tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-94580362024-03-16T09:09:33.078+08:00tas journalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-11446867664214425682012-10-10T16:28:00.000+08:002012-10-10T16:28:00.827+08:00イケてるノート<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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久しぶりの投稿。<br />
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いろいろあって、今年8月に前職を退職し、起業。</div>
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ERPの事業を構築していくつもりなのだけど、縁あって友人のブランドの日本市場進出をお手伝い。</div>
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突貫で、こんなウェブサイトを準備しました。</div>
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<a href="http://www.jadecodesign-jp.com/">www.jadecodesign-jp.com</a>(ジャデコの贈りもの)</div>
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彼ら、モノとしてはとても良い物を作っています。</div>
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デザインと製品の作りこみにかける思い入れは素晴らしいものがある。</div>
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僕も名入りのノート愛用してます。<br />
モノにはそれほど愛着わかない方だけれど、コレはイイ。</div>
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イベント用のギフトとして、一押しです。<br />
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なんて、ちょっ宣伝でした。<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-547338963601241842012-01-29T12:28:00.000+08:002012-01-29T12:28:30.797+08:00思考する組織をつくるために当たり前と思われる話<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div>最近よく思っていること。<br />
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何かのアウトプットをだすには、まずベースとなる情報やノウハウが必要で、それに加えて目指すカタチにおとしこむための思考力(「目指すカタチ」を定義する力含めて)が必要。どちらかかけていると、所定の時間内でまともなアウトプットは出せない。<br />
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<ol style="text-align: left;"><li>情報・ノウハウが欠けていると、調べごとをするのに時間がかかる</li>
<li>思考力が欠けていると、求められる結果が出せない(すでにあるものの焼きまししかできない)</li>
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組織としては、#1への対策として情報共有のための仕組みを構築すべきで、#2については、いくらかはトレーニング等で鍛えられるのだろうが、大きくは人の資質に依存するため、思考力やパフォーマンスを適正に評価する仕組みが必要だろう。<br />
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この二つは並列に対応すべきというものでもなくて、#1に対応できていないと#2の対応も困難だ。<br />
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</div><blockquote class="tr_bq">情報やノウハウは、属人的には「専門性」といえるだろう。一般的にはこれがないと仕事にならないとされる前提条件的なものだ。就職活動のときに専門性がないと書類審査で落とされてしまうのはそういうことだ。 </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">一方思考力は、状況によるが、これがなくても全く仕事ができないということにはならないケースが多い。どんな職場にもルーチンワークというのはあり、そこでは情報やノウハウさえあれば思考力はさして求められない。 </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">よって、組織内で情報・ノウハウはあるが思考力がない人と、思考力はないが情報・ノウハウがない人がいた場合、前者の方が重宝されることになりがちだ。80%のアウトプットを2日かけて出す人より、50%のアウトプットでも1日で出せる人の方が、そこだけ見ると生産性が高いから。</blockquote><br />
なので、#1ができていない組織は、そもそも#2の対応をとるための土俵に立てないということになる。むしろ#2の対応をとることは、これまで情報・ノウハウを盾に組織内での地位を築いてきた自分のやりかた(#1ができていない組織では「そこに長くいる人」が必然的に評価されて組織の方針を決めるようなポジションに置かれることになる)の否定と同義なので、対応したくないという力学が働く。<br />
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まずは#1への対応をとり専門性や特殊性への敷居を低くした上で、#2の対応をとるための土壌を作っていくというアプローチがよいのだろう。<br />
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これができない組織(とくに「プロフェッショナル」なサービス提供してるところ)は長くは続かないと思う。思考力を持った個人が残らなくなってしまうから。事業環境がよいときには問題ないかもしれないが、一旦悪くなると自己変革により状況を打開する力が期待できない。</div><br />
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当たり前のことだと思うが、できていない組織は結構ありそう。特に昔からある日系企業は程度の差はあれ殆どがそうなのだろう。<br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">When I scanned the first few pages of the 10-some books I just tore apart, it showed the error message "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">A </span><em style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">double paper-feed has occurred</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">. Please check the document and the scanned image on the display and scan the document again</span>" even though there was clearly no double paper feed at all. After a several attempts which all resulted in the same message, I did everything that I could think of - turned off and on the scanner, cleaned inside the scanner, rebooted PC and etc. but nothing worked.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div>So I went to Canon's <a href="http://cweb.canon.jp/drv-upd/dr/drc125cot23.html">website</a> and downloaded the latest version (Ver2.3) of the CaptureOnTouch application to install. After some more struggle on some stupid reason, this re-installation of the software did the trick and I could scan pages no problem.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Above mentioned another struggle - after re-installing the application, I thought there was a new option in the PDF setting screen, which was to let you choose whether to make the document compatible with PDF/A format. Naturally I selected this option thinking it wouldn't do any harm, which actually turned out to have been kind of a mistake - it limited the subsequent OCR language options and there was no Japanese (I was scanning Japanese books).</div><div><br />
</div><div>I thought updating the CaptureOnTouch software caused this problem so I again removed the software and then re-installed the original version, which didn't solve the problem until I deselected the PDF/A compatibility option (well, it wasn't a new feature for V2.3). It only took me about three hours to sort all these out... The scanner has been working fine.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Just thought there might be someone who is facing the same problem.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>国際政治という抽象的な世界で人間と人間の関係がものを言うという、ごく当たり前な事実。「いかにシステム化するか」ということに普段エネルギーを割いている自分にとって、新鮮に感じた。</div><div><br />
</div><div>僕らは普段自分の影響力が及ばないレベルの大局を考えない。多くの場合、誰かが敷いたレールを所与のものとして、その上を走っているだけだ。</div><div><br />
</div><div>そして、レールを敷く作業には膨大な量の調査や綿密な計画、どろくさい根回しが必要だということや、良し悪しは別としてやっていることが違法行為を構成する可能性があるということも実感として理解できないでいたりする。</div><div><br />
</div><div>情報の非対称性、元来の使命感の違いなどから、一般大衆には国益を追う人の行動がわかりにくいものになるケースも出てくる(多くの場合わかりにくくて当たり前なのかもしれない)。ポピュリズムを背景とする国策捜査の対象となることが「運が悪い」といのは本当にそのとおりなのだろう。</div><div><br />
</div><div>これは僕らにとっても完全に他人事といえることでもなくて、もっと小規模なカタチで自分の身の周りにも起こりうるし、実際に起こっている。そういう経験を通して僕らは葛藤もするし、徐々に小ぢんまりと自分の身を守ることを覚えていく。</div><div><br />
</div><div>本書には、被告人、弁護士、検察、政治家、外交官、商社マン、死刑囚など、さまざまな帽子をかぶった人がさまざまな葛藤を抱えて登場する。本書が読みふけってしまうほど面白い理由の一つには、こういった人間模様に否応なしに共感し引き込まれるということもあるのだろう。</div><div><br />
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</div><div>余談だが、本書に登場する弁護士で知人を弁護した人がいたので、人の繋がりとは奇異だなと感じた次第。</div><div><br />
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In Japanese it means something like "no problem", but in Chinese it means a big man. Chinese is quite literal in this one.<br /><br />She also asked me about what 馬鹿 (baka) meant in Japanese. She said she saw the word when she was playing a Gundam video game which came from Japan. This word doesn't exist in Chinese in the sense we Japanese use, which is "stupid." I thought there had been some history to it as to why those characters were used, but as I searched on the internet, it seems it's just another case of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateji">ateji</a>.<br /><br />Anyway, back to the topic of 快樂 and 快楽, the former is mostly used in expressing the joy of festivity in the Chinese culture, but in Japanese the original meaning has very much faded and it means indulging kind of physical pleasure (thus sexual pleasure most of the time), which is apparent when you do the image search by the word. Then I wonder what the equivalent of Japanese 快楽 is in Chinese.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-48112583479231133572009-08-24T17:37:00.003+08:002009-08-24T17:46:07.581+08:00shugiin senkyoOne disadvantage with not reporting your moving out of the country is that you cannot vote through overseas absentee ballot. I overlooked this point before leaving Japan. I will do the paper work next time I'm back in Kyushu.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-51773092378039015272009-07-19T04:19:00.001+08:002009-07-19T04:19:42.276+08:00wee hour in shinjuku<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouWTjUzWctoAEJZYeCCLabpHJBpfoSnr5ZcCPn_1GVpPjIZWITAU2xK7dWLeN55UX4Um3embqR7qO8A5MtxYVLyky-bB2ZnrUftWLxm6f6vF5pGUifHNXrNI4FM8dK7jblNTZHA/s1600-h/image-upload-199-781247.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouWTjUzWctoAEJZYeCCLabpHJBpfoSnr5ZcCPn_1GVpPjIZWITAU2xK7dWLeN55UX4Um3embqR7qO8A5MtxYVLyky-bB2ZnrUftWLxm6f6vF5pGUifHNXrNI4FM8dK7jblNTZHA/s320/image-upload-199-781247.jpg"/></a><br /><span>Demian yawning in the back. Everyone had a good time at Kev's wedding.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-41656005164561270762009-07-13T13:16:00.001+08:002009-07-13T13:16:46.712+08:00pampered?<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtN_xPIFpoCvskNJImcgyPcT7yWEMcskakBCmPP2HTzb0CiO9KzKKSvOhgpAR1ptuqM1XGqDKsnT3YHX7wr2jDX3qYEJ9ejFjzxxGXyxjDIUEL37jPeFsjzE-iMTIsFVcD6fLxkw/s1600-h/image-upload-148-705785.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtN_xPIFpoCvskNJImcgyPcT7yWEMcskakBCmPP2HTzb0CiO9KzKKSvOhgpAR1ptuqM1XGqDKsnT3YHX7wr2jDX3qYEJ9ejFjzxxGXyxjDIUEL37jPeFsjzE-iMTIsFVcD6fLxkw/s320/image-upload-148-705785.jpg"/></a><br /><span>I think it's rather an abuse. I hope there is no toxic substances in the ink.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-69245651566093244352009-07-10T21:54:00.004+08:002009-07-10T22:43:51.566+08:00ニュースに対する感想<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hONCp6rR92bH7lG-dJWhWT5TCijSQWnbMSZDByBzcyZJzB5DkKK-h07IooU7RPolkLy_GRw8lyNa7B6Lh7RNHJBxg04NvRYuYUtIn5yJ_OeuWStut23w1MIo5XB83h2sP3U55A/s1600-h/WS000002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hONCp6rR92bH7lG-dJWhWT5TCijSQWnbMSZDByBzcyZJzB5DkKK-h07IooU7RPolkLy_GRw8lyNa7B6Lh7RNHJBxg04NvRYuYUtIn5yJ_OeuWStut23w1MIo5XB83h2sP3U55A/s320/WS000002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356830305274757154" border="0" /></a>人民網の各記事の末尾で、「このニュースに対する感想」が選択できるようになっているのだが、趣旨がとても意味不明。<br /><br /><ul><li>一つの記事にも複数の事実・ポイントがあるが、回答したところでどの部分に対するものか不明</li><li>一つしか選択できない</li><li>集計結果をもとにランキング表示したりということもないし、集計結果の表示すらない</li></ul><br />1年ほど前に一時期、記事にコメントが書き込めるようになっており、そのときは「おお!(珍しい)」と思ったのだが、(案の定)荒れまくったため(だと思う)、数日間で閉鎖されていた。多分その代わりに、当たり障りのない感想を形だけでも選択できるようにしたということだと思うが、これはあまりに中途半端でないか。ということを1年くらい思ってるので、ちょっと書いてみた。<br /><img src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/%E3%82%88%E3%81%97/%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%97/WS000002.JPG" alt="" />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-74585368076867743662009-07-04T22:33:00.001+08:002009-07-04T22:33:32.868+08:00啱啱開始落大雨<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCkdpzIjiUBhy-sYnyqNiR6WifCcpaFT8Cs0cHgJMGQxDzfyxSz1XMfUFTt_bNPI2UlYdpJevEuuIBJVazmWF2h6y_yseHF6rqWOj1dpG_0ZKsq_nuytv986wHEXYpXpd_JU6Dw/s1600-h/image-upload-354-711541.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZCkdpzIjiUBhy-sYnyqNiR6WifCcpaFT8Cs0cHgJMGQxDzfyxSz1XMfUFTt_bNPI2UlYdpJevEuuIBJVazmWF2h6y_yseHF6rqWOj1dpG_0ZKsq_nuytv986wHEXYpXpd_JU6Dw/s320/image-upload-354-711541.jpg"/></a><br /><span>Hong Kong weather is totally fickle around this time of the year.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-76895851356019391572009-07-02T22:50:00.001+08:002009-07-02T22:50:11.015+08:00hype<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTQwQ4hvHgvF0IkzAyrWOmFBKwWkvTZD5NIKCnUTf06YkbDqHfUtQHxhtBKqsH7QLXhlc5lICqMR0Iu-x5czEC89L37uoaHf3D6KwMaNsTh9yeL8aUB6alM2b-1G1Cz3oXWRYyA/s1600-h/image-upload-209-709602.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTQwQ4hvHgvF0IkzAyrWOmFBKwWkvTZD5NIKCnUTf06YkbDqHfUtQHxhtBKqsH7QLXhlc5lICqMR0Iu-x5czEC89L37uoaHf3D6KwMaNsTh9yeL8aUB6alM2b-1G1Cz3oXWRYyA/s320/image-upload-209-709602.jpg"/></a><br /><span>"The cats were going to be delivered to Guangdong to go into a local soup called 'tiger versus dragon', which is made with snake and cat".</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-64003542979793889082009-07-02T19:22:00.001+08:002009-07-02T19:22:30.446+08:00before sunset<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GsMQK-7ef4zowoq_lANoRWOaWDOpXe0M2Bwr-wwfVbsv1ebrAW4JDh3fG28EGpk5tZZzpHUzSrT3RkZQw6z6tmC7t6T6V89nVJT0sjFsDlW_JCxufHWR3Cg4-vdcoMWvojdKhg/s1600-h/image-upload-201-749468.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GsMQK-7ef4zowoq_lANoRWOaWDOpXe0M2Bwr-wwfVbsv1ebrAW4JDh3fG28EGpk5tZZzpHUzSrT3RkZQw6z6tmC7t6T6V89nVJT0sjFsDlW_JCxufHWR3Cg4-vdcoMWvojdKhg/s320/image-upload-201-749468.jpg"/></a><br /><span>Surprisingly I'm leaving the office.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-87181118836231472152009-06-28T02:31:00.001+08:002009-06-28T02:31:28.737+08:00this month<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnTOQQIgbWJ-1e_oUSsID0hRWZng5IW1FZs7lDiIjo6JKoNoMCgFdd_1txilWExfy7vEgVHB94s6D_nT7g34EBQXPQDQJFCaVJKqu15BuddqOLsiNZILsTUOEYgJvttbN5aLJyA/s1600-h/image-upload-116-786711.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUnTOQQIgbWJ-1e_oUSsID0hRWZng5IW1FZs7lDiIjo6JKoNoMCgFdd_1txilWExfy7vEgVHB94s6D_nT7g34EBQXPQDQJFCaVJKqu15BuddqOLsiNZILsTUOEYgJvttbN5aLJyA/s320/image-upload-116-786711.jpg"/></a><br /><span>A good friend of mine has lost his mother, and another good friend has lost her father. I am powerless in this situation.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-70105848269524261152009-06-28T02:03:00.001+08:002009-06-28T02:03:57.997+08:00how clean?<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1VqYALITy9KdlcRVhBSrnXWmBbA9d8xcyaqbi0Ipb3xr50-UgvBZAJ92zmVK9OgMfHu_n7J5n7SCjvBYvRV26cjlezmPFlr6AIqjB_v2v0igA4pNjQabX_Ja513bALSfi8PyjA/s1600-h/image-upload-78-736851.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1VqYALITy9KdlcRVhBSrnXWmBbA9d8xcyaqbi0Ipb3xr50-UgvBZAJ92zmVK9OgMfHu_n7J5n7SCjvBYvRV26cjlezmPFlr6AIqjB_v2v0igA4pNjQabX_Ja513bALSfi8PyjA/s320/image-upload-78-736851.jpg"/></a><br /><span>I didn't see a single roach while I was in Singapore. It was rather surprising coming from somewhere where I encounter 20 of them (dead and alive) everyday in the street. Is that how clean they actually are.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-70348221632254582902009-06-28T01:57:00.001+08:002009-06-28T01:57:02.284+08:00orange clay pot looking things<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuA28-McuZuZzfJpzGnTaxQh-tZONNIOhUhRhCiFBug57Y-Rbxl3FwShKokOIdGuYz-WJzqEy-ljtXBeFWmgS2eRVyS2_f7YuOpDnAHjcMLkSi0Q4H7RQaNfbszJwE7nKerzRCg/s1600-h/image-upload-45-721477.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuA28-McuZuZzfJpzGnTaxQh-tZONNIOhUhRhCiFBug57Y-Rbxl3FwShKokOIdGuYz-WJzqEy-ljtXBeFWmgS2eRVyS2_f7YuOpDnAHjcMLkSi0Q4H7RQaNfbszJwE7nKerzRCg/s320/image-upload-45-721477.jpg"/></a><br /><span>Does anyone know what those clay pot looking things are for on top of the chimney? I saw many of those in London.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-58217130084297059762009-06-16T13:11:00.001+08:002009-06-16T13:11:28.636+08:00funny swiss people<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxnYYNAfYd5Z3_hc1CLZhXPPD42NQv-z13c0qW-URJBHhmD5XAf1gDUprYxkTB_hfrELev_qH6596YcvLWBOFOY1odTfAeOzeq-Ymf2Mwu6vTUz_WfGy5ebBy51cjRyJfgU73Ew/s1600-h/image-upload-57-787697.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxnYYNAfYd5Z3_hc1CLZhXPPD42NQv-z13c0qW-URJBHhmD5XAf1gDUprYxkTB_hfrELev_qH6596YcvLWBOFOY1odTfAeOzeq-Ymf2Mwu6vTUz_WfGy5ebBy51cjRyJfgU73Ew/s320/image-upload-57-787697.jpg"/></a><br /><span/><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-34720767629719128592009-06-10T20:10:00.001+08:002009-06-10T20:10:48.867+08:00well planned ad<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGskmia8M1pPtA_xr7WdGyUbjiP47tCoWxFk9vSLJE2k1qJ8l-5aFM269kOYNuR3mpu5EuPFEla2YFklWfACQSIBiBNMqasca9TkFlOK09W8NU8ZwwI2iQHKUa65OmCG9ca2LGSw/s1600-h/image-upload-419-747909.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGskmia8M1pPtA_xr7WdGyUbjiP47tCoWxFk9vSLJE2k1qJ8l-5aFM269kOYNuR3mpu5EuPFEla2YFklWfACQSIBiBNMqasca9TkFlOK09W8NU8ZwwI2iQHKUa65OmCG9ca2LGSw/s320/image-upload-419-747909.jpg"/></a><br /><span>By Rolex. I wonder if Nadal had the same watch.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-54449828809273922412009-06-06T21:44:00.001+08:002009-06-06T21:44:04.340+08:006.4<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqyZCzfEfxNWXp1w2rUN15qRmzfOOD2QuWyKOjoXjqwzHTuk47mRv854TAqYqPatTv5B3xgYWniUimJ_zLnCBXtVAVkq1W2yRcwkiJLpy7ycA-_Lmvt0uBbB9nVPvygiDRxWwqw/s1600-h/image-upload-217-743688.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqyZCzfEfxNWXp1w2rUN15qRmzfOOD2QuWyKOjoXjqwzHTuk47mRv854TAqYqPatTv5B3xgYWniUimJ_zLnCBXtVAVkq1W2yRcwkiJLpy7ycA-_Lmvt0uBbB9nVPvygiDRxWwqw/s320/image-upload-217-743688.jpg"/></a><br /><span>It was almost funny there was no mentioning of Tiananmen in the People's Daily Headline on the same day.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-18159816555682514592009-05-28T09:05:00.001+08:002009-05-28T09:05:10.967+08:00funny british people<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcoEDqp01AoiEda7HOuZ48fFnvKKb95oJtadQLahM9wIWw0X4NsBE1UeVEa5i6e9uYJlWKnQs7iKIa9tmtvseBdH6lueXWzV_5mqMzc6e0djic_zTboPhuEJMPj4U9Or8BLG-_cA/s1600-h/image-upload-4-710155.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcoEDqp01AoiEda7HOuZ48fFnvKKb95oJtadQLahM9wIWw0X4NsBE1UeVEa5i6e9uYJlWKnQs7iKIa9tmtvseBdH6lueXWzV_5mqMzc6e0djic_zTboPhuEJMPj4U9Or8BLG-_cA/s320/image-upload-4-710155.jpg"/></a><br /><span>They do funny things sometimes.</span><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-77471156611938345912009-04-11T15:11:00.002+08:002009-04-11T16:01:37.922+08:00us household debtSome info from an SCMP article.<br /><ul><li>Household debt of the US has reached 100 per cent of country's annual GDP in 2007 = USD13.8 trillion.</li><li>To get back to the historical mean level of 75 per cent, amount of USD2.5 trillion needs to be reduced.</li><li>In case a third (USD1.1 trillion) is to be written off, banks and insurance companies do not have enough capital and they need to be nationalized.</li><li>If the remaining portion (USD2.4 trillion, 17% of annual GDP) is to be repaid through future income, the government needs to incur equal amount of decicit to make up for it.</li></ul>Future of the US economy looks quite gloomy and it seems like there is no way but the USD will devalue in the mid-long term, which is probably not good for my financial situation either.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-84711094384349150202009-04-10T07:39:00.004+08:002009-04-12T11:23:24.145+08:00nchiku for mandarin studyYes, it is more than a dictionary. Too bad I didn't know about this website until recently.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nciku.com/">nciku</a><br /><br />Below are some features that I think are good:<br /><ul><li>Shows results from a few diffrent dictionaries with sentence examples.</li><li>You can listen to most of the sentence examples.</li><li>Words and phrases looked up are instantly added to the Vocab List.</li><li>You can take tests (Learning Definitions, Learning Words, Dictation, and Writing), out of which I particularly find Dictation and Writing useful to me.</li><li>Automatically records the result of the test to help visualize your study progress.</li></ul><br /><br />My Madarin laoshi told me that my grammer and pronounciation are ok, but my vocabulary should be expanded. I think this webtool can certainly help this purpose. So below will be my study procedure.<br /><br /><ol><li>Listen and study Chinesepod skits.</li><li>Lookup unfamiliar words in nciku.</li><li>Randomely review nciku Vocab List in a frequent cycle.</li><li>Put Chinesepod skits in iPod and listen and listen and listen.</li></ol><br />I wish there were things equivelant for Cantonese. As online tools are quite limited for the language, I just study in an old-fashioned way - read printed text books. I wonder if the market for Cantonese is too small for developers to focus on.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-18371393736858340922009-04-09T00:31:00.002+08:002009-04-09T00:45:57.528+08:00tram stake soldA French company has purchased 50% of the tram stake. Their intention seems to be to gain some experience in Hong Kong before going into the mainland market where they plan to provide urban rail services. I wonder if anything will be changed under their management. I don't ride trams very often but I like how they haven't changed for a long time.<br /><br />Some facts from newspaper:<br />Tram company's earnings in 2007 was HKD10 mil while in 2008 HKD30 mil.<br /><br />The surge is from advertisement. I was wondering how they made profit when they charge only HKD2(?) a customer (it's not that a thousand people can ride a tram at the same time), but yes, they are now full of advertisements on the outside.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-66504689164691625642009-02-22T08:50:00.003+08:002009-02-22T09:26:46.096+08:00federal reserve movieFinally had the time to watch the YouTube clips Alicia sent me more than a month ago. It was quite informative and it made me immediately turn off the tv I had idly on.<br /><h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dmPchuXIXQ"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">Zeitgeist - The Movie: Federal Reserve (Part 1 of 5)</span></span></a></h1><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBZne09Gf5A"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">Zeitgeist - The Movie: Federal Reserve (Part 2 of 5)</span></span></a> <h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjUrib_Gh0Y"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">Zeitgeist - The Movie: Federal Reserve (Part 3 of 5)</span></span></a></h1> <h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BVNN1wqw3k"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">Zeitgeist - The Movie: Federal Reserve (Part 4 of 5)</span></span></a></h1> <h1 style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPPFgHF9VR4"><span style="font-size:100%;">Zeitgeist - The Movie: Federal Reserve (Part 5 of 5)<br /><br /></span></a></h1>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458036.post-55679855677427922182009-02-16T21:56:00.002+08:002009-02-16T22:15:08.878+08:00an interesting entry今日読んだ記事で一番面白かった。<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tez.com/blog/archives/001301.html">「タメグチ」的ガバナンスの歴史</a> (isologue)<br /><br /><br />きっと細かく見るとつっこみどころもたくさんあるんでしょうが、ここまで考察できるのはすごいなと感心しきり。人口密度と意思決定の仕組みの関連にはなるほどと思いました。Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470665573703929519noreply@blogger.com0