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雨过天晴 - Apr 01, 2008

偶尔在宿舍蹿了上来,因为某个房间无线接入点没有加密,同时也在这里跟大家说声Happy April Fools’ Day! 也就是在这个时候描到了K’!!的一篇形而上的日志,第一次从这里打他在宿舍的电话,因为有些时候不一定看得懂那些文字。待搞清楚了来龙去脉后不免有点担心也有点开心,担心的是他是否能够处理好这些事情,开心的是K’!!跟我说他的想法,毕竟大家有时感觉到有点陌生,很多时候我都是通过家里人的口中知道他的一些轶事。

留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
但是过了一段时间铁的事实还是告诉我,无论我加歌还是加视频,没有犀利的文字,还是像一个小学没毕业的美女。我在校园看到光秃秃的树上慢慢突出的叶芽,看到叶芽长成嫩嫩的叶子,看到嫩嫩的叶子长成大片大片比较不嫩的叶子时,我都在后悔没带相机出来;在宿舍里心情无比郁闷的时候,我都在想,我应该出去照一张无比郁闷的照片,比如乌云密布,天空灰暗,下着毛毛细雨,凉凉的细风又把毛毛细雨刮成让人看不清摸不透的迷雾,路上,屋顶上行尸走肉般的人在毫无目的地在移动。然而我总是照不出这样的照片。我感觉得到,却看不到。但是今晚我看到了,比我构思的情景还要恐怖,还要让人撕心裂肺。2008年的3月30日晚,我又一次被吓破了胆。当我在宿舍很和谐地搽着药酒,心里骂着07届的人真是营养过剩发育超常把我撞得全身肌肉肿痛,脚趾甲差点翻了时,不和谐的事情发生了。我只觉得我的人生要毁在这件愚蠢的事情上面了。同学,老师,甚至肥肥的保安头子,仿佛他们刚刚吃过用担心加上责备再加上很多很复杂的配料做成的饭,都在喷着担心加上责备加上很多很复杂的情绪的语气问我:到底发生什么事了?我说:我真的不清楚到底发生什么事了。我真的不清楚到底发生了什么事。找人的时候,我在对自己说,我要怎么办?我会不会因此变成石头人活死人了?我要不要因此离开这里了?我要怎样跟我的家人还有同学老师还有肥肥的保安头子解释?当事情很喜剧性地结束时,我全身酸痛的肌肉在互相支撑着我没有让我坐在湿湿的路边上,也支撑着我挪回了宿舍。

k_school_night
无论这世界多么黑暗,我们都应该明白,光明总是存在的。这世界上既然有了光明,还有什么是可怕的呢?再说,这世界上还有很多东西值得我们去奋斗,去珍惜,是不是?

另一方面Liu Jie她们那边的事情也像好的方向发展,可以肯定的是安心的跟过去说再见了,大家都从这里学到很多,虽然有时候代价满大,但也是一种经历。回想起来也没有损失什么,得到的是更加巩固的关系。在整个三月份似乎都没有学到什么东西,因此认为是时候开始新的计划和坚定的行动。昨天新的模块也开始了,没有一个同学是陌生的,也更能够安心地专注fucking vocabulary和grammar。根据博X的留言,似乎这段时间国内访问不是很流畅,但是经过他坚持不懈的努力,仿佛已打通这个通道。在Automatic Upgrade的帮助下,也轻松的升级到Wordpress 2.5。

今天是愚人节,但在这里要祝愿K’!!,Liu Jie有个运气好的爆满的新篇章。

狮城日志:鲜血为谁而流 - Jan 28, 2008

今天又跑了一趟义安城,不为别的,是因为在学校刷卡时出现故障而我只知道义安城四楼里面有个POSB的branch。结果是卡是好的,问题只能是学校的机器有问题,后来发现确实是这样。就在branch外边有好几个买运动服装和鞋的店铺,上次在那里的时候已经看到有卖凉鞋的,这次权衡再三,决定进购一双,S$39.9。赶回学校上下午开始的Academic 1,上课之前要买书,因为现在已经是Academic 1啦,Foundation 6的课程只是上一本书的最后四个modules,课本是Cutting Edge Intermediate,S$45,现在的是Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate,也是S$45。而Academic的课程要穿插着IELTS的课程,一个星期分成两部分,其中三天学Cutting Edge,另外两天学IELTS。既然有IELTS就得有IELTS的书,学校选的是Macmilian出版的IELTS Foundation,S$23。更让人郁闷的是Cutting Edge系列是在中国印刷的,而且书上也没有标价钱。最后Tommy被发现倒在血泊中。。。

这几天在看一本书,封面如下。现在只看了三分之一不到,看过的部分好像只有MAO的自私和心狠手辣,以及见风使舵的本领。难道井冈山会师、四渡赤水和万里长征都只是利益和个人恩怨在驱动着,党说的崇高理想在那里?这本书或许有很多偏见,而且越看越像把毛爷爷往死里写。想了想,还是不给出下载链接了。

the unknown story

BC: Super Size Me - Jan 21, 2008

Super Size Me is a real movie about the fast food lifestyle how to affect the people’s health and living method. This movie was directed by and starring Morgan Spurlock.

Spurlock’s film follows a 30-day time period (February 2003) during which he subsists entirely on food and items purchased exclusively from McDonald’s, and the film documents this lifestyle’s drastic effects on Spurlock’s physical and psychological well-being and explores the fast food industry’s corporate influence, including how it encourages poor nutrition for its own profit.

Use the following format when writing your opinion essay (you don’t have to write your third and forth reasons as mentioned below, only two or three reasons is fine, but it’s up to you):

Paragraph 1 - Introduction (you should make your opinion clear during this paragraph)
Paragraph 2 - Your first reason with examples and evidence
Paragraph 3 - Your second reason with examples and evidence
Paragraph 4 - Your third reason with examples and evidence
Paragraph 5 - Reasons why the opposite opinion should also be considered (this helps make your essay more balanced)
Paragraph 6 - Conclusion (you should state your opinions again in this paragraph)

Before writing your essay, check these questions first:

1. How often do you eat fast food? Why do you eat it? Which is your favourite?
2. Do you think fast food is bad for you? Why?
3. Do you think people are eating more fast food than they used to?
4. What effects has fast food had on society today?
5. What do you think will happen to fast food restaurant in the future?

Following is my little essay:

I don’t think we have to blame the fast food companies. I think the fast food companies just a small part of the American culture.

The fast food culture is so popular because people have no choice but to accept it. The modern speed of life is so fast that it doesn’t allow time to make a healthy and balanced diet.

As you know, because of its economy, the USA has been producing a fast food culture and it has spread all over the world. So the people in other countries want to copy the ‘American Life’ to make themselves like living in a modern society.

Someone told me that fast food companies provide the junk food, but that’s the reason to blame fast companies. In fact, even today, there’re a lot fo more healthy diet options in restaurants, and they may even be cheaper.

As I mentioned in this essay, I think modern life culture is to blame.

For God’s sake, no more than 200 words! Caroline’s comment:

you still miss the plurals but you have organised your ideas well.

BC: Make or Do - Jan 05, 2008

关于上课的情况本来昨晚就应该贴上来,不管多少,但是在房间的时候却给室友电脑上的一部电视剧给吸引了过去,从那以后,昨天我再也没有走出房间门…

电视剧的名称叫《奋斗》,简短点讲这部电视剧说的是关于几对同学在北京奋斗的经历。我超喜欢马伊俐扮演的女主角夏琳,长相太符合我“心水”了,她的一笑一颦都会在深深的心里涌起一阵阵暗流。之前也看过她主演的《幸福在哪里》,两部剧都让我感触良多,同时更加增加了迷茫的份量。人生有不同的道路,有不同的选择,明白自己需要的是什么么?华子在陪伴他妈妈时的不耐烦最后让他流下痛悔的泪水也让我心里酸溜溜的,而夏琳对心中爱情的追求让我看不懂的同时也心生佩服,那个她和那个她是否也这样坚持过是否也这样放弃过?杨晓芸和向南这对冤家还需要学习很多把握相处的度才不会那样整天争吵不休吧,总是觉得这一对会特别不容易。露露每天早晨对逝去的爸爸的述说其实也是在对自己说,要坚持要坚强,一切都会好起来的,这个镜头和陆亚迅的坚持和对养子的爱护最让我寝食难安。

马伊俐
马伊俐扮演的夏琳

马伊俐
在《幸福在哪里》的齐若谷

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BC: Here is not in China - Jan 03, 2008

今天一大早就赶到学校然后由Nelisa带着去ICA (Immigration & Checkpoint Authority) 办理学生证,几乎等了两个小时才轮到,然后又等了几乎一个小时才轮到交钱,S$80手续费。正好回来赶上下午的课程,刚到一个新同学,来自印尼,也能说中文。形式上就是让学生自由讨论,说出自己的想法,然后句型变换,更多的是语法时态关系,这让我感觉特别沮丧,因为从来都没有去认真的学过语法,当然也知道这是软肋,还有词汇的贫乏更是难于启齿。

From now on, I will practice my English here, and if you can point out my any mistake that would be highly appreciated. Well, today’s lesson was almost focus on the grammar while you want to use the sentence to make some predictions. Such as ‘adverbs with will/won’t', modals like may and ‘is (not) likely to’. And we often talk about hypothetical situations using if. Normally, we use the past tense after if and this description doesn’t mean that happened in the past. In fact, I feel totally confuse about this grammar even I took the lesson and finish my homework. I don’t know when should I use the past tense while using the if for some hypothetical possibilities.

I’d helped one of classmate to copy some lesson’s files from the computer inside the classroom, such as the video, ppt, I think. And our teacher David finally found out what had happened, and he said that here is not in China, you may not allowed to download something from the server. That make me felt embarrassed even I went back to the dormitory.

David also printed some news from the internet like the BBC, Guardian Unlimited website. And asked about the prediction about the new president of the United States, well, I don’t know much about the candidates, only Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and I can’t recall the name of Obama. In my opinion, I’d like to see Barack Obama to be the new president of USA just because I like the ‘24′ television so much. Not only the new president of United States, but also the situation in Pakistan and Kenya, the delay of Nuclear weapon in North Korea, pollution in your country, and Britney Spears.

My trouble in studying in English is I don’t know how to improve the grammar and words.