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置顶:From 'English corners' to 'Life ch…(2008-09-30 16:32)

English corner, a very familiar, close name to me.

I was the English corner organiser in school and I like those campus activities very much, English corners, parties, speech competitions, and everything related with English, it was the most beautiful experience in university. At the very begining, English corner was like the ugly duckling, foreigners were invited and free talks were hold. But soon we felt so stupid to sit together when both the students and foreigners were just smiling to each other or asking boring questions to each other. So fewer foreigners and fewer students were coming, later we had English parties, which was very popular and successful, in this way students can not speak too much English, but it invoked their interests of English studies.

Later in Chengdu, I knew Hi-Connection, a coffee bar owned by 2 foreigners, hold English corner on Wed and Sat evenings. I felt so free and confident to talk in English and did not feel in any embarassment. There came CEOs, managers, colledge students, company staffs, all kinds of different people with the same interest: Studying English. I loved this place very soon. I went there almost everyweek, and found things were fresh everytime. Fresh people, fresh talks, and fresh ideas. And It was also the lucky place for me, I won the runner-up in its English speaking contest, and the first prize in the egg-face drawing game. One word to sum up my impression: Mature. Although people were at different levels and from different backgrounds, but we were there only for English. The atomosphere was so relax, no one forced you to speak in English, but I felt that only English was understood there.

Cosy corner, English activities on Wed and Sat afternoons. I went there once and I liked it, it was different from Hi-connection that it had a certain topic and a presentation must be given after the group discussion. I love presenting ideas in English, it's exciting and challenging. The boss was a very cool lady, and she was also very nice to us. I had to take bus there, so I am too lazy to attend it any more. The boss sent everyone e-mails every week and I can feel the happy times they spent together with English. Today, I visited their Bolg and knew the topic for this week:Do you enjoy the life changes and look forward to new experiences? I am so interested in this topic because this is what i'm thinking deeply recently.

Do things you like and Do things you are good at, then you can get the happiness and success easily. Luyu and Robin Li hold the same view and I would like to follow it. I know clearly I like English and it even changes my personality, so I wish I can own a bar myself and spent my time with friends sharing the same interest. To pursue such a dream, my life needs changing. I think at this important turning-point of my life, it needs courage and intelligence to give up the stable life of today and search new life experience with risks of tomorrow. Anyways, learn to give up.

Same here, right now about my job. I need a decision soon, and I think it is better to search new opportunities than just wait. I wish a turning-point though my effort, at least doing something makes me feel positive and happy!

Maybe the last one(2008-10-02 20:07)
Finally, I got a short time to have a rest here, in the self-learning room, quite and comfortable. These days for me are a little bit painful, but I have learned something new.    
I faced some pressures from my partner and my superior. One of my partners was also my roommate, who should take the responsibility to find the sponsorship. She found thousands of millions of excuses to tell me she won’t go. I felt very angry and shouted to her in our room. Now I learned how to speak to people straightforward, I believe that is what a courageous man can do, of course it depends on different situations. Although I knew I was not so powerful to ask her to do things, the president didn’t support me either.    
But I’m just doing what I want to do. This competition is supported by some other people. All the contestants well prepared and do the performance very well, I saw someone preparing his speech in front of the mirror in the WC half an hour before the contest, I was really inspired; some foreign teachers helped us as well; still, some guys in our association also tried hard. For all these, I’ll try my best to do it well. They don’t want to help me, I can help myself. Why not? I would be regret forever if I didn’t try because of other people. Even I can’t make it at last; the happiness is during the process but not just the result.    
I usually imagine one day night, after the final competition, cheering with all people who did contribution to our competition, and who did help us. That would be the most wonderful, excellent time for me. So simple, doing everything is just to enjoy the happiness of that moment. Maybe a sense of achievement, at least everyone is happy. So relax! Then next day, I will say good-bye to the president, vice president…… of course our association. I love our association, leaving is not mainly because of other people, but everyone has one’s own way to go. I still believe school is a better place for study; skills can be picked up later. While, I’m not so sure to make this decision, for the fostering of skills and creativity are both worthwhile goals, am I thinking the right way???    
There are some really conscious freshmen in our association; I hope everything goes well there.   
Good luck tomorrow, good luck to our competition!
My essay(2008-10-02 20:07)
Racing the clock everyday is really a wonderful experience for me, after 'English corner', I return to normalcy, but what's next? The English speaking competition, which is the most important event in our association. Catch the interval before the speaking competition, to have a summery of 'English corner' seems appropriate for me, while writing a journal everyday with such a busy life seems a luxury for me, to summarize every step of my life will also help me greatly, by doing this, I would know more about myself, I would know what advantages I own and what skills I need most. To me, doing every little thing during all these process brings many challenges, thing that troubled me most was reserving the 3rd dormitory lobby, we tried at least 4 times, I know why 'life is full of surprises'. Everything is changing, even in my dreams. Although my partner should share these responsibilities, he fails to accomplish anything (not an exaggeration). There were serious problems at the party as well. We didn’t even get working microphone that night, because we were unaware of that. Next time, consider every little detail of the event. There's a difference between what we plan and what we actually do. That's what makes people think this activity is not so formal. Why has this happened? I’m in charge of this activity, make something changed without enough consideration. Next time, fix a deadline, any advice can be absorbed before the deadline, after that, nothing should be changed. After organizing this event, I discovered the skills in needed most; I should try hard to find the balance. Balance being independent and corporation with others; balance assertiveness and pressure from superiors; balance work, study, and life. Try to practice these skills while the opportunities present themselves.
Undergrad et Postgrad(2008-10-02 20:07)
After shopping from 9:30 to 6:30 yesterday, I had a presentation in the evening--Strategic Management, given by a professor from The University of London, I went there because the instructor was a foreigner, even I was not interested with the content, for it is in English, I was there.
It’s a little bit difficult at the beginning, because of his British English. It became better soon; I learned some basic knowledge about the subject, about Game Theory especially, because I knew the theory before, but this time even in English I understood better. (The view that Game Theory is the opposite of “ego”)
The presentation itself did not give me very deep impression, but someone said something really “offends” me, I don’t know why it seems normal to anyone else?
Actually, I could not enjoy the presentation there because the 2 girls sitting beside me were taking all the time, I even can not bear, I should have said: please! But I did not want to hurt anyone. It was a mistake, we should not even be there, it was for postgraduate, but thinking of the 2 talkative girls, just talking there paying no attention to people around them, are they sort of the symbol of post~? I don’t know.
Later the principle threw a comparison of the post~ and the under~, the dying hair: he said the girl dying the hair is only for some night clubs which do some special service! I looked around, and simply found out: not a single post~ dye the hair. So surprised! So, that’s the symbol of post~? I don’t know.
Maybe it has some logic. I think I need know more about them…
Hi-connection(2008-10-02 20:07)
English corner: High Connection coffee bar 7:00-9:00pm every Weds and Sats.
Now I have full schedule on these two days, for I have to take several friends there for visiting. It’s really a good place to go, or I can say it is much more mature than the former ones organized by our Miracle English Association.
You can meet lots of people there, it has a strange power that makes you speak English automatically even with a group of Chinese, sure someone going there is only for talking to foreigners, but in my point of view, these kind of people are not mature at all, because I find it is usually more interesting talking to Chinese, because you can exchange some “deep” ideas. You would never even think about using Chinese there, just everybody English.
Last Saturday I met a CEO, who is also from my hometown, has a very strong spirit in his mind, and his motto is “never give up”, it’s a obvious character that you can see from his behavior, so I need to learn from him very much. Last night I met a guy working for a non-profit organization, just like kham-aid foundation, he loves volunteering and English very much, so that’s the common interest of us, And he knows lots of good places in Chengdu for English learning, I think I would like to have a try if I get time.
So, anyway, I wanna thank the guy who took me there for the first time, a really good place!
Hi-connection speech(2008-10-02 20:07)
Tomorrow is a box of chocolate, how will it taste, it is full of imagination, anyways, I’m going to tell you what I’m planning to do tomorrow.
Reading English in the morning, that’s what I’m doing regularly everyday. Because getting good English skills will help me to get a better job in the near future, many people consider an ideal job as a means of making more money and living more comfortably, it may reasonable because money is the foundation of life. For me, I’m trying to get a job which consists with my interests.
Making a phone call to my parents after that, I’ll tell them: everything is going OK, don’t worry about me, and take care yourselves.” Parents always think a little about themselves but think too much of us. So we should care more about their health and happiness.
Going for lunch with friends at noon, friendship must be developed, no matter whether we’re working, studying, or enjoying our daily life; we always need the company of our friends. A word of encouragement from a friend is like a light in the darkness, and a blessing from a friend is like sunshine in the spring.
Jogging at 10:00 in the evening, this is also what I’m doing everyday, doing sports keeps me healthy, energetic, and gives me a positive attitude towards life.
Going to bed at 11:00, I will lie on the bed and think: what a fruitful day! Doing so much and thinking so much, I found what I did draw a picture of my full life, it includes career, family, friends, and health, these are exactly what my full life is made of, but you know life is full of surprise, tomorrow it may change a little bit or be totally different, because plans are plans, only the reality could teach you what will happen.
Anyways, thanks for your attention!
Hi-connection speech(2008-10-02 20:07)
Previously in the speech, I drew a picture of my full life for tomorrow, which includes: career, family, friends and health. This time, instead of planning individually for myself, I’m dreaming of what the world would be tomorrow.
What the world would be tomorrow? One single word pops out in my mind, HARMONY! I’ll explain it from 2 aspects.
First, man should live in harmony with nature, please think about this question: “can man conquer nature?”…well, I’ll give you my point of view with an easy example: men are intelligent creature and part of nature, just like our hands are part of us, hands can do lots of things, but no matter how powerful they are, do you think they can conquer us? Absolutely not! Man can not conquer nature, too! So, stop killing wild animals, for any species of wide life, as a critical link in the ecological chain, helps to establish ecologic balance, the disruption of this balance may cause unpredictable disasters; stop cutting down trees, for they are essential to prevent water and soil erosion, stop polluting the fresh air and clean water, because the smoke and harmful chemicals would even threaten human life. For the sustainable development of the society, the let’s do something to control pollution and learn to recycle our natural resources. By doing this, we can expect a better and cleaner planet.
Second, we should live in harmony with ourselves, take a worldwide overview, those children who live in turbulent countries suffer from wars, having enough to eat is even a luxury, let alone getting education in a quiet, bright and spacious classroom. Why countries use weapons to talk? If enough communication and tolerance are showed to solve problems, then the world would go more around. On the other hand, interpersonal relationship contributes to the stability of the whole society too; this is what we ordinary people can do to achieve world peace. Forgiving people if they made mistakes, finding opportunities to help someone in need, showing appreciation to people when they do a good job.
So, let’s try to achieve the harmony with nature, and with ourselves, by doing so, we can expect that there will be a more prosperous tomorrow waiting for us.
Thanks for your attention!
Hi-connection speech(2008-10-02 20:07)

嘉联咖啡的英语演讲得了第二名,得了一张最佳组合价值130块的VIP卡,便马上和几个好朋友去把它“挥霍”了!感觉很好,就是和几个最好的朋友一起,分享一点小小的收获吧。奖励虽然是小小的,但是我和乔乔夸张得好像拿了几十万一样,走进嘉联,把贵宾卡一拿:“上面的所有东西都来一份”人家都吓一跳,怕我们喝不完。然后乔乔就给人家说“今天下午得的”--高调。然后在人家的menu上左右挑选,这个那个的,整的像买房子一样。

晚上还多开心的,我觉得我可以完全的放松,哈哈地大笑,笑声conquer了整个嘉联,时不时地都有人转过来看我,已经无法忍受我的intolerable ringing laughter了,管不了那么多了,人生得意须尽欢嘛。

Love is like a circle, there’s no beginning and no ending, and you receive it and distribute it to others. With the circulation of money, its value stays the same, while by receiving and sending love, the welfare of the whole world increases. One common way to pass the flame of love is through volunteering.
Once, a group of very successful people offered a 10-day selective course in my university. They were Hong Kong locals and worked successfully as CEOs, CFOs, and bankers… they taught us knowledge about technology, marketing, management and so on. They shared their successful career stories with us, helped us to draw the picture of our full life. They motivated us to pursue our dreams. Quite different from those CEOs hard to approach, and with severe looks on their faces, they were like amiable parents taking care of what we eat, what we wear and what we need. What’s more, they set aside their high salary, busy work and precious time to give us classes. When asked why they do volunteering, one of our teachers said: 'once I received love from people, I should spread it out to others'. Such a simple but valid answer!
Soon after that, our school needed volunteers to help the freshmen with their studies and daily life in order to better adapt their university life, I got registered and took care of 8 girls in my group. I gave them advices on how to study, how to choose association activities to attend, and how to get on well with roommates and classmates. I think I did bring them lots of convenience to lead a better college life. And finally I was paid off, weather when they’re studying, working, or enjoying their daily life; they were usually satisfied and happy with the new environment.
I’m happy to see all these happened, and I sent an e-mail to one of those teachers who transmitted their love to us: 'I passed your love torch to others, I feel very happy'. He replied: 'well done, love makes the word go more around!' I do wish my freshmen young sisters would also pass my love torch to other people in need.
These things may seem ordinary in your eyes, but in my opinion, volunteering is not only helping poor children in rural areas and helping disabled people far from us, because not everyone has the opportunity to go those faraway places. Why not pay attention to people around you? By the close inspection of foreign visitors in 2008, what we need to do is not rushing to help people in remote poor areas, but a more harmonious society in the presence of tourists worldwide.
SAP面试(2008-10-02 20:07)
和上次笔试一样,吃了一个毛毛虫,希望好运可以延续
太过于激动,早上10点出门,本来是怕找不到路,但是809居然可以直接到,也直接导致了我去得太早无所事事,最对不起的是我的脚,在湿湿的鞋子里面,还一直追随我的好奇心游走在这个世外桃源
远远的就看见软件园A区,第一家就是NOKIA,然后我先找到SAP所在的B区,径直走进去,里面被分成了8块,在左边第二栋的楼顶看到了大大的蓝蓝的SAP三个字,全球技术服务中心。太早了不能进去,所以就继续往前面走,他的前面是华为,对面是IBM,最前面是中国移动,其他的不是我孤陋寡闻没见过,就是人家不象SAP那样把Logo挂在那么引人注意的地方
我觉得这样的工作环境真好,干净,清净
看到这些东西,让我变的不自信起来,开始担心自己的穿着,鞋子和衣服的颜色不配,是不是穿的太正式了,人家一看就Pass掉了,但是我想既来之,则安之,一定要珍惜机会
1245我终于走进SAP,和一群年轻的中国人加外国人一起进了电梯,大家都到3楼,再看他们挂在脖子上的工作证,聪明的小桑知道了他们是SAP的,跟他们一起进去了,接待的小姐叫我在茶水间等面试我的人
此刻大家还在吃饭,边吃边聊,我还没有吃饭勒,只有拿出我的小本本出来翻,以掩饰我的尴尬,翻了一会儿,突然一个30岁左右的外国人从我的身后走出来,穿休闲的T-shirt,牛仔裤,很和蔼,很有礼貌地问我:Are you here waiting for an interview? 我马上站起来说是的,然后他说请等一下,他先去上个厕所,看来这个人很随意
等了大概5分钟,他抱着电脑过来了,他说我们找个安静一点的地方吧,就到了一个类似我们机房一样的地方,他开始随意地随便地说说话,和我想象的严肃场景完全不一样.因为不会念他的名字,昨天晚上Ka Fai还教我一招,今天没让他失望,用上了他的句型:My apologize, May I ask you a question first? How can I pronounce your name? 他就很随和地教我怎样发音,还说这是个希腊的名字,寓意天子. 然后自己开始说,具体说的什么也不怎么记得了,大概是他所在的部门,是做什么的,告诉我他自己是不懂财务的,就是想找个助手,这个人要英语很好,还要懂财务。一直都是他在说,开始还想这个人还要不要我说啊,后来觉得他好像是在尽量让我放松,我确实一点也不紧张了.他又问我对SAP了解多少,我就说Top 3 software company,他问是什么software?幸好看了,ERP!The best ERP! 他说你用不着flatter”,我想说大哥这是在flatter你吗? 然后他开始问问题,第一个就是财务专业词汇:bill of exchange不知道,我故意想了一下,然后告诉他说我没有学过,他说没关系,no one knows everything.然后考了一个profit and loss statement,书上也没有这个呀, 因为我想这个中文还是叫损益表,我就说和income statement差不多,列出收入和成本,计算是亏还是赢, 他其实自己都不知道是不是,他说正确,还把自己电脑上的答案念一遍给我听.后面两个问题就简单了,balance sheetcash flow statement,他说都回答对了.
这一部分完了,下一部分是一个句子:she was an unique table 改错! 我说她怎么能是桌子呢”?他说那应该把table改成什么呢?我说person,他说恩, 还有两个错误了,你找一下呢?(大哥提示的太明显了吧)我说这句话没有句号,他说对.我说那只有一个错误拉.他说是啊,我说unique前面应该用a,他说正确.~很弱智吧
下一个是把house, elephant, mouse, cat, insect, tiger重新排列,排列的结果要make sense.我说那就按照size来吧,他说可以啊, 那怎么排?我就把这些东西按照从小到大的顺序念了一遍,他说可以这样排,因为在翻译的时候会遇到一些没有logic关系的词语,把他们按照一定的逻辑顺序排列起来, 别人才能明白
他说我的问题就是这些了,你有什么问题吗?我想:我跑这么远你就这几个问题?我一定要抓住机会,就当是英语角练口语了,问他新员工会面临什么问题?teamworkmember不做事怎么办?不知道后来怎么会说到有些人工作的时候总想显示自己比人家强,也不知道最后为什么还可以说到他的女朋友,但是我保证这个话题是他自己提起的
一个小时时间,面试就完了,他说you did a good interview. 这个肯定是客套话,因为我觉得自己很普通,算不上Good,他说不论最后是通过了还是挂掉了,结果会在两周之内通知我
走出SAP,深深地回望了一下,这样就好了吗?真的不能判断自己的表现是好还是不好,对了还是没对,这个面试官杀人不见血(哈哈,说的好恐怖)
出来开机后,才看到Ka Fai发的一条鼓励我的短信:Hope everything is well with you.谢谢Ka Fai.当然还有谢谢乔乔,欧,妹儿,好,萍等等的鼓励和祝福!
好了,这就是我的第一次面试,留作纪念!
考试结束(2008-10-02 20:07)
今天终于考完了,最近一两周确实很辛苦,背经济法的时候发现自己记忆力严重衰退,今天早上也有点昏昏的,现在终于考完了!
上周五收到SAP的拒绝信,说五个参加面试的最后选一个,最后只能找一个with strongest skills的,那对于我们就只有说sorry了。但是没关系,那肯定是有不喜欢我的人啦!不过面试之后,我疯狂地想再找工作,学校里面的一些东西也比以前看得平淡了,比如分数这些,只要及格就好,更重要的是复习的方法和学习的思维和能力
暑假来了,实习没有找到,其实现在对于工作还在迷茫之中,不知道以后想做什么,我明白想要知道以后想做什么,想是肯定想不出来的,就是在找工作的时候去发现去定位,或者开始上班的前几年去适应,再去培养兴趣,要不然怎么说找工作是耍朋友,要两情相悦,人家HR要喜欢你,你还要喜欢这个工作
现在还是努力吧,多思考一些,人生在这样的转折点上才能给你一个珍贵的机会让你通过翻天覆地的思考去做选择,给你这个思考的机会,让你变得热爱思考,让你变得成熟。但是不是所有事情都是想出来的,我有时候还会想得自己很压抑,那就去做,而且一定要做,做之前也一定要想
我很喜欢身边的人现在的状态,都在为了明天而努力,身上都有一股冲劲,很喜欢偶尔和她们一起畅谈,一起想象,一起渴望未来
Connections
小欧

欧!聪明漂亮能干的美女,走到哪里都是聚光的

小红帽

那次促膝长谈让我知道你其实有吃掉大灰狼的智慧和勇气

小竹

性格亲和,活得敞亮的Barbara小美女

安安

印象中还是那个温柔漂亮的英语老师,谁都会喜欢

Bluebird

踏实勤奋地学英语,从容优美地用英语

KaFai

一心向善,爱的传递者,影响着我们把这份爱传递给更多的人

Jean

我相信,我们是即将走出崩溃成为同事的同学

乔乔

还有什么说的呢,认识你是一辈子的事情,是一种福气

丹丹

大雪纷飞的季节,抽查凭证,整理底稿,不过最对不起你的是最后一次让你单独面对“灭二”

霜霜

一起在元旦和元宵的晚上吃铁板烧,散步,看烟花许愿,讲“霹雳”笑话的大记者小熊妹

好好

性格实在好,妙语连珠,用简单的态度追求丰富的生活

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