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Patrick的大沙发我终究不是个洒脱的人 2009-07-06 布拉格广场....... 我就站在布拉格黄昏的广场在许愿池投下了希望 那群白鸽背对着夕阳 那画面太美我不敢看 布拉格的广场无人的走廊 我一个人跳着舞旋转 不远地方你远远吟唱 没有我你真的不习惯 ..... 2008-06-04 DestinyAn American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Greek village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Greek on the quality of his fish and asked, "How long does it take to catch them?" The Greek replied: "Only a little while." The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Greek said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs. The American then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?" The Greek fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play cards with my friends, I have a full and busy life." The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Athens, then London and eventually New York where you will run your expanding enterprise." The Greek fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?" To which the American replied, "15-25 years." "But what then?" The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions." "Millions ... Then what?" The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play cards with your friends." 2008-04-08 GMAT刚刚考完GMAT回来，来space上冒一个泡。
考得跟预料的一样 750，不高不低，对自己有个交待了。
总算结束了一个月的煎熬。要多谢老婆一直以来的宽容和照顾。
GMAT还是挺有意思的一个考试，不过没有突破的时候是很郁闷的， 还有复习久了也要皮的
还好老婆一直entertain我，陪我打游戏（超级怀旧，通关了超级玛丽和坦克大战），还有发现Desperate Housewives还是非常引人入胜的，完全消灭了我以前对这个show的偏见
离上一篇帖子都快半年了，想想这边年都干嘛了
当然最大的成就就是光荣的脱离的单身生活
然后感觉好像每个月都在出差，去Salt Lake City，Pittsburgh，Boston，San Diego顺道还去了趟墨西哥，然后三月份回来开始准备GMAT
现在还没来得松了口气，又得准备6月考CFA三级了。
不过6月考完就去巴塞罗那开会（其实纯粹就是玩），期待啊。。。然后7月就可以回家好好休息一个月了，向往。。。
keep hanging.... 2007-10-24 Cinema ParadisoLittle Toto from Cinema Paradiso is so cute, smart, and adorable, so is my little brother Thomas
I love kids :)
2007-10-17 Happy endingsThe past two days have been quite eventful. Nasty shit happens all the time, but luckily, they all have their happy endings.
Reckless driving / my first court experience I got this speeding ticket a while ago, I was driving at 82 on 60 zone, 22 miles over, so it’s a reckless driving ticket and the court appearance is mandate. I was really scared at the beginning, because Virginia is really trying to crack down traffic violations and raise money for their highway project. They have recently passed a law called “Civil Remedial Fee (CRF).” Essentially, the charge for reckless driving is being escalated to criminal charge. Beyond the normal fine, violators will have to pay a surcharge of $350/year to the DMV for three years. So in my case, I would have to pay around $1500 in total for the ticket, carry a criminal record for the rest of my life, and my auto insurance will be sky rocketed. The funny thing is, I even got some solicitation mail from speeding ticket lawyer telling me how serious this could be and urge me to call them to get help. So I called, and told him about my situation, the lawyer told me he can negotiate me a deal for $250 in fine and no criminal charge and CRF, but the service fee for him to represent me is $600. I consulted the court and some lawyer friends and decided to defend myself.
I went to the court pretty early that day, and sat in the back of the court room for a while to hear other cases. It’s quite amazing how crazy people can be. When you hear their record, you will be wondering, I will have to be really dumb to do those things. And people make up even more ridiculous excuses to argue with the judge. It’s a very amusing experience. Anyways, this is how speeding ticket lawyers make big bucks. Before the case start, the prosecutor will step out of the court room followed by those lawyers. Lawyers then stand in line to talk to the prosecutor, basically just gave him the case, and not a single word is needed, the prosecutor will make some notes on those cases and drop the charge accordingly. It’s like a mutual understanding here, no real negotiation is needed, they cut all the crap and here comes the efficiency. The prosecutor then go back to the court room and the case starts, the prosecutor will talk to the judge and tell her the verdict on those cases, the judge most likely won’t even look at the offenses and go ahead announce the charge. If you don’t talk to the prosecutor before head, and letting the judge make the decision, you will normally get the worse case penalty. This is basically what I did, I follow suit those lawyers, and just gave the prosecutor my ticket and driving record (He was probably wondering: who is this guy? He doesn’t look like lawyer to me, and how could he know this secret meet up? This dude must be some power player). To my greatest surprise, he told me he will dismiss my charge and there will be no fine, no criminal record, and no CRF. I only need to take an online driving school class and send the certificate back. And nothing will show up on my record to affect my auto insurance. And I don’t need to argue with the judge at all, all the perfect stories I prepared went wasted.
The happy ending for this story is: compare to the other poor boy that is in the same court room and had exactly the same violation and driving record as me, he got fined for $500 + CRF $350 x 3years. It is amazing to see how one little trick can lead to shockingly different outcomes. I realize that you have to know the system to beat the system. There is no absolute justice. Law is made for people who don’t know about it to play by the rule and for people who know about it to play the rule.
Relationship Have you ever seen two immature, self-centered, manipulative, and abusive people dating each other? Stories from them seem to be from the wildest adventure land, far beyond my imagination. It’s more than just passion. It is extreme madness and violence. When selfishness and dishonesty walks into a relationship, love steps out. I can’t imagine how people say they are in love while they keep fighting each other. I can’t share more detail about this story. Happy ending for this story is: I am not in that kind of relationship and I can’t care less now. One year is an awfully long time for some one to develop this apathy to his ex.
Possibilities Life comes at me too fast. I thought I had a plan, but the next day, new possibilities, good or bad, arise from the horizon, and I am forced to contemplate those opportunities and revise the plan again and again. Relationship, career, and relocation, when they are all tossed in front of me at the same time, I am confused again. The happy ending for this story is: I have options and I got choices.
Concert I went to Maroon 5 concert last night, just for that one song once touched me. Here again,
"She Will Be Loved"
2007-09-17 Find the passion of your life?Couldn't fall asleep, my brain won't
rest...
Today is a perfect lazy Sunday. I had a
warm morning coffee and did some reading outside in the sun, I then
had some savory food from Cafe Asia. The kayaking in the afternoon
was great, excellent view of of DC and Potomac river and it was quite
a work out. I had a short nap afterwards and went to see '2 days in
Paris', just like in the 'Before Sunrise' and 'Before Sunset', Julie
Delpy seems to be playing the same role again and again. Anyways,
it's still a fun movie to watch. I met a very interesting person the other day in a party (Actually, I have never met a person that is not interesting). Graduated from Stanford Physics, she went to Palestine to work as a reporter for two years, and she later on went to Qingdao, China to be an environmentalist. She came back and worked for a think tank in DC focusing on economic issues later. Now resigned, she is bar tending and writing her memoirs about her experience in Palestine, the life in a Palestinian circus school, and the endeavor of Palestinian and Israeli musicians to play in the same concert. She has a very interesting view of the world, Physics is the basis of Chemistry, spiraling up is Biology, Medicine, Psychology, and finally Sociology. This sort of makes sense, I just never thought of it this way, I always have my own clear definition of Nature Science and Social Science. Maybe because I am Chinese, she half jokingly added, Tao is the center of all of them. I can't tell how serious she was about that point.
As that being said, I think being a social psychologist or psycho-therapist is not a bad choice at all. I think it will be interesting enough to keep me entertained. Or it's just the feeling of out-smart the general public feed the appetite of my ego inside. But I do think it's more practical than apparent, it can be applied to a lot of things as well, like behavior finance and marketing strategy.
Of course, I have always been telling people that I want to go to business school and work on cooperate finance and investment stuff. This is at least the direction I have been pushing towards now. It will guarantee a bright financial future, and it seems very exciting for now for a complete outsider, not even qualified for novice. I am not sure, I have to try it out, I don't know how long will that excitement last and how satisfying will it be.
Another thing that really inspires me is a mix of Politics and Economy, people who get the hang of it can really play big and make huge influences. Feel powerful is another desire of human.
I also want to be a traveler, but I
still haven't figure out how this will work out financially though, I
could possibly get a flexible enough and decently paid job, like bar
tending, and I can save up and travel whenever I want to (but i think
if I can find a sugar mama, it will make everything much easier). And I don't know how am I gonna fulfill my other social responsibilities like family stuff. It's not like I am a responsible man, I just don't want people see me as an irresponsible. :p
Life is still full of uncertainty, but
I think I have passed the mentally instable and emotionally
vulnerable stage. The feeling of invigoration and liberation is good.
Let's take a survey, what do you think Patrick should be, will be, or that fits him most?
2007-09-12 世道变了Patrick says: 爸妈
Patrick says: 干嘛呢 林巧儿 says: 玩游戏呢 Patrick says: 你们。。。。 Patrick says: 唉 林巧儿 says: 今天听你的话,马上睡觉 林巧儿 says: 再见
Patrick says: 呵呵 Patrick says: 你们玩吧 Patrick says: 你们在黄金岛上玩什么呢 林巧儿 says: 那我们还完一会儿 林巧儿 says: 玩麻将,纸牌 Patrick says: 哦 好吧 Patrick says: 我失恋了你们也不管我 ...过了20分钟...
林巧儿 says: 你这么大了还要爸爸妈妈管吗
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