11/25/2007

impression of Frankfurt





































I already heard that Frankfurt is a financial centre of Germany and I remember the impression when I firstly came to Europe, transfering from Frankfurt, that it is so big and modern city in my eyes. Now, I have a chance to be there again, and live there for couple days for weekend, which is nice for me to give this city a new impression and deeper. Out of my imagination, this city is clean and fresh. Coincidently, that day, when I arrived there in the morning, the sunshine was so beautiful and the streats in the downtown was so nice as well. This is a typical European modern city I saw so far.





There is a very big river crossing the downtown, named Mein, and on this river there are at least I can saw 2 mental bridges, significating the modern of this city, with the shandow in the river of the skyscripers and green plants, this city shows a lot of beauty in deed.





The special thing for me is I always feeling in China, since I could hear Chinese conversation everywhere, they are usually tourism from China.

11/20/2007

Continue Talking about Dao!!

For my friend Fabio asking an interesting question with his special view, I am really happy to give supplement to this Dao/Tao again.
Fabio said, the Dao sounds like our science, particularly Physics. I have to admit that I also consider that Laozi’s Dao is composed of a large part of contemporary science, like Physics, chemistry, Astronomy etc. The difference in my esteem lies on that, the definition of Dao is a much broader one not only including the science, we have already known today, but also the domain, where we have not categorized out and organized theoretically. For understanding the latter one, here is an example. How do you think about the Chinese Reading Palm 看手相and Reading Face看面相. Is that purely constitution? At least for me, it is not, there is a kind of science in it, but what is it exactly? As far as I know there is a discipline named zhouyi(易学) researching on it. I can not say that Zhouyi is sophisticated discipline already, in fact, I have a lot of doubts in it. Nevertheless, it is just an example, which indicates that there are a huge space within our universe, where we do not know, have not figured out, or even have not any idea yet. Generally, Dao, is too deep and unpredictable, only because of our universe is too deep and unpredictable.

here, 道,可道,非常道 literally means Dao, may describe, but, it is very difficult to describe by language. This is what Chinese say, 只可意会, 不可言传。Only could be understand and feel, but can not be spoken out by words. Why? except the reason I mentioned above, but also because...
Dao is a kind of experience and perception. Experience is a kind of thing could not diliver, for instance, if you do not know what love is, you would not understand why someone does some stupid thing like that, because you have not this kind of feeling and experiences on it, or although you have this experience, but you did not think of it, so can not have the feeling you should have, you either could not understand it. Another example, if you never go abroad for living or study, but heard a lot on it from others, maybe some opinion you are disagree or agree, which is not the real feeling for you indeed, since you need an experience, and then you can give an real feeling, even that, you can not describe the whole feeling out, which is a kind of 只可意会,不可言传。

Moreover, Dao, it is understanded or felt in status of calmness.
it means we need a calm status and mind to think, to feel...

On this topic, Fabio, as I mentioned, nobody is wrong. It is really happy for me to discuss it with you, and share my opion. ;-)

11/19/2007

Speaking about 道,可道,非常道; 名,可名,非常名

Incidentally, I found this sentence from my Italian friend, Stefano’s website, which makes me a little shamed, since as a Chinese, I am not so familiar with my culture at all. And I really know it is a treasure in deed I should possess. This is the first sentence in Book of Taoism, written by Laozi. Obviously, under review, I found there are really different views from different people, and everyone give an explanation from his or her respective. The interesting thing is nobody is wrong in explaining it and you could realize some wise reasons and kind of philosophy from various versions. Just for this reason, I would like to add a new view of mine on it, perhaps, it could arise resonance with some ones.
This sentence for me means, the so called Dao, or reason, approach, rules, or whatever you call it, is could be described maybe, but not with language, since our language is created by human being in fact, and this Dao is too complicated with too many faces and layers, how could our language to structure and describe it? From this looks-vague beginning, it sames that Laozi wanted to let us know, our world is composed by sky, ground, the creatures and stuffs between them, but not only limited there, there is also a kind of discipline and rule controlling the whole world in an invisible form. It is definitely deep and unpredictable.
So, with this viewpoint come to our reality and common life, all the things happen with their invariables and specific destiny. Why? Because Laizi said, there is a kind of Dao in our world, but he can not tell us clearly, not because it does exist, just because it is too complicated and unspeakable, which only could be feel and realize during many things you experience and after so much consequences you experienced saw or read. There are a lot of Dao in this world… in my esteem, everyone of us need to experience and feel.
Generally in my view, firstly, it is definitely a kind of science, just not defined yet, and need research and conclude by many of sages. Secondly, everyone’s life is a subject or discipline with specific questions and context, and during our long and short life, we as an individual, should think, considerate, mediate and conclude again and again so as to try to find the Dao of our life. Thirdly, there are 2 things should be well remembered in our life, one hand, all the things are complicated, not that simply happen, we can not easily to judge it right or wrong, so, always keep calm to face anything; another hand, concentrating on a person, everyone has his or her fate, it is not Superstition or Metaphysics, there is reason in it. Because in specific context, there is a Dao controlling us, creature to follow, in that case, whatever you meet in your life, you will do the same decision according to the Dao. Think and think, what is our Dao…?

11/15/2007

Chinese Culture Versus German Culture

snow morning in Regensburg







I am so delighted this morning after I awoke, finding there is a totally white world appearing outside from my window, which really renders me to recall the memory in my hometown, the time I spent with my family in Yangquan, also the feeling when I was a teenager, after a full spleep of night awake in the morning, opening my eyes and finding the white world through the frozen winder. Yes, this morning, this scenery comes to me, and I can not keep being excited, taking my camera out to catch the bus to my internship company. On the road, I was shocked by the cold beauty of German lanscape mixed with snow and green or colorful plant, also shocked at the pure blue sky with dancing of the snow flakes, moreover big group of flakes. As usual, I dressed myself in a white outcoat, red pants, boots, pink hat and this time, with a red packaged camera. I becames more attractive on the road, maybe, because, the passengers were thinking, this Asian girl definitely the first time sees snow. That kind of mood is diffecult for them to understand and feel, I think. In fact, it is complicated. I need some new factors in my too smooth routine of life, a tiny change, an element to make myself happy and fresh. Obviously, this morning with that special style, takes me so much fun and adorable beginning for the whole day.
I would like to say, the snow in Germany is not so lovely as the snow in Yangquan, because this morning I catch several flakes on my hand and also on my arm's clothes, I found the shape of the flake is not so beautiful, adorable, or delicate... hehe... I am really a little bit missing home now...

9/14/2007

什么是命运?what is the fate?

注意你的思想,因为思想将组成你的语言;
注意你的语言,因为语言将导致你的行动;
注意你的行动,因为行动将养成你的习惯;
注意你的习惯,因为习惯将形成你的性格;
注意你的性格,因为——性格就是你的命运。

Give your attention to your thoughts, since it composes your words;
Give your attention to your words, since it leads to your personnalized actions;
Give your attention to your actions, since it cultivates your habit;
Give your attention to your habit, since it forms your personality;
Give your attention to your personality, since it is your fate in deed.

Moved to Germany with momery in Italy

I am really regretting for my blog, that I have not communicated with her, even no glance at her at all for almost 2 monthes. So, I am always thinking, probably that is the reason I can not find my boyfriend, since I even can not take good care of a blog, moreover a cat, a child or family. hehe, maybe some of my friends will laugh at me, that that is me a typical Chinese girl with too much consideration, imagination and association. Anyway, during these 2 monthes, I experienced a lot. I had a so called "cohabitate" life with 3 good friends in Trento, Giulia, Lei and GL. That was a period nice time full of parties, cards playing and gelato, almost everyday after every meal. The biggest party, I had and orgnized partly, is the wedding ceremony for Rui. It is really a dream for me, and certainly, I also hope it was a dream as well for the new couple and all guests. I realized a dream to have a wedding ceremony in Europe, fortunately, this "dream" realized in a dreamily beautiful place, among the mountains with various flowers and plants, in a charmingly nice afternoon with parkling gold sunshine, with all my friends, I can invite and participate, even my dearest brother. hehe! the only pity thing is that it was not my wedding ceremony. But, ignoring that, all the things happening perfectly, particularly when I recalled it in my head. One of my best friends, Fabio even acted as a priest in requirement of me, dressing proffesionally and preparing well for the words, which he should read in the ceremony. He was so cute on that day, nevertheless I can read some blue element in his eyes. Maqiang was so cool that day, being called a cool guy with pineapple head. He was so lucky meeting the best amateurish barber in Trento-Shi Liang.


It is so sad for me in deed to leave a city like that, Trento, to leave a group friends like them, to leave a style of life like living there, to leave a rich and explendid momery in Trento. How could I not be sad! That nice city will always kept in my dream, mind and soul forever.
(I was so tired to translate it into Chinese after whole days exams and interview.)

7/16/2007

What Did I Learn from "Godfather" 教父观后感


1.The most important thing in the world is family, and we can ingnore everything but family and spending time with them.

2.Tell her/him directily and properly when you find you like someone.

3.The law of jungle. You have to be the winner by fair means or foul if you want to do "big" thing.

4.Kill the one who wants to kill you, or you will die.

5.Clean up relentlessly all the obtacles on your road to success, simultaneously avoiding to be the one on other's road.

6.Keep an eye open alway on those, whom you trust deeply.

7.Do not let others know what you are thinking about.

8.Keep your friends much close, but the closer is your enemies.

9.Be grateful to your enemies, who make you wiser.

10.Family members are the great treasures in the world;children are the hope of human, the more and the better.

11.Forgive is a big virtue.

12.A person with a bad temper is apparently a loser, who easily to sacrify himself meaninglessly.

13.Do not fight with your dear persons in front of others or in public, which hurt each other usually.

14.Do not go closely too much to someone, and it is a possibility to be killed; Do not eat everything others offer to you, and it is hard to say whether there is poison in it.

15.Keep calm all the time, in all the situations, impulsion can not settle anything.

7/15/2007

Parties in Trento

There are various parties in Trento in the period of time when I study and live in Trento from September of 2006 to this July. In this almostly whole year with 4 seasons, I have attended “n” parties with different styles, attendants, and locations. Now, I would like to give all these parties a conclusion or a short summary, for clues when I would like to remember the life in Trento someday in the future or materials with it the sebsequent generations could orgnize better parities so as to success to this tradition in Trento.
Trento的party是丰富多彩的。从2006年9月入学到2007年的夏天,将近一年的时间里,马二小姐我已经参加了n个不同形式,不同地点的派对了。今天就将这些派对的情况小结一 下,一方面为这一年的学习生活中非常重要的一方面进行总结,有待一日回忆起来的时候,保存足够的线索;另一方面,为后来者提供足够的资料,青出于蓝,争取将trento的派对文化发扬光大。

Definition定义
Party:这里的派对是指经过策划和准备后,群体参加的有吃有玩的活动。
Here this party is refering to all the activities, group attending it with food and activities, which is planned and prepared in advance.

派对形式Style
1. 家庭派对In appartment
参加人员:由于凳子数量,锅的大小,碗盘受限,人数通常有上限。
中国名菜:饺子、各地版本的红烧肉、暴炒鸡胗、西红柿炒鸡、(香菇、咖喱、胡萝卜)鸡汤、辣子鸡、水煮肉片、烧茄子、炒豆角、地三鲜、酸菜白肉、烤鸡、木须肉、火锅、中国葱油饼、糖饼、黄瓜炒海鲜(鱿鱼、哈喇等)、炒虾仁、土豆炖牛肉、杂酱面、麻将面…
意大利名吃:spaghetti,pasta,pizza,insalata,lasami…
甜点(必备其一):gelato、tilamissu、酸奶、各种烤制的点心(注:因为意大利甜点种类繁多,可以专门开甜点派对,地点自由;也可开派对专门学习如何制作意大利甜点)

当地红葡萄酒、白葡萄酒、香槟

水果、饮料若干

2. 烧烤派对Barbecue
必备:羊肉、鸡翅、香肠、土豆、大虾

3. 爬山派对Trecking
必备:扑克,三明治,饮料,水

4. 湖边派对By the lake
必备:泳衣、沙滩鞋、墨镜、三明治、水、扑克、浴巾、飞盘、水球

5. 足球派对Soccor playing
必备:水、钱/卡、采购用的包

6. trento可以派对的饭店Party Restaurants
猪腿店(Piazza fiera)
大中国饭店的后花园
海鲜面饭店
这几处地方比较自由,可以大声讲话,不限时,物美价廉还份大。

活动内容Activities
游戏games:杀人killing people、扑克queezers(升级、拱猪、吹牛…)、mah-jong麻将、chatting侃大山、frog diving青蛙跳水、singing点歌唱歌(trento基本没有可以卡拉ok的地方,想唱就唱)

7/13/2007

A LETTER FROM GOOD FRIEND-JESSIE一封来自好朋友jessie的信-了解澳门

涛姑娘,姑娘李闲来无事,决定出门采集一些澳门景色向你隆重介绍和推荐,权当您老人家有朝一日学成回归祖国来澳门小游之前的一碟小菜开开胃先:

SO,本姑娘先来介绍一下澳门的基本情况,澳门位于珠江口西侧,濒临南海,由澳门半岛、TAI仔岛(TAI字写法:乙+水,其中水在乙的臂弯里,这个字可能只有粤语里有,属汉字的异体字,我的电脑打不出来)、路环岛,与珠海市陆陆相连,面积约23。8平方公里,人口近50万,据称目前已是人口密度最大的地方了(想想,我们一套约100余平方米的房子里住着10个人,甚至还要更多,密度能不大吗?)。

澳门的经济目前以旅游业(我想,色情业是包含在其中的吧)、博彩业为主,另外近些年来房地产业、服装、玩具等行业也有了很好的发展。

澳门有“海上花园”之称,景色独特,其中妈祖阁、大三巴牌坊、西望洋山顶主教堂是著名景点。

啦啦啦******************我是导游的分界线***********

请马涛小姐姐跟随本姑娘的足迹和视线,图文并茂,还有我绘声绘色的讲解,我们一起游澳门:

其一:大三巴牌坊

大三巴牌坊远景大三巴牌坊是澳门最具代表性的名胜古迹,JESSIE曰:游澳门不游大三巴不成游也。实际是圣保禄教堂的前壁,相传由意大利教父发起筹建,教堂在1637年建成,是当时最大的一座天主教堂,1935年一场大火使得教堂只剩下前壁和前面的石阶,前壁样似中国的牌坊,且因圣保禄葡文音译“三巴”,故得俗名大三巴牌坊。我总想起港片里常常提到的那个同音词,噢,MY GOD,港人,本是同根生,相煎何太急!

沿牌坊向里走,有一个墓室,相传是教堂第一个神父的墓室,由花岗岩砌成。本姑娘曾跟随众游客进墓穴参观,发现在墓穴内存放着一些信徒的腿骨之类的东东,我仔细观察,像是小腿骨居多且骨头发暗(头皮发麻ING)。
杏仁饼及蛋卷、肉干等属澳门特产,大三巴牌坊附近有好多家制作和出售,店名多为“**饼家”或“**手信”,迄今我还没有搞明白“手信”是嘛意思,莫非是葡文音译的“饼家”?。本来有一张照片,不小心删掉了,想象一下吧,这里的商业街跟香港一样,就那样,街道很窄,招牌林立。

大三巴牌坊侧影再给你放一张大三巴牌坊的侧影,真的很壮观,上面各层都有特别象征圣灵意义的雕塑,我不懂,所以也没凑近了观看,等哪天我受了刺激皈依天主教,我再仔细研究说来给你听,前提是你真的感兴趣哦。

其二、大炮台

大炮台位于大三巴牌坊右侧小丘上,原为大三巴教堂的祀天祭台,为葡人抵御其它外倭(如荷兰)入侵而建的炮台,我大致数了下,共有一二十部大炮,想想当年葡倭也不容易,螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后啊。

炮台上建有澳门博物馆,上次去的时候我没有进内参观,这次我想进去看了,偏又休馆里面在搞什么布置之类的。记得电视上报导说当时澳门回归时全国各省赠送的礼物有几件是存放在这里的,好象山东省送的是个什么样的屏风摆在这里。俺粉想粉想感受下家乡的气息,可惜未能如愿。

站在大炮台上,鸟瞰这座拥挤的现代化都市,我这个从乡下来的土老帽感觉是这样的:澳门人民不幸福,姑娘李我老家那院子多么的敞亮啊!姑娘李我省城的马路是多么的宽广啊!啊,多少次梦回安丘!多少次梦回济南!我热恋的故乡啊,真得很爱很爱你!

自大炮台鸟瞰澳门在大炮台脚下我看到了这样一块指示牌,你需要拉大了照片才看得清:WHO的WC?澳门人民考虑得真周到,对狗狗猫猫外出游玩一定会遇到的内急问题实现了规范化管理。说到这里,我想到曾看到一私家车里贴了一张纸,纸上写着:车内不准放屁。不知道是针到人还是针对狗狗猫猫,澳门人民粉幽默啊。

蓝牌上的指示很好玩我猜是宠物WC指示
照片中的树可能叫榕树,在珠海澳门有好多这样的树木,它的树枝树干上会长出很多须,如果触到地面就继续扎根生长,树冠可以没完没了的长。我初次见到的时候挺纳闷的:什么树呀,怎么会长出胡子来捏?我猜你是不是也没见过这种树呀,对北方人来讲应该是挺新鲜的,我同事说叫榕树,我没有问过当地人,也不知道是不是这样写。

三、华士古花园—目前我的最爱

华士古达嘉马花园华士古达嘉马是一个葡人的名字,据说,华士古是第一个到达澳门的葡人,注意照片中央的这个小建筑上端是他的头像,是个长胡子老头。他必是葡人心目中十分爱戴的民族英雄,殖民者中的先驱,先有他,才有澳门被葡人殖民的历史!在这里,殖民地的烙印很深很深,到处都是葡式的建筑,公共场所的文字都是中文和葡文并写,无数条马路都以看起来象葡人的名字命名,两个FM台一个是葡文台、一个是粤语台,什么都听不懂,最初来的数天里,我感到我不是在中国呢,直到有一天我到珠海去买了个收音机,能收中波和短波,才知道我热切关心的国家领导人的行程和工作安排及国内国际重大事件。有时会有中葡混血的漂亮小孩儿在花园玩耍,葡萄牙人民已经将他们的血脉深深地扎根于中华大地上!

花园毗连的是塔石体育馆,我常常坐在体育馆的台阶上听广播,这是我扫视全园的角度照片:
从塔石体育馆方向看华士古花园远处(其实不远)那个最高的带尖建筑是葡京赌场的新楼,即新葡京,外形象个金刚,外立面装修是金色,现在上面还没有完全竣工,下面完工部分已开门纳客。我曾经进去参观过,厅内好大,赌客好多,玩法有好多种,有老虎机、押大押小的、坐庄的等,我只看没敢玩,不用说,那不是我的强项,我的强项就是打够级!夜晚,葡京赌场灯光璀灿,歌舞升平(注:非脱衣舞),门前车水马龙,人流如织,有当地来乘凉的市民,更多的是来自各地的游客,赌场有免费车辆在码头及关口迎送游客,贵宾级的更有那种加长的象是林肯车一样的车辆接送,我在那里观望时,每有一班车回来,我心里就想:哦,又拉回了一车钞票!葡京是澳门本土最大的赌场,04年起美资赌场纷纷拥入,占了半壁江山,我们正在承接的一个工程就是美国佬-威尼斯人公司的,赌场名字是金沙SANDS(美国佬真的应该感谢我党的好政策,否则他们哪里有机会合法地光明正大地圈钱!我也感谢党的好政策,否则我一乡下人哪有机会来这个资本主义的花花世界一天一天不停地看新鲜!)。赌场97%的收入来自内地,哦也,内地人真的很有钱!内地人真的很欠扁!

花园里常常有白的、棕的、黑的,当然最多的是黄的人来来往往,每每走过一个或一群,我便极其无聊的逐个打量,猜想这个/这些人的身份、工作,常有年轻女人单个或多个坐在花园的椅子上旁若无人的抽烟,于是我便毫不犹豫的将其归为夜总会小姐;常常有一堆又一堆的暗肤色女人在花园里用阿罗约的语言高谈阔论,菲佣呗;瞧!她们多么的幸福啊,远在异国他乡,还有无数玩伴,而我,一个地地道道的中国人,在自己的国土上,竟然无人一同吹牛皮、无人一同喝啤酒吃羊肉串、无人打够级!还看到一个又一个内地来的旅游团拖着大包小包的行李从花园里穿过,操不同口音,时有大肚腩、柿饼脸的男人夹杂其中,每每看到一队,我心里就想,又一堆敞开的钱包来啦啊,澳门人民欢迎您!
我们租住房子外面的街道花园对过,就是我住的宿舍前面的街道啦,真的好窄好窄,能容一辆车通过,街道上空分明就是“一线天”,这样的“一线天”在澳门处处可见。这么小的街道也是有名字的,这条街叫得胜街。我们住的地方是在澳门半岛,澳门半岛上的建筑多数都比较老,所以从照片上你可以看见,N条电线穿街而过,楼内的水管等公用设施都比较破旧,我们住的房子(在一层)到处在渗水,屋内的墙壁、屋顶上处处是地图,进门后总有一股霉味扑鼻而来,生生不息,永不消散!房内有一处唯一能有太阳照射下来的地方约有一平方多一点,可以称为“一方天”,有时候,我会扭着脖子扁着脸眼巴巴地巴瞧太阳公公的光芒,很有坐井观天的井底之蛙的感觉。房子里通风不好,这里湿气又大,衣服要挂几天才能晾干,可租金要近五千呢!OH!MY DORMITORY,HOW COULD I SAY I LOVE YOU!

四、议事厅前地
继续贴图轰炸,看了这张照片,马涛小姐姐,请问你有何感想?是否你会以为这里是你曾经置身过的欧洲的某个小镇?YES!YOU ARE RIGHT!是欧洲小镇!这就是葡式建筑,此处地名叫议事厅前地,看字面意思可能是当年葡人统治时议会所在地。这一处景色,真的很欧洲,很欧洲。在澳门,有很多很多这样很欧洲,很欧洲的景色。

议事厅前地照片之一下面是从另一个方向拍摄的“议事厅前地”的照片,后面的白色建筑上写着民政总署。照片中的喷泉旁也是菲律宾人常常相聚拉家常的地方。我前段时间去过香港,到了那里的那一天,好象赶上菲佣放假,整个维多利亚公园及周围的地方全部被菲佣占满。那天我去香港的时候,I DO FEEL THAT I AM A FOREIGNER!她们的队伍简直太庞大了!竟喧宾夺主的把公共场所占满了。约摸着当年山东人闯关东也没这阵式。不知菲律宾人有没有拍个“姐姐妹妹闯港澳”的片子,肯定有很多故事可以展现,而且上街取景也倍儿方便!

五、其它

这是观音像。我用手机拍的,位置较远,像素很低,效果不好。可能眼见了实物才会有视觉冲击力,样子是中西混血的感觉,充满动感和妖娆,裙摆随风飞扬,与我们国内见到的观音稳重形象大相径庭。嘿嘿,我第一次看见的时候,当地人告诉我那是观音像,我心中纳憾:莫非因为澳门是世界闻名的色情地带,所以这里的观音举止也轻浮?没办法,俄奏是酱紫不厚道!俄滴思想奏是酱紫不纯洁!混血观音娘娘,俄请您原谅俄滴无礼!

动感十足的观音像

这一张也是用手机拍的,是我们下一工地前面的马路,在TAI仔岛上的,那个岛据说是个旅游度假的好去处,我们那天去的时候,海风习习吹来,很爽很爽的。近些年才开发建设起来,公用设施比澳门半岛要好的多,马路很宽广,房租当然更贵,三室的至少要五六千吧。蓝蓝的天上白云飘~~~~~~,JESSIE IS RUNNING UNDER WHITE CLOUD~~~~~~,啊,想象一下,在这样的蓝天下生活会是多么多么的美好啊,JESSIE的伊甸园!赛马场就在这个岛上,呃,也许等我来了以后,会有机会赌赌马,亲眼观一观那些激动人心的赛事YEAH!GOOD IDEA!

TAI仔岛景观这次先到这里,等我再有心情,随身带上相机,到处走走看看,拍了再解说给你听,这片土地虽小,但它浸染了国内外众多不同的文化、加之特殊的历史,因而包罗万象,有很多值得一观的地方。

7/11/2007

The Story of Rome 罗马的故事




The legend of the birth of Rome comes from far away in time and space. It brings us back to the city of Troy, destroyed by the greek army, probably in the 12c BC. Aeneas, a Trojan prince, left the island after the defeat, bringing along his father Anchises and his son Julo. After many ups and downs, he arrived in Italy and married Lavinia, King Latinus' daughter. Aeneas became himself king of a new town named Lavino, and then his son lulo founded the town of Albalonga, on the Albani Hills. Thirty kings reigned over Albanonga before the wise Numitor, who was killed by his ambitious and cruel borther Amulio, who usurped the throne. He forced his niece Rea Silvia, to become a Vestal. The priest-women of the golddess Vesta were not allowed to get married, thus Amulio was sure he had prevented anybody to claim the power. God Mars fell in love with Rea Silvia and joined together with her, she born him two twin brothers, Romulus and Remus. When king Amulio discovered the babies, he condemned Rea Silvia to be buried alive and ordered to abandon the twin brothers in a basket on the river, aiming at killing them. But the basket came to stop against the slopes of the Palatine Hill, among the roots of a fig-tree. the babies were found there by a she-wolf, that brought them in its den and suckled them as they were its own cubs.Then a shepherd named Faustulus found the children and brought them up. Once adults, Romulus and Remus got to know their story and took revenge on their uncle Amulio, whom they killed. They decided then to found a new city on the hill where they had grown up. They consulted the birds to decide who would be the king: the omens indicated Romulus, who traced a furrow in the gfound, marking the sacred border of the new town. Remus overcame the furrow and entered the sacred area, and for this reason his brother killed him.The foundation of Rome dates traditionally from 21st, April 753BC. Romulus reigned for forty years, then he mysteriously disappeared during a storm as he was standing in the place now occupied by the Pantheon. He was worshippped as the god Quirinus. The she-wolf is still the symbol of the city: a Etruscan bronze statue, dating from the 5C BC, is now at the Musei Capitolini. The twin brothers underneath were added by the sculptor Antonio Pollaiolo. the statue of the Lupa Capitolina was offered to the city by Pope Sixtus IV in 1471, along with many other ancient works of art coming from the collection of the Lateran Place. Mars was the Italic god of agriculture and seasons. As god of war he was very important for Romans.His sacred tree was the oak.罗马的传说发生在很久很久以前的特洛伊城。大概在公元前12世纪,特洛伊城被希腊军队占领了,特洛伊王子Aeneas带着他的父亲和儿子离开了那个孤岛。几经周折,到达了意大利并且和国王latinus的女儿lavinia结了婚。 Aeneas在一个新城名叫Lavinio建立了自己的王国,之后他的儿子julo也成立了一个小城名叫Albalonga,在albani山上。之后30个国王统治了这个王国,直到一个叫Numitor的国王,他被他充满野心和残忍的兄弟Amulio杀害,篡夺了王位。Amulio强迫他的侄女ReaSilvia去作Vestal(灶神),就是女神vesta的女牧师,这种人不允许结婚,这样他就能够保证他的权利不受任何人威胁。火星神爱上了reaSilvia并且和她生了两个双胞胎儿子Romulus和Remus。当Amulio发现了它们,就决定判处ReaSilvia活埋并且让两个婴儿放在篮子里投入河中,旨在杀死它们。但是那个篮子在经过Palatine山斜坡的时候卡在了一棵无花果树的树根里。着两个婴儿被一只母狼发现,并带到了她的洞穴哺乳它们,就像自己的孩子。后来,一个叫Faustulus的牧羊人发现了两个婴儿,并将它们抚养成人。两个孩子长大后,得知了自己的生事,最终杀死了Amulio报了仇。之后,他们决定在他们长大的山上建立一个新城市。他们问鸟谁会是国王,小鸟暗示Romulus将会是国王。Romulus在地上划出一个沟痕,用以标识新城市的神圣领地,可是他的弟弟却越过了这个边界,因此,Romulus杀死了他的弟弟。罗马的建立传统上是从公元前753年开始的。Romulus统治了40年,之后他在一场大风暴中神秘失踪了,他失踪的地方后来建起了万神殿。他被尊奉为quirinus神。那只母狼成为这个城市的象征。火星神被推崇为农业和季节之神,同时作为战争之神,他对罗马人也非常重要。

back from Italy trip 意大利之行归来


Finally,I realized one of my dreams having a trip to Rome. Last night, I came back to Trento my dorm. So tired and excited for this trip that I can not take my heart back from Rome. This is an amazing city, which renders me to become to love arts spontaneously. The following blogs have to say something concerning this trip.我终于回到了我的家trento,这次罗马之旅让人如此震撼,以至于我的心还留在了罗马,没有和我一起回来。这是一个让我自然而然对艺术产生兴趣的城市。太伟大了!以后的博客里,我不得不写些和这次旅途相关的内容了。

7/04/2007

A Dream Life Style梦想的生活方式






I received a letter from my good friend, Jessie today from internet. She told me that she is in Macao now, and she feels like she has been retired and feels so relaxed. I can understand her feeling accurately, for I also spent similar time with her too. She has been too hard working for a too long time, same like the time I turned to study from 6 years continuous work. About retirement, I would like to say, I also want to be in a status of retirement. Maybe, this is a signal that I am not young already. Anyway, it is really a wonderful thing for me to do a small business, like a coffee shop, a bar, a small specialized restaurant, a handicraft workshop, a landlord of a house, or a professional, going to work for several days of a month and the other days is left for husband and children. An ideal living mode it is indeed. But the realistic life shows me another road to follow… At this time, I remember a famous sentence, it is said that the strong does what want to do, and the weak does what must do. I would like to be strong, and I have to…
今天收到我的好朋友jessie的来信,信中提到她现在呆在澳门,整个状态很放松就像是退休了一样。我很理解她,我也曾经经历了这种情绪和状态的改变。她过去的十几年太努力工作了,放弃了很多享受生活的机会,那种放松下来的感受如同我连续工作了6年,转头重新开始学习一样。关于退休,我早有体会。也许,从另一个方面来说,我已经不年轻了。但是,想来,如果我能有一份属于自己的小生意,也是非常惬意的事情。作一个咖啡店的老板娘,或者只是个小bar,特色的小饭店,或者自己经营一个手工作坊,只是当个房产的房东,成天收房租,或者去作自由职业者,一个月工作几天,剩下的时间都在家相夫教子。多么理想的生活状态啊… 不知道现实生活会把自己带到那里。突然间,我想起一句名言,“强者做所想之事,弱者做必做之事”, 我想坚强起来作个强者,我必须…

7/02/2007

Raining day


From early age, I began to believe that the weather is the mood of the sky. So it is easy to understand why sometime it rains, some time is cloudy and other time is sunny, since the mood of poeple is also always capricious.It is a quite nice thing to see different weathers. It may be strange, even for me, I do not know why, that I like storm, whenever it rains hard, I am always glad to take some time standing on the balcony enjoying it, even if the wind blows me to become chilly and drops hit me, which is the very feeling I would like to have. Not to suffer the special environment, but it makes me a little excited and simply happy, like sitting on the beach after dinner and some drink, facing the sea wind. Maybe, a simple reason for me liking storm is that I like water generally, particularly the water from natural. To get to the bottom of it, I think it is only the intuition of human being, as it is universally acknowledged by all that all the cratures from sea, a kind of water.

by the way, there other important reasons for me to like storm. that is, usually, it would be pretty good weather after heavy storm, all the land including the plants on the balcony is irrigated spontaneously, and etc.

从很小的时候开始,我就相信天气的变化代表老天爷的心情。因为只有这样才能理解为什么有的时候晴,有的时候阴,有的时候还下雨了。就像人的心情,怎可能一成不变。天气的多变也是好事,也许很奇怪,但是,我也不知道为什么,我喜欢暴雨。每次下大雨,我总是感觉比较兴奋和开心,喜欢站在阳台上欣赏一阵子。哪怕风吹得我瑟瑟发抖,雨点打在身上,都不影响我的好心情。不是为了受虐,只是在享受那种快乐和舒畅。那种感觉就像一顿丰盛的晚餐过后,带着一点点醉意,坐在海边吹风。

我想,我喜欢暴风雨的原因也许是因为只要是水,我都喜欢,特别是来自大自然的水。归根到底,我想是因为人类的本性所致。毕竟,任何生物都来自海洋,喜欢水就是人的天性。

另外,其他原因也不能忽视。雨后天晴,还常常有彩虹;田地自然灌溉,我也不用给阳台的花浇水了... ...

7/01/2007

A dog in our yard在我家院子里的狗

There is a dog in our yard, and it is raised by the host of this building. this dog is female, only 4 monthes old, but she is pretty big with black and white mixed fur. Generally, she is lovely, like a spoiled girl, rushing to you whenever you appear in the yard. But, i think she has her principles in her heart.
1.Flirting familiars.Treat to her familiars, she usually will rush to you and stretch her anterior feet up to your body, in that case, this familiar has to hold her "hands". At that time, she will try to bite your hands, you can try to be bited, since she just pretends to bite, not hurt at all. otherwise, she can not stop it, and can not feel satisfaction. but even you satisfy her, she will not stop too.
2.Prime in sleeping. Sleepy girl never moves. if you want to leave this building or just enter into, and conincidently, she feels sleepy. in this situation, you are lucky, because she never moves ever change her pose, when she feels sleepy.
3.Frighten New comer.Her general mission in this building, concluded as follows.Attack and flirt familar, sleep everywhere outside of appartment, rush to hosts whenever she was needed, and frighten new comers.She is not dangerous but fearful. But, basically, she never bite people and get familar with you after 2 or 3 times of meeting.
Not always but sometime I am so gealous of her with simple and happy life!
我家院子里有条狗,是房东养的。这是只母狗,现在才4个月大,但是长得却非常肥硕,身上有黑白相间的毛。总体来说,她还是很可爱的,就像个宠坏的小姑娘,每次你出现在她面前,她都会扑向你撒娇。但是,她是个非常有原则的狗。
1.不放弃任何向熟人献媚的机会。对待熟人,她通常冲上去,伸出前蹄往你身上放,这时,你要握住她的手,因为这样方便她用嘴去咬你的手,尽量不要嫌她葬,尽管让她咬,她就是在逗你,其实一点都不疼。她一般不会主动停下来,和你玩耍她永远不知满足。
2.雷打不动,睡觉第一。困了,就纹丝不动了。如果你急着出去或者回来,碰巧她困了,那就太幸运了,这个时候她不会动一下了,甚至换个姿势都很难。
3.最重要的使命:吓唬新人。她最主要的任务总结如下:向熟人攻击和献媚;除了房间里面的任何区域到处乱睡;主人需要她的任何时候跑过来;吓唬不认识的人。她一点都不危险,但是让人害怕。但是,总的来说,她从不咬人,并且2-3次见面后就变熟悉了。
不是经常,但是有的时候,我真的很羡慕她,如此简单和幸福的生活。

6/27/2007

Summer Healthy and Flamboyant Food夏天健康多彩的食物

It's difficult to think of a more joyful time for eating than the welcoming of the summer! This season-marked by the summer solstice when the sun is at its northernmost position in relationship to the earth and daylight is at a maximum-is blessed with a particularly abundant and colorful array of seasonal foods. Fruits and vegetables of every color imaginable are available during the summer. Fields and orchards are somethimes overflowing with these foods. Our menu should follow suit, and we should make our plates flamboyant with fruits and vegetables of every color. there is no better time of year to put a full palette of food colors on display. The cherry reds of tomatoes, the sun-like yellows of summer squash, and the infinite shades of green-from the rich darkness of zucchini to the airy brightness of a fresh pea pod-all burst into view each summer.夏天来临最快乐的事情莫过于吃了。在这个太阳处在地球的最南端白天最长的夏至日里,恰是食物的品种最丰富颜色最艳丽的季节,有你可以想象到的色彩的几乎所有水果和蔬菜,田间和果园里到处都是。我们也该与时俱进,让我们的餐桌摆满这些漂亮的食物,并且制定出健康的食谱。看那火红的西红柿,太阳般金灿灿的大南瓜,还有绿色色差不等的绿色蔬菜,从深绿色的西葫芦到浅绿色的豆角,为每个夏季增添色彩。

6/26/2007

The Day Without Gelato没有意大利冰淇淋的生活

没有了gelato,生活依然在过,还要上网,还要写信,还要聊天;没有了gelato,饭依然得吃,荤的,素的,还有汤;没有了gelato,冰箱还是满的,鸡肉,猪肉,猪手;没有了gelato,还有很多甜点,巧克力,蛋糕,口香糖... 但是,为什么我总是在任何想吃东西的时刻,想到的,都是...
Without gelato, the life still goes on, surfing in the net, writing letters and chatting.
Without gelato, the meals have to be eaten, meet, vegetable and soup.
Without gelato, the refriger is still full of chicken, pork and pighands.
Without gelato, there are still many sweeties, chocolate, cake and gum.
...
However, I'm always missing it whenever I want to eat something...

6/24/2007

坐火车的故事The Story About Train

The place I am living now is a quite tiny town named Povo, Although it is famous in Treno, because Engineering and Science faculties are here. In this small town there is located a train station, titled station of Povo mesiano. This is really small train station, only several trains passing by everyday, and only the smallest train will stop for several seconds. If you are going to catch train here, you have to hurry up, otherwise, you will miss it. It almost departs when it has not stopped well.

Today, I got up early in the morning and rushed out for catching the train from trento to a beautiful lake, caldonazzo, where one of my professor lives there, he wanting the students staying in Trento in summer to be there for trecking in the hills. The train, I planned to take is 10 minutes later today, and when a train is slowly into the station, I jumped into it, in case the train will leave.The door is closed just after I entered. I thought by myself, lucky girl today. But fortunately, I can not find my colleagues in this tiny train. Then a conductor told me I was in the train to trento...

This is a funny morning, but it is a strange combination of circumstances, I took many pics in the downtown on the road back from Trento train station to Povo home. I also ran back over the road of first day I arriving trento.

我住的地方是一个非常非常小的小镇,路过我们家门口的火车通常不停,快车呜呜而过,慢车基本不停,超慢车将停未停之时,吱吱离去;检票口都没有,自己买了票,来了车,跳上去,没人查票,快到站的时候,有人来检票。今天我赶到那里,为了参加一个教授组织的活动,需要上一辆从trento开出到caldonazzo的火车,火车晚点了,终于来了一辆火车,我二话没说冲了上去,心里暗喜,一没有丢鞋,二终于在关门之前上来了。

可是在这个超小的火车上,我找了2圈居然没有看到一个同学,于是我问了一个乘务员,她告诉我这辆火车开往trento...

在我的同学打来电话的嘲笑声中,我不得不往回走了,但是,阴差阳错,今天的早晨过得特别愉快,我又重新温习了一下当年来trento的路线和情景...

6/23/2007

A Telephone Call一通温暖的电话

This is a place, people comes and goes frequently. In a year, I have attended many welcome parties and farewell parties as well. You propably are a new comer, knowing nothing almostly about this place, then recieved a phone call, identified by himself that he is a supervisor in charge of organizing meals in Trento. How interesting it is and what a warm word to hear. He is a talent boy...
在这个人来人往的小城里,我已经参加了太多的欢迎派对和欢送派对。听到最有意思的一件事就是有个新人刚刚到trento,她对这里并不了解,这里的生活也知之甚少,突然一晚接到一通电话,她问:你是哪位?那人说:他是trento负责召集吃饭的。他是一个天才...

6/22/2007

热爱意大利的美食fall in love with Italian food culture

今天周五了,明天周六,后天周日,大后天周一,大大后天周二;意大利的节日果然多,特别是这个季节,不小心就碰到了一个节日,明天,后天,大后天,大大后天,好象是个节,具体是什么不清楚了,听说是叫护城神的节,属于地方节日,每个区域不同。过节是好事,大街小巷都是着民族服装的人买民族的特色东西,热闹得不亦乐乎;可对于我们这些学生来说,就不尽然了,考虑到还有那么久没有超市开门的日子要过,首先想到的就是储备食物了。谈到食物,我觉得我本人对意大利的食物是越来越有感情了,今天的购物袋里就有四包意大利面,2包鸡翅,3罐玉米,新鲜的西葫芦,蘑菇和黄瓜。也许1年以前,我还很难想象自己会爱上意大利面,但是,现在这些主要的食物总是在我最饥饿的时候给我带来最大的满足感,于是,条件反射,只要感到饥饿就会想到意大利面,而且,它们都那么便宜^^

Today is Friday, tomorrow is Saturday, the day after tomorrow is Sunday, and the day after the day after tomorrow is Tuesday. It is known to all that there are many holidays in Italy, especially in this season. Unconsciously, I meet a festival again, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow..., which is named kind of a festival for the city protection god, and is also a local festival, various in different regions in Italy. Festival is a nice thing for all, and we can enjoy local habitant dressing in traditional ways, and some of them only dress like that for fun, walking like us in the street, and some of them dress like that for selling traditional handicraft stuffs. That is really interesting, but for us foreigner students without car, the shopping issue is becoming a big deal. The first reaction for hearing of a coming festival, we can not image beautiful and special vision in streets, but an adequate food store, that is, a big shopping. Talking about food, I have to admit that I have more and more intensive emotion with Italian food culture, and the essense of it, Spaghetti. In my today's bag, there are 4 bags of spaghetti, 3 tins of maise, 2 pans of chicken and fresh fungi and cucumber... It is hard to believe one year before when I was in China, that one year later I will eat spaghetti as my main food. To be honest, when I feel hungry, the first food i can figure out, is spaghetti, and almost every time after eating it up, this food could take me maximum satification for food.^^by the way, speghetti is pretty cheep.


spaghetti,chicken,maise tin,新鲜的fungi,

6/21/2007

About flower

无意之中,我来到的地方,开满了小花,黄的,红的,蓝的;这就是我要的吗...Unconsciouly,I came to a place with various unfamous small flowers, red, yellow and blue, but fabulous.I can not help asking myself, is that my life?

开张了!A Nice Beginning!

今天我的博客终于开张。虽然有点晚,但是,有人说:再晚的开始也不算晚。在这个小小的世界里,我就是我!
Finally, my blog is open to all, although it is a little late. It matches the old saying, that the latest beginning is not late. From now on, I have another small world with my true self.

A LETTER FROM BROTHER

All the words I am telling you are coming from my heart. You have to find something which can make you stand on the ground on your own feet except affectional love. That is to say, you have to find the way you could live by yourself. This is already the time to consider about it. I never deem that the educational degree as a very crucial thing, but you even are not qualified to sell yourself to work for others if you have not this.

You have to organize your flying ideas into clear and simple characters and thoughts. Luxuriance and float can not stay long. You should understand that it is not enough to only enjoy the good feeling in reading, moreover, the content, idea, realm, spirit, soul and wisdom is more important. It is not recommended to read the works whose authors’ thought methods are similar with yours. No pettiness and do not make a fuss about an imaginary illness. Do not write anything you can finger out and do not stay for small sadness and tiny impression.

It will please me if you believe in warmness, fineness, trust, dignity and adamancy (strong) of these sorts of old words. I hate to see you decadent, vacant, confused, hurting others and trampling/befooling yourself. Do not treat yourself as a mess. Control your emotion and not everyone you could have. About experience life, it is the other thing, and it does not mean sinking-low (degenerating) and self-abandoned. Do not believe the cool on appearance and alternative style, which is the excuse for some idlers want to abandon. The real cool lives in the hearts. You should have a strong innermost being and you not be afflicted (grinded) and subdued with the time passing.

It is not enough for you to say that I love this world only when you are in fabulous and simple life of university.

It should be spoken out by you even though you know the world with darkness, dirty and ugly.

Well to love and live. Youth is so short, do not to mourn your age. You can stand by a while for rest somehow, but do not stay and look back for a long time. Do not regret after you do a choice.

Often ask yourself what you are doing.

You could cry out loudly when you feel sad and complaint. After that, wash your face and clap it gently, then squeeze a smile in front of mirror for yourself. Remember, do not press and knead them, otherwise, they would be turgescent the next day.

Plan a long-range future and big target for yourself. Always look up to the sky and simultaneously look down on the ground.

Whenever anyone asks you how many times you ever had amativeness, the answer always should be twice, the first time is he loves me, but I do not love him; the second time is I love him but he does not love me. The best one is the next.

Do not give the second chance to the man who ever hurted you. Do not believe the promise made in bed. Do not too emphasize the virgin, but you should keep unsophisticated and chaste. Do not feel shame at the desire, enjoy it, but do not bear the result and ignorance from men. Believe me, men is numerous in the world, even more than the numbers of frog with 3 legs. Do not speak out the word “love”. Trust in your intuition. Do not try to get a man (get rise out of the men) belonging to others except that, you love him very, very much and he is the man very, very worthy of your love. Do not be close to the man, who wants to find the similar woman as his anti-girl friend, his mother or his sister. Do not touch the wayward boys, literature youth and medium-age men. The too simple boy you also should keep distance with. Do not get along with the man without heart and lung. Do not look on the self-insult as the love or moved thing. The cigarette burning on his body indicates it would be on you the cigarette burn for next time. Look at the friends around him and know what kind of them and what the attitude they treat women is. By the way, do not trust a man, who has no plan to introduce you to the circle of his friends. Insist to asking him to call you your name when he always calls you baby. Do not turn to touch him when a man does not touch you on his own. Do not believe the men using tricks on love. Do not speak out evil words when you decide to separate with him. Take lessons but not regret. You know regret has no meaning.

Believe in love, and believe the good men existing on the world, and he is waiting for you keeping single. Do not say this kind of sentence like that no a good man in the world, which makes others think you are a woman experiences too much.

Promise me, that never to move from a boyfriends’ house to another’s at night.

You could love substance in some degree, but always remember that the spirit is most important, even more valuable than the famous-brand watch and fashion. The most beautiful thing in the world should be you.

Do not look down the laboring people and do not feel ashamed for labor. The soil is not dirty and the sweet has no bad smell. Respect the people who seem to live below your living standards. Only in this way you could respect yourself. Respect and understand the people living on the ground of the society because we are living among them and we are not noble and not valuable.

Do not ignore even 1 cent, you could try to earn it by yourself.

Do not hesitate to believe friendship after you are hurt by a friend but you should watch out for him who betrays you. Forgive it but not forget it. Saving some naïve childishness for yourself and leave some errantry emotion for your friends.

To be happy, optimistic, diligent and warm and they are no connection with character.

I am afraid of your low key attitude, and you should be a little stronger. When you are baited by others, you should ask it back. Do not bear grudges! Mercy could make you noble (noblest).

You should learn to forgive this world and yourself. Always tell you that you are worthy of all the best things.