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    20 April

    谷雨

    挺特别的一天,好多话想说却说不出来,心中默念吧。

    13 April

    1st Day@Pfizer

    A brand new start,and I ne-e-ed to slow down.
    21 Dezember

    记得来时的路

    一年前,我以为很多事情我都可以记住,一年过去了,我只能肯定那时大概有些什么事,但至于是什么,我都忘记了。

    25 Oktober

    Let it be

    When I find myself in times of trouble,

    Mother Mary comes to me

    Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

    And in my hour of darkness

    She is standing right in front of me

    Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

     

    Let it be, let it be,

    Let it be, let it be

    Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

     

    And when the broken hearted people

    living in the world agree

    There will be an answer,

    let it be

    For though they may be parted,

    there is still a chance that they will see

    There will be an answer, let it be

     

    Let it be, let it be,

    Let it be, let it be

    There will be an answer, let it be

     

    Let it be, let it be,

    Let it be, let it be

    Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

     

    And when the night is cloudy

    there is still a light that shines on me

    Shine until tomorrow, let it be

    I wake up to the sound of music,

    Mother Mary comforts me
    Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

     

    Let it be, let it be, let it be,

    yeah, let it be

    There will be an answer, let it be

    Let it be, let it be, let it be,

    yeah, let it be

     

    19 Oktober

    1019

    前段时间很有人生感悟来着,忘掉了。
    09 November

    谁说天上不会掉馅饼呢

    今早一睁眼,我就知道不是平凡的一天,或者说是不平凡的一天:
    布基纳法索的老乡给我来信了。从仁兄的账号看出来,他不是一个二百五,而是半个。
    虽然不太明白他的意思,但我已经看出来这是一笔大买卖,而且很刺激。为了不让非洲人民失望,我决定先攒一笔钱,打个电话过去,具体商量一下再做决定。

     


    Please, I need your urgent respond‏
    发件人: tijan sule (tij125a@hotmail.com)
    风险 - 中您可能不知道发件人是谁。标记为安全|标记为不安全
    发送时间: 2007年11月9日 2:50:40
    答复: tijans@myway.com
    收件人:
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    From: Dr Tijan Suleman.
    African Development Bank
    Burkina Faso (ADB)
    Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso.
     
    Dear friend,
     
    It will be a surprise for you to receive this mail. Welcome this letter in the name of Allah.
     
    I am Dr Tijan Suleman, the director of the accounts & auditing dept .at the African Development Bank Ouagadougou-west Africa. With due respect, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us. At the bank's last accounts/auditing evaluations, my staffs came across an old account which was being maintained by a foreign client who we learnt was among the deceased passengers of an airline crash on 6th Nov. 2002.since the deceased was unable to run this account since his death. The account has remained dormant without the knowledge of his family since it was put in a safe deposit account in the bank for future investment by the client.
     
    Since his demise, even the members of his family have applied for claims over this fund and it has been in the safe deposit account until we discovered that it cannot be claimed since our client is a foreign national and we are sure that he has no next of kin here to file claims over the money. As the director of the dept, this discovery was brought to my office so as to decide what is to be done. With the few personnel in my dept, we decided to seek ways through which to transfer this money out of the bank and out of the country too.
     
    The total amount in the accounts is ten million five hundred thousand dollars (USD 10,500,000.00).with our positions as staffs of the bank, we are handicapped because we cannot operate foreign accounts and cannot lay bonafide claim over this money. While we were contemplating on what to do, a friend of mine who works with the chamber of commerce and industry recommended your personality to me and advised I should ask you for help to transfer this money out of the country. The client is a foreign national and you will only be asked to act as his next of kin and I will supply you with all the necessary information and bank data to assist you in being able to transfer this money to any bank of your choice where this money could be transferred into.
     
    I and my partners have decided to give away forty %(40%) to you for your assistance and ten (10%) for any expenses that might arise during the transaction of this transfer. we want to assure you that this transaction is absolutely risk free since we work in this bank which is why you should be confident in the success of this transaction because you will be updated with information as at when desired.
     
    We will please wish you keep this transaction secret as we are hoping to retire with our share of this money at the end of transaction which will be when this money is safely in your account. We will then come over to your country for sharing according to the previously agreed percentages. You might even have to advise us on possibilities of investment in your country or elsewhere of our choice. May Allah help you to help us to a restive retirement, Amen.
     
    Please for further information and enquiries feel free to contact me through my email address or call me on this number             00 226 78 14 22 53        for oral discussion.
    I am waiting for your urgent response!!!
     
    Thanks and remain blessed.
    Dr Tijan Suleman.
    24 Oktober

    惊变15天

    其实没有什么惊不惊变,只是前段看过一个烂片叫惊变28天,为了表达起这个名字的内在含义,我需要描述一下那部片子的烂。其实刚看不久我就察觉到这是一部烂片,但是一个疑惑摆在心头,他这么烂为了说明什么。于是,我坚持着把它看完了,发现它并不是要去说明什么,只是用最恶心的镜头填充胶片,正是这种俗不可耐的表现手法,令我在看后几个月的时间里,头脑中不时浮现出影片中血腥、惊悚、恶心的场景。可以说,烂不要紧,只要烂的彻底、烂的坦诚、烂的潇洒、烂的明明白白、烂的义无反顾、打心眼里把隐藏在内心深处的烂真心实意地摆出来,就好像heroes之间交流心得那样,没有人再会去讨论什么to烂,or not to 烂的问题。虽然它很烂,但是我喜欢。
     
    第三学期还有课着实地麻烦,大多数老师还是好的,第一节和最后一节去搞一下,这在数值分析中称为具有两端约束的样条逼近问题,这种问题是很精通的,但是张某某晓东,总是点名,这种多约束条件的插值问题实在不好解决。昨天上课前还念了一个什么通知,迟到了没听全,貌似是迎接研究生教学评估的,只听到有两条是,尚可不许睡觉,逮住警告;不许迟到,逮住记过。有点描述中的当年严打的味道,明显是缺乏法制观念的体现。
    八号,长假结束,我们迎来了期中考核。中午通知,王亚光老师忘了出卷子了,晚上的考试改在周五上午。出卷子又不是做卷子,但是老师说不能随便出,要认认真真出,严谨的治学态度让我们深为感动。貌似那天正好台风,晚上躲在寝室听窗外风雨飘摇,才体会到老师良苦用心。
    九号,考代数,低估了,考的有些糊涂,也许是很久没考了,花了半个多小时提醒自己要正确对待考试。
    十号,考随机。有句传言叫随机考随机过,这是谣言。考完踏着夜色就出发了,陆家嘴的夜色很好。
    十一号,徐总意味深长地谈了一次话。下午发现原定周五的数模推迟了,计划全乱套。
    十二号,考分析,老师嘎厚道。
    十九号,到张江折返跑一次。晚上回来找数模资料,找了300+M,感觉自己数据挖掘能力不错。搞到三点
    二十号,七点起,去电信楼实验室,一天时间,大概有了方向,但是感冒了
    二十一号,早晨我开始就打字,同队编程实现,这种状态一直持续到二十二号中午,体力还是不错的,但是熬夜太耗,白加黑白片吃了不少,黑片没动。交论文时,看到前面两组弃权了,感觉不错。回去从下午一直睡到第二天早起,还是感觉太累。
     
     
     
     
     
     
    16 Oktober

    Not because they are easy, but because they are hard

    “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.”

    --President John F. Kennedy

     Here’s the speech President Kennedy gave when he announced his Apollo project at Rice University in Houston, September 12, 1962.

    "President Pitzer, Mr. Vice President, Governor, Congressman Thomas, Senator Wiley, and Congressman Miller, Mr. Webb, Mr. Bell, scientists, distinguished guests, and ladies and gentlemen:

    I appreciate your president having made me an honorary visiting professor, and I will assure you that my first lecture will be very brief.

    I am delighted to be here and I'm particularly delighted to be here on this occasion.

    We meet at a college noted for knowledge, in a city noted for progress, in a State noted for strength, and we stand in need of all three, for we meet in an hour of change and challenge, in a decade of hope and fear, in an age of both knowledge and ignorance. The greater our knowledge increases, the greater our ignorance unfolds.

    Despite the striking fact that most of the scientists that the world has ever known are alive and working today, despite the fact that this Nation’s own scientific manpower is doubling every 12 years in a rate of growth more than three times that of our population as a whole, despite that, the vast stretches of the unknown and the unanswered and the unfinished still far outstrip our collective comprehension.

    No man can fully grasp how far and how fast we have come, but condense, if you will, the 50,000 years of man’s recorded history in a time span of but a half-century. Stated in these terms, we know very little about the first 40 years, except at the end of them advanced man had learned to use the skins of animals to cover them. Then about 10 years ago, under this standard, man emerged from his caves to construct other kinds of shelter. Only five years ago man learned to write and use a cart with wheels. Christianity began less than two years ago. The printing press came this year, and then less than two months ago, during this whole 50-year span of human history, the steam engine provided a new source of power.

    Newton explored the meaning of gravity. Last month electric lights and telephones and automobiles and airplanes became available. Only last week did we develop penicillin and television and nuclear power, and now if America's new spacecraft succeeds in reaching Venus, we will have literally reached the stars before midnight tonight.

    This is a breathtaking pace, and such a pace cannot help but create new ills as it dispels old, new ignorance, new problems, new dangers. Surely the opening vistas of space promise high costs and hardships, as well as high reward.

    So it is not surprising that some would have us stay where we are a little longer to rest, to wait. But this city of Houston, this State of Texas, this country of the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward--and so will space.

    William Bradford, speaking in 1630 of the founding of the Plymouth Bay Colony, said that all great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.

    If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred. The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in the race for space.

    Those who came before us made certain that this country rode the first waves of the industrial revolutions, the first waves of modern invention, and the first wave of nuclear power, and this generation does not intend to founder in the backwash of the coming age of space. We mean to be a part of it--we mean to lead it. For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding.

    Yet the vows of this Nation can only be fulfilled if we in this Nation are first, and, therefore, we intend to be first. In short, our leadership in science and in industry, our hopes for peace and security, our obligations to ourselves as well as others, all require us to make this effort, to solve these mysteries, to solve them for the good of all men, and to become the world's leading space-faring nation.

    We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like nuclear science and all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and only if the United States occupies a position of pre-eminence can we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new terrifying theater of war. I do not say the we should or will go unprotected against the hostile misuse of space any more than we go unprotected against the hostile use of land or sea, but I do say that space can be explored and mastered without feeding the fires of war, without repeating the mistakes that man has made in extending his writ around this globe of ours.

    There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

    We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

    It is for these reasons that I regard the decision last year to shift our efforts in space from low to high gear as among the most important decisions that will be made during my incumbency in the office of the Presidency.

    In the last 24 hours we have seen facilities now being created for the greatest and most complex exploration in man's history. We have felt the ground shake and the air shattered by the testing of a Saturn C-1 booster rocket, many times as powerful as the Atlas which launched John Glenn, generating power equivalent to 10,000 automobiles with their accelerators on the floor. We have seen the site where the F-1 rocket engines, each one as powerful as all eight engines of the Saturn combined, will be clustered together to make the advanced Saturn missile, assembled in a new building to be built at Cape Canaveral as tall as a 48 story structure, as wide as a city block, and as long as two lengths of this field.

    Within these last 19 months at least 45 satellites have circled the earth. Some 40 of them were "made in the United States of America" and they were far more sophisticated and supplied far more knowledge to the people of the world than those of the Soviet Union.

    The Mariner spacecraft now on its way to Venus is the most intricate instrument in the history of space science. The accuracy of that shot is comparable to firing a missile from Cape Canaveral and dropping it in this stadium between the the 40-yard lines.

    Transit satellites are helping our ships at sea to steer a safer course. Tiros satellites have given us unprecedented warnings of hurricanes and storms, and will do the same for forest fires and icebergs.

    We have had our failures, but so have others, even if they do not admit them. And they may be less public.

    To be sure, we are behind, and will be behind for some time in manned flight. But we do not intend to stay behind, and in this decade, we shall make up and move ahead.

    The growth of our science and education will be enriched by new knowledge of our universe and environment, by new techniques of learning and mapping and observation, by new tools and computers for industry, medicine, the home as well as the school. Technical institutions, such as Rice, will reap the harvest of these gains.

    And finally, the space effort itself, while still in its infancy, has already created a great number of new companies, and tens of thousands of new jobs. Space and related industries are generating new demands in investment and skilled personnel, and this city and this State, and this region, will share greatly in this growth. What was once the furthest outpost on the old frontier of the West will be the furthest outpost on the new frontier of science and space. Houston, your City of Houston, with its Manned Spacecraft Center, will become the heart of a large scientific and engineering community. During the next 5 years the National Aeronautics and Space Administration expects to double the number of scientists and engineers in this area, to increase its outlays for salaries and expenses to $60 million a year; to invest some $200 million in plant and laboratory facilities; and to direct or contract for new space efforts over $1 billion from this Center in this City.

    To be sure, all this costs us all a good deal of money. This year’s space budget is three times what it was in January 1961, and it is greater than the space budget of the previous eight years combined. That budget now stands at $5,400 million a year--a staggering sum, though somewhat less than we pay for cigarettes and cigars every year. Space expenditures will soon rise some more, from 40 cents per person per week to more than 50 cents a week for every man, woman and child in the United Stated, for we have given this program a high national priority--even though I realize that this is in some measure an act of faith and vision, for we do not now know what benefits await us. But if I were to say, my fellow citizens, that we shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away from the control station in Houston, a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall, the length of this football field, made of new metal alloys, some of which have not yet been invented, capable of standing heat and stresses several times more than have ever been experienced, fitted together with a precision better than the finest watch, carrying all the equipment needed for propulsion, guidance, control, communications, food and survival, on an untried mission, to an unknown celestial body, and then return it safely to earth, re-entering the atmosphere at speeds of over 25,000 miles per hour, causing heat about half that of the temperature of the sun--almost as hot as it is here today--and do all this, and do it right, and do it first before this decade is out--then we must be bold.

    I'm the one who is doing all the work, so we just want you to stay cool for a minute.

    However, I think we're going to do it, and I think that we must pay what needs to be paid. I don't think we ought to waste any money, but I think we ought to do the job. And this will be done in the decade of the sixties. It may be done while some of you are still here at school at this college and university. It will be done during the term of office of some of the people who sit here on this platform. But it will be done. And it will be done before the end of this decade.

    I am delighted that this university is playing a part in putting a man on the moon as part of a great national effort of the United States of America.

    Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, "Because it is there."

    Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.

    Thank you."

    30 September

    Economy

    是绿豆总会开花

     

    20 September

    10 Big Lessons from Little Kids

     

    “You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.”

                                                                                                                                                - Franklin P. Jones

    Have you ever watched a child completely engrossed in a project? They have the unusual ability to be serious about what they’re doing without taking it too seriously. You can do the same with your life. You can live every day with more focus, and every week with more motivation.

    Here’s what every child knows that you may have forgotten. See if you can apply some of these lessons to your adult life.

    1. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Even when there’s not a prize in the bottom of the box.

    Studies show that children who eat breakfast do better in school. It doesn’t take much further thought to know that adults will feel better and perform better at work as well. Researchers believe that eating first thing in the morning may help to stabilize blood sugar levels, which regulate appetite and energy. They suggest people who eat breakfast are less likely to be hungry during the rest of the day and are, therefore, less likely to overeat. So, tomorrow morning, remember that eating a healthy breakfast is the best way to start off your day, and be good to yourself by eating a healthy one.

    2. Homework blows. Bring work home with you and it’ll ruin your night. And your marriage. And your family. And your life.

    Don’t bring work home. If you are overloaded and don’t have enough time at work to do what is expected, talk to your supervisor to resolve the problem. Home should be your relaxation zone, not another workplace. Make sure you separate work and leisure time in your head – so that work doesn’t spill over into your fun. Even simple things like changing out of your work clothes and having a shower when you get home, or going to the gym after work can help you shake off the working day.

    3. The only way to know how something works is to completely disassemble it. (This is still good advice when tackling a complex problem. Your plasma TV? Not so much).

    Hard problem? Break it down! Writing a book seems daunting, so start by doing an essay. If an essay is too much, start by writing a paragraph summary. The important thing is to have something done right away. Once you have something, you can judge it more accurately and understand the problem better. It’s also much easier to improve something that already exists than to work at a blank page. If your paragraph goes well, then maybe it can grow into an essay and then into a book, little by little, a perfectly reasonable piece of writing all the way through.

    4. There’s a reason they don’t give credit cards to 8-year-olds. You’re supposed to save up money before you buy a new toy.

    Managing your money is an important life skill that few of us were ever taught. But it’s never too late to learn. Taking control of your money means knowing where it’s going. It’s all too easy to let your money fritter away without any real sense of what you’re spending. The key is to sit down and work it out. It’s a good idea to write down your spending, then you can review it and see where you could manage money better.

    5. Asking questions is how you figure things out. Lots and lots of questions.

    Why are taller buildings better? What is the purpose of curbs? Ask anything that comes to mind, and ponder the possible answers. Our brains are wired to be curious. As we grow up and “mature” many of us stifle or deny our natural curiosity. Let yourself be curious! Wonder to yourself about why things are happening. Ask someone in the know. The best way to exercise our curiosity is by asking “Why?” Make it a new habit to ask “why?” at least 10 times a day. Your brain will be happier and you will be amazed at how many opportunities and solutions will show up in your life and work.

    6. The coolest adults were the ones who took the time to listen to you. You still want to grow up to be a cool adult, right?

    When you’re feeling stressed, have had a particularly difficult day, or are facing a crisis, the ear of a supportive friend can be a lifeline to peace. A genuinely good listener is actually more rare than one would think, and also more valuable. Sometimes people feign listening, but they’re really just waiting for their friend to stop talking so they can say whatever they’ve been mentally rehearsing while they’ve been pretending to listen. People can usually sense this, and it doesn’t feel good. Learn how to be a truly supportive listener, and you may find yourself surrounded by others who are able to do the same.

    7. Your body was designed for throwing baseballs, shooting hoops, and jumping off diving boards and stuff. In the secret language of children, the word “fitness” doesn’t exist. It’s called “having fun.”

    Everything can be a game. Why slog through the same workout routines in boredom, when you can add a little fun? Make up rules, shoot for personal records, regain your competitive spirit. No fear, no self-doubts, no negative self talk, no self-criticism, no worries, no destructive anxieties or thoughts of failure. To a child, he/she can do anything. And do you know what? They’re right.

    8. Playtime is important and laughter feels good.

    We get so caught up in work, chores and a host of “have-to’s” that we forget to take time for ourselves. Not only does relaxing and regrouping make life worthwhile, it has real health benefits. Most of all, it will help you stay consistent and motivated. Kids also seem to inherently know that laughter can ease blood pressure, help your brain function, give you energy, and help you reach your goals. Smiling and enjoying yourself can be serious help.

    9. Too much of anything will give you a tummy ache. Like, say, bourbon.

    Those who over-exercise will burn themselves out. Those who site sedately all day suffer from atrophy. A boy who studies all the time has no friends. Another who only makes friends fails in his examinations. Staying too long under the sun can result in heatstroke and sunburn. Not going out at all makes the skin pale and pallid. Sharpening at all will render the knife useless. Being extreme is always the cause of pain. Moderation, then is the key of life. It is the way to live our lives as it is meant to be lived.

    10. Try to be the friend you were when you were 12: fun-loving and loyal, with no strings attached.

    The quality that tops the list in survey after survey of what people appreciate most about their friends is loyalty — support that you always give to someone because of your feelings of duty and love towards them. The famous maxim that “a friend in need is a friend indeed” is not the entire story of loyalty, however. A friend in triumph may be even harder to find. It takes twenty-four-karat loyalty for a friend to soar alongside us when we are flying high rather than to bring us down to earth. Loyal friends not only lend a hand when you’re in need; they applaud your successes and cheer you on without envy when you prosper. Be loyal.

    When you act more like a kid, suddenly the world opens up, and you start enjoying yourself again!

    漏网之语

    我对你有礼貌,不是要你对我有礼貌,就算你对我不礼貌,我都会对你有礼貌……我永远教导年轻人,没有人可以令你感觉到卑鄙,除非是你自己心甘情愿去做卑鄙的事。
    ——上周宣布参选香港立法会补选的前政务司司长陈方安生接受《信报》专访,在被问及香港政界盛传亲北京阵营在搜集“黑材料”准备抹黑她,她是否已做好防备时,如是回答 (2007-09-18)

    以前总是名人名言,后来有名的人越来越多,有的人有了名乱说话,也有的人,因为乱说话变得有名,总之,那些话因为话以外的原因变得或高或低。联合早报的“漏网之语”就极大地满足了窥视的欲望,或明目张胆的反动,或发人深省,或热血沸腾,当然也有屁话,只不过比别处的少些,不如他们的臭。  


    你可以侮辱我的人格,但是不能侮辱我的智商!
    ——对于中国书市近日出现《易中天品性感内衣》等假借易中天名字所写的假书,以评点《三国》而成为“学术超男”的易中天反应激动。 (2007-09-14) 


    聊斋》中的狐狸精更像是我们现在的白领丽人。第一个就是独立性……狐狸精们的第二个特点,就是能干……这些狐狸精们还有一个最受男性欢迎的特点,就是特别有奉献精神……
    ——《聊斋志异》专家、山东大学中文系教授马瑞芳 (2007-08-20)

    29 August

    Sleep more effectively

    “There is a time for many words, and there is also a time  for sleep.”

    Tired after getting a full nine hours and still feeling exhausted? You sleep the sleep of the innocent - you nod off quickly, don’t have nightmares and have no trouble breathing - and still you can hardly get up in the morning and seldom feel totally awake, no matter how long you slept the previous night. You are suffering from a clear-cut case of ineffective sleep.

    The good news is that, starting tonight, you can improve the quality of your sleep. So pull up a pillow and learn how to get more rest while spending less time on your back.

    1. Go deep.

    It is possible to sleep too long or at the wrong time. In both cases you may be getting enough rest, but you still feel weary. That’s because the amount of time you spend in bed is not as important as maximizing sleeping patterns.

    Your sleep consists of five stages, distinguished by different brain activities. Just shortly after falling asleep, you start sinking gradually into a deep sleep. You soon surface from this and enter a dreaming period commonly known as REM sleep. After that, it’s back to several deep-sleep phases, which grow shorter as the night progresses.

    To wake up easily, set your alarm to wake you up at the end of a cycle rather than in the middle of deep sleep. A cycle normally lasts at least 90 min., bearing in mind that the first one is somewhat shorter, so you will probably be in light sleep after five-and-a-half, seven, and eight-and-a-half hours in bed (that includes the time it takes for you to fall asleep). If you’re still deep in dreamland when the alarm goes off, add a few minutes to your sleeping time the next day.

    2. Surrender to your genes.

    As I mentioned, there are three optimal lengths of sleep -­ but that doesn’t mean you can just choose one. A study completed this spring by Washington State University Spokane suggests that our sleep patterns are embedded in our bodies - perhaps in our very genes. Some of us will need five-and-a-half hours of sleep, while others will need at least eight-and-a-half. Most people will manage comfortably on seven hours. Your genes decide for you and you can’t just alter it without paying the price.

    There is hardly anybody out there who knows what it means to be fully awake. Studies have found that proper sleeping patterns emerge only after you have caught up with up to 25 hours of missing sleep. To optimize your sleep, crawl into bed half an hour earlier each evening for a few nights. As long as you have a sleep deficit to catch up on, you should have no problem falling asleep. After that, allow yourself as much sleep as you need. If you persistently sleep too little, you run the risk of becoming overweight, absent-minded and ill; a daily sleep deficit of two hours over a period of 14 days is as damaging as a night with no sleep.

    Sleeping too much is also a rest buster. If you sleep for longer than your personal optimal period, your sleep will be empty and restless. If you oversleep for many hours, you will fall into another deep sleep in the morning. This will upset your circadian clock and you will wake up feeling absolutely whacked. If this is your problem, you can reverse the situation by keeping your time in bed to the absolute minimum and staying up a bit later at night to prolong the restful deep sleep at the beginning of the night.

    3. Worship the sun.

    Most people can get away with some wildness in their routines as long as they soak up some bright light at the right time. Normal indoor lighting provides 400 lux of illumination, which doesn’t help much; the sun, however, provides 1 500 to 100 000 lux. So if you spend one hour outdoors before starting work you will be more alert and cheerful during the day.

    It’s easier to do in summer than winter but if you can’t manage it at all, you could follow the European trend of substituting your light quota with some artificial sunlight. For a positive effect, you need at least half an hour at 10 000 lux or two hours at 2 500 lux. You can also gradually adjust your preferred sleeping times using artificial sunlight - to party longer into the night, you will have to soak up some light in the evening - artificial light will bring some relief but your sleep and wellbeing will still suffer.

    4. Keep the rhythm.

    Your body was designed to sync with the cycles of nature - including daylight and darkness. Your circadian, or biological clock, regulates aspects of your metabolism, physiology and behavior. At night, it triggers the supply of the sleep hormone melatolin, and in the morning the wake-up substance cortisol. It also regulates body temperature so that lowest point is reached at about 3 a.m.

    Biologically speaking, this is the witching hour and the most inappropriate time to be awake. The prime time for deep sleep occurs in the first five hours of sleep and before 3 a.m. If you’re in the habit of staying up way past midnight, you can forget about quality sleep, even if you’ll sleep till noon.

    And don’t even think about going to bed too early because you have to get up early or want to squeeze in an extra workout. This only works if you’re already exhausted and fall asleep instantly; what’s more likely is that you will lie half-awake, start to brood and finally get to sleep tense and restless.

    It’s hardly possible to stock up on sleep, so you should rather go to bed at the usual time (observe the cycle) and make up for lost sleep by tucking in a bit earlier the following night. Alternatively, catch a siesta during the day.

    5. Watch the time.

    To get the most out of your shutdown time, keep regular hours. Go to bed at about the same time every night and ­- even more importantly ­- get up the same time each morning.

    Don’t oversleep to make up for a poor night’s sleep. This may sound regimental but the circadian clock is highly sensitive to unstable life patterns. The inner day for most people would be 25 hours long if it weren’t for external time indicators such as sunshine, which keeps the clock ticking over properly. (Depending whether you are a night owl or morning lark, your sleep-wake rhythm may be up to 27 hours, for owls, or shorter than 25 hours, for larks.) If you live an erratic life, your internal clock will be thrown off kilter.

    The result: you may want to be functioning when your body temperature is at the witching hour, making you feel cold, sapped of energy and irritable, and trying to rest when your temperature is geared for action. Routine is a simple solution.

    Forget about sleeping late at the weekend. The circadian clock reacts immediately to delays in getting up - doing that for even a couple of days can reset your body clock and make it hard for you to get to sleep at night. Rather wake up at about the same time and allow yourself the luxury of a short snooze during the day ­- or go to bed earlier if you are really short on sleep.

    Overlooking the single most important thing you can do for your health is easy with all the clamor surrounding various health products in the marketplace. But good-quality sleep goes far and beyond those products when it comes to restoring your health. And best of all, sleep is free. So try these proven techniques and get the rest you need.

    28 August

    Love your life

    However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad as you are.It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.

    Love your life, poor as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant thrilling, glorious hours, even in a poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the snow melts before its door as in the early spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have cheering thoughts, as in a palace. The town's poor seem to me often to live the most independnt lives of any.

    Maybe they are simply great enough to receive without misgiving. Most think that they are above being supported by the town; but it often happens that they are not above supporting themselves by dishonest means, which should be more disreputable. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends.Turn the old,return to Them.

    Things do not change;we change.Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.God will see that you do not want society.If I were confined to a corner of a garret all my days,like a spider,the world would be just as large to me while I had my thoughts about me.

    --Henry David Thoreau

    15 August

    天使之城

       塞斯是一个天使,专门护送垂死的人上天堂。女主角玛姬是一个心脏外科医生。一天她在进行手术时,一名病人暴毙,当塞斯前来护送病人上路时,注意到了玛姬,她无法应对如此打击,  对一切失去信心,塞斯想伸出援手,帮助这个令他心动的女人。于是冒着极大的危险,在玛姬面前现身。他从一名虚无飘缈的天使,变成一个神秘的陌客,一尝他向往已久却只能袖手旁观的凡人生活。相遇后,玛姬也喜欢上塞斯,可是她对这名没有过去的男人感到十分怀疑。后来,塞斯又被派往那家医院,看到一个老头,他以为它的任务就是带这个老头离开,令他惊奇的是,那个老头知道他的存在(天使是看不见的),后来才知道,老头也曾经是一个天使,因为向往凡人的生活,来到人间。此时的塞斯深深地被玛姬吸引,却因为自己是天使,虽然有永生,虽然有自由意志,虽然能够在瞬间达到任何想去的地方,但却无法真正融入现实生活。他向那个老头请教是如何变做凡人的,老头把他带到摩天大厦的顶上,告诉他只要从这里跳下去,就可以成为凡人,他为了心爱的人宁愿落入凡尘,宁愿放弃天使的身份,放弃永生……他不知道跳下去是什么感觉,因为他只要想到哪里,自由意志就可以把他带到哪里,他不会像凡人那样,一旦跳下去,就把自己交给重力,把生命交给上帝。他是天使,他跳下去,但没有落到地上,而是莫名出现在其他地方,他还是放不下。对玛姬的爱让他痛苦挣扎,最后他选择了跳,他重重落在地上,手上、眼上流出鲜血,他感受到了疼痛,却因此兴奋不已。他终于可以奔向心爱的人,当他还是天使时,他可以立刻就出现在她面前,但此刻,他要承受人的奔波劳苦,还有在他落入凡尘的一瞬就注定要承受的弄人的命运……玛姬死了,她的灵魂应该是被带到了天堂,但是曾经的天使,放弃了永生,只能在凡世中,承受生命的痛苦。他不知道,他当初被派往那家医院,要带走的并不是那个老头,而是玛姬。生命很短暂,但是就在这么短暂的光景中,欢乐也是少的,因为当天使坠落人间时,就已经选择了放弃,也选择了承担。命运不会因为曾经的我们而改变,只是那些曾经的事让我们明白生命中的美好。

    人总是渴求快乐,但是快乐注定不会永远伴随。单单的一件事不太容易让人快乐,快乐更像是导数,只有把事比事,计算其中的delta,才会体会到所谓的快乐,悲伤的时候,要求一个大导数是很容易的,而本来就高兴的时候,只能求高阶导数才会再次体会快乐,没有几个函数禁得起这么求导的,exp(x)是可以,但这个函数不属于人。人来到世上,就是来经历苦难,毕竟还有欢乐,而且这些欢乐值得天使用永生来换取,也未尝不是一种幸运。只是每日的忙碌让人忘记去体会那些欢乐,把自己计划的完完整整,就好像那些天使,总是要把下一个地点、下一个事件想清楚,就算跳下去,也不能任凭自己下落,却总要找个落点,一切放不下、舍不得,就算所谓的寻欢作乐也成了例行公事,是一个messenger,但不知谁要送,送给谁。


    昨天听到一事,虽有名有姓,但是为实在太搞,道听途说,如有雷同,纯属巧合。

    某女与一东航地勤谈恋爱,男给女买了一部手机,被女掉到厕所里,谁也不愿意捡,就废了。过了几天,又同去买手机,买完男的发现兜里(知道月底)就只有一百块了,于是二人去吃了KFC,然后在坐公交回家的路上把新买的手机丢了。男的很郁闷,第二天就没有去上班(也有可能是没钱吃饭,没有力气去上班),结果就造成了“东航历史上第二大事故”:一架空载的货机从上海飞往拉萨,男被开除。