Which NetHack Monster Are You?

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If I were a NetHack monster, I would be a floating eye. I see and sense absolutely everything that happens around me. I just don't do very much about it.

Which NetHack Monster Are You?

What is NetHack?

The House of the Dead 真人版之誰是真兇

是日明報

兄弟鬩牆 兩家混戰7人被捕

世嘉名作HotD中，有一種死肥佬喜歡丟鐵桶

鐵欄？鐵籠？

【明報專訊】在慈雲山對上觀音山毗鄰而居的親兄弟，3年前曾合力抗賊，其後各自養狗防盜，詎料此後兩家互指對方狗隻滋擾，種下兄弟鬩牆的禍根。前晚深夜，弟弟家的長子不滿鄰家的狗吠聲，持一枝兩呎長鐵枝擲傷堂姊，引發兩家大混戰，兄長睹狀搖頭勸止說：「本是一家人，何以至此？」警方接報趕至將雙方共7人拘捕，其中3人受輕傷要送院治理。
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兩家原本互通，後來阿昌在兩屋之間築起一道2米高鐵欄，以防弟弟家的洛威拿入侵威脅愛女，兩家自此「劃清界線」。阿祥對哥哥此舉大為不滿，曾埋怨：「好端端的，幹嘛架起鐵欄！」阿祥更曾因此動怒，舉起石油氣罐擲毁部分鐵欄。此後，兄弟兩家矛盾更深。

碎稿

兄弟曾合力擒賊 姑媽嘆女人惹事
【明報專訊】一對曾共抗盜賊的好兄弟竟然為狗鬧翻，王氏兄弟的姑媽多年來看着兄弟的關係漸走下坡，心生感觸，欲言又止道：「一對兄弟原本相安無事，弄至今天這種境地，還不是因為『女人』惹的事……」
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姑媽續說，兩兄弟向來相處融洽，後來雖因狗隻問題發生矛盾，但畢竟是親兄弟，本來不至於令關係迅速惡化，但兩人身邊的女人素來不和，疑從旁推波助瀾，令事情愈趨複雜，最後終釀成衝突。

(碎稿標題的綠色字為報上原文所有)
我相信的確有女人推波助瀾，只是不知是誰。出奇的是三大八卦報紙蘋果、東方、太陽均沒提及姑母。

時款暗器

摺凳已經不合時宜了。2006年的暗器之選是衛生巾

是日am730

紅磡家維邨一對年老夫婦，疑因飲茶被人搭抬問題意分歧，返家途中發生爭執，扺逹家門後更釀成「武鬥」，婦人以女兒所用衛生巾塞向丈失嘴巴，老翁亦不示弱以手掐老伴頸部致「兩敗佢傷」，婦人頸部紅腫奪門而去，在大廈外飲泣，被鄰人發現報警。警員到場將她送院及帶走其夫調查。

是日明報

【明報專訊】紅磡家維邨一對老夫婦，昨晨往酒樓品茗時，因茶客「搭枱」問題意見不合吵架，回家後仍未平息，妻子疑為阻丈夫再開口說話，一時火起下拾起一包衛生巾塞向丈夫口部，丈夫感受辱，出手揑住妻子頸部近1分鐘，妻子竭力反抗，掙脫對方後奪門逃至樓下向街坊哭訴。警方接報到場調查，將老翁拘捕，他被帶走時仍忿忿不平地說︰「晨早流流就拿衛生巾塞我……有無搞錯﹗」其妻則由女兒陪同送院檢驗。

是日蘋果日報

【本報訊】紅磡家維邨一對年老夫婦昨晨因小事爭執險釀倫常命案。老婦不滿丈夫品茗期間讓陌生人「搭枱」，連珠炮發指罵不休，甚至不容許他駁嘴，竟然拿起一包新的衞生巾塞入他口中阻止說話。老翁怒不可遏叉頸反擊險將老妻扼斃，幸她及時掙脫求救。警方到場將老婦送院，並拘捕涉嫌老翁，當時老翁憤憤不平，咬牙切齒說道：「日哦夜哦忍你好耐，仲攞塊衞生巾塞我！」令在場街坊忍俊不禁。記者：張家樂、梁澤岡

這個故事還教訓我們…

衛生巾 勿亂放 老豆如虎口

"Is work-life insanity a global imperative?"

Regarding the new French Labour law, Keith Hammonds said in Fast Company blog

I think the French are doomed; you can't just stick your head in the sand and hope the rest of the world will go away. But I also wonder: Does the crush of the global economy--the threat of competition from lower-cost nations that can do what we do just as well, or better--inevitably require us to work like maniacs, increasingly harder and longer? That attitude has become baked into the American mindset--or at least, the management mindset. But is it really the only way to compete?

Please also try the overtime calculator.

英國溝女秘笈

對：「你鍾意食甚麼味道的薄餅？」
錯：「我有個friend係飛機師。」

對：「你鍾意去邊度旅行？」
錯：「你鍾意睇咩戲？」

欲知詳情，請看以下BBC新聞：Study finds 'best chat-up lines'

來自：路透blog

Government's policy on gambling

According to today's SCMP:

"The government's policy on gambling is to restrict gambling opportunities to a limited number of authorized and regulated outlets only. And the underlying rationale is not to encourage gambling," Secretary for home affairs Patrick Ho Chi-Ping said.

In order to prevent drug abuse, we will start selling coke in selected drug stores, and selected drug stored only.
Yeah right.


You might wonder why a native Chinese prefers English newspapers. There are a couple of reasons:

• There are few normal newspapers in Hong Kong. I read primarily Ming Pao and SCMP (if I really read newspaper that day)
  
• Fewer people read English newspapers when they have a choice, so they are more often available in coffee shops with both
• SCMP is not available online for free
• SCMP has better job ads
• It allows me to blog in English
  

My Job Dissatisfaction Level

Your Job Dissatisfaction Level is 59%

Well, you don't have the worst job in the world, but it's not great. And don't worry, you're not the problem - your company is. Start looking around for another job, even if you're not totally fed up. Because in time, you're going to be dying to quit!

Should You Quit Your Job?

I am only 59% dissatisfied with my job? I was thinking 95%.
BOCTAOE

Honorary mention: I just bought The Cubes™ Set 1 "Hell with florescent lightings"

Will Body Shop still "love your body"?

I have been using Body Shop products since a few years ago. It all started with a bottle of lime flavoured Juice-IT shower gel. At HKD $88 / 250ml it was rather expensive, but I still bought and enjoyed it because of the lovely smell. Then came different shower gels, various creams and lotions for my face, hands and body, lip balm and shampoo. I have even bought hair styling products and two umbrellas from them. I am more loyal than many girls.

There used to be 2 reasons for my loyalty, other than their products' qualities. First, it is a british company. Second, they have 5 core values, 2 of which are printed in most of their products sold locally: they are against animal testing and support community trade. The local body shop branches even supported the Pink Revolution against breast cancer. I am aware that these may just be marketing plots, but, environmentally friendly or not, I still need to take showers, so I had to choose this "lesser of two evils".

Then on this April Fools' day something changed. I noticed that they have a new company logo.The old logo was something like a olive crown with 3 leaves on each side and small "THE BODY SHOP" text between the leaves. The new logo is dull and boring. The crown has been symbolized. The company name has a different font and becomes larger. Curious with such changes I went to their web site, and there I found this astonishing news that L'Oréal is buying the company for £652m (approx. HKD $8870m).

The customer statement assured us that "[t]he five values of The Body Shop will continue to be applied throughout the organisation", but will it really happen? Sharing its mother company's R&D, sooner or later those evil deeds will corrode the core values at the Body Shop.

Nestlé owns 26.4% of L’Oréal. We have to remember that Nestlé still has a double standard in GE food policies and is partly responsible for the plummeting coffee bean prices.