到底要到几号才算九月底?你的话信不信得过?为什么你动作这么慢,我快被人签掉了。我没办法再帮你拖延了,为你牺牲这么多都不知道是否值得。你很让我失望,偏偏我又对你那么死心塌地,陷入这进退两难的局面。
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
好歌不停[13] Big Yellow Taxi by Counting Crows
Counting Crows 翻唱Joni Mitchell 1970年的创作,献声的还有Vanessa Carlton。听回原唱的版本,发现还是Counting Crows 翻唱的好听很多,相信不是因为先入为主的偏见。
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parkin' lot
They took all the trees, and put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parkin' lot
Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT
I don't care about spots on my apples,
Leave me the birds and the bees - please
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now, they've paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not?
Listen, late last night, I heard the screen door swing,
And a big yellow taxi took my girl away
Now don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
Hey now now, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you got till it's gone
They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Why not, they paved paradise
They put up a parking lot
Hey hey hey, paved paradise and put up a parking lot
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Hey, hey, hey
Now you wanna give it
I should wanna give it
Cuz you're givin it all away, no no
I don't wanna give it
Why you wanna give it
Why you wanna givin it all away
Cuz you're givin it all givin it all away yeah yeah
Cuz You're givin it all away hey, hey, hey
Hey, paved paradise, to put up a parking lot
la,la, la, la, la, la, la ,la ,la ,la ,la
Paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
Labels: 好歌不停
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Friday, September 19, 2008
离开是为了寻找更理想的栖息地
还没有介绍自己的新工作,我却已经辞职了。没想到我也会这么做,曾经告诉自己任何工作都要做长久一点,不要只待了两三个月就走人,让履历好看一些。我不想成为试用期未满就离开的一群,但事与愿违,有时候情况真的让人逼于无奈。
我想这是我从之前的工作经历领悟到的,如果发现工作环境与内容不符自己,就应该当机立断,避免越陷越深。于是,我做了这个决定。这份工作薪酬不错,比起之前的好太多,所以离开不是为了待遇的问题。总结这三个月的观察,我不能接受这样的作业方式和工作内容。尽管有人说我不该因此而辞职,但我知道自己的决定是对的。
我不担心找不到工作,我只在乎能不能找到自己想要的工作。我需要一个确定的方向,安定下来,全情投入。我深信Donald Trump 说的,“如果你不热爱你的工作,你永远不可能成功。”
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
红颜薄命
昨天在网上看到有中学生被绑架并惨遭撕票的传闻,由于报章未报导,不知道是不是真的。今早报章的封面新闻就刊登了该惨案,被撕票的是一名年僅16岁的女中学生,就读我毕业的中学,让人不住心寒。据知嫌犯是一批16至22岁的少年,绑架了死者后,毒手将她杀害并烧尸。凶狠的程度让人发指,尤其凶徒还是一群年纪轻轻的少年,真替他们的父母难过。
是不是因爱成恨的结果,已经没有必要揣测。唯一关注的是能不能将凶徒全部绳之以法,并将他们判刑。很担心他们会被轻判,甚至到最后不了了之。死刑似乎起不了作用,终身监禁比较有效,让其他囚犯好好调教他们。如果被轻判,他们出来后势必成为市民攻击的目标。
这世界已经够乱了,为什么同样是大马人,同样是华人,却要自相残杀,做出这种丧心病狂的事。希望身为家长的各位一定要好好管教子女,同时也要关注孩子的安全。愿死者安息。
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Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Twit
最近电视播出的白兰氏鸡精广告,由新加坡VJ Utt 担任主角。Utt 在广告中扮演节目主持人,在走进摄影棚途中迅速并准确地回答工作人员的各种疑问。其中一人就问到,"What do you call a pregnant goldfish?"
Utt 答,"A twit."
广告里的中文字幕将该答案翻译为“还是金鱼”,这题目引起了我的好奇心,怀孕的动物也需要专属名词?不过像英文这么巴贝的语文,如果真是有也不出奇。在网络上查找资料,发现这题目在网上是流传已久的fun-trivia。对于这问题,网友们做了分析,首先,"怀孕"基本上是哺乳动物专用的名词。鱼是下蛋的,体内孵有蛋的鱼称不上是怀孕,只能说是egg-laden fish.
再来,twit这个字的意思和鱼扯不上关系。翻查字典和网上字典,twit是指愚蠢的人。所以我想,根本没有怀孕的金鱼这回事。说怀孕的金鱼叫twit 是暗讽思考这题目的人愚蠢。对于twit 这字的进一步分析,可参考这里。
Labels: Random Thought
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Nephew talks - Episode 1
Interview with my 4-year-old nephew.
The kinder garden stories - Part 1
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