tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38694131560636177882024-03-16T15:08:22.819+08:00Only Change is Forever!Life is a paradox...
Ends are beginnings themselves....and vice versa....
Events are effects of causes and are causes themselves...
So...don't take anything serious...
Stepping back is not necessary a defeat....
Marching ahead is not equal to an advancement....Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.comBlogger655125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-89250572334457246842015-09-04T18:00:00.001+08:002015-09-04T18:00:21.707+08:00Happenings in Aug 2015<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Squeezing time to blog is difficult, but I just do what I
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<b>Movies:</b></div>
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Have seen ‘<b>Inside Out</b>’ and ‘<b>MI5 – Rogue State</b>’ recently,
Pixar produced a great one this time. The movie was entertaining though it didn’t
hit me until I read reviews afterwards. My sons couldn’t get into the movie
much, but my wife found that surprisingly deep in content. I think the
creativity is superb giving the subject matter and the way of presentation.
Certainly, a keeper! MI5 is good too, I like the third one since and I think this
one is quite entertaining from start to finish. The female lead is pretty good,
something like an equivalent of Tom Cruise in it, not very pretty but very
decent for the part. The villain looks a bit funny, I don’t know why his look
really reminds me of Tim Cook?! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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<b>Travel:</b></div>
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Spent 6 days in Osaka and have a day trip to Nara last week.
A happy trip overall with the whole family. To be honest, I was very tried
everyday, but it wasn’t any worst than before. Foods can be better, but
certainly much better than the SG trip earlier this year. Didn’t do much
shopping, except surprisingly few clothes from GU for myself. I wish the kids
are older and would be able to appreciate culture part more, though the Lego
Center, Kid science place are fine for them. The Universal Studio was actually
more for me and my wife! The Harry Potter land was really amazing, the ride as
well….There weren’t too many tourists from the PRC, so the tourists’ places
aren’t too packed. Love the day in Nara, the temples are good, but surprisingly
the best meal during the trip wasn’t the crab dinner, but the largely veggie
lunch in the temple yard, very refreshing!</div>
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<b>Gadget:</b></div>
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Haven’t brought it yet, but I’m about to buy a NAS first
time and would install that at home DIY. After experiencing the HORRIBLE LOSS
of data that I’ve in a freaking Seagate hard disk this year, lost few hundred
GBs of MP3 that I collected last few years, damned! I would need to prevent any
further loss in my other hard disks, just able to partially rescue most of my
photos in another, thank GOD! So, the setup of the NAS is imminent, just need
to find time to buy it and install it, most likely QNAP TS251C would be the
one, though Synology DS214Play is also good. Let’s see…</div>
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With the huge loss of my MP3 collections, I just don’t have
the mood to construct my iTunes library anymore. Also, listing to podcasts have
occupied my audio entertainment times, I’ve not listened to any music for months!
However, given the Apple Music hype, I did the alternative: registered Spotify
instead, cuz the prior doesn’t have a free version, I’m not gonna pay for
anything in case I forgot to discontinue the free service after 3 months. Well,
the free Spotify version is fine and good enough, particularly when I just don’t
have the time to be very picky for customization or constructing my playlists. Just
looking back the when we still listen to vinyl and cassettes, I thought MP3
would be quite ultimate, just couldn’t expect streaming would potentially
takeover until I tried it on myself to see the beauty of it. I think every
music delivery format has its fans, more options the better.</div>
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<b>The World:</b></div>
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The refugee crisis in Europe is sad. But, for being a fan of
conspiracy, it is just the result of the force behind all those chaos. Those
who suffer are mostly Muslim and Africans, they are the ‘targets’ of the
conspiracy behind. What can we say……</div>
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China just has another military parade to commemorate the 70<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of the deficit of fascism?! The purpose of the show is largely for
domestic reason. I just feel that ‘self-reflection’ is more important than all
the ‘empty’ words and propaganda, if anyone really for peace-keeping. As a side
note, my older has started asking me questions about world events as I was
watching time on TV. He recently was quite interested in the anniversary of end
of WWII, the Japanese invasion of China, etc. He asked me who the face on Tiananmen
Square is? Well, I answered him with comment, I think that raised more questions
in his head than before, which would be a good thing down the road. ….</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-51554979383584419272015-08-13T15:09:00.001+08:002015-08-13T15:09:22.279+08:00How the rich should do with their wealthFrom here:<br />
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"You know, if I were to get hit by a bus today," <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Google co-founder Larry Page</a> once reportedly said, "I should leave all of it to Elon Musk."</div>
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That's admittedly an unorthodox way to handle one's estate. Most
wealthy individuals leave their money either to heirs or to a charitable
foundation. But as Page later explained, he thought the Tesla
Motors/SpaceX CEO could do more good with the money. In an <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">interview with Charlie Rose</a>,
Page mentioned Musk's idea of "backing up humanity" by creating a
parallel civilization on Mars as an example of an effective way to
improve the world through business. "That’s a company, and that’s
philanthropical," he said.</div>
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In retrospect, now that <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="new">he's founding Alphabet</a> as a way to keep <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="new">researching big moonshot ideas</a>,
Page's comments seem less like idle musings and more like a coherent
theory of how to best use his money to change the world: not by giving
it away, but by investing it in projects he thinks could be truly
revolutionary.</div>
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As the above chart shows, the main factor in whether a country
escapes extreme poverty is whether its economy grows. You can see <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">an animated version of the graph covering many years here</a>.</div>
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Page's career is premised on the idea that advancing technology
through a for-profit company can meaningfully improve people's lives —
and indeed, there's a decent argument to be made that, historically,
profit-motivated technical advances have helped people more than charity
has.</div>
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If you look at the major forces of progress in world history,
philanthropy isn't high up there. Scientific research and technological
innovation, however, are. The most important force in lifting people out
of extreme poverty has, at least since the Industrial Revolution, been <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">economic growth</a>,
which is boosted by scientific discovery but not by charity.
Improvements in life expectancy have been driven both by increased
wealth and by medical advances, which are often funded and backed by
pharmaceutical companies and other for-profit actors.</div>
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Even major charitable success stories stand on the backs of
technological and medical innovation. The eradication of smallpox was a
major humanitarian undertaking, but one that required the invention of
readily deployable vaccines. The Green Revolution — which dramatically
increased crop yields in Mexico, India, and elsewhere — was sponsored by
the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations, but worked by spreading existing
technological improvements in farming to poor countries.</div>
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Ken Thompson (left) and Dennis Ritchie, who invented UNIX and C at Bell Labs. (<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">The Jargon File</a>)</div>
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So let's suppose you're Larry Page. You have billions upon billions
of dollars. You feel, as any decent billionaire would, an urge to give
back to the world. You could do that by starting a foundation and giving
away your money, or you could join <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Warren Buffett and dedicate your money to someone else's foundation</a>, so you don't have to worry about setting up a totally new one.</div>
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But you're not necessarily good at running a foundation, or even at
picking the best one out of the existing options. What you are good at
is making consumer products. It seems like if you want to do some good
for the world, that's a useful skill set to draw upon. Things like
Google Maps and Gmail and Hangouts and Android have already made life
better for millions of people. Why not do more of that — and do it
bigger?</div>
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This may not be the most profitable path for Google. But then
again, AT&T didn't reap most of the benefits when its Bell Labs
researchers invented the laser, or the transistor, or UNIX or the C
programming language. Those advances trickled out and made the whole
world better. Same goes for Xerox, whose Xerox PARC researchers invented
the graphical user interface, which made widespread computer ownership
and usage possible, and then saw companies like Apple and Microsoft
profit from it while Xerox got little back.</div>
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Google's self-driving car; if these go to market, they could save thousands of lives, help end congestion, and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">improve the world in countless other ways</a>. (Google)</div>
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Alphabet gives Page the freedom to pursue those kinds of bigger
projects. The reorganization's main purpose is to cleave the core
functionality of Google — search, Maps, Docs, Gmail, YouTube, etc. —
from the company's more far-out research projects: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">self-driving cars</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">giant wind-energy-collecting kites</a>, attempts to <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">radically extend human lifespans</a>, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">balloon-based wifi provision</a>,
etc. By placing those initiatives as subsidiaries of a company, just
like Google, Page is signaling that he regards them as peers of similar
importance, and suggesting that Alphabet's focus as a company will be
just as much on exploring those kinds of moonshots as on improving
Google's core business. The self-driving cars aren't a fun hobby
supported by the search engine business, in other words. They're an
equally crucial part of the business.</div>
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Page also frees himself, and Sergey Brin, to focus on those
projects rather than on Google qua Google. Page and Brin's time and
attention are scarce and valuable resources at Alphabet, and by
committing them to moonshots, Page improves their likelihood of success
on the margin.</div>
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He's also suggesting that he's going to use his own money to
enforce a vision of Alphabet/Google as a company that invests in
ambitious, crazy-seeming ideas. Page and Brin have purposefully
structured Google such that not all shareholders have equal voting power
— and so that the minority of shares (only about 14 percent) owned by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Page and Brin wind up having a majority of votes</a>.
Because Google sells "Class C" stock that has no voting power, it can
still raise money from investors without giving up any control.</div>
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Page wants Google to be doing more to aggressively change the world. And Alphabet is set up to enable just that.</div>
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This releases Page and Brin from any need to pursue share buybacks,
pay out big dividends, or otherwise appease investors. Instead, profits
can be plowed back into investments, including the long-shot projects
Page is so passionate about. This only works, though, if he and Brin
hold on to their stakes. If they were to sell them off and give the
money to a foundation, they'd lose their ability to force Alphabet to
invest in ambitious ideas. But by holding on to the roughly $30 billion
apiece in Google stock they own, they can raise many more billions from
investors to spend on self-driving cars, wind energy kites, and
defeating death itself. They're leveraging their money to get even more
money for the charitable cause Page thinks is most important: major,
revolutionary innovation.</div>
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Page said as much in his interview with Rose, arguing that using
his money to influence and benefit his own company was the best method
he had for doing good. "You're working because you want to change the
world. You want to make it better. Why isn't the company that you work
for worthy not just of your time but your money as well?" he asked
(emphasis mine). "I mean, but we don't have a concept of that. That's
not how we think about companies, and I think it's sad, because
companies are most of our effort. They're where most of people's time
is, where a lot of the money is, and so I think I'd like for us to help
out more than we are."</div>
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Page wants Google to be doing more to aggressively change the world. And Alphabet is set up to enable just that.</div>
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-47844880875114170712015-06-15T16:55:00.003+08:002015-06-15T17:04:05.540+08:00Long time no blog<div style="text-align: justify;">
I don't know if anyone still subscribe my blog and don't care if anyone would still read it. These days, everybody is using FB. Blogging activities certainly declines. However, I still visit my own blogs everyday, just for the sake of checking the new blogs of my favorite blogs. Why have I not blog for so long? Well, that doesn't really matter, I would say that is combination of time, convenience, access, etc.</div>
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There are stuffs that I wanna say on record for the period since my last blog. I'm not gonna organize it in any structural way, cuz, that would take too much time which is something I gotta cherish when I can.</div>
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<b>Movies</b></div>
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I saw many movies during that period, Avengers sequel, Big Hero Six, Interstellar, etc. Damn, if I don't blog them after I saw them, I would just forget what I have seen... Well, look at it the other way, if I don't remember them, probably they should be forgot!</div>
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I went to the Mega-Hit Taichi 30 Years Anniversary Concert few weeks back. It was a very refreshing experience since I've not gone to any concert for a long time. I went there by myself with my wife's 'dear understanding', though she yelled me for coming home late. Anyway, a rock concert is something got to see live. Not all songs are my favorite, but certainly some are. What a nostalgic effect when I listened to some songs that I would say I'd not listened for more than a decade, and I could still sing along and remember the lyrics. Goldies are goodies!</div>
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<b>Technical Tragedy</b></div>
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My fxxking Seagate hard drive of 1TB couldn't be detected by my PC at home for the last 2-3 months and checked with a data-content rescuer service, it would cost me HK$1700+ to get the data back. I tried to download some software to save it myself but no vain. I'm wondering if I should cough that much $$$ to save the data which was my freaking music collection in past 10 years of 300+GB!!! Well, I'm still trying to rescue myself, but time is just not on my side. I would decide if I will need external help in this week or two. That's a lot of money to pay and not 100% guarantee! However, come to think of it, it probably cost less than the purchase price of 20 cds, but I can save 5 figures of MP3s!......I gotta be more careful in backing up my files, the second most importance library is my photo library, I plan to store them on cloud. I got a free online storage accounts of a couple TBs, that should do it. But, the problem is that that is from the 'Strong country' in the North. So, God knows if someday it will simply disappear without a trail?.......</div>
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Well, as usual, I don't really talk about it openly because once things are said, there is no secret. What I wanna mention is that a big project has been delivered and went live early this month. So, I'm having a bit of relax time now. However, as I would need to move desk to be closer to my new boss in a 'challenging' environment, i.e. out of a comfort zone, there are just too many unknowns and would take a bit of adaptation. That will happen by end of this month. So, I'm just gonna chill a bit for now.</div>
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<li>Went to Singapore with the whole family in end of Feb for 6 days. First leisure travel as a family for years! It was fun! Lived in Sentosa, went to Universal Studio, Legoland in MY, etc. First time for kids on plane, a good experience. Tired but worthy.</li>
<li>Well, got a housemaid replacement, decent so far.</li>
<li>Got my wife an iPhone 6. Was thinking about getting an Apple Watch, but just can't seem to find a convincing reason to buy one: No killer app so far, battery life is short, looks a bit bulky, and it is still the first gen.! </li>
<li>No major gadget has been bought. </li>
<li>Still yelling my sons which is something I don't wanna do but still doing it. They really test my patience and EQ. I'm so far still on the losing side.</li>
<li>Wife and I are fine, can always improve....</li>
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Well, that's it for now, until next time.....</div>
<br />Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-65553097290157350392014-09-23T12:35:00.003+08:002014-09-23T12:35:55.287+08:00iPhone 6, 6+, ApplePay and Apple Watch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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Long time no blog! I’ve let the dust to settle down before
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<b>iPhone 6 and 6+</b></div>
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Apple finally bows down to competitors to make bigger phones.
The hardware and specs are decent, not spectacular, and they don’t need to be
for commercial reason. The design are still top notch, better than its
competitors, all it needs indeed is to make consumers feel that iPhone is still
a premier product that deserve premium price. The chip and sensors are marginal
upgrade from 5s, expected. My view is that iPhone 6 and 6+ are probably the
beginning of the end of hardware renovation for iPhone. Cuz, what more can
Apple does? Unless they make a hologram, minority report types of projection,
etc. Otherwise, that’s pretty what we will see in years to come. i.e. 6s would
have the same physique, 7, 7s, from round edge back to sharp edge, may be Sapphire
glass, liquid metal be used for materials. Maybe Apple will make color metal
cases, etc. That’s pretty much what the incremental change it would make. Size
will stay for at least next few years if not permanent. What really would
change are internal, upgraded sensor, chip, battery and the killer iOS. That’s
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The killer for Apple, as I mentioned in many posts before,
is its ecosystem of hardware, software and services. ApplePay is surely the latter one. It is not
a very innovative thing, it just as most of other Apple’s services incorporated
in its ecosystem, just works! The most important thing is the lure of banks and
merchants to buy in this services and to become an industry standard in next
2-3 years. Apple doesn’t need to do much but getting fee from every
transaction! That will ensure a new stream of cash flow. I’m pretty sure ApplePay
will succeed given it simply makes payment easy. This service will do if not
more than the iTunes App store to Apple, 30% charge on Apps. Apple just opened
a gold mine!</div>
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I’m less a skeptic of this product than many naysayers. To
be honest, for both iPhone and iPad, my first purchase of them were happened to
be the 3<sup>rd</sup> gen of the products. I want an AppleWatch, but I don’t
need one, at least for now. So, as usual, I will stay tune to let Apple fine tuning
this product before I hop in. What are current problems or issues that I have with
the 1<sup>st</sup> gen AppleWatch? Yes, many spec have not been released, but
the following suspicions at the moment would still be largely believable.</div>
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<u>Battery</u> – nightly charge is no good. Sure, I nightly get my
iPhone recharged, shouldn’t matter to recharge another thing. But, it should be
going reverse, to have better iPhone battery so I don’t need to recharge it
daily. Watch is smaller and so does its battery, but people would expect a
smaller screen size shouldn’t consume a lot of power that requires daily recharge.
Yes, a magnet recharger is nice, but what matter is the other end of the
recharger that it is connected to - Still a bulky backup portable battery!
Apple gotta do something about it, be it to be recharged remotely or via
kinetic action or something. Stay tune to Apple to acquire some small companies
that can do those things in next year or two.</div>
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<u>Size</u> – the belts are nice, I’m sure 3<sup>rd</sup> party
dealers will do much more than that. Stay tune to Louis Vutton, Gucci, etc to
come up with their belts for AppleWatch in next year or two. The problem of the
watch itself is that it still looks a bit bulky! It looks too thick! I would
say that it will definitely be improved by in next gens as a major selling
point by Apple, the only roadblock is the battery. A tough case to crack!</div>
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I think the UI is innovative with those circle icons, but it
would demand learning and memorization by users to recognize which icon is
which. Also, I’m not sure if it is easy to spot the right icon for people with
big fat fingers. The digital crown is nice, would want to see more details
about that. The watch can do wi-fi. I’m not sure if I would buy in the map
feature that it shows in keynote. The screen is simple too small and if it has
to work with iPhone, why don’t I just take the phone out and look at it? Also,
about the use of Siri, I’ve concern of the audio volume. The health sensor is a
nice touch, ApplePay indication is nice too, but I think Apple is still waiting
for a killing app to drive its sale. Anyway, I’m pretty sure I will buy an
AppleWatch…in few years.</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-7349292163824808542014-09-23T11:24:00.000+08:002014-09-23T11:24:26.257+08:00Lucy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saw the movie the other day. It is a decent movie with the
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Scarlett Johansson carried the whole movie beautifully. She
makes this movie watchable and engaging. Morgan Freeman remains Morgan Freeman,
a decent part without much up or down in emotion. I think he just did it for
the paycheck. The Korean villain is cool and has more acting to do than Morgan
Freeman, but still a stereotype of Asia bad guy: crazy, over the top, killing
everybody just because he can.</div>
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Yes, agreed with many critics that the ending of the movie
is a bit too much. How can someone use 100% of the brain will end up omnipotent
like God? That doesn’t make sense! But, it is just a movie, doesn’t matter for
this mindless detail. For a brief 90 minutes of fun, I think Luc Besson did a
good job to entertain the audience. More a commercial version of Tree of Life
with some Matrix feel, well I’m entertained.</div>
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It has been the longest absence of blogging ever for this site. I guess many people thought that I've abandoned this site for good. Well, that's not true. There are just simply too many things happened in the last two months+ that can explain my absence. I think we could take over 10 posts to cover everything in details which just not gonna happen given the current situation that I'm in now. So, I'm just gonna do that by bullets, just for my personal interests to record part of my history. </div>
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I left my previous company for a new one. Hours are much longer and works are much more challenging. It is not an easier environment to survive. Cuz, my current job has no BAU, I either succeed or fail! No third way. So, I've been working very hard to please my new boss as well as everybody and myself as well. I even dreamed many times about my job which is not a good sign! But, what can I say? I made the choice to move on and I'm not that kind of person who will regret over such decision. So, I suck it up and take it like a man! It ain't easier, but looking at the good side, I've not been that self-motivated for a long time. I do like my current job and think that I still have the chance to make something about it. So, I gotta focus and work smart at the same time! What can I say? </div>
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I left for a business trip to the U.S. for 2 weeks last month during the World Cup period. It was an interesting trip. Met my sis one day in NYC. Visited the 9/11 Memorial Center, etc. Also, some scenary do stimulate certain nostalgic feelings.... Stucked in the middle of nowhere, glad to have free WIFI to Facetime with my family daily, and some old friends as well....
Travelled on B-class for the first time, it was indeed nice! Watch tons of movies!!! (includes LEGO, The Rise of the Planet of the Ape, The Wolf of Wall Street, Captain Philips, Total Recall and Robocop remakes, Frozen, World War Z, The Amazing Spider-man, Thor 2 - the Dark World, Iron Man 3, etc.) </div>
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That happened before my B trip. It was done out of a 'necessary' reason. Is the result good? That's certainly debatable. Just another unique thought comingle in an already very busy and hectic household. Challenges always, such as new relationships to be formed, broken things like washing machine, electic fan in toilet, etc. Another character to deal with..... </div>
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Touchwood, nothing really bad has been detected, but I do think that I'm getting old and stress at the same time. My hair loss is getting serious. My recent flu virus attack that gave me 4 days+ of sore throat has been a torture! I need to really pay more attention to my health and body..... </div>
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- My iPad was disabled more than a month ago and I still don't have time and arrangement line up to fix it... </div>
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- Bought a new HP PC before I left for my B Trip. It was a rush decision that I'm a bit regret that was made. Win 8.1 sucks! can't read isilos, problem with reading Chinese, still has problem in downloading files, iTunes problem, etc......SUCKS!!!!!!
Well, that's all for now. Hope that I will have chance to blog more in near future!.....
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Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-67407560059284333562014-05-09T10:31:00.001+08:002014-05-09T10:31:53.381+08:00Chinese URLJust came across a very interest <a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117608/chinese-number-websites-secret-meaning-urls" target="_blank">article </a>about Chinese URL.<br />
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In case the article will be gone in future, I just copy that below:<br />
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<span class="headline" itemprop="name">The Secret Messages Inside Chinese URLs </span>
<span class="caption">
Decoding 4008-517-517.com </span></h1>
<h5 class="ui author dividing header">
By <a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/authors/christopher-beam" itemprop="author" rel="author">Christopher Beam</a></h5>
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<span class="dropcap">A</span>n American
friend living in Beijing once said she refused to communicate with
anyone whose email address consisted of a string of numbers, such as
62718298454@163.com. This made sense to me at the time<span class="em">—</span>why
make email addresses as difficult to remember as phone numbers? But I
soon realized that issuing a blanket ban on number-based communications
would mean cutting off just about every single Chinese person I knew.</div>
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In
the U.S., you really only have to remember two long numbers, ever: Your
phone number and your Social Security number. In China, you’re
constantly barraged by digits: QQ numbers (QQ is China’s most popular
chat service), email addresses, and even URLs. For example, the massive
online retailer Jingdong Mall is at jd.com or, if that takes too long to
type, 3.cn. Check out 4399.com to see one of China’s first and largest
online gaming websites. Buy and sell used cars at 92.com. Want to
purchase train tickets? It’s as easy as 12306.cn.</div>
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Why
the preference for digits over letters? It mostly has to do with ease
of memorization. To a native English-speaker, remembering a long string
of digits might seem harder than memorizing a word. But that’s if you
understand the word. For many Chinese, numbers are easier to remember
than Latin characters. Sure, Chinese children learn the <em>pinyin </em>system that uses the Roman alphabet to spell out Mandarin words (for example, the word for “Internet,” 网络, is spelled <em>wangluo </em>in
pinyin). And yes, Arabic numerals (1-2-3) are technically just as much a
foreign import as the Roman alphabet (A-B-C). But most Chinese are more
familiar with numbers than letters, especially those who didn’t go to
college. To many, “Hotmail.com” might as well be Cyrillic.</div>
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The digits in a domain name usually aren’t random. The Internet company NetEase uses the web address 163.com<span class="em">—</span>a
throwback to the days of dial-up when Chinese Internet users had to
enter 163 to get online. The phone companies China Telecom and China
Unicom simply reappropriated their well-known customer service numbers
as domain names, 10086.cn and 10010.cn, respectively.</div>
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Digits
are even more convenient when you consider that the words for numbers
are homophones for other words. The URL for the massive e-commerce site
Alibaba, for example, is 1688.com, pronounced “yow-leeyoh-ba-ba”<span class="em">—</span>close enough! Those digits can just as often have individual meanings. The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/business/media/lucrative-stardom-in-china-using-a-webcam-and-a-voice.html?smid=tw-share">video sharing site 6.cn</a> works because the word for “six” is a near-homophone for the word “to stream.” The number five is pronounced <em>wu</em>, which sounds like <em>wo</em>, which means “I.” The number one is pronounced <em>yao, </em>which
with a different tone means “want.” So the job-hunting site 51job.com
sounds a lot like “I want a job.” Likewise, to order McDonalds’ delivery
online, just go to 4008-517-517.com, the “517” of which sounds a bit
like “I want to eat.” (An English equivalent might be the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/17/magazine/letter-carpets-and-cookies.html">old radio jingle</a>, “How many cookies did Andrew eat? Andrew 8-8000.”)</div>
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This
kind of number-language has become an infinitely malleable shorthand
among Chinese web users: 1 means “want,” 2 means “love,” 4 means “dead”
or “world” or “is,” 5 means “I,” 7 means “wife” or “eat,” 8 means “get
rich” or “not,” and 9 means “long time” or “alcohol.” The numbers
5201314, for example, mean 我爱你一生一世,or “I will love you forever”; 0748
means “go die”; and 687 means “I’m sorry.” (See <a href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/link?url=C0vh0PYAxtAvFvOHVxHJJO85uWhfPpzyOaE5SWEuYjxn3yz5aMOsvPSiAzfpWDRV-5_v9aG187PVWrZSnidbrq">here</a> for more examples.) Chinese has plenty of other number-based slang, such as <em>erbaiwu</em>, or “250,” which means “idiot,” or “38,” pronounced <em>sanba</em>,
which means “bitch.” And of course there’s the association of certain
numbers with good or bad luck, and the subsequent demand for addresses
and phone numbers with lots of 8s (“get rich”) and minimal 4s (“die”).
Back in 2003, a Chinese airline <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3163951.stm">paid</a> $280,000 for the phone number 88888888.</div>
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Why
don’t Chinese web addresses just use Mandarin characters? Because
that’s a pain, too. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN), which sets the rules for web addresses globally, has <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/26/international-domain-name_n_333449.html">periodically</a> <a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/10/23/icann-introduces-first-top-level-domains-using-non-latin-characters/">hyped</a>
the expansion of domain names to include non-Latinate scripts, but
Chinese web sites have yet to take full advantage. Some devices require a
special plug-in to type in Chinese URLs, and even then it takes longer
to type or write out characters than to input a few digits. Plus, for
web sites that want to expand internationally but don’t want to alienate
foreign audiences with unfamiliar characters, numbers are a decent
compromise.</div>
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Still, the numbers/letters divide is
emblematic of the Internet’s built-in bias: Even more than two decades
after its birth, it’s still a fundamentally American system. (Sorry, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee">Tim Berners-Lee</a>.) ICANN is an American non-profit corporation, though the U.S. recently <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/internet-governance-debated-brazil-23458182">agreed</a>
to hand it over to a “global multi-stakeholder community” in 2015.
ASCII, the character-encoding scheme that was long used on most web
pages, is short for the “American Standard Code for Information
Interchange.” In 2012, the United States <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/14/technology/14iht-treaty14.html">refused to sign</a>
an international telecommunications treaty, supported by both Russia
and China, that would shift the Internet away from its current
U.S.-centric form of governance. In other words, the structure of the
Internet is a constant reminder of American digital hegemony, from WiFi
standards to GPS. Even the “.cn” at the end of Chinese URLs comes from
the English word for China, not the Chinese word for China. You can’t
blame other countries for wanting to tell the American 250s to 0748.</div>
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<pre class="best-text mb-10" id="best-content-893637981">我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="1" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%96&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱你一生一世</a>要学就多学一点
0 字部
019425 你依旧是爱我
02746 你恶心死了
02825 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="4" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%BD%A0%E7%88%B1%E4%B8%8D%E7%88%B1%E6%88%91&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">你爱不爱我</a>
03456 你<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="24" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%9B%B8%E6%80%9D%E6%97%A0%E7%94%A8&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">相思无用</a>
0437 你是神经
04517 你是我氧气
0456 你是我的
04567 你是我老妻
0457 你是我妻
045692 你是<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="23" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E7%9A%84%E6%9C%80%E7%88%B1&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我的最爱</a>
0487 你是白痴
0487561 你是白痴无药医
0564335 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="49" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%A5%BD%E6%97%A0%E8%81%8A&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">好无聊</a>时想想我
0594184 你我就是一辈子
065 原谅我
06537 你惹我生气
07382 你欺恶怕善
0748 你去死吧
07868 你吃饱了吧
08056 你不理我啦
0837 你别生气
08376 你别生气了
095 你找我
098 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="32" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%BD%A0%E8%B5%B0%E5%90%A7&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">你走吧</a>
1 字部
1240 最爱是你
1314 一生一世
1314925 一生一世就爱我
1372 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="19" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%B8%80%E5%8E%A2%E6%83%85%E6%84%BF&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">一厢情愿</a>
1392010 一生就爱你一个
1414 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="22" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D%E6%84%8F%E6%80%9D&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">意思意思</a>
147 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="36" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%96%E6%83%85&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">一世情</a>
1573 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="21" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%B8%80%E5%BE%80%E6%83%85%E6%B7%B1&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">一往情深</a>
1711 一心一意
2 字部
200 爱你哦
20110 爱你一亿年
20160 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="6" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%87%E5%B9%B4&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱你一万年</a>
20170 爱你一千年
20184 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="9" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%80%E8%BE%88%E5%AD%90&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱你一辈子</a>
2030999 爱你想你久久久
2037 为你伤心
20475 爱你是幸福
20609 爱你到永久
207374 爱你七生七世
20863 爱你到来生
20999 爱你久久久
220225 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="52" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E7%88%B1&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱爱</a>你<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="52" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E7%88%B1&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱爱</a>我
230 爱上你
234 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="38" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E7%9B%B8%E9%9A%8F&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱相随</a>
235 爱上我
240 爱死你
246 饿死了
246437 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="2" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E6%98%AF%E5%A6%82%E6%AD%A4%E7%A5%9E%E5%A5%87&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱是如此神奇</a>
25184 爱我一辈子
25873 爱我到今生
25910 爱我久一点
259695 爱我就了解我
259758 爱我就娶我吧
2627 爱来爱去
282 饿不饿
2925184 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="37" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E5%B0%B1%E7%88%B1&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱就爱</a>我一辈子
296 爱走了
3 字部
300 想你哦
30920 想你就爱你
309420 想你<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="28" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">就是爱你</a>
3013 想你一生
31707 LOVE(把<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="53" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=BP%E6%9C%BA&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BP机</a>倒过来看)
32012 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="46" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%83%B3%E5%BF%B5%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">想念你</a>的爱
32069 想爱你很久
3207778 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="0" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%83%B3%E5%92%8C%E4%BD%A0%E5%8E%BB%E5%90%B9%E5%90%B9%E9%A3%8E&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">想和你去吹吹风</a>
330335 想想你想想我
3344 生生世世
3399 长长久久
356 上网了
35910 想我久一点
3731 真心真意
39 THANK YOU
4 字部
440295 谢谢你爱过我
4422335 时时刻刻想想我
4457 速速回机
456 是我啦
460 思念你
5 字部
505 SOS
507680 我一定要追你
510 我依你(我已来)
51020 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="10" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E4%BE%9D%E7%84%B6%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我依然爱你</a>
51095 我要你嫁我
51396 我要睡觉了
514 无意思
515206 我已不爱你了
51620 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="10" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E4%BE%9D%E7%84%B6%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我依然爱你</a>
51820 我已不爱你
518720 我一辈子爱你
51920 我依旧爱你
51930 我依旧想你
520 我爱你
5201314 我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="1" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%96&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱你一生一世</a>
520*10000 我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="6" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%80%E4%B8%87%E5%B9%B4&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱你一万年</a>
5203344 我爱你生生世世
52094 我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="29" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0%E5%88%B0%E6%AD%BB&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">爱你到死</a>
521 我愿意
5230 我爱上你
5240 我爱是你
52406 我爱死你了
526 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="44" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E9%A5%BF%E4%BA%86&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我饿了</a>
5260 我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="45" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%9A%97%E6%81%8B%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">暗恋你</a>
530 我想你
530184 我想你一辈子
53207778 我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="0" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%83%B3%E5%92%8C%E4%BD%A0%E5%8E%BB%E5%90%B9%E5%90%B9%E9%A3%8E&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">想和你去吹吹风</a>
53406 我想死你了
53517230 我想我已经爱上你
5360 我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="46" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%83%B3%E5%BF%B5%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">想念你</a>
5366 我想聊聊
5376 我生气了
53719 我深情依旧
53770 我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="48" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%83%B3%E4%BA%B2%E4%BA%B2&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">想亲亲</a>你
53782 我心情不好
53880 我想抱抱你
53980 我想揍扁你
540086 我是你女朋友
54033 我是你先生
5406 我是你的
5407 我是你妻
54064 我是你老师
54074 我是你妻子
54086 我是你八啦
5420 我只爱你
54335 无事想想我
543720 我是真心爱你
54430 我时时想你
5452830 无时无刻不想你
546 我输了
5460 我思念你
5490 我去找你
54920 我始终爱你
554528096我无时无刻伴你左右
555 呜呜呜
55646 我无聊死了
556520 我不能不爱你
558 午<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="56" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%8D%88%E5%AE%89&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">午安</a>
55926 我有多无聊
5620 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="25" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E5%BE%88%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我很爱你</a>
562059487 我若爱你我就是白痴
5630 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="26" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E5%BE%88%E6%83%B3%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我很想你</a>
564335 无聊时想想我
5670 我要娶你
570 我气你
57350 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="14" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E5%8F%AA%E5%9C%A8%E4%B9%8E%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我只在乎你</a>
57386 我去上班了
57410 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="11" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E5%BF%83%E5%B1%9E%E4%BA%8E%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我心属于你</a>
574839 我<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="7" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%85%B6%E5%AE%9E%E4%B8%8D%E6%83%B3%E8%B5%B0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">其实不想走</a>
57520 吾妻我爱你
576 我去了
5776 我出去了
578 补习班
58 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="54" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%99%9A%E5%AE%89&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">晚安</a>
584520 我发誓我爱你
586 我不来
587 我抱歉
5871 我不介意
592 我好饿
59240 我最爱是你
59420 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="13" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E5%B0%B1%E6%98%AF%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我就是爱你</a>
59430 我就是想你
59520 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="12" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E6%B0%B8%E8%BF%9C%E7%88%B1%E4%BD%A0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我永远爱你</a>
596 我走了
5976 我到家了
6 字部
609 到永久
6120 懒得理你
6785753 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="39" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E8%80%81%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">老地方</a><a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="17" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%B8%8D%E8%A7%81%E4%B8%8D%E6%95%A3&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">不见不散</a>
6868 溜吧!溜吧!
687 对不起
7 字部
70345 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="3" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E8%AF%B7%E4%BD%A0%E7%9B%B8%E4%BF%A1%E6%88%91&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">请你相信我</a>
706 起来吧
70626 请你留下来
706519184 请你让我依靠一辈子
7086 七零八落
7087 请<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="31" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%BD%A0%E5%88%AB%E8%B5%B0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">你别走</a>
70885 请你帮帮我
721 亲爱的
729 去喝酒
7319 天长地久
737420 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="15" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%BB%8A%E7%94%9F%E4%BB%8A%E4%B8%96&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">今生今世</a>爱你
73748096 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="15" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%BB%8A%E7%94%9F%E4%BB%8A%E4%B8%96&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">今生今世</a>伴你左右
73807 情深怕缘浅
740 气死你
7408695 其实你不了解我
745 气死我
745420 其实<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="42" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF%E7%88%B1&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">我是爱</a>你
7474074 去死去死你去死
74839 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="7" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%85%B6%E5%AE%9E%E4%B8%8D%E6%83%B3%E8%B5%B0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">其实不想走</a>
756 辛苦了
765 去跳舞
7678 吃饱了吗
770880520 亲亲你抱抱你我爱你
7731 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="27" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%BF%83%E5%BF%83%E7%9B%B8%E5%8D%B0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">心心相印</a>
7752 亲亲吾爱
775885 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="34" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%BA%B2%E4%BA%B2%E6%88%91&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">亲亲我</a>抱抱我
77543 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="8" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%8C%9C%E7%8C%9C%E6%88%91%E6%98%AF%E8%B0%81&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">猜猜我是谁</a>
77895 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="5" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E7%B4%A7%E7%B4%A7%E6%8A%B1%E7%9D%80%E6%88%91&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">紧紧抱着我</a>
786 吃饱了
7998 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="40" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%8E%BB%E8%B5%B0%E8%B5%B0&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">去走走</a>吧
8 字部
8006 不理你了
8013 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="16" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%BC%B4%E4%BD%A0%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">伴你一生</a>
8074 把你气死
8084 BABY
809 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="35" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%BF%9D%E9%BE%84%E7%90%83&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">保龄球</a>
82475 被爱是幸福
825 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="33" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%88%AB%E7%88%B1%E6%88%91&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">别爱我</a>
837 别生气
8384 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="18" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E4%B8%8D%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%8D%E5%9B%9B&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">不三不四</a>
85 帮我
85941 帮我告诉他
885 帮帮我
860 不留你
865 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="41" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%88%AB%E6%83%B9%E6%88%91&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">别惹我</a>
8716 <a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="57" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E5%85%AB%E6%A0%BC&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">八格</a><a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="51" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E8%80%B6%E9%B2%81&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">耶鲁</a>(日语<a class="inner-link decor-none" data-word="55" href="http://zhidao.baidu.com/search?word=%E6%B7%B7%E8%9B%8B&fr=qb_search_exp&ie=utf8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">混蛋</a>)
881 拜拜唉
8834760 漫漫相思只为你
886 拜拜罗</pre>
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<br />Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-4667085301706905242014-05-07T17:38:00.004+08:002014-05-07T17:39:43.128+08:00The Amazing Spiderman 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Able to squeeze two and a half hour of time to see this movie the other day and wanna share my thoughts on this movie with you all.<br />
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What I know before I went to see the movie is that the actions are good, the movie is the longest Spider-man ever, and there will be Rhino, Electro and Goblin in the movie as villains. <br />
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What I think about the movie after I saw it are:<br />
1. Andrew Garfield is better than I expected. I didn't see the reboot one of the franchise and I did like Tobey McGuire more as the Spidey, so when I know that the relatively good looking Andrew Garfield as the replacement, I'm kinda got put off to see the reboot. However, he seems to be fine as Peter Parker, though the movie has a sad part of it, he doesn't portrait Peter Parker as a loner and miserable person as Tobey did.<br />
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2. The love story between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy is actually acceptable, though I think that the death of her character in the movie doesn't hit the audience as much as it should. She is a likable character, but I don't see how she affected Peter Parker's character or decision making much either when she is alive or after she died. Peter Parker/Spider-man still act and talk the same.<br />
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3. Jamie Foxx is a waste in the movie. Seriously, I like his character better as a person before he became Electro. He really didn't do much in the movie. Electro's character is just skin deep and so one dimensional that his purpose is just to give Spider-man a run at the money in CG heavy action scene.<br />
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4. Actions are good! The swinging scene, the action scenes in the movie are all good, visually great and good use of CG/3D. There are enough or more than enough of action to entertain the audience, while the other aspects of the movies are relatively lacking.<br />
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Would I recommend people to see this movie? I would say yes, for Spider-man fan, a big 'YES'. But, don't be too excited about this movie. I just think it just try to do a bit too much and none of them (i.e. Peter's relationship with Gwen, friendship with Harry, his relationship with Aunt May, etc) are really good except the actions. Honestly, I would say Captain America 2: Winter Soldier is actually a more entertaining movie than this one. I would give a B-.Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-28500408932049087202014-05-05T14:08:00.003+08:002014-05-05T14:08:57.732+08:00About faith and belief....I read this on the net today and really wanna record and share it with others:<br />
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want to believe, defending against any and all evidence; especially when that
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ego trap: rejecting/criticizing others, for being unlike you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75;">For centuries, the “defense” of blind faith has driven
nations to war, violence, discrimination, slavery and to become the society of
automatons that we are today; and for just as long, it has been justified with
lies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you know better, act like it.</span></span></div>
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biggest danger of faith is when people believe what they want to
believe, defending against any and all evidence; especially when that
evidence revolutionizes their foundation from the ground up. And the
biggest culprit to that danger is the ego trap: rejecting/criticizing
others, for being unlike you.<br />
For centuries, the “defense” of blind faith has driven nations to
war, violence, discrimination, slavery and to become the society of
automatons that we are today; and for just as long, it has been
justified with lies. If you know better, act like it.<br />
<br /><span>Read more at <a href="http://higherperspective.com/2014/05/1500-year-old-bible-claims-jesus-christ-crucified-vatican-awe.html#1wfKeIssMcE77ppy.99" style="color: #003399;">http://higherperspective.com/2014/05/1500-year-old-bible-claims-jesus-christ-crucified-vatican-awe.html#1wfKeIssMcE77ppy.99</a></span></div>
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The
biggest danger of faith is when people believe what they want to
believe, defending against any and all evidence; especially when that
evidence revolutionizes their foundation from the ground up. And the
biggest culprit to that danger is the ego trap: rejecting/criticizing
others, for being unlike you.<br />
For centuries, the “defense” of blind faith has driven nations to
war, violence, discrimination, slavery and to become the society of
automatons that we are today; and for just as long, it has been
justified with lies. If you know better, act like it.<br />
<br /><span>Read more at <a href="http://higherperspective.com/2014/05/1500-year-old-bible-claims-jesus-christ-crucified-vatican-awe.html#1wfKeIssMcE77ppy.99" style="color: #003399;">http://higherperspective.com/2014/05/1500-year-old-bible-claims-jesus-christ-crucified-vatican-awe.html#1wfKeIssMcE77ppy.99</a></span></div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-63390914431256467192014-04-16T17:22:00.001+08:002014-04-16T17:23:24.240+08:00Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just saw the Captain America 2 – Winter Soldier the other day. Man, I heard that this movie is good and I entered the cinema with expectation. Well, I was very satisfied! For most of the Marvel movies that I saw in the last couple of years, except Thor 2 which I couldn’t make it to see in spite of the presence of the beloved Natalie Portman, I love most of them. Certainly, some are better than the others. The first Captain America movie was actually a surprise to me. I thought it would be quite boring giving the background of the movie was back in WWII, it was actually a better one than Thor. This sequel is just amazing!...<br />
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The acting by most characters is fine. Robert Redford as a villain is a given, but his presence in most scenes are still commanding. Sam Jackson the Nick Fury is still the Sam Jackson, more than enough for this character. Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow hide her physique in most of the movie, but the bigger part in the movie make her character more interesting and we even root for some romance between her and Captain America. Anyway, she is still eye candy to the viewers. Falcon and Winter Soldier characters are smaller but optimal to screen time, and they were great in action/fight scenes. Chris Evan as Captain America is nice, though his acting is still a bit wooden, but we don’t really expect too much from Captain America. However, his fight scenes are really well, particularly those against Winter Soldier. The car chase and explosions are great as well.<br />
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The good thing is that this movie is really fine to be a stand-alone movie for people who are not following the rest of Marvel movies. As the heroes and villains of these movies don’t have too much super-power, it is more ground and realistic than Avengers. Also, the story itself with the spy plot that describe the supposed to be ‘good’ agency - SHIELD into a puppet of the” Nazi” Hydra add a nice depth to the story than would be a vanilla script for simply linking showing actions to actions. I think the subtext of technology of preemptive strikes, government’s seize of personal info to making the so-called ‘New World Order’ really resonate with viewers who are sensitive to the Edward Snowden vs. NSA saga, and other conspiracy theories.<br />
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Of course, there are always ‘holes’ that we can spot on in every movie, this one is no different. E.g. why would Black Widow, Falcon and Captain America after being caught, would be put in the same vehicle which would be easily hijacked by a good SHIELD agent easily? How would Black Widow know where Nick Fury’s USB drive be put in the lending machine? How could Black Widow and Captain America would be able to reach Falcon’s home so easy when the whole country are looking for them, etc. Those are minor things that I spot, but they wouldn’t really affect my enjoyment of the movie.<br />
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I don’t know how to rank this movie against other Marvels, but for a sequel, it is definitely one of the few that is better than the first one, even for outside the superhero genre. I would give a B+ easily.
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-71094947290820051822014-04-03T16:49:00.004+08:002014-04-03T16:49:54.211+08:00How to Win Friends and Influence People <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<br />
Out of my busy schedule, I was very surprise that I could squeeze time to
finish reading this e-book:<br />
<br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How to Win Friends and Influence
People <i>by Dale Carnegie</i></b><br />
<br />
Instead of talking about how I found this book inspiring and useful, I'm
just gonna paste some extracts that I made on this book below.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i> </i></b>These are highlights that I
made while reading this book. I will certainly revisit them often in coming
days as a way of self-improvement. This is indeed a great book! Can't help but
recommending to everyone who love reading. It is not a difficult read, for mere
220+ pages, it is a great source of knowledge and wisdom that are as valid
today as back then in the 1920s. Here you go....<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. </span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Criticism is futile because it puts a person on the
defensive and usually makes him strive to justify himself.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Criticism is dangerous, because it wounds a person’s precious
pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">By criticizing, we do not make lasting changes and often
incur resentment.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The person we are going to correct and condemn will probably
justify himself or herself, and condemn us in return.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof,”
said Confucius, “when your own doorstep is unclean.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">When dealing with people, let us remember we are not dealing
with creatures of logic. We are dealing with creatures of emotion, creatures
bristling with prejudices and motivated by pride and vanity.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The secret of his success? “I will speak ill of no man,” he
said, " . . and speak all the good I know of everybody.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most
fools do.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">But it takes character and self-control to be under-standing
and forgiving.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“A great man shows his greatness,” said Carlyle, “by the way
he treats little men.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Often parents are tempted to criticize their children.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Instead of condemning people, let’s try to understand them.
Let’s try to figure out why they do what they do.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“To know all is to
forgive all.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“God himself, sir,
does not propose to judge man until the end of his days.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Why should you and I?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do
anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you
what you want.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The deepest urge in human nature is “the desire to be
important."</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving
to be appreciated.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">People sometimes became invalids in order to win sympathy
and attention, and get a feeling of importance.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“the greatest asset I
possess, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation
and encouragement.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“There is nothing else that so kills the ambitions of a
person as criticisms from superiors. I never criticize any- one. I believe in
giving a person incentive to work. So I am anxious to praise but loath to find
fault. If I like anything, I am hearty in my approbation and lavish in my
praise. “</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Sincere appreciation was one of the secrets of the first
John D. Rockefeller’s success in handling men.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">We often take our spouses so much for granted that we never
let them know we appreciate them.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I love you the way you are.’</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and
employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The difference between appreciation and flattery?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out.
One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other
universally condemned.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Now, if we stop thinking about ourselves for a while and
begin to think of the other person’s good points, we won’t have to resort to
flattery so cheap and false that it can be spotted almost before it is out of
the mouth,</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Nothing pleases children more than this kind of parental
interest and approval.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">What applies to professionals applies doubly to workers in
offices, shops and factories and our families and friends. In our interpersonal
relations we should never forget that all our associates are human beings and
hunger for appreciation. It is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Try leaving a friendly trail of little sparks of gratitude
on your daily trips. You will be surprised how they will set small flames of
friendship that will be rose beacons on your next visit.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Honest appreciation got results where criticism and ridicule
failed.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Hurting people not only does not change them, it is never
called for.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I shall pass this way but once; any good, therefore, that I
can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now.
Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Let’s cease thinking of our accomplishments, our wants.
Let’s try to figure out the other person’s good points. Then forget flattery.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Give honest, sincere appreciation. Be “hearty in your
approbation and lavish in your praise,” and people will cherish your words and
treasure them and repeat them over a lifetime - repeat them years after you
have forgotten them.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">So the only way cm earth to influence other people is to
talk about what they want and show them how to get it.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Every act you have ever performed since the day you were
born was performed because you wanted something.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">First, arouse in the other person an eager want. </span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The only way to influence people is to talk in terms of what
the other person wants.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Tomorrow you may want to persuade somebody to do something.
Before you speak, pause and ask yourself: “How can I make this person want to
do it?”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">"If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the
ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that
person’s angle as well as from your own.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">And if salespeople can show us how their services or
merchandise will help us solve our problems, they won’t need to sell us. We’ll
buy. And customers like to feel that they are buying - not being sold.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others
has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">If out of reading this book you get just one thing - an
increased tendency to think always in terms of other people’s point of view,
and see things from their angle - if you get that one thing out of this book,
it may easily prove to be one of the building blocks of your career.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">When we have a brilliant idea, instead of making others
think it is ours, why not let them cook and stir the idea themselves.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">One can win the attention and time and cooperation of even
the most sought-after people by becoming genuinely interested in them.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">If we want to make friends, let’s put ourselves out to do
things for other people - things that require time, energy, unselfishness and
thoughtfulness.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">A show of interest, as with every other principle of human
relations, must be sincere. It must pay off not only for the person showing the
interest, but for the person receiving the attention. It is a two-way
street-both parties benefit.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, “I like
you, You make me happy. I am glad to see you.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Encouragement is a much more effective teaching device than
punishment.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">People rarely succeed at anything unless they have fun doing
it.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">You must have a good time meeting people if you expect them
to have a good time meeting you.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I have stopped talking about what I want. I am now trying to
see the other person’s viewpoint. And these things have literally
revolutionized my life. I am a totally different man, a happier man, a richer
man, richer in friendships and happiness - the only things that matter much
after all.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and
feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more
direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is
not.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Every body in the world is seeking happiness - and there is
one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness
doesn’t depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or
what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">It is what you think about it. </span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds
to be.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Most people don’t remember names, for the simple reason that
they don’t take the time and energy necessary to concentrate and repeat and fix
names indelibly in their minds. They make excuses for themselves; they are too
busy.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that one of the simplest, most
obvious and most important ways of gaining good will was by remembering names
and making people feel important - yet how many of us do it?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Simple. If he didn’t
hear the name distinctly, he said, “So sorry. I didn’t get the name clearly.”
Then, if it was an unusual name, he would say, “How is it spelled?”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">During the conversation, he took the trouble to repeat the
name several times, and tried to associate it in his mind with the person’s
features, expression and general appearance.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">We should be aware of the magic contained in a name and
realize that this single item is wholly and completely owned by the person with
whom we are dealing and nobody else. The name sets the individual apart; it
makes him or her unique among all others. The information we are imparting or
the request we are making takes on a special importance when we approach the
situation with the name of the individual. From the waitress to the senior
executive, the name will work magic as we deal with others.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you is
very important.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">So if you aspire to be a good conversationalist, be an
attentive listener. To be interesting, be interested. Ask questions that other
persons will enjoy answering. Encourage them to talk about themselves and their
accomplishments.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The royal road to a person’s heart is to talk about the
things he or she treasures most.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I got the feeling that I had done something for him without
his being able to do anything whatever in return for me. That is a feeling that
flows and sings in your memory lung after the incident is past.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">will bring us countless friends and constant happiness. But
the very instant we break the law, we shall get into endless trouble. The law
is this: Always make the other person feel important.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be
appreciated.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“I’m sorry to trouble you,.. “Would you be so kind as to
----? " "Won't you please?” " Would you mind?” “Thank you” -
little courtesies like these oil the cogs of the monotonous grind of everyday
life- and, incidentally, they are the hallmark of good breeding.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Almost everyone considers himself important, very important.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The unvarnished truth is that almost all the people you meet
feel themselves superior to you in some way, and a sure way to their hearts is
to let them realize in some subtle way that you recognize their importance, and
recognize it sincerely.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“Talk to people about themselves and they will listen for
hours .”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">In a Nutshell SIX WAYS TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 1 Become genuinely interested in other people.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 2 Smile.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 3 Remember that a person’s name is to that person
the sweetest and most important sound in any language.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 4 Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk
about themselves.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 5 Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 6 Make the other person feel important-and do it
sincerely.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Come to the conclusion that there is only one way under high
heaven to get the best of an argument - and that is to avoid it .</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Buddha said: “Hatred is never ended by hatred but by
love," and a misunderstanding is never ended by an argument but by tact,
diplomacy, conciliation and a sympathetic desire to see the other person’s
viewpoint.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Distrust your first instinctive impression. Our first
natural reaction in a disagreeable situation is to be defensive. Be careful.
Keep calm and watch out for your first reaction. It may be you at your worst,
not your best.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Control your temper. Remember, you can measure the size of a
person by what makes him or her angry.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them
finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Try to build bridges of understanding. Don’t build higher
barriers of misunderstanding.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Look for areas of agreement. When you have heard your opponents
out, dwell first on the points and areas on which you agree.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say
so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce
defensiveness.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Promise to think over your opponents’ ideas and study them
carefully. And mean it. Your opponents may be right.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Thank your opponents sincerely for their interest. Anyone
who takes the time to disagree with you is interested in the same things you
are. Think of them as people who really want to help you, and you may turn your</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">opponents into friends.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Postpone action to give both sides time to think through the
problem. Suggest that a new meeting be held later that day or the next day,
when all the facts may be brought to bear. In preparation for this meeting, ask
yourself some hard questions:</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Could my opponents be right? Partly right? Is there truth or
merit in their position or argument? Is my reaction one that will relieve the
problem, or will it just relieve any frustration?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Will my reaction drive my opponents further away or draw
them closer to me? Will my reaction elevate the estimation good people have of
me? Will I win or lose?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">What price will I have to pay if I win? If I am quiet about
it, will the disagreement blow over? Is this difficult situation an opportunity
for me?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">If you are going to prove anything, don’t let anybody know
it. Do it so subtly, so adroitly, that no one will feel that you are doing it.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him to
find it within himself.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them
so.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">"I may be wrong. I frequently am. Let’s examine the
facts.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">You will never get into trouble by admitting that you may be
wrong. That will stop all argument and inspire your opponent to be just as fair
and open and broad-minded as you are. It will make him want to admit that he,
too, may be wrong.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I adopted, instead of them, ‘I conceive,’ ‘I apprehend, ’ or
‘I imagine’ a thing to be so or so, or ‘it so appears to me at present.’ </span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">"I am convinced now that nothing good is accomplished
and a lot of damage can be done if you tell a person straight out that he or
she is wrong. You only succeed in stripping that person of self-dignity and
making yourself an unwelcome part of any discussion.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Never say, "You're wrong.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I am at fault and there is absolutely no excuse for my
blunder.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">" ‘I should have been more careful,’… and you deserve
the best;</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the
courage to admit one’s errors. It not only clears the air of guilt and
defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes - and most
fools do - but it</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of
nobility and exultation to admit one’s mistakes.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">‘If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.’</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">When we are right, let’s try to win people gently and
tactfully to our way of thinking, and when we are wrong - and that will be
surprisingly often, if we are honest with ourselves - let’s admit our mistakes
quickly and with enthusiasm. Not only will that technique produce astonishing
results; but, believe it or not, it is a lot more fun, under the circumstances,
than trying to defend oneself.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The points on which we differ are few and the points on
which we agree are many, and that if we only have the patience and the candor
and the desire to get together, we will get together.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">So with men, if you would win a man to you cause, first
convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that
catches his heart; which, say what you will, is the great high road to his reason.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Friendly remarks as: “It will be for the jury to consider,”
“This may perhaps be worth thinking of,” " Here are some facts that I
trust you will not lose sight of,” or “You, with your knowledge of human
nature, will easily see the significance of these facts.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">In talking with people, don’t begin by discussing the things
on which you differ. Begin by emphasizing - and keep on emphasizing - the
things on which you agree.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Keep emphasizing, if possible, that you are both striving
for the same end and that your only difference is one of method and not of
purpose.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">It is much more profitable and much more interesting to look
at things from the other person’s viewpoint and try to get that person saying
‘yes, yes.' “</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">But don’t. It is dangerous. They won’t pay attention to you
while they still have a lot of ideas of their own crying for expression. So
listen patiently and with an open mind. Be sincere about it. Encourage them to
express their ideas fully.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want
friends, let your friends excel you.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Isn’t it wiser to make suggestions - and let the other
person think out the conclusion?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Consulting them about their wishes and desires was just the
shot in the arm they needed.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">No one likes to feel that he or she is being sold some-
thing or told to do a thing. We much prefer to feel that we are buying of our
own accord or acting on our own ideas. We like to be consulted about our
wishes, our wants, our thoughts.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I urged him to give me his ideas. This made him feel that he
was creating the designs. And he was. I didn’t have to sell him. He bought.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">They are not perfect. We know that, and we want to improve
them. So we should be deeply obligated to you if you could find time to look
them over and give us your ideas about how they can be made more serviceable to
your profession.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Remember that other people may be totally wrong. But they
don’t think so. Don’t condemn them. Any fool can do that. Try to understand
them. Only wise, tolerant, exceptional people even try to do that.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">There is a reason why the other man thinks and acts as he
does. Ferret out that reason - and you have the key to his actions, perhaps to
his personality .</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Try honestly to put yourself in his place.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Success in dealing with people depends on a sympathetic
grasp of the other persons’ viewpoint.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">"Cooperativeeness in conversation is achieved when you
show that you consider the other person’s ideas and feelings as important as
your own. Starting your conversation by giving the other person the purpose or
direction of your conversation, governing what you say by what you would want
to hear if you were the listener, and accepting his or her viewpoint will
encourage the listener to have an open mind to your ideas.” *</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Seeing things through another person’s eyes may ease
tensions when personal problems become overwhelming.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Why not pause and close your eyes and try to think the whole
thing through from another person’s point of view? Ask yourself: “Why should he
or she want to do it?” True, this will take time, but it will avoid making
enemies and will get better results - and with less friction.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I would rather walk the sidewalk in front of a person’s
office for two hours before an interview than step into that office without a
perfectly clear idea of what I was going to say and what that persob - from my
knowledge of his or her interests and motives - was likely to answer.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">"I don’t blame you one iota for feeling as you do. If I
were you I would undoubtedly feel just as you do.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Three-fourths of the people you will ever meet are hungering
and thirsting for sympathy. Give it to them, and they will love you.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I assure you that you were not one-tenth as distressed as I
am.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">‘Self-pity’ for misfortunes real or imaginary is in some
measure, practically a universal practice.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">J. Pierpont Morgan observed, in one of his analytical
interludes, that a person usually has two reasons for doing a thing: one that
sounds good and a real one.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">have taught me something about human nature , and I sized
you up in the first place as being a man of your word.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I give you my word I will accept your decision as final. I
will privilege you to move and admit to myself I’ve been wrong in my judgment.
But I still believe you’re a man of your word and will live up to your
contract.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Nothing will work in all cases - and nothing will work with
all people. If you are satisfied with the results you are now getting, why
change? If you are not satisfied, why not experiment?</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">"I want you to know I also feel this matter has been
badly mishandled. You’ve been inconvenienced and annoyed and irritated by one
of our representatives. That should never have happened. I’m sorry and, as a
representative of the company, I apologize.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">As I sat here and listened to your side of the story, I
could not help being impressed by your fairness and patience.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I am going to ask you to do something for me. It’s something
that you can do better than anyone else, something you know more about than
anyone else.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">When no information can be secured about the customer, the
only sound basis on which to proceed is to assume that he or she is sincere,
honest, truthful and willing and anxious to pay the charges, once convinced
they are correct.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Merely stating a truth isn’t enough. The truth has to be
made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">“The way to get things done,” say Schwab, “is to stimulate
competition. I do not mean in a sordid, money-getting way, but in the desire to
excel.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The one major factor that motivated people was the work
itself. If the work was exciting and interesting, the worker looked forward to
doing it and was motivated to do a good job.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">That is what every successful person loves: the game.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">The chance for self-expression. The chance to prove his or
her worth, to excel, to win. The desire to excel. The desire for a feeling of
importance.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">importance.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 12 Throw down a challenge.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I n a N u t s h e l l WIN PEOPLE TO YOUR WAY OF THINKING</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 1 The only way to get the best of an argument is
to avoid it.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 2 Show respect for the other person’s opinions.
Never say, “You’re wrong.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 3 If you are wrong, admit it quickly and
emphatically.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 4 Begin in a friendly way.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 5 Get the other person saying “yes, yes”
immediately.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 6 Let the other person do a great deal of the
talking.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 7 Let the other person feel that the idea is his
or hers.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 8 Try honestly to see things from the other
person’s point of view.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 9 Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and
desires.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 10 Appeal to the nobler motives.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 11 Dramatize your ideas.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 12 Throw down a challenge.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">It is always easier to listen to unpleasant things after we
have heard some praise of our good points.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">And by continuing the same conscientious efforts</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
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<span style="color: purple;">“You might consider this,” or “Do you think that would
work?”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">” He always gave people the opportunity to do things
themselves; he never told his assistants to do things; he let them do them, let
them learn from their mistakes.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
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<span style="color: purple;">A technique like that makes it easy for a person to correct
errors. A technique like that saves a person’s pride and gives him or her a
feeling of importance. It encourages cooperation instead of rebellion.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
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<span style="color: purple;">Asking questions not only makes an order more palatable; it
often stimulates the creativity of the persons whom you ask. People are more
likely to accept an order if they have had a part in the decision that caused
the order to be issued.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
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<span style="color: purple;">You were on the spot, but you came through with flying
colors, and we want you to know the firm is proud of you. You’ve got the stuff
- you’re going a long way, wherever you’re working. This firm believes in you,
and is rooting for you, and we don’t want you to forget it.’</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Even if we are right and the other person is definitely
wrong, we only destroy ego by causing someone to lose face. </span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">What matters is not what I think of him, but what he thinks
of himself. Hurting a man in his dignity is a crime.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
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<span style="color: purple;">Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires
the other person to keep on improving.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Singled out a specific accomplishment, rather than just
making general flattering remarks, his praise became much more meaningful to
the person to whom it was given. Everybody likes to be praised, but when praise
is specific, it comes across as sincere - not something the other person may be
saying just to make one feel good.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">We all crave appreciation and recognition, and will do
almost anything to get it. But nobody wants insincerity. Nobody wants flattery.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I realized I hadn’t given you the entire picture of our new
line, and I would appreciate some of your time to tell you about the points I
omitted. I have respected the fact that you are always willing to listen and
are big enough to change your mind when the facts warrant a change.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">I thought I’d take the time to thank you for the fine job of
x you’ve been doing. </span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Be liberal with your encouragement, make the thing seem easy
to do, let the other person know that you have faith in his ability to do it,
that he has an undeveloped flair for it - and he will practice until the dawn
comes in the window in order to excel.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">Always make the other person happy about doing the thing you
suggest.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">behavior:</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">1. Be sincere. Do not promise anything that you cannot
deliver. Forget about the benefits to yourself and concentrate on the benefits
to the other person.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">2. Know exactly what it is you want the other person to do.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">3. Be empathetic. Ask yourself what is it the other person
really wants.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">4. Consider the benefits that person will receive from doing
what you suggest.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">5. Match those benefits to the other person’s wants.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">6. When you make your request, put it in a form that will
convey to the other person the idea that he personally will benefit. We could
give a curt order like this: " John, we have customers coming in tomorrow
and I need the stockroom cleaned out. So sweep it out, put the stock in neat
piles on the shelves and polish the counter.” Or we could express the same idea
by showing John the benefits he will get from doing the task: “John, we have a
job that should be completed right away. If it is done now, we won’t be faced
with it later. I am bringing some customers in tomorrow to show our facilities.
I would like to show them the stockroom, but it is in poor shape. If you could
sweep it out, put the stock in neat piles on the shelves, and polish the
counter, it would make us look efficient and you will have done your part to
provide a good company image.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 1 Begin with praise and honest appreciation.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 2 Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 3 Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing
the other person.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 4 Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 5 Let the other person save face.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 6 Praise the slightest improvement and praise
every improvement. Be “hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.”</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 7 Give the other person a fine reputation to live
up to.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 8 Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to
correct.</span></div>
<span style="color: purple;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: purple;">PRINCIPLE 9 Make the other person happy about doing the
thing you suggest.</span></div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-41384456383593820512014-03-28T11:22:00.002+08:002014-03-28T11:22:27.901+08:00My current world views: Sino-U.S. relationship<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Unlike a lot of people that I know, I love to read foreign
news of all sorts, not just those trivial stuff or, oddities, but also serious
international issues. I started back in my teens’ days and I have always been
fascinated by all the possibilities in the world, the vastly different
cultures, and the complex cross-nations cultures and history. If I can choose
my job again, I truly don’t mind to be involved in some kind of works that
related to international relationship. Anyway, interest to read is one thing,
but more important is that based on what I’ve read, I’ve formed my own view of world
affairs, and this is what I wanna share here for some of my own views these
days. Certainly, my views are just mine, I neither can provide proof or
comprehensive support to back them up, and most importantly, they could change
as time changes. </div>
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Sino-U.S. relationship</div>
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It is one of the most important and complicated bi-lateral
relationship in this century. Unlike the US-USSR relationship during the Cold
War, the U.S. and China has commingled in many dimensions that they have lived
with each other regardless. Some people say that the Sino-U.S. relationship is
like a married couple. I would not agree such naïve comparison. Instead, I
think that U.S. is no doubt the dominant one that dictates this relationship.
Yes, China is trying to catch up in many ways, its GDP is ranked second in the
world, behind the U.S., that makes some or majority of Chinese to be so proud
of themselves and think that it is gonna be Chinese century: China is gonna
trump the U.S. down from the top soon (a decade?). China owns a lot of U.S.
debts, so Chinese owns a big piece of the U.S., the Americans would rely on
China and all that…. I just think, not so fast, those views are so superficial!</div>
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Yes, the U.S. has a lot of problems, but no matter what they
are, the strengths of the U.S. have remained very solid and there is just no
way China can match them anytime soon. Just to point out a few. The U.S. has
the most advanced technology, I would guess that would be at least 40 years
ahead of China. The superficial one or the disclosed technology gap is about 20
years, but America’s technology development is not all transparent, it doesn’t
just have the best scientists and facilities, but it has the full ecosystem to
turn those technologies into military and commercial use! In terms of
innovation, because of the freedom that the U.S. has, the experience in turning
them into practical use, and the inviting/inclusive culture to attract talents
from all over the world, American technology will stay far ahead in decades to
come. It claims that China is heavily invest in technology and growing number
of patents have been filed. That’s positive for China. But the fact is that
many Chinese scientists would like to relocate to the U.S. to work there and
not the vice versa. Also, the respect of intellectual property, the
tech-business culture in China just can’t match what the U.S. can offer.</div>
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The U.S. Military is the best in the world. Yes, the U.S.
military did and does atrocities here and there all these years, but they are
no worse than any other militaries in the world. In terms of equipment, power,
and experience, no country on earth can match them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>China has spent a lot on upgrading its military;
just put aside the possible corruption there, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it is
understood that China must spend a lot on its defense based on the fact that it
has such a long borders with so many countries and many of them are not
friendly to China with military conflicts in the past. But, how capable Chinese
military is? I seriously doubt that they are good enough to be proud by
sensible Chinese. The last major military conflict that China PLA involved was with
Vietnam back in 1979. It is 1979! 35 years ago! For a soldier of 25 years old
then, he is already 60 years old today! Old enough to retire! That means most
of Chinese armies have never been involved in actual fighting in their whole
military career. How can they match the U.S. Army basically has continuously
involved in all sorts of military conflicts all over the world in last decades?
China PLA’s equipment is already no match to those of the U.S., the number of
missiles, ICBM, aircraft, aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, satellites,
hi-tech weapons, drones, etc. More to the point, comparing to the actual combat
experiences of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>top U.S. commanders, the
foot soldiers, the intelligence, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>even the
geeks back in Colorado that fly those drones, etc., Chinese military just has no
match at any level.</div>
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Culturally, the U.S. is dominant all over the world, its powerful
media and entertainment companies export its products all over the world and
reap not only money from them, but more importantly transpose the American
value to the people all over the world, including China. I don’t see the other
way around. Not that the U.S. political system or culture is the best, but at
least the civilized transfer and balance of political power in the U.S. create
a stable political structure that support the development of the country. Its ‘proclaimed’
role of defending freedom and democracy at least fool most of the regular
folks. In fact, the openness of the society, the so-called Land of Opportunity,
and all that really appeal to most oppressed people in the world. China on the
other hand, doesn’t have any of those appeals. Confucius teaching works for
certain Eastern cultures but not all, and in reality PRC itself really doesn’t
practice any of those Confucius values, thus that wouldn’t make it a sincere
promoter of such values. Basically, money is the only appeal the PRC can use to
‘buy’ influence in the international community. That’s all! The U.S. can use
its culture, its military strength, and a bit of money to make other countries
to look up to the U.S., and China can only use some money to do that only if
the U.S. chooses to look the other way temporarily. However, if the U.S. truly
wants to compete with China on influence on any country, I would guarantee that
the U.S. will win. It is because the U.S. owns the money machines (IMF, World
Bank, BIS, Wall Street, rating agency, etc.) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and holds the biggest stick (Pentagon, NATO,
etc) in the world. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, China has NONE!
China doesn’t have any true friends in the world. The African looks up to China
because China opens its wallet and showers them with its hard-earned money.
Most other countries look up to or pay lip services to China just to make their
own money. If U.S. once turns to them and yell for obedience, they bow. Some
countries like Thailand would try to go both ways to appeal China and the U.S.
to reap the optimal benefits, but most others would simply bow Uncle Sam.
Again, China has no real friends internationally. Russia is no friend, in spite
of SCO. Even Burma is now going the U.S. way. Vietnam, so-called the communist
bro, goes the U.S. way considering the territorial dispute in South China Sea.
Even North Korea, the bad boy, would bow the U.S. if the U.S. would extend an
olive branch to them, I would think. So, what’s left for China? Pakistan?
Cambodia?</div>
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U.S. has the most sophisticated economy, U.S. dollar is the
top dog in reserves all over the world. Yes, many Chinese thinks the financial
tsunami in 2008 exposed the shortcoming of U.S. economic engine - it is a
fuck-up, corrupted, evil money machine. China wasn’t burned by it back then,
unlike Europe and Japan. So, the Chinese believed in their economic system, the
China way. But, just think about it. PRC economy is protected by the RMB, a
currency that PRC government can print as much as it wants. It is not freely
convertible or traded in the world. Europe and Japan got fucked in the crisis,
because that’s the ugly strength of the U.S. – its ability to pass it pain to
the other countries, which is something that China can’t do. On the other hand,
the U.S. economy has its strength of self-heal and problem correction. It doesn’t
mean that the U.S. economy will not be fuck-up again, just it has a toughness
to withstand impacts from the others and still can ‘pass or share’ the load of
pain to its ‘allies’. Also, U.S. and other developed economies as well are
exploiting the rest of the world (including China) to benefit their own people.
For example, U.S. has so much oil and gas reserves of its own that it continues
to squeeze the quick import from the Middle East. In 30, or 50 years of time,
once the reserves in ME are used up, then it will start to explore its own and
let the ME to go fuck themselves. China’s economic ‘miracle’ in the last 30
years is the result of self-exploitation and destruction of its own resources:
land, water, air, people, etc. The powerful ones in China turn themselves rich in
the process. Yes, many of the rest of the country have improved economic
status, they move from dirt poor to low low middle class, from illiterate to be
literate, but they achieve these by checking out the welfare of their future
generations with destruction of the environment. The government officials of
all levels are all corrupted. They make money, move their dirty money with the
spouse and children abroad, those billionaires, multi-millionaires follow. No
other country in the world would have their rich and powerful all have left or gonna
leave their country, except China or perhaps Russia. Many of them have the
destinations in the U.K., Canada, Australia, and the U.S.!</div>
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So, would there be conflict between China and the U.S. God-forbid?
Sure! But I don’t think all-out war would be an outcome because of two reasons.
First of all, Chinese military is just no match to the U.S., it is a no-win
situation for PLA, unless committing suicide is its goal, but it is the Chinese
military that we are talking about, not the Japanese, suicidal mission is not
in the gene. Secondly, since Chinese’s rich and the powerful, particularly
those in the top leadership have their money, spouse and children in the U.S.
and its allies, as we all know how powerful the NSA is and how fierce the CIA
could be, you think that China will dare to threaten the U.S. military for
real? I would imagine that there would be men in black, black SUV and helicopters
to grab the Chinese official’s spouse and children and put them in some kinds
of ‘camp’ swiftly. The bank accounts of those Chinese leaders in Swiss or BVI
will be frozen. Then, those in Beijing will have ‘facetime’ with their love
ones in chat and do whatever they are told to do. Basically, the ‘balls’ of
Chinese leaders are in American’s hand, there is no room for negotiation or
showing ‘macho’, but wimping or begging for mercy. That’s how I see it.</div>
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In fact, I would imagine there would be deals behind the
scene between the Chinese and U.S. leader that Chinese can show toughness superficially
to provide a ‘feel good’ feeling to its own naïve population, but would in fact
succumb to U.S. leadership. So, the difference between Japan and China to U.S.
is that Japan will do publicly whatever the U.S. told, and China will do that
respectively in private. </div>
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I don’t wanna burst the imagined bubble of most PRC citizen’s
inflated self-confidence of their country, but that’s just the way I see it.
China is no match to the U.S. if the current<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>state of affairs for both countries remain. </div>
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I’m flipping another page of my lifebook. Soon, I’m gonna
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Even though it is not the first time that it happens, I really
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this time and will have both tangible and intangible preparation for this new
start. When I’m looking back and ahead as well, I’m overdue to be serious. I
think preparation would build confidence, gather kick in the upward engine of
the self-fulfilling prophecy cycle. Every new start in life must be cherish,
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life that we can take two and start again. So, when we are offering such
opportunity, gotta grab it tightly and never let go. Such thing is so easy to
say, nothing new, but it would take experience to really understand the true
meaning and value of it, and really do it. I wish myself the best!</div>
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Not feeling well these days, physically I think I need to
start some workout to improve my blood circulation, perhaps, via that certain
hormone will be released to make myself feel better. Psychologically, I felt a
bit drained, work load honestly is not killing me, but the pressure and
uncertainty, and attention/effort demands from all fronts just make me feel
exhausted! So, the combination of stress on my body and mind just drive me to a
point that I have to something about it…quick!</div>
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Well, getting back to the topic that I wanna talk about:
Spritz. What is Spritz? Well, you can google or wiki it, so I’m not gonna copy
the introduction here. However, I’m actually very very excited about this
product!</div>
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As an owner of tons of ebooks, I certainly believe that my
collection is valuable, many of them are great books that I really wanna read
them, but I just can’t find time to do so. Spritz can’t help me in
time-management, but once I can squeeze time to read, which I promise myself
that I will do. Spritz perhaps will be the ‘Holy Grail’ in catching up my
readings. I love reading, but I can’t read as fast as I hope, for a book with meaning,
like some self-help books, I would probably read 50 pages in 2 hours.
Certainly, for some leisure book or novel, I may read faster, but I don’t want
to rush for the sake of finishing a book without really enjoying it. So, if
Spritz can help me to achieve both, it would be the best thing happen to me
since my purchase of the iPad. I will do a bit more research, testing it out
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Just for reference here: <a href="http://www.spritzinc.com/">http://www.spritzinc.com/</a></div>
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As one of the remembrance of the late Steve Jobs’ 59<sup>th</sup>
birthday, Tim Cook cited ‘Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.’ in
his Twitter account. Of course, that statement also has a double meaning to get
back to those who criticize Apple under his regime hasn’t release any new blockbuster
products since iPad in 2010 which Steve Jobs was still running Apple. </div>
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I think this statement actually is more meaningful than the
other one ‘Stay hungry, stay foolish’ when I read the story of the Galaxy S5
that Samsung released yesterday. That phone, along with the Gear 2, Gear Neo,
and Gear Fit, seems to me as ‘half-baked’ products that if they were made by
Apple under that statement of ‘Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it
right’, they just won’t be released! That’s it!</div>
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It’s not like that those products are bad, leveraging what
works before, i.e. S3, is understood. However, the fact is that they can do
better!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the new S5 as the
flagship phone for Samsung is not even on par with iPhone 5S, let along Apple
will have its iPhone 6 coming out in about 7 months. The only better thing
about S5 is the dust and water resistant capability that I would like to see
Apple to adopt in its future products. Other than that, most other features are
more like grimmicks to me. I would not say Apple’s products never have
grimmicks, but they are usually tagged with a killer feature and I don’t see S5
has any killer feature. I would suggest people who look down on Apple now should
go to buy its stock. Since the biggest criticism of iPhone is its screen size
and iPhone 6 will certainly address that, given the lackluster S5 in comparison
to iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 will more likely to triumph over Samsung and taking back
some market share from Samsung. On top of the higher margin of iPhone among
most smartphones, and Apple’s recent purchase of its own stocks in the market,
Apple shareholders should have a happy 2015 1Q. That’s my prediction for now.</div>
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I think Apple is right to take its time to see how the
market receives the Samsung watches and the new generation of smart wearable
from Pebbles, Fit bit, etc., before releasing iWatch. Since those companies and
products don’t come with the aura of Apple brand, and Apple has done it before
that it release market disruptive products that are not necessary new, but an
improved version that the market wants. I think iWatch will be another one. Cuz,
I think it is not just a new product per se for Apple, but it will be a carrier
of another lines of new business, be that in health and fitness, security and
identification, games and device control, payment, etc, that branched out of the
iOS eco-system, the sky is the limit.</div>
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As a side track thought, personally I really like the touch
ID feature of iPhone 5S, it makes my life easy. I use it and appreciate it much
more than Siri which I rarely use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lately, I do think of a scenario that shows the downside of the touch ID.
Friends or just people around an drunken iPhone 5S owner can actually access
his/her phone easily by simply holding his/her thumbs to unlock his/her iPhone
5S. It is actually less secure than before when a password is needed. So, I
guess<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it would be better for an iPhone
5S owner to turn off the Touch ID feature before going to drink if he or she
doesn’t want to give out whatever on his/her phone to people around him/her in
few hours. Cheers!</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-10375255784360518372014-02-25T15:08:00.000+08:002014-02-25T15:08:00.816+08:00Thoughts on few recent tech news – Facebook/Whatsapp/Samsung/Xiaomi<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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For a person who pays attention to the tech field, there are
just so much going on recently that I can’t really help but wanna share my 2
cents of thought about some news items:</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Facebook’s
acquisition of Whatsapp</b> – Well US19billion sounds like a huge amount, and
indeed it is, but some news critics are really right that it is a rich tech
company using its high price stock to make this purchase. The actual cash
portion is mere US$3billion. That’s still a lot! I don’t know whether this
purchase justifies the cost, but I think it makes sense as of now. Being an
active FB user myself, I can’t recall if I’ve ever used FB Messenger. Whatsapp
is my message app of choice and I like it very much. I don’t know how FB can
make money from me down the road, but the 450M client base is certainly
attractive. If FB can’t build its own and it can afford it, this purchase makes
sense since it instantly expands its kingdom to become dominant in mobile
communication field. Just coming in today that, Whatsapp will add feature to
allow users to make voice call in next quarter, that would make it in direct
competition with Skype and Viber. Perhaps, next phase will be video call like
Facetime, or group video conference call even. That would be very nice!
Meanwhile, I would imagine FB will imitate what Tencent is doing with WeiSin
down the road, to develop something in mobile commerce. Just stay tune.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Samsung Galaxy S5,
Gear 2, Gear Neo and Gear Fit</b> – Just announcement of these products by
Samsung doesn’t really surprise me much. The biggest selling point of S5 is the
finger print reader integration with Paypal. That would be nice and I think
Apple would do the same in near future. However, the phone itself doesn’t wow
me in its form factor, the flat back with leather feel is nice. But it seems to
me as 50% effort of only working on the back but nothing change on the front
and edge, unless Apple, HTC when they revamp their form factor, they real show
they dare to do it over. The water proof ability for S5 is nice as well, but
the grimmick thing of adding a heart-rate sensor to the phone itself is kinda
weird. I don’t wanna press my phone to my heart all the time, ever! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Android 4.4 is a given, no surprise there,
look and feel of the screen has changed a little bit. As I’m not an Android
user, can’t comment on that. The usage of Tizen on smartwatch should get Google
thinking that perhaps S6 or S7 down the road would be using Tizen rather than
Android. It is so obvious that Samsung doesn’t want to be bounded by Google. I
don’t know much about Tizen, but I think it would still need few years (if it
ever can) to catch up Android or iOS, provided that Samsung’s phones will still
being sold really well. I think it is gonna be quite interesting, if Google and
Samsung go for a split, would that benefit Apple? </div>
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The release of Gear 2 is normal, given the poor reception of
Gear 1. I still don’t know if it will do much better than Gear 1. Don’t know how
the Gear Neo will be positioned, a strip-down version of Gear 2? Gear Fit with heart-rate
sensor is surely going a head-on with iWatch. I think I would need to know a
bit more before I would think this is gonna be good or not. Certainly, its
integration with Galaxy devices would help and going for the health/fitness sector
as a start is a safe bet. Apple is thinking the same way, but I think Apple
would do a bit more as a late comer. The Gear Fit belt looks a bit cheap to me,
though it is exchangeable, it is plastic anyway! It’s my first impression of
the product. I’m not sure how that horizontal and vertical bouncing view of the
UI works with the pedometer. Would it make users to bend <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>necks to read the screens? </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Xiaomi Redmi</b> –
This phone is sold quite well in its existing market, given its price and spec
combination. However, I still don’t see it as the next Samsung or Apple as some
critics might think. Xiaomi’s sale is based on price, it means that it can’t
profit from a higher margin. Indeed, no one does except Apple. Secondly, it
uses Android. I doubt it will have its own ‘Tizen’ anytime soon. So, its neck
is holding by Google. Thirdly, everybody is trying to build its own eco-system.
Microsoft is trying, but it is a distant 3<sup>rd</sup>. Apple succeeds. Google…well,
after it sold Motorola to Lenovo, it doesn’t look like it wants to emulate
Apple to have an OS-hardware-Services ecosystem. Samsung is trying to build
one, and I doubt Google would let it succeed. So, when it comes to Xiaomi,
though they have a so-called charming CEO, I think it can only go as far as what
PRC government protective strategy would allow it to go. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It would well sell tons in China which by no
mean a huge market, but I doubt it will make a significant dent in US/Europe. </div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-60602592003021976862014-02-19T12:00:00.002+08:002014-02-19T12:00:33.974+08:00Apple and Tesla<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The reported recent meeting of Tim Cook, Elon Musk, and the
M&A chief of Apple has created a lot of whisper in the market about
possible acquisition of Tesla by Apple. With over US$150 billion in cash on
hand at Apple, a $25 billion acquisition of Tesla is not even a question financially.
However, big acquisition has never been shown as part of Apple’s DNA. So, an ‘out
of the box’ acquisition of getting into automobile industry really invites suspicion
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I think Apple is busy developing a lot of products, the
iWatch, the iTV, the iHeadphone, etc. Most of them would be more closely
related to their existing products and expertise. I’m sure iOS can be part of ‘experience’
in automobile, for back-seat infotainment, driver reference, alert,
communication of all sorts. And, the latest guess about the theme of that meeting
is about battery which would make a lot of sense as both company see battery as
the key bottleneck in the development of their products. However, if it is
really about battery, why the M&A chief was tagging along? Should that be
the CIO, product design, engineer instead? Correct me if I’m wrong that I don’t
see Tesla has a battery unit that it will be willing to sell to Apple! So, the
presence of the M&A guy is really the key puzzle that makes people
guessing! So, that US$25 billion acquisition is not really off the table as
many people might think after all….Well, I guess time will tell.</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-32616984640517046022014-02-14T17:29:00.000+08:002014-02-14T17:29:05.229+08:00‘What if…’ and Regret<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Every now and then, I would be asked by my wife about some ‘What
if’ scenarios, like:</div>
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What if we don’t have kids, our lives will be …</div>
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What if we bought an apartment after we got married, we
would be…</div>
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What if I stay where I lived before, how my life now would
be….</div>
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All these are valid questions, but I would never have good
or correct answers for them. Cuz, our lives are always moving forward, there is
no going back. Yes, there is a theory of parallel universes. i.e. there are
infinite number of universes that every choice we made would lead to different
outcomes and actually all those outcomes are moving forward somewhere else in
other universes. Coming down to earth a little bit, that reminds me the old
movie ‘Sliding Door’, about what happen to a girl who caught a particular subway
and couldn’t catch that subway on a given day, the different encounters that
led to respectively which produced drastic consequences. </div>
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To be honest, unless I had nothing to do, I rarely thought
about any ‘What if’ scenario myself, cuz they always lead to nowhere. We all
are responsible for our lives which are by no mean perfect. Many people compare
our life as a movie, and we are not only staring in it but also directing it.
However, we in fact rarely have a script and even if we do, the movie would
never turn out according to it. We don’t live like the movie ‘Truman Show’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, life has no ‘take 2’. We always go
along what we run into. Even for people with boring livelihood like myself.
There are still some important encounters and events that we didn’t really
seriously plan ahead, and did change our lives. I don’t have a good memory, but
just a few examples, like how I get my first job after graduation, how I met my
wife, just to name two. </div>
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So, thinking about those ‘what if’ would be just a waste of
time. Cuz, we can’t change anything regardless they are good or bad. That also
relates to the issue of ‘regret’. Honestly, I can’t recall any big regret in my
life. Not that I’ve a perfect life. However, as a responsible and sensible
person, I fully shoulder all the consequences of most of the major decisions
that I made. They are not the best, but they were mostly appropriated at the
time they were made. We can’t change a lot of things that happen around us, but
we can choose how we react to them. I am no saint, but I believe that I’m a
decent human being that never intentionally tries to hurt anyone. That was
probably reflected in the past decisions that I made and remember, that’s also
why I don’t have any major regret. I think that’s very important, cuz that
gives me comfort every night before I go to bed and give me reason to get up
every morning. I can’t imagine living with a big regret throughout my life. I
can imagine that would be very hard. Of course, God forbids if that happen to
me, I would have to find way(s) to deal with it. However, I would rather prefer
not to do anything that would lead to regret myself in the first place. Definitely,
I still make mistakes, but they are not serious enough to become a life-long
regret, thank God!</div>
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In the near future, I can see that there will be an important
decision to be made. I’m doing some researches to see what would be the most
reasonable choice that would perhaps lead to an optimal situation for myself
and my family. Hopefully, things would turn out ok. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fingers are crossed!</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-86207936829939375692014-02-04T15:37:00.001+08:002014-02-04T15:37:36.241+08:00Ten life lessons<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The items below are what I’ve learned recently or reminded
of what I did learn before but forgot. I hope it will be something that I would
revisit from time to time and my sons would take a look when they are older.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Don’t live in a hole</b>
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getting up, going to work, lunch, work till out of office, get home for dinner,
see family, run some errands, check online, then go to bed. Weeks in, weeks
out, this kind of life would be too comforting, predictable, routine, or manageable.
But, these kinds of daily routine for too much for too long is not good for the
brain. Simulation is important! I’m not saying to jump out of the plane or
something, but our mind need stimulation, not just one-way stimulation of
serving the web for new things, or talking to people that we talk to all the
time which would not be a challenge for us to provide acceptable response. But,
going to places and talking to people, don’t need to get too far or some total
strangers, just some old friends, or someone just we don’t talk to frequently
will provide surprises or stimulation to get us thinking. That’s important!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Self-reflection is
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one more step outside your comfort zone. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Making small mistakes are ok, otherwise, we
won’t grow and improve. A short term and small regret is actually manageable,
as long as you can get bigger return and improve in future.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Take time for
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of the others are important, but don’t do that to an extent that you don’t have
time for yourself. Cuz, only giving yourself to others for an extensive period
of time is not necessary a good thing. It is an honor to be a giver, but we do
need time to take care our own soul. It needs to relax, to heal, to rejuvenate and
to do better. A bandage is not enough to heal a wound, it takes time. Don’t over
push yourself to an extent that you would start to doubt whether you should
continue to give and to help others anymore. Give yourself a break or breaks
every now and then. Every car need and deserve a tune-up every x miles. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Take time to organize</b>
– we live a busy life with many errands to run, make use of modern technology
as tools to help us to memorize, organize, be reminded, and execute. Otherwise,
we will live with a mess. Prioritize our tasks, organize our assets in
searchable way, protect our information, keep schedule of reminders of dates
(e.g. credit card expiration, birthdays, account maturity, etc). Clean our
closet, sometimes putting on new clothes may make us happy. Of course, we
should never waste our resources, to be too materialistic, to ‘overdo’
anything. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Set some long, medium
and short term goals</b> – as I said, don’t ‘overdo’ it, but don’t be lazy
either! Life without goals is easy, because you won’t be disappointed, but it
could be a wait of time. Cuz, a goal would help you to get better, organize,
and motivate to do things, to improve ourselves. Otherwise, we would be
directionless and like a leave in the river. We would fail without knowing it,
and will never succeed, because we simply give up measuring and judging
ourselves! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s never too late to
improve and to drive ourselves. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Don’t wastes
resources</b> – we come to the earth with nothing and will leave with nothing
either. As such, material things are only important when we see them as
important. We can’t live well and happy without them, but they are not our
purpose of life. They are just tools to help us to help ourselves and others.
So, don’t give up our soul for them or lose sleep over them. Just treat them as
tools and live with them. Earn them honestly and use them wisely!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Be spiritual</b> – I recently
surprised myself for saying this, for being a rational, logical person who
value the brain more than the heart most of my life! But, our mind, spirit,
soul or whatever we call it is strong as well as weak. Being scientific and
spiritual at the same time is actually fine, there shouldn’t be any conflict.
They can and should coexist in order for us to be a smart human! 99% of the
time, we can keep both in our head in balance, just use them when it applies.
Don’t discriminate one or the other. Their co-existence in ‘harmony’ makes us
successful human. The truth and love can co-exist!</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Take care of yourself</b>
– have some frequent workout, even it is a light one, it would better than
doing nothing. Our capability is the sum of our spirit and body. We need to
take care of both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A bookworm is weak, fragile,
and unsustainable. A jock is a human ‘tool’ that would be manipulated by
others. It is not about 50-50, but about a balance that would keep both side
healthy and happy. Select our foods, have health check, listen to our body, do
some stretching, Tai Chi, Yoga, or whatever that would make us healthy. Nothing
would wish to be sick, and no sick person is a happy person. A healthy body
would give us confidence to use our intelligence, to do good to the people
around us, and to make a positive difference.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Be humble as well as
confident</b> – they are not in conflict with each other. A humble person is a
blunted weapon. A confident person is a brave and smart soldier. A blunted
weapon is blunted, but it is still a weapon. Don’t be deceived by the look, it
just looks less harmful and threatening, but it can still kill if being used by
a brave and smart soldier in battle. Life is a war, and our daily life is full
of battles, at work, at school, at home, etc. Don’t kill the innocent, protect
the weak, and we can only do that if we are not innocent nor weak! So, be
prepared and alert.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">There is always hope</b>
– as long as we believe there is. Hope and goal are different and not
self-contradict with each other. Hope is less tangible, a driver that get us ‘there’.
There are always bad things happening in the world and near us. As long as we
choose to live, we should have hope. Otherwise, our life would be meaningless
which should not be the case. The ‘half-glass full’ theory is helpful and put
us in perspective, but we shouldn’t live with it all the time. If we are in
dark, look up the firefly! If we are in heaven, help others to join us! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-14424148080539843082014-01-29T14:09:00.000+08:002014-01-29T14:09:01.806+08:00The Secret Life of Walter Mitty<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Having been in cinema since watching ‘Gravity’, I somehow
found a chance to see ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ the other day. Couldn’t
find other movies that I really wanna see and somehow this one fitted my
schedule and Ben Stiller is an actor that I like. So, I just went in without
much expectation. Well, before I saw this movie, the only thing that I know is
that this movie stars Ben Stiller and it is about a person who daydream. Since
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Since I went in without much anticipation, so I’m fine with
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I login social media sites everyday. Actually, few times a
day. It has become a habit since I start using it few years back. I think the
social media site is a great invention. It pulls people who you can rarely meet
in person together virtually, to let each other communicate through direct
message or simply viewing each other’s post. Since it is very convenient with
words, pics and video, its blossom is by no mean accidental. However, as a long
time user with many many friends on the site, I can’t help but notice that many
of my friends or acquaintances do not really post much. Well, I don’t know
their reasons, but as I also behave that way, I surely know why I don’t post
much or frequent as some active posters!</div>
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Checking other’s posting would seem to be a way to be
informed as well as relax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Reading
others let myself stay anonymous, but posting something would mean that others
would read it. Do I’ve something to say to many others often? I guess not. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do send messages to some people, but that’s
when I’ve something specific that I want to say to someone special for a
purpose. On the other hand, just telling everybody the same message is a bit
pointless unless I feel that there is a compelling reason to do so. Most of the
time for my hectic and boring life, there rarely happens. </div>
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Some people like to share their thoughts and experience with
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really see the point of telling other people all the time what restaurant I’m
in, what dishes I’m eating and where I’m is worth anything. What exactly is the
point? For some very special events either it is good or bad, like wedding,
someone passed away, meeting the Pope, or witness a crime, or something like
that, I do see that’s worth posting. Otherwise, many posts are quite frankly
pointless. I won’t criticize what others are doing, they have the freedom and
right to do so. I just don’t share that and follow myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps I may change in future, but at least
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Furthermore, with the technology that I understand these
days, whatever you said on the net is permanent recorded. That’s why we should
be very careful of what we said. Express our own emotion is acceptable. I can
say ‘Fxxk’ as many times as I want if I got really really frustrated. But, I
wouldn’t say ‘Fxxk XXXXX! Go to hell!’ either in my blog or on social media.
Cuz, a record is a record, you will never know when it may some days coming
back to haunt you, to make you to explain something that most likely you’ve
already forgot. For middle aged folk like me, I don’t think I’m going anywhere.
The impact may be less, but for young people who suppose to have a bright
future, could be the president of who know what, these kind of careless
posting<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the past may surely be dug up
by the media and be used as tool to against you. So, the bottom line is, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">don’t mine your own bombs</b>!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cuz, you may lose your job, your
relationship, or God knows what because of stupid things that you posted in the
past.</div>
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Just be careful.</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-34942347937148538172014-01-20T14:36:00.000+08:002014-01-20T14:36:25.816+08:00My early iWatch predictions (further thoughts)<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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I have further thoughts on top of my earlier <a href="http://joelchung.blogspot.hk/2013/10/my-early-iwatch-predictions.html" target="_blank">post </a>after readings
some recent posts about this alleged product.</div>
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<b>Battery </b>– As I said earlier, battery is gonna be the
make-or-break factor for this product. Cuz, no matter how good the functions
and the look of this product are, without good battery, it’s gonna be a piece
of good looking junk. So, Apple has to be creative in making the iWatch battery
last as long as possible and that would tie to my earlier comment that Apple
would be very selective in putting functions on this device, the battery drain
of those functions would probably be the deciding factor on whether they can be
available in app store for the device. Some people are talking about kinetic
charging, solar charging, remote charging with a pad or something. I think
those are reasonable predictions. But, I think Jony Ive and the his hardware team
in Apple would probably squeeze every single particle space of this device to
store power and will come up with something very creative and functional at the
same time. It might be in the belt, on the surface or something. Also, that
would charge a premium. I think a speedy charger can only be viewed as a ‘make-up’
secondary effort, cuz a lasting battery should matter much more than asking the
owner to put down the device for an hour. 24/7 on should be the goal of this
portable device.</div>
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<b>Screen </b>– there are talks in the net about what materials are
gonna be used for the screen. I can’t comment on that as it’s not what most
consumer would care, instead its weight and durability from scratch matter more.
Also, on whether the ‘bended’ screen technology would that be applied to iWatch,
I would seriously doubt that. Just because it can be done, doesn’t make it convincing
to be put in use. Bended screen could be good for a 100”screen TV to provide a
surrounded visual environment to show 3D stuff. But, on our wrist is entire
different matter. It may look cool for the first minute, but would that provide
a good UI? I doubt it. You don’t want your left wrist to make ongoing ‘key-turning’
movement in order for your eyes to see and for your right fingers in
operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, don’t forget the
glaring effect of the glass surface under sunlight or indoor light which would
produce a ‘bright white band’ of reflection on a bended screen. It would partially
block the view of the content. Does anyone aware of that? So, I would guess a
flat screen would still be applied to the 1<sup>st</sup> gen iWatch. Also, that
would drain less battery with a smaller screen and more room for battery. Last
but not the least, as I said before as well, apps really matter here. There
will be specific apps for the iWatch, but I would suspect that many 3<sup>rd</sup>
party app developers would intend to twist their current iPhone apps and put it
on the customized screen of iWatch. I’m not sure if a bended screen with weird dimension
would be more preferable and easier to work on than a flat screen. </div>
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<b>Functions </b>– I think Apple would have a separate set of SDK
for iWatch. At launch, only native apps from Apple and few selected 3<sup>rd</sup>
apps will be available. The scope of what apps will be available in future would
be different from iPhone and iPad. Cuz, unless battery technology has a
breakthrough, battery drain could well be a factor in determining either its
success or its chance to be put on the app store. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think the app for the iWatch would be a very
interesting area. As many reporters or bloggers have said, multi-sensors will
be in iWatch. Medical and health area would be the initial focus given the
money pit in the fitness craze market. Certainly, much more can be done with
the sensors. For example, besides the kinetic control of i-devices in future, providing
alert for new message on notification center on iphone and the mentioned health
check, it can be used for security. I.e. for verification of ID, tracking of
people, making SOS request, etc., that is a big market for that. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, it is all limited by the battery
power.</div>
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Final thoughts for now, as the CES this year has shown,
wearable tech is supposed to be huge in the next few years. But, I think only
few will do well. Think about currently what portable things that we take with
us: hat, bags, belt, watch, necklace, rings, glasses, earphone, ear pieces,
phone, wallet, clothes, pen for few people. That’s a lot! We don’t want to take
that many things everywhere we go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Out
of all those things, our wrist probably the prime real estate for exploration,
so iWatch can succeed just because of where we would wear it. Based on the
phone craze, many 3<sup>rd</sup> phone cases or shells were made and that’s a
billion dollar industry. I think the iWatch will create the same. Perhaps more
on the fashion accessory industry which may make special belt or gloves that
allow iWatch to be tied on, or with some special bracelet attached. Money,
money, money for sure!</div>
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Anyway, I’m not sure how much advice or ‘blessing’ that
Steve Jobs had left for this product. But this one as a new product since his
death for a world-watching new product category, everybody will watch this launch
closely. Tim Cook really doesn’t have choice of failing. So, stay tune for fall
2014.</div>
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As I said before, I’m not a ‘date’ or ‘time’ sensitive
person. I just do when I think it is about time. Currently, I’m trying to start
my ‘old engine’ for that. It’s a bit rusty, but I think I can do it. The
following are some random thoughts, don’t know where they are coming from,
perhaps heard or read it somewhere. They could be some great words that would
inspire someone who want to read it. On the other hand, they could be just
bullshit. Anyway, I’m typing these for my own brain-storming. Don’t take them
seriously unless you want to….</div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Shouldn’t keep our mind for too long in the past or dreaming
for the future, the present is all that matter! You can’t change the past and
the consequence of the past is the present. You keep thinking the past would
mostly take away your attention to deal with the bad consequence from the past
at present. That’s not good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Equally,
the future is the consequence of the present. By doing nothing, it would not
lead to what you are dreaming of. So, stay focus of the present. That’s where
CHANGE can only be made!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Think outside the box is easy to say, but how to do it when
you are living, breathing in the box! So, you need to do something to help you
think outside the box. That something means something extraordinary! Not
necessary jumping out of the plane or throwing cash on the street, it means going
to places that you normally won’t go, may be just deviate from your normal
path. Just walk slowly than usual, pay attention to things that you don’t see
normally. They may trigger your thoughts. It’s better to do that physically,
not on the web. Your senses need to be stimulated to trigger your thoughts.
Smell, touch, hear something different, the combination of them would help.
Don’t need to put yourself in danger and it could also be free, just spend an
extra half hour on a normal day may do the trick.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">It’s time to think of the ‘Half Glass Full’ theory again.
The half full would make you feel how lucky you are. Not that I mean you should
feel lucky enough to stop trying to improve, but try to be happy when you are
down. So, you can lift your spirit up to explore and try new things. Think of
life is full of opportunities. You don’t climb out of a hole if you don’t look
up. See the sky, breathe the fresh air, that would make you think differently
and start to make changes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">We need support. If you feel you are not loved or cared for,
it is because you don’t love or care the others. Start talking to people that
you haven’t talked to for a long time. Don’t be shy. If they are willing to
talk, that would be enough. If they don’t wanna talk, try next time. If they
don’t wanna talk again. It just means that’s time to move on. Thoughts can be created
by bouncing with others’. Doesn’t mean that you need to rely on others, just
talking to someone is a good thing. You will be surprised often how you feel
after you talk to someone. Sometimes, you can do certain things alone, but it
would be harder. Seeking someone for help should not be a shame. ‘Help’ that I
mean here is not really asking for something or a favor in particular. It could
really be as simple as talking to that person, so that ideas can be bounced off
from his/her thought. It is more a mind-triggering process. Seek their reaction
of your thoughts as a way to stimulate your own thinking process. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;">Self-discipline is a very tough thing to do, even for
adults. Unless our ass is on fire, we would take ‘time’ to think, to dream, to
plan, before start doing anything if ever. It is hard to push oneself, because
we don’t like to be pushed. So, nothing is done at the end and we feel that we
are useless. That’s why self- initiated split of personality would be a way to
do it. A muse or angel or devil to remind you what’s wrong with you and tell
you it’s time to xyz may be a way to go. It’s kind of like a ‘self-parenting’
approach. Think of it, we learn the most when we were kids under the iron rule
of our parents, we didn’t like it, but the results looking back are pretty
good. So, try to implement that on ourselves when we are adults can be tried.
If it doesn’t work, what is the loss? Nothing! What to do next? Try something
else! I often found this ‘self-Q&A’ helpful. So, for all the ‘you’ that I
mentioned above, that would actually be me. </span></div>
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Hopefully, nobody would think I’m a delusional person…..</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-51638670217691065722013-12-31T10:16:00.000+08:002013-12-31T10:16:11.167+08:00My Predictions for 2014<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Looking back of some older predictions that I made before,
most of them surely didn’t come true, but some did. It is not really for
another one reference, but for my leisure at a later time with a time stamp.
Here are mine for 2014 with no particular order:</div>
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<b>No iTV from Apple </b>– Apple probably has prototypes for few
years, but it won’t release this product until it can get a breakthrough from
negotiation with the content providers. I doubt Tim Cook will ever be able to
achieve that as long as he runs the company, though he is a terrific successor
of late Steve Jobs. So, no iTV for this year is for sure.</div>
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<b>iWatch will be released in 2H</b> – it will be an important
product for Apple, it will be called iWatch, though time-telling is only 1% of
its functions. Just like iPhone doesn’t treat calling as its core function. For
my further thoughts on this product, please see my earlier post.</div>
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<b>Sandra Bullock or Cate Blanche will win the best actress
at Academy Award</b> – I rarely go movie these days and Gravity is few of them that
I saw this year. Sandra is doing a great job in that movie and I’m sure she
will be nominated. I didn’t see Woody Allen’s movie, but Cate has been an
actress that I like for years. Well, this prediction is just a prediction that
won’t do no harm.</div>
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<b>Japan and China will have a minor military encounter in mid
this year </b>– with the build-up, the misunderstanding and the gung-ho of young
bloods on both sides. It’s gonna happen, though it won’t be a war but it will
surely affect the economy of both sides in a short run. Time for someone to
make money in the market.</div>
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<b>Miami Heat will go 3peat in Jun</b> – I like many other teams,
like Rocket, Pacer, Clippers, etc, but nobody gonna beat an experienced,
well-oiled, healthy, superstar-studded team with Lebron at his prime. </div>
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<b>Thai King, Fidel Castro, die</b> – with Mandela and Margaret
Thatcher gone this year, there are only few old rulers left alive, this
prediction is by no mean against the supporters of these people with utmost
respect, but people get old and heaven time does come. I don’t know if it will
come true, but famous old people die every year and 2014 won’t be an exception. </div>
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<b>Russia will extend Edward Snowden’s visa for another year</b> –
Putin has not figured out what to do with him yet, so just to annoy Obama,
Snowden will stay for another year.</div>
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<b>Brazil will win World Cup this year</b> – can’t beat a great
home team.</div>
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<b>North Korea will try to loosen its tie with China</b> – the
alternative will be approaching the U.S. and try to mimic what Pakistan or
Burma have done.</div>
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<b>Curved glass smartphones will bomb</b> – a technical
breakthrough doesn’t translate to commercial success, a simple dumb idea to
meet non-existing need. </div>
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That's all for 2013, happy new year 2014! </div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869413156063617788.post-29357933769434898062013-12-30T15:19:00.001+08:002013-12-30T15:19:28.761+08:00Making Changes<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Overall, I don’t quite like my experience in 2013, am glad
that it’s almost over. On the other hand, as I mentioned before, the numbers on
the calendar doesn’t mean a thing to me unless there is actual change being
made somewhere…starting from myself.</div>
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There are so many things that happened to me this year. Fews
are good, most of them are so so, and some of them are pretty bad. I dug holes
and I can’t get myself out easily. Certain shit happened, would those be my
faults? I don’t know but I’m taking the consequence which could last years.
Things are just not easy these days….</div>
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There are many things that I would like to do and should do,
but I’m sometimes just helpless. I think I should do better and squeeze some times
to get things done. I really need to change on many fronts: my work, finance,
parenting, relationship, habits, knowledge, health, etc. Any of those things
could take me a lot to make it better, let alone with such a list?!</div>
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For being a logical person myself, though I’m not a total
science geek, I always proud of myself for being to look at things from a
logical way and able to brush emotion away. However, this year I think I’m
getting more spiritual than before. Sometimes, I even pray when I’m alone or
before I need some psychological support, even for few seconds of it. We are
human after all, so powerful and yet weak. </div>
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If people ask me if I’m better today than a year ago, I
would definitely say ‘no’. Of course, based on the half-glass theory, I shouldn’t
look that way. But, I can’t objectively say I’m better. Of course again, it is
so easy to look at other’s bright sides and get envy. Or, it is so easy to pick
the bad things on turf and get upset about it. That’s not logical at all, but
it could be a driver to motivate myself to make things better. Turning envy and
sorrow and other negative powers to do positive things is a way to go. </div>
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I’ve been staying calm for too long and become too wooden to
make necessary change. It’s always much harder to motivate myself to make
change. But now, I can see smoke from not too farther down, I don’t want to
rush change when my ass is burned, so I better get my butt going on my schedule
on a bit more planned way. </div>
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I need help for my change, or I would say I need cooperation
to make my change successful. Surely, the help should come from my wife. Aiming
to turn her negative powers to positive use would be a great challenge, but
when it works, I will really work! It is a difficult, but worth trying. </div>
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I know what I’ve said so far are vague. This post is
actually more for myself than for others. Others would be different.</div>
Joelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08255849943446988878noreply@blogger.com0