Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

挥之不去的猎头公司

06-07年毕业找工作的时候,到处发简历,少不了那些知名的猎头公司。若干年后,只有一家猎头公司孜孜不倦地记得我,时不时有个猎头给我发信,告诉我某某投行有个什么机会,问我感不感兴趣,想要联系我。有时候我就删除了;有几次我心情还不错就很明确地告诉他们不感兴趣;最近几次我告诉他们,“请把我在你们公司的记录删除”,别再来烦我了。当然,如果事如所愿,我就不用写这篇blog了。

从我的角度,可以得出以下几点猜测:
1。这家公司要不就是人口众多,要不就是人员流动大,否则不会每次来找我人都不同。
2。投行市场很难做,猎头要找很多很多份简历才能找出合适的。否则我4、5年前的简历也不会被挖掘出来。
3。这些猎头也太不专业了,挖掘出来的简历也不看看,就到处撒网直接打电话发邮件。邮件还好说,手机号码换掉的可能性很高吧。

总之,我没有从那家猎头公司里得到过任何合适的工作机会。那家猎头公司的缩写是SJ。

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

ACS讲座之Strategic Knowledge

最近加入了ACS,昨天晚上第一次下班去听讲座。Strategic Knowledge by Dave Snowden。获益匪浅。先讲个小插曲。昨天晚上我穿得实在是有点休闲——T恤短裤。在门口被ACS的主席拦住,问我是不是注册过了。

一个小时的讲座,信息量非常大。很多理论穿插着许多有趣的故事。从故事中引起听众很多共鸣,而不是竭力灌输某个系统的想法。用Dave的话来说,人是从故事中学习理论的。其中一段经典的段子,“怎样管理小孩的聚会”,在youtube上找到了。

回想一下讲座的内容,很多对事物认知的哲学理论似曾相识。中国传统的道家法家文化中似乎都有涉及。可惜中国在重复着西方国家将要抛弃的管理理念,抛弃了自己千年来反复验证的价值观。

Dave的一些理论片段在这个post里可以略览。当然没有故事,这些理论有些苍白。

Friday, November 11, 2011

Back on blogger

Back on as a blogger, after exactly one year since my last post -- yet another coincidence. There is no way for me to foresee one year ago that I would be moving to Brisbane, a city of burning sunshine to me. As I am communing to work everyday on bus, I start to have more time listening to interesting podcasts and thinking about some random stuff. Blogger is a good place for me to gather the thoughts and archive them.

I like the new look of blogger, like Wordpress but neater. I think I would spend some time to customise it. First thing on my list is to get some code block style working so that I can share my discovery during my technology adventure. In the spirit of "PseudoRandom Thoughts", I will also post some interesting findings or stories; and thinking should be posting more in Chinese.

To sum up, I resume my blogging habit on this special day 11/11/11.

Monday, October 11, 2010

诺贝尔和平奖

上周末听说诺贝尔和平奖发给了刘晓波,开始以为是假新闻。经过一个周末的沉淀,才知道这是真的。去年给奥巴马发奖的时候,我也曾经以为是假新闻,还特地看了下日历是不是愚人节改期了。如此看来,诺贝尔越来越风趣,越来越出人意表了。
一时间国内的报纸鸦雀失声,海外的民运小报喧嚣尘上,山雨欲来风满楼。效果上来说,诺贝尔达到了目的。中国人一向把诺贝尔奖作为一项可望不可及的风向标——不过仅限于科技。但是如今这个和平奖一出,估计诺贝尔将要成为关键词了。
到底和平是什么,和平奖的获奖标准是什么?一百个人大概有一百零一个观点。作为一介升斗小民,我的观点不重要。不过据我揣测,诺贝尔和平奖委员会的标准就是美国政府对于和平和民主的标准。至于获奖者是谁不重要,是不是符合美国利益最重要。

Monday, September 13, 2010

Bloglines is going

Checking out Bloglines every other minute was a major passtime during school. Today, I suddenly found out that the website is going to shut down next month. Another example of nothing last forever (on the internet).

It is very difficult to cultivate user loyalty for a small website. And it is even more difficult to keep up with the trend for a small website. Whatever reason it is, Bloglines will be gone from my life. And I have to migrate my feeds to google reader.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Thoughts on AU government

Finally, there is an Australian government ("Like I care..."). Gillard becomes the first elected female PM. Labor didn't win the election, but win the peace.
Here are a few thoughts I have during the long-waiting 17 days of "anarchy".
  • Neither Gillard nor Abbott is liked by the majority. But Rudd is definitely disliked by the majority. So there should rather be an election be "non-PM vote", which there is no tie can occur.
  • When there is a tie, why not ask Queen?
  • If Rudd is the PM candidate for Labor, there would not be any problem for Labor to lose the election. Likewise, if Abbott is not the PM candidate for Coalition, there would not be any problem for the Coalition for Coalition to win the election. But the worst scenario just happened. 
  • Australian is still waiting for Obama to visit the land (since last year). If the independent MPs can solve it, that will be great.

Monday, August 30, 2010

You Don't Pay for the Office Gossip

This week, we got two girls from a big insurance company working in our office, sitting right behind our team. On their first day here, I found them annoying -- besides the time they went out for lunch, they were gossiping, giggling during 90% of the office hour. 


I won't buy insurance from this company; like one of the TV ads says "We don't pay for the office gossip".

Thursday, August 26, 2010

悼念在菲律宾遇害的香港同胞

在香港,菲律宾最有名的是——菲佣。现在,菲律宾的无能政府,白痴警察,还有凶残暴徒都有名了。坚决抵制菲律宾。

一个不太应景的顺口溜:
1,美国,想打谁就打谁;
2,英国,美国打谁我打谁;
3,俄罗斯,谁骂我我打谁;
4,日本,谁打我我让美国打谁;
5,朝鲜,谁让我不痛快我就打韩国;
6,韩国,谁打我我和美国一块军演吓唬谁;
7,中国,谁打我我就骂谁(也叫讲政策)

Monday, July 26, 2010

十个著名的思想实验

10.电车难题(The Trolley Problem



“电车难题”要数伦理学领域最为知名的思想实验之一,其内容大致是:一个疯子把五个无辜的人绑在电车轨道上。一辆失控的电车朝他们驶来,并且片刻后就要碾压到他们。幸运的是,你可以拉一个拉杆,让电车开到另一条轨道上。但是还有一个问题,那个疯子在那另一条轨道上也绑了一个人。考虑以上状况,你应该拉拉杆吗?



解读:



电车难题最早是由哲学家Philippa Foot提出的,用来批判伦理哲学中的主要理论,特别是功利主义。功利主义提出的观点是,大部分道德决策都是根据“为最多的人提供最大的利益”的原则做出的。从一个功利主义者的观点来看,明显的选择应该是拉拉杆,拯救五个人只杀死一个人。但是功利主义的批判者认为,一旦拉了拉杆,你就成为一个不道德行为的同谋——你要为另一条轨道上单独的一个人的死负部分责任。然而,其他人认为,你身处这种状况下就要求你要有所作为,你的不作为将会是同等的不道德。总之,不存在完全的道德行为,这就是重点所在。许多哲学家都用电车难题作为例子来表示现实生活中的状况经常强迫一个人违背他自己的道德准则,并且还存在着没有完全道德做法的情况。



9.空地上的奶牛(The Cow in the field



认知论领域的一个最重要的思想实验就是“空地上的奶牛”。它描述的是,一个农民担心自己的获奖的奶牛走丢了。这时送奶工到了农场,他告诉农民不要担心,因为他看到那头奶牛在附件的一块空地上。虽然农民很相信送奶工,但他还是亲自看了看,他看到了熟悉的黑白相间的形状并感到很满意。过了一会,送奶工到那块空地上再次确认。那头奶牛确实在那,但它躲在树林里,而且空地上还有一大张黑白相间的纸缠在树上,很明显,农民把这张纸错当成自己的奶牛了。问题是出现了,虽然奶牛一直都在空地上,但农民说自己知道奶牛在空地上时是否正确?



解读:



空地上的奶牛最初是被Edmund Gettier用来批判主流上作为知识的定义的JTBjustified true belief)理论,即当人们相信一件事时,它就成为了知识;这件事在事实上是真的,并且人们有可以验证的理由相信它。在这个实验中,农民相信奶牛在空地上,且被送奶工的证词和他自己对于空地上的黑白相间物的观察所证实。而且经过送奶工后来的证实,这件事也是真实的。尽管如此,农民并没有真正的知道奶牛在那儿,因为他认为奶牛在那儿的推导是建立在错误的前提上的。Gettier利用这个实验和其他一些例子,解释了将知识定义为JTB的理论需要修正。



8.定时炸弹(The Ticking Time Bomb



如果你关注近几年的政治时事,或者看过动作电影,那么你对于“定时炸弹”思想实验肯定很熟悉。它要求你想象一个炸弹或其他大规模杀伤性武器藏在你的城市中,并且爆炸的倒计时马上就到零了。在羁押中有一个知情者,他知道炸弹的埋藏点。你是否会使用酷刑来获取情报?



解读:



与电车难题类似,定时炸弹情景也是强迫一个人从两个不道德行径中选择的伦理问题。它一般被用作对那些说在任何情况下都不能使用酷刑的反驳。它也被用作在极端形势下法律——就像美国的严禁虐囚的法律——可以被放在第二位的例子。归功于像《24小时》的电视节目和各种政治辩论,定时炸弹情景已成为最常引用的思想实验之一。今年早些时候,一份英国报纸提出了更为极端的看法。这份报纸提议说,如果那个恐怖分子对酷刑毫无反应,那么当局者是否愿意拷打他的妻子儿女来获取情报。



7.爱因斯坦的光线(Einstein’s Light Beam



爱因斯坦著名的狭义相对论是受启于他16岁做的思想实验。在他的自传中,爱因斯坦回忆道他当时幻想在宇宙中追寻一道光线。他推理说,如果他能够以光速在光线旁边运动,那么他应该能够看到光线成为“在空间上不断振荡但停滞不前的电磁场”。对于爱因斯坦,这个思想实验证明了对于这个虚拟的观察者,所有的物理定律应该和一个相对于地球静止的观察者观察到的一样。



解读:



事实上,没人确切知道这意味着什么。科学家一直都在争论一个如此简单的思想实验是如此帮助爱因斯坦完成到狭义相对论这如此巨大的飞跃的。在当时,这个实验中的想法与现在已被抛弃的“以太”理论相违背。但他经过了好多年才证明了自己是正确的。



6.特修斯之船(The Ship of Theseus



最为古老的思想实验之一。最早出自普鲁塔克的记载。它描述的是一艘可以在海上航行几百年的船,归功于不间断的维修和替换部件。只要一块木板腐烂了,它就会被替换掉,以此类推,直到所有的功能部件都不是最开始的那些了。问题是,最终产生的这艘船是否还是原来的那艘特修斯之船,还是一艘完全不同的船?如果不是原来的船,那么在什么时候它不再是原来的船了?哲学家Thomas Hobbes后来对此进来了延伸,如果用特修斯之船上取下来的老部件来重新建造一艘新的船,那么两艘船中哪艘才是真正的特修斯之船?



解读:



对于哲学家,特修斯之船被用来研究身份的本质。特别是讨论一个物体是否仅仅等于其组成部件之和。一个更现代的例子就是一个不断发展的乐队,直到某一阶段乐队成员中没有任何一个原始成员。这个问题可以应用于各个领域。对于企业,在不断并购和更换东家后仍然保持原来的名字。对于人体,人体不间断的进行着新陈代谢和自我修复。这个实验的核心思想在于强迫人们去反思身份仅仅局限在实际物体和现象中这一常识。



5.伽利略的重力实验(Galileo’s Gravity Experiment



为了反驳亚里士多德的自由落体速度取决于物体的质量的理论,伽利略构造了一个简单的思想实验。根据亚里士多德的说法,如果一个轻的物体和一个重的物体绑在一起然后从塔上丢下来,那么重的物体下落的速度快,两个物体之间的绳子会被拉直。这时轻的物体对重物会产生一个阻力,使得下落速度变慢。但是,从另一方面来看,两个物体绑在一起以后的质量应该比任意一个单独的物体都大,那么整个系统下落的速度应该最快。这个矛盾证明了亚里士多德的理论是错误的。



解读:



这个思想实验帮助证明了一个很重要的理论:无论物体的质量,不考虑阻力的情况下,所有物体自由落体的速率都是一样的。



4.猴子和打字机(Monkeys and Typewriters



另一个在流行文化中占了很大分量的思想实验是“无限猴子定理”,也叫做“猴子和打字机”实验。定理的内容是,如果无数多的猴子在无数多的打字机上随机的打字,并持续无限久的时间,那么在某个时候,它们必然会打出莎士比亚的全部著作。猴子和打字机的设想在20世纪初被法国数学家Emile Borel推广,但其基本思想——无数多的人员和无数多的时间能产生任何/所有东西——可以追溯至亚里士多德。



解读:



简单来说,“猴子和打字机”定理是用来描述无限的本质的最好方法之一。人的大脑很难想象无限的空间和无限的时间,无限猴子定理可以帮助理解这些概念可以达到的宽度。猴子能碰巧写出《哈姆雷特》这看上去似乎是违反直觉,但实际上在数学上是可以证明的。这个定理本身在现实生活中是不可能重现的,但这并没有阻止某些人的尝试:2003年,一家英国动物园的科学家们“试验”了无限猴子定理,他们把一台电脑和一个键盘放进灵长类园区。可惜的是,猴子们并没有打出什么十四行诗。根据研究者,它们只打出了5页几乎完全是字母“s”的纸。



3.中文房间(The Chinese Room



“中文房间”最早由美国哲学家John Searle20世纪80年代初提出。这个实验要求你想象一位只说英语的人身处一个房间之中,这间房间除了门上有一个小窗口以外,全部都是封闭的。他随身带着一本写有中文翻译程序的书。房间里还有足够的稿纸、铅笔和橱柜。写着中文的纸片通过小窗口被送入房间中。根据Searle,房间中的人可以使用他的书来翻译这些文字并用中文回复。虽然他完全不会中文,Searle认为通过这个过程,房间里的人可以让任何房间外的人以为他会说流利的中文。



解读:



Searle创造了“中文房间”思想实验来反驳电脑和其他人工智能能够真正思考的观点。房间里的人不会说中文;他不能够用中文思考。但因为他拥有某些特定的工具,他甚至可以让以中文为母语的人以为他能流利的说中文。根据Searle,电脑就是这样工作的。它们无法真正的理解接收到的信息,但它们可以运行一个程序,处理信息,然后给出一个智能的印象。



2.薛定锷的猫(Schrodinger’s Cat



薛定锷的猫最早由物理学家薛定锷提出,是量子力学领域中的一个悖论。其内容是:一只猫、一些放射性元素和一瓶毒气一起被封闭在一个盒子里一个小时。在一个小时内,放射性元素衰变的几率为50%。如果衰变,那么一个连接在盖革计数器上的锤子就会被触发,并打碎瓶子,释放毒气,杀死猫。因为这件事会否发生的概率相等,薛定锷认为在盒子被打开前,盒子中的猫被认为是既死又活的。



解读:



简而言之,这个实验的核心思想是因为事件发生时不存在观察者,盒子里的猫同时存在在其所有可能的状态中(既死又活)。薛定锷最早提出这个实验是在回复一篇讨论量子态叠加的文章时。薛定锷的猫同时也说明了量子力学的理论是多么令人无法理解。这个思想实验因其复杂性而臭名昭著,同时也启发了各种各样的解释。其中最奇异的就属“多重世界”假说,这个假说表示有一只死猫和一只活猫,两只猫存在在不同的宇宙之中,并且永远不会有交集。



1. 缸中的大脑(Brain in a Vat



没有比所谓的“缸中的大脑”假说更有影响力的思想实验了。这个思想实验涵盖了从认知学到哲学到流行文化等各个领域。这个实验的内容是:想象有一个疯狂科学家把你的大脑从你的体内取出,放在某种生命维持液体中。大脑上插着电极,电极连到一台能产生图像和感官信号的电脑上。因为你获取的所有关于这个世界的信息都是通过你的大脑来处理的,这台电脑就有能力模拟你的日常体验。如果这确实可能的话,你要如何来证明你周围的世界是真实的,而不是由一台电脑产生的某种模拟环境?



解读:



如果你觉得这听起来很像《黑客帝国》,那么你说对了。这部电影以及其他一些科幻作品,都是在这个思想实验的影响下创作出来的。这个实验的核心思想是让人们质疑自身经历的本质,并思考作为一个人的真正意义是什么。这个实验的最初原型可以一直追溯至笛卡尔。在他的《Meditations on the First Philosophy》一书中,笛卡尔提出了能否证明他所有的感官体验都是他自己的,而不是由某个“邪恶的魔鬼”产生的这样的疑问。笛卡尔用他的经典名言“我思故我在”来回答这个问题。不幸的是,“缸中的大脑”实验更为复杂,因为连接着电极的大脑仍然可以思考。这个实验被广泛的讨论着,有许多对于此实验前提的反驳,但仍没有人能有力的回应其核心问题:你究竟如何才能知道什么是真实?

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Monitors

When you are used to two monitors, one monitor is certainly not enough. When you are used to three monitors, two monitors seem weird. People are always greedy.
Today I got my two monitors working in the office, after my secondary monitor having sit there for half an year. I can't explain why Dell has a monitor that does not have HDMI port.
After having two monitors, I feel like my production rate climbs to 1.414 times than before.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Do not Take Driving Test at Marrickville RTA

Do not take driving test at Marrickville RTA, NSW.
I booked for a test a while ago. Then I check online for test route information. Unfortunately, I found that this RTA has a very bad reputation on some discussion forums. Generally, people who can have an easy pass will fail there, and some one even failed 5 time there before got a pass at another RTA. But I have booked there; so I have to wish myself good luck.
I didn't have a good luck yesterday. Failed because of two minor problems. 1. Didn't have enough observation at cross road. I understand that is my problem for long. I just don't want to shake my head like some drug addicted. When I passed the driving test and got license in Hong Kong (that was a one-shot success, and my driving skill was much much worse), the test officer told me I should improve on that. 2.Speeding. This is really ridiculous. I was constantly driving under 40km/s on a road with limit 60km/s. Yet I was called speeding. And his point is I didn't keep 3-sec distance to the car ahead. Come on, other cars kept on sneaking in my lane as I was slow. If I am driving under 30km/s, I am a hazard on the road and that's the concern.
After this experience, I believe that RTA is a money-making machine. They have been taking millions and millions of fine money from innocent people; and they are charging excessive test fees by just simply fail testers again and again. Better yet, the road is never a safe and convenient place for us.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Listening face

Watching Master Chef recently, and found one of the commercials is really hilarious.
Here is the link to the Ad on Youtube.
Here is the subscipt:
I love to multi-task, and I love to listen. And if I have no woman to listen to, I practise my listening face: "I love to listen with power. I love to hear of the problems of your friends. Tell me more…"

Is listening (or listening face) really an essential attribute of a perfect man?

Monday, May 3, 2010

希腊债务问题

世界金融两大市场上,美国在批斗高盛,欧洲在为希腊头疼。其中可能有些联系——高盛可能在希腊的债务危机中扮演了可以的角色。不过话说回来,别人再如何推波助澜也只是因为希腊自己挖了个坑跳进去了而已。
这个坑叫做奥运会。
在2004奥运会财政报告会上,希腊的财长曾很明确表示“The cost of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games substantially overshot the budget”,虽然可以辩称,奥运会是项长远的投资,对将来都是很有益的。但是这确确实实是个大坑。
算笔账。希腊的年收入大约100B,正常的财政支出大概能打个平手。奥运会一来,政府要拿出10B来做建设。这是表面的支出。为了社会的稳定和奥运期间的礼仪安全,需要安定民心。于是就大手一挥,给大家加工资加福利。老百姓一开心,当然就努力工作、安居乐业了。这样一来,政府的支出大了,即使有些赞助,那也还得借债。顺便提一句,希腊的家当也就和台湾一个水平。比台湾还不如的是,希腊主要靠农产品和旅游赚钱,工业和金融比较落后。
一晃几年过去了。这几年恰恰是多灾多难的几年。 债务涨了,投资亏了,出口收入低了,老百姓的福利还没法往下压。希腊终于挺不住了。

Saturday, May 1, 2010

追星族

上个星期从电视上认识了一个人,叫做Justin Bieber (简称JB)。据说是个加拿大的小男生。他唱歌的片段被他妈妈放上youtube,被星探发现,然后就火了。他来澳洲巡回,那些无知无畏的小女生,日夜兼程,昼夜等待就为了见他一面。有几个小姑娘还受伤了。最后警方看不下去了,鉴于纽约发生过类似问题,就决定以安全为由,取消了见面会。让JB去电视台录音棚里露脸了。小女生们一路的抗议啊。
开始还以为我的审美有问题,问了下太太,她觉得JB同学实在长得很普通,没有传说中的那么酷、那么Cute。唱歌么,也就一般,小男孩变声都没完全,怎么可能好听。他的歌也就口水而已,就听到反反复复的“baby baby”,其他好像就没有了。当然,他能红肯定也是有道理的,但凭实力,我觉得比中国的偶像李宇春差着好多截。
JB能这么红,跟小女孩们的心理空虚和头脑简单是分不开的。看看这些年的欧美乐坛,好久都没有一个让少女痴迷的男性偶像歌手出现了。90后乃至00后在追星方面嗷嗷待哺了很久了。所以JB一出现就可以让一张毫无内涵的专辑可以在iTune上卖这么贵。
话分两头,那些无知少女的父母也实在是有问题,自己的女儿品味这么低也就算了。让她们为了追星可以露宿街头真的是过分了。想当年虽然所有的女生都痴迷小虎队,但是大多都非常理智的。果然时代不同观念不同了。

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Online Shopping

Yesterday, tried shopping on taobao. It sucks.

I had tried millions of times to shop online. Basically, find what I want, fill some delivery details, put a credit card number, submit and done. With taobao, it is a pain.
Finding what I want -- the pictures are usually so fake and so pretty while the price is so cheap, made me wonder if it is trustworthy.
Paying my purchase -- in most cases, credit card or cash-on-delivery is not an option. Options are online banking or something similar to bill-pay. Since I couldn't get myself to a convenient store or a post office to pay the bill, I have to try online banking. Most banks have basic online banking service ... charged; and advanced services at some expensive cost. When you want to pay somebody online, if you are lucky that they have an agreement with your bank to cooperate online business, you need to first install some software for that particular bank, then with your national ID number, username, password, passphrase card, and authorization code, you may be able to purchase anything under your payment limit. It takes more than three steps to pay my money! I don't feel protected, I felt totally pissed.

Overall, in China you as a buyer are not trusted; and in the same league, you don't want to trust anybody. Life is difficult for both parties. What a hell.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Bye google.cn

To fight with evil, one has to be more evil. Google abandoned millions of users in Mainland China to protect its "free will". If it does the same to US (where FBI is famous), I would believe that it is really saint.

From "How I met your mother":
She (Robin)'s got one last photo to identify. Robin's pretty cocky when she takes the picture from him. "That, Barney, is the America actor beloved by millions -- the "Hey Vern" guy from the popular series of Ernest films, and his name is... Jeff Foxworthy." Barney laughs. He can't believe she doesn't know it's Jim Varney. Robin points at him. "Uh, that's Jeff Foxworthy, dumbass. End of story. Now shut your stupid face!" Barney says, "Not only are you wrong, but you are belligerently sticking to your guns, and insulting me in the process. Robin Scherbatsky..." He clicks his heels together and salutes her. "You are an American."

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

又一节体育课

星期三中午,pain in the domain。今天绕着domain跑,隔海望着歌剧院做俯卧撑、仰卧起坐。四周张望才发现澳洲人真喜欢运动啊,到处都是training。路上跑步的人川流不息。草地上的人比办公室的都多。果然天气好的地方,人们都喜欢在户外晃。
由于大家都剃了头,我们这队人形象不太好,极有可能被误解为出来放风的,引起了小小围观。

Friday, March 5, 2010

Prophet

Last time when I flew back to SH, I watched <Surrogates >. It’s a not so fancy Sci-Fi movie, but it has a very realistic sense of feeling.  The background and the characters are not much different from todays.

The prophet in the movie reminded me of the founder of the Free Software movement, Richard Stallman. They look quite assembled! It looks like the director is mocking the real world. In the movie, the prophet himself is actually a surrogate; in the real world, I am pretty sure that RS is not using any non-GNU software – in fact, he probably doesn’t use any software at all. Still remember last time I listened to his speech: he started for 5 minutes and the video recorder asked him to start over again because the camera was off. Then he started all over again, and repeated exactly for 5 minutes. Honestly, I lost some interest of his speech after that point.

Anyway, I am pretty much a MS addicted man now: Win 7, VS2010, MS SQL server, except IE. If there is a prophet telling me that the machine will take over the world, I will buy.  

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

PE class

时隔多年,今天又上了体育课:pain in the domain。公司每个星期三,一帮子人到domain,一个trainer像催命鬼一样,催着你跑啊、俯卧撑啊、再跑啊……直到你趴下。
年纪大了,玩不动了。不过也的确该多运动运动,锈了。

Monday, February 22, 2010

From winter to summer

From below 0 degree chilly Shanghai winter to 30+ degree burnning Sydney summer. Too dramatic.

By the way, KAL broke all the three suitcases in one trip. (One lost a wheel, one lost a handle, and one lost a small surface cover)