Archive for June, 2006

June 26th, 2006

Toaster

Posted in Gadget by Andy

For the past week or two, I have been eating sandwiches.

Toasted sandwiches!

For some reason I have been really craving for sandwiches, so 2 weeks ago I went to Target and got myself a toaster, kinda cool I think, took a pic and show you all:

my new toaster

asiago roast beef

Looks good uh? :-)

June 21st, 2006

Lost

Posted in Miscellaneous by Andy

Have you heard of a TV show called “Lost”? I bet you have. And why is it called “Lost”? I just figured out why tonight!

Because it gets you hooked, and gets you LOST!

I have to say I am quite pissed at this show right now. I have spent more than 2 weeks, watching 2 seasons, 44 episodes of this show. Yeah it’s good, it keeps you going and going, and wanna come back for more, but then I thought after 2 seasons, at least they should tell you something, that what is actually going on in that show. And you know what? After 2 seasons, I still have NO clue what on earth is going on! So I have to wait, who knows for how long, for the third season to start, then watch a tiny bit per week, if I am lucky that is (they might just decide to skip one or two weeks between the episodes).

Besides Lost, I also like a show called “24″, and I watched the entire 5 seasons of it. It kept me satisfied because in each season (24 hours in the show), it actually lets me know what is going on.

If you are my friend and happen to also like TV shows, please do me a favor and warn me next time if some show like this comes along. Please warn me not to get into it, and just wait till the entire show is over, no matter how many seasons it lasts, then watch it all together and get a story out of it.

Man I am so lost…

June 18th, 2006

父亲节快乐

Posted in 中文 by Andy

今天是父亲节,我爸爸不在家。

本来是打算昨晚聊天时祝他父亲节快乐,但是听妈妈说他出差了,要星期天晚上才会回来。

说起父亲节,也算是西方的节日吧。记得小时候从来没听说过有什么父亲节和母亲节。中国人好像不是很会表达对家人的感情,只是无闻的做,但是不会表达出来。对别人可以表达,什么建军节啊,党的生日啊,都可以是节。妇女节,儿童节,劳动节,端午节。。。等等等等。但是到了自己最爱的人时,就没有节了。父亲节,母亲节,情人节都是从西方过来的。

其实想一想,有谁才最配得上定一个节呢?不是我们最爱的人么?

想找一张和爸爸的合影,找来找去只找到这么一张。和妈妈的也只有一张。回国3个星期,照了近500张照片。。。光是妈妈做的菜我就照了20多张。但是和爸妈单独的合影只有一张。人啊,总是自己说中自己。

dad

照片里的我还很胖,穿着妈妈给买的新的西装,爸爸穿着我给买的大学的运动衫,站在一起很尴尬的样子。两个男人,谁也不太会表达自己的感情。

记得从小长大,妈妈经常在外出差,想想和爸爸相处的时间应该比和妈妈相处的时间要长,但是我记得从小到大我有心事还是愿意和妈妈沟通。自从来美国以后和爸爸的交流就更少了,每次通话爸爸都是嘱咐些生活上的事,真正交流的话题其实很少。每次我都能预料到他会说,“儿子,最近吃得怎么样啊?。。。”

也许是男人的含蓄吧,我想他一定也很想和我交流的。也许每个人的表达方式不同吧,在每一句重复的叮嘱声中,我也能感觉到他对我的爱和思念。

“现在想想,以后和父母相处的时间就越来越少了。” 这是和同学聊天时她告诉我的一句话。在本地就业和出国深造之间,她选择了留下。“长大就意味着要做一些你不愿意做的事。。。” 我听了之后那一夜都没睡着觉。当时为了连自己都不清楚的梦想,来到美国一下子就是7年。现在想想那是多么自私。到了现在,才意识到现实不是想象中的那么简单。

也许人生就是这样的吧。至今在我脑海中我还清楚地记得小时候偷拿父母的钱去打电动游戏,爸爸流泪的情景。一幕一幕的是那么的清晰。那是在我的记忆中他第一次流泪,也是最后一次。

我也会有自己的孩子的,那时我会是一个怎样的爸爸呢?我会像我爸爸那样出色吗?

June 17th, 2006

妈妈的博客

Posted in Web, 中文 by Andy

Blog,不知道让谁给翻译成了博客, 在国内现在是火一样的热。其实说起来博客也算是古董了,记得上大二时,看到有同学写blog,觉得很新鲜,当时也不知道是什么,总之觉得和网上日记差不多。那时在同学的帮助下也建立了自己的blog。因为当时还没有像现在这样的blog服务网站,所以当时还要自己找服务器,装blog系统,建立数据库,设计首页等等。那时觉得这是搞电脑人的专利。

4年过去了,大家都在blog了。

今天晚上,我帮妈妈也建立了一个blog,因为她经常读别人的博客,我觉得她也应该有写的欲望。因为我当时就是这样觉得的。

今晚和她视频聊天时,又谈到了为什么我不用中文博客。其实原因有很多,最主要的原因就是中文太难打了。我今晚和她讲,打英文是打5,6个字母就是一个词,可是打中文时打5,6个字母只是一个字,而且打完之后还要在一堆字里挑你要的字,等到挑好字了思路也没了。还有就是英文很简单。英文和中文比整个这个语言就简单得很多。想东西的时候思路很顺,不用怎样考虑用词和语法。就好比西方人,见了张三就叫他张三,而国人就要按年龄和地位而分了:小张,老张,张叔叔,张伯伯,张爷爷,张经理,张处长,张副总裁兼党委书记。。。累。

但是土生土长的中国人用英文是不能表达百分之百的情绪的,但是现在看来,7年不说汉语,我用中文也表达不清了。

总之这是一个好的开端,人总是要表达的,要说的话憋在肚子里会生虫子。而且博客给了每个人一个平等的机会去做一次作家的梦,不管你是谁。

当然,如果你是名人,即便写得再烂,也还是会有成千上万的人去读的。

June 15th, 2006

Farewell #2

Posted in Miscellaneous by Andy

It’s been a week since my last farewell, now another friend is leaving. James is going to Cali for his internship, for 6 months.

Sometime I wish I could leave this place too. Maybe one day I will.

James with his birthday cake

James with his new iPod

June 7th, 2006

Farewell

Posted in Miscellaneous by Andy

Irma’s leaving us next week to go to work in the chocolate factory. Goodbye Irma!

irma

irma