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An Affair to Remember

August 8th, 2010 No comments

这是一部老电影,1957年的,优雅的男主角Cary Grant,漂亮的女主角Deborah Kerr。记忆中的还有漂亮的油轮,美丽的海岛,以及高高的帝国大厦。
小时候看的,当然是在电视中,那时候中央台会放那些美国的老电影,各样的,有些我记住了名字,有些没有记住,包括这部。以前在央视6套看《Sleepless in Seattle》时,里面有一个画面,电视中在播放《An Affair to Remember》,于是 片中Tom Hanks的儿子与Meg Ryan约定模仿《An Affair to Remember》中的场景约定“情人节日落时,在帝国大厦的顶上”。 两部电影的结局都是美好的,不然我可能不会记住。 感觉这两部电影都不错,值得一看。
《Sleepless in Seattle》多年前看的,那时候就想知道被模仿的电影叫什么名字,我什么时候能够再完整的看一遍(小时候似乎没有完整的看过),那时一瞬间的感想,没来得急记下一点点线索,留下一点点遗憾。巧的是,今日央视6套又放《Sleepless in Seattle》的预告片,那经典场景又现,特别是那台词“情人节日落时,在帝国大厦的顶上”,给了我一点点的提示。google这句台词时,出来的结果都是关于《Sleepless in Seattle》的介绍,我有点失望,于是我换了一个思路google“the film about Empire State Building”,呵呵结果中果然有《An Affair to Remember》的链接,于是我记下了这部电影的名字,verycd上的链接似乎已经失效,咳,遗憾呢,不过既然知道了名字,就不怕以后忘记了。
这里需要感谢cctv6,google,wikipedia!

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肯尼迪关于GDP的言论

June 23rd, 2010 No comments

Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year, but that Gross National Product – if we judge the United States of America by that – that Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts Whitman’s rifle and Speck’s knife. And the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children. Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans.
  Robert F. Kennedy
  University of Kansas
  March 18, 1968

GDP并没有考虑到我们孩子的健康,他们的教育质量,或者他们的快乐。它也没有包括我们的诗歌之美,或者婚姻的稳定;没有包括我们关于公共问题争论的智慧,或者我们公务员的廉洁。它既没有衡量我们的勇气、智慧、也没有衡量对祖国的热爱。简言之,它衡量一切,但并不包括使我们的生活有意义的东西!

我们只是在美国的1960年代,因为我们现在也在盲目的追求GDP,但是我们的state leader还没发表这样的言论. 这就是差距.

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香港印象

January 20th, 2010 No comments

上周末去了趟香港,办了点事,顺便逛了逛.
从深圳过关后就算是到了香港了,买了八达通卡,坐上港铁,一路前行,心中没有那种激动的感觉,很平常,以前总认为那是个令人向往的地方, 从小看着港片长大的, 也许心中有那么点点好奇. 港铁大概40分钟的样子,其中转了一趟车,我来到了油麻地预先订好的酒店,当然也是找了一会的,在那种小巷子里,400一晚的酒店在国内算不错了吧,在香港就是一个落脚地,10平方的样子,不过物品还算齐全. 破旧的房子,灰暗的街道. 人很多,特多,感觉拥挤. 到的时候已经是晚上了,酒店门口有一小吃店,长长的队伍,3,4十人排队,那小店吃啥没看清楚,对面又有很对人,在等牛杂. 在小巷里花了30港币左右吃了一个咖喱牛肉饭,味道还行. 步行10分钟到了旺角,找到办事的地方,顺便逛了下. 我没有去港岛不知道那些的情况,应该比九龙繁华,富丽很多吧. 旺角,油麻地,尖沙咀这三个地方差不多. 人多,街道拥挤,可以用破旧来形容. 但弥敦道车水马龙,绝对热闹. 旺角很多电器的商店,另外买鞋子,卖衣服的,有条路上到处是nike和adidas. 尖沙咀也是,很多卖衣服,鞋子的. 那些nike和adidas的鞋子,数码产品,免税点里的化妆品比国内便宜. 是个扫货的地方.
香港人的国语很差,基本上都不能标准发音. 到是经常看到店里的服务员能说上几句流利的英语,但是说国语就马马虎虎了. 但是无论是街边小店,还是百货商店,服务绝对到位. 我想那是第三产业发达地方的特征.
这几天香港最大的新闻是啥呢?当然不是我到香港游了,哈哈. 是珠三角高铁. 香港有部分反对,有部分支持, 闹着. 还有人放话要公投, 哈哈, 基本法里没有规定,香港人能公投决定事情, 这我就要说香港人了, 那些反对的人被自私淹没. 港人也是中国人. 要从大局想想,另外高铁建成后对香港未必有坏处.
2天时间,逛香港时间短了点,连逛街的时候都不够,更别说游玩了. 总是在匆匆中到那里赶到那里. 幸好香港比较少,搭上地铁坐个几站,下车后再步行几分钟就能到你想去的地方. 另外打了一次的士,10分钟左右的路程,花了40多港币,还是比较贵的. 这次去时间少了点,下次去逛逛港岛吧.

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预防甲流Tips

November 19th, 2009 No comments

预防甲流Tips:
Tamiflu does not kill but prevents H1N1 from further proliferation till the virus limits itself in about 1-2 weeks (its natural cycle).H1N1, like other Influenza A viruses, only infects the upper respiratory tract and proliferates (only) there. The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/ throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it’s almost impossible
not coming into contact with H1N1 inspite of all precautions.
流感疫苗不是用来杀死H1N1病毒,它只能抑制病毒在其1-2周的自然生存周期中繁衍,H1N1跟其他A型流感的病毒一样,感染部位只限于上呼吸道,并在那繁殖,它的唯一入侵途径是口鼻喉,这种全球性的流感,几乎无人能置身事外

Whil e you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps – not fully highlighted in most official communications- can be practiced (instead of focusing on how to stock N95 or Tamiflu):
当你身体健康,尚未出现H1N1感染症状时,更实用有效的办法(而不是只关注储备N95或流感疫苗),是用以下几种简单的方式来避免少量的H1N1病毒在你体内(如果有接触到的话)繁殖、出现病症、及恶化成二期感染:

1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official communications).
常洗手(在所有的官方警示中,都有重点强调)

2. “Hands-off-the-face” approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat or bathe).
手绝不碰脸…除非是是吃东西和洗脸

3. Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don’t trust salt). H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one.
Don’t underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.
每天用温盐水(或李斯德林漱口水,如果你不太相信盐水有效的话)漱口两次。H1N1在鼻喉腔内经过2-3天,才开始增生并出现症候,简单的盐水漱口可以抑制病毒繁衍,等于是健康人的流感疫苗,千万不要小看这看似简单、花费不多,但是很有效的办法。

4.. Similar to 3 above, clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.
以上三点之外,每天用温盐水清洗鼻孔至少一次,不是每个人都会用专业的清洗鼻腔的办法,但吸口气用力将鼻内物质喷出,最后以棉花棒沾温盐水清洁鼻孔。这对降低鼻中的病毒量非常有效。

5. Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C (Amlaand other citrus fruits). If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.
更多的食用富含维他命C的食物(如柑橘类的水果),可增加自身免疫力。如果只能服务Vc片,尽管选用含锌的以提高Vc的吸收。

6. Drink as much of warm liquids as you can. Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.
多喝温开水或热汤,功效和漱口一样,只是方向相反。随着热水或汤水被喝到胃里的病毒是无法生存、传染或发作的。

7. All these are simple ways to prevent, within means of most households, and certainly much less painful than to wait in long queues outside public hospitals.
这些都是在家里就做得到的简便预防法,远比痛苦地排长队在医院候诊好得多。

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November 13th, 2009 No comments

昨天发生了一件很囧的事.
早上我出门时,刚把门关上就发现我没有带钥匙,本来是要把门反锁的,没带钥匙,老婆已经先下楼了,那就这样吧. 当我走到车站的时候,我问老婆:”我今天忘了带钥匙,你带了吧?”. 老婆回答的很干脆”带了!”. 我想:还好没事.
晚上下班路上,我问老婆:你找找钥匙在不在? 她开始翻包,始终找不到! 我开始不相信她,以为她逗我呢! 我反复问了好多遍,有没有带啊? 她说真的没有! 我晕! 于是两人开始想办法了,到酒店过夜,明天让爸过来一趟. 或者我回老家去拿钥匙,但是这样的话,路上花费时间比较多! 最后我拿起手机:”爸,你现在来杭州一趟吧……”.
其实这样的时间是很难熬的,幸好,我们找个一个地方,那就是一起去剪头发. 中间花了一个半小时. 从理发店出来是9点半左右. 没地方去了,就回家在门口等. 那时候一楼铁门每一次开关,我吊着我们. 大约等了四五十分钟,爸爸赶到了. 谢天谢地啊. 终于可以进门了. 我那温暖的小窝. 从我打电话到爸爸赶到花了近3个小时. 不算快吧,但是比我来回肯定是快不少的. 只是辛苦的老爸. 下不为例啊!

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