Gardenia in blossom

May Day Celebration in Oxford

Fri, 02 May 2008 06:11:45 GMT

Magdalen College Choir on the Magdalen Tower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbpvrLR_nEU

Morris Dancing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ddVvarIoC4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykAsRFHq3g8

The Queen's College Ascension Day Massive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W33F7Si7rVE

May Day的历史来由：

雖然May Day在近年來全球稱之為勞動節，但卻有世界歷史悠久的主要節慶之一。May Day的節慶在西元前一千年就流傳到現在。就像許多古老節慶都會有異教的連接。

對於古老大英國的督伊德教憎侶, 五月一日舉行Beltane是每年的第二大節慶。那時被認為，這天劃分一年為兩半。另外的半年結束在11月1 日的Samhain 節日(代表冬天的開始，新年)。

May Day在那時的風俗是點燃巨大的烽火，火象徵著春天賦予大地升起的太陽。那時人們會將牛群帶過火區來做淨化。情侶們會越過煙區來求好運氣。

對於羅馬人來說五月初也是一項重大節慶。在每年的四月二十八至五月二日羅馬人將這為期五天的榮譽慶祝奉獻給Flora (花神)，這節日俗稱為 Floralia。當羅馬人戰勝英國時將這項花神的儀式帶入英國。漸漸的這項花神儀式節慶也加入了Beltane和今日的May Day連貫節慶和習俗。

May Day 曾經在清教徒時代 Oliver Cromwell 再職時被禁止但在郡主政體恢復的同時這節慶也恢復了，然而這節慶恢復後帶給人們的意義已視為給小朋友歡樂的一天而不在是一個古老的慶典了。

中世紀時每個英國的鎮上都會有一座花柱，起初這個象徵為繁殖力。花柱是由各鎮上的人民將森林裡的樹坎下競爭繁殖最高的花柱。那時的花住都有高過100英呎，通常會成為鎮上固定的裝飾，不像今日，肅立起來矮了很多，差不多25英尺高且只有在這天才會看的到。少男少女常在這一天握著以綁在花柱上的藤條繞著跳舞。在1644年時清教徒以此節日為異教徒的節日為由，把這項節慶移除掉但在1660年查爾斯第二又恢復了這節慶，雖然那時性別歧視已消失。果然再十九世紀維多利亞時期 May Day 與花柱慶祝恢復了歡笑與純潔的少男與少女，穿著白色服裝手裡握著有七彩的緞帶綁在藤條上圍繞著跳舞。

其它跟 May Day 有關的習俗是年青少女會上這天早上使用早晨的露水洗臉，具說會讓少女們會更加的漂亮。也有些病患會蓋著毯子泡在露水裡，那時也認為有治癒的功效。

迷茫

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:31:50 GMT

向来都习惯理性地分析问题，然后决定取舍和前进的方向。

纵然有一两次让感性随兴地宣泄，

结果仍然是以理性的思辨告诫自己要对那不着天不着地的日子保持警醒。

可是，此刻的我却感性到了不能被理性驾驭的程度。

生命中每一次的分别时刻都那样地痛彻心扉，以至分别前的日子更加难以承受。

轻声数着所剩不多的时间，仿佛顷刻间曾经的拥有与美好就无影无踪。

然而，怎样的才算是拥有？又拥有了什么？

感性来得汹涌澎湃，没过了理性的山顶，带来的冲击始料不及。

山巅隐隐只露出一个角，周围目所能及的地方是一片汪洋大海。

注视着这片大海的眼睛，不自觉地引发一阵阵眩晕。

不知自己究竟身处何方，身处何处，身处命运线的哪个点。

感性压过理性的时刻，该怎么办？

依稀记得青涩年代那种不可名状的悲伤与无助心境，

往往只有化为匆忙而坚定的脚步才能获得救赎。

至少，不必忍受灵魂无处安放的恐惧，

获得精神的些许慰藉。

苹果公司CEO乔布斯在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上的演讲

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:26:54 GMT

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

　　And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

　　It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5 deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

　　Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

　　None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

　　Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

　　My second story is about love and loss.

　　I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

　　I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

　　I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

　　During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

　　I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

　　My third story is about death.

　　When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

　　Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

　　About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for "prepare to die." It means to try and tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

　　I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and, thankfully, I'm fine now.

　　This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It's Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.

　　Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

　　When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the "bibles" of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 60s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along. It was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

　　Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I've always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

　　Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

　　Thank you all very much.

理智爱国

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:16:32 GMT

从朋友的博客上看到的～

由抵制家乐福想到的（转载）

最近一段时间,网上到处是抵制法国家乐福的文章。我也支持抵制，但大家是否想过这背后隐藏的巨大阴谋？

大家都知道，美国才是制造拉萨3.14骚乱和抵制奥运的幕后指挥者！但是为什么有人提倡抵制法国家乐福，却很少有人提出抵制美国的沃尔玛、麦当劳？为什么？

美国与达赖破坏奥运的第二步计划暴光：
1.利用奥运圣火在欧盟传递的时机，发动抵制北京奥运，围攻圣火的活动，进而达到激怒中国人；现在这一步计划已经达到了，接下来就是他们的第二步计划：
2.在中国网民中广泛传播抵制家乐福的文章；当舆论做足时，在全国各地散布5月1日去家乐福进行抵制；接下来就是他们的第三步计划：
3.在5月1日那天，派遣事先潜伏的特务，在人群中制造混乱，造成中国人打砸法国家乐福的场面；接下来就是他们最恶毒的行动：
4.利用世界各大媒体播放中国人打砸家乐福的场面，给中国人扣上“暴民野蛮”帽子，进而在欧洲和美国民众中制造负面影象，从而达到抵制奥运的目的。欧洲和美国的普通百姓看了全中国各大城市打砸家乐福的场面，进而对北京奥运形成抵触情绪。大家想想，你看到某一个国家发生这样大规模的打砸抢类似的骚乱，你敢去那个国家旅游吗？其他国家的人们不来参加奥运，我们花大价钱建起来的各种体育设施及失去的旅游者巨大的消费额，对我们不是一种损失吗？接下来是他们的第五步，也是他们的最终目的：
5.利用中国抵制法国家乐福，进而挑拨欧盟和中国的关系。而家乐福失去的销售额，将转到美国的沃尔玛和部分中国超市。最后，家乐福退出中国，由美国的沃尔玛低价收购其所有门店。

如果上述计划全部实施，那么美国得到的好处有：
1.美国企业获得巨大经济利益；
2.打击欧盟企业及中国与欧盟的贸易；
3.利用5月1日中国人各大城市打砸家乐福的场面，在世界舆论范围内做足负面影响，从而打击中国的大国形象！
大家应该知道：一个负责任的大国形象，不是一朝一夕就可以建立起来的，而毁掉这个形象却是一夜之间的事情。但法国的家乐福就不抵制了吗？不！我们要抵制，让他们知道中国人的团结。

请你转告你的网友及身边的朋友：
1.近期不去或少去家乐福购物；
2.尽可能去我们中国的超市或便利店；钱要让自己人赚！
3.5月1日最好不要去家乐福门口聚集；因为一小撮达赖的成员混在人群中进行打砸，就可以给世界造成这样的影响：中国人在打砸家乐福！大家想想：如果我们把家乐福砸了，那么我们和拉萨3.14事件中的暴徒打砸有什么区别？

请大家一定要，再仔细想想：
1.美国才是真正的后台老板，但为什么有人只提抵制法国家乐福而不提抵制美国企业？法国抵制北京奥运的言行，还不是提前和他的美国主子商量好的！
2.为什么选择家乐福，而没有选择其他法国企业？因为家乐福是大型超市，超市前的大型广场可以方便人群聚会。只有人多了，才容易制造事端。其他法国企业都不具备这样大规模的聚会场所。而且家乐福在全国各大城市都有分店，如果事态扩大，美国甚至可能利用家乐福门前的骚乱，制造整个城市的骚乱，进而达到破坏中国社会稳定的目的！

警惕！警惕！警惕一部分达赖集团的破坏分子混在人群中制造混乱！

5月1日不要去家乐福进行聚会，这很可能会中了美国的巨大阴谋！

我们少去或不去家乐福购物，就足以让他滚出中国了！

静静的等待，期盼祖国繁荣强大，期待中华复兴！

如果你觉得本文分析的有道理，请大家转载，让更多的人知道美国与达赖集团破坏奥运的第二步计划！

不管是不是美国的阴谋，也不论我们怎么一次次地出离愤怒，

奥运一天天临近，我们更需要理智爱国～Blessing China!

考完了圆满了！

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:17:30 GMT

Thank God～希望出现的题还好都在那儿～

又一通狂草之后，彻底解脱～原来世界可以这么美好～

考完大家完全physically and psychologically exhausted，

但也要收住难以掩饰的倦容，对着镜头挤一个微笑，

We went through all these together and managed to survive (Hopefully)!：）

Between Exams

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:50:35 GMT

刚从Examination School回来(差点儿敲成Examination Hell。。。)~途中被丽莎揪下来一根白头发。。。妈妈呀我的韶华我的青春！！！

上午考了Comparative Education One，三个小时三篇论文，把我知道的不知道的一股脑儿地全倒了出来。

上回模考导师说没我没有reference，这回我有频率地refencece~

上回模考导师说我答题太superficial，这回俺自始至终没忘critically discuss~

上回模考导师说我的文章每道题才三页，有的还不到三页，长度不够proper。。。其实因为字太小显得篇幅太小，吃力不讨好~

这回我豁出去了龙飞凤舞每道题写了七页！！！Booklets都被我填满了！！！

手都残了。。。

还好我希望出现的题出现了，我虔诚地Thank God!虽然题型和往年不同，但好歹我能扯上关系~

来不及欣赏大家穿的gown和sub-fusc~诺大的考场只听得见自己怦怦的心跳，笔尖刷刷地滑动，以及悬在头顶大表盘上的大针噌噌地往后跳~

总算是考完一门了~可是革命尚未成功，等待我的是周四更艰难的考试！

远处再次传来战斗的号角，已然嗅到了更浓烈硝烟的味道~

小憩之后需要拾起勇气和信心，再度迎接炙烈战火的灼烤！

Wish me and bless me the best luck!

Believe it or not, it is snowing outside!

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:48:30 GMT

都夏天了呀

要考试了要考试了

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:22:13 GMT

结束我快二十年学生生涯的最后一次考试!!! GOD BLESS ME!!!

这两天做好奇怪的梦，先是梦到被thousands of bears追赶装死也不顶用，接着又梦到落水＋凶杀。。。这都啥征兆啊心里直怦怦~

眼前还有一只大黄蜂懒懒的趴在窗沿不肯走。。。GOD HELP ME!!!

多变的天气

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:54:15 GMT

晕，居然又是谈论天气。

但是，三月下旬了居然下雪了～
中午出门，半路雪花迎面袭来，煞是壮观，不一会儿阳光又刺眼了；走到市中心正逢风雪交加，登上大学教堂塔顶又晴空万里；站在窄小拥挤的塔顶放眼向东边望去，一副山雨欲来风满楼的模样，下了塔果然又乌云密布了；穿过古老小酒吧的狭窄小巷时，冰雹向棉絮一样涌来，可刚走到大路上，棉絮又收了，改狂风肆虐。。。

总共才几步路，这都什么天气。。。

St. Mary the Virgin

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:40:18 GMT

师妹从爱丁堡过来参加交流会，好容易抽空在周日下午小逛了牛津，

正赶上University Church St. Mary the Virgin有晚祷Concert，于是进去听了一场。

水平比我们上次演出专业很多。

感觉教堂音乐果然有涤荡心灵的作用，

听完顿觉浮躁的心境宁静了很多。

大风

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:40:07 GMT

一大早就狂风肆虐

趁中间一小段风和日丽的时间去超市搬了东西回来

又一阵风雨大作，吹的我的伞瑟瑟发抖

听说下午还有大风

还听说有趟从美国飞伦敦的飞机因顺风早到了一个小时。。。

飞机不是在平流层飞的么？

啊今天过节啊

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:55:10 GMT

我妈祝我节日快乐。。。

为什么呢

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:51:11 GMT

今天在University College Choir认识一个德国女孩儿，在北外学了一年而已，中文已然相当地道了。

为什么我学了十多年英语，还这么烂呢。。。

感人的小故事

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:24:37 GMT

A man came home form work late, tired and found his 5 years old son waiting for him at the door. "Daddy, may I ask you a question?" "Yeah, sure, what is it?" replied the man. "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?" "If you must know, I make $20 an hour."" Oh," The little boy replied, with his head down, looking up, he said, "Daddy, may I please borrow $10" the father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy, then you go to bed." The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down. And started to think. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.” Are you asleep, son?" he asked. "no daddy," replied the boy. "I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier." said the man, "Here's the $10 you asked for." the little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father. "Why do you want more money? Is you already have some?" the father asked. "Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.”The little boy replied, "Daddy , I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

春节快乐~~

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:57:13 GMT

Auld Lang Syne

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:46:16 GMT

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

And surely ye'll be your pint stowp!
And surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o'kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne.

We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary fit,
Sin' auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne.

We twa hae paidl'd in the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne.

And there's a hand, my trusty fere!
And gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right gude-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne.

二十四节气歌

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:06:50 GMT

春雨惊春清谷天，夏满芒夏暑相连

秋处露秋寒霜降，冬雪雪冬小大寒

每月两节不变更，最多相差一两天

上半年来六廿一，下半年是八廿三

Burns Night

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:11:42 GMT

估计在苏格兰的朋友们都在今晚参加了这样一个晚宴。

我们也在学院里小体验了一回。

不好意思说其实我们是冲着food去的，却也总能撞上文化扫盲的机会，“彭斯晚宴”原来是为了纪念苏格兰民族诗人Robert Burns.

一个非常苏格兰传统的晚宴在悠扬而凄婉的苏格兰风笛声中拉开序幕，进而在“Selkirk Grace”朗诵声中开始。

第一首诗歌“To a Haggis”

颂毕，急于享用start-up和汤，加上对苏格兰英语不甚了解，就没顾上细察。

然而解决掉面包和汤等待main course的期间，顿觉百无聊赖，于是开始研究这首诗的含义。

Haggis？（亏得我随身携带文曲星，才没错失这一理解诗词的绝好机会）居然是肉馅羊肚，羊肉杂碎布丁的意思！

To a Haggis, 致肉馅羊肚？和lisa对视两秒，迫不及待地往下看。。。

诗歌是拿old苏格兰语写的，但是关键的词基本大概勉强能从形体上辨认，比如，groaning, hill, mill, knife, cut you up, blade, dish...

我眼前俨然展开了一幅屠宰羔羊，剁馅儿，成菜的厨房杀戮图。。。ms一边做菜一边超级享受整个过程，还不忘感谢人家愿意被自己吃。。。

由衷感叹，原来诗也可以这么写实！

我对那个Haggis的确不怎么感冒，向来对内脏没兴趣，况且还是羊内脏，联想到厨房杀戮图，更没了胃口。。。

好容易有个让我不把food往死里吃的晚宴，倒是有机会把嘴闲来聊聊诗歌，虽然一窍不通。。。

我的理解是彭斯牛就牛在不仅能写出如此写实的“诗”，还写出了A Red, Red Rose这样热情浪漫的诗句，和流传世界的赞美友谊的Auld Lang Syne.

晚宴在大家手挽手一起“ Auld Lang Syne”的歌唱中结束~~~

A Red ，Red Rose
Robert Burns

O my luve is like a red, red rose,
　That's newly sprung in June;
O my luve is like the melodie
　That's sweetly played in tune.
As fair thou art, my bonie lass,
　So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
　Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
　And the rocks melt wi' the sun;
And I will luve thee still , my dear,
　While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve,
　And fare thee weel a while;
And I will come again, my luve,
　Tho'it wre ten thousand mile!

我们无处安放的青春

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:40:50 GMT

真的有来世吗

那么

我愿做一只懂得飞翔的小鸟

一朵瞬间绽放

无声消融的雪花

甚至

窗前的一角蓝天

掀起书页的风

落进你手里的一滴小雨

Photo Album: Birthday BBQ

Sat, 10 May 2008 17:25:13 GMT

Birthday BBQ

Invitation

三寿星

Sunflower 组合

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We are from NanKai

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Photo Album: 德国之旅～小镇爱森巴赫

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:23:50 GMT

德国之旅～小镇爱森巴赫

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Photo Album: May Day!

Fri, 02 May 2008 06:38:25 GMT

May Day!

Magdalen College Choir on Magdalen Tower(6.00am 1st May 2008)

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Morris Dancing~棍棒舞？

Morris Dancing~丢，丢，丢手绢。。。

穿格子裙的舞蹈

面包房舞蹈？

这种手风琴比较眼熟

苏格兰风笛

树人

Man dressed in tree~~~

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Photo Album: 自恋的铁证

Fri, 02 May 2008 05:58:21 GMT

自恋的铁证

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Photo Album: 四月下雪天

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:53:26 GMT

四月下雪天

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成形之中。。。

有鼻子有脸了

好好念书

小知识分子拿学位了^,^

毕业留念～

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Photo Album: 广州

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:21:21 GMT

广州

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广州地铁

逛街逛到腿抽筋儿

夜游中山大学

星海音乐厅

珠江边上

荔湾广场

Photo Album: 西安之旅

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:34:31 GMT

西安之旅

方方正正的西安

古城墙

贵妃入浴

海棠汤

晾发台

华清池温泉水源

水源常年43°C

无标题的照片

神话——骊山峡谷

秦俑

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Gardenia in blossom

May Day Celebration in Oxford

迷茫

苹果公司CEO乔布斯在斯坦福大学毕业典礼上的演讲

理智爱国

考完了圆满了！

Between Exams

Believe it or not, it is snowing outside!

要考试了要考试了

多变的天气

St. Mary the Virgin

大风

啊今天过节啊

为什么呢

感人的小故事

最近的生活

春节快乐~~

Auld Lang Syne

二十四节气歌

Burns Night

我们无处安放的青春

Photo Album: Birthday BBQ

Photo Album: 德国之旅～小镇爱森巴赫

Photo Album: May Day!

Photo Album: 自恋的铁证

Photo Album: 四月下雪天

Photo Album: 广州

Photo Album: 西安之旅