齋食月

八月素食，與奧運主題相比，似乎不夠喜慶。好在人微言輕，無足掛齒。十九日是百日祭，不是百年祭。

這個月，索爾仁尼琴（Solzhenitsyn）走了，有位原名蘇鑄的華老人走了。索氏的書我讀不下去，當然並不妨礙我對他的尊敬，也不妨礙我對GULAG的了解；華老人據說在失去權柄之後醉心書法，蘭亭序寫得極好，人生總有寄托，幸事。

開幕式後的周一，同事問我：你一定很驕傲吧？我尋思了半天，說的確很棒，可是沒覺得驕傲。同事詫異，究原因。我說，太鋪張浪費。當然，我前麵說過，我人微言輕，無足掛齒。至於後來的lip-synch，我隻是一笑了之。紅衣女孩在我眼裏並無多cute，聲音倒是不錯，可是我也沒有如很多人描述的那樣淚流滿麵，慚愧。

後來沸沸揚揚的年齡puzzle，一位俄羅斯朋友甚至寫來電子郵件特意要和我探討高低杆選手的實際年齡問題。我突然想起北京站前賣發票的人，和滿大街關於證件的小廣告。

然後劉翔就改名叫劉退退了，有人支持有人罵，朋友在電話裏義憤填膺要尋求真相，我心說：多大一事兒呀？

我看到一張國家體操隊訓練館的照片，牆上貼著的標語是：
“上級逼，下級逼，互相逼，自我逼。不吃苦中苦，難有大突破。不經逼中逼，難上冠軍台！”

原來體育在我們國家是這樣玩的。這樣的金牌，不要也罷。

[dahuaidan]

回複achie的評論:
希望中國得崛起能給中國老百姓帶來好處，不要”興，百姓苦；亡，百姓苦“。

[achie]

回複江入大荒流的評論:
怎麽一說到紅燒肉，俺就口水直流呢。

[江入大荒流]

朋友取笑我：災區人民都吃上紅燒肉了，就你還素食呢！

[achie]

是啊，這麽大的聚會恐怕是後無來者了。。。John Burns今天在紐約時報撰文，將令人眩暈的開幕式全景觀視為古羅馬以來最雄偉的公眾展示之一。但是，最後能讓他三十五年前在天安門一個準馬拉鬆堅持到終點，以及周日馬拉鬆各國運動員到終點的，是很多普通老百姓的加油聲。
Mercy Corps有一點做得比較好，不定期的對他們四川賑災的活動做一些報道，從個人的角度。其中Roger Burks八月九日的一篇短文很讓我感動：
“Transformation is happening throughout the country, but I think that the real change is hundreds of miles away from Beijing's stunning Olympic sites — in earthquake-stricken Sichuan Province.

It's in Sichuan where displaced Chinese families are determined to drive their own rebuilding and recovery. It's in Sichuan where donations and volunteers from other Chinese provinces are telling those families that they're not alone. It's in Sichuan where local organizations are helming the relief efforts, ushering in a new era of civic action and social support.

Even with the inevitable obstacles and missteps, this change is amazing to witness — and difficult to leave. I'd already fallen in love with China's people and spirit on previous visits, and last week only deepened that for me.

After I'd flown to Beijing from Sichuan's capital, Chengdu, on Friday, I found out that — just minutes after our plane took off — another aftershock had hit the region. I immediately started pulling up stories to see what I could learn: what areas were most affected and how many were hurt. It's never easy to hear about a disaster and consider the consequences, but it's especially hard just hours after meeting survivors who have already lost so much. ”