十一月
过了正午时分，我才从前一晚的酒气和怪梦中挣脱出来。百叶窗没有放下来。躺在床上望出去，是湾区一成不变的明媚的天——然而毕竟是深秋了，气温虽未降下来，黄叶已落了满地——此时，竟也只能看到瘦削的枝桠。一只松鼠窜跳着，忽地停下不动，一停停了很久，似乎是对这陌生的萧肃气氛，略微感到迷惑。 Continue Reading »
Simon on November 15th 2008 in 6v
Invisible Cities 5
When I traveled to the eastern part of the Great Plain Carpa was the city that caught my eye. The moon just climbed up the mountain and was drenching the city with its cool silver light. Street lamps were slowly lighting up, giving out gentle glows as if responding to the sacred call from above.
I had already heard of Carpa and its romantic nature: of its broad-shouldered men and bright-eyed girls, of the love stories that come off the bookshelves and take place in its streets, of the people who worship the name of love, write about it, sing to it, and teach it to the young every and each day. That night, I heard numerous whispers from afar, sweet and low, whenever the mountain breeze glided down from its highly elevated existence. Continue Reading »
Simon on November 9th 2008 in ekrit
un billet, inattendu
After almost an hour of self denial I finally got myself together and sent out the message. I was happy to receive an instant reply, and felt somewhat, if not completely relieved. It’s been a long day. I was drenched in the rain on my way to work, stood in chilly wind for the speech of Gavin Newsom while fidgeting about tomorrow’s outcome. Then I dozed off through the class, then worked with a low fever and finally managed to mess up my IDL code… I was just about to sleep to end this day when I received the message, to which I said no, coldly, and regretted right away. I regretted not because I did something wrong, but because what I did would not help, in any case. It took me an hour to decide whether I should do something to fix the awkward situation so I could have a better sleep. And I finally did.
Later I lay in bed, more or less cheered up and ready to open Eileen Chang for a short read. A bookmark suddenly fell out from between the pages. It was not mine, and I soon realized that it was not even a real bookmark: Continue Reading »
Simon on November 3rd 2008 in 6v
on Spider
My lunch appetite was completely destroyed when I noticed the following fact on a Snapple bottle cap:
The average human will eat an average of 8 spiders while sleeping.
Although I enjoyed the trick-or-treat fun and heartily embrace the idea of dressing up in ghost costumes and walking around with big jack-o’-lanterns, the Halloween obsession with spiders is sill beyond my ken. It is everywhere: stuffed eight-legged poupées hanging from ceilings, glued to walls, embroidered on shirts. While kids running around through these awful decorations with sheer holiday excitement, they sure will scream for life the instant they see a real one. Continue Reading »
Ulysses, by A. Tennyson
I have to repost this, though I already posted it several times. Just like I need to read it aloud whenever I feel down, and then… tears come to eyes. And I would be more than glad to share it with you, at any moment. Continue Reading »
Simon on October 12th 2008 in quote