myzonemyfun

I don't care what other people say, I like the movie-pure and straightforward, no redundance. I now do think Eastwood is a talented man, not only a talented actor but an excellent director and producer. I also start to look for Hilary Swank's movies. She's not pretty although she can be. She's not sexy although she could dress up very hot. She's a good actress, a woman who can really play a part in a movie. She made the movie like a true story happening in your life.

 

Maggie Fitzergerald made me think, really think. What can I say to myself? Have I ever made a shot in my life yet? Negative. What are things that I'm always thinking about doing but never did? A lot. What will be that very thing that I will do if I can only pick one to do? Go back to school and become an M.E. Everyone gets his/her special talent. He/she must be the best at one thing among all the people in the world. What's the my thing? Haven't figured out yet but will try my best to work it out. I know it's not cooking, not cleaning, not finance, not physics (I actulaly hate physics), not swimming (I can't swim), not writing, not ....I can go on forever. But do I really have one thing that I'm the best in the world? Yes, I keep telling myself I should and I do belive it. And I will find it out.

Today is the weekly 'girls' day' and a crazy shopping day. Since I missed out the Thanksgiving sales, today was the catch-up day. Well, I have to say, Huang Mao, Qiuzi and I did a great job. Mission accomplished.

 

With bags of trophies (didn't count), we went to see the Twilight. Theaters and their parents claim to their potential bond investors that cinema and theater business is anti-economy cycle industry as in the past 5 recessions the business growth of cinema and theater was higher than when the economy was thriving. Who said this is BS? I think they've got a point----look at how many people were in the theater tonight! Coz watching movie is the cheapest entertainment at a downturn? Probably. But there's this "Zhai Nv" arguing that surfing on-line is the cheapest way. Me? Wordless.

 

The movie was okay, I guess. People were laughing at the scenes I belive was touching ones deisnged by the director. Remind me of the scene of "House of Flying Draggons" in which Zhang Ziying was supposed to be dead but instead she repeatedly opened her eyes----a strong unwillingness to lose the chance vitnessing two men fighting over her.

 

When we stepped out of the theater, guess what we saw. It was SNOWING! Highlight of the day (well, I can only say that the shopping part is quite successful as I managed to get things I'd planned to get but it's tiring too, you have to trade off). It is the first snow of the 2008 NYC. Seeing the snowflakes dancing wildly, with both hands fully loaded with shopping bags, I can't help myself for saying the following words to Huang Mao----"Happy Holidays!"

 

Happy Holidays, to all of my friends!

Finally decided to upload some new pics. Can't even remember when the last time I actully dropped by my space haha.

读过大家的留言，沉重的负罪感...故借梦周公前十分钟做一news update。

 

1。很郁闷，今年暑假不能回家腐败

2。留在米国就地颠覆帝国主义----给资本家打工

3。最近在世界杯的笼罩下生活，感慨于阿根廷的悲壮，赞叹着Henry的优雅，也因为意大利的胜利而狂喜不已

4。BBY米国聚会，没想到竟然能使队伍壮大到玩‘杀人’可兼有‘法官’和‘警察’，快哉

5。上周终于和TT去了一趟自由大妈，与之合影，并给她捎去了GG的话：换顶帽子吧

 

本周news update完

今天纽约的天气格外的好。早晨，通宵了的室友回来对我说的第一句话就是：It's extremely warm today, like summer!我还睡眼惺松，也就没有在意。穿着棉服出了门，在大厅的门口突然意识到了室友评论的科学性...

 

就在走出公寓门口的那一刹那，我仿佛闻到了北京的味道。微风，蓝天，微湿的路面，穿着单衣的行人，还是走在Bleeker街上，却第一次有了亲切的感觉。不是因为那人、那街、那景，而是因为那味道。

 

找不到具体的词汇形容那是什么样的一种味道，就是能感觉到那么熟悉而真切。如果闭上眼睛，我确定每一次呼吸后浮现在眼前的画面都是北京，雨后的北京。绿油油的草地上，汪汪和小路在追逐打闹，一楼阿姨家院子里的那群野猫懒洋洋地躺在松软的泥土上，享受着雨后阳光的温暖和舒适，外婆抱着圣经坐在阳光室里等我回来，爸爸妈妈在厨房里忙忙碌碌准备我最喜欢吃的东西，时不时还评论一下对方的作品以激励自己——老爸老妈一贯的风格...

 

记得在芬兰的时候也能闻到家乡的味道。走在皑皑的雪上，闭上眼睛，猛地吸一口冰冷的空气，缓缓地感觉那冷气在我体内渐渐升温，眼前出现了外婆家温暖的小屋，我和妹妹坐在炉火边，炉子上烤着红薯和桔子。我会把手轻轻放在发烫的烟囱上，小心地试探着温度。炉火映红了我们被风吹过的脸庞，不久就感到脸上和耳朵都滚烫滚烫的，照照镜子就仿佛涂了胭脂准备参加小学合唱比赛之前的样子——就是那种集体大合唱，无论男女都被老师抓去乱涂一通的糗样。慢慢地，桔子的香味飘满了整个小屋，拨开取出一瓣放在嘴里，有时候竟然还会被烫到。如果这个时候窗外下起了雪，我会特别得意地笑起来，因为我有一个温暖的叫做家的地方。

 

刚刚出去买pizza，没有再闻到那熟悉的味道，有些失落。希望明天能够继续今天的故事。

真真切切是我离开家度过的第一个圣诞节和元旦，尽管远离老爸老妈但却不孤单。与GG和其他朋友们一起，有的是温暖和感激。看着朋友们一个个离开NYC，留下的是照片中一张张的笑脸和记忆里一串串的笑声。在这里，祝福老爸老妈和伯父伯母在新的一年里健康快乐，祝福所有的朋友们在新的一年里幸福如意。You deserve that while me too:)Sharing with you guys the happiness I've had during the past ten days--in the album.

竟然已经有将近一个月的时间没有来过blog了，罪恶感油然而生。党毛毛又这么懒...近来的两周是考试周，辛苦的复习，不过也有很让人开心的事情。幸福和辛苦的综合体，我的final week.

 

幸福时间一：上周GG结束了这个学期的生活，我就开始了我的幸福生活。周末在Yale喝到了超级滋补的虫草鸡汤。GG到药店买了虫草、枸杞、人参还有莲子，还有港店的那只肥硕的小母鸡，连熬带炖折腾了6、7个小时，终于，一锅热气腾腾香味浓郁的虫草鸡汤摆在了我面前（注：由于时间估计失误及晚上芳芳的fb饭局，盛在碗里的鸡汤摆在我面前的时候是凌晨00：34，丰盛的夜宵啊，我和gg还同时想到了一句话“马无夜草不肥”。前面的那句被我说成“人无夜宵不胖”，然后被GGb4）。鸡汤的浓郁彻底打败了我复习Money&Banking的豪言壮志，于是那晚只能以Macro结束战斗。

 

幸福时间二、三、四、五...：周一GG陪着我回到了纽约（感谢MTA工会没有在周一罢工）。于是乎GG开始了为期四天的housebf生活。四天里每天GG都会负责做饭洗碗，还有帮助我完成因为偷懒而不能完成的mission。这四天GG真是尽职尽责，除了去broadway上的书店疯狂购买了Rem的Delirious New York以外，其他的时间都克尽职守。每天会有不同的菜谱，鉴于第一天的成功，第二天竟然发展到了随机点菜的高度。终于发现，人的潜能是无限的，没有做过饭的GG可以在这样的情况下自学成才，从蟹粉蛋、炒青菜到扬州炒饭、芥兰牛肉，简直就是有荤有素无所不能，为党毛毛所敬仰。特别是GG认真的态度，就仿佛做菜也要像座建筑一般，每一道工序之间都应该有应有的理论支持和逻辑推理。只不过到了做饭这个领域，理论就是甜咸适度和火候的掌握，而逻辑则变成了永远不要先放油再放菜一样呵呵。

 

插曲：晚上我复习的时候GG则专注地查找纽约的著名建筑，筹划着圣诞假期。有一个最大的收获验证了GG之前的判断，Bobst Library和Tsich Building果然源于大师之手——Philip Johnson school project participation的开端。

 

幸福时间n：明天就是Christmas Eve了，一周的假期里，我和GG会参观很多纽约的建筑，建筑牛人们的牛作品。这个样可以改变我这个NYC土人的土人称号了吧？还很想去看Mamma Mia!，众多朋友推荐，还有可以买到便宜的学生票，这在美国可是不多见的呵呵^_^

 

Merry Christmas!大家圣诞快乐^_^