Car commercial sends wrong messages to kids

I think this has become Lexus' yearly tradition, i.e., commercials showing families getting luxury vehicles as X'mas gifts. I guess that 1% of the Americans could really afford doing that. Not sure if that's the only American population the company is going after though. As one of the 99%, I am kinda pissed. But then it got worse: this year's commercials are about making their kids to ask Santa for cars for the parents. Looks like the "target" audiences are not as rich as before and needed financial help? Let the kids get their own presents from Santa, OK? One version of the commercial is particularly bad IMO: the kid bargained so the parents allow him to request an "add-on" pet dog for himself. And I am not the only one who think this is bad. (Yeah, I dislike the Apple commercial too. Too fake)

No cappuccino on Starbucks menu

I have been a Starbucks shareholder for years but I didn't drink coffee until early this year so they rarely get my businesses except a frappuccino once in a long while. As a self-proclaimed cool dude of course I am anti-mega-chains and pro-local-business so I am still not getting my coffee fix from the likes of Peet's and Starbucks (I think its stock does fine without my contribution) I did tried Peet's cappuccino once ('coz my daughter gave me a coupon) but I found its foamed milk too firm and didn't mix with the espresso much. A few days ago I need to get online and my best bet was the Starbucks at Truckee. The place was ideal: large table and plenty of power outlets. I actually did my stuff for 30 min until I got a break and of course I needed to do the right thing: order something! (Well, the line has been long with tons of tourists coming in and out anyway) I thought it's time to try Starbuck's capp but I double-checked the menu when it's my turn to order and I couldn't find it! Why why why? Well, I did find the closest thing, which is latte. Of course I expected more milk in it but the whole drink tasted more like milk than coffee. Definitely not my thing. Then I had to go online to find out why there is no capp on SBUX's menu! I figured this is significant enough to make the news. I still don't know why SBUX cannot hire all those baristas capable of making perfectly well cappuccino at the local coffee shops. Maybe not hiring them are good for the profit margin? I'm fine with that and I would just try Flat White next time if I really need to. To all coffee-drinking readers of this article: please keep getting your coffee from SBUX! That's my kids' college fund :)

廣東話正字時間

早幾日我在另一個blog po文要寫岩巉兩個字，唔識寫後者，當然揾Google打救，揾到呢篇文：廣東話最緊要正字 岩巉還是岩蠶？佢講其餘嗰幾個字詞都成日唔識寫／打：

1. 「搲」爛塊面
2. 瞓「捩」頸
3. 心「悒」
4. 頭「耷」「耷」
5. 黃「黚」「黚」

抄左落呢個po，第日就有得"reuse"了 :)