Review of Lola - interim report

A week of fieldwork of Lola foundation and loose powder product test is completed, sample size =1 (me only, which is not representative enough, but I can only be the only respondent).

The overall satisfaction level is quite high (the one and only one respondent rated it point 4 - quite good in 5-point scale).

The comments from the respondent are:
'I love that sheer finishing effect while it doesn't leave you any greasy feeling.'
'I think that it gives my skin some clarity without causing blemishes.'
'The stunning design is one of the major reasons I go for this brand, and it receives very good evaluation in magazine.'
'It can really achieve the 'no-make up make-up'!!'

I enjoy using the foundation during the working days and it really brings me some fun and enlightens my morning everyday!! It is an interesting process when you select what colours to apply from your face.

Among all specific areas, Lola strikes the highest score in its 'lightness level', and 'fancy package', both received score 5.

To further improve the products, the user suggested that the SPF level could be higher (from SPF8 currently to SPF15) and to enhance the moisturizing effect.

Babel

Everyone has different message take-out from the movie 'Babel'.

For me, it is a demonstration of butterfly effect.

And about the blues and isolation among us.

Which character's' do you like most?

I like all kids in this movie, even the pair of naughty brothers.

I had upset stomach after I saw the film, as the camera was swinging so fast.

Today is Monday, I have no mood to work.

Cod (Oilfish)

Scenario: You want to prepare a candle night dinner for you sweetheart tonight. He/She wants you to make him/her cod fish as a main dish. You then go to Park n Shop and find several packages of fishes at the fridge. Some fishes look like cod.
You take it up, look at the label - it states 'Cod (Oilfish)'.
'Who on earth would know that Cod has two names?' You grumble. After all what you need is cod, so the package tells you that the stuff inside is cod, you now pick up one pack and go ahead to the cashier.
You cook the Cod (Oilfish).
You serve yourself and your honey the Cod (Oilfish).
You digest the Cod (Oilfish).
You and your honey have diarrhoea... the 'Cod' and 'fish' seems to be digested, but not the 'Oil'....
The situation continues for several days.
You get healed, you want to complain Park n Shop, then they reply you the fishes have no problem, it is your own stupidity causes you the sickness. It is YOU who did not study well in your biology class then YOU lost a chance to be a researcher or professor in University to study about the difference between Ruvettus pretiosus and Gadus.

And then Mr. Li tells you, "this is your bloody own fault, not us... I tell you what, I am going to donate a big buck to Biology department of the University of Hong Kong and I am sure the Vice Chancellor dares not to not putting my big name on that flashy building..."

Lola Lola

The weather is cool but I struggled to wake up this morning for quite some time.

Several reports piled up on my working desk and many tedious jobs I should complete this week. Luckily I took quite enough rest in last two days and today I do not have any Monday blue... maybe a bit sleepy, but am not feeling exhausted.

I bought a set of 'Lola' make up yesterday - make up prima, liquid foundation and loose powder... I keep trying to find the make up foundation which I can use everyday, many magazines stated that this brand is super good and is perfect to achieve those 'non-makeup' makeup (or nude makeup, that means you will look naturally good but no one can tell you wear any pigments on your face), and they contains skin care elements which beautifying and protecting skin at the same time.

Some psychologists had conducted a research and found that men prefer natural beauties, they do not really like girls who have make up... but when they are asked who the more attractive girls amongst a group are (e.g. by showing them some college or several girls in front of them), they usually pick those with light make up. Actually men are insensitive to face colours, they cannot really tell what hue you put on the eyelids, they just think you have applied something, do not expect them can identify if you lip colour is 'berry berry kiss' or 'satin cherry',. However, they can spot out the overall difference.

Well, let see if this Lola magic tool can really make me glow everyday.

Hilarious Jelly

Jelly is a crazy and mischievous boss. Yesterday when I tidied up the project folder, I found a file called Having a bad day.ppt. in a sub-folder where with all the reports and presentation decks. There is a picture you see here.

I checked out that no one had made such silly thing except Jelly. Then I asked if he felt trapped by the work and should express his emotion in such way.

He laughed loudly and replied me that actually he made this picture and send to his friend simply for fun.... I guess he then mistakenly saved it in the job folder. He is such a crazy person.

Doing analysis as a hobby

Yesterday we had phone conference with an oversea client, she wanted us to do a regression work. The lady told us that she had installed the program to her home PC to run regression, and doing analysis as a hobby in her leisure time.

A hobby!!!! My left eye brow raised when I heard about this.

She told us that she was also a market researcher before. Now I know what bosses always mention that 'Be passionate in market research and you will not mind to work 24x7'. Frankly speaking, doing a modelling (I mean statistical modelling, not fashion modelling) is not entertaining to me...

Feel so tired but so get back to my work..

IT

Even though the whole world is experiencing a warmer winter this year, Hong Kong IT industry seems having a bitter cold winter. HSBC had laid off a large number of IT staff right before the Chinese New Year, which will probably further influence other professionals from the same field such as the overall income level.

The corporation cannot not guarantee if they will further downsize any of the supporting departments.

It is very pathetic that IT was one of the hottest subjects in University ten years ago, and Richard Li was an icon and a remarkable legend at that moment – elite school educated, young, wealthy and most important – an I.T. guy. The public obsessed to his everything including his dressing code and hair style.

The world is really flat. This is not a problem of Hong Kong education system; it just proves that globalization does affect everyone, even those highly educated professional workforce like us.

The message take out from this news is, never force your kids to take any subject you think it is good for him/ her. Let them choose what they are interested in. There is no guarantee that students from which subjects can get big bucks and which will end up unemployed. You can offer comment to them but do not force them to follow your wish; everyone gets the right to walk the life as they wish. You can never tell how the world will change anytime.