Not Enough

The more I read, the more I crave to read! Hmm~ Of course, what counts is not reading itself, but what emerges from it...

Ideals versus Practice

Don't work because of money.

So the principle goes. But how many people had heeded this advice? Everywhere I go, whenever people ask of my work, the first question that follows is, "How much is the pay?" No exception.

Accountants know how to improve or worsen "results" given the same set of business operation. Businessmen know how to extract more cash from business operation at the expense of future performance. And too many people know how to enrich themselves currently at the expense of their future and ultimate welfare.

What I See Right Now

Right in front of me:

• Fact and Fiction (Bertrand Russell)

To my left (my bed):

• In Search of Excellence (Peters and Waterman)
• Accounting: Basic Principles (Brock et al.)
• 三国演义 (罗贯中)

To my right (floor):

• Wealth of East Asian Nations (Goh Keng Swee)
  

Behind me (wardrobe):

• The Logic of Scientific Discovery (Karl Popper)
• Ideas and Opinions (Albert Einstein)
• Franklin: Autobiography and Other Writings (Benjamin Franklin)
• What Next (Chris Patten)
• Dynamic Governance (Neo and Chen)
• Seduced by Success (Bob Herbold)
• Out of the Crisis (W. Edwards Deming)
• Revenue Recognition (Steve Bragg)
• Mathematical Reasoning: Writing and Proof (Sundstrom)
• False Prophets (Hoopes)
• Public Finance (Rosen and Gayer)

In short, books, most waiting to be devoured -.-"

Communism and Religion

"I criticized communism yesterday, and today the communists accuse me of blasphemy."

[This would be more interesting if Stalin is still around -.-"]

So What?

Yvan Arpa of Romain Jerome says...

... anyone can buy a watch that tells time — only a truly discerning customer can buy one that doesn’t.

While FRF says...

... anyone can enrol in a course and get a major — only a truly discerning student can enrol in a course without recognition in degree scroll.

Looks like Nature won't give up until I'm insane -.-"

忠言逆耳

Sometimes, or perhaps most of the time, bad things happen because of uncalculated decisions. Worse, warning goes unheeded. 刘备 strikes 东吴 in the name of revenge, but in the end, he lost not only his life, but thousands of others.

Did I learn my lesson?

吾之孙阳，何也？