A wish under the full moon

Lonely night! Someone claimed "Lonely night at Burger King" :)

A genuine lonely? A fake lonely? A temporary lonely? A permanent lonely? One-off lonely? Persistent lonely???? These are queries which came to my mind.

After reading that blog post, I did also check the sky at midnight in London. Oh... nice! A full moon I have not noticed for such a long time. 謝謝 KOM.



I took above photo quickly, trying not to stare at this amazing yellow ball hanging in the starry sky. The reason.... I was told when I was young, if I gazed at the full moon, I might get "lunatic". I never believe it. But I was not too keen to check the moon since then.

According to the literature, there is a some association between moon and mental problem. Someone may know much more than me.

I did research myself for the time being. This is from wiki:

The word lunatic is borrowed from italian "lunacus", Italian which gains its stem from "luna" for moon, which denotes the traditional link made in folklore between madness and the phases of the moon. This probably refers to the symptoms of cyclic mood disorders such as bipolar disorder or cyclothymia, the symptoms of which may also go through phases. As yet there no evidence whatsoever for any causal link between phases of the moon and the progression of mood disorder symptoms. Correlation has been observed in distant parts.

Mental institutions used to be called "lunatic asylums" or colloquially, "loony bins".

It also mentions about Lunar Hypothesis as follows:

In a 1999 Journal of Affective Disorders article, a hypothesis was suggested indicating that the phase of the moon may in the past have had an effect on bipolar patients by providing light during nights which would otherwise have been dark...

What I understand is that people with underlying mental illness might get some problems because of a spot of light in the dark sky. I am still not sure yet.


Anyway, I made a wish under the full moon!
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CV and Résumé

After a conversation with a friend of mine from Singapore, a former British colonial piece of land in south east Asia peninsula, I learnt that they use the word Resume', instead of CV. Well, as we all know Resume' is an American English and Curriculum vitae is British English. But none of them are originally from America or Britain. Curriculum vitae is Latin meaning "course of life" and résumé is French meaning "summary".

Basically, dictionaries describe that CV is equal to Resumé. But according to my friend who arrived in Singapore lately and was applying for a job, it was advised that the short account of education, previous experience and jobs should be written in the way of Resume, not in the way of CV. That statement made me a bit confused. So I did a quick research. I found out the relevant information on wiki as below.

A résumé more often has a free-form organizational style and is used for seeking employment in the private sector, whereas a curriculum vitae has a more standardized look and format for the purpose of seeking positions in academic or educational institutions. Another difference is that a résumé tends to be more descriptive and tailored for a specific purpose or target audience, whereas a curriculum vitae tends to be organized in a way that presents data about one's self in a compact fashion, with a clear chronology. For example, a résumé may begin with a statement about a personal goal, followed by a list of most significant accomplishments or characteristics in order of significance, while a curriculum vitae often includes complete and unembellished lists of data such as educational institutions attended, degrees received, positions held, professional affiliations, publications authored, etc. A résumé may or may not be represented by the person as a complete history of themselves without omission, whereas a curriculum vitae usually implies that there are no omissions, and in particular, no temporal gaps.

According to that information, it is slightly different in CV and résumé in terms of presentations.

Moreover, the required facts in a CV would differ from one industry to another, one country to another. In some countries, putting photo together with CV is preferable. In some places, personal details are mandatory. But when I apply the job in England, I don't need to include my date of birth, gender and ethnicity in my CV. They can't take such facts into account in the consideration process for a post. The short listing panel can not discriminate against the race, age and sex. It's against the law. But the human resource department will keep those facts confidentially.