Xbox 360 Games I Look Forward To

Thought I should make a list of all the games coming out soon that I probably won't get to play till next year, what with the baby coming and all.

Soon-to-be-released:
Assassin's Creed II
Bioshock 2
Final Fantasy XIII
Left 4 Dead 2
Mass Effect 2
Metal Gear Solid: Rising
Modern Warfare 2 (Prestige Edition comes with a freakin' NIGHT VISION GOGGLE!!)
Splinter Cell: Conviction

Have yet to buy:

The Beatles: Rock Band
Call of Duty: World at War

Fable II (Game of the Year Edition released, but only in Europe?)
Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Forza Motorsport 3

Halo 3
Halo 3: ODST
Left 4 Dead

Need For Speed: Shift
Resident Evil 5

Have yet to play:

Assassin's Creed (bought for $6.90+gst)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (bought for $38.83+gst)
Bioshock ($19.99+gst)
Dead Space (bought for $9.99+gst)

Gears of War 2 (bought for $19.99+gst)
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (19.99+gst)

Have yet to finish:

Burnout Paradise
Devil May Cry 4

Forza Motorsport 2
GRAW
GRAW 2

Guitar Hero World Tour (bought complete band kit w/ 2-yr extended warranty for $59 + gift cards)
Lego Batman
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Lost Odyssey (bought for $9.99+gst)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Mass Effect (bought for $9.99+gst)
Rainbow Six: Vegas

Finished but achievements left to farm:

Marvel Ultimate Alliance

X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Uncaged Edition

Not gonna bother:

Bully: Scholarship Edition

Dead Rising

The sheer number of RPG's in the lists above means I'm doomed to never actually clear the lists completely.

Not to mention... X-Men Legends II on PC... and maybe even Fable and Jade Empire.

Gosh.

Whoever said video-gaming didn't require discipline?

周全浩文章反思

岳母大人分享的一份明報社評, 周全浩(香港浸會大學地理系教授)關於六四事件的意見和分析.

本人對六四事件來龍去脈認識不深, 故此如有錯謬之言, 敬請原諒.

以本人之見, 周教授在文章中有以下的觀點:

1) 中共一直試圖淡化六四事件, 讓"某些人"以他們的六四事件版本壟斷了所謂的真相, 其可信性可爭議.
2) 學生們佔領了天安門, 令中共無法運作，趙紫陽不肯認真處理, 逼使鄧小平下令鎮壓.
3) 同年聖誕節, 柏林圍牆倒塌, 蘇聯領導人戈巴卓夫沒有加以鎮壓, 導致東德倒台, 兩德復合, 91年蘇聯解散.
4）歷史證明, 鄧小平作出了正確的決定, 避免了中共倒台, 讓改革開放得以繼續, 並發展至今時今日的經濟實力.
5) 美國前總統甘乃迪被刺殺後, 調查委員會封存了文件75年(後至1992年已釋放了98%的文件), 美國人並沒有要求極力追究, 乃顧全國家利益的表現.
6) 每年為六四事件舉行紀念及要求平反乃西方國家用以掣肘中國的手法, 港人受人唆擺, 為外人所利用/愚弄, 不顧全國家利益, 不以大局爲重, 是不成熟的民主社會的表現.

以下我嘗試反駁周教授的論點:

1) 中共所謂淡化處理, 其實是逃避, 不肯正視事件, 並對事件真相有所隱瞞. 若"某些人"所散播的所謂真相不正確, 何以中共不加以澄清? 問題不在於民間/官方版本誰是誰非, 乃在於中共根本不肯也不敢說出内部秘密, 透明度等於零.
2) 也就是說手無寸鐵學生們不留餘地, 逼使中共暴力鎮壓了喲? 說得通麽?
3) 柏林圍牆倒塌, 東德解放, 兩德復合, 蘇聯解散, 共產政權下台, 冷戰結束, 東歐國家自由貿易, 都是壞事了?
4) 中共倒台了, 中國就會崩潰咯? 中共倒台了, 中國就不會繁榮咯? 周教授, 你是顧全國家利益還是黨利益?
5) 美國人到現時爲止, 依然有很多人相信甘乃迪被刺殺是有陰謀的, 可國家元首被刺殺和國家元首下令暴力鎮壓人民又有什麽關係呢? 調查委員會發表了調查結果, 美國人接受了, 然後文件封存. 中國又調查過了什麽? 我們反對的是當權者隱瞞事實, 扭曲真相, 為了維護自己的利益打壓同僚, 而人民沒有權力更換領導人, 亦沒有其他政治勢力制衡最高權力.
6) 和平請願是自由民主社會的權利, 動用這個權力就代表自由民主社會不成熟? 保持沉默, 逆來順受就是成熟的自由民主社會表現? 何況中國根本沒有自由民主, 成熟個屁?

在周教授看來, 大概我也不過是一個民主不成熟的西方國家傀儡. 在我看來, 周教授也不過是一個親共親黨的中共奴隸.

續: 我也不認同某些學生領袖當年曾希望籍流血來逼使中共讓步和引起外界關注. 可這是中共所說的"暴亂"麽? 我相信不是的.

咁大個仔...

第一次碌爆卡.

不過絕對唔係我嘅問題.

係間酒店無啦啦 hold 多咗我成倍.

Fuming

Was fuming a few days ago about something.

Something.

Can't remember what it was now.

So I'll come back to it when I do.

Riddle

What activity uses all parts of the body, lasts two hours or more, requires many positions, involves heavy panting, where the ultimate goal is to stick one thing in another over, and over, and over again, cuz it feels so darn good, and afterwards you're all smiles drenched in sweat and you can't wait for it to happen again next weekend?

Nerves

Some people really, really, really get on my nerves.

Wines

I'm trying to learn more about wine. Thought I'd keep track of the bottles of wine I've got in my possession here.

E. Guigal 2003 Côtes du Rhône Rouge - Great quality for a $15 French red. Could use some decanting.
Louis Jadot 2003 Château des Jacques Moulin-à-vent

June 26, 2007 purchase:
Château Mouton-Rothschild 2003 Réserve Mouton Cadet Médoc
Pére Anselme 2005 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

July 2007 purchase:
Château Mouton-Rothschild 2005 Réserve Mouton Cadet Médoc
Château Cambon la Pelouse 2001 Haut-Médoc
E. Guigal 2003 Châteauneuf-du-Pape

August 2007 gifts:
Deinhard 2006 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Riesling - Had this with Thanksgiving turkey. Pretty good for its price.
Mission Hill 2005 Late Harvest Vidal - Not too sweet for an icewine. Great sipper. Goat cheese went well with it.

August 2007 purchase:
Morambro Valley 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon - Very sweet, fruity Cab, probably best enjoyed on its own.

September 10, 2007 purchase:
E. Guigal 2001 Châteauneuf-du-Pape
2 x E. Guigal 2003 Côtes du Rhône Rouge

October 2007 gift:

Château de la Gardine 2003(?) Châteauneuf-du-Pape

October 2007 purchase:

Wilhelm Bergmann 2006 Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Auslese Riesling
Louis Jadot 2003 Château des Jacques Moulin-à-vent

Recent purchases:

2 x Château Mouton-Rothschild 2005 Réserve Mouton Cadet Médoc
2 x Château Mouton-Rothschild 2005 Réserve Mouton Cadet Saint-Emilion
2 x Château Mouton-Rothschild 2005 Réserve Mouton Cadet Graves
2 x Château Mouton-Rothschild 2005 Réserve Mouton Cadet Graves Blanc
2 x Château Mouton-Rothschild 2005 Réserve Mouton Cadet Sauternes
Antinori 2003 Villa Antinori Toscana
Miguel Torres 2005(?) Gran Coronas
Peter Lehmann 2003 (?) The Futures Shiraz
Braida 2005(?) Vigna Senza Nome Moscato d'Asti

April 11, 2008 purchase:

Mollydookers 2006 The Boxer Shiraz