Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Close to You (Long Vacation) - Alex
Finally got a chance to record my playing of this long-time favorite of mine. One little accomplishment before the start of 2010?
Don't worry, Be Happy :)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
漩渦 (Swirl) - 黃耀明, 彭羚
沿著你設計那些曲線
原地轉又轉墮進風眼樂園
世上萬物 向心公轉
陪我 為你沉澱
逾越了理性超過自然
瞞住了上帝讓你到身邊
即使愛你愛到你變成碎片
仍有我接應你落地上天
如你 化作了粉末 誰還要健全
來沉沒 在我的深處吧 埋在愛情下
世界快要 變作碎花 來接我吧
趁這結尾 歎口氣吧 原諒我們吧
答應送我最美那朵水花可以嗎
來擁抱著我 形成漩渦
捲起那 熱吻背後萬呎風波
將你 連同人間浸沒
我愛你 亦是那麼多
來擁抱著我 從我腳尖親我
靈魂逐寸向著洪水跌墮
戀愛在蠶蝕我 如地網天羅
不顧後果 這貪歡惹的禍
是誰在吞沒誰也奈何
是誰被捲入誰紅顏禍
來沉沒 在我的深處吧 埋在愛情下
世界快要 變作碎花 來接我吧
趁這結尾 歎口氣吧 原諒我們吧
答應送我最美那朵水花可以嗎
來擁抱著我 形成漩渦
扭曲那 萬有引力倒海翻波
直到這世界澈底攪拌
清清楚楚只得我們
直到這世界徹底癱瘓
剩下自己在遊玩
來擁抱著我 形成漩渦
捲起那 熱吻背後萬呎風波
將你 連同人間浸沒
我愛你 亦是那麼多
來擁抱著我 從我腳尖親我
靈魂逐寸向著洪水跌墮
戀愛在蠶蝕我 如地網天羅
不顧後果 這貪歡惹的禍
是誰在吞沒誰也奈何
是誰被捲入誰紅顏禍
沿著你設計那些曲線
原地轉又轉墮進風眼樂園
世上萬物 向心公轉
沉沒湖底 欣賞月圓
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Shortsighted followers generate shortsighted leader
Some recent news says that Obama's support rate has fallen to 50% or so and it seems the main reason is that he has not really fixed any problem of the U.S. in the last two years.
I haven't studied much economics at school, but common sense tells me that problems at the scale the financial disaster in 2008 take many years to fix. Despite this, many people expect to see results of his policies in a mere of two years.
If you are Obama, how will you feel and act? You will probably feel bad about the support rate, and, unless you are really unselfish, you will begin to adopt policies that will have immediate, observable "good" results in the next two years, although they may not be beneficial (or even disastrous) to the country in the long term. Otherwise, it is quite likely that you will not be elected as the President in the next term.
Similarly, in the finance industry, when investors want to see growth every quarter, the CEO and the board will feel the pressure and focus on generating more short-term revenue in the price of other difficult to measure but important things (such as employee morale).
I always have reservation about democracy and wonder what the contexts should be for it to be appropriately applied. Some people say that you have to do a job yourself first before hiring someone to do it. To my mind, even if you haven't done the job, you should have quite some knowledge about it to outsource. How many people have good knowledge about what it takes to be a good President? I don't, and I am not sure how many do.
One big problem about regular citizen making comments on the President is that they are not thinking like a President. In other words, they are not assessing the benefit of a policy to the country as a whole but to themselves only. The responsibility of a President is to allocate resources to deliver the greatest good for the greatest number of people and this process will inevitably leave some behind, and, those who are left behind usually generate the loudest voices.
Democracy works only if followers can make informed decisions and fair judgment on the leader. Shortsighted followers encourage a shortsighted leader to lead them. Even if the leader is not one in the beginning, s/he will have to adapt and be one to survive. This is sad.
I haven't studied much economics at school, but common sense tells me that problems at the scale the financial disaster in 2008 take many years to fix. Despite this, many people expect to see results of his policies in a mere of two years.
If you are Obama, how will you feel and act? You will probably feel bad about the support rate, and, unless you are really unselfish, you will begin to adopt policies that will have immediate, observable "good" results in the next two years, although they may not be beneficial (or even disastrous) to the country in the long term. Otherwise, it is quite likely that you will not be elected as the President in the next term.
Similarly, in the finance industry, when investors want to see growth every quarter, the CEO and the board will feel the pressure and focus on generating more short-term revenue in the price of other difficult to measure but important things (such as employee morale).
I always have reservation about democracy and wonder what the contexts should be for it to be appropriately applied. Some people say that you have to do a job yourself first before hiring someone to do it. To my mind, even if you haven't done the job, you should have quite some knowledge about it to outsource. How many people have good knowledge about what it takes to be a good President? I don't, and I am not sure how many do.
One big problem about regular citizen making comments on the President is that they are not thinking like a President. In other words, they are not assessing the benefit of a policy to the country as a whole but to themselves only. The responsibility of a President is to allocate resources to deliver the greatest good for the greatest number of people and this process will inevitably leave some behind, and, those who are left behind usually generate the loudest voices.
Democracy works only if followers can make informed decisions and fair judgment on the leader. Shortsighted followers encourage a shortsighted leader to lead them. Even if the leader is not one in the beginning, s/he will have to adapt and be one to survive. This is sad.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Insight: To play a song well...
To play a song well, you have to memorize all the notes first, and then forget about them.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Friday, October 1, 2010
A Piece of Love - Ranma ½
Recently listen to some very old cassette types that I recorded long time ago and found this song. Now that I read the Ranma ½ comic books and still find the stories funny, no wonder I love the animation so much when I was young :P
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