FW: 瑚說百道：滿足感

"...對感情困惑的朋友不要為喜歡的人找理由，若對方不找她，只因為他對她沒有興趣，沒時間，完全是最敷衍的理由。"

~梁佩瑚

A note from my 1st MBA Prof

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"if you feel you are losing your passion, remember how you begin." ~Chris Chan

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a couple things about my 1st MBA professor - Dr. Chris Chan (I figure it's probably a better idea to write this BEFORE taking his exam next Monday!) LOL:

1. he LOVES sending email AFTER MIDNIGHT - seeing his email in the mailbox is actually SCARY - esp. the one that he sent on a SAT / early Sunday morning for a "casual case discussion" due Monday *really Orz!!!!!*
2. he's a financial guy - although, he has a PhD in Accounting, and this spse to be an Acct class - he spent less than HALF of his lecture time on accounting - turns out we're all doing researches on Repo 105, Delta vs SG airline cases, not to mention, the EXCITING GUCCI case (i'm actually PROUD (?) that i don't have any GUCCI thing - am just NOT into (and can afford!) those luxury brands LOL
3. one of his many quotes in class about accounting: "we all can hire some book-keeper to do the entries (but doesn't mean u don't need to know about it in the exam)".. Orz @_@''
4. he's a fashion guy - gucci shoes, burberry jeans, etc etc XDDDD (again, i don't know much about LUXURY brands) :P
5. one of his favorite answer "it depends" XDDD
6. he loves starbucks (we got extra pt for that!) hahaahahha
7. I've never seen any class that so eager to earn extra credits by class participation - and our favorite quote to Chris "is that a pt?" LOL
8. he's a typical blow water king *LOL* but he actually got the patient to led you (or me at least) to think out of the box - i can't recall any of my undergraduate professors had SUCCESSFULLY "teach" me that - it's not about mechanically how to think and do some calculations according to some rules (trained as an engineer...) - it's more about the "perspective" you take is so different - u never think u're sorely an engineer, or the purchasing manager, but u may just be an external consultant some times...
9. and last but not least, he sure can write tear bombs email :~)

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Date: Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 1:31 AM
Subj: A Note

Hi everyone,

Thank you for staying late with me this evening. I want to congratulate all of you for completing your first MBA course (regardless of the exam) and for doing a very good job overall in your presentations. Not only on the cases, I can see and feel how much you put yourself into this course, working hard, wanting to learn, and do better. You may not know, as a teacher, watching you is a reward.

Some may say - good things don't last. Well, in your second year, maybe, if you feel you are losing your passion, remember how you begin.

After leaving the town center tonight I realized I had just finished teaching my last MBA class for HKU. I never thought I would have the privilege to do this for 11 years. Did not make me rich, but I know I am privileged.

Many times I feel I have lost my passion, then I remember my 11 years ago.

Thank you for giving me that opportunity. Good night.

Chris

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I know I have been whinning too much in the last month, and before reaching SECOND year actually feel so discouraged and feel like losing my passion (multiple times!), yet I'll remember how I began, it's not easy, but at least, I do feel encouraged after my very first course in my MBA - thanks and feel blessed to have such a great professor to begin the journey with. I hate the fact that Cornell SG steal him from HKU, yet i fully understand why he's "stolen" and glad he can further advance in his future :)

and now time to go back and study for the exam!!! XD

所有的節日禮品，不在乎味道，是在乎心意。。。

Agree w/ 陳俊偉 that the mooncake is all about "在乎心意". Although, of course, in some sense it's very 一廂情願 for me to think that it's "sweet"...

今年中秋並沒有什麼特別嘅安排，除了因為要在課室中渡過外（咩學校嚟 ga，中秋都要上堂上到 9 點幾，仲未計放學後要傾 project。。。傾傾傾傾到成十一點幾先返家。。。), So anyway, 今年就連最"行貨"嘅 BBQ / Hot Pot 等活動諗都無諗過安排 - 真的是太忙了~~

只望多了一天不用上班可 catch up 一下功課 Orz...

Well actually it wasn't really THAT bad. Turned out last Friday I got all the ready-to-make Icy Mooncake ingredients and try my FIRST ICY MOONCAKE EVER - it was a blast and just to fool around here and there. And thanks for Yekini to come and help out *LOL*

Although someone said he got stomach ache after eating TWO of them (my friend of course la, how can you eat so much at one time ga!! 諗返都真係覺得幾搞笑！) hahaha... luckily someone's mom who happened to eat at the same time don't have any problems jae...

都係果句，係食果個人嘅問題囉，同我 D 冰皮月餅完全無關！。。。 XDDDD

hehehe j/k... at least he isn't too sick or anything like that... XD

I still haven't eat the traditional one this year, hopefully to have some when i got home tonite - well, i mean AFTER tutorial Orz... Well anyway, happy mid-autumn festival~~ (although it's way past it!) XD LOL... and hopefully next year i got someone to share the mooncakes - together...

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低等生活：錯過中秋節

由於近三星期都在海外工作，不少事情皆要遙控處理，包括電郵、訊息、信件、包裹，還有月餅──是的，月餅是需要「處理」的。

執筆之時，尚未到中秋節，但已經肯定要在歐洲度過月圓之夜。月餅卻打從四星期前開始陸續送來，有些拜託朋友接收，有些索性推掉，以免月餅留在負責收件的商務中心封塵再發霉。部分酒店改作寄出月餅換領券，要領取歡迎之至，沒空提貨便省卻浪費。

月餅，像所有的節日禮品，不在乎味道，是在乎心意。收到一盒月餅，就知道某人仍然記得我，在一個貨如輪轉、人來人去的集體失憶城市，能夠被記得是一件不錯的事。偶爾從數年未有合作的朋友處得到月餅，更帶「有朋自遠方來」的驚喜。所以，對我來說，是雙黃蓮蓉或金華火腿五仁冰皮豆茸或朱古力雪糕餡都無所謂。當然啦，若果是某某老牌酒店中菜廳的迷你曲奇皮奶黃月餅，就更好。

中秋不在港，間中無可避免，畢竟中秋節不是Global節日，而且並非是很壞的事。某年在澳洲阿得萊德度中秋，我和新加坡記者為隆重其事，跑到唐人街購買「單頭」月餅一個，在當地某著名餐廳晚飯後拿出來，像生日蛋糕般切成多份，配上澳洲甜酒當甜品享用。同枱的澳洲導遊是「月餅處女」，品嘗過後十分喜歡，覺得可媲美芝士餅或焦糖布甸。換個角度，原來月餅可打入西方甜品Menu。

旅遊飲食寫作人
陳俊偉

FW: 亂打主意：你說怎麼辦？

說得也對，究竟是為甚麼，是為甚麼????????

亂打主意：你說怎麼辦？

有人的地方就有故事，香港很多人，所以香港理應有很多故事。可是，香港的故事，總像人生，總是重複又重複。

像電台節目，每次有些人打電話到電台，談到感情問題，說：「我覺得我認識了一個男生，後來發現他已經有女朋友。我覺得心很痛，打電話給他又沒有人聽，我應該如何做？」

打電話到電台，是想尋求答案。電台主持們，也許不想再說甚麼。反正這種人，已經中了一種毒，是長年來Ｋ歌給他們的毒。Ｋ歌的毒性，無色無味無臭，毒性之強，是潛伏期久。你在MP3聽，在Ｋ房唱，慢慢就發現，有一些人認為戀愛需要錐心刺骨，像神經痛，才是真正的戀愛。他們忘記了也許他們唱過「苦戀不一定浪漫，不必欺騙人」，只記得需要時就拿「喜歡你讓我下沉，喜歡你讓我哭」出來，認為所有戀愛，不是痛愛就不是愛。

電台主持露出了他們的晚孃臉和表情，說：「又是『明知他不會為你留下，但是仍然很愛他』那些事？」聽眾答道：「都不是的，但是……」之後就支支吾吾，繼續痛愛下去。

如果這個世界有神，神給人最大的玩笑，就是要你愛人，而且要只愛一個人。在手機加網絡的時代，人人出軌易如反掌，不，不用反掌，只在彈指之間就可以了，我們辛辛苦苦追逐，結果統統不會好過。為的，究竟是甚麼，是甚麼？

讀\說書人

健吾

原來係咁。。。。

只好說聲 "哦。。。"

Orz...

這麼近，那麼遠。。。

School started for the 3rd wk - i.e. half way through the first accounting course. Yet life in the last 2 wks felt like years... so much have changed...

went lunch w/ mom and rest of the so-called family last sat - i was upset (or i should say i AM still) as I need at least TWO WEEKS in advance for setting an "appt time" with her - and someone could just jam in and ask "if you don't mind" - er.. actually i really DO mind. I have very limited time slot (that can sync w/ mom!) and mom just suggested others to join.

FINE

Well, turn out it got even worse was that THE WHOLE LUNCH they were just talking about STOCKs and STOCKs and STOCKs!

If i know earlier i won't even bother to join. That is so sad, i don't get anything to talk to them anymore. I don't know what'd happened. but it just happened.

but of course, they talk in a daily basis (about stocks and stuffs)... can't beat that. :(

Was thinking to make it up and trying to ask mom to make moon-cake together - but she's so occupied from Friday to Sunday. She's having Friday dinner w/ some "FRIENDS" whom she's having dinner EVERY SAT (and since she has to go to another wedding dinner she reschedule that dinner to Friday) - but i mean, eat 1 wk less together will die?! Then the excuse queen said sth like "oh, it's so trouble to make it (moon cake), need to mix many different type of flours and need SIX hrs to prepare... I have some coupons for hagadaz ice-cream moon cake, do you want it instead?"

That is NOT the point. You know? I maybe really childish, but she really thinks that I just want to eat and can't buy that myself? I know i was really rude to hung up but i don't understand why she didn't get the point!!!

其實可能只是自己後知後覺，maybe she felt the same from my side a long time back so she just gave up and don't bother anymore. 只可說，一 D 已經再沒有 priority 嘅人／事永遠都會變得麻煩，無必要。。。

I was thinking if i've time to make the mooncake i may give her some, i just want her to understand, it's not that i don't know how to make it by myself...

so distant.... and that's all i have to say about that (don't have much left anyway)...

From the social circle pt of view, seems like most of the "updated" news I got for ppl around me nowadays is from facebook - yeh, i know i probably shouldn't spent as much time there anymore but on the other side other than cooking & doing laundry FB is like THE ONLY thing i do more than twice a wk that is NOT related to school (including dining out w/ friends!). @_@ Say that I'm spoil, say that it's just another excuse, but it definite release some stress out :P

So, while others may not update a few times like i do on FB (LOL), there's 2 updates particular caught my eyes which makes me really feel "這麼近，那麼遠。。。"

Oh well, again, life goes on, as Kara's quote on FB (well, although i really don't know her well at all), but this is very true:

"選擇能增進快樂和正能量的記憶內容，放棄越想越累的不快歷史，不重溫，不重演，回憶可以很美好"

Memory can stay.. but looking ahead is more important... i see clouds ahead, yet I also understand it's the only direction to go from here...

FW: 我恒我訴：手中的照片 劉偉恒

Totally agree - and although i'm using digital for a long time, still like to print out prints (probably TOO MUCH) :)

我恒我訴：手中的照片

聚會時大夥兒拍了幾張大合照，細心的好友特地把照片沖曬出來，分發給每位相中人。拿着照片，仔細欣賞，覺得很感動。自從進入數碼相機時代後，已很少親手收到照片，在場的年輕友人更說：「從來不會有人曬相給我。」

還記得菲林相機的年代嗎？那時相機沒有「液晶體顯示屏」，拍了照，要等到拿菲林去沖曬，才看到拍了甚麼。所以，每一次接過「新鮮出爐」的照片時，總是非常興奮和期待，但有時候又會立即變成悲喜交集：照片中的自己剛剛合上了眼；難得和偶像合照，弟弟竟然手震，令照片「Out of focus」；人人口黑面黑，原來大家都「背光」。雖然瑕疵是少不免，但鏡頭忠實地紀錄了歷史—畢竟，遺憾本來就是現實不可或缺的一部分。拿着相片，我們總是愛不釋手，翻看再翻看，甚至即場揀選最愛的一幅去曬免費的「8R」。那三十六張相片，的確比如今那「4 GB」記憶卡內三千張數碼照片，珍貴得多。

想起最近一個十分感人的MV—日本女歌手Juju主唱的《Hello，again》，故事中的老先生，望着舊照，憶起老伴，重溫某年某日某一刻，當時的心動、喜悅，全部湧上心頭。照片便有這種功能，縱然它已泛黃了，有點模糊不清，隱約見到一兩滴的淚痕，印着兩人的指模，還被蟲侵蝕了一小角，我們都不會介意，因為它們都是歲月留下的痕迹，是框框以外的故事，亦是照片最寶貴之處。而這些，都是不能透過屏幕顯示出來的，更不是單憑在Facebook按一下Tag便可保存的回憶。

導演及電台主持

劉偉恒

FW: 瑚說百道：不應理智

我比較幸運（or not?），不是"人"的問題，只是 timing i suppose, Glad class diverts attention a lot (still have hard time catching up w/ survive basics like EAT and SLEEP) but qty of 不理智事 is "improving"

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聽到女人回覆了久不久才找她一次的男人的電話，我馬上說一些看不起她的話，再聽到她跟他約好見面，我想只是差一點我便要鄙視我的好朋友了。

為甚麼要這麼偏激？因為以種種迹象看，我、女人和圈子內的朋友都認為男人的目標異性不止女人一個，他甚至沒想過會定下來，長期周旋在不同的女人堆當中，像是他很享受的事，比如說，星期一跟A約會，星期二是B，星期三是C……

如果這樣的猜想是對的，男人應該同一時間在跟五個或更多的異性約會，而女人應該是其中的一個吧！

身為女人的好朋友，我又怎忍心看見她被這樣的一個壞男人愚弄？女人坦言知道男人不是好貨，但她亦坦承她控制不了要跟他見面的欲望，所以有很多事是明知的，她也答應赴約。說到這裏，我還能說甚麼？只好嘆句我比她理智，沒想過她竟反過來教訓我說：「人生其實有很多事，是不應理智的。」就是這樣的一句話，令我反覆思考了整個晚上了。

理智有甚麼不好？理智不就是可以避免很多無聊的傷害嗎？有很多事明明已擺在眼前，難道還要戴上一副面具裝作不知嗎？活在自欺欺人的生活中，即使能間中跟心儀的人見面，又會感到快樂嗎？我不知道。

糊塗人

梁佩瑚