just so i remember.

 

<the curious case of benjamin button>

<3:10 to yuma>

<the producers>

<star trek> 2009

<300>

<life is beautiful>

 

 

     Mango's Cafe, Miami beach, Samantha, seaquarium, Will, Lars, Jonathan, club, midnight pool, jasmine, good wine, moonlight, heavy rain, sun tan, relaxation, excitement, that's my miami impression.

     芒果吧, 迈阿密海滩, SAMANTHA, 海洋馆, WILL, LARS, JON, 夜总会, 午夜泳池, 茉莉花, 红酒, 月光, 雷雨, 晒伤, 放松, 兴奋, 这是我的迈阿密印象.

 

 

 Ian Schrager, a famous hotelier, said in an interview on the September issue of National Geographic Traveler:

 

I loved these words. You can apply this to lots of things in life.

 

Ian Schrager,一个著名的饭店行家,在美国国家地理<旅行家>杂志九月刊的一篇专访里说:

"光有奢华是没用的.

特别和人性化才是真正的奢华.

自由是奢华.

而那并不一定要价钱昂贵."

 

我喜欢他的这番话,仔细想来,生活中很多事情都是如此.

 

Who doesn't like delicious Chinese food? But oops! Do you really think you are having Chinese?

In Boston Chinatown, I had the best Chinese food since I came to U.S. But when I came back to this mid west city, local Americans are totally fooled by so called Chinese food. Check out the list of fake Chinese food: 

----Crab Racoon /  sweet 'n sour chicken /fortune cookies ( sorry, we dont have this in China!

----egg roll (or spring roll) ( Yes we do have this, but nobody really eat them)

----hot 'n sour soup/ miso soup ( one chinese, one japanese, i like them)

 

Are you punked?

 

来美国三年,吃过的最好的中餐是在波士顿中国城. 回到这个中西部城市,就别想有正宗中餐吃了.

来看看让当地美国人竖大拇指的所谓中国菜吧!

----蟹角 (不知是什么东东? 这不奇怪,因为这根本不是中餐!) 看图就知道了,馄吞皮包着一大块cheese下油锅炸出来的.

----签语饼 (一个金元宝形状的空心小脆皮饼,里边有印着签语的小纸条, 比如:"己所不欲,勿施于人",或"你近日将收到一笔财产", 还有学中文,幸运数字等.)

----甜酸鸡 (鸡肉裹面粉炸至金黄,再浇汁红色的甜酸酱.)

----春卷 (这玩意儿在中国谁吃啊) 也是油炸,里边是白菜和鸡肉,也有放别的东西的.

 

吃国内美食的人看看照片就没胃口了,谁想我入乡随俗,现在居然开始喜欢吃蟹角和春卷, 连酸辣汤都视为美味. 真真是品位降低,如果哪天回国,先大吃一个月补偿胃口!  

Winter is OVER!

     Just how often do you feel happy? And when was the last time you laugh with people you love, and are so grateful that being so blessed? Nearly three years fly by, my heart just filled with joy and thanksgiving at this moment. For the people I met, for the things that happened, bad or good, 'cos those very moments molded me as me.

     People go through life aiming different goals, being tempted by different distractions. What are the most important things for you? Money and empire will be handed to strangers, beauty and fame will fade away. What can you hold on to without regret?

    I choose God's GRACE, people, adventure, and laughter. I choose to cherish my happy moments.

 

    你多久感到幸福一次? 上一次和你爱的人一起开怀大笑是什么时候? 是否觉得到自己很幸运?

    将近三年的时间一闪而逝,今夜回首,我的心充满欣喜和感激之情.为着所有我遇到的人,为着所有我经历的事,任它是福是祸,我的过去塑造了今天的我.

     人们走过人生,追逐不同的目标,被不同的东西诱惑. 什么对你来说最重要? 金钱和王国被将交予他人, 美貌和盛誉会被时间冲得零落. 究竟选择什么会使自己无悔呢?

      至于我, 我选择神的恩典,人,旅程,和欢笑. 这样的宝藏是我所珍爱..

其他的问题太累了,算我回答完毕吧. =P

    Actually I've never even read this famous book, but somehow I believe it was written in the very core of my soul-----living somewhere else.

    My hometown Yunnan is an amazing place to visit and a cozy paradise to live, however the stability and predictability of small city life was as scarey as poison to me, I just couldn't wait to get out and go to another place to start an adventure of my own. Classmates and friends one after another took root in this homeland, but I know" Oh,no, this is not the way I'm going to grow old." One cloudy afternoon  on March, 1996, just turned 18, up to Beijing I went. 

    Beijing opened my eyes and heart, too many stories, happy ones and sad ones, Beijing became my "somewhere else", and I immersed myself into big city life like a fish in a sea. After four years' college and two years' work, I felt like I was getting tired of this big arena and its one million ways of entertainment. "It's time for a change." I heard a voice from within.

    Living somewhere else, there's no other place like America. It has been my dream since I was 10. I remember holding an English book from an old friend of my family. I remember reading novels about America. I remember watching < friends> 101 times. "Someday, I'll be there." I heard myself whispering.

     I always believed it's God who brought me here to America, my childhood dreamland. No doubt I should call myself blessed to be truly on my dream journey. Yellowstone, Washington D.C., Colorado, Texas, Chicago, L.A., San Diego, Boston.......Finally, I made to my dream city New York City, the city I promised myself I would someday live for at least a year.

     But who can tell me why, oh why? When I finally bathed in the famous California sun, when I finally walked on the crowded Times Square, I smiled with great content, and murmured" it reminds me of my hometown."

 

  实话说, 自己都没有翻过这本书,不管它有多著名. 但是我知道写进我灵魂的密码就叫<生活在别处>.

    在我的家乡云南慢慢长大的时候, 看着翠湖绿绿静静的一池水,就莫名其妙的喘不过气来. 儿时同学大都留下筑家构业,但我的心里尖叫: "不,我的一生的故事不会就在这里." 18岁不久, 一个阴天,我满眼泪水又如释重负地坐上了开往北京的火车.

    在北京的六年, 北京成了我的"别处", 我象一条鱼,在忽冷忽热的水里不知深浅的畅游着,当用尽了梦想和年少轻狂后,心里的一个声音告诉我:"是时候做个大的改变了."

    美国梦的种子是10岁起就播下的. 云南的家,书架上有本朋友送的<新概念英语>,大些读<曼哈顿的中国女人>看<北京人在纽约>. 漂在北京时听<HOTEL CALIFORNIA> 看101遍的<FRIENDS>,暗暗下定决心要到纽约住至少一年. "总有一天, 我要去到那里".

    如今,看到了芝加哥,华盛顿,黄石公园,总统山, 德克萨斯,洛杉矶,圣第亚哥,科罗拉多,波士顿...当终于沐浴在著名的加州阳光下, 当终于走在嘈杂的时代广场上,我听到自己用带着兴奋的声调对别人说:"我喜欢这里,它让我想起我的家乡"