Forevermore

Making their way home with firm strides (闊步行走)

People avoid the overflowing main street

Plugging my ears with broken headphones

I half-muttered (輕聲抱怨) your name

There's no way that anyone could take your place

Even if you betray (背叛) me, this one thing will never change

I love you, I love you. Though my heart is unfeeling

You're the only one who seizes it like this, never letting go

Oh oh, others come and go

But you're in my soul forevermore

It'll be that way forever, forever, forevermore

New friends supplant (取代) old ones. Fashions come and go.

I know that what makes me "me"

Is more than my ingrained (根深蒂固的) sense of right and wrong,
or my acquired likes and dislikes

And you were the one who taught me that

I'm not afraid of how I may end

For even if I'm somehow reborn, I still won't forget

I love you, I love you. Though being alone becomes me

You're the only one who can make me cry, even after another day without you

Oh oh, others come and go

But you're in my soul forevermore

It'll be that way forever, forever, forevermore

The marks left by love last forever, forevermore

Even without waiting for the last moment, I can say one thing for certain

"Forevermore"

I love you, I love you. Everything else is just an aside to our story

I love you, I love you. You're the only one I do.

Oh oh, others come and go

But you're in my soul forevermore

It'll be that way forever, forever, forevermore

source: azlyrics.com

escalator

匆匆忙忙的香港人使用扶手電梯已經習慣左行右站。
不知道從何時開始，鐵路廣播時常呼籲乘客在扶手電梯站穩。
明白安全很重要，港鐵想藉此免責也不難理解。
板主反而覺得重點不在於此。
攜帶行李使用扶手電梯已是司空見慣。
曾經見過一位手無縛雞之力的媽媽連嬰帶車使用扶手電梯，
有一刻懷疑嬰孩是不是她親生的。
還有一個比較極端的例子，
板主曾經見過有位莽夫連長者帶輪椅上扶手電梯。

抗生素與肥胖的關係

"A short-term disruption (by antibiotics) of the gut's microbes can have long-lasting effects on the microbiota's composition. Imagine a virgin rainforest, verdant (青翠嫩綠) and dense with life: insects rule the undergrowth and primates (靈長目動物) hoot (鳴叫) from the canopy (樹冠層). Now see the loggers (伐木工人) move in, chainsawing the forest's leafy infrastructure, established over millennia, and bulldozing (鏟平) the rest. Imagine too a weed invading, perhaps having hitchhiked (搭便車) as a seed on the wheels of the diggers, and then crowding out the natives as it takes hold. The forest will regrow, given time, but it will not be the same pristine (未觸動過的), complex, unspoilt habitat it was before. Diversity will drop. Sensitive species will die out. Invaders will flourish."

"Everybody knew that microbes living in the gut were eating the indigestible parts of the diet, but no one had ever looked into how this second round of digestion contributed to energy intake. With microbes helping them (us) to access more of the calories in their (our) diets, the mice (we) could get by on less food."

"Microbes, both viral and bacterial, are showing us that there is more to obesity than eating too much and moving too little. The energy each of us extracts from our food, and the way in which that energy is used and stored, is intricately (錯綜複雜地) linked with the particular community of microbes we host. If we really want to get to the heart of the obesity epidemic, we need to look inward to the microbiota and ask what we are doing to alter the dynamic that they established with the human body in its leanest, healthiest form."

Collen, A. (2015) 10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness. London: William Collins.

細時玩三國志

曹操相校袁紹，名望低而兵勢弱，但曹操卻能打敗袁紹，轉弱為強，這不僅是時機有利，而且也是靠人的智謀。現在曹操已擁兵百萬，挾持天子以號令諸侯，這確實是不能和他較量。孫權佔據江東，已經歷三代之久，地勢險要，民心歸附，賢能之士都願意為他效力，只能把他作為外援，而不能謀取。

曹操比於袁紹，則名微而眾寡，然操遂能克紹，以弱為強者，非惟天時，抑亦人謀也。今操已擁百萬之眾，挾天子而令諸侯，此誠不可與爭鋒。孫權據有江東，已歷三世，國險而民附，賢能為之用，此可以為援而不可圖也。

困擾

今日去覆診兼抽血，主要驗 serum sodium valproate level.
醫院順道替我驗了 blood potassium level.
下午姑娘致電說我鉀高。
我明鉀高可以很嚴重，我真的明白。
但其實已經不是第一次。
上次是去急症室覆驗。
上次覆驗是正常水平LOL，真係唔知好嬲定好笑。
明天是去門診覆驗鉀水平。
如果結果一樣，會點?!
因為返半日工沒錢收，今天請了一日病假。
明天又要請半日，之後要返回工作崗位。
如果結果一樣，會點……

Perhaps Love

「愛是恆久忍耐，又有恩慈……不計算人的惡……凡是包容，凡是相信，凡是盼望，凡是忍耐。」

ThinkPad X280 (i5)

CPU︰8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-8250U Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
Operating System︰Windows® 10 64-bit Home (Eng, TC and SC)
Chipset︰Intel SoC (System on Chip) platform
Memory︰1 x 8GB DDR4 2400MHz onboard (Max 8GB) / No Slot
Storage︰256GB PCIe SSD
Display︰12.5" Anti-Glare, FHD IPS (1920 x 1080)
Graphics︰Intel UHD Graphics 620
Optical Drive︰N/A
Communication︰802.11ac / Bluetooth 4.1
Ports / Media︰2 x USB 3.0 / 1 x ThunderBolt3 (Type-C USB) / 1 x USB Type-C / 1 x HDMI / 1 x Ethernet extension connector / stereo speakers 2W x 2 / dual array microphone / combo audio / microphone jack / MicroSD card reader
Camera︰HD720p Webcam
Battery︰6Cell Battery / Up to 16.6 hours*
Size︰307.7(W) x 209.8(D) x 17.8(H) mm
Weight︰Approx.1.13kg
Alumni Price︰HKD 7,799

Power Bridge ThinkPads have an internal battery (a sizeable one) so there is no need to shut down the system.  You can swap in a fully charged battery and keep going…right where you were.

http://blog.lenovo.com

weekend warrior

很久沒有運動，游了一陣子，翌日便背肌疼痛。
屋苑游泳池只有1.25米深，下次都是返回仁愛堂。

composition of human feces

Feces were composed of 74.6% water. Bacterial biomass is the major component (25–54% of dry solids) of the organic fraction of the feces. Undigested carbohydrate, fiber, protein, and fat comprise the remainder and the amounts depend on diet and diarrhea prevalence in the population.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

ought to

used to indicate something that is probable

milk and honey

In the Bible, milk and honey speaks of God's bountiful (豐富的) provision and symbolizes our basic need for solid spiritual food and sweet communion (交流) with the triune (三位一體的) God through Christ.

曹操的武將

夏侯惇

惇，粵音敦

小思的名字

瑋︰美玉，粵音偉
鑾︰(1)繫在君王車駕上的鈴鐺
        (2)君王的車駕
        (3)借指君王
        粵音聯

humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk

陳永晞教授所言甚是

為何不向好的方向想？只看見壞的地方，對現實世界、對自己又能有甚麼好處呢？

《王賡武談世界史》

王赓武教授

粵音庚

血型

ABO gene versions	Blood type
AA	A
BB	B
AO	A
BO	B
AB	AB
OO	O

Both A and B alleles (基因) are dominant over O. As a result, individuals who have an AO genotype will have an A phenotype. People who are type O have OO genotypes.

www2.palomar.edu/anthro/blood/ABO_system.htm

Genotype: the genetic constitution of an individual organism

Phenotype: the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment

話說姐姐的血型是 O pos，而父母都是 B pos，所以父母的 genotype 一定是 BO.

egg and cholesterol

a small scale research

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01068.x

How to measure tympanic temperature

Pull the ear up and back to help position the probe. For babies under 12 months, pull the earlobe down and back to help position the probe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kZMJkA4Phg

cherry angioma

glyphosate and breast milk

...Systemically absorbed doses of glyphosate estimated from the Moms Across America (MAA) urine biomonitoring data and from other published biomonitoring studies indicate that daily glyphosate doses are substantially below health protective reference standards established by regulatory agencies. The MAA report also suggested that detection of relatively high glyphosate concentrations in breast milk in 3 of 10 sampled women raised a concern for bioaccumulation in breast milk. However, the breast milk concentrations reported by MAA are highly implausible (不合情理的) when considered in context to low daily systemic doses of glyphosate estimated from human urine biomonitoring data, and also are inconsistent with animal toxicokinetic data demonstrating no evidence of retention in tissues or milk after single- or multiple-dose glyphosate treatment. In addition, toxicokinetic studies in lactating goats have shown that glyphosate does not partition into milk at concentrations greater than blood, and that only a very small percentage of the total administered dose (<0.03%) is ultimately excreted into milk. The toxicokinetic studies also indicate that human glyphosate exposures estimated from urine biomonitoring fall thousands-of-fold short of external doses capable of producing blood concentrations sufficient to result in the breast milk concentrations described in the MAA report. Finally, in contrast to highly lipophilic compounds with bioaccumulation potential in breast milk, the physico-chemical properties of glyphosate indicate that it is highly hydrophilic (ionized) at physiological pH and unlikely to preferentially distribute into breast milk.

Bus, J.S. (2015). Analysis of Moms Across America report suggesting bioaccumulation of glyphosate in U.S. mother's breast milk: Implausibility based on inconsistency with available body of glyphosate animal toxicokinetic, human biomonitoring, and physico-chemical data. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 73(7), 758-764.

靦腆

心中羞澀、難為情而表現於顏面。
靦音免。
腆音片？

low-carbohydrate diet and cancer

...Inducing a ketogenic state in patients with cancer may be a useful adjunct (附屬的) to cancer treatment by affecting tumor glucose metabolism and growth while maintaining the patient's nutritional status. A ketogenic diet consisting of 60% medium-chain triglyceride (MCT) oil, 20% protein, 10% carbohydrate, and 10% other dietary fats was provided to a select group of pediatric patients with advanced-stage cancer to test the effects of dietary-induced ketosis on tumor glucose metabolism. Issues of tolerance and compliance for patients consuming an oral diet (consisting of normal table foods and daily MCT oil “shakes”) and for patients receiving an enteral formula (by nasogastric tube or gastrostomy feeding) are reviewed. Preliminary (初步的) use of the MCT oil-based diet suggests a potential in pediatric patients with cancer.

Nebeling, L. C. (1995) Implementing A Ketogenic Diet Based on Medium-chain Triglyceride Oil in Pediatric Patients with Cancer. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 95(6), 693-697.

D-Day

During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious (兩棲的)  military assaults (衝擊) in history and required extensive planning.

[history.com]

Normandy is a region of northern France. Its varied coastline includes white-chalk cliffs and WWII beachheads, including Omaha Beach, site of the famous D-Day landing.

Fascism

Fascism is a form of radical authoritarian ultranationalism, characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.

[en.wikipedia.org]

Fascism is an authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.

Radical: advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social reform; representing or supporting an extreme section of a political party.

Ultranationalism: extreme nationalism that promotes the interest of one state or people above all others.

Regimentation: category, classification

Prominence: the state of being important or famous

[google translate]

盈富基金的歷史

1997年金融危機爆發後，在國際投機資本的持續攻擊下，泰國、韓國、馬來西亞、印尼貨幣紛紛失守。面對國際炒家的炒作，港府指示金融管理局動用外匯基金入市，大量購入優質藍籌股票，以此穩定金融市場。最終港府成功擊退國際炒家，但代價是付出1181億港元外匯基金買入33只恆生指數股，佔總市值的7%。在金融市場恢復穩定後，港府於1999年11月決定成立盈富基金，逐步有序地出售手中「官股」，盡量減小對市場的影響。盈富基金是港府1998年「匯率保衛戰」的副產品，目的是為了「消化」此戰後積聚的大量「官股」。

資料來源︰百度

quantum computers

https://www.research.ibm.com/ibm-q/learn/what-is-quantum-computing/

My psychiatric medical history

當日有家人、親戚的支持，捱過了。
朋友的關心，不是沒有，屈指可數，很多都是避之則吉。
第一次病發是十九年前，社會理解更少，
有同學以為我碰鬼，有老師覺得我是一個麻煩學生。
上到了大學，污名化與歧視依然揮之不去。

病發時與兩個她吵架，
有一次更是極之公開，
苦了的卻是她們。

以下是私家醫生寫給政府問診的轉介信。
病歷中的藥物治療過程大部分刪減了。

Tsz Yeung first came to see me on 27.09.99. He presented with depressive symptoms for about three weeks. His symptoms included depressed mood, irritability, loss of interest, poor concentration, negative thoughts and guilt feelings. The diagnosis was a major depressive episode. He was treated with Zoloft, became well, and continued the medication as maintenance.

In June 2000, he had some manic features; he was talkative and complained he could not stop thinking. At the same time, his mood was depressed and the thought content was of a depressive theme. The clinical picture suggested a mixed affective state. In August 2001, treatment was stopped after he had been well and stable for one year.

He returned to see me on 29 August 2005, upon discharge from Eastern Hospital Psychiatric Unit, where he had stayed since 12 August 2005. He had manic symptoms for several days before admission to hospital. His condition improved and was well maintained by medication.

In September 2007, he had a major depressive episode with some mood-congruent delusional symptoms after some stress in studying.

In October 2011, he had manic symptoms again. At that time, his blood lithium dropped as he had taken sodium chondroitin sulfate for about six weeks on his own, and the increased sodium intake had probably reduced the blood lithium level. His condition did not improved though increased dosage of medication. Eventually he was admitted to KCH, where he stayed from 19.11.11 to 16.01.12. Upon discharge, he returned to my clinic for treatment. Subsequently, the medications were gradually reduced. In the past several years, his condition has been stable.

最後，當然要多謝治療我的醫生護士。

買雪糕記

事源今日有點悶熱，到老麥買雪糕外賣。
以為現時自助選餐，用八達通付款會快。
出單時間是22:17，眼見其他客人一個餐一個餐拎走，
自己的單冧巴在顯示屏製作中一欄消失了，以為是它不夠位show.
對一對手錶，時間已經去到22:33，不對路。
附近有個南亞裔青年都等了很久。
想跟他搭訕，"They are pretty slow"，但始終他是陌生人，沒多嘴。
有時都覺得自己耐性不錯，脾氣不大。
因為看得出他們很忙，不想責怪他們。
我只是輕描淡寫地跟店員說︰「跟一跟。」
她從容不迫，轉一轉身擠了一杯雪糕出來。
科技與人類能否磨合得更好呢？
生意額提昇了，服務卻是強差人意。

誤人子弟

是日，有一位操普通話的中大職員在我埋數期間問書。
她拿著一本"Becker's World of the Cell"，問有沒有其他關於 Cell 嘅書。
印象中沒有，我又醒唔起用 Cytology 這個 keyword 去查。
行去 Medical 個架試找，我問她 Histology (組織學) 的書可以嗎？
她說︰「不行。」
我繼續問 Microbiology 的書本可以嗎？
我都知道自己有些牽強，因為 Microbiology 主要講細菌病毒。
她說不行之餘，還反問我︰「不是有電腦系統查書的嗎？」
好，我便用電腦去查。
她叫我用 Molecular Biology 這個 keyword 去查。
嘩……這個 term 好專，我唔識。
根據 Google Dictionary, "Molecular Biology is the branch of Biology that deals with the structure and function of the macromolecules (e.g. proteins and nucleic acids) essential to life."
正正說明 Molecular Biology 係 Cytology 再低一個 level.
她又道︰「Molecular...M...O...L...E。」
簡直是侮辱，她以為我唔識串字。
找到一本，請店長o係籠底找出來，又嫌出版年份舊(好像是2010出版)。
她說︰「我都是買這本"Becker's World of the Cell"，新出版的，很好，會介紹給學生讀。」
真係想講，單以出版年份就評定一本書的好壞，是智障的。
再者，這本"Becker's World of the Cell" 已是第九版，新版通常改動不大。
一個真正做學問的人想找新資訊，很多時會找 Journal (期刊)。
唔係話用書作參考不好，但往往沒有新見解。
最後，她問有沒有另一本新的。
我便在 Medical 的專架拿了其餘兩本給她選購。
好在今天有兩個人埋數，唔係真係俾佢玩死。

糖尿腳

洗腳後，可在皮膚塗上適量潤膚膏，防止皮膚龜裂。趾罅則保持乾爽，防止細菌滋生。

https://www.union.org/dm/010.html

有關剛離職的同事

雖然她的工作態度不太好，
但平心而論，她的工作能力比我高。
她有一優點，她有時都幾有義氣。

音樂

音樂有潛移默化的力量。
所以，我們最好聆聽不同、多樣的音樂。
假如只選擇聽同一歌手、同一曲風的歌，
心情只會沉溺某一情緒，後果可能比我們想像中大。

RIP

店務日常

客人(應該是學生罷)拿了一份 course outline 來找書。
她問的是一些 research 的書。
Course outline 的書全是英文版，她卻只想找中文版。
她說沒有 recommended readings 都不緊要，list 中的 further readings 都要，
更說只要有其中一本就可以。
我心想讀到 research 都應該是高年級，考試也不會以中文考，讀中文版有何用。
她要求我 search 大概十本書，又嫌我查得慢，留下 contact 就走。
我不知道除了search Google 外有何良方，店長說台版機會最大。
所以，我在搜尋 Google 時特別細看台灣網站。
幸運地，我找到了其中一本，屬 further readings，但要台訂，船運要六星期。
找到後，致電給客戶，但她說不適合。
真是浪費時間，生意難做。

速成難打字

http://eccs2000.ca/Documents/Articles/2010-01.pdf

熱狗巴

孩提時代，巴士有分冷氣巴和熱狗巴。

車費當然有所不同。

以前天氣沒有現時那麼極端，

但在夏日乘熱狗巴也不好受。

如果交通暢通、少燈位，清風送爽還可以。

以前沒有什麼歐盟幾期幾期，

擠塞在彌敦道，呼吸在柴油污染中，汗流浹背。

年輕一輩去到哪裡都要有冷氣，

確是夏蟲不可以語冰。

個人工作目標

1) 跟進紀念品訂貨、陳列和處理相關單據。
2) 在目標時間內完成轉批工作。
3) 在收銀工作時，需要更了解貨品折扣、訂書流程和加強一般應對技巧。
4) 熟知退書流程和跟進方法(包括追 Credit Note?)

ALGEE︰The Action Plan

Approach, acknowledge risk, assist and ask the question (if applicable)
Listen non-judgmentally.
Give re-assurance and information.
Encourage appropriate professional help.
Encourage self-help and other support strategies

https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/

Epilim

Valproate may be more effective than lithium for treating mania, rapid cycling bipolar disorder, or mixed states. It does not seem to be as effective as lithium for the treatment of depressive states, however.

The most worrisome side effects of sodium valproate bipolar medication treatment are liver damage and decreased platelets.

https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/bipolar-disorder-treatment-valproate-and-carbamazepine/