Go Tom Brady!!
On a similar note. Michigan has been on a winning streak. However, I am STILL not convince that we can beat O Smelly U. A win is a win, but we are not dominating our opponents so I remain pessimistic about our performance against OSU and the bowl games.
posted by David at 9/08/2007 11:15:00 PM
I remember this incident that took place when I was in Primary Three.
Primary Three in Singapore, is when all kids go thru this thing call Gifted Examination. Basically you take the first round of exam in your own school. If you do well (i have no idea what is the definition of that...) you get to sit for a second round of exam in another venue, and if you do well again, you go into those special schools where all the gifted people study together. I had just gone over to Singapore a year ago... barely understand my Singlish, erm... I mean English... so honestly, who the hell gives a shit about this exam right? I was later told that many parents in Singapore prepare their kids for this exam (wow... so you prepare them to be geniuses. Einstein will turn in his grave...) but yeah... I took the test unprepared... just wrote what I think is the correct answer and submitted it.
My form teacher at that time, came back in the 2nd half of the day and was fuming. She taught us English at that time... a subject that I was totally horrible in even though I was in th A class (I was pretty good in Maths and duh.... Chinese.). So I had thought that ooops... maybe we are so lousy that no one got through the first round...
To my surprise, she told us that she had graded our scripts, the English part of it... and apparently someone she expected to get good score didn't get it... and someone that she didn't expect to do well, did well. Then she glare at me... and said, so you are really so capable, then you better make sure towards the end of year, you go fight for that ABC award (i forgot whats the name for that.... it is suppose to be for student with top result in English and Mother Tongue.) and she announced that it was three of my classmates and me.
I was really puzzled.
I had always thought that doing well, performing well and exceeding one's expectation is something to cheer for... not to be angry about.... but obviously my teacher was pissed off! I was Primary Three... but I never quite figured that out... she is my teacher... we are all her students... why was she fuming when one of her student is did well?
I like to share my happiness. If I am happy, I like to go around telling everyone... and hopefully people can be happy too. However, as I grow older, I realise that people get really mad at me for doing that. It is as if i am flaunting, showing off and bragging to them about what I am so happy about. While in actual fact, I just want to spread the happiness. So even though I still want to do that now, I shuddup and keep quiet whenever something good happen to me. I tot usuall when people did something wrong, then they keep quiet. but apparently in this world, you also need to keep quiet if you do something right. hahaha... explain that to me?!
So yeah... recently, something good happened to me. I was told not to tell anyone... coz it is a sensitive issue. So I need to keep quiet, keep it as a secret and act as if nothing has happened. How strange... and when people found out about it, they either blame me for not telling them earlier, or they immediately start saying bad things about me... and came up with all sorts of reason on why I dun deserve the good thing... instead of sparing a thought on what I have done to earn it...
sad to think of what kind of world we live in today. i did no wrong, but still have to keep quiet and act as if I chop down a cherry tree. i dun think it is an act of being humble... but more of protecting myself from those that cannot bear the thought of someone else doing better than them or getting better things than them.
in the end... i have little joy in that good thing happening to me. i keep playing it down... tell people that it dun matter.... it is minor... not a big deal... blah blah blah....
Welcome to the corporate world...
posted by David at 11/28/2006 01:53:00 AM
談馬英九現象
李敖大師稱謝長廷是民進黨最聰明的人.
是不是最聰明,倒是不一定,但聰明卻肯定的.
民進黨在這次大選大敗後,謝長廷便宣稱要重視所謂的”馬英九現象”.
我覺得,聽謝長廷的這句話最值得玩味的就是”現象”這兩個字
什麼是”現象”?
台灣最近出現了很多的現象. 有許純美現象,有林志玲現象,有女F4現象….
這些現象有什麼共同點??
在剛出現時這些現象總是佔據了各大頭條…街頭巷尾人人都在討論…而且,這些現象也會”帶領”類似的現象出現. 許純美同時有那個帶頭套的傻女… 林志玲出來後,”一林”和”凱我”變成了大家都知道的公司....還有電視上忽然多了好多”名模”…
但是,一個現象,畢竟和很多大自然的現象如彩虹和海螫蜃樓一樣,雖然可以讓人感到興奮,吸引大家的注意,但是多半不能長久…當那股熱潮過了,新鮮感過了,人們就不會再對那些現象有興趣了.
所以,謝長廷非常真確的把”現象”二字放在馬英九後面.
這次泛藍大贏…好像泛藍前景一片看好…泛藍的整合與國民黨追隨馬主席走向改革路線似乎也沒啥反對的聲音了….
但是,這種想法不過是把問題想簡單了,把馬英九神化了.
馬英九,不過是台灣現有政治大環境裡面的一個齒輪.單靠他一個人,是不可能把台灣(國民黨)腐敗的政治現實做出巨大的改變.
一個齒輪,頂多可以把腐敗潰爛的速度放緩…而不能像超人一樣,飛上去把所有的事情轉回來.
馬英九號稱政治不沾鍋….但是,他也曾喝了高梁加紅酒,然後紅著臉跑到市議會去開會…他也在任內多次的更換高級市府主管…也有用人不當的時候, 也有處理危機不當的時候.
但是,過去那少說少錯的態度已經不管用了…既然當了黨主席,還能當個不沾鍋嗎?黨內的那些垃圾,那些小人,那些爛攤子他能不插手去處理嗎??
以前只會眨眼睛的連戰,當了主席後,不也要當個戰哥嗎?不也需要硬起來嗎?溫文儒雅的個性也要出來嗆聲撂狠話.
馬英九可以嗎?
還有3年才到總統大選,和民進黨內鬥連連相比,國民黨似乎好了太多了…但是這期間仍然充滿變數.馬英九要如何運用自己的政治智慧去解決國民黨諸多的問題,將會決定他會不會只是一個現象.
林志玲能夠撐到現在,靠的絕對不只是臉蛋和娃娃音.只有具備足夠的能力的人才能立足,屹立不倒.
即使是因為一些意外而倒下,無論是因為一匹馬或是”送淒利”,只要功力夠,絕對可以東山再起在攀高峰.
馬主席加油!!
posted by David at 12/30/2005 09:19:00 AM