Entry 0058: What's next

1. Get to the Island.

2. Get under a roof.

3. Get a job.

4. Get work permit.

5. Find a room.

6. Buy PC.

7. Get PR.

Entry 0057: 全球化對本地資訊工業的影響

全球化對本地資訊工業的影響 - 在新馬的印度籍電腦程序編寫員(Indian Programmer)
此文純屬個人意見

印度籍電腦程序編寫員﹐無論是否在資訊工業界混的人都聽過他們的存在吧﹗他們像一陣風似的來到我們的國家﹐要求的薪金不高﹐搶去了我們的飯碗﹐到底是怎麼一回事呢﹖

都是美國人惹的禍﹗﹖
相信大家都聽說過網絡經濟泡沫爆破(dot com bubble burst)的事件吧﹐在這裡筆者不多談網絡經濟﹐只是要指出網絡經濟泡沫爆破的結果。網絡經濟泡沫爆破起飛時﹐許多人都瘋狂地投資不同的網絡公司﹐於是 ﹐那些網絡公司用投資者的錢在海底鋪滿了一條又一條的光纖﹐然而﹐網絡經濟泡沫爆破的到來使到這些公司都破產和倒閉﹐而這些公司所遺留下來的光纖就這樣被 一些新生的公司以非常低的價錢佔為己有了。

有了光纖﹐美國與印度的距離忽然拉近了。大概是因為許多政治和人文因素的關係﹐美國企業決定了在印度外包各種各樣的公司內務(詳情請閱讀湯馬士 佛里曼的《世界是平的》一書)﹐這也使到印度的班加洛忽然發展成印度的外包中心﹐美國企業在班加洛投入大量的資金﹐也使到印度成為世界聞名的軟體輸出國。Infosys﹐WIPRO 都是其中表表者。

脫離窮困的機會
印度本來是個貧窮國家﹐在班加洛發生著的事情卻給了印度的年輕人脫離貧窮的希望﹐那就是努力讀書﹐然後擠進班加洛的美國或印度企業工作。在班加洛﹐他們不 需要離鄉背井就可以享受到美國級的薪水﹐對許多印度家庭來說﹐這一分薪水是非常豐厚的報酬。就這樣﹐印度的年輕人瘋狂地加入資訊工業界﹐每年產生的大學畢 業生的數目驚人。就在這裡﹐問題來了。班加洛能負荷的人數始終有限﹐在面臨這麼多選擇之下﹐在那裡的企業也變得挑剔起來﹐只錄用精英。於是﹐在這種競爭之下的失敗者會到印度其他的地方找工作﹐或者到東南亞來碰運氣。

崇美的資訊工業
筆者在前面已經說過﹐印度是世界聞名的軟體輸出國。在美國的資訊工業界﹐印度籍電腦程序編寫員是世界第一流的。美國或印度的資訊工業界 CEO 都寫過不少書﹐或文章來表揚印度籍電腦程序編寫員﹐此舉讓全世界的人都覺得印度籍電腦程序編寫員是不可錯過的。這解釋了為什麼許多的老闆都喜歡聘請他們。

陽光明媚的背後
說到這裡﹐有和印度籍電腦程序編寫員合作經驗的應該知道﹐有不少的印度籍電腦程序編寫員並不是容易相處﹐而且說話時喜歡兜圈子﹐溝通又困難(這並不是指他們的英語難聽...而是他們的態度)﹐是嗎﹖

既然在員工界的風評是褒多獎少﹐為何老闆們還是那麼喜歡聘請印度籍電腦程序編寫員呢﹖這都是美國企業在印度班加洛的投資的結果。來到新加坡和馬來西亞的印度籍電腦程序編寫員﹐都不是第一流的(雖然也有例外﹐筆者也認識幾個非常厲害的印度籍電腦程序編寫員)。

身邊有印度籍電腦程序編寫員得朋友應該可以觀察到他們對食物的態度﹐用餐時他們大多數的都會找回印度食物﹐而且對於其他人推薦的都不大熱衷。這其實說明了 他們並不是太願意離鄉背井到異國的人。在可以選擇的情況下﹐他們是不會離開自己的家園﹐到一個陌生的國家討生活。然而﹐他們都是競爭的失敗者...

筆者在做的不是一竹竿打沉一船人﹐並不是所有的印度籍電腦程序編寫員都是無能之輩﹐WIPRO 和 INFOSYS 等公司都不是白混的。筆 者希望的只是老闆們在篩選印度籍電腦程序編寫員時小心一點﹐別被其他人(如美國企業家)的意見蒙蔽了﹐也別在面試時被漂亮的話語欺騙了(大家在面試時都謊 話連篇...)﹐到頭來苦的還是自己。筆者有個朋友曾經在一個合作項目里和印籍軟件工程師合作過﹐在項目進行時﹐那位印籍仁兄的進展都不怎麼出色﹐然而﹐ 最苦惱的是﹐他竟然在合作項目的交貨的前夕失蹤...事後那位印籍人士給的理由是護照到期﹐被逼回國。朋友為此事已經對印籍人士徹底失望...這是後話﹐ 表過不提。

各位老闆﹐不要被其他人的意見蒙蔽了﹐小心選擇吧。


PS﹕此文又長又悶...謝謝有耐心看到這裡的網友。

Entry 0056: 《60歲的情書 2》

今天從紀伊國屋書店入手﹐入手後馬上就讀了四分之一本﹐久違的幸福感和淚水又涌出來了。

Entry 0055: It's a flat world....Get yourself ready for Globalization 3.0

Reading in progress...On chapter 6 now...

It's an interesting book, and it provoked a lot of thoughts….there are events that already known to the world but nobody co-relate them together like Friedman. Things like how costs are safe by utilising outsourcing; or how to benefit from manipulating the differences of between worlds.

The most interesting/discussed facts from the book are the ten major events that broke down the barriers that impeded global collaboration.

The book discuss most of the topics from an American perspective, I have to re-adjust my POV plenty of times while reading it...

Am I on the olive tree side of the world without myself realizing it? Working under an olive tree hopping for a Lexus?

I still wonder how the book will help me....maybe I’ll have an answer after I finish it…

Entry 0054: 叱o宅

今朝睇左叱o宅樂壇時聽左一首歌﹐發現自己對其中一段歌詞有非常深的共鳴...

可以認識你　
算今生我走運
等一世都等　願為你等
(忍一世都忍　願為你忍)
不知道怎麼去　安守我本份
因我已經失魂

失魂 - Soler

Entry 0053: Q

Met up with Q today. We chat about life, and living…the work/life balance also came into the topic. I still hope for the work/life balance even though the more people I talk to, the more the bubble reveals itself. It seems more like a give and take problem, the question is how much life you would give up to work. You can work 16 hours a day, but you won’t have a life. Would you be happy like this? If the job is rewarding in term of wealth, you would be exciting for a little while, if the job gives you satisfactions, you would be happy a little while longer. But a human is a human, you need love to sustain a life, you can’t fall in love with your work, unless you are the workaholic type. When you have no place to relief the stress, the un-happiness inside you will explode one day. On the other hand, when you choose life over work, you have a happy family, but you can’t advance aggressively in your career. Why? Because when you are spending time playing with your children, your opponent is burning the midnight oil working. And you are not happy because you can’t advance in your career like others, and that means your income are not as good as those workaholic.
At the end of the day, it’s still a happiness question, are you happy?

Entry 0052: All Good Things

聽了兩年的絕情谷﹐剛剛拉下了序幕﹔追了一年的 GSD﹐明天就完結了﹔日劇版的電車男也結束了﹔三十六計今天大結局﹔SG Atlantis突然播出第二季的 season finale﹔連工作也是﹐今天是 last day﹐明天開始﹐我就是失業人士了。感覺上﹐身邊的事物一一都步向了完結篇。

舊的結束了﹐新的會開始﹐不禁想起老徐的匆匆﹕“燕子去了，在再来的时候；杨柳枯了，有再青的时候；桃花谢了，在再开的时候。”

Entry 0051: Walkabout

The term, "walkabout" came from Babylon 5, episode 3.18, where Dr. Franklin goes on a journey to discover his place in life.

I wanted to go for a walkabout too, as I am hoping to have a time gap between my current job and the coming job, about 10~15 days, allowing me to go for a trip the backpacker way…currently doing research on the route…

Too many things clouded me at the moment…I wasn’t sure what I want, or should I say I don’t know what am I living for, for wealth, like what Robert Kiyosaki suggest? For happiness? Self satisfactions? Luxuries?

Am I thinking all these because I have too many free time?

Hope to have the answer before it’s too late…

Entry 0050: ex-Seal

Met Dr. K.S in a underwater photography seminar. I would say that it was rather a physic class than a photography guide...He talk about optical physics, water pressure, etc.

When he mention he used to dive alone, I wonder…it is because divers dive in pairs as best practice. And later he told me he was in seal, and that answer all the questions. You can get all the toughest physical training a human can stand there…

The session bring back my passion towards diving. Need to get my Open Water License...

Entry 0049: 捨

絕情谷要完了…上個拜五聽倪震講到有重要是要宣佈﹐又話天下無不散之筵席﹐我都估到是要完結了。03 年 10 月開騷﹐05 年 9 月尾完結﹐都算是兩年吧﹗

今天聽 live 的絕情谷﹐我果然冇估錯﹐真是有點想哭的感覺…不知不覺﹐絕情谷已經陪伴著我度過了年多的歲月﹐亦算學了不少o野。

老實講﹐未聽絕情谷之前﹐我對倪震是冇好感的。在這一段日子﹐我都對他改觀了不少。至于細 Jo 呢﹐如果不是絕情谷﹐我可能到現在都不認識幽靈人間的那個女鬼﹑豪情的崔波波﹑我要做 Model 的戰衣…我想說﹐細 Jo偶然表露出來的野蠻本色好過癮啊﹗

絕情谷教的﹐愛就要說出來﹐大 Joe 細 Jo﹐我愛你們﹗

Entry 0048: 感動

日常生活中﹐我總會遇到一絲絲的感動。有時候﹐感動來自別人的話語﹔有時候﹐感動來自一部電影﹑一段文字﹔也有些時候會來自美食﹐或街上看見的一小段的插曲。這一些小感動﹐會在我的腦海中逗留幾天﹐然後隨風飄逝...

要是能夠將這些小感動都記載下來﹐我就可以確保自己活得好一點吧...

Entry 0047: the butterfly effect

剛剛聽到倪震在絕情谷說了一個故事﹐令我有點莫名的感動。

故 事發生在20世紀初﹐在美國的一個小鎮裡。小鎮有一間教堂﹐在一個星期天﹐牧師看見有個小女孩沒有位子坐﹐站在一旁。牧師眼見小女孩的衣裳有點破舊﹐覺 得小女孩應該是來自比較貧窮的家庭﹐而被比較富有的小孩排擠在外。牧師覺得教會的愛應該是無私的﹐於是他抱起小女孩﹐找了個位子給她坐。小女孩小小的心靈 也感覺到牧師的愛﹐於是她在心裡做了一個決定。

很不幸的﹐兩年之後﹐貧窮的小女孩因病去世了。女孩的父母親知道她生前最喜歡去教堂的主日 學﹐於是在小女孩的告別儀式上請來了牧師。就在牧師抱起小女孩的 時候﹐一個破舊的錢包掉了下來。錢包裡面有一張小字條﹐上面寫著幾個歪歪斜斜的字﹕“這是獻給神﹐獻給教會的﹐希望牧師能把教堂建得大一點﹐讓更多的小朋 友能夠分享到教會的愛。”原來小女孩從兩年前就開始存這筆錢了。錢包裡一共有 $4.50﹐牧師感動得哭了起來。

$4.50 是不足夠去建設新的教堂﹐也不夠用以加建教堂﹐可是這件事被傳媒報導了出去﹐許多人都在說這個小女孩要用 $4.50 去起一間教堂的故事。於是有一個好心的富翁知道了這個故事﹐覺得很感動﹐於是拿出一塊地﹐用 $4.50 的價錢賣了給教會﹐只為了成全小女孩的心願。

不久之後﹐那一塊的已經變成一個可以容納三千人的教會﹐教堂大樓裡還包括一座醫院。小女孩盡了力存了 $4.50﹐可是她卻從來都沒有想過原來 $4.50 的威力是這麼大的。

我 們時時都覺得自己很渺小﹐覺得很多努力都會付諸流水﹐往往會被無情的現實打敗。其實只要不問成敗的付出努力﹐我們是不知道我們的努力會帶起怎麼樣的漣 漪。只要抱緊自己的夢想﹐夠堅持﹐有心﹐然後就象小女孩一樣一點一滴咁付諸於行﹐我們是不知道這樣會給這個世界帶來甚麼美好的事物的。

願與大家共勉之

注﹕ 蝴蝶效應﹕混沌理論﹐美国气象学家洛伦芝（Lorenz）于1960年代提出一篇论文，名叫《一只蝴蝶拍一下翅膀会不会在德克萨斯州引起龙卷风？》， 他说，亚马逊流域的一只蝴蝶扇动翅膀，会掀起密西西比河流域的一场风暴。洛伦芝把这种现象戏称做"蝴蝶效应"，意思即一件表面上看来毫无关系、非常微小的 事情，可能带来巨大的改变。

Entry 0046: tuesday with Morrie

Just finish reading the book "tuesday with Morrie"

It's a good book that inspires me a lot.

Throughout the reading process, I did some highlighting...

Page 43.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life.

That depends how you define meaningful...what did I use my time for most of the time?

I surf the Internet, I watch TV Series, I read Comics, and I talk to friends, relatives, and families. I buy model kits, but never assemble them, I download videos, e-books but I never have time to finish them all, I buy gashapon and place them all over my living room, and I listen to HK radio programs, and try to learn from it. I started reading, a hobby I had been neglected for a while. How many of the things I do now is actually meaningful?

Page 52.

Love is the only rational act.

I tasted love, it walk into my heart and it walk away, I felt lonely until I realize that there are different flavors of love surrounding me. I am still seeking love, while cherishing the love I have.

Page 82.

Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

I am not immortal; there will be a time for me. My time might be far from now, or it might come tomorrow morning. I might not be able to see tomorrow sunrise, so, try to taste every different things before it’s too late…

Page 91.

Love each other or perish

Families are bond together by love, friends are bond by love. I still don’t have a soul mate yet, but I believe I’ll find my love.

我要從茫茫人海之中撈翻條蘇眉返來﹐哈哈﹗

Page 93.

There is no experience like having children.

I see friends having children, they enjoy every moment with the younglings, looking at them, I realize how my parents love me, how they were when I was young, before I have memories. Mom and dad, I love you.

Page 111.

Their wealth did not buy them happiness or contentment.

I am in a kind of bad situation right now because I aim for money, nothing but money. I learned the lesson.

Page 118.

You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Lives that haven’t found meaning. Because if you’ve found meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back.

I always wish I could go back to the early years of my life, made my choice again, walk a different path. The older I get, the more I think about the people I meet along the way. I begin to wonder, if I walk a different path, I wouldn’t have meet all these wonderful people, I wouldn’t taste the friendship this way. Things might turn out to be better but I am happy with what I have now.

Page 119.

envy comes to me, I feel it, and let it go.

Someone else always drives a better car, own a bigger house, have a better job. They can have what I want for life in a finger tip, am I gonna envy them, or I shall work towards them…

Page 149

Marriage: respect the other person, compromise, talk openly about what goes on between the two, and have a common set of values in life.

I believe in communications.

Page 157.

Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.

I am doing that right now, even before I read this chapter. Guess I did something right after all.

Page 163.

Be compassionate, and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place.

Page 164.

Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.

It reminds me of my pass, all those mistake I made, and the mistake the others had made, it’s best to let it go.

Page 173.

We are different from these wonderful plants and animals.

Read the book and find out why.

Page 174.

Dead ends a life, not a relationship.

Love lives in a form of memories, as long as those who love you lives, you’ll lives among them. I lost an uncle recently, although I only met him once in my life, but I still feel him pretty much alive in my memories.

Page 190.

There is no such thing as “too late” in life.

Go ahead and tell those you love that you love them.

There are priorities in life, I’m still trying to define my list of priorities…

I might highlight a totally different portion of the book if I have the time to read it 10 years from now. I’ll just absorb what I learn from Morrie and Mitch this round.

Entry 0045: Flexible?

Talked to the CFO, an early exit can be arranged. What a relief.
I found that I'm a lot happier after knowing that I got a way out. Looking foward to a island trip...

Entry 0044: 辭

I had tender my resignation. The CFO of the company would like to speak to me tomorrow morning. Is he going to ask me to stay? Or he’ll be asking me to leave immediately?
I won’t want to be any part of this anymore…

Entry 0043: 執著

I just had another discussion with D just now. We chit chat a bit, here and there and I quickly bring out the point that I am not really happy with my life right now. D talk a lot, aside from sharing how things works for him, he share his opinion on positioning oneself.

I am in a very deep shit situation, that’s undeniable. By positioning myself right, I can actually gain from it. How? I haven’t figured out, but I know what I am supposed to be considered.

I know why I am in this deep shit in the first place, I was looking for one thing only, I didn’t take anything other than my salary into consideration. “Remember sometimes you have to go low to fly high.” said D. If I can give up the figure right now, I don’t actually have much thing to worry about.

D also stated that reading is a habit, by committing yourself to read half an hour a day, you can actually accumulate a lot of reading hour, why am I not doing that?

D had doubt on the fact why am I not going after any romantic relationship…well, it’s important to have a companion but I just didn’t have the urge to make the move…am I not thinking straight?

Entry 0042: XV The Devil

This new job I got...good oro bad?
惡魔是由人內心的慾念而生，代表你被自己的慾望所縛，無法自拔。你被自己的自私和傲驕所困，還有什麼比這更容易毀滅一個人呢?

正位的含意：受到拘束而感到不自由、卑躬屈膝、淪為慾望的俘虜、頹廢的生活、隱瞞事實、誘惑的陷阱。
逆位的含意：擺脫不良誘惑、斷絕、拋棄慾望、有脫離現狀的機會、獲得解脫。

Entry 0041: 《60歲的情書》

上網訂購的《60歲的情書》到手啦﹗爽﹗
倪震果然好介紹﹐好正啊﹗﹗﹗

Entry 0040: 有咁耐折墮

折墮的日子﹐總是會特別掛念風流的時候。回想起一個月前的自己﹐依然活在一個無憂無慮的環境中﹐殘念﹗

Entry 0039: A new job, a new life

I had been too relaxed for the pass three years, and I found that the new job is a little bit hard to cob up with.

My type of job are suppose to be though, staying late, trying to solve a problem where nobody know how to, facing a system that is like a complete stranger…I have to define my own focus/interest, learn as much as I can while finishing the task assigned. I can ask for training, and there are a lot of good exposures for myself.

I had been studying the company, and I notice 2 facts:

1. The boss prefers to invest into the stuff rather than expensive hardware.

2. The company likes to send junior to pick up more and more responsibility, testing their limits.

My target here,

1. get as many certificates as I can:

i. CCNA, CCNP

ii. MCSE 2003

iii. CISSP

2. try to get involve into projects, helps to brush up my CV.

My life won’t be as easy as before, hope I am strong enough.

男人的野心與能力不成正比是最悲哀的。