The Imitation Game

Sometimes it is the people who no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine.

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*Spoiler Alert*

1. Brilliant performance by Benedict Cumberbatch! Great job in portraying such emotional complexity. At first I thought his mesmerizing eyes must be made possible by some sort of digital visual effect…then I found out “Benedict Cumberbatch eyes” is actually a popular search keyword in Google O_O

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2. Turing committed suicide in 1954 and was finally pardoned by the Queen in 2013(?!). Well..at least we can all finally honor this wrongly-accused genius 60 years later…such a special life story to be shared.

3. Really touched by Imitation Game Graham Moore Oscars acceptance speech: “When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself because I felt weird and I felt different and I felt I did not belong. And now I’m standing here I would like this moment to be for that kid out there who feels she’s weird or she’s different or she doesn’t fit in anywhere – yes, you do. I promise you do. Stay weird, stay different and when it’s your turn, and you are standing on this stage, please pass the message on to the next person who comes along.”


Quick Summary of Lai-see Packets:
Avg $ per packet: HK$63.15
No. of HK$10 Banknote: 3%
No. of HK$20 Banknote: 42%
No. of HK$50 Banknote: 28%
No. of HK$100 Banknote:24%
No. of HK$100 Banknote: 3%
No. of Chocolate Coin: 1

2nd MOOC – Gamification

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Currently on Week 4 of my 2nd MOOC class – Gamification
I.e. how to apply game elements & design to non-game business contexts!
e.g. PBL techniques (Points, badges, leaderboards), engagement & progressive loops, etc.

Interesting class but would definitely like to see more up-to-date examples.
Plants vs. Zombies and Angry Birds are no longer THAT viral…

Well yes things change very rapidly and its hard to keep up the pace
similar to HKDSE compu web design module…while the whole world uses parallax scrolling (and who knows wht the trend will be in 2016? 2017?),
HK secondary school students are still learning Frames in class, so 90s O___O


Upcoming courses on my dashboard:
Design Thinking for Business Innovation
Understanding the Brain 
Marketing in a Digital World
Buddhist Meditation and the Modern World

Meeting Jack Ma

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(Vaguely remember I once spotted a Jack Ma’s seminar poster on the Infinite Corridor, hmm I think in sophomore year?
I just ignored it back then coz I didn’t really know who he was…orz haha,真係有眼不識泰山。
5年後終於可以一賭馬雲嘅風采啦~~)

Public speaking 魅力: 句句都係金句soundbites,配合適當&適量嘅幽默同埋自嘲,觀眾們都聽得幾投入,包括我自己,90分鐘嘅seminar我都出奇咁精神。

內容重點:我無刻意去take notes,但比較深刻嘅points有以下幾個:

  1. 馬雲reiterated咗好幾次「心理調整」呢四個字。要同自己講,自己唔係太好,都唔係太差,只係「還可以」。
  2. 機會其實好平等,成功者都有幾個特點:
    a)樂觀主義者,一定係向好嘅一方面諗。
    b) 先檢查自己;多改變自己,少改變別人。
    (其實呢個就係我小學老師成日講嘅「律己以嚴,待人以寬」)
    c) 少抱怨。其他人係度抱怨嘅時候你應該高興,
    因為其他人浪費時間怨天怨地嘅時候,你在幹活~
    d) 有超越常人嘅堅持
  3. 20年後property sector唔可能再係香港嘅pillar industry…..hmmmmm

Also in the series:
Meeting Andrew Ng
Meeting President Reif
Meetng Th0mas Heatherw!ck
Meeting Kenichi Ohmae
Meeting Steven Chu
Meeting Bill Gates
Meeting Al Gore
Meeting Barack Obama
Meeting Solow x Diamond x Mankiw
Meeting Noam Chomsky
Meeting  Russell Peters
Meeting Bow Tie 

Good Morning Hong Kong

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雖然我真係好中意瞓覺zz,
但由2013年開始,就開始咗間間斷斷「特早」起身返工嘅習慣。

「特早」,我意思係天都未光就返到公司。係地鐵頭班車之前。
凌晨4點半,5點半,6點半,7點。
就連d security巡樓嘅時候,見到我嘅身影都以為撞鬼嚇一跳。
係一個zero distraction嘅無人之境,absolute silence到耳仔「宏宏」聲,
我可以naturally put my thinking cap on 完全in the flow,
通常official返工時間8點半前,已經可以K.O.完通常成日先做得完嘅野。
Especially good for 要好用腦嘅tasks。
萬試萬靈!

well but then 陽光一出黎,我就開始眼瞓lu =_=