Not sure if it applies to every culture, but I normally regard 3 years difference as "one generation gap", i.e. if somebody is 3 years older than me I'd say we have a generation gap and if somebody is 6 years older than me I'd say we have TWO generation gaps. Well not that the number is important but it just explains how different people's mindsets are.
So I was back from Tesco with SiMui and on the way some friend of SiMui, who is an undergrad, came along and said hi. During the conversation we learnt that she just had a presentation in class. Well that is nothing special until you realize what she wore. Black tights with, on top, a skirt barely covering her entire hips. Wow, some presentation!
So SiMui is 2 years younger than me and I guess that's the maximum gap I could tolerate. The undergrad who is again 2 years younger than SiMui is, therefore, beyond capacity. To make it simple, they are simply 不知所謂！
So, folks older than me, if you find my behaviour utterly unacceptable, please let me know. Because...I'm still a young peep! =]
2011年2月25日 星期五
2011年2月24日 星期四
Sigh...young peeps!
So this morning I agreed to do a psychology experiment for a project of one my my undergrad football teammates. She told me to "meet her at the Library" (didn't say where) at 1:30pm and for her convenience, I gave her my phone number through facebook inbox.
So I was there at the Library entrance at 1:30pm sharp. Nobody there. I went down the stairs to see if she's outside the cafe. Nobody there. I tried to look for internet access to check my facebook and see if I had remembered the time wrong. Nope, nothing wrong. It was eventually 1:50pm and since she never gave me her number I gave her a message telling her to call me.
After wandering around for some more on campus (WLAN was lost) and I got no phone call I decided I'm not going to waste anymore of my time and go home. And the moment I went back to my own room, the message I got in my facebook inbox was "Oh I am at the Floor 2 sofas", sent to me at 1:55pm.
Well, young peeps, it's your project, not mine. If you don't give a damn, don't try to waste anybody's time. I told her I had gone home. And from her reply "I tried to reply as quickly as possible. But that's ok.", I know she still doesn't have a clue what has gone wrong.
So I was there at the Library entrance at 1:30pm sharp. Nobody there. I went down the stairs to see if she's outside the cafe. Nobody there. I tried to look for internet access to check my facebook and see if I had remembered the time wrong. Nope, nothing wrong. It was eventually 1:50pm and since she never gave me her number I gave her a message telling her to call me.
After wandering around for some more on campus (WLAN was lost) and I got no phone call I decided I'm not going to waste anymore of my time and go home. And the moment I went back to my own room, the message I got in my facebook inbox was "Oh I am at the Floor 2 sofas", sent to me at 1:55pm.
Well, young peeps, it's your project, not mine. If you don't give a damn, don't try to waste anybody's time. I told her I had gone home. And from her reply "I tried to reply as quickly as possible. But that's ok.", I know she still doesn't have a clue what has gone wrong.
2011年2月22日 星期二
And now, the war forecast
Well I know this is all old knowledge, but the picture of this still gives me the creeps. These fucking bastards in the Pentagon look at a computer software and say, "Look, just 6000 casualties, that's not much, let's go to war!"
And the Dupuy Institute says it is a non-profit organization. Man, non-profit organizations are supposed to be doing good for society, no? Or should I say, that's nice of you to be charging only $93,000 for the software so that even poor countries could afford to decide whether to go to war?
And why on earth would anybody think an MBA student is able to comment on a WAR FORECAST MODEL just based on a news article talking about it?
And the Dupuy Institute says it is a non-profit organization. Man, non-profit organizations are supposed to be doing good for society, no? Or should I say, that's nice of you to be charging only $93,000 for the software so that even poor countries could afford to decide whether to go to war?
And why on earth would anybody think an MBA student is able to comment on a WAR FORECAST MODEL just based on a news article talking about it?
2011年2月17日 星期四
Whoa, the human sustainability!
Impressive figures:
Pepsico UK manufactures 10 million packets of crisps each day. HOW IMPRESSIVE IS THAT?!
Pepsico UK puts 100% of its budget for carbonated soft drinks in zero calorie drinks. HOW IMPRESSIVE IS THAT?!
Well...I don't know, really. What Mr. Georgy kindly wiki-ed immediately was that the population of United Kingdom is 60 million, meaning that probably one-sixth of the population is consuming a packet of crisps PER DAY?!
'Tis barking mad.
*
Funny how I did actually dream of Paris a few weeks before the news I got yesterday.
I loved that dream.
Because you were there :)
Pepsico UK manufactures 10 million packets of crisps each day. HOW IMPRESSIVE IS THAT?!
Pepsico UK puts 100% of its budget for carbonated soft drinks in zero calorie drinks. HOW IMPRESSIVE IS THAT?!
Well...I don't know, really. What Mr. Georgy kindly wiki-ed immediately was that the population of United Kingdom is 60 million, meaning that probably one-sixth of the population is consuming a packet of crisps PER DAY?!
'Tis barking mad.
*
Funny how I did actually dream of Paris a few weeks before the news I got yesterday.
I loved that dream.
Because you were there :)
2011年2月9日 星期三
Tidying up
小師妹說：你間房亂到連條屍都擺o吾落
由於小弟不見了散紙包兼o吾想 touchwood 死o左o係房都訓得o吾舒服，決定執房，至少令部份桌面可以見光。
執notes執notes執notes，原來全部都一眼都無看過。
o甘多年，原來一D都無進步過。
生活，又可o吾可以執番正小小？
由於小弟不見了散紙包兼o吾想 touchwood 死o左o係房都訓得o吾舒服，決定執房，至少令部份桌面可以見光。
執notes執notes執notes，原來全部都一眼都無看過。
o甘多年，原來一D都無進步過。
生活，又可o吾可以執番正小小？
2011年2月5日 星期六
2011年2月1日 星期二
Here's your formula for calculating compensation
Last year ranking: 42
This year ranking: 58
Fall in ranking: 16
% in fall: 38%
Your formula for calculating the compensation for customer dissatisfaction will be as follows:
[Tuition fee + Accommodation fee + (last salary x 12) + estimated bonus + estimated extra living expenses] x 38%
Notes:
1. Left out the currency adjustment deliberately because HKD has been falling against the GBP.
2. You may take time value into account if your amount is big enough for you to bother.
3. "Estimated extra living expenses" means the excess amount incurred as a result of living in UK rather than your own country. This assumes that the UK has the highest relative price of goods in the entire world. However if you happen to come from a country with a higher price of goods than UK, you may ignore this factor.
4. The above formula is a guideline only. There is room for more creative adjustment, e.g. cost for extra warm clothes if you came from a tropical environment, cost for being sick extra long because the GPs on campus don't give the right medicine but just tells you to sleep, cost for extra frustration at fake train schedules on the uk national rail website etc...
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Hahahahahahahaha just kidding. I still love my programme. And my lovely cohorts!
P.S. I'm sure I could contribute to the "salary increase" meter the coming year. Cuz my original package was too low *wink*
This year ranking: 58
Fall in ranking: 16
% in fall: 38%
Your formula for calculating the compensation for customer dissatisfaction will be as follows:
[Tuition fee + Accommodation fee + (last salary x 12) + estimated bonus + estimated extra living expenses] x 38%
Notes:
1. Left out the currency adjustment deliberately because HKD has been falling against the GBP.
2. You may take time value into account if your amount is big enough for you to bother.
3. "Estimated extra living expenses" means the excess amount incurred as a result of living in UK rather than your own country. This assumes that the UK has the highest relative price of goods in the entire world. However if you happen to come from a country with a higher price of goods than UK, you may ignore this factor.
4. The above formula is a guideline only. There is room for more creative adjustment, e.g. cost for extra warm clothes if you came from a tropical environment, cost for being sick extra long because the GPs on campus don't give the right medicine but just tells you to sleep, cost for extra frustration at fake train schedules on the uk national rail website etc...
*
Hahahahahahahaha just kidding. I still love my programme. And my lovely cohorts!
P.S. I'm sure I could contribute to the "salary increase" meter the coming year. Cuz my original package was too low *wink*
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