New Team Member

This week, a new member joined our team, she is a fresh graduate from a local university, but, with at least one year working experience in deskstop and Windows systems support. After talking to her, I found that she pretty smart and learn things fast. She is joining our team as a system engineer, specifically, Unix admin.

For the next couple of weeks, we will be passing her lots of know-how and hands-on job training.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

The Soviets want it (The Crystal Skull), because it has the capability to control the minds of humans (e.g. U.S politicians, leaders). Indiana Jones and team wants to return it to where it belongs (somewhere in Peru). With the help of a captured Jones' old friend, they try to find out where the skull came from.

The adventure begins with the Soviets hot on their tail, Jones and team have to fight them times again and again. Surviving through the firefights with the Soviets, man eating insects (ants?) and falls from three steep waterfalls, they finally got to a hidden ancient city in the Peruian jungle.

They went straight into a temple looking structure and see crystal skeletons surrounding them, one of them is without a (crystal) skull. Then the Soviet agent arrives, taking away the skull, and put it back to where it is supposed to be. The building structure shakes, starts collapsing and water floods in, then, everyone started running for their lives. Out on a high ground, Jones and team see what looks like a space ship raising up from the site, atlas, it is clear, the place was built by an Alien civilisation.

Story ends with Jones marry the woman whom he was supposed to marry many years back and found out a son he fathered with the woman, they were in the same adventure.

Back from Hong Kong and Macau

Just back a week ago from Hong Kong and Macau with a friend. It was kind of a breakaway trip from my hectic work.

On touching down to Hong Kong International Airport, we bought ferry tickets (at the arrival), straight to Macau. The thing that impressed us was that, as part of the airport's integrated sea, land, air service, our luggages were 'invisibly' moved from our in-coming flight to the ferry, without us physically carry them on the boat and no check-out of the airport! Take a fast boat from the Hong Kong Airport's ferry terminal to Macau ferry terminal in about 45mins. Actually, not many people know about this arrangement.

Macau is a small place with many good to visit casinos, not necessary to gamble though, you could just take the free shuttle buses from the ferry terminal to any casinos or hotels, even if you are not staying there. If you have a camera, do take pictures of their hotel structures and decorations, they are really nice. Oh, don't forget to pick up a map at the ferry terminal, don't worry, you wouldn't get lost, if you do, just go to any hotel, take their free buses and go back to the starting point, the ferry terminal.

If you want to, you could also take the local buses (not expensive!), and go on a short trip to Taipa and coloane islands to the south, and enjoy the more laid-back rural life. Most locals may not speak English, know where you are going, check the route map at each bus stop first. Remember this, the buses can be very crowded in the evening, as most are taken by the workers from the construction sites, they jam pack the buses, and don't have to habit the give way to alighting passengers, you may have to squeeze your way out.

Some places to visit, the Chapel of Saint Francis Xavier, Senado Square, Ruins of St. Paul’s, etc. Oh, remember to buy the egg tarts from Lord Stow's Bakery at 1 Rua da Tassara, Coloane Town Square on Coloane Island, really sweet and tasty, don't miss it!