every moment is a life changing moment

a few months ago I was invited to a cocktail mingling session followed by a formal dinner
4 recruiters and 4 candidates sat alternatively (?梅花間竹) at a round table , with the utensil setting as above…back then it was quite challenging to keep eating and impressing the recruiters at the same time.
somehow I was flipping the MIT career development workbook today
and one section is about “Dining Tips” for meal setting interview
some are quite common sense …but table manner is useful for life! (especially witnessing how everyone on the cruise FORKED their bread…@@)

  • start with the flatware the furthest away the plate first
  • gently dab your napkin at your lips
  • when you are finished, place your knife and fork so they lie horizontally (I usually placed it vertically though?) across your plate. Place your napkin next to your plate, do not leave it on the chair when you get up to exit the restaurant.
  • If you are not sure what to order, follow your host’s lead.
  • A chicken breast or vegetable plate is always safe
  • When sharing a sauce with others, spoon some of it to your plate, don’t dip your food into it.
  • Keep your elbows off your table
  • Drink from the glass to your right (nice tip for lefties)
  • Eat at the same pace as your host
  • Be prepared to be conversational , relax and keep the conversation focused on business-related topics
  • Say please and thank you to the waiter

久違了的LLL ..路燈在看著我們。whatnot.

菲林明道

  • 我們闖進了一個道理說不通的危險地方，都沒有甚麼可怕的。如果還是有新的考驗，就再一次穿越吧。只不過是這樣一回事。至少我們已經不再孤獨。
  • 每天的早餐像蓋章般千篇一律，但不知怎麼總是很美味。一切只不過是習慣性儀式而已。不過有時單純的反覆也擁有不少意義。
  • 和周圍的人都在高高興興地談笑，只有自己持續沈默的難過比起來，在只有自己一個人的地方保持沈默要容易多了，而且自然。
  • 人被賦予希望，把那當成燃料，當做目的活過人生。不過那跟掉銅板一樣，會出現正面或反面，在銅板落地前無法預知。
  • 這是學數學的人的問題之一。對於自己沒有直接關係的事項，記憶的壽命短得驚人。
  • “Second, Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything. The reason for this is a little unclear, but it’s probably a combination of Confucian filial piety and the fact that the parents have sacrificed and done so much for their children. (And it’s true that Chinese mothers get in the trenches, putting in long grueling hours personally tutoring, training, interrogating and spying on their kids.) Anyway, the understanding is that Chinese children must spend their lives repaying their parents by obeying them and making them proud.”- WSJ

just went clubbing with my bro for the first time!

we went to Azure and Prive (a members-only club exclusive for ibankers…membership fee = HKD 15,000 per year)

zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

last time as drunk maybe is at disc0 forum…zzzzzz

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jan 24

two days at LKF in a row….

an LIIT + a random shot already killed me….hmmm@_@___@

天吾 青豆 深繪里

  1. First time…winning a sports medal/ trophy in my life!! so on the finale night on the cruise, there is a hulahoop contest..then ended up I broke the cruise record (duration-wise and also playing 16 hulahoops at a time) XDD so I got a lot of free gifts including this fancy medal …!!
  2. First time…flying! parachute: one of the most memorable moments in my life..literally flying up to the sky :p though I “crashed” into sea abruptly when landing…also played ‘water-motorcycle’ with my bro!
  3. First time…finished reading Murakami’s trilogy. Half of my soul was indulged into IQ84’s world, seriously! couldn’t entirely get my head off the plot …
  4. First time…winning bingo grand prize! but finally the jackpot was splitted among 3 winners…=.=
  5. First time…seeing a two-headed turtle.==
  6. First time…seeing myself in bikini hahaha
  7. First time …. realizing 打工 vs 做生意hai totally not comparable…

Phuket

update update..

  • so right now the jeung’s family is at a 5-day cruise trip, starting from singapore, stopping by malaysia and thailand
  • the cruise is a bit funny…coz out of 1800 passengers, almost 1100 are mainlanders..@_@””” a shenzhen company invited ALL of its employees (making up the 1000 chinese on board..) to this cruise trip..including the big boss… orz…. so the ambience is not as relaxing as expected … and it totally killed my apetite to look for hot guys..haha
  • right now we are at phuket thailand ! just spent an afternoon on the beach ..tried parachute (!!) and jet-ski … :D wt a rare chance to hv such an intimacy with the sunshine!
  • gamble gamble…won USD$20 in the cruise casino..still not gd enough to compensate my stock loss..T_T ..we also won the biggest prize at the Bingo game on board..but ended up it is splitted among 3 winners..=o=
  • some bits and pieces in life , even some really trivial details,  always upset me ……-.- if u want peace in life its better to know less…or just learn how to cope with it
  • i miss the time when i was in japan………my favorite country on earth. a 3-month interlude with no burden at all. learning hardcore stuff not for achieving good grades…. i love my boss …:< seriously, best 3-month ever in my 21 years of life!
  • my winter break is not as tui as it sounds…i finished reading all 3 books of IQ84…again not my style spending time reading.
  • my motivation in life is laziness. everything i do is driven by laziness. (?) …..
  • key to success – confidence. exactly what I lack.
  • i am really not so academic……if u asked me to explain what major is about..i dun really know wt to say… =S. cozI chose my courses randomly…=.= most of the stuff i’ve learnt from college are not from textbooks. it’s about personal growth and improvement…time management .. tolerance and endurance of stress…friendships and personal relationship management….independence…etc.