今日唔知點解，真係有好多值得寫落黎既事。。。
話說我每日都會online connect 到 TVB 睇我喜愛o既節目,誰不知,今晚想睇時,個 TV Software 竟然無反應，只播出：根据国务院相关部门通知，全国哀悼日期間，不播出娛樂節目和廣告。
okay, another example of control... 而開電視機，所有channels都係播同一樣o既野，無任何娛樂成份o既 -- 新聞 --
但點都好啦，希望中國唔好再o甘多天災人禍，呢幾年睇到太多不幸o既事件，個心都真係替中國和中國人痛。。。
2010年8月15日 星期日
from Have A Little Faith ... another one...
Another passage that I want to share.......(on A Good Marriage)
The author asked the pastor:
Can you predict which marriages will survive? I asked.
"Sometimes," he said. "If they're communicating well, they have a good chance. If they have a similar belief system, similar values, they have a good chance."
What about love?
"Love they should alwyas have. But love changes."
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"The word - commitment - has lost its meaning. I'm old enough to remember when it used to be a positive. A committed person was someone to be admired. He was loyal and steady. Now a commitment is something you avoid. You don't want to tie yourself down."
"It's the same with faith, by the way. We don't want to get stuck having to go to services all the time, or having to follow all the rules. We don't want to commit to God. We'll take Him when we need Him, or when things are going good. But real commitment? That requires staying power - in faith and in marriage."
And if you don't commit? I asked.
"Your choice. But you miss what's on the other side."
What's on the other side?
"Ah." He smiles. "A happiness you cannot find alone."
The author asked the pastor:
Can you predict which marriages will survive? I asked.
"Sometimes," he said. "If they're communicating well, they have a good chance. If they have a similar belief system, similar values, they have a good chance."
What about love?
"Love they should alwyas have. But love changes."
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"The word - commitment - has lost its meaning. I'm old enough to remember when it used to be a positive. A committed person was someone to be admired. He was loyal and steady. Now a commitment is something you avoid. You don't want to tie yourself down."
"It's the same with faith, by the way. We don't want to get stuck having to go to services all the time, or having to follow all the rules. We don't want to commit to God. We'll take Him when we need Him, or when things are going good. But real commitment? That requires staying power - in faith and in marriage."
And if you don't commit? I asked.
"Your choice. But you miss what's on the other side."
What's on the other side?
"Ah." He smiles. "A happiness you cannot find alone."
Have a Little Faith
今日買左一本書, 叫 Have a Little Faith, 作者係 Mitch Albom... 我唔係佢既忠實書迷, 但也看過他其他暢銷書如, Tuesdays with Morrie 和 The Five People you meet in Heaven, 佢既書唔難讀，但好有意思，帶出好多反思同人生o既理論，各位有時間可以一睇！！
剛看到一段內容，好想在此分享，背景係作者在醫院探望一位佢尊敬但可能就快離開人世既牧師：
(The conversations with the quotation " " were by the 牧師 while those without any " " were by the author)
So, have we solved the secret of happiness?
"I believe so,'' he said
Are you going to tell me?
"Yes. Ready?''
Ready.
"Be satisfied.''
That's it?
"Be grateful.''
That's it?
"For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you.''
That's it?
He looked me in the eye. Then he sighed deeply.
"That's it.''
剛看到一段內容，好想在此分享，背景係作者在醫院探望一位佢尊敬但可能就快離開人世既牧師：
(The conversations with the quotation " " were by the 牧師 while those without any " " were by the author)
So, have we solved the secret of happiness?
"I believe so,'' he said
Are you going to tell me?
"Yes. Ready?''
Ready.
"Be satisfied.''
That's it?
"Be grateful.''
That's it?
"For what you have. For the love you receive. And for what God has given you.''
That's it?
He looked me in the eye. Then he sighed deeply.
"That's it.''
酷熱之城
這剛過去的一個禮拜, 真的是非常非常o甘熱...據說, 自8月14日發佈高溫紅色預警後，上海市內15日更錄得 40.5℃的最高氣溫, 創下有氣象紀錄以來的新高!! 怪不得走在街上的時候, 就有如走在一個大火爐中, 我媽問我究竟有多熱, 我就形容給她說: ''就好像你关了厨房門時, 在裡面煲緊湯o既感覺~~'' haha, 跟住, 佢即刻身同感受: '' 嘩, o甘又真係好熱喎!''
上周五,有一個香港朋友到了上海, 她也說這裡熱得不可接受, 好似快要溶o左o甘, 同以前在美國 Las Vegas 的街頭溫度差不多, 但, 大佬, Vegas 係沙漠區呀~ 在本地的報章上, 很有趣的是, 他們有2個不同的溫度: 舉個例子, 就好像星期二, 天文台錄得既溫度係 39.5 度, 然而在這之下, 有另一行叫做體感溫度, 就係 43 度....haha, it's quite amazing that there are two types of temperatures~ 也是頭一次看到~
點解有2個 figures?? 我估因有政治因素, 有人說, 在中國, 永遠溫度的上限是 39.5度, 因為有條例如果溫度高於 40度, 便要停工停課, 所以在中國大陸, 是很少機會會見到 Official Reported Temperature 係 40+, 就好似香港天文台也被投訴在周一至五掛8號風球, 令經濟有大捐失之說法...或者係甘, 所以附加左呢個體感溫度吧...anyway, 我總覺得, 有 d 攪笑...
有時我會諗, 現在個地球, 好似真係愈來愈反常, 天災不斷, 又地震, 又泥石流o甘, 不時又有南北極既冰層斷裂, 氣溫創新高新低等...可能, 2012, 真的離大家不遠矣...盡我地所能, 珍惜地球, 嘗試過一個綠色一點o既生活吧~
上周五,有一個香港朋友到了上海, 她也說這裡熱得不可接受, 好似快要溶o左o甘, 同以前在美國 Las Vegas 的街頭溫度差不多, 但, 大佬, Vegas 係沙漠區呀~ 在本地的報章上, 很有趣的是, 他們有2個不同的溫度: 舉個例子, 就好像星期二, 天文台錄得既溫度係 39.5 度, 然而在這之下, 有另一行叫做體感溫度, 就係 43 度....haha, it's quite amazing that there are two types of temperatures~ 也是頭一次看到~
點解有2個 figures?? 我估因有政治因素, 有人說, 在中國, 永遠溫度的上限是 39.5度, 因為有條例如果溫度高於 40度, 便要停工停課, 所以在中國大陸, 是很少機會會見到 Official Reported Temperature 係 40+, 就好似香港天文台也被投訴在周一至五掛8號風球, 令經濟有大捐失之說法...或者係甘, 所以附加左呢個體感溫度吧...anyway, 我總覺得, 有 d 攪笑...
有時我會諗, 現在個地球, 好似真係愈來愈反常, 天災不斷, 又地震, 又泥石流o甘, 不時又有南北極既冰層斷裂, 氣溫創新高新低等...可能, 2012, 真的離大家不遠矣...盡我地所能, 珍惜地球, 嘗試過一個綠色一點o既生活吧~
2010年8月10日 星期二
2010年8月6日 星期五
我的世博攻略
我的世博攻略?? 很簡單: As long as you can feel/see the sun, DON"T GO~
太陽伯伯係世博會的大敵, 他一出來, 園區就會變得很熱,很熱, 而幾十萬人仲要排幾十分鐘至幾個鍾既隊, 唔辛苦就假... 昨天, 去完公司既 Training 之後, 就到了世博一併, haha... 人在上海, 始終都要去下既... 下午的 Training, 我組要做一個 Presentation, 我們選擇了用英文 present, 因感覺 professional 一些, 還有, 我們是 International firm, 應該okay的...誰不知, 我們present 完後, 聽眾既第一個 feedback 係, ''為什麼你們會用英語 present? 你們沒有考慮到誰是聽眾嗎?'' To be honest, 我聽完呢d comments 後, 感覺不太好, 一, 呢間公司係美國 base 既, 理應 first language 係英文, 而且, 要表達既內容, 也是根據英文既orginal version黎理解... 如果因我們在中國而不用英文, 倒不如不要在外資公司做便好了... Sometimes, really need to have a more open attitude in order to have improvement~
就係甘, 帶住不太好的心情, 直闖世博...hahaha, luckily 我去的時候也差不多日落, 氣溫都唔係甘高, 買完票後, 第一個區域是 C 區, 主要是南美洲/非洲/歐洲館...不斷的行呀行呀, 行了6個小時, 到最後一個館的時候, 腳已經很痛, 累得不想再行了, 所以, 真佩服那些凌晨去排隊入中國館/沙地館的人...仲要玩到閉館(午夜)...點可能的呢???
我的第一個館是阿根廷館 (5 min), 而最後一個館是西班牙館(10), 中間也去了 South Africa (10), Egypt(35), Angola(0), Nigeria(0), Russia(35), Croatia(5), Holland(5), Italy (35)and England(45)...可能是黃昏時份, 大部分團體客已經走了, 所以園區都唔係甘迫...比想像中好多了, 還有排隊途中, 會頻密地噴水, 再加上有風, 成個感覺唔錯...唔會又焗又悶熱... 我最長既排隊時間奉獻了給英國館...有45分鐘, surprised, right?! it's not bad at all... 有些冷門館, 直情唔駛排, 直入直出~~
我最喜歡既館係 Russia, British and Spain Pavilions. Russia 既成個 design 好像童話世界, 色彩繽紛, 感覺很開心, 很歡樂, 好似去了迪士尼甘; 英國館就真係令我有''嘩''既感覺, 雖然館既面積好細, 但設計真係好特別...他用一條一條透明玻璃管子, 封住6萬粒種子, 再以光為背景, 看著這6萬個發光的光條, 好似入了另一個時空, 感覺很虛幻...it's just amazing!!最後我要講既係西班牙館, 他的selling point 係一個3層樓高既 BB, 個機械 BB 既外表, 眼睛,皮膚, 手仔, 腳仔, 全都做得極度似, 當個 BB望住你既時候, 真係好可愛...他眼睛眨眼既細微動作, 也模擬得像真的一樣, 精彩!!
到了將近10時, 便到了中國館的外團看, 沒有想像中的宏偉, 但晚上開住燈, 都幾靚既...再特意找來香港館...um...it's not good wor...主題時: 鈔票後的故事 (Stories behind Bank Notes)...係...香港係金融中心, 但都唔駛用個甘物質既名下...唉, 有d反感...
Anyway, 成個世博既行程都比我預期的好...有些館真的好值得去...人一世, 也真的應該在自己國家見識一下這國際 event ~
GOGOGO!!
太陽伯伯係世博會的大敵, 他一出來, 園區就會變得很熱,很熱, 而幾十萬人仲要排幾十分鐘至幾個鍾既隊, 唔辛苦就假... 昨天, 去完公司既 Training 之後, 就到了世博一併, haha... 人在上海, 始終都要去下既... 下午的 Training, 我組要做一個 Presentation, 我們選擇了用英文 present, 因感覺 professional 一些, 還有, 我們是 International firm, 應該okay的...誰不知, 我們present 完後, 聽眾既第一個 feedback 係, ''為什麼你們會用英語 present? 你們沒有考慮到誰是聽眾嗎?'' To be honest, 我聽完呢d comments 後, 感覺不太好, 一, 呢間公司係美國 base 既, 理應 first language 係英文, 而且, 要表達既內容, 也是根據英文既orginal version黎理解... 如果因我們在中國而不用英文, 倒不如不要在外資公司做便好了... Sometimes, really need to have a more open attitude in order to have improvement~
就係甘, 帶住不太好的心情, 直闖世博...hahaha, luckily 我去的時候也差不多日落, 氣溫都唔係甘高, 買完票後, 第一個區域是 C 區, 主要是南美洲/非洲/歐洲館...不斷的行呀行呀, 行了6個小時, 到最後一個館的時候, 腳已經很痛, 累得不想再行了, 所以, 真佩服那些凌晨去排隊入中國館/沙地館的人...仲要玩到閉館(午夜)...點可能的呢???
我的第一個館是阿根廷館 (5 min), 而最後一個館是西班牙館(10), 中間也去了 South Africa (10), Egypt(35), Angola(0), Nigeria(0), Russia(35), Croatia(5), Holland(5), Italy (35)and England(45)...
我最喜歡既館係 Russia, British and Spain Pavilions. Russia 既成個 design 好像童話世界, 色彩繽紛, 感覺很開心, 很歡樂, 好似去了迪士尼甘; 英國館就真係令我有''嘩''既感覺, 雖然館既面積好細, 但設計真係好特別...他用一條一條透明玻璃管子, 封住6萬粒種子, 再以光為背景, 看著這6萬個發光的光條, 好似入了另一個時空, 感覺很虛幻...it's just amazing!!最後我要講既係西班牙館, 他的selling point 係一個3層樓高既 BB, 個機械 BB 既外表, 眼睛,皮膚, 手仔, 腳仔, 全都做得極度似, 當個 BB望住你既時候, 真係好可愛...他眼睛眨眼既細微動作, 也模擬得像真的一樣, 精彩!!
到了將近10時, 便到了中國館的外團看, 沒有想像中的宏偉, 但晚上開住燈, 都幾靚既...再特意找來香港館...um...it's not good wor...主題時: 鈔票後的故事 (Stories behind Bank Notes)...係...香港係金融中心, 但都唔駛用個甘物質既名下...唉, 有d反感...
Anyway, 成個世博既行程都比我預期的好...有些館真的好值得去...人一世, 也真的應該在自己國家見識一下這國際 event ~
GOGOGO!!
小楊生煎 VS 小李被煎
係唔係睇完個title都唔明講咩呢? 等我解釋一下呢2個terms:
1. 小楊生煎(食店/食品):
Definition- 小杨生煎，是上海一家特色生煎店，已发展有数家连锁店。小杨生煎个大汤多，肉馅是用剁碎的猪肉加其他调料制成。2006年“小杨生煎”获得“上海名点、名小吃”称号
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最近, 愛上了這上海小食, 因在公司附近有一家分店, 近來天口興, 同事們都不願意走動, 所以便會貪方便到小楊生煎吃午飯...一個normal order 有4個生煎包, 成日都有人龍的, 我最喜歡點生煎包外, 也會另叫一碗牛肉粉絲...生煎包的脆底尤其好食, 再加上裡面既鮮肉和湯汁, 簡直係正呀~~
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2. 小李被煎 (事件):
Definition- 小李同事負責的項目是幫助某國內銀行的網點進行優化和想出改革/改良方案,在和客戶在一個大型會議商談中...因所做的工作不被認同...clients完全唔如給面子的大肆批評和責罵...這事件被稱為''小李被煎''也~
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在上海IBM幫忙一個consulting的項目, 很'幸運'的可以參加這個 youhuawangdian (haha, it's pinyin, you can find out the translation by yourself!!) 的團隊...幸運不在於項目/客戶的高質素與正面feedback, 而相反的, 一些 senior consultants 甚至說這項目的客戶在態度,合作度,回饋意見上, 也是他們做o甘多個projects 中最差的... haha, 就係因為o甘, 我和另一個同事也覺得學到好多野, 見到真真正正consultant既苦況和難處...使得我倆對這一行的認識深入多了...見到會上小李不斷被插, 辛苦捱夜既工作成果, 完全被打回去, 就因''這不是我們想要的溝通模式!'' or ''這流程是錯的!'' 但沒辦法, 他們是客, 只好耐心的, 想別的方便去convince 他們, 令他們接受新的方案... 看著小李難以還擊 (it's like 20 clients vs. 2 consultants), 我就 picture 如果自己係佢, 可以點做, 點樣 solve problems...haha, 我也不是太懂, but at least have experience 呢d場面, 將來如果touchwood 遇到, 都定d 嘛...
Consultant 真係唔易做, 但都真係幾 challenging~ Hope I can be a good one in the future ~
1. 小楊生煎(食店/食品):
Definition- 小杨生煎，是上海一家特色生煎店，已发展有数家连锁店。小杨生煎个大汤多，肉馅是用剁碎的猪肉加其他调料制成。2006年“小杨生煎”获得“上海名点、名小吃”称号
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最近, 愛上了這上海小食, 因在公司附近有一家分店, 近來天口興, 同事們都不願意走動, 所以便會貪方便到小楊生煎吃午飯...一個normal order 有4個生煎包, 成日都有人龍的, 我最喜歡點生煎包外, 也會另叫一碗牛肉粉絲...生煎包的脆底尤其好食, 再加上裡面既鮮肉和湯汁, 簡直係正呀~~
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2. 小李被煎 (事件):
Definition- 小李同事負責的項目是幫助某國內銀行的網點進行優化和想出改革/改良方案,在和客戶在一個大型會議商談中...因所做的工作不被認同...clients完全唔如給面子的大肆批評和責罵...這事件被稱為''小李被煎''也~
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在上海IBM幫忙一個consulting的項目, 很'幸運'的可以參加這個 youhuawangdian (haha, it's pinyin, you can find out the translation by yourself!!) 的團隊...幸運不在於項目/客戶的高質素與正面feedback, 而相反的, 一些 senior consultants 甚至說這項目的客戶在態度,合作度,回饋意見上, 也是他們做o甘多個projects 中最差的... haha, 就係因為o甘, 我和另一個同事也覺得學到好多野, 見到真真正正consultant既苦況和難處...使得我倆對這一行的認識深入多了...見到會上小李不斷被插, 辛苦捱夜既工作成果, 完全被打回去, 就因''這不是我們想要的溝通模式!'' or ''這流程是錯的!'' 但沒辦法, 他們是客, 只好耐心的, 想別的方便去convince 他們, 令他們接受新的方案... 看著小李難以還擊 (it's like 20 clients vs. 2 consultants), 我就 picture 如果自己係佢, 可以點做, 點樣 solve problems...haha, 我也不是太懂, but at least have experience 呢d場面, 將來如果touchwood 遇到, 都定d 嘛...
Consultant 真係唔易做, 但都真係幾 challenging~ Hope I can be a good one in the future ~
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