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青草青20082008Today is 20 Aug 2008. It is indeed special to be here in Beijing to celebrate Beijing 2008.
It is more than a sporting event. It is a massive party and MEGA performance that Beijing, and in fact, e whole of China has put up for he world.
While I am happy for them, it is only when I am here that I am very aware that I am not a part of them. Yes, we r all chinese, but somehow I feel more Singaporean and v much a foreigner in Beijing. I am very conscious of my different accent, my different habits, my different lifestyle, my different mindset. It is this difference that hits me strongest when i am here.
I enjoy being here, but Singapore is the only place I would call HOME. 亲身体验北京在北京约30小时，就已经有许多东西让我留下深刻印象。
太累了，先把写给朋友的email的部分内容给贴上，明天在补充中文内容和照片。
1) Sponsor pavillions
It is v interesting how the various sponsors presented their info. Johnson & johnson specially impressed me
( they have this panels where they got ordinary pple to say what it means to build a caring world. also they have a mini 兵马俑 exhibition where they shared how their medical technology- anti fungal medicine - is used to preserve e artefacts)
These sponsor booths are quite a show on their own. Queues r v long and of course it helps tt they sometimes give out freebies and souvenirs too. Didnt get any myself though =< (all gone by e time i visit)
in fact there was sooooo many pple everywhere tt even the "supermarket" (souvenir shop) had a queue of a few hundred pple at least. I skip that altogether.
I also found the China Story section which they presented the major province one by one very interesting. Not very indepth, but good as an intro to foreigners, n very colourful.
2) Inside the olympic garden, almost all the artistic sculptures turned into children's playgrounds. They were climbing up and down and having a great time. And China parents seem to be less protective. i would imagine spore parents screaming or not allowing their kids to even climb up.
Many people were also having picnic, or even sleeping under trees. Even without seeing any match, e olympic garden is quite an enjoyment because there is so much to see.
Not just the architecture, e exhibitions, e scenery (these r hardware), but also the software aspect, which r all e pple who have really immersed themselves in e olympic mood.
It's just soooo different being here versus watching all these on e news.
3) the olympic country clubs culture is interesting too. These are efforts by individual embassies, together w their national sponsors..
There are a few. Heineken Club, Bud Club (Budweiser), Canadian House, London House etc. some r only by invitation.
For Heineken Club (Dutch house), all u need is to show your passport. all foreigners r welcome. That's where I went. The whole place was Orange in colour, naturally... The venue was converted from a chinese exhibition hall which has very traditional chinese architecture. They hung some really cool orange colour chinese lanterns w dutch logo on top, so it was really a good combination. There was an exhibition which featured Dutch olympics achievements, they had a live band, dutch food, .. dutch olympic t shirts n other items r for sale,..... very well designed exhibition and very fun party.....Enjoyed myself and found many inspiring things to share w YOG. 4) The managing of Beijing volunteers is quite an impressive thing. heard they got more than 10,000 volunteers. Many foreigners working here have signed up w sponsors such as China Mobile to volunteer as traffic controllers too.
(Also, their uniform etc have become a collectors' item outside coz they made limited only for these pple.)
巨人的脚印那天观看北京奥运开幕仪式，演出的规模、精确程度、震撼力让人叹为观止。
有一幕出现一个个激光（或烟花？）大脚印跑向体育场。我脑海里立刻想到“一步一脚印”。
这场开幕向世界展示了中国这个巨人的实力和潜能。
但未来的路还很长，巨人是否会受到世界欢迎或畏惧，就得看巨人能否带着世界一同前进或是将世界踩在脚下。 开心宝宝小彦很可爱，有时可以笑个不停。要知道小宝宝笑起来是怎么个样？我upload了三个youtube片段。小彦笑起来就是这样。
庄子加康德还在迷facebook。最近做了个小调查，调查结果是，自己最象的中国哲学家是庄子，最象的德国哲学家是康德。
不知准不准的，但我真想不透，庄子加康德，会是个怎样的组合？
有或者，也许我用中文思考的时候，比较象庄子，用英文思考的时候比较象康德。
但无论如何，这两位都是我很喜欢的哲学家。
而且也很高兴，最近在facebook找到我在大学一起念哲学荣誉班的同学。（其实是同学找到我。哈哈） 那本装满熟悉脸孔的书最近很少blog，一方面工作忙，另一方面注意力转移到了facebook。
如果blog 比喻作独唱，那facebook 就有如accapella般的热闹。
只是，突然间，“朋友”成了专有名词。究竟“朋友”该如何下定义？认识的人，都叫朋友吗？
友X说，我想得太多了。
的确。 流动的飨宴朋友寄来的文章，看了特别感动。也许有一天，我也会离开，相信到时也会带着许多的丰富离开。
海明威曾說，巴黎是一個流動的饗宴，他說：「如果你有幸在年輕時住過巴黎，它會一生跟著你，有如一場可以帶得走的盛宴。 」張忠謀用這個比喻，說在哈佛求學的時光之於他，就彷彿巴黎之於海明威，也是一場流動的饗宴。
流動的饗宴就是可以帶得走的豐富。我想，如果我們願意，我們的工作經驗也應該可以是一個流動的盛宴；在「終生僱用制」已成歷史名詞的這個時代，當我們將十幾、二十年的歲月貢獻給一家公司，最後我們會得到什麼？
除了在這個過程中，我們所領的薪水之外，還有就是有沒有「可以帶得走的盛宴」，可以帶得走的能耐，可以帶得走的感動。這分能耐與感動是即使有朝一日，我們離開了這家公司，我們依然可以用得上的能力；這裡所說的能力，不純然是技術面的，更多的是態度面和價值面的；好的訓練讓人一生受用。 哈喽，朋友！1年前开始上facebook，当时找来找去，没几个熟悉面孔，所以我很快就把facebook 搁置一边。
最近，经常听到周围朋友说他们已经在facebook 了，就连一些平日不太tech savvy的朋友也不例外，于是上去瞧瞧，果然和一年前的情况全然不同。
更好玩的事, 是发现我的许多朋友, 竟然是我的朋友的朋友。新加坡这么小，这本来也没什么奇怪的，但发现某某人原来是什么人的什么人时，还是觉得很有趣。
更令我惊讶的是，和一般网上情况不同的是，大家竟然都用真姓名。也许是因为大家看到这个facebook这个网络的实用价值，因此它不是个虚拟空间，而是现实生活的延伸。
以前朋友之间保持联络的方式是写信，后来改为写电邮，后来直接sms，现在是facebook。
科技不断地改变我们的生活与交友方式。重新找到一些多年失去联络的朋友，包括许多身在国外的朋友。9年前认识的一瑞典朋友突然msg 我，让我喜出望外。
facebook 的一大好处是，即使你不电邮对方，依然能知道对方的近况。
但是我向来是个skeptic。这个网络好用，原因是大家现在都在用。哪天facebook 不再流行了，大家不再update 了，这些朋友又会再次如断了线的风筝。
其实，这些年来，我对“天长地久”已经看得越来越淡了。只要曾经拥有，美好的回忆存在内心深处慢慢回味，就已足够。
testtest 沉重的乌云 纳尔吉斯风暴（Nargis）袭击缅甸，已经是三个星期前的事了，我们一行人5月24日下午到达距离仰光一小时车程的端迪镇时，艳阳当空，让人难以相信这里曾发生大风暴.
然而，眼前却是一棵棵直径超过一公尺并被风吹得连根拔起的大树，电线杆被折得不成形，许多房子屋顶开了天窗，房子前院积满了水。 很多人趁着太阳高照，把毛巾、衣服、超大张的塑料布等物品拿出来晾干。还有一些人挑着两桶水走着。一些妇女头上顶着篮子，笔直地走着。另一些人在搬木材修补房子。
不过，在这一片繁忙混乱中，却依然可以听到孩童的笑声。孩子们在挖土机旁若无其事地踢着球。农田淹成一个个大池塘，孩子们就跳到水里去戏水。 曾在亚齐参与救灾工作的竹脚妇幼医院儿科医生阿里夫告诉我，儿童在灾难发生后，表面上看似比成年人轻松开朗。但他在亚齐曾为孩子们主办绘画比赛，从孩子们的画，可以看出天然灾害在他们幼小的心灵留下很深的阴影。 阿里夫跟我们说话时，蓝色的医生袍早已被汗水湿透了。但他依然感到很惋惜，无法做得更多。 “我们一般在灾区现场，得日夜不停地照顾伤者和病人，但在这里，我们傍晚就可以收工了，因为镇上的人到了傍晚，大多忙着回家煮饭。应该还有许多需要接受医药援助的灾民，但我们不知道他们在哪里，他们也不一定知道可以来找我们。” 我们离开时，沿路上有不少人三五成群地坐在遮荫的地方聊天、吃饭，看到我们经过，对我们上下打量一番，然后又把目光转回身边的同伴、家人。 我们的小巴在坎坷不平的石路上行驶，时而掉入个坑，整车人被震得几乎飞离座位。沿途看到一名男子背着个小娃娃，胸前背着一大包东西，他旁边的女子也是如此，手里还牵一个不到十岁的小孩。他们是在走回家吗？还是他们的家园已被风灾摧毁，无家可归？小巴匆匆经过，我们无法停下来和他们交谈，也不知道他们的遭遇了。 这时，夕阳西下，层层乌云中浮现一轮橘色。厚厚的云仿佛快压到农田上，有朵云看似有个长尾巴，直垂地平线。远处，一道闪电划过天空。
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