昨夜的夢

突然有電話通知，中了大獎。大概是美金兩百萬左右。去銀行，一輪儀式過後取得獎金。一時不知如何處理，便找了位看來可親的銀行職員，請她替我做理財規劃。

聽完我的請求後，這位上了年紀的女士臉上流露出微妙的變化。她慢騰騰的移動一些擺設，拖了段時間才坐下。

「一半投資基金，一半存起來。重點是無論基金怎麼賠，存款部份都要可以 cover。」我說明心裡的打算。她在紙上寫下幾個數字，表情嚴肅，甚至有點不悅的盯著他們。

「This is not a good business.」她說。

「為什麼？你對你們銀行的基金這麼有信心嗎？也許我該一半基金，一半股票？」我問。

旁邊的年輕女職員，一直專注地聽著我們的談話。這時她突然激動的插話了。

「不值得的！就算為了兩百萬美金，也不值得去住鄧斯特的房子！」

嗯，對喔，好像有附帶條件，要住某棟房子一個月。

「那裡有問題的！之前許多人住過了，他們都…」

恍然大悟。原來是類似凶宅的地點哪。這對我來說沒什麼好怕的呀。

「其實，說來也許你們不相信，但我是有陰陽眼的人，那樣的地方，我不怕的。」

「又是一個信心滿滿的傻蛋！不要以為你可以控制，你不行的！」

那位上了年紀的女士，突然激動了起來。

「你以為你控制了他。你以為你窺看的是他的內心，其實是他在窺看你！你以為你控制他，其實他才控制了你！」

她突然站起，掀翻了身後的椅子。睜大的雙眼爆滿血絲，聲嘶力竭地說：

「告訴你，我就是鄧斯特太太！」

此時夢便醒了。

Google Talk works better than Skype

When I wanted to talk to someone abroad, Skype used to be my first choice. Once you successfully connected with the other guy, it works like a breeze. However, things don't always go as we expected. Even if my friend and I both got online, we still couldn't see each other. We could exchange messages by MSN, but not Skype.

When it happened again this morning, I really got pissed off and determined to solve this problem. I asked the other guy to install Google Talk, and then we tried to talk by it. I do know that Google has very talented engineers and that's why they can always deliver quality software, but the fact that Google Talk works right out-of-box still amazes me. Its sound quality equals Skype, and finally we could easily connect to each other just like MSN.