點擊上方藍字「星球數據派」，一起和我探索這個偉大的星球
十二月
2016/12/31
朋友圈裡的各位紛紛在世界各地跨年，尤其以日本和泰國最為壯觀，也有幾位特立獨行的，在耶路撒冷哭牆邊，在柏林豔陽下，在挪威極光中，在阿根廷靠近南極的冰川旁，在雪梨的海灘上，而我此刻卻蜷縮在霧霾鎖城的帝都的某個角落裡，滿懷雜陳的五味，fingers crossed，迎接2017的到來。
【再見, 2016】2017 is just a few hours away. Waken up by the singing of morning birds, I'm lying in bed staring at the blank bedroom wall filled with rays of sunshine, contemplating on the meaning of life and the secrets of the universe. This past year, to be honest, is a long period of cloistering and disorientation in many ways, and the agony is almost beyond endurance. As much as there were ups and downs in the mood, nothing has really changed when it comes to the longing for freedom, in the broader sense. Our life is always closely connected with the fate of the nation, and our destiny is significantly shaped and limited by the choice of God as to where you are born and which social class you are born into. I've travelled actively in the past few years and more adventures to the unknown world are expected in the future. The more I travel, the more I realize that human beings across the world are so different and yet so alike, in a number of ways. Some of us will do a lot of soul searching at the end of each year, trying to find out the paradise lost in their lives, others, however, are so lucky that they don't have to waste time reflecting back upon their lives attempting to find the way to Eden. China, the country we call motherland, is now on the rise and we can definitely see the changes taking place around the world every time we go abroad. We feel a growing sense of pride and yet we aren't so sure that we've made a progress, because both good things and bad things are happening all the time. I'm exhausted and decide to stop here, and the year of 2017 will come whether you like it or not. All we have to do is to be positive and have faith in ourselves, because tomorrow is another day, a day with enormous uncertainties and possibilities, and as beloved children of God, we are all blessed. Goodbye, 2016. Goodbye, bitches and bastards. Hello, 2017. Hello, my love.
2016/12/29
20世紀初，由於經濟騰飛，阿根廷已經比巴西富裕得多。布宜諾斯艾利斯的工人平均實際工資遠超義大利、西班牙，甚至比巴黎還要高出25%。從18世紀後期到19世紀初，面積和人口都遠遠小於巴西的阿根廷吸引了比巴西更多的歐洲移民，其中最多的是來自義大利的移民。這些移民急劇地改變了阿根廷的人口構成。1880年到1916年間，大約有290萬移民定居阿根廷。這一時段內，大約30%的阿根廷人是在國外出生的。到30年代，阿根廷成為了僅次於美國的移民第二多的國家。數量本來就不多的黑人和原住民被進一步稀釋，而阿根廷也由此成為了一個白人佔絕大多數的國家。
2016/12/27
準備上演現實版成田分手。
東京下雨，淋濕巴黎，有風卻並不寒意襲人。流連並未忘返。Although Beijing is hardly the place I want to call home, I definitely feel a sense of belonging standing at the crossroads of Sanlitun or Dongdan. That being said, I still enjoy adventures of exploring the exoticness of places around the world, and the pursuit of novelty remains an important source of my excitement and ecstasy, which are among the most vital elements of life.
2016/12/26
在山間泡完溫泉，稍事休息便登上開往新宿的急行列車。溫泉不錯，山色雖不能與瑞士同日而語，但服務水準絕對冠絕全球。決定放棄東京迪士尼，東京最適合的還是血拼，瘋狂地血拼。頓時又覺得北京離追上東京依舊長路漫漫。
2016/12/25
晚餐就在旅館附近的這家老店解決，中午路過的時候本想在此午餐，但是看到遊客們在門口排成了狗就憤然放棄。夜幕降臨，棲身在山間的這家溫馨的旅館，試圖忘記一切。窗外傳來嘩嘩流淌的溪水聲，而《鬼怪》即將緩緩拉開序幕。
#箱根湯本·大湧谷·蘆之湖# 從新宿登上開往箱根的浪漫號快車，入住依山傍水、隱匿在山谷之中的仙景溫泉旅館，在大湧谷眺望令人神往的富士山，乘海賊船蕩漾在蘆之湖...在世界最東方的國度歡度最西方的節日，相視一笑，說一聲聖誕快樂！
2016/12/24
在東京晴空塔下仰望聖誕前夜的天空，在淺草寺再次抽籤，這次是吉。I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know, where the treetops glisten and children listen. But there's no snow here in this magnificent city where even the most ordinary people naturally demonstrate a sense of dignity and decency as well as a relentless pursuit of perfection. I used to detest this country for no good reason, probably because we, asmainland Chinese, have been ceaselessly brainwashed by the communist regime, but the more I travel around this country, the more I realize how shallow I've been over the years, and how much I've lost, refusing to embrace the civilization cultivated in the east end of the world.
【午後的早稻田】在早大書店買了兩本地圖回家研究，日本出版的日本地圖和世界地圖。
2016/12/17
What I like most about The Wasted Times is the music, especially the song Take Me toShanghai: Liberty swathes this city of shades like gloves on the wings of abird. The silken smoke of the words you spoke still rises where you lay. Take me to Shanghai, to the town where I belong. The pathways were red the lanterns alive, diamonds adrift in the sky, you're standing here when I close my eyes. This slumber leaves me blind. Take me to Shanghai, to the town where I belong. The night was mine to set alight, every cord and every chain. Your hands were ice within the fire, and it burned like poison rain. The blood in these veins the streets that it stains. Fevers unbroken by death, their shadows ride on this ruby tide, and the waves that toss my breath.
【假裝在日本】隱匿在阡陌小巷之中不為人知的驚豔美食：名古屋活宰鰻魚三吃。用鰻魚來迎接帝都紅色預警之冬日霧霾。
2016/12/13
Another day in the thriving city with vitality is over. Life is like a running river that slowly and not necessarily peacefully traverses these high, open shoulders between the desert and the woods, where people see and feel whatever is there for them.
初見，驚豔；再見，眷戀；三見，依戀；不見，懷念。
2016/12/3
文學是照進單調貧乏的現實生活的一束陽光，注入一種嚮往，這與現實生活無關。那個「日出東南隅，照我秦氏樓」的女子，現實裡有大大小小數不清的痛苦，可是在黎明看見太陽時，她可以說「日出東南隅，照我秦氏樓」，那一剎那她的生命是華麗的。一部文學作品可以流傳上千年，是因為當中有一個生命讓我們覺得親近，好像身邊的朋友。閱讀的時候，可以感受到他們的喜悅、哀傷、孤獨、希望，這是文學最大的力量，也是文學在人類文明中所扮演的不可或缺的角色。
2016/12/1
【蓉城の冬 · Ginkgobiloba dans l'Université】人流如織, the campus is entirely taken over by visitors from both home and abroad....The season doesn't last long, so seize the moment!
十一月
2016/11/25
For the first time, I forgot to bring my keys with me when I left for work in themorning, and not until I got home just now did I realize that I made this terrible terrible mistake. I panicked. I never forget things. As a matter of fact, I've always been proud of my excellent memory, because I remember everything: I remember the birthdays of the Clintons, I remember the sign of zodiac of Mother Teresa, I remember the exact date and time when I kissed or slept with someone ten years ago, and I remember the number of your bank account once I see it....Like I said, I remember everything. But this time, I failed. So I was forced into the freezing particularly dark night of Beijing, wandering the streets of Sanlitun aimlessly and desperately. Only at thismoment did I realize that I am a real Hunanese whose life is meaningless without rice noodles, authentic Hunan rice noodles (BTW, the rice noodles in this restaurant are actually not so authentic, but I have no choice).
2016/11/23
L'amour and lust seem to have drifted far away from me as time goes by. I have restrained myself for so long that I could hardly recall the enormous thrill that brings vigour and vitality to life once you have them. We have too many battles to fight, and we are prone to get lost. Relationships must be chosen wisely. It's better to be alone than to be in bad company. There's no need to rush. If something is meant to be, it will happen – in the right time, with the right person, and for the best reason.
2016/11/22
#成都的銀杏黃了#【霧餘水畔】一草一木，生而有靈，萬物在剛好的時節變幻出恰切的顏色。無論時間如何輪迴，此刻漫天飛舞的金色銀杏，總會誘發關於冬日的美好回憶.
2016/11/16
The winter has come, but the coldest days haven't. The year of 2016 is coming to an end, with Mr. Trump finally becoming the most powerful man in the world and Mrs Clinton losing her job. We shall witness the transformation of a new era, in which things are changing beyond your imagination.
2016/11/15
2001年，中國創投開啟了自己的元年。世界範圍內，網際網路泡沫的餘波未散，國外風險投資遭受重創。不過，遠在東方的中國，風險投資行業正作為一個朝陽行業冉冉升起。
2016/11/11
上海和廣州是典型工商業城市，晚清以來，隨著工商業的發展，外來人口的湧入，城市經濟的繁榮，很快就產生了有消費能力的現代意義上的市民群體，它很快催生了一套可滿足中間階層需求的飲食文化。而近代北京的政治地位，使之從未像廣州上海一樣出現一個有相當消費能力的階層，它只有頂層的官僚和富豪和底層的貧民階層，北京的飲食文化高度體現了這種階層斷裂的社會形態。
2016/11/8 【大漁鐵板燒】
【天蠍🈷️】C'est juste un nombre, rien d'autre, jeme suis dit et réussi àme persuader. L'autre jour, j'ai appelé ma mère, et après quelques mots, elle cria:" ton anniversaire est à venir, mais nous n'avons pas le célébré depuis des décennies!" Je sais qu'elle a dû vraiment désolée de ne pas être enmesure d'être ici avec moi, et elle était tout à fait raison, parce que nous n'avons pas passé la journée ensemble depuis le jour où que j'ai quitté pour le collège. Il semble que nous avons été séparés par la distance, mais au plus profond, nous savons que rien ne peut nous arrêter de manquer les uns les autres.
2016/11/4
巴黎高師和它所浸淫其中的法國精英教育體制，投射出許多法國人的獨特品質。法國人一向認為自己是善於思考的人，對思想理念有強烈的追求，更顯著的具有道德和知性上的力量；他們鍾愛抽象理論，迷戀普遍性，追求純粹，在論證時習慣清晰和一分為二，但又時常自相矛盾或走向極端；他們的思想家常有救世主情節，替全人類思考，為人類貢獻了自由、平等、博愛、共和、公共利益等優雅而複雜的抽象政治概念；他們在啟蒙運動的洗禮下崇尚理性，但又喜愛神秘主義，熱衷激情和冒險。毫無疑問，「知識分子」是法國貢獻給世界的文化創造物，而巴黎高師則是精英知識分子成長最肥沃的土壤。其中，以哲學為代表，薩特、福柯、德希達、雷蒙·阿隆、阿爾都塞……一連串閃耀的名字，照亮了20世紀思想史的星空。法國哲學不僅以概念和抽象聞名，而且擅長打破各種邊界與其他學科結合，獨具創造力。
十月
2016/10/29
【蔡健雅2016北京列穆尼亞演唱會】北京，攝氏9度深秋的夜。守候到最後，只為了那首beautiful love....Love is beautiful, so beautiful....那英的長鏡頭。
在國家建設的歷史上，大國權力安排的制度設計大致上出現過兩種截然相反的政治選擇，一種是單一制，另一種則是聯邦主義制度。這種制度選擇對大國甚至全球來說至關重要，因為不斷深化的全球化進程拓展與加深了國家與國家之間的經濟、政治和文化聯繫，國家的利益常常超出了傳統的主權意義而成為一個國際化的問題。在這種背景之下，大國如何在人類進步過程中發揮重要的促進作用，不僅繁榮本國而且惠澤全球，政治制度的選擇是一個關鍵的選項。
2016/10/29
"Winter is coming," remarked Jon Snow, with a calm but penetrating voice. " I know," said I, smiling at him, " but there's nothing you cando." After a few rains that swept away the residual warmth of the autumn, coolness has become an understatement of the weather we enjoy, and we realize that this autumn has evidently gone for good. Insolation in the tropical summerheat was only three weeks away, and now I have to be prepared for another harsh and smoggy winter in which sunshine becomes a luxury. That being said, I still prefer Beijing to Cancun or any other tropical cities, especially for the purpose of long-term residence. I quite enjoy staying in those cities for a few days once in a while, but I can't endure the dreadful heat and sunburn that changes the color of my skin for more than a week, nor can I accept the fact that constant high temperatures arguably sabotage people's productivity.
2016/10/19
【險遭種族攻擊】看完紐約時報上法國華人移民遇襲身亡、紐約街頭種族攻擊日益猖獗的報導，想起前幾日在紐約的最後一晚，我獨自漫步在曼哈頓車水馬龍的夜幕中，正打算享受宇宙中心秋夜的嫵媚和安詳，耳畔卻忽然迎面傳來疑似black people粗曠的嗓音：「Go back to your China, dick!」 我略微震驚，第一秒鐘就確定這是衝著我喊的，第二秒卻不敢相信自己這些天小心翼翼只在安全區域出沒居然會在離唐人街幾個block之外的地方遇到這種事情。我努力讓自己平靜下來，假裝沒有聽到，若無其事地繼續向前走，心中有千萬隻草泥馬飛過卻不敢回頭。我害怕他們會追上來，於是加快步伐想逃離這可怕的境地，甚至渴望地上馬上出現一道縫，好讓我逃離這驚悚的城市，還好，還好他們到底沒有跟上來，最終駕車消失在茫茫霓虹之中。差一點。於是愈發贊同國外旅人對北京以及東亞許多城市的評價：incredibly safe, and violent attacks are extremely rare. 開始愛上日本的美好，and 巴黎是不敢再去了。
2016/10/18
我們生活在一個物質極大豐富的世界裡，這裡充斥著大型購物中心和24小時在線購物的機會。沒有任何跡象顯示，這些物品中的任何一個，能讓人更快樂。事實上的情況或許恰好相反——這些東西最終掌控了我們的生活，或大部分；我們消費的這些東西最終消耗了我們。就作者個人來說，他花了15年時間、一場偉大的愛情和許多次旅遊，才最終處理掉所有那些曾收集的不必要的東西，從而以更少的物品，來體驗一種更大、更好、更加富足的生活。
2016/10/14
大學時嘗試看過福柯，但看得並不深入，只是因為某些原因莫名其妙地喜歡他。曾有一段盲目哈法國的時光，狂熱地喜歡燦若群星的法國各種名人，但現在看法國不過是一個腐朽且無可救藥地走向沒落但依然傲嬌的可憐國度。俱往矣。
2016/10/10
The more we travel, the more we realize that there is no better place than what we call home. The more people we encounter, the more we realize that we are more alike than we are different, wherever you are from, whatever you do for a living, and whoever you dream of being. It is human nature that makes all of us humane and evil, compassionate and ruthless, desperate and yet hopeful, believing that a healthy earthly life is the ultimate source of our happiness, in spite of all the miseries and agonies that come with it inevitably. And the only salvation of our soul is to have a strong and brave heart that enables us to face whatever the future may have in store. Hallelujah！
2016/10/9
#墨西哥風情之女人島#我也會用西班牙語說Isla Mujeres】坎昆完全就是美帝的殖民地，是墨西哥廣袤國土上的異類，遍地晃動著美國白人或腱子肉或渾身肥膘的肉體，我這個亞洲面孔顯得格外突兀，整個酒店除了我們沒有別的亞洲人，每每看到我們，這些美國人都像看到了稀有動物一般，頻頻側目，更有熱情似火的新澤西老奶奶一邊摸著我的肩膀，一邊如數家珍地介紹酒店的各個餐廳。而女人島之旅則是坎昆此行最有墨西哥風情的一程了，在南北不過七公裡的旖旎小島上騎車環遊，張開雙臂擁抱加勒比海炙熱的陽光，深深地感受到拉丁小鎮面朝大海、秋暖花開的別樣風情。
#墨西哥風情之奇琴伊察瑪雅金字塔#尤卡坦半島烈日下，與瑪雅文明的親密接觸。
【失去手機的日子：六天六夜暗無天日的悲慘世界】10月3日，到坎昆的第一天晚上就在泳池裡被水神禁賽，中途被迫退出一年一度如火如荼的朋友圈攝影作文大賽，開始了六天六夜與世隔絕的悲劇生活，直到剛才。
2016/10/3
又是一年黃金周。收拾起行囊的中國人再次開啟全球買買買的模式，這些驚人的消費力成為了一股巨大的商業洪流，改變著許多地區的經濟生態。據數據統計，2015年中國出境遊人數達到1.2億，境外消費達1.5萬億元，已經躍升為全球出境旅遊人次和消費額的雙料冠軍。
2016/10/3
波士頓，一種與紐約截然不同的美。PS：維多利亞風格的建築真是讓我愛得慾火焚身，無法自拔……and波士頓局部的風格跟華盛頓以及喬治城真是一樣一樣的。
據說是最火爆的餐廳Neptune，足足等了兩個半小時才吃上，以及周日早早關門的昆西市場。
2016/10/3
#哈佛重逢記#上一次見到Jeremy已不知何年何月，幾年前我在Georgetown唸書，而他就在隔壁的Virginia攻讀博士學位，我們總以為來日方長，想見隨時都能相見，卻未曾想到我會提前回國，兩人近在咫尺卻最終擦肩而過，從此一別十數年。說起來，大學一畢業他便負笈美利堅從此再未歸國，生物系出身的他拿到分子植物學博士學位後在某研究機構、麻省總醫院及哈佛醫學院做博士後，本以為他會將學術道路一路走到黑，然後某年某月某日回到蓉城母校母系謀一教職，然後傳道授業解惑，為人師表，終其一生。然而忽然有一天，我發現他linkedin的最新狀態變成了哈佛商學院MBA，已於是便有了今天的相聚。為盡地主之誼，週日也需要group study的他還是帶著我參觀了傳說中的宇宙商學第一牛校HBS，天色雖然依然昏暗，雨霧雖然仍未散去，但我心中閃爍著一點光。
2016/10/1
#百老匯之夜# 面具、幽靈、愛情、音樂、舞蹈……無論是哪個元素，都能勾起人們對The Phantom Of The Opera的想像。作為音樂劇裡的永恆經典之作，歌劇魅影的每一次演出幾乎都是座無虛席。精彩絕倫的音樂和舞蹈，感人至深的愛情，即使是一輩子這麼看下去，都覺得不夠。在歌劇魅影的世界裡，沒有所謂的視覺疲勞，只有永垂不朽的傳奇。紐約的雨不期而至，一直不停歇，淋溼了寒風中瑟瑟發抖的我，也許這裡沒有秋天，而冬天似乎為時尚早。
九月
2016/9/30
在時代的廣場，誰都總會有獎，我沒有歌迷，有他景仰。在百德新街的愛侶，面上有種顧昐自豪在臺上任我唱，未必風光更好，人氣不過肥皂泡。
Liberté, égalité, fraternité. I felt nothing but cold. Jet lag, coupled with unexpected cold and fatigue, has deprived me of thinking.
2016/9/29
通過最近幾百年來世界上風起雲湧、興亡勃忽的帝國命運，及其與英國、美利堅聯邦共和國的對比，廣泛涉及制度設計、民俗文化、歷史傳統等全方面的歷史過程，通過正反兩類歷史案例，闡述了一個似乎簡單得不能再簡單的道理：把每個人都當人並認真善待，而不是把人當做國家工具的地方，才會是水草肥美、安居樂業之所，也才會是讓人喜歡甚至熱愛的地方，雖然它未必強大，未必耀眼。
2016/9/12
The train is heading for the sea, and I am, after being hit by an isolated thunderstorm last night, continuing the business trip to the beautiful seashore city with a cooler climate even at the hottest season of the year.
2016/9/11
高鐵飛馳在一望無際的華北平原上，但終究是晚點了。一下高鐵，陣陣寒意襲來，我不禁打了一個寒顫。沒想到帝都之南數百公裡外的溫度竟然如此之低。出租車在茫茫夜色中向北奔去，一道道閃電在天空中歡呼雀躍。原來此地剛剛下過冰雹。雨霧在頭頂盤旋，閃電在車窗外向我們熱情地招手，歡迎我們這遠道而來的客人。夜並不深，然而前方突然出現交通事故，於是我們無可奈何地堵在了前不著村兒就不著店的荒郊野外，在一個秋風並不沉醉的夜晚。
2016/9/10
這不禁讓人想起希臘神話裡的西西弗斯。諸神為了懲罰他，要求他把一塊巨石推上山頂，但他每每快要推上山頂，沉重的巨石又滾回山下，如此周而復始，永無止境。某種程度上，Peking的population控制和city疏解也陷入西西弗斯式的困境，一次次地從終點回到起點。
八月
2016/8/27
A day with an unexpected thunderstorm and rays of sunshine, which is one of God's pleasant gifts to us at this time of the year.
2016/8/26
Summer is crying and screaming with all his strength, refusing to leave the masses of people who are simultaneously expecting the advent of a cooler new season. But that day is coming, finally. As soon as I opened my eyes and saw the breathtaking blue of the sky outside the window that belongs uniquely to the autumn of Beijing, I know that the best time of the year has arrived. As we are embracing the blueness, a friend is returning to Beijing after graduating cumlaude from a reputable Dutch university in Rotterdam. Another girl, who calls Tianjin home, stays where she is, even though she is trying to make a change for a whole year. But the decision is not hers. When autumn comes, will winter be far away?
2016/8/24
科舉制經宋明兩代不斷完善，逐漸定型，日趨規範。通過這項制度，不僅滿足了王朝政治的人才需求，而且極大激勵了士大夫階層的情緒、向心力。據不完全統計，在實行科舉制的一千三百多年中，進士總數接近十萬人，舉人、秀才以百萬計。事實證明，在分數面前人人平等的科舉考試，極大增加了社會的流動性，「朝為田中郎，暮登天子堂」，十萬進士、百萬舉人，相當一部分來自社會底層。這是那個時代的社會公正。科舉體制為唐宋以來輸送了大批名臣能相、國之棟梁。我們今天許多人對文人從政以為意外，好像中國politics從來就是武人操控。這是不對的。至少從宋代以後，中國政治基本上就是文人的舞臺，士大夫階層的重要職業就是通過科舉考試，進入政治，掌控政治。所謂中國社會的「超穩定」結構，十八世紀之前西方人對中國political秩序的讚美，主要的都是因為科舉制為輸送了取之不盡的有教養有學識的人才。
2016/8/17
The world is collapsing and there's nothing you can do. Maybe it's not the end of the world, but my heart is beating for nothing. Lying on the chair of an unknown car, I am half wetted by the first autumn rain that comes subtly and unexpectedly. I'm drunk, I suppose . But I don't know. No one knows. I wish I could fly across the sky of the Heavenly Capital, but I don't have wings! What the fuck!
七月
2016/7/30
The ship has been evidently disorientated for months, and there's no sign that it'll get out of the situation any time soon. Strolling in the most stylishpart of the city with the company of mon père et ma mère, I'm trying every possible way to make them feel the pulse of this magnificent megacity as acutely as I have, even though I've been temporarily sick of it and wish to stay away from it for a little while. That runaway trip never came and it's been almost a year since I last had myself exiled overseas.
2016/7/22
我很不喜歡的關於文藝青年的另外一種說法是所謂的"文藝青年應該回歸生活"，其實對於熱愛文學和藝術的人來說，有文學和藝術的生活才叫生活，它就是生活本身，我正在我的生活之中，又何談回歸生活？生活怎麼可能毀掉生活？如果誰認為藝術毀掉了生活，那是因為它會毀掉你所認為每個人都應該過的生活。可是誰能說這個世界上只有一種活法，只有自己的這種活法是正確的，人家的生活就不叫生活呢？誰又憑什麼說我的生活就不是生活，或者是"被毀掉的生活"呢？難道就因為我沒活成你那樣，我的生活就不叫生活了嗎？如果有誰因為藝術毀掉了自己原來的生活，那是因為對於他來說，那生活本來就該毀掉了，因為那不是那個人自己想要的生活而已。
2016/7/21
今天，再也不會有人這樣談論文學或者藝術抱負了。但是，儘管現在的說法不那麼神聖或者輝煌，抱負依然是個相當難以確定的話題，依然是個起因不詳的因素，抱負推動一些男女把畢生的精力投入一種活動：一天，突然感到自己被召喚，身不由己地去從事這種活動——比如寫故事，根據自身條件，使出渾身解數，終於覺得實現了自我的價值，而絲毫不認為是在浪費生命。
2016/7/16
We human beings are hopelessly eccentric animals who hate each other when there are too many of us in existence, especially at the times of contending for opportunities or financial benefits or lovers or whatever that is in scarcity and satisfies our desires, but when people actually disappear or you get exiled to some untraversed areas, you start to miss the people and feel that you need a catfight with those bastards and bitches, even though you'll loathe them again once you finish another round of unpleasant interactions with them.
2016/7/11
7月11日，夏天又過了一天，此刻便是一年中最酷熱難耐卻又最愜意的一段時間，well,for some people，比如法國人，七八月是他們縱情聲色的時光，也是巴黎淪陷給全世界遊客的時候。而另一些人，比如未來匯外抱著一把破吉他在眾人或輕蔑或嘲諷的眼神中五音不全地吟唱著「擁抱著你oh my baby」的毫無姿色的中年婦女，不得不在夏日晚風中用靈魂交換著可憐的幾張RMB；還有每日如行屍走肉般穿梭在人潮中backand forth的我，聞著地鐵裡沁人心脾的汗臭味，感受著偉大帝國都城跳躍的脈搏，startto question the meaning of life。
2016/7/1
It's a beautiful mid-summer night, so beautiful that it would be an absolute crime to stay at home and watch a soap opera or worse, work over time. It has been exceptionally hot this summer, but the heat does not stop the people from enjoying a night out in the most fascinating part of the city. All I'm asking is actually very simple, but I find it harder and harder to be genuinely satisfied as time goes by. Am I reaching for the stars?
六月
2016/6/30
2016過半，驀然回首，那人卻在燈火闌珊處。我的2016的上半場，無聲無息地死在了無邊無際的孔孟之鄉。西貢的大教堂，琉球的守禮門，暹羅的情與慾，塞維利亞的理髮師，哈瓦那的雪茄，伊斯坦堡的聖索菲亞，你們在何方？
So the first half of 2016 is now officially gone for good. The train slowly arrived with a little hesitation and a flash of light that dazzled my eyes. Life couldn't have been more poetic and idyllic, coz l'm moving from one place to another relentlessly searching for the solutions to their development issues and my soul as well. But I couldn't find it, until I realize that my soul might have been dissolved into the nothingness of being as time goes by. Gradually, I've become a nihilist and an existentialist who believes in nothing and desires sheer freedom without commitment to certainties that are popular among many of the Chinese people. To some extent, I've lost my self-identification and am afraid of defining myself in any terms that would normally apply to people like us.
2016/6/29
起了個大早趕首班🚄，開往盛夏的列車。我想我是病了，吃不香，睡不好，and above all，似乎完全喪失了motivation. Je pense que je dois prendre une vocation, si non je vais trouver un moyen pour le réaliser.
2016/6/23
What is the point of life? They asked me, but I wasn't able to say anything. The room fell into a trance of majestic silence.
2016/6/22
I almost fainted from heatstroke the moment I got out of the subway station. And just when I was about to collapse in the midst of the heat, it started to rain. Today is not a good day, I said to myself and headed west to the tower which soars into the sky and glows. It was not like what I had expected, not at all,but that doesn't matter. Nothing really matters.
2016/6/16
There's nothing wrong with politics, because it is the eternal form of human nature that constantly manipulates the destiny of our society. The thirst for justice and fairness is merely an illusion. Life is an endless process of self-discovery, an endless and unpredictable dialogue between our own potentialities and the life situations in which we find ourselves. By potentialities I mean the full range of one's capacities for learning, sensing, wondering, loving and aspiring.
2016/6/14
Each day is a new venture, so fuck them, strangle them and shoot them in the heart.
2016/6/11
性，總有一天褪去激情。唯有食，才能源源不斷地，生發出愛的力量，然後，從容接力，引領我們，繼續走完一生。婚姻就是一個火鍋，我們都是下鍋菜，煮著煮著，就化了，融在一起，變成濃鬱的湯底，無你無我，無思無邪，繼續在時間的文火上，涮著三生姻緣，四季風光，五穀雜糧，六根不淨……繼爾，時光老，塵埃定，揭鍋一看，已煮成你我的人間歲月。這就是凡俗人生。
2016/6/6
Staring at the mirror in a world of darkness, I saw myself looking extremely pale and beyond recognition. This is not what I'm supposed to be. I wanted a different look and a different way of life with more joy and greater expectation. I was supposed to be in Vietnam right now, with my sweet heart, bathing in the sunshine on the beach, and yet I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere, hopeless and joyless. I'm simply trading my life for a living and I'm losing the sense of being.
2016/6/3
看過《變形記》，現代人生活的隔絕、異化在卡夫卡筆下被描繪得淋漓盡致。可以說卡夫卡是最早感受到20世紀時代精神特徵的人，也是最早傳達出這種特徵的先知。他的極為個人化的寫作，最終卻成為了一則極為具有普世意義的當代預言。
五月
2016/5/31
Zurich, the richest city in the world. Been there, stayed there for a couple of days and didn't fall in love with it. However, the night view of Zurich still took my breath away.
人們經常喜歡用共性和文化來定義階級，正如他們也總喜歡用原始數字來區分階級一樣。而中產階級最重要的共性及文化，就是這樣的一種認知：最基本的經濟保障，點綴著偶爾的奢侈和難得一次的假期；以及一種認為只要堅定信心、努力工作，一切都會變得越來越好的信仰。
2016/5/28
有一種看法認為，所有的啟蒙其實都是洗腦，無非是用一種思想替代另一種思想而已。這種觀點，貌似有理，實際上恰恰是洗腦教育成功的一個典型。啟蒙與洗腦，都是一種思想，去換掉另一種思想，但本質不同。前者給人以啟發，後者讓人盲從。
2016/5/25
今日中國現狀：朋友圈裡都是楊絳先生，微信群裡都是陸家嘴的四季酒店。一邊「洗去100年的塵埃」，一邊轉發29秒的視頻。
2016/5/18
有人感慨唏噓：我們這代人註定是歷史的塵埃，在有生之年或許都無法抵達理想的彼岸。但如果所有人都甘做埋首撅腚的鴕鳥，那麼我們的後代也將永遠無法迎接光明的未來。正是歷史命運安排了個人宿命，決定了這一代的理想主義者必須接受如此深重的寂寞、無力和犧牲，以堂吉訶德的勇氣，明知不可為而為之，並如詩人海子所言——不得不和烈士、和小丑走在同一條道路上。在這個浮華與絕望交雜的時代，安逸是可以理解的平凡選擇，偶爾慷慨激昂幾句也不是什麼難事，至於掛羊頭賣狗肉的沽名釣譽之輩更是如過江之鯽。但這個社會總需要有那麼一些捨棄功名、拒絕誘惑的擔當者，舉起理想的薪火，穿越時代的黑幕，讓眾生腳下的大地不致徹底淪陷。
2016/5/10
She said, " But I'm through delaying things. I've looked back at my life, and every time I didn't say something I meant or waited for a better moment...There is no better moment. That's the one thing-- the only thing I've discovered. Everything comes to an end. There's no better moment than now."
2016/5/9
So this is the end of the story. I've been looking forward to seeing her become the First Lady of the United States and I always have faith in her, after all these years. She's been a strong spiritual support for me for the past seven years, and now it's time to wave goodbye.
2016/5/7
午夜徘徊的魂靈感受不到絲毫的心跳，美麗海濱的夕陽喚不起沉睡的慾望。月黑星高，心未死，魂似滅。It has become crystal clear that the way is paved with thistles and thorns and the only thing you could do is to w a.
2016/5/1
#84 Charing Cross Road# Love comes so unexpectedly, and with serendipity they finally fulfilled their wishes at the place where miracles were worked. Many years ago, I met someone who told me that she was a devout believer of serendipity and eventually she would meet her destiny despite all the troubles and obstacles. I was not really sure if I totally understood the meaning of serendipity, but I knew that she was not mine, in spite of the crushes I had onher and the affairs that happened between us. Then one day, I lost contact with her for good, and she gradually became a distance memory, although sometimes I would still think of her and imagine what my life would be like if we were together. Well, love is not everything, and my tears were not for the love story between Tang Wei and Wu Xiubo. Instead, they were for the fact that I'm not totally living the kind of life that I've always wanted, at least not like this one where my freedom is significantly dependent on the mercy of others. I need to make a choice and find the right track to happiness and to freedom.
四月
2016/4/30
她從Palo Alto回來，帶著濃濃的加州的氣息。她似乎已經找到了自己的家園。NJU的底色和UVA磨練讓她堅強而獨立，歷經風雨而日久彌堅。一別已是三載有餘，昔日在DC和Charlottesville也曾同床共眠，高談闊論，往事歷歷在目，如今天各一方。
2016/4/24
一口氣上了兩個小時的操課，全身溼透透。終於在全世界都不來上課的周日趕上了動感單車的時間，變成了教練和我一對一的輔導。槓鈴課，讓我忘記了一切，陷入了酸脹的漩渦。We must pay something for what we desire. You can't get things for free.
2016/4/23
關於讀書能「克服你生命中的一些限制」，她引用了埃柯的一句話：「不讀書的人只過了一生。讀書的人過著5000種生活。」讀書能夠使我們超越自己所處的時代和地點，書籍邀請我們踏上一種我們渴望的時間旅行。
2016/4/20
飢餓感是魔鬼，它日復一日年復一年地吞噬著我們的幸福，它讓我們變得人不人鬼不鬼。The weather nowadays is so pleasant that I would love to aimlessly indulge myself in the dancing arms of the breeze and never walk away.
2016/4/17
北京到底是什麼呢，北京是巨大中國的縮影，是囊括了所有欲望與夢想的城市。這個城市有一種天然的吸引力，權力和金錢使得每個有志青年趨之若鶩。它提供了一種別的城市望塵莫及的生活方式，讓人恍惚以為站在中國社會的軸心。然而這個城市的貧富差距比中國其他地方更為嚴重，房價只是在提醒你別忘了身份。許多人說選擇北京的原因是發展機會好，他們說的發展，實際上指的就是打工。
2016/4/13
二十世紀是一個可以讓十九世紀的思想家們感到啼笑皆非的時代。當黑格爾以其力圖包羅萬象的約對理性編織出一個絕對精神的哲學王國時，他不會想到這個王國在二十世紀實際上是一個由電子計算機編織的技術世界；同樣，馬克思當年以唐·吉訶德式的激情寫《資本論》的時候，他也沒有料到他所設計的烏託邦在二十世紀居然成了喬治·奧維爾描述的動物莊園。批判理性在此十分戲劇性地遭到了理性的批判，這種戲劇性在於：偉大的理性精神在寫作《法蘭西內戰》時是悲壯的普羅米修斯式的，但在《動物莊園》問世時卻是喜劇的侏儒怪物式的。這種戲劇性一如西方人文主義的莎士比亞時代是對萬物靈長的自我歌訟，在卡夫卡時代欲是甲殼蟲和局外人式的自我放逐。正如命運總是無奈的一樣，歷史的面孔往往是詼諧的。比如，誰會料到，馬克思當年那麼憤慨地譴責過的梯也爾，會跑到《動物莊園》中變成那頭以拿破崙命名的豬玀呢？
2016/4/12
My heart is filled with emptiness and my mind is now officially going blank. People in my WeChat are happily traveling around the world, to France, to Spain, to Japan, to New Zealand, to Thailand, and to all the fancy places that my heart is beating for, and yet I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere, extremely bored, somewhat devastated, and apparently hopeless. I feel like there's no light at the end of the tunnel, and there's little fun in life. What a horrible thing it is to have such feelings! But that's the way it is.
2016/4/4
#雙城記#一個國家，兩座城市，兩種宿命，無數可能，卻註定只有同樣的結局。
#Le Jardin Secret# 偷得浮生半日閒。要回帝都的日子，天卻終於放晴了。久違的陽光穿過佈滿塵埃的天窗灑落在長椅上躺著的我的身上，我不知道春天是否已經來臨。
2016/4/2
#雙城記#清明時節雨紛紛，路上行人慾斷魂。被一場突如其來的春雨洗禮，回到1930年代的法租界，徘徊在霞飛路與Route Ferguson之間，耳畔彷彿傳來十裡洋場的靡靡之音。
2016/4/1
The death of Architect Dame Zaha Hadid and the fourteenth anniversary of Leslie Cheung's death have become the hottest topics in WeChat moments during the past 24 hours. I'm sorry, but I don't know this woman, and I never liked him, really. He is not my type, not at all. But I'm well aware of the significance of these public icons and I certainly understand the sentiment of the fans.
三月
2016/3/23
關於創業：中國受過極良好教育的年輕人們，聚焦在被稱為「創業導師」的中年男人們周圍，一起徹夜不休地燃燒生命，只為了在一輪又一輪如何送菜送飯、洗車洗腳、美甲美容、搭訕豔遇、借高利貸、連接窗簾和冰箱的挑戰賽中搏出更好的名次，然後擊鼓傳花，快速傳給下一棒.大西洋和太平洋彼岸很多巨頭公司的創始人，他們在骨子裡並不是商人，而是geek.熱衷於創造新奇的事物，熱衷於解決難題，熱衷於在某個極細分的產品上把質量和性能或功能做到極致，這是geek的天性.科技，在這一刻，非常殘忍地拉開了國與國之間的差距。
2016/3/21
一個普通的，三月的，微風輕拂的夜晚，空氣裡再也沒有了逼人的寒意，但是也並不十分溫暖，就像這車水馬龍的北京城。It is a matter of choice, I suppose.
2016/3/15
每次我走進一座漂亮的房子見到一臉自豪，滿身贅肉的主人時，我都非常驚訝。他們沒有搞清楚本末始終，我們真正的家不是房子、城市甚至國家，而是我們的身體。只要你還在這世上，他就是你的靈魂和精神唯一一刻都不離的棲息之所。他是世上你能照料的有形之物中最最重要的。
2016/3/5
It is difficult to speak justly or adequately of Beijing. It is not particularly cheerful or easy or pleasant. It is by no means exempted from reproach. And yet it is just so exquisitely attractive. People from more serene shores and purer air are just fascinated by the city's sheer size, vitality, virility and diversity. You can drop any number of reasons why it is insupportable, the pollution, the price, the congestion and so on. And yet it ranks as one of the most exciting and fun places in the world. It is where some of us call home and where some of us refuse to call home but can never run away from. It is both angel and devil in a number of ways that one can never articulate explicitly. It is heaven and hell, so to speak.
2016/3/2
So I guess this is the end of the winter. The days are no longer as freezing as they used to be and the nights are becoming shorter, reminding us of the advent of a new season, a season with hope and expectations. However, all evidences suggest that the country is on the verge of falling into the endless darkness of white terror that repeatedly haunts the Chinese people like an evil spirit. I thought we were living in 2016, not 1916, but the truth is, we might have been in a much better position in terms of freedom and democracy back then.
二月
2016/2/26
I mean, it's 2016. It's not 1916, nor 1816. I thought that the winter was already over and another exciting year was just getting started, but I was absolutely wrong. I just realized that it's still very cold outside and there's no sign that it would be warmer any time soon. And I'm not myself. It's been a month, and I'm still coughing all the time. It seems that I was high and low and everything in between. For so many times, I wish I could stay in the weird dreams, indulging myself in the bewilderment of the dreamland, and never have to wake up to the face the morning sun, even though it could be a beautiful day filled with sunshine and unexpected happiness. I hope that I could burst into laughters or tears for just one more time, but I failed, unexpectedly. I seem to have lost the power of emotions and become someone who has no feelings at all. Deep down, I know that's not true, but I don't know what to do.
2016/2/21
我們之所以需要婚禮、畢業旅行、散夥飯等等儀式，就是需要儀式感來給自己未來的開始賦予新的意義，或者讓自己和過去做一個正式的告別。其實我們都知道明天早上醒來一切還是一樣，上班高峰的地鐵還是會擁擠不堪，早點攤的味道還是那樣一成不變，孩子還是會在夜裡哭鬧，工作和作業還是會摞成一堆。只是我們需要一個儀式，需要一個可以說你好說再見，一個可以光明正大跟過去決裂，一個似乎可以逼著自己做一些改變的時刻。
2016/2/12
【懷舊之情】那些年學過的意味深長、深刻雋永的課文-林語堂、波伏娃、黑斯廷斯，抄寫的名家之作-辜鴻銘，用英文研讀過的孔子與老子、儒家與道家，在沒有excel的日子裡手寫的歐盟歷年人均GDP排名...從小就是排名控！
2016/2/11
二十世紀流行的是「生活在別處」，人們背井離鄉，到上海去，到巴黎去，到紐約去，到深圳去……前往最現代化的地區去追求他們公認的天堂生活，但他們在除夕之夜必須回到故鄉，回到他們在春天斷然離開的窮鄉僻壤。回到頑固守舊的父老鄉親的老宅裡。人們不是已經抵達了新世界了嗎？高樓大廈、電梯、衛生間、煤氣、電器齊全的現代廚房、高速公路、「英格蘭社區」、超級市場、購物中心、名牌……為什麼還要長途奔波，遭遇那地獄般的「在路上」的磨難，回到他們的起點，回到貧窮的故鄉，回到所謂的「原始世界」？世界上沒有一個社會出現這樣的事情，紐約和巴黎的人們沒有這種「春運」。離開故鄉到外面謀生的人們倒也罷了，對親人的思念等等，都可以解釋。奇怪的是，那些就定居在我們苦心經營的現代化天堂裡的人們，為什麼也在春節要離開天堂，到「地獄」那邊去，到大地上去，「越原始越好」，許多旅遊者這麼說。人們為什麼要放棄他們苦苦營造的天堂？
2016/2/10
高中時手繪、杜撰的的一半虛構、一半真實的萬國產業數據及相關地圖。那時候就喜歡幻想去explore各個國家，擁抱各種possibilities。And exploring the unknown of the world is one of the things that still genuinely intrigue me and make me ecstatic.
2016/2/9
攝氏二十三度，一江春水向東流。候鳥般的我在江邊沈吟，看天空雲卷雲舒，看江面波光粼粼，看人間物是人非。儘管春晚完美地宣告了中國的春天或許真的會晚到，這裡的春天卻早早地來了，來得這樣無聲無息，來得這樣燦爛明媚，人們從四面八方湧來，聚集在廣場上，哭著喊著，爭先恐後地投入春的懷抱。
2016/2/4
在立春時談論《立春》，就像為曾經失落的人情事物斟滿一杯酒。其中辛辣或醇香，只有將之吞下的人可以明了。這部拍攝於整整十年前的作品，悄悄埋伏在此，等待「做好準備」的人點開play鍵，做好什麼準備呢？或許是沉沉拷問自己一句：「你是否在過你真正想要的生活？」
一月
2016/1/31
In days like this, Beijing can be an angel with love and fantasy and everything you've ever dreamed of, which is absolutely a gift from God as a reward for our persistence and belief in the coldest days of the year. Now that the winter is coming to an end, we shall pull ourselves together and embrace the advent of the Chinese New Year with which a new season is being conceived. As the economy declines, the world is in panic and China, in particular, has entered a stage which is referred to as the "new normal economy", a new concept invented by the Chinese government in the attempt to persuade the Chinese people into believing that the country is still in good shape but in truth it is in grave danger and we might be screwed if we're not able to avoid the middle-income trap that jeopardized the well-being of Argentina in the 20th century. History repeats itself, don't forget about that.
2016/1/26
I caught a cold this morning. It's getting worse and worse with each passing minute. The day is over, but the night is just getting started. I believe that the coldest days have become history and we are certainly embracing an increasingly warmer season, that is, the spring. The fate of Alicia Florrick is still unknown, although Eli Gold has already conveyed an astonishing and shocking message that she is the one, not Peter Florrick, as all of us have previously assumed. I'm not really surprised, after all, she is a Georgetowner, who has the gene of a politician, and a great one.
2016/1/13
The door was half-open. Before we entered, we realized that the door could be an entrance to a deep hole through which we might lose ourselves for good. I hesitated for a moment, and then jumped into the yard as if I was sucked in by an irresistible magnet secretly hidden behind the walls.
2016/1/3
【霧鎖蜀都】Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun, I feel so sorry that I couldn't stay longer. After all these years and after all these changes, my love for the city never fades away. As much as I detest the haze, which is obviously on a par with that of Beijing, and as much as I fail to recognize some of its newly established places, I know that her soul and what's in her blood never changed. It is still the city where my youth once lingered and never broke away, only bigger, more prosperous and intoxicating. Please love her, love her deeply.
2016/1/1
【成都，今夜請將我遺忘】2016年第一天，又回蓉城。岷峨挺秀，錦水含章，巍巍學府，德渥群芳。2016年，將迎來120年雙甲子校慶，在錦城和煦的冬日裡堅守著一份寧靜。
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