February 2012
30 posts
Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work
“If what we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.”以下是讓大腦保持正面的方法，演講者說寫個21天。
3 Gratitudes
Journaling (Writing about your positive experience in the past 24 hours.)
Exercise
Meditation
Random Acts of Kindness
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就環境新聞而言，負面消息大於正面，或許負面被認為啟發往正面發展的力量？
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The Flâneur in Me
The Death of the Cyberflâneur (紐約時報2012年 2月)
This guy writes a criticism of Facebook and Google trying to keep us on Facebook and Google by prodiving everything we need without leaving for other websites. I think he underestimates my yearning to be see something else than the ugly design of Facebook. I like to visit news websites.
Furthermore, it contrasts with the popular notion of...
The night I decided to stop getting involved with ___, I stared at the Tumblr and didn’t know what to type. Then I think, who I am if I don’t have anything to say on my blog. Strangely, I think it’s ok. I made peace with possibility of my insipid online life and plain offline life. I allow my life not to be always glamorous, thoughtful or funny. I don’t care if there are...
Ex Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is a great man.
(via)
‘The Island President Deposed’
The Dregs of Dictatorship
馬爾地夫發出前總統逮捕令
The Maldives’ nascent democracy faces an uncertain future
Mohamed Nasheed’s overthrow is a blow to the Maldives and democracy
Leatherback Sea Turtle
I feed on jellyfishes and my ancestors had swam the Cretaceous sea. I have sex when I reach adolescence (and that’s because I live for 40 to 50 years, you prude.)
親愛的馬爾薩斯，此刻我的話已說盡。像別的爭論者一樣，我們在多次討論後仍各持已見。然而這些討論從未影響我們的友誼。即使您同意我的意見，我對你的喜愛也不會更進一步。－李嘉圖
摘自:俗世哲學家
I was thinking about the meaning of a conversation, but I now think the goal of a conversation is more important.
I do not like the people more if they agree with me and I don’t hate the people who disagree with me. Unless, he\she’s prejudiced or makes no sense at all.
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One Giant Leap ” My Culture ” 歌詞 MV
有一段是”掉下去，從溫水裡爬出來，你又重新站起來＼兩腳踩在地上”
我想，這好像在唱泥盆紀(devonian)時，魚爬上陸地變兩棲動物，而且當時的海水很溫暖。
See Silver Lining in a Farce
FB上提到Makiyo的人，都不知道自己被台灣媒體操縱了嗎？台灣媒體很會挑起大眾的情緒，但其實報導的事情沒有重要性。Makiyo的作為對他們的生活直接＼間接影響都沒有，以前沒有，以後也沒有。
我今個聽到台灣新聞電視台提到富士康在大陸的事情，對我臉書上的post是無人理的狀態是個安慰，我想我寫自傳申請研究所時的時候要把這件事（別人在談Makiyo；我在談富士康）寫進去。
我很高興找到了你
via 衛報
可愛地沒話說。
因為看到這隻,我去google”Denver Holt”是誰，找到去年這篇紐約時報報導，我當時有看但我卻不以為然，而且我也沒有存，因為我當時對生態沒什麼太大的興趣，想選的研究所是自然資源管理，想不到我後來讓自己愛上大自然和野生動物。
話說回來是去年11閱讀了biology後，我才注意到每個species都有不一樣的地方。
“Fabre set them up in such a way that they were following each other around the rim of a flowerpot — with their favorite food only inches away,” Ms. Robbins says. “For seven days they followed each other around until they died of starvation and exhaustion. They couldn’t see how a simple deviation from the path would get them to the food they needed right away.”
Geeks are many things, Ms. Robbins...
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From a Stanford admissions officer: “It’s that idea of packaging and coaching, students trying so hard to make themselves stand out — we’re not able to see how they really are. There are no life experiences that would get you into Stanford. It’s not what you’ve done; it’s how you’ve experienced whatever has happened to you.”
摘自’The Overachievers: The Secret Lives of Driven Kids,’ by...
The Dark Side of the ‘Green’ City (紐約時報2011年11月)
Those looking for ecotopia can find pockets of it in the prosperous upland enclaves of Scottsdale, Paradise Valley and North Phoenix. Hybrid vehicles, LEED-certified custom homes with solar roofs and xeriscaped yards, which do not require irrigation, are popular here, and voter support for the preservation of open space runs high. By contrast,...
Fear Factory - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 01/16/12
I only learned that a few minutes ago, Foxconn, which makes Apple products, is 鴻海集團, and 郭台銘, one of the richest man in Taiwan is the chairman of 鴻海集團.
蘋果跑得快 鴻海非快不可 郭台銘日不落帝國的挑戰
本來打算用Kindle用個五年，但發現那是鴻海做的後，為了讓自己罪惡感減輕，我希望可以用的更久。
我認為馬不停蹄的科技發展讓消費者不停在更新私人數位產品，而發展中國家的工廠員工們得工作超時應付我們的需要，真的有這必要嗎？
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我又再跟自己自相矛盾了，買衣服跟買數位產品也是一樣的事阿＞＜
Umbrella Pine
Palatine Hill, Rome
I am a hypocrite for saying “前些日子得知Zara傳出在巴西開設血汗工廠的消息後，我比較關心Lativ怎麼對待那些分布在中國，越南，印尼的勞工。” (全球之聲的人後來對此的回應: 非常重要的切入點)這怎麼比考試100分更高興阿，我明天可以跟我媽說：媽！我昨天受到左派網站的稱讚耶！！！！
I just ordered 4 dresses yesterday and I really think they are made by exploited workers. What can I do as a consumer?
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Why not let “the Invisible Hand” take care of this? Let customers choose an iPad...
Problems emerge from terrible sleep pattern: high eye pressure (I cannot study because of this), weight gains, darkened skin.
Fuck, I’ve gained weights, even though I haven’t touched chocolate for a week. I should be happy but I need to fit in those skinny pants! Those colorful tiny pants are the reason why I can stay happy in winter!
Monday :45公斤 Saturday: 46公斤 Oh dear lord.
Let’s talk about why I’ve gained weights: too much carbohydrates, rolling around in bed too often, irregular sleep...
不是只有使用臉書有問題，使用網路的時間及都在幹麼，也需要檢討。
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最近找到滿多首不錯的歌，但唯有這首讓我想把她(Dala - Anywhere Under the Moon)當我人生的主題曲。
她的節奏是我想要的人生節奏。
update:邊聽這首歌邊自拍。從來沒有拍過我覺得那麼好看的照片耶
Versace ss2012
Lindsey這個長度剛剛好，再長就會看起來比較成熟。
Get Real
昨晚聽Sex, Murder, and the Meaning of Life: A Psychologist Investigates How Evolution, Cognition, and Complexity are Revolutionizing our View of Human Nature作者的訪問。
他講到看太多美麗的人－從電視，電影，網站等管道，影響你和你情人之間的關係，也會影響你找到情人的機率。作者舉的例是：看Playboy後，你情人在你眼中的吸引力降低了；走到街上，你疑惑怎麼都沒有美女或帥哥。但是只有普通人才可能是你的對象或對你有興趣。
雖然我沒有病情嚴重，但是這無疑讓我更討厭充斥著視覺娛樂的社會。
Pirineos比利牛斯山 →
媽阿，這地方有明顯的季節變化，夏天樹好綠。
這一個禮拜來最大的改變是看The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, 詩。
因為讀生物後，很難有那個耐心再消耗篇幅比較長＼有點複雜＼沒有娛樂的NYT。
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Brimming your lungs with my small sea. →
是在講呼吸和肺，不過卻用了和海洋有關的詞。
至於為什麼我會注意到海洋? 因為上學期文學課學了The Open Boat，哈哈，還有我知道大氣層被稱為:an ocean of air.
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查爾斯．安得森發現橫跨海洋的蜻蜓 →
成為生態家的社會面: 建立人脈給予數據和觀察
這位英國生物學家跑去Maldives，TED上還有一位荷蘭生物學家跑去Borneo。
以下是我喜歡的TED演講
Enric Sala: Glimpses of a pristine ocean
Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean
Raw Foods Means Ewww!!
生物課本提到寄生蟲簡直讓我這個從不看驚悚恐怖片的人如坐針氈，但我試著保持理智，找出不被他們威脅的方法：別吃生的－魚，豬肉，牛肉，蔬菜
－再見 沙拉，反正我從來沒有喜歡你過。
還有，別碰土。
January 2012
67 posts
Why would the bus stop boy ask me out? Though I doubt he will ever fulfill his promise, but what are we going to talk about? What baffles me even more is what does he like me about?
基本上我都還滿喜歡韓國女生團體的外貌和裝扮,只是他們有一半的人被塑造成好女孩形象(例如說A PINK),我知道很多人喜歡這套,但是這讓我真想吐,尤其在看完P!nk的MV後.
我想是因為我認為我變成P!nk這樣的狠角色的可能性比較大而無法成為好女孩,但這有很糟嗎?這不是我想要的嗎?
Creating the Meaning of Life Without You
I’ve heard that the meaning of life shouldn’t be assumed as something we can accidentally stumble upon or intentionally search for. The meaning of life, according to them, is in our daily lives. I agree that the meaning of life isn’t far behind, instead, it’s in my heart, depending on how much I want to know, interact, and create the meanings out of things\people around...
RUSSIAN COPS WON’T EVEN LET TOYS PROTEST →
The Altiplano and Bolivia's New Order →
我真的越來越愛看野生攝影了，看完這個再去看時尚攝影，會覺得模特兒很塑膠。
Bolivia的總統是Evo Morales: 该国自西班牙占领之後的470年以來第一位本土领导人。
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On my honeymoon, I thought to myself : You'll... →
JOHN ESTES’s The Existence of the World Is a Controversy from Kingdom Come
What passes for turning inward, for study and for art, can slip unnoticed into a well-practiced jeopardy, a narrative fortress projecting the story of separation into a post-quotidian SIGNIFICANT LIFE.
興起想把詩中的一句話抽出當標題，想不到這招會讓我再讀詩幾次。最喜歡上面這段：孤獨會不小心變成危險，自己不但不知道卻以為自己活的很偉大。
也很喜歡最後一段的印地安人，好有畫面阿！
via BBC Discovery
Maybe it’s KH or it’s just me. Being an urbanite is pathetic, I venture out only ending up with food and sometimes shopping bags in my hands. This is not the life I want.
保住製造業
To help safeguard industrial jobs, Mr. Sarkozy said his government would shift part of social welfare costs from companies onto consumers by reducing payroll taxes and increasing the value-added tax—a levy similar to sales taxes in the U.S.—to 21.2% from 19.6%. The proposal echoes measures Germany implemented in the mid-2000s to boost the competitiveness of its industry.
Sarkozy Airs New...
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Does sky clatter; is it silent?
http://poems.com/poem.php?date=15370
The Sound of It, Spring
April, late enough there’s forsythia everywhere—how could I forget it, it’s so shocking, toothy and gold. I have to remind myself it’s beautiful. The tulip trees, like I said, blossoms big as teacups. What strange names we come into the world with, and for. Nameless—to be named on the earth, as one of the earth’s things, a thing...
In response to my dwindling quality of life due to studying biology for the high-stake grad school admission exam, I camp up with a few things that give me pleasure instantly sans requiring exercising my brain:
1 dancing to pop music
2 looking at the “this week in wildlife” on the Guardian
3 putting on one of my best outfits
4 speaking English to myself
5 in winter: walking in the...
Drew Barrymore was on Colbert Report to promote her new movie “Big Miracle,” and I cried watching the trailer. I don’t know whether this movie is going to bad or good, I just hope people would do something for the wildlife out there, rather than go to the theater to watch this.
美國人常拐彎抹角地批評，我太需要了！
摘自TBBT
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Amy: For someone who has a machine that can travel anywhere in time and space, Doctor Who sure does have a thing for modern day London.
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“What are you reading?” – Leonard
“Two Weeks to Rock Hard Abs.” – Penny
“They kind of spoil the ending right in the name of that, don’t they?” – Leonard
I haven’t used English for quite a while. Not only does biology diminish my English proficiency, it also deprives my time of improving it. (Waving a fist in a the air.)
Looking for Midwage Jobs in the US
re How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work (紐約時報 2012年1月)
Almost all of the 70 million iPhones, 30 million iPads and 59 million other products Apple sold last year were manufactured overseas.
It isn’t just that workers are cheaper abroad. Rather, Apple’s executives believe the vast scale of overseas factories as well as the flexibility, diligence and industrial skills of foreign workers have so...
re In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old (紐約時報 2012年1月)
SOPA: Stop Online Piracy Act
PIPA: Protect I.P. Act
Phone calls and e-mail messages poured in to Congressional offices. One by one, prominent backers of the bills dropped off: Marco Rubio, John Cornyn, Jim DeMint, Mark Kirk ,Roy Blunt, Lee Terry, Ben Quayle, Jeff Merkley, Charles E. Grassley (從沒看過議員們反應民情那麼快)
Walt...
當父親碰上母親－從沙郡年記看大藍海洋 →
Northern Uganda’s displaced people are left to fend for themselves
What are we doing? Really.
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“Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it…. So nothing will ever make you as happy as you think it will.” — Daniel Kahneman (in an interview with Gallup, Feb. 2005)
最近覺得碰到很多barrier，大部分都是自己設限的
Taking Imaginary Vacation at Home
長灘島 下午四點多
Implications of Mass Consumption
“You’re defined by what you have and buy” is the message derived from Lizzie McGuire, which is what Taiwan is like and I of course think it’s pathetic.
I am no longer a materialist but I can’t help contemplate the consequences of a society devoting itself to consumerism. The first thing I thought of, besides environmental implications and population concerns, was...
阿我懶的計算今天有沒讀生物了。我只知道1讀完一章後要倒著讀回去，會有不一樣的收穫 2每天都要讀 3從做筆記當中獲得樂趣! (Visual Culture is a Bitch!) 4讀生物這件事越快結束越好，沒有必要拖那麼久，我還有其他學問要經營耶。
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到處碰壁的社交人生之"這就是我如何變的自我中心"
只會問”你現在讀幾年級?” “什麼時候要畢業?”的大人似乎不受歡迎。
有時候我在他們身上看到自己，我會問同學”你畢業之後要幹麼?”
okok 有些人覺得談私人的事情很鳥，那不然要談政治嗎？社會議題嗎？通常這種話題也是dead end。
我也嘗試問過輕鬆的私人問題，但我都要忍著不翻白眼。
問＂喜歡什麼？和為什麼喜歡？＂
相信我，大部分人的人都沒有想過＂為什麼＂，然後話題就爛掉了
問＂最近你在幹麼？＂大部分人的反應是：喔沒有什麼耶，有時候好運一點，有人知道自己在幹麼，但問＂你覺得怎樣？＂答案不會太多字。
如果你們那麼沒料，那我就只好自己講自己的囉
給自己的advice: 不要太technical
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Give Me a Better Indian Man
看了Media Literacy的Just Like Lizzie。裡面寫到少數族群男生角色和正常系統脫軌:有智慧的老師是代課的，Lanny不會講話。再去看TBBT的時候，我猛然想起Raj在女人面前講不出話。
可是印度男人明明很強阿。
Raj Patel
Muhammad Yunus
剛在Yale Environmental 360看到的Pavan Sukhdev