- Nov 25 Fri 2011 06:39
一張硬頭皮,闖天下!
- Oct 09 Sun 2011 07:03
鋪床
說起來,現在的生活其實無可挑剔。獨居的單人公寓寬敞到說話有回音、初入社會的第一份工作,老闆人好,待遇不薄,上下班時間規律,加班從來加不過七點半。雖然身處荒郊野外,推開窗戶放眼望去就只有藍天白雲杉木馬路,但月租不到兩百美金的四輪傳動,讓我名符其實地我行我素:心血來潮想看的二輪片和舞台劇、臨時起意的飯局和踏青行程,或者是一股想上健身房揮汗減肥的熱血衝勁,我總是隨心所欲,來去自如。沒有門禁更不用向誰請示告假。這樣的日子,就只能用「自由」兩個字形容,夫復何求?
- Sep 26 Mon 2011 09:35
向外站
- Apr 19 Tue 2011 11:27
Week 10: Speak! Or Forever Hold Your Peace
The Taiwanese education system is setting students up for failure professionally. From K to 12 and on to college, we’re taught that good students are to be seen but not heard. We are not to turn left if told to go straight. We are never to raise objections because the teachers are forever the beacon of light that leads always to the truth. We are not to deviate, only to imitate and replicate. We are programmed to be docile sheep. Conformity always comes first, never try to buck the system and God forbid that you should ever stand out.
- Mar 31 Thu 2011 10:08
Week 6: On Hand-Holding
My logistics guy emailed me the other day. Had a question that he wanted me to answer, or rather find out the answer for him. The email could’ve been written in Martian and it wouldn’t have made a difference. I didn’t understand what he was asking of me, let alone figuring out who I needed to track down to get answers from. Just so happens, every single nearby cube was empty. I had no lifeline. Not one. I had maybe 2 seconds of hesitation before I picked up the phone and just called the guy up. I dished out my “New” card right then and there and confessed that I had no idea where to even begin to help him out and if he could help me to help him. Needless to say, he was more than understanding. We quickly found out that I was not the best person to provide the answers he needed. He was able to redirect his question elsewhere and had it resolved in due time.
- Mar 23 Wed 2011 11:59
Week 5: On Signaling
In The Prestige, Michael Caine told Christian Bale’s character, Borden, that he was every bit the better magician than Angier, played by Hugh Jackman; but what Angier lacked in skills and creativity, he made up for in showmanship. He was the better performer than Borden ever was. And that made him the better entertainer.
- Mar 23 Wed 2011 10:37
Week 5: Celebrate Your Small Wins
When it comes to jigsaw puzzles, some of the more experienced players like to start with the corners to help set the perimeter. They strategically work their way inwards, carefully laying out the boundaries first before they attempt to reassemble the missing pieces in the middle. It makes perfect sense doesn’t it? Except what do you do when you can’t seem to find those guiding pieces, when you have no idea just where your borders lie?
- Mar 13 Sun 2011 10:29
Week 4: Birth Pangs
My life is in flux. And I mean zero-gravity-things-floating-midair-completely-out-of-control kind of flux. For a Virgo Type A, we are by nature repulsed by anything that is unpredictable, uncontrollable and unfathomable. And yet, that is exactly what my life has transpired to.
- Mar 10 Thu 2011 09:51
Week 4: What a Difference a Day Makes
Today my life as a working professional begins. All my life I've been just me. Just a kid who walked herself to and back from school and everywhere else. Maybe taking the bus sometimes. Or succeed in groveling for a ride when I get really lucky. Today I become a grownup. Today I become accountable to someone other than myself. Today I become accountable to my car. To Chase Co., my car leasor. To all the hazards driving can offer. Together, no matter what happens, I'll be ready. For anything. For everything. To take on the monthly insurance payments, to take on out-of-pocket expenses when I exhaust my deductibles. To take on possibility and responsibility of crashes, blowouts, blizzards, floods and retaking that stupid knowledge test that I failed miserably 11 hours ago. Today, Subaru, our life together begins. And I for one can't wait till the 42-month lease is over.