Philosopher's Stone

Life of yours sincerely as a dream catcher..

Name:
Location: Hong Kong, Kowloon, China

Enneargram: conscious personality is Type 3w2 unconscious personality is Type 9w8

Monday, June 26, 2006

一生中最愛

一生中最愛 譚詠麟                     
曲︰伍思凱
詞︰向雪懷

如果痴痴的等 某日終於可等到一生中最愛
誰介意妳我這段情 每每碰上了意外 不清楚未來
何曾願意 我心中所愛 每天要孤單看海

寧願一生都不說話 都不想講假說話欺騙妳
留意到妳我這段情 妳會發覺間隔著 一點點距離
無言地愛 我偏不敢說 說一句想跟妳一起

如真 如假 
如可分身飾演自己
會將心中的溫柔獻出給妳 唯有的知己

如痴 如醉
還盼妳懂珍惜自己
有天即使分離我都想妳 
我真的想妳

如果痴痴的等某日終於可等到一生中最愛

http://www.51y.com/player.asp?id=784

Life -- April 2006 onwards

The darkest period of time in my life so far, started from April 2006, not sure when could I put an end to it.

The best worlds of humanity are stability and happiness, but why do they have to be so transitory and illusory? Well, there are always ups and downs in life, yeah, even for people stuck in the adversity whom might have ever reason to complain (like me), are in fact groundless or excusible to deny the legitimacy of it, things just happen in a way as if they are an unpredictable yet ironically destined part of life.

That's life.

I have been bedeviling and struggling for sometime, everyday is not just another day, it's a kind of prolonged torture.

Can't always blame others, effort as such is always in vain, I should take responsibility for what's happening now too.

The experience in these days is so educative and unforgettable, it's now officially being engraved in my heart.

I am depressed and frustrated, but I am not giving up, let's see who will have the last laugh...

Saturday, June 24, 2006

ADC

Joko and David have asked me to join ADC on quite a few occasions. Right, let's have a look of the credentials of Joko and David, so Joko is a shameless jerk, according to his own self-evaluation, albeit a confident and funny close up kinda guy, and David is doing PhD of Bio-Chemistry at the prestigious USYD, he also excels piano and cello playing (OMG!!!!) ...

Joko has also introduced Masaki to me, he is the founder of Masakism, Masaki Classic(?), and Team Masaki, in short, a religion devoted to himself:

http://www.masakiclassic.com/ [I recommand it wholeheartly!!!]

He is quite a guy! (This is about the highest compliment that I could give to a guy) And he is a member of ADC too...

Well, you can't go wrong with these people...

Hopefully ADC is not going to sue me for copy and paste the text from its website, as I am trying to do free promotion for it.

Go and check out:

www. adifferentcorner.com

ADC is a non-profit voluntary organisation committed to the intercultural exchanges, both in bringing the performing arts to the ethnically diverse Australian Community, as well as sharing those cultures with mainstream Australia through the medium of Performing Arts

ADC supports ongoing development of emerging talents in various fields of the performing arts, music, production management, arts administration and arts marketing.

ADC advocates for a deeper appreciation of cultures between Australia’s diverse communities. Through the performing arts, ADC is building on the foundations of today’s multicultural Australia, whilst moving towards the intercultural society of tomorrow.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

My Youtube

I have opened an account in Youtube, might upload some video clips from time to time

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=zennethkok

By far there are two video clips feature my own creations, guess I won't put up too many original stuffs online though, will otherwise create competition for myself...

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Random Questions

When I edit my Blogger profile, I notice there is a section where you can submit your answer for a random question. I must be really bored, that's why I press the Save Your Profile button and tick the box of Give Me a New Question many times to see what are the questions available, below are all the questions that I've collected when I am tired of getting new questions:

You can punch a hole in an apple using a straw. How do you think that makes your milkshake feel?

You forgot your mom's birthday! What can you make out of super glue and olive pits?

You've been invited to a fancy ball but the only thing you have to wear is an orange wooly jumper. What shoes do you wear?

You've rented a sky-writer to propose to your significant other, but it's completely overcast. What will you do?

You're going to the moon! What did you forget to pack?

Chicken monkey shoes?

You've successfully slain the dragon! How will you toast your marshmallows?

Sponges and tongues are frequently misspelled. Is it because both are thirsty?

If you were a cannibal, what would you wear to dinner?

All of the phone numbers have fallen out of your address book. Whose number do you look for first and why?

If you drive on a parkway why don't they make the whole plane out of that?

In the dream where you show up to school naked, why do you never go swimming?

What would you name your ballet inspired by the sight of children leaping through a garden sprinkler?

If your whole body were a hot air balloon, would you stop eating spicy food?

Aren't papier mache cuts the worst?

What kind of tape is best for creating a sculpture?

You have to dig a hole to China. Where do you start?

Foxes are clever and tigers are cunning. So, what's your cat's safety school?

What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?

Lionesses have no manes. How do they know when they've grown up?

What would you wear for camouflage if you were hiding in a gingerbread house?

What did you dream when you ate a spider while sleeping?

You laughed so hard you can't catch your breath. Stick out your tongue and show us what's funny:

That can't really be a fish you're standing on, can it?

You can whistle and steam can whistle, so why do you sing in the shower?

You're trapped in a well with a goat and a slinky. Describe how you will escape.

The children are waiting! Please tell them the story about the bald frog with the wig:

Paper or briefs?

Your bow is not broken but you've run out of arrows. How can you fake being a bard?

Never mind the turtle. Don't you think you're sure to win?

The wicked backspin caught you off guard. How will you play it off without losing your footing?

Why does the color blue mean raspberry-flavored?

Well, maybe they don't need them, but don't you think that some fish might like a bicycle?

You've been entered in a shadow puppet contest. What's your best pose?

You're wearing a sweater that stretches down to your feet. What color belt do you put on?

Why does the taste of pennies remind you of losing a tooth?

What was the stage name of your favorite actress before she was born?

For your birthday, your aunt gave you a maple syrup dispenser shaped like a rooster. Please write her a thank-you note:

Your pajamas have duckies on them. Why did you switch from choo-choos?

If you were a wrestler, what would be your finishing move?

When you open your eyes underwater, do you ever worry that you'll drown?

You've broken up with your old band and are about to release your first solo album. Please write the liner notes:

You moved the pot before the coffee stopped brewing. Do you smell the mountains or the burro?

This is a colon : and this is a semi-colon ; - what's a semi-truck?

Why don't you ever wear a scarf? It doesn't need to be cold outside for your neck to feel naked.

Describe the sound of a moist waffle falling onto a hot griddle.

When you hesitate before hitting snooze on your alarm clock, are you being lazy?

What's the best time you've ever had licking stamps?

Unlike a dog, how can a turtle ever be naked?

When your science teacher smashed a frozen rose with a hammer, did you warm the petals to bring them back to life?

Create a tagline for a new line of plastic bedsheets.

When you've got water stuck in your ear, how do you get it out?

The first time you had your shoes taken off - how surprised were you to see that you still had toes?

The squish of mud between your toes; how would you live your life as a frog?

Come up with some possible band names for your group that features a washboard and a styrofoam tuba.

Which is more important to you and why: flexibility or expandability?

How tall would you be if you had never cut your fingernails?

Try writing your name with your other hand. Where was that person raised?

How is an ankle unlike a consequence?

The love potion you made tastes terrible. How will you drink it?

Thursday, June 15, 2006

The International Rules of Manhood

The International Rules of Manhood

1: Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.

2: It is OK for a man to cry ONLY under the following circumstances:
(a) When a heroic dog dies to save its master.
(b) The moment Angelina Jolie starts unbuttoning her blouse.
(c) After wrecking your boss' car.
(d) When she is using her teeth.

3: Any Man who brings a camera to a bachelor party may be legally killed and eaten by his buddies.

4: Unless he murdered someone in your family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.

5: If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever unless you actually marry her.

6: Moaning about the brand of free beer in a buddy's fridge is forbidden. However complain at will if the temperature is unsuitable.

7: No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. In fact, even remembering your buddy's birthday is strictly optional. At that point, you must celebrate at a strip bar of the birthday boy's choice.

8: On a road trip, the strongest bladder determines pit stops, not the weakest.

9: When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.

10: You may flatulate in front of a woman only after you have brought her to climax. If you trap her head under the covers for the purpose of flatulent entertainment, she's officially your girlfriend.

11: It is permissible to drink a fruity alcohol drink only when you're sunning on a tropical beach... and it's delivered by a topless model and only when it's free.

12: Only in situations of moral and/or physical peril are you allowed to kick another guy in the nuts.

13: Unless you're in prison, never fight naked.

14: Friends don't let friends wear Speedos. Ever. Issue closed.

15: If a man's fly is down, that's his problem, you didn't see anything.

16: Women who claim they "love to watch sports" must be treated asspies until they demonstrate knowledge of the game and the ability to drink as much as the other sports watchers.

17: A man in the company of a hot, suggestively dressed woman must remain sober enough to fight.

18: Never hesitate to reach for the last beer or the last slice of pizza, but not both, that's just greedy.

19: If you compliment a guy on his six-pack, you'd better be talking about his choice of beer.

20: Never join your girlfriend or wife in discussing a friend of yours, except if she's withholding sex pending your response.

21: Phrases that may NOT be uttered to another man while lifting weights:
(a) Yeah, Baby, Push it!
(b) C'mon, give me one more! Harder!
(c) Another set and we can hit the showers!

22: Never talk to a man in a bathroom unless you are on equal footing: i.e., both urinating, both waiting in line, etc. For all other situations, an almost imperceptible nod is all the conversation you need.

23: Never allow a telephone conversation with a woman to go on longer than you are able to have sex with her. Keep a stopwatch by the phone. Hang up if necessary.

24: The morning after you and a girl who was formerly "just a friend"have carnal, drunken monkey sex, the fact that you're feeling weird and guilty is no reason for you not to nail each other again before the discussion about what a big mistake it was occurs.

25: It is acceptable for you to drive her car. It is not acceptable for her to drive yours.

26: Thou shalt not buy a car in the colors of brown, pink, limegreen, orange or sky blue.

27: The girl who replies to the question "What do you want for Christmas?" with "If you loved me, you'd know what I want!" gets an X box. End of story.

28: There is no reason for guys to watch Ice Skating or Men'sGymnastics. Ever.

We've all heard about people having guts or balls. But do you really know the difference between them? In an effort to keep you informed,the definition of each is listed below.

"GUTS" is arriving home late after a night out with the guys, being assaulted by your wife with a broom, and having the guts to say, "are you still cleaning or are you flying somewhere?"

"BALLS" is coming home late after a night out with the guys smelling of perfume and beer, lipstick on your collar, slapping your wife on the ass and having the balls to say, "You're next!"

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

He is a friend of a friend

Noticed the following figure on my Friendster:

Friends: 115 2 Degrees: 10247

115 people in my friendster account are just a friction of the number of the people that I actually know, and their social network have already extended to more than 10,000 people.

hmmm...

"The improbable is extremely probable" -- Thus Spoke Aristotle

Long time no see

Received a greeting from someone that I didn't talk with and see for long time...

Surprise, surprise... but mixed feelings...

: (

Released from Assignments

Finally, I have finished all the assignments for all four subjects!!!

International Business Law
International Law
Doing Business in China

and the killer subject of all time -- Takeovers and Reconstructions

I didn't sleep well for the past few weeks, have to work almost everyday and staying up all the time...

Thank god, finally, I can have a break for one day...

Will start revision for my exams tonight...

=)

hmm...it's also time to think about the plans for work and publication in July...

Maybe I should put out a small booklet before the release of my major book?
Make a double DVD set?
Apply for working visa?

Whatelse?

Sunday, June 11, 2006

WebCam

At the moment, my mom is living in Inner Mongolia with my Grandparents and some other relatives, I didn't see my mom for quite a long time, and I have been missing her much. That's because by the same time I realize that I am becoming more mature, she's getting old too.

While my mom used to be an editor of a newspaper when she was in Hong Kong, I don't think she's familiar with computer much, especially online chatting programs. She doesn't phone me as often as my dad would, therefore we didn't talk with each other for three months. Untill recently, my cousin has setted up a webcam on her computer, therefore my mom is able to see me through webcam and we are now able to talk with each other through the microphone. She told me that she's really happy to see a much more slim face of mine (I have been losing weight lately) than I was a couple of months ago.

Certainly we are geographically and physically distant, but never mentally, especially when we are able to see each other, eventhough it is just through webcam.

Thursday, June 08, 2006

My Cousins' Blogs

Dada:

http://spaces.msn.com/dada8204/

Luya:

http://spaces.msn.com/luya900203/

History of my name

Zenneth is my english name, however, I didn't born with it, and never bother to think of an english name until I was in secondary school, which was actually an order from the english teacher. I chose Bruce as my english name, in memory of my hero-Bruce Lee.

When I finished Form.6, I thought it's actually a better idea to think of a name for myself, instead of using Bruce. Obviously, I don't want to live in Bruce Lee's shadow, despite the fact that he's my hero. I checked out the names in english dictionary, and couldn't locate any one which is both unique and cool, so eventually I decided to made up one for myself.

I found "Zenith" as I was thumbing the pages of dictionary, that's of course, a cool word, but probably way too overwhelming as a name. After a few seconds of thinking, I came up with a variation, which is my current name-- Zenneth, like Kenneth, except K is being replaced by Z.

Unfortunately, when spelling my name, people tend to make up more variations:

Zennith
Zenith
Zennelf
and many more...

I learned my lesson, when I introduce myself these days, I am more likely to say:" Hi, nice meeting you, my name is Zenneth, but you can call me Zen(Sam). I am a workholic, were you a job? If you were a job, we can be good friends."


郝赫
Cantonese Pronounciation: Kok Hak
Putonghua Pronounication: Hao(3) He(4)

Kok/Hao My Family Name

一、 姓氏起源:
1、郝字
郝字古体为“赤邑”(见《康熙字典》),即左边为赤,赤义有红色、空、光之分;右边为邑,邑为国都、国家、聚集地(县城、城池、乡堡、村落)、封地;“赤邑”可解释为“赤地千里的国都”或“赤色的国家”或“赤地三年的城堡”等。以“赤色标志的城堡”解释为最有力,相传古代华夏的黄帝部落和炎帝部落皆以颜色为帜,其中炎帝部落为赤色,即红色;黄帝部落为黄色。炎、黄部落皆起源于今陕西一带,并成为当时华夏各部落中最强大的两个部落。在各个部落的不断混战与兼并过程中,炎帝部落的一部分向南越过秦岭,进入南方;另外大部分越过黄河进入现在山西境内,今太原一带,仍以赤色为帜,搭屋建城,经过多年繁衍生息,至大禹以后到夏开始有文字记录时,这一地区便被记载为“赤邑”,也就是后来的太原郝乡(大概相当于今阳曲、交城、平遥、和顺间的晋中地区),另外还有一部分炎帝部落留在陕西,后来也以其居住地“赤邑”为姓。所以郝氏有山西郝氏和陕西郝氏的说法。在殷商子期被帝乙封于“赤邑”之前“赤邑”就已存在,“郝(赤邑)”字应出现在公元前2700年,作为专用字一直到今天。据《广韵》载“郝”读音呵各切,《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》读黑各切,从音壑(he),所以郝本读作hē,晋、陕、鲁、豫、四川及南方至今仍读作he(音调不详),在北京天津周围则读成hǎo,河北南部读作háo,山东部分地区有读作húo,全国解放后普通话改革,统一读作hǎo。
2、郝姓
一般认为:郝姓出自子姓,其始祖为帝乙。相传契为商的始祖,他曾助禹治水有功,被舜任为司徒,掌管教化,居于商(今河南商丘南)。相传其母因吞玄鸟蛋而生下他,故被赐姓子。商族后来不断壮大,到契的14代孙汤时,推翻了夏桀的统治,建立商朝。据《通志·氏族略》和《名贤氏族言行类稿》及《新唐书.宰相世系表》所载,殷商在第29代天子帝乙即位时,将他的儿子子期封于太原郝乡(今山西太原),其后子孙有以地为氏,称郝氏。至于郝氏何时得姓,据有关史料所载,大致是在商朝被周朝灭亡之后,应该在公元前11世纪。子期的后裔(子或孙)便有的以地为氏称郝氏,有的以国为氏称商氏。何、赫、赤、霍姓有的出自郝姓。
3、始祖
出自子姓,其始祖为帝乙。相传契为商的始祖,他曾助禹治水有功,被舜任为司徒,掌管教化,居于商(今河南商丘南)。相传其母因吞玄鸟蛋而生下他,故被赐姓子。商族后来不断壮大,到契的14代孙汤时,推翻了夏桀的统治,建立商朝。据《通志·氏族略》及《名贤氏族言行类稿》所载,殷商在第29代天子帝乙即位时,将他的儿子子期(汤第17代孙)封于太原郝乡(今山西太原),其后子孙有以地为氏,称郝氏。至于郝氏第一人(始祖)是谁,无从查考,据有关史料所载,大致是在商朝被周朝灭亡(公元前1100年前后)之后。子期的后裔按当时的习惯或耻于用子辛(纣)的子姓,有的以地为氏称郝氏,有的以国为氏称商氏。
4、直系初祖
据《史记》记载可推知郝氏的初祖为轩辕氏黄帝,但疑点太多,而经现代研究可推定郝氏初祖为契(xie4)。“子期”父为“帝乙”,“帝乙”先祖为“天乙(汤)”相隔16代,虽经父子、兄弟交替传承王位,但子期的直系祖先清晰可辨,每代都有据可考:28世子期,27世帝乙,26世帝太丁,25世帝武乙,24世帝庚丁,23世帝祖甲,22世帝小乙,21世帝祖丁,20世帝祖乙,19世帝河亶甲,18世帝太戊,17世帝太庚,16世帝太甲,15世太丁(未立而卒),14世天乙(帝汤名履)。 与夏朝并列发展的是先商时期的殷契的世系,“契”,在“尧”时即入朝为官。“舜”时“禹”为司空,“皋陶”为大理,“契”为司徒(相当于后来的“圣人”)……。“契”封于商,其后世孙“相土”被封于商,“冥”官为司空,也受商人祭祀。所以历史对汤的世系的记载也比较详细,从“契”到“汤”历14世曾未间断,“汤”的直系祖先为“契”是确定的,所以郝姓的祖先可追溯到“契”。14世汤,13世主癸,12世主壬,11世报丙 ,10世报乙,9世报丁,8世微(上甲),7世振(王亥),6世冥,5世曹圉(粮圉yǜ),4世昌若 ,3世相土,2世昭明,1世契。据此可知郝姓之直系祖先为“契”,而不能简单的认为初祖是帝乙或子期。至于初祖是否为黄帝或启昆,有侍进一步研究。
还有其他说法如:
1、 出自复姓。据《新唐书·宰相书·宰相世系》所载,相传炎帝神农氏又称郝骨氏(一作郝省氏或郝胥氏),为太昊(伏羲氏)的辅佐,其后郝氏中可能就有源自郝骨氏这一支的。
2、 为古代乌桓国姓氏。古代乌桓国以太阳为图腾,其都城后来也以赤色为记,即今内蒙赤峰一带。乌桓国后来与其他民族融合,接受汉文化,其人有以图腾颜色起汉姓称赤或赫,有以地为姓称郝,其中赫、郝又多误记误传,混淆起来。
3、 为古代南方姓氏。据《新唐书·南蛮传》所载,唐代土蛮有郝、杨、刘三姓,“世为长袭封王,谓之‘三王’部落”。
二、 迁徙分布:
始于商末的郝姓,传了一千多年,至汉代仍是以今山西太原一带为其繁衍地区。到了宋代,郝姓虽说已分布于北方大部分地区,但主要还是以中原地区为其繁衍的中心地带。至于郝姓南迁,是比较晚的,一直到宋代,南方一些地方才出现了郝姓人家。这也是导致明、清两代,郝姓仍以我国北方分布居多的主要原因。历史上郝姓是我国一个比较典型的北方姓氏。但据《新唐书·南蛮传》所载,唐代土蛮有郝、杨、刘三姓,为南方三大姓氏之一。由于古代文字记录较少,多数人物事件皆口头流传,古音郝、何同音,加之郝字古体书写较繁,因此许多书写记录多用何字替代。经过多年流传,南方大部分郝姓渐渐改为何姓。现在郝姓在海外也有分布,美国、加拿大、巴西、新加坡、日本、德国、英国以及南非等国都有郝姓华侨。
三、 郡望堂号:
【堂号】
晒书堂:晋朝时候,每年七月七日富豪之家就把衣服拿到太阳下晒,以防发霉或虫蛀。郝隆为桓温南蛮参军,他脱了衣服,跑到太阳下摩着肚皮晒太阳。人家问他干什么,他说:“晒书啊!---我的书都在肚子里。”
【郡望】
太原郡:战国秦庄襄王四年(前246年)置郡,治所在晋阳(今山西太原西南)。秦时相当今山西五台山和管涔山以南、霍山以北地区。北魏复为郡,相当今阳曲、交城、平遥、和顺间的晋中地区。
京兆郡:据颜师古《急就篇注》云:“郝,京兆乡名,因地以命氏”。西汉武帝置,其治所在今陕西周至一带。
四、 家乘谱牒:
河北:藳城郝氏族谱四卷、河北定州郝氏家谱一卷、三河临河郝氏族谱不分卷;山西:代县郝氏族谱四卷;江苏:沛县沛邑郝氏族谱不分卷、淮安淮山郝氏宗谱五卷首一卷;湖南:常德郝氏族谱七卷首一卷;山东:滕县郝氏族谱不分卷、栖霞郝氏丽书堂支谱一卷;其他:郝氏历代家谱一卷、郝氏家乘(卷数不清) 。

Hak/He My Given Name

赫舍哩氏 ---赫 相传是清初弘文院大学士希福之后人,希福曾是赫舍哩部人,即取该部名称而姓赫舍哩。请末又取前一个字为姓,由于赫氏家族人丁兴旺,族大枝繁,后又分赫、康、张三个姓,因其先人是努尔哈赤的旧部,世有战功,故为官者甚多。   赫氏在清时隶属正白旗,先居住在边门镇的赫家村,后散居各地。杨木乡、红旗镇赫姓较多。另外,刘家河蛟羊峪、蓝旗乡老虎洞、鸡冠山镇袁家沟、赛马镇赫家窑村等地都是赫姓的聚居地。(注意:岫岩满族自治县汤沟乡赫家堡子亦属本支,自八世起有两支于清同治初年迁居至黑龙江是双城县。)   按字排辈为:   “德承吉林贵崇荣,英明景会乐辅清。忠良维国安全志,世守纯真保泰平。”(现已排到“会”字,为第十七世) .赫姓宗族。赫氏是辽东地区的满族著姓之一,他与何氏同是由满族姓氏赫舍里氏取其头一字冠注汉字姓演变而来,两者之间为同音异字。赫舍里氏宗族分居辽东各地,氏族中存藏有记事全面的宗族谱书。谱书中对其氏族的迁徙、源流均做了翔实地记述。 赫氏是在清代后期光绪初年冠用汉字赫姓的。在此以前,其姓氏为赫舍里氏。 “赫舍里,原系河名,因以为姓。”赫舍里这一姓氏是氏族在由原始居住地迁徙后而以河名冠用的姓氏。赫舍里氏的先世,历史上生活在松花江与黑龙江汇合处,金代归胡里改路。元末明初之际赫舍里氏先世随其他姓氏的建州女真人一道,开始了迁徙。迁徙中,他们先后迁徙到缓芬河流域、图们江流域及长白山地区,最后定居在苏子河、浑河流域。 赫舍里氏氏族定居苏子河、浑河流域后,在清前为后金政权的缔造,氏族成员做出了杰出的贡献。 “硕色巴克什,正黄旗人,穆瑚禄都督第七子,特赫纳之孙也。国初偕其弟希福巴克什来归,太祖高皇帝以硕色兼通满、汉及蒙古文字,赐名巴克什,命在文馆行走。其子索尼,亦兼通满、汉、蒙古文字,赐名巴克什,由头等侍卫授吏部启心郎。三年考绩,所任称职,授骑都尉,随大军征讨,所向有功。”,清前赫舍里氏从其迁徙的历史记载中可以得知,这一姓氏是于明初而冠用的。在此之前,他们的先世应追属为金代女真纥石烈部人。在元末明初的迁徙中,其部族分居在今延边布尔哈河、汤旺河、陇乌河流域。金代纥石烈部族人,姓氏为纥石烈氏,是以部为姓的。纥石烈氏,译汉姓为高姓。纥石烈一姓,《金史·列传》记载:“纥石烈恒端,西南路忽伦宋割猛克人,袭兄银术谋克。泰和伐宋,充行军万户,破宋军两千于蔡州,加宜武将军。自寿州渡淮,败宋步骑一万五千于鹞子岭,遂克安丰军。” 从金代史料的记载中可以看到,女真纥石烈氏早在金代就已是一个族众繁多的氏族,并由于族众庞大,远在赫舍里氏宗族冠用赫舍里这一姓氏以前,即有其他族支纥石烈氏中冠用新的姓氏分离出来,由纥石烈氏冠用汉译高姓的一支,即是这样分离出去的。至此,今日辽东满族赫氏宗族的姓氏演变分别为:唐,纥石列氏;金、元时期,纥石烈氏(译汉字姓为高姓);元末明初至清代中期,赫舍里氏;清代后至今,赫氏。

赫姓源流考证
赫――出自于汉代乌恒族,源头出自郝旦,因古音郝赫不分,经多年迁徙,口传成为后来的赫姓。至今已两千多年。由于乌恒族信奉太阳,以太阳为至高无上的神圣,崇尚赤色,后代便以赤、或赫作为姓氏。
也有文介绍是出于商末郝姓,时经两千多年,至汉代仍居住在山西太原一带。到了宋代,郝姓已经发展到了长江流域、珠江流域。南方开始出现郝姓,南宋咸淳年间发生“胡妃之变”,,97户33姓南迁,不少的郝姓,为了避难“去邑离乡”,就是说把“郝”字右边的“邑”字丢掉,便成了赤姓或赫姓。
乌恒族出自东胡,
东胡是我国古代北方少数民族之一,与匈奴同时兴起于战国末期(公元前三世纪),至汉初(公元前206年)被匈奴冒顿单于击破,部众逃散,其中主要的两支分别逃至乌桓山和鲜卑山,(位置在现在的大兴安岭南部),从此便以乌桓族和鲜卑族出现于史册,而东胡之名遂湮没无闻。
公元前119年(汉武帝元狩四年),汉将霍去病打败匈奴左贤王后,把乌恒迁徙到了上谷等五郡边塞外居住,这几个郡包括了幽州的代郡,上谷,右北平,辽西,昌黎以及辽东。设置了护乌恒校尉管辖乌恒各部。
东汉,在上谷宁城(近河北宣化市西北)继续保留了护乌恒校尉。同时东汉王朝使用乌恒骑兵征讨匈奴、鲜卑,甚至用乌恒人来打乌恒人。
公元二世纪末,中原爆发黄巾起义,乌恒统治者冒顿趁乱在汉献帝初平年间(190-193)统一了乌恒各部。建安十二年(公元207年)曹操亲帅大军征讨乌恒,大败冒顿于柳城,(今辽宁辽阳南)得降俘二十余万,这些包括赫姓人在内的乌恒人被迁入内地,到了河南、河北、山东、山西、陕西、在后来的岁月中,逐渐与汉族、回族和其他的少数民族相融合。而没有离开旧地的乌恒人,很快又被鲜卑人征服。
在之后历代的迁徙过程中,使得原乌恒族姓氏产生了变化,或简化、或改成了更方便的单字姓,如郝、赫、赤、丘、苏、五、尚、熙、钦、侯姓也融入了各个民族。
有史料记载,光武帝建武二十五年(公元49年),有辽西君乌恒首领赫旦(郝旦)率部下九百二十二人归顺汉朝。汉封其八十一人为王侯、君长。这些人留在汉朝,成为了后来汉族的一部分。
应该理解这样一个道理,中国大陆各民族的形成和发展都是在不断的之战乱、迁徙、集中居住、再战乱、迁徙、居住过程中,所以各民族之间总是有不断地被同化,被吸收的过程。姓氏当然也在这个过程中,所以赫姓就会在各个民族中出现也就不奇怪了。
目前所收集到的赫姓大约有九支
1. .渤。海。名。宗。礼。乐。诗。书。光。祖。德。
帝。臣。遐。裔,衣。冠。文。物。振。家。声
2.……国恩家庆……
3.自、宣、继、大、廷、云、雁、玉、耀、连、胜、……
4.永长修令兰桂香,风和山谷实泰康,吉庆亨通福如海,日升月恒文明扬。---------(黑)
5.……元承祖德……
6.……XX学成永,文明志家长。……
7.……英、辅、景、明……
8.……敬,之,成,建,于……
9.德承吉林贵崇荣,英明景会乐辅清。……(赫舍里)
八旗赫姓的历史最短,只有一百多年,他们是在清朝的中后期才由民族姓氏变成单姓的赫姓的。
汉族赫姓的历史很长,大约两千多年。
赫舍里曾经被译为黑舍里,但是在雍正之后就不可能再发生此事。在编撰了《八旗满洲氏族总谱》以后,满族人就统一了姓氏称谓。
为了更好地区别开自己这一支与别支的不同,赫姓被称为了郝(hao),山东、陕西、河南,湖北的赫姓被称为黑(hei),还有的地方由于口音的变化称为何(he、二声)
山东乳山镇有个司马庄,曾经叫赫家潼,在金天会年间(1123一1135 )文登(今荣城)赤山于广携眷迁赫家疃居住。后赫姓迁走他乡,于氏北迁里许,建于家庵村,后又改为司马庄。(摘自乳山市志)
由此看来,此赫姓不会是满族或女真族,因为当时的女真人还在使用原始的女真姓氏,还没有使用便捷的单字姓。
目前发现的资料里,汉、满、回、锡伯、蒙古民族都有赫姓,而他们的出处则为汉族郝姓;匈奴赫连;乌恒郝旦;锡伯荷叶尔、贺在尔氏;满州赫舍里、赫佳、赫宜、赫锡赫哩、赫叶勒、赫哲氏:蒙古赫锡特、赫尔、赫勒、赫鲁克氏。

参考材料来源于《后汉书》《三国志》,《史记-匈奴列传》《乳山市志》
《台山姓氏源流》《珠玑巷民放南迁记》及网络。

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Alice's Blog

I have only met Alice two or three times, she's very nice, girlish and always put smile on her face, um, that's actually all I remember about her. Louise forwarded her blog to me when we were chatting in MSN last night, she asked me to have a look of some of Alice's posts, as she shared some of her love stories in various stages of her schooling.

Those stories were written in a girlish way, very lovely indeed, actually I recall some memories of the past when I was reading them...

Below is the URL of Alice's MSN space and a post in her blog:

http://spaces.msn.com/ay727

112樣你鍾意一個人既跡象

這 是 我 無 意中 從 一 位 小 妹 妹 的 網 誌 看 到 的。 令 我 想 起 我 (小 時 候 ) 年 少 無 知 的 戀 愛﹐勾 起 我 舊日 的 一 些 感 覺 及 回 憶 ﹗想 起 一 些 人 ﹗
人 大 了 ﹐ 當 然 現 在 很 多 的 跡象都 不 會 有 了 。
**特 別 要 看 最 後 第 112點 ﹗ **

112樣你鍾意一個人既跡象
1. 見到佢果陣會心跳加速
2. 口齒突然間變得好唔伶俐
3. 經常發呆
4. 人地無話打俾你,你又響度猛等人地電話
5. 當佢響你視線範圍之內,你會扮睇唔到佢
6. 當佢離開左你視線範圍之內,你就會勁望佢去左邊
7. 見到佢開心,你自己都會暗地裡開心
8. 出完街之後,好想佢送你返屋企
9. 一班FRIEND食飯果陣時,希望有意無意咁坐響佢隔離
10. SEND SMS俾佢果陣時,會好介意自己GRAMMAR有無錯
11. 當佢唔舒服果陣,你就會勁叫佢睇醫生(但係自己平時病果陣又唔會去睇)
12. 個個都可以睇你張身份證,除左佢之外(智能ID咭另計)
13. 好想佢送D野俾你,恳岸己?
14. 成日留意佢既言行舉止,睇下佢係咪對你有野
15. 若果見到佢同異性傾計果陣,你會想知佢地會傾D乜
16. 成日發夢都夢見佢
17. 若果發覺大家著左D好襯既衫,你會心裡暗叫「妙﹗」
18. 不斷打聽佢既拍拖歷史
19. 會介意佢去完旅行返黎無送手信俾你
20. 趁佢背住你果陣,即時猛望佢背脊
21. 佢叫你做乜都即刻做,好聽話
22. 偷偷地幫佢執手尾
23. 響手機度禁佢個名或者佢D相出黎睇
24. 同佢既FRIEND變得好FRIEND
25. 成日去佢經常出沒既地方留連
26. SEND SMS之前之後都會不斷返睇自己SEND左乜野俾佢
27. 主動借D書、碟俾佢,製造再見既機會
28. 就算佢響你隔離,你都會成日掛住佢
29. 行街見到佢鍾意既野都會有奇妙既感覺
30. 響街度聞到佢搽果種香水(或洗頭水、番?)味,會即刻好緊張
31. 就算你有幾唔得閒都會應承佢出去
32. 用133打俾佢,佢一「喂」就即刻收線
33. 無情情想嗌佢個名
34. 唔敢走去佢附近
35. 習慣每晚都會睇佢個BLOG
36. 唔想俾佢知道你有男/女朋友
37. 成日開MSN或ICQ既HISTORY回味一下
38. 會深入研究佢所有喜歡既野(就算自己一D興趣都無)
39. 好想講自己既野俾佢聽
40. 佢講乜野你都會信
41. 見到佢父母會特別拘謹
42. 講野前會PLAN定一大輪 (但到要講個時就語無倫次...)
43. 兩個人獨處時候有DEAD AIR會感到十分尷尬
44. 會記住晒佢鍾意食咩呀、唔鍾意食咩呀,諸如此類
45. 經過佢屋企時候會望上去或者響下面停一停
46. 一起身張開眼就會即時諗起佢
47. 製造無理要求,睇佢有乜野反應
48. 想知佢鍾意邊一類型既女仔
49. 佢做任何衰野都會幫佢搵藉口
50. SET佢張相做電腦WALLPAPER
51. 不論內容係乜,SAVE晒佢俾你既SMS
52. 做垃圾婆,總之任何關於佢既野都要KEEP
53. 會響紙上面不停寫佢個名
54. 成日自己估人地對你有無野
55. 每次就算有正經事搵佢,都會自己緊張一番
56. 想佢欠你D野(反而佢還左俾你會唔舒服)
57. 覺得佢梳乜野髮型、著乜野衫都係OK既
58. 唔想聽到佢同佢女/男朋友傾電話
59. 佢一講野果陣就豎起耳仔,但係又扮成唔係聽佢講野
60. 好想度下佢高你幾多
61. 同FRIEND講起佢果時,會用花名或暗號
62. 唔敢送太貴重或者太大件既禮物俾佢
63. 因為諗起佢,行行下街都會無啦啦笑左出黎
64. 搵機會同佢合照
65. 會刻意同佢鬥嘴
66. 會留一D問題性既SMS俾佢,等佢一定要覆返你
67. 若果佢讚你靚果陣就會KEEP住呢個LOOK
68. 買D有佢個名既野
69. 同佢MSN果陣,若果佢覆得唔快,就會好失望
70. SEND俾佢既聖誕同新年SMS會同其他人唔同
71. 覺得佢好叻
72. 人地講佢壞話既時候絕對唔會加入
73. 同朋友講起佢既時候會覺得好爽
74. 搵機會度下佢隻手大過你隻手幾多
75. CHECK下自己星座同佢夾唔夾(尤其響網上成日玩配對)
76. 討厭佢所有討厭既人
77. 唔介意望到佢既腳趾
78. 佢生日既時候,唔會買一D人人都知道佢鍾意既禮物俾佢
79. 唔捨得熄電腦,怕佢隨時ONLINE
80. 想見佢,但係見到佢又會覺得好辛苦
81. 同佢講野時候會壓制自己既面部表情(反而搞到個樣唔知想點)
82. 許親願同玩親乜野占卜都係同佢有關既
83. 唔會介紹靚女FRIEND俾佢識
84. 借D意同佢SHARE野飲
85. 同佢搭巴士果陣扮訓著
86. 搣花瓣
87. 乜都幫佢頂
88. 唱K果陣扮晒話無男/女仔陪你唱合唱歌,逼佢同你唱
89. 送野俾佢唔留名
90. 突然間對所有異性失去興趣
91. 人人講緊一D情情塔塔既野果陣都覺得講緊自己
92. 覺得若果同到佢拍拖,一定會好幸福(就算佢同你唔熟)
93. 覺得大家都OK襯既(就算身邊人人反對)
94. 連續打兩個乞嚏就覺得「佢一定係掛住我」
95. 少少野就話自己好唔舒服,睇佢有乜反應
96. 同佢去完街返屋企會勁重溫同佢相處既片段、說話等
97. ENJOY人地誤會你地兩個有野
98. 逼佢同你有單獨相處既機會
99. 響同一場合,佢唔走,你唔走
100. 著得靚果日,好想響街上撞到佢
101. 見到佢ONLINE,等佢同你SAY HI先;若果佢唔應你,你會勁灰
102. 唔小心同佢有肌膚之親,都會即刻有觸電既感覺
103. 每次同佢單獨坐車既時候,感覺都好似去旅行
104. 就算唔係去果度都特登話係,等佢可以順便車埋你
105. 佢借D小野俾你,你都會KEEP起佢唔還
106. 對佢特別小氣
107. 響FRIENDSTER睇晒佢有乜FRIEND
108. 特登俾佢知道你有人追
109. 經常對自己既言行舉止好後悔
110. 希望佢同佢女/男朋友嗌交
111. 人地問你係咪鍾意佢,你會答「痴線!」
112. 如果你一路睇/聽呢段野一路諗起一個人既時候…啊~你鍾意左佢﹗

Technically speaking(?), I have been a single guy for quite awhile. Many newly made friends always ask me whether I have a girlfriend, they said I look like the kind of guy who have many girls around me.

Misconception the big time! While I perform magic, would dress up sometimes, and recently losed some weights, I am nowhere close to a playboy, eventhough I did think about the probability of this notion before.

hahaaa, no, I am incapable of love or to give love...for now, at the least...

Monday, June 05, 2006

Picking Up Girls

Last night I had dinner with a Korean friend, whom probably will start a partnership with his friends teaching Asian guys how to pick up white girls. From what he said, he has rich experience and a high successful rate in picking up girls on various occasions, but I never had a chance to see his live demonstration.

In the resturant, there were two girls sitting next to us, and my friend broke ice with little effort. Frankly speaking, I must say that I was impressed with his patter lines:

"Hmm, I can tell what do you do for a living, you must be a drug dealer."
- on guessing one of the girls' occupation

"Wow, you are way too direct, I think that's too quick for us, I am not prepared, let's be friends first, okay?"
- when being asked by a girl of where he lives

A Reminder

Cedric, Rachael, David, Danny and Jaeaheon

I must remind myself of these friends, as well as their assistance in the time that I really need it.

Thank you all...

Sunday, June 04, 2006

A Practical Joke

Last night, I went to Entertainment Centre with Rachael, we were there to chat for awhile before I had to go back to work. Probably it was because of the weather, which was cold and windy, there were very few people on the street.

Rachael and me were sitted on the bench, as she was talking some of her latest possible relationship affairs, someone quitely approached us and pointed my head with an unknown object, he said: "Give me money, give me money...!"

Rachael was shocked, she told me afterwards she almost wanted to hand out the money immediately.

Anyway, I felt the thing pointed at my head wasn't that cold, so it can't be a gun or metal object.

I looked at the person, who's actually a black youngster around 20 years old, and said: "Say that again??" As I was about to stand up, as I was sort of mentally prepared for a fight, the youngster bursted into laughs and left with his friends quickly.

That's obviously a bad practical joke.

It's lucky that that wasn't a real robbery, because I doubt if I could protect Rachael if it was real. But personally, I kind of regret for the fight didn't happen, because it will be otherwise a good opportunity for me to release some pressure, be it I beat the shit of someone or the other way round.

Speaking of fight, I have witnessed quite a few times ever since I come back to Sydney. Apparently, people don't have much to do in Sydney, one of the accountable reasons is that there are few entertainment facilities available around, therefore drinking is an overwhelming hobby/habit among the people here. It's very common to see some drunk young people( Australian) yelling on the street during midnight. When people are drunk, hmm...for them, probably nothing much more fun and fulfilling for them to do other than provoking some fights.

Thursday, June 01, 2006

The Power of Internet

Internet is amazing, I don't quite understand/appreciate it's power until recently. The latest hit in Hong Kong is about a video clip featuring some indecent conversation on a bus between a middle aged man (in his 40s?) and a young man(20 something?).

Despite the fact that the middle aged man coarsely yelled at the young man for the most of the time, he did say something which reflect the life of Hong Konger in an unexpectingly wise manner:

You have pressure, I have it too, why do you provoke me?

Shortly after the video clip was made available on the internet, quite a few Hong Kong friends of mine in my MSN list forwarded the video clip to me, and told me some astonishing aftermyths:

1, It takes just a few days for the widespread of this video clip on the internet, and then almost everyone in Hong Kong heard about/seen the video clip.

2, Hong Kong Newspapers and Magazines featured the video clip as a cover story.

3, It was even reported by a British newspaper.

4, Some wise guys composed songs about Hong Kong city life, using the voice of that middle aged man in the video clip as rap.

Awhile back, I read an article in Time magazine, talking about the power and influence of blogger and blog. As I understand it, blog is probably more popular in the western world, for Hong Konger, however, online forum seems to be more popular among them. But they both are extremely powerful tools to spread information.

To a certain degree, this incident should gives some faith to those whom believe the effectiveness of internet advertising, all you need is something which could provoke the controversy and concern of the general public. Afterall, Hong Konger (and everyone else in this world) have a primal need for this kind of things [parody?].

For those whom read Chinese, below is the link of "wikipedia" on "Bus Uncle" incident and information:

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%B4%E5%A3%AB%E9%98%BF%E5%8F%94