昨天晚上做了个怪梦，梦见我和一个小男孩在攀岩，怪在哪里呢？怪在那个小男孩竟然是我的小孩！

 

我百思不得其解。昨天睡觉前好像是想过老爸的生日快到了，还想到我们父子俩过去的事情。平时忙的学习工作跟这个梦也完全扯不上关系。好笑的是在梦里我还像模像样的教那个小朋友怎么抓着石头向上爬。犬子的相貌是记不清了，只记得头发很短，穿了件小背心。

 

还有昨天我去公司拿资料后，差点把持不住到隔壁乌节路逛街。还好同学找我打球，买了双拖鞋就乖乖回来的。

 

I'VE watched you now a full half-hour;
Self-poised upon that yellow flower
And, little Butterfly! indeed
I know not if you sleep or feed.
How motionless!--not frozen seas
More motionless! and then
What joy awaits you, when the breeze
Hath found you out among the trees,
And calls you forth again!

This plot of orchard-ground is ours;
My trees they are, my Sister's flowers;
Here rest your wings when they are weary;
Here lodge as in a sanctuary!
Come often to us, fear no wrong;
Sit near us on the bough!
We'll talk of sunshine and of song,
And summer days, when we were young;
Sweet childish days, that were as long
As twenty days are now.

________________________

STAY near me--do not take thy flight!
A little longer stay in sight!
Much converse do I find in thee,
Historian of my infancy!
Float near me; do not yet depart!
Dead times revive in thee:
Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art!
A solemn image to my heart,
My father's family!

Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days,
The time, when, in our childish plays,
My sister Emmeline and I
Together chased the butterfly!
A very hunter did I rush
Upon the prey:--with leaps and springs
I followed on from brake to bush;
But she, God love her, feared to brush
The dust from off its wings.

-- William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

 

Yeah I bet you have no idea what I am talking about. Well, the term break is in just a week's time!! I am so looking forward to that. The last spring break at Stanford, man that was a total disappointment - no trip down to palm beach Florida, no party or margarita, all because I still had to work the 95. And my professor was pretty understanding, saying that normally the spring break is for working professionals cum Stanford students to catch up on their work. Yeah, true, Prof. Pate-Cornell... By the way, she is a very lovely person and an inspiring mentor.

 

Now that I am 100% student again, I believe I will enjoy the break much better. Already having a couple of events lined up and feeling all excited about it, but I am not gonna list them all down here. I kindda need to focus on this coming week for another round of project interview, job applications and a logistics mid-term. Boy I am quick in listing those crap down. haha~~

 

Alright, before I leave. A quick wrap up on this week's college football action, the 'separation' weekend:

USC, oh the mighty USC, cruised past Nebraska 28-10. The new starting quarterback John David Booty, whom I saw last year during my first trip to LA, threw 257 yards, 3 touchdown passes and no interceptions. I caught the game highlights on espn and he was absolutely talented. USC is still fun to watch with him directing the offense. Next, Notre Dame got their ass kicked at home by the Michigan Wolverines, giving up 47 points, the second largest in team history. See, I don't get all the hype around the Fighting Irish being a national title contender and Brady Quinn a Heismann prospect. I was at the Stanford Notre Dame game last season and they were not much better than us. I am sorry to say this, but Stanford football sucks! The Irish merely escaped a loss by a last-minute touchdown which by the way remains as my worst football nightmare. So if people say ND is going to the rose bowl this time, I am so not convinced. It's almost like saying Stanford will finish this season with more wins than losses. No no, never gonna happen. The Cardinals are already down 0-3. I just hope a win will come soon so that our hot cheerleaders can do their stunts around that tree mascot. :))) (For more information, click Mr Booty)

周五，下午的滂沱大雨竟过渡成了现在的绵绵细雨。好不容易忙完一个礼拜，等到今晚打球的。只叹天公不作美，潇潇雨不歇。周末的晚上可是我的禁学日啊。所以天要吾学，吾偏偏不学。本来想搞点室内活动的，可球瘾发作，抓起篮球就往楼下跑。一个人在球场上突破，转身，跳投，三分。冰冷的夜雨，滚烫的右手。

 

最近很多时间都在独自匆忙的生活着。一个人上下课，拥挤的餐厅里随便找个空位，一个人吃饭，下午一个人在图书馆或电脑室学习，晚上回来不再出门。选择这种生活方式，除了为眼前学不完的习腾出时间外，也让我逐渐品味到了孤独中非常的魅力。

 

一人隐于众人的喧嚣外，能把自己乐于观察的习惯磨塑成善于观察的能力；

从克制自己曾有些盲目的外出聚会中蓄积着承受孤独的底限；

校车驶过山岗时视线的远处有我从未留意过的海景；

下课回来的路上安静的憧憬一种未来美好的生活；

不开灯的房间里用心去听Norah Jones带给我的感动；

一个人专心的球场上捕捉到每个上篮动作的瑕疵；

 

少一份浮躁，多一份淡定。

 

而这一切之所以能成为可能，都因为孤独中我并不寂寞，都因为我爱的人也爱着我。

 

 

I was getting my resume done the other day and had to find a headshot. Here is what I got. Clearly I am stressed, I know...

 

八年前的今天，微笑着挥别亲人和朋友，第一次飞到陌生的岛屿，渐渐习惯一方水土叫第二故乡。

五年前的昨天，纽约的巨楼轰然倒地，随后的边境政策放慢了准备离开的脚步。留在熟悉的城市我第一次感受迷惘。

 

每个人抽到的牌是注定的，但怎么出牌由他们自己决定。

 

就这样在我继续远行前，缅怀一下过去的日子。

Hi everyone,

 

I am asking you to help me make a choice here.

请大家帮我做个有关论文方向的决定。

 

Since the topic on interest rate is heading nowhere, my Final Year Project (FYP) professor has suggested me to find another topic, preferably in valuation because he is an expert. He recommended the valuation of Intellectual Property and I proposed valuation of Sports Organizations.

 

Valuing a sports franchise is a legitimate field of study. In fact, there are already some articles written on this topic. To make it relevant to my Industrial System Engineering major, I can actually relate the value of a sports team to attributes such as performance, players, ball park facilities, etc. But my professor said one problem may be the availability of data. Being a die-hard fan, I don't mind spending lots of time getting the data for NBA（篮球）, NFL（橄榄球）, MLB（棒球）, EPL（英超） and ISA（意甲）, but I am not too sure.

方向一：根据一支球队的球员，成绩，声望，球场设施等指标的来评估这支球队的资产。

 

On the other hand, there is a move towards trying to value Intellectual Property. Something that's going to be useful in the future. In fact, it's already heating up in some fields for calculating infringing damages, venture capital funding, etc.

方向二：对知识产权此类无形资产进行评估。

 

So it's sports finance v.s. IP finance

my-favorite-past-time topic v.s. my-chance-for-big-break topic

Los Angeles Lakers v.s. Nano technology

体育球队资产评估 v.s. 知识产权资产评估

 

Shall I go with my heart or my mind?

 

Which one should I choose? Please comment asap. Thanks!!

请告诉我您的想法，谢谢！

Sometimes you feel spiritually empty, and you hear a muffled cry for soul searching in the hollows of an energy-deprived body.

Sometimes you wonder why you are traveling with so many baggages, all the "shoulda woulda coulda" from a imperfect past.

Sometimes you just can't see the future, about what will be left in this world and who will be there for you when tomorrow comes.

 

And we send God a prayer and wait.

Wait for Him to recover our soul, carry our load and safeguard us against imminent dangers.

 

And we feel loved when our pray is answered; feel abandoned when it is not; and we go back to square one when the next wave of crisis appears at our horizon.

 

But we forgot that there is a price for each time that we are rescued, and that privileges always carry responsibilities with them. If we just want God's help passively and don't do our part, we will still gain salvation but we will lose the joy of being a Christian.

 

"When we ask the Lord to do something, we must also be ready to do our part." - Richard De Haan

Back to work.

前几天加州的企业家朋友来新加坡玩，晚上和他们一起去喝酒聊天。这种创业男一般都精力充沛，酒量惊人，而且具有往死里喝的勇气。令我既佩服又费解。

 

很多人把企业家定义为一种职业。可是职业往往是有学派的。律师出自法学，工程师出自工程学，银行家出自金融学。可企业家呢？在硅谷时，一位资深教授John Neisheim曾说过：“In silicon valley, there is no school of entrepreneurship. There is only a school of hard knocks.” 没有教你怎么创业的学校，只有靠自己摸索，在失败中成长。那它到底是什么呢？翻开课本，答案就算仔细找也会找不到，背也会背不好。在我看来，企业家有几个共同特点，我简短阐述一下：

 

说他做的事小，对。--产品可能就是汽车的一个没人知道的零部件。昨天那哥们儿是卖咖啡杯起家的。

说他做的事大，也对。--从生产到进货到运输到销售。外加聘用，解雇，资金，客源。。。

 

说他是黑道，对。--钻税收制度的空子，贿赂政府官员，为客户嫖妓买单。

说他是白道，也对。--七成的企业家有硕士学位，有些是放弃大公司要职出来创业的。比如前两天碰到那个叫Virginia Cha的美籍华人，四十几岁时放弃美国half an million的年薪，跑去上海开健身馆。

 

说他势利，对。--整天琢磨着怎么抢大公司的生意，怎么把其他小公司赶跑。

说他无私，也对。--拼命工作，不仅为了养活自己，还为了养活一帮员工。

 

说他与书本知识绝缘，对。--昨天那哥们儿曾把公司里一高材生上交的市场调查和可行性报告（就是那种在学校拿A++的那种文章）拿来投篮。还跟她说：“This is useless. I want something that can actually work.”

说他与书本知识有缘，也对。--Wall street journal, strategic business management, art of the start, power of unfair advantage, the world is flat, 孙子兵法... 有些自己也出了很多书，教育我们这种小辈。