奧莉薇亞。料理。貓

記得有次聚餐，有些不避諱承認自己是深藍的同學大肆取笑第一屆台灣小姐的口音。我當下覺得很難受，這就是現在的社會價值觀嗎﹖我當著他們的面問：「這個女孩子做錯什麼事了﹖這樣取笑人家就只因為她無法說一口標準的國語﹖」他們雖然有點驚訝於我的反應，卻在背後將我合理化為我是綠色的！ 我的天呀！這個世界只有藍跟綠嗎﹖ 錯！ 我是政治冷感，不管319還是馬英九，我都沒有興趣。

同學的反應讓我想到台灣的教育，小時後可以說標準國語的人的確比較容易獲得老師青睞。雖然我們的社會已經逐漸有一些改變，開始注意到其他共同生活在同一塊土地卻習慣用不同語言的人，但讓人難過的是，這樣的改變似乎又只是政治人物用來譁眾取寵的工具而已。 每個人都有他的成長背景和時空因素，我們取笑說台灣國語的人，就像美國人視無法說標準英文的移民為次等公民。如果大家來個角色對置，誰都不想被這樣對待。其實講哪種語言都無妨，說得標不標準也沒關係，我只是要說---我們能不能用更多的包容心，去接納一個更多元的社會---我想這也是 Paul Haggis 在 Crash 這部電影想表達的。

號稱民族大熔爐的美國，很多人卻譏笑他們充其量只不過是一個沙拉碗。大家攪和在一起，灑了沙拉醬，但大家還是原來的模樣，沒有改變。 Crash 試圖描繪這樣複雜又難解的情況。

喵爸: 『天啊...世界上怎麼會有這麼可愛的生物...』

喵爸: 『注意看～他可是"小白襪"喔～』

喵爸: 『咦...好像快醒了...』

momo: 『ㄟ...這位阿伯...你在幹麻呀?』

這次我觀賞的實況轉播，不是吃藥而是momo吃ㄋㄟㄋㄟ

因為實在太溫馨了...我嚷嚷著要Andy把這一幕拍下來

於是Andy使出單手餵奶單手照相的絕技

momo在未受驚擾的狀況下，留下這兩個可愛的鏡頭～

本書2005年在美國出版，半年內就銷售破百萬冊，也蟬連好幾週紐約時報、商業周刊銷售排行第一名，號稱是繼EQ後最熱門的話題，現在幾乎是美國MBA必讀的教材。作者Thomas L. Friedman是哈佛大學的客座教授，也是美國公認最有影響力的新聞工作者，這本書出版之後，更奠定他趨勢大師的地位。

我們花了幾個禮拜的時間閱讀這本書，並在課堂上討論，這本書基本上就是用很多例子來具體闡述---全球化已經發生了，所以世界是平的。我相信「全球化」這個名詞對大家來說一定不陌生，所以作者冷菜熱炒還能創造議題的功夫，的確讓人折服。

呼嚕呼嚕喝了半瓶牛奶之後，馬上進入香甜的夢鄉...這大概是他出生以來最幸福的時光了吧。

隔天跟Andy一起去上班，好奇的東張西望...

東跑西跑...開心的不得了。

大家好～我叫momo  ^＿^

Chapter 12

Friedman mentions an interesting idea which is Dell Theory in chapter 12. The theory stipulates: No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain, like Dell's, will ever fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain. And the most important test case of the Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention is the situation between China and Taiwan - since both are deeply embedded in several of the world's most important computer, consumer electronics, and increasingly, software supply chain (424).

Chapter 2

In the last part of chapter 2, the writer comes up with the other five forces which flattened the world. The eighth force is “Insourcing,” which means businesses use their Core Competency (Prahalad, C. K.) to collaborate with their supply chain or develop their competitive advantage to be another tool to earn money. The writer uses United Parcel Service (UPS) to be an example to explain how it works. I do like the topic “What the Guys in Funny Brown Shorts Are Really Doing,” which is what I wondered before. Before reading the chapter, I did not know so many surprisingly interesting inside stories of UPS. Because they are not just delivering packages, they have become the expert of logistics. For example, they helped Toshiba to solve the problem of late repair process and helped its customer P&H without looking deep inside its business and then into its suppliers' businesses-what boxes and packing materials they were using. Moreover, they successfully collaborate among eBay sellers, UPS, PayPal, and eBay buyers. UPS synchronize global supply chains which is the force to flatten the world.

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