Yao Scores 36 as Rockets Hang On to Beat Warriors

Houston 111, Golden State 107

Michael Scofield

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Obessessing with Michael Scofield, I paste a website here about Wentworth Miller. Though less people stick before TV to watch Prison Break than before, I still am enjoying the wisdom revealed in Michael's spark of instinction.

Big Snow in South China

Having been berried in big snow for a few days, Hunan province in South China and the adjent provinces are struggling in the desperate coldness. It is the biggest time for China's trains for people working off hometown are all heading for home for Chinese traditional luner new year holiday. But many people are delayed on the train almost for three days for the big snow obstructed the railway.

This big snow has lead 24 people dead and result 220.9 billion RMB loss for China now. 2008 sound quite lucky in Marderin pronounciation and 2008 is a important year for China for it will hold Olympic games which has been a long time race dream for Chinese people. But in the beginning of 2008, China has been tested to much, from the uneven stock market to the big snow.

Asian Flu: Yao Sidelined for Jazz-Rockets with Respiratory Infection

Houston center Yao Ming sat out the Rockets' game Sunday against Utah with an upper respiratory infection.

The 7-foot-6 Yao, voted the starting center for the Western Conference for the All-Star game on Feb. 17, told team officials he felt sick when he arrived at the Toyota Center for a workout on Sunday morning, coach Rick Adelman said.

"The doctors looked at him and they don't think it's worth the chance,'' Adelman said. "We'll just have to move on.''

Yao, leading the Rockets with 22.1 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, had started every game this season. Adelman planned to start either Carl Landry or Luis Scola, both NBA rookies, in Yao's place.

"The only thing that really changes for us is the fact that, without Yao, there's nobody with a low-post presence he has,'' Adelman said. "As far as our offense, Carl or Luis, they're interchangeable. Defensively is where there are some things we're going to have to be aware of.''

Yao averaged 25 points and 10 rebounds against Utah in the first round of last year's playoffs.

Chinese Panda

Angel & Dolphin

我是天使
　　　一个孤单浪漫的天使
　　　喜欢绕着地球飞
　　　却为找不到甜密爱情而心灰
　　　你是海豚
　　　海是座没有围墙的城
　　　仰望有彩虹的天空
　　　你心里有失去爱情的伤痕
　　　当天使懂得海豚的伤悲
　　　当海豚疼惜天使的心碎
　　　我们的相逢变得好可贵
　　　我们在风中
　　　留下了喜悦的眼泪
　　　天使好想学会了游泳
　　　海豚在梦里飞到了半空中
　　　这样的恋爱或许不轻松
　　　可是只有你让我深深心动
　　　天使好想给海豚一个吻
　　　可是情海那么神秘那么深
　　　海豚想给天使一个拥抱
　　　可是天使的家住得那么高．．．．．


我卸下了虚伪的微笑，摆出一张疲倦的脸。对你的眷恋依旧，只是我以学会了隐藏。
……
我的生活依然一如既往地平静，唯一的波动就是想你时的泪水。

诱惑，我们的距离以光年计算…………

古人说：生死阔契，与子相悦；执子之手，与子偕老

我虽牵不到你手，仍要永伴你的心！

One-legged McGrady leads Rockets' rally over Sonics

BEIJING, Jan. 24-- Proving a one-legged Tracy McGrady is still a threat to be reckoned with, the Houston forward scored 18 of his 28 points in the second half as the Rockets rallied to defeat the SuperSonics 109-107 in Seattle.

Athens Travel Guide

The capital of Greece is a huge modern city, but one with old roots and many many monuments dating back to the dawn of civilization.

The main monument to visit is of course the Acropolis, the hill upon which the Parthenon and other important sites are located. The climb can be hot, but it is worth your while.

The Plaka is one of the nicest areas of town: ideal for shopping and wandering through cobblestone streets or sitting down in one of the many tavernas.


Athens is a good base for exploring the region: Epidaurus, Corinth and Mycenae can all be see on a trip from the capital, Cape Sounion, Delphi and Marathon (42 km away) are also good options.

Pireaus is the port of Athens. It is a very dirty place but also the place to start your trip to the greek islands.

Athens hosted the 2004 Olympics.

Duncan Helps Spurs Kick Lakers

San Antonio 103, L.A. Lakers 91



SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 23 (AP) -- With his team down nine points at halftime, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich went with an intellectual, rather than emotional, appeal on Wednesday night.

"'You have to participate in your recovery,''' recounted guard Brent Barry. "I think that stuck with us. When things aren't going well, and you're not playing well, you can't sulk.''

Something in Popovich's address must have clicked for the Spurs, because their second half against the Los Angeles Lakers looked a lot better than their first in a 103-91 win.

Tim Duncan had 28 points and 17 rebounds, and Ime Udoka scored a season-high 18 points in the Spurs' second straight victory.

"Pop didn't say much at halftime. He didn't want to come in here screaming and yelling, but he did mention getting the ball into people's hands,'' Udoka said.

Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 29 points and 12 rebounds, and Ronny Turiaf scored 14 points. Sasha Vujacic and Lamar Odom added 11 points apiece.

The Lakers still beat the Spurs off the glass (48-35) and in the paint (44-30), but they had a costly 22 turnovers -- Bryant had nine of those -- to give up 27 points.

T-Mac Ignites Rockets’ Rally That Burns Sonics

Houston 109, Seattle 107

SEATTLE, Jan. 23 (AP) -- Kevin Durant wants to eventually model his game after Tracy McGrady.

Durant got a view Wednesday night of just how good McGrady is, even with a gimpy leg.

Nursing a left knee injury, McGrady put together a second half that showed even with one good leg he's still one of the best in the game. McGrady scored 18 of his 28 points in the second half and took over in the final 90 seconds, both scoring and passing, helping the Rockets rally to beat the SuperSonics 109-107.

McGrady was responsible for Houston's final eight points, scoring five himself and setting up Rafer Alston's 3-pointer with 16 seconds left that gave Houston a four-point lead Seattle couldn't overcome.

"Tonight was a huge jump in getting back to my old self,'' McGrady said.

Seattle would have preferred not to see any signs of the old McGrady. Instead, McGrady was largely responsible for Seattle's 12th straight loss, the worst single-season losing streak in franchise history. And this one might be the most painful.

Shopping in HK

It is true that Hong Kong is a fantastic place for shopping. People could see brands which never appear in Mainland China, such as Miss Sixty, Salad, B+AB, Bread n Butter, and so on. Though the price is much higher, the style is really much pretty and of much variety.



Having been in HK for master study for almost four months, I have been shopping in many plazas, Harbor City in Jian Sha Cui, Langham Place in Monkok, Festival Walk in Kowloon Toon. Today I went to New City Plaza in Sha Tian. The same grand, the same brands, and the same luxury. When mentioning this, I really want to comment that HKers are so lucky to have money to enjoy life and have work to earn money. Thinking the vanity of Mainland, I am gona to hope that Mainland’s economy rushing upper and upper.

Quality Products From Chine

Chinese products are creating waves in the world consumer market. Given their quality and prices, Chinese goods have reached every where in the world. Advent of e-commerce has made it possible for people to buy what they like and from where they like. Consumers have tremendous choices available now.

One best place to start looking for products made in China is LightInTheBox - a wholesale company that supplies over 100 thousand products straight from China. They are doing this business since last five years and know the Chinese market. Their product range includes every thing from electronics to toys and apparels. Explore a little and find their amazing range. Apart from so much I wish to have that is displayed there, I liked their Sports and Outdoor section best. All Light In The Box products come with 12 month rarranty.

Shopping online is easy on this Hacker Safe site. They can ship orders worldwide (see the list of countries on site). That is the convenience of online shopping! Different payments options are also available. Read their knowledge base and you will know how they do their business. Presntly they are having a clearance sale. Have an experice of shopping and save big now.

Wishlist

I've been drooling over the latest version of the iPod nano for months. I want one. I want a fuchsia pink iPod nano.

I browsed the net and look at what I've found. At first glance, it looks like an iPod but it's not.

Here are the specs:
- Specification:1.8 inch CSTN screen, OLED display with crystal mirror
- Supports pictures screen saver Electronic album and picture browse
- Multi formats support: mp1, MP2, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF, and WAV
- ID-3 tag, A-B repeat, follow-read and contrast function
- Built-in FM radio Super-long and VOX voice digital recording from mic. or radio
- 25 languages supported: English / French / German / Italian / Spanish / Portuguese / Swedish Czech / Dutch / Danish / Polish / Japanese / Chinese
- Lithium rechargeable battery playing up to 8-10 hours
- Size: Height: 69.8MM Width:54.8MM Thickness:7.9MM
- Net Weight:47g
- Accessories:charger, user manual, USB cable, CD drive, earphone
- Package include: MP4 Player x 1, User Manual, Driver CD, Stereo Headphone, USB Cable / AC POWER SUPPLY, 100V-240V Charger

It's made in China and costs around US$43. Great deal huh?

The company, LightInTheBox, is a wholesaler of various electronic products i.e. game consoles, cell phones, mp3, mp4, and the like. The reason why prices are reasonable because they sell in bulk.

Apart from the iPod, I want a laptop, Wii and new books! I hope there's a genie out there who'll reply in return, "Your wish is my command." That would be awesome!

Come And Shop With Me

I got only one word to describe LightInTheBox. CHEAP!

No, not that kind of slutty cheap kind of meaning, what I meant here is really cheap! As in affordable cheap! Like when you saw your favourite watch you had been dreaming to get on the shop that give you a big discount up to 70% cheap! Don’t believe me? Let me show you how cheap they can be!

By the way, did you had enough money with you or have you receives your pay cheque yet, if not, then you will have some problem as I am sure that you will need lot of bucks when you enter their website at http://www.lightinthebox.com. Its actually happen to me, so shy that I have to admit that but I could not stop myself, I saw so many things that I dream to get for myself and when I noticed that LightInTheBox actually offer cheaper prices than other site, I was carried away with it and ended up browsing and shopping all night long in LightInTheBox.

So are you ready yet for the shopping spree of wholesale gadgets, apparel, Electronic, Auto and many more with affordable price tag from China? come along with me right now to http://www.lightinthebox.com and we should be enjoying ourself!

How can you stop yourself when you see these at price cheaper than other places??

Rockets seek consistency at midway point

HOUSTON -- The Rockets have managed to hang in the Western Conference playoff chase despite some struggles in the first half of the season.

Now, the Rockets are hoping to make their move up the standings with a strong second half.

"I'm not too happy about where we're at right now," Rockets point guard Rafer Alston said. "I though we'd have a better record. But we are above .500 and we're right there for the seventh and eighth (playoff spot). We're getting healthy so there's a lot of room for improvement and we have the components for making a good run at it."

On Wednesday, Alston and Co. will begin their second-half push.

Despite being mentioned among the preseason favorites in the West, the Rockets have had an up-and-down first half. They are anticipating a grind towards the playoffs as they begin the second half of the season Wednesday night against Seattle.

The Rockets (22-19) are 10th in the West after spending much of the first half developing a rhythm within Rick Adelman's high-motion offensive scheme.

They've won without Tracy McGrady and have received surprising contributions from their trio of rookies -- Luis Scola, Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry.

Big wins have even been sprinkled in along the way. Houston has beaten the league's defending champs -- San Antonio -- twice and scored a big road win over Phoenix.

Still, there's ground to make up. The good news is that no team in the West is running away from the pack. Through Monday's action, only seven games separated the top 10 teams in the conference.

Houston is only two games behind Golden State for the eighth and final playoff slot.

"We've had our ups and downs, but we're still in good shape," Rockets forward Chuck Hayes said. "We're on the outside looking in, but we're not far."

The biggest question mark heading into the season's second half is McGrady's status.

Even though he's provided productive minutes off the bench in the past two games, the Rockets' All-Star shooting guard is still playing with a noticeable limp after missing 11 games with a left knee injury. He hasn't had his usual lift on jumpers or the typical spring in his step on drives towards the basket. For now, he's playing through the pain.

Sure, the Rockets managed to go 7-4 during the star's most recent absence. But the Rockets also realize they need McGrady's ability to create for everyone else.

"I just felt like that's what our team was missing when I was out," McGrady said. "If I don't make the shot, I still bring attention to me."

During McGrady's time out, the Rockets did develop a better flow within Adelman's offensive system. Alston raised his scoring average to double figures by attacking the lane more and Houston got significant contributions from Luther Head, Scola and Brooks.

"We've been attacking more," Alston said. "We haven't waited to see how we're going to flow and who's going to get us going. We've got to continue to be aggressive even with Tracy back in the lineup."

Not everything has gone well over that stretch without McGrady.

In what has been a disturbing trend of late, the Rockets haven't been able to finish games with ease after building comfortable advantages. Despite building a 16-point lead over Philadelphia on Jan. 15, the Rockets coughing up the game in the fourth quarter. Houston had nine turnovers -- most of which came on entry passes to Yao Ming.

Even with McGrady back, those issues have persisted. If the Rockets are going to get back in the playoffs, they know they can't continue to give games away.

"We just have to continue to do what gets us leads," Rockets forward Shane Battier said. "When you play aggressively and play good team defense, that's what affords you a lead. At the end of a game, especially when a team tries to get you out of your comfort zone, you lose sight of that. You have to remind yourself constantly what's good for you -- aggressive play."

Despite all the preseason talk about transforming into an offensive-minded team, the Rockets know they'll still be relying on their defense to reach the postseason.

Judging by their defensive efforts this season, that looks promising. The Rockets are holding opponents to 43.8 percent shooting -- second only to Boston. Only one of Houston's past 10 opponents have reached the 100-point plateau.

"They're one of the three best defensive teams in the league," Seattle coach P.J. Carlesimo said. "You don't get a lot of easy stuff going to the rim and they got a great perimeter defender (in Battier)."

Still, the Rockets will need a stronger second half to the season if they're going to be playoff-bound.

The good news is that they aren't out of the race after an up-and-down first half of the season.

"We've got to take care of how we play," Alston said. "We have to worry about us winning our games instead of looking at what the other teams are going to do. We should be alright if we take care of our game."

You need multiple streams of income if you want to gain financial freedom.

December 27, 2007 – 12:24 pm | by Chuva

I know a lot of you are entrepreneurs. Most of you are probably blogging because of the opportunities that it presents, earning money while blogging is a great opportunity. However, have you tried selling items on eBay? Many vendors can be found online and it can provide added income if you’re innovative in pricing your items. I was able to purchase wholesale jewelries that I now sell on my online store and at times, you can sell your items for 100% profit!

Remember the lesson about multiple streams of income. If you diversify and dabble in different types of businesses, you can multiply your blogging income as much as two or three times. LightInTheBox is an online vendor who sells products from China. The trick is to buy your products at wholesale prices. Some of them have a minimum amount that you have to purchase, but others don’t. All you need is a very small capital to get you started and it’s well worth it.

I usually do product testing before going full blast. I buy a little bit of this and a little bit of that. List them on eBay and see if there is a market. You can find out immediately by searching for past sales by other eBay sellers and see how much they sell the product for. Once you’ve gotten the amount that the product sells for, do an average and price your item for that much.

If you want financial freedom, you should expand your income streams. Use one profit as an investment to another and you will find that there are plenty of opportunities waiting to be tapped. The keyword, is multiple streams of income. As I’ve always said, if you can dream it - you can have it.

Made in China

Friday, December 28, 2007

The increasing demand for Chinese products has much to do with their high quality and low prices besides exponentially growing Chinese economy. Chinese products are now seen in stores and households all over the world.

LightInTheBox is playing an important role in supplying products direct from factories in China. They wholesale company has experience of working in vibrant Chinese market since last about five years. They now deal in almost every thing Made in Chine. They claim to supply over 100 thousand products from electronics to toys and gifts. It is an amazing range found on one site. That is what makes them a single stop for any thing made in China.

The site is neatly laid and easy to navigate. Products are listed n different categories and one can find required item easily. Search function n the site is also efficient. Products have sufficient details for users to know what they are looking at.

Light In The Box has real low prices. Presently their new year clearance sales have started. See their discounted prices (given in red).

Shopping at Light In The Box is easy with many payment options like PayPal, Google Checkout, Western Union and Wire Transfer. Try them and have an enriching shopping experience.

LIGHTinTHEbox

I checked out LightInTheBox today and I am amazed at the low prices I found! If you are looking for electronics, you should seriously check out their site!



LightInTheBox strives to provide their customers the best products with the best service at the best price.

Recently established in 2006, LightInTheBox.com is the website of a company that has been in business in the Chinese market for about 5 years. Our products include all kinds of items such as trendy digital products, consumer electronics, bags gifts and crafts. In 2006, we decided to expand our company's wholesale business worldwide on LightInTheBox.com.

Their name comes from the children's toy, jack-in-the-box. As they are a service-oriented company, they believe in providing solutions to customers' need. They strive to provide "light" for our customers, and hope to deliver these "lights" to our customers in the boxes they receive.

They provide customers worldwide with high quality products at low prices straight from China. Whether you are a wholesaler looking to cut costs, a retailer who refuses to pay the high prices in your country, or just a shopper who's looking to get your hand on the latest product, LightInTheBox.com is bound to satisfy your needs. As of right now, we currently serve customers from over 50 countries, and we're still growing. We're here to help you with your needs.
They promise to:

* Provide 24/7 customer support on weekdays.
* Offer our customers the low Chinese wholesale price.
* Streamline the buying and paying process.
* Deliver goods to our customers all over the world with speed and precision.
* Ensure the excellent quality of our products.
* Help you find products and manufacturers in China.

Light In The Box

Light In The Box
Posted on 12.27.07 by thisweekon @

Have you hears of the site LightInTheBox? If you go to http://www.lightinthebox.com you will find out that they are a world wide wholesaler from China. They can sell you the best priced video game consoles, cell phones, mp3 players, electronics, mp4 players and a tons and tons if not 100’s of thousands of products from China at wholesale prices that you just can not beat. Sure Christmas is over but did you give everyone their gifts yet? Perhaps you forgot someone…this is a great site to check out to get that belated Christmas gift for you loved ones or friends this year.

This site is very user friendly and well organized so you will have no problems navigating through this site and finding those products that interest you the most. And what person does not like getting electronics and they just have so much to choose from that you are bound to find something. And actually you may even find something for yourself at the same time while you are at it. If this is something that interests you and a site that can help you out then definitely check them out and don’t forget to keep them in mind for a great Valentine’s Day gift for someone too!

Light In The Box

China is one of the leading producers of consumers’ goods across the world. Given the economic growth all over the world, the activities in consumers’ as well as wholesale markets have also accelerated creating demands for more. At this time, LightInTheBox is one the leading company offering high quality products direct from China and their prices are low.

Light In The Box (remember children's toy, jack-in-the-box) is the Wholesale company that suppliers products from reputed Chinese manufactureres with good warranties. The Company has been working in the Chinese market for about 5 years. They deal with wide range of products (more than hundred thousand) including wholesale Video game console, Electronics, Cell phones, mp3 and mp4 players, bag gifts and crafts to name just a few.

Explore any section on the website and see what all they are offering. They have an amazing range. Supporting imagery and accompanying details are sufficient to give you a feeler of the products. Still if you have a query, ask them online and their round the clock available sale representatives will get aback to you with an answer. They have multiple payment options including PayPal, Google Checkout, Western Union and Wire Transfer.

Their claim to fame is “to provide the best products with the best service at the best price." Try them.

Iphone or Itouch?

Filed under: Entertainment, Internet — Claudia @ 11:54 am

I want to introduce you the I-Phone. It is beautiful, isn’t? It is my next dream. I am still paying for some gadgets I bought so I can’t go on and just buy this beauty.I heard a lot about it though. Using it as a cell phone is just one small feature it has. You can watch movies, see your pictures, listen to music and many other things that will make you, the happy gadget lover, the most happy person on Earth.

I would be really happy if I get one of those.

It is not that hard to buy it, and the price is not so expensive. Some stores are making sales at this time of the year, and IPhone is on the list of many people.

You can buy it unlocked in some stores like LightInTheBox. They promise to sell the IPhone ready to be used. Oh, by the way. It is being selling with no ship charges.

Before going on and buying this amazing gadget see if you don’t want the ITouch instead of IPhone. They are really similar.

I was thinking about buying the ITouch because I thought I wouldn’t use it as a cell phone. Now that I know where to find an unlocked IPhone I am wondering if I buy ITouch or IPhone.

I have a lot of time to decide. It is better for me.

A light in the box?

Christmas has past and only few days left, New Year is here again. Time flies! I remember when i was young, i always receive some presents during Christmas Day. When i got a job, it was my turn to give and i usually do it on New Year's Day. It's really stressful to think of the presents to give specially when you don't have enough budget. But thanks because there is this LightInTheBox where we can buy products in very low price.

How about you? Are you done with your shopping lists last Christmas? If not, it's not over, yet. New Year is coming and you can still make it. Or you may also want to buy a gift for yourself. I'm also thinking of buying a nintendo or MP4 for myself. Or maybe just wait for hubby to get them both for me. All i need to do is browse the net when hubby is here beside me, open the LightInTheBox site and make a reaction that i'm surprise in order to get his attention. Isn't it a good idea?

Hurry now! Find the best gifts for New Year. Check out http://www.lightinthebox.com for its Year-End Sale. You can save up to 70% discount and some products are Worldwide free shipping.

Back to HK

Today i came back HK from my hometown in Mainland. It also is a bit cold, though not as cold as Beijing. I came back by train. In this period, many students and workers came back home from Beijing to cellebrate the luner spring festival with their families, so the train was truely crowded. It was quite hard to transfer from on section to the other. But i was so lucky to meet many warm-hearted North-East people. They are talkative and they help carry my luggage which really bring convinience a lot. This experience gave me a warm impression of North-East People.