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    1/5/2009

    (zz)A Wall Street Job Can’t Match a Calling in Life

     

    A Wall Street Job Can’t Match a Calling in Life: Michael Lewis 2008-12-10 05:03:00.0 GMT

     

    Commentary by Michael Lewis

    Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Recently I received a letter from a young employee of a well-known financial firm, who asked that I not mention his full name, his employer or anything else that might give him away. Though a bit short on self-pity and self- dramatization, this letter was otherwise a fine example of a sort I’ve received often these past few months.

    "I am writing you for advice," Anthony (let us call him) began. "I graduated in May of 2008 and since July have spent my time entangled in the culture of (his well-known New York bank).

    I’m thinking about leaving. My dad labored his whole life so I could have the opportunity to do something like this, so leaving isn’t exactly what I want to do. I know if I stay here I could work unbelievably hard and move through the ranks, or maybe move firms… (but) I guess I’m starting to question the whole securities industry."

    The young man went on to concede that what attracted him to Wall Street was the chance to get rich quickly, and the excitement -- but that both of these things now seem gone forever.

    "So I have this plan to go to Hollywood," he wrote, but then instantly undermined himself. "I feel confused, a little stupid, but yet somewhat confident. I mean, I read your book, I figured out how to get to Wall Street from a non-Ivy League school, and I got here. The only question now is, if I leave, where do I go?"

    Let me try to help sort it out:

    Dear Anthony,

    On several occasions I have taken my own advice and it has almost killed me, and so I’m a tad uneasy about offering it up to you. But if you promise not to take it any more seriously than I do, I’ll answer you as best I can.

    Let’s start by putting your problem into perspective: You still have a job. You work at one of the world’s biggest banks.

    It’s true: The thrill and money is rapidly being drained from such places. Your big bank, like all the other big banks, seems to be in the process of being nationalized -- thus the longer you stay the more you may find yourself in something resembling a government job.

    But that’s not all bad: Government jobs are secure. You are also young, in your early 20s, and without a family to support.

    That is, unlike the vast majority of the people on and off Wall Street, you have the luxury to wallow in your misfortune.

    Now let’s wallow. We’re at the beginning of a recalibration of the role of finance in global economic life. The excitement and the money that attracted you to Wall Street will probably not return for a long time. If these really are the only reasons you became a financier you probably should find something else to do with your life.

    Hollywood Lurch

    But before you go lurching into Hollywood let us make sure you aren’t simply repeating the mistake you made by lurching onto Wall Street. That is, let us focus less on your immediate condition -- safely employed but disillusioned -- to the habits and beliefs that led you into it.

    You were never exactly wrong. If you’d been born 10 years earlier and behaved exactly as you have done, your career might well have made you as rich and seemingly successful as you imagined your father wanted you to be. You simply came to Wall Street too late, and are in the strange position of a man who won the lottery on the first day there was nothing in the pot.

    The mistake you made, in your view, is to have played the lottery on the wrong day. The mistake you made, in mine, was to have played the lottery at all.

    There’s a question you might ask yourself: Am I looking for a job, or a calling? On the one hand the importance you attach to your career suggests a desire for a calling; on the other, your instinct to abandon your chosen career the moment it ceases to offer an easy path to fame and fortune, suggests that what you’re really in the market for is a job.

    Job vs. Calling

    The distinction is artificial but worth drawing. A job will never satisfy you all by itself, but it will afford you security and the chance to pursue an exciting and fulfilling life outside of your work. A calling is an activity you find so compelling that you wind up organizing your entire self around it -- often to the detriment of your life outside of it.

    There’s no shame in either. Each has costs and benefits.

    There is no reason to make a fetish of your career. There are activities other than work in which to find meaning and pleasure and even a sense of self-importance -- you just need to learn how to look.

    Reading between the lines of your letter I sense that some of your anxiety is caused by your desire for the benefits of each

    -- job and calling -- without the costs. Perhaps that is what led you to Wall Street in the first place, and why your mind now turns to Hollywood.

    Doing Well

    What Wall Street did so well, for so long, was to give people jobs that they could pass off to themselves as well as others as callings. Such was their exalted social and financial

    status: Wall Street jobs made people feel special without actually having to be special. You never really had to explain why you were doing it -- even if you should have.

    But really, the same rule that applies to properly functioning financial markets applies to other markets: There’s a direct relationship between risk and reward. A fantastically rewarding career usually requires you to take fantastic risks. To get your seat at the table on Wall Street you may have passed through a fine filter, but you took no real risk. You were just being paid, briefly, as if you had.

    So which is it: job or calling? You can answer the question directly, or allow time to answer it for you. Either way, I think you’d be happier if you stopped thinking of what the world had to offer you, and started thinking a bit more about what you had to offer the world. Real excitement isn’t just in whatever you happen to be doing, but in what you bring to it.

    In the end, you have to look for it not on the outside, but on the inside. In my experience, if you find it, the other stuff will take care of itself.

    (Michael Lewis, author of "Liar’s Poker," "Moneyball,"

    and "The Blind Side," is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions he expresses are his own.)

    2/24/2008

    爱上博物馆——久违的沉静

    工作实在太忙了,没时间睡觉,没时间跟所有朋友联系,没时间看书听音乐。不过好容易盼来一个周日,还是出门了,不舍得用来睡觉……
     
    超级感谢TT,推荐了那么好的地方给我,非常的领情。
     
    于是一个人的博物馆之旅就开始了,强调一个人是因为众所周知我是个大路痴,只有我一个人有请不到导游,于是可怜的我只有一遍一遍在一个地方打转……
    于是对每件展品都看的无比仔细,实在看了太多遍,疯狂汗……
     
    其实感觉有点儿像Penny的《一个人的行李》里面唱的那样,自己租了一个导览器,就是听讲解的那个小终端,漫无目的的在硕大的公园似的博物馆里逛着。
    肆无忌惮的汲取养分,感受古文明的神奇,赞叹祖先的智慧;欣赏展室外的满园青竹,聆听悦耳的鸟啼。
     
    对我来说,生活这样足矣。闲适,充实,恬静,愉悦。我来了,我看到了,于是我便满足了,就这么简单。对我来说,活着的意义就是去体验,通过不断的学习、经历使得更多的未知变成已知,这样也就满足了。没有那么多所谓的成功与否的困扰,内心平和即便是一贫如洗的生活也是快乐的。
     
    ——写于Peak Season,试图给自己内心的平静:)
     
    跟大家share下我看到的吧:
     
    下面的几件可都是国宝呢!
    1)镇馆之宝:太阳神鸟。
    实物比这个漂亮多了,颜色是我见过最美的,放在红色天鹅绒上面的金箔,非常的迷人!
     
    2)青铜巫师
    专门有一个展厅是讲祭祀的,个人最喜欢的展厅,布置的很好,灯光、布景和音乐让人一进门就感到神秘的气氛。
    尤其是这个铜人像,被灯光打成一个模糊的白色大影子映在昏暗的墙壁上,那个神圣感啊,没治了。
     
    3)兽纹玉钺
    相当的精细,这可都是3000多年前打磨出来的啊……
     
    4)虫纹玉片
    不错不错,这个是我最喜欢的,真的太精细,难以想象是怎么制做出来的。图片效果还可以。亲眼看到会更惊叹祖先的技艺的。
     
    5)金人面
    看着挺喜庆的:)
     
    6)青铜人像
    祖先崇拜的对象。
     
    7)金蟾蜍
    永远与月亮相关
     
    上面只是珍品馆里的,再大致放几张陶器的吧。
     
     
    2/13/2008

    新春快乐

    一直想着要写这样一篇东西祝亲爱的们新春大吉,新的一年一切顺心~
     
    俺是中国人,心理上觉得这Chinese New Year才真的是新的一年的开始,就在这个时候对逝去的一年说上几句吧.
     
    2007年对我来说经历人生中很多的重大事件和变故,按时间排列是找工作,生重病(差点儿毁容),分手,毕业,工作.
     
    去年对我来说是一个自我寻找和自我发现的过程,这么多年来第一次彻彻底底的一个人生活,再没有某个特别的人需要我来为他考虑,来迁就,于是我有了认识自己的机会,所以孤独某种意义上讲是有益的:)发现了认识了,然后就会改变会进步,新的一年也许我会给大家点儿小惊喜吧,当然也肯定有人会觉得我越来越不靠谱...哎,这个也难免,众口难调嘛...不过肯定的一点是我会越来越接近自己真正的想法,这也是我希望在一个人的时候,利用孤独来完成的事.
     
    去年最开心的事儿莫过于认识了DTT的朋友们,一起过来的PKUer们,厦门培训认识的Chris,Mars,Aken,G3的阿姨,王卉,鱼儿,Steven,Chris,Joe,小鸥jj,还有唐山的team, PRT,跟我同名的超级大美女Vera和她的舍友小红,通过各种途径认识的RUCer们,特别是爽,张总跟严打哥,还有G4的可爱的生生是混熟的xdjms,还有TAX的A1天堂的成员们...是因为有了你们,我才能如此开心的度过过去的一年,it was really tough for me orginally...And I fully believe I'll lead a wonderful life with all ur guys in the coming years!(这句话用中文讲怎么都落入套话,真无奈,文学修养太差...)
     
    一年之计在于春,现在想来今年要必须做好的事儿就是努力工作,好好学习,善待朋友和家人.其他的属于加分项目,做到了就给自己点儿额外的奖励:)
     
    稀稀拉拉扯了一大通,最最最主要的还是要再讲一遍,祝亲爱的们在新的一年都可以心想事成,健康快乐!!!!!
     
     
    1/31/2008

    记于天府之国~

    终于来到了成都,阴差阳错的,几年前也曾想过毕业就来成都住下。
    好吃好喝好玩,到处都是养眼的俊男美女的,多幸福啊~
    还幻想着一方水土养一方人,俺不整容也沾沾这地方的灵气,变美点儿~嘿嘿
     
    (一)吃
    如今真的踩到这方土地上了,很真实的去体会,还真是爽,便宜了超级贪吃的牛牛!
    虽然天天加班到12点,不过还是吃了次火锅,相当美味,尤其是用辣椒粉和花椒粉调的佐料,味道真是妙不可言。
    而且,似乎随便一家很一般的小店,点一道很便宜的炒菜,都能得到惊喜呢!面条、炒饭,居然都可以如此美味哩~
     
    (二)天气
    恩,刚下飞机就撞见一个穿着小短裙的小美女向我借手机打电话,难道以为我是本地人(成都女孩美人尽皆知嘛)?
    心里一美,就把手机递给人家长途加漫游去了,现在严重怀疑是四川移动的托儿……
    言归正传,我终于明白为什么四川的漂亮mm们可以冒着北京的严寒穿的无比单薄了。
    本来我很狭隘的以为那是“美丽动人”,现在我算明白了,人家压根儿不觉得那叫冷……
    跟成都的冬天比,北京那个算啥啊……我是典型的自大型,尽管四川的朋友苦口婆心的劝我多带衣服,我还是当了耳旁风。
    结果现在只好都是以跑来代替走的,用生物能转化成热能……
     
    (三)人
    从来都很喜欢四川人,也都很聊得来,乐乐、滢莹、TT、翔翔、睿,还有思路,都是很对脾气的好朋友。
    来了这里发现也真还是这样,连客户都那么的可爱:)
    不过争论起问题来,我可还是有点儿怕怕,那个气势啊……
     
    (四)工作
    一如既往的非常忙,而且年前只有我跟着老大在这边撑着,老大忙得不可开交,俺就一个人自生自灭的开底稿。
    难啊难,怎么Receivables就那么难呢……总是搞不清该提多少坏账……笨死我算了!
    不过看着file里一大片“蓝灿灿、绿油油”的底稿后面都签着我的名字,还是挺有成就感的。
     
    (五)生活
    前些日子要么太闲就会空虚,要么太忙备感无助,继续迷失着,呈越迷越甚的态势。
    之前惹恼了几个人,原因我之前也明白,不过现在更加明白了。争取不会再有下次。
    老大在加班之后仍然苦口婆心的对我谆谆教诲,跟我谈做人,探讨价值观,相当感动。
    不能总是逃避了,指望时间可以解决一切,却忽略了漫长的时间同样也会改变我。
    压抑自己来换取暂时的安逸,的确再愚蠢不过,it's not sustainable at all.
    老大说的对,只有在充分展示自我的时候,欣赏的人才是真的欣赏我。
    而我一直在做的过分迁就谁,或者过于压抑自己以期让别人开心的行为,损己不利人。
    也许真真正正有楞有角的我在短时间内会让现在我周围的人退避三舍,我必须去面对了。
    最后还愿意留在我身边的,才是真正值得我去迁就去付出的吧。
    其实一直都知道,一直都明白,只是太习惯于努力让身边的每个人都喜欢我,太在乎这种表面的光鲜了。
    恩,也该是时候成长了。也许孤独是必然的代价,一直试图不去面对,却终究躲不过。
    也罢,留下真正值得我珍惜、也真正珍惜我的人吧。稀缺决定其价值:)
     
    要努力!
     
     
    1/18/2008

    近况

    好累,累得身心都已经完全没有知觉了
     
    连续一周每天过12点的加班,受不了了快
     
    周末居然也不休息
     
    还完全没有ot
     
    头疼的受不了,老大放我回家了,这日子怎么过啊……
     
    谁来告诉我?
    1/13/2008

    简单的快乐

    快乐真的很难。
    为什么不能满足于每天看看自己喜欢的书,听听自己喜欢的音乐呢?
    为什么总是被别人左右,太过顾虑别人的想法?
    我是怎么了?这是发自我内心的完美主义倾向,还是仅仅是虚荣的希望得到绝大多数人的认同呢?
    太多的人,更多的期望,一份份都是那么的厚重,我怎么承受的来,我怎么可能做的好……
    我要怎么办呢,怎么办才好?
    真的是没有精力再过多的去理会冷落了谁,招惹了谁,让谁失望了,让谁不高兴了……
    谁来顾及我是不是真的开心呢,太累了,累得窝心。怎么办才好啊?
    **************************************
    老妈只要有空就催着我找男友,哎,怎么说她老人家也知道这是可遇不可求的啊。再说了,peak season忙的我都没空睡觉,哪儿找男人去啊……总不能草菅自己命吧,害人害己的事儿干一次两次也就该长记性了……哎,就这样吧,随它去吧……实在不行自力更生变成大富婆,让小白脸傍我吧。
     
    1/9/2008

    Beijing defends sovereign funds

    听龚老的话,即便工作再忙,加班再晚,也要时常看看新闻,别成了瞎子聋子……
    结果只扫了一篇新闻,发现了下面highlight出来的那个人,嘿嘿,有点儿怀念上他的课的日子了,还有他帮着大家改简历,那是相当的崇拜他啊,到现在我那点儿宏观经济的概念基本都是他留下的~
     

    The developed world should not discriminate against sovereign wealth funds from developing countries or subject them to “financial protectionism”, according to a senior Chinese official.

    Comments by Wei Benhua, deputy head of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange, reflect Beijing's concern about international reaction to China's attempts to generate better returns from its bulging foreign exchange reserves.

    Critics have suggested the rise of sovereign wealth funds such as Beijing's $200bn China Investment Corp (CIC) may give their opaque state masters unprecedented influence over other countries' commercial assets.

    But writing in China Business News yesterday, Mr Wei characterised such worries as baseless: “The China Investment Corp drew the attention of international society as soon as it was established, with certain countries intentionally disseminating the view of Chinese investment as a threat,” he wrote.

    Sovereign wealth funds would benefit international markets by increasing liquidity and by making global resource allocation more efficient, Mr Wei said.

    The comments by a top official at Safe suggest the foreign exchange regulator is determined to play a wider role in China's push to boost returns from its nearly $1,500bn in forex reserves, despite formation of the independent CIC.

    Mr Wei did not refer to Safe's own low-profile international equity investment. The FT reported last week a secretive Hong Kong-based subsidiary of the administration had bought stakes in three of Australia's largest banks.

    Mr Wei wrote sovereign funds should “maintain a high level of information disclosure, and strengthen transparency”, although he added that risk of market instability would limit disclosure by new funds.

    Political worries sank a 2005 bid by CNOOC, China's third-ranked oil group, for American company Unocal. Recently there was concern at Chinese involvement in a takeover of 3Com, a US telecommunications company, by a consortium led by Bain Capital, the US private equity group.

    Michael Pettis, professor of finance at Peking University's Guanghua School of Management, said some observers seemed “overly worried” about influence of sovereign funds such as CIC, with its initial capital of $200bn of which only $70bn is for overseas purchases.
    “They are not really that big,” he said.

    12/20/2007

    never grow old~

    I had a dream
    In this dream it seems
    It was my perfect day
    Open my eyes
    I realize this is my perfect day
    Hope you never grow old

    Birds in the sky
    They look so high
    This is my perfect day
    I feel the breeze
    I feel ...
    This is my perfect day
    Hope you never grow old
    Forever young
    I hope you stay forever young
     
    恩,前几篇可能基调比较灰暗,让大家担心了……其实虽然是有点儿烦事,不过我想以我没心没肺、大大咧咧的功力,肯定可以Survive的。
     
    刚刚,一个好朋友跟我讲他已经申请去西藏支教2-3年,就等着教育局批准了,这是他一直的梦想,终于要实现了!
     
    特别特别的开心,我是从心里羡慕他的。几年前曾经提到去西藏支教,发现了梦想的契合。
    然而在我尚处于迷失状态,整天于不知所谓时,他已经快要实现她了。
     
    能够随心所欲的生活是多么幸福啊,幸福如他,有音乐、有篮球、有孩子们……还有即将实现的梦想!!!
     
    曾经我也想去西藏支教,我想当女鼓手,我想去UPen,我想去ADB,我想周游世界,我想开间酒吧,我想开所学校……
     
    长这么大,总是身不由己的活在条条框框中,我的梦想们啊,什么时候才能实现呢?
    一方面总是放不下对别人的责任,尤其是父母;另一方面大概也是缺乏打破常规的勇气吧。
    总是力图在大家的期望范围中做到尽量好,但是别人的期望是我的期望么?我自己的期望怎么办呢?
     
    好朋友跟我说,“别加班了,早点儿休息”的时候,空前的迷失,忽然又不明白自己在做什么了。
    说了无数遍看的一半的几本书,就愣是一直没看完。其他的就更别提了。生命就这么浪费着。
    还好有在DTT认识的好朋友们,你们是我这段日子得到的最最珍贵的礼物。
    想起一个朋友的qmd,希望我也是你们生命中的礼物:)有点儿臭屁哈~
     
    我在等待,等待时机,等待力量,人总是要追求点儿什么的。
    年轻人跟成年人最明显的差别~
    至少希望我的心是永远年轻的,never grow old~
    12/17/2007

    又哭了……

    看着师兄的blog,很羡慕他回学校看见了雪。
     
    想起了大一时候的我们,入冬的第一场雪,敏敏带着一颗欣喜之心欢快的奔了出去~
     
    想起大家在未名上滑冰,大二的时候就专门设置了冰场,想起了我那个冰球高手朋友和他给我讲的各种惊险刺激的故事
     
    想起了校园里的松柏们,想到那个跟我一起在傍晚漫步林间倾听虫鸣鸟啼,一起在未名边上静静的看着湖水的人(一个忘年交,不是我ex),是他让我空前的爱这所学校,让我对北大有了不一样的感受
     
    不经意见,眼泪已经大滴大滴的砸落。这是仅仅是因为回忆么?还是源自强烈的归属感?抑或在我心里,北大已经成了一个避风港,一个给我温暖给我力量的圣地?不知道,也毋须知道,我只有强烈的感受到我想念那里,我属于那里。
     
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    12/6/2007

    Beijing Takes Steps to Fend Off Inflation

    Beijing Takes Steps
    To Fend Off Inflation

    By ANDREW BATSON
    December 6, 2007

    BEIJING -- The announcement by China's leadership of a tougher economic policy for 2008 shows a new consensus that more has to be done to address risks of inflation and overheating in the nation's fast-growing economy.

    The new position, which formalizes a policy shift already under way over the past couple of months, was announced at the close of the annual Central Economic Work Conference led by President Hu Jintao.[Hu Jintao]

    The rise in inflation, which this year was running at 4.4% through October, has become a major concern of the leadership and has apparently trumped any worries about a slowdown in the world economy.

    Although policy makers have been expressing concerns about rapid growth in bank lending and corporate investment for some time, inflation brought new worries of eroding living standards and increased social tensions.

    China's inflation has so far been confined mostly to food prices, but it is a definite concern. In October, for example, cooking oil cost 34% more than a year earlier. Policy makers say their goal is to prevent such price increases from spreading throughout the economy.

    In order to achieve that, a "tight" monetary policy will be followed for 2008, a rare and significant change in the official stance. Since the middle of this year, officials had characterized China's monetary policy as "stable-to-tight," which itself was somewhat tougher language than the previous standard of a "stable" monetary policy.

    The new policy was announced by the central bank and the main economic-planning agency, the National Development and Reform Commission, two bodies sometimes seen to be at odds.[Chart]

    What form next year's tighter policy could take is uncertain, but more direct controls of bank lending seem certain to be part of the mix. In recent weeks, the central bank has been rolling out a tougher supervision system to try to ensure that commercial banks adhere to often-ignored lending quotas.

    If inflation doesn't retreat, some further interest-rate increases are also possible. The benchmark deposit rate, at 3.87%, is below the rate of inflation -- meaning households are losing money on bank savings.

    Analysts say measures taken this year have been moderate and have done relatively little to restrain economic activity. Five increases in interest rates have barely kept up with accelerating inflation; the cost of borrowing didn't rise, or even declined, in real terms.

    The central bank has also periodically ordered commercial banks to keep more money on reserve. But such increases just kept up with the flow of cash into the economy from the country's large trade surplus, and haven't seriously restricted funds available for lending.

    Indeed, economic growth accelerated to 11.5% for the first three quarters of this year, from 11.1% in 2006. Most analysts expect only a very moderate slowdown next year, even taking into account a weakening U.S. economy.

    The State Information Center, a Chinese government think tank, this week forecast economic growth of 10.8% for 2008.

    Many economists also expect China to allow its currency to strengthen at a faster pace next year, in part because a stronger currency helps combat inflation by making imports cheaper. The yuan has risen about 5.5% against the U.S. dollar this year, but the effect of that gain has so far been limited because the dollar itself has been sharply declining against other currencies.

    镇定镇定!

    我要镇定
     
    Down to the Earth
     
    学会忍耐
     
    修心很重要
    12/5/2007

    最近怎么了

    最近真奇怪,总是越发的觉得自己不成熟
     
    开导别人有模有样的,为什么到自己身上就这样呢
     
    为什么这么任性,让别人为难
     
    为什么这么没有耐心,没办法踏实下来,Down to the Earth,摆在qmd那么久,还是没有用
     
    为什么不能坚持,连一本真心想看的书都看不完
     
    为什么不断的抱怨,没有动力,不肯专注
     
    我到底怎么了……倦了么?那又有什么是不会让我厌倦的呢?
    12/2/2007

    居然开始yy跑车了……

    兰博基尼
     
    喜欢它跟意大利脱不了干系,就像从小喜欢国米一样……
     
    这款限量版真是不错,个人觉得比以前的设计都成功
     
    Reventon
     
    兰博基尼Reventon单挑喷气式战斗机兰博基尼Reventon单挑喷气式战斗机
     
    在原厂Centro Stile造型中心与研发中心的通力合作下,Reventon呈现出宛若隐形战斗机般的绝伦外型。在精密的空气动力学设计下,设计师运用CFC复合碳纤维和轻质钢材等材质,并以直线、锐角和平面等造型元素为Reventon刻划出无与伦比的夸张造型。同时独特的亚光灰绿色烤漆,也影射出其源自战斗机的设计概念。
     
    哎,先YY着吧,100万欧元,而且才生产二十辆,而且都已经卖光了……只有等着以后有钱了当古董车收藏,或者……吐舌嘿嘿,买模型过过眼瘾了~
    11/28/2007

    why do u still stay there?

    经常被人家问这个问题,好像全世界的人都觉得我随时是last day in DTT...

     

    不过我越来越爱这里,理由很简单,也居然与工作本身基本无关:

     

    同事们让我非常的快乐,即使是PEAK SEASON,我喜欢在这里认识的好朋友们。

    如果连工作的时候我都是快乐的,那我还有什么理由离开这里呢?

     

    也许这个理由有些人会不以为然,也许以后我会去追求其他,但这里的好朋友们永远值得我珍惜~

     

    昨天我们的“唐山乐团”为了DTT的annual dinner跑去我家边上的Melody苦练了两个多小时的歌……一首歌唱了那么久阿可是!!!

    等我自愿无ot加班后赶到那儿时,一进门就被那种激情感染了,顿时有种幸福的感觉~看着大家那么投入,那么动情的唱着,

     

    你累了没有可否伸出双手
    想拥抱怎能握着拳头
    我们还有很多梦没做
    还有很多明天要走
    要让世界听见我们的歌
    准备好没有时间不再回头
    想要飞不必任何理由
    不管世界尽头多寂寞
    你的身边一定有我
    我们说过不管天高地厚
    想飞到那最高最远最洒脱
    想拥抱在最美丽的那一刻
    想看见陪我到最后谁是朋友
    你是我最期待的那一个


    可以一起闯祸一起沉默一起走
    可以一起飞翔一起沦落
    不管天高地厚陪着我
    陪我一起大声狂吼
    想飙到那最高最远最辽阔
    想唱完那最感动的一首歌
    没看见那天高地厚不肯放手
    因为我有我想要的朋友
    你是我最想要的朋友

     

                                                                                           

                                                                  ——为了不忘却此时的感动,书于071128凌晨~

     

      DSC00040IMG_1155

     

    10/6/2007

    头一个如此充实的“十一”(三)

    10/2
    欢乐谷——魔术之旅
     
    玩了水晶神翼、太阳神车等等非常著名的欢乐谷“镇谷之宝”,不错,怎一个爽字了得:)
    看了一个菲律宾著名魔术师的街头魔术表演,虽然我不认识他吧,不过真是挺好玩儿的。他很喜欢拉小孩儿上去跟他配合,于是台上出现一个大小孩跟一个小小孩一起扭屁股的画面,哈哈!
    去鬼屋前,我一副superwoman的样子,结果进去之后居然被安排成了一组的第一个,吓死我了,一个劲儿往队伍后面钻,真丢人……
     
    购物记:买了一只会发光的绿色pp的笔,结果忘记拿笔帽……买了一个化妆舞会用的面罩,结果往下掉金粉……最后跑去往脸上彩绘,选了一个简单的图案和紫色。这次有了好结果,还是挺漂亮了,一直留到回家的车上,终于收不住大家的注视,擦掉了。
     
    之后跑去胡大吃麻小儿,果然名不虚传:)导致我今天又去吃了,呵呵,金牛座见到好吃的是最开心的!
     
    10/3-10/4
    妈妈的生日
     
    这个简言之,就是陪妈妈逛了她想逛的所有商店,每天起大早,饮食不规律,还给妈妈刷了一千多块的生日礼物,恩,要当好女儿:)争取以后多多逛,多多刷。不过真是累死我了……
     
    10/5-10/6
    怀柔响水湖
     
    因为妈妈生日,没法去外地,只有跟京郊混了。怀柔是个好地方,又赶上下雨。于是有了雨中漫步,好像整个游览区被我包了似的,特别理解为啥zj说他在海南很爽,因为游客都被台风吓跑了,呵呵~
    吃到了我觊觎已久的虹鳟鱼,不过做的稍微不是很好,有点儿腥……上次吃明明还不错啊?难道是我变得挑剔了?
    给妈妈带回了养颜的蜂蜜,还跟养蜂人聊了一会儿,挺有意思的一个职业:)
    还给妈妈带了别人送她的大石榴,号称是珍藏了许久的,哈哈,瞎掰吧……
    PS:比较搞笑的是回北京的时候,打了一辆小面,司机的品味很有意思。开始放桔子香水、三万英尺之类的老歌,我就觉得音响效果不错,肯定改装过。开着半截突然问我,你能听舞曲么?我以为听错了,都傻了,愣了一下,哥们儿又重复了一遍,我乐了,行啊!然后我就发现他那车的音响居然还是超重低音的,我这车真是打得值啊:)这么high了一会儿,哥们儿还是不过瘾,问我能不能开大点儿声(其实当时的音量已经很可怕了),行啊!结果……反正心脏有问题的肯定是别混了。
     
    该记得的我都会记得:)

    头一个如此充实的“十一”(二)

    在从承德回来的车上,借了子然跟佳的两个电话,于是便有了晚上一起看《太阳照常升起》的计划,老朋友了,难得能聚在一起,真是开心。车挺堵的,电影开演前一刻钟,我终于杀到了首都时代广场把票买了,只有我跟子然看了(佳理完发已经去付款的时候心血来潮又要烫,于是无情的抛弃了我们俩,好好的人民教师,何必呢,哎……不过省了我一张电影票钱,嘿嘿!)
     
    太阳还是不错的,怎么说是看懂了,平凡中的不凡,质朴中的华丽,生命的脆弱,意志的坚强~我的理解也就大致如此了。
    值得一提的是首都时代的吃的,呵呵,芝士薯片,还有薄荷巧克力:)
     
    佳终于来了,头发还可以,像剑龙:)哥们儿跑去金融界商厦受刺激去了,说LV他没好意思进去……懒得理他就拉着他跑去小摊吃“天下第一粉”,发现西单真是个藏龙卧虎的地方,随便一个路边摊就相当的有水准!吃吃东西聊聊天,互相奚落嘲笑,呵呵,也只有老朋友能这样了,不容易啊,值得好好珍惜~
     
    人品还是相当的爆发!
    吃着粉,接到了朋友从学友演唱会打来的电话,给我放我最喜欢的歌,断断续续的放了三首。站在雨中,听着混着现场拥泵们的尖叫声的学友的歌声,心中是深深的感动。放下电话,铃声响起,居然居然居然有十一当天的票了!!!高兴的我当时就喊出来了,搞得周围的人以为发生了命案……汗
    然后分别的时候,子然送了卡地亚的新款香水给我!high阿。等12月她从英国回来,好好请他们两口子吃大餐:)
     
    10/1
    张学友好久不见巡回演唱会北京站
     
    歌神无愧为歌神!而我,除了兴奋还是兴奋,除了感动还是感动~感谢sy!!!还有zj:)
    我真的受伤了,心如刀割,如果爱,命运曲,她来听我的演唱会,每天爱你多一些,只想一生跟你走,一路上有你,头发乱了,饿狼传说,忘记你我做不到,情书,情网,我等到花儿也谢了,祝福……
    我真的受伤了 和 心如刀割,呵呵,不会忘的,带着回忆的歌总是最能让人感动的:)以后希望都还有现场版的听吧:)
     
    唱到最后一首祝福的时候,歌迷们都喊得不成样子了,我前面的jj更是泣不成声,Jacky自己也非常的动情,现场气氛温馨至极~

    头一个如此充实的“十一”(一)

    有预感又要完成一部长篇大论的流水账,这个国庆是在是做了太多事情,比上班累多了……
     
    9/29-9/30
    DTT GFSI承德行
     
    一直庇护我的小鸥姐姐突然失声,没法去了,半夜给我急电,让我代理她当了四号车车长。恩,还成,俺们四号车跟一号车还是有差距的,可怜又幸运的亮gg成了著名的PAR车车长,哈哈,全组的PAR都在那辆车上,不错,应该想睡觉的人是找到了天堂。赞下坤jj,真是个负责任的前辈,根本不用我操什么心,也算能者多劳了。
    另一个小插曲是我的好姐妹Miracle居然迟到了,而且迟到的程度居然到了让所有车等了她十五分钟的地步。服了服了,jj的人生又完整了一回,怎么说咱没当上PAR,倒是让PAR们好好等了一回……狂汗!而jj更加牛的是,居然迟到成这样,却还是安然无恙的逃过了大家绞尽脑汁想出来的一切惩罚,哈哈,真有她的:)
     
    避暑山庄的“疯狂过山车”实在是过瘾。游览车40块一位,起初我们都以为是到了屠宰场,上了车才知道,是转道去了游乐园。司机师傅看见急转弯慢行标志就踩油门,那叫一个high……窗外的凉风习习,俺这心里也是七上八下的,紧紧的抓着车身的扶手,牙齿咯咯的打寒颤。也真是没出息,我们的美女admin可是兴奋的大呼过瘾……难道……我老了?
    对避暑山庄印象比较深的是 冷宫……那边养着两只孔雀,然后导游说,以前还有一只鸡,寓意是,落魄的凤凰不如鸡……太狠了……
     
    晚上本来是跟Joe说好玩杀人的,结果人没凑齐,我出门回房间时被Steven跟Wayne逮个正着……兴高采烈的拉着我去跟美女admin唱歌,基本都是海归,看来还是有文化以及身体素质的差异阿,累了一天,也只有海归们还能玩儿得动吧,而且居然还挺high~卡罗娜,筛子,海盗船,朋友……也是一个难忘的美好夜晚。PS:一个A2姐姐跟S哥哥刚刚结婚,看着他们两口子郎才女貌的,羡慕死了。
     
    第二天去了外八庙,记得导游的一句话:女人是老虎……(老喇嘛教育小喇嘛的)。还有魁星楼的歌舞,那个角儿挺能转圈的,好像也不会别的……烟花非常非常的漂亮,引得同事们的尖叫声此起彼伏的~看着耀眼绚烂的烟花,我只是忍不住偷偷的许了愿,对着烟花许愿应该是不需要还的吧:)窃笑:-p
     
    哎,有一点相当的自责,给姐妹们带了一些护肤品还有面膜,因为我被拉去唱歌,忘记交待她们自己拿着用了,结果……白带了……
    9/12/2007

    最近同事们都成了思想家~

    考试假真是个好东西, 倒没怎么好好看书,只是有时间静下心来想想事情。当然啦~我是在家天天过着猪一样的日子,同事们可是有不少感悟。
     
    下文全文转自小白的blog
     

    以下为zz

    每天喝牛奶,热开水,橙汁。尽量午睡。12点以前上床睡觉。
    科学的,按时的饮食。少急少怒。保持平和安稳心态,爱惜自己。
    安排好作息时间,讲求效率和质量。实时打理家务,保持房间和衣着整洁。
    与人相处需真诚少言,内心明晰,笑容温暖。做事有担当。勿要迁怒于人,谦逊。
    待恶人不可一味退让,凡事都有原则,涉及过多恩怨,一定要自卫并有所交代。
    因为无人可一直在身边抵御风雪,所以需要强悍生存。

    勇于接受批评改正错误。人只有不断完善才能更美好。
    记得自己的理想。
    有些伤痛,自然会消失。但要学会,只受一次伤。有些人,教会我成长,仅此。
    而对的那个人,原来亦是理想的一部分,有待实现。

    以下是自己写的:)

    这两天看到了一些书,说,思想能够决定行为,但是行为也能够影响思想。所以,当我觉得不快乐,我要强迫自己微笑,去听听平静的音乐,听听鼓励,听听支持,想想自己的目标,我还有很多的事情需要做,很多的事情没有完成。

    我要更努力,做好自己的事情,让朋友不担心我,慢慢的,让他们想起我就觉得很温暖。我要更努力。让自己更坚强,能在他们需要我的时候,同样给我最爱的人们一双支持的手,和一个避风的港湾。

    9/11/2007

    China's Inflation, Trade Surplus Surge, Bolstering Need to Tighten Liquidity

    China's inflation surged in August to the highest level in more than a decade as meat and vegetable prices skyrocketed, putting the central bank on track to raise interest rates again soon as government efforts to curb food prices fail.
     
    Also keeping up the pressure on the People's Bank of China to tighten liquidity, China's trade surplus in August climbed to its second-highest ever. But growth in exports to the U.S. slowed, in what may be a sign that the meltdown of the subprime-mortgage market is having economic effects beyond America's borders.
     
    China's consumer price index climbed 6.5% in August from a year earlier, accelerating for the fourth straight month, the government said Tuesday. It's the biggest jump since December 1996 and above the 6% increase that markets were expecting. For the first eight months of this year, CPI was up 3.9% from a year earlier, well above the government's targeted full-year ceiling of 3%.
     
    China's trade surplus climbed 33% in August from a year earlier to $24.97 billion, the General Administration of Customs said, just below the June record of $26.91 and the expected $26.7 billion. Exports grew 22.7% to $111.36 billion, slowing from July's 34.2% increase, while imports rose 20.1% to $86.38 billion, decelerating from 26.9% in July.
     
    Last month, the People's Bank of China raised one-year lending rates by 0.18 percentage point and the one-year deposit rate by 0.27 percentage point -- a week after July CPI hit a then-decade high of 5.6%. The central bank said Thursday it was raising banks' reserve requirements.
     
    Food prices, which make up just over a third of CPI, jumped 18.2% in August, accelerating from July's 15.4% gain, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Meat and poultry price rises accelerated to 49% on year from July's 45% increase, fresh vegetables rose 23% in August compared with July's 19% and grain prices were up 6.4% in August, picking up from July's 6% gain.
     
    Inflation is also feeding through to rampant rises in the nation's stock market, as consumer prices surge above deposit rates, giving savers little incentive to keep their cash in the bank when they can plow it into shares. Savers are effectively looking at a nearly 3% negative return for keeping their money in one-year bank deposits, while lending rates imply the cost to borrow money remains fairly cheap.
     
    --WSJ
    9/7/2007

    !!!征人喽,最近想看的演出和展览,如有兴趣同行,请速速联系我哦

    如题,如心动烦请立即联系我!!!
     
    一、怕演出已经完了
    二、怕太晚了,就剩下我买不起的票了,当然了,如果有人请我看,我会乐死的:)哈哈
     
    1、
    张学友2007年世界巡回演唱会·北京站
    演出时间:   
    2007年9月30日 至 2007年10月1日
    演出地点:   
    丰台体育中心
    票      价:   
    280元 480元 680元 880元 1080元 1380元 1680元 1980元 
    信      息:   
    张学友就是那个被称做“歌神”的男人,但很多人不愿意用这个词来称呼他,也许在更多的人眼里,张学友并非一个高高在上须仰视才见的“神”,而是大家的一个老朋友。就把张学友当作一个老朋友吧,一个陪我们走过十年人生路,陪伴我们青葱岁月的歌者,绝对有资格得到这样的厚爱。
     
     
    2、
    中国音乐剧《蝶 Butterflies》
    演出时间:   
    2007-9-11 19:30:00 至 2007-9-20 19:30:00
    演出地点:   
    保利剧院
    票      价:   
    180元 280元 380元 580元 680元 880元 1080元 1200元 
    信      息:   
    世界级中国音乐剧——蝶
    中国音乐剧第一人李盾统领;
    著名剧作家关山,十年磨励全新诠释“梁祝”;
    最具影响力的华人作曲家三宝为全剧谱曲;
    国际重量级音乐剧导演吉勒.马呜执导;
    世界经典音乐剧《巴黎圣母院》原班主创加盟;
    重金聘请国际上最权威的音乐剧医生把脉每一个细节;
    美轮美奂 震撼心灵;
    世界级中国音乐剧——《蝶》,历经十年斥资四千万终于破茧成蝶!

    3、卢浮宫珍藏展

           首都博物馆与法国卢浮宫博物馆联合推出“——古典希腊艺术”展。
       本次展览展出的大部分文物创作于公元前5世纪至公元前4世纪,属于希腊古典时期的作品。
       根据展览主题,展览分为三个单元:第一单元:生活在古典希腊时代;第二单元:古希腊人的神灵世界;第三单元:与希腊名人对话。
      
       展览时间:2007年8月12日——11月9日
       开放时间:9:00—17:00(16:00停止售票,周一闭馆)
       展出地点:首都博物馆 地上一层临时展厅(B厅)
      
       票价应为50,学生半价