tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:05:54 +0000講故仔life motto wantedof all things insignificanthttp://hoyan.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (h)Blogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-5809801215577228651Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:44:00 +00002010-03-22T03:17:32.809-04:00講故仔講故仔: "唱歌仔"TG loved to sing, and she was very talented. she could make even the most kiddish songs sound absolutely enjoyable. i remember she used to sing a song all the time. the song went: "我的家庭真可愛, 健康快樂照常在...", and every time i would argue with her saying it's supposed to be "笑常在" instead. i loved it when she sang it. since Lok Lok and Lily joined us, she added another line to the song: "我個肥仔滑捋http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2010/03/tg-loved-to-sing-and-she-was-very.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-8594125573612565839Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:20:00 +00002010-03-02T04:22:39.278-05:00講故仔講故仔: "Tin Guy"She was a strange kid. when she was a kid she used to think of herself as a frog, "tin guy" as she called it. i guess i'm weird, too coz i love it so much that ever since she told me about it i started calling her "tin guy", or simply "gwa". tg is her initial from then on.tg was a real frog. she was always energetic and if u look closely, u can see that her eyes were always watery. http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2010/03/tin-guy-she-was-strange-kid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-9110081262000225751Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:17:00 +00002010-02-15T11:20:56.590-05:00講故仔講故仔: "歹命呀"講個故仔先. 佢細個好鍾意玩兩隻電腦game. 一隻係仙劍, 一隻係大富翁. 初期大富翁裡面有一個角色叫阿土仔, 到我睇佢玩嗰陣已經出到第x代, 阿土仔已變成阿土伯. 遊戲中每當阿土伯中左衰野, 就會講呢句"歹命呀". 佢好鍾意, 會成日"吱"起把聲扮阿土伯講"歹命呀". 跟住我就會陪佢一齊講.歹命歹得好開心.http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2010/02/blog-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-4759181919410828137Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:05:00 +00002009-11-09T09:34:20.571-05:00well another three months on and the pain is still here. it is still here. it still haunts me from time to time.it's a complicated feeling. it's not constant. it deeply affects my emotion. it occupies my mind most of the time. it gets worse especially when ppl tell me to let go. no i can't. not by choice anyway. when i hear ppl telling me to let go that just makes me feel more lonely coz, no, no http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2009/11/well-another-three-months-on-and-pain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-1062162968434634238Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:48:00 +00002009-08-25T13:00:46.786-04:00three months on and here u have my new post. the most significant thing that had happened in the last 3 months is undoubtedly my divorce. yup. i got divorced. can u believe it? no? i can't neither. but this is what happened.the most difficult time has passed. thou i can't say for 100% sure that i'm fully prepared to move on ,but at least the pain has mostly gone. i miss her. i still http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2009/08/three-months-on-and-here-u-have-my-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-3470500638245353406Wed, 27 May 2009 18:36:00 +00002009-05-27T14:51:01.220-04:00after reading through my own blog i realize this is how it goes: every once in a while i'd put up a new postd saying how long i've been away from this blog and this is the first post in a long while. so this is a sort of a tradition of my blog and i dare not to interrupt it..so here u go: hey this is the first post since many months! hooray! u happy now? no? oh well.recently a thought came up tohttp://hoyan.blogspot.com/2009/05/after-reading-through-my-own-blog-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-6713629244527096189Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:59:00 +00002008-10-07T13:07:53.828-04:00"boring boring boring!" the line sums it all up. "coz u're not trying" kinda true. maybe life is just plain boring."boring boring boring!" i can't say it enough.*********bought a dslr for almost 2 years but satisfactory results are rare. maybe i'm not an artist after all, thou all i want is to take cats' photos.skill is one thing but i think the real important thing is what's inside a photo. no http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2008/10/boring-boring-boring-line-sums-it-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-5461690273715720080Sat, 12 Jan 2008 05:17:00 +00002008-01-12T00:17:37.007-05:00 Victoria Harbour Originally uploaded by hoyanov. shot from the lower deck of star ferry, this' supposed to be one of most spectacular scenes in the world, according to the text anyway.yawn.http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2008/01/victoria-harbour-originally-uploaded-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-8614579468228126594Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:17:00 +00002008-01-07T12:17:17.067-05:00 Star Ferry Originally uploaded by hoyanov. on Christmas night all Christians sing...we intended to but the rooms were fully booked. so instead we went on a ferry ride. shooting from the upper bridge when boarding, u have to wonder what there ppl're looking at. some columns to be exact.but then what is really there to be seen out at the victoria harbour these days that haven't been seen http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2008/01/star-ferry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-4983282077064914563Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:17:00 +00002008-01-06T20:17:46.556-05:00 IMG_5111 Originally uploaded by hoyanov. find the cat in this picture. and there's no prize doing so.this picture was taken in Guangzhou en route to fix my spine. 80 bucks and my spine was new again, thou the process was a bit too painful for my taste. some ppl love it thou as if it's a kind of manhood stuff. "i'm a man i got beaten up and i didn't make a sound... i'm a real man!" make http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2008/01/img5111.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-3604343280176601002Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:16:00 +00002007-12-14T10:16:49.757-05:00 IMG_5122 Originally uploaded by hoyanov. a picture taken in gz.i really like the color tone of this lens. maybe it's just the white balance setting. i guess i'll leave this to the pro.so let's go back to the picture.. ok so there aren't much to talk about in this picture. you see what you see. that's it. bye byehttp://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/12/img5122.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-696720077984548781Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:06:00 +00002007-11-20T13:06:12.954-05:00 snake set meal b Originally uploaded by hoyanov. another snake soup. they make it a set meal with all these presented in the pic. all for $35 hkd. good stuff. will go again soon.susie if u're reading: i'll bring u there. brace yourself.http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/11/snake-soup-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-5446226324275440567Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:42:00 +00002007-11-05T02:59:20.464-05:00i had a guangzhou trip last week and it was ok. gz is a better place during winter when it's not as hot and humid. the cooler temperature make our beloved 同胞 more tolerable.this trip confirmed what i've suspected: gz food sucks. at least they have mcdonald's but even that tastes a little weird in gz. the fries just isn't right.speaking of fries, recently i got this craving of those super fatty http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-had-guangzhou-trip-last-week-and-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-7546869993739324565Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:45:00 +00002007-10-25T15:11:29.143-04:00another boring day..so today i went to sham shui po.. again. i was looking for components for my beloved but very much dated g4 cube without much success.first, the only wireless option i have is the airport card that provides a mere 801.11b connection. this is pretty weak given the physical setup at my place. and the card doesn't come cheaply, even for a used one. the usb receiver route won't http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/10/another-boring-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-445530830515520815Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:58:00 +00002007-10-24T11:03:56.353-04:00today is a good becoz:1. the weather is nice;2. it's not too hot;3. it's proven that my father doesn't have cancer.hohohoh. tmr i'll go to sham shui po and have snake soup again. yum yum.http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/10/today-is-good-becoz-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-3512993486116776921Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:20:00 +00002007-10-15T13:20:56.478-04:00 IMG_4066.JPG Originally uploaded by hoyanov. got a new lens. Canon 50mm f1.8 for $580 in MK.what a bargain. it takes light in, it focuses, it shoots... just like any other lens...oh well. u can google its reviews and samples. it's sharp enough and the bokeh is pretty enough for an average joe like me. and it's pretty fast, too.considering the price, hey it's a steal!http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/10/canon-50mm-f18.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-7350264651474073539Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:03:00 +00002007-10-09T11:22:34.038-04:00tonight i went to yoshinoya after my accounting class. as usual i ordered the chicken bowl. the only difference is that i ordered iced tea instead of coke.the yoshinoya iced tea tastes very funny: it tastes just like ricola. it's like drinking a candy.. hm.. yuck!the accounting class is practical in a way that the teacher actually shows the students how to do everything. it's a hands-on class. http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/10/tonight-i-went-to-yoshinoya-after-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-5883839779659128037Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:27:00 +00002007-10-06T10:27:10.315-04:00 IMG_3832.JPG Originally uploaded by hoyanov. bak bak in her hideout. when u look into her hideout, she’d greet u with a soft meow. if u put ur hand in, she’d give u a slight touch with her little palm.too bad the picture wasn’t very clear. maybe it’s time to get a faster lens..http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/10/img3832jpg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-5039154993718032424Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:32:00 +00002007-10-05T09:39:57.767-04:00the 坤記芝麻糕 of sham shui po is really good.the younger sister working in there has a short temper thou. so i guess not even good dessert can capture a girl's heart no more.i guess in hk, a good hint on the stock market works way better than a dish of fine dessert. i think that's kinda sad.http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/10/of-sham-shui-po-is-really-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-7218473286203331015Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:49:00 +00002007-10-04T05:51:27.364-04:00after all these year, i finally realize i prefer hand writing more than typing. it's just easier to let my mind flows. but then again, my hand writing is among the worst in the world. sometimes even i have a hard time reading my own hand writing...it's that bad.http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/10/after-all-these-year-i-finally-realize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-5567142127257778398Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:29:00 +00002007-09-28T10:36:45.712-04:00as i'm typing this post, it's showing '歲月風雲'this is the second episode i've watched it, and i've had enough already.if IQ can be quantified, i wonder how many IQ points tvb has costed the hk population over the years?http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/09/as-im-typing-this-post-its-showing-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-5950975651890280688Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:18:00 +00002007-09-28T10:21:22.361-04:00movie night! these are what i got: 1. Carlito's Way 2. Napoleon Dynamite.hohoho.have fun. coz i'm sure i will.http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/09/movie-night-these-are-what-i-got-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-3998690508381184773Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:08:00 +00002007-09-12T10:14:07.560-04:00recently i'm addicted to another facebook application. i'm not going to reveal the name coz i think it's a bad application. what's fun about it is that u can pick up an animal and races against ur friend's. and u bet on it. yup the gambling part is fun, even more so is the fact that the betting system is crappy.now i'm turning into a gambler. not cool... but at least i'm not betting real money sohttp://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/09/recently-im-addicted-to-another.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-6346407472782927249Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:41:00 +00002007-09-02T09:48:57.076-04:00today i drove my dad's car for a ride.. all by myself. this was the first time in hk. even though it's nothing like the big sky and open roads in the US, i do enjoy it. it takes time to get used to the right hand drive system in hk thou.i wish i can drive on those open roads again.http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/09/today-i-drove-my-dads-car-for-ride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128195.post-4164035588852011240Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:02:00 +00002007-08-28T05:20:39.837-04:00recently i encountered a few drivers who can't stop talking. some of them can't stop talking to the passengers, while others just keep talking to themselves. these are mainly taxi drivers and mini-bus drivers. so i think that we can setup radio shows, and broadcast through the internet. the hosts will be these drivers, and their passengers will be their guests. so everyone gotta talk. how fun is http://hoyan.blogspot.com/2007/08/recently-i-encountered-few-drivers-who.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (h)0