Velvet Goldmine 『 紫 醉 金 迷 』

其实我讨厌任何以Quantitative开头的词汇和行为。。。。

但是这个伦敦腔。。。WOW。。。太美好了。。。。欲罢不能啊。。。。。

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/inflation/qe/video.htm

今天和组里的同学去了Camden Canal。。。。主要是去发布Company Project的问卷。= = 大致是问大家对在该处修建迷你水电站的意见。。。
不小心成了Survey Queen了。。。- - 两个小时下来大家平均收获6份问卷。而我的记录是50份。。。。。。。。
还在这里遇到一个温州小姑娘。。。。曾神奇。。。

结束之后大家一起去了Camden Market。。。真是个好地方。。。。

这是一个异常有趣的百货公司。。。里面买的东西就像是宇宙人商品以及qingqu用品。。。。TAT超有意思的。。。差点想买一个Sex Ring 。。。。（夏先生不要说我>_<... 就是一个普通的铃铛啦。。。）

小组里的同学

仨姑娘。。

1。

到了落叶的季节。那种大片大片的梧桐叶子四处跌落。像是金色的凋零的热烈的信仰匍匐满地。
想和一个能让我平静的人坐着一起抽烟

2。

S会结束了。据说上海人民很开心。
我出国之前还有很多张票，知道用不上了，就给了我妈。她后来也没用掉。
其实我觉得满遗憾的，本来答应了我妈说好一起去看的，娘的好奇心很强，能连续三天去S会还精力充沛。我精力不见得充沛，去S会也应当带上诸如我弟弟之类的出气筒，但我像老人一样对各种官方活动及官方景点非常感兴趣，比如伦敦的白金汉宫，伦敦桥，大笨钟，海德公园，大不列颠博物馆之类，blablabla。。。
记得S会刚开始的那天晚上夏先生开车带我逛S园，虽然我一直在浦东读书，但浦东太大了，我一直不知道在那一片印象中尚未开发的地方到底藏着什么样的东西。看到这里道路笔直宽敞，街灯通明，觉得异常神奇。乡下人见到中国馆都不见得会瞄第二眼，但我第一次看到它，觉得很激动 = = 大概是政府故意把它建得特别高，所以在高架上远远地就能看到。夏先生一路上告诉我这些地方以前都是什么样子的，他说自己从小在浦东长大，见证了浦东的发展 = = 以前陆家嘴旁边方圆100米之内没有高楼，海事大学的教学楼据说还是当时浦东第一高楼。。。（5层）。。。他说上南路以前不是这个样子的，路没这么宽，街上都是夜市和小摊小贩。。估计S会结束之后他们都会回来了。。。夏先生这些都好像是很久很久以前的事了。卷入了诸如回忆之类的飘渺字眼。

3。

“每个人走在街上，都是带着一辈子的回忆和半个月的悲喜。”
这句话是谁说的，我也忘了，也许是沈从文。
高考之前我跟辰叉说的，她点点头说有道理，半个月之后谁还会在乎高考什么的。于是我们考了一样的分数，于是我们走上不一样的不归路。距离和疏途让我们更加亲密了，但接下来的成长让我们有了太多太多无法向对方说出口的事情。

4。

周日的时候小谭从卡迪夫过来伦敦顺便探望我，他到达我们学校的时候已经是晚上八点，我正在牛津街上挣扎。。。小谭说来到我们学校，从正门进去，经过小花园，然后从边门穿了出来，整个过程没超过X秒。。。。
我想这是对的，我现在正蹲在这X秒中的某一个时段对应的一点上方10米的椅子上码着日志。我想有朝一日我离开了Finchley Road，这个X秒所对应的建筑也会迅速地在我记忆中荒芜掉。我也总会想到时间的问题，我想之所以我总会被别人忘却不过是因为发生一次是事情就像没发生过的错觉。只有一次的生命就好像压根没有生存过。

于是我在洗澡的时候总会想莫非我还要用这个淋浴器洗一百多次澡。。。那么它的开关问题也可以去修修了。。。。

5。

你是准备喝一杯摩卡（黑咖啡+热巧克力）呢
还是一杯黑咖啡与另外一杯热巧克力呢

6。

Anthony上完了他最后一节Economics For Managers
我忍不住会想也许这是我这辈子最后一次听他上课。他真是我在这里最喜欢的老师，又有学识又有趣的English Gentleman，有着标致的伦敦口音，充满好奇心与耐心的明亮眼神。
于是我又很狗血地会想Economics真是我最喜欢的课，经济学家就是这人么一群可爱的人，有着唯美的逻辑的无可救药的理想主义者，出世又入世的哲学家，遁逸于街巷的严谨的浪子。
而Anthony最最吸引人的地方在于他每时每刻总会让人觉得他是那样深深地爱着经济学，每每看到他就觉得也许生活本应就是这样，一切漏洞百出与误入歧途在此端与彼端熠熠生辉。

7。

是的，倘若失去了误入歧途的机会与乐趣
该会是多么的遗憾

我是真的很喜欢King's Cross

每去一个城市一定要去的地方就是那里的图书馆。。。。

刚开始的时候我问老鼠我们在哪里见面呀，她说图书馆前面有一座雕像，一个人在剪脚趾甲。。。
我远远一看。。果然是有这么个诡异的雕像。。。

我走近一看，那个雕像分明是拿着圆规在作图。。。。。

怎么觉得这个大英图书馆很有中国风。。。。

图书馆前的一张展板。。。共勉之。。。

卡迪夫来的小谭。。。。

突然觉得老鼠和小谭好搭啊。。。

伦敦有很多有特色的街头旧书店。里面总有淡淡流淌的音乐和光线，茶香以及女主人挽起的棕色长发blablabla 。。。
老鼠买了一本Paris Parliament，活像从几百年前遇难船只上打捞上来的。。。
只用两磅，很酷的书= =

Love song

I've never written a love song 
That didn't end in tears
Maybe you'll rewrite my love song
If you can replace my fears
I need your patience and guidance
And all your lovin' and more
When thunder rolls through my life
Will you be able to weather the storm
There's so much I would give you, baby
If I'd only le myself
There's this well of emotions
I feel I must protect
But what's the point of this armor
If it keeps the love away, too
I'd rather bleed with cuts of love
Than live without any scars
Baby, can I trust this
Or do all things end
I need to hear that you'd die for me
Again and again and again
So tell me when you look in my eyes
Can you share all the pain and happy times
Cause I will love you for the rest of my life
This is my very first love song
That didn't end in tears
I think you re-wrote my love song
For the rest of my years
I wil love you for the rest of my Life 

那天来到了Covent Garden，那是一个多么可爱的地方。老鼠在集市里买冰激凌的时候，我走到街边抽烟。那时候刚下过雨，出太阳的时候一切仿佛又清晰了起来。有艺人在街边弹吉他唱歌，那首歌像是要一直唱到人的心里去。有时觉得一些歌声缺少自己的灵魂，但歌者自是有自己的灵魂且煞是完整。可有时却是一些无可救药的或是残缺的或是理想主义的才能弥补我心里的空缺。只是它们必须更精致一些。

想到了【1Q84】里的青豆，她说自己从小到大所做的所有努力都是希望有朝一日能过上无拘无束的日子，能摒弃一切内在外在束缚做自己想做的事。远大的也好，奢侈的也好，世俗的也好。大手大脚地购物，抑或是放开肚子吃东西，扔开闹钟睡它个三天三夜。但终究还是发现最好的生活还是自制自省的日子。每天有所节制有所规律。

炊在好几年前给我看她写的箱女，她说夏天是彩色的糖果纸蒙住了眼睛，秋天是落叶的堆积，冬天了雨点像忧愁一样打到屋檐上打到了心里，用箱子挡也挡不住。于是我想我也变成了那个拎着箱子到处走并时不时躲到箱子里的箱女。没有了取悦爱人的标准有如失去了箱子和这个世界衔接的缝隙，至此我仿佛也丧失了思考和重审自己需求的能力。我是一个一直处在梦游状态的人，我有无逻辑的发达的感官，可能就是那些表达不到位的“幻想”。所以我是那么依仗理性仰仗理性。虽然大多时候那不是理性而仅仅是一个说服自己的理由一个给自己的说法或者只是一个极端的决断。那些静谧感强烈地吸引着我，局促的飘逸移不断的我。那些凌烈且隐忍的好奇心让我不得不强迫自己成为这个灵动世界的一份子，牵引它的注意力，不让它怠倦。总有人太过了解自己，但我变来变去以为自己扼住了缰绳以为自己摸到了生活下去的窍门，但时间慢慢流逝消磨了我花费了很多精力和年岁塑造出来的轮廓。但幸好的我还记得那条轨迹，要时不时地拿出来重温一下。

冬天不过是大地承受不住这个世界对它最最深沉的爱而瞬间苍白了。冬天，不过是冬天。

Delan:

Today I have just watched the video about the Chinese empty city Ordos in the Economics class. I did not quite understand the video, and I was also very surprised about it. So after class I watched it again and also searched for some information about it. I don't want to speak more about my country, because it's controversial. Now I just want to say something about Ordos. Maybe you would feel less ridiculous about this so called empty city.

Ordos is a very rich City in China, it has 1/6 of China's coal resources and 1/3 of China's total gas reserves. And over the last 8 years its GDP growth rate had retained 25%.But Ordos does not want to depend totally on its rich resource to develop the city, so it accept the government's investment projects.

Speaking of why there are few people there, I think it's meanly about Ordos's location. It located in the Inner Mongolia autonomous Region, most of the landforms are prairies. So the population there is very small. And another reason is about the city's planning, the new city of Ordos is 25 kilometres far from the old city, so the residents there do not want move, and the new city's service industry cannot meet people's needs.
 
Furthermore, the video also mentioned that most of the house in Ordos have already been sold, that is because of the property-value bubble. In Shanghai, Beijing and some other cities there're also a lot of empty houses.

Anthony:

The reason or showing the video is to try to draw the distinction between the sort of economic growth that leads to high living standards and rises in economics activity that might boost GDP but have a questionable on actual growth.

The example of Ordos is interesting because it is a classic (and large) example of a "public works programme" - the building of an entire city will boost economic activity, but the issue is whether or not this makes any sense? There already is a city of Ordos, so it's not as though there's a massive demand for housing etc. Plus in building the city the government would have been competing for resources with the people who live in the existing Ordos, reducing their consumption.

In every example there's issues that make it a little more complex, and I'm delighted you're thinking through the case. Do try to disentangle the learning outcome from the actual example though - I know that in reality it's more complicated than just being a public works probramme, but I think it illuminates this particular topic quite well

1。鱼枯萎了

鱼枯萎了。。。顺着暖气装置里的冉冉水流声消失的梦魇里。。。鱼就像是那些游离并且深重的，不管再怎么落魄我都愿意给其以庇护，就算我本身也是那样落魄着。那些浓浓的挥之不去的不信任感，质疑着并掏心掏肺着。。。。

明天有小女佣要过来打扫房间 = = 她总像田螺姑娘一样来无影去无踪。。。。我要快点把房间收拾下，因为她说过不准在地面上堆放东西，那样有碍她自由移动 = = |||

2。Computer skills

今天考试，考试内容如上。。。
上这类计算机工程的课的时候经常会听到同学向教授抱怨:"I don't understand at all, what you said is sound like Chinese to me!"

幸好期中考试是笔试，只是考一些理论性的东西。
我想我已然不记得该如何端端正正地坐在书桌前看书。复习讲义已然被像我这样勤勤恳恳的中国人看了不下十遍，但其过程都是在床上以瑜伽的姿势或者在Smoking Room里边抽烟边看过去的 = =

或许下次应该尝试去图书馆。。。穿戴整齐，安稳静好。。。。

其实看那么多遍讲义，充其量只是对里面的专业名词从陌生到眼熟到扎眼而已。。。这么一点小信心对我来说已经足够了。所谓孰能生巧，只不过是同一过程的无限重复而已。只是计算机考试和将油穿过钱眼无法相提并论罢了。

拿到卷子，上面的题目和老师给题库不大一样，但只是题型上的小改动而已。这并不算什么，我已经很满足了，在中国已经被诡异的题目阴惯了，被错误且笼统的复习范围懵惯了。我很happy地提笔就写，只是周围过于喧哗了。来自资本主义国家的同学开始努力维护自己的权益。说老师给了错误的题库且没有事先解释清楚。坐在旁边的意大利女生尤其激动:"I'm an Italian, I don't speak English in Italy, we don't use the Excel in English, and I don't study computer engineering before!"

= = 谁没事会在自己国家讲英语，谁没事用英文版的EXCEL，谁之前是学计算机工程的 = =

我觉得这些都很正常，还是我之前逆来顺受惯了。还是这是意大利人独有的黑手党式的无理取闹的性感。。。OTZ

好吧，在她的推荐下去买了一包白色的万宝路。喜欢这味道。。。

3。American Spirit

自从你离开了1967年的三藩市，从此再没有人跟我说话

4。Bodyshop

Bodyshop的创始人Anita Roddick在几年前去世了，据说她在生前是一位极其ACTIVE的女士= =  于是就有了Bodyshop那句美丽的口号：Fall in love with innovation.
Bodyshop这个品牌源自英国南部的一个小镇，刚开始人们都因为它的名字而觉得其从属于某种色情行业。但它的出名源自于一次成功的广告营销。Anita Roddick女士让工人开着车绕小镇一圈，沿路大肆喷洒Bodyshop的香水。很快这个小镇就笼罩在一片诱人的香味之下。。。（会被呛死吗(⊙_⊙)？）于是有人循着香味过去，（卡通片？？）找到了这个精致并且富有创意的小店，使其从此名声大振。

5。Wimbledon

Wimbedon不是世界尽头。但我在去Wimbledon的路上知道了什么是世界尽头。。。
我花了四个小时，换乘2部地铁5辆巴士最终失败。。。。

以上

学校的cafe有各种各样的咖啡。价钱在两磅左右。。。。
终于弄清了各种咖啡的构造。。。呵呵呵。。。一般还是喜欢Latte

女神一样的苍井优啊。。。为了衬托女猪的风情万种挽起了海藻一样的长发收起了女人味牛仔裤UGG从头撑到尾。。。
松山健一啊。。T-T YOU做出了好大的牺牲。。。。。
“把外套脱了，我帮你挂起来。。。。
毛衣也脱了。。。。
裤子也脱了。。。
这件也脱了。。。
这件也。。。”

【他囧得绯涩，她却笑得放肆。】

对白：

1、
— 你只是和他玩玩的吧？
— 我只是想触摸他。。。难道你不想吗？如果不去做就不会知道感觉究竟是好还是坏

2、
— 是可可吗?
— 嗯。
— 你不会觉得太甜？
— 不甜还是可可吗

3、
— 原来你和你父亲住在一起，害得我好紧张。
— 父亲？那是我丈夫

影评们 = = ：

【所谓“不伦之恋”，绝非她四十而他十四，也绝不是她是主妇而他是处子，或者他是怪叔叔而她是小萝莉，所谓不伦之恋的不伦之处在于，他（她）什么都懂，她（他）却什么都不知道，他（她）在调度，她（他）却以为是自己自发的侵袭，分明一切都出自他（她）的培育，看起来却像是她（他）的迫不及待。】

【她有她的轻率，也有她的欲壑难填，有她的厌世感，更有她的老练，她为她的行径涂抹上一点孩子气，一点漫不经心，顿时一切都显得柔和了，她着实太老练了，19岁的男生若不心甘情愿地奉上身体和爱情，并被她摆弄得团团转，简直都对不起她吃过的盐。盐吃多了，自然就有这样的道行，完全不在乎，所以就有这样的轻盈。】

关于暴风雨：

也是有关十八岁少年和三十八岁少妇的故事 = = 相对纯情很多。除了阿久当年那张绝世的脸，我也打从心里接受江角。是我喜欢的大姐类型诶- - 灭你别打我 = = 暴风雨我每年夏天都会看一遍，从头看到尾滴水不漏。。。。= =||| 18岁的阿久永远活在我的心里。。。。OTZ

十个英国有名的老酒馆~

Nell Gwynne Tavern, 2 Bull Inn Court, Strand, WC2R 0NP

Stumble across this little charmer and more than likely you’ll be stumbling back out with good times had. Nestled away down a side alleyway off The Strand, it’s easy enough to miss. It’s also small – with just enough room to swing a yard of ale, but full of character. Beware of the stairs to the toilet, o yea.

The Princess Louise, 208 High Holborn, Holborn, WC1V 7BW

Restored to its original Victorian glory, she is a princess indeed. This is one of London’s few remaining former gin palaces, with etched glass couchettes full of revelry. Get there early; but a great spot to know in this part of town.

Ye Olde Mitre, 1 Ely Court, Ely Place, Holborn, EC1N 6SJ

Quintessentially English. Quintessentially Old. A medieval drinking den of the highest order. Ye Olde Piece of Gold. And bloody hard to find

Eastish:

The Black Friar, 174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, City of London, EC4V 4EG

Built in 1875, they don’t come much more ornate than this exquisite affair. The walls, encased in marble, are adorned with illustrations of merry monks. That’s exactly what you’ll be if you ever happen to stop by this veritable temple of ale.

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, EC4A 2BU

Rumour has it the likes of Charles Dickens (seemingly every pub claims this, but we believe these chaps) and Voltaire have raised a toast in this rare breed amongst pubs. So we had great expectations. And it didn’t disappoint. Its warren of slender corridors and stairwells, leading you astray to countless bars and dining rooms. When we ventured there a medieval reenactment group were in full swing, boar legs thrown over the shoulder and everything – they looked entirely in place.

Jerusalem Tavern, 55 Britton Street, Clerkenwell, EC1M 5UQ

Wetherspoon’s this is not. Jerusalem has been built on England’s green and pleasant land, ages ago. It’s full of creaky crooks and crannies with an outstanding array of real ales on tap. Top staff too.

North:

Holly Bush, 22 Hollymount, Hampstead, NW3 6SG

This is the sort of pub you go to with a group of old friends after a walk round the Heath, and get stuck into Timothy Taylor and a game of Risk on a lazy Sunday (boardgames supplied). There’s a fire to keep you cosy and dining rooms if you fancy something more formal.

Sir Richard Steele, 97 Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park, NW3 4RL

This pub has more curiosities and oddities than Pollock’s Toy  Museum (see below). It’s a bric-a-brac store with charisma galore, making it one of the more eccentric pubs on our list. Plus there’s a great beer garden for the summer.

West:

The Grenadier, 18 Wilton Row, Belgravia, London, SW1X 7NR

The ivy-clad Grenadier is tucked away down a cobbled mews close to Hyde Park Corner. With its very own sentry box on the outside, inside it’s dark, tiny and charming. Filled with Wellington memorabilia, bayonets and military trinkets, this place is as patriotic as they come. And its Bloody Marys are rightly infamous.

Windsor Castle, 114 Campden Hill Road, Notting Hill, W8 7AR

This wood panelled wonder is also possessor of one of West London’s finest beer gardens. The pub’s split up into three sections, each with a wooden partition separating it, which you properly have to bend down to your knees to get through. It’s like Pat Sharp’s House of Fun with less twins, less mullets and more booze. It is believed that the panelling comes from an old wooden ship, though there’s no real evidence for this. Food’s fantastic too.

The Dove, 19 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, W6 9TA

Believed to be the pub where ‘Rule Britannia’ was written, you can see why.  This gem, dating back to the 17th century, is a real winner for the summer with alfresco dining right on the Thames. Inside it’s a quaint, wooden, affair – very nautical in feel. The Dove’s believed to be in possession of the smallest bar in England, though thankfully there’s more than one.

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The George Inn, George Inn Yard, 77 Borough High Street, Southwark, SE1 1NH

London’s last remaining galleried coaching inn, dating from 1676, and now justifiably owned by the National Trust. Grade I listed, it features a restaurant in what were the old bedrooms and a range of right old real ales. True vintage.

The Crown & Greyhound, 73 Dulwich Village, SE21 7BJ

Known to its friends as ‘The Dog’, this old pub is massive. But unlike its kind, it’s somehow not become a Harvester – and remains a great big little place. There is literally always something going on, from quizzes to perry evenings to life drawing; it’s a charming local in a lovely bit of town that’s kept its old school grandeur and soul. There were once two pubs here, The Crown for the labourers and The Greyhound for the gentry. Thankfully they are now united in this Grade II listed winner. Also in possession of a fine beer garden.