失眠了，翻来覆去睡不了。记得来美国前夏天的一个晚上，我照常夜猫到半夜。三四点的时候爸爸起床了，端了杯红酒坐在我旁边，说，我睡不着的时候从来不着急，所以你睡不着的时候也不用着急，看看电视什么的，反正也睡不着了。
嗯嗯。
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Mean Street: MBAs, Listen Up!
I received my M.B.A. in 1991 in the teeth of a nasty recession. The economic environment then was similar to today. I was lucky to find a job at all.
Along with 10% of my graduating Harvard MBA class, I went to work for McKinsey & Co. Obviously, original thinking isn’t a priority for the desperate job-seeker. If you are fortunate enough to know what you will be doing next, or even if you don’t, I have some advice.
I have always believed in the inspirational force of music. So here is my advice coupled to some great songs. If you don’t know these songs, you should. Or maybe I’m just getting old.
Love the One You’re With: If you can’t have a job you love, love the job you have. Some of you are bound to have met with disappointment in the recruiting season. Get over it. This is your first job post-MBA. It won’t be your last. About 70% of my MBA classmates had different jobs by our fifth year reunion.
If you are at Merrill Lynch and you wanted to be at Goldman Sachs Group, the only way to get there will be to prove yourself at Merrill. Your colleagues won’t appreciate hearing daily about your regrets.
Beast of Burden: There really is no substitute for hard work, especially in your first job. Be first to arrive at the office and last to leave. Raise your hand for the thankless job nobody else wants to do. Your colleagues may think you are a toadie, but so what? A reputation for busting your butt has never hurt anybody.
London Calling: Take risks. You are offered a posting in London? Don’t hem and haw. Grab it. Every “risky” opportunity, I was offered, I took. Most worked out, some didn’t. But even in failure, I was never worse off than before I took the risk. If you are in your 20s, do you think it will be easier to move to Hong Kong today or when you are saddled with three school-age children 15 years from now?
With a Little Help From My Friends: To succeed, you will need friends throughout the organization. You must develop a mentor who has a stake in your career. And this takes effort and luck.
While the best friends are those higher-up, don’t underestimate the sway of lesser mortals. The woman who did all the presentation processing in my first job at Goldman almost brought my career to a halt. My work was always at the bottom of her pile. After struggling for months, it dawned on me that I needed to grovel. She was as important to the department as the snot-nosed junior banker giving her the work.
All Apologies: Be humble. Many of you already have a fair bit of work experience, and confidence is a good thing. But remember, you have an MBA, not a Nobel Prize. You may be proud of yourself but don’t parade your pride for your boss and colleagues. They will want to kill you. And if they can, they will.
Even Better Than the Real Thing: Early in my career I learned that flattery works in business. Goldman’s relationship bankers were the most skilled practitioners of flattery I had ever seen. And, of course, clients loved them.
It took me years to understand the flattery principle’s corollary: Flattery always works–even when the “flatteree” knows he is being flattered. To those of you in sales or client management, it is imperative for you to grasp the power of this principle. Be careful, though. The unskilled novice can misuse the principle and get himself fired quite easily.
Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later than You Think): Whatever job you end up taking, remember that you only get one shot at life. Stick with the 1980 version of Enjoy Yourself from The Specials, it perfectly captures the right spirit.
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Enjoy yourself, while you’re still in the pink.
The years go by as quickly as a wink.
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think.
Along with 10% of my graduating Harvard MBA class, I went to work for McKinsey & Co. Obviously, original thinking isn’t a priority for the desperate job-seeker. If you are fortunate enough to know what you will be doing next, or even if you don’t, I have some advice.
I have always believed in the inspirational force of music. So here is my advice coupled to some great songs. If you don’t know these songs, you should. Or maybe I’m just getting old.
Love the One You’re With: If you can’t have a job you love, love the job you have. Some of you are bound to have met with disappointment in the recruiting season. Get over it. This is your first job post-MBA. It won’t be your last. About 70% of my MBA classmates had different jobs by our fifth year reunion.
If you are at Merrill Lynch and you wanted to be at Goldman Sachs Group, the only way to get there will be to prove yourself at Merrill. Your colleagues won’t appreciate hearing daily about your regrets.
Beast of Burden: There really is no substitute for hard work, especially in your first job. Be first to arrive at the office and last to leave. Raise your hand for the thankless job nobody else wants to do. Your colleagues may think you are a toadie, but so what? A reputation for busting your butt has never hurt anybody.
London Calling: Take risks. You are offered a posting in London? Don’t hem and haw. Grab it. Every “risky” opportunity, I was offered, I took. Most worked out, some didn’t. But even in failure, I was never worse off than before I took the risk. If you are in your 20s, do you think it will be easier to move to Hong Kong today or when you are saddled with three school-age children 15 years from now?
With a Little Help From My Friends: To succeed, you will need friends throughout the organization. You must develop a mentor who has a stake in your career. And this takes effort and luck.
While the best friends are those higher-up, don’t underestimate the sway of lesser mortals. The woman who did all the presentation processing in my first job at Goldman almost brought my career to a halt. My work was always at the bottom of her pile. After struggling for months, it dawned on me that I needed to grovel. She was as important to the department as the snot-nosed junior banker giving her the work.
All Apologies: Be humble. Many of you already have a fair bit of work experience, and confidence is a good thing. But remember, you have an MBA, not a Nobel Prize. You may be proud of yourself but don’t parade your pride for your boss and colleagues. They will want to kill you. And if they can, they will.
Even Better Than the Real Thing: Early in my career I learned that flattery works in business. Goldman’s relationship bankers were the most skilled practitioners of flattery I had ever seen. And, of course, clients loved them.
It took me years to understand the flattery principle’s corollary: Flattery always works–even when the “flatteree” knows he is being flattered. To those of you in sales or client management, it is imperative for you to grasp the power of this principle. Be careful, though. The unskilled novice can misuse the principle and get himself fired quite easily.
Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later than You Think): Whatever job you end up taking, remember that you only get one shot at life. Stick with the 1980 version of Enjoy Yourself from The Specials, it perfectly captures the right spirit.
Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think.
Enjoy yourself, while you’re still in the pink.
The years go by as quickly as a wink.
Enjoy yourself, enjoy yourself. It’s later than you think.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
巴黎世家机车包包秋冬新色
巴黎碟报最新秋冬机车包包颜色。每年秋冬的颜色都是暗色调。适合秋冬灰灰的感觉。我最喜欢的是Argent灰色。下面是照片。Giant Silver Hardware Argent Color。
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Barneys New York
在所有纽约的百货公司里我最爱Barneys New York。每个百货公司都有自己独特的taste, marketing和target。比如Bergdorf Goodman雍容华贵，里面装修反复古典。走进店里就感觉暗暗的色调，和年纪很大的sales。主要客户是上流社会有钱的中老年人。Saks Fifth则是大型的高级百货公司，力求涉及所有大牌中牌。主要客户是有钱的人。因为地段在49街和第五大道，所以也是大多游客的必经之地。每个百货公司 sales装扮出来的样子是很不相同的。尤其是Barneys。虽然Barneys没有概括很多大牌，但是里面从包包到衣服到鞋子到化妆品都是非常“芭尼”的。色调款式都很统一。打扮出来的女孩子或女人从头到脚都不夸张，及其芭尼。这种喜欢这样style的女生们被称为Barneys Girl。
印象当中明星有很多是Barneys的忠实拥护者。最基本的芭尼行头就是黑色skinny jeans（收脚的），一双简单的平底鞋(flats)，同色系或大地色系的上衣，加上一个这一季的当下包包，超大的墨镜。这一行头怎么穿都不累，非常百搭。
礼拜一纽约下毛毛雨。起床后开始大逛街。第一站当然冲去了Barneys。店里的人出乎意外的多。当然多数是上东区的太太们和小姐们。四层鞋子更是人山人海。有一对白发苍苍的老夫妻，带着像是孙女的漂亮女孩挑选louboutin的鞋子。惊奇的发觉四十岁以上的太太们和二十岁以下的女儿们都漂亮的如出一辙。打扮得跟Gossip Girl刚下镜似的。
Barneys的selection品位很好。不必要是顶级名牌（Chanel或LV）但一定是必需品和常用品。曼哈顿Madison Ave曼蒂森大道店里的一层是各个牌子的精选包包。最当中放着年轻女生大爱的机车包。每次去看颜色都不一样。Barneys还爱的包包有Prada, Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs的，还有Goyard等等。当然Barneys不可能carry那些牌子的所有line，但是选的包包大多都是可以常用的包包，没有太多tu cei的。
衣服除了co-op之外就更是清一色的designer clothes，而且是选的非常Neat。像Marni, Stella McCartney, Doo-ri, Vera Wang...太多的适合芭尼女人的了。
大多太太小姐们拿的包包：CHANEL黑色最多，然后HERMES的黑色铂金包和KELLY。这两个牌子是最多的，且几乎都是选用很safe的颜色，黑色。太太几乎就在这两个牌子里徘徊。女儿们拿很多的就是潮流的It bag：有GUCCI的黑色pop bamboo tote，YSL的DOWNTOWN，MJ的STEM，BALENCIAGA的机车包，但是几乎没有LV的。多数是黑色或金属色。
有看到一个穿的很Blair的妈妈跟另外一个很Lily的妈妈带着三个女儿逛街。那三个女儿就真的很Blair和Serena打扮。一点不夸张。而且各个都非常漂亮和瘦！
印象当中明星有很多是Barneys的忠实拥护者。最基本的芭尼行头就是黑色skinny jeans（收脚的），一双简单的平底鞋(flats)，同色系或大地色系的上衣，加上一个这一季的当下包包，超大的墨镜。这一行头怎么穿都不累，非常百搭。
礼拜一纽约下毛毛雨。起床后开始大逛街。第一站当然冲去了Barneys。店里的人出乎意外的多。当然多数是上东区的太太们和小姐们。四层鞋子更是人山人海。有一对白发苍苍的老夫妻，带着像是孙女的漂亮女孩挑选louboutin的鞋子。惊奇的发觉四十岁以上的太太们和二十岁以下的女儿们都漂亮的如出一辙。打扮得跟Gossip Girl刚下镜似的。
Barneys的selection品位很好。不必要是顶级名牌（Chanel或LV）但一定是必需品和常用品。曼哈顿Madison Ave曼蒂森大道店里的一层是各个牌子的精选包包。最当中放着年轻女生大爱的机车包。每次去看颜色都不一样。Barneys还爱的包包有Prada, Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs的，还有Goyard等等。当然Barneys不可能carry那些牌子的所有line，但是选的包包大多都是可以常用的包包，没有太多tu cei的。
衣服除了co-op之外就更是清一色的designer clothes，而且是选的非常Neat。像Marni, Stella McCartney, Doo-ri, Vera Wang...太多的适合芭尼女人的了。
大多太太小姐们拿的包包：CHANEL黑色最多，然后HERMES的黑色铂金包和KELLY。这两个牌子是最多的，且几乎都是选用很safe的颜色，黑色。太太几乎就在这两个牌子里徘徊。女儿们拿很多的就是潮流的It bag：有GUCCI的黑色pop bamboo tote，YSL的DOWNTOWN，MJ的STEM，BALENCIAGA的机车包，但是几乎没有LV的。多数是黑色或金属色。
有看到一个穿的很Blair的妈妈跟另外一个很Lily的妈妈带着三个女儿逛街。那三个女儿就真的很Blair和Serena打扮。一点不夸张。而且各个都非常漂亮和瘦！
Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
打包的时候
Soho, New York
5/16/2007
才知道很多东西要扔。扔完之后还得选择什么东西带走，什么东西不带走。其实很多带走的东西最后都用不了。只是一箱子一箱子的拖回家去，再换几箱子拖回来。人在搬东西的时候是力大无穷的。特别喜欢拖无用的东西。今年我要明白，拖再多漂亮的衣服回去都是白搭。因为上海有更多好看的。到那时候会不停买不停买。鞋子首饰衣服。所以这次还是别拖回去了。保养品也是。然后经过多次上上下下，里里外外的搬家后，就会掉很多东西。很多东西死活找不到。总知道不是在这儿就是在那儿的。
Sunday, May 4, 2008
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很爱侯佩岑
漂亮的侯佩岑。以前不喜欢她，承认是在我还没有知道她是什么样的人之前就先主观的下了结论了。最近有在follow她的节目《三只小猪》。里面的她很精致，很真实，很懂事，很会打扮自己。所有的所有几乎是我长大后想成为的那种女孩。
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