The annoying exclamation mark!

Please do not practice using too much of exclamation mark in your business email communication! No matter which level of position you are, perhaps, should try minimize the usage of exclamation mark even in normal email to family or friends. If you’re not sure, please use period (.) instead.

The Internet has made communication so easy, sometimes, misinterpretation do happened! Smart people treat it as typo error but some might get offended. A frequent use of exclamation mark, can be interpret as ‘instruction’, ‘angry’, ‘urgency’, ’scold’ and many many negative message.

A simple line, eg:
A) Hi, please tidy up the table after using it.

B) Hi, please tidy up the table after using it!

To me, these two lines were expressed in different mood. The second line sound more like the person was angry because someone messed up the table. I can’t do much about that person practicing this but people are talking about it… and I think this is common sense to KNOW HOW TO USE EXCLAMATION MARK in general!

批评专业摄影师

最近有位朋友,喺我哋面前批评佢遇过嘅“专业摄影师”,话到,“一个专业摄影师,连闪灯都冇,仲称自己为Professional!”。
我听到之后,心里 “嘎” 咗一声,心唸 “唔用闪灯冇问题哦!我哋都开始用自然光啦…”
我冇立即同佢高谈阔论嗰话题,我亦唔知到当时影紧相嘅情形係点?係唔係非用闪灯不可?见佢言论有点主观,我哋只係笑笑回应。

讲真,我哋唔係Professional (连Kenneth都唔认自己为专业,我哋点敢死话自己係),唔会太过于胆敢去公开批评任何人。只係见到好嘅摄影作品就赞同学习,唔好嘅,睇咗就算咯(可能私底下会同老公攞出嚟讲笑)。

嗰位朋友仲批评某“专业摄影师”(佢唔敢透露名字,我唸应该係我哋识得嘅人),话佢结婚当日影啲相烂艺术,婚宴当晚播放嘅montage冇人有反映,之后另一个非专业摄影师(新人嘅朋友)亦制造咗另一个montage,就可以令到全场暴笑。问到我哋认为边一中摄影师会有价值?我哋听后,联想到好多嘢,但亦只有微笑。

批评係应该,但不要过于主观。毕竟,摄影呢家嘢,有人认为技术胜于一切,有人认为器材战胜一筹,有人认为摄影係一种运气,有人认为摄影係需要精心策划。冇对同错嘅定义,每个人都有潜质成为摄影师,专业,係Marketing嘅用词!我提供服务,最紧要係买方满意同接受,第三者点睇,真係管不了!

好彩,佢哋係香蕉人!

我终于揾到用广东话嚟写blog嘅另一好处!
就係,google翻译唔到!

有时候,你就係唔想某些香蕉人睇你写嘅嘢,但又要抒发。
不过对于其他懂中文嘅朋友,算啦,都係gru一声吞咗去算。哈哈,讲下嗻!!!

前路抉择

比较经常联络,或者喺FB有联系嘅朋友都应该知道我已经辞职,目前前方去向未定。人人都好好奇问我点解走?答案简单,做得唔开心未走咯。我人都三十閔,仲要徘徊喺一份我完全冇热情嘅工作,实在就好似行尸走肉咁,为钱而工作。当然唔係人人都有机会去选择,但既然我有,所以我选择离开。

离开Fortinet之前,已经知道可以翻旧公司,旧公司做咗5年半,环境人事工作已经係掌握之中,老细对我几好,旧同事都OK。在决定翻旧公司之后嘅一个星期,杀出程咬金,2008年倾唔成嘅Instructor工作,竟然今次有一大进展。虽然今次傾嘅唔係fulltime permenant job,而係收入唔稳定嘅contract job,但就令我有时间可以间中抽时间陪我仔同兼顾埋摄影。我家阵徘徊紧,唔知要如何抉择。捡边一边,另一边都出事。

我要稳定收入?定係要做instructor可以令自己喺networking field更上一层楼,去到CCIE(,但必须要有好大嘅付出)?的确好难抉择,但我只有4日嘅时间去做决定!

我嘅错误!

原来,我经已三个月冇写blog!其实又冇乜所谓嘅,都冇人睇,只不过有时候想抒发下,无聊讲几句。

我发觉,近排越嚟越唔敢发表,或者怕我自己太坦荡荡嘅言论令人讨厌,但有时候真係不吐不快,既然令人觉得我做人好假,倒不如我对自己好点,有嗰句讲嗰句。

话说,有个朋友,经常性喺我面前,批评别人摄影嘅作品点差点差,又话我有job唔俾机会佢影,我见有单job可以带埋佢去,于是就答应咗。点知!影出嚟嘅像达不到我嘅要求至于,顾客追问我佢影嘅相去咗边,佢喺晚宴仲不停SMS搞到新人嘅朋友话我哋冇跟贴新人。我要同顾客解释,甚至会影响招牌!真係好心唔好做!

一次教训令我知道,生意係生意,对方讲到佢係天下第一都好,证明俾我睇先!讲 ‘信’字嘅生意,唔适合呢个年代!亦奉劝摄影嘅人,摄影技术只不过係一小部分,态度最重要!信誉冇咗就係冇咗!

有感而发 – 非知己莫睇

喺公司, 九点嘅晚上,仲喺公司并唔係乜嘢大不了嘅事…
我其实係要返屋企… 喺FB留咗嗰status update, 话”HATE THIS PLACE”
同事Nicholas send咗个霋時感動嘅link俾我… 题目係”你是否有用心去做每一件事情呢”

我有感而发,其实喺呢间公司,我係曾经有用心过, 但如果工作得唔到满足感,令自己过的唔快乐,再留亦无谓,你浪费我时间之余,我亦浪费你金钱,何苦?钱固然係要揾,但开心同满足感,往往都唔能够平衡。同事亦唔需要带任何假面具,毕竟今日係同事上司下属,听日搭出咗公司,未又係朋友一个。问题係可以倾计嘅朋友定係擦身而过唔见好过见嘅朋友呢?

对于经常性猜疑我几时会辞职嘅人, 我对你哋嚟讲,又冇威胁,你咁紧张做乜嘢?
我会辞职已经唔係一个秘密, 你哋唔需要探听消息, 要知可以直接嚟问。
唔好再做小动作(我係指我自己),动作大点,起义!寻找开心泉源!

婚纱设计师

之前讲过,我冇艺术细胞,阿妈生我果阵,有嘢搞错咗,生留咗艺术细胞!

所以引致我逻辑思维太强,走咗去读IT,做咗engineer。
人近卅先至转行,搞艺术,真係难度好高!

上星期,识咗班艺术细胞超强嘅朋友,真係佩服到贴地!
除咗CM外,最佩服个婚纱设计师Veralyne,睇完佢FB里面啲设计,真係好靓!
我唸目前佢係我唯一认识嘅婚纱设计师,幸会幸会!

从新。出发

今日唔知发乜嘢瘟,将FB里面嘅album洗得七七八八。 净翻76张人哋tag我嘅相。
我唸,我好想从新出发,从新将自己定位。我对份全职份工作嘅热诚已经减到一个纯粹为钱而做嘅阶段。兴趣,已经烟消云散。
至于摄影份freelance,仍有待改进,但我已经觉得自己太被动,太慢!
虽然话,要急亦急唔嚟,但某程度上,上完CM Leung嘅课,令我对结婚摄影有好大嘅改观。
当自己遇到瓶颈,上课,的确可以令自己由末角转返出嚟!
而家係要计划下一步要点行,冇人可以帮到自己,只要靠努力同冷静思考!
或许,神可以助我一臂之力!

Short Trip to Perth

Another outdated post

I went to Perth before Christmas 2009, 4 days – it was mainly for work, what so-called professional on-site service. This post not gonna talk much about the work, rather, just some photos share.

It was my very first trip to Australia. Let’s talk about the first impression on Australia and Australian.

QANTAS – the fuckup experience for me! First obstacle: they don’t allowed me to carry two hand-carry luggage into the cabin. They claimed they are BIG luggage… the Customer Service Manager was kinda rude, he rolled his BIG eyes on me and said “NO! GO UP AND CHECK IN THE LUGGAGE YOURSELF!”! It was really fuck up with this kind of face when you’re traveling alone, are they really racist to that extend? I wanted to yell at him… “GO FUCK COMPLAINT TO RIMOWA, THIS IS FUCKING STANDARD CABIN TROLLEY SIZE, I’M NOT THE ONE WHO MAKE THIS!” but I didn’t! I know it will be a big mess if I really shouted at him – the fucking old man! Thanks to another guy – Andrew who arrange the ground staff to check in the luggage, however, at the very last minute, the ground staff didn’t turn up and my luggage ended up sitting at first class cabin throughout the flight.

CUSTOM – Another obstacle for me – Reaching at airport about 1AM, tiring day and being questionnaire by the custom. It was due to wrongly apply Visa done by the local agent!

TAXI – Nothing wrong with the taxi nor the driver, it was me myself forgot to collect receipt!

HOTEL – I’d booked the hotel one day before via Agoda.com. The website stated WITH WIFI INTERNET. The moment I checked-in then realize the Internet access is not FREE. Arrgghhh! It stated “WITH WIFI INTERNET”, NOT “WITH FREE WIFI INTERNET”! My stupidity on all these commercial trick! Ban HILTON!

Overall, Perth is quiet place, 8pm onwards, I hardly see a group of more than 3 people on the road. Summer but it was windy. People finishing work on time (5 or 6pm), mostly take bus rather than driving. Many Korean and Chinese.. I’ve met some new friends when eating at a Jap restaurant, Taiwanese, HongKy, Malaysian and etc.

23rd, two days before Christmas, the last evening I spent in Perth last year. It was happening and the shops are closing at 9pm. While walking on the Murray St, saw people were doing last minute shopping, some just relaxing on the bench, some entertainer playing Christmas songs with their violin / guitar / harmonica… I’d even got some free hugs too! Got myself a delicious jumbo hotdog that sold by a Korean guy. As I was heading back to the hotel, I’d stopping by at an used-book store, got HanLer a small little Christmas present there.

Had a nice croissant at Croissant Express before leaving to Airport… still windy and the taxi driver don’t practice turning the aircond on most of the time… Green?

Bye Perth!

Seok

Recently found this Wiki about surname of Seok:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seok

Opps… I didn’t know in Korean, surname Seok write as 石 (in chinese character) as well.
Haha! But… I’m not Korean, I’m 100% Chinese.