Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Someone passed on this one to me. I thought it makes good reading and like to share it with you.
從朋友手中傳來這則訊息。這篇文章不長，但卻雋永奧妙，希望和你一起分享。
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
要考慮到，濃情烈愛與豐功偉業都蘊含著極大的風險。
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
即便失敗了，也別錯過其中的教訓。
3. Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for other’s and Responsibility for all your actions.
遵守三個原則：尊重㉂己；尊重他人；為個人一切行為負責。
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. 別忘了，塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. 先弄懂規則，才會知道該如何㊜切地打破成規。
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
別讓小小的爭執傷害到深厚的關係。
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
發現㉂己犯了錯的時候，立即採取補救措施。
8. Spend some time alone every day.
每天花點時間獨處。
9. Open arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
擁抱變革，但也要堅守個人價值觀。
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. 請牢記在心，保持緘默有㈲時候是最好的答覆。
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
生活誠實正直．那麼，老來回首前塵時，就可以重溫生之喜悅。
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. 家中氣氛和諧安樂，即是您這一生的基石。
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
和親人意見相㊧時，請就事論事，別翻舊帳。
14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality. 和他人分享知識。這是永垂不朽的途徑之一。
15. Be gentle with the earth.
善待地球。
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
每年拜訪一個您從未履足過的地方。
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
請記住，所謂的最佳關係是指，雙方對彼此的愛凌駕在雙方對彼此的需索之上。
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. 看看您在成功之前必須放棄多少，就足可衡量成功的程 度。
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
愛和烹飪之道即在恣情任性而為。
20. Add this one yourself.
请你自己加上去。
從朋友手中傳來這則訊息。這篇文章不長，但卻雋永奧妙，希望和你一起分享。
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
要考慮到，濃情烈愛與豐功偉業都蘊含著極大的風險。
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
即便失敗了，也別錯過其中的教訓。
3. Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for other’s and Responsibility for all your actions.
遵守三個原則：尊重㉂己；尊重他人；為個人一切行為負責。
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. 別忘了，塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. 先弄懂規則，才會知道該如何㊜切地打破成規。
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
別讓小小的爭執傷害到深厚的關係。
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
發現㉂己犯了錯的時候，立即採取補救措施。
8. Spend some time alone every day.
每天花點時間獨處。
9. Open arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
擁抱變革，但也要堅守個人價值觀。
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. 請牢記在心，保持緘默有㈲時候是最好的答覆。
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
生活誠實正直．那麼，老來回首前塵時，就可以重溫生之喜悅。
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. 家中氣氛和諧安樂，即是您這一生的基石。
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
和親人意見相㊧時，請就事論事，別翻舊帳。
14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality. 和他人分享知識。這是永垂不朽的途徑之一。
15. Be gentle with the earth.
善待地球。
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
每年拜訪一個您從未履足過的地方。
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
請記住，所謂的最佳關係是指，雙方對彼此的愛凌駕在雙方對彼此的需索之上。
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. 看看您在成功之前必須放棄多少，就足可衡量成功的程 度。
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
愛和烹飪之道即在恣情任性而為。
20. Add this one yourself.
请你自己加上去。
Friday, May 19, 2006
This is a lucky country
This is a lucky country. You get paid for working. You get more pay for working harder and longer. If you are more lucky, you get mare pay for less work, or you get more pay for telling others to work. Well, you also get paid for not working because we have a great welfare system. You get paid for being old, and you also get paid for being sick or disable. If you are fifteen years old, and you disliked your parents, you get paid for running away from home. If you are trapped in a snow avalanche, or trapped underground in a mining shaft, and if you survived, you get paid heaps for telling your story.
This is a lucky country. You can always find someone or something to blame for your mistake or your misfortune. It you failed your school examination; you can blame your teachers, your school and the education system. If you committed a crime, you can blame on your family poor upbringing and the community where you live. If you met with a traffic accident, you can blame the other drivers or the traffic authority for not providing better and safer roads. You can also blame the car manufacturer for not making better and safer cars.
This is a lucky country. There is so much to eat until you are obese. You can then blame the local council for their lack of sporting facility to counter obesity. You can choose to eat, drink and sit around whole day watch TV until you fall sick. You can then blame the government for not providing proper health care.
This is a lucky country. There is so much freedom. In summer, you can choose to sun bake on the open beaches or you can choose to stay in doors and turn on the air conditioners. In winter, you can choose to chill out on the ski slopes or you can choose to stay warm by turning on the heater.
Finally, you can choose to drive around in big cars and you can also whinge about high petrol prices. You can critise the government yet expect the government to cater for your every need. This is indeed a lucky country.
This is a lucky country. You can always find someone or something to blame for your mistake or your misfortune. It you failed your school examination; you can blame your teachers, your school and the education system. If you committed a crime, you can blame on your family poor upbringing and the community where you live. If you met with a traffic accident, you can blame the other drivers or the traffic authority for not providing better and safer roads. You can also blame the car manufacturer for not making better and safer cars.
This is a lucky country. There is so much to eat until you are obese. You can then blame the local council for their lack of sporting facility to counter obesity. You can choose to eat, drink and sit around whole day watch TV until you fall sick. You can then blame the government for not providing proper health care.
This is a lucky country. There is so much freedom. In summer, you can choose to sun bake on the open beaches or you can choose to stay in doors and turn on the air conditioners. In winter, you can choose to chill out on the ski slopes or you can choose to stay warm by turning on the heater.
Finally, you can choose to drive around in big cars and you can also whinge about high petrol prices. You can critise the government yet expect the government to cater for your every need. This is indeed a lucky country.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Be Mindful Of Our Achievement
Be Mindful Of Our Achievement
The recent price hike in petrol has again generated a new wave of debates and suggestions as to how we may be able to conserve this precious natural resource and be more environmentally friendly. There are suggestions that we leave our cars at home and walk or cycle to work or take a bus.
I remember a few years ago, our company engaged an environmental consultant to provide presentations and seminars to all employees that we should be more environmental friendly and consuming less of our natural resources. The idea was noble and it was also a corporate commitment towards saving the earth. Amongst the presentation, the presenter said that while most people chose to drive to work, he always left his car at home and caught a bus to work. His part in saving the environment is to be applauded. However, he continued to remind all participants that as he was able to catch the bus to work instead of burning petrol on the single driver car, everyone must follow suit failing which we were just environmental vandals. Many participants chose to remain passive and silent. Nevertheless, I pointed out to the presenter that while we applaud his very noble and patriotic act, not everyone was as lucky as him staying in a posh suburb well serviced with public transport, and where it was a minute walk to the bus stop and another minute wait for the next bus. I asked him for suggestion as to how most people staying in the rest of the suburb where it was half an hour walk to the nearest bus stop and another hour wait for the next bus, which often never arrived. I can remember I did not get a satisfactory answer or suggestion.
In more recent news, a politician has announced that he will ditch his government funded luxurious car and will take public transport like bus or taxi to work. It is well known that those government cars have large engine capacities that consume much more petrol than an ordinary family car. Again his part in saving the environment is to be applauded. However, the details is that he get paid a sum of money equivalent to the yearly earning of an ordinary worker to compensate him for the bus fare. It must be noted that not many employees will have their bosses agree to double their pay packets if they agree to take public transport to work. And I certainly do not think many employers will be happy to see their employees spending long hours during office time waiting at bus stops to and from attending business meetings.
We have read about many successful businessmen proudly display their achievement. While there may be those who started from nothing and achieved success through sheer perseverance and hard work, many of them were give a head start during their younger age by inheriting a small fortune from their families and received business mentoring right from very young age. Again not many ordinary people have that advantage of a head start.
We can be proud about our achievement and success and our contribution to save the environment and encourage other to do the same. But have we considered the environment under which we are subjected to which fostered our success? We need to be mindful that the right environment is a big contribution factor to our success and achievement. In the height of one’s success, let not forget that we are just doing our part in doing the right thing.
The recent price hike in petrol has again generated a new wave of debates and suggestions as to how we may be able to conserve this precious natural resource and be more environmentally friendly. There are suggestions that we leave our cars at home and walk or cycle to work or take a bus.
I remember a few years ago, our company engaged an environmental consultant to provide presentations and seminars to all employees that we should be more environmental friendly and consuming less of our natural resources. The idea was noble and it was also a corporate commitment towards saving the earth. Amongst the presentation, the presenter said that while most people chose to drive to work, he always left his car at home and caught a bus to work. His part in saving the environment is to be applauded. However, he continued to remind all participants that as he was able to catch the bus to work instead of burning petrol on the single driver car, everyone must follow suit failing which we were just environmental vandals. Many participants chose to remain passive and silent. Nevertheless, I pointed out to the presenter that while we applaud his very noble and patriotic act, not everyone was as lucky as him staying in a posh suburb well serviced with public transport, and where it was a minute walk to the bus stop and another minute wait for the next bus. I asked him for suggestion as to how most people staying in the rest of the suburb where it was half an hour walk to the nearest bus stop and another hour wait for the next bus, which often never arrived. I can remember I did not get a satisfactory answer or suggestion.
In more recent news, a politician has announced that he will ditch his government funded luxurious car and will take public transport like bus or taxi to work. It is well known that those government cars have large engine capacities that consume much more petrol than an ordinary family car. Again his part in saving the environment is to be applauded. However, the details is that he get paid a sum of money equivalent to the yearly earning of an ordinary worker to compensate him for the bus fare. It must be noted that not many employees will have their bosses agree to double their pay packets if they agree to take public transport to work. And I certainly do not think many employers will be happy to see their employees spending long hours during office time waiting at bus stops to and from attending business meetings.
We have read about many successful businessmen proudly display their achievement. While there may be those who started from nothing and achieved success through sheer perseverance and hard work, many of them were give a head start during their younger age by inheriting a small fortune from their families and received business mentoring right from very young age. Again not many ordinary people have that advantage of a head start.
We can be proud about our achievement and success and our contribution to save the environment and encourage other to do the same. But have we considered the environment under which we are subjected to which fostered our success? We need to be mindful that the right environment is a big contribution factor to our success and achievement. In the height of one’s success, let not forget that we are just doing our part in doing the right thing.
