這是我們目前為止第一次整班外出用餐, 終於有機會好好認識同學們課後的另一面, We all had a good time. 回到家後, 我和老公電話上聊起來, 我跟老公說, 這事要是發生在全是台灣人的情況下, 中奬人可能會很有壓力, 因為就台灣文化之下, 我想大家一開始會先說恭喜之類的, 然後就會半開玩笑的對中奬人說, 哪時候讓你請吃一頓飯, 或是喝幾杯之類的, 如果中奬人只是笑笑而沒反應, 好像變成他很不上道似的, 旁人完全忘記, 他中奬是他家的事, 可沒欠你.
當我看完這個三分鐘短片, 非常有感同身受的震撼. 結婚剛滿七年的我, 在和老公分隔一個月的單身日子中, 深刻的體會到, 讓我想念的, 都是芝麻綠豆大的小事 - 早上睡醒起床前五分鐘的閒聊; 起床後的Good Morning Kiss and Hug; 一起在廚房裡準備晚餐, 一起吃晚飯, 在餐桌上閒聊彼此的一天; 晚餐後牽著手, 在家附近散步; 睡前一小時的TV Time; 週日下午一起在後院澆花, 除雜草, 施肥, 清掃落葉, It's these small things that I remembered.
「到生命的最後」鏡頭轉向這位寡婦孤單的身驅, 看到她緩緩的說, 「 總是這些小小的事情, 讓我們永遠記得」（ In the end, it's these small things that you remember ）「是這些小小的不完美』, 一起組成生命的『完美』。」（ It's these little imperfections that make them perfect for you. ）
「所以我想告訴我的子女, 有一天, 你也能找到你們生命中的伴侶, 他們會像你爸爸在我眼中一樣『不完美的很美』。」（So, to my beautiful children: One day, you too find yourself life partners, who are as BEAUTIFULLY IMPERFECT as your father was to me. ）
第二個是列舉扣繳的抵稅金額比收入高 (business must be profitable in at least three of the past five years in order to be considered a legitimate business for tax purposes. Otherwise, it will merely be considered a hobby, and the individual will only be able to deduct losses up to the amount of the income that hobby has brought in).
第三個是Noncash Charitable Donations. Individuals may no longer claim a deduction for used clothing or other household items, including furniture and appliances, that are not in "good" condition or better.
Did you know If you are one in a million in China There are 1,300 people just like you China will soon become the NUMBER ONE English speaking country in the world The 25% of India’s population with the highest IQ’s . . . . . . . is GREATER than the total population of the United States TRANSLATION: India has more honors kids than America has kids
Did you know The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 . . . did not exist in 2004 We are currently preparing students for jobs that don’t yet exist . . . Using technologies that haven’t been invented . . . In order to solve problems we don’t even know are problems yet The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that today’s learner will have 10-14 jobs . . .by the age of 38 1 in 4 workers has been with their current employer for less than a year 1 in 2 has been there less than five years
Did you know 1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online There are over 200 million registered users on MySpace If MySpace were a country, it would be the 5th-largest in the world (between Indonesia and Brazil) The #1 ranked country in Broadband Internet Penetration is . . . Bermuda #19 The United States #22 Japan
Did you know We are living in exponential times There are 31 million searches on Google every month In 2006, this number was 2.7 billion To whom were these questions addressed B.G.? (Before Google) The first commercial text message was sent in December of 1992 Today, the number of text messages sent and received everyday, exceeds the total population of the plant Years it took to reach a market audience of 50million . . . Radio 38 years . . . TV 13 years . . . Internet 4 years . . . iPod 3 years . . . Facebook 2 years The number of internet devices in 1984 was 1,000 The number of internet devices in 1992 was 1,000,000 The number of internet devices in 2008 is 1,000,000,000 There are about 540,000 words in the English language About 5X as many as during Shakespeare’s time It is estimated that a week’s worth of the New York Times contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century It is estimated that 4 exabytes of unique information will be generated this year This is more than the previous 5,000 years The amount of new technical information is doubling every 2 years For students starting a 4 years technical degree this means that half of what they learn in their first year of study will be outdated by their third year of study NTT Japan has successfully tested a fiber optic cable that pushes 14 trillion bits per second down a single strand of fiber That is 2,660 CDs or 210 million phone calls every second It is currently tripling every six months and is expected to do so for the next 20 years By 2013, a supercomputer will be built that exceeds the computational capabilities of the human brain Predictions are that by 2049, a $1000 computer will exceed the computational capabilities of the entire human species
Did you know During the course of this presentation 67 babies were born in the US 274 babies were born in China 395 babies were born in India And 694,000 songs were downloaded illegally
All that we are is a result of what we have thought!
Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can!
Success is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice!
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody is going to know whether you did it or not!
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the Really Great make you feel that you, too, can become Great!
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