尋找快樂

1) 你會唔會做一份人工高，但係要你犧牲九成私人時間既工？
2) 一份工作裡面，最能夠俾到你滿足感既又係d乜？ 金錢？受人尊重？工作性質？抑或仲有其他？
3) 工作同事業，響你既人生裡面，佔幾重要既位置？
4) 你有冇試過覺得鬱鬱不得志？有既話，你又覺得問題同原因響邊度？

杯子與水的哲學

有一次，我們幾個分別了多年的同學相約去拜訪大學的老師。老師很高興，問我們生活得怎麼樣。

不料，一句話就勾出了大家的滿腹牢騷，大家紛紛訴說著生活的不如意：

工作壓力大呀，生活煩惱多呀，做生意的商戰失利呀，當官的仕途受阻呀…彷彿大家都成了時代的棄兒。

老師笑而不語，從廚房拿出一大堆杯子，擺在茶儿上。這些杯子各式各樣，形態各異，有瓷器的，有玻璃的，有塑膠的，有的杯子看起來豪華而高貴，有的則顯得普通而簡陋……

老師說：「大家都是我的學生，我就不把你們當客人看了。你們要是渴了，就自己倒水喝吧。」七咀八舌，大家說得口乾舌燥了，便紛紛拿了自己看中的杯子倒水喝。

等我們手都端了一杯水時，老師又發言了。他指著茶儿上剩下的杯子說：「你們有沒有發現，你們手上的杯子，是最好看，最別緻的杯子，而像這些塑膠杯沒有人選中它。」

當然，我們並不覺得奇怪，誰都希望自己拿著的是一隻好看的杯子。老師說:「這就是你們煩惱的根源」大家需要的是水，而非杯子，但我們有意無意地會去選擇漂亮的杯子。這就如我們的生活．．．如果生活是水的話，那麼，工作、金錢、地位，這些東西就是杯子，它們只是我們盛起生活之水的工具。

其實，杯子的好壞，並不影響水的品質。如果將心思花在杯子上，大家還有心情去品嘗水的苦甜，這不就是自尋煩惱嗎？

Photo Hunting

Just saw this CD album at the CD shop. Very nice collection packing. Did you notice anything go wrong?

Observe and Change

Learn from the meditation class tonight. We're always in the changing status. We are happy this moment but we will be unhappy the next moment.

We should be observe and aware of our feelings and emotions. By observing our emotion, we can decide how to react to things happening around us. We can decide to follow our behavioral habits but we always have the choice to change and use other ways to deal with. We may be buffed by some unreasonable words. We look at our angry feelings, we can decide to react with angry words or choose to listen, accept and accommodate.

Oscar on the Web

Last week YouTube organized the best online video voting campaign, allowing us to vote for :

• The best creative award
  
• The best inspiring award
  
• The best short movie award
  
• The best comedy award
• The best music award
  
• The best commentary award
  
• The best animals award
  

There is no traditional best actor, nor best actress nor best director awards. So have you casted your voted? Will the "Bus Uncle" get the best comedy awards?

The results have been announced. Check out here

我是最後知道的一個 CK思祺

曲詞：劉祖德 唱：CK思祺

沒有埋怨投訴太多
沒有埋怨動了肝火
事事亦為我好
或你對我實太傻
即使我做錯 亦當沒錯
總�|在維護我

* 無人像你這麼伴我
常為我多辛苦奔波
疲倦發呆 都�|來陪我 同哼愛歌
誰能料你根本弄錯
然後你終於明白在找甚麼
原來我是最後知道的一個

沒法離去 唯有再拖
或有情愫未計清楚
事實上待我好
就算錯愛又怎麼
即使你沒法 為我承諾
一世來維護我

知道今世不能沒你的是我
唯有接受這麼錯

Woo......
仍是往來 不間斷陪我 回憶更多
為何是一開始就錯
然後你終於明白在找 找甚麼
原來我是最後知道的一個

Last week I shopped by the CD shop, just picked up a CD cover that seems interesting - a local artist named CK , titled "Perfect Disorder" whom I didn't know and never heard of. I just bought it and surprisingly, it is a very high quality CD. Good music, good lyrics and good performance. This is her first CD. CK voice is mature and touching, with the street band sound touch. In particular I like this song.

Listen

Browse CK Official Web Site

Busy Busy Days

I just cannot recall when I started my busy life at TDC? Is it a month ago? half years ago? or the day when I first join TDC and I have never get an easy life?

I leave my office on tonight, the quiet Friday night. Do you know when the "Delifrance" at the lobby closed at night?

My Team


This is a snap shoot of my team. We have been working hard and playing hard. Indeed, I will probably die with tones of works and pressure, without the jokes and fun of my team-mates. Thanks so much!

Let's take a break, should we!


PS. Do you recognize my handwriting on the white board in the background? Do you know if there is any class to teach how to write in white board? I need some training to make my characters recognizable :-D

Entertainment Expo

As I film lovers, it is my first time to visit the Entertainment Expo - Filmart and Asian Film Forum. The film posters and the moody visual bring me out of the earth for a while.

I start to see the advertisement for the Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang everywhere. It reads " I'll get the job done". I am always wondering about this statement. Isn't that something that we should do, whatever the job that we takes or the roles we perform? We don't need to spell it out as we should always be committed to our works and our lives? It should be something like "default" set, rather than a election slogan?

This should be the statement that we judge after 5 years later. Let's keep an eye on it.

Eugene, will you get your job done?

Photo Day

It was an wonderful experience to hang out with my photo gangs and shot the night scene of Hong Kong. Initially I was worried that it just keep raining in the early afternoon but then the rain actually clear up the moody and cloudy sky. The night of Hong Kong is so clear and tranquil. With such a group of passionate friends in such a magic night! What a night!

Visit to Hong Kong Observatory

Wow,I am so lucky to get the chance to visit Hong Kong Observatory organised by the TDC United. It is a warm and breezy day. It is an eye-opening exercise to understand more about HKO history and daily work and also the conserved natural environment surrounding the Observatory. Just can't imagine the little backyard forest in Tsim Shat Tsui, and more interesting tips. HKO Director just live by his office!

研究：咖啡不能提神 (明報) 03月 07日 星期三 05:10AM

不少人以為飲咖啡可提神，但英國布里斯托大學的最新醫學研究顯示，常飲咖啡的人，因晚上睡覺時沒有咖啡到肚，會出現「咖啡因戒斷徵狀」，而早上第一杯咖啡，能緩和上述徵狀，反映
廣 告

咖啡並無醒腦作用，只是將注意力拉回到正常水準，事實上沒有任何提神效用。

依賴咖啡因 起後不適

這份在英國營養基金會會議發表的研究報告指出，經常飲咖啡的人，有依賴咖啡因的情，而在一夜睡眠後，體內的咖啡因刺激素減少，出現包括頭痛、睏倦等「咖啡因戒斷徵狀」，起後喝下的第一杯咖啡不過是緩和這些不舒服的徵狀，故咖啡只是將人的注意力回升至正常水平，並無提神作用。

Usability Workshop

I am so lucky to get the chance to join the "Fundamental Guidelines for Web Usability" workshop by Jakob Nielsen, Hoa Loranger and Kara Pernice Coyne. Jakob is the usability guru and advocate. I am his fan for many years. It is an eye opening and amazing experience to see how the eye tracking research and video. It is also a good break from the busy life.

Browse here for more details

Introduction to Meditation


I have joined a 10 week course titled "Introduction to Meditation". Last Thursday is my first class. My original thought is: the coach will teach us some technique to focus and concentrate our mind. Instead, our coach teach us the relaxation technique borrowed from Yoga discipline to help us to relax ourselves. The meditation is actually the last few minutes after half hours body workout.

So never consider meditation is a mind-only exercise. It is the results of mind-and-body concentration and rest.

Welcome Comments

I just did not realize when transferring my blog to the new blogger, the comments section has been restored to default where users need to register with a gmail or blogger account in order to express comments.

Thanks Zoe for reading my blog and let me know. Feel free to drop me any comments, thoughts and feelings!

Sleeping with Fever

I've got a cold on Friday and keep sleeping this weekend. Hope to recharge to full speed quickly before going back to work on Monday again.

Welcome to the Mac World

Finally I have gone my Mac Notebook. It is the first time I own my own Mac. I really want to own a Mac notebook when I start my first job in Microsoft, but it was too expensive for me. It's the best gift to celebrate my two years stay at TDC. It is also a new learning and usability experience for me to use Max OS 10 Tiger.