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有一天女儿告诉我一件事，那是关于一则漫画的。女儿说她很欣赏那个漫画家的作品，可惜原来每周出现一次，现在已经不画了。她说∶“其中有一幅漫画令我印象深刻，那是画一个刚睡醒的人，自言自语的说∶‘唉，我睡得好累！现在想醒来休息一下，再睡。’”睡得太累，只好醒来休息一下？真是很幽默的说法，我笑了起来。女儿又补了一句话∶“你知道我为什么特别记得那一幅漫画吗？因为那根本就是我的感觉，我也常常睡得太累了，醒来休息一下。” 女儿这番话触动了我的一些回忆。

童年最记得老爸对我们说的一句话，那是关于“睡眠”的∶“活着的时候能够不睡觉就不睡，因为人死了以后就可以一直睡觉长眠不醒。”所以遇到星期假日或放长假，老爸会把我们从床上挖起来，口中一直重复着说∶“再睡就把人生给睡光了，孩子们，起床工作啰！”就这样，我们一个个从温暖的棉被中滚下床，刷牙洗脸，摸东摸西，早些进入工作状态。老爸喜欢看到我们各自埋首工作读书的样子，并且会把这“动人”的一幕写在他的日记上∶“一大早，孩子们个个自动起床，纷纷开始充实的一天，这个家，未来一定会兴旺的。”

平常日子老爸如果接到一些需要加班赶工的额外工作，便挑灯夜战，不眠不休到天亮，吃个早餐又搭车去上班了。我们如果能从旁帮忙的，也会弄得很晚才睡。老爸常引以为傲的说∶“睡得比别人少的人，一定会成功的。孩子们！希望你们牢牢记住我的话。”

睡眠，不知不觉，成为我们几个孩子心中牢不可破的罪恶。妹妹读博士班的时候累得躺在床上，只要听到老爸的脚步声远远传来，她会一跃而起，随手拿起一本书来看。她最害怕老爸说∶“ 懒惰的人一定没有出息的。”

这样的罪恶感也一直跟着我，尤其是我把固定上班的工作辞掉的这些年，如果每天没有做些什么“正经事”，躺在床上便充满罪恶感，有时甚至睡不着。所谓“正经事”，就是一定要“生产”些什么东西。和我长期生活在一起的老婆逐渐发现到我这种罪恶感了，于是不止一次的问我说∶“为什么一个人每天一定要生产些什么才算是有意义？”

有一次老婆要我去睡午觉，我嘀咕了一句∶“我今天上午什么都没做半天就过去了，有些不甘心。”老婆终于忍不住了，就反问我说∶“我很早就起床，别人还在床上时，你已经在运动了。当别人忙着赶路上班，你在家喝茶，看看报纸。当别人正在开会时，你在看书，看你想看的书。然后你又上顶楼整理了花槽，然后我们一起去裱一幅要送给朋友的画。然后你又准备了一些工作，你已经工作了七、八个小时了，该躺一下了。下午，你会有足够的、清醒的脑袋做你想做的事。其实，人不一定要每天做什么才对得起自己。能够有充足的睡眠是幸福的。”

我呆望着老婆，说了一句玩笑话∶“我怕对不起我的爸爸，他已经八十岁了，每天一定要努力工作。”说完，才心甘情愿睡个午觉。

老婆也是鼓励女儿多睡觉的，她常常催着女儿上床说∶“如果没事就早点睡吧！能够多睡一分钟就多睡一分钟，人生苦短呀！”

人生苦短，所以能睡就睡，这是老婆的人生哲学，还好她没有当我爸爸的女儿。她曾经对我说∶你知道人生最快乐的事是什么吗？

然后向我招手说∶“不要皱着眉头很痛苦的模样，你老爸又不在你旁边，我批准你，应该上床了。亲爱的，你今天已经工作很久了。”我心不甘情不愿的爬上床，临睡前还骂了一句∶“难怪你的孩子都是人生以睡觉为目的，唉！这样的孩子长大是不会成功的。”

她闭着眼睛，老僧入定的说∶“谁规定人生一定要成功的？”

感触
是呀!好一句“谁规定人生一定要成功的？”
而且..我想~”成功”的定义应该因人而异吧~
睡觉可是一件美好的事情哦~~

Oh my god…I nearly forget this important that of me and my love. Maybe I am too busy on the progress of shifting jobs. Hope my kawaii honey won’t mind >< Anyway, I’m glad that I had my replacement leave today, that I can spent almost whole day with him ^^

Wait no longer, I’ve submitted my letter of resignation to my current company. Boss told me I’ve been working for more than 3 months already, so is automatically recruited as official staff (wtf? I thought got what contract for me to sign before the confirmation??) I typed the letter this morning and submitted at night (during my working time). When I submitted the letter, Boss told me the Company require those who resign to hand in hand-written letter rather than computer generated ones… hmm…sounds a bit lame. Reason given was, to avoid people make fake resignation letters…=.=

So, I went back to my seat, take a piece of blank paper, copied the things that I’ve typed (so that it’s a handwritten letter) and submit straight away. Working more than 3 months, means I have to give one month notice…argh..I have to work till 9th April..that is tiring.

Now I woke up around 7.30am-8.00am, working in the new company from 9am to 12pm. Then start work at 2pm to 10pm in the current company…that will be so tiring. Today is just the 2nd day…oh wow..still need to endure for some time >< Bless me!

Today is my first day going to that company. Although it’s just a three-hour working time, I felt very comfortable for what I’ve been applying. Why three hours? If that’s what you are wandering…Because I haven’t submit my resign letter to quit my current advertisement layout artist job yet. Well, probably I’ll submit my resign letter if and only if I receive the appoint letter from this new company.

Because I need to get trained, therefore I have to work for 3 hours from 9am to 12pm everyday except for Sundays. So when April comes, I will be working full time in this new company and say bye bye to this local press that I’ve been working for. I’m getting very excited whenever I think of my future position, and the tasks that I will have to carry out. Challenges and opportunities awaits me to polish and upgrade my knowledge. This time, it’s not lame anymore. I’m an IT-Support-staff-wanna-be. Yosh!! At least can learn new things in IT field.

I was told that I also need to be familiar with Linux..wow a great chance for me to experience Linux OS…well, I’ve always been using MS Windows…until recently working in the press, I get the chance to touch Mac…and it’s another chance for me to explore new stuff (in my world definition - Linux is not new, but to me, it’s something new to discover) very very soon.

A 2nd chance. New hope. New episode. New Chapter. Hence, a new career review. Wish me luck for being an IT staff in the next company.

My friend is right. I have to leave before it’s too late. Leave the sucky job before the probation period ends. ^^

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This is a website (http://vixy.net) which allows you to download the videos you want according to the URL you enter….what makes this cool is that, you can choose to convert the media to the format you want, save it and play it whenever you want.