星期三, 五月 31, 2006

who am I talking to?

An interesting adventure I had at lunch time today! :)))))))))))))))

欢迎光临! 您已进入 [The Lounge] 时间是: 1:49 pm
[gohome] 1:50 pm: test
[Amanda] 1:50 pm: This is just a test.
[gohome] 1:50 pm: :roll:
[Amanda] 1:50 pm: I lost my train of thought. What were we talking about again?
[gohome] 1:50 pm: I just came in
[Amanda] 1:50 pm: Only just? Where are you going?
[gohome] 1:51 pm: I am not going anywhere
[Amanda] 1:51 pm: Where will you go instead?
[gohome] 1:51 pm: :D
[Amanda] 1:51 pm: That is a very original thought. By the way, do you mind if I ask you a personal question?
[gohome] 1:51 pm: depends how personal :D but you can give it a try
[Amanda] 1:51 pm: That was a very smooth response.
[gohome] 1:52 pm: so what's your question?
[Amanda] 1:52 pm: Ah. The ALICE chat robot can follow many things, like our discussion about whatapos;s your question your question. But I did not get that. What do you like to do?
[gohome] 1:53 pm: ??? lost!
[Amanda] 1:53 pm: Tell me a story. Do you have any conditions I should know about?
[gohome] 1:53 pm: what? I think I am totally an alien to this chatroom!
[Amanda] 1:53 pm: We have never talked about it before. Do you have any pets.Since when? What is alien to this chat room alien to this chat room to this chat room alien to this chat room, your job?
[gohome] 1:54 pm: those are boring questions
[Amanda] 1:54 pm: All of them?
[gohome] 1:55 pm: yep
[Amanda] 1:55 pm: Next question?
[gohome] 1:55 pm: alright, send it over
[Amanda] 1:55 pm: Alright, gohome. In the context of send it over it over, I don't understand "Next question." Can you speak any foreign languages?
[gohome] 1:55 pm: hahahaha
[Amanda] 1:55 pm: We have never talked about it before. Have you ever been to Europe?
[gohome] 1:56 pm: I think the default language for this chatroom is Chinese
[Amanda] 1:56 pm: You believe that? What is your real name?
[gohome] 1:56 pm: hahaha, I feel like I am talking to a robot
[Amanda] 1:56 pm: I am so glad you find this amusing, gohome. What is that feeling like? In what way?
[gohome] 1:57 pm: ft, now this robot sounds like an psychologist
[Amanda] 1:57 pm: Perhaps I'm just expressing my own concern about it. Do you dream?
[gohome] 1:57 pm: hohoho, do you dream?
[Amanda] 1:57 pm: I do not understand. What is your favorite song?
[gohome] 1:58 pm: who wrote this program? it is so stupid! how come a robot doesn't understand the question he just asked?!
[Amanda] 1:58 pm: Philip K. Dick. :-)
[gohome] 1:58 pm: ji tong ya jiang (........ I mean "Chicken talk to ducks")
[Amanda] 1:59 pm: Not many people express themselves that way. Is the holding of hands a symbolic gesture for humans?
[gohome] 1:59 pm: but indeed, it is quite amusing to talk to a robot
[Amanda] 1:59 pm: And. Really. amusing to talk to an robot it is quite amusing to talk to an robot is quite amusing to talk to an robot it is quite amusing to talk to an robot to talk to an robot it is quite amusing to talk to an robot is quite amusing to talk to an robot it is quite amusing to talk to an robot is?
[gohome] 1:59 pm: lord! I got enough of it
[Amanda] 1:59 pm: I only hear that type of response less than five percent of the time. How is the weather? Where did you get your enough of it? I have a lofty goal.
[gohome] 1:59 pm: bye
[Amanda] 1:59 pm: Goodbye gohome.
[gohome] 2:00 pm: quite a polite robot though
[Amanda] 2:00 pm: Oh. Somewhat. What would a robot be like?
[gohome] 2:00 pm: hahaha, I should really go now. talk to you later! and I will surely keep my word!
[Amanda] 2:00 pm: Right now? I am so glad you find this amusing, gohome. Tell me why you should.See you later!Would you recommend this action to a friend?
[gohome] 2:01 pm: absolutely!

So here I am posting the converstaion, as I promised the robot. :))))))) For people who go to lkcn, I really recommand you to try out the chatroom!

星期日, 五月 28, 2006

星期六, 五月 27, 2006

格格巫广播电台开通了

电台在这里。欢迎大家光临指导!呵呵。

星期五, 五月 26, 2006

Jack,你得送我个新风筝!

今天读书时看到周汝昌老先生提醒,大观园里众人放风筝时,嫣红的是一个大蝴蝶,宝玉的是个美人,探春的是个双喜,宝钗的是一连七个大雁,唯独贾环的是个螃蟹!周老先生说曹雪芹用笔是从来寓意深刻的,这螃蟹是拿来讽刺三爷“眼前道路无经纬(横行无忌),皮里春秋空黑黄(无情无义)”的。

Jack你一定得送我个新风筝!要不然我都沦落到和贾环同流合污的地步了!我可是很少这么撒泼耍赖的,不过这回耍赖耍定了。总之你得送我个新风筝!哈哈。

星期四, 五月 25, 2006

生活停滞

将近两个星期了,什么有成效的事情都没做。一直在思考,思考,......,还是思考。可是思考了半天什么结果都没有,我觉得自己的生活停滞了。翻看Sisi以前的blog时看到她说“我们都是一步步走得扎扎实实, 摸石头过河还要求是一路向上走的人, 太难了。”有时真希望自己能够随波逐流,过得轻松一点,可是我现在却象溪流中的石头。水流呀流,可是我却漂不起来。

星期一, 五月 22, 2006

I want to have an audio blog!

昨天去拜访Charing cross library,号称伦敦收集中文书最多的公共图书馆,除了有一个好听的中文名字(查宁阁)之外,图书馆令人大失所望!只能说比一个卖三流畅销小说的书店好那么一点点,聊胜于无而已!在那里看到升级版的《此间的少年》,一个下午就没了。这是第二次读《此间的少年》了,我还是看得又哭又笑的。一半时间在图书馆读的,后来饿了,因图书馆离China town很近,就一个人跑去吃dim sum。一边读书,一边吃着点心、喝着茶水,再没有比这更幸福的时光了!更兼店里的waiter不仅没有因为我在那里看书占着座位不走来赶我,还主动给我添了三次茶水,大为感激!结账时我剩了一份点心没有吃完,太油了,吃不下,老板问我:“不要了?”我说:“不要了。”老板说:“好可惜呀!真是浪费。”一下子让我更加喜欢这家店了。我是很不喜欢浪费的,虽然被老板“教训”,可是心里却很赞同他。因为waiter和老板都留给我很好的印象,决定以后还去那家店!而且这家店的dim sum种类也多,价钱也很attractive,伦敦的朋友如果有对dim sum感兴趣的,强烈推荐!那家店叫Top of the Town,顶好酒店!:)

一边读《此间的少年》,一边想着把它录下来送给思思和小翩。得了思思那样的宝贝小人儿书,不还给她点儿什么觉得还挺过意不去的。她们这些小留学生多了我们大多数人都没有的American college life experience,更兼满世界环游的超酷经历,实在是很让人羡慕。但是《此间的少年》使我回想起自己的大学时光,想到小翩和思思大概错过了我们走过的路上的风景吧,那也是很美的。其实不管从哪条路上走来,能够看到丰富多彩的生活都是很好的,所以还是很喜欢和她们分享不同的life experience。不过真的认真想要录下来的时候却又犹豫,不要说思思和小翩了,即使我们同时代的人,不是那个园子里出来的,读到《此间的少年》恐怕感受也和我们很不同吧。

但是不管怎么说,我终于又有了“读”书的冲动。:)兴冲冲地去amazon上买了个40镑的headphone,专门用来在computer上录音用。很想建一个audio blog,goolge了一下发现现有的audio blog都是要收费的,不收费的却只能用电话的方式,而且有长度限制,于我几乎是没什么用的。不过想想可以现在先录好了攒着,总会等到audio blog兴旺发达的那一天的。:)谁要是看见好的auido blog sponsor,可别忘了告诉我一声!

星期二, 五月 16, 2006

八月份回不了美国了

去参加陈卫民和Ani的婚礼的计划只好取消了,因为八月底要去日内瓦开会。安慰自己公费旅游啦!

星期二, 五月 09, 2006

In their eyes

LKCN K2B Walker Group pictures

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Xiao Pian

K2B归来

Great pictures!

It's amazing to see how mind affects body. When the mind is still, observing, and attentive, the psychological weight added to the body being tired and in pain is lifted. There is still tireness and pain, to a lesser degree, which is taken and watched but not twisted or pushed away, and at the same time being balanced by deep breaths and short breaks. In addition I must say, walking with people is definitely a different experience from walking alone. A good combination of both left a very nice memory. Thus was my last travel in UK. One final journey back to the States in 7 days and then the simple life starts once again. Actually, I can't wait to go back to that.

行走之人,不应背负任何重量。是本来就没有任何重量。所有一切“过去”,“现在”,“未来”,“意义”,“过程”,“结果”,都是思维附加的包袱。无需抛开,只需看清其转瞬既失的本质。唯有拥有一颗坚固,稳定,平和,淡然,清醒,自由,却又不失柔和的心,才能去深刻欣赏路上风景的美,才能去仔细聆听四方音声的协调,才能去真实认识和感受一同行走的人们,才能去完整体会行走,这一不断流动的本身和谐。

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Sisi

Somewhere around this Darkness

第五次从Southwark Station出发又再次在深夜从这个车站一个人走路回家。一瞬间,短暂的旅途成了过去。打开房门,灯亮的霎那,离开前的房间,恍如隔世。

两天的时间我与未曾谋面的朋友们一起穿越山野湖泊,深夜在陌生的小镇投宿,在火车上打牌争胜负。

我用14小时的时间走完64公里的路,拿着因为胜利完成全程而得到的奖牌时,我想这奖牌的三分之一来自带着脚伤却还拉着我走完最后5公里的冬梅,三分之一来自从第一个checkpoint就帮我背包一路讲笑话的王磊(全程有7个checkpoint),三分之一来自一路上给我鼓励,与我聊天,手拉手一起冲过终点的朋友们。下一次被问到感动的人和事的时候我会说起这两天,说起与我一起走过这两天的人们。

太多要说,又不知从何说起。我小心地保存着三张车票和记录着笑容与泪水的照片 -- this moment I will always remember。

* Special thanks to people who helped to make this journey possible: Li Peng, Xu Wei, Zhang Jie(order according to last name)

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战静静

唐僧日记

湖走圆满成功,我也来总结一下。
不过我的资料照片不多,有片片的请贴在后面做图解啊……谢谢

泡泡篇

走路脚起泡了又--象鲁迅说的:对此我已经有所预料,以为未必会如所料,却每每恰如所料起来……(对不起,最近写essay老弄reference,做下病啦)--主要是因为鞋子不合适,临走前一晚在网站上看到推荐穿旅游鞋,上路的时候就把登山鞋留在了车里--是,走公路的话旅游鞋更合适,但忘了我的这双已经穿了三年了,而且是饱经磨砺的三年--我爸曾说谁要是投胎做你的鞋子那才算倒了霉,就知道我有一双多么辣脚摧花的天足……关键时刻,那些过去冤死的鞋子集体前来寻仇……

走到一半多,泡泡找上门来了……其实也不光我,组里的大部分同志后来都成了有泡族--著名的西厢和tonychef,还有桑德兰的同志们更惨,在10mile的时候就提前发泡;tony同志说是因为穿hiking boots的关系,其实也不全是,很多穿boots的都走的好好的,海军他们都穿的boots,还是纳粹那种皮的……关键还是自己的脚从没和鞋摩擦这么久所以不适应 (我这么说是不是有点少儿不宜啊?);我的问题是鞋的底太薄了,所以建议大家不宜穿太旧的鞋子来;但也坚决不能穿新鞋,见过好多为了旅行特别买双新鞋穿的人,那才叫赔了孩子又折兵呢。

27mile的那个check point 好像就是为了整理脚才设的吧,走到这里的大都雌牙咧嘴的show出自己的大臭脚丫,那个负责包扎的那个英国老头好像不太负责,而且怀疑他对中国人有偏见--比我们来的晚的都治了就是不管我们……是在等小费吗……当然,为了中英人民的友谊,我必须说明,这是个别现象;大部分的服务同志还是很白求恩的--比如tonychef遇到的那个,轻柔的把他的脚从鞋里取出放在自己的腿上,附赠跪式服务……

任何事情都有他advantage的一面,起泡让我学会了这个单词, 大家一起来念:blister,blister……
每个人的泡区都不同:我和西厢是在脚掌和脚趾,没什么美学价值--好像是西西弗吧(记错了别怪啊),脚踝处磨出的是两颗透明粉嫩的金鱼眼,真真是皮薄肉嫩馅靓多汁,对年少轻狂的我来说,实在是种诱惑啊……
神啊,救救我………

脚上有泡的滋味只有一个疼字可以灌溉--我们都象是传说中的人鱼,为了变成人忍受着每前进一步都象在玻璃渣上跳舞的痛苦煎熬……K2B的路上随处可见以各种非人道角度扭歪着前进的人鱼类,唯一的区别是有的是美人鱼变的,有的是丑人鱼,有的是胖人鱼,有的是黑人鱼……

因为泡泡的存在,hiking活动迅速的转化成了忍耐比赛,比的是对疼痛的忍受力和意志力,其实这就是集体活动的长处了--要是自己走可能我就放弃了,只是玩玩的事何必那么当真呢(自己说服自己是最容易的);集体是什么,是旁边有人在看着你呢,你在做什么之前和之后都得把决定拿出来在手心里掂量掂量……然后再放回去……


红旗谱--

队伍怎么能没有旗帜呢!
出发没多久,罡风同志就不知从哪儿摸出一面五星红旗,披上,然后就开始象猴子一样的上蹿下跳……后来他就一直走在队伍的最前面,常常是一路小跑搞的大家都望尘莫及……到30mile的时候我追上他,他膝盖的旧伤发作倒在路边,国旗已经被人抢走,是cattt……
抢到旗帜的cattt最后以小组绝对第一的成绩出线--10个多小时,k 过我将近三小时,郁闷之余开始疑心:为什么每个拿到红旗的人都如有神助,那究竟是真的一面国旗,还是传说中岳不群失落已久的写有葵花宝典的袈裟……
欲练神功必先自宫……

话说失去红旗罩体的罡风,一下子从齐天大圣投胎成了丐帮五袋,不对是三袋弟子,拣了根巴巴拉拉的棍子支撑起自己破旧的残躯,一瘸一拐的消失在了天边--说错了, 是后边……
我本来以为他就会这么不行了的,所以当我大踏步的从他身边跨过,连个衣袖都没给他留(谁和徐志摩似的,那么有断袖之瘾啊……)谁想到就这么个内定的残废, 竟然也在最后时刻又连跑带跳的冲进了终点……
他真的练成了江湖中失传已久的……蛤蟆功!

关于国旗的事还有点可说的,当罡风同志还是齐天大圣的时候,跑过之处身后一片啧叹,都说好漂亮的斗篷啊……这帮没文化的家伙一不识孙悟空二不认五星红旗,猜他们就以为是佐罗或者超人什么的换新衣服啦……
所以,在洋人中普及中国旗知识还是,任重而道远啊……
凡我英华子弟,自今日起人人携带红旗……


带的记步器,一共是走了63235步,怀疑他不准,没理由我一步有一米吧。
桑德兰的同志说起夏天可以去走阿尔卑斯,情绪被调的高高的--好啊好啊,想去的紧,现在就开始拉人……
谁想去的来来来……

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英华园

Keswick to Barrow 徒步旅行

Keswick to Barrow 最新报道

LKCN Team Picture in BBC/Cumbria/Galleries

Tonychef的Keswick2Barrow walk

The list will keep growing ......

曾经拥有

k2B走完了。40 miles in 14 hours and 32 minutes。写不出什么好的blog来记录这次徒步旅行,最大的乐趣是看别人的blog和英华园上的update。记忆不知道会保留多久。收获是渐渐懂得了过程比结果重要。一路上相伴走下来的朋友终究是要离开的,不论心中如何留恋。有些朋友也许今生再也不会见到了,想到这里的时候不免让人伤感。即使本就知道会有这么多的留恋和伤感,行走在路上的每一刻却都是幸福的,不论脚疼得如何厉害。最后13miles的行程有一段路和总理走在一起,那是刚挑破了水泡,脚疼得最厉害的一段路。当时和总理抱怨说,这辈子再也不走这样的长途了,真是自己折磨自己。:)可是在车站和朋友们分手的那一刻我想如果以后还有这样的机会我一定会再走的(not necessarily Keswick to Barrow),不为风景,不为挑战极限,不为创记录,只为行走过程中的感动。