Thursday, December 31, 2009
岁末偶感
不敢想像岁月如梭,时间飞逝得令人不敢相信。
但不得不承认:Time and tide wait for no man.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
聆听王蒙
虽说演讲主题是王蒙与中国文学六十年,但他从五四新文化运动,到改革开放现代化进程,政治运动,文字改革,纵横往来,中西比较,全方位点题,
Friday, November 27, 2009
政治家的命运
昨天晚间新闻插播他的政治宣言,今天他好象已被自己的同僚逼到了绝境,前排议员纷纷拂袖而去向他示威抗议,他的领袖地位受到严峻挑战。
Friday, November 20, 2009
奥斯汀的遗憾
英国十九世纪著名的女作家简奥斯汀Jane Austen以《傲慢与偏见》(Pride and Prejudice)、《爱玛》等小说享誉世界文坛,她笔下的人物和所描写的事件虽说不是惊天动地的伟大,但留给后人的思索是耐人寻味的,她小说中的许多人物也成了经典。
Monday, November 16, 2009
Cramming for a upcoming exam
Modernity in Asia, how many concepts need to be crammed, the list is endless, ......... name it, modernity, modernization, industrialization, wars, treaties, imperialism, colonialism, nationalism, westernization, democratization, urbanization, ideology, political, military, technology, economy, education, state intervention, tradition, Asian values, Neo-Confucianism, institutions, constitutions, laws, infrastructures, land reforms, revolutions, military rules, elites, meritocracy, corruptions, populations, labors, egalitarianism, social hierarchy, railways, port cities, globalization, capital, investment, GDP, free market, goods and services, human rights, civil liberties, freedom, position of women, religions, social division, power struggle, popular cultures, soft powers,............
Oh, my God, I pray, how can I guess which concepts will be examined? Could you give me a hint? I'm sure I had enough now, and I'm sure I will regret I missed something tomorrow. Every time, an exam is just like a big joke: what prepared and what examined are never matched.
Besides, the exam preparation drives everybody at home mad, I just received a complaint.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
海边雕塑
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
感悟佩索阿谈写作
第一次读到葡萄牙语作家费尔南多佩索阿的作品,他的细腻和忧郁一下子就抓住了我的心,意境和心态方面有太多的相似。读他的散文就象是和一个懂自己心思的人交谈,真是知音可遇不可求,上下求索了多少年,今天终于遇见了一个不用见面就可交谈的知音。
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
迟钝的力量
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
赛马 Shocking
Monday, November 2, 2009
呼啸山庄 Wuthering Heights
男主角希斯克利夫,一个充满爱与恨的人,一个爱到极致也恨到顶点的人,这种浓烈的爱与恨,似乎刻骨铭心,但也接近病态。
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Bell Curve
据说这都是因为大学有一个Bell Curve, 即象钟一样的曲线,要把学生们的分数拉开,也就是说把学生们的等级拉开,按照这样的曲线理论,只能允许百分之四十五的人进入A、B之列,假设你的考试成绩达到了A、B之列,但偏巧名列第四十六位,那么也只能降格到C列去了。
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
聚食 Food Festival
Monday, October 19, 2009
motto
I happened to read a motto from Aya's whiteboard this afternoon,
'When life gives you lemons, paint that shit gold'.
What a cool and cheerful attitude towards luckless and miserable situations.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Globalization
'Please explain', because I am asked to explain 'globalization' tomorrow.
I researched, and read. Finally, I have found out an exciting definition from a radical article, which wrote by an author, who called the word 'globalization' a buzzword, and positioned the word 'globalization' as a politician's slogan, a businessman's fetish, a journalist's catchphrase, and a publisher's sale pitch.
The author proved that the 'globalization' has nothing to do with 'internationalization', or 'universalization', it only has something to do with 'supraterritorialization'.
Do I understand the word 'globalization' better now than before?
Saturday, October 10, 2009
人鸟之间
每次经过中央车站旁的BELMORE公园,就好象进入了鸟的乐园,数不清的海鸥和鸦雀之类的鸟儿此飞彼落。看着这些长期栖息在闹市的鸟儿们,从前在电影里看到的海鸥展翅飞翔在蓝天和大海之间的画面已经淡然,眼前的海鸥基本都已丧失了飞的功能,想飞却怎么也飞不高。
澳洲的鸟儿们似乎也是吃快餐长大的。。。
Friday, October 9, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
秘密 Secret
凯伦凯莉在她的新书《SECRET OF SECRET》(秘密中的秘密)一书中引用了美国前总统 Franklin D. Roosevelt的一句话:“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy o f achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. ”
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
全球化语言Globish
福克斯推荐我看《悉尼晨锋报》上的一篇文章,一个名叫JEAN-PAUL NERRIERE的法国人正在发明一种他称之为GLOBISH的全球化语言,和世界语不同,这种全球化语言源于英语,用于非英语国家及国际间交流的一种工具,他的动机是为了增强全球各民族之间的相互理解。
Monday, September 28, 2009
Happy Birthday to Confucius
I admire Confucius' teaching but I don't understand them hundred percent, may be there is a difference between the sage and normal people. I think that if people could really understand and practice Confucian teaching, Confucius would be very happy in the heaven. By the way, I should remember that Confucius was born on 28 September, 551 B.C.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
爷爷活着时是我们的敌人
Friday, September 25, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Grandma's Old House
Lyric in the toilet
Looking around in such a narrow, depressed space, some lines on the wall came into sight:
"life sucks, and then you die. J.B."
what a depressing perspective to life.
not far from the depressing, there is hope:
"For long you live
and high you fly
and smiles you give
and tears you cry
and all you touch
and all you see
Is all your life
will ever be
Pink Floyd"
Cheers!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
难忘新疆之行
2009年7月5日上午九点,我们在吐鲁番大酒店用完早餐后,搭乘长途大巴前往下一个目的地乌鲁木齐。
我们一大家子人准备在乌鲁木齐呆上一个星期,既是家庭团聚又是家庭旅游。我已有五年未归故国,所以格外地期盼着这次大团圆,而每次回国,我们姐弟都要相约结伴去游山玩水,这次选中去新疆,既偶然又非偶然。