研究生

周星星同学说他是个研究生。

那研究生到底是怎么回事？

嗯，假设这个圆圈代表人类世界全部的知识。



小学毕业后，我们对世界有一点点的了解。



高中毕业后，认识多了一点，但不是太多。



大学毕业后，在既有的知识上，再加一点点。然后，我们术业有专攻。



硕士班教育让我们的专长有所延伸。也延深。



阅读最新科学报告让我们接触世界人类知识的尖端，累积最新的知识。



终于我们到达了一个瓶颈，那是世界知识的末端，没得再前进了。

于是，热身完毕，博士班，嗯，现在才开始。



全副精神专注在一个点上面。那个点，就是你的博士论文。



锲而不舍，一直往边缘推进。几年后，你突破了瓶颈。



现在大家终于都可以叫你博士了。那个Ph.D.。



当然，你看世界的眼光与对世界的看法，和旁人已经不一样。它是那么地丰满。



全人类的世界，因为你酱的研究生的努力，而有了莫大改变。

像什么那么大。

酱大。



大家继续努力。

那是我（有可能）将要做的事。

Life after Pakistan

Karachi showed early sign of restoring on Thursday late evening, and by Friday it was almost back to normal as the street were again filled with extremely high number of people/vehicles, and all gas station were resumed. Plus, all of them were on their way to get the petrol as well as to pray - it's Friday.

My flight was 1125pm on Friday but by 925pm I was still in the hospital that was 15min away from hotel; and hotel was 5min drive from Airport. We thought that was OK because there were not many vehicles on the street the past 2 days, until we were trapped in the traffic.



We finally reached hotel at 10pm. Damn first my card was expired because it was a late check out; second my room handle koyak so I need (to wait for) them to use manual key to open my door; third the reception staff took 10 mins to done my check out after I came down (so they didn't do anything when I was stuck with the koyak door!!). It was 1030pm already.

On the route to airport, the queue of the cars was damn long for security check as car without flight passenger were prohibited to enter. Again it happened at the departure hall entrance. It was 11pm by the time we were cleared. The Thai Airway check in counter showed the boarding time was 2245.

I am sure we were riding a lot on luck. Not sure how much left in my pocket now.

To make a combo x 2 turbo, the new death continued and the flood (again) strike right after I left.

I am now in Pakistan

I did not know what is Darurat, but now I know.

I've read several number of death from a statistical point of view, 37, 48, 56 or 61...depending where and when I heard the news. Same to the number of casualty...150, or 300 (that's a big difference).

I will be eager to be on the front line if I were a journalist.

Too bad I'm not. So I am shouting when can I go home in my heart.







There is ONE good news for the Pakistan financial center in Karachi.



Unfortunately it doesn't concern me.

Paul-da-Octopus

The revenge.

This is .....quite funny. HAHA.

Just the way it is

So, I am going to Pakistan again.

For god sake, as a self-declared multinational company, the risk going to a country like this should be explained and covered.

No it doesn't. The preparation for it is nothing more than other relatively ......predictable countries like South East Asia, Hong Kong or Taiwan.

It is easy to argue who who and who also went there and came back safe and sound. I feel the argument is just convenient and irresponsible, because based on the frequency of incidents in Pakistan, it is riding a lot on luck.

I remember once I told someone.

The value of a worker at the construction site is less than a managerial executive working in office, because the risk and chance of accident for construction workers is very much higher than the manager. However, the insurance that are available that safe guard the construction worker is very much less than the manager.

There the value is.

It is "unfair" but this is just the way it is.

The Act of God designation on all insurance policies... means roughly that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you. If your ox kicks a hole in your neighbour's Maserati, however, indemnity is instantaneous.

......How likely you own an ox (not a BMW), while your neighbour own a Maserati (not a chicken), and you guys are still neighbour, and your ox kicks a hole in his car?

So based on "the theory of the worker and the manager", now you know I am the lowest life-form in the company hierarchy.

Ladies and gentlemen, here's my passport photo.