Today, I met a selling record. This afternoon, I sold my second car, a
92 Toyota Corolla. Right when I am writing this message, I got another
call to buy my other stuff tomorrow.
My friend Vicky also called me to invite me join her family reunion on
this Sunday. Looks like today is a good day.
四年一度的世界杯开始了很多天，我连关心一下赛事的半个字都没有。傅钧总在这个时候想起98年我们初识的那个夏天--一个属于世界杯的夏季。
"那个晚上你好惨哪，连房门都进不去了，"他总不忘记这样提醒我是如何回到自己的小屋的。
"噢，知道的。不小心忘记带钥匙出门了，害得我花了50大洋找人开锁。"
这不是红的心事，红想，可能傅钧一直怀疑她是否故意把钥匙忘在小屋里了。红隐约记得，那是黄昏七点多，回到四人合租的三居室，红的嚷嚷声惊动了在厨房里煮菜的那对山西女孩和她们的男友。玲还出主意说，"打消防队的电话吧！不久前我们培训，消防队的人说他们义务为群众开锁的。"
玲和蓉是青梅竹马的好朋友。才从山西毕业，靠了蓉男友爸爸的关系，在这个烟霏雾集的南方城市打工。她们的收入不高，两人共居一室。玲在一家房地产管理公司找到一份文员的工作，经常要和保安们一起培训。（6/29/06)
不久前，校园医务室请了个大夫来免费为师生们察看三个小时的皮肤。宣传单在每一个公共厕所都能看见。让大家见笑了，本校的各种公益活动的通知就是张贴在厕所的门口的。这些传单通常是学期进行了几周后有三两次更新，到了下半个学期接近期末考试时就不再更新。通知上的活动不外乎是参加就给奖品的爬山或长跑活动，带有福利性质的半费流感疫苗到了，再者就是奖励戒烟等等。据印象，上传单次数最频繁的就是如何戒烟的宣传了。看来，这个校园给与戒烟的预算是最多的。
话说皮肤科大夫来坐班的当天当时，凑巧又接到我参加的一个校活动团队的提醒邮件。快离开这个校园了，按照中国人勤俭持家的优良传统，我得抓紧时间占上这个便宜。于是，我准备把在腿上寄生了不知道多少年的一颗小肉痣拿出来献宝。
进得医务室，先登记，然后没耐心坐在椅子上排队。于是想寻找一年前在医务室小门厅书报架上看到的一张宣传单。这张宣传单关系到我从前构思的一篇关于性在美国校园的博客。那是在我刚刚听完一个讲座后不久的一天，不知何故，我终于启动了自己懒散的蹄子，踏进医务室的小门。讲座的内容还在我的心里如麻一团，一个关于同性恋与性的标题从医务室书报架众多的传单中脱颖而出，直击双目。记得这个三折的小传单上有很多内容，其中两点让我感到耳目一新，又或者可以说是感受到了所谓的文化震撼（cultural
shock）。
其中一点宣传说同性恋不是畸恋。同性恋倾向者不应该为此感到羞耻，而是应该寻求正常的渠道取得心理和生理上的咨询与帮助。另外一点谈的是如何防止家庭暴力或恋爱中的诱奸行为。
在中国人心目中，美国人和性自由几乎就是同义词。记得一次和来美出差的几位川籍商人聊天，我无意中说起本州人的作风如何保守，令在座一位老板顿生将来送孩子来本州求学的意图。尽管如此，这个相对保守落后州的公立大学中的美国人的性态度还是能让我不时地感觉被什么东西刺着了。
比方说上文提到的那个校园讲座。这是由校少数族裔团队组织的一场关于如何预防艾滋病的小型讲座。在座师生对于避孕套、润滑剂这种词汇的使用完全没有任何不自然体验。讲座对性的自由行为不与阻止，反而警告女性们注意和男朋友上床前坚持要求对方进行艾滋病检查。
"这个检查只需要45分钟，大家可以到政府指定的几个门诊点做免费测试。不要害怕会为此而失去你的朋友，我相信，如果你的男朋友或者未婚夫是真心爱你的话，不会介意你对他提出的这个要求。"在座一些年龄稍大的已婚女士都慷慨陈词，表示了对主持人意见的支持。
还记得上初二时，学校缺少生理卫生课老师，就给我们临时从本市的省重点中学请来了一位年约四十上下，体态健壮、嗓音洪亮的女老师。这位老师不愧是重点中学的老师，学知广博，讲课生动而风趣。女老师课讲得好，课堂也比其他老师的来得安静。因为平常只对当时流行的各路武侠爱情片感兴趣的兄弟姐妹们都听得十分专注，忘记了要做小动作等等。即便如此，这位老师还是让我们享受了一堂闹哄哄的放牛课。这就是当课本进行到男女生的生理结构时。"你们自习吧，这节由大家自己看，"老师脸一红，干脆地说。
讲到中国老师对性的忌讳与保守，我想起刚来本校不久时上的一堂课。这是一堂法律课。老师讲到某涉及性丑闻的新闻案例，为了让同学们更加明白隐讳的事实陈述也可能给新闻撰稿人带来麻烦，他说："我真不明白这有什么关系。难道这鞋一进一出能说明什么？"这位年逾五十的男性教授顺便作了个将右手穿进左手的动作。不知道是我当时的听力不行，还是时差依然逆转，直到全班最漂亮的金发女郎发出哈哈地大笑声以后，我才顿时领悟到他们在谈论些什么。也罢，装傻充楞已经成为过去式，想不自然都已经来不及了。
学校里不仅有这些小范围的性知识讲座、性暗示普及"课程"，每年春秋两季开学后不久，学校还会举行全校规模的健康常识宣传展。除了美国人发病率最高的心脏病、糖尿病和本州最常见的过敏症、哮喘病以及有毒动植物防范以外，这种展览的常青项目就是宣传戒烟及预防艾滋病与过早怀孕等的展台了。记得２００５年春季的一个健康展上的免费展品有润滑剂、避孕套和戒烟糖等。这些都局限于人体生理上的治疗与预防，有没有关于学生心理的辅导资料呢？（未完待续，６／２９／０６）
Got the flyer in campus clinic, found it very useful. Digest as the following:
THE SIGNS OF STRESS
problems eating or sleeping
increased use of alcohol or other drugs
increased boredom and fatigue; a general sense of "the blahs"
problems making decisions; increased procrastination
becoming anxious and confused over unimportant events
inability to concentrate or pay attention
weakness, dizziness, and shortness of breath; "anxiety attacks"
persistent hostile or angry feelings; increased frustration with minor
annoyances
nightmares
overpowering urges to cry or run and hide
changes in your exercise habits
frequent headaches, backaches, muscle aches, or tightness in the stomach
frequent indigestion, diarrhea, or urination
frequent colds and infections
frequent accidents and minor injuries
TAKING CHARGE - SHORT-TERM WAYS TO HANDLE STRESS
Relax where you are. Sitting in a comfortable position, place your
left hand over your navel and rest your right hand on top of your
left. Breathe deeply through your nose, feeling your hands rise as
your abdomen fills with air. Still inhaling, count to three and feel
your chest expand. Hold your breath momentarily, then release it.
Repeat four times, but stop if you become light-headed.
Take a break. Get some exercise or fresh air, or go somewhere private
and yell or cry.
Ask yourself whether it's worth being upset over the situation. you
can choose to stay calm and ignore it. If the issue is important,
confront it directly, talk it out with a sympathetic friend, or write
it out in a letter that you don't send.
List all the things you think you need to do right away. Then
prioritize the list and only do the top few. The rest can be first
priority tomorrow.
TAKING CHARGE - Beating Procrastination
You can develop similar "hands on" plans to manage other stressors and
help you stay in control.
Buy a calendar. Set up a daily or weekly schedule for yourself,
allowing time for calss, study, leisure, exercise, and other
activities that are important or fun for you. Allow about two hours of
study time for every one hour of class. And remember, your schedule
dosen't have to be perfect - you can change it as needed.
keep a "to do" list. Prioritize your tasks and try to get the most
important done on time. Fit the rest in as possible, making certain
that you take some time to enjoy yourself.
Ask for help. Contact your student or community counseling center for
suport and additional help if you need it.
TAKING CHARGE - Long-term Ways to Handle Stress
Seek your own stress level. Strive for excellence within your limits.
Choose your own goals. Don't live out choices others have made for you.
Become part of a support system. Look out for yourself by letting
friends help you when you are under too much stress and by helping
when they are overloaded.
Thinking positive. Your mind sends signals to your body to prepare for
danger whenever you think about possible negative outcomes, and you
become tense regardless of whether the event happens.
Make decisions. you can learn to live with the consequences or change
your mind. In general, any decision - even consciously deciding to do
nothing - is better than none.
Keep your expectations realistic. Don't expect perfection from
yourself or others. Expect some problems reaching your goals and
realize that you can solve most of them with practice.
Accept what you cannot change. If a problem is beyond your control,
you're better off accepting it for now than spinning your wheels.
Anticipate potentially stressful situations and prepare for them.
Decide whether the situation is one oyou should deal with, postpone,
or avoid. If you decide to deal with the situation, practice what you
will say and do.
Live in the present. Learn from the past and move on.
Manage your time. Prioritizing and planning can keep the demands of
college life from becoming overwhelming.
Take care of your health. Exercise regularly, eat a balanced diet, get
enough sleep, and avoid alcohol and other mood-altering drugs.
Take time for yourself. Make yourself your priority. Find time to
relax - even if only for a few nimutes - every day.
Igo在这里http://www.cordacord.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23786发的管理轶事之三倒是让我明白到为什么西方发达国家人情冷漠不觉得冷漠。因为人情是可以用金钱来衡量的，任何人的时间和资料都是有价的，西方国家的人际关系是最终促成其市场繁荣、人人认同专利和版权这些规则的原因。
Just read a post in a small forum. It talks about how a grassroot
movement was started and quashed in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
The post said that the leader of this movement, Zhou Tao, is 32 years
old. He was exective director of a golf club in Shenzhen. Zhou has a
yearly income at 6 digits in RMB yuan. He disappeared in Shenzhen
since his idea was echoed by thousands of citizens in Shenzhen. Since
2005, Shenzhen real estate per square meter price has rised up to more
than 8000 RMB yuan, which is more than 1000 dollars.
Following translations was done by zonaeuropa:
Shenzhen citizen Zou Tao started the "Not Buy House" movement, which
has reportedly been banned. According to some BBS posts, Zou Tao was
taken away by the public security bureau before he boarded a plane at
Shenzhen Airport on May 11. Zou Tao's blog at Tianya has been shut
down. The whereabouts of Zou Tao is unknown.
I have previously predicted such an outcome. It is a fool's dream to
think that an individual's efforts can affect the huge interests with
the real estate moguls and the government. Housing prices in Shenzhen
and Beijing are extremely high, and there are signs that certain
groups of buyers are speculating to take profit while the real estate
developers are jacking up the prices. But there is nothing that we can
do. Individually, we can refuse to buy. We can write essays to condemn
this kind of behavior. But if we organize several tens of citizens to
take certain actions against certain things, it would be anathema to
the government. No matter how pure and good your motives are, you will
be banned.
The "Not Buy House" movement originally appears to be directed against
the bad real estate groups. In practice, it has touched upon the
related interests of the government. Through auctioning off the land,
the government obtains revenues. Obviously, the higher the price, the
better off the government will be. If the developers have higher
costs, they will seek higher returns for which the government will
receive high tax revenues. Under this win-win situation for the
government and developers, it was a fool's dream for Zou Tao to hope
that housing prices will come down.
Zou Tao appears to have left Shenzhen now. If he does not want to
leave, his life may be threatened. Shenzhen changed him, or else he
should not have been living in Shenzhen, a city between heaven and
hell ...
刚刚上传了一批照片到"近期活动。"在上传照片中，又想起了看表演时的许多感想。
（一）小石城的中日韩鼎足形势
六月23日，晚上8点30分，北小石城AllTel
Arena圆形体育场。穿过寂静的验票口，走向座位区，只见一张小纸条告知"下半球已经全部满座"。我们一行四人遂转向楼梯上爬。揭开垂幕，一片耀眼的烟花跃起，全场欢呼雷动。这就是2006年国际跆拳道冠军赛的开场表演。只见几个黑皮肤的学龄孩子们在鬼影憧憧中悄然登场，音乐将敌人来到前的紧张氛围传递。
孩子们的表演告一段落后，一位西装司仪陪着本地的"跆拳道第一夫人"上台发表了简短的演说。盛装韩服的"第一夫人"庄严地宣讲了韩国文化在本州受到的待遇和取得的地位，然后告诉观众，"明年的六月，在我们的旅游接待大楼旁的铁桥前，将树立一座大门。这个大门是州府为了感谢韩国人为本州繁荣所做的贡献，决定出资百万（美金）以至纪念。"夫人停顿一秒钟，接受了迟来的掌声。
去年七月，日本驻新奥尔良的大使在克林顿总统博物馆附楼的大厅举行了一个以日式寿司为主的鸡尾酒会。本地非营利机构Ark国际中心主任，年轻的Mitubishi博士，意气风发地宣告了近期日本人在本地做出的贡献。其中最令人注目的是Toyota汽车公司准备在本州设立加工装配工厂提供的约2500份工作的可能性利润。时隔一年，这个美丽的预言成了幻影。可在当时，以本地少数裔人口的统计数量来计，日本人可是大大地风光了一阵。这个本地最小的外来民族给本地经济带来的贡献是非常可观且不容窥视的。
仔细想想，历经三载春秋，我还没有参加过任何中国人或者台湾人主办的有州府官员支持或参与的活动。本地最大的两家中国人企业，一是一家经营了两个不同品牌餐馆的台湾人事业。此为台湾夫人是建国时从杭州离开大陆的。她和夫婿的餐馆事业起源于在韩国的奋斗。如今，她的一家中餐馆已经在本城开了三家分店。她的旅店业最近也得到了扩张。在本城西部一条交通要道的上下不到5英里左右的地方，台湾夫人加盟了一所品牌套房旅店。不比她的第一家旅店的小规模作业，这个新旅馆将有餐馆附属，且面向商务旅客。这次，她准备将旅馆交给略嫌温良乖巧的泰国媳妇来打理。
本地的中国首富也是一位来自台湾的妇人。祖籍广东的她生得浓眉大眼。她自幼心灵手巧，爱好书画。除了写得一笔好书法，她的折纸、插花工艺俱佳。自二、三十年前在纽约落地，她几经辗转，来到了这个南部蛮荒小城。画家夫人她引以自豪的白人夫婿是个画家，他们育有两个孩子。女孩儿今年大概十四岁了，小的是个男孩，今年也该十岁了。
和餐旅"第一"夫人对中国大陆经济发展完全不感兴趣不同的不仅是这位画家夫人对中国大陆非常感兴趣，还在于两人的经营管理方式。大概是生意做得稳定，或许是小孩子的成长需要更多的眷顾，画家夫人将红木家私店、精品店等业务放手交给聘请来的总经理们全权负责。自己和夫婿去年七月自费去上海开了一个画展，顺便考察了在中国拓展生意的可能性。
画家夫人曾经参与过本地"亚洲文化资源中心"的事务，不知何故退了出去。2005年7月，本地的亚洲文化节在该中心印度董事和泰国总裁的主持下进行的时候，中国、日本、韩国的展台是白送的。文化节的活动中没有这三个国家的代表参加。文化节的食品和舞蹈表演主要来自南亚和东南亚国家。2006年中国春节，画家夫人在自己的红木家私店里另起了一个"亚洲文化节。"除了和2005年的亚洲文化节一样收取门票之外，画家夫人还请到了一个州政府官员到场助阵。据说，到场贩卖食物的依然以东南亚和南亚的人们为主。
本地还有一个台湾女钢琴师发起的"中国金融基金会。"该会与本地教会中的中国人支派联系紧密。每逢春节，女钢琴师和能拉小提琴的心脏科医师夫婿都在教会的春晚上协奏一曲助兴。2006年春节，在这个基金会的赞助下，另一位年轻的台湾人女教师，发动姐姐、美国夫婿和台湾好友们做了一个自助晚会。虽然不乏当地人到场，这些节目的观众和传媒声势都局限在民间，表演场地也囿于中国人餐馆、当地中小学校、教会等。在这一组台湾势力的中国人活动中，2005年8月她们请到了一位市府官员为来自台湾某少年宫的杂技表演队伍祝开场白。当晚的表演场外，顺便展览出售一位"著名"台湾民间艺术家的水粉画。
I have too diary books. The black leather one has notes about my 2003
in Chicago. This is the red one with hard covers. It was a present I
got in an annual Teacher's Exhibition in Arkansas State Convention
Center. Before I throw them away, I flipped through my 2003, 2004, and
2005.
My red 2005 told me how I had to pick up the habit for daily
schedules. That was when I found out I could hardly handle so many
appointments and finish my study. I found that almost all of my
classmates have a small book for professor's assignments. "This is a
good idea for turning in different homeworks." So I had this red
notebook.
Flipping through it, I saw the address of that Creek Church, where I
went for a job hunting last year. I saw the Web site digital address
and the administration codes that I applied and built for APRCC. I saw
some names that belong to some units I applied for. I also saw this
name card:
Brenda Marks
Team Manager, Professional Recruitment Office of Human Resources
Arkansas Department of Human Services Office of Administrative Services
Donaghey Plaza West, 3rd Fl.
Seventh & Main Streets
P.O.Box 1437, Slot @301
Little Rock, Ar 72203-1437
Telephone: 501-682-6495
Fax: 501-682-6569
I should remember this address and name for some reason.
I found a long-time missed blog address: ifo1.blogspot.com. I will add
this address on my msn space.
I saw my notes for the journalism comprehensive project. Oh, I had
looked for it for varification purpose.
I even saw the interview questions for Lajuana and the Japanese
consular from New Orleans, Masaru Sakato.
"What have you been doing? Son. I want to know."
"I had been trying to forget you. But I couldn't."
(The Lake House, 2006)
This is what Alex Wyler told his father. It reminded me my past. I can
throw these books away, I cannot throw away my memory.
I have been sorting stuff for moving to Montreal. It is such a hard
dicision to make. It took me one week to pick up myself and do some
sorting. The first thing I did was to collect my clothes. Then, it is
my furnitures and small daily stuff. After that, I know, it comes the
hardest part, my books and materials. For three years, I have stored
so many books that I would like to read when I "have time." Well,
three weeks passed by, I came to a still status.
One day, I saw Little Rock Dolphin in our swimming pool. Suddenly, I
thought that it is summer in the South of China. If I were in
Shenzhen, it is time to plan for seashore trips. We would go to Da
Meisha or Xiao Meisha for some fun. During evenings, we would stroll
down the street to the Four Seas park and enjoy some movies or just
see people on streets. Nothing would ruffle my minds. But now, I
cannot go back. I have spend three falls, three winters, three springs
here. This is the second summer for me to spend. It is the only time
that I have ever felt so relaxed. I do not have to worry about
homeworks. I can stood here to see and feel the community life UALR
has always been a part of.
"Why should we move? Why people like immigration? Where is my
community? It is not in Shenzhen anymore. Neither here in Little Rock.
What is next?"
These questions struck my head in that moment. They made me puzzle for
a while. They made me to be convinced once again to leave Little Rock.
I got to go Canada, for life's sake.
I have nothing to do now but to wait for the day that I will fly to
the north and have a new life. I am kind of worried. This week I have
been looking for a place to stay for a short period.
I was checking my hotmail e-mail account. An e-mail from Google
Adsense account for resetting triggered my interest to see how much
money I have earned. Oh, the click percentage of the google
advertisements on my google blogs is less than two. So far, I have
earned one dollar. That is better than zero.
以下的文字好象是2003年在差旅飞机上看到的，当时颇有感悟，就顺手抄了下来。今天整理我的文件，又见到它，就顺手摘到我的博客里吧：
用全身心的爱来迎接今天：
爱雄心勃勃的人，他们给我们灵感；
爱失败的人，他们给我们教训；
爱王侯将相，他们也是凡人；
爱谦恭之人，因为他们非凡；
爱富人，因为他们孤独；
爱穷人，因为他们真诚；
爱美丽的人，因为他们眼中流露凄迷；
爱丑陋的人，因为他们有颗宁静的心；
爱自己。
坚持不懈，直到成功。
我是独一无二的奇迹。
以上文字摘自《Nautical Map of Self-salvation -- The Greatest Salesman in the World.》。
I have visited some local city's Web sites before. The Albany.com is
one I like most because it has served the three of city businesses,
industry business, as well as common people. This Web site provides
good information about where to travel in this city and what is the
most valuable things to live in Albany. It made me cannot help to
visit it almost everyday in these days.
I was searching information about Albany and Rensselaer. Wikipedia
provided some information about the only train Adirondack, which led
me to some photos posted on this Web: http://www.jonmasters.org/blog/
It is interesting to find out who shot those photos and put them on
the Internet to share with a person who is planning to be on board of
this trail one year after the photographer had passed along. His blog
noted his opinions on United 93, which is a movie I happened to see
this April. I did not write down any words because of too much words
in my mind to say and I simply get tired of talking about everything.
前言：
很久提不起兴致写东西了。之所以又勉为其难地写起来是因为给自己找到了一块招牌。很久以前，我的这个博客是以镜泊为名的。前天和昨天，我分别即兴做了一道水果盆和一道中不中西不西的快餐汤，五色缤纷的，自己觉得十分的得意，就把两个不同味道的汤盆统统起名五色镜泊。本意是想来博客里显摆一下的，惜那道水果盆的相片不知道为什么找不到了，而昨天的快餐汤又忘记留影做念了。现在就将两道汤盆的用料和做法纪录下来，以慰我心。
五色镜泊之果盆
这五色分别是橙桃、青苹果、红柿子、黄芒果和珠光白色的罐头桂圆。果盆的汤水是由牛奶、糖水和椰丝调制的。另外，我还在果盆上撒了一层黑芝麻。
果盆制好以后，送入冰箱冻了一个小时。食之，颇有泰餐风味。
整道果盆的点子来自我吃过的西班牙果盆和泰餐。
五色镜泊之中西汤
这五色汤最初用的原料只有芦蒿和圆蘑菇。起锅用葱白和酱油呛了油，然后放入清水，下乱斩之芦蒿和蘑菇块。在做汤的过程中，色心顿起，就加入了鸡蛋，、枸杞。
当晚，二厨想吃辣，遂撒入一把辣椒粉。又觉得酸辣汤是让味觉醒来的良药，就临时剁了个西红柿丢下锅里翻了几滚。于是，这道愿意想模仿西式快餐的汤谱，最终被做成了中式酸辣汤和西红柿鸡蛋汤的味道。
芦蒿和蘑菇是给糟蹋了，好在吃得开心，这汤的味道和我烤出来的玉米粉cheese糕还能相得益彰。
After UALR graduate student Enkeleda Dervishi won 1st Place Paper at
the Electrostatics Society of America's Annual Meeting last week at
the University of California at Berkley. In anther piece of news
(http://dailyheadlines.uark.edu/8884.htm) reported on the official Web
site of University of Arkansas noted that the newly apointed inaugural
holder of the Twenty-First Century Chair in Nanotechnology, professor
of physics in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at
the University of Arkansas, "Xiao [Min] and his research group have
published 68 refereed journal papers in top scientific journals such
as Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Nano Letters,
Optics Letters, Physical Review A, Physical Review B and IEEE Quantum
Electronics
I have been searching information about how to get to Montreal in a
cheapest but convenient way since I have so much stuff to bring with
me into Canada.
Google search engine provides me Albany-Rensselaer as the closest
airport to Montreal. With my other experiences on the Internet, I know
every city in the United States has two names for their digital
address, one is the city name with .org, another is to get affixed to
.com.
These searches give me more ideas. I am now know something about this
distant city. There are not so many interesting things for me to see
or do other than shopping and artifitial festivals in cities. But the
distance between the Tech Valley in this area and Montreal did excite
me a little bit.
Following links and links, the news " Asian-owned Firms Have Economic
Impact" (http://techvalley.org/Pages/News%20_%20Events/Tech%20Valley%20News/5-18-2006.html)
triggered my originality for this blog.
The news claims that "The [2002] survey results included data on 13
Tech Valley counties. Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Montgomery,
Orange, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Ulster, Warren
and Washington Counties were included. Clinton, Essex, Franklin,
Greene and Hamilton Counties were not included in the results."
I guess I found American Pearl River Delta. Maybe we can drive down to
Albany someday for a good trip after we settled down in Montreal.
Just read a news from the campus e-newsletter. I was attracted by the first sentence and then wondered if this Enkeleda is the Enka I know. After I read it, I am sure this is the girl who worked in the library's computer room and always fought against bad behaviors there. She was bold and fractious while working as a undergraduate student in the lab. I guess that was because of the tensions her two majors and one minor brought to her. We got to know each other through a hard ball she barely handled while managing the lab and then we had chances being together and have fun in TEAMS group activity. I am so surprised and proud to see her achievement. Following is the full report of this news copied from the UALR weekly INFO@UALR Newsletter - June 16, 2006 by Thomas Wallace.
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UALR Student Wins 1st Place Paper at UC-Berkley's Int'l Engineering Conference
UALR graduate student Enkeleda Dervishi won top honors in the Student
Paper Competition at the Electrostatics Society of America's Annual
Meeting last week at the University of California at Berkley. Dervishi
earned her undergraduate degree in electronics and computer
engineering technology with a minor in mathematics at UALR's Donaghey
College of Information Science and Systems Engineering. She is a Ph.D.
candidate studying under Research Associate Professor Alex Biris, who
received his Ph.D. from UALR's CyberCollege.
"It was the first time I presented a paper before 150 people – so many
people who are doing great work – and representatives from many
universities and research institutions," said Dervishi, a native of
Albania. "I want to thank my co-authors and my advisor. I couldn't
have done it without him." Her First Place paper, Transparent and
Electrically Conductive Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Nanocomposite
Materials for Electrostatic Charge Dissipation, deals with
experimentation on carbon nanotubes and how they can alter the
properties of polymer materials.
The paper, judged by scientists from France, Finland, Canada, and the
United States, describes how the researchers mixed carbon nanotubes
with polymers to create a transparent film that can conduct
electricity. "The process is just in the first phase of development
and there is still a long way to go," Biris said. Earlier this year, a
Biris-mentored Central High School student won second place at the
International Science Fair. Biris is the chief scientific officer at
UALR's Nanotechnology Center. Last year, UALR received approval from
the governor and the Arkansas General Assembly to spend $5.9 million
in General Improvement money to establish a nanotechnology lab
designed to capitalize on nanotechnology breakthroughs discovered at
UALR.
一只松鼠在窗前的石凳下小心翼翼地做好了要探出脚来的准备。它亮亮的黑色眼珠吸引了我的注意力。这让我又想起了不久前想写的这个帖子。
蚂蚁
本州的小动物不多，但足以给我留下一生的记忆。难以磨灭的印记在我的脚面和大小腿上都让我永生记住这里的小蚂蚁。夏天赤脚穿过苍郁的青草地，看似浪漫的画面曾经让我感到钻心的疼痛。有了经验以后就知道这是蚂蚁！在经历了一年的折磨之后，一次，我如是偷懒，在校园的草地上徐徐前行。不一会，大树下不远处几个学生都可以看到我弯下了腰，然后猛跑到有石凳的地方，迅速地脱掉凉鞋，在双肩包里猛掏了一阵，拿出个红色的大盒子来往脚趾头上狠狠抹了几下。那是清凉油，从家里带来的。这个东西，在被蚂蚁咬过之后的几分钟内涂抹是非常有效的。皮肤最多红肿一个小时就能恢复原样。否则，红肿的皮肤会出水，让人心忍不住要猛挠上患处一把，又一把，直到几个月以后，还要再时不时地挠上几把。一点淑女样不仅全被破坏了，还让皮肤永远留下疤痕。
一次我告诉一个本地女孩，脚面上那个疤有了快一年的时间了，还在发痒。她脸色一变，然后说自己去烧烤，不小心坐在了有蚂蚁的凳子上。哇！不知道她现在好了没，想来是用药了。
松鼠
松鼠是很可爱的小动物。提到松鼠，我总要告诉大家自己第一次“见”到松鼠时的傻样。那是在黄山顶上，和同事们出游。一大早吃过早点，赶不上看日出，就从那个什么大酒店出来散步。几个人走到一个山岙处，人正多，雾正浓。不知道为什么大家都停下来，一个小同事悄悄说，“松鼠。”松鼠？“哪呢？！”我的问号可能太大了，只见同事很丧气地白了我一眼，周围的人也懊丧道：“呀，跑了！”那时，我恍然见到一个黄色的小动物身影。或许，这算是我第一次见到松鼠吧。
要说这里的松鼠有个特点，那就是长着灰色的皮毛。斩掉它们毛茸可爱的大尾巴，这里的松鼠和国内的老鼠就看着很象了。尽管如此，这里的中国学生都比较喜欢松鼠。它们探头探脑的样子敏感而小心，非常可爱。松鼠们外表可爱，大脑确是不好用的。如果有车辆在校园小道上徐行，平常轻盈迅捷的松鼠们会反而呆立不动了。有时，在大马路上，能看见一些被车轮碾过的松鼠。估计是夜里人少时，过马路的松鼠们被车灯吓坏了。松鼠们还干些坏事。2004年底，德州闹什么猴天花，听说就是松鼠传染的。还有就是，买房子的人比较讨厌松鼠。松鼠如果在他们的阁楼里驻扎下来，就会咯吱吱地磨牙，打出乱咬。
其他
我所在的公寓处于本城的不繁华地带。公寓里时不时有人搬家，被寂寞的美国人从大街上捡回家豢养的猫儿和狗儿有些被迁居的人又遗弃掉。这样，半夜回到公寓院子里，常能看到几只猫啊，狗啊的。公寓里的流浪猫和流浪狗什么的，我以前有提过，这里再补说几句烦人的狗屎运。
公寓的后门有一长片青草地，还有被树荫笼罩下的一点小山坡。这片草地是这个公寓最让人赏心悦目的一处，也是我能忍受空调交换机嘈杂的一个安慰。我常常穿过草地去泳池边取信，或者去草地上看看我不长进的葱头。可是，有一天，我出到后门，发现后门踏脚的第一步躺着一条半尺长粗壮的天然肥料。
春天的雨水丰足。狂风暴雨吹过，和风细雨扬过，后院的草地上常常也留几洼雨水。风雨过后，晴朗的夏日终于来到。再去青草地上探望葱头的时候，惊讶地发现那条粗壮的肥料居然纹丝未动。最奇的是，肥料被不知什么动物从中间掏空了，只剩下一个草样的外壳。历经风雨日晒，有了农民场地上晒稻谷的干草样。
除了狗屎运。公寓里还有象道钉一样粗，浑身是铁色螺纹的虫子，鼻涕虫，象蚂蟥不象蚂蟥的东西。蟑螂自我们搬进来半年后，终于因为讨厌我们少油烟的生活方式而搬家了。
哦哟，外出爬山，有蛇的传说，毒蜘蛛、毒常青藤等等。所幸，我从来没见过。
昨晚姻缘际会，又看了一遍《my sassy girl》。朋友问我是否真的喜欢看这剧，当时的想法是可能比较偏爱这个剧的主题曲多些。加上这部剧曾经是我电脑里唯一的一个影片，音质不错，效果清晰，无聊时，偶尔打开看看也是会喜欢的。再看一遍，还是很喜欢这部剧。这张碟的某些细节好象在我原来拥有的那个版本中没见过。而我原来常可以听听的该剧主题曲在这张碟里却只有一点点前奏。遗憾。
重新看一遍，才明白到为什么这部浪漫电影如此动人。女主人公的心最初是死了的，是男主人公无私的善良让她的心又回到了人间。不知道你是否明白心死了是什么感觉，我却明白到这剧之所以浪漫，就是因为现实中没有男主人公那种人，也因为女主人公自己并不想过活死人一样的日子。她希望自己还能有未来，所以选择了这个机遇送到她眼前的年轻人做了一个生活中的试验。试验成不成功，决定着剧情浪不浪漫。
该剧有些台词既动人又理性。比如说女主人公对决心一死的逃兵说的那段关于活下去与如何爱的话，又比如那个树下老伯将人的感情与自然界生物的生命做的对比。两位主角的表演也挺出色的。尾声男女主人公历经种种失之交臂的机遇后终于重新走到一起时，他们脸上的表情都很让人为他们松了一口气。
我个人比较欣赏的一个细节就是男主人做的一件事。经过两天没有写完这篇博客，已经将那个细节忘了，再谈点别的吧。那个男主人公做得最正确的一件事就是明白到自己在女主人公心目中的位置，也允许她为了自己的心而折磨他的心。他心甘情愿地做了一次白老鼠，为的就是让女主人公能从他有限的利用价值里发现自己无限的人格魅力。可以说，这里，男主人公也在拿自己做实验。经过双方，两个都有良心的人，的努力，这个实验最终成功了。想起来了，那个细节是男主人公对自己说他明白女主人公的心已经从将死中复苏，而自己也将再没有什么利用价值了；他准备着和女主人公平和地分手。也算女主人公真正明白什么是无价之宝吧，她的回来，回到男主人公的生活里，是这个剧浪漫的终点。
题记：酝酿这个帖子已经有两周了，不过一直没空写，过去的情绪也就但了，引导我想起这个主题的饭菜也已经忘掉。只能写一下最新的创造了。
这几天的饭菜以鸡肉、泡菜、馒头、五香猪脚和酒酿为主。数码相机给人拿走了，没照成相片，容我一一道来。
子姜鸡
鸡肉用的是鸡脯，整理起来非常简便，象切花生米一样，三下两下就做成了鸡丁。想起从前在一家餐馆吃到的白“炸”鸡，也照猫画虎做了一把。因为没有九头的炉火，也因为不喜太油腻，就用少少油轻轻地煎了煎不大的鸡肉块。煎肉前，我把酱油泡过的子姜在油里轻轻地煎锅。肉七成熟的时候，看上去太白，于是将泡姜的酱油和其他腌料如料酒、花椒、红椒、鸡精等顺手倒了一大瓢下锅煮了煮肉，希望能把菜做成老家风味的样子。出锅后，颜色是不重了，吃起来很不错。越热，这菜的口味越重。非常下饭。
泡菜
泡菜的用料是最便宜的圆包菜。这泡菜我已经制了两年了，也没有尝试过做正宗的四川泡菜。这段时间做的泡红萝卜炒过非常爽口，于是又尝试做泡菜了。这可不大简单。我的包菜没敢煮得过老，也不敢太生。在冰箱中放了一个多星期，这是第一次拿出来拌酱吃。这酱是自制的麻油辣椒酱，里面掺着点五香、花椒和糖什么的，味道不重也不淡，拌泡菜比较咸，下馒头正好。
五香猪手
五香猪手用的是慢烧锅做成。香料除了常用的桂皮、八角、干红椒、花椒，我还加了一点茴香、良姜和草果什么的，和从前做的味道稍微有些出入。口感淳厚些。
馒头
这馒头够咸味。之所以馒头里什么也没放能吃出咸味来，是因为我用酸奶做的老面做了发酵剂。馒头是用牛奶和的，依然没有发好，小个挺白，看上去比从前的可爱。
酒酿
酒酿是我最得意的作品了。自从听说自家可以酿这个东西以后，一直跃跃欲试的。第一次我的作品就成功了。第二次的作品不知怎地，味道好象泡菜。不过，经过时间的锻炼，泡菜最后还是变成甜酒了，那个甜哪，正。美中不足的就是没有多少酒味。这次的酒酿用的是网上抄来方子里的一个秘方：没用买的酒曲，用的是吃剩的一点酒糟，添了点饭。现在天气正热，下一场大雨后，气温正好是做酒酿的最佳时期。没有三天，我的酒酿就成了杜中美餐。为了变化点花样，我还在酒酿中放了椰丝和枸杞。椰丝的加入，让这酒酿增添了东南亚风味。枸杞的掺合给真才实料的好味道平添了一份妩媚。
题：考完试后，不知怎地，突然想看《围城》。遗憾的是只借到了电视连续剧的版本。无论如何，还是看吧。
记得大学宿舍有为小姐比较热衷看一些偏的热门外国名著，如《查泰来夫人的情人》和《飘》等。有那么一两天，她比较热衷谈论《围城》。可惜，我们宿舍里的姑娘没有人能和她聊得起这些文艺爱情小说。在她的影响下，我看了《飘》，确实很吸引人。那本禁书，不知怎地，她从校图书馆借到了以后，就没了。反正没轮到我看，我也不热衷那口，就算了，至今与它无缘。好象，她自己买了本《围城》，这才给了我机会看到名著真面目：那么薄的一小本。自小看过的名著都是大部头的，真没想到名著也可以这么短。这是我对《围城》的第一印象。随手翻翻，只觉得非常气闷。这本名著的语言不象盛传的那般犀利嘛。还有，里面那些鸡毛蒜皮的小事和污糟的景致一点也踢不起我的兴致。
和《围城》的第二次接触就是有了陈道明、葛优等主演的这部电视连续剧。这一年是1990年。不知什么原因，我居然没有看全这十集电视剧。当时只觉得葛优、英若诚等的表演夸张而不出轨，很滑稽。除此以外，就只对李媛媛和？的表演功底留下了印象。十六年过去了，重新看这部连续剧，一点也不觉得它的苍老，反倒觉得上个世纪二三十年代的留学生生活和新千年的留学生们正在经历着的没有太多区别。比如说，漂洋过海的船上，一桌子麻将团员了海外精神，发挥了中国传统这件事，就很值得探讨一下。中国人无论走到哪里，总能看见有带着至少一副麻将的。吃饭请客时，这东西的用场很大。会不会打麻将，如何打麻将，是新人加入关系圈，走入社交舞台的重要衡量尺码。又比如说，苏小姐在家中的西式社交活动。她用众多的来宾的留学经历和社会成就装点了自己的社会地位，玩弄几个学政治的、哲学的大好男青年于股掌之中。说道苏小姐的精明，我希望有人能好好审查一下钱钟书和杨绛的婚姻恋爱史，看看杨绛这个新式女人到底属于《围城》中的哪一类。
在钱钟书这部唯一的作品中，受了教育的女人们个个美丽又开放。那个有了牙医未婚夫的鲍小姐鲍护士公然在船上另外勾搭上方鸿渐不说，还把自己的发夹掉在了方的舱位内。而善于显示自己才华于无形，挑动追求者们为她争风吃醋的博士苏小姐，连表妹都不放过。为了能够让方鸿渐听命于自己，居然能背后诬陷表妹―“她手里抓着大把的男生呐。”从书中人物赵辛楣的视点来看看大学毕业新生孙柔嘉，“这个女孩子才不简单。我看她才是那条鲸鱼，你（方鸿渐）才是那个迷迷糊糊撞上鲸鱼的大船。”就连最清纯的唐小芙也不简单。只见她整日摩席表姐苏文纨的社交手腕，十分善于察言观色。“你放心，你想要女孩有多傻就有多傻，不多不少，正好那么傻。”这是她在得知表姐的新上人并不钟情于表姐后对方鸿渐的表白。她和方鸿渐两人发展的爱情居然没有让苏文纨得知。这不可谓厚道呀。
钱钟书笔下这些读了书的女人们为了男人争风吃醋，又大施手腕，那么那些没有读过书的小女人呢？看看赴三闾大学路上李梅亭李主任的遭遇吧。最典型的是苏州寡妇对李大教授的勾引了。这个女人和她的佣人上演了一出贱男女骂街的好戏。看到这里，我不得不感慨，生活如戏，戏如生活。这是十多年前的我无法理解和接受的戏剧人生。回到钱钟书笔下的旧式女人身上来。赴三闾大学的路上，《围城》还着墨了一个妓女。在电视剧中，这个女人除了依然是一个依附于男人的寄生虫以外，并没有表现出小银行经理周夫人对未过门女婿精神占有的霸道。这部小说叫我至今无法理解的是周经理对方鸿渐的留学资助。换在今天，谁也不会做那个冤大头，把个嫁女的彩礼白白送给了不在可能有任何关系的毛脚女婿身上。在我没有看完的后三集里，我记得还有一个红杏出墙的美人。既然是红杏出墙，这个女人的品质自然不会好到哪里。她的美丽是她罪恶的根源。这是自古以来中国文人送给美丽女人的一顶罪帽。
我很奇怪杨绛既没有能够让钱钟书在他唯一的作品中勾画哪怕一个没有多少份量的知识女性，也没有反对她的丈夫如此勾勒新女性的形象。恐怕，在她的潜意识里，“女人都是小气的、自私的、不好的”也占有根深蒂固的市场。
有时间再接着谈谈方鸿渐表现的男人形象和自己的这份感觉：上个世纪二三十年代的留学生生活和新千年的留学生们正在经历着的没有太多区别。（6/2/06）
结业了，又考完试了，一下子找不到北了。无聊之极，连《无极》都没放过。既然听说里面的动画制作很好，就先试试我新买的窄屏电脑吧。效果好得我都不想眨眼。那叫一个美。
影片一开始，看到那个两个小破孩在死人堆里玩神秘。立刻开始感觉无聊。好在小女孩的眼神挺执著的，接着看看吧。
不一会，红衣军士们开始说胡话了。“3000对二万，”这个神话在影片里从头一直重复到尾。这如果是没有网络的年代，叫排比，叫叠句，叫什么俳句之类的。总之是波澜壮阔，气吞山河。可在神话可以在一秒钟内被复制千万遍的现代，这种鬼话，一点也起不到唬人的效果哦。好幼稚，比小破孩的搞怪多了一丝滑稽。
接下来，那个红衣将军的出现。唉，讲着不只哪里学来的中国话，一点的娘娘腔，外带两撇小鳝鱼似的须髯，怎么看怎么象变态。在后来的影片中，这个身穿“鲜花盔甲”的变态表现果真很表态。鲜花盔甲，多么好听的名字，就这么给糟蹋了。
影片进行到中间，一段颇为煽情的话打动了我的耳朵：“真正的速度你是看不见的，就像风起云涌、日落生息，就像你不知道树叶什么时候变黄，不知道你的孩子什么时候长出第一颗牙，不知道你会什么时候爱上一个人。”这样唯美的句子，依然不能让天真的昆仑明白自己的爱情。比较佩服演员的表现。
该轮到倾城表演了。她的美丽用了清纯的外表和三级片里妓女的身体语言来表现。看得我麻木。不不，是被恶心了一把。因为那个穿鲜花盔甲的变态将军和这个清纯的妓女王妃的欢爱表现比三级片还令人恶心。我不想说张白痴的表演比三级片演员的表现还差，因为她在受审的光明将军和昆仑之间的表演明明让我看到了倾城对“光明”的爱与敬慕，以及主人对奴隶昆仑的赞赏与感激。或许，这就是为什么张白痴没有从三级片起家的原因之一吧。她的思想素养让自己表演的这个角色美女停留在现代的跋扈和简单的白痴状态之间。
头痛的是，影片里还有一个谢廷锋演的无欢。那个小白脸在影片的结尾指责倾城说，“你是这个世界上第一个欺骗我的人。”哎呀，这里不放一曲张宇的《都是你的错》太可惜了！！！！！那将是多么深情的画外演绎，可惜，可惜。
当剧终，字幕升起来的时候，“刘烨”两个字跳进了我的眼睛。我的大脑迅速搜索了一遍片中的演员，除了那个鬼以外，没有人讲正宗普通话了。可是，这个鬼的形象和我从听他在《蓝宇》对白中得到的印象相差太远。既然，张东健的天真和美丽的画面还勾出了我的一点眼泪，不妨再看一遍。
原来真的是他。而且，这电影中唯一让人感动的那段对白居然是从他的嘴里第一个说出来的。怪不得这么感动人呢。那么说，无聊乘二不仅造就了赵东健，还造就了一个刘烨。不过，刘烨在这个片里的形象实在让人难以和他的声音联系起来。他的表演功力是可以得到证明地了。
我在无聊乘二里剩下来的时间里计算了一下这三亿人民币是怎么花掉地。我想导演、剧本和监制们，加上动用的名角儿和三年的筹划等应该花了不下一亿。还有一亿，打造了一个金鸟笼、一个鬼和奴隶赛跑的新潮写字楼字纸篓式的黑漆铁线大碗，一个神仙谷里的日式别墅，一个金庸式的幻影什么什么比武场，一个集古罗马大柱和中国宫廷式回廊的了解情怨的小院子，另外请了一大群黑牛和三维动画制作人员。剩下来的一亿，估计全用在套牢各大媒体做概念宣传上了。怪不得中国老百姓无法理解他那楚辞式的浪漫和罗马式的公民阶级观。
This is to declare that I started my Outlook to send my blogs so that I can get rid of my bad habit: not to write unless there is an Internet service. See if this works.
