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Year of Pig

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What do you think about the picture? What do you think about this year? Happy Lunar New Year.

Lamma Island

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Not Too Late

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I have read the book " Why We Want You to be Rich: Two Men - One Message " for around two months in a bookstore (Yes, I'm a worm :P) and finished it yesterday. The content is less interesting than I expected. You can simply ignore it if you have read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" series. Nothing but Norah Jones can inspire me this February. Her voice, her rhythm, her lyrics, all of her through the air have made me touched. Be my Valentine, not too late .

Mahjong Again

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I like probability calculation, but I hate gambling. I feel uncomfortable to risk my money into uncertainty. However I played Mahjong in my friend's wedding banquet last night. Total Score ~ Player East: 96 Player South: -192 Player West: 112 Player North: -16 In addition to the last conclusion , some new conclusions are drawn after the game: 1. The final scoring will adjust the multiple difference between the probability of Pong and that of Chi. 2. Given a tile of Dots, Bams or Craks, the probability of getting one suite is around (16/80)(8/76) (33/72)(16/68)(8/64) (30/60)(16/56)(8/52) (27/48)(16/44)(8/40) = 0.0000255163% 3. Given four different tiles, the proability of getting all triplets is around (3/80)(2/76) (3/72)(2/68) (3/64)(2/60) (3/56)(2/52) * 4C1 = 0.0000000016% 4. By Game Theory, your previous opponent will reserve your targeted pattern tiles to reduce your winning probabilty. This point easily attacks point 2. 5. By point 4, Mahjong is a game to encourage being a non