116: Cannot live without Water

We cannot live without water. Water is the source of all lives.
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We are like water. Both of us can see through each other and understand each other. We will make the future!
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We are like water. Hardly can we find any flavour between us? We turned from sweet to no flavour? Will turn to bitterness soon?
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Ladies are made of water - a common saying. Men need this water to dilute his unhappiness. At the same time, men also need water to grow his passion.
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Men can also be made with water. Men should give ladies hot and warm water, as well as cool and even cold water in suitable times. Hot guys, warm care, cool appearance, and a cold drink to calm down a disrupted heart are perfect.
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We cannot live without water. Water is the source of all lives.

115: Unread Books

Let's go to Book Fair - and bought some books in the book fair.

Buying 'faked books' is cheap in PRC - and had many stocked-in.

Going to Taipei has no reason of not to buy books - and buy some again.

In fact, bought many many books, but most of them are unread up to now. My hobby is still reading. Gotta be less wasteful, haha ... ...

114: Quality of Sleep

We have heard about the quality of sleep on TV. No matter how long we have sleep, if we cannot sleep very well in most of the time of the sleep, we may still feel tired when we wake up. Quality of this sleep is not high then.

Personally, I found that mood is an important attribute to a high quality sleep. This mood is not the mood before we actually go to sleep or we have to maintain a good mood throughout the day. It is concerning the times in a day our 'mood curve' touch a above-average point (of course touching high points would be better). The more the number of times feeling happy or excited during the day, the deeper we can sleep and the better the quality of sleep would be. For example, in a busy day with long working hours, if not much appreciable achievement has been made, the curve is below average all the day. Although lying on the bed and very tired, we can't sleep very deep. On the contrary, if there are some appreciations for the work done in the day, we will feel happier and the curve will move upward accordingly. Better mood, better sleep.

But being appreciated is not active enough since we are receiving but not creating them. We gotta do something to lift our curve upward by ourselves, or at least reach a few 'climax' during the day. In fact sometimes doing nothing can also keep our curve in a reasonably high level as this actually released us from something. Turning down or slowing down ourselves a little bit in suitable and appropriate timing can also flatten the curve from sharp fall.

Come on, beat down those evils and lift up our curve to get high quality of sleep!

113: Where are u?

'I am having a trip and not in HK now, very happy, how are you? Call u when I come back. Bye!'

'I am in karaoke crazy with my friends, sorry to miss your call. Where are u now? Join us!'

'I am at home, nothing special to do. Let's hang out, ok?'

'I am drinking with friends, will back soon, bye.'

'I am still working, not come back to have dinner, but keep soup for me, thanks!'

'I am going out now. Yes, I have turned off all lights and electrical stuff, and close all windows. ok.'

These are clearly common phone conversations in our daily life. Look into the mood and tone we are using to another side of the conversations, and we could actually discover something inside. Try to put yourself into their shoes, and feel.

112: Mate

One would have lots of 'mates' throughout one's life, such as classmates, schoolmates, groupmates, teammates, roommates ... ...

Some mates can become our friends, even good friends, best friends.

Some mates can also become the person we dislike, hate, or ... ...

Some mates are still mates, no significant change.

Whether to change, how to change, when to change ... ... it all depends on the mates themselves.

Think, decide, and act.

111: Luxury

A thousands sq. m villa is of course a luxury. A manly racer of popular brands is sure a luxury. But that's it?

Suddenly came into mind, a long vacation after a peak working cycle being approved is really a luxury for me. It's not without you can't buy it, but can't be bought even you have much money. If you are the top of the Firm, it may not be a luxury for you la.

Some people including me would regard things can't be easily be done as luxury, such as having a tea break , or a round of happy hour in the middle of a busy working day. Some married people would also think going home with their children (without their maids) after school is also a luxury. It all depends on personal value judgements.

I think one of the important thing of luxury is a kind of counsciousness towards the kind of luxury. I guess, even when some people have much money, they may not know how to spend, thus resulting in buying many many things and finally can't enjoy them to the full. Bought an expensive diamond ring to show off but not able to tell its story in front of friends (the audience) somehow suggests this person can only buy it but can't fully enjoy the substance. It only remains on the surface but not going much and further deeper. A father busy at work and hurry every day to take his daughter home may find this a luxury because time is expensive for him. But if he thinks deeper and treat the time as important one-to-one communication and care between him and his daughter, he is really conscious about how to cherish this short period of time. So it's important for persons like luxury to know and feel, and appreciate the luxury, demonstrating more subatance.

Knowing how to appreciate luxury can make people more satisfied with the luxury. Simply buy it or do it will of course make you happy because you have achieved your objectives. If you can appreciate it, look deeper, think differently - what I can really add value after buying or doing it, you will be satisfied and love your decision.

110: Windy Mid-Autumn

The typhoon makes did not bring much rain and clouds. It's good because we gotta see the moon, the Mid-Autumn moon.

It brought much wind and blow away ... ... Blowing away the dust. Blown away the tiredness. Blown away the chances.

I'd keep the self, keep the energy.

109: Spouse equivalent

I heard this term in a training session by a senior manager of the so-called Risk and Reputation Group. This term came up when she discussed Independence issues with us.

Spouse is spouse. What's Spouse equivalent? Those persons as important as the spouse?
Really have no idea ... ...

In my opinion, not every thing has its equivalent.

108: [ixi:z]

[ixi:z] – Individually Basic

This has been a popular fashion brand but seems having been disappeared since years ago.

Some brands have been not very popular but after cautious strategic planning, and have become very successful brands, further innovate and all figures go straight upwards. A good example is ‘Converse’.

Things are hard to estimate and forecast, but one should never under-estimate something or somebody. They can explode suddenly and become uncontrollable.

The market is fluctuating. Surpass, survive, exist, deteriorate, exit are in place all along the process. These also happen on us. You would have times feeling like standing at the top of the world, making satisfactory profits, existing simply, feeling everything is against yourself, or making the final decision to exit, and getting back to the right track afterwards. This cycle is normal and every people should have been in either step for whatever duration. Staying in a particular step for what duration is hard to estimate, but you should not under-estimate one’s potential (to strive upward) or the results of any inadequacy and abuse (pulling down the deep hole).

Maybe a day we can see [ixi:z] again. We would like to see it putting together with Converse.

107: Primary responsibility?

'It’s your primary responsibility to do this.'

This statement has the meaning of must do, must complete. But if one has already duly executed his responsibilities, then is his primary responsibility to do and complete? Every one has his own responsibility. Another guy does not execute his responsibility does not necessarily mean one has the primary responsibility to do his part as well. Fully understood of the meaning of team work and mutual help, but if one does not admit she has problem, there is no longer the spirit. She is just taking advantage of her team members, or her subordinates.

Respects are given. Embarrassments are self-created. Just sitting there and thinking this is bad and that is not good enough but doing nothing to co-operate with her so-called teammates and creates problems and delays is undeniably and totally her primary responsibility. She should be more proactive and ask her so-called teammates to do her desired work earlier at the time they are supposed to do so but not to blame anybody when there is problem. She should not blame anyone but only herself when problem comes out, because she has not been proactive enough. Being busy is not an excuse. She is at the TOP of the whole business and she can choose to or not to approve every thing. She is supposed to oversee the whole process and spot any problem if she foresees but she has totally missed this important part. She is just creating problems. Her so-called teammates are very disappointed of her. She should understand it’s pretty good elsewhere. She has the primary responsibility. Respects are very expensive to give to this kind of people.

Maybe the definition of ‘primary responsibility’ is different from people to people. Please re-package the wordings next time if need help.

106: Remix

Many songs have remix versions, and the names of the remixed version also have a wide variety, such as spring mix, bit dance mix, lalala mix, acoustic version, or simply – remix.

But I always think the original version is better. May be because the original version is the first version that comes to my memory. It’s difficult for me to think the remix is much better than the original, although sometimes the new is better the old.

The remix version is also another thing. It’s already not the original and it’s different. They are 2 different things. I am not implying the original is better than the another, but what I want to emphasize is they are 2 different things.

Like a piece of chicken. Eating together with onion sauce, soy sauce, spicy sauce, oyster sauce, is different. So when I taste food, I would not use any sauce at the first time. I want to taste the original first, then attempting different other tastes afterwards, and find out which is better and which is less better. Taste original first is my practice, haha … …

Without trying the original, how can we know our world is so innovative?

105: As beautiful as you want

A few days ago bought a second hand CD of Cass Phang – As beautiful as you want. First time seeing this album appears in a second hand CD shop, so made the decision.

The songs themselves are of course good. Cass’s voice is special, can be hard, can be soft, can be high, can be low, can be happy, can be sad, very versatile.

Everyone of us of course wants to be as good as we want. Who want to be bad? Who want to be ugly? Who want to be foolish? Everyone wants to be good, and batter than others, and be the best, depends on the character of the individual, but anyway, all are in positive direction.

There is no free lunch in this world. Everything has a price. One will not automatically change without paying a price. But paid a price does not necessarily guarantee a change.

But to pay a price is a necessary starting point. A traditional saying - No pain no gain.

Work hard to become as _______ as you want.

104: Least and Most

Stand-by in office after office hours and wait for the least number of queries raised by partner during his review of our working papers in order to pass onward to technical review and EQAR review tomorrow.

Line up outside the sales shop during big sale and hope for the lowest price for the best goods.

Washing a jacket in a washing shop and pick up as long as possible after the available date in order to minimize the crowdedness in the wardrobe and maximize the value of the washing fee.

Make use of as many idle resources on hand as possible in order to reduce one’s own efforts and time so one can concentrate in other more important matters and can be more efficient and effective.

Rest and relax as much as possible now in order to enhance concentration and energy for the days following and coming challenges.

All these are recent experience of hoping to sacrifice the least for the most. These are to create a positive thinking and reveal the positive side of what one have done. At least one party will be better-off and both parties will not be significantly worse-off. When lose, one will not be disappointed. When win, one will be double happy!

103: Light white

White is a good partner because it can pair with whatever colours. If one is too concentrated or vivid, white can have a dilutive effect on them.

Too-much-white could be a silent killer. Too much white can fully dilute others, like beating others silently but gradually and finally defeating others seriously. If too much white is added to and mixed with the others, one cannot revoke and the others would be diluted. Even more of the original colour can be added to and anti-dilute the mixture, the mixture has already been diluted and cannot return to the original.

All-white can kill without any warning. When the eyes see an all-white scene, one cannot distinguish what is what and will lose directions. One cannot even feel the ground and become doubtful of what and where he is standing on and living in, and the eyes would easily become white-blind. One cannot escape from the all-white and whichever direction is all-white. Although there is light, you can only see yourself clearly, and all around is light and white in which one can see nothing and cannot identify any boundary of the space.

And one will be in a light white world. Can only see oneself. Can’t see anything apart from oneself.

102: Dark black

Black is already dark. Why dark? What’s dark black?

One can see black is black, but can’t see what’s dark black. Dark black is so dark that one can’t see what’s inside.

Turn on a torch and point towards the ground, a clear light spot appears, in which there are millions of tiny spots without light and dark black is inside.

Miles apart the spots may be. Close neighbours the spots may be. It’s so dark that one can’t locate the distance between.

Pouring tones of whites into the dark black and all would become white. It seems to be a way. All then become indifferent whites and one can no longer locate the dark blacks, the dark blacks which are in white covers with cores in dark black.