Wednesday, December 28, 2011
三项
今天拉磨感觉不错,顺手查了提供家附近能游泳的地方,还真找到一个不错又便宜的,顿时觉得三项的梦想其实不远。先拿下半马,期间好好练自由泳,买车,争取秋天结束前完成一个三项。
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
不要什么
近一个月,过简单得令人尴尬的日子,起床,上班,早餐,工作到下午四点半,然后健身房两小时,晚餐,工作,回家简单收拾,然后睡觉。时刻想起好友的工作增值论,说一份工作,应该从中为自己创造价值(培养能力),而非通过简单重复劳动为估值创造价值。现在还耐心尚存,知道日积月累的重要,心底里却矛盾渐生,怕这日复一日的积累都在某天转行的时刻统统丢掉,可真算是畏首畏尾。
早上等车的时候重新审视自己的爱好,自诩为吃货和电影迷,其实几乎没有对这两个领域有太大的了解,平日里的活动,无非是围绕两者极端被动和无趣的单纯享乐行为。不了解,就无法谈论及品味,没有品味,就别奢谈爱好。其实美食并不重要,只要每天能吃到健康干净的食物,我就开心;电影也非必须,只要能偶尔和好友发起一场有益的佳片观后感,我就满足。
之前并没有想象到可以完全摒弃这上述两样,余下爱好实在不多。所谓爱好,无非就是带来快乐,并让人不断重复的活动,这样想来,能让人光明正大宣称的,恐怕还剩读书和健身。读书可以引申为口语表达和写作,以及一切展示语言美感和智力优势的行为;健身,则可以推广到对个人健康各角度的完善,户外运动,和亲近自然的渴望。
总结个人爱好,无非就是一个自省的由头,了解自己,了解个人需求,对于生活的伴侣的寻找,似乎也要从最最本源的共同点出发,若无相似之处,那么也无白头到老的信心。
早上等车的时候重新审视自己的爱好,自诩为吃货和电影迷,其实几乎没有对这两个领域有太大的了解,平日里的活动,无非是围绕两者极端被动和无趣的单纯享乐行为。不了解,就无法谈论及品味,没有品味,就别奢谈爱好。其实美食并不重要,只要每天能吃到健康干净的食物,我就开心;电影也非必须,只要能偶尔和好友发起一场有益的佳片观后感,我就满足。
之前并没有想象到可以完全摒弃这上述两样,余下爱好实在不多。所谓爱好,无非就是带来快乐,并让人不断重复的活动,这样想来,能让人光明正大宣称的,恐怕还剩读书和健身。读书可以引申为口语表达和写作,以及一切展示语言美感和智力优势的行为;健身,则可以推广到对个人健康各角度的完善,户外运动,和亲近自然的渴望。
总结个人爱好,无非就是一个自省的由头,了解自己,了解个人需求,对于生活的伴侣的寻找,似乎也要从最最本源的共同点出发,若无相似之处,那么也无白头到老的信心。
Monday, December 26, 2011
看书
接着看Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...(写这个题目的时候,总是不自觉地说成motorcycle insurance,可见美帝保险公司广告遗毒)
之前看觉得是好书,但是难读,现在看过三分之一,觉得又容易了。一是改变了阅读习惯,而是被内容强烈吸引。一直没有看速读的教材,现在尝试找先找动词再找名词的跳读,似乎有点效果。
看着作者说一点点浅显的哲学,自己慢慢回忆起以前看过那些杂书尚未忘记的部分,还有郭老师语言学的点滴,顿时精神起来,现在只叹当年看书太碎太少,遇到重大问题总是含混过关,无法讨论出一二三来。好在来日方长,手有Kindle,心中不慌哈哈哈哈。
之前看觉得是好书,但是难读,现在看过三分之一,觉得又容易了。一是改变了阅读习惯,而是被内容强烈吸引。一直没有看速读的教材,现在尝试找先找动词再找名词的跳读,似乎有点效果。
看着作者说一点点浅显的哲学,自己慢慢回忆起以前看过那些杂书尚未忘记的部分,还有郭老师语言学的点滴,顿时精神起来,现在只叹当年看书太碎太少,遇到重大问题总是含混过关,无法讨论出一二三来。好在来日方长,手有Kindle,心中不慌哈哈哈哈。
Saturday, December 17, 2011
周一周六
老板一周不到一半时间在办公室,偌大的楼层一侧,只有我和管IT的老马,两人的脸每天都埋在电脑屏幕里,耳边只有沙沙的风扇和隔壁交易员偶尔发出的吼叫。老马是马来华人,来美近10年,长得白净,举止颇有断袖风情,每次和他聊天,不出3分钟便开始教授我美国制度之好。
这大概也是最为理想的工作状态,无人管辖,空间巨大自由,可以走动,跑步,跳舞,或者刷牙。每天早上8点前和下午4点后都没有人烟,所有的灯都是自动感应的,坐在自己办公室里,可以看见外面慢慢暗下来,好像有人提醒你该离开。
3、4点的时候,大约就会去健身房,拉磨,减肥,接受教育,感知自己的弱小和失衡。那里有动作极不协调的亚洲人(几乎肯定是中国人),各角度看都圆润的墨西哥人,还有额头上写着“我傻我自豪”的白人壮汉。至于那些目光坚毅疯狂拉磨的soccer mom,给她们换身戎装,大概就能直接空投去阿富汗杀人。我走在健身房里,拼命管住自己的视线,胖子的自尊要小心呵护,千万不要看他们的躯干部分,对于火辣的身材,要时时行注目礼以示嘉许。
离开健身房去公司对面的Deli,拿一盒草,一盒肉,接着干活。然后夜深,回家,上网,刷牙,戴耳塞,闭眼睛。
这大概也是最为理想的工作状态,无人管辖,空间巨大自由,可以走动,跑步,跳舞,或者刷牙。每天早上8点前和下午4点后都没有人烟,所有的灯都是自动感应的,坐在自己办公室里,可以看见外面慢慢暗下来,好像有人提醒你该离开。
3、4点的时候,大约就会去健身房,拉磨,减肥,接受教育,感知自己的弱小和失衡。那里有动作极不协调的亚洲人(几乎肯定是中国人),各角度看都圆润的墨西哥人,还有额头上写着“我傻我自豪”的白人壮汉。至于那些目光坚毅疯狂拉磨的soccer mom,给她们换身戎装,大概就能直接空投去阿富汗杀人。我走在健身房里,拼命管住自己的视线,胖子的自尊要小心呵护,千万不要看他们的躯干部分,对于火辣的身材,要时时行注目礼以示嘉许。
离开健身房去公司对面的Deli,拿一盒草,一盒肉,接着干活。然后夜深,回家,上网,刷牙,戴耳塞,闭眼睛。
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Run, fat boy
This is my first post from iPod touch. Input is a little slow, words appear half a second after I typed them.
I achieved my personal best in 10k today, after only a week of diet and conditioning. So energized...
Saturday, December 10, 2011
12月第一周
这周减掉4磅,每天拉磨距离以0.5公里长度递增,吃大量的蔬菜和鱼。
这周签证终于尘埃落定,被资本家压榨的日子要来了。
这周查了几个本地voice coach和speech therapist的消息,好在价格都不贵。
Monday, December 5, 2011
Root and Entitlement
Last Friday afternoon, "Occupy San Francisco" held a brief rally outside the Wells Fargo building. During the rally, half a dozen or so "speakers" stood up on the back of a pick-up truck and addressed the crowd through out-speakers. I have never held any decent regard for the occupy movements. Occupy Denver is basically a camp ground for homeless people and tramps who usually hang out around downtown. "Freak Show" has been my only definition of this movement.
However, Occupy SF is slightly different, I thought the much more diverse crowd (students, mid-aged working men and women, ethnic groups, the sick, the homeless, and of course, the hippies) would pose a much stronger argument to effect the changes. I even secretly erased my prejudice as I saw the crowd marched and gathered. But I was quickly disillusioned.
A student-looking girl came forward and assumed the loudspeaker. There came a long and sad story of working class father declaring bankruptcy, defaulted home seized by the evil bank, and a young and frail girl crushing under mountains of student loan. The moral of the story seems to be, that without the evil bank lurking to profit and rob the family by mortgage and student loans, the hard-working father can avoid the fate of bankruptcy and girl can live happily with other anthropology/psychology/whatever useless social science major students. But here is the fact, she graduated from a private university with $200,000 of student loan and no job.
Her sad story is immediately followed by a longer, even more emotion-charged accusation, or may I say, a slurry of communist slogans pointing fingers at the major banks who issued the loans. She demanded total elimination of her loan (every penny of that $200,000). I simply couldn't believe my ears. What heartless bastard would go out for a $50,000/year education for four years while the family was in financial distress? And how dare her to demand a clean slate again without even the slightest determination to work for it? It seems to me that she felt entitled to the highest quality education even though she apparently couldn't afford one.
The freak show goes on.
However, Occupy SF is slightly different, I thought the much more diverse crowd (students, mid-aged working men and women, ethnic groups, the sick, the homeless, and of course, the hippies) would pose a much stronger argument to effect the changes. I even secretly erased my prejudice as I saw the crowd marched and gathered. But I was quickly disillusioned.
A student-looking girl came forward and assumed the loudspeaker. There came a long and sad story of working class father declaring bankruptcy, defaulted home seized by the evil bank, and a young and frail girl crushing under mountains of student loan. The moral of the story seems to be, that without the evil bank lurking to profit and rob the family by mortgage and student loans, the hard-working father can avoid the fate of bankruptcy and girl can live happily with other anthropology/psychology/whatever useless social science major students. But here is the fact, she graduated from a private university with $200,000 of student loan and no job.
Her sad story is immediately followed by a longer, even more emotion-charged accusation, or may I say, a slurry of communist slogans pointing fingers at the major banks who issued the loans. She demanded total elimination of her loan (every penny of that $200,000). I simply couldn't believe my ears. What heartless bastard would go out for a $50,000/year education for four years while the family was in financial distress? And how dare her to demand a clean slate again without even the slightest determination to work for it? It seems to me that she felt entitled to the highest quality education even though she apparently couldn't afford one.
The freak show goes on.
Labels:
occupy san francisco,
rant,
student loan,
wells fargo
Sunday, December 4, 2011
杂谈
重回健身房,短期目标是减10磅,然后极大强化躯干力量,然后慢慢往上,增加肩膀和背的力量。
走在美国街上到处可以看到身材很好的女人,进了健身房才知道那是极恐怖的付出换来的,基因不是问题,亚裔同样疯狂锻炼,身材也会那样。
准备订购Whey Protein,听说除了蛋白质量高,减脂效果也佳。
穿着风格从for comfort变成balancing comfort and presentation变成sacrificing comfort for presentation。装B的深渊已经一个脚跨进去了。
---用于准备日后更加严肃的要论---
上周科技类博客其中一个主题是技术细节(tech spec/technology specification)慢慢变得无关,现在的硬件发展程度,几乎不会再制约日常应用了(相关讨论由前TechCrunch记者MG Siegler发起),在硬件无关的情况下,用户体验往往由软件(e.g. iphone apps, cloud computing)和输入方式(touch, voice)决定,这样的发展也慢慢把惠普,戴尔等硬件为重的企业慢慢拖入深渊。
个人认为,硬件短期唯一存在的瓶颈是硬盘,用过SSD的人,基本无法忍受HDD的速度,但目前SSD的价格还是居高不下,未来普及以后,会给个人电脑(非平板电脑)带来最直观的速度提升。
由此逻辑看几大手机巨头,很可能最先遇到市场份额侵蚀的是HTC,摩托罗拉和诺基亚,三星手机或许可以依靠和其他周边的整合迎来第二春,黑莓或许可以通过新操作系统和坚实的商业用户暂时不死。
---另外一个供严肃讨论的话题---
卖方研究员和买方研究员做的事情有哪些不同
1. 上市vs非上市(股权研究,资产结构分析,deal analysis, 股市大势分析,信息透明度)
2. 日常communication(clients vs deal sourcers)
3. network
4. access to management
5. compensation packages
走在美国街上到处可以看到身材很好的女人,进了健身房才知道那是极恐怖的付出换来的,基因不是问题,亚裔同样疯狂锻炼,身材也会那样。
准备订购Whey Protein,听说除了蛋白质量高,减脂效果也佳。
穿着风格从for comfort变成balancing comfort and presentation变成sacrificing comfort for presentation。装B的深渊已经一个脚跨进去了。
---用于准备日后更加严肃的要论---
上周科技类博客其中一个主题是技术细节(tech spec/technology specification)慢慢变得无关,现在的硬件发展程度,几乎不会再制约日常应用了(相关讨论由前TechCrunch记者MG Siegler发起),在硬件无关的情况下,用户体验往往由软件(e.g. iphone apps, cloud computing)和输入方式(touch, voice)决定,这样的发展也慢慢把惠普,戴尔等硬件为重的企业慢慢拖入深渊。
个人认为,硬件短期唯一存在的瓶颈是硬盘,用过SSD的人,基本无法忍受HDD的速度,但目前SSD的价格还是居高不下,未来普及以后,会给个人电脑(非平板电脑)带来最直观的速度提升。
由此逻辑看几大手机巨头,很可能最先遇到市场份额侵蚀的是HTC,摩托罗拉和诺基亚,三星手机或许可以依靠和其他周边的整合迎来第二春,黑莓或许可以通过新操作系统和坚实的商业用户暂时不死。
---另外一个供严肃讨论的话题---
卖方研究员和买方研究员做的事情有哪些不同
1. 上市vs非上市(股权研究,资产结构分析,deal analysis, 股市大势分析,信息透明度)
2. 日常communication(clients vs deal sourcers)
3. network
4. access to management
5. compensation packages
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