Use your electricity for more than light.

Incredible analogy and vision from Jeff Bezos back in 2003 predicting the power in which the Internet will revolutionize the way we do things.

The Art of Being Modern

"Fashion is something so ugly that we have to change every six months," whereas style, unlike fashion that comes and goes, is about being Modern. Everything in life is transitory, fashion, style,

"Being Modern is the capacity of catching what is eternal in the transitory." It is a spiritual approach of looking for something bigger than yourself. - Hugo Jacomet

Steve Madden

GR: How much of your success is because of your skills and intelligence and hard work? and how much of it is luck?

SM: I think a lot of it is luck. I think my own sort of philosophy is - "window of opportunity opens for your several times in life, and i think the intelligence comes from knowing when that window is open, and being able to jump through that window. Because you can have all the talent in the world but some times the window is just not opened.

二十二

春天是他最愛的季節 
當微風隨意吹亂他的頭髮
他並不在意身邊世界的吵雜 
只想著自己生命中的變化

還有十五分鐘才午休 
從早到晚沒有想像中那麼好過
安定的日子不一定就是幸福 
忘不掉他在心裡做過的夢

他今年農曆三月六號剛滿二十二 
剛甩掉課本要離開家看看這世界
卻發現許多煩惱要面對 

他常會想望能回到那年他一十二 
只需要好好上學生活單純沒憂愁
他就像一朵蓓蕾滿懷希望

九月天氣還是有點熱 
他想公車再不來就走一走路
他開始明白等待未必有結果 
一個人也能走上夢的旅途

他今年農曆三月六號剛滿二十二 
剛甩掉課本要離開家看看這世界
卻發現許多煩惱要面對 
他常會想望能回到那年他一十二 
只需要好好上學生活單純沒憂愁
他一直滿懷希望

人生偶爾會走上一條陌路 
像是沒有指標的地圖
別讓他們說你該知足 
只有你知道什麼是你的幸福

詞 陶吉吉/娃娃

Thomas Keller

An extra-ordinary lecture,

"Its desire that matters, not passion, because passion is depleting"

"Sourcing "local" ingredient within certain distance is hypocrisy."

"The world is a great movie to watch, but you don't want to sleep walk through life. The important thing to do is to look for the job you would take if you didn't need the job, and life is wonderful then." - Warren Buffett @ 123:20

Carlo Scarpa

45:08

Who is spared in the end from leaving? 

Despite his gold and all his jade, 

is everyone not bound to go there? 

Am I a shield set with turquoise? 

A stone secured in a mosaic?

Will I ever walk this earth again?

Will they shroud me in fine mantles? 

Here on earth, I think of those who ruled before me, 

as the place of sounding drums draws near.


I am a man of Byzantian, who came to Venice, by way of Greece. 

Get Lucky

"The man who said "I'd rather be lucky than good" saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck. It's scary to think so much is out of one's control. There are moments in a match when the ball hits the top of the net and for a split second it can either go forward or fall back. With a little luck it goes forward and you win. Or maybe it doesn't and you lose." - Woody Allen 

Often, luck depends on being in the right place at the right time, 

"I made the statement years ago which is often quoted that 80 percent of life is showing up. People used to always say to me that they wanted to write a play, they wanted to write a movie, they wanted to write a novel, and the couple of people that did it were 80 percent of the way to having something happen. All the other people struck out without ever getting that pack. They couldn't do it, that’s why they don’t accomplish a thing, they don’t do the thing, so once you do it, if you actually write your film script, or write your novel, you are more than half way towards something good happening. So that I was say my biggest life lesson that has worked. All others have failed me." 

"Life is always right. When it seems unfair, try harder." - Le Corbusier

知足

怎麼去擁有 一道彩虹
怎麼去擁抱 一夏天的風
天上的星星 笑地上的人
總是不能懂 不能覺得足夠

如果我愛上 你的笑容
要怎麼收藏 要怎麼擁有
如果你快樂 不是為我
會不會放手 其實才是擁有

當一陣風吹來 風箏飛上天空
為了你而祈禱 而祝福 而感動
終於你身影 消失在 人海盡頭
才發現 笑著哭 最痛


那天你和我 那個山丘
那樣的唱著 那一年的歌
那樣的回憶 那麼足夠
足夠我天天 都品嚐著寂寞

當一陣風吹來 風箏飛上天空
為了你而祈禱 而祝福 而感動
終於你身影 消失在 人海盡頭
才發現 笑著哭 最痛

當一陣風吹來 風箏飛上天空
為了你而祈禱 而祝福 而感動
終於你身影 消失在 人海盡頭
才發現 笑著哭 最痛

如果我愛上 你的笑容
要怎麼收藏 要怎麼擁有
如果你快樂 再不是為我
會不會放手 其實才是擁有

知足的快樂 叫我忍受心痛

詞：阿信

Mark Cuban in 5

There is no such thing as a bad job for a new college graduate. You have gone from paying to learn to getting paid to learn. The lessons i have learned from my worst bosses have made me as much money as the lessons I have learned from my best bosses

The one thing you can control in your life is your effort. Others may have more, but they don’t have more time than you. It’s always up to you whether or not you can outwork them

Today is the youngest you will ever be, live like it !

You Inc. is the best stock you can ever buy if you are willing to do the work

It doesn't matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you. All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because all that matters in business is that you get it right once.

Perfectionist - Nick Saban

"Dont worry about winning, just focus on doing your job at the highest level every single play, and win will follow." - Nick Saban, head coach of Alabama Crimson Tide.

１０句使你瞬間清醒的話

1.對付虛偽的人，不是罵他，不是拆穿他，而是讓他繼續悲哀地虛偽著，然後裝作什麼也不知道。那麼慢慢地，很多人會主動跑來告訴你他有多虛偽。 

2.對付自私的人，不是恨他，不是不理他，而是漸漸遠離他，從心底遠離他，然後裝作什麼都不知道。如果他去找別人，那麼你會發現，很多人都遠離了他。 

3.永遠沒有一個人是你離不開的，現在離不開的，不代表永遠離不開。沒有什麼是你放棄不了的，你不放棄的可能會先放棄你也說不定。 

4.除了父母，沒有什麼人是不求回報的。戀人對你好是以愛情和諧為前提的，朋友對你好是以共同利益和消除寂寞為前提的。另外的人，就更不用說了。 

5.一個人生活雖然很難，但也必須學會一個人，不要輕易依賴別人。這是為了防止你身邊的人都離開的時候，你還可以好好活下去。 

6.生病的時候，自己要重視自己，不能等著那個誰來重視你。等到那時候，你會發現自己不管是身體還是心靈都已經很難受了。 

7.獨自異地求學，要學著多和父母聯繫溝通，要學著多聽長輩的話。要學著忍耐，沒有什麼是你忍不了的，別人再錯，也犯不著拿別人的錯誤懲罰自己。 

8.別人和你說的話，不管出於什麼初衷，能信但不能全信。但是，別人說的時候，盡量認真聽，仔細回應，這是對人的尊重。 

9.不要輕易對人多愁善感，就算你是真的多愁善感。別人可能不能理解你的多愁善感，也沒這個義務和責任。這樣的話，你想的發洩就變成了自取其辱和加深痛苦。 

10.在任何狀況下，不能玩弄別人，玩人必被人玩。你再有心眼，也不是最厲害的那個。

source: http://appnews.fanswong.com/show.php?id=383095&NANCY#ixzz2jTPjcZwV

歡迎光臨愛情餐廳

關於我們

我在翠綠的稻田中　凝視遠方　落下的太陽
妳在蔚藍的天空下　抬頭看著飄來的雲裳
音樂在我耳中迴盪　影子在我身後拉長
疑惑在妳心中滋長　絕望在妳的心裡擴張

我在前　妳在後　妳在聽　我在說
我不走　妳不動　妳不說　我不懂
於是　妳從不輕易告訴我　妳在想
為何我總是　看著遠方

我在前　妳在後　妳在聽　我在說
我不走　妳不動　妳不說　我不懂
於是　妳從不直接告訴我
妳知道會有那麼一天

我在屬於我的王國　企圖打造一座天堂
妳在屬於妳的城堡　開始堆砌高大的城牆
建築曾是彼此橋樑　淚水在旋律中蕩漾
畫面竟然超出想像　絕望在我的心裡擴張

我在前　妳在後　妳在聽　我在說
我不走　妳不動　妳不說　我不懂
於是　妳從不輕易告訴我　妳在想
為何我總是看著遠方

我在前　妳在後　妳在聽　我在說
我不走　妳不動　妳不說　我不懂
於是　妳從不直接告訴我
妳知道　會有那麼一天　轉身走向遠方

於是　藍天褪去白雲裳
於是　黑夜籠罩在我身上

而我仍在翠綠的稻田中　凝視著遠方落下來的太陽
這一切　關於我們　關於不說　關於等待　關於守候
於是我們不再開口
而我仍在翠綠的稻田中　凝視著遠方落下的太陽

by 痞克四

"The more real you get, the more unreal its going get" - Muhammad Ali

Not be afraid of Isolation

Benefit of Isolation?

An inspiring music video composed of mini video clips of space and Earth taken by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield from the International Space Station living alone in the period of 6 months.



Motive? 

He was bored, so he started filming it.

It turned out to be an inspiration that an individual interest and inner-joy could still be discovered even at time of extreme isolation, in fact, according to Madonna (yes, the material girl), those moments of isolation are rare opportunities for one to understand who his/her passion and inclinations are in life, and focus on commit to achieve them.


"Most people thought I was strange. I didn’t have many friends,” she wrote. “But it all turned out good in the end, because when you aren’t popular and you don’t have a social life, it gives you more time to focus on your future.” - Madonna, speaking of her youth living in social isolation from traumatic life experiences and distrust for others.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/madonna-raped-knifepoint-article-1.1476599#ixzz2grzfijfA

Inception of PC

Steve Job defining the beginning of Apple's r&d towards software interface, led to birth of operation system that bridged gap between computer and user via an user interface

Gods Hand

"Life is not the amount of breath you take, but the moments that take your breath away."

Originality?

"Creativity is the art of concealing your source." - Coco Channel

Tom Ford

Ironic statement from a fashion icon that believes the 'stuff" that he creates bring only spontaneous satisfaction at the precise moment in time yet become meaningless soon after they're possessed/consumed...

"We live in a material world... there is a certain enjoyment we gain by materialism, but we must keep in perspective that its really nothing; We dont own anything in our lives/world, I come to think of it [materials] as a bunch of stuff that Im kinda swimming through in this life to go from here to wherever I go afterwards [in life] " Tom Ford @ 31:00

Teleportation is possible

via Warmhole 6:25

Don't Follow Your Dream

"Don't follow your dream, instead, follow your effort." 5:00

"Today is the youngest you'll ever gonna be - live like it" 43:34

- Mark Cuban

Flex-wood Furniture

Leaving Home from Chris Kunnert on Vimeo.

Interesting

"Life is lived forward but understood backward." - Lex. and 53rd Street Subway.

無臂鋼琴王子

Money created via Debt

Competitive Currency Devaluation: a method in which grants the US ( Federal Reserve) the divine power to print infinite amount of money at will to finance its budget deficits and conduct lavish economic bailouts without worrying about currency devaluation, thus giving the Fed every reason to print money at no cost while driving the nation into perpetual debt. Money created via Debt = a legalized ponzi scheme.

A Michelin 3 Star

Quality

"When you do things with quality, people could only say 'they don't like it', but not 'its a rubbish.' " - Victoria Beckham on her fashion brand

Second is a charm

"Everything is a fresh start, I love to do every project that I've ever looked at and have a second bite at it because you could always go one step further. And if you cant go one step further, then it means you haven't learned what you done before, and you are not sharp, then  its time to stop and do something else."

- Lord Norman Foster, from film How Much Does Your Building Weigh Mr. Foster.

Now I Understand

Joanna Wang:

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

Now I understand what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
How you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant
For one as beautiful as you

History of Comupter, tribute to the centennial birth of Alan Turing

  

Originally invented to decode enemy telegraph during WW1 and 2, the arthmetic machine later became a complex machinry capable of handling laborious commericial operations during post war. The invention of integrated circuit in the 80s made of silicon chips ultimately shrank its overal size down to a single chip, allowing computers to be made small enough to be handled by single individual - and thus Personal Computers are born.

Guy Kawasaki

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR_wX0EwOMM&feature=related