Correlation between Chinese population size and wealth


"Because of the entrepreneurial drive of Chinese immigrants, the more Chinese a country has, the richer it becomes." Interesting...
  • Burma: 3% Chinese, $157 per capita GDP
  • Cambodia: 1.2% Chinese, $341 per capita GDP
  • Laos: 1% Chinese, $396 per capita GDP
  • Vietnam: 3% Chinese, $518 per capita GDP
  • Philippines: 2% Chinese, $1,021 per capita GDP
  • Indonesia: 3.1% Chinese, $1,100 per capita GDP
  • Thailand: 12% Chinese, $2,845 per capita GDP
  • Malaysia: 25% Chinese, $5,003 per capita GDP
  • Singapore: 76.8% Chinese, $24,620 per capita GDP

The hottest guy on TV


Minghon and I finished watching Season 1 of Prison Break last night, after a week of non-stop DVD boiling. It was soooooooooooo good! The series was fast-paced, tense, and brainy. We cheered so many times for the convicts as they overcame obstacles after obstacles.

The casting was ingenius – Prison Break probably has the two most menacing villains (Peter Stormare and Robert Knepper as Abruzzi and T-Bag) and THE HOTTEST MALE LEAD on TV.

The latest hot dude worshipped in my cubicle:


Smarter than Jude Law and sexier than Jack Bauer, Wentworth Miller is such a PERFECT man!!! I don't want to spoil the show for you by deliberating on how PERFECT a man he was. You just have to see him in Prison Break!

中國特奧疑有冒牌智障運動員


由智障人士參加的中國第四屆特殊奧林匹克全國運動會,運動員水平極高,懷疑有冒牌智障人士參賽。

四川「天府早報」報導,第四屆中國全國特奧會七月二十八日在黑龍江哈爾濱巿開幕,根據國際特奧會規定,參加特奧會運動員須經醫生診斷為智障人士,並出具相關醫學證明文件,但本屆特奧會卻懷疑有多名運動員混進比賽,以謀取好成績。

在足球場上,本屆特奧會比賽水平之高,令觀戰的哈爾濱巿民歎為觀止。四川特奧代表團教練、成都體院研究生關志遜對天津隊的一次三人快速反擊擊節叫好:「三人一起壓上,突破後傳中,再冷靜傳後點,最後將球打進空門,一氣呵成。」他笑稱,「這進球已有了中超水平」,並驚歎「智障人練十年也不可能有這水平。」一名特奧會大學生義工說,「這麼高水平,我們系隊也打不贏。」

除了足球比賽外,其他賽場也發現類似情況。在田徑比賽中,一名特奧運動員一百公尺跑出十一秒八的水準,在桌球、羽毛球上也屢見「疑似專業隊員」的特奧選手,一些健全的業餘運動員也自歎不如。

從事智障人士教育的成都巿青羊區特教中心教員羅光旭認為,本屆特奧會有那麼多「疑似」特奧選手,主因是本屆特奧選手只要出示智障等級證書的複印本就可參加比賽,不少代表團「鑽空子」,甚至偽造智障人士等級證書。預賽時這些選手裝瘋賣傻矇混資格審查,淘汰賽及決賽時為了金牌就原形畢露。

按照大會規定,智商七十以上為正常人,但有些代表團為了成績,將這些疑似選手的智商測定為六十八、六十五等,讓人「啞口無言」。

~ 明報即時新聞,二〇〇六年八月四日

Math genius




I got these from him who got them from him.

Say cheese!


To those people who enjoy introducing Chinese cuisine to foreigners in the form of pig's ears, chicken feet, or fish head: i) They are not that disgusting, you smarty pants; ii) You really are not funny at all. Trust me.

I present to you a Sardinian delicacy, casu marzu.