My dear sister Tina just sent me a few photos of her 'animals on campus' series. Her campus in Montana is like so much more beautiful and scenic than mine! And there's snow~~~Here's a cute little squirrel posing for a photograph. The squirrels in the US seem cuter than those in Taiwan and Singapore with their two-toned fur =D 

Deer on the campus...can't top that...wait....maybe bears on campus would...but then again you'll be too busy running to take photos...XD 

Dance like no one's watching =)

My housemate back in my UNSW days in Australia just sent me something that I'd like to share with anyone who happen to come by my blog. Interesting words, I felt as though I could relate to it, and I think that many people would too. The following words are penned by Alfred D Souza.

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For a long time it had seemed to me that life is about to begin - real life
But there was always some obstacles in the way, something to be gotten
through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served - then
maybe life would begin. At last it dawned to me that these obstacles were my life.

There is no way to happiness, happiness is actually here now, so treasure
every moment that you have and treasure it more becase you spend it
with someone special. Happiness is the journey, not the destination.

So, Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt
before and Dance like no one's watching.
==

ooooo......sweet dribbling skills 

yes I am the whistle-blower XD 

I was refereeing both the guy's and girl's basketball matches for Raffles inter-block games on monday and tuesday as well as playing for my block. After two whole nights of being the ref, I would have to say that being a good ref is no easy task. Firstly, you will definitely miss or misjudge calls. Secondly, you might be just as clueless as the next person on which side should have possession. Then there's the countless 'suggestions' by the crowd on what call it should be. And sometimes if you called everything the entire flow of the game would be disrupted and the matches would probably last until midnight(esp. for the girl's games). All in all I would say that it was a pretty interesting experience, as I'm accustomed to playing on the court rather than ref-ing the game. Actually playing for my block was also pretty exciting although most of the ballers I know are in blk 2. By some stroke of luck I managed to hit all my three 3-ptrs which also happen to be the only three 3-ptrs in the tournament =P In the end blk 5 still lost but at least I was playing my best. Hopefully now the Raffles hall committee are content that at least they've imported a fairly-decent player and their choice of granting me a room isn't a mistake. Hearing the crowd cheer after I hit each 3 was a great feeling, something I haven't felt since my jc playing days. Although I have no illusion that Raffles would have any shot at the inter-hall basketball champion I can guarantee that me and the other guys won't give up without a fight. 

Batu and Kao Jie posing with vintage 80's hand gestures 

In the end Spain thrashed Argentina by more than 20 and took home the trophy. 

two lenses 28mm/f2.8 and 50mm/f1.8 for my Nikon FM, Fujifilm digital camera and my Sharp phone...film, digital pictures and video...boy was I busy that night switching between those 

Half time photo op 

Gasol vs Ginobili 

Stuff it in!!! 

Argentinian team hanging out before the game 

Championship match, Argentina vs Spain.....Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs stretching before the big game 

Nesterovic, green #8 passing Millicic for the easy 2 

the man shooting is Darko Millicic,member of the Slovakia National Team, and the 2nd overall NBA draft pick three years ago 

2006 Singapore Philips Cup!!! Woohoo~~~~my first time watching a high profile match with NBA stars =P 

[轉貼]文章 -- 我需要的是人才，不是人力

有個律師朋友也在學校裡兼課，他常會找一些學生來工讀，

或者是在接到某些公部門的研究案時，便會找一些研究助理。

有幾個年輕助理，跟著他兩、三年，我們也就認識了。

其中有個叫做阿雅的女孩，我頭一次見到她，她捧著好多檔案匣，

像表演特技似的，從樓梯上下來。一臉都是笑，嘴又甜，

律師朋友對我說：「阿雅人很乖的。」

我一直以為他對阿雅很滿意，也以為阿雅畢業後會留在事務所，

沒想到，我有一天竟在電腦展覽場的叫賣攤位上，

看見了吆喝著：「最後機會，割喉價！不買你會後悔！」的阿雅。

「什麼時候離開事務所的？」我在擁擠的人潮中，扯著嗓子問阿雅。

她的眼圈忽然有些紅：「離開三個月了。老師說我不是幹這一行的，我只好走了……」

我聽了覺得心酸，也不知道怎麼安慰她，扯開嗓門問：「妳在這裡還好嗎？」

「反正就是工作嘛。沒差！」她努力的笑著，給自己打氣。


人才早已設定

過了一段時間，我遇見律師朋友，他身邊的助理變少了，也沒有那種像阿雅一樣笑
臉迎人的類型。

「縮編啦？」我笑著問：「都看不見甜美的笑臉了。」

朋友微笑的說：「阿雅啊，我讓她離開了。她不適合做這個工作。」

「是嗎？我倒覺得她挺賣力的。」「賣力有什麼用？我需要的是人才，不是人力。」

我有點震撼。關於人才與人力，確實是我以前沒想過的問題，

我一直以為只要夠投入，就能把事情做好，卻忽略了專業性與準確性，人才是最重要的。

如果方法不對，就只是白費力氣，如果不能讓自己更專業，就無法成為人才，只能淪為人力。

人力隨處可得，人才卻需要發現，需要培養。

「你可以培養她，讓她變成人才啊。」我還在掙扎。

朋友疲倦的看了我一眼：「有些人已經設定了自己是人才，有些人無所謂，要怎麼培養啊？他自己都無所謂了。」

我忽然想到阿雅在賣場說的那句話：「反正就是工作嘛。沒差！」

也許就是因為都沒差，才失去了競爭力吧。我終於沉默了

Timely gift from someone observant =D