cute kitty, 摄于与Eugenius一齐游泳后宵夜桂林米粉店。

今年目标，完全掌握自由泳，争取蝶泳

好久没看话剧了，上次还是N年前的“雷雨”，主要是来杭的不是太贵，就是太怪。有幸受关关同学邀请，又得以话剧话剧。不知道杜拉拉什么意思的自己google。关关同学说此书她已看过三遍，并以此作为职场上打拼的动力，这精神和我看big bang theroy有得一拼，我都看了五六遍了。不过我觉得更适合汪洋同学前来观看，此下岗工人兼待业青年更需要此等精神粮食。演出挺顺利的，台下不时爆笑，我也目不转睛。不过那晚最让我吃惊的是观众中女性含量占了绝大多数，杜拉拉的女性fans群体的确庞大。我环顾四周，仿如置身万花丛中，油然而生一股虚无短暂的幸福感（也就这点出息了）。感谢关关！

一起去游泳

 

MM：有没有带泳衣？

GG：没

MM：那怎么办？

GG：带泳裤了

MM：......

MM练空手道的，

 

GG看到MM袋子里的道服，其中有条黄色的腰带

GG：黄带是不是段位最低的？

MM：不是，白色才是，我已经不是白带了

（次对话不怎么冷，但主要引出一下对话）

 

MM准备考带。

GG：干嘛去？

MM：去考带，黄带。

GG：真的！拷来给我看看？

MM：好的，没问题！

Worst tennis game ever played
Full of countless faults, no matter serve or charge or defense, bad forehand, bad backswing, bad chop, bad chip, bad steps, I just play like a beginner, in front of so many friends watching aside and supporting me that I should take the win, easily. But finally I deserve the defeat, which I have expected coming when confronting a more skilled opponent. Nothing but embarrassment! But I’ve tried my best in this gloomy game in gloomy weather. In great fatigue and subsequent dull reaction, I still manage to regain the control my body, analyses the weakness of my opponent, and take the charge in a proper way though limited of my exhaustion. Really tried my best, in such state that anyone can beat me down. I think it’s time to call me “Hoo Soft”, weak like an ant. Sorry guys, especially to you, hoping it won’t disappoint you that much.

Anyway, it’s so happy to see me suffering a frustration again, this time in a tennis match, only because it’s really fun to have myself frustrated. You know, I’m the guy that have walked long way accompanied by failures and will sure be together with them in the long run. There is only frustration that can keep my mind clear, maintain my motive energetic, to know what my great weaknesses are that just lie under my eyes and are ignored by my vanity, my conceit, my pride, my arrogance, my prejudice and my foolishness. Frustrations, then repairs, overconfidence, frustration again, and over and over again. I really hate the “me” that is prone to get lost so easily, maybe it’s the feeling of inferior, deep in my heart. Throughout the past “whole year”, I still haven’t achieved anything yet, really a great sin to my soul. Something should have been made by me! But, you know, I’m a lazy guy, too crowd to face the real challenges. What’s worse, I always use this as an excuse for self-comforting, which only makes me much more like a pathetic doggy.

The balance between confident and slump is also important. I still remember the years when I was down and the whole world seems full of despairs. Some true friends gave me their hands, motivated me and helped me re-pick my confidence and revive as marvelous as before. Great appreciations to them, which I will never forget in rest of my life. It makes me a lucky guy but gradually a pathetic one as I’m losing myself due to overconfidence. So that’s why I seek frustrations so anxiously, enough to cool the overheated mind but won’t impair it. That’s why I went to my mentor and had him criticize me greatly. That’s why I really feel happy to receive this defeat in tennis match. Bingo!

May the harmless frustrations fall on me more and more.

 

Glossary of tennis terminology
Ace - a serve that is a winner without the receiving tennis player able to return the ball.
Ad court - the part of the tennis court that is to the left of the tennis players
Advantage - when a tennis player needs one more point to win the game after the score was deuce.
Alley - the extra area of the side court used for doubles.
Backhand - a way to swing the tennis racquet where the player hits the ball with a swing that comes across the body.
Backspin - spin of a tennis ball that causes the ball to slow down and/or bounce low.
Backswing - the motion of a swing that moves the racquet into position to swing forward and strike the ball.
Baseline - the line indicating back of the court.
Baseliner - a tennis player whose strategy is to play from the baseline. See Tennis Strategies for more.
Break - when the server loses the game
Break point - one point away from breaking serve
Chip - blocking a shot with backspin
Chip and charge - an aggressive strategy to return the opponent's serve with backspin and move forward to the net for a volley
Chop - a tennis shot with extreme backspin. Meant to stop the ball where it lands.
Counterpuncher - another name for a player who is a defensive baseliner.
Court - the area where a tennis game is played
Crosscourt - hitting the tennis ball diagonally into the opponent's court
Deep - refers to a shot that bounces near the baseline verses near the net
Deuce - when the score in a game is 40 to 40.
Deuce court - the right side of the court
Double Fault - two missed serves in a row. The server will lose the point.
Doubles - a tennis game played by four players, two per side of the court.
Down the line - hitting a tennis shot straight down the baseline
Drop shot - a strategy where the tennis player hits the ball just go over the net. It is used when the opponent is far from the net.
Drop volley - a drop shot from a volley
Fault - a service that is not in play.
First Service - the first of the two serves of a tennis ball a player is allowed. Generally the server will try a more difficult serve on the first service.
Flat - a shot with little to no spin
Follow through - the part of the swing after the ball is hit. A good follow through is important for accuracy and power.
Foot fault - when the server steps over the baseline while making a serve.
Forehand - a tennis swing where the player hits the tennis ball from behind their body. Often the forehand is the players best stroke.
Game point - one point away to win the tennis game.
Grand Slam - any one of the four most prestigious tennis tournaments including the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.
Groundstroke - a forehand or backhand shot made after the tennis ball bounces once on the court
Head - the top part of the racket that has the strings and is meant to hit the ball.
Hold - when the server wins the tennis game.
I-formation - a formation in doubled where the both players stand on the same side of the court prior to starting the point.
Jamming - to hit the tennis ball straight to the opponent's body not allowing them to extend the racquet to hit the ball well.
Kick serve - a serve with a lot of spin causing the ball to bounce high
Let - when the tennis ball from a service touches the net but still lands within the service box. The server gets another try as this does not count as a fault.
Lob - a tennis shot where the ball is lifted high above the net. Can be a defensive shot in some cases, but also may cause a winner when the ball is just out of reach of the opponent, but still lands in play.
Love - zero points in a tennis game.
Match point - when one tennis player only needs one more point to win the entire match
Out - any tennis ball that lands outside the area of play.
Passing shot - when the tennis ball is hit such that it passes by the opponent at the net without them being able to hit the ball.
Poaching - an aggressive strategy in doubles where the tennis player at net attempts to volley a shot hit to their partner on the baseline.
Tennis Racquet - the main piece of equipment in tennis. It has a long handle and a oval shaped head with a string mesh stretched across it. It is used by the tennis player to hit the ball.
Rally - when players hit the ball back and forth to each other while the ball is landing in play.
Set point - when a tennis player needs one point to win the set
Singles - a tennis game played by two players
Second Service - the second serve that the server is allowed after missing the first serve. This serve must be successful or the server will loose the point (called a double fault).
Serve - starts the point by the server hitting the tennis ball into the opponents half of the court
Serve and volley - a tennis strategy where the player serves and then charges forward to the net for a volley off of the return.
Spin - rotation of the tennis ball as it moves through the air. Skilled tennis players can control the spin and, therefore, the ball's trajectory and bounce
Straight sets - when one player wins every set in a match.
Topspin - when the tennis ball spins forward. This can cause it to bounce higher as well as dip down quickly.
Unforced error - a missed shot by a player that was not caused by any excellent play by their opponent.
Winner - an outstanding tennis shot that cannot be returned by the opponent.
WTA - stands for Women's Tennis Association 

Le lion abbattu par l’homme

On exposait une peinture
Où l’artisan avait tracé
Un lion d’immense stature
Par un seul homme terrassé.
Les regardants en tiraient gloire.
Un lion, en passant, rabattit leur caquet.
Je vois bien, dit-il, qu’en effet
On vous donne ici la victoire:
Mais l’ouvrier vous a déçus;
Il avait liberté de feindre.
Avec plus de raison nous aurions le dessus,
Si mes confrères savaient peindre.

peinture: [f] painting
artisan: [m] artisan, craftsman
tracer: trace, draw
terrasser: defeat
rabattit (rabattre) : shut down, slake
caquet: [m] cackle
déçus: décevoir-disappoint
feindre: feign
confrères: [m] colleague

It’s a fable written by La Fontaine, telling that people is proudly enjoying a painting on which a huge lion is defeated by a warrior, then a lion passes by and mocks at them, saying if they lions can paint, they can do the same.
I love it, only because this French text is short enough for me to understand. Actually I hate reading, especially the long ones, ever since by childhood. I read only because I have no choice: have to learn to pass the examinations, have to equip myself with enough knowledge to understand more about the mysteries nature or to attract smart girls, have to fulfill and correct my two hemispheres that the right one is nothing left and the left one is nothing right (please laugh, if not, I really doubt about the solid constitutes of your brain). But they who master the language master the civilization, and they who control the language, control the world: our history is recorded by language by historiographer, but can you completely trust what they have written down, and tell which are true and which are faked or modified? And the law, the combination of language that restrains the so-called crimes, actually serves for the ones that legislate it. And the media, which control the public opinion and common culture, is doing what they want to do, and serving for whom they want to. This is the power of language, this is the reason why we should well master it, avoiding deception and fake. So that’s why as we grow older, we are more capable of truth distinguishing, only because we are more knowledgeable and learn more about language.

 

 

It's a wonderful experience, full of excitement and romance

this bridge is over 50m high

 

gun fighting is really coooool, though it'll be more funny if there being more "soldiers"

 

that's why I'm telling you the height of the bridge, 'coz it's where I descend from, merely through two ropes. It's brilliant feeling, kind like special force, and kind like flying, especially in the midway, with gentle winds kissing my face

 

this jump is another challenge, climbing to the top of the post, where you can merely put your two feet. but the most fearful thing is the swing of the post, partly caused by the wind, and partly by the trembling legs.

 

You can’t deny the truth that I’m a genius of romance. Silent mountains, clear steam, fresh air, favorite melodies, dim light, campfire, barbeque, a boy and a pretty graceful girl, all seems so perfect, just like what I’m dreaming or daydreaming these years when every time seeing lovers camping and roasting in a movie, I can’t help imagining that I could be the chief actor. Then I know more about my definition about romance: no kissing, no hugging, but only two heart enjoying the nature, and warming each other.

 

since my balcony conversation, I have had one more reason now to love balcony: balcony camping, though reminiscent me of the horrible camping memory at balcony when sophomore. But this time, it's completely different, anyway I have a good dream.

 

this is the team, luckily, i'm not the oldest one.

 

This is the girl that I should thank for.

Q. Why do we need France on our side against Saddam and Osama?
A. So the French can show them how to surrender.

　　
Q: How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?
A: Nobody knows, it’s never been tried.

　　
Q. Why don’t they have fireworks at Euro Disney?
A. Because every time they shoot them off, the French try to surrender.

　　
Q: How can you identify a French Infantryman?
A: Sunburned armpits.

　　
Q. What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up?
A. The Army.

　　
Q: What is the first thing the French Army teaches at basic training?
A: How to surrender in at least 10 languages.

Q: What is the most useful thing in the French Army?
A: A rearview mirror, so they can see the war.

　　
Q: Why does Nike like the French Army?
A: Because, in war time, they are the biggest buyers of running shoes.