Author: impromptuz

The King’s Speech

SPEECHLESS and INCREDIBLE!!!
loveee this movieee!!!
0. Colin Firth’s acting is absolutely phenomenal! the real first-time wartime speech could be sychronized with the one in the movie…crazy attention to detail!

1. “You have such perseverance Bertie, you’re the bravest man I know.”
“And yet I am the seat of all authority because they think that when I speak, I speak for them…but I can’t speak”
所有困難都可以克服，而且必須克服。無論你是平民或者是皇帝，no matter how reluctant you are, 都需要勇敢面對並改善自己的shortcomings。因為這都不是你自己一個人的問題，你可能是某人的榜樣，可能是整個帝國的榜樣，意義極其重大。
It’s not an option, it’s your responsibility.

When the nation needed a leader and a voice at war, even he was so frightened, he did his part well. King George VI was such a great and brave king as he didnt ask for the king…he was reluctant…and once he took up the job, he did it very well even deep down he was haunted with fear and stress that ultimately lead to his death…he was “easily frightened and prone to tears” since 5 years old …he cried like a kid in the Queen’s arm when he knew that he has to step up after his brother put off his throne for his mistress…


3. it’s just fascinating how the UK is still running the monarchy and royal family system…:3 the story is based on the living Queen Elizabeth’s father King George VI..  the royal family …love it (was tracing the family bloodline on wiki..King George VI ..is the son of King George V…is the son of Queen Victoria…is the daughter of Prince Edward….) though they all appeared on portrait paintings only..imagine they all were once legendary living figures ..honored by millions of people….it’s so so so important to preserve records of history!!! cultural revolution has burned and destroyed lots of precious cultural artifacts of all dynasties…this should not happen again coz we hv to keep a good record NOW for our future generations , say in 2050 or 3011…people will look back at our photos and wonder..how those 古人 live their life with such primitive technology?! (wah..totally off-topic sorry)

4. and after all it’s based on public speaking and public broadcasting haha..guess dad mum would love it too.

 

Le pliage

In 3 days I at least saw 10 people using this longchamp tote bag ($145)……esp. around Sloan

it’s the handbag’s macbook …@_@
(i secretly want it but sadly “名牌就只能衬托出我的无耻”….–>光速逃)

right now: 雞蛋仔 for teatime!!!!!! ^W^

“For Stocks, Another Day, Another Dive”

  • Another question in the MIT undergraduate survey is “have you ever taken a class that you feel excited to attend?”..I think my Corp fin class is definitely one of my fav classes in my MIT career.
  • You see, people usually applauded for the professor at the very last class of the semester right? This class, we clap everytime.
  • But…..the admin finally decided to kick all undergraduates out (Reason: The MBAs can’t sit on the stairs, coz they have paid. )
  • side-note:  Modigiliani from the M&M theorem (58,63,66) was a Sloan professor !!!
  • just found out 熊貓外交 is a legit term!! this term just crossed my mind when i saw this “熊貓為中日關係解凍“
  • Finally its not the usual title “Asian shares mixed” ..but a saddening yet accurate “another day, another dive” : S
  • was discussing with SS why all indexes worldwide (and our portfolio, cry) fell into the red all of a sudden. SS said its because of the chain suspensions of Korean savings banks, I said probably, as most of the newspapers would have agreed, is due to the escalating tension in the middle east and the subsequent surge in oil price. Is it only  Libya to be blamed for the stock slide though?
  • watched 3 movies related to  financial crisis..”Wall Street”,  “Inside Job” and “The Company Man”…after all these government bailouts (bank of america, bear stearns), bankruptcy (lehman) and massive headcount reduction (citi) happened only just 2 years ago, ibanking is still the most prestigious and popular career among us …probably because it is the most (risk-adjusted) lucrative career?
  • anyhow I am going to take the HK gov CSB exam this summer, anyone else?
  • also chatted about our FS’s budget speech with my dad ..will write sth about it later if i hv time
  • OK…from all the options in the previous entry, guess I will take a PE sailing class in 2nd quarter of the semester , yeah!
  • But as a pre-req, I need to first pass the boat test…which is
    ” jumping in the water, swimming 100 yards continuously and then treading water for 10 minutes.” can I do that?!

The Night is Still Young

  • MIT released a survey on undergraduate life today, one of the questions is :
    “On how many of the past seven days did you get enough sleep so that you felt rested when you woke up in the morning?”
  • The point is…..we just had a 3-day long weekend holiday.  =__= how evil !!
  • I wrote my very first comment on WSJ with my real name (I commented with fake names almost every day on youtube and weibo….)
  • turned out I got 3 recommendations (similar to “likes” in fb) and was accused as “ministry of information from china”, hahaha wth? good start?
  • Keep playing 北極光‎ 梁詠琪 these few days..
    負十度我亦會滲汗　熱愛在臉旁便會禦寒
    你是北極光　震憾也耐看　怎可有更迷人風光
    我相信　與愛侶同尋訪 <–always thought it’s 與愛侶到札幌 (誤）
    看過這世界奇觀　便有幸福　將天降
  • My fortune cookie said “Wealth is the ability to experience life fully” how would you interpret this? is it monetary wealth? Do you agree? Well if it’s $$ …no doubt it could improve my life quality…and allow me to travel and witness 極光..haha
  • And usually they got “Learn Chinese” on the other side of the fortune cookie right? I got 炸(zha)薯(shu)條 (tiao) XD oddly appropriate for me : p
  • Was editing my CV for some engineering stuff …1) just realized my engineering experience totally outnumbered my finance/management experience.  2) Nothing on my CV is “-Present” ..i.e. I am doing nothing now??

Caveat – logic short circuit

大件事！！！

經過必不得已的債務時間表重組，
我星期一，三得番一堂！仲要係10－11am。
（然後星期二四有4堂－＿－）
到底我11am之後漫長一天可以做d meh？！！？（echo）

1. add a P/F class with no pset/essay (if any)
2. go jogging or swimming (what?!)
3. sleep all day
4. fold in library and study study study
5. do a UROP (but it will add extra workload)
6. do part-time (already grading a class already…)

HAAAAA >______<