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Spy camera gadget

I was a funny day despite the rain. My friend found her new toy, a spy camera wrist watch. I couldn't believe there were so many spy cameras or recorders in the shops. They are shaped from watches , a Coca Cola can, sunglasses to a USB or a badge. I played with a hidden camera pen that my friend got before. I'm sure this wrist watch should be a lot more fun! But I can't help thinking, "am I being watched or listened without my knowledge?"

My Music Angel

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It was a rainy day and I didn't have the luck to bring an umbrella. I would have felt regret if I just left the place without buying this lovely music angel. You can simply plug in your iPhone and enjoy 3 hours of music anywhere and anytime. If I bought the one in pink, it might look more like an angel. Maybe I should bring this with me next time I lie on the grass in the park. It can be a picnic companion.

My hand made coin purse

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Look at this! This is the first coin purse that I made in a leather workshop tonight. It looks complicated but it's easily made if you follow a few steps given by the instructor and have the right tools. My instructor helped me to make some alternation as I cut the leather a bit short. It is a truly lovely gift for the mother's day!

What can you use with bedsheets

I read the front page news about inmates right after I wrote about the p hysiotherapy treatment for inmates . So there are actually quite many suicides in the prisons as inmates felt they lost the sense of freedom. 90 inmates committed suicides last year in Hong Kong, 4 out of which were dead. Could you imagine that they actually used the bedsheets to hang themselves with the "window"? Now you can't really say that it is a waste of resources for treating the inmates as the jury calls for more psychological support apart from closer monitoring and trainings for staff.

Could you judge people by their looks?

It almost came to the end of my physiotherapy sessions. I got to know more about my physiotherapist who sometimes told me interesting stories. "I once treated a few inmates when working in a public hospital. There was a man who really looked "evil" and stared at me in a way making me feel uncomfortable when I was giving him therapy every time," she said. "Well, the government treat our inmates good. There are a long waiting list for physiotherapy treatment." I asked, finding this subject of conversation intriguing. "That man killed his wife in a brutal way. He then cut his ligaments in the wrist." "Why did he do that?" "No one dared to ask. We just did the job." "Isn't it a waste of resources? The guards drove him to the hospital for treatment?" "Yeah. Three men accompanied with him, doing nothing while he's having treatment." I realized that quite many inmates are having self-destru...

Angry birds

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Angry birds jumped out from its box to become a "movie star" and a job-seeker's mascot .  I thought its influence is mainly for the young people and some adults but its popularity spread beyond what I can imagine. My 7-year-old niece showed me her skill on Angry birds game. We window shopped a few shops and found angry bird's key chains, the pig's paper clipper stands and more. A kid might know more games and cantoon characters than us but she eventually taught her grand mom how to play the Angry birds game. That is the day I've learnt how one game can influence a whole family with different generations.