Desperate Housewife Club

2007-08-23T18:38:00.000-07:00

中國時報~誰是下一個星光幫人間---誰是下一個星光幫下一波星光幫的特徵：「娘」的男人、man的女人、超齡（或年齡不符）、特殊才藝、survivor精神、英語強、魔性、國際性。你像個天使你的皮膚讓我哭泣……我希望我很特別你是這麼他媽的特別但是我只是個爬蟲，一個怪人我在這裡幹嘛？我不屬於這裡我不在乎會不會受傷我想要掌握我想要一個完美的身體我想要一個完美的靈魂我要你注意到我……她正跑出門，她正在跑她在跑…… 星光幫的爆紅，證明台灣的新世代就是「美學的世代」，是最積極在追求美感的世代。這一點從林宥嘉「敢」在最後戰役那一集，選唱超冷門的迷幻搖滾Creep，就能看出來。這首Radio Head的歌不但難唱，一般觀眾也聽不懂，只能用最直接的感情來打動人心。製作單位一度勸他不要唱，但林宥嘉不但堅持要唱，以實力震懾全場，評審也敢給他滿分，將他再推到決賽，終於勇奪冠軍。光是這一點，

2007-04-12T19:39:00.000-07:00

分離。2 (Originated from here)2.1吃到什麼好吃的都會叫我也要吃如果我拒絕就會被問好幾次到最後我就只好至少嘗一口2.2同樣的想法或提議要重複聽到好幾遍起初非常不解，以為是這些不斷被重複的事情有我無法意會的重要性，或者帶有弦外之音後來才明白原來這是一種溝通的方式2.3我會不斷提醒自己要觀察對方理解想法尊重差異2.4美好的時刻：靠在一起坐在圓凳子上分吃一碗熱騰騰的食物一起看電視和彼此靠得很近地說話、微笑、或者同做一件事2.5多了一個人就是少了很多自己的時間可是又多了很多感情上的滿足兩者無法比較2.6去年某時，我腦袋裡面想也許儘管我自己對愛情的感覺和理解皆不清楚我還是願意好好對待這個人願意好好經營關係就算不相信愛情也該相信他2.7「我還在這裡呀」，我說2.8排隊時回頭看好幾次，

2007-04-04T18:40:00.000-07:00

Mr. Wang,經過7年台灣之子,本土天王的帶領下,如果你還覺得族群是台灣人最在意的領袖特質,那你就跟立院3寶沒啥兩樣了. Which races you belong to- it's never been the question. 族群議題掀波國民黨忙澄清王：為何馬講沒事我就被扭曲？中時蕭旭岑、何博文/台北報導　立法院長王金平近日猛攻族群議題，在國民黨內掀起波瀾，成為昨天中常會討論焦點，多位中常委力主應清楚說明黨的立場。國民黨罕見地發表正式新聞稿，強調台灣沒有族群問題，不論是什麼省籍，只要在這塊土地上成長努力，疼惜這塊土地，每個人都是台灣人。對自己的言論引發爭議，王金平不平地表示，馬英九說「非本省籍人士選上總統是台灣人之福」，也是一種族群看法，「但為何他可以講、我就不能講？他講沒事，我講就被歪曲，還被說成是分化、操作！這是什麼道理？」

2007-03-27T23:01:00.000-07:00

放棄台灣的民進黨 Posted on 2007-03-21 11:36 黃哲斌今天，民進黨中常委黃慶林將在民進黨中執會上，提案要求召開臨時全國黨代表大會，修改提名條例，總統及區域立委初選將從「民調七成、黨員投票三成」，改為各佔五成、不分區立委初選提名，修改為「百分之百由黨員投票決定」。萬一成真，民進黨不分區立委的榜首會是誰？2004年民進黨不分區立委初選的黨員投票，或許能讓我們偷瞄一下答案：第一名薛凌（綠色連線，2萬9783票）、第二名邱永仁（泛美麗島系，2萬7185票）、第三名蔡煌瑯（正義連線，2萬6314票）。你是否聽見某種譏諷的笑聲？不分區立委的設置精神，原本鼓勵政黨提名富具清望或資歷、卻缺乏選舉金脈或人脈的專業者，讓民間的聲音進入立法機構，讓專業的觀點制衡政治交換，

2007-03-19T17:19:00.000-07:00

一審若有罪馬英九提前出局？【中時電子報黃哲斌／新聞分析】　2007.03.12根據中時電子報上周的電話民調，民進黨呂游蘇謝四大天王，目前蘇貞昌與謝長廷屬於「前段班」、呂秀蓮與游錫堃是「後段班」；無論蘇或謝出線，面對同樣態勢混沌的藍營，誰的聲勢領先？哪些因素左右未來的台灣總統？分析目前的民意趨向，無論民進黨提名蘇貞昌或謝長廷，都將面對身陷弊案、但民氣強勁的馬英九，在一對一的情況下，馬英九的支持度都領先兩成；但若國民黨推出王金平，反而將落後蘇或謝百分之七。如果仔細分析馬英九與王金平的支持度，當面對蘇或謝，馬英九不但囊括八成四泛藍選民的支持，甚至也能從綠營挖走一成五的選票，蘇謝只能從藍營搶回百分之六的支持；但若是王金平出線，他只能留住五成四的藍營支持者，開拓泛綠選民的比例也不如馬，只有將近一成。更關鍵的是，在為數最多的政治中立受訪者裡，馬英九與蘇謝各擁三成五及三成的支持率；若換成王金平，

2007-03-01T21:43:00.000-08:00

世界遺忘台灣台灣遺忘世界2007.02.26 管中閔新春大家都有新希望，我也一樣。去年底有事途經香港，一位學界友人引述他國際媒體朋友的話說：台灣是一個快被世界遺忘的地方。這句話非常震撼；不論喜不喜歡，它多少呈現了台灣如今的處境。但從另一角度來看，台灣也是一個快要遺忘了世界的地方，而這毋寧是更令人擔憂的。近年來，亞太地區的區域經貿合作正在如火如荼的進行。按照東南亞國協(簡稱東協)的規畫。東協原始六國(馬來西亞、新加坡、菲律賓、印尼、泰國、汶萊)將在今年實現自由貿易區，其他四國(越南、寮國、柬埔寨、緬甸)亦將在五年後加入。東協加三(中國大陸、日本及南韓)之中，韓國已於去年九月與東協簽訂自由貿易協定，而中國大陸預計在二○一○年以前與東協六國、二○一五年前與東協十國建立自由貿易區。中國大陸更於二○○四年即先行減免對東協進口產品的關稅，使得一個總人口達十七億，

2007-02-03T13:08:00.000-08:00

One week, Five bags of garbageSaturday morning I resume the housewife's role& duty- cleaning, collecting garbage, and trying to make my little apartment look more like a home.I have FIVE bags of garbage, in a week!?Honey, it's all because you didn't do your job (cleaning home, throwing trash every day) that make our little apartment full of trash.I start to miss you. Miss the caring part of you

2007-01-05T18:15:00.000-08:00

Irisvs.YvonneNow we are in the process of finalizing our house hunting. Closing date is approaching and it seems the time to talk about our plan of having a baby.Before "executing" this idea, I want to touch base the wish list of babies' name first. One day George and I were talking about our preference on girl's name. He prefers "Iris" and I prefer "Yvonne." He doesn't want to compromise and

2007-01-04T23:26:00.000-08:00

Taiwan’s Bullet Trains Can’t Outrun ControversyFrom The New York Times Taipei , Taiwan, Dec. 28 — The sleek, bulbous-nosed new bullet trains here look like they are designed to whisk passengers across wide-open spaces. But on this congested island, they represent the start of a 180-mile-per-hour commuter train system. After a quarter century of planning and construction, the system is

2006-12-05T18:10:00.001-08:00

2006 Christmas GiftIf you have $249 dollars, what will you buy? Zune, iPhone, Wii, or Pleo?Pretty tough question...Pleo↓鴻海小恐龍加持凌陽大舉開發Pleo恐龍商品劉家熙、黃邦/台北報導2006.12.06　工商時報被時代雜誌評選為二○○六年全球最具創意的玩具類商品─Pleo（恐龍），昨日在台現身。這個由鴻海代工的電子寵物，是鴻海與麥實創投入資美商Ugobe企業的結晶，鴻海藉此跨入全球最先進電子寵物產品，並增設數位科技玩具事業群（Hi Tech Toy Division,iDPBG）。同時，鴻海小恐龍相關協力廠商也首度曝光，凌陽科技旗下凌通電子一舉搶下聲控IC訂單。鴻海鎖定二○○八年奧運市場，除了原有Pleo恐龍家族外，不排除研發哆啦A夢、Hello Kitty、

2006-12-04T20:27:00.000-08:00

M型社會來了！中產階級消失，台灣將有80％的人，落入下層社會「歡迎來到新世界！」這是日本趨勢專家大前研一最近送給台灣人的一句話；你別再以為，只要咬牙忍一忍，好日子還會回來，你可能已經從中產階級淪落到「下流社會」而不自知...... 文／曠文琪九月底，財經報紙頭條出現斗大標題，英商渣打銀行宣布，以新台幣四百億元收購新竹商銀。緊接著，十月四日，匯豐銀行、花旗銀行又爭相提供高價購併華僑銀行。同一天傳出，大眾電信也將出售全數股權，交易金額超過新台幣七十億元，爭取卡位的外資包括麥格理、卡萊爾、新橋、高盛等。不止金融、電信產業，在有線電視市場，過去一年，外資將行情炒高一倍，東森、台灣寬頻、中嘉等一一被外資收購。一波外資軍團正虎視眈眈的登陸台灣。將鏡頭轉進房地產市場，最讓消費者震驚的是，剛結束的九二八房地產檔期，台北房價創十年新高，天母地區出現挑戰每坪八十萬元關卡的預售豪宅案，內湖

2006-12-01T00:00:00.000-08:00

...have fun with you,fall asleep with you, wake up with you,dig deep with you,be friends with you,act bold with you,wake love to you,grow old with you.Honey, Happy 2nd Anniversary!(hallmark.com)

2006-11-30T22:03:00.000-08:00

Steve Ballmer Sells Windows 1.0very old CF, click here to watchIn case you don't know, he is Microsoft's curent CEO...

2006-11-28T11:02:00.000-08:00

Redmond in Snow4 inches snow.

2006-11-17T21:13:00.000-08:00

陳水匾 in wikipedia. Note that there is a message says this page is under protection because of the rage and destruction from wiki users. Obviously this person has less likelihood than most of the people on the plant.I wonder is there any other person/page in Wiki also under the same protection? It will be interesting to see if Wiki ever had other controversial pages like 陳水匾 .http://

2006-10-28T21:36:00.000-07:00

台灣留學生劇減衝擊競爭力【經濟日報／記者王慧馨／台北報導】美國馬里蘭大學校長牟德（C.D.Mote）指出，近年台灣的留學生愈來愈少，對國際競爭力及個人發展都不是好事，尤其在全球化的趨勢下，學生更應該了解國際趨勢，而不是只待在國內唸研究所。牟德接受專訪時說，馬里蘭大學約有三分之一的學生來自亞洲，其中800名來自中國大陸，200名來自台灣。過去十年來，中國大陸的學生數急遽增加，台灣的學生卻愈來愈少，研判應與台灣的經濟景氣不好及大學素質提升有關。牟德指出，也許是因為台灣的大學、研究所近年來素質提升，造成學生不願出國留學，只願意在國內深造。但與中國大陸學生在英文、國際交流經驗上的快速進步相比，台灣國外留學生數的明顯下滑，對國際競爭力恐怕是個警訊。畢竟十多年前，是因為台灣的留學生到國外汲取豐富國際經驗及知識，回國後才能為國貢獻、創造經濟奇蹟。一年前國內某知名大學還曾邀牟德到校演講，

2006-10-11T19:03:00.000-07:00

International company vs. Global companyI roughtly remeber there is a kind of definition between "International company" vs. " Global company." It says, an international company is a kind of company that opens offices worldwide and tries to have international presence, whereas global company is the one that really allows a multi-national, multi-cultural working environment.As a Chinese who grew

2006-09-23T17:34:00.000-07:00

NorthwestIt's an area not belonged to east coast, mid-west or west coast. It's an area that belongs to it's own. Northwest has their own pride. Here we care about the news from Boeing, big M and Canada Vancouver, but mentally and physically we don't pay attention to Bay area, though these two regions suppose to be tie-in because the joined industrial power they have.There are different kinds of

He said, She said; Digital vs. Analog

2006-09-06T15:59:00.000-07:00

Men ↑ vs. Women ↓Men, are a kind of Digital. Only know On and Off, 0 and 1.Tell him what to do and what not to do is much easier to ask him think about "what he should do."Women, are a kind of Analog. It doesn't always mean we 100% agree with men's decision when we say Ok. It means "I kinda agree, but if you want my opinion, here is what I would do blah blah blah."For women, there are

What will you be after reborn? (下輩子想當哪一國人？)

2006-08-28T16:31:00.001-07:00

這是我心理測驗的結果-他說我適合做澳洲人..想想也是,我是鄉下長大的小孩, 長大後學習能力最強的時候是在中西部的medium size city, 是個很純樸,路上看不到LV包包的科技城. 這樣的薰陶與喜好自然隱藏了我country side的特質. According to this quiz, I only have 5% Taiwanese heritage. How funny~Click here if you want to test yours. You scored as Aussie. You are Aussie!Aussie80%British70%Chinese70%German60%HongKonger55%French50%American35%Singaporean25%Japanese25%Taiwanese5%What will you be

I Am Local (我很土)

2006-08-21T15:59:00.000-07:00

Few years ago I didn't know how to spell the brand "Coach." For some reason I thought this brand spells as "couch" and myself was confused about why the fashion brand had such a weird name. I did not even know LV's full name is "Louis Vuitton." Neither did I know LV is a big brand. On the contrary, I thought their pattern is too over-distributed since I always see people carrying LV pattern in

Bookstore真性情 Part I : 夏天相遇，秋天分離

2006-08-15T13:58:00.000-07:00

< 夏天相遇，秋天分離：王文華雅虎奇摩交友日記 >下午看了張耀的書「巴黎的一天」，其中有句話：「巴黎人覺得住的地方附近有一家咖啡店，一個好麵包房，還有一個市場，就是人生最大的幸福。」「家附近要有什麼才是人生最大的幸福？」我的答案是：路燈、花市、公園、小河、學校、書店、水果攤、豆漿店、電影院、博物館…家附近，若有情人的家，應該是人生最大的幸福。你的答案是什麼？我猜很少人會說「公司」。這個問題逼我們想清楚：倒底什麼讓我們快樂？上班當然很重要，但在快樂的排行榜，它擠不進前三項。然而生活中大部分的能量，卻被上班所消耗。在理想的生活，消耗我們能量最多的應該是讓我們最快樂的。可惜大部分人必須賺錢養家，所以無法專業地追求快樂。這是現實，必須接受。我們可以調整的，是不要讓工作上的不快樂，影響到已經退守到後方的生活樂趣。所以下班了，就好好吃一頓。被老闆罵，氣不要出到女友身上。30年後，

Thirty something (30而立)

2006-08-11T17:26:00.000-07:00

In Taiwan, there are couple new terms to label the girls in thirties; they are 熟女,歐巴桑少女.It varies by persons, but the attributes to describe these thirties-girls may be-independent,experienced,confident,aggressive,wondering,realistic,...Some are negatives and some are positives.I am in thirties. I am glad that looking back I don't have things to regret. Well, of course there are things to

Wishes

2006-08-01T23:27:00.001-07:00

永遠都覺得要學的東西很多永遠都覺得日子消逝的比感覺的快永遠都覺得跟親愛的要更幸福身體的小毛病越來越多眼角的小魚兒越來越多咖啡必須照三餐喝來維持high有時還需靠 Vitamin B and C 來維持一天的能量去gym已不是為了塑身,而是讓體力不墜開始喜歡簡簡單單開始安於現狀懶的改變自己,也不強求必須與絕對喜歡觀察世界,看看自己和世界的關聯也喜歡觀察身邊相依為命的他過去的一年人遇到了很多種經歷了很不一樣的工作環境24hours身旁都有個他...複雜裡的單純未來一年裡應該也會碰到許多新的朋友會有一個全新的工作環境可能一個禮拜有2天可以有他的陪伴...還是想尋找複雜裡的單純Happy Birthday, to me.

Beautiful Bad Girl- Gong Li (鞏利)

2006-07-30T23:42:00.000-07:00

Knowing that it's more than "triple" hard to get into entertainment industry in US as a Chinese, I want to give Gong Li big applause. No matter how many stars the critics gave Miami Vice, I decided to go watch it, for Gong Li.After watching the movie I found she did good, though already heard comments about Gong Li's broken English, speaking no known language in this movie.Hollywood critics are

Before/ After (水平遇見獅子之變與不變 )

2006-07-17T18:28:00.000-07:00

*****boyish, fatherhood;athletic, lazy coach potato;mechanical engineer, socialized;not risk-taking, naughty give-it-a-try;naive, experienced;scrutinized, forgetful;1.5-yr marriage as of today, 6 yrs since we met.*****Honey, I have known you for six years. Majority of you remains the same as six years ago; few of you has been different. Sometimes you are so detailed and careful but sometimes

Things to Learn (...學習中)

2006-07-07T11:43:00.000-07:00

Couldn't sleep last night, I woke up at 2 am . A silent night usually can help a person recall details. Guess that's called self-examine?Honey, according to all the pieces from what you said during dinner, I realize you were very busy throughout the whole day- had a lunch meeting, 2 following meetings with other two clients. When back to office at 5pm you finally able to check today's email

2006-06-23T15:30:00.000-07:00

Below are the two songs I sang a lot during collage life. They are the theme songs in my club. For some reason I started to recall all these old days back to 10 years ago...It was a great time. I exposed to lots of talented people. Life style was that simple where all different personalities can somehow mix well and work on the same goal for a better student club.During then I was just

Darling, there is something I need to tell you- you've been different. (親愛的,你變了)

2006-06-14T16:05:00.000-07:00

Dear CC,Last night was just like a normal night, before went to bed, you brushed teeth and I was watching my daily stewpot taiwanese variety show. Suddenly I felt there is something got to tell you- honey, you've changed. I wasn't able to notice until last night standing behind you, watching you brushing teeth."Are you sure your waist is still 30 inch? I think you are 32 inch now." "Don't be

Sayonara, Texas (遠離德州)

2006-05-07T17:41:00.000-07:00

'This is Henry Wang, I want to let you know Mark has signed off George's relocation, now you can prepare for the moving. Beep!'Aftar three weeks waiting, receiving this voice mail today indicates we are officially on the relocation list. Hard to illustrate how we end up with relocation to California, but it has been in our mind that we want to create a new life in CA sometime in the near future

It's not magic, it's science

2006-01-15T19:34:00.000-08:00

I am not the person who believes first impressions. One of the reasons is I don't feel I have enough experience to judge a person based on the first impression. Oone is I truly believe the understanding is based on the interactions between each.Impressions are incubative, accumulative, liner, assumptive. If you want to use some formula to simplify above theory, just put "or" in between.Not only

New Year resolution (新年新希望)

2006-01-11T17:39:00.000-08:00

It's been months since on board. Workload wise I have been fine, however in terms of mentality it had been intensive and annoying. My husband felt the same, and yes we were so looking forward to the vacation. During Christmas my husband and I went to Hawaii. We went to two islands, Maui and Oahu. We are ocean people; went to different beaches and surprisingly found out there is no beach

To be or not to be, it is not the question (神阿,請賜給我一點神奇力量)

2005-10-12T17:04:00.000-07:00

It has been a month since I came back to the job market. Lots of things are different from the past working environment, such as the management style, workload, coworkers, work flow, how marketing communications position can play a role in this IT company, etc. The only thing not changed, after one month exploring, is that I keep the same ambition of getting the achievement and trying to learn.

Back to ... ? (重出江湖)

2005-08-27T20:53:00.000-07:00

In the States, there is a sales promotion called "Back to School." That is the sales time period right before the school starting. The sales item covers stationeries, books, teens clothes, etc. I am wondering, is there a sales promotion called " Back to Work?" that sells working lady clothes, cosmetics, 一般日用保養品, good books that help you to pick up the latest trend in working environment. Not

Salad Bowl vs. Melting Pot (沙拉拼盤 v.s 大鎔爐)

2005-08-02T20:52:00.000-07:00

First of all, this is not about teaching you how to cook. (Although I am good at that, according to my husband :> ) This is not a recipe article, but some thoughts I had last week. I had an interview last week. It is a 2nd-run interview, so the focus is not so much skill/experience related, more on the personnel. The first question they asked me is how

Sleepless in Seattle (西雅圖睡不著)

2005-07-27T20:50:00.000-07:00

First of all, I am not living in Seattle, not the city, but "Seattle" is where the street I am living. Recently I have been sleepless all night long. It is very annoying and tired. I have to drink some beers, or watch my 柯南 or Sex and the city DVDs for getting some sense of sleeping 助睡. The funny thing is, I did not have this symptom before, not at all! I had slept well and deep in the past years

80 / 20

2005-07-12T20:46:00.000-07:00

你不在家的第一個 Monday. 我花了80% time fool around (TV, 第N 遍的watch sex and the city ), only 花 20% 做suppose該做的事 (study for a-month-later certification exam) 和你在一起的時候, 我總是譏譏喳喳, 80%的時間是我說話, 剩下20%裡, 有10% 是你\"主動\"說話, 然後最後的10% , 是我硬是問你"今天工作忙不忙Y " '出差時有沒啥事要我幫你的" 然後你必須要"接"話每次都是我講了一堆, 然後催你講些意見,算是有點貢獻 to the discussion.. 但最後不知怎麼,最後都還是變成我在譏譏喳喳. 你說你喜歡聽我說話,要我多講. However, 因為現在不工作了,我發現能說的話題變少.更可怕的是,

I don''t promise to ask you to stop, but I will run with you

2005-06-16T21:25:00.000-07:00

Fear Factor

2005-06-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

Fear factor 在台灣AMX (?)頻道有播出. fortgot the Chinese name though. But it is a program that use the most horrible, disguesting stunts. 比賽的內容盡是一些你無法想像的噁心,可怕,恐怖. Throughout these fear testing, they eliminate participates to one, and the winner will get lots of money.正常來說,女生應該不會對這種節目有興趣的, however, I was, 6 months ago.I was a competitive worker, pursuing and enjoying the challenges from work every day.

Rhythm , when you find it

2005-06-11T21:13:00.000-07:00

I will just write a short diary today-Did you see NBA Game 1 yesterday? Spurs vs. Pistons.If you miss the play, please go to NBA web site to watch the record. You will be surprised how outstanding Ginobili could play last night, and how he can adjust from the down side (the first half) to the uphill (4th quarter).He found his rhythm, that's it.

Complexity vs. Simplicity

2005-06-09T20:59:00.000-07:00

這篇文章的圖是幾年前的一個作品. 那時我正在學Design, 其中有一堂課是有關Ying and Yang. 在設計上陰陽對比,色彩的調和是很深的學問. 那堂課的assignment 是要我們只用黑與白來創造一個設計. 在play with the object" pineapple" 我發現一個很有趣的對比- 看似複雜的圖形 (鳳梨長的一點都不smooth, 一顆粒一顆粒的, 刺刺的,挺複雜),在黑色與白色的呈現下. 整個物件簡單了許多.The complex object becomes simple after presenting in a clear-cut way (ex. Black and white). However, do we always want things simple? Sometimes we do but sometimes we don’t.

Why

2005-06-07T20:41:00.000-07:00

I like to feed people and decorate rooms, but I don't like wash dishes and vacuum the carpet.I am adventurous to try new recipe, and I have a fearless husband to clean up all of my creation.I clean the house macro-ly and he is micro-ly; he can always find the spots that need further cleaning effort.I don’t worry about gaining weight because I enjoy more sleeping than