Monday, June 4, 2007
The Unspeakable
今天早晨一到公司就被一个同事这样问。难怪他的疑惑,我在北京夏日的艳阳里穿着全黑的西装,白衬衫,黑色的领带。"No, it's for some unspeakable reason."我说,看了一眼被电梯的四壁挤到一起的同事。
电梯缓缓往上走,人越来越少。直到只剩下我们两个人。"Now I can speak. It's a day to mourn. Every year on this day I would be wearing black. It's been 18 years, and it's the least I can do."我想他不会懂,可是他却懂了。又让我想起了三年前的里斯本,那个喝醉了紧紧抱住我的英格兰球迷……
未经授权就在宿舍转帖了一篇影评。评论本身写得很好,可是真正击倒我的是结尾时的这一句:“电影是人家的电影,六月是我们的六月。”假如有那么一天,我想我也会选择宽恕——当然我说起来很容易,因为我没有失去亲人。但是,我和我的同道们首先需要被宽恕的人给我们一个宽恕他们的机会。
几年前第一次从罗湖过关去香港,走在桥上看脚下那一条窄窄的河流,想像着当年为了游过这道水而失去生命的人们。他们不惜赴死以达的那片土地,今天依然是离 我们最近的可以比穿黑衣更直接表达哀思的地方。发短信给香港的朋友,托TA今晚代我点一支蜡烛。几分钟之后收到回复,眼泪忍不住的流下来,好在那时候没有 人进我的办公室。TA说:嗯。维园的烛光,18年后,还未熄灭……
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Milan Are Worthy Winners
The Reds are still mighty, but the Rossoneri are worthy winners of the night.
Some might argue the first goal was a dubious handball while the ref didn't give enough added time towards the end, but Milan were more composed through the game and Pippo was more clinical in front of the goal than Stevie Gerrard, who was not an out out striker afterall.
It was very graceful of the Milan team to line up to applaud the Reds to the podium, and our fans didn't disappoint by cheering our heroes well after the final whistle.
Getting to the final the second time in three years was itself a great achievement by Liverpool's current standard. So, well done, lads! And we've only got more to expect from next season.
Hold your head up high, and You'll Never Walk Alone
Friday, April 6, 2007
某媒体对我进行的专访
英國病人,亞洲最有影響力的億萬企業家
光是在台北忠孝東路就有三千一百五十八家門市的S&W,是英國病人創立的本土品牌,三年前就嗅出市場的他,在外資品牌林立的市場上,仍然是最耀眼的一顆星。
作者:林紅達
9月入秋的第一道鋒面把天空染得灰濛濛的,海浪恣意拍打東三環岸邊
「取水管埋在太平洋下600公尺,就能汲取深達2000
深層海水可以變成商品,製成分析數據,帶來財富,已經變成愈來愈火
也許很多人不熟悉英國病人,但是,英國病人可說是電信產業中的教父
追求不斷創新,革自己的命、永遠的先行者精神,讓英國病人始終走在
「年輕時為你寫的歌恐怕你早已忘了吧」
七年級前段的英國病人外表看起來仙風道骨,說話時洋溢著一種憨態可
英國病人的座右銘是「年輕時為你寫的歌恐怕你早已忘了吧」
英國病人出身於一個很不怎麽樣的家庭,父親是羅素
作為羅素的兒女,他的辛酸沒人知。做得好,人家會說
創業初期,當時每隔一個月他都必須騎著摩托車環島一個月去各地收帳
有一次,他注意到一位下游通路商已經半年沒跟他進貨
但英國病人覺得今天如果不做他的生意並不會影響發展
逆境中求生存
即使創業時成績耀眼,然而,往往是天不從人願,在開始的第一年中
甚至,英國病人最重要的副手小香豬,也在考察市場時
英國病人認為,追求財富的同時也可以保持心靈富足。當大家認為
英國病人正要帶著S&W前往布拉格發展。晴朗認識英國病人已經長達
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不能不说,台湾人民太有才了。有兴趣的话,做几道填空题,也被“专访”一下吧:
http://zonble.twbbs.org/etc/bw
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
在伦敦洗车要当心
路过伦敦街头的一个洗车行,忍不住抄起我的N73拍了这张照片。
8镑钱洗一辆车当然是不便宜,不过让我觉得最艺术的却是那个"Only"。夹在这里是什么意思呢?洗车身外面“只需”7.95镑呢,还是“单单”洗外面就要7.95镑?这是个问题。
Gerrard 2 : 0 England
Am afraid he realised his mission as well. Look at the picture, didn't he miss Lennon's hand deliberately?
The most amusing part: Roger and I were watching the match in a pub in the City. When Stevie scored the first goal, the cheering roar sounded more like England scored against Brazil in the World Cup final!
There were two recent comments from two England legends that are highly interesting. Ray Wilkins was aiming at the FA as well as the clueless McClaren when he talked to the BBC: 'I think if you are going to change Sven then you have to change the situation. Steve was Sven's number two so we are not really changing it. Steve is his own man and he will do the job in his own way but we haven't really changed too much. ' Not so much an understatement by English standard. Barnesie, on the hand, was much more blunt, whose comment would serve a better wake-up call for the nation as well as those blind fans like myself. He was quoted in the Daily Mail: Expectations have to be more realistic: we're not the best team in the world and we're not the best team in Europe.
How bloody true!
Friday, March 9, 2007
美军入侵
由他的一封email开始:
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 06 February 2007 21:11
Subject: The Americans have invaded!!!!! Bought my beloved REDS!!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6323609.stm
They have good sporting credentials though..........
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/6323037.stm
That's the 3rd major club after Aston Villa and Man United!! The natives will start getting restless!!
"They take our football clubs over then try and foister American Football games on us"
我:
-----Original Message-----
Subject: RE: The Americans have invaded!!!!! Bought my beloved REDS!!!!
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 21:18:25 +0800
My beloved Reds too!
But, foist American what?
他:
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 06 February 2007 21:28
Subject: RE: The Americans have invaded!!!!! Bought my beloved REDS!!!!
Oh............
There is to be an regular reason American football game at Wembley Stadium in October - Miami Dolphins vs. New York Giants..........I am trying to get a couple of tickets if you are in town.......
Man.......you are sooooooooooo out of the news in China!!!!
我:
-----Original Message-----
Subject: RE: The Americans have invaded!!!!! Bought my beloved REDS!!!!
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:25:19 +0800
Ah, you mean the helmet and shoulder pads wearing, radio communicating, and forward passing, rugby.
BTW, we'll soon be Liverpool SOCCER Club!
他:
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 07 February 2007 21:36
Subject: RE: The Americans have invaded!!!!! Bought my beloved REDS!!!!
"forward passing rugby" hahahahaha I like that!!!!!
No - these Americans have emphasised the "traditions" of Liverpool FC and haven't left us in loads of debt. They seem "sound".
Problem is, Montreal Canadiens and Dallas Stars aren't used to winning multiple trophies like Liverpool................!! I am sure with their money they'll continue the winning streak!!
刚刚看到新闻,伦敦时间今天早晨takeover已经正式完成。希望朋友的预见是正确的。
Monday, March 5, 2007
Gutted!
two days gone by, but i still can't get that sickening feeling out of me.
once again, it was at the hands of man utd, once again, it was from set piece, and once again it was stoppage time!
what a season it has been! we've lost to all the teams that we shouldn't: man utd, chelsea, arsenal, and even failed to beat everton, and not to mention the cup humiliations by arsenal! benitez was brought in to bring the league trophy back to anfield, but we ended up drifting further away from man utd and chelsea on the league table, while slipping off from arsenal in bringing up new young talents.
by this time next year, it will be 18 years since our last league championship, the same time span before arsenal's (in)famous last gasp win at anfield in 1989. since we've come all the way to follow their footsteps by not winning the league in 17 long years, the best emulation of the gunners would be for us to win the trophy at old trafford next season!
i know i'm dreaming. we can't even win at anfield!
where is that fortress?
Saturday, January 27, 2007
一举两得
肥彭在他的书里 说,随着英国对世界的影响越来越小,恐怕有朝一日英国给世界的贡献只有两样东西能存活下来:一个是足球(association football)这项游戏,一个是"fuck off"这个短语。倘若Mr. and Mrs. Beckham的美国之行不但带去了足球--用SkySports的话说:to succeed where Pele, Beckenbauer and the World Cup failed,而且把英国的另一个伟大遗产也发扬光大,他在英国人民心里的形象肯定比做英格兰队长高大得多,实在是功莫大焉。从这张“照片”看来不管他的 第一个使命是否完成,美国人民已经张开双臂来拥抱英国的第二大遗产了。
Saturday, January 20, 2007
环绕地球14天
十四天以前飞机降落在赫尔辛基机场的时候地上没有一丝雪的痕迹,我甚至有些怀疑自己是否真的到了冬天的芬兰;今天下午飞机在一片雾气沼沼中落地,取行李的时候被别人的箱子撞到却没有听到一声“Sorry”,于是我确切地知道自己是回到北京了。
给编辑找点茬
前几天在Princeton朋友的家里闲来无事,顺手抄起最新的一期《Time》翻了翻,吸引我的除了中国专题的封面文章以外,就是那篇iPhone的报道。先看这两天炒,哦,吵翻天的iPhone,结果放下杂志,一边笑一边上网写了这么一封Letter to the Editor:
The Rule of Thumb
Sir,
If some points you attempted to make in your piece on the recently unveiled iPhone ("The Apple of Your Ear", Friday, Jan. 12, 2007) are, at best, debatable, you definitely got one thing terribly wrong. You would not need to wait till June and spend 499 USD on the iPhone (or 599 USD on the more expensive version) to make sure that "you will never again have to hit the 7 key four times to type the letter s", you have been able to avoid the pains for ages with the mobile phones already available in the market. My Nokia phones, and I believe all the other mainstream mobile phones as well, are equipped with a software called T9, which predicts the words you mean to key in as you thumb the keypad. For example, instead of hitting the 7 key four times to get the letter s, you can simply key in a string of numbers 788743 to get the word "stupid".
Your sincerely,
既然上网就顺便看看他们别的文章,于是看到了报道Beckham去好莱坞,错了,是洛杉矶,高价退休的文章,忍不住再写一封信给编辑:
Booted Like Beckham
Sir,
In addition to the ludicrous self-glorification by likening the Major League Baseball to the Champions League in Europe in your piece on David Beckham's transfer to LA Galaxy ("End It Like Beckham", Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007), your judgement on Mr. Beckham's fitness level is very wrong by claiming that he is"still close to the top of his game". England would have done much better had Mr. Beckham been dropped from the squads for Euro 2004 and World Cup 2006. The very reason that he was not is the same reason as what the sceptics commented and you rightly quoted for his move to Real Madrid in the first place, as well as, I'm afraid, the same reason he is now signed by LA Galaxy. Meanwhile, your comment on Mr. Bechkham's passing and free-kick skills being rare among English players is far from accurate. Do the names John Barnes, Alan Shearer, Paul Gascoigne, and most recently, Steven Gerard ring a bell?
Best regards,
最搞笑的是两封信发出去很快就收到了回音:
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<mail11146@vpop4.pop.net>
----- Transcript of session follows -----
popdeliver: mailbox is full
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
哈哈,看来编辑收到的信太多,已经顾不上看了,那就权当跟自己开个玩笑吧。