Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

Sometimes, I'm wondering why I always write down serious topics, but don't do anything to fulfill them? What's wrong with my brain?
Such as, I saw other Friends' blogs and they study hard to get great marks abroad. Why I didn't do that before? Although grades can't mean everything, it might be a possibility to prove you're smart in some perspectives. And it may help you to get a better job.
Now, I find a possible answer related to my philosophy. I'm not that kind of person who is keen to compete with others. Maybe I will have a higher standard to myself after completing my MBA, and I need to sacrifice parts of my life, if I really want to achieve something. However, even I make sacrifices, could I really get the results I want? It's still a guestion mark.
Suddenly, I think about the old song: Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be).

Que Sera Sera
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

When I was young, I fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows, day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.


I'm really a strange girl who question and answer a problem by myself, haha..
By the way, I found that I fall in love with......the sun in Denmark. Everyday, I dream to see the sunshine that I can go out accompanying with the sun.
But I'm not sure if I can keep loving the sun in Taiwan, which is 15 degrees higher~
(Of course, I still like the moon, where is the place I came from...)

It's time to go back to study, and stop my daydream~ SORRY!

To people who struggle with thesis, or with exams as me:
Have fun! It's the final time as a student~

Little Mermaid

昨天下午，被窗外的陽光弄的心煩意亂。
惦記著自己只剩一週就要離開，但其實過的是學生生活，很多觀光客該去的景點都還沒去，下週就要考試了，明天還要交一份報告！什麼時候能有機會去呢？想到這裡，再也讀不下去，也罷，就回應陽光的聲聲呼喚吧！終於知道為什麼外國人這麼愛曬太陽，因為有陽光的日子真的很舒服！

因為是臨時起意，之前也沒有去過info center拿資料，我就憑著一張Metro地圖，轉乘火車到站後，以模糊的方向感往前進。總覺得丹麥自助旅行不太方便，因為指標或商店很少附英文，丹麥文的世界實在不好理解！（其實應該早點去i拿資料的，後來去逛了一下i才發現哥哈很多可以逛的，還好我還有一週～）問路人的經驗其實很有趣，路上遇到一個熱心的先生，看我對他的方向說明不甚了解，直接告訴我沿著指標就可以找到，原來Little mermaid = Den Lille Havfrue ，我已經看到好幾個指標，但之前對我一點意義都沒有，現在終於懂啦！

小美人魚的雕像真的很小，丹麥同學說那是丹麥的一個笑話，很多人千里迢迢來到這裡，就只為了看這個Little Mermaid！但附近其實很美，很多人就近坐在雕像的旁邊，欣賞港口的美麗與寧靜，我想，小美人魚應該不會感到孤單了，每天有這麼多人與她為伴～


或許也是在這裡住了一段時間，才會有悠閒的心情純粹坐在一個地方欣賞風景，不用一個景點一個景點收集，這樣的生活真的很愜意。附近可以逛的其實不少，有一座五星狀的公園及湖泊，另外，這座教堂及雕像噴水池是這趟旅途的驚喜。教堂從哪個角度拍都很美，配上噴水池壯闊的水聲，讓我想起Victoria Squire of Birmingham（但有些遜色），在大自然美景旁的這些景觀，我想不管來幾次都會覺得感動吧！


近三點出門，晚上七點回家，其實天還亮著。心滿意足的開始寫報告，雖然很久沒有熬夜，但這次是心甘情願的熬夜，用睡眠換取一次美好回憶，算是很划算的交易。

People makes difference

This morning, I finished the final presentation of entrepreneurship courses.Honestly speaking, it's a disaster to me.

Yesterday, I went to the group meeting at 10, and had class between 1130-1430. After that, we started discussion from 1500-1800 until the door of building closed. BUT, at that moment, we didn't do anything for the financial part!

According to our background, none of us specialized in finance. The one in charge of the financial part, just because he was absent in the meeting before and he said every part was ok to him.

I used to ask another member who is familar with him, "Are you sure he is ok with that?" She said no problem, and she will help him deal with that. However, it's not OK at all. They promised me to send the final presentation, but until 1:00 am this morning I didn't get any response. (They sent it at 2:30 am)

Actually, we went through every slide well, and although we didn't provide detail finaicial data, we had some numbers to show off at that moment. If you said it's a test, I think we can "Pass". The problem is "Promise is promise." Maybe it's one kind of culture issue; some people tend to finish task before, and others always do it in the last moment. But if we have agreement, at least you should give me some "explanations". No...sorry...

When I saw the presentations of other groups, I clearly knew "People makes difference." Their ideas may be not a big business, but they try to make it realistic. In terms of time spending, they try to make the presentation more professional and attractive.

Starting a new business is really a tough thing. How to manage people is really an art, too.
It's the end of the class, and my life trip through trial and error just starts.

基本上，我們的四人小組，從來沒有四人到齊一起討論過。我應該是最合作的團員吧！有會必到。
埃及同學說做這門作業很無助，因為時間老是沒辦法掌控，約好十點，他們等我下課三點才出現...埃及同學明明下午就沒辦法參加，這樣叫她要怎麼參與呢～
但是因為我們要切入印度市場，所以很多資料要仰賴他們找跟提供，我只能做好自己的部份，其他提供意見跟決定是否要放進去。印度女生主觀很強，一直要處理行銷的部份，完全不管財務還有很多還沒討論。
故事應該劃下句點了，不過我們的計畫書還沒完成。希望把財務部份拿過來自己做的我能存活下來，我還想多保有一些時間多逛這個城市呀！

生日快樂！

昨夜，寧靜的哥本哈根傳來十二響的鐘聲，我的二十八歲人生也正式開始。

一早，乘著巴士前往安徒生的故鄉Odense探訪，從小讀著安徒生童話長大的我們，對拇指姑娘、醜小鴨、賣火柴的小姑娘...等故事十分熟悉，卻對這個作品流傳一百多個國家的作者暨詩人沒有太多的了解。

安徒生出生於一個貧苦的家庭，但他一直夢想要站在舞台上。他身高185公分，比當時的北歐人高出將近25公分，有大大的鼻子，在當時的眼光來說是不甚好看的外貌，因此無論是唱歌或者演戲都不太順利。但他並不放棄，最後終於利用寫作讓自己的作品在舞台上發光發熱。早期安徒生主要創作詩歌跟劇本，也曾經發表過長篇小說，後來在跟小朋友的對話當中，發現自己的天賦，從此開始創作出讓全世界兒童感動與傳頌的童話。

雖然世界上有太多的勵志故事，但每每聽到別人的故事，無論是十九世紀的安徒生或其他，總是會帶給我新的力量。

這一路下來雖然跌跌撞撞，常對未來的方向感到疑惑，但總算還是順利的走到現在。

今天，2007.7.21，在遙遠的哥本哈根，我告訴自己：今天的我，已經不再是過去的我，過去對自己的不肯定、沒信心，已經無法再如鬼魅般如影隨形。

或許現在的我並沒有什麼了不起的成就，但就我的人生里程來說，能夠憑著自己的力量及勇氣不斷改變自己，是值得給自己一點掌聲的。

夢，還是會繼續做下去，因為那是驅動我的動力；
現實，或許還是一樣的艱難，但只要永遠懷抱著愛與夢想；
就算不能伸手摘星，也能看見整夜燦爛的星光。

PS. 也祝遠在台灣一端，即將於八月產下可愛小寶寶的嘉閔，生日快樂！

Malmö in Sweden

From Denmark to Sweden, you don't need to take a boat! Through the Oresund Bridge, it only takes 40 minutes from Copenhagen to Malmö by train.

Malmö is the third largest city in Sweden, but for me, it looks like a peaceful town. Compared to the tourists in Copenhagen, Malmö doesn't have so many people visit there. Living pace here is slow, and everyone seems to have a good mood because of the bright sun!

First, we had an one hour walking tour. "Square, city hall and church are main elements in Europe. If you see them in one place, which represents the place has important position long time ago."

"People living in Scandic cities are calm and value family life beyond other things. About 10 years ago, the restaurants near the square start to open outdoors, and people begin to enjoy different type of life."

The lady guided us about the history of the city and some stories from the past to the present.
After I know more about the city, Malmö becomes not just a name of my map.

Another special spot here is the "Turning Torso".

It was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, who hoped that architecture can interact with people, so he designed the building as a twisting human being. It twisted ninety degrees from the top to the ground floor! I think it will be an interesting experience to live in a twist building~

Except the Turning Torso, there are a lot of special design houses near the beach. Although it's not a sandy beach, people there still enjoy their summer very much!

Summer, beach, real life!

Beautiful harbor

If you come to Copenhagen, you will find it's not a big harbor and not the most beautiful one in the world.
But this harbor has very special atmosphere.

Different from other sightseeing place, all you can see is people eating, drinking and chatting anywhere.

If you are lucky, you could find a pretty resturant to eat, and enjoy the view of the harbor.
More enjoyable, you can find a ship where serves food and drink on board~

If you are as poor as me, my Danish friends recommend to buy some beers in the shop, find a place near the port, sit with friends, and enjoy the same scene as others.

The harbor is the house of ships, and walking around always let me feel relax and warm as home.
It will be perfect, if my family and friends are here....

等待印度人！小貓也是會發飆的～

創業課跟兩個印度人、一個埃及同學一組，因為一開始坐在埃及同學旁邊，她人很親切，我想跟什麼國籍同組都沒有差別，所以就沒特意再找其他人一組。（講師希望我們能找不同專長的人，但多數人還是都跟熟識的人一組...）

沒想到，印度人的合作精神這麼差！第一次，我們約在上星期四下午三點，我跟埃及同學一直等不到他們，打開信箱一瞧，他們竟然在三點零五分寄出一封信，因為下雨加上那天他們沒有課，所以就不來了，但可以在skype上討論！我們兩人當場傻眼～ 因為他們週末三天要去柏林，所以如果星期四沒討論，星期一肯定就沒辦法交我們的作業了。埃及女生有點生氣，因為她們三點才寫信來告知是怎樣～因此，我們要求他們能不能過來一趟，我們可以等到四點半，但上Skype也看不到人...後來，我們決定先把我們的三個創業想法寄給他們，這樣我們可以在星期一上課後討論。

星期一，並沒有收到他們的任何信，印度女生說下午有課，所以課後沒辦法討論，約星期二下午。印度男生呢？從頭到尾我都沒見過他，完全由印度女生代表發言。

好吧！反正我星期二有報告，下午討論也好。沒想到～
埃及女生感冒了，一早就寫信告知她可能無法來，要我們討論完再告知她。

我上完課，再次到餐廳等待開會，但遲遲不見人影。直覺叫我要開信箱收信，果然不出所料，印度女生說:既然埃及女生不能來，那他們會在宿舍先討論，再把他們的想法寄給我們，我們就星期三早上早點來討論，他們不過來了。（12點多寄，但我的課兩點半結束，所以沒收到）

真的是莊校為！！！真的瞭解我個性的人就知道，我雖然溫和，真要拗起來也是不得了～

我立刻寫一封信過去，如果他們想在他們的宿舍討論，我不介意過去一起討論（反正我買月票）。但同樣的，沒得到任何回音。

今天早上，她約我們8:30在教室討論(但我不認為他們會準時，以這兩次的記錄)。果不其然，8:40我出現時，他們正踏入教室門口。上課時間是8:55。

立即，我們進行了十分鐘的討論，奇怪的是，男生坐在遠遠的那端，似乎沒計畫加入。之後，女生提到她等一下有課，所以下課後，我們先跟男生討論。（他們是派代表參加就對了。）

我告訴埃及女生，他們如果是這種態度，我不想跟他們同組，或許可以去詢問老師是否有人數少的組別，我們可以加入。她也同意對她們的做法不甚認同，不在意只有我們兩人一組。因此，下課後我們就一起去告知這兩個印度人。

一聽到我們要換組，他們很驚訝。（我想，他們心中的OS是:有這麼嚴重嗎？不過是還沒討論，目前也沒多少組把意見交出去呀？）

印度女生去上課了，其他人就近在教室外的小桌子討論起來。印度男生的態度轉好，但他竟然說:打不開我的文件！（你打不開不會寫信告訴我喔！我可以貼到正文內呀~這種事要我教嗎～真是讓我越想越生氣。）

因此，決定星期五早上四個人見面討論之後，我又再次表達了我的不滿。因為我們已經晚了一週，實際上只剩下兩週，而且我們還有別堂課的作業要寫，所以能盡快進行最好。

雖然我的態度有點強烈，不過我深深覺得對付這種人，好像只能用這種方法。那印度女生每天在班上頻頻舉手發表奇怪的意見（因為參與有算分），但開會不參與，說真的很不喜歡他們這種投機的做法～

最好不要再惹到我，不然，我還是會再次把你們踢出去的～

Study at CBS

I has two courses in Copenhagen Business School (CBS); one is entrepreneurship, and another is strategic brand management.

Entrepreneurship is compulsory that I have to choose. I attended the class at Aston several times; but, it focuses more on innovation, which is different from learning at CBS. This class emphasizes on entrepreneurship, and we need to make business plan.

Strategic brand management is what I'm looking for, and we don't have similar classes at Aston.

Before I came here, I told myself that I need to perform myself in different way. I have nearly finished my study, and feel more confidence to my ability, although it's always not enough in my perception. Anyway, I come here and have to molt again.

Talking about brand management first. More than half of students in this class are Dane, and others come from different countries. Danes are friendly, but they just allow to take one class in summer, so most of them have a part-time job...

The lecturer is a Dane too. His teaching is very clear and he designs some real cases for us to understand the concept. Companies are invited to have presentations for us, and we interact with them. It's very practical compared to introducing theories.

Before, we have Greenland (a food company, presented by AD company), TDC (the biggest telecom company in Denmark)and L'Oreal. In L'Oreal's case, the key account manager in Denmark came to our class, and gave us a fictive situation which based on a real life problem.

Although L'Oreal is a famous company; but in our class, not really many people want to present this case. One reason is that we have another presentation need to do, and another issue is that only have one weekend to prepare. One Danish girl, and another Indian guy want to make it, but the lecturer expects more.

I have another article presentation on next Thursday, so I'm considering that if I can afford it in the beginning. But, if no one wants to do it, then, why not?
So, I raised my hand, and became the third volunteer.

It's really a good thing to prepare for it. We have several nice meetings together. And this morning...I did my first presentation in Denmark!!
After the presentation, I am very proud that I have some correct viewpoints.
My presentation is not very good, but at least I try to do it.
I believe it will become better and better. Two days later, I will have another one... I really enjoy it!

ps.有些意見沒有被採納，因為印度同學有很強的主觀意識，我的英文不夠好，對自己的想法又不夠有信心，所以沒有嘗試去說服他們。但是，在得到公司代表的回饋意見後，深深覺得自己當初如果堅持一下，我們的報告會更好！
下一次，不會那麼容易被說服了！告訴自己，我真的很不錯！^^

問卷要請大家多幫幫忙了！

談到我的論文題目以及supervisor，有一段很長的故事～

原先的想法，只是做跟網路行銷相關的題目，並沒有特別想做的主題，但總覺得沒有清楚的想法就去找supervisor不太好，因此，進度持續延宕;三、四月，就在我對自己論文的高期待下，悄悄的流逝。

要說我命運乖舛嗎？
因為師資有限，marketing group與網路行銷有關的教授只有兩位:一位是我目前的supervisor，他是客座教授，六月底，我到丹麥的同時，他也回土耳其去了。另一位據說請產假，我發過三四封信給她，至今都沒有回音；或許是命中註定吧！只好跟這位“學歷豐富“的先生做研究。他在英國完成碩博士學位，之前還在法國跟丹麥求學過。

重點是，我一開始去找他:他開門見山的就說，希望我的研究能在水準以上，因為他想要發表一些學術論文！這給我很大的壓力，很多國家的MBA是不用寫論文的，要寫也就算了，還要求我做他想做的領域，而且問卷的發送對象及條件還有嚴格限制！因為他也知道問卷回收不易，竟要我去找市調公司詢問價錢，看我能不能接受～
對一個貧窮的窮學生而言，怎麼可能負擔的起龐大的市調公司費用，根本是要把我逼上梁山嘛！

因此，我試著找其他教授，但或許是我太晚詢問，也因為這方面的老師真的不多，我又不想有太大幅的改變，因為也讀了一些資料了。最後，在我誠實的跟他反應後，他也放寬了一些要求。總算達成共識！

五月底，完成Proposal，但只是一個簡單的架構。正想鬆一口氣，他卻說希望我在出發前完成問卷，天曉得我連literature review都沒做完，要設計什麼問卷呀？加上在很早之前，就已經排好打工及Host Uk到蘇格蘭的活動，忽然之間，六月成為忙碌的一個月！

但壓力果然能成就不可能的事，就在出發前的那一週，我每天持續的找資料、與Supervisor討論問卷，他竟然輕輕鬆鬆的就同意我的問卷內容了！接下來，就是翻譯成中文，放上網路，請各位親愛的朋友發揮同情心，多幫我填寫一下問卷～ http://my3q.com/home2/171/jass721/14740.phtml

那一兩個星期真的很有成就感，因為不斷的閱讀及產出，雖然，距離完成論文還有很長ㄧ段距離，但我想老天對我也還不錯，雖然一開始supervisor很嚴格，但後來的討論都進行的蠻順利的，可能他發現我有努力達成他的要求！
（這樣應該不算廣告吧！希望大家看完我的血淚史，能幫我多轉發一下！老天也會保佑好心的人的！^^）

Folk dancing

Copenhagen Business School has planned a lot of social events for the students joining International Summer University Program.

At the first time, when I see these activities, I feel very surprised that almost 17 activities are hold during the six weeks! How can I handle the study, dissertation and activities at the same time? So, I give up the 13 events which bundle together before.

However, after I attended the first two class, I notice that if I didn't join the social program, it will be difficult to know Copenhagen more. Therefore, I missed the BBQ at the first day, amazing Race on Monday, but I joined the folk dancing after the two activities.

Honestly speaking, I'm not quite interesting in this activity, according to the introduction,"Most of the dances date from 1780-1880 and were originally danced by farmers and poor people....old fashioned..." I can imagine what it will look like!

But joining a activity is totally different experience with just looking. After their performance, the eight old ladies and gentlemen invited everyone to dance with them. Then, you saw more than 100 people surround as a circle, and started dancing!

It's really fun that you danced with everyone. Some dance steps are easy to learn, but others are not. Such as, you need to change partners seven times, and then danced with the guy you met. Moreover, you can see people bump together! It's really old-fashioned, but I think it's also a pure pleasure that just enjoy the live music and people gather together~

Otherwise, the energy of those dancers are amazing! I just danced around 30 minutes, and felt very exhausted. They are much older than me, but they danced all the time!!