Snow in November: The Miracle of Weather

昨晚的天气预报和寒流警告终于没有再次验证湖北天气预报的不准确性。今天早上起床就看到了对面房顶的白雪。中午出门吃饭,看到的都是羽绒服和围脖,俨然一副冬季恋歌里面的情景,使我不得不怀疑我现在是否真的生活在十一月的武汉。QQ面板上的天气预报显示,未来几天的最低温度已经到了0度以下。大量的事实告诉我们,冬天来了。

这里上几张在阳台上拍到的照片,我实在没兴趣冒着大雪在校园里拍雪景。这是早上的情景

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而中午时分,雪比较大,绿色的树叶也都披上了白色的“羽绒服”。

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如果还不过瘾,我们再来看看房顶吧,我站在门口拍的,上面都是瓷砖,有对自己溜冰技术过硬的哥们姐们可以试下,机会来了。

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这张照片可以看到雪花,不过不清晰。有哪位高手有经验的话,可以传授下怎么打雪花。

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这场雪真的很难得,也很奇怪,特此写一篇日志以作纪念。

Enjoy Yourself, But Not Others

今天跟一个朋友去参加了一个婚礼,在艳阳天。菜还不错,至少比食堂好得多,仪式也不错,搞得我都在憧憬自己的婚礼了,呵呵,不过这个至少是若干年以后的事情了,先不去考虑那么多了。婚礼上有一个抽奖的过程,很是好玩,之前有一个小女孩给很多宾客(包括我们几个)用数码相机拍了照,然后在电脑里随机抽取。然后抽到的人可以拿到一个暖水壶。我在苏州的婚礼上几乎没有见到过这个情节,想来或许我们也可以借鉴下。在敬酒的方式上,不知道是否是人员构成问题,这里的婚礼似乎没有苏州的那种热闹,大家都在以“民以食为天”办事,或许这就是当地风格吧。

吃完饭坐车去了中南路。由于最近实在是让GRE折腾的有点郁闷,我决定借这个出门的机会好好玩下。车子路过徐东,我第一次看到了徐东的夜景,很漂亮,尽管以前去机场和武广也路过这个地方,但是却从来没有像今晚这样近距离的去看过。第一次知道了那里也有很多的大型超市,有WalMart,有Carrefour,还有正在建造的麦德龙。其实这样看来,武汉也是个很适合生活的城市,如果撇掉它那可恶的气候条件不谈的话。果然是中部地区的一个重镇,这里有着齐全的国际知名超市和品牌商店。是个败家的好地儿。

但是由于我很少出门,结果直接坐车坐过了中南路,坐到了丁字桥去了。不过歪打正着,我突然发现那里汇丰银行门口围着一大群人,跑去一看,他们是在唱歌。这个对我而言其实不新鲜,在数年前我就在苏州公园看到过。但是显然这里的规模更大,而且还有贝斯手。尽管设备只是原始的二胡,笛子和琵琶,音箱设备也很简陋,但是他们却唱的兴致勃勃。我在那里静静的听了几首歌,有《天路》,《咱老百姓》还有歌舞剧《白毛女》。说实话,他们的演唱水平也够半专业了。尤其是高音部分的换声和颤音还有那么点意思,呵呵,不简单啊。其实作为旁观者,我很是佩服他们的自娱自乐的精神。很多的观众也在静静的听着,一曲唱毕,掌声四起,我想,无论是对演唱者还是组织者,这都是最好的鼓励和支持吧。其实这也让我见识到了武汉人可爱的一面。

其实想来这跟我们写博客也有着异曲同工之妙。与专业的站长相比,我们并不会去很关注我们的访客,不去关注我们的博客的流量,更不会去主动迎合读者的口味。因为我们不追求流量和搜索引擎的索引量,更多的,我们只是在自娱自乐。只是希望通过这种方式来展现自己,在互联网站的数以千万计的网页中占有一席之地。但是可悲的是,真正做到自娱自乐的博客主又有多少呢?看看博客论坛我们就会知道,技术已经占据了过多的思维空间了。

有时候,或许我们需要的,就是这种自语自乐的精神和状态,而不是其他吧。有句话说得好,叫做走自己的路,让别人说去吧。

Mobile Phone Service: When Monopoly Meets Economy

chinamobileWith the development on both economics and technology that the cell phones are becoming daily communicating tools for both college students and people nowadays in China. But for college students like us, with quite limited financial competence, and can afford not much payment on such service, special packages that can significantly reduce such cost are quite welcome. But due to its monopoly position, the service fee is still quite high in some regions, especially some undeveloped regions like Hubei that can even contradict with the local living cost level. Here what I mentioned in following text are of the service from China Mobile, the largest service provider on wireless connection in China.

Apparently, the pricing of the cell phone in China has been reduced significantly. Still remember the first time that I get my first cell phone from my daddy, when we preferred to send short messages with each other, without any call due to the high cost and dual-paying policy. That is, you are entitled to pay no matter whether you are making a call or just receiving one from others.

Then it comes to 2005 when I went to Nanjing for my continuing study in Ginlin College, NJNU, where the receiving fee were waived for a limitation on time for 500 minutes under a special package for college students. It is the most cost-effective package that I met even till now. We can make a local call with the rate of 0.2 yuan/min and 0.3 yuan/min for a long distance call in China. And as an important content within this 20-yuan package, we were entitled for 400 free messages no matter who the receiver is, and whether he is the customer of China Mobile or not.

Then in 2007, I came to Wuhan for my master’s degree in ZNUFE, where I suffered the expensive cell phone service. According to my previous experience, I firstly selected the “M-Zone”, a special package designed for college students. But soon I found great problem:

  • High Rate. Comparing to the similar service that I have used in Nanjing, the rate for local call here is 0.25 yuan/min, and there is no discount rate for long distance call. It is quite common to see students using IC cards to make a call at a public telephone, but such sight has been eliminated in Nanjing;
  • Limitation on Short Message. Comparing to the package in Nanjing, the price here is cheaper, with 15 yuan /month, including 200 short messages, but be careful! A MESSAGE TO THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE NOT SIGHED WITH CHINA MOBILE IS NOT INCLUDED!
  • Forbidden on Roaming. This service is only available for 5 months a year, for two important vacations, summer and winter. If you are willing to travel to other places other from vacations, you are suggested to transfer your package. It is quite an incomprehensive decision.

Taking a sight on the economy development data such as CPI and GDP, you will find Hubei is owning quite limited economic conditions, which, reasonably interpreted, means a lower consuming level comparing to the regions of Shanghai and Jiangsu, where there are offering cheaper packages and the average cost on mobile communications. I don’t know why such thing can happen, but I suppose the only explanation as monopoly.

Birthday in Wuhan: 2007

刚刚考完英语听力,上来胡乱写几句,也算对我刚过的生日的一个总结啦。

哈哈,我的生日是从24号开始过的,其实,那天正好我们导师让我们去KTV,吃饭庆祝元旦。(不知道怎么的搞成了庆祝圣诞e1),于是乎,那天下午就制造了一通噪音(很是佩服同门姐妹们和老师的忍耐力e65)。。。不过同门的姐妹们的歌喉还真是不错滴。哈哈,第一次喝红酒,本来不胜酒力,然那天就我一男生。。。舍命陪君子啦。。。(我们老师可是大大破费了的,好贵的红酒啊)。晚上去金洋吃饭,结果又来啤酒。好在老师有事先走了,要不然估计我小命难保。。。(后来听说要考老汤博士:男生六两,女生二两半,白的,汗一个)。晚上和她们逛夜市,本以为平安夜的夜市会很热闹,结果大失所望。。。不过师姐送的蛋糕还是蛮好吃的e46。

第二天,请了平日玩得好的几个哥们姐们大吃了一顿,(幸亏有补助,要不准破产),我那几个宝贝徒弟送的垫子手套,居然还有袜子,不过还是很实用的啦。结果晚上又被大哥拉去吃了顿。。。其实怪不好意思的。。。(大哥对我真是好啊e1),回来就看到了桌上的雪饼和萨其马,哈哈,原来是聪聪(笔者注:我对门的哥们)的e50送的啦。。。结果那天晚上好热闹,上下楼跑了好几次,尽管辛苦,开心的啦。

特此感谢,庄子的橘子和漂亮日历,芳芳的柚子,玉洁姐的娃娃(尽管费了我好多周折找开关,还是宿舍的哥们比较在行),瑞雪的鸭脖子,田田送的甜食,小梅的酥饼和平安果。。。外加庄子,芳芳给我唱的生日歌。。。

同时也感谢大伙儿给我的邮件,口头,短信和其他形式的祝福。。。正是你们驱逐了我心中的HomeSick。

Visiting Hu Bu Xiang: October, 2007

本来不想写什么的,不过有实在没有事情可以做,就胡乱写几笔吧。
宿舍的两位帅哥,无容置疑,都回家啦。有一位还远游了,理由嘛,恕我不能明说,大家自己猜吧。
久仰“户部巷”的大名,凡是对我说过这个地名的人,无不对其小吃赞不绝口,于是乎,2号那天,一位好哥们带我去啦,说实话,
那里吃的真多,看来武汉人真是什么都能拿在手上吃,龙虾,香辣蟹都有得卖,我都无语了。
先是尝了“牛杂汤”,据说是那家店的招牌,特地注明不要辣,于是端上来两碗,看我哥们的碗里全是红红的辣椒,而我碗里比较清,心里自然小小高兴了一把~~e1,但是后来的结果让我大惊,居然还是辣的,这时候我才想起来了江湖中还有一种“奇毒”——胡椒粉啊!真是天知道下了多少。
吃完赶紧逃出了“魔窟”,看到街对面在卖糖糍粑,还不错。这是一种类似油炸汤圆的东西,甜甜的,感觉真是好啊,正好冲淡了我口中“三日不绝”的辣味啊。
最后的肉夹馍,真是感觉不错哦,此前在南京上学时也在“大坑”看到过,却没有尝试过,这次经不住我哥们的推荐,尝了一下,味道真是不错哦~~
出来来到司门口,人真的好多,都是买衣服的,呵呵。偏偏这是我最不喜欢,也是罪不在行的,于是,直接从黄鹤楼,绕道首义广场,打道回府啦~~

PS:谢谢Kitchen所言,我忘了臭豆腐啦,它可是一大特色啊!

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