星期一, 2月 20, 2006

What I posted on YoYo Forum in 2005

Movies
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版面: 影迷樂迷俱樂部 發表於: 星期一 三月 14, 2005 12:03 am 主題: 好看的電影 外慾 昨天去和文學讀書會的朋友去看意大利的得獎名片「外慾」,拍得太棒了。導演還有演員、剪輯、配樂都好厲害,演員用眼神還有面部表情就可以表現出內心世界,還有那些場景的變化讓人明白那個角色的心境,實在比好萊塢的片子有價值多了 Very Happy

English Learning
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版面: 薦言建言區 發表於: 星期日 六月 05, 2005 4:38 pm 主題: 對於YOYO品質提昇的一些想法 I agree with Martin
  我記得第一次當host,準備的是向外國人介紹台灣的主題。其實我發現有點自討苦吃,政府在這方面資訊實在少的可憐,在海外的網站也是零零星星的,實在和我想的至少一系列起介紹『好吃好玩』的想法實在差太多。
  那次說真的,我只是想了解大家對食物的說法,AuthurWayne都給了很多不錯的建議,也算幫在坐的十個人了解華人的食物實在不易用英文形容,看來還是用音譯會比較快。那一次實在不怎麼成功,所以我想下一次一定要弄個很多人很有興趣的主題。

   5/18是我第二次當host,我也知道我星期天晚上張貼是太晚,原因並不是在主題,我老早就找好了,題目也準備地ok,但是Newsweek的生字 蠻多的,而且這篇文章要是沒有個半小時,我想一般人大概辦法看完,所以用萬能的google找了老半天,總算找到一篇有夾帶中文註釋的,也要謝 Wayne再補述一些生字,不過那天還是有人問我題目是什麼意思,我還得一再簡介訪文中人物的經歷。

  我的想法和Martin差不多,其實並不見得能在這次的聚會中幫大家提昇英文多少,但我相信參加那次聚會的人,都為了這個主題用英文來爭論,也有人說他/她因這篇文章改變了原來的觀念,已經達到大家用英文來表示意見的目的,我認為還蠻ok的。

  會後有些人跑來找我說找了一個好的主題,不過我想好的主題有很多,只看host自己要不要花點時間去找而已,我已經物色好下次的主題,這個主題相信會比"She Works, He doesn't"掀起更巨大的波瀾,就先賣個關子吧 Twisted Evil

   最後說一下我對提昇英文能力的個人看法。我認為一但敢說英文以後,要怎麼精進還是得靠自己,來YoYo的好處是可以學到比自己英文好的人怎麼 說正確,另外也可以幫助一開始結巴的人敢開口,我記得我剛開始來真的是結結巴巴,說不出半個字,很謝謝大家的幫忙,現在出國也不再害怕問路問食物問一些有 的沒的,阿斗仔真的來找房子或在捷運上問路我也可以幫忙解決。我發現一個有趣的事,阿斗仔對英文程度的要求,同事和對生意上的來往者是不一樣的,如果要當 外商的員工,熟稔的英文當然重要,但如果是當那些外商的客人或者賣東西給他們,其實不見得要多熟稔,只要價格條件講的清楚,雙方信任度夠,他們倒是很寬 容,而且來大中華圈做生意的人,都會講一點簡單的中文。以我這麼本土化的行業來說,只要再多要求自己口語上不要再犯一些常犯的錯誤就差不多了,但對於其他 行業,尤其是在外商公司上班的人,應該要的比我更上層樓吧。大家就一起加油吧 Very Happy

Life
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版面: 你濃我濃區 發表於: 星期四 六月 09, 2005 3:22 pm 主題: 當阿土伯碰到三位…(自己填吧) TIME: about 22:30 6/8
Location:
師大路上的政大書局
Who: Me , Riva , Selina and Jean

Laughing
「你也會來看書喔?看不出來」這是我停好腳踏車時,Selina的第一句話。 Mad看我穿得像阿土伯就覺得我不會看書未免太小看我吧,白目的死丫頭。

  後來她們請我幫她們照相留念,當然囉,我們YoYo是的社員是最友愛的,照相這種小事算什麼,可是一開始不知怎麼回事,照出來都很暗,看起來都像巫婆,後來調一調以後,神奇的事情發生,大家的臉好像自動縮小一樣,可能是我天生技術好吧 Wink

   照片拍完了,我丟了一句話給三位女人,引起一點小漣漪。就趕快溜到書店裡繼續K高德拉特的「仍然不足夠」(誰規定做房地產的不可以業餘時間搞資訊業 呢?)。回家的路上稍微思考一下,雖然我也是政大書局和龍泉夜市的常客,可是要碰到三位女人一起來逛書店還只能用「偶發事件」來解釋。

New Tech
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版面: 你濃我濃區 發表於: 星期日 六月 12, 2005 10:40 am 主題: 鑽石快要不值錢了 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6920717/site/newsweek/
Shocked
想不到現在的科技已經這麼進步,會不會以後路邊攤都可以買到鑽石啊?
Confused
鑽石一旦變成地攤貨,那男人求婚要買什麼呢?寶石嗎?
Crying or Very sad
想到就頭痛

發表發表於: 星期日 十月 30, 2005 10:55 am 文章主題:



新消息
毛河光讓牛糞變鑽石 珠寶界震驚
Confused
這樣很麻煩哩以後不能用這些亮晶晶的石頭求婚,不就要考驗男人的創意嗎 Cool還好我的腦袋愈來愈靈光



發表發表於: 星期六 九月 10, 2005 4:30 pm 文章主題: 這個新科技可以讓氫時代提早來臨了嗎?



氫氣固態呈現 盼能取代石油 製成藥丸 保存能源
Technical University of Denmark的新聞稿
Amminex A/S
想問一下懂化學的,為什麼只要加阿摩尼亞就可以補充氫氣啊?
看起來是很breakthough的東西,雖然我們分不到什麼錢,不過至少知道再過幾年就不用給中油和台塑賺啦
Twisted Evil



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發表於: 星期五 十月 21, 2005 12:29 am 文章主題: [分享]中研院的Google earth測試成果
ShockedShockedShockedShockedShockedGoogle Map/Earth Test WebSite
實在太過驚人了,讓我覺得國家的預算沒有白花掉,也要謝謝這些研究人員日以繼夜描繪台北市的全貌,只能說炫的不像話,大家記得上去玩喔

Book
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版面: 藏書閣 發表於: 星期日 六月 12, 2005 7:58 pm 主題: 推薦書《這輩子,你想做什麼?》

這輩子,你想做什麼?──54個尋找人生意義的真實故事
What should I do with my life?
台北市立圖書館竟然借得到 索書號是170.44 B869

當 然囉,這本書的中文版在Yahoo的拍賣中有人出到200元含郵,大家都買得起這本書,只是每個人能從那54個人的人生中得到什麼東西?我想根本就沒有 標準答案,每隔一段時間,當我對工作有倦怠感,或者看到一些客戶的生活,還是又聽到一故事,就會一直啟動自己追尋這個答案的念頭。

本書描寫54個人物的生命歷程,可以看到每個人對自己人生的註解都不同,YoYo大部份的成員都已工作過一段時間,書中人物的心境,也許可以反應出現實生活中的你我,當然,每個人會有感觸的一定都不同。

另外一個收穫,是我們一直以南北差距來形容台灣,但和本書的內容與受訪者的地理位置以及那些人物,實在是小巫見大巫,讓我對「美國」及「美國人」有更別於報紙和電影上的看法。有空不妨去翻翻看,還蠻有趣的。

PS:
本書作者的主觀意識蠻強烈的,如果看了覺得很杜爛也無可厚非,這個作者蠻敢想也蠻敢寫。他的文筆還算不錯,我今天才借英文版回來看 Smile

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版面: 藏書閣 發表於: 星期五 七月 01, 2005 2:47 pm 主題: 大家一起來頭腦體操吧 全美國有多少加油站?
全世界有多少鋼琴調音師?
為什麼啤酒罐的兩端比較窄?
電腦化的微波爐應該裝什麼樣的軟體?
你要怎麼製造 M&M巧克力?
人孔蓋為什麼是圓的?

如何移動富士山
是本很有趣的書,可以買來做做頭腦體操,看看自己在不看答案下能搞對幾題

Education
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發表於: 星期四 七月 21, 2005 2:31 pm 文章主題: [資訊]新的留學管道-香港和新加坡
 最近在別人的blog上和人聊到台灣高等教育的出路,網友給我這份參考資料In Bid to Globalize, US Colleges Offer Degrees in Asia ,讓我重新思考出去唸書的意義。我在此節錄一段:

   Northwestern's Kellogg, for one, says it only admits students into its Hong Kong program who could have gotten into the U.S. program. The universities' Asian programs attract a diverse group of students -- not only Asians but Americans and Europeans who are working in Asia, for instance. Programs are taught in English.
  
  歐美名校在亞洲還在試驗階段,其中還是涉及到自身品牌的問題。但是學生國際化的程度可能略勝在名校母國的學生。想去唸EMBA或者再進修的人,不妨參考參考。至少新加坡和香港的食物比較好吃。 Razz

發表發表於: 星期四 九月 01, 2005 12:40 pm 文章主題: Graduate School of Berkely



這是王文華在唸MBA時收到學長給他們的信,想唸MBA的人就看一看美國人對這個學位的看法。有點長,請慢慢看。

From : Shirzad Bozorgchami, Class of ‘88
To: Class of ‘89
Subject: Pain or pleasure at the GSB (graduate school of Berkely)

Too many tears were shed last year at the GSB. Many of my classmates and I went through what I would now consider to have been unnecessary pain and hardship –both academically and socially. It is so easy to look back now and speak of all the things we could have and should have done differently. History has a way of repeating itself, not just because people are stubborn and slow learners, but also because people may not know history well enough. I believe one of the factors that contributed to the problems last year was that a historic perspective was not provided to us. The 2nd- years only made general comments like “Don’t worry, you’ll make it “, or {Hang in there! The Spring quarter will be a lot more fun.”

I owe a great deal to the GSB community. It has challenged me and inspired me to experiments and grows beyond what I ever imagined possible. I hope I can pay back some of my dues by making life a little easier for you. This not reflects my personal thoughts, feelings and suggestions for more fulfilling GSB life. It does not necessarily reflect the administration’s views or any body else’s. Please call me at 328-2938 if you want to discuss anything or just have a chat. Throughout the year, if you ever have a problem you don’t want do discuss with classmates or the administration, please give me a call. I promise confidentiality. Even if I couldn’t personally help, I could always find one of my classmates who would.

Welcome to the GSB. This will probably be the most memorable and fruitful year of your life!

ACADEMIC PRESSURE:
By now you may have discovered that the volume of work is enormous. There just isn’t enough time to get all the work done. But no one said you should! Most of us come in here as perfectionists and feel very uncomfortable doing a so-so job on anything. The sooner you give up this habit, the happier you will be. You can spend your hour on carefully reading an article. Or, you can spend it on skimming five articles. Or, you can spend it on skimming three articles and getting to know a classmate a little better in the spare time. I tried all three of these methods but my own preference is for the latter.

A study of GSB graduates of about 20 years ago tried to find factors correlating with future business success (measured, arguably, in current salary). It found the factor most closely related to success to be sociability, not grades or thoroughness. My own experience has been that most of the minute details taught in GSB courses will never be used. It is the general understanding of the basic material that counts most. Thus, to get a P, you don’t need to know all of the material covered. By focusing on what you personally want to get out of each course, you free up time for other things. I could never understand why some people would spend hours on putting the finishing touches on report, when the act involved very little additional learning. Neurotic perfectionism at its worst.

If you are a true poet, you may feel that you don’t have the luxury of deciding what you want and don’t want to learn. You may be primarily concerned with survival and passing . I want to suggest that you do have the choice. What I saw among my own classmates and the class of ’87 was that about 99% of those who didn’t quit made it through. Put this in perspective. You have a higher chance of getting into a serious car accident or coming down with a serious disease in the next 2 years than you do of not making it at the GSB. I don’t know if this makes you feel better or worse!

This is not to deny that you will need to work extremely hard in the next year. Most of us did. But some of us had a lot of fun working hard, some of us were miserable at it. What made the difference was our perspective. If you work hard because you have to, because you are afraid of not passing, because an ugly monster in your nightmares keeps reminding you that the world will come to an end if you don’t pass, you may resent the experience and find it painful. But if you constantly remind yourself that passing is not the issue, that you are here because you want to learn and grow, that every minute of hard work is making you a better, tougher, and more capable person, your experiences will be much more enjoyable. I envy the experience of some of my poet classmates who were challenged the most last year. They climbed a taller mountain than the rest of us did. They learned more and grew more.

Last year I saw a lot of panicky faces and tearful eyes. These were people who lost their perspective. They forgot that the dark tunnel did have an end to it after all. Keeping the proper perspective takes a little work. I found it useful to write down my goals and what I wanted to get out of the GSB before the hard times hit. By frequently reminding my self of those goals, updating them, and keeping in mind that there was life beyond the core (believe it or not),. I managed to keep a cool head in hot times.

Throughout the year be aware of “mass psychology” at the GSB. I have a lot of respect for most of my 320 classmates. But I think as a group we were often unwise and immature. Keep reminding yourself that just because everyone else is doing something, it doesn’t mean it is right for you. I experimented with going against the mass psychology many times and gained more confidence as it as time went by (initially, it was scary.). you don’t need to be in a study group for every class, you don’t need to turn in every homework, you don’t have to appear bubbly and social all the time, you don’t have to interview with investment banks and consultants, you don’t need to be a conservative and safe in class discussions, you don’t need to hide your sensitivity, confusion or vulnerability.

It is ironic how many of us come here with a strong sense of individualism and then end up conforming or the enormous pressure of group norms. I think part of it is because we respect our classmates too much to believe that as a group they could act stupid. We also respect them too much to not need their approval. One safe way to gain the group’s approval, we might think, is by not breaking any of its implicit norms.

H OR P?
If you have had a solid technical or business background, you may have the luxury of choosing whether or not you want to aim for getting Hs and becoming an Arjay scholar (the top 10 percent of the class). This is ultimately an individual choice. My own view as an alumnus is that the cost of aiming a Hs far outweighed the benefits. You may have to study two or three times as much in some classes to move from a P to an H. even then, your are never guaranteed an H (the good old days of knowing you were definitely the best in your class ended when you came to the GSB.) the rewards of getting Hs are dubious. Neither your summer nor your first permanent employer will have any idea what your grades were. After your first job, job performance becomes a much more important criterion than your grades. Remember, at the GSB “P” stands for “Plenty good-enough.”

I consider some P+s and Hs that I received in the past year to indicate a failure on my part to properly allocate my time away from course work and towards extracurricular activities. Exceptions, of course, were courses that were directly relevant to my personal interests and career goals. Extracurricular activities around here are a great learning experience because they involve getting to know your class mates outside the academic environment.

You may be surprised to see the great differences between people’s personalities inside and outside the classroom.

STUDY GROUPS:
You don’t need to have them, unless it is required or you really need help. Even then, make sure you are not the only novice in a study group of experts. That could intimidate you into a passive role, where every one else will do the work and learn and you will just type the reports. Avoid the other extreme too. It is more convenient, less intimidating and therefore more tempting to surround yourself with other novices—blind leading the blind.

It its helpful on the first day to have everyone in the group express their expectations and commitments. Someone going for an H could make life miserable for the other three aiming just to pass—and vice verse. Setting a time frame for the group meeting is also very helpful. Activities have an amazing tendency to expand and contract themselves to fit the allocated time plus 10%.

GSB PEOPLE:
Initially, most people come in with a sense of excitement and openness. You are eager to meet everybody else and give them a chance to become friends. Soon, however, pressures star to build up. Your ego will undergo an unprecedented challenge, because for the first time in your life you are surrounded by people who are just as good if not better than you are. Rather than biting the bullet and accepting everyone as good people with equal but hopefully different talents, it becomes tempting for some people to adapt a cynical and fault-finding attitude. Joe may seem knowledgeable in finance, but his cold and arrogant manner is intolerable. Cathy’s comments may appear smart, but she is selfish and sure talks too much. Bill never talks. He must be dumb or something. The list of faults and judgments can go on and on.

I was guilty of many of the same judgments. I spent most of the first two quarters with people I had conveniently judged as “good” and avoided the ‘bad” ones. There were several occasions in the spring quarter and this summer when I was forced to spend time with some of the people I had avoided, either by being assigned to a group with tem or running into them on an interview trip. On every occasion, I quickly became ashamed of myself for the harsh judgments and found those judgments to represent more my own fears and paranoia than the other people’s shortcomings those people have become some of my closest classmates.

We are, for the most part, a bunch of very nice people here. In spring quarter I had a visiting professor teaching the strategic management course. He had asked us to write a few things about ourselves on 3”x5” cards to help him get to know us. He came back the next time expressing surprise that most of us had written about how warm and sensitive we were but had proceeded to apologize for it by saying we were working on becoming tougher. Most of us thought we were too nice and soft to make it in the cut-throat American business arena. The professor went on to say that we shouldn’t apologize for being warm and sensitive because the most successful CEOs are nice people and don’t fit the business media’s stereotypes. When he urged us not to change, the class of 60 burst into spontaneous applause–- a very rare occurrence in the middle of a lecture. This showed how common the concern was to everyone and how relieved we were to hear we were O.K. we really are a bunch of very nice people here, only sometimes we are afraid to show it openly.

I strongly urge you to fight negative judgments of your classmates. Instead, try hard to make positive interpretations. If someone has been cold to you, it might be that he is an arrogant “asshole,” but it may also be that his confidence is a fragile front, hiding his insecurity and the fact that you intimidate hem. To be sure, the GSB has its share of bad apples, but they are definitely a small minority. By actively judging people positively, you are exposing yourself to being hurt a little by a jerk. But that is a small price to pay to get to know many more wonderful people than your would otherwise take the chance on.

One other common and unfounded fear among most people is that they feel they don’t quite belong to the mainstream social life of the GSB. People have very different reasons for this paranoia: I am too young and inexperienced, I am too ole for this, I am a foreigner, I am from the Midwest and this is a California scene, only men seem to be running the show, these are rich kids and I am a farmer’s boy, this is really a palace for Ivy League investment bankers and consultants, etc. I have been shocked by hearing some of the most seemingly “in” and socially active classmates confide in me their frustration that they feel left out.

I am puzzled by this phenomenon and have no idea why it has happened. One contributing factor to it in my first year at the GSB could have been the sole media, The Reporter. It is only natural that the dozen regular contributors to The Reporter, in terms of articles or pictures, might frequently include their own friend. So you may get about 30 or so people who appear in face or name all the time. These people may have been perceived by everyone else as “in” Everyone else felt “out.”

Whatever the reasons might have been, I urge you to resist categorizing yourselves in the “out” category. There seem to be no mainstream life or group in the GSB. There are just many different groups. Some may seem more vocal or visible, but they are a small minority. If you feel comfortable with 5 or 6 people, consider yourself “in.”

RECRUITING:
Again, take it easy. Everyone who wanted a summer job got one. I ended up playing picky and landing my ideal job two weeks after the school was out. (most others had jobs long before then.)
If you want a non-traditional job or one that is very different from your past experiences, you may want to prepare yourself for a lot of rejections-something that you may not necessarily be used to. Summer jobs are much harder to find than permanent job, because there are fewer spots. If you just keep in mind that you will eventually have a job, you can take chances and experiment with the summer job search. This could be a very valuable experience for the permanent job search.

RESULTS:
It is easy to see your progress when learning new material daily. It is harder to see the more gradual internal changes in terms of your personality, confidence and attitude. These internal changes, I believe, are much more important than the specific academics you learn. Most people end up realizing how much they have changed only when they start their summer job. Going back to the real world is an amazing experience. We tend to forget that the GSB is a very unusual place, with extremely high standards. After a year here, these standards will become internalized in you. The real world often infested with mediocrity, will allow you to shine once again. This time much more brilliantly than ever before. It was worth all the pain, you may think. But remember, it can be as much pain and joy as you allow it to be.



Funny

發表發表於: 星期一 八月 01, 2005 4:06 pm 文章主題: [爆笑]發生在大陸「中國移動電話公司」的客訴案



要開音效唷^^

超好笑的~~~~
聽說這是真人真事錄音下來 再被做成動畫的唷!!

作過客服人員的人, 一定特別有感慨吧!
http://just-blog.net/post/182




international view toward Taiwan
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發表於: 星期五 八月 26, 2005 3:09 pm 文章主題: [有趣的論點]移民可以讓台灣的未來更穩固



Immigration Is Key to a More Secure Future for Taiwan
不太曉得作者的用意是什麼。台灣是東太平洋已開發的地區中生活消費最便宜,對白人又最友善的地方。但我們的的居住環境並不如他們的母國啊,為什麼會這麼想?有點搞不懂 Confused
難道說這個老外是個老饕,受不了西方那吃了想吐的食物才說我們的好話哩? Razz

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