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“This is a once in a life time thing~ Fiona & Joyce MINI CONCERT 08″

I am sad to say I won’t be here to attend the concert, but for all of you that are in HK, don’t miss out.

What you should expect for the night:
1) Fiona and Joyce’s will perform solo and duet pop pieces in Canto, Mandarin and English
2) Get a tastes of Joyce’s very own composition (BTW very awesome stuff)
3) Hopefully live music from various artists (depends on availability of musicians and preparation time)
4) The entrance fee of $132 per person is merely for the dinner buffet provided from the cafe (NOT FOR OUR OWN PROFIT)
5) Laid back mood, good food and great music!
6) Opportunity to meet some new friends

Have a taste of Joyce’s music
http://hk.geocities.com/joycetoyikyan/

Want to know more about how Fiona & Joyce prepare for their MINICONCERT, Blog here!
http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!9kCP6vWYHw7MOqMyz8Xdk26s2RFJ

You are welcome to bring friends along.

Date: Saturday 30th Aug 2008
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: The Musical Studio Rm.201, 2/F.,
23 Hillwood Road. Tsim Sha Tsui
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RSVP: $132
(Dinner Buffet & Drinks Included)
Walk In: $132
(Have a seat)

RSVP By Facebook
Click “Attending” under RSVP

Life is full of surprises

Only a selected few have their life planned out

For the rest us, we live one day at and time

and that is not good nor bad

Life is not to be valued by the number of breaths we take

but by the the number of moments that take our breath

and that’s the truth…

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 28 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

• There are 175,215 people in the U.S. with the first name Tommy.
• Tommy is statistically the 349th most popular first name.
• 97.39 percent of people with the first name Tommy are male
• Names similar to Tommy: Thomas
• There are 48,755 people in the U.S. with the last name Chen.
• Chen is statistically the 716th most popular last name.
• Famous people with the last name Chen: Joan Chen, Kaige Chen

Dr. Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor whose final lecture inspired millions, died in Virginia of pancreatic cancer (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) . He was the founder of the Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) at Carnegie Mellon University and worked on the Alice 3D authoring system, an animated computer programming educational system for high school and college students.

“It’s not difficult to find educators in CS who are as personable as Dr. Pausch was but it is definitely rare to find one filled with such kindness and an undeniable love for life, ” said John Biggs of Tech Crunch and I couldn’t agree more with this statement.

He is survived by his wife and children Dylan, Logan, and Chloe. Donations can be made to the Carnegie Mellon’s Randy Pausch Memorial Fund.

Dr Pausch gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

In American, we always get the bad rep for being the most unhealthy individuals in the world and although that may be true. Look at what our counterparts in Asia are eating. The promotional McPepper is not just a Big Mac, but 2 Big Macs with a lots of black pepper sauce. With all the heat that the Big Mac has gotten in the States for its spread on health concerns, I’m guess the Mega McPepper is not good for you…

BTW I had one the other day and it’s not too bad

The iPhone Dev Team has released PwnageTool 2.0. This jailbreaks iPhones/iPod Touches running firmware 2.0 to support non-App Store third-party application. The first-generation iPhones can also be unlocked, but the iPhone 3G cannot be unlocked or used with BootNeuter.

I tested this and the Pwanage Tool is flawless. Everything has worked for me so far and I provided an outline of what I did to get my iPhone 1st Gen unlocked and jailbroken with the 2.0 firmware.

Warning: Jailbreak / Unlock at your own risk. I will take no responsibility what so ever for what may occur before, during, after the Pwnaing process. I tried it myself and was successful. Please proceed with caution.

To Jailbreak and Unlock a first-generation iPhone:

1. Upgraded to Itunes 7.7
2. Download the Boot Loader ( bl39.bin and bl46.bin)
3. Download the Pwnage Tool 2.0.1
4. Open iTunes 7.7 and connected the iPhone. When the iPhone is detected iTunes will ask you to upgrade your firmware, select the download only and disconnect iPhone after the download starts.
5. Open the Pwnage Tool
   1. Select expert mode
   2. Chose iPhone 1st Gen / iPod Touch
   3. Browse for the 2.o firmware
   4. Browse for the boot loader
   5. Further customize the third party installer, custom boot / dfu screen, etc and select build (Optional). This will create a custom ipws for you to restore your phone from in iTunes
   6. When the custom ipws file is created, the Pwanage Tool will instruct you on how to put your iPhone into dfu mod. Follow the on screen instruction , dock your phone, and close the Pwanage Tool.
   7. Once your phone is in dfu mode and docked, iTunes will not recognize your iPhone and will ask you to restore. Select “alt” and the restore button, browse for your the custom ipw file you created with the Pwanage Tool and sit back and relax.
   8. Once iTunes successfully restores your iPhone, it will reboot and bootneutral will opened automatically. First, it neutral the boot and then flashed the baseband.
   9. Your iPhone 1st Gen / iPod Touch is Jailbroken and Unlocked

Last Friday, China’s first Apple store opened in Beijing. In time for Olympic Games I suppose. The store is selling all Apple products except the iPhone because it has not launched there yet.

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Start your own timeline at OurStory.com

VB’s new secret project as been announced to the world: Qore, an interactive program on the Playstation Network. The premier episode includes in-depth exclusive and never-before released content on upcoming PlayStation titles such as SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Secret Agent Clank, Soul Calibur 4 and Afro Samurai, as well as the latest Blu-ray Disc trailers, an exclusive SOCOM: Confrontation theme with an invitation to the SOCOM: Confrontation beta, art galleries and other surprises.

To get Qore, simply log onto PSN and go to the PLAYSTATION Store, as you would purchase any other form of downloadable content. Once the single Episode or annual subscription is purchased, that month’s episode will be downloaded under the “Game” heading on the Cross Media Bar (XMB). Users who purchase the “Qore Annual Subscription” will notice only that month’s episode is available to download. The following month, the new episode will automatically appear in your download list. The introductory price for Qore is $2.99 for a single episode and $24.99 for an annual subscription of 13 episodes, using your PLAYSTATION Network wallet.