We walk from the past

Some nights a few months ago, we were filling our stomach with BK fries after 3-hour course, and now at the same place, about the same time, with the same hungry stomach and same fries, it's just me.

It's a fact that path diverges when time flows, as each of us actually bounds to head for own direction, and to live a unique life. Hence it is unavoidable that, in different stages of life, we walk along with different friends.

I used to view this in a slightly dim colour, in tandem with a more passive mentality about life that time. But after a while I realized that I am not going to change anything no matter how much I dwell on the past. What is past, is past. What I can do, is at present. What I can affect, is future. How I view the past actually affects my present, and thus affects my future. Hence I have to change the way I see things, especially past things.

It was sad to hear recent more suicides of NTU students again, and whenever I hear about it, somehow an image of my old friend will appear in my mind. Come to think about it, it is now close to a year since that incident. Time, really flies. Looking back, the reason still remains mysterious.

I will never understand how depressed and despair a person is when he is thinking of giving up two important assets: himself and his future. Only one thing is certain, that sufferings to him at that moment are insurmountable. And hence he chooses to escape in the way that brings greater griefs to those remain.

It's very irrational indeed. But if a person can stay rational, he won't give up hope and bury himself together with the ashes of the past. What is past, is past. What can be changed, is future. Choices, are still abundant, if we open our hearts and free ourselves from the shackles of the past.

Past, becomes a shackle if we think of going back to resume or prolong the journey. We can't do it. What is past, is past. We can't delete it, we can't hide it, we can't change it, we can't do anything about it. So why bother so much, if it is not for helping us?

We only live once, and time is the essence. Walk from the past, live at the moment, and go for the future.

求真

韶光有限 能堪多少虚情假意

真情无价 犹胜万千浮名飘利

缘

曾经我以为，他乡遇故知，是缘分；曾经我以为，相知兼同喜，是缘分；曾经我以为，半信半迷间，是缘分；结果都是襄王有心，无奈了三次。爱情无对错，错不在我，错不在她，彼此心意不同，只能叹无缘。其实，一切纯属巧合（或概率游戏），我爱的人，碰上爱我的人，就是缘分。

谋事在人，成事在天，冥冥中自有天意，谁能计较得失？

多少悲欢离合，几许长长久久。

风雨独笑纯稚，海石自证真情。

以酒会友

把酒共欢，真情几何？

风吹酒散，梦醒归家。

人生漫漫，何欲何求？

路遥日久，信谊长醇。

P/S；不懂平仄，不强求押韵，毕竟这不能吟，无需符合音律，只是喜欢古文的精简，更显力度。

察其所不安

与任何人相处，首先要了解他几时会有情绪，有怎样的情绪以及如何处理情绪，才能避免冲突，待得风平浪静时再理智对话。

撇开情绪，大部分的人还是蛮容易相处的。只是如果因为在一般情况下相处融洽，就满心欢喜而忽视上述的了解，便会在不适当的时候给予不适当的反应，导致彼此的关系起起落落，有时如糖黏豆，有时如水掺油。

我记得刚读到孔子的“视其所以，观其所由，察其所安”时，很为最后那句察其所安所折服，因为平日言行是大家都可以观察得到的，背后动机是大家都可以去揣测的，但一个人安心时喜欢做什么却没什么人去留意，尽管那些行为才贴近他的本性。

而现在，我想不仅仅察其所安重要，察其所不安更重要。至于要明白别人的情绪，则先要坦诚面对自己的情绪，才能推己及人。知己，才能知彼。我极少动怒，但一旦怒起来非常倔强，因为能够惹怒我的都不是小事，而是那些和我的主要原则矛盾对立的行为。从中学到现在，我火山爆发了六次，而且六次都是不同的对象，六种我完全不能认可的行为原则。只是动怒以后，我再也不会为同样的事情爆发，因为不是别人有所改善，就是我会降低对别人的期望（或彻底失望）。我的情绪容易被别人不明所以的不恰当行为所牵引。对人有期望，才会有失望，这是我很大的弱点。

所以，一切还是得从自身的修行做起。待得修为到家，就算别人的行为千奇百怪，别人的情绪千变万化，我也只会尝试去明白、接受和帮助，就算帮不上忙，至少也不会引起情绪连锁反应，拿别人的情绪来惩罚自己，于事无补节外生枝，何乐而为之呢？

最重要的是，察人所不安，才能进退有度收放自如，游刃于众人之间。

How true can you be?

Human is neither the perfect angel nor the perfect devil.

Be true to yourself so that you can limit your damage done on others.

Be true to yourself so that you can keep planting seeds of kindness in the society.

Be true to yourself so that you can be fair to others.

享乐

看了一篇Fabregas讲述他去年某些经历的报道，其中一句特别有意思：“生活是用来享受的，因为今天你在这，明天就可能走了。”（More and more I'm realising that life is to be enjoyed. You're here today and gone tomorrow.”）用笨蛋Krix的英文来说，就是：“Live like you are dying.”；用深奥一点的词来阐明，就是“生命无常，惜福享乐”。

但享乐是什么？是享受快乐。但我们要追求怎么样的快乐呢？这一点看起来有点因人而异，但我觉得个人应该追求长久深远的快乐。享乐可以是偶尔的纵欲；但纵欲未必是享乐，沉溺于欲望之泥潭，换不来长久的快乐。享乐可以是短暂的牺牲，先苦后甜，但不是只记得牺牲。

快乐，是自找的。只是，人生真的有那么多乐子可寻吗？不如意事，十常八九啊！亲朋离去，生命夭折，疾病贫困，种种天灾人祸，叫人心情沉重，如何乐得起来呢？的确，在这些事情上，我们难以转悲为喜，但我们却可以决定几时要走出伤痛。减少痛苦的时间，不就是增加享乐的时间了吗？生命，其实不过是如此简单的数学题，但要悟出当中道理，每个人需要不同的经历和时间。在那篇报道中，Fabregas说他以前需要三四个小时才能走出失败的挫折，现在却只需要半个小时。

我们永远无法控制情绪的到来，但我们可以控制情绪的离去，无论是用疏导、抒发还是转化的方式。我们或许不会明白各种情绪的来源和形成，毕竟有许多是进化残留下来的，但人最可贵的地方就是理性思维，只要我们善于思考，就能顺利地化情绪为力量。

人生匆匆，光阴无价，为什么不让自己有多一点快乐的时光，开开心心地走下去呢？

P/S：俗世多愚，智慧无价，有感悟性尚低，难以参透古典奥义，唯有从可信赖的智慧大师学习，当下潜心研究大前研一和教授温格的言行。

新年第二周的静思

这个星期，感觉就是有点不顺。一来身体微恙，二来钱包出血，三来奋斗路上孤独艰辛，知音不多。或许我比较怪吧，没有事时我会比较张扬，有事时我会选择沉静。我的意志并不消沉，却总觉得还少了一两个并肩作战的战友。很多事情，一旦我没有跟进，就会停住。长此下去，不是办法。或许我需要扩大社交圈子，认识更多人，才能找到更多志同道合的英雄，互相扶持共同前进吧。

路弯弯

知道的太多，尤其是知道一些不想知道的事情，其实感觉不太好；看得越清楚，越能看到不想看到的事情，其实心会不舒服。但，这就是人生吧。虚幻的面纱，总会被揭开；乱真的泡沫，总会被刺破。每一段路，有每一段的精彩和失落。前路即将转弯时，无论精彩多么难舍，失落多么真切，转了弯后回头望，其实人事早已全非。回望，徒添无谓的感伤。

宁可别人伤我，不可自己伤人。不计较，才是最大的幸福。

漏防纵恶

夜来忧烦，独自去跑步。
踏步迎风，呼吸心静处。
遥望星云，思绪尽托付。
宇宙万物，惟人世繁复。

我从来就不相信人是绝对的恶，而是可以不断改善的，所以谨记着“恕”；但我也不相信人是绝对的善，只要有作恶的空间或恶欲的诱惑，人就会犯错，所以谨记着“防”。（这是很可悲的，但却是事实，否则社会也不需要法制了。）可惜我这一次漏了。

一对母女由中介领着来看房子，顽皮的幼童趁所有大人不注意时，伸手推破了房东最心爱也是最贵的吉祥物-玉制比丘。我顿时有点慌了，致电房东询问价钱，然后和她们索取赔偿。由于那个中介和我同公司，心想她应该懂得如何处理，而且我也肯定可以通过公司找到她，所以就“放”了她们走。

没想到隔天联系那个中介时，她说她的买家一直没有回电，而她没有其他联系方式。那一刻我的心顿时凉了。完了，我亏大了。果然，在过后的几天里，一切石沉大海。没法子，只好自掏腰包补偿房东，尽管我没有让他知道真相。

当然，我可以告诉他买家玩臭逃债，让他蒙受损失，但一来他们信任我把房子交给我卖，二来东西被摔破了后他们没有给我臭脸看，我实在不愿意让他们白白损失，从而影响他们对我的信任和以后的合作关系。

所以，于己于人，我实在没有选择，怪就怪在自己错误估计买家和那个中介的关系，给了买家逃避责任的空间。但当我把厚厚的纸钞从钱包里抽出来时，我的心也在抽搐，无端端穷了几百块。从来没想过原来卖房子可以以这种方式来亏钱的，当真买了个教训。

当自己面临不公时，没有人会少喊不公；但当自己有机会为私利而逃避责任时，有多少人会勇敢承担？当自己有机会利用不公中饱私囊时，有多少人会抵御诱惑？恐怕没几个人。所以我从来不会在别人叫喊不公时觉得他们有多高尚，因为那些行为不过是条件反射。

小孩贪玩，少不懂事；大人“懂事”，迂回蛇行。在我看来，那个女孩摔破比丘不是什么大错，反而那个母亲在众人面前怒责她，转身之后却逃之夭夭，犯下了非常大的罪恶。第一项罪：虚伪。第二项罪：损坏他人物品却逃避赔偿。第三项罪：给孩子一个非常不好的逃罪示范，以后恐怕影响了她一生的正直。长远来看，第三项罪才是对社会带来最坏影响的。

我不知道，但我希望她不要在痛责女孩保存自己面子过后还洋洋得意地和女儿说自己如何“化险为夷”。如果那女儿天性乖巧以后叫她如何抬得起头做人？如果那女儿天性稍差叫她如何不入歧途？

大多数人害怕承担责任，只想做戏了事，却没想到其实危机就是机会。若你肯仔细想一想，这个其实是教育孩子的黄金机会。如果那个母亲能够勇敢地替女儿谢罪并且立即赔偿，再回家教导女儿为人之道：“人谁无过，过而能改，善莫大焉”，难道不是美事？可惜啊可惜。某些父母总是不明白以身作则才是教导，否则就是虚伪。

也可惜我因疏漏而纵容了这次恶，而只好以自亏来亡羊补牢，避免增加社会中彼此的不信任，希望算是小善吧。一念之差，就少了两个月的伙食费啊，唉。

善养浩然正气，问心少愧，足矣。

感伤毕。但愿祸福相倚。但愿明天会更好。

My jigsaw. My Life.

When I was young, I liked putting jigsaw puzzles back together, spending few days sitting on the ground puzzling about puzzles. I dare not say I was expert in it but I simply enjoyed the feeling of "putting the pieces together" to form back the magnificent scenery and beautiful landscape. After finishing it, I would glue it on a manila board and pass to my mother to frame it and hang on the wall.

I remember I once finished a 2000-piece puzzle with such a magnificent picture: A little wood house with layers of bright and yellowish flowers smiling to welcome the arrival of summer, with the background of snowy mountains where ices were starting to melt. Actually, it wasn't really a "finished" article. After long hours of "puzzling", there was one piece of snow jigsaw missing. So unfortunate. I had been finding it for days, searching every corner in the room and just couldn't find that one small piece. I finally gave up.

The missing space would be very obvious if the puzzle were to be displayed on the wall, but I would be very pity if the puzzle were not to be displayed after spending enormous efforts. Hence I filled in the space by creating a jigsaw piece from hard manila card, cutting it into the shape that can fit and painting it with water colours. Of course it wasn't a magnificent piece but from distance one could hardly tell the difference.

The story didn't end there. Few years later, in the midst of relocating fittings in my room and rearranging my stuffs, I have spotted a piece of puzzle on the ground. I took it, looked at the wall picture and realized:"a-ha, it's you!". After few years of silence, out of nowhere the missing piece reappeared. Time certainly is a magician but since the puzzle had been glued, there was no way for the piece to be put together. It has lost its function and became purely sentimental. So I kept it separately for my memory.

Those days of putting puzzles were gone, but patience and crave to classify pieces developed from it still remain. Sometimes I wonder, life is just like jigsaw puzzles, both of them are about the satisfaction of putting the pieces together. We are given so many different jigsaws and it's entirely up to us to decide how to put it together. Putting it nicely, it becomes scenery; putting it badly, it becomes disaster.

The only difference is, jigsaw puzzles' width and length are predetermined by others; but life's width and length are determined by us. There will always be missing pieces, but there will always be extra space as well. For me, I just want to collect more and more pieces and putting them together to form a larger and more beautiful picture.

Read and Learn

You are what you read,
but if you only read what you want to see,
you are still what you are,
regardless of how much do you read,
because you read but do not learn,
just like you hear but do not listen.

- Thoughts after reading so-called book reviews.

信任转移

大约两三年前，读了一本关于老千的书，里面提到算命最常用的招术是：“千、隆、问、屈”。简单来说就是通过说中你的过去赢取你的信任，从而侃侃而谈你未来的命。但仔细想一想，为什么知道你的过去就可以算出你的未来呢？没有必然关系。

但那时的我还没有“信任转移”这个概念，直到最近看书多了，慢慢发觉到，很多论证都是从强而有力的论点A开始，让你觉得头头是道，过后“顺其自然地”过渡到结论B。中间的必然联系呢？一笔带过。而作为读者的我们，很容易地因为相信论点A的确凿，而爱屋及乌地去相信结论B。

为什么信任会如此容易地被转移呢？疑惑中。

Information book and Internet

I saw this book when I walked around in Popular and I laughed. Investopedia? This has been the site I frequented most for last two months. So I flipped through the book and saw contents that I used to see online, with a obvious difference: one is priced, the other is free. Of course I cannot fault investopedia for its smart move by publishing book to capture larger market, but standing from a view point of a smart consumer, this book is just not for me. Why pay for something that I can obtain somewhere else for free? Somemore reading online is more flexible and easier to search.

This highlights another difference, albeit a more subtle one: passive reading vs active reading. By buying a book, you read whatever that are included inside, limited by space and cost. By reading online, you expose yourself to a sea of knowledge, limitless and borderless. You are free to flip to any page, free to flow to any site, free to find any information that is relevant. You can find different references to understand a concept, you can find different angles when analyzing an issue. It's all up to you. The reading experience is actually (because you may have not realized it) and definitely more fun and stimulating.

But what has been lacking in internet is the creditibility of the contents. So you need time to find trustable sites with trustable contents. Whereas for books, once published out, their contents would be circulated among public and cannot be withdrew back (domain can disappear overnight). So they have to be credible (to a certain extent). And hence book has its strength to offer knowledge since the first important criteria is credibility.

However, this kind of informational book (like encyclopedia of what, what and what, 1000 whatever things that you must have, and etc) would die out in the coming decades, because providing information is no longer book's strength. Internet with vast storage, great searchability and amazing linkaility can do a much better job with ease.

P/S: As a smart customer, I notice that NLB has a great collection of books that include even some of the recent books, and hence whenever I want to buy a book, I first check online catalogue of NLB using i-phone. And most of the time, I feel glad that I have done so, because I avoid unnecessary spending. If everyone do like me, maybe the publisher will bankrupt; but I am sure that not everyone would do like me, just as not everyone reads.

So why bother? Just choose my way. :)

Collection of past Facebook status updates

I think since having i-phone that can access internet 24-7, I had posted quite a lot of my thinking on Facebook. These flashes of thoughts are not long enough to become blog articles, but yet are important for me at the time of expressing them out. Hence I have decided to compile them here for future reference, with additional notes.

2010-01-02:

I wonder how people construct logic to rationalize things without first checking for missing links. When even science is based on hypothesis, it seems inexplicable to see why people sometime are so adamant with their superficial logics. Affection with their creation, perhaps.

[Thought developed from opinions from some football fans, suggesting tones of 'logical' answers regarding the situation, of which actually contradicts with the true answer: the missing information. However, this phenomenon can be observed everywhere. How often do we quickly believe something just because they sound logical and outline a simple causal relationship where in reality events have more than one cause?

One of the most vivid examples that I could link from my past readings is this: Since now everyone use cell phone and it has becomes a necessity, it's good to buy stocks of cell-phone companies like Nokia. Sure earnings. It sounds logical, isn't it? This opinion overlooks many major issues, for example the effect of supply and demand. Even demand is always there, if the market is oversupply due to stiff competitions, do you think most of the companies still grow and earn? In fact, a lot of mature industries have entered the market of oversupply.]

2009-11-29:

I will disrupt my healthy lifestyle for the final few days of 2009 for deep reflections in quiet midnight.

2009-11-28:

I believe that before you talk about theory of scarcity you have to realize the scarcity of time first.

[Economics build on the theory of scarcity and one example used is the scarcity of time. Though this is easily understood but how many do actually realize the importance of it?]

2009-11-28:

I wonder why I encounter economics so late...

[I wonder why Malaysia's education doesn't teach economics. It is such an interesting topic that involves everybody's life especially in the era of globalization and highly sophisticated market. The first encounter was in university's first year and I scored an A for that economics 101. But I never discover that I have a deep interest in this field until I have come out to work, start having some doubts on how the society is revolving and found clarifications in books of economics. I think now I have a better understanding of this sentence: "The economic base of production determines the superstructure of a society".]

2009-11-23:

牵动着每个人的，始终是梦想与现实的差距。逃避、反抗、忍受、创造、妥协、擦边、背叛、醒悟。。。有多少情绪随着时间发酵，又有多少抉择能耐岁月风化。

[现实和理想，永恒的挣扎。]

2009-11-23:

Partial truth is not truth. Correlation based on linking of partial truths is mere coincidence or sophisticate manipulation.

[The more I read, the more I know. And the more I know, the more different angle I could see regarding a correlation analyzed by others. When you need to sell to mass, your idea needs to be simple and powerful. However, this doesn't guarantee the truth of the correlation. Yes, what make up the correlation are facts, but by purposely neglecting the black swans, the so-called correlation is nothing more than a sophisticate manipulation. This is especially true for complex topics. Only the coverage of alternative view will complete the whole picture of arguments. ]

2009-11-18:

Three ways to get happiness: help a person, solve a problem, or make a thing happens. It is threefold if all is done in one act.

[I have never stopped wondering what sources of happiness are, and I did conclude few factors in two separate articles written during university time. But at present stage, I am more inclined to think that the three factors mentioned are the most important.]

2009-11-18:

Cooking book vs book cooking: ordinary people vs extraordinary scam

[All the while I know what a cooking book is but I have never heard of book cooking (or cook the books). It just forms such a big contrast between the conscience of ordinary people and the integrity of big fishes.]

2009-11-15:

Sometimes support brings motivation; sometimes expectation exerts pressure; only calmness can bind the forces together and yields great results. Time and again, I have been reminded that:"Life is a marathon, not a sprint." The moral behind the story of the race of the rabbit and the tortoise becomes so impelling now. Only continuity matters.

[Calmness is needed to convert emotions into energies properly. Only through that can emotional roller coasters be avoided and continuity of efforts be assured.]

2009-11-13:

The time will come.

[I was following my manager to see how he brought buyer to see house. After the whole process, the seller's side agent gave me a little tap on my shoulder and said this to me. As usual, there are millions types of people around the people. Good people are not divided by field or industry, not identifiable by looks, but scattered around and sparks a resonance when they meet. ]

2009-11-13:

When disciple of discipline meet wizard of wisdom…

[Discipline needs direction too.]

2009-11-13:

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour.

[It's a quote by Vince Lombardi. I think this is especially true. Whether you have found your direction or not, you need to have the hunger for excellence. With that, even without a direction, some people may eventually still achieve success if luck favors them.]

2009-11-13:

Where decision matters in split second is where learning is hard and slow.

[Leaning something new is always slow because of the need to build a solid foundation. Perhaps exponential growth is only possible with a long period of slow but thorough and accurate learning. Genius, of course, is an obvious exception.]

2009-11-13:

Don't let others control destiny and define luxury. Happiness can be very simple.

[Influential ads have directly or indirectly defined what happiness is by defining what level of quality products you need to consume. Though you did get happiness by doing so, it doesn't mean that this is the only way. Luxurious lifestyle is just one possible way of quality time.]

2009-11-13:

祸兮福之所倚，福兮祸之所伏，生活中有太多的晴天霹雳，需要坦荡荡的心灵去面对。多一份不必要的虚伪，等于多埋一个待引爆的炸弹。

[有时候虚伪是必要的，但无论作出什么虚伪都会有代价。不必要的虚伪，就注定了长远利益的双输。]

2009-11-05:

Final day before the final adventure, nothing will be certain but what I could rely on are my discipline and meticulousness.

[I learnt this word meticulousness from my colleague, and when I went back home to check its meaning, I have found a word that best describes one of my strength when I do things that I want to do. This doesn't come without cost of slight procrastination, though the link is not necessary at all. This bad habit needs to be killed.]

2009-11-04:

If I can see and link, life is just as real as any movie, drama, soap, circus, arena, novel, story, history, saying, fable, games, comics and so on - as all of them roots from reality. They are just as real.

[Imagination and sheer curiosity could link puzzles that are scattered and form a bigger picture.]

2009-11-03:

Life is a mystery. When you start asking questions, you get different answers; when you stop asking questions, you get no answer. Either way, there is no one simple answer. Is it a merry-go-round?

[About question of life, I think everyone had asked or will ask. We may never get a simple answer, but is getting a simple answer really the answer? Isn't life borne out of diversity and complexity? We may never get a simple answer, but if we fed up and stop asking questions, are we still passenger inside or passerby outside of our life train?]

2009-11-01:

We compare ourselves against both lesser and greater so that we feel proud but yet not complacent.

[There is an old saying of Chinese idiom: "Comparing against better ones and thus we are inferior; comparing against worse ones and thus we are superior" that conveys the importance of passive contentment. But somehow I think there is a greater meaning for using different targets for comparison: to strike a balance between pride and complacency. By comparing ourselves against the better ones, we develop fear and are stimulated to improve ourselves; by comparing ourselves against the worse ones, we shield ourselves from being overrun by fear and build up self confidence. The same mentality can be applied to comparing different scenarios to strike a balance between overly optimistic and overly pessimistic.]

2009-10-31:

The one that has no fear to rise to the occasion can do much better given a chance to "create" occasion.

2009-10-31:

知音易尋，淡志難明，花開花凋落，無人賞。

[世有伯乐，然后有千里马。千里马常有，而伯乐不常有。]

2009-10-29:

剑散刀乱，意逝琴挥，弹笑千里间，各奔往。

[所有的味道，都是由时间酝酿出来的。]

2009-10-23:

Disobedience is what keeps my fire; madness is what makes me normal.

[Being totally conformed is being totally deformed. Perhaps we all keep a certain degree of disobedience and madness under mask and let it revealed only when the time is right.]

2009-10-22:

风暴将息，坠翔的日子开始倒数，但等待着的，却是更变幻莫测的风向。克服对无定的恐惧，不过是第一关；而最终迎来的，也未必是阳光……但，这就是抉择。

2009-10-21:

Swinging between struggling and rotting, so rarely are we in perfect balance.

[That just illustrates how tough it is when time is running out and how ineffective are we when time is abundant.]

2009-10-18:

And hence one road diverges into two, and perhaps more...in the journey of decentralization.

[I think I am going towards the direction of decentralization and becoming generalist.]

2009-10-16:

Is it a norm that minority group has always been marginalised? The majority may not be tyrannical, but being negligent is enough to form this norm.

[It is sad. But perhaps it is unrealistic for people in majority group to step out of their comfort zone and be less ignorant. If you don't help yourself, no one else can help you.]

2009-10-11:

Tough call made. Tough sail ahead. Tough game everywhere.

2009-10-08:

决定追寻更广阔的天空，飞翔坠空够惊险，此去无路我来开。今曰事今曰完，明日事谁人知？

2009-10-07:

You can have the best of each path but you could only choose one to walk.

[Road diverges, time doesn't.]

2009-10-04:

If life is only worth few fantasies, why are we creating so much trouble for ourselves...

[Only if fantasies are free lunches.]

2009-10-02:

In the end, some fakers have noblest souls as they need different masks to deal with dynamic difficulties; while some moralists have excellence exteriors as they can't contradicts themselves with complicated realities. No one can really tell and perhaps that's why life is so fun. It's gaming world.

[World of masks.]

2009-10-01:

If intelligence, like coin, have two sides...then one side is vision, another side is caution.

[Vision is the front windshield, caution is the rearview mirror.]

2009-10-01:

与时间比赛奔跑时，想要喘气，和时间一同滞留时，渴望飞翔。。。我们总是倾向于不知足，但这样的不知足，是那么地自然，也并非什么错，而是对生活平衡的憧憬。能化一切于安宁，是莫大的幸福。

[知足不是一种平衡，适时的知足和不知足才是平衡。]

2009-09-30:

总是在冒险的荒野才会发现意外的彩虹。。。

[回酬和风险。]

2009-09-29:

There isn't a need to plan if there will not be execution. Planning is meant to make things happen accordingly and smoothly. Unless we are able to act reflexively and yet correctly upon sudden turn of events, if not we need to plan. Anticipation and flexibility work best in pair...perhaps.

[We anticipate whatever we can to reduce risk, whatever we can't, we have to rely on flexibility.]

2009-09-28:

The road ahead would be the roughest and toughest but I shall not regret. Life is no turning back once a decision has been made. Even the worst anticipated outcome would be a blessing in disguise. It's either being courageous or coward...for life is also like investment, risks and returns are often correlated.

2009-09-25:

Life stage is quantized...need concentration and concentrated efforts to break through higher state, or else would always fall back to the same old state, regardless of endurance period spent.

2009-09-22:

Melody of the September: Change is good. What you expect to be difficult has always been magnified by inertia and fear while the experience and excitement are the real flowers that blossom.

2009-09-18:

Good intuition comes from astute observations, poor intuition comes from pure imaginations

[Even abstract arts comes from reality, it's just different transformation, interpretation or representation.]

2009-09-17:

即使是现实的生活，也是介于半梦半醒之间.

2009-09-14:

Sometimes filtering noise for few minutes requires much more energy than working for long hours. And guess who make those noises? Those who talk the walk.

[Noise making is a necessary survival skill for someone without authentic skills to impress.]

2009-09-10:

这世界就是这样，有些人什么都不管，做东西乱乱来，反而落得"两袖清风"：无事干；有些人想认真做点东西，反倒成了"多管闲事"的贱人。

[人的世界最复杂。]

2009-09-08:

太极，年轻人学不来。有些人学了无用武之地，都拿去办公室实践了。

[这不是办公室政治，这是办公室武术。]

2009-09-06:

生活是一段又一段的起跑、加速、超越、喘气、暂歇、望梅、冲刺和结束。

[跑慈善短跑过后对生活的联想。]

2009-09-04:

The path that you think less people has taken, may be a false notion when you really walk along it, but it doesn't really matter, as long as the path is new and unexplored to you, you will find discoveries that would be useful and meet surprises that become memorable.

[Life is not about others, but yourself; life is not about journeys, but discoveries.]

2009-08-10:

The quality of education really matters for long...the power of empowerment and enlightening is simply unmatched by any other forces, and yet most of time it is treated as a materialistic gateway, to success, to glory, to pride...which are all secondary to characteristics.

[Skills can be valued, enlightenment is priceless.]