又到了每年的这个时候，忙碌的考试季。。。（好吧，其实从来没有认真闭关成功过。。。-__-b）

每天下午阳光超赞，太适合在温暖的阳光下躺沙发上看书了。。。（好吧，其实是更适合在温暖的阳光下躺沙发上打瞌睡。。。-__-b）

窗外不是蓝天就是绿树，来张幸福晒脚三连拍吧：

唯一美中不足的是，觉得在写字台前坐着看书脖子累，躺在沙发上么端书的胳膊类，于是花170刀买了个book holder。。。实在是懒得无可救药啊！自己都看不下去了！=o=

个么整个五月就安心闭关，幸福地晒着太阳看书吧～～～^^

蛮好打算早睡早起明天好好学习的。。。这下又毁了。。。天意啊天意。。。=,=

↑↑↑↑↑ 真的是kidding吗？！=o= 未完待（猴年马月）续 -__-b

中午走在通往午饭的春光明媚的路上，突然发现单位楼前的花儿都开疯掉了！（手机拍的，质量抱歉，第二张后面就是世行主楼。。。）

[2010年update] 今年被几场大雪摧残后，花也没那么盛了，而且今年此时DC已然进入了夏天。。。（全球都再也没有春天了么。。。=,=）

云淡风轻不惊不咋心如止水。。。成熟了呀。。。证据为：

1、天气如此之好，每年一度的樱花节也完全懒得出去看了。。。（对比：去年还是去湖边逛逛的，前年还全程看了游行和日本集市。。。）

2、完全没在意新上市的iPad，甚至无法理解为啥米在纽约旗舰店门口有人提前两三天就开始排队。。。（对比：前年自己也是排队买iPhone的那种人。。。）

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其实偶真正想说的是：

1、毕业这么多年，还要在家学习不能随心所欲地出去逍遥，真是太TM失败了！

2、工作这么多年，还要为要不要买个小小的iPad纠结好久，真是太TM失败了！

人家小mm对这个年龄段的男人要求至少是“事业有成，有车有房”了（其实还蛮合理的 =,=），可俺还是一穷二白，钱都存不起来，工作没前途就算了，还压力超大，整天忧心忡忡担心满足不了老板无止境的索求。。。还不如回国做个清闲的小职员。。。

好吧，今后一定要拨出时间静下心来思考一下到底哪里出了问题，纠正一下偏差了的人生方向。。。

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不过想想，iPad对我来说也就两个作用：

1、出去吃饭时可以随时拿出来上开心网偷菜种菜养鱼炒菜啥的。。。（手机版只能“采摘”不能种 =,=）

2、周末打牌时可以一边打一边拿着看开心网转贴，两件浪费时间但又没法放弃的事并成一件！

还真是蛮没意义的，不要买算了！

[众人A] 你上面说的静下心来思考的就是这种问题吗？！=o=
[众人B] 其实问题的症结已经很明显了吧。。。-__-b

[Update] 其实iPad不能显示网页flash，个么以上两个作用一个都不成了。。。得，也不用纠结了。。。-__-b

真是像人民日报社论那样，专业小秘或写手才能搞出来呀，太有才了。。。希望转贴在这里不算剽窃或泄漏机密。。。英文懒得看的筒子们可以直接跳过，因为俺的翻译水平肯定会让原味大打折扣。。。
[众人] 其实就是你懒得翻吧！=o=

Let the Games Begin

April 1, 2010 – Come July 1, it will be mandatory for all Bank staff to establish online avatars – a three-dimensional depiction of a computer user in a virtual world. Staff will use their avatars to play out development scenarios, test innovations, and experiment with new theories and policies so that every country and sector strategy and project design is fully tested before it hits the real world.

This initiative is part of the Bank Group’s ongoing internal reforms agenda, which is aimed at modernizing the Bank Group and positioning it for the 21^st century. “I am very excited by this idea. It will demonstrate that we are truly a cutting edge knowledge organization, and will help us deliver better results to our clients, whose needs are getting increasingly specific and demanding by the day,” said President Bob Zoellick.

Starting July 1 ISG will equip each staff member with a standard joystick to participate in the DevelopmentumXâ„¢ experience

A program called DevelopmentumX™ – specially created for the Bank by the makers of Second Life, the popular Internet-based virtual world – will house a fictitious global community of donors and borrowers, indigenous communities, elites and poor people, northern and southern NGOs, first world contractors, and other familiar players. While some of these entities will be pre-installed, most will develop spontaneously as Bank staff, consultants, and partners create and introduce their avatars, who will behave according to their individual originators’ experience, biases, and knowledge.

The idea for DevelopmentumX™ comes from the success of Evoke, an online game created by WBI to help empower youth around the world to come up with creative solutions to urgent social problems.

Through their interactions, transactions, and negotiations with the different players in this virtual space, Bank teams will be able to test their ideas for technical validity, development impact, political feasibility, and reputational implications. This is expected to result in the final operations becoming far more effective, while nullifying the need for actual consultations, thus saving a load of hassle, cost and time.

A working group comprising representatives of the Regions, ISG, EXT, Legal, WBI and the Knowledge Strategy Group is putting the finishing touches to the proposal, including the development of a training program. The first phase of training will target country directors and managers, sector managers, task team leaders, safeguards and communications staff, and ACS staff who support these groups. Eventually, the goal is to reach all staff.

“We are aware that many Bank staff have only a passing acquaintance with the online world and social media. Our initial research with staff focus groups has revealed that the two age categories most familiar with this world are, first, not surprisingly the under-30s, and second, ironically, the over-50s – possibly because they are parents of under-30s,” says a member of the working group. This poses a huge challenge since bulk of frontline staff are in that underexposed 30-50 age bracket.

Throughout the month of April staff can view the motion picture Avatar every Tuesday and Thursday at 9 am via webcast

To help overcome this hurdle, the current box office hit Avatar will be “force fed” to all staff. (In a nutshell, the film pits commercial exploiters against indigenous nature loving communities on a distant planet, and avatars play the starring role.)

Starting next week, the film will be webcast to all Bank computers on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 am. This will be accompanied by a road show, whereby members of the working group will trawl the Bank unit by unit to hold discussions (including webinars with country offices) on the film’s theme and technology as a precursor to the rollout of the training program.

Participation in the film discussion is a prerequisite for the training, which is mandatory. To check when your unit is scheduled to have this film discussion, click here.

然后是去年今日的首页头条，当时还真白痴般的心头暗喜了一下。。。-__-b

Power Reduction for Month of August at Bank Group Washington Offices

All buildings in the Bank Group will close for the month of August

April 1, 2009––Bob Zoellick presented a proposal yesterday at an informal meeting of the Board of Executive Directors calling for closure of the Washington, DC offices for the entire month of August 2009.

Citing the traditional exodus of many staff at this time of year, Zoellick pointed out the savings to be gained by complete closure of the DC offices, amounting to significant impact on the Bank’s overall energy consumption as well as positive benefits to the environment.

“There is no reason to keep the entire complex open when it’s only partially filled,” said Zoellick, “especially in this time of financial crisis. We need to demonstrate that we, too, can tighten our belts and adjust our energy consumption as good global citizens.”

Following separate statements by each ED, the Board endorsed the idea, noting that it would also positively impact the budget envelope for the coming fiscal year.

Work Arrangements

Essential staff will be notified of alternate work arrangements by their units. Non-essential staff will be placed on administrative leave.

Treasury operations will relocate to the Bank’s business continuity center in Virginia. Country offices will remain open for the month, and the relatively small number of August missions will continue as planned.

The Board normally takes a break for most of August, and so its operations will not be adversely affected.

Carlos Rossell, publisher, said “Our office continues to be busy throughout August with Annual Meetings publications, so we are investigating the relocation of pubs staff to a country with high-quality printing facilities, and with a mild climate so that we will not be contributing to high energy consumption. We’re very concerned about our collective carbon footprint.” Locations in the southern hemisphere are being investigated.

Van Pulley, director of GSD, said “our staff are extremely resourceful, and we will help identify office space wherever it’s needed—be it Virginia or Venezuela.”

Powering Down

The power in all buildings will be set to absolute minimum levels at close of business on Friday, July 31. In most buildings, lights will be completely turned off for the month, and staff will not be allowed access.

Kathy Sierra

Kathy Sierra, vice president of the Sustainable Development Network (SDN), said she wholeheartedly endorsed it on many levels. “This is a major turn-off,” Sierra said, “and it will have a maximum impact.”

She added that she hoped a portion of the savings could be donated to the newly-created Climate Investment Funds, because it would set a strong example for donor countries. “We can use this example to leverage cooperation among the many partners who have been on the fence about their donations. ‘We gave, now you give’ can be our motto going forward.”

Warren Evans, sector director for environment, said, “this is inspired, and it will do wonders for our carbon footprint. We may even make the Guinness Book of Records.”

Country Offices

Country offices are being asked to identify a month when they can also close offices––ideally a month in which the office consumes the most energy, and when the greatest number of staff are on leave, as is the case in Washington during August.

The essential business of project management and supervision will carry on as usual in our country offices, and project disbursements will not be affected.

Travel Services

AMEX will be ramping up its personal travel services to meet the increased demand from potential holiday travelers during the month.  It is also exploring group travel options where there is a critical mass of staff traveling to one location.

More information here

然后是前年的。。。稍微有点假。。。=,=

Get Ready to Work from Home in Fiscal 2009

Migration to virtual office brings benefits of closer family relationships, lower clothing expenses

April 1, 2008––The World Bank Group is making plans to go completely virtual in fiscal 2009, and is laying the groundwork for staff to work from home when not on mission. The move is expected to result in significant cost savings on office space and facilities.In a statement shortly after the Board approved this proposal,  Chief Financial Officer Vincenzo La Via said, “As you know, for the last few years, we have been in a situation of a flat budget, and have been looking at innovative ways to save costs. We are past the stage of trimming around the edges. This is a logical outcome of that approach. Since the budget constraint is real, we are forced to go virtual.”

All staff will be provided laptop computers to ensure business continuity. The Bank Group is working with Dell Computer to negotiate a bulk purchase price within ISG/IT budget constraints.

Apart from new revenues from leasing out Bank-owned space, and significant savings on currently rented office space, additional savings will be generated by terminating parking subsidies and the Metrochek system for HQ-based staff. “There will be no incentive for Bank staff to come into downtown Washington,” said Van Pulley, director, GSD. He added that the Bank’s carbon footprint will also be reduced by the new measures.

Phased Approach

The Virtual Office Program (VOP), to begin implementation July 1, 2008, will apply initially to HQ-based staff, with country offices following in a phased manner.

Blackberries will further facilitate virtual office set-ups

The model for the initiative grew out of the recent establishment of the group’s Emergency Management Team structure. “We already have a drill in place that enables staff to shelter at home in case of emergencies,” said Pulley. “My understanding is that this qualifies as an emergency.”

The US federal government and DC administration are said to have welcomed the WBG move, both because of the reduction in traffic and because there will be one less security headache in the capital. “What I’m really pleased about,” said an officer in a police cruiser when asked for his reaction, “is that there will be greater discipline on Pennsylvania Avenue, and 18th and 19th Streets during the peak hours. World Bank staff are the some of the most impossible road-crossers, in my experience.”

Results of Working Group

A working group comprising representatives from the various VPUs, IFC, and MIGA, and headed by Praful Patel, South Asia regional vice president, developed the proposal. Patel said, “We calculated that on any given day, 50 percent of staff are on mission, and 20 percent on some form of leave. The 30 percent in office spend 80 percent of their time on email, telephone or videoconferences, and the rest of the day in meetings or in the Atrium, where they continue to be active on their Blackberries. So by asking people to go 100 percent virtual, we are only formalizing what is already the practice. Staff will work from home when they are not in airport lounges or hotels.”

Patel added in a somewhat pained voice: “Why, the other day, I was having a one-on-one meeting with my operations director, and all the while he was sending messages on his Blackberry to my chief economist in the next room.”

Videoconferences—already widely in use across the Bank and in country offices—will substitute for any face-to-face meetings that now take place. Patel added that the cost savings will release fresh resources for the six strategic themes.

Aishwarya Rai, new Bank ambassador for Global Public Goods

Further Functions to be Outsourced

As a corollary to the virtualizing of HQ, more functions will be outsourced to India as well as, possibly, Brazil, Russia, China, Mexico, and South Africa.

“This fits well with the MIC strategy we are developing as part of the six themes,” said La Via, who is one of the co-leads of the MICs working group. Patel added, “In recent weeks, the Indians have felt that we’ve played DIRty with them, so this is a way of making up.” He disclosed that the Bank has also offered to appoint Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai as its ambassador for the Global Public Goods theme.

The President’s office is among those shortlisted to be outsourced to Chennai. A final decision will be taken after a study, currently underway, on whether it would be more cost-effective to base the President himself in Chennai, or negotiate with the IMF—itself under immense budgetary strain, and therefore bargaining hard—to lease him an office suite.

Consensus by the Board

The Board has agreed to a similar arrangement for itself, except that in this case, the Executive Directors and their staff will be outsourced to their own capitals. It was learned that during the Board discussion, there was a brief split on this issue between Part 1 and Part 2 EDs.

Initially, the Part 1s favored this refreshing approach to cost-cutting, while some Part 2s felt the arrangement would deny them voice and representation. Then the Part 2s coalesced around the view that everyone would be equally unrepresented, which, looked at another way, meant they were equally represented. This briefly confused the Part 1s, but in the end, all agreed it was a good thing.

Virtual office will make maternity/paternity leaves obsolete

Zoellick Concurs

In a press statement at the end of the day, Bob Zoellick said: “I am very pleased with this decision. I have always believed in iterative feedback loops through networks of conversations.

“This virtual arrangement does just that. I knew that there was a lot of efficiency to be squeezed out of this organization within the existing resources. It shows we are an organization that is now ready—not only for the 21st, but also for the 22nd century.

“We can focus our energies on what we do best, which is contribute to an inclusive, sustainable globalization, without getting distracted by non-productive activities like commuting and deciding where to go for lunch.”

Staff Association Response

The only pessimistic note has come from the Staff Association. “What will happen to ACS staff? And why have country office staff concerns not been taken into account? There has been no consultation. This is a very non-transparent decision,” said SA Chair Prasad Mohan. He promised to hold a town hall meeting in the atrium next week on the matter.

For the schedule of your unit’s migration to the virtual office program, go here.

By Sumir Lal, Internal Communications

然后就是大前年的。。。（转贴得好累啊！=o=）

Budget Accord Reached

Chief Financial Officer Vincenzo La Via

April 1, 2007––Capping extended and intensive negotiations this past week, the Board of Executive Directors has agreed to an approach put forward by senior management to ensure that Bank resources for fiscal 2008 can be reallocated with input from those closest to the business plans––both clients and staff.Three coalitions of VPUs are being formed for a two-day budget planning exercise. Each VPU will be represented  by its vice president and its senior resource management officer.

Chief Economist François Bourguignon

The first group comprises all the Operational units, including all Regions. The second team is made up of a coalition of Financial and Administrative Units––led by Human Resources (HR), the Information Solutions Group (ISG), General Services Department (GSD), and External Affairs (EXT). Development Economics(DEC) is leading the third group, which includes the World Bank Institute (WBI) and all the Network VPUs.

The meeting to determine the Bank’s resource allocation for the next fiscal year will be held off site, on the island state of Vanuatu next week. “The objective of the island meeting is simple––to allow a natural self-selection process to take place,” explained Chief Financial Officer Vincenzo La Via. “This will greatly simplify budget planning for the Managing Directors.”

Partnership and Competitiveness

Each of the coalitions will compete in a series of development exercises, to be evaluated on the basis of how well they apply their group’s comparative advantage to the problems put forth. A global audience of staff and stakeholders will vote hour-by-hour on who deserves to stay in the competition. The BBC World Service has agreed to broadcast the proceedings, in partnership with the American Broadcasting Company (ABC).

The team with the greatest number of surviving vice presidents at the end of the 48-hour marathon will receive 10 percent budget increases for all their VPUs, including 10 percent SRIs and a double complement of H-level staff positions.The losing VPUs will receive a full 10 percent cut for the next three years, as well as loss of all H and I level slots and Blackberry devices. Also, their international staff will all be converted to local hire status.

Review Process

President Wolfowitz announced that international activist and actress Angelina Jolie and renowned investor Warren Buffett will co-chair a special group of outside judges on the island.

Angelina Jolie meets with President Wolfowitz

“Angelina has visited more IDA countries than I have, and has seen many of our projects in the field. She has an excellent head on her shoulders about money, and she has certainly made a lot of it. Warren Buffett’s wisdom is well known. We are grateful to both of them for agreeing to lend their objective, outside perspective to the reallocation exercise. They will guarantee fair play,” said Wolfowitz.

Going Forward

Today interviewed the leaders of each coalition. The Operational Units––dubbed the ‘Road Warriors’––are being led by Jim “Don’t mess with me” Adams of EAP. He said, “We figure that with Shigeo, we’ve got a strong competitor; Pam’s learned a lot from LAC’s strong military tradition that will come in handy; and I’ve gotten our Asian clients to agree to flood Western financial capitals with sell orders if the situation gets tight. We fully intend to go all the way with this.”

The administrative units, recently renamed DFU (Don’t FAC with Us), said they will not be intimidated, and that they can pull the plug on the air conditioning of the other units if push comes to shove. Team leader Guy-Pierre De Poerck of ISG added, “Everyone needs to remember that we gave you connectivity, and we can take it away.”

Warren Buffet

Chief Economist François “I know a recession when I see it” Bourguignon, leading the Wonks for Global Justice coalition of Bank Networks, said ominously, “Information is power, and we have the data. We will not hesitate to use it, either. Consider yourselves warned.”Today will keep staff posted on this story as it develops. “We are relieved, to tell the truth, “said Sumir Lal from Internal Communications. “The budget stories usually pull our readership numbers way down during sweeps week, so this unexpected initiative is very welcome.”

For more information, go here.

然后。。。然后就没有了。。。-__-bbb

【友情提醒】鉴于本人一贯清纯优良的形象，本博是有意避免父母长辈等接触以免因任何可能的反差而雷得他们里嫩外焦，所以请潜水或冒泡的各位，若不幸跟俺家有任何挂钩，千万不要泄漏这方小博的存在和内容：比如和你父母聊起，结果转述到偶父母耳中，偶父母因好奇或担心再向我打听之类的。。。虽然现在已经很少更新，还是不要因为这方面的顾虑而完全放弃此地吧。。。多谢配合～ =,=

以下言归正传。。。

纠结啊！！！偶最近真是心乱如麻。。。终于也遇上了机构重组人人自危这种窘境。。。

好吧，也没那么危啦。虽然俺们这种官僚大锅饭机构没啥前途，但的确也是不怎么裁人滴，比如有关改革的通讯上第一条总是强调：“在新组织结构下，每个人都会有份工”。。。-__-b  多么温暖人心啊。。。但是，扫厕所也是份工啊！（好吧，偶承认偶可能更擅长清扫。。。=,=）而且部门拆拆并并，好容易熟悉起来的老板们也不知何去何从，长期的职业发展被打乱，总是很扰人的。

最让俺纠结的还是新业务模式下差不多所有主流业务都将不在花生臀总部进行，权力、业务和人员都会被下放到当地的分部、办公室、新成立的自主运营中心（管它怎么叫）。这实在太纠结了。。。尽管有关改革的通讯上第n条也总是会安抚：“在新组织结构下，没有人会被强迫调离本部”。。。但很明显，要有发展前途，做核心业务，就不得不接受下放。虽然俺一穷二白孑然一人茕茕孑立形影相吊一无房贷二无家室完全就是适合下放的完美典型，但是牵挂还是很多的呀：布置得跟娱乐中心似的安乐小窝，每周末在三台游戏机四台电脑n副麻将扑克牌三国杀中沉沦。。。对了，还有爱车。。。还有各个商场的积分卡贵宾卡打折卡。。。（[众人：#$@!$@!$%@#^%#$@%…]）虽然也日益感到（不知不觉已呆了四五年的）花生臀的无聊，但实在是放不下这平静安逸的小日子呀。。。（呃。。还有身边可爱的朋友们呀。。。[众人：太假了，偶们根本不在你考虑范围内吧？！=o=]）

而且俺总觉得这模式有问题。1、总部完全不给机会和职位的话，你不能要求员工在鸟不生蛋的发展中国家工作一辈子吧？2、所以只好每几年就换一换，调一调，升一升。。。但即使是喜欢到处跑的老外（不用考虑国人普遍的独生子女啊赡养老人啊米国身份啊功名利禄啊等等烦人的问题）也是更顾及家庭不愿意长期到处颠簸的吧？3、以此看来，唯一可持续的模式就是在本土雇佣本地人才在本地工作一辈子。。。——一个不需要国际人才的国际组织，真是杯具啊。（其实现在对于本地员工水平不够无法lead deal的抱怨已经很多了。。。）

父母在这方面也完全是拖后腿的样子：一心只想着关键词：“安稳”“米国”“早点安顿下来成家！”。。。其实俺刚做完加勒比海区域的研究，觉得要是去那儿的话阳光海滩白沙，多爽啊～但是爸妈一听说“地震”“火山”“飓风”“海啸”“毒品集团”就都要暴走了。。。（好吧，其实他们对加勒比海也没啥了解，比如Trinidad and Tobago这种岛国连偶都不知道中文名（注：是“特立尼达和多巴哥” =,=）就更别提偶们爸妈了，不过。。。偶就轻描淡写说了句 “就在海地旁边” ，他们就都不行了。。。-__-b）

还没来米国花生臀骚扰过俺的筒子们，趁俺还在赶快来搭个末班车蹭个免费吃住+导游吧。。。明年今日偶就不知身在何处了。。。（好吧，其实也有可能20年后还闷在这里。。。=,=）可怜哪，真是命犯孤星，要是真开始颠沛流离，俺、俺不会流浪n年后就成家在非洲吧？！~>_<~
[众人：反正你在学葡萄牙语，其实莫桑比克和安哥拉都不错的哦。。。=,=]

有一个人攀岩，当他快爬到山顶时，有一只大灰狼拿着一根燃着的蜡烛想把绳子烧断，那人说了一句话，大灰狼就把蜡烛吹灭了，请问他说了什么？

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答案就是：生日快乐～～～！^^

早上梦到老同学们给surprise买了三个大蛋糕办了三桌，开开心心地醒来。。。（i.e. 梦和现实的落差。。。-__-b）

低调又内敛的本人，之前一周开始就想着叫少了吧，喊了这个不唤那个不好，或者是召集多了吧，万一有人明明不想来徒增对方压力。。。于是就宁可自己憋到内伤，谁都没喊。。。结果，还是好人多啊，知道俺生日之际主动问询，结果下午开始懒好人们陆陆续续出现打牌，晚上吃饭竟然有20人？！还得在奸商XO小饭馆订上两桌，这不是跟腐败的国内一样了么！=o=

感动之余，善于思考的本人又冷静地想了想，结论是，人还是差不多那么几个，但是越来越多的都开始拖家带口了，一来就是成双成对的，所以虚增了统计数字——反衬形单影只的本人，真是太杯具了！ToT

礼物自然是越来越少啦～所以难得几位送的就更显难能可贵啦～每年总有那么几个固定铁杆可以指望一下，所以这倒没啥落差。说起来送创可贴的那位，你真的确定是在送祝福卡么？第二天俺手背上就莫名地出现一厘米伤口，倒是立刻就用上了。。。=,=

酒足饭饱后大概有16个人涌向俺家，挤在n小的客厅里活动，很热闹就是了，奇迹是竟然这次没被邻居投诉！
[众人] 你邻居已经换了三拨了，想想为什么。。。

照片待补！
[众人] 根据经验是明年了。。。=,=

本来今天是剑桥那奖学金十周年，在英国大使馆有鸡尾酒会，庆祝十年来咱组织培养了多少优秀人才，有人都已经成了某国最年轻的外长了！当然，也有像俺这样当初骗了钱如今只在平凡的岗位默默地耕耘着（但这也是很伟大的呀！=o=）。。。Anyway，想到今晚可以穿得体体面面和各位名流谈笑风生，说不定networking中被某位Sir打头的老板相中提携，从此飞翔腾达官运亨通。。。俺的内心真是微微地颤动哪。。。

结果。。。俺个废人竟然嫌麻烦没去（？！），反而去了MY同学家吃春饼。。。-___-b

没出息啊没出息！kidding！难怪你只能宅在家里写写blog了！瞧你这点草根性！=o=

话说今天是国内的立春。按照北方人的习俗好像是要吃春饼的。俺身为（普通话说得比北方人还好）的正宗南方人（//*=,=*），自然是听都咩有听过。正好MY同学刚做了妈妈，她父母在这边帮忙照顾BB，所以就可以尝到正宗的北方春饼啦（真的很正宗。。。人家是黑龙江的。。。=,=）～ [众人：北不北和正宗不正宗没啥关系吧？！=o=] 所以啊，咱毅然决然地放弃了去酒会装B，准点（呃，准确而有点脸红地说是第一个）出现在MY同学家里，安然就座等着上菜。。。

原来春饼是泽～个样子滴哦～ 薄薄的饼里裹上肘子肉、土豆丝、豆芽、肉末、香菜、煎蛋、大葱，浇上甜面酱，这一口咬下去！哇噻！绝对够劲道啊！口渴了还有萝卜排骨汤～  那金黄的油油的煎蛋。。。薄薄的入口即化的肘子肉。。。简直就是嫦娥+猪八戒——人间难有的绝配啊！（[众人] 这又是哪来的自创歇后语？！=o=） 要煎出这么多张面饼来，还有这么多土豆丝要切，真不知人家父母忙活了多久。说起来北方人过节就是讲究啊，春饼啊饺子啊都当那么回事儿的，偶们南方那儿好像现在宁可下馆子吃一顿也懒的自己做些啥了，更别说根本没这种“节日特色”的食物（虽然可以包馄饨，不过也没强制是过节必做的传统吧）。。。这气氛还是不一样的啊～

其实俺本来是张弛有度，控制得恰到好处的，结果MY妈非要俺多吃点，最后又塞偶一张饼，偶只好勉为其难地又硬撑了一个。（[众人] 什么勉为其难，你明明还把那张饼给塞得差点裹不下pu出来！=o=）于是，果不出其然的，回家胃胀失眠了一夜，凌晨起来吃了两片吗叮啉才好。。。

唉，也难怪被聪聪说了。自己也觉得，真没出息！被请吃个饼就成这样！
（但是俺平时真的吃得很可怜的。。。T.T）

最近正在做加勒比海国家的研究。。。发现某国实在太搞了吧？！资料上说 ：“虽然大选前局势有点紧张，发生了诸如农业部长被刺身亡和纵火等事件，不过大选还是在没有重大事故的情况下完成了”—— 这分明就是重大事故啊！=o=

而且该国一共陆军900人，空军100人，海军100人。。。好歹也是七八百万人口的国家啊！=o=  你以为每个军人都可以当Halo里的Master Chief用吗？！还谈什么打击毒贩嘛！=o=

//冷。。。-__-b

甭怪俺不更新啊，三天长周末在家还是做了不少日常琐事的，自从去年底老妈来了之后家里就一团乱，又出去玩了两周，终于有空歇下来整理一把，比如修修IKEA的劣质产品之类的。

说起来IKEA的东东质量差是众所皆知啊，木质家具都不是实木，碎屑填充的。米国这儿都是学生、同居小青年、穷人（比如偶）才会逛宜家。说起来吧，才买了一年不到的台灯，就这么坏了。立灯也是，蛮好四个灯泡坏了俩，去超市买了新的回家开开心心刚打算换上，不知怎的一抖，整个灯就彻底萎了。。。

而且最鄙视IKEA这种神龙见首不见尾的客服，连个24小时真人客服的电话都没有，搞个什么机器人在网上所谓“智能”，叫Ask Anna。说起来现在好多公司的客服电话都找不到一个真人接的，全是“智能”判断问题，人工语音回答，碰到偶这种口语暴差的那叫一个累。所以才有gethuman.com这样的网站出现来解决大家Get me a real person!的怒吼吧。Anyway，扯远了。总之我问了那个白痴Anna关于repair的问题，竟然都没听懂，天哪，repair这种明显的关键词都？！于是就有了以下对话：（一小部分而已，大家无聊的话自己去试试。。。注意她的表情变化哟。。。-__-b）

服了，连格言都用出来了！只能说她设计者和10086智能短信机器人的设计者一样，都太闲了。。。-__-b

今年也是浑浑噩噩失败的一年，到了下半年偶自己都忘了每周末在干啥，反正电影都没怎么看。人生啊～～～
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2012
★★★★
其实临近假日还是有很多电影可看的，比如twilight第二部什么的（虽然偶完全不饭）。不过，，，又是陪前来出差的Frog同学才有理由看一场，唉，偶的生活咋成这样无趣了。总之和所有人的感觉一样，前半部很震撼，后半部很俗套。大片嘛，聊胜于无吧。

The Men Who Stare at Goats
★★★
是因为RP同学来DC出差，聚餐后无所事事，（工作日，也不能搞太晚！）于是俩大男人去电影院，当然要看有内涵有深度的片子！（好吧，其实偶非常想看无厘头恶搞的Zombieland，但RP这样有内涵有深度的同学是不会答应滴。。。）于是就在完全没有任何新片导览的情况下，根据名字和海报画面挑了这部（貌似是）文艺片——结果估计RP差点吐血——竟然也是个无厘头的搞笑片。。。看在娱乐了一下偶的份上，给个三星，其实完全没必要去看。。。=,=（George Clooney你还真是什么片都接啊）

District 9
★★★★★
哭了！在最近看了那么多不知所云的电影后，本来也没指望这部关于外星人登陆地球的科幻片有什么花样，结果完全是被震撼到了！这无敌的创意，这紧凑的情节，这感人的主旨（好吧，算是偶自己瞎感动的。。。=,=），完全是本年必看科幻片啊！！！偶就不剧透了，强烈推荐！！！

Informant!
★★
也是跟着别人去看的，偶又不fan Matt Damon的。。。=,= 哎，其实也不能说太难看，就是觉得还蛮无聊的。。。=,=

Inglourious Basterds
★★
keke，为了补上前段时间一直（瞎）忙得没看电影，今天俺拼了！接着看了第三场。看完后偶哭了，小朋友们，一定不要学蜀熟不思进取啊，平时不积极阅读提高自身素养，就会和高雅艺术脱轨：这部名导和名星的名片，外面评论一片大好，偶竟然感觉这两个半小时（拍这么长，有必要么？！=o=）如坐针毡。。。听说某订阅《New Yorker》的筒子看完是赞叹不已，这看New Yorker的人就是不一样呀！本来俺觉得肯定是有很多黑色幽默听不懂，结果看完也没觉得有哪儿听不懂的，就是没看出有这片子有什么意义。。。=,= 要偶说真是今年看过的最无聊的片子了，不过考虑到外面不但critic，连大众的评论也是超高，看来偶真是和这个社会的主流脱轨了。。。//wave~ T.T

Final Destination 4
★★
看完Ponyo后赖在电影院看的第二场电影，都是因为某位没品的人强烈推荐才看的。。。结果太失望了，几年前乍看第二部的时候真是惊艳啊，看完后都疑神疑鬼觉得凉飕飕的。现在这个所谓的最后一部，血腥是更赤裸裸了，不过就觉得很假（因为看的3D版的，配上3D效果更觉得很假，本来看电影感觉蛮好的，不知道谁发明的这种3D眼镜电影，明显是骗小孩的啊！），而且强烈鄙视导演偷工减料，片长只有1小时20分钟，最后三个人还一起莫名其妙很没技术含量地死掉了，是拍3D拍到没预算了吗？！=o=  顺便，看来偶是老了，看片头的时候就想，这种东东拍出来有什么意义么？！而全场大多数都是笑得特爽的青少年。。。（米国啊，你的未来是暴力和血腥滴。。。=,=）

Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo)
★★★
懒得查中文名叫什么了，如果不是别人提醒，我也不知道是宫崎骏的新动画片。。。但是！可能是偶期望太高了，或是心态老化严重？！——总觉得这完全没有高潮的白开水剧情。。。呃，也不是说不好看，就是有那么点“什么？就这样啊？！”的感觉。。。=,=

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
★★★
其实偶当年就看过前四本书，所以第四集之后看电影也都是看得迷迷糊糊的。。。据说是情节简化了很多，难怪偶怎么觉得想象中那么牛逼的邓布利多校长死得那么窝囊哪。。。当然，主配角长得越来越难看就不提了，还是Hermione小美女变大美女养眼呀 ^^

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
★★★★
同样价钱，看两个半小时的特效，怎么也赚了。。。只能说，大片，大片，看得偶好晕啊。。。（变形金刚的设计也太细节了，都看不出谁是谁。。。）

Up
★★★★★
其实是看到国内疯狂转贴它开头5分钟的短片《暴力云与送子鹳》，就想看一眼原作到底是虾米，结果其实是完全无关的。。。-__-b  不过这部片子从一开头就那么感人（眼泪滴答），小朋友们看得懂么？？=o=  偶看全场都是貌似爷爷奶奶辈拖着小P孩来看的，他们岂不是看得很难过。。。ps. 这里面的小男孩跟偶们部门的韩国实习生真是太像了。。。=o= 总之，这才是今年必看影片。。。

Hangover
★★★
偶也不知道为什么一部很普通的恶搞片在网上review会这么高。可能是它很狗屎运地和《Year One》《Land of Lost》这种实在太垃圾的搞笑片差不多时候上映，鹤立鸡群了吧。。。好吧，其实看trailer以及电影开始还可以，不过越到后面越。。。米国搞笑片的笑料也就那种水准了，唉！

Angels & Demons
★★★
完全就是看达芬奇密码卖座接着就炒冷饭啊，这部小说写在《达》之前，也不知好看不好看，听看过的筒子说是电影把剧情都给简化了，所以就更没什么悬念了。。。土风水火四大元素。。。改成电脑游戏倒是很搭。。。

Star Trek
★★★★
在外国人心目中大概也是文化上的经典吧，在英国时候有个教授老是喜欢引用里面的台词，搞得偶完全云里雾里的。所以难怪这次老外们都那么兴奋。撇去这些背景，偶觉得。。。就是普通一大片嘛。。。=,=

17 Again
★★★
众口难调，有些片子有人看过了，有些片子有人要留着跟别人一起看，有些片子有人打死也不肯看，于是这部跟Hannah Montana差不多的teenager电影就被幸运地选上了。。。不幸的是看完后它被同看的筒子们判定为最二的电影。。。=,= 。。。其实我觉得还好啦。。。（放弃复习CFA的宝贵时间看的！怎么也不能亏啊！=o=）

Fast & Furiouse 4
★★★★
什么时候开始从以前一周一两部电影变成了现在一个月才一场电影。。。T.T 生活啊。。。今天有小女生一定要选幼稚的Hannah Montana或者FF4，于是大家就都陪着看了FF4——其实跟Hannah Montana也差不多幼稚，简直就是玩赛车游戏一样嘛。。。=,= 该片review还狂高，看来世界终究还是年轻人的呀～ =,=

Coraline
★★★★
距上次进电影院不知不觉又隔了n久！这次和几个小朋友一起看动画片，想不到挑了部气氛比恐怖片还诡异的动画片。。。用扣子把眼珠子换掉，呃。。。怎么也不像是在小朋友们睡觉前可以在床头读给他们听的题材吧？！=o=（不过还是蛮好看的就是了！=,= 个人意见。。。）

Slumdog Millionaire
★★★★
很久没看电影了，算是09年回归电影院的第一场吧！倒是没想到它不久之后就在奥斯卡好好地风光了一阵，当时只是因为身边朋友的过多赞誉导致期望太高了，真看起来觉得也就那么回事儿，剧情也没期待中的那么巧妙么。。。不过得了那么多奖，怎么也是部不得不看的“大片”了。。。

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说明：
★：史上巨烂的烂片，一定要看，不然酒局饭桌上聊天时肯定没谈资，被朋友嘲笑落伍。。。
★★：烂片，没事儿别去看，纯浪费时间金钱精力，带你gf/bf去看没准儿还会被嘲笑没品。。。
★★★：一般般，还可以，无聊的时候打发时间；或者就一烂片，但总算有一两个亮点，让些傻冒或可从平凡中看出不平凡。。。
★★★★：好片，没事儿而就去看看，就算不值电影票（及因为看电影而当天附属的聚餐、购物、其他娱乐）价钱，考虑到它开发情商，提升品位，紧跟潮流……也不会亏太多。。。=,=
★★★★★：史上最强好片！一定要看！（。。。好吧，其实是从上一类中挑些符合个人口味的，所以也不一定是那么赞啦。。。=,=）

【原本的完美算盘】
1. AMC电影院积点数的卡终于到200点了！(意味着在AMC至少100场电影攒出来的啊！容易么我？=o=) 奖励是免费的电影之夜+免费吃（爆米花）+免费喝。。。终于熬到这一天了！爽！不过因为之前太忙，一直拖着没用，今天是有效期最后一天了！
2. n久前就开始在各大媒体狂轰乱炸宣传造势的Avatar今天首映！
3. 可以把之前没看的Twilight Saga: New Moon一起补了！
4. 两部电影都很长，正好早点下班去Tysons Corner吃顿好久没吃开始犯贱想念的便宜又好吃的KFC，赶七八点开始看到半夜看完。。。

【事实是】
1. 觉得一个人看无聊就打电话问BY、BY女友XX和室友WSJ想不想一起看，正好一辆车杀过去。。。
2. XX已经看过New Moon，而且觉得不好看，于是俺就妥协说好那只看一部也可以啊！
3. 7点冲到Tysons Corner发现到9点的场次都已卖光，正在讨论10:45的那场是不是太晚的时候那场也光了！=o=
4. 大家觉得不能白来一趟，于是去商场楼下找地方吃饭，Coastal Flats一如既往爆满，只能在旁边某墨西哥餐厅将就，又贵又难吃又没饱。。。用零头买顿KFC多好。。。T.T
5. 吃完外面开始下大雪，大家说别指望任何电影了，赶紧在暴风雪来临前回家洗洗睡吧。。。于是。。。浪费一次免费机会+没看成任何电影+花冤枉钱还没饱+虚度了一个宝贵的周末夜晚。。。好失败啊！！！~~>_<~~

哎，看来俺命犯天煞孤星，只适合一个人去看电影啊！=o=

接着就迎来了花生臀DC一九三几年来12月份最强暴雪！（注意定语，历史影响还是没经济危机大的哈）估计降雪量达1~2 feet，那可是60厘米啊！=o= 其实之前偶只是听同事说有snow storm，也没在意，不然也不会盘算去看电影到半夜不顾死活回不回得来了。。。失落的俺回到家倒头便睡，第二天醒来，呆了！

窗外震憾的雪景，上次的初雪和这个比起来简直就不是雪嘛！=o=

出门逛逛（主要是冰箱空了，再大的雪也得出去觅食！=,=），楼下竟然还有邮局的车来送信，太敬业了吧？！（[邮递员] 其实是被困在这儿了。。。-__-b）

[内牛满面ing] 偶每月多交那么多的地下车库终于有了回报。。。停外面的车子这下萎了吧！hiahiahia~~~
[众人] 幸灾乐祸啊，邪恶！=o=

顺便找出了今年1月下雪QQ刚买的新车被摧残后的照片，唉，他也不心疼的 =,= （注意那ws的车牌。。。）
[众人] 幸灾乐祸还要留底，太邪恶了！=o=

这照片也提醒了偶：上次的贴子标题09年第一场雪还是不确切滴。。。应该叫2009-10冬季第一场雪。。。汗，怎么像公司的财年和报表年的感觉。。。事实上偶今年三月也拍过一张窗外下雪的。。。
[众人] 没必要每次都拍同样的窗外还要贴到blog上来吧？！=o=

言归正传，回到这次的暴雪。。。再走出几步，楼前草坪上竟然还有人在遛狗。。。残忍啊，你不冷狗也要冷的呀！=o=
[众人] 不是俗话说落雪狗欢喜么。。。=,=

看来号称1~2 feet（60cm）不是吓人滴。。。已经把鞋子都盖过了，可怜偶第一次穿的新靴子。。。T.T

路和草地已经连成白茫茫一片嘹～ 就算这样，偶也要顶风冒雪不顾危险过马路去买炸鸡～～～ =o=
[众人] 这种天完全就应该没车子开了吧？！有什么危险的！=o=

途中发现n辆大大小小的铲雪车萎在马路一旁，估计是铲也铲不及，干脆休息去了。。。（唉，不要因为明天还要吃饭，所以今天就不吃的呀！DC的雪灾应急系统真是太差了！）大雪纷纷扬扬又下了周六一天，周日终于雪过天晴！那个晴～朗啊！（请忽略玻璃上的反光。。。-__-b）

哎，好处是周一白赚了一天额外假（偶行放假不放假都是跟首都政府机关看齐，以前特幸福下个小毛小雪就全民休假，结果奥巴马大叔来了以后说：俺芝加哥那儿下的才叫雪，也没见放假，你们怎么三天两头偷懒！不行，给俺好好加强扫雪系统，没大毛病不准放假！于是这一年年初那几场雪就没赚着什么便宜。。。这次终于是搞大了！），真希望暴风雪更猛烈一些啊～这样今年剩下的日子就都不用上班了。。。那岂不是要羡煞地铁瘫痪还要挤车上班的某地筒子们啦？ =,=  不过花生臀的后勤能力真是很差，周一开车出门路上还有余雪，有个转弯差点就陷在那儿动弹不得。。。听ZB说他加拿大Montreal那么靠北的地方再大的雪，路上也都是立马清得干干净净的！

马路边铲雪堆积起来都超过一人高了。。。手机随便拍的，不过竟然忘了拍路中间不知哪个有情调的堆的大雪人。。。