那些年錯過的大雨
那些年錯過的愛情
好想告訴妳 告訴妳我沒有忘記
那天晚上滿天星星
平行時空下的約定
再一次相遇我會緊緊抱著妳
緊緊抱著妳
-胡夏《那些年》
伦敦的夜空，在冷风的吹拂下，更显得落寞。房里的温暖，犹记得，好像很久没有写过文章了。生活上的轻松，却带来了更多的压迫。我开始明白，当野兽在山崖上咆哮时的感慨。那是因为它忍着寒冷，站在高处，却得不到月亮。
最美好的，原来还是心灵的探索。一步步地听着心的呼唤，隔着地理的距离，时间的捉迷藏，原来，平行时空是存在的。
这，就是当你在沙漠里，遇到绿洲时，嘴角微微上扬的那一刻。
迈入第三年，十一月尾段，很多东西都有了转变。朋友间的遇见，也充满了变数。拉远的，靠近的，总在擦肩碰触间发生。越来越像街边的路灯，白天时，你不觉得；到了夜晚时，你才可能发现，今夜的路灯灭了。
感触，在现在与未来徘徊。
25 November 2011
20 November 2011
Take-away from Silicon Valley Comes to UK
"Brave" is not how you feel about yourself, it's about what you have done and people feel about you. -Sarah, ex-employer from General Magic, California.
I randomly walked up to a middle-aged lady and had a chat with her, turned out to be she was once a student in the MIT Media Lab, and now the Vice President of Google HQ in California.
She mentioned to me about a tradition in Canada engineering school. An engineering graduate is given an iron ring. The ring is set to be a reminder to fellow young engineers, while embarking on a journey of becoming a professional engineer, always adhere by the morals and ethics of practices.
I always find this interesting. Random chat, random encounter, random facts, and when all these are mashed up together, they ignite random inspirations.
The whole event is set in a very dynamic tempo, as a student who is just starting to explore the world of entrepreneurship, this is really an eye-opener. You have venture capitalists talking about investing ideas with ambitious forecast; you also have entrepreneurs seeking for advices from the Silicon Valley chaps; angel investors who have funded more than 100 new start-ups.
A CEO of a start-up sat beside me. So, after a round of background checking, (where do you study, what course, when are you graduating etc), he started asking question.
#Conversation 1
Him: Any ideas want to start up what kinda business?
Me: Nothing in particular. Still finding inspiration
Him: What if I give you GBP 1mil, and a lab for you to do what you want. What kinda product you can give me?
Me: *Speechless*
Him: You see, the problem is we are lacked of idea. Not money.
#Conversation 2
Him: Are you expecting to complete your degree?
Me: Yea of course, in about 1.5 years time.
Him: Then we are not hiring you.
Me: Why so?
Him: We want people who are brave enough to go beyond college curriculum. We want people who have done something really great.
People there, are full of crazy ideas, illogical thoughts, random opinions, ambitious visions. At the dinner in London Science Museum, the organizers challenge us one thing- to create or invent something that can be put into the museum in 10years times. Only the best inventions towards mankind will be put inside.
I gulped. And, shiver was sent down my spine.
At that moment, I wasn't even sure what was running on my mind. It just went blank.
I randomly walked up to a middle-aged lady and had a chat with her, turned out to be she was once a student in the MIT Media Lab, and now the Vice President of Google HQ in California.
She mentioned to me about a tradition in Canada engineering school. An engineering graduate is given an iron ring. The ring is set to be a reminder to fellow young engineers, while embarking on a journey of becoming a professional engineer, always adhere by the morals and ethics of practices.
I always find this interesting. Random chat, random encounter, random facts, and when all these are mashed up together, they ignite random inspirations.
The whole event is set in a very dynamic tempo, as a student who is just starting to explore the world of entrepreneurship, this is really an eye-opener. You have venture capitalists talking about investing ideas with ambitious forecast; you also have entrepreneurs seeking for advices from the Silicon Valley chaps; angel investors who have funded more than 100 new start-ups.
A CEO of a start-up sat beside me. So, after a round of background checking, (where do you study, what course, when are you graduating etc), he started asking question.
#Conversation 1
Him: Any ideas want to start up what kinda business?
Me: Nothing in particular. Still finding inspiration
Him: What if I give you GBP 1mil, and a lab for you to do what you want. What kinda product you can give me?
Me: *Speechless*
Him: You see, the problem is we are lacked of idea. Not money.
#Conversation 2
Him: Are you expecting to complete your degree?
Me: Yea of course, in about 1.5 years time.
Him: Then we are not hiring you.
Me: Why so?
Him: We want people who are brave enough to go beyond college curriculum. We want people who have done something really great.
People there, are full of crazy ideas, illogical thoughts, random opinions, ambitious visions. At the dinner in London Science Museum, the organizers challenge us one thing- to create or invent something that can be put into the museum in 10years times. Only the best inventions towards mankind will be put inside.
I gulped. And, shiver was sent down my spine.
At that moment, I wasn't even sure what was running on my mind. It just went blank.
09 November 2011
Quantifying the Quantity
The more we are running away from quantifying things in life, the closer we are to it.
The more we advocate that we are not going to be that academic anymore, and starting to look into extra-curricular activities, we begin to find the scoreboards.
The more we are asking people to do start-ups, the more we are doubting people ideas, if they dont have any failures under the belt.
The more we are encouraging people to be out of their comfort zones, the more we are finding methods to make things measurable.
We look down on exams, but we agree that it's the best way to distinguish the best from the good.
Even psychometric tests are being practiced like mid-term exams, so how do we claim that we are not quantifying things anymore?
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