Friday, August 25, 2006

Dilbert Quotes from Real Corporate World

A magazine recently ran a "Dilbert Quotes" contest. They were looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life Dilbert-type managers. These were voted the top ten quotes in corporate America:

"As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday, and employees will receive their cards in two weeks."
(This was the winning quote from Fred Dales, Microsoft Corp. in Redmond WA)



"What I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might encounter."
(Lykes Lines Shipping)




"E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business." (Accounting manager, Electric Boat Company)




"This project is so important we can't let things that are more important interfere with it."
(Advertising/Marketing manager, United Parcel Service)




"Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule."
(Plant Manager, Delco Corporation)



"No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working on it for months.
Now go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them."

(R&D supervisor, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing/3M Corp.)




Quote from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say."
(Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation)




My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When I told my Boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her burial to Friday. He said, "That would be better for me."
(Shipping executive, FTD Florists)




"We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees."
(Switching supervisor, AT&T Long Lines Division)

















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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

最近结婚的好多

前两天看了看校友录的新消息, 发现高中省实验八班在最近竟然有好几个人要结婚的, 而且都赶在最近一两个月. 班级相册里的结婚照都登了很多. 上次回国也是赶上两个好朋友结婚, 看来我们这一代人的结婚高峰期快来了. 再过一两年也许参加婚礼都忙不过来了. 然后再过几年, 还没结婚的也许就成了稀有动物了...

呵呵, 人生好象还是有阶段性的. 时光过得好快啊! 想想当年还是高中同学, 现今已经工作的工作, 结婚的结婚了...过两年回国和同学聚会, 一见面就都是三口四口的了...

老咯老咯...

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

好多条路

早上一上班, 接到一位台湾同事打来的电话. 他要辞职去大陆发展了. 其实听起来是有一些伤感的, 因为毕竟大家在一起共事已经两年多. 他比我经验丰富, 可以说是我的前辈. 彼此在一起工作又有默契, 感觉很好. 想想他在台湾公司也算是干到高层了, 可是还是毅然离开公司, 离开半导体业去服务业发展, 况且又是离开台湾去大陆, 这都是需要很多魄力的.

其实人生中总是有很多选择的. 小的选择决定小的事情, 大的选择会影响一生的发展和人生道路的走向. 拥有越多的人也许越不愿意去选择一条转变自己目前生活的道路, 因为每一次选择都有相对的“机会成本”(Opportunity Cost). 生活安逸的人会觉得机会成本太高而不愿去转变. 当然这样的选择和人的性格还有年龄, 甚至每个人的家庭背景和生活习惯都有关系.

想想自己已经工作两年了, 生活的压力也时常让自己去思索怎样找寻更 “幸福”的人生道路. 可是转变是困难的, 更何况有“机会成本”的考量. 两年来工作中认识的人走了的很多,不知道是不是每个人都没有后悔自己的选择. 以前有个人告诉过我说不要因为看到现在工作的缺点就换工作, 而是要看到更好的发展机会才是正确的时机. 我想这是正确的. 可是衡量 “更好的发展” 是永远带有风险的. 不过至少我还没有遇到一个机会值得我去衡量它的潜力. 所以我想我还是要继续走现在的路, 也许到了时机成熟的时候我会看到自己应该面对的方向.

世界是渺小的, 不知道过了多少年后遇到那些在人生中有过交叉的熟人后, 大家又都是什么样子. 不知道到那时候, 我还是不是在走和今天相同的路…


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writely re-opened for registration

Google's writely is re-opened for registration...

Free, nice, convenient, and useful...

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Saturday, August 19, 2006

最近看过的几部电影

最近看了很多电影, 给各位推荐一下:

Mission Impossible III (感觉不错)

Fast & Furious 3 Tokyo Drift (很喜欢)

龙虎门 (还可以)

X-Men: The Last Stand
(没意思)


疯狂的石头 (挺逗的, 经典)

无限复活 (典型香港肥皂剧-无聊)

新街口
(走过那个年代的人会喜欢的-我挺喜欢)

When a Stranger Calls
(悬念片, 没什么意思)


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Thursday, August 10, 2006

Summer Time

You

know

it's

almost

Summer

when

the

girls

start

showing

their

belly

button...



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