What defines a perfect day?!
8 hours of sleep;
3 hours of digestion;
2 hours of piano;
1 hour of jogging;
10 hours of reading (200 pages).
How much time do I still have this summer? At least 6000 pages...
2007/07/24
2007/07/22
A reply to my "Dear Friend" and the other dear friends...
(photo: Jojo)Dear "Dear Friend" and the other dear friends，
it was truly a refreshment to read such a letter (in a column) that expresses rich feelings in a cat-calm and bamboo-cool way. I then reread the manifesto of the Tilburg Circle and Jojo's translation of Alfred Herrhausen's quotes. How I miss the brilliant minds! Now I cannot help myself in quoting the following from Jojo's list of 19 important quotes:
- Many overlook that capitalism, as a society of individuals requires enormous moral efforts by its members and moral beliefs that economics alone cannot foster or demand.
- If even the Cosmos is not a constant but instead constantly changing and evolving, then the only constant is that there will always be change.
- Only when society’s hierarchical structure has been understood by the individual, can it flourish, because it then focuses its efforts not on changing that structure but on moving through it.
herewith attached is the column that Jojo wrote for the 13 others among whom I proudly claim one:
PS:(Jojo, in such a nice way you write, not only the means like the language, but also the ideas. I can only say that I cannot agree more with you to benefit from association with it. ^&^)
Dear Friend,
After awaking from post-graduation delirium[TJ1] and realizing that neither my parents nor the IB Groep deposited a cent in my account, panic has set in[TJ2] . A stage of life has ended and I am about to embark[TJ3] on a new one, if alone due to a sweeping [TJ4] cut in income i.e. study-finance.
It is times like these that lead one to reminisce[TJ5] the many missed opportunities and mistakes of the past and to wonder: how much of my failure can I blame on you, my friend? According to Greek philosophers, such as Arcesilaus, most of it. A great mind does not need friends; on the contrary, they belittle[TJ6] one’s greatness and limit the reach of one’s mind.
Even though I have never hesitated in blaming others for my blunders[TJ7] , this time I have chosen to take the (frankly unjustified) liberty to disagree with Arcesilaus. Not only do friends not limit one’s reach but they expand it. Their thoughts and views offer constant refreshment to the mind and their stories and dreams let our fantasy flourish.
Should I be forced to count the hours of the past years that will remain with me forever, it will be those only a friend can supply. Nothing can outweigh the shared experiences, the many troubled hours; the disagreements and the days spent dreaming.
The time we will spend with our childhood friends will surely diminish. We’ll be spread far across the globe, disconnected from one another. We won’t hear from them, have little time to think of them, but they will be there.
And now and then we shall meet; in
And to that, I am already looking forward to, dear friend.
Yours sincerely,
Sergeant Awesome
2007/07/20
After Amelie...
Amelie was a movie that drowned me in happiness, despite of whichever subtitle, be it Dutch, English or Chinese. The first time how I got to know Amelie(the girl) was indirect, through Jean-Marie, (the one in the photo), my best friend, on his birthday night. He was translating simultaneously...Soon after, when he returned the USB stick I lent him, I found a folder in it called "Surprise, or not?" with the movie script in French and English, his own translation...How time flies! It was already 4 years, 2 months and 15 days ago...
He recently got a job, an excellent one. It was unfortunate that his birthday happened this year right before that. The consequence was: he probably didnt read my birthday present which was made by my clumsy Latex powerpoint skill...
Here, if you allow me, I only presented to you the email I wrote him: (and JM, maybe you could open the file i sent you? or should I post it here too for you to read? life is busy, but also short.)
subject:
Hi, ! , c'est moi...i...
Dear ! ,
when time is tight,
when the air of spring is light,
when the sky is no longer bright,
your birthday arrives.
what can I,
type or design,
to make you feel the biggest wish of mine,
to let you see my widest smile,
......
LaTex is not an easy program to ride,
mile by mile,
destination closer-by,
everything aside,
i sigh,
why,
are you not in my sight,
the friend who has a birthday tonight..
good night and good bye,
you are always on my mind!
love,
i
ok, if you ask me why i posted this, and is it because i am feeling a bit nostalgia? maybe...
2007/07/15
More dishes, more people...
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