Security+

I went to take my CompTIA Security+ Certification Examination today and out of a full score of 900, I managed to get 885. I dare not say I did a lot of preparation for the exam (I was like studying the exam guide with the least amount of materials all the time), but since I’m just 15 marks away from the perfect score, I should be happy about it. Furthermore, I’ve gotten the first “professional certification” of my life!

Anyway the examination wasn’t exactly difficult (for those of you who have done CS3235 you would have known at least 70% of the material to be covered), and there is nothing hugely technical to cover. With a bit of hard work it won’t be hard to pass this examination. For more information of the Security+, visit CompTIA’s website at http://certification.comptia.org/security – I’m sure I must have posted this link before here, but I’ll do it again.

Anyway I’ve gotten myself a new job – I’ll be moving to the Hong Kong Baptist University in September as a student affairs officer. It might not seem to be the most exciting job ever (at least I know I won’t have chances to be traveling here and there), but at least I would have some proper fringe benefits, and since it’s kinda like next door to City University where I’ll be doing my Masters, it does look like a decent move. And yes, I’m actually quite excited about the new job (in the same way I’m looking forward to leave this).

I was in Shenzhen last week with a colleague for some site visit, and at the end of the visit, we went for dinner at a Korean restaurant. The food there was excellent, and the grilled beef was just wonderful:

The beef was very fresh, very juicy and very tender. Not needing to do the grilling ourselves make the whole experience even better. The price for this set of grilled beef? RMB130 – I’m sure you can’t find this kind of prices in Hong Kong.

Then yesterday me and my sister went to the Hong Kong Food Fair. The fair was slightly disappointing because they can’t sell cooked food, but there was still a lot of other types of food and beverages available. However the most interesting we saw was not any of the foodstuff, but this poster:

It was one of those promotional posters for a well-known confectionery, and I must give it to them for their “creativity” in linking bread with those great movies. Besides Initial D, a few other movies that they managed to make a parody out of included Brokeback Mountains (斷背包) and Gone With The Wind (亂世蝦仁), among others. It was actually quite hilarious.

I think I might go to Taiwan again next week just to take a break before starting work at HKBU. Since I’m going at the end of the holidays, the prices are actually quite reasonable. Besides Taipei, I also want to check out places like Yilan and Hualien – apparently there are a few train station on the east coast of Taiwan that has a great view of the Pacific Ocean. It would be good to see my relatives over there as well – it has been more than 10 years since I last saw them after all. I wonder if they can even recognise me. Haha.