Thank God It’s Friday

A business man got on an elevator in a building. When he entered the elevator, there was a blonde already inside and she greeted him by saying, "T-G-I-F" (letters only).
He smiled at her and replied, "S-H-I-T" (letters only)."
She looked at him, puzzled, and said, "T-G-I-F" again.
He acknowledged her remark again by answering, "S-H-I-T."
The blond was trying to be friendly, so she smiled her biggest smile and said as sweetly as possibly "T-G-I-F" another time.
The man smiled back to her and once again replied with a quizzical expression, "S-H-I-T."
The blond finally decided to explain things, and this time she said, "T-G-I-F, Thank Goodness It’s Friday, get it?"
The man answered, "Sorry, Honey, It’s Thursday."
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Malaga – 史上最倒霉的holiday

一大堆抱怨的话,因为现在累晕了头也就懒得说了,总之今后如果有人要订ryanair的机票我劝你还是要三思!三思!三思!如果一定要订的话,请你做好被放鸽子的准备,他们不但会随便取消班机,而且会把已经check in的旅客甩在机场不管–其实我们只需要他们再等3分钟!!
“为什么我出门的时候没有看黄历呢?”是我每天用来反省的一句话。。。出门的那天全英国人民都在讨论谁来当PM的事情,hung paliament这个词让英镑跌到几乎和欧元1比1;更郁闷的是,住在号称每年300天sunny的Malaga,一周中居然有5天都是rainy;最倒霉的是冰岛的火山灰飘到了spain西海岸,ryanair取消了所有的航班,被迫换了爆贵的另一家航空公司,等到晚上广播说要看天气情况:继续等。。。等到半夜,终于上了一架飞机,安全带还没系好机长突然广播说飞机超重啦,请下飞机!~~唉,其实人家也不是故意的啦,为了安全飞机要绕飞欧洲内陆并且要在接近海岸的时候低空飞行,这些都会增加耗油量和飞行距离。。。在出发25个小时之后,我们终于抵达Malaga 。。。之后又发生了更多倒霉的事情,例如凌晨爆走机场停车场也找不到租车公司的人,之后一天驱车2小时去看Alhambra的宫殿结果排到倒数第5个人的时候票卖光了,大多数时间都是开车的时候晴天走路的时候下雨,然后就是回家那天晚了3分钟没有赶上飞机。。。
经验教训实在是太多了,列几条在这里给大家提个醒:
现在ryanair要求所有的乘客on line check in,持非欧盟国家护照的人一定一定进机场第一件事去服务台给你的print盖一个章。
在南部西班牙租车还是租自动档的车吧,不然爆多的roundabout和45度的陡坡会让你疯掉的。
如果是在旺季的话需要提前一个月订Alhambra的门票,如果没有订到票的话还有一个机会就是在售票处8点钟开门的时候就排队买票。
还有就是。。。英镑在跌,其实还是不要出门的好 :(

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气死我了!气死我了!

肯定会有人骂我身在福中不知福的:由父母在身边,衣来伸手饭来张口的确挺舒服的,可是烦人的事儿可不少呢!
如果是你回家发现好好的枕套被拆了,横横竖竖的缝在了被套边上,你会不会鼻子也气歪了呢??老爸要看国产连续剧,老笔记本加班加点,一个星期就阵亡了,现在连我自己的笔记本也被征用了。早上赶着上班不在家吃早点会遭白眼,晚上出去和朋友吃饭好像犯了政治错误一样。。。这样的日子还要持续多久啊????
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Whitney Houston @ O2

今天享受了一下NEC在O2的包房,可惜演出是一场totally disaster。
报纸上说她已经不能唱高音了,还说她完全不懂得着装。。。这一切都ok,再次听到那个熟悉的嗓音还是很令人期待的。可是!!事实要更加糟糕!她不只是不能唱高音,而是完全失音,有时还会咳嗽。big belly, 没关系,你想穿紧身长裙,ok!可是,跳不动就不要跳了嘛!
伦敦的歌迷真的很善良,用掌声支持着让她把那首,没有调的,断断续续的 I will always love you 唱完。。。我已经不能再听了。。。过了这一场,她还会有dignity吗?或是,dignity已经没有钱重要了。。。
如果我可以选择的话,我希望可以倒带。。。

PS:这是一张老照片,用来纠正错误印象。。。
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老女人的流水帐

原来人是会变老的啊!有些东西曾经是想要就可以得到的,现在却发现早已不属于自己了,例如:腰围二尺二。有些东西从来没有在乎过的,而现在却失去了不在乎的本钱,例如:时间。30岁之后的人生总是和钱有关的,UP IN THE AIR 里面是怎么说的来着?“你现在可以不这么想,但是后患无穷。”
When she was 22 the future looked bright
But she’s nearly 30 now and she’s out every night
I see that look in her face, she’s got that look in her eye
She’s thinking how did I get here and wondering why
It’s sad but it’s true how society says her life is already over
There’s nothing to do and there’s nothing to say…
最近总是在抱怨,大概别人都已经厌烦了吧。做了半年的on-site,邋遢到不洗脸的地步,后面是让人头大的合同法和项目管理,project folder里面有一万两千封邮件要阅读,十月份会发生什么想都不敢想。。。
PS:GAP春季广告版,用来给自己撞个门面。明早还要继续fight!

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London Jazz Festival

听Jazz还是要听现场表演的improvisation!既然是即兴的,演出前听众完全不知道会听到什么曲目,只能祈祷乐手们今天心情不错。这次爵士音乐节的highlight是一位74岁的老大爷,名叫Sonny Rollins,可惜我不喜欢他那种‘不着调’的saxophone风格,没有去听。晦涩难懂的纯solo是我一直都没有办法follow的,从中学就开始听的smooth Jazz到现在总觉得油腻腻的矫情,Chick Corea和Bela Fleck合作的演出对我来说是一个大大的惊喜。Chick Corea是一位爵士钢琴大师,他把Bela Fleck民谣风格的班卓琴融进了他的爵士乐中,让我体会到牛奶变成奶酪的美妙过程。
http://www.51t.com/ting/8f527587/1014365e/
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除此之外,大师们之间的对台戏也让观众过足了瘾,这也是即兴表演的精华所在:base先弹出一个基调来,一扭一扭的向小号手晃过去,小号手用一连串复杂的变调来回应,键盘手重复一下主旋律顺便卖弄一下利落的指法,base把调子接过来,又一扭一扭的向saxopnhone晃过去,sax连蹦带跳,用重复的快节奏把气氛推向高潮,这时弹base的换上一个貌似烟斗但是大20倍的东西(某人眼尖说是低音单簧管)把主旋律抽丝剥茧换个调一吹,最后曲调在疯狂的鼓点中结束。这是Marcus Miller的演出中最typical的一曲,大概大家把这一种叫做jazz-rock。
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Life Is Wounderful

I m not a teenager… But this guy is amazing!!

It takes a crane to build a crane
It takes two floors to make a storie
It takes an egg to make a hen
It takes a hen to make an egg
There is no end to what I’m saying

It takes a thought to make a word
And it takes some words to make an action
And it takes some work to make it work
It takes some good to make it hurt
It takes some bad for satisfaction

Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle…

It takes a night to make it done
And it takes a day to make you young brother
And it takes some old to make you young
It takes some cold to know the sun
It takes the one to have the other

And it takes no time to fall in love
But it takes you years to know what love is
And it takes some fears to make you trust
It takes those tears to make it rust
It takes the dust to have it polished

Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle…

It takes some silence to make sound
And it takes a lost before you found it
And it takes a road to go nowhere
It takes a toll to show you care
It takes a hole to see a mountain

Ah la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la life goes full circle

Life is wounderful
I’m yours
Mudhouse

And then this guy, which is less amazing, but still…
everything
home

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