Saturday, January 01, 2011

接班人

管理學必備一章──領導層接班人的提拔、栽培和訓練。領袖和接班人如果能從「訓練班」出來,那是多麼的好!不過,事實不是那麼理想。上一代領袖欽點和訓練出來的接班人,未必能為下一個世代所用。

約書亞是摩西一手提拔的助手(民十一28),跟隨摩西三、四十年。約書亞的按立禮是隆重的,摩西在全會眾之前,委派他「治理會眾」,做「羊群的牧人」。[...] 不能說約書亞做領導不如摩西之處是他沒找接班人。他沒把打來的江山為霸業,而解散以色列人,著他們去佔各自的地業。


原文出自時代論壇第一二一八期.二○一一年一月二日教牧熱點,作者羅錫為

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

用心

當時公司招了大批應屆本科和研究生畢業的新新人類。平均年齡25歲。那個新的助理,是經過多次面試後,我親自招回來的一個女孩。名牌大學本科畢業,聰明,性格活潑。私下裡我得承認,我招她的一個很重要的原因,除了她在大學裡優秀的表現之外,還因為她寫了一手漂亮的字。女孩能寫一手好字的不多,尤其像她,看起來長髮飄飄,多麼女性化的一個姑娘,一手字卻寫的鏗鏘倜儻,讓我對她不由多了很多好感。   

手把手的教。從工作流程到待人接物。她也學的快。很多工作一教就上手。一上手就熟練。跟各位同事也相處的頗融洽。我開始慢慢的給她一些協調的工作,各部門之間以及各分公司之間的業務聯繫和溝通讓她嘗試著去處理。
  
開始經常出錯。她很緊張,來找我談。我告訴她:錯了沒關係,你且放心按照你的想法去做。遇到問題了,來問我,我會告訴你該怎麼辦。仍然錯。又來找我,這次談的比較深入,她的困惑是,為什麼總是讓她做這些瑣碎的事情?我當時問她:什麼叫做不瑣碎的工作呢?

她答不上來,想了半天,跟我說:我總覺得,我的能力不僅僅能做這些,我還能做一些更加重要的事情。那次談話,進行了1小時。我知道,我說的話,她沒聽進去多少。後來我說,先把手頭的工作做好,先避免常識性錯誤的發生。然後循序漸進罷。
  
半年以後,她來找我,第一次提出辭職。我推掉了約會,跟她談辭職的問題。問起辭職的原因,她跟我直言:本科四年,功課優秀,沒想到畢業後找到了工作,卻每天處理的都是些瑣碎的事情。沒有成就感。我又問她:你覺得,在你現在所有的工作中,最沒有意義的最浪費你的時間精力的工作,是什麼?她馬上答我:幫您貼發票,然後報銷,然後到財務去走流程,然後把現金拿回來給您。
  
我笑著問她:你幫我貼發票報銷有半年了吧?通過這件事兒,你總結出了一些什麼資訊?
  
她呆了半天,答我:貼發票就是貼發票,只要財務上不出錯,不就行了唄,能有什麼資訊?
  
我說,我來跟你講講,當年我的做法吧:98年的時候,我從財務被調到了總經理辦公室,擔任總經理助理的工作。其中有一項工作,就是跟你現在做的一樣,幫總經理報銷他所有的票據。本來這個工作就像你你剛才說的,把票據貼好,然後完成財務上的流程,就可以了。

其實票據是一種資料記錄,它記錄了和總經理乃至整個公司營運有關的費用情況。看起來沒有意義的一堆資料,其實它們涉及到了公司各方面的經營和運作。於是我建立了一個表格,將所有總經理在我這裡報銷的資料按照時間,數額,消費場所,連絡人,電話等等記錄下來。

我起初建立這個表格的目的很簡單,我是想在財務上有據可循,同時萬一我的上司有情況來詢問我的時候,我會有準確的資料告訴他。通過這樣的一份資料統計,漸漸的我發現了一些上級在商務活動中的規律,比如,哪一類的商務活動,經常在什麼樣的場合,費用預算大概是多少;總經理的公共關係常規和非常規的處理方式。等等等等。

當我的上級發現,他佈置工作給我的時候,我會處理的很妥貼。有一些資訊是他根本沒有告訴我的,我也能及時準確的處理。他問我為什麼,我告訴了他我的工作方法和資訊來源。

漸漸的,他基於這種良性積累,越來越多的交待更加重要的工作。再漸漸的,一種信任和默契就此產生,我升職的時候,他說我是他用過的最好用的助理。
  
說完這些長篇大論,我看著這個姑娘,她愣愣的看著我。我跟她直言:我覺得你最大的問題,是你沒有用心。在看似簡單不動腦子就能完成的工作裡,你沒有把你的心沉下去,所以,半年了,你覺得自己沒有進步。她不出聲。但是收回了辭職報告。
  
又堅持了3個月,她還是辭職了。這次我沒有留她。讓她走了。

後來她經常在MSN上跟我聊天。告訴我她的新工作的情況。一年內,她換了三份工作。每一次都堅持不了多久。每一次她都說新的工作不是她想要的工作。05年的時候,她又一次辭職了。很苦惱,跑來找我,要跟我吃飯。我請她去寫字樓後面的商場吃日本料理。吃到中途,忽然跟我說:我有些明白你以前說的話是什麼意思了。
  
所謂的職業生涯,其實你很難預測到你將來真正要從事什麼工作,將來所要從事的工作,是否跟你在大學裡學的專業有關。大多數人,很有可能將來所作的工作,跟他當初所學的專業一點關係都沒有。從22歲大學畢業在26歲之間這四年,重要的不是你做了什麼,重要的是你在工作中養成了怎麼樣的良好的工作習慣。這個良好的工作習慣,指的是:認真,踏實的工作作風,以及是否學會了如何用最快的時間接受新的事物,發現新事物的內在規律,比別人更短時間內掌握這些規律並且處理好它們。具備了以上的要素,你就成長為一個被人信任的工作的人。
  
人都有惰性,也都願意用那些用起來順手的人。當你具備了被人信任的基礎,並且在日常的工作中逐漸表現出你的踏實,聰明,和細緻的時候,越來越多的工作機會就會提供到你面前。原因很簡單,用一句話就能交代清楚並且能被你順利完成的工作,誰願意說三句話甚至半小時交待一個怎麼都不明白的人呢?溝通也是一種成本,溝通的時間越少,內耗越少,這是作為管理者最清楚的一件事。
  
當你有比別人更多的工作機會去接觸那些你沒有接觸過的工作的時候,你就有了比別人多的學習機會,人人都喜歡聰明勤奮的學生,作為管理者,大概更是如此。
  
一個新手,大多數新手,在這四年裡,是看不出太大的差距的。但是這四年的經歷,為以後的職業生涯的發展奠定的基礎,是至關重要的。很多人不在乎年輕時走彎路,很多人覺得日常的工作人人都能做好沒什麼了不起。然而就是這些簡單的工作,循序漸進的、隱約的,成為今後發展的分水嶺。
  
漫不經心的對待基層工作的最大的損失,就是將看似簡單的事物性處理方式,分界成為長遠發展的能力問題。
  
聰明的人,總是不認為自己的能力有問題。時間長了,他會抱怨自己運氣不好,抱怨那些看起來資質普通的人,總能比自己更能走狗屎運。抱怨她容貌比自己好,或者他更會討領導歡心。等等等等。慢慢的,影響心態。所謂的懷才不遇,有時是這種情況。
  
工作需要一個聰明人,工作其實更需要一個踏實的人。在聰明和踏實之間,我更願意選擇後者。
  
而踏實,是人人都能做到的。和先天條件沒有太大關係。


原文出自 Kai Ming Ho's Facebook notes as shared by Pakkin Leung

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Thursday, August 05, 2010

給Y世代的忠告

培訓領導人的老手,怡和人力資源總監賓禮治,對Y世代有三點忠告:
  1. 社交網絡如Twitter中的聯繫也許無分職級,但真實職場世界並非如此。
  2. 雖然科技如黑莓機可讓你秒速溝通,但不等於商業決定可以變成秒速決定,可靠關係來自信任,而信任需要時間建立。
  3. 正如不能透過閱讀學懂駕車一樣,學做領導的唯一方法是實踐。


原文出自【談心‧張宏艷】

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Monday, August 02, 2010

三個八十後的求職故事

這次希望分享三位八十後年輕人的求職故事。他們一個是博士畢業;一個是大學畢業及一個是中七畢業。當中兩個失敗,一個成功。

那位博士畢業生,畢業已半年,一直找不到工作,她的母親向我求助,因孩子只坐在家中發呆、上網、看台劇,不願找工作,一心只想當大學教授,其他的工作總不屑去做。他來教育中心見我,言談間反映他覺得自己接受了高深教育,應該獲得很多人賞識,能在大學覓得教席。

我不便說他太天真,看他的履歷,會考有廿八分,入讀香港名牌大學,更完成博士學位;但在我面前的他,因長時間找不到工作而沒有自信,面試說話技巧更是欠奉。我鼓勵他在考慮大學教席外,也好好考慮應徵其他工作。或許「高不成,低不就」,是我對他的評語。

另一名大學畢業生,應徵通識教師一職,她的履歷表寫得很好,字體很漂亮,但她的面試技巧不好,當我提出所有工作安排時,她戰戰兢兢的聽着,表現得一點信心也沒有。由於她很有誠意,我立刻致電另一所正規學校的通識科主任安排面試,惟她說:「呂Sir,多謝你替我安排面試機會,但我不想當教學助理,人工又低、工作壓力又大,感覺很不舒服。」我強忍怒氣,心想:「你的成績和學歷很好麼,沒有教育文憑、沒有工作經驗,找工作還要配合心情是否舒服嗎?」

我有一位剛大學畢業的朋友,寄出一百四十封求職信,只換來三個面試機會,結果全泡湯。循正途求職而獲得的面試機會率多少,你們知道嗎?

第三位是中七畢業生,她個多月前在某公司當產品推銷員,我和太太看過產品,沒有多大興趣,放下準備離開時,身後隨即傳來推銷員的聲音:「先生,這個產品功能非常好……」。最終我買了那產品,因她很有禮貌,解釋產品清楚之餘,又不會讓我感到壓逼。於是,我邀請她來教育中心當助理。她默默耕耘,派單張沒怨言、周末周日上班也沒怨言、面對家長無理和重複的質詢亦沒怨言,我問她為何能忍受,她說:「工作嘛,學習嘛。」我真的欣賞她的家庭教育。兩天前,我再邀請她轉為全職工作。

各位年輕人,聽過「騎牛搵馬」吧,當不成大學講師,何不嘗試作有關教育的工作?當不成教師,教學助理也是一個踏腳石。若你做得好,一有空缺不就是你的機會嗎?


原文出自iQuest 格思,作者呂宇俊

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Saturday, August 22, 2009

三分鐘將西瓜切粒

前陣子到友人家作客,主人家在飯後捧出了一個大西瓜。我主動請纓負責切;有人帶點招積的說:要去皮切粒喎!結果,三分鐘後,我將整個切成粒的西瓜從廚房捧出,大家都大吃一驚 – 咁快嘅!

如何可以在三分鐘內將西瓜切粒?方法是,不要用平時常規的方法切。

首先,在西瓜底部切一刀(約一吋深),令西瓜可以立定。接著,用刀把所有西瓜皮削去(先垂直切旁邊,再斜刀切上半部,再切下半部)。這樣,你就得到球形的淨肉西瓜一個。



這時,將西瓜切半。然後用刀打橫(平面方向)把西瓜切成幾片。



再用十字型刀法切粒。



搞掂半個。另外半個處理方法一樣。



故事教訓:Think outside of the box. 創意是我這等懶人的最佳良伴。

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Say It All in 100 Words or Less

Very true and helpful tip:

No matter what your role, you undoubtedly have to explain what your organization does several times a week (even if it's just at a cocktail party). This "elevator pitch" can be a critical tool in securing backing for your organization, forging a productive new partnership or winning a new customer. Start by explaining the problem your company aims to solve. Follow with a brief overview of what your company offers to your customers and why it is helpful to them. Share any successes or traction in the market you've had to date. Don't forget to express what you find personally compelling about your company's mission before the elevator reaches your floor.

But they said it in 112 words.

原文出自 Harvard Business Publishing Management Tip of the Day, as posted by Gabriel Chan on his Facebook

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Saturday, February 14, 2009

為何高官要減薪?

新一份財政預算案將於10日後公布,財政司長曾俊華昨於視像論壇上聽取青年人建議,他說相信經濟會進一步轉差,今年第四季經濟增長有機會出現負數。有學生遂建議曾俊華帶頭,與特首及司局級官員齊齊減薪,但年薪逾383萬元的他指若減薪可幫到經濟,他會研究,但本港每年公共開支高達2000億元,相信「我哋嗰少少人工,應幫補唔大!」

It's not about the numbers. It's about the story. He doesn't get it.

原文出自2009年2月15日 明報 港聞

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Friday, January 30, 2009

老細的心聲


From my office, I could hear them working hard outside [...] I couldn't help but be touched by them. They work for low pay and practically non-existent benefits. They have not had a raise in almost 8 years. Yet they toil quietly, without recognition and sometimes without appreciation, simply because they want to help make another person's life a little easier.

Hearing them work from within my office, I feel a heavy burden on my shoulders. [...] I feel a tremendous responsibility for the staff.


原文出自阿Lam日記

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Sunday, December 07, 2008

做機構的「二億三千萬」

「時代論壇」社長李錦洪在明光社十週年社慶上送給他們「二億三千萬」:
第一「億」是失「憶」,社長勉勵明光社同工要走出近年「被打壓」、「被逼害」的心理陰霾。第二「億」是回「憶」,數算這十年的恩典。

三「千萬」是甚麼呢?其實「千萬」是「一定」的意思。第一,千萬要珍惜同路人;第二,千萬要在俗世洪流中堅持其信息;第三,千萬要安息,從平靜中支取力量和智慧,有時候溫柔和沉默亦是力量。

社長更引用《笑傲江湖》為例,「令狐沖能夠笑傲江湖,就是因為能『忘‧記』--忘卻別人對他的中傷攻擊,但卻記著別人的恩惠友情。做機構工作,有時亦需要一些俠義精神!」


原文和圖片出自明光社網頁

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Monday, November 17, 2008

Building Trust with Transparency

What do you have to hide? So asks John C. Havens, co-author (with Shel Holtz) of the new book Tactical Transparency: How Leaders Can Leverage Social Media to Maximize Value and Build their Brand. He argues that the market and customers will increasingly demand that companies become more transparent--and punish those who fail to do so.

Tactical transparency means the use of social media tools to let brands talk authentically about their products and services to their community. It's a behavior as well as a philosophy. You do not have to have full disclosure around your brand or organization to have authenticity or breed trust, but you do have to show your audience that you are listening and that you are in the places online, at Facebook, MySpace, et cetera, where they already spend their time. It's a fact: your brand is being discussed off of your main portal. If you do not have a voice in those places where your audience already is, people will wonder why you are silent and they also will wonder what you may be hiding.


what can church leaders learn from this?


原文出自fastcompany.com

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Monday, November 10, 2008

三種人

世上有三個「I」:開創者innovators, 模仿者 imitators和白癡idiots

– 股神畢菲特

原文出自「談心」by 張宏艷

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Friday, September 05, 2008

陳柏宇 – Change

第一個問題是:你分得出陳柏宇、周柏豪、陳偉霆、洪卓立,還有那一大堆連名字也叫不出的男新人嗎?

分不出,是正常的。要人認得,首先要有獨特的面孔。

陳偉霆主打跳舞,比較能讓人分辨。但其餘的,都好似一個餅印。結果,成為了「又一個男新人」堆中的一員。

其實陳柏宇,唱得不錯。碟內的歌以流行作品來說,水準也不差。但賣點不足,叫人記不起來。在這個殘酷兼泛濫的市場,要上位,需要有更好的規劃。

好時代過去了。


一稿兩投:凍奶茶 www.coldmilktea.com

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

靈活變陣說故事


欄王劉翔退賽,無緣衛冕奧運金牌後,眾多支付了巨額贊助費的廣告商即時面臨公關危機,究竟該如何處理劉翔令國民大失所望的不幸現實?是拋棄還是繼續支持?

面對劉翔退賽,Nike翌日即在多份北京主要報章大賣全版廣告,其中在《北京青年報》首疊底版(A8版),整版大部分面積被劉翔的大頭照佔據,照片中的劉翔不再是陽光氣息加自信笑容,而是陰陽面配沉鬱眼神,氣氛深沉肅穆,總共6行的廣告標語也可圈可點﹕「愛比賽」、「愛拚上所有的尊嚴」、「愛把它再贏回來」、「愛付出一切」、「愛榮耀,愛挫折」、「愛運動,即使它傷了你的心」。

有分析指出,若國民最終原諒和支持劉翔,此刻放棄劉翔的廣告商可能會被唾罵,但若劉翔不獲國民諒解,或因狀態無法恢復而神話告終,廣告商繼續花錢在他身上又會白費,因此劉翔退賽對廣告商是一個難以取捨的考驗。正因如此,Nike能第一時間推出一個既似支持劉翔他日再戰江湖,又似為國民宣泄傷心不滿的劉翔廣告,在行內變得十分矚目,而廣告能夠如此迅速推出,顯示廣告商老早做了劉翔令國民傷心失望的預案,可謂神通廣大。

奧康皮鞋亦有類似方案,若劉翔奪冠,奧康會繼續使用目前的版本,一旦劉翔沒法衛冕,廣告口號就會改成﹕「只要心中還有夢想,只要腳步沒有停下,你就是冠軍。」


相比立時消失撤換的「聯想」筆記本電腦,這無疑是高招得多。所以說,誰只要能夠掌握故事的說法,誰就贏。不是要隨著民意走,是要快人一步創造民意。雖然,說真的,廣告上的劉翔照片,質素有些差。

原文出自明報2008.08.20要聞
圖片來自it168.com

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

a few confessions of a pastor

I’m sorry that I expect people to think the same way I do and agree with everything I say.

I’m sorry that I want everybody to be the kind of people I like and would enjoy hanging out with.

I’m sorry that I desire others to keep the same principles that I do.

I’m sorry that I want everyone to like what I like and hate what I hate.

I’m sorry that I think I am wiser than your people.

I’m sorry that I assume I’m really serving you while others are really not.

I’m sorry that I see your people as a resource to serve me rather than seeing myself as a resource to serve them.

I’m sorry that I use the scriptures as a way to get what I want rather than what you are passionate about.

I’m sorry that I talk about your people like they’re trash.

I’m sorry that, because of my own ugliness, I’m blind to the beauty you see in others.

I’m sorry that my love is wrapped in a multitude of conditions.


原文出自nakedpastor.com

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Wednesday, August 06, 2008

"the 'Alan-Yu-is-so-busy' myth" follow-up

Edmund asks,
I think it would be beneficial to many of us by sharing, for example, your daily routine so that we can learn from your excellent time-managing skill.


Is it really that amazing??

well, I think the secret is:
1. the good habit of scheduling;
2. spend time thinking before you actually start working on something;
3. build spaces into your schedule, don't be too ambitious.


I work from Tuesday to Saturday. Usually, Wednesday is the staff meeting and prayer meeting day, and I do not schedule any work for Wednesdays. And usually I don't schedule anything for Saturday either, that's for catching up and for the misc. work. And I expect a lot of interruptions on Saturday too as students are dropping by our office frequently on Saturday.

So, I have Tuesday, Thursday and Friday for serious work. Usually, I handle only one big project per day, and I schedule the prep work for big projects on these days. But to do this well requires a very accurate estimation of how much time do I need to spend on preparing a project (About 1 working day for writting out a sermon - not including thinking about it and bible study; about 2 days for writing a liturgy; about 1 day for typesetting a Jubilization program book... etc.). And this takes experience. I can say I'm pretty good at this, if I'm better than others. And I try to stay on the generous side when scheduling - this makes me less stressful.

And in order to finish on-time, I need to mentally prepare myself. I'll start thinking about upcoming projects a few days/weeks in advance while I'm showering/watching tv. Ideas will brew. So by the time I sit down to work on a project I already have a lot of things laid out in my mind. This makes me efficient. I would have wasted a lot of time if I didn't think enough before I sit down.

Oh, another tips on finishing on-time: quit being the perfectionist. Do your best with your limited resources (including time), and move on. Don't spend forever hoping to build a perfect project and ended up with nothing finished. For every extra minute you spend on a project to make it perfect, you're sacrificing the resource for another project. I'd rather have 3 B projects than 1 A+ and 2 failing projects.

And in the case for this "16-event" line-up, below is my GoogleCal for August. The orange boxes are my to-do project for each day. It is really not bad.



Sunday is church day. Sometimes I need to preach in the morning, and sometimes I need to attend meetings and rehearsals in the afternoon, but most of the time it will be family day. (Sometimes I also take Saturday off for family day if I have too much overtime.) And once every 3 weeks I host PP959 and will be at the radio station from 10pm-midnight.

Monday is mostly my personal day. I do banking, shopping, housework etc. Or just laying on my bed watching TV if I'm too stressful. Or I'll use it to catch up on my readings and assignments. And Monday night is for my church fellowship group.

On Friday night or Saturday night I run programs for various churches most of the time. And on an average I'll have different kinds of meeting on weekday nights about once every week.

As for my daily schedule, usually I go to the office at 10am (ok, I admit, I'm late most of the time...), and I work on the trivial tasks first. After lunch is the serious working hours, until 6pm. Most of the time I can get off work on time, and have dinner at home at 6:30pm. After dinner is family time, until the kids go to bed at 9. Then I start doing some trivial work again for maybe another hour (usually online research), then it's time for blogging, e-mailing, reading other's blogs, watching YouTube, playing Sudoku online, Facebooking, reading... until around 2am... This is my wind down time, which is very important. I cannot do the other serious stuff as efficiently without this down time. Believe me. See also this post for my daily time-saving tips.

And I listen to stuff while I sleep. Sometimes it's music, sometimes podcast or online radio, sometimes lectures or sermons (man, they make me fall asleep really quickly...). I believe things get inside my brain even when I've fallen asleep...

So, I'm really not that busy. I admit that I'm a fast worker, but I think it just takes some good habit building to improve your efficiency. Everyone can do this. Hope these tips help.

The original post: "the 'Alan-Yu-is-so-busy' myth"

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Friday, August 01, 2008

the "Alan-Yu-is-so-busy" myth

I wrote on my Facebook status that:
Alan is planning 14 events at the same time... well, actually 15... no, 16.

Some of you are curious what events I'm planning. Here it is:
  • 5 sermons for a camp at Calgary over the Labour Day long weekend
  • The regular meeting for the Jubilant next sunday
  • complete liturgies and sermons for 3 healing services in September (this is part of my school work)
  • I.D.Zone seminar on sex next week
  • I.D.Zone seminar on financial management later in August
  • liturgies for a section of the program for AFC's Annual Dinner in September
  • a seminar on biblical manhood for a church next weekend
  • a seminar on biblical marriage for a church the week after next
  • staff training session during AFC Staff Retreat in September
  • Liturgies for Jubilization in October


I have not counted singspiration leading this week at church, writing articles for Gen Next (2 down, 2 left), leading small group at church, the discussion session with CCF leaders every other week, and hosting PP959. And on top of that I have just finished a book report for school today (due today!), and I need 5 reflections for next week's deadline, and a box of books to read for my research paper. Oh, and of course I have not included the events in Sept and Oct that I haven't started to think about.

I didn't expect that this will "wow" so many people. For one thing, this is normal workload for me, and I'm not particularly busy. I guess most people will have 14 to 16 small/mid-size projects on hand at work and not be surprised; but what interest me is that, 16 "events" seems to be A LOT for many people.

Well, if I've a day-job and work on 16 church projects after work, I'll be crazy. But don't forget this is my job!

Again, the "Alan-Yu-is-so-busy" stereotype is a myth. At least, I am still keeping up with the latest 家好月圓 episode. So if you need to have a chat with me, catch me!

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Monday, July 28, 2008

天下 •• 一樣 •

又一篇由Wall•E而來的反省文章:
我們的社會缺乏的是願景( Vision )。例如曾政府,別說偉大如環境問題和政治發展問題,就算社會有迫切需要的民生問題他有甚麼願景?[...] 最近的百一億派糖方案,仍然是一個補鑊工程。這不是一個長遠發展藍圖。

在加拿大,又何嘗不是一樣?執政的只著緊討好選民,在野的只努力反對。在過去的很多次大選,我都見不到一個有vision的政綱,永遠只是頭痛醫頭腳痛醫腳。
領袖的責任就是提供vision。

原文出自1-555-confine blog by Chainsaw

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Monday, July 21, 2008

惡人先告狀

快週刊,第514期,電視審裁處專欄,作者粉蝶,正在批評法證先鋒II當中曹永廉的角色(和編劇):

第十四集裡他跟高鈞賢在沙灘打排球,高吃了波餅,鼻血長流,他竟然調侃他:「你就真係冇用嘅,郁啲就流蚊飯。」稍有常識的香港人都知道蚊飯是腦漿的俗稱,甚麼時候它由漿變了血?角色無知等於編劇胡塗...

有圖為證:





稍有常識的香港人都知道蚊飯是血的俗稱,甚麼時候它由血變了腦漿?

血之所以稱為蚊飯,是因為(雌)蚊是靠吸血維生,血就是蚊們的「飯」;這跟腦漿有甚麼關係?

就算無常識,只要Google「流蚊飯」三個字,就會得到一大堆正確答案。

作者無知等於編輯胡塗,或者懶。

如果「香港最認真的視評人」都不過如此,真箇哀哉。

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

How horrible... but true...




原文出自 nakedpastor blog

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Friday, July 04, 2008

蕭敬騰 – 蕭敬騰同名專輯

蕭敬騰讓人見識到甚麼叫一炮而紅。當大家以為楊宗緯已經是神蹟時,原來把楊宗緯一下子PK掉,更加誇張。說真的,我覺得比起楊宗緯和林宥嘉,蕭敬騰其實是最有character的一個。重新包裝之後,他也給人更親切柔和的感覺。在這張專輯幫忙做形象的班底應記一功。

但幫蕭敬騰這樣的人製作專輯是很困難的。如果之前沒有人聽過蕭敬騰唱歌,那麼只要平平穩穩的製作,那聲音唱功一出來就已經叫人驚豔。但當他已經一炮而紅,全世界都在期待這一張碟的時候,壓力可大了。作為製作人,其實只有兩條路可走。一是穩打穩紮,做一張平平穩穩的大碟,力求不跌watt,另一是走偏鋒,出人意表,成功了會爆,失敗了就靠人撐著。結果,蕭的製作人選的是前者,是以這張碟,無甚驚喜。

找來眾多知名的製作人為蕭敬騰寫歌是一個保險的做法。FIR的阿沁、曹格、五月天的阿信、蘇打綠的青峰,再加李偉菘李偲菘,全部都是最當時得令的製作人。蕭敬騰爆紅,就是以翻唱別人的歌出位。找他來唱FIR,唱曹格,唱五月天,唱蘇打綠,錯不了。當然,蕭敬騰的聲音有特色,唱出來也有自己的風格(不像Juno唱自己的歌卻叫人想起謝霆峰…)。但是,那是真正的蕭敬騰嗎?

這張碟其實沒有讓蕭敬騰多走一步。他仍然是那個在各大節目翻唱別人的歌叫人歎為觀止的那個酒廊駐唱。只是這次,那些別人的歌,別人沒有唱過而已。好,蕭敬騰當然唱得好,但,就這樣嗎?

我相信蕭敬騰的潛質和實力不只於此。以他聲音的character,他其實可以carry更有character的歌。要成為真正獨當一面的歌手,就不要再以為自己是酒廊駐唱了。要為蕭敬騰創造屬於他自己的風格。放膽吧。


一稿兩投:凍奶茶 www.coldmilktea.com

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  • 正如林一峰話齋,閱讀,也是一種 state of mind。
  • 所以不限文字,還有聲音影像一切雜崩能東西,都在涉獵反思消化乾坤大挪移之列。
  • 看重的只有一個字:Insight

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