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Third Macau Travel

I traveled Macau last weekend. It was the third time for me to go sightseeing in Macau, although I have visited Macau many times because of my relatives. By comparing my three times of travel experiences, we can see the change of Macau along the years. Macau 20-21 Feb 2010 The first travel was in the Fall of 2005. It was the time just after the Historic Centre of Macau was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Although the monopoly system of gambling was ended in 2002, Macau still remained itself as a silent and simply island with long history. The second travel was in the Fall of 2006. I saw the rapid change of Macau. Both the traditional and the advanced were fused at the island. We visited hundreds year buildings, ate local foods and entered casinos invested by foreign ventures. Only SANDS and Wynn were many enough to make waves in the gambling industry. I stayed at Sofitel Macau at Ponte 16 Hotel, which was a five star hotel managed by a french venture. There have been many

The Settlers of Catan

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Thank Johnny for bringing the funny game - The Settlers of Catan - to visit my home on the third day of Lunar New Year. This game was introduced to me by my German friend. We used to playing the game and other board games after dinner when I lived in the university. The memory of Room 708, Tower B, HKUST is ever unforgettable.

Invisible Charge

Apple iPhone is amazing. Whoever is crazy about the amazing device. As a result of high demand of iPhone in Hong Kong, Smartone-Vodafone, following Hutchison 3, has become one of resellers of Apple iPhone in HK. Nevertheless, the new reseller provided a detailed devil to her customers, including those who do not purchase iPhone from her. I found the story by my bad experience. I was informed that my data usage had exceeded to an extent level last week. I was surprised and because I had not used any 3G service and I turned off Data Roaming setting. I asked the customer service of Smartone-Vodafone to check it in detail but there was no result. I was informed about the same thing on the next day. I replied that my iPhone setting should avoid from using any cellular network. The technician fortunately explained that Smartone-Vodafone turned my iPhone APN setting on when I updated my iPhone through iTune. In addition, it made the setting hidden so that no one could turn the setting off. In