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生日大礼--日全食 ECLIPSE 虽然生日过得很低调,可是似乎家人朋友们不这么认同呢,非说我出国连同太阳都要带走。老妈知道女儿喜欢天文,还特地在自己的blog上告诉女儿去新浪上看视频,感动一把。 EXLIPSE实数百年难见的奇观,Lizzy到现在无幸目睹,总是接着NASA大饱眼福。爷爷说当年在四川为了躲避日军空袭而隐匿深山,反而幸运的目睹了日全食的全过程。而日全食给我的记忆,便是当年Dicovery节目里描述古希腊古罗马文明对日全食的解释,庞贝古城没落与日全食及地震的巧合,以期玛雅文明对日全食祭祀的崇尚。当然,还有后来的圣斗士星矢冥王篇里用生硬的日英语说ECLIPSE。
愿望之一:此生有幸好好观赏一次日全食及盛大流星雨 ================================================================ Cuil- the biggest search engine of the world -- instead of Google? Cuil,这个与Cool谐音的小酷玩意儿,号称比google更强大,搜索结果更广泛,并且内容相关性更高。可是这个小Cuil才高调出世,就招来白眼一片。Mike Moren这篇 Why Search Marketers Can Safely Ignore Cuil 更是把Cuil贬的如即将夭折的小儿。
其实我还是挺喜欢Cuil的界面的,清爽简洁,小酷一把。更重要的是,搜索结果的界面包括图片以及简单介绍,还可有Explore by Category, 让搜索更快的Target 搜索目标。在界面方面,其实还是不错的。但是,批评的论调其实还是很有道理的,其商业模式与Google相比,似乎过于单一并难以持久。 Anyway,无论是投资者捞一把就走还是Cuil真能酷到底与Google抗衡,这都将是搜索引擎大战中精彩的一环。 ========================================================= APPLE i-MAC 人的欲望总是无穷无尽,萝卜青菜,各有用情深处。Apple这让我抗拒了多年的诱惑,最终还是成功了。结论:Regent Street 的旗舰店是去不得的,否则便要如我般横下心决定搬家后入手iMac一台。3.06GHz+24寸显示屏的整体配置让人垂涎不已,当然价钱也是相当的“不错”。音箱倒是难决定。还记得当时在Warwick时高云天的那个音箱让我总是禁不住往人房间跑去蹭听。
有物质追求,还是件满不错的事情,hoho ============================================================= Dict.cn-界面更新,小小惊喜 。。。。。 写不动了,睡觉去 在自zzzz
25 maggio

若有所思

迷迷糊糊的躺在床上,奢侈的享受着时间。
 
Chloe的生日party其实挺无聊,但是见到朋友们就好。Nicola也来,一见面就说现在生活好boring。他的Phd生活开始的太精彩,现在也如我般体会了这个在英国的某些无聊和无奈。英国人似乎除了上班便是Pub喝酒night club跳舞,话题就是sex和生活琐碎;半大不小的孩儿们很不良,总是让我疑惑现在工作的这帮人是怎么从那么不良的青少年进化来的;阿差和黑人遍地,夹杂不少的亚洲人,以及从口音才能听出的EU兄弟姐妹,构成了大于半数的伦敦人口,又让我怀疑这个殖民之王日不落帝国是否已被完全的逆向殖民了,说得好听是全球化,说白了是在失去自己的民族;昔日的强国之都今日的世界金融城,却因美国的萧条而不振;疯长的物价油价,萧条的市场,不停裁员或被收购的公司,让人们的肩上多了份压力也在脸上多了份无奈。
 
原来英国不是自己曾经认为的经济与文化并重的强国大国,及其依赖美国的经济与国际政策,逐渐丧失的文化和英伦情趣, 以及肤浅又自满的人们,让外人似乎看到了所谓日不落的晚霞。
 
蜗居于没落的帝国,有时会挺麻木。不如国内滚动报道的地震信息,让人惋惜与不能如在国内般体会那切肤之痛,与国同哀。
 
从小曲的blog里才了解到四川人的真实感受与震后的恐慌,以及在国内临近地区的同学朋友的近况,更加觉得自己的有心无力。最可怜的除了已故的人们和正在遭受痛苦的人们,还有卧龙的大熊猫们,这些可爱又脆弱的宝贝们,希望你们也可以撑下去。
 
 
07 aprile

做人不能太BBC,个么Sina呢?

我又怒了!
 
今天伦敦街头大小报纸和SKY news都说火炬接力的事情,以BBC为首的英国媒体厚颜无耻到对大众隐瞒我们爱国者与藏独抗衡的的壮举,英国警察居然还说火炬传递路线是北京奥运组委会定的,出事都不管他们的事,谁让组委会定这么长的路线 叽里呱啦叽里呱啦。。。。。。
 
着还不算什么,接下来更绝:
 
晚上回家neo发个链接给我,不看不知道,一看吓一跳
 
BBC睁眼说瞎话,SIna什么时候也传染上了。说什么火炬传递顺利,Brown笑嘻嘻的迎火炬--这不废话,人家Prime minister难道哭着迎接火炬啊! 他笑那1分钟算什么,我们站在唐宁街风雪里唱国歌斗藏独3个小时怎么不说啊! 那心寒,真感觉学生运动最后政府啥都没啥啥的感觉!
 
BBC愚昧,不过在说中国媒体Blind这点上倒是切中要害
 
偏听胡言--这似乎是各国媒体入膏肓的传染病了!
06 aprile

五星红旗迎风飘扬!-歌唱奥运,歌唱我们亲爱的祖国!

从未刚到热血如此沸腾
沸腾得正如五星红旗的血红!
 
本只是去看奥运火炬接力而已,到场的时候已有许多同胞们到场贺喜,没想到最后演变成大规模的游行。身为中国人的我,又怎能让可恶的藏独分子恣意妄为。
 
大雪纷飞,大家都站在寒风中瑟瑟发抖。我很快在不同的协会处领到了北京奥运的T-shirt和鲜红的小国旗,挥啊挥的开始等待火炬。这时候出现了一小撮很扎眼的人,举着所谓的西藏国旗,和free tibet的小牌子在那边瞎喊,众人当场就怒了,越来越多的中国国旗拥过去和他们理论,CHINA的呐喊声响彻天空。
 
这就是我们对着脏独大喊 China Tibet is One的雄壮场面!
 
 
 
火炬送达鸽子广场并顺利交接离去后,该死的脏独疯子继续叫嚣,并在唐宁街官邸前大喊。于是中国同胞们分为几拨,而我就跟随着唐宁街的一拨开始游行。这些所谓的脏独分子,大部分都是外国人,根本就是被雇过来的,愚昧的他们根本不知道西藏如何,却在这里叫嚣,还企图破坏火炬传递,真的太可恶了。我从小到大从来没有过"恨"这种感情,而今天见到这些愚昧却嚣张的走狗时,终于体会到什么叫恨的牙痒痒。
 
讽刺的是,当脏独在水池中央大喊的时候,警察根本就不去阻拦,后来一个中国大哥很英勇的跳进冰冷的水池,举着中国国旗摇旗呐喊!
BBC更是英国政府的走狗,选择性的不停播放脏独的谬论。让英国人民也看看这流淌在他们国家心脏里的中国血色海洋吧!
 
来看看巴基斯坦共产党兄弟和我们一起摇旗呐喊的场面
  
 
 
唱了无数遍国歌,为中国为奥运呐喊到声嘶力竭,当大家自发整齐的唱着五星红旗迎风飘扬的时候,我真的感到:
我是中国人,我为中国而自豪!
 
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在国外的同学同志们,大家多发帖,多传youtube上的视频,让那些愚昧的老外看看什么才是火炬接力的事实!
在国内的同胞们,上www.powerapple.com 看看,你们的同胞们在异国他乡用热血大声呐喊着:中国我爱你!
28 gennaio

Baidu isleading search engine now!

Look at this!
 
Baidu.com (3rd) and Alibaba.com (10th), two of China's major Internet search engines were ranked in the world's 10 most popular search engines last month.  Russia’s Yandex is also present.
 
Do no know why Alibaba.com is a search engine, maybe because of Yahoo China.
 
Anyway, congratulations to these two well performed Chinese company. However, I still believe this high ranking is because of the dramatic Chinese customer base, or let's say the dramatic Chinese web user. It also shows the tremendous e-commerce opportunities in Chinese market.
 
Good luck, E-commerce in China!
10 dicembre

少儿读物

这几天星巴克进了一批少儿书,应该是做慈善用的吧,不过我倒是小小饱了个眼福。不过英国小学3年纪的读物,里面还是不少单词不认识,惭愧ing
 
Judy Moody,很可爱的小大人女孩:
I am in a mood. Not a good mood. A bad mood!
好可爱好可爱哦。小小任性,小小懂事,也许也是我们女孩自己当年的写照吧。
真想回到那个可爱任性的年代呢~~虽然现在还在装可爱闹任性,hoho
 
 
插图也好可爱,还有了官方网站,两手叉腰房间乱糟糟的小judy真是活灵活现
 
这让我想起2年前看到说英国10岁小女孩出书的事情,现在的小女孩啊,越来越厉害了呢!
 
那,我就个厉害的大女孩吧,哈哈~~~
 
 
 
 
17 agosto

[转] 最浓情的礼物——巧克力--写在七夕前

看姐妹的space才知道七夕降至

翻小潘的space 才看到这篇有意思的巧克力扫盲文

七夕前分享给朋友们,希望巧克力之浓情伴随有情人

引用

[转] 最浓情的礼物——巧克力

        情人节该送什么给心上人?假如你是这种人,先恭喜你:你是这世上幸运的少数人,如果人生最美的是爱情,那人世间有什么可以代表这种美丽的感觉?

        玫瑰?钻石?巧克力?

        玫瑰是传说中爱神Aphrodite的情人Adonis的血所长出来的,表示爱情战胜死亡;钻石代表爱情没太长的历史,因为希罕尊贵,是爱情纯洁和宝贵的化身;可是巧克力呢?它可能是所有爱情的礼物里,最有情欲蕴含的东西,西方文化拿它指涉爱情,其实更明指肉欲的渴望。

        一切要从巧克力历史谈起:

        西元1502年哥伦布第四次,也是最后一次到美洲探险,5月的某一天,西班牙皇家浩荡的船队停泊在瓜那哈群岛,天真的印地安酋长领了手下二千多个英勇的壮士,划着独木舟向他迎来。酋长命手下搬出一堆货来:布料,陶罐,兵器,还有一袋褐色的豆子。经过比手划脚了半天的沟通,哥伦布终于搞清楚,对方是想用褐色豆子做交易的钱币,更令他吃惊的是,对方竟然将这种豆子磨成粉,做成饮料请他喝。可以想像这种又苦又辣的东西当然不受哥伦布的青睐,回去后给国王的报告里,也只是轻描淡写地提到当地土人的交易方式而已。

        另一个探险家赫南·柯泰斯,1519年从美洲探险回去西班牙后,在给查理国王的报告里提到:有一种像杏仁的豆子,非常珍贵,在当地可以像钱币一般使用,他们称这种豆子叫可可。所以在历史上,真正“发现”可可豆的功臣要算是柯泰斯,哥伦布只能算发现新大陆而已。

        豆尚未变成巧克力之前,还有一些有趣的故事值得说说。刚才提到可可豆作为钱币的功能,当时的可可豆币值如何呢?据闻,10颗豆子可买1只兔子;1个壮奴约值100颗上等可可豆;寂寞难奈的人可以用8到10颗豆子上妓院爽一次!很难想像现在嚼两片巧克力,在当初可是值妓女的一条大腿,这也是今天我们经常看到巧克力被做成金币状的缘由。

        还有个原因让人怀疑柯泰斯不远千里,巴巴地拿着可可豆回去向查理国王邀功,就是:传说可可是有效的催情饮品呢!这个传说并非道听途说。马雅国王莫克特苏马每天要喝上好几杯,特别是上三宫六院之前。十六世纪末,一个传教士也在他的见闻记录里正义凛然,语气凝重地写道:巧克力这种食物使人产生肉欲的罪恶。

        金钱与性这两大人性诱惑在骚首弄姿地招惹人,加上又是权势的象征,巧克力想不红也难。西班牙殖民地的新西班牙州(即今日墨西哥)是印地安人外,最早享受巧克力饮料的人。借着蔗糖的发展,他们改变苦涩的印地安可可饮料,添入糖和香草——这是巧克力的历史性改变,甜腻浓稠的滋味使得巧克力更适合欧洲宫廷里王公贵族的口味,巧克力饮料很快地风行西班牙宫廷,接着从当时的贸易大城威尼斯,翡冷翠而引入意大利。后来,芳龄十四的西班牙公主奥地利安妮把巧克力放在随身嫁妆里,带到法国来嫁给和她一样大的路易十五,随身仆从里就有一群专门做巧克力的高手。这是巧克力引入法国的正式记载。半个世纪后另一个西班牙公主玛丽·泰蒂莎嫁的老公是法国太阳王路易十四——最喜欢别人恭维她的两个最爱:巧克力和路易十四。前后几任皇后的喜好,自然造成贵族仕女间的争相仿效,巧克力很快地成为法国宫廷贵族标榜品味时髦的高级饮料了。

        时期的欧洲,咖啡是有野心的男人的饮料,巧克力则较讨好女人的芳心。路易十四的续弦曼特侬夫人就曾要求每周三次在凡尔赛宫举行的盛宴上一定要有巧克力;他的孙子路易十五的两个情妇庞芭杜夫人和朵芭丽夫人也都爱喝巧克力,理由却不一样。前者喝巧克力说是为了点燃体内的热情,因为国王老是嫌她“冷得像块瘦牛肉”,后者则是需求过度,几个情夫都满足不了她的欲望,而听说喝巧克力可以降低强度。不过这几个女人都没有后来路易十六的玛丽·安东妮皇后讲究,她有私人的巧克力调理师陪嫁过来,来自维也纳的师傅极具巧思,为平淡的巧克力添入更多花样,创出更迷人的口味:兰花、橘花、杏仁等。

        严格说来,可可豆算是印地安人发现的,巧克力却是欧洲人的功劳。巧克力的发现也许不比新大陆重要,但在人类调情史上却占有极重要的位置。

        巧克力几百年的历史,从印地安酋长的催情饮料到皇后的私房点心,始终暗喻着男女间的情欲欢爱,或许不如玫瑰和钻石那么柏拉图,却直指人性之大欲所在。

11 maggio

选择性失聪和选择性失明(ZT)

We sometimes choose to be blind just like we sometimes choose to be deaf.
We often care too much about ourselves but too little about the other people or the big world around us.
 
绝望从来都很顽强,就好像希望一样。
我们活着,我们要好好的活着。
 
If he has't given up, how could any one else in the outside world give up?

 
The wind has gone, so is our mon.

Look, I am above the damn war! Look, and I can still jump!

Are we fair enough to the weak group?

We burn ourselves, oh, God.

In the dust, we may still have colorful dreams, if only we are alive.

Thanks for James Nachtwey.
Click the link below to view James' speech vedio.  
http://stateoftheart.popphoto.com/blog/2007/04/eloquently_invi.html
 

Eloquently Invisible (Quote)

James Nachtwey's speech to the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference just went up on the TED blog, and it's really worth the 20-odd minutes to watch.

 

Nachtwey's work is the pinnacle that young photojournalists aspire to; his images grace the covers of countless photography course packets. But being ensconced in our collective awareness and esteem seems sometime to work to his disadvantage: As in, "Oh, more Nachtwey, haven't we seen enough?"

Nachtwey's reticence is equally well-known, so it's no surprise that this talk begins with his apology for relying (against the TED "law") on written notes. "As someone who spent his entire career trying to be invisible, standing in front of an audience is a cross between an out of body experience and a deer caught in the headlights," he explains.

But after hearing this photojournalism master talk--his words accompanied by photographs spanning his decades of conflict and social issue documentation--I can't help thinking what a shame it would be to ever stop looking at his images or to stop forcing him to speak (against his natural inclination).

One photo of the ghostly body-shaped shadow left on the floor of a house where a man was burned alive reminds Nachtwey of a cave painting and "how primitive we still act." He muses that heroine addicts in a cell-like room look like "characters in a Beckett play." Put this visual eloquence together with his unwavering belief in photography's ability to improve horrible situations, and you quickly see that Nachtwey deserves all the reverence we pile on him--and maybe more.


 
 

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28 ottobre

10 minutes of lunch time



10 minutes of lunch time,貌似不多的时间,却够我去羡慕下悠闲地享受着生活的人们。

趁着answer the call of nature的档儿,顺便探望下被老板放生在创意树林小池的鱼儿,不料它们一见我就蹭的私下逃窜了,只剩莲叶悠然的晃了几下。心想:若是手机抓个照片,写点儿小资的文字,倒也凑成篇好看的博文了。

听到好听的歌儿了。音乐总边让人放松,边让人分心--喜欢的事物总是两面,如硬币。好听的歌的词儿,总是贴近生活,也拽着人死命把自己往歌词的主角套。省省吧,还是轻松的听听吧:

Lucky - Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat

Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
  
06 giugno

F*cking GFW, Proxy万岁!

曾经,听说国内Youtube被和谐,只是淡淡一笑--国内的小孩真可怜。
如今,要上的一切都被和谐,连live space,twitter都没逃过魔掌,据说还有bing等。Lizzy就气急败坏的想骂人。
曾经,在异国他乡一如既往的要维护政府形象,到处跟人说其实共产党没那么坏,人民大会代表制度代表人民利益
如今,就想痛骂天朝腐朽却难摧的GFW!

好在,咱有hotspotshield,Wall break,重见天日!心情大好,索性上来骂一通,hohoho

不过,出墙就吃了个闭门羹:
Twitter is current down for maintenance, 晕
图片倒是可爱。。。


25 febbraio

前途是光明的,道路是曲折的

中国的教科书编的好,这是离开了学校才深深体会到的。
  • 历史:随着长大,越来越喜欢看和历史有关的书,偶尔会想想这事到底有什么含义,然后发现不就是以前历史书上经常背的大段历史事件意义一二三四么! 当时反正背的好就得高分,现在发现那个意义归纳的好哪!
  • 政治:同理,背了大段大段的意义,最终发现都是精辟的真理。其中被说的最多的,也是被验证的最多的就是:前途是光明的,道路是曲折的。
 
我不知道因为笨蛋英国Home Office的Admin错误,我的Visa还要折腾多久,我的精神还要被折磨多久,我能做的都做了,等吧。昨晚的祈祷,上帝听进去一半,给我在别的方面开了一扇窗。
 
总是苦恼着,工作上怎么才能学得更多,fight了大半年,虽然自己微薄的力量还是居然推动了公司大Team的重组,但还是不足以回答我如何发展。虽然连同事都劝我换工作,但我还是舍不得走,因为我知道和国内同行业的人相比,我现在正在一个大宝藏里,现在挖到了外层的宝藏,而更深的墓穴,需要好的方法和坚持不懈才能到达。
 
挪威GG的话我不仅听进去了,我还行动了。我们这个行业,没有什么Graduate Scheme,没有人回来培养你,只能自己实践,实践,再实践。我有的时候,脑子会一根筋,真的该去行业的大海里好好的行动和体会,倾力亲为,汗流浃背,才会有大层次的提高。
 
月月Msn的签名,很给我启发,宁可在外面碰壁,也不要在家面壁(虽然我家有24寸iMac给我面, hohoho,小爽一下)。
实践出真知:
  • 两周前,在Monster上发了个简历,结果Agency的电话一天一个,突然发现虽然世道不好,要换个工作,工资乘个1.5倍也不是什么难事,让我想到当年老费说大道找工作,去上海转了一圈回来说不愁,继续毕业论文,如今颇有同感。这是走出的第一大步,只是,感觉还是不是想走的路。
  • 今天挪威GG的话,地铁上再想了想,回家一番搜寻调查,然后大胆的毛遂自荐了一下,希望是个勇敢的开始,是实践的开头,即使我还要穷苦的在这小破岛上生活。这是走出的第二步,有点感觉对路。

 

我穷,好在我有志气
我倒霉,好在我有朋友家人关心
我不得志,好在还有信心勇气和理想去支撑
 
人最要命的就是有理想,因为这意味着得吃好多苦,受好多委屈,担很多风险,辛苦的为理想拼搏奋斗。
我的道路真的好曲折,但我还相信着前途是光明的。
 
我大概就是命中注定那种穷穷的小姑娘,为了个小目标要奋斗半天,还时不时发生些离奇不靠谱的事情的那种。Anyway,如果命运是这样,那我就欣然接受吧。至少现在,有点想法,有点行动。
 
好好睡觉,明天继续向上
 
 

18 gennaio

晴朗周日之Sunny心情

喜欢英国的周日,因为晴朗
感谢昨晚的狂风暴雨,带来
可爱白云,湛湛蓝天,和
洒透窗户,铺满书桌的阳光
Mac Leopard Windows 7Mix Life
香薰炉和Harman Kardon飘出的味与乐纠缠的飘出,弥漫于房间
 
新鲜樱桃,如活泼的脸蛋
 
窗外,小孩坚持练习着足球,哪怕只是一个人
上空,飞机掠过,如浩瀚大海一叶扁舟
 
小猪好奇的看着这一切,雪人却只是微笑
 
无聊却实在的晴朗周末,
38 Fishermans Drive

Recovery-春雨裡洗過的太陽

趁着生病的机会,着实的让自己好好休息了一把。

感谢药的安睡作用,美美的睡足了前半周的辛苦。惊叹于睡觉的作用,让身体机能恢复的很好,突然在洗澡时发现身上的皮肤美美,开心了一小把。看来最近清淡的饮食和充足的睡眠是良药啊!

上午灿烂的阳光把我从被窝拽出来,也唤醒了我亮丽的心情。许久未出现的要出去跑跑的蠢蠢欲动终于又浮现!虽然逛伦敦周末露天市场的欲望没有被达成,还是很爽和Leo去Mleader家秀秀生锈的琴技和跳舞毯。药物的作用还在,眼睛还是很模糊,琴谱都看不清楚。Wii的跳舞毯很好玩,还可以挥手,音乐也好听,大家一起玩很带劲!

曾还在病榻上的懒人馋人Lizzy一边梦到各种好吃的流口水,于是今晚Mleader提议去中餐馆就好不犹豫的答应了。虽然在大风里走了很多弯路,可还是美美的享受了上汤豆苗,香芋炖肉褒,椒盐鱿鱼等美味。这对饥渴了很久的馋鬼来说实在是太满足了。

这会儿晚上却是风雨大作,听那声音很有摧枯拉朽的感觉,也让我想到最近一直在听的王力宏的新歌:春雨里洗过的太阳。If you listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain, 那是春雨里洗过的太阳。这09的一月,虽还离春天很远,心情却早已开始这般雨后的清澈爽朗了。

Windows 7 也出了,对微软的信心又重新回来了--因为windows live 和 msn的新体验,似乎好玩的还很多。Google Reader会是我下一任常用工具。恩,下周耍耍Windows 7!

不知什么时候开始起,似乎丢掉了以前的包袱,又如以前那样生活了。重新开始看书,重新开始写blog,重新开始要整理和做照片,重新开始逛街买衣服穿裙子,重新开始对美好新奇的事物感兴趣,重新开始在键盘上敲敲打打搜寻东西。。。

继续这样美好实在的生活吧,继续做想做的事情,相信再回首的時候,应该会微笑吧。


Talking about YouTube - 王力宏2008 心.跳 -春雨裡洗過的太陽MV官方高畫質完整版
    



13 ottobre

gone with thought

宇宙中的粉尘,抑或小小人生,抑或大大世界。微观到宏观,都是在一片混沌中寻找秩序和出路。
 
金融危机,银行投行倒闭的倒闭,被收购的被收购,自求多福
公司们消减日常开支,缩减招聘和个人发展计划
物价一路上窜,房价一路下滑
利率和股票一起坐滑滑梯跷跷板
买车的四轮该二轮
人们失业的失业,想升值加薪就像做白日梦,
换工作的大叹市场不景气,找工作的大骂换工作的还来插一脚找麻烦
零售商勒紧裤带还要让利打折大促销
引得工薪阶层纷纷抢夺红黄标签囤货过圣诞
尼姑都不放过半价折抢购牛肉和香肠
街头报摊天天crunch,crash,break down
政府天天急着灭金融大火,孰视你地铁超载瘫痪信号断,一个电梯修2年
 
原来这就叫Chaos
 
 
英雄?
英雄不问出处?
英雄无用武之地?
乱世出英雄?
 
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I am just a little dust in the immense universe
waiting for the blast to start or terminate everything
a little sailing ship in the massive sea
waiting for the storm give a sweep
 
just try to remember, the old good days
when love and smile flys
try to remember, who we use to be and what we use to do
that confident, optimistic and satisfied
try to remember, when autumn come and summer is over,
leaf turns colourful, do does life and mood
try to remember, we fight, we sweat, we stand, we smile

 

 

 

29 settembre

Interesting - what I see on week 39

Wario Land: Shake It Busts Up YouTube Posted: 26 Sep 2008 08:21 AM PDT http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii

Wow. Whoever came up with this new ad for Wario Land: Shake it deserves a raise and a paid vacation to Cancun or something. They’ve taken a basic concept of the game and managed to make it into creative and effective marketing on a platform where even the most humdrum viral campaigns tend to flourish. Screenshots don’t really do it justice, so be sure to check it out yourself.

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24-25 Sep Adtech London Fair

Get to know lots of Affiliate network, SEO/SEM companies, agencies and Mobile marketing companies -- very interesting. It is also interesting to know many online-media/marketing companies are targeting Asia market, especially China. At the same time, Chinese domestic companies are doing pretty good -- at least they have build realationship and reputation internationally.

Here is the list in Adtech Beijing/Shanghai from 2007 to 2008:
Adtech Beijing:
Accoona China
www.moneyinchina.com/
Accoona's business database (www.accoona.cn) provides access to more than 40 million unique records on global businesses, one of the largest on the web. In addition, “Money in China” (www.moneyinchina.com, launching in September), is an online community for Chinese Business Professionals, which opens up access to wealth for all members.

adma
Adways China Co.,Ltd
Alibaba
axillchina.com
www.axillchina.comAxill is one of the fastest growing publisher networks which aggregates the world's most targeted and lucrative web traffic and help advertisers and online marketers utilize and make full potential on the online world. First launched in US and Europe back in 2005 and launch in Asia in 2007, we are committed in helping Asia marketers and local publishers to fully utilize the full potential of Internet media. Axill has mastered the art of Internet Advertising globally with more than 15000 and 3000 advertisers worldwide

Come&Stay
www.comeandstay.com Come&Stay is a global leader in email and mobile advertising. Operating in 14 countries, it gives advertisers access to 270 million opt-in email addresses and 37 million opt-in mobile numbers. It provides advertisers with permission-based eMarketing services, for their customer acquisition and retention programs owing to its interactive marketing solutions.

dgm Asia Pac (-- affliate network works ok in Europe, how will it work in China?)
Emporio Asia
www.emporioasia.com/ EmporioAsia is one of China's leading interactive marketing agencies. EmporioAsia helps its clients build their businesses and brands through high impact interactive marketing campaigns. Some of EmporioAsia's clients include Bayer, Jin Jiang Inns, Hyatt, Colgate Palmolive, Thai Airways, Parrot, China Eastern Airlines, Shangri-la, Hilton, InterContinental and Accor. EmporioAsia offers its clients a full range of interactive marketing services from website design to search engine optimization and email marketing. EmporioAsia consists of an International team of creative, design, technology and marketing professionals and is counseled by a high-caliber advisory board. Founded in 1999, EmporioAsia is based in Shanghai, China.

Eyeblaster www.eyeblaster.com/ In 1999, Eyeblaster was among the pioneers in rich media communication. Today, Eyeblaster extends its inventive heritage in digital advertising through Ad Campaign Manager (ACM). ACM enables interactive agencies, advertisers and publishers to manage campaigns across digital media channels, including online, mobile and in-game, and a variety of formats, including rich media, in-stream video, display and search. ACM is a robust, integrated and easy-to-use platform that allows customers to focus on campaign strategy, creativity and media efficiency without having to worry about the technical complexities associated with managing global advertising campaigns online. In 2007, Eyeblaster delivered campaigns for nearly 7,000 brand advertisers serving approximately 2,500 ad agencies across over 2,500 global web publishers in over 40 countries worldwide throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Learn more at www.eyeblaster.com.

Friendster
HDT Inc
Madhouse Inc.
Meijob
Mooter Media China
My Etone
Omniture
Radica Systems
Search Frontier Ltd
www.searchfrontier.cn Search Frontier, Ltd. is a leading professional Internet marketing company, originated from USA and Hong Kong. It has an international team with unique assortment of technical know-how and search engine industry expertise. Its mission is to provide high performance Internet marketing solutions, including intelligence online branding services, multi-dimensional data analytics system, and etc.

Shanghai Virtual Advertising Co., Ltd
www.virtualad.com.cn Shanghai Virtual can provide a wide range of web promotion services including keyword advertisement, banner advertisement, website production, and system production. Not only are we media buyers, Virtual also provides its customers with professional analysis, SEO, SEM, LPO, and consultation, improving the effectiveness of their web promotion strategies.

Sina
SinoTech Media Limited
www.sinotechmedia.com.cn/ SinoTech Media is an advertising company which helps online advertisers and publishers optimize revenues and maximize campaign effectiveness. We provide interactive marketing services, online advertising technologies and operate a performance based Ad Marketplace. We are uniquely positioned to assist our clients by using proven digital technologies and experienced industry experts. We deliver focused, measurable and effective marketing solutions that provide the critical edge for success in the growing Chinese econom

Sohu
StatsPlugger
Taobao
Tencent
Teragram Corporation Beijing Office
Uucun
WebDNA Interactive Solutions
Yahoo China
Yourzine
Zanox de AG

2008 Shanghai
.FOX Networks
Acxiom Corporation
AdChina
adma
Axill China
Casee
Clicksor Inc
DoubleClickexpand busniess in China now? it;s gonna be interesting to see how it works in China according to the developing industry and different culture (which influence the consumers' behaviors a lot)
Eyeblaster
HDT Inc
McCann WorldGroup
Mobile Monday Shanghaiinteresting
mTouche Technology Bhd
NetBooster
Omniture
Phoenix New Media凤凰卫视?
PPLiveinteresting in its business model and league issues
Spil Games Asia
Thomson Reuters
Velti
Web Power
Zanox de AGsecond time in Adtech Chinese events, shows its ambition in Asia market obviousely.

 

17 settembre

惊涛骇浪

Lehman Brother 垮了
Merrill Lynch 卖了
HBOS 乱了
AIG 慌了
金融金融,金钱的熔流。
 
翻天覆地。
置身事外。
16 settembre

中秋节的Thames Festival -- 一个放纵的理由

出去走走,上帝总会给你一个惊喜。
 
本是找个逃脱繁琐的机会,去Tate Modern转一圈,顺便看看我在巴塞罗那擦肩而过的Joan Miro。可上面那位爱玩弄人类命运的先生微笑着再次和我开了个调皮的玩笑,带给我一个大大的惊喜--Thames Festival.
 
爽朗的天气,让我后悔没带墨镜;秀气的千禧桥似乎有些吃力的承受着比往日更多的游客 -- 而河对岸冒着青烟和显然是人群的热闹非凡。我们自然奋不顾身的把自己扔进拥挤的人堆,开始享受这饕餮大宴。
 
晴朗的天空下,椰子汁是最恰当的饮品了~一盘着热带发型的大黑哥熟练并卖力地开着椰子,三下五除二便砍好了椰子。插上吸管,真是爽心爽肺,难怪海边的人们都爱喝椰汁!喝完大哥又三下五除二的把椰子砍成小块,用壳挖着新鲜椰肉,滑溜溜的果肉就如果冻般溜进了嘴里。
P1010501  P1010508
 
之后是法国名为La xxxxx的小菜,土豆为主,一般加上培根比较creamy的另一半则加入胡萝卜黄黄却不辣。评价:好吃又实诚!
DSC06617  DSC06614   P1010509
 
之后便是最爽的巴西/墨西哥烤牛肉了!大片大片的新鲜牛肉片儿,在烤至6,7成熟的时候,加入香料和特制的酱料,满口留香!我们排了三次长队,还特地跨国千禧桥去圣保罗教堂附近取现金,再跑回去排队吃。结果馋猫们只顾吃,都忘记照相了。
 
饭饱自然要酒足,Pimms清新爽口有点甜!
 
饭后自然要甜点。看到油条般的巴西Churros又怎能放过!45分钟的长队让我们足足鄙视买了5,6跟“油条”贪得无厌的人们。当吃到甜甜的透着caremel奶浆的美味,不快便烟消云散。很像小时候路边摊的“洋糖糕”,外面也裹一层糖粉,只是没那么粘,图个意思吃个感觉吧。
DSC06619  DSC06621
 
除了美食,也有很多小摊摆着风格各异的饰品,衣服和画,也很有赶集的味道。
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既然中秋节去加勒比风味的集市有些奇怪,那么抬头望明月,低头吃月饼自然就是传统了。
 
中国城的月饼价格不菲,不过小个儿的莲蓉月饼已经很能满足我的胃口了。小时候总觉得家里月饼多的吃不完,不喜欢吃,老太太也总要等到大豆沙月饼发霉切掉一层皮才吃,还只吃单位发的,买的来者皆拒。可在国外物质生活相对欠缺的情况下,一个最普通的月饼都会觉得好吃。
 
当然,中国的优良传统还是值得宣传的,免得又被韩国人拐去。于是我带了两包莲蓉月饼去公司,切成小块挨个儿解释啥是中秋节啥是月饼。虽然不少老外一开始吓嗖嗖不敢吃,在我的威逼利诱下,几乎每人都尝了口,不少同事还挺喜欢。时候还特地wikipedia了一下,群发邮件告诉他们到底吃了什么好东西。最后我很满足的消灭了最后半块月饼,心想今天我也为祖国尽份力了。
 
一个特别的中秋,惊喜,愉快,满足:)
 
 
 
05 agosto

Hey It is me!

玩玩儿Facebook上
 
得出以下结论:
Your Wish Personality is:
Adrenaline Junkie
You want adventure and to experiment

No Risk No Reward, Go big or go home. You love adventure and you have no problems taking risks. Risks with your career, physical risks or just giving people the benefit of the doubt. You love the thrill of life and you want to live life to the max.

 

 

Hey this is who I am and what I want!

 

寻寻觅觅,终于开了新blog:http://lizzy1443.blogspot.com/ 

玩儿了把feedburner

还有Springwidgets

Visit the Widget Gallery
 
咋显示不出来捏??????
 
em, playing with IT, gone with thoughts:P
 
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好吧:

Crack IT today

How much do salaries differ for the top positions in IT if you work for a small or medium business versus a large corporation?

Janco Associates has just released its mid-year IT compensation study. Part of the study focuses on six-figure IT salaries and how they differ depending on the size of the organization.

Janco divides the data into six categories:

  • IT Leaders - Large firms
  • Mid-management - Large firms
  • Staff positions - Large firms
  • IT management - SMBs
  • Mid-management - SMBs
  • IT staff - SMBs

Here’s how the six-figure salaries for IT staff in large corporations differed from their counterparts in SMBs:


Large corporations SMBs
Programmer/analyst $172,089 $129,641
Senior Network Specialist $165,013 $146,562
Disaster Recovery Coordinator $152,696 $102,598
Software Engineer $135,279 $171,374
Database Specialist $124,791 $125,631
Systems Support Specialist $103,848 $108,685

It’s interesting that the software engineer and system support specialists actually make more money in the smaller organizations. -- SMEs needs talents who are more creative, productive to creat new technology/platforms or tech products, which can leads a unique selling point or even core competance of new tech SMEs. Considering such a potential profit, why not invest more on these talents?