Yopy

On my weekend at Window of The World, Shenzhen

yopy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:02:44 +0000

Last week, my family was in town and I accompanied them to Shenzhen. We cleared the immigration at Shenzhen Bay. I like this immigration check point. Not many people and when you cross over the China side. Not many people hassling you for taxi.

We went out to the Window of World. A place that showcase miniature stuff of the world.

Me…behind me was the Angkor Wat in miniature size.

The hotel room. We stayed at Grand View Hotel at Nan Shan commercial district. The hotel location is very convenient. Next to a mall that have all kind of food. The only con about the this hotel is ….most of the room has no window.

All kind of food…products…on this mall. You never feel you left hong kong. I found this blog talked about this Coastal City Mall…here

On Halloween @ Lan Kwai Fong

yopy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 12:49:14 +0000

This is a post is a little late but…hey…better late than never… Halloween, never thought I would go to Lan Kwai Fong to join the crowd. But…I did…

Look at the crowd. A five minute walk to Lan Kwai Fong turned into a 1 hour walked.

Me and the panda….

Well…what kind I say..I like his make-up.

Most of the bar was packed.

Below some slides..

On learning manga drawing - part 2

yopy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:15:07 +0000

My ongoing manga learning.

My sifu drawing…

My drawing…not quite there but I am improving…

Creative Commons Hong Kong Launch

yopy — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:38:35 +0000

I am blessed to be in HK to witness the launching of Creative Commons. Creative Commons Founder Lawrence Lessig and Chief Executive Officer Joichi Ito flew in from the States for this ceremony.

The event was held at Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity in Kowloon City.

Professor Lawrence Lessig. Thanks. I am honored for this pic.

Ed from Dookaz.com, Joi Ito and Me. Thks Mr. Ito.

I read Joi Ito blog as early as … probably in year 2000. Back then, he was talking about setting up his stuff in Japan and some daily life stuff. I would never thought I will me this man in person. It was a damn awesome day for me…

Some slides…check it out…

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On my thought on CITIC Pacific debacle

yopy — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:56:24 +0000

Wow…Citic Pacific (0267) loss more than $15 billion HKD on forex forward contract. Well, most company have gone through this road. A lot of U.S. company with overseas business have done this kind of hedging and many have been burned. Some exception, Dell Computer had made a lot of money on this eon years ago and put it as revenue. Hehehehe….

Even country like Malaysia took at $9 billion Rm hit. Pier-1 import is also another example. Took a huge hit, declared chapter 11 and now…limping along.

But the funny thing. Citic Pacific did not even see the sign. The sign is all over their forward contract. They have a term for this…they called is ‘CURRENCY ACCUMULATORS’ = ‘CURRENCY I KILL YOU LATER’. Doesn’t it sound like I KILL YOU LATER?

Whoever coined this term knows exactly what is the end game of the customer. Next time, bring a malaysian along, they read better…ehhehe…’ACCUMULATORS’ my ass…maybe I read it differently…

People…when u in need of buying a forex forward contract and someone in the Bank offered this term…you better run…hehehehe..

I am thinking aloud.

On bumming around Lan Kwai Fong, Central

yopy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:22:01 +0000

I was bumming around Lan Kwai Fong area because I need to check out some baking pan prices for my sis. Not much happening lately… I am just lazying at home trying to revive my pda after a hard reset….

Took some pix that I want to share…

At the traffic light, going up to D’Aguilar Street.

Newspaper stands… there are lot of these newspaper stands. Some has been around on the same spot for the last 20 years or so…How they do it??? I wanna know…

Trams…when your are in town, check it out. Their website is here.

California Tower on Lan Kwai Fong street. This is where Webwednesday is held every month.

Some huge signage in Hong Kong.

Another shot on D’Aguilar street…

On my prediction on the HSI index

yopy — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:34:38 +0000

This is something I don’t want to do in this blog but lately this is the hottest topic in town. Plus, We..among friends has been exchanging our opinion on where the market is heading.

So…in my blog, I am posting my opinion. Please do keep in mind…I could be WRONG…heheheh

The last price on the chart was 8th Oct…

The price on 9th Oct close at 15,943.24, Up 511.511.

1) Price Action - based on pure price action, with the rebound on 9th Oct, I am looking at the price testing 16,284: the recent low and become the current resistance. If the price does not penetrate at this number, the price will coming back down to re-test the low 15,431.

2) Technically - from tech point of view, the price really does not look. The only way I long the market if its penetrate 20,000. Otherwise, I am just going to sit around and doing nothing. I am too chicken to long the market.

3) Volume - I put the volume on this chart because one of my friend is absolutely a believer in volume spread analysis. Looking at the high volume of the transaction on 8th Oct, I can safely say, the end of the sell-off is not even near…

This is my thought…I am thinking aloud…and expect profit…

On learning manga drawing - part 1

yopy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:58:30 +0000

This couple months been busy attending classes to learn some manga drawing. I have been fascinated on drawing manga. Only now, I have the opportunity to learn it. I know…old man trying to learn new things.

Lately, I realized…in drawing, you must be able to somehow sees the 3D angle. Otherwise, it’s very difficult to draw the exact position of the image.

Check out what I mean.

My sifu drawing…

My drawing…so much different. At this moment, I don’t know how to much fix it. What can I say….

Another drawing, after being fix by my sifu…

On Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

yopy — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:53:59 +0000

Bump into this video. Check it out. Its very motivational for me. I hope you, too.

On How To Setup PCCW 3G Web & Talk

yopy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:08:31 +0000

Recently, I signed up the PCCW 3G Web & Talk. They must have one of the worst support that I have ever had.

Their website does not tell you how to setup the GPRS setting, voicemail, email, and wifi. After a week of pestering PCCW customer service. Finally, they send me an email on how to do the setup.

So, I am posting it here in case someone has the same problem. I don’t how they sell their stuff without after sales support.

GPRS Setting

CLICK “START”  “SETTINGS”  “CONNECTIONS”  “CONNECTIONS”
 “ADVANCED” “SELECT NETWORKS”  “NEW”
Insert the below information:
Name: PCCW 3G

CHOOSE MODEM>NEW
1.) ENTER A NAME FOR THESE SETTINGS:
Name: PCCW 3G GPRS
2.) SELECT A MODEM:
Cellular Line (GPRS,3G)
3.) CLICK ” NEXT”
ACCESS POINT NAME: pccw
4.) CLICK ” NEXT”
USERNAME / PASSWORD / GATEWAY: (leave it blank)
5.) CLICK” FINISH”
6.) CLICK ” PROXY SETTING”
CHOOSE “THIS NETWORK CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET”&”THIS NETWORK USES A PROXY SERVER TO CONNECT TO THE INTERNET”
7.) PROXY SERVER INSERT: 10.140.14.10
8.) CLICK ”ADVANCED”
HTTP>SERVER:10.140.14.10 PORT:8080
WAP>SERVER:10.140.14.10 PORT:9201
9.) ”FINISH”

MMS Setting

CLICK “START”  MESSAGE CENTERTOOLSMMS SETTINGMMS SERVER“NEW”
INSERT THE BELOW INFORMATIONS:
PROXY SERVER: PCCW MMS
GATEWAY:10.140.14.10
PORT: 9201
SERVER IP: http://3gmms.pccwmobile.com:8080/was
LIMIT: 250KB
DATA CONNECT: CHOOSE ”PCCW 3G”
WAP GATEWAY: CHOOSE ”WAP 1.2”

WIFI

I use PPC with WM5 and WM6. When you pick up the Wifi signal. Open your browser, sign using the monthly payment plan. There is drop-down box with the default ‘netvigator.com’. Click on the drop-down box and find the ‘pccw mobile’.

Your login id is your phone number and the password is your six digit HKID number.

or you can go to their website and download the user-guide. It’s pretty straight forward.

Voicemail

Call - 6388-8892 and just follow instruction.

Email

I received my first bill and I still don’t know the smtp for the outgoing email. I can received but I can’t send out.

For me, the WiFi everywhere drawn me to this plan. PCCW has one of largest hotspots in Hong Kong. When you in need of WiFi, you can pick-up from MTR, Starbucks, Pacific Coffee, 7-Eleven, Circle K and others. It’s the support that I am quite tick-off.

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