If whom who were in front of me are eligible, what makes me
not. Never thought this would ever happen. But it just did. Times n
times I asked myself what have I done. But it's no more than a very
very simple thought of wanting to make improvements, and I have
zero regret for it. Ya. This is it.
2011年1月2日
2010年12月16日
Pains, and then.
Pains me.
But clearly not as much.
Like the first stain on your nice new shirt, immediately, you scream, you wash, you rub, you regret and you grief. Then comes the second, and the third. You reacted the same, but at a slower pace and to a smaller extent.
Later there comes another one, but you'd not know whether it's the forth or the fifth as you'd not be counting, because, you just don't care.
Somewhat the same as the first scratch on your cellphone or camera. And too, for your dear closed ones.
Shall I feel no pain, I'll be standing free before you. Though the despicable will dare not to look.
But clearly not as much.
Like the first stain on your nice new shirt, immediately, you scream, you wash, you rub, you regret and you grief. Then comes the second, and the third. You reacted the same, but at a slower pace and to a smaller extent.
Later there comes another one, but you'd not know whether it's the forth or the fifth as you'd not be counting, because, you just don't care.
Somewhat the same as the first scratch on your cellphone or camera. And too, for your dear closed ones.
Shall I feel no pain, I'll be standing free before you. Though the despicable will dare not to look.
2010年12月14日
十一月月結
<< Completed >>
•踮腳張望1 (9)
很出色的繪本。這種故事其實非常吸引我。
•蔡瀾眼中的八婆與美女 (8)
奇人怪事可真多。在我的人生旅途上會遇上多少呢？
<< In Progress >>
•Food Rules - An Eater's Manual
A lively and engrossing compendium of invaluable food wisdom
•Portfolio Construction, Management, & Protection
Text book for the e-learning course. It'd be helpful if the maths could be explained with more steps in calculations.
•Guide to Economic Indicators
Simply a reference, I don't think I'll ever finish this.
花太多時間練習，根本沒時間看書呢...
2010年11月9日
十月月結
<< Completed >>
•香港人你要學好 (8)
欣賞他的才學，更欣賞他的膽色。
•蔡瀾的豬朋狗友 (8)
雖則怎麼看也覺得這人像個咸濕老頭，文字和見識卻是非一般的。世間奇人無數，要親身認識幾個卻不容易，要生動地描寫出他們奇妙之處更令人神往。
•哮喘 (7)
一年前在書局裡很認真地翻看過，但越看越不悅，沒有買下。事實上，它是實用的...
•簡單瘦的60個黃金習慣 (7)
幾簡單，幾可愛，大概幾實用吧？
<< In Progress >>
•How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
通過虛構的荒島故事解構世界經濟體的形成，活潑生動且有創意，解釋清楚有序、同時刺激思考。
•蔡瀾眼中的八婆與美女
女看男，不也是一樣？美與醜、好與懷，分別都在於人格吧。
•好色男女
在他的筆下，再荒誕下流的人和事都變成充滿娛樂性的小品了。
•いままでの１０倍ラクに記憶する法
別說10倍，要是可比現在輕鬆5倍就經已開心的不得了！
工作後也看了這麼多書，似乎很用功吧？其實“全靠”病倒在家裡個多星期，悶得發慌才有這成績啦～ 哈哈...
•香港人你要學好 (8)
欣賞他的才學，更欣賞他的膽色。
•蔡瀾的豬朋狗友 (8)
雖則怎麼看也覺得這人像個咸濕老頭，文字和見識卻是非一般的。世間奇人無數，要親身認識幾個卻不容易，要生動地描寫出他們奇妙之處更令人神往。
•哮喘 (7)
一年前在書局裡很認真地翻看過，但越看越不悅，沒有買下。事實上，它是實用的...
•簡單瘦的60個黃金習慣 (7)
幾簡單，幾可愛，大概幾實用吧？
<< In Progress >>
•How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
通過虛構的荒島故事解構世界經濟體的形成，活潑生動且有創意，解釋清楚有序、同時刺激思考。
•蔡瀾眼中的八婆與美女
女看男，不也是一樣？美與醜、好與懷，分別都在於人格吧。
•好色男女
在他的筆下，再荒誕下流的人和事都變成充滿娛樂性的小品了。
•いままでの１０倍ラクに記憶する法
別說10倍，要是可比現在輕鬆5倍就經已開心的不得了！
工作後也看了這麼多書，似乎很用功吧？其實“全靠”病倒在家裡個多星期，悶得發慌才有這成績啦～ 哈哈...
2010年10月5日
九月月結
<< Completed >>
•套話高手 (7)
內藤的書，總是顯淺易明又有趣。但看得多，論點重複在所難免。
<< In Progress >>
•A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy
看似簡單，其實不容易明白。
•The Age of Turbulence - Adventures in a New World
Alan Greenspan自傳，是經典吧？仔細讀完後相信能對世界有更更更深的認識，英文水平亦必定上進一大步。
•101 Things Everyone Should Know About Economics: A Down and Dirty Guide to Everything from Securities and Derivitives to Interest Rates and Hedge Funds - Adn What They Mean For You
用幾本書互相對照學習也不錯，可以互相不足，對內容更理解、印象更深刻。
•More Vocabulary Better Proficiency
英文是要學好、要學好啦...
•普通話難讀詞1000
其實我普通話一樣很差啦...
放完假，又唔夠時間睇書呢... 都係放假好、放假好...
不過也只能夠努力啦，努力吧！
•套話高手 (7)
內藤的書，總是顯淺易明又有趣。但看得多，論點重複在所難免。
<< In Progress >>
•A Beginner's Guide to the World Economy
看似簡單，其實不容易明白。
•The Age of Turbulence - Adventures in a New World
Alan Greenspan自傳，是經典吧？仔細讀完後相信能對世界有更更更深的認識，英文水平亦必定上進一大步。
•101 Things Everyone Should Know About Economics: A Down and Dirty Guide to Everything from Securities and Derivitives to Interest Rates and Hedge Funds - Adn What They Mean For You
用幾本書互相對照學習也不錯，可以互相不足，對內容更理解、印象更深刻。
•More Vocabulary Better Proficiency
英文是要學好、要學好啦...
•普通話難讀詞1000
其實我普通話一樣很差啦...
放完假，又唔夠時間睇書呢... 都係放假好、放假好...
不過也只能夠努力啦，努力吧！
2010年9月14日
Fairness
"That's not fair!", often do I hear people complaining so.
And what comes to my mind in no second would be: "What on earth could ever be fair, anyway?"
I'd plead whoever knows of any to tell me.
I thought none of us had ever lived in a world with fairness, except for in dreams, maybe.
Why, then, so often do people grumble that something is not fair?
After years of living, have they not learnt the world has never ever been fair?
They might well have forgotten times when unfairness had favored them.
With your eyes closed, try to think, clearly, how the unfairness of this world had favored you throughout your life?
If you're true to yourself, I can be certain that you'd find yourself a blessed fellow, for you are at least capable of reading what you're reading now, and that you can get an internet access; while billions of people on the same earth could not.
There is however, one very thing that I believe is fair to all mankind.
Time is.
A person's 1 second runs exactly the same as the other person's, and same for 1 hour, 1 day, 1 year. It is a divine law of the Universe. A person's age, sex, race, wealth, status or anything, would make no differences to the universal intervals.
The clock ticks by the same interval so your hour lasts as long as mine. The difference is how you spend it. You may spend it to watch the television, read a book, chat with friends, take a bus, attend a class, brew a coffee..., whatever you could think of. The way how you spend your time makes you a unique individual. Just as people say, "You are what you eat", in the same way I believe, "You are what you do".
Therefore within my allotted time, I'd like to spend it efficiently. I will lose not a day from learning for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it.
Unfairness is and will no longer cause me true frustration.
And what comes to my mind in no second would be: "What on earth could ever be fair, anyway?"
I'd plead whoever knows of any to tell me.
I thought none of us had ever lived in a world with fairness, except for in dreams, maybe.
Why, then, so often do people grumble that something is not fair?
After years of living, have they not learnt the world has never ever been fair?
They might well have forgotten times when unfairness had favored them.
With your eyes closed, try to think, clearly, how the unfairness of this world had favored you throughout your life?
If you're true to yourself, I can be certain that you'd find yourself a blessed fellow, for you are at least capable of reading what you're reading now, and that you can get an internet access; while billions of people on the same earth could not.
There is however, one very thing that I believe is fair to all mankind.
Time is.
A person's 1 second runs exactly the same as the other person's, and same for 1 hour, 1 day, 1 year. It is a divine law of the Universe. A person's age, sex, race, wealth, status or anything, would make no differences to the universal intervals.
The clock ticks by the same interval so your hour lasts as long as mine. The difference is how you spend it. You may spend it to watch the television, read a book, chat with friends, take a bus, attend a class, brew a coffee..., whatever you could think of. The way how you spend your time makes you a unique individual. Just as people say, "You are what you eat", in the same way I believe, "You are what you do".
Therefore within my allotted time, I'd like to spend it efficiently. I will lose not a day from learning for that day cannot be retrieved nor can I substitute another for it.
Unfairness is and will no longer cause me true frustration.
2010年9月10日
八月月結
<< In Progress >>
•由3200元開始步上一億元財富之道
論點論據都清晰有條理、有說服力，但文筆卻差的遠，年輕的緣故嗎？
•Liar's Poker
A glimps of another world. A very interesting but difficult read for me.
•The Bluffer's Guide to Stocks and Shares
A humorous little introductory book to the subject. Takes time to learn the technical terms though.
好一個很盡興的暑假。喔。怎麼還有3本？暑假理應不讀書～ XD
•由3200元開始步上一億元財富之道
論點論據都清晰有條理、有說服力，但文筆卻差的遠，年輕的緣故嗎？
•Liar's Poker
A glimps of another world. A very interesting but difficult read for me.
•The Bluffer's Guide to Stocks and Shares
A humorous little introductory book to the subject. Takes time to learn the technical terms though.
好一個很盡興的暑假。喔。怎麼還有3本？暑假理應不讀書～ XD
2010年8月6日
七月月結
<< Completed >>
•日本補教大王學習法(7)
難得有人寫這種書。數學式思考力確能讓人掌握事情的整體面貌。
•論戰 (8)
真正資深的成功投資人論創富戰國策，精彩又令人拜服。•香港溫布頓 (8)
論點清晰，見解獨特，希望在香港從政者都花點時間看一遍。
•看懂世界經濟的第一本書 (9)
寫得太出色了！資訊超多但讀著脈絡清晰流暢，分析既合邏輯又全面。
<< In Progress >>
•金融是文化
蔡東豪第二次以專欄結集成書。第一本在題材上比較集中因此較有條理。•趨勢分析王道 (A Bull for All Seasons I)
感覺上有點難讀..
•社長的筆記
不錯是不錯啦... 但也許是心情不太對。要把學問放進腦袋也需要心情啦...
•Alice's Advendures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
雖然我不看fiction，但某日看到另一本書引用Cheshire Cat與Alice的對話，突然覺得經典不單文字很出色、更有很深遠的意義。也有衝動買些其他classic novel來看... 經典，果然有其魅力。
•Think & Grow Rich
偶然間發現此書原來很受歡迎，隨便都找到幾個版本。結果選擇了老套的原文版。•Bull's Eye Investing
非常認真厚重的投資理論書，若然真能完成，那絕對是值得我很驕傲的創舉。
到了第四個月結，我發現今年的我認真地對一個全新的領域開展了探索的旅途了。
我很慶幸自己對事物抱有無限好奇，很享受那種興奮的感覺。
學問，是一點一滴累積下來的。請務必謹記滾存的強大威力。
•日本補教大王學習法(7)
難得有人寫這種書。數學式思考力確能讓人掌握事情的整體面貌。
•論戰 (8)
真正資深的成功投資人論創富戰國策，精彩又令人拜服。•香港溫布頓 (8)
論點清晰，見解獨特，希望在香港從政者都花點時間看一遍。
•看懂世界經濟的第一本書 (9)
寫得太出色了！資訊超多但讀著脈絡清晰流暢，分析既合邏輯又全面。
<< In Progress >>
•金融是文化
蔡東豪第二次以專欄結集成書。第一本在題材上比較集中因此較有條理。•趨勢分析王道 (A Bull for All Seasons I)
感覺上有點難讀..
•社長的筆記
不錯是不錯啦... 但也許是心情不太對。要把學問放進腦袋也需要心情啦...
•Alice's Advendures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
雖然我不看fiction，但某日看到另一本書引用Cheshire Cat與Alice的對話，突然覺得經典不單文字很出色、更有很深遠的意義。也有衝動買些其他classic novel來看... 經典，果然有其魅力。
•Think & Grow Rich
偶然間發現此書原來很受歡迎，隨便都找到幾個版本。結果選擇了老套的原文版。•Bull's Eye Investing
非常認真厚重的投資理論書，若然真能完成，那絕對是值得我很驕傲的創舉。
到了第四個月結，我發現今年的我認真地對一個全新的領域開展了探索的旅途了。
我很慶幸自己對事物抱有無限好奇，很享受那種興奮的感覺。
學問，是一點一滴累積下來的。請務必謹記滾存的強大威力。
2010年7月28日
改、寫
昨天有位讀者再一次反映其對我文章產量之低的不滿及要求增加的訴求。她說，“practice makes perfect, 多寫才會多進步嘛。”
知道的，這是大道理。
但想說是，我腦子裡的想法極多，即使口述亦無法完全表達，對於文字能力低的我來說，要將想法完整地筆錄下來簡直是件大苦差。而且每當我慢慢地寫時，轉個不停的腦子又轉來更多更多想法，一直延伸出去，沒完沒了...... 直至我累了，感覺到根本無法一一涵蓋，便寫不下去了，文章也就又完成不了... 因此說到底，產量低的主因是文字表達能力實在遠低於腦袋裡的思考能力了。
個人也習慣追求完美，雖則文字始終很爛，但至少希望能以自己能力範圍以內最高水平的文字，把文章仔細地寫出來。
若然想表達某些想法，但寫出來的文章並未完整地論述的話，那意義何在？
既然要寫，就必須盡可能寫到最好。這是我的想法。
完美主義者的性格大概是與生俱來，但似乎確實使得我一直以來在某些類型的學習上的練習量都不夠多，進度反而容易受到限制。
對完美的追求是貪心的表現，雖然『貪心』被稱為人的『罪』之一，很是貶義，但卻是貪心的人才會力求改善與進步，我認為貪心是成為成功人士的基本條件之一。總是安於現狀的人不會冒險亦不會上進，十成都是庸碌一生。
因此，我完全不討厭自己會貪心、會追求完美，我甚至很為此與生俱來的性格而感恩。
但當進度因力求完美而受限制時，這性格的負面影響卻浮現了。
“自己限制自己”，力求進步的人是不可能接受的吧？是『性格』又如何？『性格』就有資格阻礙自己的進步、就能夠成為藉口嗎？不，這根本就不是個能夠堂堂正正地說出來的理由。
所以，追求進步的我應該嘗試一下盡量逆自己性格而行。非指要徹底丟棄對完美的追求，而是要減少對“實際上沒有必要”的所謂『完美』的追求。
但何謂“實際上沒有必要”？
既然要寫，完整地把想法、論點寫出來，這是有必要的。
實際上沒有必要的，是太過在意文字是否已經盡力寫得最好。比起反反覆覆地翻看然後作小小的修改，多寫多練大概更容易進步。雖然我無法如此證實，但還是一試吧。即使沒能好好提升寫作能力，起碼也能夠提高產量，筆錄好更多腦子裡的想法吧。
寫到這裡，還是發覺自己對實際上沒有必要的太在意文字仍然很在意，平日10分的『在意』在這篇文章有8.8分...
Well, "if you only walk long enough", isn't it...
一切改變與進步都需時，猶如世界萬事萬物的循環一般，快速地成長會快速地衰落、緩慢地形成會緩慢地結束。瞬間與持久的分別，各有各的好處...... 腦裡的思想又飛到老遠了，今天，就停在這裡好了，否則又完結不了。
知道的，這是大道理。
但想說是，我腦子裡的想法極多，即使口述亦無法完全表達，對於文字能力低的我來說，要將想法完整地筆錄下來簡直是件大苦差。而且每當我慢慢地寫時，轉個不停的腦子又轉來更多更多想法，一直延伸出去，沒完沒了...... 直至我累了，感覺到根本無法一一涵蓋，便寫不下去了，文章也就又完成不了... 因此說到底，產量低的主因是文字表達能力實在遠低於腦袋裡的思考能力了。
個人也習慣追求完美，雖則文字始終很爛，但至少希望能以自己能力範圍以內最高水平的文字，把文章仔細地寫出來。
若然想表達某些想法，但寫出來的文章並未完整地論述的話，那意義何在？
既然要寫，就必須盡可能寫到最好。這是我的想法。
完美主義者的性格大概是與生俱來，但似乎確實使得我一直以來在某些類型的學習上的練習量都不夠多，進度反而容易受到限制。
對完美的追求是貪心的表現，雖然『貪心』被稱為人的『罪』之一，很是貶義，但卻是貪心的人才會力求改善與進步，我認為貪心是成為成功人士的基本條件之一。總是安於現狀的人不會冒險亦不會上進，十成都是庸碌一生。
因此，我完全不討厭自己會貪心、會追求完美，我甚至很為此與生俱來的性格而感恩。
但當進度因力求完美而受限制時，這性格的負面影響卻浮現了。
“自己限制自己”，力求進步的人是不可能接受的吧？是『性格』又如何？『性格』就有資格阻礙自己的進步、就能夠成為藉口嗎？不，這根本就不是個能夠堂堂正正地說出來的理由。
所以，追求進步的我應該嘗試一下盡量逆自己性格而行。非指要徹底丟棄對完美的追求，而是要減少對“實際上沒有必要”的所謂『完美』的追求。
但何謂“實際上沒有必要”？
既然要寫，完整地把想法、論點寫出來，這是有必要的。
實際上沒有必要的，是太過在意文字是否已經盡力寫得最好。比起反反覆覆地翻看然後作小小的修改，多寫多練大概更容易進步。雖然我無法如此證實，但還是一試吧。即使沒能好好提升寫作能力，起碼也能夠提高產量，筆錄好更多腦子裡的想法吧。
寫到這裡，還是發覺自己對實際上沒有必要的太在意文字仍然很在意，平日10分的『在意』在這篇文章有8.8分...
Well, "if you only walk long enough", isn't it...
一切改變與進步都需時，猶如世界萬事萬物的循環一般，快速地成長會快速地衰落、緩慢地形成會緩慢地結束。瞬間與持久的分別，各有各的好處...... 腦裡的思想又飛到老遠了，今天，就停在這裡好了，否則又完結不了。
2010年7月27日
the grinning cat
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cheshire Cat.
"I don't much care where------" said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the Cat.
"------so long as I get somewhere," Alice added as an explanation.
"Oh, you're sure to do that," said the Cat, "if you only walk long enough."
---Lewis Carrol, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
You'd be surprised by how far you could go if you only walk long enough.
But you've better know your target, or you're sure to regret.
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