2009年2月14日星期六

Valentine's Day

Today is valentine's day.

May all shall be well, Jack shall have Jill!

2009年2月12日星期四

祸不单行的一天(Trouble Never Comes Alone)

昨天,真的是永生难忘,祸不单行的一天。现在想想,就连我自己也佩服自己的“智慧”,的确够折腾人的。

昨下午,精心打扮一番,春光满面的溜出窝窝。去哪里呢?约会?这个年龄,还有2天就情人节了,说去约会,人家一点都不觉得奇怪。可惜不是,因为月老也不搭我的红线。那精心雕琢一番去干嘛呢?哎,实话告诉你吧,去面试。如今这世道不好混啊,为了五斗米,偶算是呕心沥血,精心乔装,面目全非,早就折腰了。

根据丁丁地图的指引,偶下了车,找个公司。XX路380号,没错。我走在这XX路上,左右张望,一眼就 看见了左边有个398号,右边是383号。左双号,右单号,那我的380号就应该在左边。没错,应该就在398号的前面一点点。我就穿越XX路,沿着左边,边数边走,没走几不就看见362号了。?倒!怎么就362号了?会不会是在前面呢,按常规来说是不可能的。可我这个人就是幻想奇迹的出现。谁知道再往前走,号码越来越小了。我就只好折回到398号,问保全,他们都说不知道这个380号。没办法,偶只好又横过马路,来到XX路右边,说不定这个380号在左边呢。笑脸相迎的去问保全,他们也说不知道。这就怪了,怎么都不知道,难道是时空隧道?其中有位好心的保全问我有XX公司的电话没?是的,没错,打个电话问问不就是了。经他这么一提醒,偶赶紧从包包里难手机,结果翻了底朝天也没找着。想起来了,手机落在床上了。怎么办,眼看时间早就到了,心里那个急啊,只差心脏没蹦出来了。有了,我突然想出了一个办法,就是打我一个朋友的电话,叫她给我网上查查那公司的电话不可以了。有必要申明一点,这是我所有朋友当中,我唯一记得的一个号码。于是,我借那位好心的保全大哥的电话一打,马上听到中国移动系统提示“您拨叫的用户已停机”。欲哭无泪!我急中生智,又想出了一个办法,问保全他们的手机可以上网不,他们都说没开通。但他们马上告诉我,附近有个网吧。他们叫我从他们的小区里可以直接穿过。我于是只好快马加鞭的飞奔。偶向来没方向感,偌大的一个小区,把我折腾的个够呛,不知道绕了多少弯路,终于走出了那个小区。

站在大路中央,四处张望,没看见。于是我只好硬着头皮进了一个房地产office,说可以借上一下网不?他们说我们这里又不是网吧,他们也告诉我前面就有个网吧。没办法,只好朝前走,东张西望,终于看见了那个网吧,那个激动劲啊,没法形容。飞奔进了网吧,来不及登记,只好借人家的机子一用。瞄准了一位帅哥,他马上答应了我的请求,异性相吸嘛。我搜索到了那家公司并进了他们的主页,也查到了电话号码,正想借帅哥的电话一用的时候,偶的眼睛定格在了地址栏中的308号。天啊,哭笑不得,原来是308号,怪不得人家都说不知道380号。于是只好健步如飞地折回XX路找308号,很快就找到了,谢天谢地!晚到总比不到好!

来到那家公司的office,接待我的人叫我稍等一下,我说没关系。结果一坐就是一个钟头,无聊死了,没人理我。终于,里面房间的门开了,从里面走出来一个女的,接着走出了office。然后听见有人叫我进去,一个贼头鼠脑的小男人对我说:“不好意思,让你久等了,刚才我女朋友过来了。”接着就谈开了,我边聊边想,他自己到底知道这个行业不,我很怀疑。知道他一个劲地压低我的薪资。很无奈吧,这世道就这样:有钱就可以当老板,其余的懂不懂没关系。我也不知道他跟我瞎扯了些什么,反正用了一个小时。好不容易,放我走了,我长长地舒了口气。

来到巴士站等巴士。不巧正遇上放学,下班高峰期,巴士上人流涌动,车水马龙,赌车特别厉害。运气真好,刚到,就来了我 要乘的那趟。放眼望去,那个人啊,好恐怖的!里面已经挤得动弹不的了,外面还有一大群要挤进去。于是乎想到了林语堂的《围城》:外面的人拼了命的想进去,里面的人挣扎着想跑出来。偶是没有那个实力与他们去抗衡的,只好眼睁睁地看着巴士远去,矗在原地等next. 不等还好,这一等就等了足足半个小时,等得我心都碎了。半个小时后,终于来了一趟,还是人流攒动。没办法,上海的巴士就这样,只好硬着头皮上呗。

几经颠沛淋漓,终于到了借宿地,因为在上海偶这种打工族是没有家的,有的是暂时的栖息地。打开房门,赶紧寻校对我上次记下的那家公司的地址。不看还好,一看,吓一跳,明明写着308号,可我为什么那时脑海里刻记的是380号。失意,撞鬼,老年痴呆,恐怖!虽说老年痴呆症有年轻化的趋势,但是我这个年龄也太年轻化了吧。虽九死一生,余犹未悔!庆幸,这一天终于过去了。

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery.Today is a gift. Yea, I should cherish the present!

2009年2月9日星期一

延长春节假日 恢复五一长假

最近由人民网举办的关于延长春节假日,恢复五一长假的网上投票活动非常火爆。许多人认为春节七天假太短,重返工作时还没有恢复工作状态,带有严重的“节日后遗症”,因此,大家认为有必要延长春节假期到元宵节后。延长假期既可以缓解春运的压力,又可以有更多的时间与家人团聚。从去年开始,就已经取消了“五一”长假。很多人认为春节长假后,再要休这样的长假就要等到“十一”,因此,众人表示这样的长假时间安排不合理。所以,大家呼吁恢复“五一”长假。

下面是有关延长春节假期和恢复五一假期的网上投票,大家踊跃投票,争取劳动者的权利哦。
http://npc.people.com.cn/GB/8739253.html

2009年2月5日星期四

北方大旱VS当代媒体

2008年对每个中国人来说是极不寻常,久经考验的一年。暴雪,藏独,地震似乎成了2008年的代名词。然而2008刚过,2009年才开始,老天爷似乎还不满意中国人在2008里经受的考验,于是给中国北方送来了干旱的大礼。

这次旱灾波及的范围非常广,强度特别大。北京,河北,甘肃,陕西,山西,山东,河南,湖北,安徽都遭遇了不同程度的灾害,因此被称为“历史罕见的严重干旱”。

干旱不是突发事件,从干旱、严重干旱到历史罕见的严重干旱,是相当长的过程,然而它成了一个突发新闻,一出现在人们面前就是“历史罕见的严重干旱”,跳过了此前经过的过程。当今时代是一个信息化的时代,是一个使人足不出户就可知天下的时代。每天,人们都可以通过报纸,电视等各种途径了解周围乃至世界发生的一切事情。干旱的形成是一个过程而不是一瞬间。然而,人们的眼球只在最近两天才注意到它的存在。这是信息时代的一个讽刺。为什么会如此,是媒体疏于关心这场旱情,还是因为旱情还没有抵达大部分人的生活,或者是因为一些地方的干旱信息发布受到了限制?我现在无法判定。我只能说,一场大旱不紧不慢地步步进逼,而人们是直到它变成“历史罕见”时才被获知,这是十分荒谬且讽刺的事情。

2009年2月4日星期三

How to Make Your Blog Gain High Hit

In nowadays, I believe every one has their own blog, or even some people has sevral blogs. People like to share their mood, experience, happiness or anythingelse in their blogs with strangers. Till up now, there are thousands of millions blogs, so how to make your blog stand out from the crowd and gain high hit? Here are some useful suggestions I collected, in the hope of giving help to many blog writers.

1. Pick a unique topic - it is easier said than done to choose a topic that is unique from everyone else today in a blogosphere as crowded as we’re currently in - however opportunities do arise to start blogs on topics that are new trends, products or ideas. Being first doesn’t guarantee success - but it can help.

2. Develop a Unique Voice - while it may not always be possible to choose a unique topic it can sometimes be easier to cover that topic in a way that others do not. Whether it be by using humor, blogging as a character, blogging in the 3rd Person or some other way - finding a unique voice or style can set you apart from the rest.

3. Design - having a unique blog design doesn’t mean you need to pay big dollars for a custom design - start with a default one and tweak it with a unique logo, colors and layout. Visual first impressions count and can be the deciding factor as to whether people subscribe to your blog or not.

4. Useful Content - perhaps the best way to stand out from the crowd and make an impression upon people is to produce content that impacts them in some way. Write something that matters, that helps people, that solves a problem, that enhances people’s lives and you drastically increase the chances of them coming back and bringing a friend with them.

5. Be Prolific - something that can make a real impression on people is when they keep ‘bumping into you’. Predict where your potential readers will be going online and position yourself there as a prolific contributor. It might be social media sites, it might be the comments section of another blog or it could be a forum on your topic - wherever it is - make sure you have an active presence there. If people keep seeing you in the places that they hang out they’ll eventually take note and want to know more about you.

6. Love Your Readers to Death - this is key in the early days of a blog when readers seem scarce. The reality is that the 10 readers that you DO have already are a powerful resource - focuse upon them rather than the thousands of readers that you DON’T have. Love them - thank them for their comments - involve them in your blogging - promote them and the sites that they have and in doing so you’ll be building loyalty, trust and relationship that one day will pay off. Each reader you have has their own network and can open up new audiences to you.

7. Be Original - there’s nothing more dry than coming to a blog that has much the same content as every other blog that you’ve already read that day. Don’t just rehash news and talk about things in the same way that others are - dare to be different, play devils advocate, look for new angles in stories, translate the news for your readers and help them to work out how it impacts them etc

8. Express an Opinion - people who express opinions seem to get more attention than those who simply report news. Tell people what YOU think and you’re bound to get discussion between those who agree with you and those who do not.

9. Get Visual - whether it be by using eye catching pictures, diagrams and charts or even using video - when you add a visual element to your posts you will grab the attention of those who are more visually oriented. Images draw the eye, illustrate points and add new dimension to what is largely a text based medium.

10. Use Titles with Bling - post titles that draw people to read your post are essential and can be the difference between someone visiting your blog from a search engine, social media site or another blog and visiting someone else’s blog that has a more intriguing title.

11. Longevity Counts - many blog readers are looking to journey with someone and can be a little suspicious of new blogs and wonder how long they’ll last. Blog consistently for the long term and you build credibility, trust and profile in your industry.

12. Build Momentum - one mistake that many blogs make is that there is a sense that the blog is not really going anywhere. Posts appear on the blog that rarely relate to one another. I find that when I’m in the middle of a series or writing content that builds upon something that I’ve written before that readers really respond well. Its also this momentum that builds a sense of anticipation on a blog - which in turn builds subscriber numbers.

13. Drive People to Your Archives - one of the weaknesses of blogs as a medium is that in they often hide their best content. The content that gets most attention is the latest post - whether it is good or not. Blogs that not only highly what is NEW but find ways to highlight what is BEST in their archives draw readers to the content that is most likely to convince them to stay around for more.

Interview Tips

As I said I messed up the interview in last passage, so here I collect some useful interview tips for your reference, with hope to give help to many interviewees:


1. 85% of the verbal content of the interview will be forgotten within an hour of the candidate's departure. What remains is the overall impression, documents submitted, and a few notes.

2. Remember that the interview is an informal chat to determine if your background fits into the job vacancy.

3. Arrive at least 15 minutes early; spend the previous day in the community if possible.

4. Dress appropriately. Be businesslike, approachable, confident in your appearance. No gum, cigarette smell, heavy scents.

5. Carry an attractive portfolio. It provides a tidy, efficient place to store questions you may want to ask, information about yourself you want to be sure to transmit, a place to carry additional resumes for distribution to department heads, search committees, and others you may meet who have not seen your resume.

6. Do some research on the business before the interview. (See "How to Find a Job," "Research the Employer.")

7. Prepare/practice responses to likely questions.

8. You should take the opportunity to ask questions about the company.

9. Your ability to ask straightforward, insightful questions lets the interviewer understand your perspective and concerns, as well as your judgment and analytical ability.

10. PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE
In front of a mirror
With an audience of friends/colleagues


11. Review/evaluate your interview's strengths/weaknesses immediately after the interview.

Interview

This morning, I took part in an interview. How about the result? Without adoubt, this is the first response when everyone get the news. Result? Result? Result...? No result. Honestly speaking, I have no idea about this. But one thing I can assure is my bad tuition because I was too nervous to give a good performance. A fatal blow was that I didn't make any preparation because this time the interviewer asked me to give an self-introduction in Chinese. As you know, I am often asked to give answers in English. Therefore, I was at a loss to say anything, then you can imagine how embarrassed.

There is no use crying for spilt milk.

The most thing I can do is to cheer up and make full preparations to cope with the next interview. God bless me!