《聊斋志异》

原著：［中国・清］蒲松龄
改写：郝英

农历七月读聊斋，原本想吓吓自己，但故事并不可怕。故事多数是短文，只有我们比较熟悉的如《画皮》，《聂小倩》，《罗刹国》和《陆判》。故事也不尽是在描述有关魑魅魍魉，鬼怪狐仙或魔法道术。我就喜欢有如《细柳》关于教育子女，教人处事的故事。

我并不喜欢这个版本的改写。我知道要从文言文翻译成白话文很难，但这个版本读起来很不顺。若有机会，我会到图书馆找找看还有没有其他的版本，文言文的也可以尝试看一遍。

Upgraded!

It's finally official! After having to wait for three weeks for Oracle to merge my certification accounts (I didn't know my Sun account is still on record), I have upgraded, as of 10 July 2014, my

Homeland

Created the following image in my mind after reading two articles almost one after another. Please let the violence stop and cease targeting civilians, especially children, with military attacks!

Certification update

Had a job interview last month and I was posed a difficult requirement which I want but have no confidence to fulfil. The interviewer has asked me to upgrade my Java certification with a score of 90% within two months and the job is mine.

Age has been catching up and my brain no longer functions as efficient as ten years ago. Memory leaks and only "open-book" tests can save me from failing. Passing will already be a huge task, let alone scoring such a high mark.

Oh well, I should do it as soon as I am prepared and get it over with before I am too old for all these certifications. Please do feel free to give me any advice on how to prepare for it. Reading resources and brain tonics are equally welcomed.

Anyway, I managed to get two other certifications recently to give my résumé a little boost:

• Certified Security Analyst v4
• Titanium Certified Developer