Archive for September, 2007

畫畫

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

鄉間土路上的塵土在後車窗外飛揚,我邊開車邊看著她畫畫。紅色的毛氈尖筆在她的小手中就仿佛她身體的一部分。黃色的記事片一張張散落在她的大腿上。為了讓四歲的她在去祖母家的路上有點事做,只能找到這些東西了。紅日、笑臉和向日葵隨著車子的顛簸緩緩起伏著迎面而來。她的臉色凝重嚴肅,看她勾勒、分割、布置著她的小小畫作。我們一路無話,這沉默讓我開始感覺有點不自在了。我感覺我有義務逗逗她,陪她說說話。ceszglm9kxugs.jpg

“甜心,告訴我,”我問道,“你最喜歡的顔色是什麽?”

“我喜歡所有的顔色,”她說道,頭也不擡地繼續畫她的畫。

“好吧。你最喜歡吃的東西是什麽?”

“什麽食物我都喜歡吃,”她答道。

我被激起了好廳心,追問了下去。

“你喜歡哪一天?”

她停了一下,看著我。她的眼睛就像被黃色小雲朵包圍著的湛藍天空。

“我喜歡每一天,”她說完又繼續畫了起來。我看著她給她的畫收尾,看上去像是一只狗或者一頭奶牛。

我不再干擾她畫畫,靜靜地聽著鵝卵石在車子底盤奏出的畢畢剝剝的旋律。

Occupational Hazard

Friday, September 14th, 2007

“White collar work” is an attractive title for the e-generation looking for high social status, a great income and a comfortable working environment. However, there are many occupational health problems associated with this working class, mainly resulting from improper computer use, a sedentary lifesuntitled.bmptyle, and too much stress. These problems result in various physical and mental distresses, which significantly affect productivity causing higher absenteeism and low deficiency.

An ergonomic office workstation and the right posture make for a good start. However, even if you work with a well-designed system for too long, or engage in high repetition tasks, you still stand the risk of suffering muscular pain and fatigue. Frequent short breaks, standing, stretching and moving around will significantly reduce their occurrence.

Build a well designed office can not only stimulate your ability to work, but also can ease health problems caused by un-ergonomic design of work station, improper lighting, poor posture and insufficient breaks, which together result in headaches, dry eyes with blurred vision and lower back pain.

You do no need lots of money and fancy office furniture to ensure an ergonomic workstation. Just focus on positioning and posture. Frequent breaks with simple office exercise. You may use your cellular phone or an alarm clock to setup an electric alarm to frequently remind you to stretch or take a break – ideally once every hour. Alternate tasks whenever possible, mixing non computer-related tasks into the workday. This encourages body movement and the use of different muscle groups to avoid overuse fatigue.

If you want to be a white collar, start with getting a set office furniture first.