严长寿

958诚心诚意讲座《做自己和別人生命中的天使》

那个被称之为"台湾饭店业教父"的人, 他的第一份工作是从送信员开始的, 他只有中学学历, 没有任何家族背景。

他的个人传记《总裁狮子心》畅销50万册, 鼓励了许多和他一样没有背景、没有高学历、并非最聪明、运气也不是最好的人们。

他的名字叫做严长寿, 出生在上海, 现在是丽致管理集团总裁!

"人无完人, 首先每个人要认清自己的优缺点, 然后要了解环境, 最后能寻找和发挥自我优势。"
这是严长寿总结的职场成功要素。

台湾丽致集团总裁严长寿和你分享生活智慧, 告诉你, 平凡的人, 要如何活得不平庸且幸福?
让你发现自我的潜能, 学习从思考延伸你的触角、懂得寻找优势, 放大格局, 与整个世界沟通!

日期 : 8月29号
时间 : 傍晚7点30分
地点 : 友诺士8路（巴耶利巴地铁站对面）的新邮政5楼礼堂

票价 : 每人30元, 双人报名, 折扣价每人25元。

Goodbye Beijing 2008!

24th August 2008 Sunday

It's been a sometime since I have updated my blog. It is a blessing in disguise that I have left my notebook in the office. No emails over the weekends. Just Olympics and lots of rain with cooling weather. And lots of sleep - I thought so but soon learnt that I was wrong ;-).

This morning, I got up at 7.30am just to catch my most favorite show - Marathon Men. Glued my face to the TV screen and watched the Kenyan, Moroccan and the Ethiopian run and how they ended the race. More than two solid hours and I cannot imagine how they can have such great achievement. But it is always inspiring to see people run their marathon. After the world best are here together to perform a stunning show. I cannot help but to recall the first time when I reached the finish line, I was sitting there and cry like a big baby non-stop for half-an-hour or so. It was a very moving experience where they cannot be expressed in words.

This afternoon, I told myself to stick to the TV screen to catch the rest of the games events. After all, this is the last day of the 29th Olympic in Beijing 2008. My only regret is that I am unable to be there to smell the feelings. Every time I see the sports person won a race or a game, and when the world listens to the winner’s national anthem, it is a complete sensational feeling that gushes into my brain and body.

Tonight, after the closing ceremony, I suddenly feel a sense of loss. It happens every time, especially after a major event like world cup fever. The ending was not as spectacular as I would have expected. The London excerpt was so with Beckham did a brief and silly appearance and probably not many people know the guitarist and the singer. Could not understand Song Zhu Ying and Domingo what they were singing although the duet sounds perfect in harmony.

Ah yes! Peace, harmony, friendship, One World, One Dream. This is mixed yet inspiring feeling that has showered me the whole of Saturday and Sunday. I have not felt so peaceful and happy since I returned from my expedition.

Thank you Beijing 2008! For all the great work and kudos to all the volunteers and not forgetting the wonderful fireworks show. You look so wonderful at night and in many different angles. I miss you and like the songs suggest, I love Beijing. And I will be back soon.

桑兰 - Another Living Legacy who Lives On Her Own Term

桑兰 - You celebrate our life!

Athletic career and injury

Sang achieved excellence in gymnastics at a young age, winning the all-around and every single event final at the 1991 Zhejiang Province Championships. By 1995 she was competing nationally. Sang was one of China's strongest vaulters, placing second on the event at the 1995 Chinese Nationals. While she never represented China at the Olympics or World Gymnastics Championships, she did compete at the 1996 and 1997 American Cup meets and was selected for the 1998 Goodwill Games team.

In New York at the Goodwill Games, during warmups for the vault event final, Sang fell while she was performing a timer (a simple vault, used by the athlete to familiarize herself with the apparatus and warm up). She could not raise herself from the mat and was taken to the hospital.

Tests indicated that she had fractured and dislocated her C6 and C7 vertebrae and injured her spinal cord. The result of the injury was paralysis from the mid-chest down.

Sang remained in New York City for almost a year, receiving rehabilitation at Mount Sinai Hospital. Many celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Celine Dion and Christopher Reeve visited and offered their support; she was also invited to participate in the New Year's Eve festivities in Times Square as an honored guest.


Advocacy

Since returning to China, Sang has become a celebrity and an advocate for the disabled. A television miniseries about her life was produced in the late 1990s; she was portrayed by her former gymnastics teammate Mo Huilan. Sang also hosts her own show, Sang Lan Olympics 2008. on STAR TV, a Mandarin-language television channel. She was an ambassador for Beijing's successful 2008 Olympics bid and has been selected as an Olympic relay torchbearer.

Sang is currently a student at Peking University. She has continued a rigorous physical therapy regimen and has regained some use of her arms and hands. She has also expressed an interest in returning to competitive sports and wishes to represent China as a table tennis player at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

The Last Lecture

A great man and a Lecturer has died at a young age.
His living story wull continue to have an impact on us.
Lest we forget - how to live....