有时候,翻开报章看到那么多自杀的新闻真的让人很感慨、惋惜一个生命就这样陨落了。当然间中会有很大的一部分人士会抱持着一个看法——“啊,真傻,怎么不看开点”。曾几何时,我也是其中一员。没错,从我们第三者的角度,很多自杀者的情形在我们看来是那么的不值一提,但是不要忘记,我们不是当事人,我们根本没有资格去评论他们的决定。有时候,我真的觉得我们是不是被“近局者迷,旁观者清”这句话影响太深了。当然,我不是否定这句名言,我也没资格去否定,只是我们漏了一点,他们的心理健康是不是真的可以承受所受到的打击呢?而且最重要的是,我发觉很多“仙家”很喜欢说“如果他怎样怎样,就不会搞到如斯下场。好了,那么为什么仙家们不在事前伸出你们的援手呢?
其實應該很早寫這篇文章,但放在跨年文之後會覺得很諷刺。要說意外也不然,但在第一個上班日收到裁退消息還是有點錯愕。但錯愕歸錯愕,過後全程其實也沒什麼太多的情緒起伏,真的要說我還頗為relieved的。在老闆火急火燎跟我聊後(其實他元旦日就要跟我約談,但我當天沒看工作訊息,隔天在他約定好前一小時才看到),甚至過幾天我跟上司例常每週的討論感覺都一樣……
(more…)说了好几个星期,终于还是看了这部很多人期待已久的电影了!电影拍得还不错,至少娱乐性要比同样是万众瞩目的达文西密码更为来得有趣。这部电影,很多人说是爱情片,但是在我看来,除此之外,亲情这一部分来得更为重要。从一开始超人回归的时候,我们就能感受到浓浓的亲情。虽然不是亲生的母子关系,但是ClarkKent和他养母的关系似乎真的和真的没有两样。
我在想,如果我有提笔写日记的习惯,那我在二十二岁的第一页会写些什么东西?过去的一年,在很多情况下,都可以算是我正式踏入大人这个之前显得遥不可及的门槛之前的实习期。因此,在过去的这一年,个人也经历了很多的第一次。第一次的自助旅行、第一次在课业感到如此的挫败、(生日前一个月)第一次实习、第一次在孤立无援的环境下工作、(在生日前几天)第一次很众多bloggers一起聚会、第一次参与举办bloggers聚会、第一次入围所以隆重出席颁奖典礼、第一次在歌唱比赛帮头帮尾、第一次继中学后参与一个很大的一个团体、第一次去interview、第一次在blog骗人等等的第一次,以及第一次终于硬着心肠跳入ubuntu的世界(至今已经接近半年)等。
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.
不知不覺間就已經寫了十篇文章,這個系列也是時候暫時畫上個休止符了。本來單純只是當做個寫作練習,沒想到斷斷續續一寫就是快半年的時間。本來還以為寫了個兩三篇就算了,結果欲罷不能一寫就十篇。這段日子生活過得不甚稱心,身邊也發生了些事情。種種原因下,使得有一部份的情緒也藉由文字傾瀉到了故事裡面去。所以十篇文章內雖然不盡然都是真的,但每一篇都有一部份是源自筆者的真實生活。