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Some men see things as they are and say why; I dream things that never were and say why not.
26 septembre

The Boat That ROCKED!

想说的很简单

They are f*cking LIVING!!!!

Are you?

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21 septembre

Welcome To The Jungle

这次成功的在三点睡,九点起。记住起床后立即喝水,可以保持精神抖擞。
昨天晚上的heart to heart conversation很久没有体会过了,彻彻底底的放下了所有的fence,彻底vulnerable。
我还在等kingsley电话。
很多时候使你困扰的问题终究只是因为自己想不通而已,一旦有了一个shift of mindset,一切都清楚了。Be present and you are not emotionally corrupted.
The source of your happiness, freedom, courage,should come within yourself, not the outside.
不过这几天没有好好做daily reflection.我觉得这个和ideal management cycle很像,在ideal management cycle中你整个cycle过的越快,你Manage的约有效率。人生就是不断的在做与想中循环,循环的越快,学习的越快。
Confront what you need to improve, not ignoring it.

Welcome to the jungle
We got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want
Honey we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need 
If you got the money honey
We got your disease

And when you're high you never
Ever want to come down, so down, so down, so down YEAH!



8 septembre

Practical Tips to Practice Being Present

  1. Pay Attention – When you have idle time at a stop light or in a line at the grocery, for example, pay attention. Instead of letting your mind run ahead of you thinking about the route to your destination and possible traffic delays, or the list of errands that have to be completed after the grocery run, take a moment to pay attention. Turn off the radio in the car, roll down the windows and witness the traffic going in the cross direction, the jogger getting his morning run, the trees dancing in the wind, listen to the birds chirp, and the rustling of leaves. You only have to do it for a few moments, but it’s a good start.
  2. Observe – Next time you’re in a meeting, observe what is going on. It’s a bit more than paying attention in duration. Paying attention is on a trigger basis. Observation is like watching a movie on a screen. Watch the players in action. Watch the body language. Listen for intonations. Do not speak. This can be a very powerful tool as you sit and take in everything that is playing out. You have nothing at stake in the grand scheme of things, but watch as you are able to respond perfectly when questioned. You will be surprised.
  3. Breathe – When you’re ready to go beyond moments and minutes, try paying attention to your breath before you drift off to sleep. Before you drift off to sleep, spend 15 minutes paying attention to the rise and fall of your belly. If you feel yourself drifting off to sleep, or notice that your mind has wondered, gently bring it back to your belly. You could even put a book on it and watch it rise and fall
  4. Meditate – You can now begin to establish a sitting practice. It is the practice of sitting still for about 30 minutes in silence. Let your thoughts go. When you realize that your mind is chasing your thoughts, bring it back to your breath. Just be still. Nothing to do or think about. Nothing to ponder, just be.

You can practice being present from the bottom of the list to the top also, but I find that it’s easy to go with small steps. Soon, you will begin to be aware in what you are actively doing. If you are cooking, don’t think about what comes next, pay attention to what you are chopping now. When you are present, your life energy is infused into all that you do, from writing code for your website, to singing a lullaby to your child, to having dinner with a friend.

Once you become aware, you are then able to influence the world around you in seemingly effortless ways.

5 septembre

IC and Everything

IC, International Congress, the largest AIESEC Conference in a year. 600 delegates, 107 countries, 6-star Palace of the Golden Horses.

I still remember in the end, Chair Arthur asked us to describe our IC experience using one word. I struggled to find one. None of them that I could find is appropriate to conclude how I was impacted in the past 13 days. I fear that if I verbalize it, I lose part of the experience.

Then the whole once-in-a-life-time experience started to flash back.

I walked into the lift for GN Pre-meeting with my luggage; I met a guy staring at me, saying: “You look like an AIESECer”. That’s the LCP from Slovakia. I exited the lift, sat down in a table. Next to me was the delegation from Tanzania. We talked and formed a LC-LC partnership. Then the Dutch entered the hall. You start to see people from all the continents, different colours, different languages. You started to understand what diversity really means.

Fortunately I birthday falls on the last day of GN Pre-meeting. Thanks to one of my fellow Singapore delegates, I got the best present I have ever got in my life. :P

GN Pre-meeting was fun. We work in the day and party at night. Wait, did I mention diversity just now? No, no, no. Compared to actual IC, it was NOTHING! What’s IC? It’s freaking overwhelming! Don’t believe me? Check out the Global Village pictures on Flickr.

I met the Chair, Arthur, whom seems to be the kind of person that I want to be in near future.

I met Aman, PAI, Godlike person. 2 years older than I am. Every word from him counts. His questions always aim at the core of the problem, the foundation of this organization.

I met Mauricio again, leaving AIESEC. The only word he could think of to describe his AIESEC XP, grateful.

I met Mr. Houston Spencer, the best presenter I have ever seen in my entire life. His presentation is no longer a presentation; it’s a performance.

I met the MCP of Japan in 1962. The words from him to current AIESECers: Carry on!

I’ve talked to people from Togo. I’ve talked to people from Guatemala. I’ve talked to people from Iceland. I’ve talked to people from UAE. I’ve talked to people from Bosnia & Herzegoniva.

I’ve talked to people from around 90 countries over 10 days. I’ve dialogued with corporate leaders from 20 major MNCs in this world.

I’ve seen people from PwC doing role calls in front of us. I’ve seen representatives from DHL telling us how their company values align with our values. I’ve seen AIESEC TV Commercials in Malaysia major TV Channels.

All of a sudden, the world is so small. All of a sudden, the great pride of being an AIESECer was awaken!

The moments I was waiting for finally came. Whole rooms of LCPs from everywhere were chanting:”It’s good, to be, it’s good to be an LCP!”

There is so much I can write about IC, but after all I have been doing something so different, experiencing something so powerful in my life that my friends outside AIESEC can hardly imagine.

And we are about to achieve results that people previously have never dreamt of. Just do it! Nobody is limiting you. The only limit you have is yourself.

13 days just flied. Sometimes I can’t believe that I’m sitting in a LT studying MOSFET while a couple of days ago I was staying in one of the best hotels in Asia, discussing issues like labour mobility with student leaders from 107 countries and corporate leaders from big MNCs.

Yesterday I received an email from Delton, my old friend in AIESEC HK, requesting me to share my AIESEC XP for their induction. I pondered. What have happened to me?

Two years ago, I was no different to any other PRC scholar in NTU. Staying only with PRCs or even worse, people I’m comfortable with. My English was full of grammatical mistakes. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. My life was narrowly academically focused. Even though I could say what I had then was a big achievement to me, if you know my background, I could never expect another huge leap I had in AIESEC.

Because of AIESEC, I’ve met people from over 90 countries and friends every where. Because of AIESEC, I am confident to take the responsibility of organizational and personal development of over 200 members. Because of AIESEC, I see myself doing something really extraordinary with my life. Because of AIESEC, I have the privilege to be mentored by a great corporate leader. Because of AIESEC, I’ve met, talked to and learnt from great people like Mauricio, Arthur, Sharon, Dei etc. Incredible soft skills that most engineering students couldn’t even think of. Because of AIESEC, I have become a better person, determined to contribute to making the world a better place.

If you’re reading this and haven’t joined AIESEC yet, then stop wasting your time.

www.aiesec.org

26 juillet

Updates

距离上一篇已近很久了.不是我不知道要写什么,而是不知道要怎么写.

很庆幸自己的生活一直是那么的充实.尤其听到周围人高喊生活无聊不知道该干什么的时候倍感幸运.从上一篇到现在,很多事情马不停蹄地发生.从考完试后的DIP,到中间夹杂的Transition,到冲动的National Planning,到后来的Landmark Forum,到回国后没日没夜的见人,谈心,做该做的事,说该说的话,到跑去重庆去认知,到台湾的ENVISION遇到了雄风,月光,到现在回到新加坡全职AIESEC…….你经历的越多,成长的越快.

DIP对我来说比坐在教室上课有意思的多.首先这个与GPA无关,(去他妈的GPA,让人缩手缩脚,捉襟见肘),起先觉得这个会和别人和我说的一样,浪费5周时间,但是当我们的project慢慢有起色的时候,当我们从零开始做,从头学软件,编程语言,想不同的办法去解决问题的时候,当我们最终能使用脑电波玩我们自己设计的游戏的时候,才体会到了ENGINEERING的乐趣,这是你没做过体会不到的.而且做到后来大家就对这个project产生了ownership.从management的角度讲,一旦成员对产品或成绩产生了ownership,事情就好办了.

这里要感谢PARK贡献出的头部.

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Transition/Planning

算是没有白去APX,把God of Strategy -- Mauricio传授给我的都用上了.这种经历算是作为ENGINEERING STUDENT中非常罕见的,能够接触到如此程度的Management与Strategy的内容与亲身实践与执行.另外也在National Planning中followed my heart. And I’m glad that I did what I did. Fuck off little voice!

Landmark Forum

引他人言,我"解惑"了.为什么?再引他人言"Because there is no more questions in life.” Don’t believe me? Try it yourself.

回国

这次回国终于有了1个月之久.感觉自己挺不孝的,每次回去都不长.这次回去后奶奶又生病了.还好我正好在国内,可以照顾照顾.希望她老人家赶紧好起来.

这次还一起和爷爷回了渡村,结果发现从我爷爷的爸爸那代开始,我是我这一代唯一一个姓盛的男的了.

再跑亲戚的同时,又与老师们,同学们叙了叙旧.并与陆兄,CR,YIYI单独聊了聊.看到CR现在过的很高兴,我也completed my past. YIYI还是需要想开一点. 金老师30了还单身,大呼"大丈夫何患无妻?" Good luck!

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还接待了APX的chair,BSC的创始人Shantanu,听君一席言,胜读十年书啊.还有weiwei也来了苏州,希望她玩的开心也希望在上海的工作顺利.

王谧同学需要振作,然后活的轻松一点.去听landmark吧.

也见了沙和黄.沙和我说他明年考虑准备结婚了,准备邀请我当主持.如果真是这样的话,我肯定会回去的.他和我认识了14年了.成为好朋友的时候,我既不是新加坡全额奖学金得主,也不是AIESEC的LCP,更不是DEAN’S LIST STUDENT.我只是一个nobody.他没有hidden  agenda. What can I say…..这个世界太物质了. 但你和我可以选择是否坚持自己的道路,或者一起"物质"去吧.你有选择的权力,不要怪外界,更不要因为外界发生的自己不能控制的事情而放弃了自己选择生活的权力.这样做是愚蠢. You always have a choice.

在回国的一个月的时间里,还抽空去了次重庆.要感谢温凯及其父母对我的照顾,也要谢谢肖旻,陈皎的款待,更是让我见识了重庆人的酒量并被其折服.其实我觉得能喝10瓶的喝8瓶就够了,不必喝20瓶. There are other channels. 生活本可以轻松一点. 思考是必须的. No rushes.

ENVISION

第一次做faci,十分享受整个faci team,想让我12月在NLDS之后去YZU做CEEDER. Faci team大家都很努力,小白和月光每天只睡2小时,雄风估计几天都没睡觉,像我这种每天3-4小时的算奢侈的了.

ENVISION

也很高兴能够接续NTU-YZU-UAP的partnership.我们会再创辉煌的!

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还在台湾买了本龙应台的目送和一本达赖的书,讲快乐,还没看,看了给大家分享分享.

现在到开学的两个多礼拜时间内,我是全职AIESEC!大家都觉得我疯了,投入了这么多时间金钱.但大家没看到的是我获得的.其实我不在乎,别人怎么看都是spectator,好比解说员怎么讲都不会改变足球比赛的结果,输赢都是球员决定的.更何况人不能生活在别人对你的看法或别人对你的期待中,你应该生活在自己的生活里.很多人都在捡芝麻都西瓜,只是他们拣芝麻的时候没有看到西瓜掉了.

在往来台湾的飞机上看掉了一本富爸爸穷爸爸,推荐大家看一下.可以培养培养finance的头脑,用里面的话说,是财商,financial quotient.

最后推荐一部电影,迈克尔道格拉斯演的华尔街.

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里面的Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas)说过一句话,如下:

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

 

完.

28 avril

The Wrestler

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很久没有看到这类电影了.故事平淡,但是电影却很有力度.情节,画面,对话,音乐,一切都配合地很出色.

曾经辉煌一时的摔跤王Randy在88年之后,过了20年的没落生活.曾经擂台上的霸主,拥有无数粉丝,有以自己为主题的游戏,有以自己为主题的公仔,别人家里贴着他的海报,他的招牌式Ram Jam被人津津乐道.

他自己住在集装箱改造的出租房里,因为付不起房费而被房东换锁,在学校的体育馆里表演摔跤来赚钱,在超市买熟肉,爱上脱衣舞娘,多次令女儿失望,被当面说从此不想再见他.他因为注射激素过度表演使得自己心脏负荷过重导致心肌梗塞,被医生说从此不能再摔跤……

可能这个是典型的一类人.在赛场上他是曾经的佼佼者,然而岁月不饶人,现在除了曾经的辉煌什么都没有了.现实生活中,自己完全是一个fucked-up.没有完整的家庭,身体状况很差,穷困潦倒,靠在超市打工度日.被人在超市认出自己是以前的摔跤王后心中的委屈,对生活的不满,对自己的不满一下被激发出来,对着经理大喊"I’m quitting!” 唯一能找回自己只能回到擂台上,干自己在行的,自己热爱的.或许在擂台上,听着观众欢呼他的名字,他才能忘了生活的现实,做回曾经的自己,哪怕有时这伴随着巨大的代价.

坦白说,我也不知道他应该怎么办,就像他不知道自己应该怎么办一样.或许这就是他的人生.生活往往就是这么矛盾.明明自己想和女儿和好,结果自己还是又一次令女儿失望;明明自己是个摔跤手,结果心脏手术后,被告知自己再也不能摔跤了;好不容易能在超市工作,却又受不了人生的大起大落;一个摔跤冠军沦落到如此地步……此刻令我想起了第一滴血里面的rambo,越战英雄,回国后连加油站的工作都找不到,还被人骂是婴儿杀手.大环境的改变有时令人无法适应,忍受与理解.所以在结局的时候,Randy还是回到了摔跤台;Rambo在第二第三部还是回到了战场.那才是他们属于的地方.

影片最后Randy忍受着心脏的巨痛,再一次在观众的欢呼中作出了他的招牌动作Ram Jam.

片尾曲唱出了Randy的心声.

These things that have comforted me, I drive away.
This place that is my home I cannot stay.
My only faith's in the broken bones and bruises I display.

Then you've seen me, I come and stand at every door
Then you've seen me, I always leave with less than I had before
Then you've seen me, bet I can make you smile when the blood, it hits the floor
Tell me, friend, can you ask for anything more?
Tell me can you ask for anything more?

完.

29 mars

APXLDS 2009

这是我第8个AIESEC conference.第二次到香港.第二次international conference.

这次七天的conference,可以说使我对AIESEC的认识上升了一个档次.虽说OC的组织不尽如人意,会议设施并不理想,但是多谢各位faci的努力,这次的经历还是很enriching.

1. Faci

首先我就想说说APX的faci.个人最喜欢Mauricio,他是AI VP Organizational Development & Strategy.我几乎在split track参加了所有他的session. 他来自巴西. 目前31岁.27岁加入的AIESEC,第一年returned EP + Member, 第二年MC VP FINANCE,第三年巴西MCP, 第三年AI VP.相信这样的AIESEC CAREER PATH的人不多吧.足见他的实力.

他使我理解了,BSC,理解了AIESEC WAY, AIESEC 2010, AIESEC XP, PRODUCT LEADERSHIP和BSC的关系,理解了MISSION和VISION的区别,理解了如何PRIORITIZE,理解了如何做PLANNING & TRACKING,理解了为什么STRATEGY叫STRATEGY. 本想请他作我的MENTOR,不过身为AI VP,而且又不在新加坡,还是极不方便.不过他还是答应了KEEP IT IMFORMAL,给了我他的NAME CARD,说有什么需要帮助的就联系他.

MY NEW ROLE MODEL!

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2. Chair

Chair是来自UBS的Shantanu,AIESEC BSC的创始人.传奇人物.虽然他没有做任何session,但是还是能够感受到他的强大.可惜没有能够有足够时间和他多多交流.可惜可惜.

听说DIANA在参加她的APX的时候她的faci就是Shantanu,很受激励.

AIESEC BSC创始人 – Shantanu.

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3. Ideas

这次conference,尤其是XPRO track的讨论,让我得到了很多IDEA,如何RUN AIESEC,什么样的资源我们还没有用到,在APGN,在新加坡,还有什么样的机会,怎么样的人才算是GOOD LEADER,负面的example又是如何.七天的conference,我的notes记了差不多30页. 一定要follow up!

4. SUGAR CUBES

收到了很多.这里想分享两条.

a)

Yunzhou:

I’m so glad that I got the chance to meet you and hear your perspective on different subjects. You’re a really cool guy and you have so much to contribute to AIESEC. Thank you for helping to remind me of why I’m in AIESEC. Because it’s people like you who make this organization so amazing. If you’re not already thinking about it, think about running for MC. Because you would be amazing.

                                                                                               ---- Georgia (Australia MC)

b)

Dear Sheng:

Thanks a lot. My English is very poor, but you talk with me. I’m very glad. I try to prepare English after AP. See you later.

                                                                                    ---- Hiroko (Japan LCPe)

这两条是最让我意外的.从没想到自己的所作所为能够对别人有IMPACT.

我想说的是,也是这些人让我重新认识了自己,让我知道了自己为什么在AIESEC.谢谢你们!

5. FRIENDS

在APX又遇到了老朋友. Dominic, Delton & Sanna, Jeric, Wai Leong, Lhai Lun……

首先恭喜DOMINIC找到工作和the other half. 虽然每周6天在东莞累是累了点,但是考虑到如今的经济状况,还是不错吧.

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Delton和Sanna还是那么亲密,真羡慕他们.在此要特别感谢delton收留我一晚,陪同我到处去香港玩,也感谢他妈妈的栗子糖水和某样不知名香港早餐.我六月应该还会来的.到时和我一道回苏州,去旅游吧!

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恭喜JERIC当选UAP LCP!一定要找机会好好讨论讨论partnership.

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也恭喜WAI LEONG当选UPM LCP!真是1年多的重逢阿.

一年前:

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一年后:

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6. Suggstions:

推荐所有LCPe, EBe, New members去参加APX,你不会后悔的!

完.

 

Sheng Yunzhou

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