OMG, how to recover your Window's administrator password

I was logging into my development VM machine when I found out that the administrator password that I set just a day before is invalid for some weird reason... (later, I think it's because of some password expiry policy that I cannot reuse this previous password again). This got me really frustrated since much of my code changes have yet to be submitted and are located on this machine. The impasse of not able to login to access your work code changes feels like someone has just finished writing a long section of thesis but forgot to press the "save" button then due to power failure, the section in work is no longer available.

Onto the road of recovery...

Thankfully, there's a solution to the password dilemma. I was able to reset my Windows Server 2003 administrator password by using cd080802.zip CD image as found in Windows Password Recovery. I simply mounted the bootable CD image as the first thing to run on system startup in VM. Then following the on-screen script instructions and using the default values mostly, the password reset was done. And life is back to normal again! Sweet~

Day trip to Hong Kong

I was visiting Hong Kong for a day because of the mandatory every-four-month-need-to-go-out-for-an-overseas-Taiwanese-guy-not-wanting-to-be-enlisted-into-the-military thing. This time, rather than just staying for a few hours at the airport then fly back to Taiwan on the next available flight, I decided to be more of a tourist.

Thanks to a travel guide book I bought at the airport bookshop in Taoyuan international airport, I got a sense of the place to visit and have meals, and the transportation allowing so. Once arrived in Hong Kong, the weather was a welcoming and balmy 23 degree Celsius. And I got the 100 HKD airport express ticket to/from Hong Kong station and the airport. (This is a special one-day round trip ticket). Since it was noon when I arrived, I went to this beef noodle place famous for it's fine beef stock and meat. [九記牛腩]

As you can tell from the photo, there was quite a line!
Next stop after the lunch was St Johns Cathedral. Visiting this place in solitude was quite relaxing! And the brief walk about helps digestion and soul cleansing at the same time :)

The Hong Kong park was inviting as a little getaway from the hectic and crowded city atmosphere.

The tramcars here offer easy accessibility to major stops on Hong Kong island. It's an unique hop onto the 2nd floor of a train experience if you've never had before.

For afternoon tea, I had some famous con-gees with pork and 皮蛋.

Further still, I had some whole milk pudding that comes with a flaky thin films on the surface. The combined texture was amazing and satisfying to taste.

A little stop at the western market to see the its antique architecture was a good way to round off the day's visit.

I was home sweet home at 11 pm. Time for bed!