hunger-game

Summary of the day

BI
1. Ross Fubini, an investor at Kapor Capital described his life as real venture capitalist--meeting with hundreds of startups, working with portfolio compaines, going over operations and finance and scouting for companies to invest in. This is more than just "meet with startups and hang out money".

2. "22 executives share the best advice they ever received" and my favoriate piece "I don't mind what you do, as long as you don't do what we've done before" by Peter Swinburn, CEO of Molson Coors.

3. Chipotle's business model ad-free works out pretty good itself--only $ 6 million on advertising last compared to $650 million of McDonald's.  As long as it is profitably sustainable, why bothers ad?

DatAversity--a website for IT on data management
1.Netflix would separate DVD portion of its operation into another business called "Qwikster". This new business strategy creates not only an inconvenience for customers but also a difficuty for data management.


currently listening to Feel by Robbie Williams

I just wanna feel, feel the intensity of life, feel the passion of the life, feel sleepless nights, and feel the complication of beauty. I guess now is another moment for me to do nothing but think about life again. My mom called this morning concerning about my job search,  educating and pressuring my life and future. It is really hard to understand someone's situation unless you are in his shoes, whatever.

Finding a job is not an easy thing but finding a right job is difficult. enough said.


hunger-game? It is certainly not about the movie but the desire, we are hungry for fullfil the urge or drive that keeps us alive-either sex or meaning of life. It is a game that we stay strong and expose our weakness.

"Never Eat Alone"

Well, it's been awhile--almost two years--to get back on blogging here; nothing particularly about travellings, especially international travellings this time, even I have been traveling around in States for work and fun, not to mention that Boston is still my favorite city.

I recently finished up reading a book named "Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferrazzi, which is about building relationships in business-there are a few chapters discussing about how to establish and maintain a healthy relationship in today's market, including follow-ups, small talk, conferences, mutual interests, etc. I have to say that the book itself is a bit common-sense but it does a good job to lay out what matters the most in relationship-building.  What gets me excited is that I value relationship-buidling the siginificant in my life so there are so many mutual understanding and sparkling while reading this book.

Anyway,  the secret of being an author is to write--that's where gets me back here again. I might not be an author one day but writing does help me keep track of my learning experiences from now on. I guess I need to clear my mind and calm the fuck down for the job search--my passion for consulting never lower down a bit.

I am going to track down some business articles from nytimes, WSJ, BI, etc and also add some new finding about website, food lover, wine-tasting, travelling and other interesting stuff.

summary of the day:\

Business Insider:

1. Greg Smith's New York Times op-ed critizing firm's predatory culture--it seems that Goldman Sachs is experiencing some culture transformation to a not-so-seemingly-good direction. Greg Smith, a former GS banker, described the workplace as "toxic and destructive". Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, warned its employees never seek advantage of competitors.

2. Top 10 apps that you must have: "Slice (e-receipts)", "Tripit (for frequent travelers)", "Box (cloud storage)", "1Password (passwords management)", "Instapaper (online articles saver)", "Quickoffice (Microsoft office)",  "Sparrow (email alternative for Mac)", "Clear (to-do-list app)", "Evernote", "Dropbox"
For Andriod Apps
"Rdio (music service)",  "Norton Safety Minder (parental control)", "Miscrosoft OneNote (Evernote)" "Readability (Instapaper)", "TED", "Vonage (free calls)", "Chrome"

New York Times

1. GT Nexus, a cloud-based information company has helped company (e.g., Adidas, Plfizer) deliver and share large data regarding supply chain process. It forecast the impacts of technology on future economy.

Just cut it here. gotta have some sleep since it's been a long day for job applications. St. Patrick is on the corner, you know what that means.

Let's play safe in Belgium

currently listening to billionaire by Travie McCoy

"there are only 15 minutes left before we rush into december 2010 and i was trying to calm myself down scracthin some words in the memory of november or belgium. unfinished. "

when it comes to the days left in london, i start to panic having a feeling of insecurity and waking up from my dream sooner or later. London is just not enough, 3 days, 3 months, or even the lifetime, just not enough. Belgium is about saturday night--shit face, tons of beers, smoking without limit, kisses with strangers, random sex. thats why i say: lets play safe.  enough said.

a week ago, belgium; a month ago, begium again. different city, same coutry and familiar taste of beers and chocolate. when i was standing in the middle of brussels square, i was bored and not a mood for anything, nothing special but its just like when you travel a lot, wandering in many different cities and countries without any concrete intention, they look just the same. i have to say that i liked belgium because the first night i was passed out and carried home by my buddy and this time i was chocolate toxicated.

Iper, Brussels, Brudge. i forgot to say that brussel is such an artistic town, walking around and sneaking into several private art galleries. some emotion just poured into my heart and i know this time how much i missed art that companied me for like past sixteen years and i decided not to keep it for life. almost cried when seeing some astonishing pieces and losing my mind for seconds. cheers, brussels.

perfectly failed on my graduate school exam. never mind. take again. i need some sort of motivation in my life for a bigger and further achievement. i just have some weird feelings about my life in london, for one hand, it is absolutely indescrible and crazy; for another hand, i was looking into myself how many things i could possibly experience and fullfil my greedy desires, and at the same time i was still looking for what i really want in life. maybe i am too rushing and i must cool down and rethink the value of life. too much thinking to deal with.

"there are three sides of a story-your side, my side and the truth, and the truth always comes out in the end" yesterday i was watching the new wall street movie-i dont understand why people criticizes its over-emphasis on relationship instead inside information of bank industry. its all the relationship among people, money is just an excuse, catalyst and invisible monster. therefore, there is no truth. people innocently keep seeking the truth side of every single story and failed in many ways but i like how the story is presented by its appearance-whoever told has its own reasons and why bothers.

belgium is another story which gets my friendship better with my friend here. got tons of sleep this week and dont want to do anything at all. then i just chill and time kills me in many ways.

its like 5pm and just woke up. oh, london, how much i like you.

Scotland: 50p of rainboots

currently listening to Love the way you lie by Eminem

my favorite quotes
"you are too cool for school"--MA
"you are special. you are just beautiful in every single way."--DB

many times i almost cry when i am walking in the middle of london having a feeling of lost, or when i am climbing the mountains with some sort of loneliness or when im falling asleep next to someone i like or i imagine i like. moments are to be remembered or made people moved--tears in the eyes, just running.

fort william-glenfinann-edinburgh. scotland reminds me of two places that i have been to and i hope to go back again--interlaken and cape town. interlaken, a small and beautiful mountain-view town, is situated in switzerland-so peaceful and astonishing just by chilling around. cape town, at the south of africa, owns mountains and oceans. scotland, in my image, is surrounded by these natural gifts with its unique colors.  still in shock about the multi-layers design of edinburgh, i thought it was mysterious that you could always see another lower level layer at where you are standing.

i used to write a lot of journals, short stories and poetry to keep track of my life, to have something in memory or to feel occupied. later on, when my life is becoming complicated, there is no time for me to narrate what my life consist of. it is moving on without any sort of clues or hints. so i wonder what the point of writing journals, dairy, or even blogs--i mean if all the writings are about what exactly i did--these will be boring, who cares? rather, i would like to have these days to be forgotten or to be none--just having the moment of myself and doing nothing at all.

some major words.
napping-whisky-rejection-scotish dance-walking in the rain-"things i love about Roy"-Empty-hiking-being stupid-cat-7 beers and 2 shots-stay loneliness-being cool-reindeer

make yourself dirty. im telling you that 50p is worth every single penny . last word, maybe you can leave yourself some time and some space to figure out another side of you but i decide not to like you any more. i love the way you lie.

scots. we need to spend some time with ourselves,at least, i do. when the sun rises, i should say good bye and good night to myself.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM.

Amsterdam--smoking is legal

currently listenting to Ignition by R.Kelly

what a night with all the craps going on with my life, somehow i cannot hold my breath or even let the air in for a second. what i am doing right now is what i want to do and dream to do, so what is the goddamn problem here? why am i not enjoying being crazily and absurdly busy in real life? you know why--i just want to be perfect and why is that a problem?

amsterdam is the place to be--be high, be happy and be free. i like amsterdam because i dont even want to be a tourist by giving those bullshit brochures about the places of interests and all i want to do is being happy, that is to say, being high from smoking. i cannot recall how i come over all the difficuties and get back to London but i had a blast in amsterdam, spirtually and physically. however, this month is not my month--its just things are going towards the way you hope to be, reversely, going agaist it. this sucks balls. unfortunately, it happened  A LOT recently.

went to van gogh museum, i still never thought i would be so moved and impacted by all the paintings and drawings, they are astonishing, especially you are looking at them with some inspiration of arts.

im literally stressed out by this damn internship application--cover letter, resume and email--i know exactly how i should format and everything is in my mind but i just cant compose a sentence and put all the words together. maybe im tired. maybe life itself is not easy to live up.

all i need is love.  work-out is a must. classes and work are required. travelling is necessary. exam is priority. but life is a crap.

to=do=list:
1. G space space Mt.
2. In ter n space space
3. Reading.
4. Brussel, Bacelona or Copenhagen?

good night, im going to crash in bed and dream the hell out of reality.

London: storyteller of Shakespeare

currently listening Better Together by Jack Johnson

im not in a mood for anything but his music is the best therapy for me at the moment, pacifying all the tiredness and craziness from what happened in London.  London is the place to be who you wanna be-actor, plumber, liar or someone else. i dont know whether people keep themselves busy every day for avoiding the feeling of being lonely or they are just busy for no reasons. it is easy to get lost in this big city--London.

fashion week is definitely a retreat for a long time myself being dumped by fashion industry and a jump-up for the taste of new trend. glamourous is not the word what im looking for, maybe the word "being" fits better. i was still overwhelmed by the sparkling lighting of catwalk stage and bloodless expession of models. anyway, flashing never stoppped during the entire catwalk and i actually did not pay close attention to the real dress of the models.

schedule just sorted out, sadly, there was no room for having fun at night, packing with tons of work instead. i think that is life, the life i choose to be and live on. much to say but little to tell about London. having been here for almost two weeks, i was wondering where i will be next time, another city like here or somewhere different--i dont know, life is tricky.

raining the whole day again. that sucks. hot chotolate is the best medicine for being sick after a shower. good night, Londoner.

craziness in India

currently listening to Crash into me by Dave Matthews

after a long trip of South Africa and Europe, with a low expectation for another journel, i accidently and fortunately arrived in New Delhi, India for my upcoming volunteer work. about india, the image flowing in my mind is about an indian girl's innocent smile in a noisy and busy rural setting background. of course, we started our one-week orientation full of sightseeing and some useful information. Learning Hindi, having vegetarian meals daily, and walking in the extremely hot weather, i cannot complain how much culture shock i experience each day.

india and china are totally different, which has been said many times that they are the same, or at least, for the most part. it is wrong. no matter politics, economics, people, culture and religion, india has its own asset and speciality. maybe the most striking thing for me is that there is no other places like India that traffic takes over everywhere. nevertheless to say, traffic is crazy, terrifying and dangerous. at the intersection, there are no red and green lights, all kinds of vehicle trap into each other, causing non-stop traffic jam.

still up this late, i dont know what im thinking at this moment. honestly, i enjoy india and i find peace here. it is just so different from the trip to south africa and europe. stuck in the middle of the visa issue for London, i have no ideas how to get through all the difficulties and clean the mess in my life. once i choose this lifestyle, then i have to continue to finish my journel. its all about world-hunting. no fear and all adventure. sometimes, we feel now we are exploring the world,  not all of it but some of which we have encourage to do so, in fact, we are going deep inside ourselves.

favorite picture. obssessed with the sunshine through the window, im just watching, bathing and pondering.

Taj Mahj tomorrow and volunteer starts monday. my life is extraordnary and self-contented.