今日心情好好, 忍唔住寫blog. ^O^" 因乜事咁開心? 嘻! 近幾個月因為公司有個system極唔stable, 日日最少reboot一次server, 而且情況每況愈下. 就係拒, 令我工作極唔順利. 明明攪5分鐘的task, 要2個鐘, 仲要係夜晚6點後的兩個鐘, 無端端OT. 開會時俾users話, 自己仲要為呢個垃圾server護航, 只怪我面皮愈來愈厚, 心情也愈變沉重...
終於...
今日從地獄又折返人間啦!!! 為左慶祝呢個重生, 今日七點鐘就放工啦, 好開心! ^O^
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今日知道同我做野的student placement 6月就bye bye啦, 一年咁快就過. 好唔捨得拒丫, 因為拒實在太幫得手啦! 今日老細叫我一齊去interview一個新的student placement. 嘩~ 靚女一名, 又smart又active又presentable. 我終於明白點解港大始終係僱主心目中的第一位, 真係勁~ 如無意外, 拒會六月番工. 我的(男)同事們聽到有個靚女番工好開心, 仲話要執靚自己.
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放工時心情勁靚, 一路睇住本圖書館借的介紹London的書. 好在本書只係借, 淨係得字冇圖, 睇到我訓著. 雖然唔到一個月就到UK, 但係家下仲係乜plan都未有, 都唔知點.
我咁大個人都未試過一個人去travel, 仲要去咁遠兩星期幾. 我仲係心大心細, 未諗到買唔買lonely planet london本書.
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放工唔知食乜, 入大昌買蒙牛紙包奶+晚餐. 見到一pack16包只係49.9, 好似好抵. 心裡頭隨即盤算, 49.9 / 16 = ??? 平時買開21.9/6包, 咁究竟係邊個抵d呢? 呆左3分鐘都計唔到49.9/16, 我唯有放棄. 你話, 讀pure maths來把鬼! 同埋...正奸商! 仲咩要16包, 10包咪好囉! 16...點除wor.
排隊俾錢時, 有個天真瀾漫的小妹妹走來走去, 拒媽媽叫住拒, 但拒死都唔肯排隊, 大叫: 「我要打尖!!!」 哈!! 突然想起前幾年我會無端端向人耍賴: 「我要打劫!!」
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
魚魚演唱會
剛聽完魚魚第一次在紅館的演唱會. 很感動!!! 400蚊飛, 位置係台的好側, 但好處係幾近魚魚, 只距離10米唔夠! :> 好開心丫.
估唔到全場爆成咁! 100%呀!!! 好多紅歌星首場都冇咁full! 有實力係唔同d ge~~~
成個演唱會唔算有驚喜, 魚魚以一貫一流的水準發揮 (100%現場!!!). 一開始以5分鐘唔斷氣的絲路start, 跟住無條件為你... 最尾以分手快樂, 一夜長大和勇氣作結. :> 全部都係hit爆的歌, 全場一齊唱~~~
一如估計, 最尾encore係勇氣 (拒有邊場演唱會唔係... ~_~") 最大的驚喜反而係找楊千嬅做嘉賓, 真係估拒唔到. 之前講的容祖兒, 應該係尾場. 千嬅同拒都唔friend, 完全覺得兩個冇交流, 根本就係千嬅轉唱片公司做勢 + 上完殘酷一丁做交換條件咁. 拒地合唱《孤單北半球》, 幾好聽. 可惜係千嬅把聲完全俾魚魚cover哂, 我淨係聽到魚魚唱 XD. 千嬅solo個首新歌就好一般啦.
如果係五月天就好啦. :( 五月天 o岩o岩先唱完, 仲咩唔留多兩日, 做埋魚魚個concert. 話哂同瑪莎情侶檔wor.
魚魚全新廣東歌. Highlight左我認得魚魚的一些歌曲名.
原來你也唱過我的歌
曲 / 詞：藍奕邦
編曲：Ted Lo
監製：Eric Kwok
聽說過 這邊失戀的人
也會點唱分手快樂
旁人話過 這裡有個大男孩
欠缺勇氣想示愛
唱勇氣來當替代
分開兩地都不緊要
即使距離也會再變小
從旋律中的感覺
再把我們連繫了
如樂章的變調
連過客也變得親切了
原來你也唱過我的歌
陪同見證年月的經過
感激有你 肯相信我
我們隨旋律的高低挽手走過
原來我唱你也在拍和
親暱猶如我是情人嗎
即使從未認真拖手過
卻也彷彿愛過
聽說過 這邊廂的戀人
唱我喜歡都很快樂
寧靜夏季 分享多一首親親
完全無條件為你
我也覺無窮快樂
分開兩地都不緊要
今天我陪你唱到破曉
如像熟悉的歌曲
已把友誼維繫了
唯望好好答謝
能碰上原是有多奇妙
原來你也唱過我的歌
陪同見證年月的經過
感激有你 肯相信我
我們隨旋律的高低挽手走過
原來我唱你也在拍和
親暱猶如我是情人嗎
即使從未認真拖手過 卻也不願離座
原來你也唱過我的歌
陪同見證年月的經過
悲喜對錯 一起去過
我們還未共分享的尚有很多
原來再見仍然未生疏
心底埋藏我每段情歌
感激從未認真相識過
卻這麼寵愛我
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Thank you~
看了韓劇Thank you第1隻. 很感人~~~ 嗚~
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昨天沙田新城市廣場的廣告燈箱起火, 不知怎的反而令人想去逛一逛. 也順道去了中央圖書館, 看了3小時書~ 心情愉快極了.
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六月, 或七月會去蘇格蘭二至三星期training, 所以也計劃在周末去愛丁堡, 及之後倫敦留3-4日. 但倫敦生活指數的高, 實在令人頭痛. >_< 要好好計劃一下呢!
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昨天沙田新城市廣場的廣告燈箱起火, 不知怎的反而令人想去逛一逛. 也順道去了中央圖書館, 看了3小時書~ 心情愉快極了.
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六月, 或七月會去蘇格蘭二至三星期training, 所以也計劃在周末去愛丁堡, 及之後倫敦留3-4日. 但倫敦生活指數的高, 實在令人頭痛. >_< 要好好計劃一下呢!
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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Wii
講左成幾個月要買Wii, 終於買左啦! 前兩日training完行過旺角, 買左Wii. 個package有一隻game (Wii Sports), 兩套手制, 改左機, $2800. 我仲未買老翻, 所以只得一隻game. 不過以我的性格, 應該一隻game都有排玩.
玩左一陣tennis同boxing. 好累丫!!! Baseball, bowling都好悶, golf直情冇try過添.
玩左一陣boxing個mini game"閃避球". 哈! 初時我唔知係閃避球, 以為係接波, 仲企定定呆左. 後來見分數係咁跌先知 XD. 電腦隻NPC見我開始避, 於是球速加快, 後來由一個球變成兩個球! 不過因為兩個球我避唔到, 所以電腦又變番一個球.
:> Wii的小遊戲好o岩我玩!
玩左一陣tennis同boxing. 好累丫!!! Baseball, bowling都好悶, golf直情冇try過添.
玩左一陣boxing個mini game"閃避球". 哈! 初時我唔知係閃避球, 以為係接波, 仲企定定呆左. 後來見分數係咁跌先知 XD. 電腦隻NPC見我開始避, 於是球速加快, 後來由一個球變成兩個球! 不過因為兩個球我避唔到, 所以電腦又變番一個球.
:> Wii的小遊戲好o岩我玩!
Friday, April 20, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
日出又日落的一天
相信大家從來都冇去過我個website janetyung dot- com. 很不幸地, 你地而家都去唔到, 個domain而家free for register. 之前與舊domain registrar (叫Registerfly.com)的合約解唔到, transfer去第二間的process一直失敗, 續期前我又唔得閒理, 就係咁, 個domain就expire左!!! 但衰到expire後都照lock死!!! 俾間registerfly.com攪到死死下, 大家千祈唔好用個間野. 又或者, 你預備成世唔駛轉.
上星期我突然醒起我有個咁的domain, 諗住register番, 竟然叫我用過第二張信用咭, 又invalid又乜又物. d error message完全睇唔明.
我用你master card就係貪以前冇野check, 唔駛問呢樣問個樣, 你咁煩我倒不如用番paypal啦! 倒米!
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太耐冇寫webpage, 連點寫都唔識啦.
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放完長假, 很開心. 點知, 一番工, 我的感覺就像上完天堂後馬上落地獄.
有個同事忽然resign, 同老婆移居泰國. 呢個決定好突然, 佢的last day就係復活假完結後第一天.
其實是有點誇張, 因為以前公司流失率超高, 現在我對於同事離去的事很麻木了. 不過感覺 還是不太好了, 始終大家都工作得十分愉快.
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今日Orange打來sell個手提電話月費計劃. 唔知係咪我放假太耐唔識推d sales, 定係我今日的態度有點猶疑, 個sales死唔收線. 猛係咁講40幾蚊, 加埋隨道費都係50幾蚊, 就一千分鐘, 四百分鐘心連心..... 其實我對個價錢冇乜興趣. 我覺得合理的電話費係一百蚊留下, 10蚊定100蚊都一樣.
太平反而令我唔放心. 加上佢對話中曾提過"3". 我一聽呢個字眼就發火, 鬧以前用3幾咁service差, 幾咁唔愉快. 個一刻, 唔知點解連和記環球電訊上網差的怨氣都一齊發泄埋 , 都明明唔同公司, 又唔同service....
但係個sales都唔放棄, 我真係服左佢, 明明冇乜興趣, 結果都俾佢sell到我轉台. 佢仲想叫我簽約添, 話有百佳50蚊coupon, 我心諗, 呢個年代邊有人肯簽約, 50蚊用來買油魚咩?
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想睇wolf totem, 但係點解書局冇得買架... 徐sir介紹完之後就銷量好到冇哂貨?
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上星期我突然醒起我有個咁的domain, 諗住register番, 竟然叫我用過第二張信用咭, 又invalid又乜又物. d error message完全睇唔明.
我用你master card就係貪以前冇野check, 唔駛問呢樣問個樣, 你咁煩我倒不如用番paypal啦! 倒米!
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太耐冇寫webpage, 連點寫都唔識啦.
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放完長假, 很開心. 點知, 一番工, 我的感覺就像上完天堂後馬上落地獄.
有個同事忽然resign, 同老婆移居泰國. 呢個決定好突然, 佢的last day就係復活假完結後第一天.
其實是有點誇張, 因為以前公司流失率超高, 現在我對於同事離去的事很麻木了. 不過感覺 還是不太好了, 始終大家都工作得十分愉快.
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今日Orange打來sell個手提電話月費計劃. 唔知係咪我放假太耐唔識推d sales, 定係我今日的態度有點猶疑, 個sales死唔收線. 猛係咁講40幾蚊, 加埋隨道費都係50幾蚊, 就一千分鐘, 四百分鐘心連心..... 其實我對個價錢冇乜興趣. 我覺得合理的電話費係一百蚊留下, 10蚊定100蚊都一樣.
太平反而令我唔放心. 加上佢對話中曾提過"3". 我一聽呢個字眼就發火, 鬧以前用3幾咁service差, 幾咁唔愉快. 個一刻, 唔知點解連和記環球電訊上網差的怨氣都一齊發泄埋 , 都明明唔同公司, 又唔同service....
但係個sales都唔放棄, 我真係服左佢, 明明冇乜興趣, 結果都俾佢sell到我轉台. 佢仲想叫我簽約添, 話有百佳50蚊coupon, 我心諗, 呢個年代邊有人肯簽約, 50蚊用來買油魚咩?
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想睇wolf totem, 但係點解書局冇得買架... 徐sir介紹完之後就銷量好到冇哂貨?
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Monday, April 02, 2007
Saturday, March 31, 2007
選圖形看性格
http://www.bupaworld.com/
我的形狀是綠色圓形. 我覺得有少少似我的地方係 -- disorganized, no to-do list. 唔似的地方係, 我都唔optismistic outlook
我的形狀是綠色圓形. 我覺得有少少似我的地方係 -- disorganized, no to-do list. 唔似的地方係, 我都唔optismistic outlook
The results suggest you are actually a green circle.
Circles love harmony and tranquility, and tend to be calm and contented with an optimistic outlook on life. Traditionally the symbol of earth mother, circles are real people’s people.
Communiation is a great priority for circles. Both at work and at play circles handle things by talking them through, consulting with everybody involved and striving for harmony. If you are given a task or a challenge your first response is to talk about it; you would not be the one reaching for a pen to make a ‘to do’ list to sort a problem.
Circles can be creative and extroverted, but are best known for their intuitive approach to work and play. At work, you’re generally a popular player, though your focus on achieving harmony rather than on getting the job done quickly and systematically very well frustrate colleagues. Try talking and socializing a bit less and write a few lists!
You like to gossip, not maliciously, but you do love people with problems. You will reach out to new people and situations, but while circles are often warm and welcoming, you are not always totally dependable.
Your color is green. A circle and the color green make a pretty good combination. Green symbolizes people who are forward-looking and determined to make progress. Your positive outlook is greatly attractive to other people and helps to put them quickly at their ease; it also makes you a circle with a pragmatic and proactive edge. On a personal level, you look after yourself well and will always put on a good show even if you are not feeling on top form.
Celebrity circles include Fern Cotton, Richard Hammond, David Beckham, Sharon Osbourne, Terry Wogan and Helen Mirren.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
沉睡森林
最近忽然想重看《沉睡森林》, 重看一遍, 真是一套超水準的日劇. 故事節奏雖然慢, 但人物, 情節描寫非常仔細. 是一套帶點傷感, 但超好看, 超震憾的日劇.
最令人感動的, 是那個片頭 -- 活像整個故事的縮影 -- 睡公主實在森林等待王子的來臨, 王子拼命的跑, 但最後兩人始終見不到面. 超有意境的.
感覺現在的日劇水準比當年差了一大截.
最令人感動的, 是那個片頭 -- 活像整個故事的縮影 -- 睡公主實在森林等待王子的來臨, 王子拼命的跑, 但最後兩人始終見不到面. 超有意境的.
感覺現在的日劇水準比當年差了一大截.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
一萬蚊電話費
http://bzkit.bzworker.com/read.php/864.htm
一個16歲女仔, 打手提電話兩個月用左成萬蚊, 打上電台詢問主持, 如何每個月慢慢還一千蚊俾阿姨.
聽完覺得好好笑, 同埋, 呢個女仔係咪低能架? 香港的教育制度真係咁失敗? 佢係咩家庭環境下長大呢? 點解可以咁敗家架?
諗深一層, 係香港呢個物質社會, 喜愛名牌的人比比皆是. 蚊蚊講一萬蚊電話費, 有幾個Gucci袋, 令人氣憤的原因是她只有十六歲, 沒有賺錢能力, 但已愛名牌, 洗腳唔抹腳, 二世祖. 其實, 愛名牌的人多的是, 一個月收入萬幾, 花六七千元買, 沒了半個月人工, 又如何呢? 如果是錯的, 為什麼針對年輕人的雜誌, 總是要登那麼多名牌廣告? 我覺得香港呢個社會真可悲.
一個16歲女仔, 打手提電話兩個月用左成萬蚊, 打上電台詢問主持, 如何每個月慢慢還一千蚊俾阿姨.
聽完覺得好好笑, 同埋, 呢個女仔係咪低能架? 香港的教育制度真係咁失敗? 佢係咩家庭環境下長大呢? 點解可以咁敗家架?
諗深一層, 係香港呢個物質社會, 喜愛名牌的人比比皆是. 蚊蚊講一萬蚊電話費, 有幾個Gucci袋, 令人氣憤的原因是她只有十六歲, 沒有賺錢能力, 但已愛名牌, 洗腳唔抹腳, 二世祖. 其實, 愛名牌的人多的是, 一個月收入萬幾, 花六七千元買, 沒了半個月人工, 又如何呢? 如果是錯的, 為什麼針對年輕人的雜誌, 總是要登那麼多名牌廣告? 我覺得香港呢個社會真可悲.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
交響情人夢
呢個weekend煲左套日劇, 叫《交響情人夢》. 看這套劇本來純綷是因為打機的朋友推荐的, 所以試試看. 怎料實在太好看了! 於是一晚內由一集至十一集大結局全看了. 劇的構圖很美, 古典音樂超好聽, 主角雖然誇張但好笑的動作, 實在很棒. 不致於叫人感動, 但絕對是好好看. 希望遲些無線可以買這套劇啦, 相信會帶起古典音樂的熱潮.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Why does it always rain on me?
Why does it always rain on me?
Even when the sun is shining
I cant avoid the lightning
Oh, where did the blue skies go?
And why is it raining so?
Its so cold
I cant sleep tonight
Everybody saying everythings alright
Still I cant close my eyes
Im seeing a tunnel at the end of all these lights
Sunny days
Where have you gone?
Today, I feel it's raining, in indoor area. So strange.
I put my hands, try to feel the rain.
Sudden excitement, sudden saddened.
Even when the sun is shining
I cant avoid the lightning
Oh, where did the blue skies go?
And why is it raining so?
Its so cold
I cant sleep tonight
Everybody saying everythings alright
Still I cant close my eyes
Im seeing a tunnel at the end of all these lights
Sunny days
Where have you gone?
Today, I feel it's raining, in indoor area. So strange.
I put my hands, try to feel the rain.
Sudden excitement, sudden saddened.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
A post titled "Korean invented chinese language"
今日看了一篇文章, 來自:
http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=293&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15&sid=0538316170856e0bc26cea5cbfd5b44a
大意是, 有人認為韓國人發明中文字. 我對這些無聊的幻想沒太大興趣, 倒是有人的回應較有意思, 在此節錄一下.
Credit: James Campbell
no one invented language
sorry to cause you vexation about this...
the Koreans didn't invent Korean;
the Chinese didn't invent Chinese;
the Koreans didn't invent Chinese; and
the Chinese didn't invent Korean.
In the beginning...
there were Altaic grunts and there were Sino-Tibetan grunts. These grunts differed already because they were separated by time and a distance farther than a prehistoric man would dare venture, so that there was no contact between these two grunting groups of prehistoric people (you know, they didn't have cellphones or TVs and stuff like that). (And this point in time might already be halfway through the history of language development.)
A group of Altaic-grunting people traveled far to the east very early on. They were split among themselves by distance and seas. Some grunts developed into Manchu grunts, others into Korean and Japanese grunts. They have been separated from the other Altaic-grunting peoples for so long, it's hard to make a solid connection, nonetheless, their relation is quite likely.
The other group grunting in Sino-Tibetan also got split up over a vast area. The Sinitic grunts developed over time into a Chinese language. They recorded their speech and ideas in bone engravings that matched the monosyllabic nature of their speech. Over time this expanded and reformed until it developed into Chinese characters, specifically fit for the Chinese language.
Meanwhile, the peoples grunting in Korean and Japanese eventually developed into two distinct languages. However, they had not developed a way to record their speech and did not make such bone engravings like the Chinese did. But with civilization and the spreading of the three populations, they soon came into contact with each other and the Koreans and Japanese thought the Chinese way of writing was a good idea, and so they learned it and used it where they lived too.
But both these Korean and Japanese speaking peoples soon realized that not only was their languages polysyllabic, unlike Chinese, but the Chinese characters didn't match their language well. The Koreans worked hard to create a writing that would work for their own language, and it wasn't until the 20th century that it got full acceptance, but by that time so many monosyllabic-based words (including 2-syllable words) from Chinese were being used in the language (even everybody adopted Chinese names!!!), they also kept the Chinese characters, even if not using them at the very minimum continuing to educate their children.
The Japanese also developed a writing system of their own, one adapted from the general shapes of the Chinese characters, since they weren't as creative as the Koreans or the Chinese. They even thought the Chinese characters were so great that they enforced them to fit into the rules of their own language, along with all the other scripts they developed, and they even enforced them onto their local names, even though these names are unrelated to Chinese. In fact, many grown Japanese are even confused to the point that they tell their western colleagues that these characters are indeed of Japanese origin.
The Koreans also get confused about this matter as well, and although the characters clearly do not fit the grammar, syntax, or syllabic nature of Japanese and Korean, they are still greatly confused by this matter. The Uyghurs have a similar grammar, syntax, and syllabic nature as Korean and Japanese do, but they abandoned the idea of applying Chinese characters for writing their language.
In fact, it was the Chinese that were the creative ones. Not only did they invent their writing, but paper, (ink?), printing, medicine, (and does anybody have a more expanded list of all the thousands of inventions?), and one I saw recently, an object that detects earthquakes and their magnitude. Chinese inventions can literally fill volumes of books. How do the Koreans and Japanese compare?
Let me ask you: is it just me or are the Koreans trying really hard to claim to have invented something? Do I feel a little bit of jealousy here? Or even copyright infringement, false claims?? All the things they're good at manufacturing such as cars, ships, electronics, were mostly invented in the west already. The only thing I can think of is basically their own cuisine and Korea's hangul. And then, these aren't things that people use much around the world, not like cars and electronics. Although, I do hear westerners say "let's get some Chinese take-out", I rarely hear "let's go have Japanese" or "let's go have Korean" or "let's get sushi" or "let's get kimchi".
So even in the area of cuisine, it seems that Chinese has better standing throughout the world than Korean or Japanese does.
In conclusion...
I don't think the Chinese get enough recognition for their inventions. That includes Chinese characters. Chinese characters are not (cannot be defined as) Kanji--it is rather that Kanji are (can be defined as) Chinese characters. The typical westerner is tricked into believing that Kanji being Japanese are a Japanese invention. Even I was tricked this way until I investigated. They may have changed the look of a few here, and added a few there, but they're not the invention of the Japanese. This is the same for Korean too.
I even heard once, but I cannot prove it or give the source, that the Chinese were on the verge of inventing a car many many centuries ago while Europe was still in the dark ages and suffering from plagues and death, but the technology didn't advance far enough due to political unrest. Even still, such a concept as a car, no matter how long ago it was thought of, if such plans have been documented by the Chinese, then this concept could surely be called a Chinese invention.
So I don't give a care about the names dongyi, shang, dawenkou, or whatever, the Koreans cannot be claimed responsible for any of the Chinese language or inventions. A Korean should not try and deceive people by digging so far into history so that others will be easily tricked into believing they are a true race of innovation. They are the most backward, selfish, inward looking people I have ever met, and until recently have always been against any development happening in the world outside of Korea. They have always positioned themselves as the "little brother" of China (read: �p�̧�, hah--look at the shape of their peninsula), and throughout history they always ran to the "real and only" recognized emporer in China for help and guidance. China has had open communication with the west through the silk road and with the wise teachings from India for millennia. They have been open to the world, and have been innovative themselves providing their inventions to the world. Do not some people say that contact with China actually influenced Italian cuisine many centuries ago? What did Korea and Japan contribute to Europe? Hangul? Kimono?
For all the pride running through the blood veins of the Korean, if the Chinese had an ounce of it, they would be a greater nation than they are. How could they let the Japanese trample them in WWII? The Chinese should rise up and be proud of everything that is Chinese, and do not let the Koreans and Japanese take the credit. Maybe they should have taxed the Japanese and Koreans for using their characters, or force them to abandon the script if they would not be willing to be part of their empire. But that goes to prove to you how benevolent the Chinese actually are and that they were willing to allow the outer lying barbarian tribes attempt to educate themselves. Besides, it was their forefathers such as Confucius, Mencius and many others teaching and spreading humane values, all such wise forefathers that the outer lying barbarians lacked.
Nobody invented language. There was a natural need for communication and it evolved naturally.
http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=293&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15&sid=0538316170856e0bc26cea5cbfd5b44a
大意是, 有人認為韓國人發明中文字. 我對這些無聊的幻想沒太大興趣, 倒是有人的回應較有意思, 在此節錄一下.
Credit: James Campbell
no one invented language
sorry to cause you vexation about this...
the Koreans didn't invent Korean;
the Chinese didn't invent Chinese;
the Koreans didn't invent Chinese; and
the Chinese didn't invent Korean.
In the beginning...
there were Altaic grunts and there were Sino-Tibetan grunts. These grunts differed already because they were separated by time and a distance farther than a prehistoric man would dare venture, so that there was no contact between these two grunting groups of prehistoric people (you know, they didn't have cellphones or TVs and stuff like that). (And this point in time might already be halfway through the history of language development.)
A group of Altaic-grunting people traveled far to the east very early on. They were split among themselves by distance and seas. Some grunts developed into Manchu grunts, others into Korean and Japanese grunts. They have been separated from the other Altaic-grunting peoples for so long, it's hard to make a solid connection, nonetheless, their relation is quite likely.
The other group grunting in Sino-Tibetan also got split up over a vast area. The Sinitic grunts developed over time into a Chinese language. They recorded their speech and ideas in bone engravings that matched the monosyllabic nature of their speech. Over time this expanded and reformed until it developed into Chinese characters, specifically fit for the Chinese language.
Meanwhile, the peoples grunting in Korean and Japanese eventually developed into two distinct languages. However, they had not developed a way to record their speech and did not make such bone engravings like the Chinese did. But with civilization and the spreading of the three populations, they soon came into contact with each other and the Koreans and Japanese thought the Chinese way of writing was a good idea, and so they learned it and used it where they lived too.
But both these Korean and Japanese speaking peoples soon realized that not only was their languages polysyllabic, unlike Chinese, but the Chinese characters didn't match their language well. The Koreans worked hard to create a writing that would work for their own language, and it wasn't until the 20th century that it got full acceptance, but by that time so many monosyllabic-based words (including 2-syllable words) from Chinese were being used in the language (even everybody adopted Chinese names!!!), they also kept the Chinese characters, even if not using them at the very minimum continuing to educate their children.
The Japanese also developed a writing system of their own, one adapted from the general shapes of the Chinese characters, since they weren't as creative as the Koreans or the Chinese. They even thought the Chinese characters were so great that they enforced them to fit into the rules of their own language, along with all the other scripts they developed, and they even enforced them onto their local names, even though these names are unrelated to Chinese. In fact, many grown Japanese are even confused to the point that they tell their western colleagues that these characters are indeed of Japanese origin.
The Koreans also get confused about this matter as well, and although the characters clearly do not fit the grammar, syntax, or syllabic nature of Japanese and Korean, they are still greatly confused by this matter. The Uyghurs have a similar grammar, syntax, and syllabic nature as Korean and Japanese do, but they abandoned the idea of applying Chinese characters for writing their language.
In fact, it was the Chinese that were the creative ones. Not only did they invent their writing, but paper, (ink?), printing, medicine, (and does anybody have a more expanded list of all the thousands of inventions?), and one I saw recently, an object that detects earthquakes and their magnitude. Chinese inventions can literally fill volumes of books. How do the Koreans and Japanese compare?
Let me ask you: is it just me or are the Koreans trying really hard to claim to have invented something? Do I feel a little bit of jealousy here? Or even copyright infringement, false claims?? All the things they're good at manufacturing such as cars, ships, electronics, were mostly invented in the west already. The only thing I can think of is basically their own cuisine and Korea's hangul. And then, these aren't things that people use much around the world, not like cars and electronics. Although, I do hear westerners say "let's get some Chinese take-out", I rarely hear "let's go have Japanese" or "let's go have Korean" or "let's get sushi" or "let's get kimchi".
So even in the area of cuisine, it seems that Chinese has better standing throughout the world than Korean or Japanese does.
In conclusion...
I don't think the Chinese get enough recognition for their inventions. That includes Chinese characters. Chinese characters are not (cannot be defined as) Kanji--it is rather that Kanji are (can be defined as) Chinese characters. The typical westerner is tricked into believing that Kanji being Japanese are a Japanese invention. Even I was tricked this way until I investigated. They may have changed the look of a few here, and added a few there, but they're not the invention of the Japanese. This is the same for Korean too.
I even heard once, but I cannot prove it or give the source, that the Chinese were on the verge of inventing a car many many centuries ago while Europe was still in the dark ages and suffering from plagues and death, but the technology didn't advance far enough due to political unrest. Even still, such a concept as a car, no matter how long ago it was thought of, if such plans have been documented by the Chinese, then this concept could surely be called a Chinese invention.
So I don't give a care about the names dongyi, shang, dawenkou, or whatever, the Koreans cannot be claimed responsible for any of the Chinese language or inventions. A Korean should not try and deceive people by digging so far into history so that others will be easily tricked into believing they are a true race of innovation. They are the most backward, selfish, inward looking people I have ever met, and until recently have always been against any development happening in the world outside of Korea. They have always positioned themselves as the "little brother" of China (read: �p�̧�, hah--look at the shape of their peninsula), and throughout history they always ran to the "real and only" recognized emporer in China for help and guidance. China has had open communication with the west through the silk road and with the wise teachings from India for millennia. They have been open to the world, and have been innovative themselves providing their inventions to the world. Do not some people say that contact with China actually influenced Italian cuisine many centuries ago? What did Korea and Japan contribute to Europe? Hangul? Kimono?
For all the pride running through the blood veins of the Korean, if the Chinese had an ounce of it, they would be a greater nation than they are. How could they let the Japanese trample them in WWII? The Chinese should rise up and be proud of everything that is Chinese, and do not let the Koreans and Japanese take the credit. Maybe they should have taxed the Japanese and Koreans for using their characters, or force them to abandon the script if they would not be willing to be part of their empire. But that goes to prove to you how benevolent the Chinese actually are and that they were willing to allow the outer lying barbarian tribes attempt to educate themselves. Besides, it was their forefathers such as Confucius, Mencius and many others teaching and spreading humane values, all such wise forefathers that the outer lying barbarians lacked.
Nobody invented language. There was a natural need for communication and it evolved naturally.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Computer Science
星期二晚上課, 和上一講一樣, professor不時大話西遊~~ 有同學不太喜歡, 說難聽點, 好像有點"呃學費". 我倒是不太介意 (反正更呃學費的都上過). 反正照講那些課本內容多無聊, 老實說有幾多會真正有用? 倒不如聽一些其他東西.
Professor提到近年的Computer Science本科生收生質素每況愈下, 在整個大學中排尾幾. 其他大學的收生更惡劣, 竟然大部分的學額由副學士生填補. 在此同時, 人人都爭讀金融, 人人造夢要入Morgan Stanley. 真令人感慨! 曾幾何時, 我當年選科時, Computer Science是熱門科目, 排名也和Computer Engineering相距不太遠. 雖然不算是精英, 但算是中上. 聽到這個消息當然不太開心. 但現實歸現實, 大學這個象牙搭始終要和供求社會接軌. 沒人選就自然要收少一點學生, 委縮也沒辦法.
Professor認為, 這個現象很快會取得平衡, 當這一陣子的金融泡沫爆破, 意味著香港的地位給上海取替, 應該會有較多同學讀回電腦科目. 這讓我想起兩點. 第一, 我記得讀書的時候, 老師曾說過, 認為在十年內香港的金融地位不會被上海取代, 但十年後就難說. 算算日子, 十年早過去了. 我覺得急速取代中, 這日子絕對不遠, 可能連四, 五年都不用? 現在很多人趕去讀的, 當讀出來, 好可能已經不中用了. 就算多好景的行業也一樣. 第二是, 在上一次的同學聚會, 有一半同學已經轉行, 不再做電腦. 如果嚴格些選, 真正做 資訊科技行業的, 即純IT, 不是在其他行業做電腦的, 可能10個也不到. 這是收生問題嗎? 不是. 這是資訊科技的工不夠嗎? 不是. 是我們離開了那個行業. 我們根本不願花青春在科研, 沒把握的行業上. 如果沒有金融業的支持, 我認為只會更少人選讀IT.
我記得, 我初時畢業時還以為讀Computer Science會有較大的優勢. 寫一個較優質的program, 別人行出來的要10秒, 你用2秒, 不是更好嗎? 做事不久便發覺, 事實是, 根本沒人會理會. 你跟別人說Big-O, Travel salesman problem, 別人也不明白你在說什麼. 當然, 那是一個訓練抽象思維, 邏輯推論的過程, 在極端的情況下是有用. 但我覺得, 一個稍有智商的人, 也會做得一樣好. 有沒有讀這些理論, 反而不重要.
公司在年初開例會時, 經理曾提示我們未來要加緊學習business knowledge, 又說未來一年會在內地怎樣怎樣拓展. 好明顯, 對我這種純IT背景的人是一個強烈警號. 少人讀Computer Science不是一件可悲的現象, 而是一個反映現實的自然現象. 有什麼動機? 有出路嗎? 反正都是要學會計/金融, 為什麼不早一點學?
:O 要睡了
Professor提到近年的Computer Science本科生收生質素每況愈下, 在整個大學中排尾幾. 其他大學的收生更惡劣, 竟然大部分的學額由副學士生填補. 在此同時, 人人都爭讀金融, 人人造夢要入Morgan Stanley. 真令人感慨! 曾幾何時, 我當年選科時, Computer Science是熱門科目, 排名也和Computer Engineering相距不太遠. 雖然不算是精英, 但算是中上. 聽到這個消息當然不太開心. 但現實歸現實, 大學這個象牙搭始終要和供求社會接軌. 沒人選就自然要收少一點學生, 委縮也沒辦法.
Professor認為, 這個現象很快會取得平衡, 當這一陣子的金融泡沫爆破, 意味著香港的地位給上海取替, 應該會有較多同學讀回電腦科目. 這讓我想起兩點. 第一, 我記得讀書的時候, 老師曾說過, 認為在十年內香港的金融地位不會被上海取代, 但十年後就難說. 算算日子, 十年早過去了. 我覺得急速取代中, 這日子絕對不遠, 可能連四, 五年都不用? 現在很多人趕去讀的, 當讀出來, 好可能已經不中用了. 就算多好景的行業也一樣. 第二是, 在上一次的同學聚會, 有一半同學已經轉行, 不再做電腦. 如果嚴格些選, 真正做 資訊科技行業的, 即純IT, 不是在其他行業做電腦的, 可能10個也不到. 這是收生問題嗎? 不是. 這是資訊科技的工不夠嗎? 不是. 是我們離開了那個行業. 我們根本不願花青春在科研, 沒把握的行業上. 如果沒有金融業的支持, 我認為只會更少人選讀IT.
我記得, 我初時畢業時還以為讀Computer Science會有較大的優勢. 寫一個較優質的program, 別人行出來的要10秒, 你用2秒, 不是更好嗎? 做事不久便發覺, 事實是, 根本沒人會理會. 你跟別人說Big-O, Travel salesman problem, 別人也不明白你在說什麼. 當然, 那是一個訓練抽象思維, 邏輯推論的過程, 在極端的情況下是有用. 但我覺得, 一個稍有智商的人, 也會做得一樣好. 有沒有讀這些理論, 反而不重要.
公司在年初開例會時, 經理曾提示我們未來要加緊學習business knowledge, 又說未來一年會在內地怎樣怎樣拓展. 好明顯, 對我這種純IT背景的人是一個強烈警號. 少人讀Computer Science不是一件可悲的現象, 而是一個反映現實的自然現象. 有什麼動機? 有出路嗎? 反正都是要學會計/金融, 為什麼不早一點學?
:O 要睡了
Sunday, January 28, 2007
上流社會的討論
今天看到這麼一篇文章, 真是精彩絕倫. 可以說的是, 真沒想過上流社會是這樣的生活, 真不可思議!
http://www.tianya.cn/New/PublicForum/Content.asp?flag=1&idWriter=0&Key=0&idArticle=248034&strItem=free
再看另一編
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2005-11/15/content_3789096.htm
http://www.tianya.cn/New/PublicForum/Content.asp?flag=1&idWriter=0&Key=0&idArticle=248034&strItem=free
再看另一編
http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/fortune/2005-11/15/content_3789096.htm
Friday, January 12, 2007
今時今日咁的服務態度
自從我打guild wars後, 就發現和記寬頻出海奇慢. 一打pvp就"現哂形", 呆左係度, 活生生給人打死. Pve呢? 打兩三小時的elite mission就會在個多小時後(一半之後)斷線. 再加上前幾個月無啦啦上唔到網, 咁好的服務, 係時候要轉下.
於是我去年十月頭打電話去和記寬頻要求終止合約. "小姐, 你的約到下年一月才到期wor, 我地唔可以咁早同你終止合約架. 請你十二月再打來啦." 咁我問, 係咪十二月打來就得, 有咩手續. "係呀, 十二月打番來1222, 按@#$再按1就可以的了. 請問仲有冇野可以幫到你?" 喔, 冇啦, 唔該哂.
十二月時, 有人打來問我續唔續約, 我梗係唔續啦, 順手話要cut服務. "如果而家終止合約, 係需要填番份表格再郵寄俾我地. " 咁你fax張表俾我啦. "公司規定只可以郵寄表格. 而家咁多假期, 需要兩個星期的工作天先可以寄到. 你合約到一月尾, 但我地要一月頭至寄到, 你填完再寄番, 約二月中先可以中止" 而家先十二月, 二月中咁耐? 點解唔可以fax? 你地冇fax機? 冇email咩? "公司規定只可以郵寄" 你用咩來郵寄? 要兩星期咁耐? "公司規定, 最長時間要兩個星期的工作天內寄到, 一般不用兩星期時間" 你地外判左去印度? 兩星期可以寄到美國再寄番來都得啦. "公司規定..."
成個鸚鵡咁, 我有咩計. 唯有等兩星期.
期間, 又有一個電話打來問續約. 我唔制啦梗係.
今日, 話咁快, 兩星期早已過去, 但我又事忙, 忘記左打. 今日下午番緊工, 好緊張de 緊 UAT的bug時, 電話響到.
"請問係咪X小姐? 我係和記環球電訊打黎架..." 心諗, 打得來真好, 兩星期過左啦wor, 點知...
"你係我地的長期客戶, 請問黎緊係咪會繼續支持我地呢?"
頂!!! 當時真係冒名火起. 即時發火鬧: "我咪話左cut囉, 你地仲打來做乜??? 你地寄張表寄左兩星期都未寄到, 攪乜架... 外判左去火星都唔駛咁耐呀? 間咁大的上市公司, 連email fax都冇, ...."
佢見咁的樣唔對路, 即刻話自己係宣傳部, cut服務要打番去1222直線.
好! 火都黎埋, 我就同你打去熱線度cut
一接通熱線, 即刻講件事始末, 鬧和記點樣過份, 不如俾個回郵快郵信封拒, 又或者dhl, 反正咁平, 等拒有效率d. 佢見我咁嬲, 都唔駛30秒就forward我去終止服務部.
一接通電話, 都未講任何野, 我即問服務員的全名, 我再repeat多兩次, 以示我會確實記得她. 仲問埋拒直線, 不過拒話冇直線. 跟住我就講和記幾咁冇效率, 身為間電訊寬頻公司竟然連fax, email的服務都冇, 都算啦, 仲要寄兩星期寄到無左影.
"請問邊位同事同你講要兩星期呢? 我地只需要一星期工作天..." 之前條友玩我?
我於是話: "我等左你同事好耐啦wor, 咁有冇d快捷方便d的方法?" "有! 我可以即刻fax俾你. email都得". (>u<)""~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
番到屋企check mail, 果然收到. 問CS全名果然有效. 我今晚就填左張form, 聽朝去郵局寄掛號. 要知道, email同fax都有機會寄失, 我驚和記的職員一不小心收唔到, 咁就唔好啦!
於是我去年十月頭打電話去和記寬頻要求終止合約. "小姐, 你的約到下年一月才到期wor, 我地唔可以咁早同你終止合約架. 請你十二月再打來啦." 咁我問, 係咪十二月打來就得, 有咩手續. "係呀, 十二月打番來1222, 按@#$再按1就可以的了. 請問仲有冇野可以幫到你?" 喔, 冇啦, 唔該哂.
十二月時, 有人打來問我續唔續約, 我梗係唔續啦, 順手話要cut服務. "如果而家終止合約, 係需要填番份表格再郵寄俾我地. " 咁你fax張表俾我啦. "公司規定只可以郵寄表格. 而家咁多假期, 需要兩個星期的工作天先可以寄到. 你合約到一月尾, 但我地要一月頭至寄到, 你填完再寄番, 約二月中先可以中止" 而家先十二月, 二月中咁耐? 點解唔可以fax? 你地冇fax機? 冇email咩? "公司規定只可以郵寄" 你用咩來郵寄? 要兩星期咁耐? "公司規定, 最長時間要兩個星期的工作天內寄到, 一般不用兩星期時間" 你地外判左去印度? 兩星期可以寄到美國再寄番來都得啦. "公司規定..."
成個鸚鵡咁, 我有咩計. 唯有等兩星期.
期間, 又有一個電話打來問續約. 我唔制啦梗係.
今日, 話咁快, 兩星期早已過去, 但我又事忙, 忘記左打. 今日下午番緊工, 好緊張de 緊 UAT的bug時, 電話響到.
"請問係咪X小姐? 我係和記環球電訊打黎架..." 心諗, 打得來真好, 兩星期過左啦wor, 點知...
"你係我地的長期客戶, 請問黎緊係咪會繼續支持我地呢?"
頂!!! 當時真係冒名火起. 即時發火鬧: "我咪話左cut囉, 你地仲打來做乜??? 你地寄張表寄左兩星期都未寄到, 攪乜架... 外判左去火星都唔駛咁耐呀? 間咁大的上市公司, 連email fax都冇, ...."
佢見咁的樣唔對路, 即刻話自己係宣傳部, cut服務要打番去1222直線.
好! 火都黎埋, 我就同你打去熱線度cut
一接通熱線, 即刻講件事始末, 鬧和記點樣過份, 不如俾個回郵快郵信封拒, 又或者dhl, 反正咁平, 等拒有效率d. 佢見我咁嬲, 都唔駛30秒就forward我去終止服務部.
一接通電話, 都未講任何野, 我即問服務員的全名, 我再repeat多兩次, 以示我會確實記得她. 仲問埋拒直線, 不過拒話冇直線. 跟住我就講和記幾咁冇效率, 身為間電訊寬頻公司竟然連fax, email的服務都冇, 都算啦, 仲要寄兩星期寄到無左影.
"請問邊位同事同你講要兩星期呢? 我地只需要一星期工作天..." 之前條友玩我?
我於是話: "我等左你同事好耐啦wor, 咁有冇d快捷方便d的方法?" "有! 我可以即刻fax俾你. email都得". (>u<)""~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
番到屋企check mail, 果然收到. 問CS全名果然有效. 我今晚就填左張form, 聽朝去郵局寄掛號. 要知道, email同fax都有機會寄失, 我驚和記的職員一不小心收唔到, 咁就唔好啦!
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
梁靜茹 - 親親
宣傳時間!
親親好好聽喔!
輕輕的親親
緊緊閉著眼睛
是你不是你 說不定
還不一定
夢一樣輕的親親
不敢用力呼吸
不敢太貪心 太相信 我的幸運
百分之百是你
~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~
OT的日子
今日又OT啦~ 嗚~ 10小時45分鐘. 這是人的生活嗎?
自己真是笨蛋, 工作給人做, 自己便不用做啦, 但又不是懂得這道理. 但理想和現實總有那麼一點點的距離. 嗚嗚嗚~~
我是笨蛋嗎? baka desu!
在公司樓下的food court吃什麼呢? 我想吃烏冬. 但是那間小吃counter的幾個店員已經認得我了, 我有點怕叫每次都叫的鰻魚烏冬 -- 我怕那人說: 又是你呀? 你是貓嗎?
還好, 吃得飽飽的. 生活就是為了吃, 有飽飯吃都不錯喔!
深呼吸一下, 望望時鐘, 十時45分了~ 剛下火車, 很冷! 已經沒商店可以買好吃的麵包了, 只有七十一, 也只有小牛蛋, 說謊蛋糕和蛋卷可吃. 還好, 還有早餐吃.
收到一大堆賬單 -- 嗚~ 令我支出增加, 不想理.
回到家, 一放下袋開電腦, 登上我的RPG MSN messsenger -- guild wars. Missy NPC和我說hi. 還好, 還有npc應我.
十一時, 要打電話給紐約的同事問進度如何. 沒人聽 -- 太好了! 我也不想理公司的事. 留下口訊便收線.
看看myorc, 看看其他人的blog, 十一時五十二分.
呆左10分鐘
親親好好聽喔!
輕輕的親親
緊緊閉著眼睛
是你不是你 說不定
還不一定
夢一樣輕的親親
不敢用力呼吸
不敢太貪心 太相信 我的幸運
百分之百是你
~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~ * ~ ~
OT的日子
今日又OT啦~ 嗚~ 10小時45分鐘. 這是人的生活嗎?
自己真是笨蛋, 工作給人做, 自己便不用做啦, 但又不是懂得這道理. 但理想和現實總有那麼一點點的距離. 嗚嗚嗚~~
我是笨蛋嗎? baka desu!
在公司樓下的food court吃什麼呢? 我想吃烏冬. 但是那間小吃counter的幾個店員已經認得我了, 我有點怕叫每次都叫的鰻魚烏冬 -- 我怕那人說: 又是你呀? 你是貓嗎?
還好, 吃得飽飽的. 生活就是為了吃, 有飽飯吃都不錯喔!
深呼吸一下, 望望時鐘, 十時45分了~ 剛下火車, 很冷! 已經沒商店可以買好吃的麵包了, 只有七十一, 也只有小牛蛋, 說謊蛋糕和蛋卷可吃. 還好, 還有早餐吃.
收到一大堆賬單 -- 嗚~ 令我支出增加, 不想理.
回到家, 一放下袋開電腦, 登上我的RPG MSN messsenger -- guild wars. Missy NPC和我說hi. 還好, 還有npc應我.
十一時, 要打電話給紐約的同事問進度如何. 沒人聽 -- 太好了! 我也不想理公司的事. 留下口訊便收線.
看看myorc, 看看其他人的blog, 十一時五十二分.
呆左10分鐘
Friday, January 05, 2007
雪人放假了
公司樓下的商場food plaza, 有個好可愛的女雪人公仔. 每次路過, 都忍不住停步看看. 隨著2007年的來臨, 在她附近的男雪人消失了. 我知道她很快會放假 (定係被肢解?). 在她走之前, 影低她可愛的樣子 ^o^.
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