Waha Walala

writing styles of journalism, the academy, social media, music critic, etc.

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05/26/2016

今天好开心呐！

中午和台湾得昭新、文博、明明和刘幸等弟兄姊妹去吃日本自助餐。文博送了我诗歌书，昭新送了我圣经，还在书后面留言了。昭新在吃饭的时候还特地告诉我看圣经要先看新约，在读圣经的时候如果有疑问可以随时问别人（特别是讲到耶稣会杀很多人的章节），如果你对别人的解答不满意时也不要紧，圣经会是你最寻找最满意的答案的依据。在餐厅吃得超级不错呐！可是我还是老样子，紧张，不放松，老是绷着张笑脸，想着找工作的事。

在开车回来的路上，我听着顾弟兄讲顾点出生时所经历的磨难。作为一个24周的早产儿，顾点在保温箱里睡足到10个月。期间经历了脑出水等一系列问题，可又奇迹般地健康存活下来。当时顾弟兄和文博刚信教不久，每天都为顾点祷告，得着神的眷顾，如今顾点又健康又聪明呐。突然明白到，其实生命里还会有太多太多的事情要发生了，找工作这点小苦恼算得了什么啊。

后来在出门和 ehomie小伙伴吃饭之前我仿佛得到的上帝的启示：没有必要过于忧虑啦，轻松点你反而会得到你想要的。不要老揪着钱和和别人的差距！于是到了晚上，我终于得到了和大家很和谐相处的一段经历，没有太多的尴尬和紧张。

今晚和 ehomie小伙伴们吃饭真的好开心呐！！！这是我觉得最开心的一次聚餐了，可惜又是最后一次。。。吃饭的时候聊了很多。胡歌说他自己申请个绿卡也要好几年，期间还不能随便转工作转工作地点也是够呛的，看来办绿卡真的不是件容易的事啊，顿时拿绿卡的心也小了很多。席间胡歌说道在有自己的小财富之后应该学会炒股投资，还是鼓舞了回国就决定跟着小容好好学炒股的我呐。听着桂达和胡歌说着自己做期权做投资赚自己第一桶金，觉得自己现在开始学也真的差不多啦！胡哥说炒股是退休之后的工作了，因此应该从年轻的时候就开始练手。桂达还告诉我有空一定要去多看看王建林这个人的演讲视频的。今晚讨论的最热烈的莫过于VR和AI了。胡哥说目前很多的科技都发展到了瓶颈了，但是如果AI在逻辑分析这块突破了那很多技术的瓶颈也可以突破了（真假的）？另一个超级令我感兴趣的话题就是DNA改造，胡歌说现在DNA改造依然没法改变人类的寿命，试想人一生中打拼也就几十年，等经验知识都积累够了人也都老了干不动了，这可多可惜啊。还有，胡歌还说有一个理工朋友专门为了老婆设置了AI筛选系统专门找各种 deal，嫁理工男真他妈有趣啊！！！果真对威同学没有兴趣也是真有原因的，和他那能聊到这些。。。胡歌还提到希望花点时间看看AI的科研文章好好了解以下，据说一个牛逼的哥门儿看两周就能看完了？！我好喜欢和崇拜理工男啊！！！看来托参与创业公司的福，我已经确定了去科技公司和找理工男的计划了哈哈哈。还有，今天讨论完之后发现大疆真的满足了我找工作的很多条件：在深圳，大公司，国际化，薪水高，有前景，接触的同事层次高。新目标确定啦！！好好了解无人机公司和 VR公司，然后赶紧写求职信投简历！！

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纽约区域特点

Queens:

1. Kew Garden: nice quiet neighborhood, mostly decent townhouses, a very small urban area, connected to highways, an area heavily relied on cars

2. Jamaica: terrible neighborhood, dirty and messy

2. Rego Park: mostly ok-looking apartments, diverse population, ok stores

3. Jackson Heights -- Queens Plaza: an area with a very diverse area, sketchy neighborhood

4. Queensborough -- 30 Av: nice neighbor kind of similar to forest hills, have some very nice apartment buildings, very young, a lot of new developments going on

5. Astoria: very industrial, almost no urban area

6. Woodside : very industrial looking

7. Flushing: mixed buildings, some nice, some just ok

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Manhattan:

1. Financial District: many luxury buildings around, very urban, very few botanic areas

2. Tribeca: one of the most expensive neighborhoods, very elegant

3. West Village: the most European area in NY, beautiful town-house apartments with all kinds of interesting diners, food stores, and shops. Delicate flower decor on the exterior of many houses. Old walk-ups, first floor merchandise.

4. Greenwich: many restaurants, bar. Young and chilled

5. Meatpacking: urban

6. Soho: many indie cool stores

7. Noho: really hip, many cool fashion stores, very young, clean, tidy and quiet neighborhood not as busy as Soho. Old walk-ups, first floor merchandise.

8. Noho 往右的 Lower East Side: 越往东越sketchy

9. East Village: young, many good restaurants

10. Gramercy & Kips Bat & Murray Hill & Turtle Bay: very urban, populated by office buildings and shops, industrial-looking tall apartment buildings (grey, black), with some very old elegant luxury apt buildings. Traffic heavy. The closer the houses to the mid line, the most luxurious the brownstone houses.

11. Hell’s kitchen/midtown west: young neighborhood with streets full of bars and restaurants, urban, close to Time Square, close to theatres

12. Upper East 60-68: b/w 6 line to Central Park -- gorgeous Brownstone townhouses or luxurious apartments, luxury shops on Madison Ave. East of line 6 -- normal-looking apartments

13. Upper East 68-77: b/w line 6 to Central Park -- there are brownstones, but a bit higher 4-5 floors and less luxurious. East of line 6 -- normal-looking apartments

14. West Harlem West 110 - 135 (Columbia University area): 靠近哥大也就是Amsterdam Ave 往左的区域很safe很tidy, Amsterdam 往右很Harlem很Sketchy

15. West 136 St. 一直到 Inwood: Sketchy neighborhood, cheap shops

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Brooklyn (massive, overall impression better than Queens)

1. Dumbo: the area I lived when I used airbnb, tall apartment, right next to Brooklyn bridge, very industrial, many concrete-colored buildings 

2. Downtown Brooklyn: nothing special, low quality stores, not a great downtown

3. Brooklyn Heights: many brownstone 3-4 floor houses, gorgeous neighborhood, not a lot of shopping areas though

4. Bay Ridge (the very south of Brooklyn): mostly townhouses, quiet, nice, tidy, clean and safe

5. Sunset Park: a lot of Mexicans, mostly ok townhouses

6. Crown Heights: populated by black people, decent townhouses, a little messy but not very terrible

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你不强大，再多人脉也没用

1. 人脉不是你利用多少人，而是你帮助多少人

2. 人脉不是多少人在面前吹捧你，而是多少人在背后称赞你

3. 人脉不是辉煌时多少人奉承你，而是落魄时多少人愿意帮助你

4. 人脉不是你和多少人打过交道，而是多少人愿意主动和你打交道

5. 很多社交并没有用，看似留了别人电话，却在需要帮忙的时候，仅仅是白打了一个电话。因为你不够优秀－－虽然很残忍，但谁又愿意帮助一个不优秀的人？(Helping is an investment too)

6. 如果你不够优秀，人脉是不值钱的，它不是追求来的，而是吸引来的。只有等价的交换，才能得到合理的帮助。

7. 刚开始，身边的确有一群朋友围着、跟着。后来，处得还可以的人渐渐地离去，为什么呢？主要原因是他们得事业越做越好，除了没有时间外，恐怕就是觉得没那个必要。因为当你把时间花在混朋友关系上时，自身没有其他过硬得本事，也没能打好事业得根基。

8. 在你还没有足够强大、足够优秀时，先别花太多宝贵的时间去社交，多花点时间读书、提高专业技能。放弃那些无用的社交，提升自己，世界才能更大。

9. 范冰冰曾说，我不嫁豪门，我就是豪门。我不追求人脉，我就是人脉！

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What I learned from Baked by Melissa

1. When I got to his office, my brother said, "I got it. Go home, bake your cupcakes. I'll help you start a business." The amazing thing is I listened. 

2. I enlisted key people in my life who had skills that I didn't — that's just as valuable, if not more valuable, than money. My brother had that entrepreneurial spirit. I had the creative side, the baking, and the product. A friend had restaurant experience, and another had PR and catering experience, so they offered advice.

3. I actually just recently found this Excel sheet where I had all the employees' names written and their birthdays and what they loved to eat.

4. I make sure to have conversations with all the employees I see because I like to know about them. When I'm in the office, I'm usually preparing for when I'm going to the kitchen. I do lots of market research — going and getting candy and baked goods that I love. When I'm in the kitchen, I usually have four ideas for new flavors, and I bake the whole time I'm there.

5. My best friend's little sister was staying with me for the summer, and she was interning at a PR firm that's known for having all of these fashion and lifestyle brands. I said, "Why don't you bring these cupcakes with you tomorrow? At the very least you'll make some new friends." They were a huge hit. The owner of the firm started introducing me to people, and my brother helped with branding and business cards. 

6. I did corporate events, fashion showrooms, tastings, and other events, and I would always place a stack of business cards in front of the cupcakes, so people would get in touch to order Baked by Melissa for their events. I would also cold-call catering companies being like, "This is Melissa from Baked by Melissa. Would you like a sample tasting of my cupcakes?"

7. I worked out of my apartment baking for seven months. I woke up, put on my sweatpants, baked, and watched the TV shows that the moms who stay at home watch. I had to motivate myself every single day. But I knew I had to do every single thing I could do to reach my goal of — I didn't even know what exactly at the time, but continuing to bake the cupcakes and somehow making money from it.

8. We started the company with bite-size cupcakes. I always liked variety — I would go to a bakery and order two cupcakes so that I could try both — and we realized we needed to find a niche in the market. 

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5/17/2016

对自己最近的发现：

做事做得不够深入彻底，也容易怕烦怕累

今天带Chang Yi看房子：

1. 考虑周全，预想好所有的步骤并且问齐所有的信息！（比如能否远程签单之类的）tips to be considerate: think of all the possibilities of things may go wrong

2. Verify important information before leaving (之前看到Andreas邮件下方的电话发现他没预留手机号，之后见面问了他拿了名片居然名片上还是没有他的手机号！重要的信息必须在走之前confirm好）

3. Always show them the top choices even if they say oh that’s too expensive or blah blah blah. They may change their mind and criteria after seeing the to choices

4. 带周瑾看房的领会：learn to verify information ( find a $3700 two bedroom apartment in 100 John, but later when checking out their website, I noticed this is impossible. And later confirmed with the agent who posted this, and he said this is a flex 2)

5. 见微知著：今天在Queens从Jackson Heights开始每一站都下去看看沿线Neighborhood长什么样，结果发现了一个规律：地铁站越脏，neighborhood也越脏。所以啊，人靠衣装就是这么一回事吧，做事情一个细节就能看出人的特质。

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From 欢乐颂：

1. The keys of doing sales: 本身产品的性价比高，再加上你的游说能力以及能否比客人考虑得更周全

2. 学会记录自己的工作成绩，以后可以写在简历上还有工作回报上，在工资谈判也可以拿来跟公司谈条件

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5/18/2016

How to find and do work you love (Ted Talk)

- People around you matter. Find passionate people who do what they do to be around you. Environment is everything. But if 80% of the people in a corporate environment are doing things that they don’t like, then you’re not gonna benefit from them. You need to go find the group of inspiring people for yourself.

- Ask yourself: what’s the work that you cannot do

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5/16/2016

为什么自己的事情做不好：因为还没有用尽全力去做！

自己总是处于温吞状态，因此很大程度上会做少很多事情。

今天问了Kingsley为什么喜欢长跑，他说因为想挑战自己。或许我就是缺乏这样的精神吧，以至于我总是待在自己的conform zone里。未来，要go hardcore!!

一天下来不累坏直接倒床就睡就对不起一天的时间了！！！

Be energetic! Be positive! Play it hard!!!

明天开始制定深入了解纽约房产之旅，顺便抓紧一下发转租房信息和告诉朋友们

周二记得问 Stef提前取钱的事情

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5/14/2016

明白了很多东西之后，一定要记得改！！！不能再像以前一样懂了然后又忘了。

进入职场奋斗目标：怎么与同事上司沟通，怎么去发现问题，怎么去解决问题，了解为人处事和公司文化

LinkedIn文章：闲聊是能让你更出色的一种能力

在工作中少说话的后果：1.与同事相处不怎么好 2.大家对你印象不佳

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5/13/2016

不要在纠结于自己的能力，学会放宽心，打开眼界，寻找自己的长处还有自己的路。

不要让自己的性格成为自己的绊脚石。不要消极！！！要积极！！！

了解的事情少令我明白事情的能力也变弱，这其实和积累词汇量和增强听力能力是一回事。不要拼命质疑自己的能力和智商，学会多积累。

今天和周瑾，小Ko聊天才发现，自己的生活节奏实在比她们慢太多了。Jin每天10点上班，晚上12点回家，周日还要加班。而在周六，她睁着那带这一点血丝的眼睛就拉着小Ko出去逛了，完全不像我的想法（回家好好睡一觉）。或者差异就是这么一点一滴的累积的，能不能追得上我不知道，但是我真的觉得从今天开始，我要创造一个新的湛殷瑜，改变如下：

1. 强大的自制力和执行力：要有强大的自制力和执行力，尤其对于饮食、作息和安排时间。明白现在的放松，是会转化为日后的后悔

2. 整齐干净有条理：从小事开始，做到整齐干净有条理

3. 放宽心：把学会把社交压力释放。这样有利于以后多进行社交活动。学会把好或者坏的事都不要看太重。

4. 学会社交技巧：不能盲目地社交。要掌握方法和目标。

5. 陪跑：自己不厉害，要努力寻找好的陪跑。从交朋友，男朋友，到室友，找个陪跑才能让自己知道可以往那个方向走，并且快速地跟上。和当初认识孙洁一样，找最牛的人为伍吧。

6. 每日时间安排：对每天怎么过要有计划

7. 学会联络感情：看到好玩的事情记得和朋友分享

8. 今天看到一句不错的话：不仅要做到优秀，还要做到无可替代。

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5/9/2016

今天和Lily又聊了一次天，探讨的是我为什么是一个失败的室友，这个话题是不是一听就很有营养呢？Lily 很诚实的一番话令我心寸感激，还是很感谢这一段不算太美好也不算很差的室友生活。

Lily告诉我：

1) 要有心主动融入大家。别人会伸手拉你，但是拉多了你不主动，别人也就不想再拉了。

2) 不要指望每个人都能坦诚地告诉你他们的点在哪里，你做得不好的地方又在哪里。学会观察和留意吧

3) 别人叫你改的事要放在心上。一次两次可以原谅，但是久了别人也就不再会对你有期望了。处室友是，工作上也是。

4) 做人嘛，就是你来我往

5) 别人都在搞卫生，我居然无动于衷啊

6) 有些事情，多问问就能避免问题了

还是那一句吧，做个有心人。

今天还看了一篇叫张一弛《一个 GPA仅为2.5的留美学渣如何拿到一个又一个高大上的实习》，感触还是很深的

1. 利用好业余时间做不同的工作（办活动也好、摄影也好拉，旅游也好拉），了解自己的兴趣，多些抛头露面的机会，认识多一点的人

2. 学会照顾人关照人，无论是同辈也好，上级也好

3. 找工作就是打地道战，要利用我军自己的地利优势，挖地道，打鬼子。

4. 在收到名片24之内务必要跟人家follow up，而且会在名片上面标记号，能加LinkedIn的就用手机在第一时间加上。后来吧，就时常会有一些当地公司的人给我发邮件，说他们需要找实习生，问我们的社团，或者兄弟会，有没有可推荐的人。

5. 结果人家压根儿没看我简历，也没问我业务知识。面试我的那位金发大姐跟我聊了一上午闲天儿，还带我吃了个饭。（可他们都聊了啥呢。。。？）会聊天的人得天下啊

6. 了解朋友的家庭背景！！实习就是这么来的，工作也一样吧。。。

7. 求职信：再阅读了一遍邮件，确认了每一个单词的正确拼写喝标点符号运用后，我发出了那封短短的邮件。

8. 找大公司高管聊天的那些人，目的性其实略强一些：要名片，发个邮件，找个实习。有几个校友跟我说，他们有时候很反感跟这样的孩子聊天。因为这些孩子社交技巧的不完善，让他们在聊天一开始就暴露了他们的企图。最后名片都没要到。

9. 很多人在讲他们是如何成功的时候会跟你分享他们是如何吃苦，如何奋斗，如何冒着风险做事情。但是很多人不去告诉你的是他们的人脉。有些人的人脉是天生就有的，有些人是后天积累出来的。

10. 实习生也有名片？当一家公司对待实习生的态度是如此认真与严谨的时候，这名实习生已经在耳濡目染的开始感受这家公司的企业文化了。

11. Jen后来在我实习的那段时间把我介绍给了她很多在上海金融圈混的朋友。吃饭，喝酒，唱K，夜宵…她知道我在上海不认识什么人，于是尽可能的带我融入她得社交圈子，介绍朋友给我认识。

12. 怀揣着至上的感恩之心与诚挚的歉意，我给那两家银行打了电话，后来写了封信并送上小礼品，感谢他们看中我，以最礼节性的方式谢绝了他们给我的offer。就这样，我从大四开学以后一个最无忧无虑不用为毕业后发愁的那群学生群体里脱离出来，回归到了那些还在为毕业后找归属感的那个学生群体。

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5/7/2016

Today is an important day: the day for me to start writing diaries. 

My thoughts and learning disappear so quickly that I know I need to mark them down for future reference. 

Today is Mother’s day. I had a great conversation with mom, and I look forward to having her by my side again. Mom told me a couple of important things: 1) the golden age of one’s life may be their 30s. 20s is about setting stage for later and accumulating experiences and knowledge. 2) sleep well eat well. My 20s is the most important time to build up a strong body. No matter what others are doing, understand the importance of staying healthy. We need to look at life from a long-term perspective. Also, according to Chinese medicine, different hours correspond to organs. So it’s important to go to bed by 11. 3) I am stubborn because I know too little. 4) It’s ok to be ignorant about certain areas, but I need to be an expert in at least one area. 5) Go to see 五叶草 in person to decide what to do. 

I also discovered Flying Tiger today. Yuran introduced me to this store, and we just love it so so much!! Those home decors are so well designed, and I love how they’re transformed into DIY projects too. And they’re super cheap!!! Would like to explore the possibility of bring it to China! Ooops, time is almost up, let me put down what I learned from Yuran today.

Yuran shared with me her understanding of relationships. She explained to me that 60% of what they care may be appearance, but after appearance passed the bottom line, the rest 40% would be your personal charisma, meaning how interesting and sweet you are. 

She also mentioned the importance of staying in control of the relationship by showing your temper. Indeed, relationships are about power polarization. Learn to stay strong Joanna.

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龙宽

“我想这就是我来到英国最大的收获，我也意识到过去的束缚并非来自外界环境，而是来自自身。每个人都被赋予了足够的能力来驾驭自己的生活，因为人的愿望是世界上最强大的一种力量，但不是每个人都有机会意识到这一点。” 

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宋柯：当务之急是打造音乐淘宝

今天来到羊城创意产业园，看到这里集聚了滚石、YY娱乐、酷狗这些代表了过去和未来音乐行业的重要标杆，外加羊城晚报报业集团的组织，如果日后再联络深圳的腾讯等企业，相信广东很快能回到中国流行音乐的重要位置。

近日，国家版权局发布最新消息，今年7月31日前，未经授权的数字音乐必须全部下架。宋柯直言这对音乐产业是个利好消息，此外，他也观察到，近两年每年都有几十亿资本悄悄向音乐行业进军。

　　宋柯说，尽管音乐行业看来不算景气，但音乐版权、演唱会、音乐教育等板块，每年加起来依旧有超过两千亿的产值。

理性思考：内容方拿40%以上分成才健康

音乐的内容方，参照其他娱乐领域，比如电影、电视，起码要有40%以上的分成，这个行业才健康、有创造力。

宋柯强调，内容行业需要互联网人才，互联网同样需要唱片工业人才，最近知名音乐制作人梁翘柏跳槽陌陌，就预示着人才的融合会逐步加快。

平台升级：为词曲作者打造“淘宝”

唱片时代的确扼杀了一部分人的创造性。当年多少人在滚石端茶递水，刘若英、赵传，多少人要至少潜伏三五年才有机会出头。

宋柯认为，YY娱乐这类平台的出现本身，就为这群在唱片时代熬不出头的人找到了出口。

　　宋柯认为，互联网的出现让当歌手的门槛降低，但作为内容提供方，音乐的词曲作者、幕后制作团队，至今仍缺乏一个有效的互联网连接平台。他认为，可以打造一个类似“淘宝”的交易平台，词曲作者、制作人团队进行网上登记、认证，“保不准哪天YY的歌手，或者哪个创作人的词曲遇到了张亚东、火星电台、梁翘柏来做他们的单曲，这个平台能给这群人制造机会，变成一个成长的阶梯。”

产品升级：APP唱片内容更丰富

音乐行业在CD倒下之后，并没有提供升级版的产品或服务，“电影（2D到3D、IMAX）、电视（传统电视到高清电视、网络电视）、游戏（单机到网游）经历了各种技术升级，与其相比，音乐反而从CD退回MP3时代，从音质来说，MP3就是过去的卡带水平，从产品概念来说，消费者的消费体验在退化。产品和服务退化，收费当然困难。”

“我个人认为应该有升级的产品，比如多媒体数字唱片，音质、MV的品质，照片、游戏等交互性设计，都很完整，内容比传统唱片更丰富多彩。这样一张APP唱片卖20元，我想对歌迷而言是有消费冲动的。”

宋柯还十分推崇YY娱乐的差异化消费模式，粉丝的消费能通过虚拟物品得到呈现，能让花钱更多的粉丝更有成就感，唱片行业也应该加强对粉丝心理的研究。

视听升级：线上演出要有想象力

随着演唱会直播技术的升级，如今有不少网站涉足线上演唱会视频直播。视频直播的出现，解决了地域、人数、票价等限制，不过在宋柯看来，互联网涉足演出，应该有更多的可能性，而不仅仅追求对现场演出的实况转播。

　　宋柯表示，在线下演唱会，观众能够通过不同的票价得到不同的视听体验，随着互联网直播技术的提升，这种视听体验也应该朝着多样性发展。他以虚拟偶像初音未来在上海的演唱会为例，“我们能不能在互联网这个虚拟空间中，创造出更多的可能性，不管是互动模式，还是影像呈现，给大家带来更多充满想象力的东西，而这恰恰是实体无法做到的。”

音乐“淘宝”平台已着手在做

　　在陈洲看来，互联网初涉音乐行业时的免费模式，让内容方和平台方都没有获得真正的利益，而他们现在做的就是打通内容和平台的脉络。目前，由YY娱乐打造的线上线下打通的女子偶像团体1931发展势头迅猛，如果这个模式成功，日后不管是互联网平台，还是内容制作方都有利可图。

　　对于宋柯提出的音乐领域的“淘宝”交易平台，谢欢直言他们近两年已经在尝试，免费为词曲作者和歌手提供一个交易平台。此外，酷狗音乐2012年上线的繁星直播平台，也借鉴YY的模式，推出了庄心妍、童可可等一大批人气颇高的网络新兴歌手，此外更花重本帮繁星主播打造O2O演唱会，力图帮助网络主播成为真正音乐人，“音乐是个比网游盘子铺得更大的产业，未来也一定是个无可限量的新兴行业。”

[wahawalala]

Two inspiring thoughts

1. If modern arts for the majority is about creating meanings out of references to ordinary things, then making pop song is the same. I can try to interpret elements in pop songs as references to certain feelings, scenes, or things. 2. Making Chinese arts isn't always about digging into traditionalism to find usable elements. Today's China is different from other places too. So try to explore modern elements to make my music more Chinese.

[wahawalala]

有意义，无意义

其实，再无实际意义的事或话，只要有趣而你又喜欢，那就是有意义的。 所以，有时觉得有些事有些话无意义时，或者也只是它不吸引你而已。有趣就有意义

[wahawalala]

Great articles on international deals between China and other countries

http://www.economist.com/node/17460954

- Chinese negotiators often use booze (豪饮) to break down barriers

- Most targets of Chinese takeovers need an interpreter (another side that needs a middle person!!) Not all the executives trust their hosts. Chinese firms also use lieutenants for information. 

- (与中共的内幕关系) Chinese companies' power structure is a mystery to outsiders. A popular theory is that they are controlled by a parallel hierarchy of Communist Party officials. The most senior party man in a firm, the general secretary, is not necessarily the most senior executive. Many people who ask good questions lack the authority to make decisions. An interesting quote: In China you're dealing with the government. In India you're dealing with companies.Political consent can play a determinant role in the fate of the deal. 

- (企业内部的权力结构) The structure of power is opaque and highly stratified. In the longer term the DNA of Chinese corporations -- a sense of mission, consensus, deference and opacity -- can cause difficulties. These can be compounded by a dearth of English-speaking managers familiar with working outside China. The lack of open discussion caused friction. Nobody contests what their immediate superior says. The decisions are taken somewhere else. 

- A Chinese firm has to jump through lots of hoops to set up a foreign bid, but once it has done it enjoys formidable advantages. It has access to cheap finance. Politicians may also work to smooth the waters. It can ignore its share price, since its majority shareholder, the government, is onside (支持的). 

- Chinese firms also risk political fallout if they fail. Chinese suitors struggled to deal with Western stock markets. Their disclosure rules mean slip-ups are made public, and disparate institutional investors are unpredictable. As a result Chinese buyers prefer targets with a single big shareholder who can negotiate bilaterally.

- Management problems after acquisition: staff in the original companies left (inability to retain staff), but technical and local expertise accounts for much of a company's value. The most durable multinational firms, such as Nestle or Unilever, often transcend nationality.

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http://money.cnn.com/interactive/economy/chinese-acquisitions-us-companies/

http://rhg.com/interactive/china-investment-monitor

[wahawalala]

最近新领悟

1. 有一个描写花花很有意思的词，叫无欲则刚。“佛经上有李少白水墨书法 无欲则刚一句话，叫做“无欲则刚”，意思是说，一个人如果没有什么欲望的话，他就什么都不怕，什么都不必怕了。”

2. 花花的天才身份总是被夸大，这也许也是他成名的助力之一。之前他说我不是天才，我只是比别人努力得早一点而已。其实当初他说比赛的很多歌他都没准备过，都是挑战，但是从以前的视频看出，I'll always love you 也是他曾经参加比赛唱过的歌了。选歌上我也相信这包含了他以前的积累。所以这一切都只能证明花是一个聪明的孩子，而不是音乐天才。就像那个睡神和吃货的称号，有多少人知道睡神其实只是因为他晚上睡得太晚而已。狂吃饭也只是吃饭平时不规律的表现而已。

3. Psychology assessment  给我的启发是，在相信一个测试结果或一个评价时，必须要先确定它得出结果结论的过程是合理科学和经过多方 evaluate 的。

4. 归结2和3得出的是，不要太快被结果carry away了。Slow down,  看过程。