| Tuesday, August 30, 2011 |
| passie.... |
The final result of hkicpa insolvency diploma was released. I got pass.
To be frank, I had been worrying for that final result for the past 2 months. It was a 9-month course with intensive lectures, workshops, tutorials, assignments, exams…
Although I passed the first two exams, I didn’t have much confidence for the final exam as I did have for the last two. It could be because of luck for this final one. But I don’t have to be the top student, do i?....and doesn’t matter now... I have already thrown away all the notes!!!
So…what’s next….is it a time for another challenge?
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| Sunday, August 28, 2011 |
| 曾經滄海難為水 |
「...認知的落差構成政策和政治語言的落差。今天中共一些人忘了十幾年前全國政協主席李瑞環的茶缸論，茶漬洗刷了反而不美。蘇聯總統戈爾巴喬夫八十年代末曾經說過一番很有意思的話﹕他很羡慕中共，因為還有海外華人華僑這些關係，讓中共能夠很快明白什麼是資本主義；蘇聯因為十月革命都七十年了，全國懂得資本主義的不是死光便是清洗光，要振興經濟與世界接軌不知從何說起。中共有些人對戈爾巴喬夫恨之入骨，說他是蘇東波的罪魁禍首，戈爾巴喬夫其實沒有大奸大惡，他只是說出實話，解放蘇聯人民；中共某些人的尺是保住政權，戈爾巴喬夫的尺是人民福祉，分別即在於此。.....」
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| posted by tingfung @ 9:24 PM |
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| Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
| my job 4 - 少說話、多做事 |
I realized that I am being too conscious in making friends in the office (not surprisingly, isn’t it?). I think the psychologists or sociologists can easily describe this symptom by an academic terminology. Indeed, I think most of the colleagues here are good people and for most of the time, we have made a good team in working.
In fact, there are only approx 3 big-mouth people (as far as I am concerned…) as long as I can keep myself away from them, I am safe. And, the beauty is I can be quite independent.
Sometimes and somewhere, the peer pressure will force one to participate the social activities or the gossip in the office. But no such pressure here, and I am quite free here.
In case I need to seek help from anyone, they kindly offer assistance. If I need some room to concentrate on my work, I can just shut up and work….no disturbance caused to me at all (except from lawyers and clients)…
So, apart from all these, I enjoy the working environment quite a lot here.
In terms of work, it’s not a bad thing to work for or with gui-lo. They are always open for negotiation. as long as you have a point and able to convince them, they buy it.
Besides, I really appreciate the trust between colleagues. That really counts to me who had experienced some trust and confidence disaster from last job. It’s really sweet.
Needless to say, the fridge is always filled with beer and wine……
It’s 5:30pm now. Let’s dance.
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| Monday, August 22, 2011 |
| my job 3 - 埋堆 |
The firm I am working in is indeed a small size, approximately 35-40 people, with 3 offices (hong kong, macao and shenzhen).
I am a quiet person in the office. I work and seldom talk. My seat faces the wall. I seldom participate the chats or gossip in the office.
My observation in the first few months here told me that this small working environment and close relationship didn’t necessarily mean good.
There are mainly 2 groups of people.
Group A is like a gang. I can tell they are quite closed themselves. They always have various topics of gossip, hanging out together, talking loud in the office…
(as you all may be aware, this kind of gang is usually the most eye-catching group and pretends to act for the big crowd and organize social activities…I truly believe all of you learnt this phenomenon when you were in high schools, colleges, universities, other any places ……)
Group B….in fact they are barely a “group” by nature. They are just the remaining other individuals. They are quiet, mouth-shut and head-down working type, back to office on time, and disappear from the crowd without notice.
I started to keep a distance from my colleagues, in particular, when I note some big-mouth people love to gossip others’ privacy and making fun of others’ personality and personal life.
I seldom join their social activities (e.g. dinner, karaoke, clubbing, happy hour, lunch, dinner, weekend hang-out, etc.). I try hard to alienate myself to a “comfortable” extent, and self-isolate from those gossipers. Apparently the sacrifice is cutting the connection from the gang and losing the chances of hearing from the latest office gossips and the chances to making fun of other people. But I don’t care.
Out of all those, networking account is my bottom line defense. So I can’t allow myself to share my networking account with my colleagues.
In fact, I have to say I like this job, sincerely. But I don’t want my words and personal life to be noticed by anyone of them or becoming one of the topics in the office. I am not interested in adding them in reverse. So leave me alone. I am simply untouchable.
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| Friday, August 19, 2011 |
| what are you waiting for. |
| I have been learning to wait recently. It’s hard to an impatient person like me, apparently. But catching a good timing is another issue. it’s an art to grab the best opportunity. It usually comes with a battle between patience and analysis of the price of potentially losing it. despite the fact that utility preference and money can be factors for consideration, one’s self-discipline counts a significant part of a decision. by the way, it’s interesting to review the records of regretting one and appreciating the other, isn’t it? Having advices from an important person, during these moments, does weigh a lot. That’s why i am always grateful that i have “the one” to speak for and against me. |
| posted by tingfung @ 12:20 PM |
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| Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
| a story - my job 1 |
My job requires me to deal with lawyers, including solicitors and barristers.
Among those solicitors I have been dealing with, most of them are female and I can tell female lawyers are really troublesome. They are pushy while they need your findings. They appear to be bossy and on top of everything but in fact they lose temper easily and they are just trying to avoid meeting any surprise which could be way beyond their capabilities. They are indecisive while they can’t get see the picture behind the numbers and tables. They freak out while deadlines come and they are not alert to them. They don’t have makeup because they are so lazy in doing so. They don’t wear fancy or sexy dress. They are matrimonial lawyers and their specialty is divorce. And, because of the above, they are single (er….i mean most of them…).
Barristers…usually we call them counsels. we respect them. we follow their strategies in the litigations. we support their play in the court. in short, they are the real bosses and we do whatever their say because they see the way and lead. They dress elegant and appear confident, as if they are able stop the wind. They charge ridiculous but who cares…people need them.
Are we friends of lawyers? Wel…sometimes…when we are on the same boat…but one thing for certain…they are so good in keeping us from lunch, dinner, home, rest, etc…
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| posted by tingfung @ 11:30 AM |
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| Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
| a story |
My job is to write. Whilst writing, I have to make sure what I write is factual and won’t cause any liabilities that would discredit the whole thing.
My job requires me to think. Thinking is not a hard thing, naturally. Everybody thinks. But not everybody thinks logically (sometimes neither do i…)
My job expects investigation and findings. I am required to assemble the bits and pieces to build a story. Of course I am referring to financially-related investigation, not science or medical fields.
A story, that has to be based on fact and findings, and is logically written and presented to the readers. It’s forensics.
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| posted by tingfung @ 8:51 PM |
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3 km is not long but it’s enough to get myself sweat completely and some of my calories burnt after whole day sitting.
Luckily, I got off abit earlier these few days and thus the 3-km could be done before the sunset.
Another reason for doing the 3-km earlier is that I can save some of my concentration on the floor to avoid stepping on some dog shits and spare my energy in thinking. I’d like to think during that short period of time of 3-km. Usually I get myself wrapped up a bit for the day to see if anything I have missed and plan myself ahead for tomorrow. And since I am an impatient person, if I can’t find something to fill my emptiness during the 3-km, I can’t sustain the boredom and will quickly give up and head home straight. So in order to complete the 3-km every night, I need to think.
In last few weeks, I start the 3-km around 10pm and I found plenty of people getting their dogs along my routes. During their bull-shit time, the dogs pee and poo as they like (normal, right?...because they are dogs…). Due to the dim lights on the street, sometimes I had to jump up while noting some shit or shit-like stuff just 1 step in front of me…okay…okay….to be fair, most of the people cleaned the mess… but I just don’t want any accident happen…
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| Saturday, August 06, 2011 |
| return |
wow....it's been more than year from the last time I wrote this blog....still remember when I was tortured by some stupid monsters at klc.
well....it's all good now...anyways....
so....what about now?
apart from the would-never-fully-recovered face skin, the life is so far so good... in fact never been that good.
whilst running these evenings recently, I ve got a room to think and think and think.... I am grateful to my current life and thanks God for such mercy.
haha...so I have been thinking writing something again to diarize what happens, happened, and should have happened (if necessary).
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