Sunday, April 27, 2008

HERO and 英雄

有許多不同的Hero:久利生檢察官,無名長空殘劍飛雪,比呂與英雄

What makes them special?

To get things up and running, we seek to have the right people in the right place, with the right incentive structure. Difficile, isn't it?

In the corporate structure of XXX, being a nice guy doesn't seem to be a good option. Pour quoi? Parce que bad guys are not punished, and get the same salary. Does this justify a re-think of the incentive strucuture? Shall we move from the left to the right, and become more like a compete-with-your-colleague corporate scene? If so, will our relationship be the same?

My belief is that being a nice guy earns you some tiny self-respect and friendship. Tiny things like this may make the differences in your life.
正義は勝つ,そう思うけど...

BTW, accompanied by Matsu Takato is an incentive as well. This is one of the reasons I'm still thinking of the parallel world, which I've taken a left-turn and could only imagine it.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Adidas 10K


10KM跑48:38,我應該沒那麼快啊
所以不是里程不足,就是X小姐的一聲加油有發揮功能

Sunday, April 13, 2008

250km


最近這趟桃園新竹行,用摩托車騎了250km,經過不少摩托化步兵留下的足跡:
1.龍岡大操場
王xx旅長的德政包括250km行軍,雄獅操演,還有龍岡大會操(每月找一天,各營由駐地行軍到龍岡大操場舉行五項戰技競賽,那五項?不知道,因為我生得逢時,沒經歷過),這次看到的龍岡大操場,民眾和樂融融打棒球,玩搖控飛機,練開車,練街舞呢,喔,還有旁邊的龍岩營區好像變廢墟了
2.凌雲岡營區
在龍潭的聖蹟亭附近,以前是裝步的營區,現在不知變什麼了
3.湖口北測
附近義民廟,寶石大橋都是行軍常經過的地方

Monday, April 07, 2008

1勝6敗,1勝就能進奧運

Admission:
Tinbergen Institute w/ full scholarship (2 Years M.Phil + 3 Years PhD program )
Rejection:
ESSEC,UMannheim,ULausanne,UZurich,VGSF,SSE

Background:
BA Econ from NTU, GPA:3.6
MSEF from Warwick, distinction
3 years experience in industry
1 year experience as RA in CIER
GRE:660,800
TOEFL:waived
Publication: 1 paper in an unknown journal; participated in some NSC research projects
Reference letter: one each from supervisor in Warwick and CIER
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大學時代是成績中上的普通人
後來經歷當兵,工作,唸碩士
剛到英國也覺得:"靠,比我想像的難十倍"
不過經過一段適應期,要吃飽睡足的畢業倒也不難
畢竟人生中比唸書困難的事情的多得是

回國後面臨學界or業界的抉擇
要放棄曾發過10個月年終的穩定工作是個蠻難的決定
從自己和別人的經驗,我也知道phd不是件好差事
而且同齡的人都已經在結婚生子買房子照顧車子
所以除了phd之外,也認真考慮過別的可能性
但最後還是跳下去了,考量的原因有二:
因為我相信"錢多犠性多"的道理,所以不想往高競爭的業種發展
而留在低競爭的前工作,又會覺得"難道人生就這樣了?"
第二個原因是我以為學術界的生活,可能未來會比較自由吧 (誤??)

申請結果如上,申請前我也不知道歐洲學校到底難不難申請
拒絕的原因多未明講,就是發好學生卡給你
研究成果應該還是很重要吧

最後感謝幫助過我的人
還有我的父母,讓我能夠自由找尋我的方向
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posted on PTT

319-Apr 2008


4/7
三芝-石門-金山-萬里 (120)
阿輝伯老家+n年沒去的野柳+沒什麼特別的劉家肉粽
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4/12~13
平鎮-龍潭-楊梅-湖口-新埔-芎林-橫山-竹東-新竹香山-北區-東區-新豐-新屋-觀音-蘆竹 (135)
參加UMC 21k路跑,發生繼Curt Schilling後又一起血襪事件!
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4/16
烏來 (136)
果然...怕爆胎就會遇到爆胎...冏冏冏
Mileage: 47.8km
Time: 3:04
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4/25
頭城-礁溪-宜蘭-員山-大同-三星-羅東-冬山-五結-壯圍 (146)
時間不夠,沒去什麼景點,純蓋章有點無趣