Category Archives: Monologue

Daydreaming during MPRE studies

Posted on November 23, 2010 by admin

Courtesy of The New Yorker, Oct. 11, 2010 写于11月4日 1. By studying MPRE I realized that the world consists mostly of “she”s, so many so that sometimes I cannot tell the judge from the prosecutor from the attorney. 2. undercut, … Continue reading →

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榉人有话说

Posted on September 19, 2007 by admin

I’m insulting my own profession and the great CMU cognitive tradition laid down by Herbert Simon by jotting down this terribly superficial, idiosyncratic and esoteric personal complaint. I was driven by an impulse. As someone said, anything is an impulse. … Continue reading →

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鲜花 地铁 宪法 墓碑

Posted on November 12, 2005 by admin

9月26号Simon过生日时收到的一束鲜花，我们一直用水杯养着，放 在客厅的桌子上。是那种很素雅、很不起眼的花，花瓣很小，以我 对植物的无知，权且称为野花；我失手打翻了两次，也只有打翻了 才记得换一下水，本以为它活不了太久了，一个月以后，我却无比 惊讶的发现所有的花都还开着，只掉了几片叶子，比之一个月前， 丝毫不显出颓势。我心下暗暗纳罕：这是什么花，怎么有这么顽强 的生命力？   上个月在纽约时，第一次下到地铁里我被吓了一跳，号称世界之都 的纽约地铁竟是如此的破旧，连冷气都没有，大热天的一进地铁就 像洗桑拿；列车进站的轰鸣声更是大的吓人。地下的环境比起北京 地铁差一大截，更不如上海、香港。可是坐了两天之后，才发现其 线路四通八达、设计精巧合理，将整个曼哈顿和周边的新泽西、皇 后区等连成一张致密的网络，覆盖着能够想象到的各个角落。坐到 世贸中心遗址（WTC）参观时，发现这个地铁站宽敞明亮，十分舒 适，也明白了纽约地铁历史悠久，自1880年始建以来运行百年而不 衰，每天为这个城市输送血液，已属不易。   “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for … Continue reading →

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