最近开始了生命的另一个阶段,或许也是最漫长的一个阶段,就是踏入社会投入忙碌的职场生涯。不知道在这方面我是不是个幸运的人,在实习期间虽然日子是不太快乐,但是每天到时到候我的supervisor都会把我赶走。而在这家公司,我第一天工作就被人在六点钟催促我走人。而且不记得是第二天还是第三天在放工前十分钟我的上司就恫言说六点钟sharp就会落闸锁门了。
Few days ago, I posted up my response on the e-learning issue as requested by my lecturer. I was quite shocked after found out that not more than 5 people posted their response. Is this a sign showing that even though we are studying computer science, but we still do not appreciate and utilize the internet connection wisely? Or this shows that our e-learning system has some problem because it doesn’t help attracting students to login (in other word, it sucks)?
But then, I am quite impressed that there are people who rely on the internet resources in studying in my course. This is because in my college, we are rely on the lecturer for notes. If a lecturer does not provide notes for photocopying, then he/she will be in trouble when students evaluate him/her during the end of semester. Not many who are really interested finding out more on the subject somewhere else and this is probably why not many logged into the BlackBoard and post their response.
In my response, I pointed out that constant electrical supply is a main factor in order to make e-learning a success. It is quite insulting when we are already used to electricity black-outs even in this so-called “Advanced State”. Besides that, decent broadband coverage is also another important factor because not many residents in Malaysia are able to surf online with the help of broadband. Even one can surf using broadband, if he/she is using Streamyx’s service, then he/she will probably suffer from the constantly service down. Even though there are other ISPs providing broadband connection but they cant provide low cost connection. This is because wired connection that is generally cheaper is already monopolized by Telekom. In order to use other ISPs’ services, we will need to pay more for the hardware because they use wireless technology to deliver broadband connection.
If these problems are left unbothered, then I do not expect E-learning will become a trend in Malaysia.
我用了差不多一整天的时间刨完了两本书,有趣的是,两本都是同一个作者的。当然,你看了我的title就知道是再说Dan Brown了。两本书的书名分别为达芬奇密码(又名达文西密码)和数码城堡(The Da Vinci Code & Digital Fortress),两本都是在书展的时候已超低价格买下得中译本。
达芬奇密码其实对我来说是还不错的,但是呢,结局的安排,却有点差强人意。嗯,我不是在说最后的结局,而是揭露幕后主使人的那一边的安排太过于牵强。而好看的一点,就数故事中一大堆的谜语,道具,和一系列的传说(历史?)。很可惜,由于我是选择在半夜三更看这本书,所以看得我有点迷糊,有一大半的情节呢我到记得的不是很清楚(我看到清晨六点)。不过看了这本书有个坏处,由于我是买中译本的,所以我现在想找一本英文版的。又要花大钱了,手上要买的书实在是多不胜数……
接下来的就是数码城堡了,基本上,我不得不佩服Dan Brown所知道的知识层面。除了达芬奇密码的一大堆宗教传说历史资料,还会知道很多目前网际网络的terminology,最恐怖的是,他知道的不仅仅是名词而已。很可惜的是,结局的铺陈还是和达芬奇密码一样,有点马虎,浪费了之前的设定。说到破解,其实最近最劲爆的要数透过Zend加密的软件和MD5已经被破解的新闻吧。所以一开始就不报有真的有如此的密码锁的心态了。但是,看到副局长和局长那么确认那个的确是万无一失的密码锁,我开始动摇了。个人是觉得这个故事很无稽,我真的搞不清楚为什么副局长由这样天大的胆子把一个不确定的文件送入机器解锁……呵呵呵。
总的来说,其实上述两本都是蛮不错的故事,但是如果硬要选一本的话,我会选The Da Vinci Code,因为我觉得情节比Digital Fortress逻辑的多。但是相比我看过这么多其他的侦探故事来说,情节上还是略显逊色。还好他的故事电影感非常强,因为故事几乎都是双线进行的。最重要的是,过程都是那么扣人心弦的曲折。
前幾天又應了朋友邀約前去做了半天的義工,是說我也開始沒有想要去數前前後後幫了她多少次。相較去年搞到去馬來亞大學那麼大陣仗,這次他們大概是學乖了回到小場地舉辦。要說不同之處嘛,大概應該是我老友這次似乎沒有太多參與籌辦。沒有參與的主要原因是,她本人整個就是很逍遙快活飛到了台灣打工度假去了。是說如果她本人有看到這篇,麻煩不要忘記我的生日禮物,和明信片(喂!)。
你靜靜地坐在一個陌生的快餐店裡。
前陣子和老友吃飯,除了互相瞭解彼此的近況外,其實更多是在感慨2019年過得并不怎樣。雖然工作性質不太一樣,但是從工作纍積的一些感覺倒是有小部分是類似的。是不是如老友説的人越來越大,能力纍積越來越多的時候,就越發覺得不順遂呢?還是其實,不過就是一種杞人憂天,自我追尋的煩惱?沒有答案,但過去幾年幾年在同個問題打轉找不到出路的部分至少眼下是跳脫出來了。
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