Author Archives: 5tephen 4eo

Coincidence?

I got these two e-mail messages yesterday and their subject headers are uncannily similar. One is from Apple, titled “Make the most of your summer photos”. The other is from Microsoft, titled “Make the most of Windows Live”. Now, who is the copycat?

Western media: Many axes to grind

You know, I was casually scouring the Net for coverage on the Olympic closing ceremony and I am disgusted by the amount of negative press generated by Western media, which used every opportunity and reason to criticise China. If the US had topped the gold medal tally, would anyone have questioned its legacy in Iraq?… Read More »

Always

I love Jeanny, I’ll always love her. She hasn’t been well lately. Not since, after the accident. I’m afraid that she thinks it was my fault, though she didn’t say anything. She wouldn’t say anything that would hurt me. She loves me; just as I love her. Yes, I’ll tell you about it, if you… Read More »

The sky is blue

Every law partner fancies himself a grammarian. He would edit Strunk and White. There is no sentence so straight-forward and simple that he will not happily torture it beyond recognition. Take the sentence “The sky is blue.” No junior associate would be so naïve as to think this proposition could pass muster in a big… Read More »

Shanghai surprise

I’m in Shanghai today on a business trip and I finally logged in to my MSN Messenger account in the hotel room. Yes, it’s been a while because my company bans IM at work. I know that’s kind of stupid. There are plenty of workarounds, but I just couldn’t be bothered, even when I’m back… Read More »