鄰居的小夥子背著我去看她的時候,她正艱難地呼吸著。別人告訴我,她昏迷前的最後一句話是:“我那個有病的兒子和我那個未成年的女兒……”
又是秋天,妹妹推我去北海看了菊花。那黃色的花淡雅,白色的花高潔,紫紅色的花熱烈而深沉,潑潑灑灑,在秋風中正開得爛漫。我懂得母親沒有說完的話。妹妹也懂。我倆在一塊兒,要好好兒活……
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Thereisarumorfloatingaroundthat嚴歌苓willwintheNobelprizeinliteraturethisyear.EventhoughthechoicesinthepasthavebeensuspectfortheNobelprizecommittee,Ithink嚴歌苓deservesit.Sheisoneof3contemporaryChinesewritersIlike.TheothertwoareWangShuoandLiuZhenYun.Ireadmostofhernovels.Myfavoriteisthe穗子series.Itfeelsabitauto-biographical.Inmanycases,awriter'sbestworkisauto-biographical,accordingtoWangShuo.Ilike...[
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Ienteredthecompanyping-pongtournamentforthesinglesmatch.IhadhighexpectationsbecauseIthoughtbeingChineseautomaticallymademebetterthananyoneelse.Butitturnedoutnottobethecase.Ihaven'tplayedforyears.Almostallthemechanicsarerustyexceptfortheserves.Thecompetitionisnotthatgood.Mostpeoplewinpointsonunforcederrors.ButIwasn'tthatgoodeither.Irarelywasabletoattacksucessfully.Theservessavedmeinthefirstfewgames...[
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Ibought10shrubstoday.Iwasgoingtoplantthemalongthesideofthehouse.Ionlymanagedtodug4holestoday.Thesoilissobad.Ikeptdiggingoutbricksandstones.Iwillfinishitthisweekend.
IrememberedthedaysofplantingtreeswhenIwasakid.Wehadtodoitonceinawhileinelementaryschool.Iwasin4thgrade.Itwasthebeginningoftheeconomicreform.Wewereprettytiredofholediggingsotheteachercameupwiththeideaof包產到戶.Whoeverfinishescangoh...[
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Istillhavethetravelbug.Iseemtobeincapableofstayingathomeforlong.Icreatedalltheexcusesforthebusinesstrips.IamthinkingofgoingtoHZbeforetheendoftheyear.Thereisa50kmhikingeventinOct.ButIdon'tthinkIwillbeabletomakeit.IwishIcould.Iliketochallengemyself.IwillprobablygotoShenandoah'soldragareatohikeinafewweeks.IproposedaLAtripinthanksgivingweekbutitwasvetoed.Theeraofcheapairtravelmayendinadecade.Iwouldlik...[
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Itookataxihomefromtheairport.Thetaxidriverwaskindofinteresting.Hewaslisteningtoaclassicalmusicstationontheradio.Iaskedhimaboutit.Hetoldmehelovedclassicalmusic.Hesaidthekeytounderstandingclassicalmusicistolistentoiteverydayforalongtime.Itisheavyandrich.Onlyafteryoulistentoitforlongenoughtimethenyoucanstarttoappreciateitsbeauty.Hisadvicesoundsreasonabletome.IhadthesensethatIoftenstoppedlikingsomepie...[
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JustcamebackfromIsrael.Workedthereforaweek.TookthetwoguysfromChinatothedeadseaandmasada.Wetriedtoclimbuptothetopofmasadabuttheywerereallyoutofshape.Iwentaheadofthem.IsawthemturningbackwhenIwas15minutesawayfromthetop.Iturnedbacktoo.Iwantedtoshowthemtheruinsonthetop.Therewouldn'tbeenoughtimeifIcontinuedclimbing.Itishardtofindcommoninterestswiththem.Maybeitisthegenerationgap.Theyare10yearsyoungerthan...[
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Howdoesonecomeupwithacreativesolutiontoadifficultproblem?PeopletendtothinklargeheadimplieshighIQ.Ithinkthereissometruthinit.Ithinkthevelocityofthoughtsinyourheadisveryimportant.Ifyouhavealargebrain,youcanstoremoreinformationinyourhead.Infact,alltheinformationnecessarytosolvetheproblemisstoredinthebrain.Youdon'thavetogo"off-chip"toretrieveinformation.Thevelocityofthoughtswouldbemuchgreater.Theskill...[
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