2009年5月14日星期四

This book is interesting; it is a curious incident itself

This book is interesting; it is a curious incident itself. I tried very hard to find out what is the book mainly talks about when I was reading it. General speaking, this book is a little bit abnormal. Rolex WatchesFirstly the chapters it has are all in prime numbers. Secondly, the whole book is made up by logical thoughts, almost no personal emotion, except Christopher’s uncomfortable feelings. watchesThen, the book, the stories are in good order. Nothing hard ever been messed up. If once something was messed up, it would soon be put into order. Things that went on are just like those were put into a timetable. The last one is, I didn’t see any sign to show that this book has an ending.replica watches By talking to other people, I found out that this is a book about a kid, who is sick and the illness always makes him to lock himself up. Christopher could always refuse to speak to strangers and touch strange things and like to make and see all things in perfect order. He believed everything has an answer and everything has a formula. When I said, ”this book is interesting”. I also meant,Jewellery Watches “I like this book”, and Christopher is the main reason why I like it and am familiar with it. Because of that I have a very best friend who is just like Christopher is: Easily get scared, need much more security than normal People, like everything be in order,ghd not very talkative, do not like changing, and very sensitive, except she’s a girl.I like to be with her, because I know she needs a friend. A real friend to accept her as who she is, to understand her, and so does Christopher.In the book, in my opinion, Siobhan, his teacher is his closest friend and is trying very hard to help him get along with people.

2009年5月13日星期三

We've got a whole pot almost

"Barely had coffee," Ed LeBlanc said, the most vocal of the four of us, quickest at friendship, at shaking hands. "We've got a whole pot almost. Have what you want." The pot was pointed out sitting on a hunk of grill across the stones of our fire, flames licking lightly at its sides. The pot appeared as if it had been at war, a number of dents scarred it, the handle had evidently been replaced, Rolex Watchesand if not adjusted against a small rock it would have fallen over for sure. Once, a half-hour on the road heading north, noting it missing, we'd gone back to get it. When we fished the Pine River, coffee was the glue, the morning glue, the late evening glue, even though we'd often unearth our beer from a natural cooler in early evening. Coffee, camp coffee, has a ritual. It is thick, it is dark, it is potboiled over a squaw-pine fire,watches it is strong, it is enough to wake the demon in you, stoke last evening's cheese and pepperoni. First man up makes the fire, second man the coffee; but into that pot has to go fresh eggshells to hold the grounds down, give coffee a taste of history, a sense of place. That means at least one egg be cracked open for its shells, usually in the shadows and glimmers of false dawn. I suspect that's where "scrambled eggs" originated, from some camp like ours, settlers rushing west, lumberjacks hungry,replica watches hoboes lobbying for breakfast. So, camp coffee has made its way into poems, gatherings, memories, a time and thing not letting go, not being manhandled, not being cast aside."You're early enough for eggs and bacon if you need a start." Eddie added, his invitation tossed kindly into the morning air, his smile a match for morning sun, a man of welcomes. "We have hot cakes, kulbassa, home fries, if you want." We have the food of kings if you really want to know.Jewellery Watches There were nights we sat at his kitchen table at 101 Main Street, Saugus, Massachusetts planning the trip, planning each meal, planning the campsite. Some menus were founded on a case of beer, a late night, a curse or two on the ride to work when day started.

2009年5月12日星期二

In all one's life time it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with

In all one's life time it is oneself that one spends the most time being with or dealing with. But it is precisely oneself that one has the least understanding of. When you are going upwards in life you tend to overestimate yourself.Rolex Watches It seems that everything you seek for is within your reach; luck and opportunities will come your way and you are overjoyed that they constitute part of your worth. When you are going downhill you tend to underestimate yourself, mistaking difficulties and adversities for your own incompetence.watches It’s likely that you think it wise for yourself to know your place and stay aloof from worldly wearing a mask of cowardice, behind which the flow of sap in your life will be retarded.To get a thorough understanding of oneself is to gain a correct view of oneself and be a sober realist -- aware of both one’s strength and shortage. You may look forward hopefully to the future but be sure not to expect too much, for ideals can never be fully realized. You may be courageous to meet challenges but it should be clear to you where to direct your efforts.replica watches That’s to way so long as you have a perfect knowledge of yourself there won’t be difficulties you can’t overcome, nor obstacles you can’t surmount.To get a thorough understanding of oneself needs selfappreciation. Whether you liken yourself to a towering tree or a blade of grass, whether you think you are a high mountain or a small stone,Jewellery Watches you represent a state of nature that has its own raison deter. If you earnestly admire yourself you’ll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence. As soon as you gain full confidence in yourself you’ll be enabled to fight and overcome any adversity.

2009年5月11日星期一

I knew it might be a one-time opportunity, and I didn’t want to miss any of them

I haven’t updated my blog for ages. In fact, I was too busy to even pay a visit at it. And it was not a lame excuse for “lazy”. For the last month, the translation orders rushed in like snowflakes from everywhere: the internet, my friends,Rolex Watches and my company. I knew it might be a one-time opportunity, and I didn’t want to miss any of them. Therefore, I dive into any project I could get and I was deeply buried in my work. Pressures were mounting, expectations were high, and the works kept piling up. I was barely left any time for anything else.watchesThe customers always expect high-performance and as-fast-as- possible delivery. Every project I undertook was like a battlefield, where I was not only fighting with the time, with words, but also with the limits of my own knowledge. I was required to write a short speech on new service introduce within in an hour.replica watches I had to finish 6000 words translation within two days plus other responsibilities from my fulltime job. On and on words were organized into sentence through my fingertips. I was so concentrated on my work that I almost forgot what’s going on outside. After the earthquake hit, people around me have become more or less hysteric. The ongoing aftershock had tested everybody’s fragile nerves.Jewellery Watches But I was immune to this prevailing fever of fear thanks to my over tight schedule. There were times when strong aftershocks hit, when everyone else were rushing out of the building, but I was still glued to my chair and kept working on my laptop. At that time it was a blessing not to think that somewhere nearby the city, someone’s home had just collapsed in a puffing mass of dust.

2009年5月8日星期五

From that hour forth

She was turning hopefully away, when the child stretched out his arms, and cried, "O, sister, I am here! Take me!" and then she turned her beaming eyes upon him, and it was night;Rolex Watches and the star was shining into the room, making long rays down towards him as he saw it through his tears.From that hour forth, the child looked out upon the star as on the home he was to go to, when his time should come; and he thought that he did not belong to the earth alone, but to the star too,watches because of his sister's angel gone before.There was a baby born to be a brother to the child; and while he was so little that he never yet had spoken word he stretched his tiny form out on his bed, and died.Again the child dreamed of the open star, and of the company of angels,replica watches and the train of people, and the rows of angels with their beaming eyes all turned upon those people's faces.Said his sister's angel to the leader:"Is my brother come?"And he said "Not that one, but another."As the child beheld his brother's angel in her arms,Jewellery Watches he cried, "O, sister, I am here! Take me!" And she turned and smiled upon him, and the star was shining.

2009年5月7日星期四

who was a child too, and his constant companion

There was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers;Rolex Watches they wondered at the height and blueness of the sky; they wondered at the depth of the bright water; they wondered at the goodness and the power of God who made the lovely world.They used to say to one another, sometimes, supposing all the children upon earth were to die, would the flowers, and the water,watches and the sky be sorry? They believed they would be sorry. For, said they, the buds are the children of the flowers, and the little playful streams that gambol down the hill-sides are the children of the water; replica watchesand the smallest bright specks playing at hide and seek in the sky all night, must surely be the children of the stars; and they would all be grieved to see their playmates, the children of men, no more.There was one clear shining star that used to come out in the sky before the rest, near the church spire, above the graves. It was larger and more beautiful, they thought, than all the others,Jewellery Watches and every night they watched for it, standing hand in hand at a window. Whoever saw it first cried out, "I see the star!" And often they cried out both together, knowing so well when it would rise, and where. So they grew to be such friends with it, that, before lying down in their beds, they always looked out once again, to bid it good-night; and when they were turning round to sleep, they used to say, "God bless the star!"

2009年5月6日星期三

Baseball gave him his earliest challenge

Baseball gave him his earliest challenge. He was an outstanding pitcher in Little League, and eventually, as a senior in high school, made the varsity, winning half the team‘s games with a record of five wins and two losses.Rolex Watches At graduation, the coach named Daniel the team‘s most valuable player.His finest hour, though, came at a school science fair. He entered an exhibit showing how the circulatory system works. It was primitive and crude, especially compared to the fancy, computerized, blinking-light models entered by other students. My wife, Sara, felt embarrassed for him.It turned out that the other kids had not done their own work-their parents had made their exhibits. watchesAs the judges went on their rounds, they found that these other kids couldn‘t answer their questions. Daniel answered every one. When the judges awarded the Albert Einstein Plaque for the best exhibit, they gave it to him.By the time Daniel left for college he stood six feet tall and weighed 170 pounds. He was muscular and in superb condition,replica watches but he never pitched another inning, having given up baseball for English literature. I was sorry that he would not develop his athletic talent, but proud that he had made such a mature decision. One day I told Daniel that the great failing in my life had been that I didn‘t take a year or two off to travel when I finished college. Jewellery WatchesThis is the best way, to my way of thinking, to broaden oneself and develop a larger perspective on life. Once I had married and begun working, I found that the dream of living in another culture had vanished.