想飛 I WANT TO FLY

OK, since my boss has been threatening me to take the TW bar exam and pass the test since I started the job, and I don't want to be kicked out of the firm (except I quit the job, haha....), I decided to re-take the damned test once again and applied to sit for the bar on the last day of the application period. Upon my decision is made, here lies two main big problems: First, usually people take a full year to prepare for the TW bar. With only 2 months left for the bar exam and only few hours available after work each day, I don't know if I can win this game. Secondly, it's too late to enroll in a bar preparation course now. Without the help from the cram school where it helps gather bar exam material and useful bar info, I have no choice but to cram the god damned textbooks and work on my own. Thirdly, since Taiwan is a civil law country, memorize all the TW rules and regulations are necessary (no wonder I failed before).

To introduce the TW bar exam to my dear fellow, here are the test info:
Date: 8/24-26, 9:00-18:20
Subject: Civil Law, Chinese (if they change this subject to English, I may gain more points!), Constitution, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Administration Law and Compulsory Execution Law, Business Law and International Private Law

試著列出全部的科目來看看：
1. 民法（包括民總、債總和債各、物權、親屬和繼承）
2. 國文 （包括作文和測驗）
3. 中華民國憲法
4. 刑事訴訟法
5. 民事訴訟法
6. 刑法（包括刑總、刑分）
7. 行政法（包括行政罰法、行政程序法、行政訴訟法、行政執行法、訴願法）
8. 強制執行法
9. 商事法（包括公司法、票據法、海商法、保險法）
10.國際私法

HELP ME GOD!

I cannot believe that I have to face this nightmare after all these years. Any tips from the successful bar exam taker?

今天很巧的有同事轉寄這本新書的介紹給大家《這是你的船：成功領導的技巧和實踐》，英文名為：It's Your Ship︰Management Techniques from the Best Damn Ship in the Navy。這本書在美國的英文版就賣了三十五萬本。
無獨有偶的，作者提出一個很重要的觀念，認為許多員工離職的原因是：

　　No.1：不受尊重
　　No.2：沒有決策的參與感
　　No.3：意見被輕視
　　前三項都直接和主管有關，其次才是：
　　No.4：付出與回報不相符
　　No.5：薪資問題

前陣子過年前後的離職狂潮到現在已經告了一段落。不管是對自己前途很有信心的離職，還是慘烈的離開，到現在都已紛紛找到新的歸屬。只是我一直在想的是，經過了這番大風吹之後，到底對這個job market有什麼影響？世界並不應我而停止轉動。

有興趣的可以來看看這本書的網站：http://www.longstone.com.tw/b005/

Sxxt.

The partner in the next room yelled at the secretary again for trivial stuff. The terrible one-way communication lasted for 20 min and I overheard every word because the wall is too thin. I don't know how the secretary manages to work here and maintain a stable mood, but I think working in an environment where people behave without showing respect to each other just sucks.

來貼幾張去年去溪頭的公司旅遊照片好了

這張構圖很棒吧
除了我以外，這張照片裡的同事全已/即將離職，嗚嗚嗚
Great composition, isn't it?
Except for me, all those colleagues have quit or are leaving.



這張是劉大導的傑作，Debbie的pose擺得相當心不甘情不願
巧玲你一定要留下來陪我啊
This picture was directed by Jim. Debbie reluctantly did the pose.
Chaoling you have to stay here with me!

在辦公室牆上掛上從Gordes買來的普羅旺斯日曆，心情頓時輕鬆不少。

或許就如同村上春樹說的，我在這裡的角色就像個「剷雪者」--別人把製造出來的問題丟給我們，我們把這些問題處理掉。這樣一想，其實做什麼工作都一樣了。


With the Provence calendar hanging on my office wall, I feel lighter somehow.

Maybe I am just a "snow remover", a metaphor used in Murakami Haruki's novel "Dance, Dance, Dance", referring to the situation that we are hired to solve the problems for people. In that sense, it doesn't matter what job we do.

另一位好同事Jannie小姐今天也要遞出辭呈了。雖然說在職場上不能因為同事的來來去去受影響，然而我的心情仍無法避免的沮喪了起來，看著對面昏暗的H的辦公室，覺得好孤單。

今天我辦公室的好友H離職了，且今天是她的最後一天。一早到她的辦公室閒瞌牙時看到K向她使了一個眼色，H馬上告訴我，他們倆要一起去跟大老闆辭職。我還來不及阻止她，她就大步走開了。五分鐘後，人事部門就叫她們今天走，本來還想說今天中午至少還可以跟她們吃個飯餞行一下吧，結果人事又下了個指令要她們早上十一點以前要收好東西離開。連業務交接都免了。真是太過分了！他們倆人覺得早點走也好，雖然被趕走，仍然開心地吃飯聊天回家睡覺，倒是我一整天心情都被影響。以後再也沒有戰友可以跟我打屁聊天了，上班的誘因又變少，已經很boring的工作現在更是讓人無法忍受。更糟的是，三月底要離開的人，除了H與K以外，還有另外三人；四月則會有二人；蠢蠢欲動者：unknown。跟我混得比較熟的人都即將要走光了。這不是個大所，怎麼承受得起這麼頻繁的人事變動？真不知道是大老闆們不懂的檢討，明知下面的人流動率這麼高還不會反省原因，還是現在的人太草莓？這也許永遠也不會有定論，因為勞資雙方永遠都只站在自己的立場思考。