Sunday, July 28, 2013
Time Stays, We Go (3) --- Midway Plaisance
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
清迈，清迈
阿毛的来信:
Hi July,
似乎已经两年了？上次也是在夏天，当时我蜗居在川西小镇时我们联系过，近来可好？
这两年一直在行走，主要在东南亚和国内，最终确定了要做的项目：在泰国清迈做一家客栈。清迈在泰北，有着兰纳古都的旧城风貌却又活力清新，且足够国际化，“小城故事多”就是它了，个人很喜欢。去过几次之后就确定了一处物业，如一切顺利11月可以租下。
是一处兰纳风格建筑，房间不多，适合做精致些的guesthouse，有基础打造成mini resort。和美好生活相关，和旅行相关，是我一直在寻找的方向，两年多的时间没有浪费。
随后还有很多问题，客房销售，提供相应的服务。。。看能不能做出一个足够吸引的网站，毕竟是针对偏高端度假市场。没有现成经验，慢慢来吧。 欢迎来亚洲来泰国度假！ 阿毛
我的回信:
你太了不起了。我佩服你到了五体投地的地步。真正独立勇敢的女性。
我一直想去清迈， 去年， 还写了一篇博文：
我一定会去那里看你， 要是喜欢， 没准也和你一样。 :-)
这两年一直在行走，主要在东南亚和国内，最终确定了要做的项目：在泰国清迈做一家客栈。清迈在泰北，有着兰纳古都的旧城风貌却又活力清新，且足够国际化，“小城故事多”就是它了，个人很喜欢。去过几次之后就确定了一处物业，如一切顺利11月可以租下。
是一处兰纳风格建筑，房间不多，适合做精致些的guesthouse，有基础打造成mini resort。和美好生活相关，和旅行相关，是我一直在寻找的方向，两年多的时间没有浪费。
随后还有很多问题，客房销售，提供相应的服务。。。看能不能做出一个足够吸引的网站，毕竟是针对偏高端度假市场。没有现成经验，慢慢来吧。 欢迎来亚洲来泰国度假！ 阿毛
我的回信:
你太了不起了。我佩服你到了五体投地的地步。真正独立勇敢的女性。
我一直想去清迈， 去年， 还写了一篇博文：
清迈的午后
妞妞在泰国一带旅行。而这个夏天，我在酷暑的芝加哥，每天写着写不完的程序。
我没有去过东南亚，却经常在盛夏，阳光耀眼的正午，无端地想到那一片地方，如
何渴望一个很多年前爱过的情人。然后，时光倒转，我清秀消瘦黝黑，依着年代久
远的老屋的雕花门，朦胧地向往着明天和远方。
那是我少女时代的幻想。。。亚热带总让我怀有一种乡愁般的忧伤和初恋的哀痛。
妞妞说她今天在清迈。现在应该是清迈的午后，房前盛开着芙蓉花吗？街上的小摊
上有堆成小山的芒果吗？明亮的黑眼睛的少年骑着电动车吗？还有那层层叠叠的寺
院，南朝四百八十寺，多少楼台烟雨中？
这个清迈的午后。。。
我一定会去那里看你， 要是喜欢， 没准也和你一样。 :-)
Monday, July 22, 2013
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Time Stays, We Go (2)--- A Little Girl's Room
妞妞很早就去了Boarding School, 她的房间一直是她12岁时的样子。她也不愿意update。现在，每有时间，总是迫不及待的回家。我昨天看她的facebook，她的新message就是： Home, Sweet Home.
Friday, July 19, 2013
Time Stays, We Go
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A self-depiction of the fountain sculptor, Lorado Taft,
The Paradox Of Time
Time goes, you say? Ah no!
Alas, Time stays, we go;
Or else, were this not so,
What need to chain the hours,
For Youth were always ours?
Time goes, you say?-ah no!
Ours is the eyes' deceit
Of men whose flying feet
Lead through some landscape low;
We pass, and think we see
The earth's fixed surface flee:-
Alas, Time stays,-we go!
Once in the days of old,
Your locks were curling gold,
And mine had shamed the crow.
Now, in the self-same stage,
We've reached the silver age;
Time goes, you say?-ah no!
Once, when my voice was strong,
I filled the woods with song
To praise your 'rose' and 'snow';
My bird, that sang, is dead;
Where are your roses fled?
Alas, Time stays,-we go!
See, in what traversed ways,
What backward Fate delays
The hopes we used to know;
Where are our old desires?-
Ah, where those vanished fires?
Time goes, you say?-ah no!
How far, how far, O Sweet,
The past behind our feet
Lies in the even-glow!
Now, on the forward way,
Let us fold hands, and pray;
Alas, Time stays,-we go!
Alas, Time stays, we go;
Or else, were this not so,
What need to chain the hours,
For Youth were always ours?
Time goes, you say?-ah no!
Ours is the eyes' deceit
Of men whose flying feet
Lead through some landscape low;
We pass, and think we see
The earth's fixed surface flee:-
Alas, Time stays,-we go!
Once in the days of old,
Your locks were curling gold,
And mine had shamed the crow.
Now, in the self-same stage,
We've reached the silver age;
Time goes, you say?-ah no!
Once, when my voice was strong,
I filled the woods with song
To praise your 'rose' and 'snow';
My bird, that sang, is dead;
Where are your roses fled?
Alas, Time stays,-we go!
See, in what traversed ways,
What backward Fate delays
The hopes we used to know;
Where are our old desires?-
Ah, where those vanished fires?
Time goes, you say?-ah no!
How far, how far, O Sweet,
The past behind our feet
Lies in the even-glow!
Now, on the forward way,
Let us fold hands, and pray;
Alas, Time stays,-we go!
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
嘉华年会
DuSable 博物馆就在我家边上，以专门收藏非洲艺术而闻名。每年七月，都会在它的广场上举办嘉华年会，这是芝加哥黑人的每年一度的活动。很多小摊卖非洲艺术品，黑人乐队在现场表演。 我每年都会去转转。我喜欢黑人的直接，原始的艺术形态，在这种场合里，你会由衷热爱欣赏这些生龙活虎的漂亮的人们。
我对Zimmerman的案件结果多少有些失望。倒不是觉得一定要判Zimmerman的刑， 而是非常同情那个黑孩子的命运和他的家庭。 很多人游行示威，谴责美国的制度， 很给力！我认为Zimmerman最少应该判过失杀人罪。如果这都不算过失杀人，那我还真不知道什么还能算得上过失杀人？有枪就是王，谁还敢在大街上走路？
Sunday, July 14, 2013
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