Saturday, January 12, 2008

闷从何处来?

我常会闷,也常会显。工作会闷,阅读会闷,最近连玩电玩都会闷。
显显闷闷,闷闷显显,为何会闷?为何会显?

从古至今,能让自己不闷的也只有自己当下兴趣的事情了,那——为何/如何产生兴趣?

〈有待探讨〉

Sunday, January 6, 2008

来自教授的一封信

2008年1月6日(星期日)晚上11时许,我孑然的坐在办公的电脑前检阅电邮。

夜深,随着无人的陪伴,我平静的览阅每一封的电邮。

“哇!”,“Holysh*t, holysh*t!!!”,一封来自远方教授的电邮,带给我无限的惊喜!我从椅子上翻跃而出,在嘴巴还未道完所谓粗俗的叹词时,我已赤足、跳跃式的,翻腾到走廊的尽头!天啊,我是何等的兴奋!如此跳跃的兴奋,乃我生命中的空前之举。

在笑容淡化之前,我已对随身携带的相机,按下了快门,纪念了我空前兴奋的那一刻!



因缘:
近日,我在youtube上发现由Berkerley University上载的一系列网络授课录像,也因我兴趣浓浓,以致我不分昼夜的“上课”,依然不累。

为了表达谢意,我发送了一封“不求回复”的电邮给予该教授。其内容如下:
Prof, I am a Malaysian who have great interest in your web cast lecture. In the web cast "Physics 10 - Lecture 18: Quantum II", you ask for feedback from those who watched your web cast lecture, thus that is the reason I sent this email to you, and it complete my task as a fan of you.
:)
Thank you and well done.

回想在大学生涯时,我曾经多次的致邮给数个教授以求一些疑问的解答时,往往都是石沉大海,毫无音讯。在多次的打击后,我在大三之后的时段已不再尝试发送电邮予国外的讲师了。也应如此,简单的回复既然能成为我空前的兴奋!
其教授恢复内容如下:
Dear Boo Yan Jiong,
Thank you for your email of appreciation.
My daughter recently visited Kuala Lumpur. Is that where you are located?
Richard Muller
(他留了一个‘?’给我,是否意味着能有更进一步的交流呢?尝试去吧!)

除此之外,我也曾览阅过他的个人网站,其中有段话让我感动不已,共勉:
"They don't get course credit, but they're doing it anyway — and to me that makes these among my best students. They really want to learn." (‘They’指的就是像我这一群啦!)



轻安。

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Boo's Theorem

1. Skills come from daily routine.
2. For those who write dairy, they are reporters of their life; for those who plan for their life, they are director of their own life move; for those who are able to decorate their life, they appear to be artists of their life.
3. Plan everyday, but aim for years.