雨邂逅了淚滴

天氣很糟糕，心情很糟糕。
於是，雨邂逅了淚滴。

雨說：我們相似，因為我們都是透明體。
淚說：你錯了，我並不透明，我的色彩斑斕，裡面畫滿了五顏六色的感情。
雨說：我們相似，因為我們墜落的方向一致， 由上而來，最終都是滑下去。
淚說：你錯了，我在心裡早已彎彎曲曲， 圈轉了一次又一次。
雨說：我們相似，因為我們都是一滴一滴。
淚說：你又錯了，當我終於滑落的時候， 我在心裡早已蓄滿，早就藏了何止一譚。
雨說：我們相似，因為我們都是水分子。
淚說：不，我的成份並不那麼單純，
我的味道是鹹的，調和著傷心和憂鬱。
雨於是笑了，對淚說，不管是不是相似， 這一刻，我們的結局卻注定要融為一體。

淚還想反駁，卻已被雨緊緊的擁入了懷裡。 裡面畫滿了五顏六色的感情。

我們的玻璃球

可口可樂總裁曾說一句話..這段文章真的讓我忍不住要好好深思一番，希望自己還來得及去掌握其他的球

可口可樂總裁曾說：我們每個人都像小丑，玩著五個球，五個球是你的 工作、 健康、 家庭、 朋友、 靈魂， 這五個球只有一個是用橡膠做的，掉下去會彈起來，那就是工作。

另外四個球都是用玻璃做的，掉了，就碎了。

共勉之﹗

The problem with being future-oriented

The problem with being future-oriented is that one may never ever be able to see the final results before everybody else has already done the trick of changing others' perception.

Results will come later, eventually, right, for the long term, but it would not matter anymore. Everyone has already moved on.

And the ones who should have been recognized and rewarded, have already been penalized instead.

一億一千萬遺產

中年喪偶是件難以忍受的痛，辦完喪事後大半年了，我都沒有辦法從悲慟中平復，儘管親朋好友催促我趕快看看他的遺囑，早日料理好他的遺產，我始終不肯去打開那個保險箱，保險箱裡不只是他的最後心願，也有我們共同珍藏的心愛寶物，我們的結婚證書，我們的定情之物，婚後每個結婚紀念日都買一個兩人都看中意的戒指，那些，讓我會更加睹物生情，不捨他的體貼、溫柔、幽默、豁達，任我自己沉浸在悲傷中，整天以淚洗面，不肯出門。

婆婆看不過去，要我振作起來，她說國稅局來催過很多次，要把財產做個什麼結案的，我只好會同律師一起打開保險箱，除了交代的非常仔細的遺囑之外，他還留了一個署名愛妻親啟的卡片，我好奇的展開來讀：原來，他留給我一個網路笑話：一個寡婦向朋友哭訴，老公去世之後什麼也沒留給她，只留給她兩億三千萬!友人充滿疑惑又非常羨慕的問她：你老公這麼好，妳該很滿足，日子也該很好過啊！喔！不！寡婦回答，我先生給我的兩億是：回憶和失憶。他的三千萬則是一、千萬要照顧好小孩，二、千萬得孝順公婆，三、千萬別改嫁。"

笑話後面，他繼續寫著：我比較窮，我只能給一億一千萬，一億當然是我們美好的回憶，一千萬則是千萬要忘記傷痛，快樂起來，妳會怪我給的太少，而不肯要這份遺產嗎？看了卡片，我在他死後第一次破涕為笑，卻忍不住勾出他更多的好，我在婆婆面前哭哭笑笑，終於擦乾了眼淚，牽起婆婆的手，告訴她，我已經準備好今後一定要振作起來，好好花他這筆遺產，一億一千萬，我怎麼會嫌少呢？

A life between Caffeine and Alcohol

When a life is lived between caffeine and alcohol, what does it do to the human body? the soul?

A coffee makes the smart and a drink makes one mellow. These things were meant to bring people enjoyment, but these are also the ultimate conventional binary biological weapons, but the caffeiene cannot stop the headache, the alcohol cannot take away the heartache.

Like people who drive a car by having the foot on either the accelerator or the brake all the time, that's going to hurt the vehicle quickly. For sure the excitement is there, but what is left in the end?

How does one feel when driving becomes cruising? What will life become without caffeine and alcohol?

Respect for personal space and time

People these days do not have enough respect for personal space and time, or even a little room to think and concentrate. With computer technology and other communication means, people are expected to be always available and accessible. And when not connected and constantly receiving information, one easily feels left out or not following what is going on. And if you don't defend your own little space, no one will do that for you.

For those who values respect, quality and balance, this is frustrating. Spending the time to think and do things right can be perceived as poor performance, and being unavailable for a random question may be considered not responsive. In contrast, people would expect others to spend hours on endless status calls that only add value to a small group, but are non-productive for a large audience.

Express yourself

How do one express oneself? By dressing differently, speaking differently, behaving differently?

In Japan, you can dress however the hell you like, and nobody will look at you like you are nuts. In fact, they look at your style, your personal expression.

In North America, if you mix and match beyond the "norm" a bit, may that be colour combination, the size and cut, people look at you as no taste or don't know what you are doing.

Everyone says the Asian cultures are more collection, but now who is more collective than individualistic?

Persistance meets Consistency

If one persists to ask another one out, but the other just keep on rejecting consistently, who will give first? That will mark a different stage of the relationship, one way or another.

Shopping as a way to bond

One of the best way to bond two women is to send them out shopping together - I have seen it effectively happen INSTANTLY, even across cultures. There's probably one condition - only when one is not intimidated by the other's taste and / or budget.

One side note on all the research done about different shopping patterns between men and women. A guy can also shop like a woman - or a kid - it all depends on the store and the items to be put in the basket.

Are you synchronized?

Who does not want to be time optimized, always catch the right bus, take the next express train that only stops at the destination, no need to wait for elevators, go with the green light?

Unfortunately our world doesn't work in a synchronized manner - or maybe it's just that you are not synchronized with the giant clock.

How about your life clock?