只是近黄昏？

昨天晚上打机打到晚上十一点多，就枕的时候刚好碰见夕阳。想到以前人常说： 夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏。

但回想自己在黄昏的时候都是说的那一句："Night still young."

还我关云长

早前回港看到一套新电影上画, 是甄子丹演的关云长.



平时的我遇到所有关于三国的东西我都不会错过,但这次我坚决不看. 因为他们摧毁了关云长在我心目中的形象!

以下是史书对关云长长相的描述:

关云长，身长九尺，髯长二尺；丹凤眼，卧蚕眉，面如重枣，唇若涂脂，使青龙偃月刀...

眼前的甄子丹怎么看都不像.

我知道他可能是因为叶问出了名, 所以找他拍可能会对票房有好处. 但为了催谷票房而歪曲历史, 践踏历史(见龙卸甲)的行为, 我还是不能接受.

现在学生们已经对历史和普通知识的了解非常薄弱, 再多拍几套歪曲历史, 歪理当有趣的电影出来, 死得.

First tooth

昨天无意中手指被Terry抓来咬，发现感觉有点不一样。原来是牙齿出来了！等了快九个月终于出牙齿了。

Una Plabra - A word

Una palabra no dice nada y al mismo tiempo lo esconde todo igual que el viento que esconde el agua como las flores que esconde el lodo. Una mirada no dice nada y al mismo tiempo lo dice todo como la lluvia sobre tu cara o el viejo mapa de algun tesoro. como la lluvia sobre tu cara o el viejo mapa de algun tesoro. Una verdad no dice nada y al mismo tiempo lo esconde todo como una hoguera que no se apaga como una piedra que nace polvo. Si un dia me faltas no sere nada y al mismo tiempo lo sere todo porque en tus ojos estan mis alas y esta la orilla donde me ahogo, porque en tus ojos estan mis alas y esta la orilla donde me ahogo	A word does not say anything And at the same time it hides everything Just as the wind that hides the water Like the flowers that hides the mud. A glance does not say anything And at the same time it says everything Like rain on your face Or an old treasure map Like rain on your face Or an old treasure map A truth does not say anything And at the same time it hides everything Like a bonfire that does not go out Like a stone that is born dust. If one day you need me, I will be nothing And at the same time I will be everything Because in your eyes are my wings And the shore where I drown, Because in your eyes are my wings And the shore where I drown

If you would like to hear the song only:

If you would like to know where I heard the song:

冰壶

冰壶是一个比较冷门的运动。概念比较简单，就是在冰上把石头推出去，两队比较谁的石头比较接近红心。

这确实是一个易学难精的运动。

去片：



鞋子是一个滑一个不滑的。不滑的那一只推，然后整个人平衡在滑的那只脚上。

其实平衡感好的话，多做几次就好点了。



真正比赛的时候还要有人去“扫地了”



扫地可以让石头走远一点，转的少一点。

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挪威在这运动上算是比较强的。队长是一个迷倒万千挪威女生的帅哥，Thomas Ulsrud

以下是他在最后一击把对方的三颗石头全部撞走了。要他再打三次都未必打得中。绝妙

The only thing that doesn't change is change itself

还记得去年这时候正在换工作,换房子,迎接小宝宝的来临. 好像把原有的生活扔了然后再从新编写一个新的. 现在看来差不多又要来一次改变了.

我好像永远都不满足现状,永远都要生命里有一些uncertainty,才有动力前进.

跟餐馆的老板娘讲了,虽然不能立刻辞职(他们缺人),但已经算给了他们warning,半年后无论他们找不找得到人,我都会离开.因为我已经越来越觉得在餐馆打工已经变得没有意义了.

省回来的时间,用来开公司,做市场调查. 然后就是把握时间多考certification, 增加自己在公司升职的筹码.

对, 我又要开公司了. 跟六年前比,我觉得自己相对比较成熟,应该不会再犯从前的错误. Partner是同龄人, 资金比上次充裕. 牌面比六年前强. Challenge是我没有这方面的经验,会的完全是在学校学的,已经七年没用过的知识了. 然后就是我要做Sales,而且是要用挪威语. 虽然是很大的挑战,但同时也是对我的一个很好锻炼. 就趁自己还年青,多建立一些终身受用的经验吧.(我也不能一直说我"还年青"了, 再过几个月我就要转字头了)

小宝宝刚过了8个月, 8.08KG, 72.3CM. 跟同龄的小朋友比是比较瘦,但除此以外并没有什么问题.所以我们也不在意.在下六岁的时候才18KG,现在还不都是个大胖子(肚子的轮胎挥之不去)

牙还没长,但看到牙肉肿了,快出牙的迹象都有齐了,只欠牙齿. 现在会坐,会翻身,会往后爬(双手腿地板,但力不够,不能把自己往前拉,手脚还没协调好). 高兴会拍手,会一直讲dadadadada, 如果他能把d改成b和m就好了.

老婆在公司忙过不停,但在中国人的公司,忙总比没事情做好.短短两个月她在组里面的重要行已经到达不能放假的地步,原因是没有其他人可以接替她的工作(组长可以,但她不想无故增加工作量).她个人也觉得自己的生活充实了很多. 累是当然的了,但这也是一个很好的锻炼,尤其是对于没有正式工作过的她.

不知道明年这时候我又在做什么呢?

A few thoughts (2)

Daily rambling....

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Valkyrie is a good movie. Too bad the plot failed at the end. I like the pirate look of Tom Cruise though.

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Coco's cousin is a big fan of Brad Pitt, so for the past few days she has been watching a movie of him each day. The following is a list of movie with him and I highly recommend them to everyone:

- Spy Game
- 7 Years in Tibet
- Troy
- Ocean's 11, 12, 13 (Well, George is the main actor, but Brad still rocks)

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I am done with restaurant. I am going to submit my resignation letter befor the end of this month.

Not that my huge argument with Michelle has nothing to do with this, but she is the owner's wife, and if she wants it that way, so be it. I wanted to leave this year sooner or later, as it turns out, it is sooner.

Despite everything, Chi is still a great place to work for. Props for the owner and the employees to keep it that way.

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Life after restaurant, I think I will occupy it with some certification studying for work. Do some exercize with Coco so that we both can get back to shape, spend more time with Terry, and get ready to start the business.

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Still debating if I should go to the Easter trip. It is going to cost around 20k, but if I don't go, the plane tickets will be wasted. Coco can't go so it won't be as fun..... decision decision decision.

A few thoughts

Japan, I offer you my sympathy.

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A colleague (Norwegian) told me as we walk down to the cantine: "You need to go back to China and defend your country now, it looks like Japan will have no chance but to invade another country for some living space......"

Well, I doubt that the Chinese army will accept me since I have a foreign passport, and besides, what is Japan going to invade with? Seems like they are quite busy at the moment....

Which brings me back to a conversation over the dining table yesterday...

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Coco's cousin has some symptoms of a 港孩 even though she is 24 already. She isn't too interested in things in general. So to encourage her to think more, I like to bring up some interesting questions to "force" her to think.

Topic of the dinner: Who should be considered a "Chinese".

She with Chinese parents and is a citizen of China of course is a Chinese, but what about me who is Norwegian by nationality but is born in China? What about my son who has Chinese parents but is born here?

If birth country counts, then what about a British couple gave birth to a baby in China and then brought the baby home after 6 months? The baby wouldn't speak a single word of Chinese and has the appearance of a European.

It did got her thinking, but as expected, her final answer is: "I don't know"

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When I was waiting at the airport for my mother-in-law and cousin-in-law, I saw 2 consecutive finance news:

"The market in the USA is expecting business opportunities for reconstructing Japan after the earthquake and thus Dow Jones went up by 0.x%"

"The Norwegian market is worried that Japan's earthquake will weight down the economy and so the market went down by 0.x%"

Seems like the commentators have a reason for everything.

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I am under some stress, but at the end I realize that it is just stress, nothing more. So I have activated the stress relieving process. Live my life day by day, and see how it goes.

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I want to watch a movie tonight. Preferably a movie that I have watched before so that I don't have to think too much. "The Prestige" sounds good.

人不为己, 天诛地灭

太忙, 没时间写. 但一定要记下来.

以前我不信, 但现在.......

这世界的人永远都是以自己为中心的!!!!

愤怒, 但无从发泄.


Ok, just for the record.
When Terry was born, we chose a one time cash support instead of taking out maternity leave since Coco does not have a job and she would be able to take care of Terry at home.

Who would have guessed, Coco got a job when Terry is 6 months old, but still good since my mom is here and she could take care of Terry.

Who would have guessed, my mom also got a job as a supermarket worker. I offered to cover her salary loss if she could just hold off a few months for looking for a job. Since Terry can go to daycare in August, mother-in-law is on the way, waiting for the visa to be granted. She refused, thus this post. Her reason, she has to watch out for herself.

She has no income, no money, she worked her whole life with a man who now hogs all the money. 9000NOK a month, and my mom has to use her savings to pay for the electricity, food, internet and other related fees.

I give my mom 5000NOK a month, but since she is now in Norway, the money is used to rent her a place. Here and there I give her extra and I cover mainly all her food and transport expenses. Though not much in surplus on buying other stuff.

My sister is still working on her stupid thesis, the same thesis she had been working on for 3 years. She has now been in her ph.D program for 5 years now, fulltime. To claim that she has to focus on her thesis. She refused to do even a part-time job to help out the expenses. While she spends her time partying, or in her own definition "building up her network".

So in order to compensate the absense of my mom, a friend offered to take care of Terry, I am very grateful. Not that I am not grateful for my mom to take care of Terry for that one month, but I frankly was not expect her to take a supermarket job for taking care of Terry.

It didn't work out too well at the friend's place. Terry cried all morning and my friend has a 2 month old son herself, so she bowed out after 2 days.

Without any other options and the approval for my mother-in-law's visa to come to Norway nowhere in sight, I had to arranged for a flexible work schedule with both my day job and at the restaurant. While Coco is at work, I would be at home to take care of Terry, and I would go to work before and after the normal business hours (Thank god I am a consultant and can be flexible like that, otherwise...). I would go to the restaurant during weekends. As a desperate effort, we also applied for a travel visa for Coco's cousin to come since it takes a lot less time to apply for such visa.

It went 2 days and I am about to snap due to exhaustion. Then my mom called me and said that she had quit her job and now she is back to watch over Terry, and my life is somewhat back to normal. I am still exhuasted due to me falling behind at work and have to do some catchup, but nonetheless it was a relief.

3 weeks past and now both mother-in-law and cousin-in-law got their visa approval and they are coming here tomorrow. To compensate for my mom, I will find her a job.

Problem solved, sort of.

The gap between me and my dad just grew that much further.

酒鬼

年初一跟家人吃饭庆祝新年, 开了一瓶Sparkling Wine, 然后老婆想到一个注意: