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    September 05

    Small World

             第一次见到Emma是2002年,当时她在北大心理系做“专业英语”老师,有时在实验室跟袁同学讨论合作的项目。Emma沉静含蓄的气质很像东方人,普通话也讲的不错,在湖南做过中学老师。之后她申请去UBC念Steve Heine的博士,拿到了这个让人眼热心跳的offer。
            老板和Sylvia总是能在开会的时候认识新的朋友,然后他们来香港的时候会请来聊天,结果居然五六年之后在香港重新见到了Emma。
             世界真小,时间真快。
             袁同学,Emma同学向你问好。
    September 04

    Pet Shop Boys - Being boring

    I came across a cache of old photos
    And invitations to teenage parties
    Dress in white one said, with quotations
    From someones wife, a famous writer
    In the nineteen-twenties
    When youre young you find inspiration
    In anyone whos ever gone
    And opened up a closing door
    She said: we were never feeling bored

    cause we were never being boring
    We had too much time to find for ourselves
    And we were never being boring
    We dressed up and fought, then thought: make amends
    And we were never holding back or worried that
    Time would come to an end

    When I went I left from the station
    With a haversack and some trepidation
    Someone said: if youre not careful
    Youll have nothing left and nothing to care for
    In the nineteen-seventies
    But I sat back and looking forward
    My shoes were high and I had scored
    Id bolted through a closing door
    I would never find myself feeling bored

    cause we were never being boring
    We had too much time to find for ourselves
    And we were never being boring
    We dressed up and fought, then thought: make amends
    And we were never holding back or worried that
    Time would come to an end
    We were always hoping that, looking back
    You could always rely on a friend

    Now I sit with different faces
    In rented rooms and foreign places
    All the people I was kissing
    Some are here and some are missing
    In the nineteen-nineties
    I never dreamt that I would get to be
    The creature that I always meant to be
    But I thought in spite of dreams
    Youd be sitting somewhere here with me

    cause we were never being boring
    We had too much time to find for ourselves
    And we were never being boring
    We dressed up and fought, then thought: make amends
    And we were never holding back or worried that
    Time would come to an end
    We were always hoping that, looking back
    You could always rely on a friend

    And we were never being boring
    We had too much time to find for ourselves
    And we were never being boring
    We dressed up and fought, then thought: make amends
    And we were never being boring
    We were never being bored
    cause we were never being boring
    We were never being bored
    September 02

    First day of final year

         开学第一天,仪式化的早起了一点,上午居然没有犯困,不错,继续写东西。

          力强拿着他的大杯子晃进来,一屁股坐到我老板的椅子上,开始闲扯,一会小新进来,力强眼前一亮,眉飞色舞的跟他讨论“太阁立志传”。这才是聪明人的境界:在Science上发文章抽空弄弄就好了,生活的其他方面才是重要的,例如网络游戏,找女朋友,还有闲扯八卦。。。

           小新: “告诉你一个经验,如果你回家不跟老婆聊天,她会给你下毒!”

        力强:“是吗,我回家一般都是睡觉,直到体力恢复,没注意要聊天,怎么聊?”

        .....两个王老五认真讨论了跟老婆聊几次天可以避免被下毒的问题,散了。

           中午去新装修的兰苑吃饭,花样多了,价钱也涨到30块。吃完饭,力强说刚给本科生上完课,于是扯到各自的大学第一节。我忘了自己的,只记得刚开学的一周大家都窝在宿舍里,以为第一周从下周开始,集体逃了不少课,但是第一节怎么也想不起来了,也许本科课程留给我的阴影较大,选择性的遗忘掉了。

           在困顿中挨到下午4点去打球,两个小时居然没碰到常来的熟人来玩,现在像我这么有职业素养的业余选手,不多了。

        A special day,with nothing special.