這次是有兩年多沒回台灣,每次回去好像都要給自己一個很好的理由,就像小學生校外教學一樣,回來要寫出一套有頭有尾的心得. 不是反共大陸,就是要愛護花草.
是最好的朋友要結婚? 好像不結了
是奶奶身體不好? 好像已經好很多了
是陪女朋友回去? 好像自己又單身了
最後好像變成為了工作回去,是了,我還要見見素昧平生的幾個大客,在久未見長輩的靈牌前鞠躬,陪幾個男人南台灣拍我們自己的海角七號,和爺爺逛公園,在夜市吃小吃...
為什麼好像假期未開始,就覺得已經結束的疲憊?
為什麼每次回台灣都覺得有點寂寞?
這次為了誰,還是為了什麼,好像已經不重要了,反正每天還是要盯著我的電腦,做我的工作.
12/16/2008
12/14/2008
Definitely, Maybe
Love can be complicated, that is according to my favourite movie in 2008.
In "Definitely, Maybe", a divorcing dad is trying to tell his young daughter the story of how he met her mother.
It brought us back to a time when the young man had passion and ambition. While he was pursuing his dreams, relationship happened. There were three women, one blond college love, innocent, and loving, one brunette writer, smart and seductive, one redhead copier girl, spontaneous and sweet.
During the process of discovering what the young man really wants in life, we guess along with the daughter who would end up to be the mom, also the person the dad is divorcing.
It is a great movie, like my previous favourites, it contains lots of conversations, about dreams, ambitions, relationships, failed relationships...
All these emotions will definitely touch any of us who have hurt or been hurt in a relationship, however painful it may be, it will all pass, the life will move on, so the story continues...
In "Definitely, Maybe", a divorcing dad is trying to tell his young daughter the story of how he met her mother.
It brought us back to a time when the young man had passion and ambition. While he was pursuing his dreams, relationship happened. There were three women, one blond college love, innocent, and loving, one brunette writer, smart and seductive, one redhead copier girl, spontaneous and sweet.
During the process of discovering what the young man really wants in life, we guess along with the daughter who would end up to be the mom, also the person the dad is divorcing.
It is a great movie, like my previous favourites, it contains lots of conversations, about dreams, ambitions, relationships, failed relationships...
All these emotions will definitely touch any of us who have hurt or been hurt in a relationship, however painful it may be, it will all pass, the life will move on, so the story continues...
12/08/2008
Olive Theory
According to my new favourite tv show, "how i met your mother", there is a cute theory called "Olive Theory".
The theory says that if someone who loves olives meets someone who hates olives, they will make a great couple. (or using the show's term, "awesome couple") Because one will compliment the other well.
I understand that theory, however, what if someone who loves olives meets another person who also loves olives? Do they share? What if one of them loves olives more than the other? Do they compromise? Do they fight? Does one of them eat all of the olives and make the other to get more olives?
How about 2 people who hate olives get together? Does one of them force the other to pick all the olives?
I think it is harder to find someone to compliment you than to compromise for the things you dont like.
The theory says that if someone who loves olives meets someone who hates olives, they will make a great couple. (or using the show's term, "awesome couple") Because one will compliment the other well.
I understand that theory, however, what if someone who loves olives meets another person who also loves olives? Do they share? What if one of them loves olives more than the other? Do they compromise? Do they fight? Does one of them eat all of the olives and make the other to get more olives?
How about 2 people who hate olives get together? Does one of them force the other to pick all the olives?
I think it is harder to find someone to compliment you than to compromise for the things you dont like.
12/06/2008
雨下得真好
前一陣子,最令人震驚的台灣新聞,不是某前總統被拉去關,而是公認金童玉女的庾澄慶和伊能靜二十年的婚姻出了問題.今天晚上下了大雨,想到多年前,庾澄慶曾唱過的一首歌,現在也發生在自己身上,什麼令我心儀的好女生,現在聽起這首歌,說不盡的諷刺...
誰來為我打破沉默，將你我解脱，這撕裂的痛
我們都在等待着，誰會先開口，誰把問題說破。
欲哭無淚最清醒，心想天氣變化挣扎。
雨下得真好，不必面對面，
下得真好，模糊你在我心中的分量
雨下得真好，代替了藉口，
下得真好，我們都想轉身向寂寞投靠。
雨下得真好……
誰來為我打破沉默，將你我解脱，這撕裂的痛
我們都在等待着，誰會先開口，誰把問題說破。
欲哭無淚最清醒，心想天氣變化挣扎。
雨下得真好，不必面對面，
下得真好，模糊你在我心中的分量
雨下得真好，代替了藉口，
下得真好，我們都想轉身向寂寞投靠。
雨下得真好……
11/29/2008
我不難過
又站在你家的門口 我們重復沉默 這樣子單方面的守候 還能多久終于你開口向我訴說她有多溫柔 雖然你還握著我的手 但我已不在你心中
我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊 是我沒有 陪在你身邊 當你寂寞時候別再看著我 說著你愛過 別太傷痛 我不難過 這不算什麼只是為什麼眼淚會流 我也不懂
就讓我走 讓我開始享受自由 回憶很多 你的影子也會充滿我生活我並不懦弱 你比誰都懂 雖然寂寞 這會是我 最後的寬容
抱緊我 再抱緊我 這一份感動 請你讓我留在胸口別在說是你的錯 愛到了盡頭 是非對錯 就讓它隨風忘了所有 過得比你快活
我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊 是我沒有 陪在你身邊 當你寂寞時候別再看著我 說著你愛過 別太傷痛 我不難過 這不算什麼只是為什麼眼淚會流 我也不懂
不要再說 或許這是最好結果 現在分手 總好過你不愛我一拖再拖松開你的手 離開你左右 我向前走 這會是我 真正的解脫
我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊 是我沒有 陪在你身邊 當你寂寞時候別再看著我 說著你愛過 別太傷痛 我不難過 這不算什麼只是為什麼眼淚會流 我也不懂
就讓我走 讓我開始享受自由 回憶很多 你的影子也會充滿我生活我並不懦弱 你比誰都懂 雖然寂寞 這會是我 最後的寬容
抱緊我 再抱緊我 這一份感動 請你讓我留在胸口別在說是你的錯 愛到了盡頭 是非對錯 就讓它隨風忘了所有 過得比你快活
我真的懂 你不是喜新厭舊 是我沒有 陪在你身邊 當你寂寞時候別再看著我 說著你愛過 別太傷痛 我不難過 這不算什麼只是為什麼眼淚會流 我也不懂
不要再說 或許這是最好結果 現在分手 總好過你不愛我一拖再拖松開你的手 離開你左右 我向前走 這會是我 真正的解脫
11/25/2008
期望
今年景氣不好,所以聖誕節來得比以往早,什麼大拍賣都早了三個星期.
前幾天,在收音機聽到一個有關加拿大人的問卷調查,問到他們最想要的聖誕禮物是什麼,第一名是LCD電視,(我也好想),第二名是行動電腦,第三名是GPS,看來這幾年加人的Wish List好像都是高科技產品.
有趣的是,當問到他們一共打算花多少錢在聖誕禮物上.答案是$381...基本上只有上列的第三名才買得到. 這就是期望跟付出的差異.
還是等待那個愛穿紅衣的過胖老人會不會把明年的景氣帶起來還比較實際.
前幾天,在收音機聽到一個有關加拿大人的問卷調查,問到他們最想要的聖誕禮物是什麼,第一名是LCD電視,(我也好想),第二名是行動電腦,第三名是GPS,看來這幾年加人的Wish List好像都是高科技產品.
有趣的是,當問到他們一共打算花多少錢在聖誕禮物上.答案是$381...基本上只有上列的第三名才買得到. 這就是期望跟付出的差異.
還是等待那個愛穿紅衣的過胖老人會不會把明年的景氣帶起來還比較實際.
11/20/2008
Low Consumer Confidence! Great!
According to the most recent study, Consumer Confidence Index is at amulti-year low around 50, in comparison, 2007 saw a CCI of 110. What doesthat mean? That means you will be seeing more sales before and after Xmas,it does seem like the longer you hold your major purchases, the betterdeals you will see. Remember what I said earlier this year regarding howTravel Plans will cost a lot more before the end of year? It is no longertrue, many travel companies are throwing out crazy deals.
However, Portfolio Managers at Connor Clark & Lunn found somethinginteresting about CCI. They found when CCI dipped below 60 in the past, 26out 27 times of the time, market will recover on average of 19% in the nextyear. The only miss? Down 1%.
Same principle holds true here, "Be Greedy when others are fearful".
However, Portfolio Managers at Connor Clark & Lunn found somethinginteresting about CCI. They found when CCI dipped below 60 in the past, 26out 27 times of the time, market will recover on average of 19% in the nextyear. The only miss? Down 1%.
Same principle holds true here, "Be Greedy when others are fearful".
11/18/2008
海角七號
海角七號最近在台灣暴紅,幾週前有幸看到DVD,不過是盜版的...
劇情事實上非常簡單,其實有點像high school musical的台版,一個地方想辦演唱會,但沒有暖身樂團,就隨便成軍.每個有對白的腳色都很有特色,很台,也很有故事,不過時間太短,總覺得好像整個電影只是某個電視劇的開始.
剛看完後不了解為什麼本片這麼紅.
看了幾次台灣新聞後,就完全悟了,台灣的新聞這麼烏煙瘴氣,股市這麼濫,如果不看小品電影(不過聽說好像花了天文數字),看什麼.回想林志玲暴紅的時候,好像也是時機壞壞的年代.
話說回來,不應該對海角七號太刻薄,畢竟它跳脫出很台的電影就是很悲情的圈套.
劇情事實上非常簡單,其實有點像high school musical的台版,一個地方想辦演唱會,但沒有暖身樂團,就隨便成軍.每個有對白的腳色都很有特色,很台,也很有故事,不過時間太短,總覺得好像整個電影只是某個電視劇的開始.
剛看完後不了解為什麼本片這麼紅.
看了幾次台灣新聞後,就完全悟了,台灣的新聞這麼烏煙瘴氣,股市這麼濫,如果不看小品電影(不過聽說好像花了天文數字),看什麼.回想林志玲暴紅的時候,好像也是時機壞壞的年代.
話說回來,不應該對海角七號太刻薄,畢竟它跳脫出很台的電影就是很悲情的圈套.
11/09/2008
Everybody hurts - REM
Last time I saw this MTV was in 1993, it was very powerful, started off heavy, but ended uplifting. 15 years later, I saw its MTV on tv again. This is the song perfect for time like this.
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When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone
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Just hold on, don't panic sell! Remember everybody hurts sometimes!
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When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes
Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone
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Just hold on, don't panic sell! Remember everybody hurts sometimes!
10/26/2008
Buy American. I Am. - by Warren Buffet
THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary.
So ... I’ve been buying American stocks. This is my personal account I’m talking about, in which I previously owned nothing but United States government bonds. (This description leaves aside my Berkshire Hathaway holdings, which are all committed to philanthropy.) If prices keep looking attractive, my non-Berkshire net worth will soon be 100 percent in United States equities.
Why?
A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors. To be sure, investors are right to be wary of highly leveraged entities or businesses in weak competitive positions. But fears regarding the long-term prosperity of the nation’s many sound companies make no sense. These businesses will indeed suffer earnings hiccups, as they always have. But most major companies will be setting new profit records 5, 10 and 20 years from now.
Let me be clear on one point: I can’t predict the short-term movements of the stock market. I haven’t the faintest idea as to whether stocks will be higher or lower a month — or a year — from now. What is likely, however, is that the market will move higher, perhaps substantially so, well before either sentiment or the economy turns up. So if you wait for the robins, spring will be over.
A little history here: During the Depression, the Dow hit its low, 41, on July 8, 1932. Economic conditions, though, kept deteriorating until Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933. By that time, the market had already advanced 30 percent. Or think back to the early days of World War II, when things were going badly for the United States in Europe and the Pacific. The market hit bottom in April 1942, well before Allied fortunes turned. Again, in the early 1980s, the time to buy stocks was when inflation raged and the economy was in the tank. In short, bad news is an investor’s best friend. It lets you buy a slice of America’s future at a marked-down price.
Over the long term, the stock market news will be good. In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
You might think it would have been impossible for an investor to lose money during a century marked by such an extraordinary gain. But some investors did. The hapless ones bought stocks only when they felt comfort in doing so and then proceeded to sell when the headlines made them queasy.
Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. Indeed, the policies that government will follow in its efforts to alleviate the current crisis will probably prove inflationary and therefore accelerate declines in the real value of cash accounts.
Equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade, probably by a substantial degree. Those investors who cling now to cash are betting they can efficiently time their move away from it later. In waiting for the comfort of good news, they are ignoring Wayne Gretzky’s advice: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”
I don’t like to opine on the stock market, and again I emphasize that I have no idea what the market will do in the short term. Nevertheless, I’ll follow the lead of a restaurant that opened in an empty bank building and then advertised: “Put your mouth where your money was.” Today my money and my mouth both say equities.
Warren E. Buffett is the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, a diversified holding company.
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The above article was published on New York Times, October 16, 2008
So ... I’ve been buying American stocks. This is my personal account I’m talking about, in which I previously owned nothing but United States government bonds. (This description leaves aside my Berkshire Hathaway holdings, which are all committed to philanthropy.) If prices keep looking attractive, my non-Berkshire net worth will soon be 100 percent in United States equities.
Why?
A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. And most certainly, fear is now widespread, gripping even seasoned investors. To be sure, investors are right to be wary of highly leveraged entities or businesses in weak competitive positions. But fears regarding the long-term prosperity of the nation’s many sound companies make no sense. These businesses will indeed suffer earnings hiccups, as they always have. But most major companies will be setting new profit records 5, 10 and 20 years from now.
Let me be clear on one point: I can’t predict the short-term movements of the stock market. I haven’t the faintest idea as to whether stocks will be higher or lower a month — or a year — from now. What is likely, however, is that the market will move higher, perhaps substantially so, well before either sentiment or the economy turns up. So if you wait for the robins, spring will be over.
A little history here: During the Depression, the Dow hit its low, 41, on July 8, 1932. Economic conditions, though, kept deteriorating until Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933. By that time, the market had already advanced 30 percent. Or think back to the early days of World War II, when things were going badly for the United States in Europe and the Pacific. The market hit bottom in April 1942, well before Allied fortunes turned. Again, in the early 1980s, the time to buy stocks was when inflation raged and the economy was in the tank. In short, bad news is an investor’s best friend. It lets you buy a slice of America’s future at a marked-down price.
Over the long term, the stock market news will be good. In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
You might think it would have been impossible for an investor to lose money during a century marked by such an extraordinary gain. But some investors did. The hapless ones bought stocks only when they felt comfort in doing so and then proceeded to sell when the headlines made them queasy.
Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. Indeed, the policies that government will follow in its efforts to alleviate the current crisis will probably prove inflationary and therefore accelerate declines in the real value of cash accounts.
Equities will almost certainly outperform cash over the next decade, probably by a substantial degree. Those investors who cling now to cash are betting they can efficiently time their move away from it later. In waiting for the comfort of good news, they are ignoring Wayne Gretzky’s advice: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”
I don’t like to opine on the stock market, and again I emphasize that I have no idea what the market will do in the short term. Nevertheless, I’ll follow the lead of a restaurant that opened in an empty bank building and then advertised: “Put your mouth where your money was.” Today my money and my mouth both say equities.
Warren E. Buffett is the chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, a diversified holding company.
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The above article was published on New York Times, October 16, 2008
10/15/2008
10/10/2008
10/02/2008
祝我生日快樂
不知不覺,又是一年過了,好像一年來的比一年快,回憶自己三十歲的時候到底做過什麼,好像真的沒有印象.總覺得自己好像老了很多,對未來還是不是很有把握,又看見七年級的小弟第小妹妹們一個個跟了上來.好像每一天都很累,工作,健康,愛情,還沒有找到一個平衡. 看來,三十而立,是過去的事,我也想快一點立!
9/29/2008
You are not Alone...
It was in high school when one of my best friend got dumped by a girl who left without saying why. When Michael Jackson had this song on the air. I thought it is appropriate for another best friend at this time...
"You Are Not Alone"
Another day has gone
I'm still all alone
How could this be
You're not here with me
You never said goodbye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go
And leave my world so cold
Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
But you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
But you are not alone
'Lone, 'lone
Why, 'lone
Just the other night
I thought I heard you cry
Asking me to come
And hold you in my arms
I can hear your prayers
Your burdens I will bear
But first I need your hand
Then forever can begin
Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone
Whisper three words and I'll come runnin'
And girl you know that I'll be there
I'll be there
You are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone...
"You Are Not Alone"
Another day has gone
I'm still all alone
How could this be
You're not here with me
You never said goodbye
Someone tell me why
Did you have to go
And leave my world so cold
Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
But you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
But you are not alone
'Lone, 'lone
Why, 'lone
Just the other night
I thought I heard you cry
Asking me to come
And hold you in my arms
I can hear your prayers
Your burdens I will bear
But first I need your hand
Then forever can begin
Everyday I sit and ask myself
How did love slip away
Something whispers in my ear and says
That you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone
Whisper three words and I'll come runnin'
And girl you know that I'll be there
I'll be there
You are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though you're far away
I am here to stay
For you are not alone
For I am here with you
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
For you are not alone...
9/07/2008
Friends less one
"How I met your mother" is a clever comedy show situated in New York, very similar to "friends", instead of 6 friends, there were 5. The story starts with a guy told a girl he met for the first time, "I love you".
If you haven't seen the show, check it out, I thought the script and story is pretty smart.
If you haven't seen the show, check it out, I thought the script and story is pretty smart.
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