星期五早上看CW daily news 報導, IBM宣佈國泰航空跟它們簽署了為期數年的App Support 和Maint 合約, 心中有點感慨: 當年被賴生稱為"ASL第二傳奇"那個世紀項目, 終於劃上了句號. 剛巧下午到vmware的event遇到ASL的舊同事, 才知道"師兄"去年舊病復發, 撒手人寰...
2006年我到ASL見工, final round見GM時, 他已經提到同team有一位師兄的功力深不可測, 這位師兄做外展社工出身, 做了六七年社工毅然轉行做IT Sales, 又在ASL做了六年, 剛於當時成功簽了一張逾億的服務合約, 亦是ASL第一張主要的Mangaged Service合約, 客戶正是國泰航空.
上班開首幾個星期, 也見不到師兄的盧山真面目, 因為師兄大部份時間都在國泰城上班. 當時我只有幾年ISP Sales經驗, 沒有湊大客經驗, 所以特別覺得師兄這樣上班真的很型!
數星期後開會, 終於見到師兄真面目, 好像有點串(但又串得合理..), 所以我一直對他有點又敬又畏. 不久, 我們的Team Head離職了, 沒有人接替, 之後大家直接跟GM. 當時GM位高權重, 統領著六百人, 我這個新人只有摸著石頭過河, 直到差不多半年後, 我對工作還是掌握得不太好, 於是我硬著頭皮, 趁師兄有次回公司便向他請教.
那天的情境依然深刻, 師兄為人其實一點也不串, 還花了差不多三個小時跟我談工作. 他從最根本處教我"Service"的概念, 還毫不保留給我很多有用的工具.
我離開ASL後不久, 已得知他患有血癌, 之後他化療成功在家休養. 今個農曆新年, 我SMS給他但沒有回覆, 已有不祥預感, 豈料師兄真的離開了...
我會記住很多片段: 他駕著紅車"戰車"載我們幾個飛車到科學園食lunch; 東莞Sales Kick-off他那段出色的Presentation; 拔刀相助陪我一起見CITIC; 當然, 還有那一個傳授功力的一個下午.
我肯定, 如果師兄仍然在生而效力於ASL, 國泰那張合約, IBM大概只有陪跑的份兒...
2011年2月23日 星期三
Life..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfXw-E7HUq8
You aint't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige.
Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and YOU DID.
But somewhere along the line, you CHANGED. You stopped being YOU.
You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good.
And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow.
Let me tell you something you already know.
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows.
It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are,
IT WILL BEAT YOU to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, Me, or Nobody, is gonna hit as hard as LIFE.
But it isn't about how hard you're hit.
It's about how hard YOU CAN GET HIT and keep moving forward.
How much you can take and KEEP MOVING forward. That's how winning is done!
Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth.
But you gotta be willing to take the hits,
and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be,
because of Him, or Her, or Anybody!
Cowards do that and that ain't YOU! You're better than that!
I'm always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens.
You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life.
But until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life. Don't forget to visit your mother...
You aint't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilige.
Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and YOU DID.
But somewhere along the line, you CHANGED. You stopped being YOU.
You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good.
And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow.
Let me tell you something you already know.
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows.
It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are,
IT WILL BEAT YOU to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it.
You, Me, or Nobody, is gonna hit as hard as LIFE.
But it isn't about how hard you're hit.
It's about how hard YOU CAN GET HIT and keep moving forward.
How much you can take and KEEP MOVING forward. That's how winning is done!
Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth.
But you gotta be willing to take the hits,
and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be,
because of Him, or Her, or Anybody!
Cowards do that and that ain't YOU! You're better than that!
I'm always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens.
You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life.
But until you start believing in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life. Don't forget to visit your mother...
2011年2月15日 星期二
2011年2月10日 星期四
瑪麗蓮
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原來是炭燒牛排, 水準一流! 肉汁豐富, 炭燒的香味, 恰到好處的調味, 真是意外驚喜!
能夠把一塊平價牛肉煮得這麼好味(晚餐$68), 功力實在不下於近期很喜歡的那間位於灣仔的Antipasto. 咖啡也不錯, 雖然很少奶, 入口帶點苦 (其實我比較喜歡很甜的牛奶咖啡), 但飲後卻有餘甘,印象中這效果只有在amigo嘗過. 見人不多, 便多讀一會卡繆. 那一刻, 真的想抽一根煙…
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