So for the second year running, I went to Ocean Park, and experience
their haunted houses.  And I gotta say man; they know how to scare
you.

They have about 6 or seven haunted houses with themes, and one VR ride.

Now the VR ride is pretty silly but the rest of them are quite
scary.  There is an Insane Asylum, A kinda foreign planet, Chinese
Opera House, A Clown House, and a few others, which I didn’t have a
chance to go.

I gotta say, they spared no expense in making sure that you got
scared.  I saw some super macho guys come out of the houses
sweating and shaking.

I myself can’t claim to say that I have the biggest confidence in
myself in terms of watching scary movies, but I certainly am no wimp.

And approaching the houses, and hearing the screams will turn any
stomach, but to actually wait behind that dark curtain and feeling the
mist come through the door, the trepidation builds you up so much that
at the first scare, you are already more scared than you should be.

But you really should go.  I don’t want to spoil it for you, but
IF YOU ARE WEAK IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM, DON NOT GO.  Consider
yourself be warned.

Everyone else, I think it would be nice to head on over tomorrow or the final night.  It should be pretty fun.

A funny thing, happened on the way to Mong Kok.  Man sounds like
some shitty ass Hong Kong movie.  Anyway.  I was sitting in a
Bus in Tsim Sha Tsui, and I fire up the trusty ol Laptop cause I got
work to do, and all of a sudden I find out I can surf the net while the
bus is waiting to leave the bay cause I have some how reached the
wireless network of the closest building.  It was pretty
cool.  Almost everywhere you go now, there is some sory of
wireless connection.  I hope that like San Francisco, Hong Kong
does the whole lets make the whole city Wireless by 2007 kinda thing.

That would be awesome.  It is my belief that one day everywhere in
Hong Kong will have internet and I will no longer have to go to just
school and selected coffee shops.

Anywa, so I went to Beijing and Back in 4 days and I gotta say, it was a intense trip.

Tomorrow, I will beging a 4 part series on why China needs to catch
up.  There are some good things, and the time will come to say
those, but first.  For the next 4 or 5 days, you will read my
analysis.

It was nice being with Solomon, when I was there.  HE did makes
the trip more bearable. Though the lazy bastard did sleep in my hotel
cause apparently his accomodations near Tsing Hua are not good
enough.  Elitist snob.  ha ha… anyway. We ate so much food,
and there are a lot of cool pictures so I will put those up when I get
a chance.  If not you can always go here and check out my pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonleehk/

Till we meet again.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Man I am so tired. There days I am getting so much stuff to do here, and there that it ist starting to get into my head.

Since my studio is being done, there are a lot of complications. The contractor is now being an asshole and we are starting to doubt the trust of this guy. Though certainly the ability is top notch, he seems to be unreliable in just finding the damn guy.

We were supposed to have a meeting, morning and on thursday night, he called and forgot he had a meeting on Friday morning. I was like man fuck you. What the hell kinda business are you running. He seems to always be so elusive.

I have at least seen the work he has done. And the finished product is really good. It is a quality establishment, but he himself is not quality. And that is the problem. My engineer, has told me to look into another guy as we start fucking things up around the place but at this point I am pissed off.

Second, I got my car back finally and after having to take it in many times, I am starting to doubt that I should keep this car. I don’t know, either I get rid of it and get a new one… or just sell it and stop driving all together.

Much Better Result… again…

Stolen from the BBC…

Last Updated: Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 20:32 GMT 21:32 UK

England 2-1 Poland

More World Cup qualifying photos England player ratings Eriksson joy as England hit form Shearer/Hansen verdicts England shrugged off recent criticisms and finished top of their World Cup qualifying group with a vibrant display to beat Poland at Old Trafford. Michael Owen, captain in the absence of David Beckham, skilfully diverted in a Joe Cole shot to put England ahead. Tomasz Frankowski’s volleyed equaliser for Poland flattered the visitors and their keeper Artur Boruc twice saved from Owen to keep his side level. But Owen set up Frank Lampard to volley in and give England a deserved win. Sven-Goran Eriksson’s side started the match with the freedom of knowing they had already qualified for the 2006 World Cup and caused some early moments of panic for Poland. A Lampard free-kick, meant as a cross, was tipped over the bar by back-tracking Poland keeper Boruc and a forceful Wayne Rooney run epitomised a determined England team. King is a good option when needed but let’s not kid ourselves – Lampard and Gerrard will start From SW Have your say on 606 The home side dominated possession with quality passing and movement, which proved too difficult for Poland to handle. Ledley King powered an 18-yard strike over, Lampard went close with a header while Rooney was agonisingly just high with a 25-yard shot. Cole was similarly close with an effort from the edge of the Poland area as England showed little sign of the lack of confidence from recent games. Eriksson’s players were also making light of missing some of their star names with Shaun Wright-Phillips and King, in for Beckham and Steven Gerrard respectively, making their presence felt. Owen deservedly put England in front with his 22nd goal in competitive matches – his 33rd overall – for the national team which equalled Gary Lineker’s record. Rooney, 19, was an influential figure on his return for England But the home side made the mistake of relaxing momentarily and Poland levelled with their first noteworthy attack of the game when Frankowski volleyed in at the far post on the stroke of half-time. England continued to attack after the break and Rooney skied a snapshot from close range after Rio Ferdinand headed back a Lampard corner. Owen was denied a second when Boruc saved instinctively as England pressed for the victory to leapfrog Poland and finish top of Group Six. They duly did so when Lampard clinically finished off an England counter-attack with his far post strike 10 minutes from time. England: Robinson, Young, Ferdinand, Terry, Carragher, Wright-Phillips (Crouch 67), King, Lampard, Cole (Smith 87), Rooney, Owen (Jenas 84). Subs Not Used: Neville, Kirkland, Bent, Defoe. Goals: Owen 44, Lampard 80. Poland: Boruc, Jop, Baszczynski, Bak, Zewlakow, Sobolewski (Radomski 79), Smolarek (Krzynowek 46), Lewandowski, Kosowski, Zurawski (Frankowski 39), Rasiak. Subs Not Used: Kowalewski, Rzasa, Mila, Klos. Booked: Baszczynski, Sobolewski. Goals: Frankowski 45. Att: 65,467

Man as much as I love the Mainland Chinese, I am still at odds with communism. Well Communists in General. I just have a difficult time getting through to them sometiems and it gets frustrating. But at the same time I get some of the best debates with these people.

Man I cannot believe that the week is already half over. Andrew, our New Media Workshop professor was telling us that the semester is 1/3 over. Man, that just scares me, knowing that I will be 1/6 of the way through my masters degree. And before I know it, it will be over, and then I will be thrust into the real world to fend for myself. Frankly, I’m gonna suck at that.

Man today was also a long day.  Since it was Monday, and tomorrow
was a Holiday, we had extra lessons to do today.  The fact that
atleast we will be getting this random day off, is cool. But 7 hours of
classess on a Monday is not good.

Though I gotta say one thing happened today that was pretty cool. 
We visited the handy work of the contractor who is building my studio
and it looks pretty promising.  I am getting closer and closer to
this each day, and it drives me crazy how great it is going to
be.  I am going to love it to the death.

I’m still feeling the effects over the weekend from the first, in a
long time, sleepless night on Friday, to the Breakfast meeting with the
Chen Family on Saturday – Wedding – England Match, to Sunday Church…
It was a pretty crazy weekend.  But It was nice.  I got to
see some old friends and made some new friends.

Tomorrow is Chung Yeung, and also out 20th month.  Wow man that’s
awesome.  We had some rough times and some great times.  And
I am still very proud and happy that we are together.  “L” for
Love…heh heh… Probably try to get her something… But I know I
will probably forget it when I wake up.  We shall see.

The whole Lee Fmaily is gathering at the frave of my Grandma and my
Grandpa and we are going to do what you do on Chung Yeung.  It is
going to be intense with the big family unit, but it is cool.  I
think it should be fun, since I don’t get to see this many people in my
family till either Christmas, or Chinese New Year.

Jonathan Out!

COPIED

FROM THE BBC Sports Page…

England 1-0 Austria

Last Updated: Saturday, 8 October 2005, 16:51 GMT 17:51 UK

England 1-0 Austria

England match reaction World Cup photos The action as it happened David Beckham became the first player to be sent off twice for England as they stuttered to victory against Austria at Old Trafford. Beckham was shown two yellow cards in two minutes in the second half for fouls on Andreas Ibertsberger. Frank Lampard put England on course for Germany with a first-half penalty after Paul Scharner fouled Michael Owen. And while their display was far from assured, England qualified later as Holland beat the Czech Republic. Now the game against Poland on Wednesday will merely be about who finishes first and who comes second in Group Six – as both have qualified to play at Germany 2006. Beckham will now miss that match following his red card, while Sol Campbell also limped off with a hamstring injury. It was also the first time an England captain had been sent off, and Beckham’s second red card for England, coming seven years after his first, at the 1998 World Cup against Argentina. The second booking by Spanish referee Luis Medina Cantalejo did look harsh, but even before Beckham’s exit, England had not looked that comfortable, and once down to ten men were forced to hold on. Boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, as expected, dropped Rio Ferdinand to restore Campbell and paired Peter Crouch with Owen up front. No, Beckham shouldn’t have been sent off, but can somebody please remind me why he is still in this team? From Richard Have your say on 606 Austria gave England an early scare when the powerful Markus Kiesenebner unleashed a shot from fully 25 yards that forced a fine save from Paul Robinson. The combination of Crouch and Owen showed promising signs early on, and it took a desperate saving tackle from Scharner to deny the Newcastle striker after a headed flick from his strike partner. England made the breakthrough after 25 minutes, when referee Cantalejo pointed to the spot after Scharner needlessly pulled Owen back by the arm. Beckham handed penalty duties to Lampard after missing his last three for England, and it proved to be a wise decision as the Chelsea man sent Jurgen Macho the wrong way from the spot. England had an even more blatant penalty appeal waved away four minutes before the interval when Owen was clearly clattered to the ground by Andreas Dober, but this time referee Cantajelo was unimpressed. Owen almost doubled England’s lead three minutes after the interval when he raced in on Lampard’s pass, but Macho plunged bravely at his feet. England were strangely lacklustre, and Austria were almost level after 56 minutes when Roland Linz stole in on Terry’s header and saw his clever lob rebound to safety off the bar. There was real drama after after 57 minutes when Beckham was booked after a challenge with Ibertsberger – then sent off seconds later for a foul on the same player as he raced towards the penalty area. Beckham was unhappy with Ibertsberger, but England’s captain was unwise to dive into the tackle with the first yellow card still fresh in the referee’s mind. The red card prompted Eriksson into a cautious substitution, replacing Joe Cole with Ledley King. England’s woes piled up even further when Campbell pulled up clutching his hamstring and was replaced by Ferdinand. Even with only 10 men, Lampard was still able to produce two fine saves from Macho in the closing stages. England: Robinson, Young, Terry, Campbell, Carragher, Beckham, Gerrard, Lampard, Cole, Crouch, Owen. Subs: King, Kirkland, Ferdinand, Wright-Phillips, Richardson, Bent, Defoe. Austria: Macho, Dober, Scharner, Stranzl, Ibertsberger, Schopp, Aufhauser, Kiesenebner, Weissenberger, Ivanschitz, Linz. Subs: Schranz, Feldhofer, Standfest, Sariyar, Saumel, Lasnik, Kuljic. Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Sevilla)

Jonathan Out!

Austria coach Willi Ruttensteiner shared Eriksson’s view that Beckham did not deserve to be sent off.

“I don’t think it was a correct decision to send Beckham off,” he said.

Jonathan Out!

Alright man, forget continuation, I am too tired.

I am in my Broadcast class right now, and I am hella tire.d We are on a break now but I am trying my utmost to stay awake. thank God that Jim Laurie, is an awesome teacher, and has some great humor, so the class is interesting. So that makes staying up a lot easier.

But I gotta say, if it wasn’t Solomon, I wouldn’t have stayed up so late talking on the phone, and in hindsight, I don’t think I ever will again. These Saturday classess are going to kill me. But here I am now, I love this course, and everything is really cool, but I know I am in for a big day today.

I have to play drums at a wedding in the afternoon, and then meet up with a friend after that. Hopefully I will have a little time for a nap before I head out to Causeway Bay and have dinner before the BIG GAME tonite.

England Austria. Man if we lose I will be severely angry for the next day. I know these things are not in my power, but I just gotta say this is nerve racking. If we win at Old Trafford this week, and next week, we get automatiic qualification for the World Cup.

Lose even one game, we need to play in a playoff round and that would just be even more nerve racking. I am shaking just thinking about it already… man it makes me nervous… Something this big an important, rides on 180mins of football. And this 180mins needs to be near flawless and rock solid.

I have faith in my Captain, David Beckham. and the rest of the team. I hope to God the selection of inform Sol Cambell, over Rio Ferdinand is the right decision. There is no doubt that John Terr, is a solid rock of defense for Chelse and England, but Rio has been very iffy as of late. Actually he has been horrible. Especialy in the Fulham game last week, both of their goals, could have been prevented by Rio yet he still botched both of those play.

So my trust in Sven Goran Eriksson is waning, but I think he can pull it off. The good thing, is we are back to 4-4-2 formation which means there will be two strikers, and Beckham will be back on the Right. I think now essentially, Gerrad and Lampard need to click when the play, and instead of fighting for holding midfield, I think they have decided, that Lampard will be atacking midfield and Gerrad will be more defensive minded. That way we have a few more options.

Come On England!

Jonathan Out!

I think I am
starting to feel the effects of my stupidity. I mean really. What am I
thinking that I am going to achieve. I sit in these classess and I put
in my opinions, but then I also realize that everyone around me is
fucking brilliant. And I am a schmuck�

My
goal in life is not to be a great Journalist, I don�t want to be
Woodward, or Jim laurie, I want to be David Letterman. Is that such a
lofty goal? Is that possible. Some loser from Hong Kong, reching the
heights of education to be a talk-show host.

Damn
I sure hope so. I may have to start somewhere else before I reach that
mode, but I have to say that that is something I have been dreaming all
my life. I�m not going to be one of those celebrity talk shows only. I
want to get everyone. Real interesting people and just fun things�

I
will do more with the format and try to revamp it and make it cool. I
want this to be fun. I really want to do this. I think Hong Kong has a
market for this, and it could get pretty interesting. Just where the
hell am I going to show it.

Now
if I want to be really fun and stuff, I will have to have it on Cable
TV. But then if I want to keep it to a mass market, I will have to have
it on Regular TV. Now as I speak, it is ATV to me that seems to push
the envelope on what is allowed on TV more than TVB, but I gotta say,
TVB is catching up.

to be continued…