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    September 03

    Stick to your principles

    When someone says "I gonna stick to my principles", he could be very homicidal or suicidal. Anyone who is interested can go to see the movie "In Bruges".

    Here is the dictionary reference:

    principle |ˈprinsəpəl|
    noun
    1 a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning : the basic principles of Christianity.
    2 a fundamental source or basis of something : the first principle of all things was water.

    Principle means the very daily life thing should obey some rules : a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning. That kind of principles are so fundamental that anyone who believes them really have to act it, such as religions. (not politicians, that's more benefit driven, no kind of principles could ever be applied to politics).

    Just a moment ago, I was thinking: how "the principles" formed themselves, or be formed. "The principles" are so "fundamental", how could that thing be created by someone and the other just believed in it?

    Example:
    The J. Christ thing, the god (or more usually, his agents like Popes) determines the fate of everything.
    The Islamic maniac, the belief in their religion leaders determines their actions and reactions.
    the capitalism, the money determines the warfare, the elections, the unions, etc.

    First, Let's break it in to two parts: scientific principles, and religion principles

    Scientific principles:
    Let's see a little farther, about the scientific laws, many "things" or "phenomenon" have been repeated times and times, therefore people invented some "axioms" to be followed in order to explain the "certainty".
    If these rules can be applied well, they wrote them in to the books, then students learned them... in schools, colleges. Then everyone believes in it, hence the "principles".

    Religion principles:
    As far as I have learned these years, I could assume that the origin of the "religion principles" were first used by some emperors or lords to control the people, especially the poor part. These helped them believe that they were born slaves and poor and were supposed to be manipulated by the rich and nobles. If they believe in God and practice what the "God" tells their master (emperors, lords, etc.) to tell them what to do, they would probably live a better life after their death. The most important part, is that the "Believe" helps them forget about the pains and relieve, and then they force their kids to believe in it. That's why these "Principles" are so popular.
    Chinese people would say they don't have never had religion principles, actually they had, i.e., Confucianism and the Utopia (not the Tao Yuan-Min 陶渊明 one).
    (My additional point about the religion principles is that Occidental people and Oriental people had the same origin, just we haven't known why and when they separated from each other, until today)

    Now let's see how the principles evaluate.
    A good example would be Issac Newton, how he ended up believing in God because he hadn't managed to resolve the "thing".
    (What surprised me here is that almost the whole Muslim world believes in their "Koran", and they practice what the "Koran" says, including the "Ramadan". The "Ramadan" is taking place from last weekend, thus most restaurants would probably have some deficits on their balance sheet, anyway.) Personally I don't have a single opinion about that tradition, does it really mean something important? How have they managed to embed that "principles" in muslins, -- in such a world?!

    For a scientific worker, the bright side of "principles" is that they give the guideline and it would just be so easy to follow.
    The dark side is, no real creativity could emerge if one sticks to the "principles".

    For someone who was forced to be embedded some hard "principles", their difficulty would be "to think of having" an "open mind" and accept the other "principles" or agree to disagree. They would at least be reluctant to open their eyes and think why.
    Cultures, Economies, People, Politics, Humanity, Hatred, Wars, Society, Relationships... That one I can blow, that's why I am saying the "principles" are suicidal and homicidal.

    Only the Philosophy will be an eternal "thing" to learn and to evaluate.

    Raymeone
    October 11

    last year's resolution

    This would be my last year in school, being in school is nice and not so under pressure, however it gonna comes to its end someday, somewhere, in some way change is necessary, for such a me realistic dude doesn't have to crap, so resolution should be expressed in a simple way so that an oracle can understand. my resolution will be the first sentence in this block. Assuming that this resolution is a correct, I'd have to do everything that I haven't done in school, would it be so cruel? I still like Paris, after 5 years at all. Freedom never could be have somewhere else!
    December 08

    冬天到了,天气凉了。。。

     

    物理上讲,物体的活力是和温度成正比的。 物体包括无机物和有机物,当然也包括我。

    好久不来上面涂了,我归结为天气凉了人懒了的原因。

    最近还在打一个少数名字带2007的我的机器还跑的动的游戏,冠军经理。现在存档已经到了2012年, 再过几年现在最火的小罗之类的都要退休作教练了。

    现时最贵的球员是Roony, Messi, Adriano, Walcott, Tevez。当然我手下一帮子小孩子的实力足够随便打打Inter,Milan这种球队7,8个球。 不过再打下去出来的小孩子估计就全是虚拟人物了。

    本来每周的3次运动已经被减到了1,2次。每次出去跑步都要鼓点勇气的,外面现在的joggers也比1个月前减少了8成,就是说现在1小时中最多碰到2,3个joggers。还在为了fitness,还是要做点necessary的事情。成天对着电脑身体僵硬,每次运到好都觉得身体舒服很多。至少为了不生病这点还是值得的。

    西班牙语也因为各种原因连续取消了3次。原来的5分钟热度现在估计好剩下1分了,没有动力没有压力,纯粹是为了经常能够从枯燥无聊的干活中逃出来干点其他事情,至少学点东西总是好的。现在又有了点新奇的事情加进来,需要稍微加点力气学习了。 Change always does good!

    另外本周末又有两个兄弟要结婚了,看来年底也不清闲。 一对在巴黎,一对在上海。遗憾他们放弃了单身,不过他们骗到了老婆,总算是了却了男人前半生最重要的任务之一。 祝他们都百年好合,早点生孩子。

    August 09

    回家,回家

    巴黎现在的气温是摄氏15度,外面的法国人已经有不少把冬装翻出来穿了。
    上海的现在估计还是30多度,女生和女人们依然穿着吊带裙,继续在拥挤的地铁里蹭来蹭去。
    现在的时间是2006年8月9日晚上22点40,算起来是我回到巴黎的家的第三天。之前回了上海的家,算起来一个3年多没有回去的地方。
    每一次回家的时候都有一种归属感,不管是从外面玩回到家,还是经历20多小时颠簸飞回家。
    不晓得是家眷恋人,还是人眷恋家。
     
    走的时候比上次还眷恋,但是当我回家坐下来以后感觉也就不那么浓烈了。
    26岁,可能确实是需要有家的感觉的年龄。
    上海的不少朋友都已经有或者马上有自己的家。家字的由来源是屋顶下面有口猪,现实点讲,对男生来说,家的意义应该是"安",屋檐下面有个爱自己自己爱的女子就安心了。其实男人可能也是很需要安全感的。
     
    我的blue room里面没有猪,也没有女,所以是"室"。荷兰有个Desiderius Erasmus, 是一个humanist, theologian,中国有徐霞客,所以就算关起门来我也不配写陋室铭。
     
    这次回去做了很多好久没做的事情。
    这次回来也下决心要做一点从来没有做的事情,算是一个新的起点:
    jogging恢复往日的风采的同时加固自己的体形
    启动西班牙语进程
    学会辨认各种酒类的区别
    keep a lower profile,为人低调,能不嘲人之处不嘲人
    加强个性,则其善者而亲友之,则其恶者而弃斩之
    多和朋友们联系,加强亲和力
    多找机会认识不同种类的cultures,包括汉族内部以及和其他不同语系之间的联系
    last but not least,努力学习,努力工作,多帮老板骗钱,多找机会去international conference花钱,多发papers,早日毕业
     
    好了,就写到这儿吧
    May 19

    约定

     
    约定:2006年7月中至八月中上海聚首
    很多很多年,很多很多人,很多很多故事,很多很多改变
    需要重温,需要叙旧,需要讲述,需要认知
    想象一下一定很兴奋
     
    有同党的话我们可以开始制定计划了,有出游的也行,总之想回家放风了~~
    April 10

    SJTU 1896 -- 2006

     
    上周某天爬起来后发现每个人的ID都变成了sjtu的班号加学号,然后马上有人把精神和图腾传达给我,sjtu校庆了。然后就发现江core又回访了,前些年还有西安交大和sjtu争夺校友权的一说。说起来江core长得实在是不帅,但是头大的人应该是比较聪明的,不管连怎样。没有理由喜欢他,也没有理由不喜欢他。我爷爷在江core还只是江十分小core的时候,50年代的时候和他做过同事,曾经劝我去选江core读过的机械系。。。其实姓徐的名人闲云野鹤比较多,比如徐家汇的第一个地主,徐霞客等等。。。指望我做什么core是不现实的
     
    说到头大,仔细想想,似乎头大的人似乎是比较聪明,体现在读书能力上。但是大的方式也很重要,基本是需要头的上部比较大,前额比较宽,这样给脑子的发展空间比较好。如果长成上尖下平的头型,要读书好是很困难地,当然不是不可能。后来仔细怀念了一下高中理科班和大学TR的同学头型,发现果然不是头均衡比较大的就是前额比较大的。。。长成这样不是自己的错,但是为什么都出去读博士了呢。。。赫赫,难道有会读书的能力的人一定要充分利用它的吗???
     
    说到TR班,今天下午脱脱不愿意说自己是TR系统出来的。因为TR给人的样子太学究了。其实,人们在选择的时候,肯定在潜意识有倾向性,喜欢逻辑的也好,喜欢创造力的也好,喜欢美学的也好。
    其实除XX联机班和OO里脊班,其他人都不太清楚里面的人在干什么。曾经有过的看流星雨复旦场和交大场,也只有在这两个班级之间干得出来。号称是联谊班机。。。其实大多数人高中都是同学,就算高中不是,初中也是,初中不是,也是某个时代竞赛班的同学。。。再次的就是同学的同学,简单说就是人际关系近得不能再近的那种。正是有联机里脊这样这种制度的存在,剥夺了很多人天生的选择权利,其实这些人的天分想干什么都行,真是便宜了EE, CS, Maths, Chemstry, BIO, Physics了~~
    不过这样的人脉确是很难复制的。。。我想每个人都能在日后有点作为,不管暂时开心不开心。首先要尝试做牛人,对于不认识的人你不说别人怎么知道你是牛人。再说就这样说了别人也不信~~~
    读书归读书,该享受生命的时候还是要充分享受,而且要加倍的享受
     
     
    TR系统据说存在了没几年,从96年,或者97年始作俑,到2000届就开始变样子了。全称是教改联读班,实际意义是高中和大学连读班。得到的好处是在98世界杯的热气下上高数,高代。。。还记得每天晚上拖地板睡在地板上,因为对门市厕所,适时地有人吃好西瓜皮堆积在那里吸引蟑螂的注意力。。。每天半夜都有看球,自然就是没有好觉睡,每天白天作孽地上那种交大特有的高等代数教材---即书上只有公理和定理。。。以及习题。要看懂一页书至少要半个小时才能搞清楚它在讲什么
     
    总体来说,TR只是个模式,松散的模式。这个模式里面很难有混乱的场面出现。因为基本每个人都有自己独立的想法,都是为了自己的目标在走。所以在这里,成天混在一起出去玩的很少,窝在寝室里面成天游戏的也不多,甚至连一起运动的也不多。所以说TR是一个很tight的社团,也是一个很松散的社团,因为现今要找齐一半人聚会已经很难。
    我想复旦那边的里脊班情况可能差不多,甚至多样性更加好一点,松散度更加大一点。
     
    说起松散度,我不由想起了那些年里比较流行的联谊寝室。有男生发起也有女生发起的,两个寝室互访活动。这样的寝室通常大部分是比较无聊的无男女朋友,希望找机会撮合又不好意思直接追的那种。我以后有空可以写一下这个题目: 联谊寝室之其不可告人的政治目的
     
    祝SJTU年年有今天~~长命million岁
     
    April 03

    April Fool

     
    春天的到来之需要一阵风,前两天窗外的不知名的树上还是冬天的痕迹,现在已经满树红花
    时间的流动则更加在不觉晓中让人浑然不觉,算算再过3个月就是7月了
     
    7月,应该是回家的日子
    巴黎,曾经的陌生的城市,已经许久没有新鲜感
    上海,如今感觉已经那么陌生,或许在适应前又必须离开
     
    巴黎的学生们继续他们的反cpe游行,总之有罢工的权利不用岂不是浪费大好春光
    既然靠着政府的失业补助,都能够得到比工作多的钱,何必不周二游行,周三看书,周四睡觉,周五到周一做一个美丽的打算出去旅行猎艳呢~~
     
    尽管布拉格正在发大水,但是正常情况在20天以后大水应该退去,不至于影响彼时的疯狂,尽管visa的过程已经够烦。
    今日陡然中发现自己的系统里面的噪声来源原来是旁边的Generator,鉴于Generator的单一性,连想砸掉它的念头都不曾闪过。说到干活,处于理论上有大老板,实际上无老板状态人,居然比他人都要干活得多。如果有没有老板一个样,还要老板干什么?如果一个人过得很好,何必要两个人那么麻烦,不知道有这样想法的人,是不是很快会有失落或者修订自己的想法?
    明天居然还有polytechniciens过来参观,据说他们需要选专业,但是何必劳烦我们大驾给他们展示。。。
     
    善待自己,友善对待别人,天气好不好基本上是由心情决定,而心情好不好则是由看待世界的角度决定。现在看到学生觉得他们是小孩子,看着周围的不少博士生觉得他们好无趣好boring,作为researcher就需要看待事物有点深度,不能只是对自己的subject有深度。就像作为一个有钱人,如果不会花钱只会赚钱,也是一个无聊的人生。
     
    找时间做点有新鲜感的事吧``~
     
     
    March 22

    6月回家之构思泡汤计。。。

     
    传说中上海的夏天热如烤箱,烤箱对朕来说的概念是生的三文鱼放进去会变成熟的,硬邦邦的署条放进去会变成脆脆的~~
    余窃构思于6月之初返乡来缓解一下家人的陌生感,朋友的距离感,以及对上海食物的憧憬感。
    难料conference偏偏要放在6月初于号称新法国的魁北克省召开,另有一conference也将于6月中于加拿大另外一行政区划召开。所以不管舍弃那个,也不能抽身返乡。
    今日又被告知,汝等新新phd students,须上某门专业课云云,4月到6月底在每每周二周三坐堂。另有多篇papers等吾等撰写,乃叹书不逢时,不如找机会去巴塞罗那,马德里看上大把火辣美女,去爱尔兰享受一下草原风笛,去威尼斯品尝上等pizza,缓解一下不能全身而退的遗憾。
    March 11

    第一次

    通常做点什么事情第一次之前都有点不安,真正到来的时候都是那么的顺其自然
    上星期第一次享受做老师的感觉,带ingenieur最后一年的WDM brique TP
     
    首先相对于communications numériques那里基本清一色外国博士生,optiques这里似乎今年只有我一个外国人,而且还是个逃掉了master de recherche的之前连optiques都没怎么学过的人。
    感谢Renaud和Didier的信任,把他们没空带的实验扔给了我,看起来我又变成了少见的在第一年就带学生TP的人。
    小结以下,在法国的最近一年来,已经有很多非常少见的实践发生在Raymeone身上,他也见怪不怪了,所以就很坦然地接受了。
     
    星期三下午的第一场,Raymeone很认真地之前把TP都作了一遍,把理论以及他们可能问到的问题都准备写在纸上。还向 Renaud,Didier问清了他们的带学生习惯。。。结果下午13点半的学生果然精力充沛,而且他们之前都没看过TP的内容。。。因为Renaud忘记复印了。。。导致Raymeone需要解释理论,目的,内容。。。以及一切的操作步骤。。。最后的结果数据等等
    还好内容不难,基本的都能搞定,就是话说太多口渴得很。。。Didier在中间休息时嘲笑我说做ça fait de la soif d'être un enseignant...
     
    星期五的一场是在早上8点半,由于有了前车之鉴,我把TP内容都事先复印了交给其中唯一一个女生,因为她看起来是那种比较会看看的人。早上大家都没睡醒,结果是Raymeone也很省力,他们也没有什么好奇感了解我这个前些天还被抓去和他们一起听课的人为什么现在变成他们的老师了。。。。。。
     
    法国人的习惯是人与人之间的距离一般是常量,除非有一种力量来打破,比如被分到一个小组作TP。以前听一个去过sanford的centralien的老头子说,法国的系统导致了同学间基本是没关系的,他们一般毕业后只和之前同组的binomes,trinomes有点联系。相比于美国的campus生活法国是不可想象的。
     
    从3月18号还是还有个ATHEN semaine internationale,据说要带一批外国学生每天一场,持续一周,大多数是西班牙人。尽管我已经对西班牙加泰罗尼亚和马德里口音都能分别了,但这次还是需要重新整合英语版本的。。。
     
    尽管带实验从第二次就很无聊了,但是体验不同的经历也不错,了解学生的想法,学习不同的文化,增进和法国老师们的关系都是有益的地方。Renaud平时看上去一直很高傲独来独往的样子,现在看到了都有说有笑,还来关心我们的system,帮我们解决了点问题。 Didier算起来也算我的师兄,因为他是我老板若干年前的博士生,现在已经做Responsable了,现在也被经常被我用各种各样的问题骚扰。。。:D
    ~~累就累点吧,估计每天都要8点前就爬起来了sigh,尽管我对教书育人这个职业没什么热情
    Always look at the bright side of life
    February 21

    all work and no play~~ no no no

    看起来春天的到来确实会改变一点事情,就在上次谈到过change would do good以后。。。
    魁北克的phontons north需要寄paper,deadline是2006。02。21,就是今天晚些时候。。。昨天星期一基本搞定
    但是星期一来了两个带实验的活,一个WDM的需要去找Renaud,一个ATHEN的国际项目需要带西班牙人去找Yves。。。Marcia安慰我说现在我们到达了一个比较空的阶段。。。其实她可以把这个们字去掉
    因为Raymeone现在不仅有课要上,且有课要下,还要干活赶进度
    星期四还要做exposé, 本周作为组织者Raymeone要搞定四月去Prague的日程,今天晚些时候是marcia到法国一周年纪念,尽管她那个polytechnique的男朋友被困在阿尔及利亚,一点也不影响心情,明天去flams à volonté估计又要nuit blanche了...
    需要干的事情还有去把那些居然敢问我要住房税的狗屎政府办事员骂一顿,以及催促老板赶快花钱买新器材~~
     
    忙归忙,玩还是要玩的
    never all work and no play~~ to be positive is very important
    February 12

    A change would do you good

    A change would do you good
    每天人都活在不同的改变当中,没有change就没有前进,没有change就没有新的惊喜,没有change大多数事情就变得失去意义
     
    现在的change自然是要向好的方向发展,每周迫使自己做一项有改良性质的change是不是有意义呢?
     
    工作中的新问题不断出现。在我们摸索尝试构思出这个新方案以后又看到了以前从来没有看到过的问题。尽管老板似乎对目前的状况满意,但是为了毕业不拿出自己的东西是不行的。和marcia的工作友情建立起来已经大半年了,如果没有她很多事情不只是技术和理论上的问题,而是一个人面对根本看不懂的问题是的迷失感和错乱问题。对她来说也是一样,一个人干这种research实在是太辣手了,有个同伴确实能够互相鼓励,互相促进。有时候我不想干了,有时候她也有点泄气。不过我们都知道如果同伴斗志不高,就一定要站出来把她他拉上来。opitmists,我们两只蝎子碰到一起互相了解和协作能力还是相当好的,每当有点小点的change do good的时候都会很开心,每次发现新问题也很开心,因为如果不发现以后就没有change可以作了。
     
    制定change目标的时候如果幻想一天做好这样的事情是brazil电影里面才有的东西,不过对自己的生活中的小change是很可行的。比如尝试不同的音乐,不同的电影,不同的饭店,不同牌子的啤酒,whisky,不同的朋友等等
     
    上周末去中国城买菜的时候,尽管碰到了迎接财神的大游行,没车只好走过去,到了超市法国人也人来疯地挤来挤去。。。还是买回了不少东西
     
    上周做的改变是重新开始操练中国菜~~ 懒了好久了,回家时候如果菜做的还不如妈妈的会很没面子~~卖相一般,将就着看看,毕竟是一个新的开始~~
     
    A Change Would Do You Good - Sheryl Crow

    Ten years living in a paper bag
    Feedback baby, he?s a flipped out cat
    He?s a platinum canary, drinkin? falstaff beer
    Mercedes rule, and a rented lear
    Bottom feeder insincere
    Prophet lo-fi pioneer
    Sell the house and go to school
    Get a young girlfriend, daddy?s jewel

    A change would do you good
    A change would do you good

    God?s little gift is on the rag
    Poster girl posing in a fashion mag
    Canine, feline, jekyll and hyde
    Wear your fake fur on the inside
    Queen of south beach, aging blues
    Dinner?s at six, wear your cement shoes
    I thought you were singing your heart out to me
    Your lips were syncing and now I see

    A change would do you good
    A change would do you good

    Chasing dragons with plastic swords
    Jack off jimmy, everybody wants more
    Scully and angel on the kitchen floor
    And I?m calling buddy on the ouija board
    I?ve been thinking ?bout catching a train
    Leave my phone machine by the radar range
    Hello it?s me, I?m not at home
    If you?d like to reach me, leave me alone

    A change would do you good
    A change would do you good
    Hello, it?s me, I?m not at home
    If you?d like to reach me, leave me alone

    A change would do you good
    A change would do you good

    February 06

    what they are doing, what I am doing?

    The face that I am no longer in a student status was acknowledged during the GALA 2006. The strange thing in France is that people rarely spoke to each or fool around when they were stangers. However Gala was supposed to be different, people were allowed to do all kind of stuffs.
     
    I went with several phd students, among who I appeared to be the most active though I knew no people there, even not most of Chinese faces. The looked younger, more innocent, more uncertain. Maybe next time I should go to a 30 something party, coz I have more stuffs to talk with 30 sth people.
     
    When staying with others, we enjoyed the happy moments, we became dependant at the level of brain activities.
    The exemple is that when I go out alone, I never missed way, while I go out with others, I ofter get lost, because I become dependent. If the company is also, unfortunately, dependant, we will be in a serious situation...
     
    Discovered by some French friends is that I am really talkative when I stay with them, very talkative as a Chinses. Am I always talkative? No, I only talk of things I know, I only talk of interesting subjects.  If the subjects aren't funny, I shut myself up. Awared of the my change during these months, I am not sure what I will be in 2 years. Talking much helps knowing more people, in a new environment. Multiculture is a very attractive element in our atmosphere, which helped me learn alot from their philosophies, their believes, also helped me acknowledge that we are --  under different skin-colors, different languages background, different religions -- very close to each other inside.
     
    ok, let's see some interesting talk in PULP FICTION, which talked about the difference between the US and the Europe:
     
            An old gas guzzling, dirty, white 1974 Chevy Nova BARRELS down
            a homeless-ridden street in Hollywood.  In the front seat are
            two young fellas -- one white, one black -- both wearing cheap
            black suits with thin black ties under long green dusters.
            Their names are VINCENT VEGA (white) and JULES WINNFIELD
            (black).  Jules is behind the wheel.

                                      JULES
                           -- okay now, tell me about the hash
                           bars?

                                      VINCENT
                           What so you want to know?

                                      JULES
                           Well, hash is legal there, right?

                                      VINCENT
                           Yeah, it's legal, but is ain't a
                           hundred percent legal.  I mean you
                           can't walk into a restaurant, roll
                           a joint, and start puffin' away.
                           You're only supposed to smoke in
                           your home or certain designated
                           places.

                                      JULES
                           Those are hash bars?

                                      VINCENT
                           Yeah, it breaks down like this:
                           it's legal to buy it, it's legal to
                           own it and, if you're the
                           proprietor of a hash bar, it's
                           legal to sell it.  It's legal to
                           carry it, which doesn't really
                           matter 'cause -- get a load of this
                           -- if the cops stop you, it's
                           illegal for this to search you.
                           Searching you is a right that the
                           cops in Amsterdam don't have.

                                      JULES
                           That did it, man -- I'm fuckin'
                           goin', that's all there is to it.

                                      VINCENT
                           You'll dig it the most.  But you
                           know what the funniest thing about
                           Europe is?

                                      JULES
                           What?

                                      VINCENT
                           It's the little differences.  A
                           lotta the same shit we got here,
                           they got there, but there they're a
                           little different.

                                      JULES
                           Examples?

                                      VINCENT
                           Well, in Amsterdam, you can buy
                           beer in a movie theatre.  And I
                           don't mean in a paper cup either.
                           They give you a glass of beer, like
                           in a bar.  In Paris, you can buy
                           beer at MacDonald's.  Also, you
                           know what they call a Quarter
                           Pounder with Cheese in Paris?

                                      JULES
                           They don't call it a Quarter
                           Pounder with Cheese?

                                      VINCENT
                           No, they got the metric system
                           there, they wouldn't know what the
                           fuck a Quarter Pounder is.

                                      JULES
                           What'd they call it?

                                      VINCENT
                           Royale with Cheese.

                                      JULES
                                (repeating)
                           Royale with Cheese.  What'd they
                           call a Big Mac?

                                      VINCENT
                           Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call
                           it Le Big Mac.

                                      JULES
                           What do they call a Whopper?

                                      VINCENT
                           I dunno, I didn't go into a Burger
                           King.  But you know what they put
                           on french fries in Holland instead
                           of ketchup?

                                      JULES
                           What?

                                      VINCENT
                           Mayonnaise.

                                      JULES
                           Goddamn!

                                      VINCENT
                           I seen 'em do it.  And I don't mean
                           a little bit on the side of the
                           plate, they fuckin' drown 'em in
                           it.

                                      JULES
                           Uuccch!
    January 23

    等待新年的日子

    每年要等待三次,上两次比较接近。。。圣诞节和元旦只不过是6天的距离,属于不同的神仙的节日
    春节呢,似乎就和中国,确切点是亚洲的神仙没什么关系,在这点上我们要比西方人民主的多~~
     
    以前只听说过什么新教,基督教天主教犹太教之类之类的区别,前两天一个突尼斯兄弟在吃饭的时候给我首先解释了北非的阿拉伯人和阿拉伯半岛上面的人的文化差异,其次一直在证明他们的上帝有多伟大。
    据说是阿拉伯的伊斯兰教的神仙真主和基督,玛丽亚大妈是同一个上帝的使者(我的说法是他们三个都是上帝的中介,硬是被他纠正说是使者)。他们的4世纪的圣经里面据说谈到了很多到17,18世纪 甚至是爱因斯坦发现的世间真理,原理,公理,现象。。。 有点很迷茫,如果圣经什么都说了,还要我们这些搞所谓research得人做啥? 不晓得我们的佛祖阿,观音阿,关二哥,以及老子庄子等等神仙,高人对有声有色的中国特色社会主义有什么看法?
     
    新年要到总是开心的,每个新年都能看到点新的希望。前2年到新年就开始课程加紧,考试隔三差五。现在虽然没有考试了,但是这几个星期都要每周1,3,5上课。。。还是8点半,实在是比较。。。辛苦
    尽管如此,我的心情还是不错的。圣诞时定的那些coupler, polarisation maintained fiber,collimator都到了,就是说现在有新的活干了。另外似乎又有conference的索稿要求过来,这次应该比上次的结果好多了。尽管大老板几乎从我开始到现在就没找过我,可能是看我们人员比较多,2个博士后带待我应该可以搞定了,我们也就懒得去繁他了,除了要签名之外一般也就走廊里面说说bonjour。鉴于我对自己的观察,日后长久搞研究的可能性实在是不大,不要讲待在学校里面了,所以现在多拓广知识面是很重要地。我时常提醒自己要拿出以前考试用的力气,要用功看书读书。。。
     
    末了,我要祝所有我认识的人新年快乐,所有看到我blog的人心想事成。当然包括自己
    还有我在2006年将要认识的人也新年快乐,如果你新年撞大运,一定要感谢我,尽管你可能现在不认识我
     
    还有新来法国马上就要去EP的聪明可爱好学的,同样是SJTU EE生产的Toto学业顺利,生活开心。一直很欣赏有个性,追求自己喜欢东西的人. 个性的结果是对自己的要求很高,有一点做得不好就会很不爽,因为好也要追求有个性的好法. 希望你能够在百忙中抽出时间来让我见识一下你的personality。另外没有看过你小说的人我也建议他们去鉴赏一下。并不是每个人都是raymeone这样的意识流的。你写的那些东西实在很难相信是EE的人写的~~至少我以前认识的EE人中没有
    看一个人写的文章很能够体现一个人的性格。尽管我从小写的东西就不被通常是班主任的语文老师欣赏,再加上数年来的文化滞后以及表达能力退化,可是写中文还是看起来比较舒服。所以以后要坚持多些写中文的,来时常提醒自己的文化背景是渊源流长的。。。
     
    January 17

    rechargé du moral...

    I just came back from a heavy flu,
    thing got wired when people saw my msn pic with a black scarf covering 50% face.
    I was saying "Raymeone is contaminating, keep a distance please!"
    I was in a low moral state since the new year...
    but yesterday I read a word "rechargé du moral"
     
    Since this Sunday's full-time sleep, I felt much better...besides the fact that I had to drink some whisky before getting to bed due to the oversleeping thing...
     
    Today I felt so recharged of moral and committed a new start of Differential Phase-Shift QKD.
    When people were in a low moral, someone must stand out to call up for the moral, Raymeone had to initiate and the other 2 post-docs came to help. I felt lucky coz without them I would be in a serious experimental situation. 
     
    I acknowledge that
    "when one knows nothing, what he has is the imagination and ruthless trials",
    "when the guy knows sth, he has to be more prudent so as to reduce the probability of make a serious mistake",
    "when the guy knows enough, he would be reluctant to try new stuffs even though he is supposed to", 
    "when the guy knows too much, these too much will stop him from moving on".
     
    I guess I am still in the first phase, and I am trying very hard to be into the 2nd.
    Seriously, Recharge yourself with the moral, the inevitable enthusiasm!
     
    January 14

    older, golder, colder, et les soldes

    2006年是以一场重感冒的形式开始的...尽管我也想好好工作,无奈最近内存似乎减少很多,大脑也工作不起来, 简单的例子就是早上爬起来忽然想起一个人,但是就是想不起来是昨天看到过他还是昨天做梦的时候看到过他.
    不过由于本blog的文体以经典意识流为主,所以在这个层面上倒是没有什么问题
     
    到了26岁忽然觉得自己已经有点上了年纪了,不好再像以前那样随心所欲。提醒我的是法国的法律制度,26岁以上的人就不算young,而算adult了,连带的一切优惠政策都将随之消失。比如地铁年卡,火车青年卡。。。甚至游泳池都歧视我说我要付全票才能进场
     
    2006年26岁应该还算是生命的上升期,今年希望一切都更好一些,自己也要努力去做。不能因为有偷懒的理由就去偷懒,对自己偷懒是无益处地。在35小时之余应该再干些什么呢。。。没有外力压迫似乎内力真的就相应减少,我想可能确实需要有人经常给我提醒一下,该抓紧时间做点一直想做的事了
     
    天气冷,不过我应该是不怕冷的才对。在德国-10多度都没有什么,为何回家了就感冒了呢。估计是周围流感的人太多,必须至少经过一次才能产生抗体的。这两天经常翘班回家睡觉,据说是个人都能看得出我眼圈肿大,说话无力,表情呆滞,思维活动进行缓慢
     
    1月11日法国开始打折,基本就是一年两次的购物机会其中的一次。另外一次应该是7月的第一个星期之类的时间。三年的生活经验告诉我如果不抢在第一时间去买点筹划以久的东西,这六个月基本就省省罢。。。尽管身体小恙,今天还是冲到了val d'europe去掏货。感觉这里的商业中心加上名店的factory store, outlet基本上充斥了几十万的人。。。要知道这个是5圈的地方,坐车出来就要10多块钱的,所以我才挑了周末出来。在路上走都人挤人的感觉。。。好像回到了上海
    本来预算买一双皮鞋,不过在预算内的皮鞋都不适合。。。再说不急用,所以delay=6months
    Polo Ralph Lauren Factory store居然外面还排起长队等进场,买了东西等了20分钟才排到付钱。。。
     
    现在的Raymeone就像法国人一样腐败的生活,一样疯狂的采购,一样脆弱的抵抗力。。。
    不知道Raymeone回到上海以后会有什么感受呢???
    January 06

    2005 ain't a good year for lovers

     
    Jessica came to her Paris Holiday for another time.
    Tonight John came with Raymeone and Jessica to Rue Mouffetard
     
    It has been 3 years that I haven't met Danish John, but he didn't change, and he is still tall as a Danish. Jessi appeared to be much more American, every allure she took makes her so Amercain, of course the blond hair and transparent blue eyes made her much more charming.
     
    But 2005 ain't good year for love keeping, neither for looking founding.
    Even my trip in Munich witnessed some breaking up stories... and those people in Paris
     
    Getting over the shit, 2006 is coming~~
    January 01

    le réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre

    New Year's Day
    Paris is always such an incredible city, living in such a city makes me incredible creature
     
    Though nothing changes in New Year's Day,
    but things are to be changed...
     
    Best wishes for every one
    December 15

    Happy Ending

    Happy Ending is an ideal event
     
    Today I finished the last two pieces of Sex and the City, in which Carrie finished her love with Alexandre Petroski in Paris and went back to Big's arms.
     
    well Paris seemed to be a nice source of Romance, but not an ideal place for lovers
    Usually in such a too brilliant city, people don't care the shit of the others and become so fucking egoists.
     
    happy ending was Carrie went back to NY with Big, Samantha stayed with the only royal model lover forgeting her breast cancer, Chalotte couple found finally her future babe which would be coming from China, Miranda coupled with Steeve and his mother in a married-woman life.
     
    the random sex life in NY city was so over, does it mean every shit has its ending, usually happy ending.
     
    still have to mention that Paris appears to be a place of romance, but ain't a romance of love. coz Paris doens't deserve royal lovers, la fidelité et le respect d'amour sucked in Paris...
    Besides, the lovers in Paris hold always their pride, fuck the pride...pride only hurts, pride never helps
    all these shit means nothing without a bidirectional efforts...
    December 11

    Cercles of life

    One of the various advantages of being a single 26 years old is that he has more time to do his own stuff, has his enough time to contemplate.
     
    The odds against the rules is that Raymeone has been contemplating how to get out of this single cercle
     
    The Munich Trip will surely bring in some new air, he will then decide what to do
     
    Already he has seen lots of changes in his life, but these are necessary, not enough 
    November 28

    精神生活

    Guten Tag!!!
     
    自从买好了去Müchen的车票以后就一直有学习Deutsch的计划
    早先从图书馆借来的书和磁带连字母表都没有直接就开始对话了。。。当然Raymeone暂时没有这样的decoding能力。
    于是好不容易从网上下了 德语一月通 的所谓新东方德语在线课程,讲义之类的。。。
    从头学习一门新的语言居然还是那么新鲜,就像当初开学法语差不多的感觉
    当然所谓的一个月。。。就是说像张三丰闭关练功那样的一个月,估计我只好带着单词表去Müchen了
     
    其他的精神生活又被新到的JBL Creature II音箱润色了不少,be cool is always nice
    其实在游泳池下潜伏的时候脑子里面居然也能不停地思考出不少东西,所以我定义每周一次的游泳训练也是新精神生活的不可缺少的一部分。
    今天去champs élysées 逛了一晚上,其中大部分时间消耗在了Virgin Mega Store里面了,其实光看那些DVD货架已经可以打发掉2小时了。回家时居然发现Marcia也踩着我的脚跟回家,手里居然拿着Virgin的包装袋。。。不用那么巧罢,我们能够坐在同一个办公室,干同样的活,做最close的partner,外加上同样是scorpions已经够可以了。。。居然还同样是购物狂
     
    想想近来给自己增添了很多新的精神生活乐趣
    其实物质生活乐趣的意义就是为了改变精神生活的空虚和无聊
    这点上面,法国人对精神生活的看法是正确地
    能够搞出电影院无限制年卡,火车青年卡,metro RER年卡,图书馆年卡,museum年卡,Disneyland年卡。。。等等等的目的就是为了寻找简化和刺激精神生活的最大化。
    能够不断接受新鲜事物,对生活有着无穷的热情
    远远比物质生活的最大化要有吸引力的多。。。
     
    当然享受自己做的事情的同时又能够赚到钱是最爽的事情
    如果只有一样的话,我选前者