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Today marks the day when my SP level exceeds 10,000. Normally, people celebrate about it or even do nothing as it is only numbers. I thought about how I should deal with it and decided that I would like to convey a message to the community about how I will stick with Steemit no matter how the future is gonna unfold. Don’t wanna go lengthy about it so I will try to express it in a poem style and a few words later to explain.

3 … 2 … 1 …

From Three Steems to ‘Wan’ SPs and to the unknown future

Three is the number of Steems I was given when registered on July 14

From then to now it has been one hell of a 4-month ride that I cannot express fully in even a hundred posts

“Wan” is the number of SPs this account has just achieved, witnessing this surreal journey in the digital world

From three to wan I has transformed from an accidental passer-by into a new citizen of the crypo-universe

From three to wan this amazing place evolves from the platform to their platform and from today on to our platform

I was a blogger that has not blogged enough

I was a talker but I has not shared enough

I was an investor that has poured in my passion and pin money

I was a learner that learnt the fact that there is still so much to learn

I was a dreamer that for the first time experienced the phrase - only imagination is the limitation

These do not matter anymore

From today on it is a brand new start to me again and I will just describe myself to be a … Steemian

I am not here to speculate

I am here to see spectacular

I am not here to invest

I am here to get involved

I am not here to mock

I am here to make 

I hereby solemnly declare that this @deanliu account will always hold above 10,000 SPs

Forever until the blockchain of Steem shall ever cease to exist

Phew~~~ Did I get too serious!? :-)  Relax… I am serious but it is really no big deal if you truly believe in it. So, just another day to Steemit and just another post to boost my SPs … Have a nice day! 

Oh, by the way, ‘Wan’ (萬) means the number of 10,000 in Chinese. And in the following I am gonna talk to my dear cn community in Chinese. 

Sincerely yours, 

@deanliu

見證過萬一刻

朋友們大家好啊，今天是在下SP過萬的日子，新規則下要上10萬恐怕是如登天般困難，所以過萬總還是個值得見證的時刻。我先說說結論吧：

我決定從今天起這帳戶將持續持有上萬SP，直到永遠，除非哪天Steem區塊鏈不再存在。

老實說，這一宣示其實也不用看得太嚴重，說得浪漫點，就是與你共存亡，說得市儈點，就是賭徒性格的死多頭，不到黃河心不死。只是希望能夠跟新來的朋友傳遞一點信心，或許讓小魚兒們能夠多一點持續往上游的動力，那也算是對社區的一點點貢獻吧。

遙想當年(其實只有4個月)，從意外偶然的註冊擁有3顆Steem開始，嘗試性的亂寫，有目的的亂寫，高興的、傷心的、文青的、分享的、無聊的各種書寫，寫到了今天還不停；100、200、1000顆Steem的投機與投資，虧損到了今天罵不完；一個、兩個到許多個的新舊朋友們，在全球各地，但尋人啟事發不完… 真的要說的話，故事說不完，就先不說了。

無論如何，跌跌撞撞，總算來到「萬」點大關。cn區上萬的朋友也不算少，但是一路半寫半投資上來的，我大概算第一個吧（好幾位是直接投資上萬的；甜心應該沒有投資，很快破萬，傑出寫手代表；下一 個看好大西瓜上萬囉！）。新的大叉子要來了，要上看10萬幾乎對於一般人（包括我）是不可能，所以，未來朋友努力目標，可能就是以百、千、萬，為階段性目標了。有幸現在先到達萬點，雖然市值，嘿嘿 … ，但是畢竟「萬」字在中文裡還是有豐碩的意涵，就做了這一個決定（所以超過萬部份我還是會power down的），希望可以 …

留下一盞「永遠在萬點等你」的燈，上來吧，我會一直在這裡等著你！

@deanliu

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I had some hesitation in sharing this family restaurant with you since although it is good but not really too special. However, when I reviewed those photos I took and saw the one I put above, I couldn’t help sharing it - it is way TOO cute and hilarious!! Hence the title. So, read on.

原本我有點猶豫是否要分享這間親子餐廳「伽立略家庭餐廳」，因為好歸好，但沒太大特色。不過，整理照片看到一張餐廳的畫，太過犯規的可愛，實在讓我不得不分享，所以，就連餐廳一起分享吧。：）

The Restaurant and the Painting

This nice family restaurant, Galilei Family Brunch, is located on the 4F of Shinkong Mitsukoshi A8 Mall (Xinyi Place), at the heart of Taipei’s newest core commercial area. It is really important for parents with little children if they decide to come here for shopping or having meals as this neighborhood is very crowded and good options for parents are really limited. Here they endeavor to provide a relaxing environment for parents as well as their little ones. You can see at the entrance that it is designed to be under a huge tree.

這間「伽立略家庭餐廳」位於台北信義計畫區新光三越百貨A8館4樓，這區是台北市最新最熱鬧的商業核心區域，遊客與當地客都多，雖然基礎設施很不錯，但用餐時間，許多餐廳很容易客滿，帶著小小孩的父母要找好的餐廳好好吃頓飯是不容易的。因此，這間親子餐廳的出現，對於許多父母是一大福音。這間餐廳價位比較高，所以他們對於父母餐點品質一樣很重視。入口可以看到一棵大樹造型。

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They hang a really funny painting here and literally I find everyone who first sees this painting will at least smile, or often laugh. I saw this painting long time ago when I passed by and immediately I remembered this restaurant. Finally we went two weeks ago when we happened to need both: “family” (i.e. get rid of my kid) and “restaurant” (I need to eat! with dignity!). I really love this “Monalisa baby” but I don’t know if it is original or just a copy. 

一進入餐廳就會看到這幅「萌那麗莎的微笑」，我觀察了一下，沒有人看到會不笑的，實在太可愛了。早在我來消費之前好久，我就已經記得這餐廳，就是因為這幅畫。終於兩週前帶孩子來這裡買東西，中午到了，就來這裡試試看。我非常愛這幅畫，但不知道是複製品還是原作。

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This is the main dining area. 主要用餐區。

http://i.imgur.com/Oz24L7e.jpg

You can see lots of baby transportation vehicles parked here with some seasonal Halloween decorations.

嬰兒們的坐騎與當時的萬聖節裝飾。   

http://i.imgur.com/6KsHpYg.jpg

This is an extremely important area - that’s why we paid the premium price!! Let the devils go to their dens and let us eat like humans again!!

這一區至關重要，沒這個我們就不來了！讓各路惡魔們在此相聚吧，惡魔的僕人要休息吃飯，短暫重拾做人的尊嚴。

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The Food

Their food is pretty good, considering that most family restaurant in Taipei don’t pay much attention to adults’ menu as they know our weakest point - we will come as long as they can provide good environment and food for kids. So quality food for parents is really just a bonus as well as how it stands out from its competitors. I did not take many photos of our food - too hungry to shot, you know. Here is one and it does look good.

他們的餐點其實很不錯，如果你知道的話，台北近年來開了很多親子餐廳，但是通常父母在乎的是設施以及小孩的餐點（這樣就會乖乖買單了），自己吃得就隨便一點，因為只要能夠短暫擺脫小惡魔，這比什麼都更美味！所以，如果餐廳對於父母餐點有用心的話，那麼就會讓人印象深刻，完美！所以，我們太餓了，我沒多拍大人餐點，只有這個剛上來的附餐拍下來了，看起來不錯吧。

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My son had this kid’s pasta. Although he kept asking his mother to feed him with her risotto. I probably ate more pasta than him - it was really good! You can see the spoon, fork and knife embedded in the tray with a house shape plate. Cute.

這個是我兒子吃的義大利空心粉，非常好吃，我可能吃得比他還多，他一直要吃媽媽的燉飯。兒童餐具很可愛，森林小屋造型。

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The Surroundings 

It is nicely located on a floor with a large balcony area where there are kids’ playing equipment provided by the mall for free as well as some additional kids’ small cars or train ride that requires some fee. 

餐廳位於百貨公司一個有露台廣場的樓層，有開放空間，免費的兒童遊樂設施，有些要付費的小車子等。吃完到這裡跑跑曬曬太陽都是不錯的。

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Finally, a photo about this area. 最後是附近建築物的照片。

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Or you can check my previous post here. 關於本區，之前有過相關介紹。

A Walk in Taipei’s Xinyi Commercial District 台北信義計畫區建築群

I hope you enjoy the Monana’s Smile!! :-)   

希望那張畫像讓你微笑一下，下次帶孩子到台北也可以到這間餐廳來吃頓可以放鬆的飯。

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We are no rich people but my wife and I developed a habit to save for a while and use the money to stay in a good hotel in the city we live or during our trip abroad. What we like about good or even luxury hotels is the comfort, relaxation, aura and indulgence they can offer. Over the years, we have accumulated quite a lot of photos taken inside these good hotels - yes, we like to take photos of every corners of the hotel given that this would not disturb others and makes us like stupid tourists. I am not sure if there are many people on Steemit that share this ‘hobby’ but today is my first trial post that focuses on hotel only. I will share one hotel via several themes and posts in a casual way. After all, photos sometimes say it all. Hope you enjoy it!

Today, let’s start with our most familiar hotel - Regent Taipei (I mentioned it before in a funny reporter’s post here). And I include two themes - the first one is the hottest topic last week, the SteemFest. I did not go but I followed the live feed here in the hotel room. Then, I had a good swim at the roof top swimming pool that is beautiful and relaxing (not comparable to those resorts of course!). 

喜歡存錢住住好的飯店是我們夫妻倆多年慢慢養成的興趣。要存錢就知道這有點超出我們應該消費的水準，但我們願意花錢在這方面，因為好的飯店真的能夠讓人在舒適，放鬆，精緻美觀的環境當中，恢復活力，享受難得的放鬆感覺。所以，有時候也住所在地的飯店，但主要是在旅行時，就會部分選擇好的五星級飯店，異國的飯店又更為新奇有趣，同時也可以在異鄉旅遊得到更完整的協助與安心感。我們到這些飯店都會拍不少照片，累積多年，該是時候慢慢拿出來，看看大家反應如何了，同時總比只放在電腦裡好。由於照片多，一間飯店大概會分帖分主題來分享，盡量輕鬆，讓照片說話為主，畢竟飯店資訊到處都是了。

這次，先介紹我們最熟悉的，台北晶華酒店，這是我們近幾年都會一年來住幾次的”老窩”了。這篇主題是：在這兒看上週熱門的Steem大拜拜以及屋頂的游泳池！看下去吧！

Now, come with me!

All set up and waiting for SteemFest to come alive. 直播即將開始。

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Ned on stage!  Ned上台開講了！

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The famous Steem engine train. 著名火車圖。

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Anyone know who Ned was talking to?  這胖超人是誰？

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Ok. Ok. Watching SteemFest cannot show too much of the hotel. Let’s go to the pool and take a dive!! The entrance to roof top. 

好，我知道，開會不重要。我們上樓去游泳吧！

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A man here to safeguard you (make sure you don’t enter without a quick shower). 救生肌肉男會保護你。

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The POOL!! 泳池景觀

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Facilities 更衣設施

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My foot prints! 誰的腳印？

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Kids can come here too. There is a Play Lane. 小朋友有泳圈可以在這玩，水深130cm。

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Next time - same hotel, themes will be little guests and good morning breakfast.

本系列下回還是同一飯店，主題是小客人與豐盛的早餐。

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This is a playful post. Not technical at all. A poem in Chinese. English explanation and translation is given below the photo.

前兩天在飯店的cafe消磨了半個下午，小酌了一點。看著一些區塊鏈的資料，看多了「區塊鏈」這三個字，不禁習慣性地想把它拆解一番，想著想著，最後寫出這篇小玩意兒。不登大雅之堂，難以稱詩，玩弄文字詩，那就勉強吧。棄之可惜，還是寫出來供大家娛樂一下吧！說明一下，就是把「區塊鏈」這三個字 (當然是繁體，簡體就不能這麼拆了) 逐個拆開看，並將之與區塊鏈性質相關連。

區塊鏈

口為人，三口為眾人

區字 打破人為的國家邊界

眾聲喧嘩，全球意見自由流動

土為地域，鬼為才華

塊字 釋放空間對人類才智的限制

繽紛奪目，八方智慧與藝術迸發激盪

金為價值，連接串流

鏈字 描繪世界多元價值的即時銜接疊加

兩儀萬象，生態系統創造以人為主的時代新紀元

區 塊 鏈

出現於過去，正從未來，走向現在

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note. 還是多此一舉解釋一下：1. 區字右邊是開放的，讓三口可以自由出入；2. 兩儀比喻0跟1

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The above is a word playing poem for blockchain in (traditional) Chinese. It was written during days ago when I spent an afternoon in a hotel cafe. Me and my wife had some drinks (for the record, she, not me :), ordered this apple cider and I had beer but her drink looks better so I put it here) and I read some articles on blockchain. After seeing this term in Chinese (區塊鏈，pronounced as Chiu Kuai Lian or Qu Kuai Lian) repetitively, I got naughty and tried to dismantle these three words and combined it with blockchain’s potential impact and influences to write up this ‘poem’ (it is harder to do so in English … what can you dismantle from it other than block and chain?). I quickly revised a Google-translated draft to finish with the following English version. Just to give you some idea of what I write in the Chinese one. 

Blockchain

Mouth (口) for people, three for all

Chiu (區) the word breaks the artificial state boundaries

The sound of public opinion, free flow of global opinion

Soil (土) for the region, ghost (鬼) for talent

Kuai (塊) the word releases human intelligence from space limitation

All so eye-catching, wisdom and art burst and intensify in all dimensions 

Gold (金) for value, connecting (連) streams

Lian (鏈) the word depicts the instantaneous cascading of the world’s multiple values

From binary to omnipresent, ecosystems create a new era of individuality 

Blockchain

Appeared in the past, coming from the future, to the present

隨筆之作，歡迎指教意見。:)   Thank you for reading!

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Two weeks ago I had a great time making a fishing set for my little boy and he has been crazy fishing all day ever since … 

MYOT - Make Your Own Toys for your kids! This time it’s the Fishing Set!

This time we tried to make a different type of game and we don’t need anything from stores… Just your used tissue box… yeah, TRASH if you like. Very environmental right!? :-)  The game is very famous and traditional and popular… it is called Concentration game or Memory game or even Memory Match game. Quite simple and yet it is fun and educational since your kid will need to learn to stay concentrated and memorize card positions. Well, sometimes even we, the adults, need to polish your brain’s memory function … be warned - you might lose it to a 3 years old!! :-) And, it is competitive … aka fun. Good for spending time (making once and playing forever) with your little ones!!

Let’s see what we need for this game:an  used and empty tissue box, a scissors, a pen and a marker pen, a building block for drawing square shape. That’s it!! The total amount of money needed is $0. 

http://i.imgur.com/JLh2ou8.jpg 

Now, trace 24 square shapes on that flattened box using the building block. You can count the number of squares on the photo. It is indeed 24. That means we will create 12 pairs of matching cards. Also, notice that since there are already some patterns on the box … they can be utilized to save some later drawing for you! You will see it soon.

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Now. You can google some patterns on line or create your own. I am less creative so I pic-googled it. I used the keyword “icon” to help locating good copy sources. And then use the marker pen to draw 12 pairs of patterns. Please, when I say pair, it means they need to look reasonably alike. I am not asking you to be Picasso but at least you must be a decent enough copycat… :-)  This is critical or your kid might not recognize them as a pair.  

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Viola! Now here is what we created: 12 pairs. Including hearts, bicycles, clocks, circles, stars, spirals, envelops, phones, clouds, moons, flowers and suns. Notice that we used original tissue box patterns to be circles and stars without drawing ourselves (almost forget… also the flowers, only I re-draw it with market pen). :-) 

http://i.imgur.com/Rt3YEcJ.jpg 

Also, you should make sure that there cards look reasonably identical when they are flipped over (box selection and cutting are two factors to notice). This is fundamental for playing the game. Mine looked okay, right!? 

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Okay! Job done! You are now ready to play! Maybe most of you know how to play this game. But I will just quote from a website to show you the game rules: 

THE RULES FOR PLAYING “MEMORY”

Mix up the cards.

Lay them in rows, face down.

Turn over any two cards.

If the two cards match, keep them.

If they don’t match, turn them back over.

Remember what was on each card and where it was.

Watch and remember during the other player’s turn.

The game is over when all the cards have been matched.

The player with the most matches wins.

I put some photos here to help you realize there rules here. The fat little hands belong to my son. 

http://i.imgur.com/LZPR8sB.jpg 

http://i.imgur.com/ZXc2FeB.jpg 

http://i.imgur.com/kwtU6zK.jpg 

The following three show how you can memorize the positions of bicycles and then successfully flip the correct two and keep them to your winning pairs. 

http://i.imgur.com/V6sJsGE.jpg 

http://i.imgur.com/a8EwG3S.jpg 

http://i.imgur.com/sLXV1cW.jpg 

This time, we had fun, we spent hours doing and playing it and most important of all … I spent no money … We helped saving the planet !! :-)

Have fun MYOT for your kids! See you next time. I still have many toy experience to share in the future! 

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大家好，好像很久沒有寫這類”對話帖”了，:)。雖說，之前寫得多的也是我。這段幣價跌的時間裡確實也比較懶得寫這些，人氣低，也不知道是對誰說話吧… 無論如何，幣價也還低，但心中已無價。日前跟人聊到一件小事，想想還是來跟大家分享一下心得吧！以後我就用這title，然後沒什麼特別有意思的想法的話，我就取消reward了，大家也就別浪費voting power了，多多評論回應倒是很歡迎，希望來這裡交流訊息吧！

這次是關於sportsbet [更正:關注的帳號應該是 steemsports]，我觀察了一下，cn區裡有經常性投注習慣的不多，所以我才想發發消息。我是兩周前才開始的，還沒開始前，只是覺得trending posts老是有這類帖，有時一天還不只一個，感覺似乎這裡變成賭博網站了。後來研究一下，發現這批人蠻認真地寫評論與整理相關數據，倒也是可以支持的project。

不過，真的有在關注職業運動的人應該沒那麼多。沒關係，因為我要說的是，你閉著眼睛，也可以參與的。賭博這種事就是這樣，研究的人不一定就能猜得更準。

沒興趣的話，為什麼要多此一舉呢？

因為，每天點入參與，可能的報酬比你點讚收入還要高。尤其是，對於SP越少的人越成立。

以我最近一次押對為例，拿到1.276SP，一起押中的人有348個，包括從berniesanders超級大戶到超級小戶都是，全部的彩金都是一樣的、均分的，所以對於SP分配是有益的(感謝大戶支持才能有reward可分)。規則等一下我會簡單說明，但精神就是點讚收入拿去，分給內容寫作者、運作團隊，剩下的分給猜對的人。我最多拿到超過4的SP，這應該超過很多人的每日點讚收入(現在這數字不給看了)很多倍吧。當然，賭博沒有必勝的，但或然率告訴我們，你就算亂押，押兩個也會中一個。

每天一點點的財富重分配，你不需要是專家也可以參加。

簡單規則如下：

1. 你的reputation必須是35以上


2. 點讚主文章(對於可調整比重者，點讚比重必須超過50%；SP過10萬的話只要超過10%)


3. 非常重要：一定要在前2-3個評論(各項賽事結果outcomes)當中，擇一點讚，沒點或是點超過一個，都會導致無法參與！通常前2個就是押注兩隊的選項，有第3個就是和局draw。必然是互斥的。這次的點讚沒有百分比限制，

就是這樣簡單！不用去看內容，看到就去點主文章，再選一個結果點讚(我通常懶就選第一個)。就這樣，也不用等幸運之神降臨，只要沒有特別霉運，那或然率之神就會給你應該有的share。

附帶一提，有在執行bot的朋友，可以考慮把sportsbet所有的帖都加入兩次點讚的自動化，這樣除了原本的curation之外，可能還有一筆(相對)可觀的創收喔。

由於這事情跟sportsbet原本精神不太符合(當然以上玩法也都是符合規則的)，所以我就不放相關tag，但是平白的財富重分配，你沒有道理錯過。供大家參考。也歡迎很多更懂的人提供意見或指正。我知道 @ace108 參與得比我還要久，分享一下吧！:-)

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Update Note. [更正:關注的帳號應該是 steemsports !!]

1. 真是不好意思，還有這麼多人點，浪費你們的vp了，下次會換個方式，避免浪費。我以為大家看到標題就會停手的，哈哈，可能是不夠明顯。希望文章跟評論都能給大家一些幫助，以及樂趣maybe。

2. 另外，這也算是我第一次玩玩decline payout，也讓我有不少疑問。abit已經幫我解答一些，剛剛看到這篇的potential payout是5塊多，竟然cn trending還排在13塊的帖前面，實在讓我不解 (anyone!?)… 但至少確定的是，即使拒絕收益，只是不發錢 (作者與點讚者都不發)，其他排序什麼的都照舊。所以其實除了點讚白點之外，作者不收錢是自願，但作者可能會被記錄: 1.發帖一篇(如果你一天超過4篇的話收益會降)；2.潛在但未發出的收益可能還是會記錄在案，某些project例如curie對於作者近期收入有設限的，你可能沒收錢但還是被自動記錄而排除了；3. 如果這些推論沒錯，那也有一些拒絕不掉的好處，就是作者只是不收錢，但reputation可能還是會增加。總結來看，這個decline payout的設計還沒有足夠的配套: 例如點讚者可收入、不算發帖quota、甚至作者收益可以直接選擇轉給某帳號等等，或許都可以考慮…. 

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