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一到period, 我就老虎變病貓, 特別羨慕那些period時也活蹦亂跳的同學. 昨天4點就回家, 辦公室裏的冷氣吹得我難受, 今天吃過painkillers又睡到12點, 錯過conference call, 剛剛給Ben發了email道歉. 本來今天都不想來辦公室, 反正我在家也可以access the servers, 但晚上有meeting, 還是要出席的. 昨天Jeff came by my office, we had lunch together, 聊到公司今後的計劃和發展. 我告訴Jeff我們的另一潛在競爭對手, 一家UK的公司在試圖和某銀行攜手, Jeff很吃驚, 問我從哪裏得來的消息, 我輕描淡寫的說是一個在某銀行的朋友透露的. 其實, 是Robert告訴我的, 我跟他講過我們的business model, 恰巧他的一個下屬正好提出一份相似內容的企畫書, 關於如何和UK那家公司共同開發新的mortgage service, but the issue still on discussion. 看來這是份有利可圖的business, 既然這麽多人get involved, its getting more and more fun.
最近我和Robert一直在討論classic movies, by emails. 他最喜歡的電影是[Casablanca], 但我覺得Casablanca的結局太悲哀了, Rick watching his girl left with another guy. Robert says, Rick is very self sacrificing and that makes him noble, she will always think of Rick and idealize him in her mind until he becomes much more than what he ever would have been in real life to her. 可是一個在對方想象中完美的image難道比一個實實在在在身邊的lover更重要嗎? 人都不在了, 再完美的記憶有什麽用??? Robert是浪漫主義者, 而我是實用主義者, 我喜歡看得見, 摸得著的愛情. 所以我最喜歡的電影是[Gone with the wind], 我喜歡Scarlett任性且不顧一切的追求她喜歡的人, its cool to live for passions, makes her more vivid, I guess that is what Rhett loves about her.
寫了一半, George跳出來和我聊天, 問我知不知道什麽是"做月子". 我說知道啊, 生過小孩後的第一個月, 他說他以前從來沒有聽說過, 直到昨天Gretl跟他講, 要雇個old lady for做月子, 他差一點兒fall off the chair. 我說, 好象是中國人的習慣吧, 日本也沒聽說有做月子; George似懂非懂, 問我雇人來做什麽, 要$4500一個月; 我說, "我怎麽知道... 我又沒做過, 聽說那個月好象很多taboo, 搞不懂... Gretl要, 就雇好了, 你又不差那點兒錢", George說, 不是錢的問題, 而是覺得莫名其妙; 我回, "culture gap." George總自詡很了解中國文化, 其實他從裏到外100%是american.
被他這麽一攪, 我的思路全亂了, 寫不下去了.
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