搬家那天钥匙还得太早，运了一车回来在楼下就看见工人已经把我摊在桌上没来得及运和没来得及扔的东西装了垃圾袋往楼下拖了。打开垃圾袋一看，莎士比亚和食品袋、废铜烂铁交相辉映。再冲进房间里，只见那本廉价版圣经孤独地躺在桌上。

在图书馆突然一胖人搭讪：Where are you from?
我说中国然后他劈头盖脸地问：How do you like American food?
我想给他点面子，就说：I cook Chinese food in my apartment.
他恬不知耻地说：You need some American food! 然后爆料说他自己当过9年的厨子。
他又问：中文里面fat怎么说？我说胖，他就说，以后他开餐馆的名字就叫PANG…
我走时他抽下本书给我说：This is a book I want you to read. 我一看：Food in the USA. 他说，你要是在这书里看到什么好菜，I’ll cook for you.
我确定他没看过这书，因为导言第二页写着：two-thirds of the articles in this book are authored by cultural anthropologists and American studies scholars.

突然听说在dc订的旅店房间落空了，一阵恐慌...赶紧在google搜索输入hostel，第一个结果是人皮客栈，我想：那我也住!

然后我脑海里浮出一句话：George, could you let us stay at your place for a couple of nights?

等车时看见两个同学对着双手玩了半天，原来她们玩的是这个：

The 9 Times Quickie

1. Hold your hands in front of you with your fingers spread out.
2. For 9 X 3 bend your third finger down. (9 X 4 would be the fourth finger etc.)
3. You have 2 fingers in front of the bent finger and 7 after the bent finger
4. Thus the answer must be 27
5. This technique works for the 9 times tables up to 10.

坐在DATA公交车里，看见车壁上宣传画写着：December 1, 1955. It all started on a bus. Rosa Parks.
我望望周围，车厢里很满，没有一个白人。 

突然很傻地发现我想收集美国这10年出的50州纪念硬币...

我已经看见了10种：Vermont, New Hampshire, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisiana, North Dakota. 希望各位朋友（有兴趣的话）留意一下平时身边的quarters  Thanks!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_State_Quarters 

出门发现路边停了辆自行车横杠上贴着两行大无畏的标语：

WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN

RARELY MAKE HISTORY

 

后来才知道这在美国是家常便饭啦... 

看见一本pocket books系列的书，正想这么厚的书谁的口袋才放得进，再一看logo原来是这么回事--

在这个中国境内登录不了的BBC栏目网页上，我百无聊赖 地做了一个测试，因为事关历史和时事，我几乎没有一题 有把握。结果竟然蒙对了8道！ 看来在中国16年的应试教育没有白费。可惜研究生只写论 文，不做选择题！   Try our classic news quiz

What year did Berliners celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall? From Our Own Correspondent has been broadcasting BBC correspondents' personal reflections on news events for five decades. Find out whether you have been paying attention in our quiz. All the answers to the questions below can be found in our classic From Our Own Correspondent pieces which cover 50 years of events that have changed the world. Click here to read 10 classic From Our Own Correspondent scripts You got 8 right! Well done Question 1 The citizens of which country were said to have the natural patience of a people to whom foreign invasion was only too familiar? A: Czechoslovakia B: France C: Egypt   The answer was A   In his report of 3 September, 1968, Robert Elphick explained that the patience of the Czech people would help them to cope with Russian domination after Soviet and Warsaw Pact troops had invaded their country the previous month. Question 2 Which nation was described as "the showpiece of the Eastern Bloc?" A: China B: East Germany C: Russia   The answer was B   Ben Bradshaw's report of 3 October, 1989 described how East Germany was 10th in the World Bank league of international economies and its citizens had the highest standard of living in the communist world. Question 3 Why was a British Embassy advising foreign nationals to gather at the InterContinental Hotel in 1997? A: So they could cast their votes in an international film festival B: So they could be interviewed by UK immigration officers C: So that Marines could evacuate them across a river   The answer was C   Allan Little was describing the last days of the Mobutu regime in Zaire in his piece from 24 May, 1997. As rebel forces approached the capital, Kinshasa, the British Embassy advised foreign nationals to go to the InterContinental Hotel and wait for the Marines who would organise an evacuation. Question 4 Which was the polyglot country in which no language was incomprehensible? A: United Kingdom B: India C: Israel   The answer was C   In his report of 12 December, 1956, Peter Flinn explained that, after the war with Egypt, Israelis were listening intently to news bulletins in any and every language because there was always someone who could translate what was being said and pass the news on to others. Question 5 What efforts were made to cool the train passengers travelling to Allahabad in 1964? A: They were fanned with palm leaves B: They were seated close to blocks of ice in tin baths C: They were able to enjoy state of the art air conditioning   The answer was B   Gerald Priestland's report of 13 June, 1964 described this method of cooling the carriages of the train that was transporting Jawaharlal Nehru's body to its burial place. Question 6 In which war was it considered generally more useful to have efficient, rather than brave, soldiers? A: World War II B: The Vietnam War C: The Four Day War   The answer was B   Anthony Lawrence said, in his piece of 23 May, 1970, that for US soldiers in Vietnam it was more important to be able to handle the army's highly-sophisticated transport vehicles and guns than to have courage, because most soldiers remained in bases or maintenance areas and did not actually meet the enemy. Question 7 Which national leader was said to have made the springtime flower? A: Jimmy Carter B: Jawaharlal Nehru C: Joseph Stalin   The answer was C   Erik De Mauny's piece of 1 April, 1956 contained this example of the fulsome praise that was heaped on the Soviet leader by the Pravda state newspaper in 1936. Question 8 What threatened the phone connection between the Thai border and London? A: Malayan insurgents B: A sacred goat C: A violent thunderstorm   The answer was B   In his piece of 31 August, 1976, Ian McDougall recalled how he had once made a call to London from the Malaya/Thailand border using a jungle telephone while a sacred goat was chewing through its cord. Question 9 What was the official reason for the non-appearance of the usual photo-montage of a president's activities on the television news? A: Because the president was unwell B: Because he was absent, touring in Europe C: For technical reasons   The answer was C   The explanation was given when the regime of former President Mobutu of Zaire was about to fall to rebel forces, as Allan Little reported in his piece on 24 May, 1997. Question 10 What was the correspondent told about in a phone call on 4 July 1976? A: The fall of the Berlin Wall B: The raid on Entebbe C: The moon landing   The answer was B   Clive Small mentioned the call in his report from 30 April, 1980, because he had been reminded of that previous experience when White House staff rang to tell him about the failure of the mission to rescue hostages in Tehran.

 

http://blog.forzamilan.net/user1/188/archives/2006/200642215231.html 

下午我坐在教室外寂静的大厅里，一个女人走来看见了我，兴奋地对手机里说：I found another human being here！

后来另一位昨晚和我一起看球的同学说：You are an official American now, you have seen a baseball game.  

胡畔的几首歌我偶然听见，自己觉得很好。

麦子、面朝大海春暖花开、守望。

首先我向我的qq联系人道歉。

 

病毒通过qq向我的所有联系人发送了这样的消息:

sealion  (2006-11-14 17:49:06) 在吗？   我要下了，我给你点了你最喜欢的歌，用手机打1259○427OO3就可以了，后面是我的留言，我等待你的回音.  

 

后来一位亲爱的朋友这样回复我:

N A  (2006-11-14 19:59:00) 这首歌我从来没有听过啊，你怎么知道是我最喜欢的歌啊?不过很好听

就是拉  
N A  (2006-11-14 19:59:03) 谢谢啊 

  

我要向这纯洁善良的女孩致敬。明辨世事是智慧的，可在这里我看见了也许比智慧更动人的东西。
玩弄信任者得到了什么？或是在这险恶的世上继续培育着猜疑，或是——用那雪上刺目的踏迹，引出我一滴温热的泪。

 

如小公主为把施了魔法的哥哥由天鹅变回人形

——沉默不语编织荨麻

我想起街对面的花店。但我没有勇气为自己买一束花，亦没有勇气买一束花送给别人。

垂死时蓦然回首，必觉得人生是空虚。
然而人生的意义真全在这一回首么？