+Just a joke+

有一自稱前輩的從來口無遮攔，但常被人駁倒，每次被駁倒之后，他總氣急敗壞地說：“我詛咒你娶的老婆不是處女！” 這招還真靈，大家都拿他沒辦法。　這天，他又故技重施，還變本加厲地罵道：“我詛咒你們所有人娶的老婆都不是處女！”平日少言寡語的老王這時來一句：“我們也真誠地祝福你老婆永遠都是處女……”

Grasshopper concert

Mouse haven't seen any concert for a long time, probably more than 8 years, may be more...

It is kind of exciting at the beginning because the decoration is fantastic, gears and musical instruments are so huge, all look so professional.

When we found the seat and looked around the Coliseum, people are look like ants. A big fancy star-shape stage in front of us, there is a long and smooth red curtain hanging on top and reflecting a number of 25. It means the team "Grasshopper" already stayed with us for 25 years.

Once the show started, the long red curtain fall down, more than 30 pieces disco shining mirror ball showed in front of us, some are huge and some are small hanging on the ceiling and top of the stage. It demonstrated cold and cool feeling to us, like a crystal from the pole.

The music was coming right after the beautiful scene. A lot of old songs ran into my ears one after another, all of people were suddenly possessed hitting the stick according to the melody and sang together with the team. It turned out the atmosphere were so nice.

After 3 hours stunning songs, my brain was also got stunning. Although these songs are all good and reminding me a lot of memories, but the volume was large, it gave my peaceful mind never being peaceful again, out-dated uncle wrong couldn't sleep well at that night. :-#

iPhone

How a rural people step into the city, the first step is using iPhone.

At the beginning I request my mom to order iPhone4 because it can trade a good price in China. But yesterday I suddenly feel like I am a geek, completed Engineer Bachelor Degree and working as a Engineer but never keep in touch with technology. I have never played with iPhone, iPad, iPod, iTouch, I have no idea how to download updated music from internet, I have no idea how to use Google Map by mobile phone, I can contact any night time taxi in emergency.

So yesterday I talked with my mom, "Instead of selling the iPhone4 from China, I better use it now to catch up with the world.""EXACTLY. You are such a uncle-style man. You know nothing about the world. Even my old colleagues know how the technical trend changing..."My mom replied loudly and immediately.

Big stun and change, this is my style.

This is what I want to say here. Apple really did a great job on promotion, especially in HongKong. People are so addicted on Apple products, they are not simply buy it to show off, they also spend very long time to learn those features and functions and treat it as a treasure. On marketing strategy, Apple not just earn enormous money but they do a unbreakable "inception" on every human being head. Once people accept that you are one of the member from the family, they will try whatever they can to protect you and give the best to you. They will offer you the best security, education, entertainment and clothing to make you feel happy. Just like people will buy different cases and accessories to decorate their iPhone babe. This is what I haven't seen for a long time nowaday business from the begin with nothing until successfully take captive people during this quick society. Amazing! This is really a stunning story for me to learn because I am also being one of them.

Magician 2

Interesting. Magic class always can give me surprise.

Just two hands and a stack of card can have a lot of surprise.

The show is always fun, but there is a technique, "magician choice", makes me feel stunning. It is different with "misdirection", it is about no matter what the audience chooses, it's also the "magician choice" or I should say people will just follow "magician choice" and nobody alert that they are mislead.

This is really a good course to develop our brain, I think I am going to apply for advance course shortly.

This is life

Hi Mandy, Michelle,

What you are talking is about PP and MP stage. R&D will release official BOM for PMC to monitor the materials status.

As I know that PMC is not responsible to monitor the materials status in ES and EP stage, so R&D have to take the responsibility to take care all these un-confirmed items. Before create a BOM, we have a E-BOM as a transition buffer for ES and EP stage to make sure all these items are qualified then put into official BOM. This is our general practice.

Right now the situation is Customer provides a very short developing period for us, it is hard for you to monitor the status because there is no BOM, it is also hard for us to convince ourselves to qualify all the items without testing. According to our experience, it must be a lot of changes during ES and EP stage (otherwise we don't need different stages),but nobody will care the internal process time how long to revise a single item but just keep pushing R&D to fulfill customer's request. Therefore, in order to minimum the risk for wasting manpower and time, we have to have analysis first, that's mean ES and EP, then release official BOM.

OK, solution.

Customer confirmed 90% materials are fixed especially PCB at this moment (ZERO change), then we will release FO BOM.
MKT input item by item due to customer wants to buy first but also don't want to approve the item, risk is too high for R&D.
R&D release FO BOM now, but MKT and customer and top management have to understand that EP and PP must be delay from now on if there are any changes. We really need time to process the huge workload if there are any changes, we are not magician.

Disneyland

Be honest, I am kind of reject about Disneyland because I hate them doing products "embedded" since children grow up, people will love their products and side-products gradually. But no choice, this is principle from this nature, we can't avoid it.

But be honest, Disneyland really did a great job in "embedded". It is so hard to control my mind to stop enjoying the games, the shows and the creatures over there. They are all so cute.

I have a lot of fun over there, I see the world is more joyful and peaceful, may be one day Nega will be defeated.