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印象派23 May Becoming a Man--two year degree course (ZT)Hilarious!
(Honey, you are okay. Do not worry. You do not need to get the degree. I have a customized course plan for you. LOL.... )
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BECOMING A MAN - TWO YEAR DEGREE COURSE TWO YEAR DEGREE COURSE A new two-year degree is being offered at the University that many of you should beinterested in: Becoming a Real Man. That’s right, in just six mini-semesters, you, too, can be a real man as well as earn an MA degree. (Male Arts) Please take a moment to look over the program outline. FIRST YEAR Autumn Schedule: MEN 101: Combating Stupidity MEN 102: You, Too, Can Do Housework MEN 103: PMS-Learn To Keep Your Mouth Shut MEN 104: We Do Not Want Sleazy Under Things for Christmas Winter Schedule: MEN 110: Wonderful Laundry Techniques MEN 111: Understanding the Female Response to Getting in at 4am MEN 112: Parenting: It Doesn’t End with Conception EAT 100: Get a Life, Learn to Cook EAT 101: Get a Life, Learn to Cook II ECON 001A: What’s Hers is Hers Spring Schedule: MEN 120: How NOT to Act like an arse when you're Wrong MEN 121: Understanding Your Incompetence MEN 122: YOU, The Weaker Sex MEN 123: Reasons to Give Flowers ECON 001C: What Was Yours is Hers SECOND YEAR Autumn Schedule: SE#X 101: You CAN Fall Asleep without It SE#X 102: Morning Dilemma: If It’s Awake, Take a Shower SE#X 103: How to Stay Awake After Sex MEN 201: How To Put the Toilet Seat Down (Elective) (See Electives Below) Winter Schedule: MEN 210: The Remote Control: Overcoming Your Dependency MEN 211: How to Not Act Younger than Your Children MEN 212: You, Too, Can be a Designated Driver MEN 213: Honest, You Don’t Look Like Brad Pitt MEN 230A: Her Birthdays and Anniversaries are Important Spring Schedule: MEN 220: Omitting %&*!@ from Your Vocabulary (Pass/Fail Only) MEN 221: Fluffing the Blanket after Farting Is NOT Necessary MEN 222: Real Men Ask For Directions MEN 223: Thirty Minutes of Begging is NOT Considered Foreplay MEN 230B: Her Birthdays and Anniversaries are Important II Course Electives: EAT 102: Cooking with Tofu EAT 103: Utilization of Eating Utensils EAT 103: Burping and Belching Discreetly MEN 231: Mothers-In-Law MEN 232: Appear to Be Listening MEN 233: Just Say “Yes, Dear” ECON 001C: Cheaper to Keep Her Just a thought for all the women out there. 1 MENtal Illness 2 MENstrual cramps 3 MENtal breakdown 4 MENopause 5 GUYnocologist (poetic spelling) Ever notice how all of women’s problems start with men? Send this to all women you know (and men with a sense of humour) and brighten up their day!!…. and when we have real trouble, it’s a ISterectomy 11 March 是第二个青春期吗？开始对频繁的旅行感到疲倦，我知道我开始“老”了。
开始看房研究房贷，不得不面对这些我最憎恶的琐碎现实的问题，我知道我开始“老”了。
开始准备培养自己的学生，对别人的未来忐忑不安，我知道我开始“老”了。
开始担心那些关于新学校的“POLITICS”， 我知道我开始“老”了。
好像什么都没准备好，却被推上这个变“老”的过程。
我以为我“老”了的时候，我亲爱的导师们却几次笑我像个小孩子一样，单纯茫然，紧紧拥抱我说要好好照顾自己。相处数年，我们的感情还真跟父母与孩子一样。现在他们的眼神跟当初我爸妈送我到北京念大学时别无二样，信任我，给我鼓劲儿，又忍不住感叹“这么个小孩还真让人挂念”。
这粘呼呼鼻酸酸的过程让我始料不及。
其一，典型的关于美国父母的STEREOTYPE不是对孩子放手不管吗？导师们的眼神却让我悟到天下父母都一样啊。
其二，我不是向来自诩独立自主成熟大气吗？就在全国的期刊杂志都乱用称谓的时候，我总避免把18岁以上的成年人成为“男孩”“女孩”。现在发现了，每个人，不管在人生那个阶段，都有个内在的小孩子--单纯又茫然的那个。
这几个月，经历了很多所谓人生的大事件，记忆深刻的却是那些小小的碎片和温暖的眼神。
这几天努力读唐诗， 读着读着，转到了宋词。
26 December in my lifeThere are places I remember All my life, though some have changed Some forever not for better Some have gone and some remain All these places had their moments With lovers and friends I still can recall Some are dead and some are living In my life I've loved them all But of all these friends and lovers there is no one compares with you And these memories lose their meaning When I think of love as something new Though I know I'll never lose affection For people and things that went before I know I'll often stop and think about them In my life I love you more (Beatles) 24 December 爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. (1 Corinthians 13:1-8)
爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈。爱是不嫉妒。爱是不自夸。不张狂。 不作害羞的事。不求自己的益处。不轻易发怒。不计算人的恶。 不喜欢不义。只喜欢真理。 凡事包容。凡事相信。凡事盼望。凡事忍耐。 爱是永不止息。
22 December Peking Opera meets Grand OperaDecember 21, 2006 ·
Peking Opera meets Grand Opera Thursday night on the stage of New York's Metropolitan Opera, as The First Emperor has its world premiere. Composer Tan Dun's saga about the emperor who unified China and began building the Great Wall has been 10 years in the making. The $2 million production stars Placido Domingo as the emperor Qin. 19 December The Superman's Love
I almost abandoned this little space and haven't visited here for months. Tonight, I got some time and was watching a movie, Superman Returns, which I missed because of some trips when it was in theater. I watched my first Superman movie when I was 4 or 5. That's more than 20 years ago. At that time, it was still a privilege to watch imported movies in China and my father's job gave me an advantage to watch all the imported movies before they were disseminated in the mainland. I watched lots of hero movies, but the Superman had been my biggest hero for years. Then, I got over of him and started to adore the Spiderman because the latter, in my personal opinion, seems to emphasize the human, instead of the super-human, part of the (whatever)man. (BTW, I never liked the X-man or the Batman.) I hoped that Clark could have told Lois the truth and told her that he loves her and he is right the one (the Superman) whom she loves and missed dearly. I wish Lois could finish the sentence "I..." that she never was able to finish in front of the Superman. It must be I miss you or I love you, although awefully simple, but that's the only words you could find in your stirred mind when you see the one you miss so much. *********************************** Superman: I read the article, Lois. Lois Lane: The world doesn't need a savior... Jor-El: The virtuous spirit has no need for thanks or approval... only the certain conviction that what has been done is right... 26 October 明白了这下，我明白了，怎么周围的韩国欧巴欧尼阿加西阿祖玛对俺们中国人都这么友好。
（I'm kidding...）
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猜一猜，中国对世界上哪个国家的贸易逆差最大？(ZT)吴向宏
猜一猜，中国对世界上哪个国家的贸易逆差最大？是技术先进、产品高端的美日欧发达国家？还是资源丰富的中东、拉美国家？都不是。根据我国商务部的统计，抛去台湾地区不算，2005年中国与之贸易逆差最大的国家是韩国！总逆差417亿美元，比上一年增长了21%。而居于第二位的日本，中国对其逆差只有165美元，且比上一年下降了21%。 再猜猜，谁是韩国的第一大出口国和贸易顺差来源国？根据韩国人自己的统计(来自韩国国际贸易协会KITA)，这个国家就是中国。2005年，韩国人统计的对华出口高达620亿美元，比上年增长了24%。同年，韩国对第二大出口国美国的出口只有413亿美元，比上年下降了3.5%；对日出口更只有240亿美元。根据韩国的统计，这一年韩国对中国的贸易顺差是234亿美元，相当于韩国对整个日本的出口额！是的，日本，说到日本，我不得不指出，它是韩国最大的贸易逆差来源国，逆差高达244亿美元！正好相当于韩国对中国的贸易顺差(韩国统计)。正如我以前说过的，从数据上看，韩国人干的事情就是:把自己产品大量卖给中国人，再拿从中国人手中赚走的钱，转过头去购买日货！ 请不要误会，我说这些数据，决不是在号召“抵制韩货”之类。事实上，我本人热爱韩国，也喜欢多种韩货。例如我在国内购车的首选，就是从韩国进口的圣塔菲。写这篇文章的初衷，是为了响应前不久在东北召开的“中日韩商务论坛”上的一个号召，即尽早建立中日韩三国自由贸易区。我一直以为，促进自由贸易才是解决贸易不平衡的最好办法，而“抵制×货”只能是两败俱伤的行为。 问题在于，这个世界上目前有许多贸易是不自由的。中韩贸易逆差如此之大，在我看来，就不是任何自由贸易理论能够解释的。最自然合理的解释，就是在韩国和中国之间，存在严重的贸易壁垒。是的，我决不支持抵制韩货，但我更要坚决地反对韩国用任何非贸易手段来阻止中国商品进入他们国家，人为导致了中国对韩的高逆差。 当然，经济学一直教导我们，贸易逆差不一定是坏事，顺差不一定是好事。美国是世界上最大的贸易逆差国，但许多人认为那对美国经济利大于弊。但是，这要看一个国家具体阶段的经济发展目标。如果经济发展的优先目标是解决国内就业问题，则贸易顺差就是好事，逆差就是坏事。美国之所以不担心巨额逆差，一个重要原因就是其国内失业率很低。但是中国的情况呢？我们的就业形势是不容乐观的。答案因此很明显，巨额逆差加剧国内就业紧张，对中国经济是有害的。 就业率极高的美国，财大气粗，不妨通过巨额贸易逆差向全世界输出现金，扮演着世界经济的“提款机”。是的，美国人扮得起这个角色，他们自己也从中获益。目前，中国经济增长很大程度上就依赖美国这个大提款机，2005年我国对美贸易顺差高达1141亿美元(中国统计)。然而有趣的是，韩国似乎对美国这台大提款机开发得并不努力。同年，韩国对美顺差只有107亿美元，不到韩国对中国顺差(韩国统计)的一半，不到中国对美顺差的十分之一！也许，韩国人觉得自己没有必要理会美国这台大提款机吧？因为他们在身边开发出了自己独家私用的另一台大提款机——中国。是的，我丝毫没有责怪韩国人的意思，这是他们的利益使然。问题在于:作为一个处于发展初级阶段、国内就业形势十分严峻的国家，我们负担得起扮演韩国的大提款机的角色吗？ 但最让我震惊的不是韩国人怎样把中国当成了大提款机，而是中国人似乎对此漠不关心。相反，在中日韩三国贸易中，我的同胞们似乎病态地执著于中日之间那幻想出来的“冲突”，无数人殚精竭虑地在宣扬“抵制日货”。但是让我再给一组数据吧:从2001到2005年的五年间，中国对日总贸易量达到6796亿美元的情况下，对日总逆差不过551亿美元，逆差率8%；同期中国对韩总贸易仅3452亿美元，而逆差却高达1231亿美元，逆差率高达36%！在中日韩贸易大格局中，中国的国家战略重点究竟应该在哪里，难道不是一清二楚的吗？难道我们真是一个愚蠢而盲目的民族，对自己的国家经济利益真正所在如此地长期视若无睹吗？而我们身边那批所谓中国人，那些满口民族主义高调要抵制这个抵制那个的人，他们为什么也对此闭口不谈呢？他们究竟是不是专唱政治高调、并不真的关心国家利益的投机分子呢？当这类所谓爱国者充斥了我们的舆论舞台，还有谁来为中国真正的战略利益而心忧如焚，为中韩贸易逆差这样的真正战略话题而呐喊呢？ (作者系国际商业战略顾问) |
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