(Tried to post a video from Youtube but the video failed to load, starting to suspect I am really technical-error-prone. Anyway, here is the video link.)
朋友寄来了张悬所唱的《宝贝》,一听就听上瘾了。
好喜欢张悬轻柔的歌声,更喜欢那纯真的歌词。在深夜听着这首歌,心中有一丝丝的暖意,还有一种幸福的感觉。。。
与大家分享这首歌。
歌曲:宝贝
演唱:张悬
我的宝贝宝贝
给你一点甜甜
让你今夜都好眠
我的小鬼小鬼
逗逗你的眉眼
让你喜欢这世界
Chorus:
哇啦啦啦啦啦我的宝贝
倦的时候有个人陪 (孤单时有人把你想念)
哎呀呀呀呀呀我的宝贝
要你知道你最美
我的宝贝宝贝
给你一点甜甜
让你今夜很好眠
我的小鬼小鬼
捏捏你的小脸
让你喜欢整个明天
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
# Trafalgar Green!
Let's take a short break before going to Santorini, and let's visit Trafalgar Square, which has been transformed into a green space today.
2000 square metres of turf would cover the square for two days to promote green villages in city under the Visit London's campaign. The turf was sourced from the Vale of York.
As we were already in China Town, we decided to drop over at the square to have a look at the rare sight of greeneries in London... and we saw this.

It was amazing to see that a small patch of grass would attract such a massive crowd! Makes me wonder how deprived Londoners are of greeneries...
We decided to join the crowd on the grass to enjoy the long-waited sunny weather in London.

When the weather is sunny, and when there is some greens to relax on, we can definitely see some bottles of beer in the scene as well. These guys below sure know how to enjoy a picnic.

We hang around there, looking at random people, watching the sunset, and just chilling out. As the blazing sun went down, the whole square was bathed in golden light...
Here are some people riding on the magnificent lion, enjoying the sunset.

I looked up and saw Nelson's column in golden glow, reflecting the beautiful sun rays.

As we were leaving the square, we saw a peculiar pagoda! On closer look, we realized it was actually the church under construction. It was very interesting how the construction work produced an illusion that transformed the church into a eleven-storey high pagoda. (And it looks good too!)

For comparison, this is how the church looks like originally...

That's a nice little trip to a GREEN Trafalgar Square. If only it can be green all year long...
2000 square metres of turf would cover the square for two days to promote green villages in city under the Visit London's campaign. The turf was sourced from the Vale of York.
As we were already in China Town, we decided to drop over at the square to have a look at the rare sight of greeneries in London... and we saw this.
It was amazing to see that a small patch of grass would attract such a massive crowd! Makes me wonder how deprived Londoners are of greeneries...
We decided to join the crowd on the grass to enjoy the long-waited sunny weather in London.
When the weather is sunny, and when there is some greens to relax on, we can definitely see some bottles of beer in the scene as well. These guys below sure know how to enjoy a picnic.
We hang around there, looking at random people, watching the sunset, and just chilling out. As the blazing sun went down, the whole square was bathed in golden light...
Here are some people riding on the magnificent lion, enjoying the sunset.
I looked up and saw Nelson's column in golden glow, reflecting the beautiful sun rays.
As we were leaving the square, we saw a peculiar pagoda! On closer look, we realized it was actually the church under construction. It was very interesting how the construction work produced an illusion that transformed the church into a eleven-storey high pagoda. (And it looks good too!)
For comparison, this is how the church looks like originally...
That's a nice little trip to a GREEN Trafalgar Square. If only it can be green all year long...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
# Canary Wharf
This is is London's traditional financial centre, The Square Mile, Canary Wharf. These three buildings are the three tallest buildings in UK - One Canada Square, HSBC Tower, and Citigroup Centre. Although not as impressive as US's skyscrapers, these are considered some "WOWs" for UK.
I have been to Canary Wharf a few times to visit friends, and I could always feel a difference between the place and the Central London.
Central London is full of people and activities, and lots of buildings scattered everywhere. People are rushing, crowds are shoving, street-sellers are shouting out prices of their goods, shops are busy, shopping streets are packed full of crowd,
Canary Wharf is full of tall buildings, and lots of working people wearing suits, carrying solemn looks. The place is spacious, and cleanliness is maintained. I like the cleanliness, but somehow, I feel some feelings of emptiness when I was there a few times.
I don't know how to describe it, the place seems perfect and nice, well-planned and well-maintained, but it lacks of a feel of... life. I know it's somewhat a crazy notion, but that's the feeling that the environment gave me.
Perhaps it is due to the fact that the whole place is such a concrete jungle that the "Qi" that it exudes is that kind of cold, metal "Qi".
Perhaps it is because the city garden is man-made landscaped that it look too fake.
Perhaps it is due to the fact that the place is only full of working people, looking serious and rushing for work during weekdays; and become lifeless during weekend when nobody is around.
Perhaps it is because I have been too used to living in places in London like Wood Green or Whitechapel which are so pack full of activities, street markets, all kinds of people (different races, different backgrounds, different social classes), where almost everyday we can hear police siren going off or see police cars zooming past. (Hmm... it's starting to sound a bit like the dodgy end of London now...)
Perhaps I'm a bit too particular about places, but I prefer a place which there are some communities and people and activities, where we can observe life going on, than a place which are clean and beautiful and well maintained, but somehow you just don't feel you belong there in someway.
Canary Wharf is really nice and clean and meets all the requirement of proper town-planning. I enjoyed my leisure strolls with friends at the place, I enjoyed the calm feeling I have with the quiet surrounding. But somehow, I just can't feel I can actually belong the the place like that.
More photos taken in Canary Wharf.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
# From P2S to DSLR?
I remembered that about two years ago, I have pondered about changing my camera from point-to-shoot to DSLR. I have found interest in photography, and has always envied the people with proper canggih camera which can do wonders to the shots.
At that time, I was still having my BenQ DC2300, an extremely simple, basic digital camera.

This baby, BenQ DC2300, which is now out of production, was my first ever camera, also, the first ever digital camera. It was a gift from daddy, he bought it for me in PC Fair, before I leave home to study in UK. I still remembered his words, "Take photos and send back to us ya, especially photos with you inside!" Thinking back, I just felt so grateful to have such a loving daddy who has brought me up with love, care, encouragement and support...
BenQ has been with me for a few years, despite its lack of functions, I still love it very much. It is, after all, the first digital camera for me to explore the world of photography. During my first year in university, I brought it almost anywhere I go. I realized that since having a camera, I have started to notice simple, beautiful moments that should be captured and kept as memories.
While having BenQ, I have been eyeing greedily with the various new cameras that my friends have. I still remembered I have been laughed at most of the time for having the most out-dated cameras in the market, hehe, but that made me more passionate to brush up my photography skills to compensate the technical weakness. And I have told myself, one day I'm gonna save enough money to buy a proper DSLR.
After some time, my passion somehow died down a bit, maybe due to there is no photography buddy whom I can share interest with, nor can I find any "sifu" to learn more proper skills. I'm really lucky to have bumped into JY and Ozzy, who are good in photography, and much more committed and avid photographer than myself. Made me feel shameful for being so slack. :-)
Both of them have helpfully taught me more about photography, and with their encouragement, I am starting to ponder again to get a DSLR. My Yangyang has been very sweet to offer to buy one for me,*muaks*, and now we are looking into a few models.
Anyway, I have been looking at a few entry-level DSLR, suggested by friends, for example Canon EOS 400D, Nikon d40 and Sony Alpha. I have looked into reviews from various sources to compare and choose the one which would be (hopefully) more suitable for my use as a hobbyist. For some unknown reason, I am attracted to Nikon d40, probably due to its affordable price, or some unexplainable attraction it has on me. Hehe.
Would it be D40 for me? I wonder...
Anyone with any recommendation or hands-on review on DSLR? I am a beginner switching from P2S to DSLR, and would not be going too deep into really expensive hi-specs ones. Currently I'm more inclined to D40, but would be glad to hear any other opinions and suggestions. :-)
DSLR, here I come!
At that time, I was still having my BenQ DC2300, an extremely simple, basic digital camera.
This baby, BenQ DC2300, which is now out of production, was my first ever camera, also, the first ever digital camera. It was a gift from daddy, he bought it for me in PC Fair, before I leave home to study in UK. I still remembered his words, "Take photos and send back to us ya, especially photos with you inside!" Thinking back, I just felt so grateful to have such a loving daddy who has brought me up with love, care, encouragement and support...
BenQ has been with me for a few years, despite its lack of functions, I still love it very much. It is, after all, the first digital camera for me to explore the world of photography. During my first year in university, I brought it almost anywhere I go. I realized that since having a camera, I have started to notice simple, beautiful moments that should be captured and kept as memories.
While having BenQ, I have been eyeing greedily with the various new cameras that my friends have. I still remembered I have been laughed at most of the time for having the most out-dated cameras in the market, hehe, but that made me more passionate to brush up my photography skills to compensate the technical weakness. And I have told myself, one day I'm gonna save enough money to buy a proper DSLR.
After some time, my passion somehow died down a bit, maybe due to there is no photography buddy whom I can share interest with, nor can I find any "sifu" to learn more proper skills. I'm really lucky to have bumped into JY and Ozzy, who are good in photography, and much more committed and avid photographer than myself. Made me feel shameful for being so slack. :-)
Both of them have helpfully taught me more about photography, and with their encouragement, I am starting to ponder again to get a DSLR. My Yangyang has been very sweet to offer to buy one for me,*muaks*, and now we are looking into a few models.
Anyway, I have been looking at a few entry-level DSLR, suggested by friends, for example Canon EOS 400D, Nikon d40 and Sony Alpha. I have looked into reviews from various sources to compare and choose the one which would be (hopefully) more suitable for my use as a hobbyist. For some unknown reason, I am attracted to Nikon d40, probably due to its affordable price, or some unexplainable attraction it has on me. Hehe.
Anyone with any recommendation or hands-on review on DSLR? I am a beginner switching from P2S to DSLR, and would not be going too deep into really expensive hi-specs ones. Currently I'm more inclined to D40, but would be glad to hear any other opinions and suggestions. :-)
DSLR, here I come!
Saturday, February 24, 2007
# Piggy Year!
It's piggy year! It's my year! I have survived through the second cycle of Chinese almanac! Yay!
There is a lot of confusion and debate on whether 2007 is a "Fire Pig" year or a "Golden Pig" year. Many confused "Red Pig" with "Golden Pig" as well. Checking with I-Ching shows this year is indeed a "Fire Pig" year, yet many mainstream media keep promoting the "Golden Pig", and even major banks went all out with their golden-pig-savings-account, blah blah... After all, "Golden" pig sure sounds better than some "fire" piggy. Now let's see what these people say when the real "Golden" pig comes...
Even before CNY arrives, sweet Sharon made us some wonderful cookies, like Almond Rosettes, Almond Melting Moments, CNY Peanut Cookies, and White Choclate Chip Cookies... She is so good in baking, her peanut cookies are one of the best I have had! I can't help remembering another time when she made us extra-chocolatey brownies which made me go crazy for days!

As CNY was creeping near, everyone was busy doing food shopping, card shopping, gift shopping, etc etc. I felt the pain when buying the expensive chinese new year card in Chinatown, oh how I miss the beautiful yet cheap cards in Malaysia!

The various shops in Chinatown really went all out to get business during Chinese New Year. As usual, the "Prosperous" symbolical items are up for grabs. Besides the normal crystal trees, "Fuk Lok Shao", miniature Shaolin monks etc, there was also a lot of "GOLDEN" pigs in ALL shops. Suddenly piggy banks are collectible items...

Some street hawkers set up their stalls along the streets too, posing competition to the shop sellers. There was a myriad of CNY decoration items, and the "Redness" all around could really blind people sometimes.

More redness overload...

The dragon decided to join the celebration too...

For me, it is always nice to have a walk in Chinatown London during the festive season. You get to see the lantern display, the bustling of crowd, some friendly westerners wishing us Happy New Year... I particularly like to have a stroll during the night, where all the lights displays were switched on.

And there are these same old three huge tanglungs which are always hung on the three gates at the three entrances to the main street of Chinatown.

I stopped to give a pat to the stone lions guarding the street too, it's new year after all.

There are also some other things which were must-do's during CNY.
Like buying egg tarts from Kowloon...

And having a good meal of Dim Sum with a bunch of good friends!

There is a lot of confusion and debate on whether 2007 is a "Fire Pig" year or a "Golden Pig" year. Many confused "Red Pig" with "Golden Pig" as well. Checking with I-Ching shows this year is indeed a "Fire Pig" year, yet many mainstream media keep promoting the "Golden Pig", and even major banks went all out with their golden-pig-savings-account, blah blah... After all, "Golden" pig sure sounds better than some "fire" piggy. Now let's see what these people say when the real "Golden" pig comes...
Even before CNY arrives, sweet Sharon made us some wonderful cookies, like Almond Rosettes, Almond Melting Moments, CNY Peanut Cookies, and White Choclate Chip Cookies... She is so good in baking, her peanut cookies are one of the best I have had! I can't help remembering another time when she made us extra-chocolatey brownies which made me go crazy for days!

As CNY was creeping near, everyone was busy doing food shopping, card shopping, gift shopping, etc etc. I felt the pain when buying the expensive chinese new year card in Chinatown, oh how I miss the beautiful yet cheap cards in Malaysia!

The various shops in Chinatown really went all out to get business during Chinese New Year. As usual, the "Prosperous" symbolical items are up for grabs. Besides the normal crystal trees, "Fuk Lok Shao", miniature Shaolin monks etc, there was also a lot of "GOLDEN" pigs in ALL shops. Suddenly piggy banks are collectible items...

Some street hawkers set up their stalls along the streets too, posing competition to the shop sellers. There was a myriad of CNY decoration items, and the "Redness" all around could really blind people sometimes.

More redness overload...

The dragon decided to join the celebration too...

For me, it is always nice to have a walk in Chinatown London during the festive season. You get to see the lantern display, the bustling of crowd, some friendly westerners wishing us Happy New Year... I particularly like to have a stroll during the night, where all the lights displays were switched on.

And there are these same old three huge tanglungs which are always hung on the three gates at the three entrances to the main street of Chinatown.

I stopped to give a pat to the stone lions guarding the street too, it's new year after all.

There are also some other things which were must-do's during CNY.
Like buying egg tarts from Kowloon...

And having a good meal of Dim Sum with a bunch of good friends!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!
HAPPY PIG YEAR TO ME!
HAPPY PIG YEAR TO ME!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
# Challenge
I should have put up my Chinese New Year post, but I have been slacking and procrastinating...
So for the time being, I should put up a challenge for anyone who is interested to try out.
The challenge is:
Listen to this song. Listen till the end.
Do not pause, do not fast-forward, do not switch to other songs.
See how long you can suppress your laughter.
Remember, you must listen till the end. :-)
So for the time being, I should put up a challenge for anyone who is interested to try out.
The challenge is:
Listen to this song. Listen till the end.
Do not pause, do not fast-forward, do not switch to other songs.
See how long you can suppress your laughter.
Remember, you must listen till the end. :-)
Monday, June 19, 2006
# Lazing around
09.06.06. 2.18pm
It was a hot afternoon, a few days after the final exams finished. After all the celebration and gathering, was feeling the laziness creeping in. I just wanna have a quiet afternoon by myself.
Was lazing around on my bed, which is directly under my window. Looking up at the window from a lying-down position sure had a different perspective.

Then I got a bit "wu-liao" and decided to have an upside-down look at our room.

The sunshine was good, so I quickly washed my shoes and dry it on my window panes.

A little bit more eerie-looking from this view.

When I gazed out of the window, I was a bit shocked to notice a "new" mountain suddenly appeared at the far place! Zooming in my camera (sadly it's just digital zoom.. boo hoo...) and taking a closer look, I realized it was just some pinkish clouds! What a deceiving look!

Another lazy doodle during another lazy afternoon...
It was a hot afternoon, a few days after the final exams finished. After all the celebration and gathering, was feeling the laziness creeping in. I just wanna have a quiet afternoon by myself.
Was lazing around on my bed, which is directly under my window. Looking up at the window from a lying-down position sure had a different perspective.

Then I got a bit "wu-liao" and decided to have an upside-down look at our room.

The sunshine was good, so I quickly washed my shoes and dry it on my window panes.

A little bit more eerie-looking from this view.

When I gazed out of the window, I was a bit shocked to notice a "new" mountain suddenly appeared at the far place! Zooming in my camera (sadly it's just digital zoom.. boo hoo...) and taking a closer look, I realized it was just some pinkish clouds! What a deceiving look!

Another lazy doodle during another lazy afternoon...
Friday, June 02, 2006
# Movies!
I know I know I should be studying...
I don't know why but my mind just wandered from calculus, martingales and risk theory from movies. Was recalling some of the interesting movies that I have enjoyed, some made me think, some made me cried, some made me touched, some made me laughed, some were a hit, some were forgotten...
I decided to jot down a few to recommend to friends. A good practice would be to write down the movie reviews and my feelings and thoughts about them, but I think I shall add on to this only at later time, after my last exam. :-)
- Ladies in Lavender
- The Colour Purple
- Whale Rider
- Choristes, Les (The Chorus)
- John Q
- The Laramie Project
- Rabbit-proof Fence
- Schindler's List
- Hotel Rwanda
- Dances with Wolves
- Ray Charles
- Joy Luck Club
- Soong Dynasty
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Mona Lisa's Smile
- Shipping News
... ... ... ...
and the list goes on...
Can't really recalled all, so I think I shall stop here for the time being. I shall be very delighted if anyone could recommend other good movies.
I don't know why but my mind just wandered from calculus, martingales and risk theory from movies. Was recalling some of the interesting movies that I have enjoyed, some made me think, some made me cried, some made me touched, some made me laughed, some were a hit, some were forgotten...
I decided to jot down a few to recommend to friends. A good practice would be to write down the movie reviews and my feelings and thoughts about them, but I think I shall add on to this only at later time, after my last exam. :-)
- Ladies in Lavender
- The Colour Purple
- Whale Rider
- Choristes, Les (The Chorus)
- John Q
- The Laramie Project
- Rabbit-proof Fence
- Schindler's List
- Hotel Rwanda
- Dances with Wolves
- Ray Charles
- Joy Luck Club
- Soong Dynasty
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Mona Lisa's Smile
- Shipping News
... ... ... ...
and the list goes on...
Can't really recalled all, so I think I shall stop here for the time being. I shall be very delighted if anyone could recommend other good movies.
Monday, May 29, 2006
# Have a break
Another small break before a BIG paper tomorrow - "Stochastic and actuarial methods in finance".
I had a kitkat, as recommended by chen, and as soon as I peeled of the wrapper, I can't help but smile at the words printed on the chocolate bar.
"Shut down for essential maintenance"

It somewhat reflects how my brain feels right now. :-)
I checked the multipack wrapper, and saw another "Quote of wisdom":
No one's final words were ever
'I wish I'd spent more time at work'

Kitkat, has become a culture on its own.
I had a kitkat, as recommended by chen, and as soon as I peeled of the wrapper, I can't help but smile at the words printed on the chocolate bar.

It somewhat reflects how my brain feels right now. :-)
I checked the multipack wrapper, and saw another "Quote of wisdom":
'I wish I'd spent more time at work'

Kitkat, has become a culture on its own.
Friday, April 28, 2006
# Cloud Craze!
To show support for the "save-the-cloud-post" petition, I decided to post a few random clouds picture I took in UK. Not as colourful, but these are the better clouds I see in UK rather than the greyish rainclouds during most of the time. hehe...
Camdem Town

Taken during regular visit to Camdem Town, one of the most interesting local markets in London. The punk culture there is very strong, so it's fun to see all sorts of "self-decoration".
Battersea Park

Taken during summer outing to Battersea Park, outer London. That is the hottest day I'd ever experienced in London.
Plymouth

Taken during trip to Plymouth, Southwest England. Yes, the Mayflower steps are here, where the Pilgrim Fathers first embarked on UK.
Stonehenge

Taken in car during the journey to stonehenge.. Not sure of the exact location. the clouds a bit "senget" due to car moving.




Wednesday, April 12, 2006
# Album of Spring
Spring is here! After reading the wonderful posts about hanamatsuri and sakura by panda, moody, robin and others, I can't resist but to compile a small Album of Spring, to celebrate the arrival of the long-waited season.
First of all, the album cover...
(Gotta apologize to kk for putting him on the album cover without permission)
We went to the park opposite our house, anticipating a sea of flowers. But when we reached the flower garden, we found THIS.

We found some daffodils and some patches of flowers blooming here and there, and have to settled for those. While we didn't get to see many flowers, we did get to see a lot of ducks and swans.

Lacking the collection of the flowers, I decided to turn the focus of my album to other subjects - the kids.

It was fun watching the kids, accompanied by their parents, having their great time at the playground. Many of them found the sandbox the most wonderful place to roll around and giggle for every little joy.

... and I found this little boy looking around to find someone to acknowledge his achievement of building the "sand castles" on the table. :-)

Beside the river, the mum and the kid are feeding the ducks...

=========================================================
Bonus Tracks
Undaunted by the failures of finding our "sea of pinks", we continued our search in other parks. Well, our efforts did paid off - at least we have got one tree blooming in pink. hehehe...

And we found a "sea of yellow and white" in another park too!

=========================================================
First of all, the album cover...
(Gotta apologize to kk for putting him on the album cover without permission)We went to the park opposite our house, anticipating a sea of flowers. But when we reached the flower garden, we found THIS.

We found some daffodils and some patches of flowers blooming here and there, and have to settled for those. While we didn't get to see many flowers, we did get to see a lot of ducks and swans.

Lacking the collection of the flowers, I decided to turn the focus of my album to other subjects - the kids.

It was fun watching the kids, accompanied by their parents, having their great time at the playground. Many of them found the sandbox the most wonderful place to roll around and giggle for every little joy.

... and I found this little boy looking around to find someone to acknowledge his achievement of building the "sand castles" on the table. :-)

Beside the river, the mum and the kid are feeding the ducks...

=========================================================
Bonus Tracks
Undaunted by the failures of finding our "sea of pinks", we continued our search in other parks. Well, our efforts did paid off - at least we have got one tree blooming in pink. hehehe...

And we found a "sea of yellow and white" in another park too!

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Saturday, March 11, 2006
# Tuscan Sun
"Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one."
The movie "Under the Tuscan Sun" is generally viewed as a yet another glossy chick flick with beautiful sceneries in Italy, and beautiful actors and actress. But amidst all the over-idealistic setup, it sets me thinking about many things...
What is love? What do you do when love comes to you? And more importantly, what do you do when it leaves you? The story shows a few individuals learning to stand up again when they are hurt. At that moment of being hurt, we always think that we might not be able to recover again, the world seems to collapse, the hope seems to have vanished. The pain is so deep that we feel we would rather just end everything...
Yet, time heals. As we painfully bring ourselves to stand up again, we might still feel a gaping hole in our heart, but there are new things happening, new people coming into our life, and who knows, new hope?
Despite being a light romantic movie which idealizes lots of things, the movie struck a chord among many people, with many of its little reminders of learning to hope again. After all the ups and downs, do we have that passion of life, to hope again, to love again? The movie says a big YES. What do you say?
To some extent, I am grateful for watching it. Never lose hope, and stand up again when you are hurt. Some small reminders about life, rite?
The movie "Under the Tuscan Sun" is generally viewed as a yet another glossy chick flick with beautiful sceneries in Italy, and beautiful actors and actress. But amidst all the over-idealistic setup, it sets me thinking about many things...
What is love? What do you do when love comes to you? And more importantly, what do you do when it leaves you? The story shows a few individuals learning to stand up again when they are hurt. At that moment of being hurt, we always think that we might not be able to recover again, the world seems to collapse, the hope seems to have vanished. The pain is so deep that we feel we would rather just end everything...
Yet, time heals. As we painfully bring ourselves to stand up again, we might still feel a gaping hole in our heart, but there are new things happening, new people coming into our life, and who knows, new hope?
Despite being a light romantic movie which idealizes lots of things, the movie struck a chord among many people, with many of its little reminders of learning to hope again. After all the ups and downs, do we have that passion of life, to hope again, to love again? The movie says a big YES. What do you say?
To some extent, I am grateful for watching it. Never lose hope, and stand up again when you are hurt. Some small reminders about life, rite?
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