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4月19日 We are Virginia TechWe are Virginia TechWe are Virginia Tech. We are sad today, and we will be sad for quite a while. We are not moving on, we are embracing our mourning. We are Virginia Tech. We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again. We are Virginia Tech. We do not understand this tragedy. We know we did nothing to deserve it, but neither does a child in Africa dying of AIDS, neither do the invisible children walking the night away to avoid being captured by the rogue army, neither does the baby elephant watching his community being devastated for ivory, neither does the Mexican child looking for fresh water, neither does the Appalachian infant killed in the middle of the night in his crib in the home his father built with his own hands being run over by a boulder because the land was destabilized. No one deserves a tragedy. We are Virginia Tech. The Hokie Nation embraces our own and reaches out with open heart and hands to those who offer their hearts and minds. We are strong, and brave, and innocent, and unafraid. We are better than we think and not quite what we want to be. We are alive to the imaginations and the possibilities. We will continue to invent the future through our blood and tears and through all our sadness. We are the Hokies. We will prevail. We will prevail. We will prevail. We are Virginia Tech. ---Professor Nikki Giovanni at Convocation, April 17, 2007
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Copied from my schoolmate's blog, we are sharing the same the feeling for the event and the same feeling for our VT. 12月22日 冬至和同事聊天，同事说今天晚上7：22PM是Offical Start Of Winter (政府通报的冬天开始）。然后就讲到中国传统的冬至。一查万年历，居然就是北京时间的明天。考虑到东西两半球的差异，美国的现代科学计算出来的“冬至”的 7:22PM和中国的传统历法的冬至的一天中最冷的时分（凌晨朝阳将升未升时），竟是吻合的。不由得感叹老祖宗的节气历法厉害。心道，现如今有些人动辄就讲“科学”，将老祖宗的东西蔑为“不知所云”的“伪科学”。谁不料正是这些动辄“科学”的人，最不讲科学，按一己之思维局限和喜好把自己不明所以的知识文化一概划为谬论，实在是天下第一笨人的做法。
说起冬至，在广东地区叫“小年”，传统上是不逊于春节的大节。我对过节的事情向来不甚了了，今天却因了这个话头去查了一下冬至的知识，发现还挺有趣的，故附网文一篇在此分享一下： 冬至的饮食文化与传统习俗 冬至是我国古代一个很重要的节气，时间在每年公历的12月22日或23日，是北半球全年中白天最短、黑夜最长的一天。过了冬至，各地气候都将进入最寒冷的时节。因此，人们常把冬至作为寒冷时节到来的标志。 俗话说：“冬至大似年”。在古代，冬至节非常重要，人们一直是把冬至当作另一个新年来过的。先秦时，每逢冬至，君主们都不过问国家大事，而要听五天音乐，百姓们也可不事生产，而在家尽情玩乐。汉代以后，无论是官方还是民间，冬至节这一天都是很热闹的。 从冬至起，白昼逐日加长，黑夜一天天缩短。昼阳夜阴，天阳地阴。中国古代礼天崇阳，因此，冬至日祭天是历代统治者都很重视的活动，是一项国家大典。到了这一天，“太庙行荐黍之典，朝廷命宰执祀于圜丘。”（《梦梁录》）祭天前皇帝要先行斋戒。冬至时，到皇城南郊圜丘祭天，祭天的仪式很隆重，也很烦琐。皇帝只是按照礼仪官的引导完成早已熟悉的规定动作。冬至日的朝会也很热闹。百官和外藩使者都要参加这隆重的朝会。届时，文武官员要整齐地排列在殿中，宋时俗称 “排冬仪”。皇帝驾临前殿，接受朝贺，其仪式和元旦时一样。《汉书》说：“冬至阳气起，君道长，故贺。” 古人认为，过了冬至，白昼一天比一天长，阳气上升，是一个吉日，所以值得庆贺。《后汉书》、《晋书》等史籍都有冬至日贺冬的记载。到唐宋时，这一习俗尤为盛行。“十一月冬至，京师最重此节，虽至贫者，一年之间，积累假借，至此日更易新衣，备办饮食，享祀先祖。官放关扑，庆贺往来，一如年节。” （《东京梦华录》）“最是冬至岁节，士庶所重，如馈送节仪，及举杯相庆，祭享宗禋，加于常节。”（《梦梁录》）到了这一天，车马喧嚷，街巷拥挤，行人往来不绝。“岳祀城隍诸庙，炷香者尤盛。三日之内，店肆皆罢市，垂帘饮博，谓之‘做节’。”明清之际虽曾一度废止，但清代以后直到近世，民间仍有冬至节之俗。 冬至节贺冬，最具特色的是“履长”与“隆师”。所谓履长，是指晚辈礼拜尊长，尤指儿媳献履献袜。冬至日的礼拜尊长不同于居常的昏定辰省，一定要铺排家宴，向父母尊长行礼。此外就是媳妇给公公婆婆献履献袜，这正是“履长”的本义。这种仪俗至晚在魏晋时便已形成了。 相关习俗 （一）敬神明冬节一早，煮甜汤圆，先在大厅敬供神明与祖先。 （二）拜祖先和祭祖 中午时备酒菜，先祭祖先，然后全家聚餐，欢度冬节。冬至除了各家祭拜自己直系祖先之外，凡有「祖祠」或「祖庙」的就要合族举行祭祀典礼，称为「祭冬」。有的在冬至前十天举行，仪式隆重，祭后设宴招待亲友，深具敦亲睦邻的功能。 （三）吃甜汤圆添岁 祭祀神明、祖先完毕一家人吃汤圆，全家团圆而食，叫做「添岁」，即古所谓「亚岁」。清代「重修凤山县志」记载：「十一日冬至，家作米丸，祀祖先，礼神毕，卑幼贺尊长者，节略如元旦。」 看到履长一段心中感叹，古人所说“父母在不远游”的大则尚不能守，更何况如斯细节。想来实在惭愧。
2月12日 二月雪一夜大雪，一早就听见房东喊他女儿：姿姿，快起来看雪 ... 小女孩叫做雪姿，很有味道的名字。
坐在屋里看着窗外的满树银花听着房东喊女儿的声音，就想起小时候云南下第一场雪的时候，老爸也是这么一大早推开窗户就惊喊一声，小云，快起来，快起来，看下雪了。我那时是弹簧似地从床上跳起来，光着脚丫就跳到老爸身边，哪里哪里让我看看 ... 然后一家三口静静地站在窗前赞叹 ...
关于雪的描述，最喜欢仍然是洛夫<<湖南大雪--赠长沙李元洛>>里那段：
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雪落无声
街衢睡了而路灯醒着 泥土睡了而树根醒着 鸟雀睡了而翅膀醒着 寺庙睡了而钟声醒着 山河睡了而风景醒着 春天睡了而种籽醒普 肢体睡了而血液醒着 书籍睡了而诗句醒着 历史睡了而时间醒着 世界睡了而你我醒着 雪落无声 .....
然而任看了多少优美的关于雪的散文雪的诗，看到真正的大雪覆盖大地时候那种感觉都是无可比拟的 ... 雪花落到路上，落到树枝上，落到车上，堆积成一条条完美而流畅的曲线，我甚至就只想安安静静地呆在屋子里，不忍出去，不忍踏破这浑然一体的宁静。然而这宁静又仿佛有着巨大的诱惑力，鼓动着心里的欢乐，鼓动着拥抱它们的热情 ... 所以，我通常的做法是，看到有人踏出了第一个脚印，或者辗出了第一道车辙之后，长叹一声，尾随而去
 12月16日 Do you dare to dream ?TV Series: Ally McBeal S1_06 The promise The Gut: Ally saved porkey attoney Harry when he had a heart stroke. His financee Angela came to thank Ally, she is a fatso too. They are going to marry on Friday. Unexpected, Harry told Ally he had a special feeling about her which he had never had with Angela. He said he loves Angela very much, she would be a great mother, "but it's like love out of appreciation, and maybe convenience". She's never made his heart bounce. He asked Ally: "Is it wrong for a person to marry with another person not because she is the one but because she is the only?" Review: The episode subtly put the thing to a extreme situation, you may laugh at the fat Harry: what do you expect? you are lucky already that there is a girl who is willing to marry with you? what heart bounch? don't dream, marry with the one you can marry with, facing the reality ... but stop, what's the reality? Fat? Ugly? What about the heart? Many of us claim that we are looking for someone who is close to our hearts, but what's the standard when we judge if he/she can be close to our heart? Are we actually misled by many "realities" in the process of filtering candidates who can be the one?
A friend of mine happened to discuss about marriage with me after I saw this episode. She said, in marriage, you need other things more than ethusiasm. Marriage is the balance of the reality and enthusiasm. Basically she is right. But through our discussion, I suddenly realize a thing that most people regard enthusiasm or passion as the contradictory of the reality, subconsciously or instinctly. Without doubt, everybody yearns for passion, but usually people won't get married for passion. When the things come to the marriage, they said: reality. What the hell does that reality mean? Won't dream come true if you dare to chase it? Why do people always yield to the alleged "reality" before they even give a try for their dream? |
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