早上送妻子踏上回国的旅程
本打算让妻子独立一次
所以让她买了单独的火车票
但还是改变主意送她到州的边境
我的学生证到哪个地方有效
让妻子在我肩上睡一会
妻子嫌我的肩膀太瘦
到了分别的时候
我下车
妻子挥手与我作别
我摇摇头
外面的空气很湿很冷
这是一个山谷里的小镇
看见检票员在检查上下车的人
示意司机可以开车了
那么一丝念头闪过
我想跳上车给妻子一个惊喜
一阵凉风吹过
列车徐徐的启动
车站很荒凉
候车室里有一个老头和一个小女孩
空气里混合着陈年的烟味
回去的车还有40多分钟
拉上夹克
挤出一股凉气
走进了这个小城
有一条黑黑的小溪穿过
小溪边上停着一辆很旧的Mercedes
还有一个吊在一根发霉的旧木棍上的秋千
几乎没有商业的小镇
近乎没有行人的街道
瑟瑟的秋风吹起斑驳的落叶
一个年迈的老头拖着一根很长很长的扫把
雪白的头发
一辆卡车开过
刮起一阵冷风
裹紧夹克
慢慢得走回车站
回去的车已经在等着
车上没有一个乘客
找了一高高的位子
坐下
睡着
醒来
很累
看着窗外迷雾中的秋天
到了终点站
随着零零星星的乘客
回到了居住的城市
从街的这一头走到了那一头
等着妻子的电话
从街的那一头回到了这一头
把手机握在手里
十分钟
二十分钟
三十分钟
四十分钟
......
给妻子打电话
妻子说刚托运完大行李
33公斤
手提11公斤
机场人员说too heavy
十分钟
二十分钟
三十分钟
......
妻子打电话过来
说出关了
说在免税区有人跟踪
赶紧出了关
回到宿舍
洗了洗
一头扎在床上
很累很累
头很疼
睡不着
数着绵羊
渐渐的睡去
朦朦胧胧中
电话响了
是妻子
飞机快起飞了
打完电话
一头扎在床上
很累很累
睡
睡
睡
......
睁开眼睛
天已黑
看着天花板
想起很多很多的事情
闭上眼睛
蜷起
思索着未来
起床
开始做晚饭
剩的面
剩的汤
剩的菜
用烤箱烤上面
清洗餐具
一盘面
一碗汤
一个菜
一个人的晚餐
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
[Media] The Past, Present, and Future of Food
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=19147
Whole Foods Market is the largest organic and natural retailer in the world. The co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey will offer a multimedia presentation of the past, present, and future of food. John Mackey will then join Michael Pollan in conversation, continuing in person the exchange of views the two have been conducting since the publication of Pollan's 2006 book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma."
Whole Foods Market is the largest organic and natural retailer in the world. The co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods, John Mackey will offer a multimedia presentation of the past, present, and future of food. John Mackey will then join Michael Pollan in conversation, continuing in person the exchange of views the two have been conducting since the publication of Pollan's 2006 book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma."
Thursday, October 4, 2007
[Math] reading Andrew Wiles
I'm interesting in mathematics for all the time.
As a child I was already fascinated by the simplicity and elegance of math. At that moment, however, I didn't have a great chance to continue my obsession. The education system and the environment was not set in a way right for a mathematician. I studied hard just for achieving good records for all the disciplines. I must go to a prestigious university.
If there is a chance to read great mathematicians, about their wisdom or story, I always become excited and imagine the great journey as a devoted mathematician. And this special love of mathematics did give me power and inspire me to tackle some hard problems that I met in computer science. I'm very proud of this kind of achievement.
An embarrassment I often have is that I have failed to be mathematician. Even worse I think mathematics is the real science and the greatest. It makes me think my current work is no longer valuable. With this kind of bad conscious, I missed lots of great moments that could happen on my life track. I missed these happy times.
As a child I was already fascinated by the simplicity and elegance of math. At that moment, however, I didn't have a great chance to continue my obsession. The education system and the environment was not set in a way right for a mathematician. I studied hard just for achieving good records for all the disciplines. I must go to a prestigious university.
If there is a chance to read great mathematicians, about their wisdom or story, I always become excited and imagine the great journey as a devoted mathematician. And this special love of mathematics did give me power and inspire me to tackle some hard problems that I met in computer science. I'm very proud of this kind of achievement.
An embarrassment I often have is that I have failed to be mathematician. Even worse I think mathematics is the real science and the greatest. It makes me think my current work is no longer valuable. With this kind of bad conscious, I missed lots of great moments that could happen on my life track. I missed these happy times.
[Math] Andrew Wiles
“You enter the first room of the mansion and it’s completely dark. You stumble around bumping into the furniture but gradually you learn where each piece of furniture is. Finally, after six months or so, you find the light switch, you turn it on, and suddenly it’s all illuminated. You can see exactly where you were. Then you move into the next room and spend another six months in the dark. So each of these breakthroughs, while sometimes they’re momentary, sometimes over a period of a day or two, they are the culmination of, and couldn’t exist without, the many months of stumbling around in the dark that precede them.”
‘This was my childhood passion. There’s nothing to replace that. I had this very rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life what had been my childhood dream. I know it’s a rare privilege, but if you can tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it’s more rewarding than anything imaginable. Having solved this problem there’s certainly a sense of loss, but at the same time there is this tremendous sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that for eight years I was thinking about it all the time – when I woke up in the morning to when I went to sleep at night. That’s a long time to think about one thing. That particular odyssey is over. My mind is at rest.’
"The problem with working on Fermat was that you could spend years getting nowhere. It’s fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don’t solve it at the end of the day. The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself."
"Certainly one thing that I’ve learned is that it is important to pick a problem based on how much you care about it. However impenetrable it seems, if you don’t try it, then you can never do it. Always try the problem that matters most to you. I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream. I know it’s a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it’s more rewarding than anything I can imagine."
‘This was my childhood passion. There’s nothing to replace that. I had this very rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life what had been my childhood dream. I know it’s a rare privilege, but if you can tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it’s more rewarding than anything imaginable. Having solved this problem there’s certainly a sense of loss, but at the same time there is this tremendous sense of freedom. I was so obsessed by this problem that for eight years I was thinking about it all the time – when I woke up in the morning to when I went to sleep at night. That’s a long time to think about one thing. That particular odyssey is over. My mind is at rest.’
"The problem with working on Fermat was that you could spend years getting nowhere. It’s fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don’t solve it at the end of the day. The definition of a good mathematical problem is the mathematics it generates rather than the problem itself."
"Certainly one thing that I’ve learned is that it is important to pick a problem based on how much you care about it. However impenetrable it seems, if you don’t try it, then you can never do it. Always try the problem that matters most to you. I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream. I know it’s a rare privilege, but if one can really tackle something in adult life that means that much to you, then it’s more rewarding than anything I can imagine."
[Link] web media
I found a good way to English. There are lots of excellent lectures available online.
Some of them can be found on prestigious university websites. Some of the them are from famous institutions or organizations.
Another important part of improving language is trying your best to write in that language or speak in that language. Or put it in a simple way: learning language by using.
My experience tell me the best time for learning a language is when I'm writing a paper.
Web media -- event streaming Princeton University
Web cast Berkeley
Some of them can be found on prestigious university websites. Some of the them are from famous institutions or organizations.
Another important part of improving language is trying your best to write in that language or speak in that language. Or put it in a simple way: learning language by using.
My experience tell me the best time for learning a language is when I'm writing a paper.
Web media -- event streaming Princeton University
Web cast Berkeley
Saturday, September 22, 2007
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