 3 to 5 years!

Looking back, it was a very interesting, and educational experience. Indeed, it is a privilage to have this constitution right to be part of the US legal system.