2014年最精神透支的一天

(Disclaimer: Exhaustion is not equivalent to sadness!)

Station 1: Surveying Lecture at 9am 

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第一次officially接受英國大學教育,哈哈。
原來我依然係好中意係d notes度畫公仔。
但一大清早就要同d同學s交換卡片… tired T_T

Station 2: Wedding 

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再會好多“中五以後就無再見過面”既同學,
唔知點解..極速消耗晒我d能量…tired T_T
(its like setting ur iphone to max. brightness for 5 hours..)
好似一剎那回帶,返番去中學時既state of mind一樣
which is..well.. you know.

Station 3: BBQ

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Great gathering but I am already so exhausted…T_T

Designing Cities!

終於完成PennDesign 10-week online course Designing Cities 總共三份功課,者係可以畢業啦!
雖然功課唔計分,我都超級比心機去做架,呢d先叫做「 求學不是求分數」架麻。

如果對city planning有興趣,或者無興趣都好,我都誠意推介呢個course,d lectures好時髦(?),少少theory,然後supported by好多好豐富既examples。更令我有衝動去HKU讀個 MSc Urban Planning(但原來無part time架,算 :< )。

有兩個examples d professors成日會提到:第一個係NYC既High Line,第二既係被譽為”the most innovative city in the world”既Medellín, Colombia本來Medellín係一個充斥住暴力同毒品既貧民窟,治安混亂。到底政府點樣單靠纜車 & 扶手電梯,將呢個城市由內到外脫胎換骨呢?!呢個blog summarize得不錯(懶)。

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“Solitude matters, and for some people, it is the air that they breathe.”

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坊間有無數篇關於introverts的文章,但基本上篇篇都差唔多,無咩驚喜。
但最近Huffington Post既一篇“10 Ways Introverts Interact Differently With The World”,有多少少points,等我補充下先。

When surrounded by people, they locate themselves close to an exit.
哈哈哈所以一大班人唱k,我一定坐最近門口,等我隨時smoothly離場。所以有時都興幸自己住新界,可以好自然地彈一句(望一望手錶):「哎呀,就黎無火車啦,要走先啦唔好意思byebye :D(光速逃)」

Deeper conversations make them feel alive. Introverts prefer deeper conversations, oftentimes about philosophical ideas.
Make us feel alive , exactly! 所以畢業後都不時會約「告解」飯局,i.e. 同另一位同樣需要告解既朋友 (sosad),吹水吹到天南地北,然後兩位都舒服晒~ haha。我覺得飯局最多只可以有4個人,otherwise係傾唔到計的。

They physically can’t stand talking on the phone.
笑左。因為剛剛同A過往一個鐘就係用whatsapp voice messages 黎傾計,其實可以用電話的說。哈哈哈摺友behavior orz。

They succeed on stage — just not in the chit-chat afterwards.
我d chit-chat skills…會突然變左口吃。

Anyways, 記得有一次同某人講到我內向既性格,佢立刻話:「你做乜要咁話自己呀?!!你唔內向呀!」
我:「下?! 內向有咩問題先?? (下刪一千字…..)」
都係個句啦,內向慢熱無罪,只係個性既一種,我們也很可愛。

Meeting President Reif

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 (my last “BeyoniMeeting…” post was back in Nov 2012 already…2 YEARS AGO!! shame…)

Meeting our current MIT President for the first time! Some key takeaways from the evening:

  • Love his Pope-like handshake and eye contact: very genuine, warm and strong. First he shook my hand powerfully, then he gently placed his left hand on my hand..(Urgh I hope you get what I mean). Whoa…..
  • On asset allocation among undergrad & grad students: of course the undergrads win! MIT spend around $70,000-$80,000 USD per undergrad, while only 10% to 11% undergrads are paying the full tuition fee $44,000 USD. So not many ppl know that their education is in fact subsidized by the school.
  • On edX & MIT OpenCourseWare: a 17-year old high school student in India got 97% in 6.002x (Circuits & Electronics) on edX, our MOOC platform. He really wanted to continue to take 6.003 (Signals & Systems), but the class is not offered on edX yet. He then studied 6.003 on MIT OpenCourseWare, our web-based publications of almost ALL MIT class materials, and started his own MOOC 6.003z!

Also in the series:
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 

蘭開夏道?

一直覺得王迪詩專欄《蘭開夏道》,用街道名為題幾有型。因為咁,有一排成日同b係度列舉「香港改得幾好聽/幾cool既街道名」(我地講d野真係幾無聊orz)

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1. Glenealy 己連拿利 (幾悅耳)
2. Blue Pool Road 藍塘道 (好有意境,好似一個深藍色既水塘)
3. Mount Davis Road 摩星嶺道 (略帶神秘感同埋邪氣)
4. Aldrich Bay 愛秩序灣 (唔係路,但譯得妙~)
5. Black’s Link (住宅地址係”Black’s Link”都幾有型 XD)

完。