因为真的很喜欢Up in the Air,所以我很欲罢不能的再写了一篇,这次来写写精彩的语录。因为Ryan Bingham是负责帮企业瘦身的关系,所以电影的一段篇幅是讲述他是怎么代表一个企业去辞退员工的。很喜欢他重复了又重复的一句话
Ryan Bingham: Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.
虽然不是什么惊世警言,但是却残酷的真实到不可理喻。
一直以为这是一部很单纯的关于一家人一些冲突的triller,可是看完后才知道这只是用来包装反战idea的一部电影。故事是讲述因为一次意外,导致在家乡的Grace(Natalie Portman)误以为自己从军的丈夫Sam(Tobey Maguire)已经葬身阿富汗。在这段沮丧时期,刚出狱吊儿郎当的小叔Tommy(Jake Gyllenhaal)就误打误撞陪伴了Grace和两个小女娃Isabelle((Bailee Madison)与Maggie(Taylor Grace Geare)度过了这段难熬的日子。这段期间,在照顾Grace一家子的当儿,Tommy虽然渐渐培养起了责任心,可是同时间,也和Grace产生了一点点的情愫。
想象一下有一天你因约不到朋友决定一个人出去逛街,决定一个人出去吹吹风免得闷在屋子里等发霉,或者是趁着这个机会好好犒赏自己一整个星期的辛劳好好吃上一顿。可是,在你肆意地在熙熙攘攘的大街上闲逛时,你的一举一动却被无数在电脑荧光幕后的那些明显需要get a life的宅男腐女观察着,盼望着或应该说巴不得你快点行差踏错好让苦闷的他们能够抓到你的那么一点错处大肆讨伐。
上星期六正義大報的頭條看了很是讓我火大,雖然這幾年的新聞本來就叫人看了很光火。由於我沒有太留意新聞,所以認知裏警方對治安的評價一直都不錯(好過那些落後國家)。可是那天的報章頭條新聞,說起來乍一看調子還是一樣的。可是那篇新聞重點不在吹噓,而是警長希望重設內安法令改善治安。這麼說來,警方是終於承認自己的無能必須靠內安法令來維持社會秩序麼?
前几天真的过得很恐怖,上一篇才说自己行尸走肉(好像有,好像没有,还是自己这次过分夸张?),就马上有现眼报了,所以以后说话可得小心一点。怎么说呢,过去几天忙到天昏地暗,惊天地泣鬼神。那种忙碌,就好像是你被一根麻绳紧紧箍着你的脖子,然后麻绳的另一头,是一个仆街骑着快马(说到这里,胡叔叔的亲戚刚骑了金马,恭喜啦。希望很快轮到胡叔叔)拖着我。那种速度,恐怕你会宁愿驾车10公里/小时都不要被这样的速度拖着走。
“你覺得,六十塊參加兩天的活動會貴嗎?”
如果說從話中聽不出憂慮,那我一定是騙人的。當然在此因爲身份的關係(嗯,個人今年參與一些籌備的工作),所以評論這部分交給其他人比較好。在這裏,還是回到主題說說即將要辦的這個活動好了。就這麼一晃眼,七八年就過去了。相隔兩年後,這一次的回歸老實說沒有人知道迴響會有多大。當然,我對這個沒有概唸的另一個原因,是我徹底跟整個圈子脫節脫離不了關係。
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.