得不到的葡萄，原來是甜的

上一個月, miss o左 apply 去智利 study trip o既機會, 真係好傷心, 因為上一年join 呢個 Program 時, 最想參加就係呢個活動, 只怪自己唔留心學校o既 e-mails, 所以無為意個 deadline, 唉~

今天上課時, 從同學口中得知智利’’大軍’’明天便出發了, 心情有些少失落, 可能好似世界杯那些球員, 因為受傷, 本來有得去參賽, 追逐夢想, 到只係見住d隊友, 開開心心o甘出發, 自己卻只可留在家裡呆著...心情應該差無幾? HAHA…

但聽到他們的行程後(當然, 唔係遊玩同考察既細節啦,而係個 flight plan)...真係可以用’’嘔心’’黎形容!! 點解o甘講? 你估下由北京飛去智利要幾耐?? 同飛 LA 差唔多, 15個鐘?? 錯!! Um…o甘好似飛加拿大o甘20幾個鍾? Sorry, 都唔係好接近, 答案係…38個鍾!!!!! Holy sit…….一程 ja, 大佬…

事緣要轉2程機: (rough estimation from my classmates)

(1) 由北京飛 Munich = 15 hours

(2) Waiting time = 5 hours

(3) Munich 飛 Madrid = 3-4 hours

(4) Waiting time = 2 hours

(5) Madrid 飛 Chile = 10+ hours

真係就o甘聽都覺得恐怖, esp. 我怕搭飛機… 我問同學A, 無得飛得快d架?? 佢就話, 其實有第2條行線, 就係先飛加拿大, 再飛智利, 但因辦签证太長時間, 而且, 又要飛過百慕達三角洲上空, 老師話驚喎，haha~~ 但同學就話, 消失左仲好, 唔駛做作業同考試 = P

Anyway, 我計一計数：一程38 hours, 2程 76 hours, o甘即係 only spend 在transport 上都3日4個鍾, 佢地會去10日, wah, 1/3 o既行程都o係飛機or機場上過, um… 我突然覺得miss o左呢個trip, 真係好幸運!!

呢d係唔係叫做柳暗花明又一村呀 ??!!!

联合國部隊

我們班裡, 當過兵的男生不少, 因為來自台灣, 韓國, 新加坡的, 也在20歲左右要強迫性服兵役... 還有一個以色列o既同學, 他更厲害, 真的打過仗, 有時, 真想問問他在戰場上的事, 有沒有開槍殺過敵人哩~ 當過兵的人, 真有點不一樣, 那些行為, 想法和氣度, 可能真係要攞過槍和子彈, 受過地獄式嚴格訓練的人, 才 develop 到o甘o既心智... 很高興可以和他們相處, 感覺很不一樣.....

昨天是中秋節, 我們班熱熱鬧鬧o甘去o左一間家常菜聚餐... 大家2杯到肚後, 也很 relax, 有一個同學還帶了瓶59度既白酒來贈興, 我倒不敢喝，因真的受不了太多的酒精...但他們興高彩列的不停灌酒, haha, 食完飯後, 有幾個已經 high o左啦~

下樓去拿 e-bike 時, 其中一個台灣同學, 突然高聲唱著歌, 我們問他是甚麼歌, 他說, 是台灣的軍歌, 然後, 另一個韓國同學, 二話不說的, 又唱起無人聽得懂的韓語歌, 然後好像在單挑台灣同學般, 告訴他這是韓國的軍歌, 好攪笑... 在回家途中, 他們一邊開著 e-bike, 一邊大大聲o甘互唱自己以前從軍o既歌, 一個新加坡同學也加入''戰團'', 你一句, 我一句o甘, 在中秋月圓的夜空下， 我們在路上風馳電掣, 秋風吹來, 感覺真係好正.....

今年, 是一個特別的中秋, 雖然沒有在維園賞月, 也沒有像往常一樣在家中渡過, 但, 也是一個值得紀念的中秋節吧!!

INCEPTION

很久沒有看一部o甘有深度同覆雜度o既電影啦... 真係好精彩, 看o既時侯和看後, 都真係有''wow'' 既感覺, 真係不得不佩服美國人o既 Innovation... It's really stunning~ 對上一次睇完劇有o甘o既感覺同埋要思考o既, 我記憶中, 應該係 Steven Spilberg 既 ...

剛回家和我 roommate 閒聊o左幾句, 先發覺佢都剛剛睇完, haha, 我倆跟著又討論起劇情來, 一部成功的電影, 莫過於此吧!!

在某 website 上找到對這劇情o既解釋, 看看大家是否同意:

Confused about the ending of ‘Inception’? Here’s an explanation of what really happened in the film.

The Ending

There are a ton of theories being tossed around the Internet about the ending of Inception, the two biggest debates being whether Cobb was still in a dream or did he in fact return to his children in the “real world.”

The ending of Inception is meant to leave you thinking and questioning the nature of reality. The important question is not “Is Cobb still dreaming?” – What is important is the fact that the character of Cobb goes from being a guy who is obsessed with “knowing what’s real” to ultimately being a person who stops questioning and accepts what makes him truly happy as what’s real.

But people want more concrete answers than that, so here you go:

After two viewings I can tell you that from the moment that Cobb and Saito (seem to) wake up from limbo, Nolan very purposefully shifts the film into an ambiguous state that leaves it somewhat open to the viewer’s perception and interpretation of that perception – two big themes of the movie, coincidentally enough.

From the moment Cobb and Saito wake, there is no more dialogue between the characters and few shots or images that would concretely explain or prove one interpretation. Is Cobb still dreaming and his team and family (and maybe Saito) are all projections? Or is it the job completed, everyone is back in reality and everything is happily ever after? There are a few pieces of “evidence” that we can certainly address:

-Was Saito truly powerful enough to make one phone call and end Cobb’s problems or was that just Cobb in limbo projecting his subconscious wish to go home? You can argue logistics all you want, but if it’s said that Saito is a powerful and wealthy man (he bought a whole airline on a whim), then there’s reason enough to infer that he could bend the legal system for Cobb. Rich powerful people bend laws all the time.

-Is there something up with that immigration agent or is he just an immigration agent? After two viewings, the conclusion should be that the immigration guy is just a guy. If he’s staring at Cobb, it’s because his job is to look people over and scrutinize them. Would you want immigration letting people through without face-to-face scrutiny?

-Did Cobb’s father (Michael Caine) arrange to meet him at the airport or is he there because he’s Cobb’s projection? At this point we’re reading way too much into things. There is a phone on the plane, so Cobb could’ve easily arranged for pickup. This was also an intricate plan they were hatching, so arranging for airport pickup would probably be on the to-do list.

-In early dream scenes Cobb is wearing a wedding band that doesn’t appear in the “real world” scenes or the end scenes in the airport – does that mean the ending is “reality?” Details like that are certainly strong evidence that there is a real world and that Cobb does live in it at times – such as when he isn’t wearing a wedding band.

-Does the fact that Cobb uses Mal’s totem mean it doesn’t work as a totem and therefore he never knows if he’s in reality or not? Again, we’re reading a little too deep into things. The only people who know the weight and feel of that totem are Mal and Cobb, and since Mal is dead, Cobb is the only one left who knows the totem’s tactile details. So yes, he could certainly use it as a measure of reality, the totem was not “ruined” by him using it.

-At the end, Cobb’s kids seem to be the same age and are seemingly wearing the same clothes as they were in his memory of them – is it “proof” he’s still dreaming? As carefully documented by our own Vic Holtreman, at the end of the film Cobb’s kids are wearing similar outfits to the ones he remembers, but their shoes are different. As for their ages: if you check IMDB, there are actually two set of actors credited with playing Cobb’s kids. The daughter, Phillipa, is credited as being both 3 and 5 years old, while the son, James, is credited as being both 20 months and 3 years old. This suggests that while it might be subtle, there is a difference between the kids in Cobb’s memories and the kids Cobb comes home to. That would suggest the homecoming is in fact “reality.” But feel free to debate that.

-Will the spinning top keep spinning or was it about to fall over just before Nolan cut to black? Sorry, we will never know for sure, although it does start to wobble and it is never shown doing that in the dream world. Each of us will take away a guess – kind of the point of that final shot.

At the beginning of the film, after the first job Cobb’s team tries to pull on Saito, we see Cobb sitting in his hotel room alone, spinning the top and watching it intently, gun in hand. This is a guy who is ready to blow his brains out if the top keeps spinning, in order to “wake himself up.” That’s how obsessed and paranoid he’s become.

Throughout the film, Cobb continues to obsess about spinning the top and verifying reality – however, at the end of movie, he spins the top and walks away from it before he can verify if it stops spinning or not. His kids come running in and Cobb could care less about about the top or “true reality” or extraction/inception anymore. He just wants to be with his children, in whatever place he can be with them. That emotional connection and desire is “reality” enough for him.

In the end, Cobb walking away from the top is a statement in itself that also completes the arc of his character. In a way, the movie is its own maze designed to plant a simple little idea in the viewer’s mind: “reality” is a relative concept.

黑仔日

今日要返北京預備開學啦...心情有些不太好, 可能自從6月起, 真係飛得太多, 我計過, 3個月搭左8次飛機, 仲要我係幾怕搭飛機o既人...所以, 今朝起身, 都真係唔想返去, 好想留係屋企...可能人大左, 真係要 settle down o既??? 沒有好似細個時o甘有精力四處闖蕩, haha~

就係拖住o甘o既心, 早上在出發前去了屋企附近o既眼鏡鋪fix一下我o既眼鏡, 好可惜, 可能太早, 行左3間都未開, 好彩第4間時, 終於有一間開o左... 然後趕返屋企, 拿拿臨執好行李,便去巴士站, 好可惜, 應該係 miss o左班車, 等o左20分鐘, 唉, 時間真係失晒預算…到機場時, 已經係12點半, check-in 過後, boarding pass 上寫住o既登機時間係12:40, haha, 但個一刻, 已經係 12:35… 個地勤都叫我快d去閘口… 誰不知, 過關後, 在等無人駕駛時, 竟然突然間通知大家, 無人駕駛壞左, 無電!!!!! 嘩, 真係未試過, 亦都無諗過無人駕駛會無電囉, 真係 bairrrr ~~ o甘, 點好?? 已經o甘趕時間, 仲要有突發事… 我即刻問個staff, 佢竟然叫我同另一個同機 o既乘客行過去, 話10分鐘就 ok… 於是, 我地行呀行, 又要拖住件 hand carry, 今日仲要有 d 頭痛…激氣… 結果, 我o地半走半行, 都要成20分鐘, 超累…

好彩今程機都幾穩定, 無咩大氣流… 落機時,唔知攪mud, 要d乘客行落機, 再搭接駁巴士後再要行上飛機跟terminalo既connecting bridge, o甘, 點解架機唔直接停係個bridge 呀, 要d乘客走上走落...連一個中國人都忍唔住同一個外國遊客講: ''This is China Service. They just can't let the plane stop at the empty bridge!!''

落機後去o左搭機場大巴, 因有一件大行李, 兩件 hand carry, 所以打算放件大o既係巴士o既行李storage, 點知, 其中一個櫃已經满左, 另一個, 係壞左, 開唔到…..shoot, 又要好辛苦o甘抬舊又大又重o既行李上車…好煩… 到o左總站, 又等左20分鐘的士… 都唔明點解成條街都無車…唉…

回到家, 已經很累,很累… 點解一日內可以o甘黑仔??

希望,明天會更好啦...好彩, 今晚,有我的超級巨聲 ~~ GOGOGO ~~

Hubert & Mag Lam: ~ Support ~

網友的我的志願

剛在網上的某處看到关於[小時候我的志願], 好攪笑 ---

網友1:
我小時候的志願是當工程師，因為小時候看見有位伯伯坐轎車，就問媽媽，媽媽說因為他是工程師，所以有車坐，於是我就夢想著當一名工程師，目的就是有自己的車坐。現在，工程師是當上了，不過自己的車還沒有，因為我也不想做馬路殺手.

網友2:
記得當年有個小學男同學, 他說他的志願是做一個”書包”, 老師話書包是一件物件, 不能當志願, 他又說, 我未工作過, 咁點知自己想做什麼, 但書包他日日用, 知道它的工作是什麼.
以前覺得他是挑戰老師的權威, 現在卻覺得他說得對.

幾 creative ~

地鐵鉄事

今天早上要到公司交還電腦和 Checkout, 10點半便準備搭地鐵到位於張江高科既 office, 點知, 一落到月台, 便走o左部車, 算了罷, 反正今日唔趕時間~

等o左大約5分鐘, 終於有車, 但o架地鐵竟然飛站, 有無攪錯!! 連個車站助理都有d吃驚, 跑到月台的另一邊查過究竟. Well, 走o左車, 都叫唔返o架地鐵返o黎o架啦, 軌道交通應該是 one-way 的罷, haha, 常理係o甘, 但.....呢度係中國大陸, 咩都可以發生, 真係俗語講句, 一日唔死, 一日都有新聞~ 就o係再等待既期間, 隱約見到玻璃窗有反光, o甘快就有車到?? 跟住便望向車將會來的方向, 但, 點解o甘奇怪o既? 又見唔到有車喎...d 光邊度o黎o架呢??再過2分鍾, 竟然見到有一架地鐵在 back up (倒車), 嘩, 真係無諗過地鐵都可以倒後行, 飛左站 back 返o黎喎...望到車廂入面既乘客, 佢地都覺得有些少 unbelivable~

我就覺得, 一個字, 勁!!!!!

Fairwell for my Internship

我在上海IBM的實習項目, 今天便是 Last Day 了, 雖然只是短短的2個月, 但這次o既經驗, 都確實幾難得...回想起7月頭時, 隻身到上海找屋住, 找返工地點等等, 也吃了些苦頭, 但可能我性格真的比較 wild 同習慣了周圍走, 所以, 辛苦得o黎, 都幾 enjoy~

人生, 好難得去一個自己唔認識o既城市住一排, explore o下, 感受一下當地o既文化同習慣, 感覺不錯的~

講返我個consulting project, 我個team係幫一間本地銀行做一個叫做網點平台優化既咨询, 係唔係睇完都唔係好明呢? 唔緊要, 因為我最初都攪唔明佢地d用辭, 唔係講笑, 經過呢2個月o既密集式中文特訓, 我既中文, 真係進步o左好多!! 而家打拼音可能比簡易更快~ 我地team係負責研究銀行o既中台業務 (無錯, 英文translation 係 Middle Office, my god, MO again....haha), 但佢地o既所謂中台, 係指客戶交易如 Deposit, Remittance 同 Funds 等等主要對客戶o既 transactions, 所以, 相比起其他組 (前台和後台), 我o地要做o既o野係覆雜和麻烦好多...因此, 由最初只係一個 senior consultant負責, 到中段加多左一個台灣o黎既 star consultant後, 上個禮拜, 因為中台呢個 deliverable 個客仲唔係o甘滿意, 上層決定再加2個 Banking 專家o黎幫手...可想而知, 個 project 進展得幾唔順利...haha...

很多次開會, 也親身感受到客戶毫不留情面甘闹我地o既 consultants, 說出o黎o既說話連佢自己事後都要話好刻薄...但見到我o地o既同事門雖則好無奈同生氣, 依然好淡定同好 professional 甘去應付. 他們雖然已經盡o左力去 prepare, 但客戶o既唔合作和其他外在因素, 效果始終欠佳... 我同另一個復旦o既 Intern 同事, 真係o係呢d插人會議中, 學到唔少野, 當你置身其中, 雖然唔係指責我o地2個, 但想像一下將來可能係我地要面對o既處境, 也會反思可以點應付和避免...呢d ''學野''機會真係好難得, 因為那個 star consultant 也說她做了這麼多年, 也很少遇到o甘既客~ 我想, 呢一行, Client Management 係很重要...

客戶係好難頂, 但IBMo既同事們都好好人...大家來自唔同地方, 以前o既背景都唔一樣, 聊天時也蠻有趣的...呢一行, 好就係可以 meet 到好多唔同o既人, 因為個個項目o既人手都唔同, 客戶也一樣...和我一同做事的另一個 Intern 係复旦 MBAo既, 因佢以前公司既老細同客都係香港人, 所以佢可以講好流利o既廣東話, 有時, 身在異鄉, 可以講廣東話, 真係舒服好多o架...呢2個月, 我地2個一齊工作, 一齊 lunch, 見佢肯定比見屋企人多, 大家也感覺好 close, 識o左呢個上海朋友, 真係幾有緣份!! 佢俾我既感覺同我以前在大學時o既上海 roommate差唔多, 好多人話上海人唔友善, 但, 可能我同上海人都幾有緣份, so far 我遇到o既, 都唔錯的~

今天是我在上海 project o既 last day...我o既 teammates 話請我去食飯, 大家去了 Pizza Hut. 他們很好的特意早收工去食飯 (normally, they off at 7 something and today we off at 5:30pm, haha), 但佢地唔係收o左工就唔駛做, 因為project 點都要交, 所以, 吃完飯, 大家還是要回酒店加班的, 所以, 也有些感動... 我們吃著 Pizza 和我至愛o既雞翼, 大家談談天,說說笑,雖然唔係咩深交, 但這一晚, 跟他們道別時, 真有一點不捨的感覺.

跟他們說再見後, 獨自走在南京東路上, 在龙阳路轉車回到楊高南路的家...這些地方, 也是我這2個月來的習慣了...明天以後, 又要踏上新的旅程, 願一切順心 ~