最近在学日文，50音暂且不谈，就说常用语言打招呼、道歉、询问之类，我练习下来的最大感触是“口干舌燥”。归结主要原因为す・し・た・が 这类的音太多了，特别是し(shi) 这一小撇让舌头表层水分蒸发的格外之快。mashita, mashitaka, shimasu, desu 等等需要向外鼓风的磨擦/爆破式结尾让我很没耐心，好像一个人在说“是不是？是不是啊？是啊是啊”。ははは。。。无力-.-!
实用语：
I'm thirsty: Nodo (throat) ga (is) kawaki (thirsty) mashita.
I'm hungry: Onaka (stomach) ga suki (hungry) mashita.
以下翻译过来都成了“Excuze moi'
Sumimasen （请问，那个，呃。。。）
Shitsurei shimasu/shimashita ( 失礼了）
Ojama shimasu （我来拜访了，打扰了）
*** 贴首诗
还乡
车前子
我在寒冷的天性中旅行，
路边银铺买本地产的甜糖。
还有不甜糖吗？“有，不甜糖”，
只在贵族与世家流行，
秘书般不轻易示人。
“我终于不知道已经大吃苦头”。
我买了一袋甜糖。
旅行者持有大面额钞票。
她找零于我，
有我认识的十块五块，
和我不认识的十块五块。
我不认识的十块五块，她说：
这是本地产的钞票。
钱柜掏空了，还缺几块钱，
她就在另外的孔里搜寻，
递给我一张手写的十块钱。
我在寒冷的天性中旅行，
路边金铺买本地产的饮料。
她满满一杯随时就要溢出似的
持来了本地产的
一种嗜好沼泽地里的
蕨类植物的
蚂蚁的
血。
很名贵。蕨类是沼泽地的大宗族。
很好喝。蚂蚁是蕨类的大宗师。
我决定把一张手写的十块钱花掉，
自始至终我没有和它建立起信任。
她飞速地找零于我，
有我认识的五块两块一块，
我吃一惊，手里全是我认识的钞票，
我又有了伟大的现实感？
还乡途中，我恰当地赞赏了本地产的饮料，
和她的美貌。她代表性地抱住我，
于是在他世界：他们藏在书架上的暗箱中：
引起一阵劈劈啪啪。“劈劈啪啪”。
她的乳房像算盘上的算盘珠一样可以上下砍动。
2006-11-24，上午
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Deep Cove and Lynn Canyon
A belated outdoor journal
Date: 2008 May 18
Place: Deep cove and Lynn canyon, North Vancouver
We kayaked for 2 hours at deep cove, managed a decent paddling speed a little shy of walking on land, and saw instant muscle build up! In hind sight, it's a wise choice to go for doubles as you can take small intermittent breaks as your arms are wasted. But well, that all depends on the tenacity and team ethics of your kayak partner. Take for example our lovely friends, this couple who appeared to sail off to unforeseeable horizon (photo below) in the kingdom of tides and mist, the guy behind had long rested his paddle as his girlfriend steered forward bravely.
Everything looked brilliant from the shore, the panorama clear and breathtaking. But once out in the kayak, your focus is restricted to just two vast stretches of monotonous, endless things of nature: sky above water. How marvelous to have mountains and forests to assure oneself of boundaries, and positive movements forward or oblique. Imagine sailing on a mapless ocean using stars as guiding compass not knowing the shore... cross your fingers and deeply wish you're Jack Sparrow.
As we were strapped in sun baked suits and our arms were in different stages of limbo, all we wish for is strip and swim.
After lunch, we drove to Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge, great spot to test acrophobia. I honestly admit my heart pounded 1.5 times faster when some irritating kid stomped, jumped and ran past me in the middle of the swaying bridge as a huge line of people surged behind me. I guess it's a curse to 1. Watch too many adventure thrillers 2. know that resonance (by chance) can make giant structures collapse. I looked down and saw white foams raging over a deep and ragged landscape (Whoa! Awesome = Scary! Adrenaline rush) Once I crossed the bridge, I couldn't find the pair of sunglasses tucked away in my pocket. Did you see it? I asked the guy who followed me. 'I saw people stepping over it. In shards now.' What a concise postmortem report.
Beautiful streams and pools along the trail
~ La fin~
Date: 2008 May 18
Place: Deep cove and Lynn canyon, North Vancouver
We kayaked for 2 hours at deep cove, managed a decent paddling speed a little shy of walking on land, and saw instant muscle build up! In hind sight, it's a wise choice to go for doubles as you can take small intermittent breaks as your arms are wasted. But well, that all depends on the tenacity and team ethics of your kayak partner. Take for example our lovely friends, this couple who appeared to sail off to unforeseeable horizon (photo below) in the kingdom of tides and mist, the guy behind had long rested his paddle as his girlfriend steered forward bravely.
Everything looked brilliant from the shore, the panorama clear and breathtaking. But once out in the kayak, your focus is restricted to just two vast stretches of monotonous, endless things of nature: sky above water. How marvelous to have mountains and forests to assure oneself of boundaries, and positive movements forward or oblique. Imagine sailing on a mapless ocean using stars as guiding compass not knowing the shore... cross your fingers and deeply wish you're Jack Sparrow.
As we were strapped in sun baked suits and our arms were in different stages of limbo, all we wish for is strip and swim.
After lunch, we drove to Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge, great spot to test acrophobia. I honestly admit my heart pounded 1.5 times faster when some irritating kid stomped, jumped and ran past me in the middle of the swaying bridge as a huge line of people surged behind me. I guess it's a curse to 1. Watch too many adventure thrillers 2. know that resonance (by chance) can make giant structures collapse. I looked down and saw white foams raging over a deep and ragged landscape (Whoa! Awesome = Scary! Adrenaline rush) Once I crossed the bridge, I couldn't find the pair of sunglasses tucked away in my pocket. Did you see it? I asked the guy who followed me. 'I saw people stepping over it. In shards now.' What a concise postmortem report.
Beautiful streams and pools along the trail
~ La fin~
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Dancer
非常的烦躁！ 人在烦躁的时候（主语其实是“我”，但在自我分析的时候会自我保护性的切换到不痛不痒的第三人称以拉开距离），任何细琐的不满都会串联起来形成反馈路线，无限放大原先的牢骚。本来想速描，速了一遍觉得没表现出身体绷紧的弹性开始加重主线条，又觉得明暗度不好开始用墨涂黑，其实这里就真该停了，我偏偏去上水彩，效果反而烂，纸又不吸水（靠！好意思叫“水彩本”，奸商！），狂大一个颜料盘横在桌上碍手碍脚，我这个时候就想在纸上画个巨大的红叉叉泄愤。然后我去上厕所，房东没敲门冲进来（厕所门没有装锁），你NND变态就挑人家脱裤子的时候来，第二次！她越道歉我越来火，你就承认你是猪头了吧你！还放爆响的音乐，还用波兰话聒噪。谁TMD把我发射到火星让我冷却一下，最近发现说火星下有冰，让我钻吧钻吧！
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
ZETMAN
晚上和R跑去Richmond的神木漫画屋“晚自习”，我读漫画她读书。为什么我会理所当然的觉得在这里读漫画是很便宜的呢？结账的时候发现3小时要10块钱，我想，Holy Cow，够我买两本的（某人阅读速度有限总共就读了3本）。虽然琳琅满目好几书橱的漫画，细看也就几部我感兴趣的，最后挑了桂正和的ZETMAN（仍在连载）。
ZETMAN融合了英雄、暴力、血腥、科幻、恐怖、色情、政治、亲情、道德观。What more can you ask for, really?! 现在已经连载到第9本了...... 看封面就知道有Batman的影子，因为老桂狂恋蝙蝠侠。来，给个在线阅读链接，有兴趣的去看吧。>> powerapple
盗链老桂网站上的ZETMAN 100话纪念品，酷！！
http://k2r.main.jp/zetman/ring.htm
最后不忘老桂是很色的，上色也是一流的。他笔下的少女是诸多少女漫画家也相形见拙的吧。
ZETMAN融合了英雄、暴力、血腥、科幻、恐怖、色情、政治、亲情、道德观。What more can you ask for, really?! 现在已经连载到第9本了...... 看封面就知道有Batman的影子，因为老桂狂恋蝙蝠侠。来，给个在线阅读链接，有兴趣的去看吧。>> powerapple
盗链老桂网站上的ZETMAN 100话纪念品，酷！！
http://k2r.main.jp/zetman/ring.htm
最后不忘老桂是很色的，上色也是一流的。他笔下的少女是诸多少女漫画家也相形见拙的吧。
Sunday, May 25, 2008
这一天
凌晨
5点睡下去，窗外都亮堂了。NND的北半球的夏。
中午
[背景：房东说她不爽那木头门很久了，要刷成鱼肚白。可我们的墙壁是橘色的，我大脑快速咔嚓了一下白配橘的snapshot，半冷半热有点前卫，说不上难看我也就Hmm, Mmm了一下敷衍她。]
中午的时候她开始刷了，在油漆味蔓延之前我即刻出门。
下午
略
晚
看了Indianna Jones the kingdom of crystal skull，一个字 - “扯”。
回家看到惨白的门，一个词 - Ugly！
午夜
Tree问我要回国是怎么回事，写了一泡回复后心里空虚，吃了个Caramel冰棒镇定自己。
5点睡下去，窗外都亮堂了。NND的北半球的夏。
中午
[背景：房东说她不爽那木头门很久了，要刷成鱼肚白。可我们的墙壁是橘色的，我大脑快速咔嚓了一下白配橘的snapshot，半冷半热有点前卫，说不上难看我也就Hmm, Mmm了一下敷衍她。]
中午的时候她开始刷了，在油漆味蔓延之前我即刻出门。
下午
略
晚
看了Indianna Jones the kingdom of crystal skull，一个字 - “扯”。
回家看到惨白的门，一个词 - Ugly！
午夜
Tree问我要回国是怎么回事，写了一泡回复后心里空虚，吃了个Caramel冰棒镇定自己。
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
A few qualms
As we move onto the 'late rescue' stage after the earthquake, there're a few lessons to be mentally registered. Here's an article recommended by Jady which's worth your time and thought: 'Why is the Russian rescue team so angry?' (title's not the focus of discussion in fact, just a 'click me' stimulant). Essentially the reporters and news agents should question where to draw the line between ethics and curiosity or profit drive. China has shown unprecedented degree of transparency to our own people and foreign media in the earthquake response, during which extensive media coverage on rescue efforts and tear driving stories help to bring in aid and donations across the nation. Tick these as bonus: money, national pride, our international credential as an open, humanitarian nation. But beware how any of these can act as a downer if overdriven or misunderstood. How much a celebrity donates is none of your business and virtue is definitely not weighed by the amount of cash they dish out their pockets! For one thing they aren't even in a position to make anonymous donation because we expect them to be in the front line writing big cheques.'They're rich so they should donate' is not interpreted as 'Give us your money, you rich tight-fisted.' but rather 'You have resources and you're in a position to help the needy.' Any form of aid should best be self initiated. And why would you criticize the Americans, or other parts of the world for not making enough efforts? After all it's our own tragedy no matter how much people empathise with death stricken images. They know about it but doesn't mean they have to act on it. Did you donate to Katrina? or Myanmer cyclone? The states are preoccupied by their own recession and presidential election. Canada can get nervous about a few landslides. There're Chinese people who refuse to help the Indonesians during the tsunami because the locals were cruel to our ethnics. A political gesture could easily fan such hatred, speaking of Westeners seeing us as thugs for slaughtering human rights. It's highly debatable but once an image is reinforced, whether true or false, it's extremely challenging to reverse people's views. Our open response during the earthquake has been a 'pleasant surprise' for foreigners but what would they think of government's ban on public entertainment during the national mourning period? 'Censorship again! That's their true color'. I admit it might be a bit extreme and unnecessary (doesn't do the economy good) but please understand it's part of our culture to mourn for the ever so great a loss in the uttermost solemn fashion. But we could afford to play a bit smarter next time. And maybe, after we go through the tragedy, we'll learn to be kind to others as well. It's not about politics, but sympathy for the suffering.
End of rant.
Knowledge:
Frog
Frog is an indicator species. When the ecosystem goes wrong, they're the first to go.
Crush syndrome:Original article
What is it?
Crush syndrome is a condition caused when an excessive force is applied to a group of muscles for a long time. If the injury damages, which damages the muscles very severely, a toxic protein called myoglobin and others like potassium and phosphorus are released in large quantities in the body. The toxins are released from the muscles in the area where the load is the maximum. These toxins enter the blood stream and reach the heart. In most cases, this degeneration of muscle starts about 20 minutes after the muscle has been crushed.
These toxins may result in life threatening complications like acute kidney failure, heart attack and blockage of blood vessels. Kidney failure is caused due to blockage of the tubules that filter the waste. These toxins block the tubules destroying the kidney cells. This can result in kidney failure requiring dialysis.
***
从真汉子陈坚是否输液的问题来看天涯小部分网民的人云亦云，没有严谨思考
End of rant.
Knowledge:
Frog
Frog is an indicator species. When the ecosystem goes wrong, they're the first to go.
Crush syndrome:Original article
What is it?
Crush syndrome is a condition caused when an excessive force is applied to a group of muscles for a long time. If the injury damages, which damages the muscles very severely, a toxic protein called myoglobin and others like potassium and phosphorus are released in large quantities in the body. The toxins are released from the muscles in the area where the load is the maximum. These toxins enter the blood stream and reach the heart. In most cases, this degeneration of muscle starts about 20 minutes after the muscle has been crushed.
These toxins may result in life threatening complications like acute kidney failure, heart attack and blockage of blood vessels. Kidney failure is caused due to blockage of the tubules that filter the waste. These toxins block the tubules destroying the kidney cells. This can result in kidney failure requiring dialysis.
***
从真汉子陈坚是否输液的问题来看天涯小部分网民的人云亦云，没有严谨思考
Monday, May 19, 2008
安息
5月19-21日全国悼念四川地震中逝去的亲友同志。5月19日14时28分起，全国人民默哀3分钟，汽车、火车、舰船鸣笛，防空警报鸣响。
这三分钟我在洗澡错过了，过后想想还是补过，挑了朝西的方向静站了一会儿，脑子里满是地震中的一个个故事。自12号地震这几天我感觉到自身的一些变化，应该是乐观向上的。人活着的意义在于牵系，在这世界上没有比我的家人朋友更重要的东西。
反复的听Holy Ground。如果没有了生存下去的意义，我又在为谁祈祷？波澜之后，愿我们重生。
闭上眼睛眼前便是黑暗，今天是第六天了，很快就要一周。那些在黑暗中等待援助的微弱生命，看样子没有人会来，就这样等待、等待、不再等待、失去知觉、腐烂归土。不计其数的等待无终。愿你们安息。
Friday, May 16, 2008
Holy Ground
Holy Ground
GARNET CROW
没有你的未来
看上去就像是巨大的黑暗
如果你死去我就没有生存的必要
在这安静的月光下，
我唯一所想的就是这个
自从发现充满我的如此强烈的感情
我就别无所求了
丢掉了欲望的方式
我怎样才能活下去？
短暂的幸福时光现在也没有了意义
重病的身体再也不会恢复欢乐
直到昨天
我只想要一个简单的向往
日子只是从幻影中滑过
如果我还可以继续梦着今天看不到的梦
今天应该结束吗
我会试着到达Holy Ground
那里只有持续不断的付出才可以填满
热情失去了发泄的地方
只是渐渐变冷
握着不确定的感情
当向家走去时，一切都升华了
如果我没有可以守护的东西
我又该为什么祈祷？
“希望某天世界将被温柔的光笼罩……“
只说出这种伪善的愿望我们就可以改变吗？
希望某天，被爱的感觉比重创留存的更多
如果明天会来，一切会继续
我能否站在更温柔的一边……
如果什么时候你可以行走
你会不会走向Holy Ground?
迷失了的心情总有一天会清醒
乘上摇摆的波浪
重生
Daily recount
Dinner: Tomato fried chicken
I'm still hungry.
These were the only two 'visible' photos I took at Elbow's concert held at St. Andrews Wesley United Church in downtown Vancouver.I promise to write a review for the ukulele ensemble later. The choice of venue is unconventional but fantastic.
These days I so often spot cars with cherry blossom petals stuck all over the panels. It looks as if they just come back/are going for a wedding of sort. But then there's also the alternative hypothesis they parked their car overnight while they gambled away the hours in casino where time is a non existing concept, and after a night's wind blown rain, the dazed man climbed back to the now 'festive' car.The sun will rise and dry off the dew. Pink petals stay glued or get blown off as the car speeds through highways.And I thought, another drunken spring is coming.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
这次地震的急救措施
[转帖]关于这次地震流言的回答
加拿大的各位可以捐款给中国红十字，香港红十字，或是World Vision Canada，皆可用国际信用卡付款。我想World Vision Canada现在拨不了款，外援没那么及时，主要用在事后重建了吧。
虽然目前有钱也解决不了一些问题，也不知这些钱分流去哪里如何最有效的利用，但是，钱还是能解决很多问题的，这也是我们每一个活的好好的人可以做的事情。力所能及帮助祖国同胞！
加拿大的各位可以捐款给中国红十字，香港红十字，或是World Vision Canada，皆可用国际信用卡付款。我想World Vision Canada现在拨不了款，外援没那么及时，主要用在事后重建了吧。
虽然目前有钱也解决不了一些问题，也不知这些钱分流去哪里如何最有效的利用，但是，钱还是能解决很多问题的，这也是我们每一个活的好好的人可以做的事情。力所能及帮助祖国同胞！
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Bowen
我最近是越来越懒了，不要说提笔，光是打几个字就觉得很麻烦。好歹把照片上传了，那让我来说几句吧。
Bowen是坐落于温哥华西海岸的一个小岛，50平方公里的面积住了约5000人，是个依山傍水的自然风景区（啊废话！）。从市中心搭公车到码头约40分钟，然后再乘20分钟的渡轮来到Snug Cove，登陆！
最近不太会笑，一笑就痞，其实我是很高兴的。
渡轮
首先很感谢Tony同鞋作导游，虽然我一路哀声不断（最后连声音都没了）那也只是因为我长久不运动两脚灌铅，但我一直都坚信，难得的景致是要跋山涉水经过一番煎熬才能抵达的！！（哎，这是真心感想而非教科书所授）。
具体经过按下不表。简单来说我们徒步了约6公里，充分意识到路途之遥，一致决定回头是岸。虽然很不甘心没能走到岛的尽头我们还是回头了。所谓的不甘心，经之后的估测，大概也就只走了1/5的路程：假设岛是50x50km的正方形，对角线约70km，那按我们每小时不足10km的时速。。。啊，阿门，连1/5都不到啊。路遥知人心，回头了回头了。
一路上看到零散几户私人豪宅深藏于树林中，我想这地方通水通电还真是大工程。除了岩石就是树木，有时听到潺潺的流水声便顺着寻去，在错杂的密林间瞥见深色的律动。此时听觉比视觉要灵敏数倍，我无来头的想到“最后的离岛”的第一句“很快就会听到水鸟振翅的声音”，恍悟，七大人是在写自己的野游经历吧？
林中的邮箱
形态奇异的树
经过无数的上坡下坡上下坡，我们来到了太平洋的小角落。
头枕礁石，这是某人的心愿。
眼观远山，没错。
耳傍海潮，这是无法用语言记录的。
所以我用手机录了。
没录好......
珊瑚礁就是这么形成的
不愿张嘴的海贝
有些格格不入的废弃断柱，干啥用的？
我们说人就是这么老的。潮起潮落，种花养草，闲来一杯咖啡。这有生之年不见退浅的海岸线，我们只是难得经过。
回到了原点，这里有许多私人划艇。
结束。
Bowen是坐落于温哥华西海岸的一个小岛，50平方公里的面积住了约5000人，是个依山傍水的自然风景区（啊废话！）。从市中心搭公车到码头约40分钟，然后再乘20分钟的渡轮来到Snug Cove，登陆！
最近不太会笑，一笑就痞，其实我是很高兴的。
渡轮
首先很感谢Tony同鞋作导游，虽然我一路哀声不断（最后连声音都没了）那也只是因为我长久不运动两脚灌铅，但我一直都坚信，难得的景致是要跋山涉水经过一番煎熬才能抵达的！！（哎，这是真心感想而非教科书所授）。
具体经过按下不表。简单来说我们徒步了约6公里，充分意识到路途之遥，一致决定回头是岸。虽然很不甘心没能走到岛的尽头我们还是回头了。所谓的不甘心，经之后的估测，大概也就只走了1/5的路程：假设岛是50x50km的正方形，对角线约70km，那按我们每小时不足10km的时速。。。啊，阿门，连1/5都不到啊。路遥知人心，回头了回头了。
一路上看到零散几户私人豪宅深藏于树林中，我想这地方通水通电还真是大工程。除了岩石就是树木，有时听到潺潺的流水声便顺着寻去，在错杂的密林间瞥见深色的律动。此时听觉比视觉要灵敏数倍，我无来头的想到“最后的离岛”的第一句“很快就会听到水鸟振翅的声音”，恍悟，七大人是在写自己的野游经历吧？
林中的邮箱
形态奇异的树
经过无数的上坡下坡上下坡，我们来到了太平洋的小角落。
头枕礁石，这是某人的心愿。
眼观远山，没错。
耳傍海潮，这是无法用语言记录的。
所以我用手机录了。
没录好......
珊瑚礁就是这么形成的
不愿张嘴的海贝
有些格格不入的废弃断柱，干啥用的？
我们说人就是这么老的。潮起潮落，种花养草，闲来一杯咖啡。这有生之年不见退浅的海岸线，我们只是难得经过。
回到了原点，这里有许多私人划艇。
结束。
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Friday, May 02, 2008
Educate ourselves
(L)China, a heated discussion(see post comments)
Understanding is bilateral and it only makes sense to see through different perspectives to locate the crux.
We all long for peace, but we battle for dominance in resources and military power. That's as easily understandable as survival instinct (philanthropy clearly out of the picture). Don't even condemn the politicians as everyone has their own games to play, whether it's on a tiny or giant chess board. In either case you don't want checkmate. I might just throw it aside in frustration as the complex world loses me but I think it's best to continue to educate myself on the various OS the world's running on.
And if there's any message I'd like to bring into a discussion, that will be see as far as you can. Surface above troubled water.
Understanding is bilateral and it only makes sense to see through different perspectives to locate the crux.
We all long for peace, but we battle for dominance in resources and military power. That's as easily understandable as survival instinct (philanthropy clearly out of the picture). Don't even condemn the politicians as everyone has their own games to play, whether it's on a tiny or giant chess board. In either case you don't want checkmate. I might just throw it aside in frustration as the complex world loses me but I think it's best to continue to educate myself on the various OS the world's running on.
And if there's any message I'd like to bring into a discussion, that will be see as far as you can. Surface above troubled water.
It slipped away
my transient thought. Sorry
I recommend green tea latte from Starbucks.
Visit http://www.authortracker.com
for exclusive updates on your favourite authors
Excerpts from 'Notes from a small island' by Bill Bryson, a travel journal on an interesting island named Britain.
(Chapter 7, page 81)
"Throughout this trip, I would have moments of quiet panic at the thought of ever leaving this snug and homey little isle. It was a melancholy business really, this little trip of mine, a bit like wandering through a much-loved home for the last time. The fat is, I liked it here. I liked it very much. It took only a friendly gesture from a shopkeeper, or a seat by the fire in a country pub, or a view like this to set me thinking that I was making a serious, deeply misguided mistake.
Which is why, if you were one of those cliff-top strollers in Bournemouth that mild evening, you may have seen a middle-aged American wandering past in a self-absorbed manner and muttering,'Think of endless winter months of rain. Think of VAT at 17.5 percent. Think of loading your car to overflowing with rubbish on a Saturday and driving to the dump only to find that it is shut. Think of the strange, unshakable fondness of BBC1 for Cagney and Lacey repeats. Think of...'"
(Chapter 10, page 106)
"Indulge me for a moment, if you will. Drum on the top of your head with the fingers of both hands and see how long it takes before either it gets seriously on your nerves or everyone in the vicinity is staring at you. In either case, you will find that you are happy to stop it. Now imagine those drumming fingers are raindrops endlessly beating on your hood and that there's nothing you can do about it, and moreover that your glasses are two circles of steamy uselessness, that you are slipping around on a rain-slickened path a single mis-step from a long fall to a rocky beach - a fall that would reduce you to little more than a smear on a piece of rock, like jam on bread. I imagined the headline - AMERICAN WRITER DIES IN FALL; WAS LEAVING COUNTRY ANYWAY - and plodded on, squinting Magoo-like, with feelings of foreboding."
***
To break away from the magnetic, radiative force of my laptop screen, I forced myself to take a book to a nearby Taiwanese cafe and sat through one and a half hour in late night, trying to read. You have to see the picture yourself: I was surrounded by noisy packets of lovey dovey HK couples and among the sea of romance, there I was making a spectacular attraction by appearing as a book flipping geek who let out bouts of laughters. I wasn't particularly aware of my obtrusivenesses until the guy at next table gestured to his girlfriend to look in my direction. What is there to look at? Haven't you seen a book before? I made a mental note to stay till closing time, out of sheer misloveydoveyanthropic outburst and rebellious stubbornness. I did achieve a great amount of reading, 'seldom seen amount' in months in fact, but eventually decided to go back on my words and pull out when more people flushed in and took my spare chair away. All right, take the table. I'm leaving for good and I swear not to come back for my next night reading session.
Above was my transient thought which made a U-turn and came back middle of nervewhere.
***
张悬的新歌
我不想和你谈论
词：吴晟
我不和你谈论诗艺
不和你谈论那些纠缠不清的隐喻
请离开书房
我带你去广袤的田野走走
去看看遍处的幼苗
如何沉默地奋力生长
我不和你谈论人生
不和你谈论那些深奥玄妙的思潮
请离开书房
我带你去广袤的田野走走
去触摸清凉的河水
如何沉默地灌溉田地
我不和你谈论社会
不和你谈论那些痛彻心肺的争夺
请离开书房
我带你去广袤的田野走走
去探望一群一群的农人
如何沉默地挥汗耕作
你久居闹热滚滚的都城
诗艺呀！人生呀！社会呀
已争辩了很多
这是急于播种的春日
而你难得来乡间
我带你去广袤的田野走走
去领略领略春风
如何温柔地吹拂着大地
I recommend green tea latte from Starbucks.
Visit http://www.authortracker.com
for exclusive updates on your favourite authors
Excerpts from 'Notes from a small island' by Bill Bryson, a travel journal on an interesting island named Britain.
(Chapter 7, page 81)
"Throughout this trip, I would have moments of quiet panic at the thought of ever leaving this snug and homey little isle. It was a melancholy business really, this little trip of mine, a bit like wandering through a much-loved home for the last time. The fat is, I liked it here. I liked it very much. It took only a friendly gesture from a shopkeeper, or a seat by the fire in a country pub, or a view like this to set me thinking that I was making a serious, deeply misguided mistake.
Which is why, if you were one of those cliff-top strollers in Bournemouth that mild evening, you may have seen a middle-aged American wandering past in a self-absorbed manner and muttering,'Think of endless winter months of rain. Think of VAT at 17.5 percent. Think of loading your car to overflowing with rubbish on a Saturday and driving to the dump only to find that it is shut. Think of the strange, unshakable fondness of BBC1 for Cagney and Lacey repeats. Think of...'"
(Chapter 10, page 106)
"Indulge me for a moment, if you will. Drum on the top of your head with the fingers of both hands and see how long it takes before either it gets seriously on your nerves or everyone in the vicinity is staring at you. In either case, you will find that you are happy to stop it. Now imagine those drumming fingers are raindrops endlessly beating on your hood and that there's nothing you can do about it, and moreover that your glasses are two circles of steamy uselessness, that you are slipping around on a rain-slickened path a single mis-step from a long fall to a rocky beach - a fall that would reduce you to little more than a smear on a piece of rock, like jam on bread. I imagined the headline - AMERICAN WRITER DIES IN FALL; WAS LEAVING COUNTRY ANYWAY - and plodded on, squinting Magoo-like, with feelings of foreboding."
***
To break away from the magnetic, radiative force of my laptop screen, I forced myself to take a book to a nearby Taiwanese cafe and sat through one and a half hour in late night, trying to read. You have to see the picture yourself: I was surrounded by noisy packets of lovey dovey HK couples and among the sea of romance, there I was making a spectacular attraction by appearing as a book flipping geek who let out bouts of laughters. I wasn't particularly aware of my obtrusivenesses until the guy at next table gestured to his girlfriend to look in my direction. What is there to look at? Haven't you seen a book before? I made a mental note to stay till closing time, out of sheer misloveydoveyanthropic outburst and rebellious stubbornness. I did achieve a great amount of reading, 'seldom seen amount' in months in fact, but eventually decided to go back on my words and pull out when more people flushed in and took my spare chair away. All right, take the table. I'm leaving for good and I swear not to come back for my next night reading session.
Above was my transient thought which made a U-turn and came back middle of nervewhere.
***
张悬的新歌
我不想和你谈论
词：吴晟
我不和你谈论诗艺
不和你谈论那些纠缠不清的隐喻
请离开书房
我带你去广袤的田野走走
去看看遍处的幼苗
如何沉默地奋力生长
我不和你谈论人生
不和你谈论那些深奥玄妙的思潮
请离开书房
我带你去广袤的田野走走
去触摸清凉的河水
如何沉默地灌溉田地
我不和你谈论社会
不和你谈论那些痛彻心肺的争夺
请离开书房
我带你去广袤的田野走走
去探望一群一群的农人
如何沉默地挥汗耕作
你久居闹热滚滚的都城
诗艺呀！人生呀！社会呀
已争辩了很多
这是急于播种的春日
而你难得来乡间
我带你去广袤的田野走走
去领略领略春风
如何温柔地吹拂着大地
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