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9/22/2008

狰狞毕露

两个月了，基本已经忘记了两个月前的北京是个什么样子。而且是限行解禁以来第一次在早晚高峰的时候骑自行车，就好像是刘姥姥进了大观园一样，怎么都觉得不习惯，幸好小时候那点技术还在，并且更换了坐骑，还是勉强对付过去了。

自行车还能走，汽车就完全蜗行在马路上，原来北京有那么多的汽车。

狰狞毕露。

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9/2/2008

Avril

Booked Avril's concert ticket a while ago

Look forward to it

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8/27/2008

鲍家街

公司搬了新地方，一个叫闹市口的地方，现在人们习惯叫那里金融街。

我猜测大约以前，这里是北京一个热闹的地方，于是有了闹市口这个名称。可惜现在的北京似乎是一个大的闹市口了，分不出热闹和清静来。

下班，莫名地走了一条从来没有走过的路，只隐约认为，只要跟着太阳落山的方向，应该就不会错吧。在转过一个急弯的时候，突然发现这条路叫做：鲍家街。

虽然我很早就知道那支叫做鲍家街43号的乐队，却真的不曾想到有一天我会倏地来到这条路上，而43号院子现在正矗在我的面前。心中生起莫名的感慨来。

是不是偶遇的感觉才最强烈。

回家找到了鲍家街43号的《晚安北京》，原来闹市口的旁边，曾经诞生了另一副北京的画面。

我将在今夜的雨中睡去
伴着国产压路机的声响
伴着伤口迸裂的巨响
在今夜的雨中睡去
晚安北京
晚安所有未眠的人们
风会随子夜的钟声北去
带着街上乞讨的男孩
带着路旁破碎的轮胎
随子夜的钟声北去
晚安北京
晚安所有未眠的人们
晚安北京
晚安所有孤独的人们
我曾在许多的夜晚失眠
倒在城市梦幻的空间
倒在自我虚设的洞里
在疯狂的边缘失眠
晚安北京
晚安所有未眠的人们
我沉得越来越有些疲倦
听着隔壁提琴的抽泣
喝着世事煮沸的肉汤
越来越有些疲倦
晚安北京
晚安所有未眠的人们
晚安北京
晚安所有孤独的人们

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8/26/2008

Three things all man should know

1. You're never gonna be famous.
2. You're fatter than you think.
3. And most important than all, they don't keep wearing stockings.

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7/23/2008

Mind Flash

Your mind flashes many times everyday. Yet any one of them goes away if you don't tend to catch it.

So here is one of mine:

Was watching TV when I came across an English Speaking Contest. Theoretically I am not interested in any form of such contest. As a citizen of a country that is embodied with one unique and 5-thousand-year old culture, I really don't see why we should compete to find out who among a bunch of people speaks best a foreign language. I do hold that language is used for communication only, and any proficiency in a foreign language may deserve compliment but never a prize. And I don't know if it is plain fact or it just rises out of my own ignorance, that non-Chinese-speaking countries do not hold contests to see who speaks the best Chinese, or do they?

BUT

Pay attention to that BUT coz its really important.

Why did I spend the time and forced myself to watch that event? It's because one of the compere was someone I know from long before. I always hear my friends talking how they see her on her show but never have the chance to see for myself. Finally I did it. Watching some show that was not my cup of tea for someone that I would like to meet on TV, now I know how feelings can be divided without mental disorder, hehe.

I feel that this blog of mine somewhat takes the form of the movie: From Dusk Till Dawn, of which the two halves do not have any compatibility with each other. Is it the very feature of mind flashes?

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4/20/2008

An end of an era and the start of sth new

It's been quite a load of busy days for me since after spring fest.

First it was the biz trip to PNG (don't take me wrong, that IS a country), Thailand and Myanmar. Yet besides the jade ware that i crazily purchased in Myanmar, what empressed me the most was a transit country: Australia. Beach, sunshine and bikini, that oughtta grab my attention.

Then somebody got married, my cousin to be exact. Being a Cancer (ain't no a disease, constellation-wise) or having a close family-circle, I again flew back to my hometown for the ceremony, by again i mean i did the same thing the last time my other cousin got married (both cousins female, I'll explain why i emphasize their gender later). Wedding ceremony and related stuff aside, the setting up of me and some random girls was the second biggest theme during my hometown tour, for that my younger cousins are both married. My only option was to lamely play the gender card, since their husbands were actually older than me. Sometimes i'd give credit to my own quick wiz.

After that was the apartment hunting. I believe the biggest impact of BJ Olympics on me was not my cynicism after being rejected a single ticket to any game, or the Carrefour embargo when the only supermarket around was unfortunately the very one, it was the swiftly increasing apartment rent standard and the landlord's cute expectations that the Games would translate into ridiculously affluent income. So i chose not to cave. Now i'm staying at one of my friend's apartment, the owner in Brazil enjoying another version of beach, sunshine and bikini WITH his wife.

That means i had to part my old apartment mate. Although i don't wanna be considered gay or sth, i have to say that i really enjoyed our time living together, just like Chandler and Joey. Now we are more than 10 kms away from each other. An end of an era and the start of sth new, i'd like to say. After all, life sometimes is about moving and looking into the future.

Maybe the next time i'll post some pics of my new place. Just have to recharge the DC battery first. C ya.

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1/13/2008

非洲行之马赛马拉

马赛马拉(Masai Mara)在内罗毕的西南方向,和坦桑尼亚的Serengeti保护区连为一体,虽然人有国境,动物却没有. 马赛马拉的意思是"马赛人林木稀疏的草原",可见在旧时是马赛人的领地,可惜现在已然成为现代文明的牺牲品.马赛人无论从体态到穿着都很有特点,普遍瘦而且腿长,据说弹跳力惊人.我在那里只见到了男性马赛人,穿着传统的红色衣服,执手杖,以下是偷拍照片一张.

从内罗毕乘坐小型喷气式飞机,大约2小时便抵达马赛马拉.机场恐怕是我所见过最原生态的,泥土的跑道,一座遮阳蓬便算为候机室了.

入住Serena酒店,虽然内部很是现代化,但酒店客房的外表却极其具有当地特色,似一座座独立的石头屋子,而里面的装饰也包含着众多原始文化的因素. 当然,这些都是现代化了的,但其实又有几个人能够由衷欣赏真正的原始.

在马赛马拉无外呼去看野生动物.跟国内的野生动物公园不同的是,游客乘坐的车辆是没有保护的,没有栅栏,甚至没有窗户. 这便是我们乘坐的车,很破旧,也很开放.当地的导游说,由于马赛马拉的动物是纯粹的野生,因此它们并不知道人类可以作为食物的来源(不论是喂养还是献身),在它们看来,汽车就是一个整体,是另一种不明的生物,因此不会对汽车发起攻击.当然,如果你有胆离开汽车,那就是另一个故事了.之前便发生过游客下车后被猛兽攻击的事件,因此现在的导游都佩带有猎枪,并且严格禁止游客下车.