Send your wish to a pager?

31 December 2010

Today is the last day of the year 2010. It is 5:30pm now and getting closed to the end of the year. I just received a message from my senior that he was hurt. As you know "hurt" can be defined differently. I was worried when I saw this first sentence of the entire message. Then he said he was paged. At this point, I felt relieved as I was pretty sure he was physically okay.

I continued reading the message and I knew I misunderstood. What he meant was he was moved/touched. He was alerted by his pager and when he checked the message, it was actually a new year greeting message sent by his user. It was such an interesting way of wishing each other located in different regions.

The friendship is formed beyond the company's boundary. I guess if I were him, I would feel shocked and yet great contented to see such a warm wish when you thought the pager beep was due to a production issue which may need your support.

寻音之路

30 December 2010

在我还没有机会应用Internet之前，在我的钢琴世界里，除了古代名音乐家，就只有Richard Clayderman。因为他的歌曲比较大众化，在夜市也可以买得到，甚至很多场合都能听到他的歌。当初我也是被Marriage D'Amour吸引而开始学钢琴的。那时我也不晓得是他的歌曲。

Richard Claydermand playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=0A6C12AEB8BF1D83&playnext=1&v=OS8F5x07pl8

当我刚刚接触Internet时，我首先认识了David Nevue这个钢琴家，很喜欢他的歌，风格完全和Richard Clayderman的不一样，比较有情感，可以听出一个故事。我甚至还买了他的歌谱。

David Nevue playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3F20FD727DB67C32&playnext=1&v=Xb7OzW7DRdU

过后我又认识了KITARO, Secret Garden和SENS。他们是属于乐队，不算钢琴家。他们的歌就比较戏剧化，很多电影都采用他们的歌曲。譬如说，宋家皇朝。虽然我很喜欢悲伤的歌曲，但是觉得有些KITARO的歌听起来会有点不舒服，感觉心里好像很没有安全感，仿佛一人被困在森林里。所以我只是特别喜欢KITARO的三个专辑，Heaven and Earth，Gushiji和The Soong Sisters。三个之中，比较喜欢Secret Garden因为大部分的歌曲我都喜欢。

Heaven and Earth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO82u7CKj1k&feature=BF&list=PLF2C23683D12ED796&index=6

Sozo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzqQrYR20QM

Koi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-AIQas4TOI

Secret Garden playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=ACD3F85210FC83B5&playnext=1&v=ZDUjt6iH52E

SENS playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DDC9500E08463CEC&playnext=1&v=3hbZSgvn4JY

再经几番寻索，又被我认识了YANNI，风格算是属于Contemporary或New Age吧。同样的，在很多连续剧都能听到他的歌。跟KITARO比较，少了一份戏剧化的情感。

Yanni playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7FE9B2B6BDB6AAD4&playnext=1&v=6QSqihOEU58

过了不久，买了一个The Daydream的Tears专辑。歌曲都是纯钢琴，有些也是蛮伤感的，可能是在同样的专辑里，要符合相似的风格，所以很多歌曲听起来好像差不多一样，就连调子也是一样的。跟之前几个音乐家相比，名气比较低，出的专辑也比较少。

The daydream:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4F23FD94A0D3BDFB&playnext=1&v=iq_IF6So5Lc

不久之前，认识了David Lanz。我深深被他的Cristofori's Dream吸引着。听起来仿佛自己在梦中，不过听起来还是有孤独的感觉，就觉得很特别。他的名气远远不如KITARO，Richard Clayderman和Yanni。大概是歌曲没有那么大众化的关系吧。不过我还是蛮喜欢他的歌。

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=68412A27594C2592&playnext=1&v=zAb83B7_TjE

还有一位音乐家叫Steve Barakatt, 歌曲比较现代，歌曲都有一点点"摇滚"的伴奏。听起来也蛮刺激的。Rainbow Bridge, Eternity, FLYING是他其中几首名曲。我也是透过"Song Without Words"的专辑而认识他，专辑里全部歌曲都很好听。他好像也是一位歌手，在他的网站里看到的都是他的唱歌专辑。

Steve barakatt playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A5E2E866BB1AD055&playnext=1&v=1JjKrxjzIZQ

以前的我或许不喜欢听New Age的歌，比如说YOGA的音乐，听起来不但没有带给我轻松的感觉，反而是害怕，感觉很孤独，很无助。不过最近我开始慢慢接受了，也开始喜欢它们。

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=53CE41AFCC831259&playnext=1&v=FWvS9llbSJ0

Real world vs Abstract World

29 December 2010

I was sitting on a couch aside while others were happily discussing about it in the dining hall. I made myself isolated from the discussion as I knew I was not expected to talk about it.

Similarily, this situation happens in the abstract world. While internet services such as facebook and blogspot are appreciated by so many people including myself for their awesome connecting and sharing abilities, at the same time, I hate them. I hate them for intruding and violating the privacy. I dislike them for stopping me to talk freely as it is being "monitored" everywhere.

缘分是那么的奇妙

29 December 2010

缘分是那么的奇妙。第一次见面的时候，我还是以一个泼辣的顾客来向他施压。 第二次见面，也是因为公事，但也赚了友情。

所以人啊，凡事都要留一线，做事不要太过。世界是那么的小，这一分钟他是你的敌人，下一秒就可能需要他的帮忙，成为你的朋友，又或者恩人。

凡事不要太执著，待人友善，就能够开心，也容易交朋友。

How to unblock youtube video

25 Dec 2010

Youtube's staff is getting more responsible? I had no video being blocked before until the two recent videos. I had no idea their reason being blocked. I made a photo slide show, of course with music behind that may violate the copyright. But out there are millions of videos which as well violate the copyright. Some of them even upload movie and series. Why me???

I just need to unblock them. Here I found the tricks from http://1001how2.com/how-to-unblock-copyrighted-youtube-videos-fast/

1) Login your youtube account

2) Go to My video

3) Click on the Content ID Matches on left

4) Click of View Copyright Info of your video

5) At the bottom, click on "I want to learn more about the dispute process"

6) You will be directed to another page. Click on "Take me to the dispute form"

7) You will see three options. Choose the second one saying about fair use

8) Under the please explain section, paste this statement:

Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use

9) Type you name as signature and under the statement of good faith, just copy the statement as displayed below the text box.

10) Click on Continue and then "Submit Claim"

It should immediately work right once you are done with the instructions above.

每周末必做的事

25 Dec 2010

读大学的时候，很抗拒独自到外吃饭，总觉得周围都是三五成群的大学生，我不想当特出的那一位，如果让认识的人碰到，分分钟会觉得我患了孤僻症。

成为上班族的一分子后，每当我独自吃饭的时候，我发现我不孤独了，我有伴了，因为我也不是唯一一个独霸一张桌子的顾客。:)大概是因为上班族离开了校园，很多的也没有跟朋友一起住了。

每个周末，如果懒根没有被挑出来的话，都会到bukit gasing或TTDI爬山。爬山的时候，满脑子都想着食物，想着爬山过后要到哪里用餐，这样我就有推动力了。想了，当然是要做的咯。我可不是一个想了又能够控制自己不犯罪的人。通常都会找一些weekdays吃不到的，或者不方便去吃的。如果看到有几样吸引我的食物，我甚至可能点完它们，除非我觉得我真的吃不下了。

独自用餐就是有一点很麻烦。如果需要self service去order而剩下的空桌子又不是很多，那么你就需要找一些东西放在桌上"霸位"。

明天请你不要来

12 December 2010

就正当我为了未知之数而烦恼和彷徨时，有位同事说了一句话，“有些人为着未知的烦恼希望明天不要来，患绝症的人却怀着看不到明天而绝望·，天意就是这般弄人”。 如果你有类似的经验，听了这番话，有没有觉得自己很幸福，不应该在这样想了？其实我很明白这个道理，我甚至觉得这是一个很好的人生考验，一天一天熬过去后，再回头看一看，就会发现你原来走到很远了，什么风霜都被你征服了。但是人是一个很复杂和奇妙的东西，当你的天使很乐观地鼓励你时，另一个恶魔却在你脑海里一直跟它唱反调，告诉你这一条路会很有挑战性。我想这也是正常吧。如果人都只有一种思维，那么人就是很简单了，也称不上是高级动物。不过同事的那一番话，还是有效的。所以当你悲观的看着你的烦恼时，也别忘了乐观的看待它。

我到底怎么了？

我发觉自己太久没有写日记了，我是指记载关于自己心情的日记。部落格里写的都是一些比较大众化的题材，说的也逃不过旅游，饮食和知识。

近来几个月，开始很少在网上谈天，比较少追连续剧，坐在电脑前，就算明知道应该洗澡，或者上床睡觉，还是选择好无目标地控制着滑鼠，反反复复的看着面子书的Home那一面。

反而开始培养起阅读的习惯，自我阅读完两本关于纽西兰的书，接着又买了一本英文书。好不容易才找到价钱不太贵，英文又不太深的故事书。它讲述关于孩童的真人故事，揭发背后不为人知的真相。

自从桂林游，也开始慢慢忘记减肥的使命。其实也没有忘记，这可是我每一天的都必须要负的包袱，减肥两个字很难被删除掉。只是可能觉得反正都已经肥了，索性再吃一点。也因为天气的关系，很少运动。对于一般人来说，没有了运动，就更加靠饮食控制体重，但我却刚刚相反。觉得反正自己什么都不能做什么，就算做了也可能事倍功半，最后就决定吃我爱吃的食物。

生活不够充实的我，想参加舞台剧之类的活动，就算要付钱签一个celebrity的会员证，我也在所不惜，至少我可以运动减肥，参与自己热爱的舞蹈，打发时间，和认识新朋友。但是却听说一定要sign contract :(