Friends' Talking

JENNIFER
Are u there?
I felt very depressed that my team members most of the time tell me the sentence, I do not know or I have no ideas.
It makes me feel confused what I should do.
I am trying to help other group members.
However, when I proposed my opinions, they might get the SAME feedback like disagree or hesitate. Then they start to fight with me.
So I feel so strange that why do you guys propose your own ideas but keep criticizing on my ideas.
If you really had ideas, you will not say "I do not know" in the beginning.
Or I should act in the same way or reply them in the same way, I have no ideas or i do not know.


AMITH
hi
dont b bothered about being put down
keep your normal style in dealing with people
always support your ideas with strong reference or examples
or sometimes, just plain logic as to why they should work
If the others question ur ideas, ask them to tell their logic as to why it wont work & in other cases just ask them if they have a better idea that can work
people usually put down others ideas, but when asked for something cant come up with anything worthwile
so, if again anyone interrupts u, tell them to come up with something better & untill then hold your opinion in value
so, if u take this approach, they cant fight with u

JENNIFER
dont hesitate to question them

AMITH
yes, dont hesitate

JENNIFER
I got problems in questioning people in a proper attitude because one of them are a little bit tough

AMITH
well, be calm & put your points across in meticulous fashion
also dont loose ur composure when under scrutiny

JENNIFER
it is my weakness
especially, now the situation is 2 vs. 1

AMITH
well, we have to keep our emotions in check & b professional

JENNIFER
althrough one of them is very uncertain, she could not find anything and provide the ideas from HER OWN MINDS.
The one is the FOLLOWER.
I feel so anxious as she is really uncertain.

AMITH
tell that person that while providing ideas from own mind is fine,
as this Marketing Plan has 2 clients, 1-the company, 2- the academecians, the academics require a theory backing for any ideas we come up with once u make this point, I think the situation should improve as it has a bearing on the marking

JENNIFER
I will try

AMITH
if u hv any other queries, let me know

JENNIFER
I will try
I know

AMITH
all the best

JENNIFER
I am so lucky that I could have a friend like you

AMITH
bye

JENNIFER
THANKS

連DM 都不會做! 搞什麼!

真的很尷尬!
我要罵人了!

一個是有腦沒在用!成天又只會說,"I do not know how to do it!"
一個是有腦但會偷懶!

真的很氣!

事情發生 一切來的太快

那個男孩的事情，來的太快也太劇烈，好多人都不知道該怎麼辦，緊閉的心扉和門房，更讓人覺得詭異，我不知道該怎麼安慰這個女孩，我已經一夜沒睡了!不知道還要陪伴女孩多少個夜晚，老實說，我的心裡承受能力不知道能有多少，但是，我真的覺得老天爺要幫幫我們了!一群一定要拿到學位的孩子們!

今天打球出運了

打了好一陣子的羽毛球，終於，今天算是出運了，同伴都說:

有!有到!
沒錯!有跟到!
有打到重點!很好!
這幾個姿勢不錯!
這幾個技巧很好!

其實我練了好一陣子，最勤的大概就屬七月放假之後，一直狂找人打球，從打不準，不會揮拍，跟我同一組的強手都可以成為輸家，慢慢地找不同的人打球，其實因為自己不大會打，所以在學習的過程當中，是比較有成就感的。

運氣好的是，常常有"選手"到校練球，所以，可以在旁邊偷學偷看，相當具有成長的空間。這樣教練在旁邊敎球，我在後面學習，挺好的。

運氣好的是，羽毛球很多人都打的很好，但是一開始大家都肯敎我，我又成天巴著人家打和問，真怕引起公憤!不過，遇上了KEVIN，KEVIN打的好，看他打球相當舒服，球感很好，方法也對，重點是我可以覺得那是我的TONE。

其實很多人都打的很好，但是就是學不起來那種感覺，KEVIN是我看過覺得最有感覺的，而且跟他打球，我會特別專注，LEE提醒我要專注，但是我在KEVIN身上看到專注和我喜歡的專注，今天打球，一直記得他的pattern,模仿真的是學習的開始。

另外，學習打到邊角球，是一個意外，一直學習發球，突然懂的如何發球得分的技巧，還有發球防止失分的方式，看破對手的球路，我還差的遠，但是，至少先把自己準備好。

打球，一種團隊運動，和另一個人的合作和默契，相當重要，有時後贏球不是真正的快樂，而是那種團隊默契和兩個人的感受，是很細微的，這是一種很微妙的感受和感動。

女孩打球比較沒有拼勁ㄦ，同班同學今天就說不要跟那個女生一組，當然是說笑的，但是，他喜歡和我同一組，主要是因為，他覺得跟我打球很有運動精神吧!

未來的日子，突然開拓了起來，要更積極才行!

一件衣服 - 一個印象

今天聽到同學說，對我剛到的印象很奇特 - 很台，因為我穿著一件橘色的衣服跑來跑去，老實說，我當初會穿社團的衣服有兩個原因:

1. 我要找回我自己，找回我失去的純真和真誠
2. 社團的衣服，我真的沒有什麼機會可以穿，趁著當學生，好好穿!

更準確地說，社團的衣服，造成她們對我的不好印象，第一，太顯眼，第二，後面還有我的名字，有人覺得深怕別人不認識我；就行銷學角度來看，這是負面行銷，雖然造成很大的轟動，但是不是很好的第一印象。

不過也好，後來她們都發現我是一個開朗活潑超外向的人，不過，老實說， 第一眼的印象，似乎決定了一些些東西，加上後來不常接觸，有時候大家會對你比較保持負面的看法，畢竟，一年的時間實在太短了!

給微笑平反的機會!

今天，和微笑談心，他提醒了我一件事情，一件最近讓我很搖擺沒自信的事情。

妳還記得當初你想出國的原因嗎?
我當時的第一反應是:我要學位。
微笑說:當時的你其實是想要開拓自己的視野，妳說你想要多看看，有一天老了，有了孩子，你希望妳可以跟我們的孩子分享妳的心情和成長。
我恍然頓悟。
突然之間，我又記起了，當時的另一個目標。
我想要找回小餅，那個活力旺盛，對人生充滿樂觀與愛的小餅。
微笑又說:承認有了學位，人會覺得應該要有一定的回饋，但是這些的附屬價值，其實是值得期待，但是不見得會有實質幫助的，這個問題，你要認清。

親愛的自己，我似乎忘了出國的真諦和初衷，還是我一直都是一個心情變化很快的人，所以，其實我一直都沒有真正保持住自己的想法。

來到英國，我反而趕上的流行，只要是最新的電影，幾乎都會是我的囊中之物，除非太血腥，太恐怖，或是太暴力，基本上，我都是會趕的上的。這是後話

今天看了哈利波特第四集，主要是在講述戰勝心魔的感受，其實，爸媽要我學佛，也是要我學會淨心，專注的原因，主角之所以可以戰勝心魔，也是因為找到人生的基點-愛，所以，我想我還在學習，但是即便是回到台灣或是在世界各地，心的沉靜和穩重，或許是可以驗證的，但是我想要找回的自己，或是更認識自己，更喜歡自己，現在似乎又提昇一層，我要掌握自己，控制得宜。

就像安排生活一樣，這就是最簡單卻也最難的-尋找，認識，接受，掌握。

成熟與計畫

范瑋琪 - 最初的夢想MV
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一個有勇氣的人未必是有計畫的人。
一個有計畫的人未必是成熟的人。
然後一個成熟的人必定是一個有勇氣，有計畫的人。
對於我來說，成熟很難成為一個短期實現的階段，但是卻是一個步步接近的目標。很多人說，妳有成長唷! 這就是代表我慢慢地往前行囉!但是若真是要就事論事，我似乎又要求過高了，最好的情況是，一個整體狀況的衡量，對自己的滿意度，當然不大可能像research上的排演，但是，一個整體的感受和目標，應該就是最好的衡量。

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如果驕傲沒被現實大海冷冷拍下
又怎會懂得要多努力才走得到遠方
如果夢想不曾墜落懸崖千均一髮
又怎會曉得執著的人也有隱形翅膀

把眼淚種在心上　會開出勇敢的花
可以在疲憊的時光　閉上眼睛聞到一種芬芳

就像好好睡了一夜直到天亮
有人邊走著邊哼著歌用輕快的步伐

沮喪時總會明顯感到孤獨的重量
多渴望懂得的人給些溫暖借個肩膀
很高興一路上我們的默契那麼長
穿過風　又繞個彎　心還戀著像往常一樣

最初的夢想緊握在手上
最想要去的地方　怎麼能在半路就返航
最初的夢想絕對會到達
實現了真的渴望　才能夠算到過了天堂

格局/ Style arrangement/ Patterns

It is 格局 that I could not translate in a proper wording. Maybe western people have the same wordings but different definition. Therefore, in my understandings, the porblem could much similar to my friends' topics in her BLOG.

Shilin discussed '成熟' in her past articles. Maturity could be a nice wording to be equal to '成熟.' Several perceptions and explanations. A lot of friends reply on her space. After reviewing her space, I am a little bit impulse to share my space to all the friends.

Ha! Well! I need to consider about this decision carefully.

STAR

As long as STAR hot, it is courage and dream that people will applaud for their performance.
All of them show different ambition and desire from their ten.

In some how, I felt touched when hearing their voice. I like Yoga's attitude - I just want to sing this song as the final one - CREEEP as I think that it will be cool. Definitly, as a young man, probably the courage and dream are the most tresaure names.

After coming back from Netherlands, I stop to tell myslef that I am old. Compared to Barry and Mavis, I am pretty young. It is too early that I should countinu comquer those coming tasks.

HUMAN BEING
HUMAN BEING likes SINGING
SINGER - people who could sing in their own style
STAR - charming
SUPERSTAR - arrangement <格局>

What kind of level will I want to beleive and live there?

A hot shower after exercising.

Now the most enjoyable thing is to take a hot shower after exercising.

When my body is sweated, the stress in my body tries to burn out.
After the hot shower, the whole feeling is even better.
It is just like take the sauna and take the tiresome feelings away.
The feelings are still so great that I can not stop myslef not to have exercise.

In addition, I like to play badmiton now with different people. The main reason is that I could be much flexible when facing different competitors and partners. In marketing's wording, it is just like group-identification. Different type of group leads various atmosphere. Besides, individual diversity could even be told through the play.

The most interesting thing is that I could push myself to try and try. As we know, people get lazy eaily, especially losing the concerntration easily. By the play, I keep my own concerntration on that shuttlecock. It is a good practice.

Finally, I still keep swimming all the time as the sunshine stays with me. I will go swimming.

隔壁的室友

一個對門的中國女孩，和一位高中沒有畢業的三十六歲的英國廚師陷入情網，每天，幾乎了，都可以看到他來"探望"她，之前，女孩和我說了很多話，不過，有趣的是，同時間又有很多男孩不斷地追求她。

其實看在我眼裡，女孩彷彿活在一個男人又一個男人的接替中，中午起床之後，有人來給他燒晚飯，晚一點，英國男人下班了，來她宿舍房裡；老實說，看在我眼裡，我覺得，我寧可選擇和女孩少說話，感覺很奇怪，成天說不喜歡英國男人，又成天瞎搞，一個二十四歲不到的女孩，真是看走眼了。

有人跟我說，這個女孩，"心裡質地"特好。我想是的，他曾經不知道是暗示我還是如何，要我別跟其他中國追求的人說，他有一個英國男朋友，因為他不希望讓人家誤會???所以，我選擇和他少說話。

她最常對著我說的一句話是，好悶ㄚ!成天待在宿舍，都沒有人和我講話。我心裡不停地問自己，有人說話固然是好，但是一個人調整心情其實也很好。

Concerntrate on Certain Thing

In fact, it is really difficult for me to concerntrate on specific thing.

However, people always believe that Jennifer should be a DEMANDING girl.

Yeah! Dear God, pls. have me the power and courage to continue the following tasks. I sincerely believe that I will be much stronger with your support and blessings.

After Julia left......

It is the fourth day that Julia went back to China. For me, I still hang around my life. Actually, I went exercised everyday except today.

It is a little bit hard to tell the feelings now I had. As I need to take the Aspects of consumer behaviour again, I probably need to stay in the room for studying longer than others. I have tried to image the situation - no Exam any more, what will happen in my coming days in U.K?

Now, I face to the problem - I need to take the exam again.
I accpet the truth.
I decide to take actions.
I deliver the actions.

However, sometimes, I feel extremely lonely. The reason is because I could not find a right way or an effective way to study and live. Althrough I got my own regular schedule, I still could not concerntrate on specific thing. People told me that you should not be this kind of person. Yeah! I know that! I still feel lacks of confidence.

Keep going and working makes me feel comfortable and released.

Thanks! God! My Blog finally is workable now. It is a nice way to collect and summarize my feelings at all.

What is Lifestyle? Lifestyle is the patterns of consumption which a person spent his or her own money and time. Before I came to U.K., I decided to become a woman who is both good at studying and having fun.

In fact, I am really good and successful in being a party host or coordinatoer. Everytime, as long as I want to hold a party, it always becomes sucessfully and lots of people will join. Now it is the chance that I could tell people again that I am really good at studying - I am also good at conducting the difficulties and challenges.

Hope I could be the most flexible ball as ANN. I surely could be a good MARKETER and MANAGER.

Badminton Training

Last Friday, one of my friends invited a boy to join our badminton hours. In fact, the boy is so good at playing badminton. As we know, I am really demanding in learning new and innovative things. Therefore, I tried my best to learn and ask lots of skills from him. Hey! After around 20 minutes practice, I IMPROVED skillfully. In the second fight, my friends just said 'How comes? Jennifer changes after few minutes practcing.'

The key could be the reason that I found my weakness and try to improve it. So it is a good training and practicing.

Ha! Nice play! Jennifer!

One-year Overseas Learning

Hey! Hey! Happy 2007. Well! Now it is now in the middle timing which means I really stay longer in U.K. than in Taiwan in 2007. Finally, I realized the reason why academic learning will call us as 2007 graduate rather than 2006.

After preparing the final project, I start to review my own process and learning. It seems that I need to carry on some evaluation.

General English
After the endding of term, I could hardly hear any lecture related to business areas. Well! The overall situation shows that I am lacks of chances to speak and hear English. However, it is not really. I got group project. There are two other people in my group. One is from Greece and the other is from Taiwan. So I still got the chance to speak in English. In addition, I got Shamini. Therefore, I still got other friends who speak in English or I will easily occupied by lots of Chinese. It is really important to explaine your own opinions in a smooth way not in a hurry.

Pronunciation
Before I try very hard to imitate the tones of British style, it is really a hard process. One of my friends told me that it is a little bit force myself to change it as she could tell from my imitation much obviously. However, I still keep trying doing that. After going to the Netherlands, I realized that I am successful. My pronunciation has been admitted as British style. In addition, the European prefers and beleives British style rather than American English. Ha!

Recently, I got along with Greek very often. The way they speak English is to roll tongue. Ha! As I am a good imitator, I get used to say that kind of English very easily. Anyway, I must meet Shamini much often to keep the normal and formal way.

In fact, if I told that my English seeems not to improve a lot, I will feel so sorry for the investment. However, generally speaking, the overseas learning is much like a process to find out yourself, especially for your own personality. It is not only a rest but a timimg for imrpovement. To see is to believe and practicing makes perfert. In marketing area, to learn is to do. Doing is the best way to grow up. Therefore, the whole year should be a year of discovery myself.

Living and Sleeping Hours after the term and exams

There is a new way to try to go to sleep. Why I want to change the way is because my flat-mate is going back China, I will probably get bored easily. So in a safe way, I plan to sleep from 10 in the evening to 2 the in the morning. In addition, I could control the night time much easily and day time as well.

Recently, my life seems to be really flexiable. There is no exams and lecturers any more. However, I must achieve and finish my desseration which is marketing plan in a group. Acutally, the final project could be a big battle as the ending of the degree. Therefore, even the group members drive my crazy and sometimes one of them is really out of situation. I still need to keep moving and tolerance.

Now the life is full of parties and marketing plan. I still need some space to prepare Consumer Behaviour as the module is the core business of Markeitng. Therefore, it is definitly a good timing for me to reduce my temper and control my OWN life.