惜惜来了

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张习琳,小名惜惜,英文名 Celine Zhang, 在2010年,5月20日,中午12点41分(午时)出生,重七磅两盎司(六斤五两),高19吋2(48厘米)


一切都很好,今天刚刚回到家。有些累。

等我们家的惜惜

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这个星期在家里上班,因为我们家的惜惜就要来了 –医生说预产期是23号,掐指算来,不过6天了。

东西基本上准备就绪。衣服,被子,尿布,澡盆,湿巾,婴儿车。。。大体上都准备好了。去医院的东西也准备好了,今天晚上就会打好包。和公司也打了招呼,准备在小孩出生之后拿两个星期的假期。医院的地形也勘测了,不过我准备周三再去确定一次。

有一种在准备贵客盈门的感觉,不过这个客人留的时间会久一点,需要的东西多一点。我现在的感觉真的很奇怪,惜惜还没有来,我已经有些伤感与她有一天会离开我 —- 能够这样想也很好,我想。因为女儿终究要离开我们,所以我会更加珍惜和女儿在一起的日子。

惜惜要来了,是一个最亲密,但是最终要离开的客人。我会关心她,爱她,照顾她,引导她,而惜惜也会爱我们,关心我们,教育我们。有些期待,外加少许的紧张。

what is happiness

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In Vicky’s words, happiness is "something nobody can take it away"

But what is this "something" ? what is something that nobody can take it away from a person? what is something that is truly belongs to a person ? what is something that is so tied with every human being that nobody else can take it away?

A new language is a door to a new world. I feel exited when I hear : "To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe." . However I haven’t pass my English class yet. My English professor is so dislike me that he gave me two "F" already – I felt so depressed when I saw the "F", I felt so angry when I saw the "F" the second time. It almost destroyed my self-esteem on langurage learning. But I know, no matter how hard he try, he could not take away my eager of learning. He never took away the joy I had whenever I learned something new. This is happiness I know about learning.

I have a job. The pay is not bad. But most importantly, I love what I do. Bad economy can make me jobless. However no one can take away my feeling about my work: feeling of creating something new with my knowledge. This is happiness I know about work.

I have many friends. They are part of my history. They are part of my life. They might leave me one day — or I might be taken away from them. However no one, not even God, can take away the trust they give to me, nor destroy the joy of sharing. This is happiness I know about friendship.

I love my wife, my daughter and every member of my family. I will die one day, but no one can erase the memory I have about them. No one can make them disappear from my heart. I enjoyed all of these emotions I had and will continue to have with them. This is happiness I know about family.

I don’t know how to hold my happiness. It appears only in the moments when I give without ask for return. It appears at the moment I found the true me.

I hope I expressed what I understand about happiness. I know I will write it better next time.

海誓山盟

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昨天和vicky聊天,说道海誓山盟。

我想,海誓山盟当然是存在的,而在哪一刻也肯定是真诚实意的。但是如同不是所有的树苗都能够长成大树一样,海誓山盟播下了希望,但是能够修成正果,还需要两个人懂得如何生活,知道生活的艺术和技巧,外加一点点的运气。

不是每个人都知道起码的生活的技巧的。生活没有说明书

读书

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这个星期在training。是RHCA的一门课。
上课我才知道,原来我需要在接下来的两三年里面考完所有的RHCA的5门课程才行。否则需要从头开始。这个是始料之未及的。看来接下来的几年时间我要集中精力在这个上面了。

这几年一直在读书,但是我现在连本科的文凭都没有。如果不是运气,就一定是我笨蛋了。

生了些闷气,但是书还是要继续读,日子还是要好好过。有时候想想,能够有心思读书也不算坏事吧。

女儿要来了

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给女儿惜惜的东西一点一点的添置。从把我原来的工作间变成女儿将来单独的房间开始,慢慢的买了衣服,袜子,被子,到现在已经买好了几个月的尿布,洗澡的浴盆,肥皂,专用的澡盆的温度计,棉球,毛巾,到比较大件的car seat,stroller。。。女儿要来了的感觉一点一点的变得清晰起来。那种女儿马上要进入我的生活的感觉变得一点一点充实起来。

晚上梦见女儿的次数慢慢的增加。这些梦是很有顺序的。开始是梦见她有七八岁了,要我带她去海边游泳;后来是梦见她两三岁大小的时候要我抱;再后来是梦见她还真的很小,不会说话,只会睁着眼睛看见你笑或者哭。前天晚上梦见的是她还在妈妈的肚子里,然后是要生了,我开车带老婆去医院,然后是一系列的出生的镜头。。。

和老婆讨论女儿的次数也开始增加。老婆初初怀孕的时候是很少讨论到女儿的。我更多的是关注老婆的反应。是不是要吃饭了,是不是又吐了,是不是走路太少了,是不是感冒了,是不是休息不够。。。后来慢慢的就增加了女儿的内容。老婆肚子饿了是不是惜惜想吃了,惜惜是不是觉得闷了,要老婆走走,音乐是不是太大了,惜惜嫌吵。。。

看过一部电影,里面说到为人父母是什么意思: “do you start to worry about her? And once you start, you just can not stop to worry abut everything? let me tell you, it is parenting" — 我现在是有了切身的体会了。为人父母就是无穷无尽的担忧,这种担忧会一直伴随着我们做为父母的一生。老婆担心自己的营养不够科学,会不会让惜惜不够聪明;我担心自己的英文太懒,怕不能给她很好的引导。我们担心女儿过于善良,被人欺负;可是要是太母老虎了有会有嫁不出去的嫌疑。我希望女儿中文很好,但是她毕竟是个美国人。担心她太漂浪,但是不漂亮也不行。。。

惜惜在妈妈肚子里五六个月的时候开始有足够的力气告诉老爸她的存在了。我到现在还记得我第一次清晰的感到她的存在的时候的那种震惊–虽然第二个月我们就知道了惜惜的存在,虽然第四个月做了B超,知道了惜惜的性别,虽然老婆的一次一次的反应告诉我惜惜无可抵挡的到来,但是对于做为老爸的我,那第一次清晰的感受到女儿的生命力的存在却只能通过这种最原始的敲击。女儿一共敲了三下,而我却一直在想这三下意味着什么–我的理智告诉我这个三下其实没有什么特别的意思,然而天下间没有那个爸爸是真的理智的。他甚至于比小孩还更愿意相信某些魔术的存在。总觉得普通的事情背后是有某些神秘的喻意的。孙悟空是被敲了三下然后学的本事,不会是标志女儿有些精灵古怪,但是终成正果吧。。。

女儿要来了,我的生活真的要不同了,我知道我没有准备好,但是我知道我女儿会帮我的,她一定会好好的教我如何做一个老爸。

还是拜年和雾中的城市

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我上班的城市叫"Mountain View"。Office在十二楼,我的Cubical刚好对着窗户,而窗外,则是市政府的大楼。

我在这里两年半了,也就是说窗外的风景已经转过了两个半的春夏秋冬。现在是春季,山花烂漫的时候,而早上,则多数是被或薄或厚的雾气笼罩着。加州的季节变化不是很明显,能够有些雾气已经算是难得的变化了。我喜欢站在窗前,透过浓雾远眺城市的感觉–这是一种朦胧和不真切的感觉,浓雾遮盖了远方的青山,模糊了建筑物的界限,甚至虚幻了时空,让我感觉有些恍惚。

昨天晚上给大陆的几个朋友打电话拜年。先是曾艳,她的声音还是老样子,和十五年前一样。话题多数是她十岁的小孩,也提到一下工作。邱斐的电话通了但是没有人接。小叶子倒是接了,但是电话的声音总是沙沙的不清晰,无法多聊。只知道他在仙桃老家过年。二郎没有接电话,或者是通了但是他挂断了。

说实话,电话只能越打越短了,因为和朋友的话题越来越少了,因为大家的生活内容有太多的不一样了,因为至少表面上看,共同的部分越来越少。

太平洋隔绝了我和大陆的朋友,正如白色的雾模糊了视线,隔绝了远山,但是我知道在雾气之后是忙碌的人群。他们和我有不同的背景,文化,和生活习惯,他们讲不同的语言,信仰不同的宗教,秉持不同的价值观。他们和我的不同其实很像我和大陆的朋友的不同。然而不同的背后更多的是相同的东西。人的欲望,人的追求,人的善良和虚伪,生活的无奈和兴奋,乃至于每一刻的喜怒哀乐,都在告诉我们自己,其实我们没有什么不同。我们都是在用自己的方式去体验类似的东西,去追求各自认同的价值。殊途,但是同归。

某一天,我想好好的放下自己的生活,一个一个的拜访自己的朋友,和他们聊一聊这些年的变化,说一说这些年的感受。

说到底,人能够带走的,不过是自己的记忆和伴随着这些记忆的感受而已

拜年

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虎年到了,给大家拜年!

回头看看,值得欣慰的是我没有失去任何朋友。
往前看看,我女儿马上就要来了,有些忐忑不安,但是主要是开心!

about dancing

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I am taking a dancing class this semester. It is part of my GE requirement. But the reason I take it is different: because I am afraid of it. 

I have to admit that I am really afraid of dancing. I don’t know how to dance, and I don’t know how to behave in dancing place. I don’t know how to enjoy dance, specially I don’t know how to ask a girl to dance. 
It stirs people’s mind — this is how do I feel in the fist dancing class. According to class rule, I had to dance with many different girls. I was so nervous and my hand was wet. My leg was so tired because I had to keep it in an unusual position. But most importantly, I couldn’t stop thinking about how people think of me. Many thoughts flew in my mind, "am I too close or  to far from her", "Whether I hold her to tight or to loose", "How is my steps? is it out of sync?", "I must be very bad dancer so nobody wants to dance with me". I often found I stood still at the corner, waiting for other people to come close and ask for dance. I never had such a long 3 hours class.
I feel much better at the second class. As I learned more about dance and I practiced a little bit more. I finally established some confidence. And I finally can shift my focus form myself to outside world. — What I learned from the second class is, dance is about touch other’s soul. I never thought about dance this way. As I dance more in the second class, as I danced with many different females: old an young, open and shy; Chinese, Vietnamese, Latino, White; I slowly touched their soul. Some of them are easy to lead, some of them are not. Thought is an Vietnamese student who is about my age, and she is very easy to lead. Since she is more  experienced, she often give me some hint, in an not so obvious way. And she can tolerance my mistakes. It is easy and relax to dance with her. Christina is a white girl, much younger than me. She is open and talks a lot. She likes to correct me — in a wrong way. I can imagine it won’t be easy to deal with her. Older women are usually nice. They are  soft, cooperate and easy to lead. Most importantly, they are calm and enjoy. Compare to them, young students are have more opinions… You can tell all of these details by how they sync steps with you, how they move their bodies. All of these are can only feel by dance.
I have no class next week, and I am going to learn Waltz soon. It would be fun. I am still scared. But I think I am getting better. 

一家之言

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准备写一个关于linux的博客,服务器设置好了,名字也有了,却发现自己其实没有太多可以写的东西。很多自己的学习资料其实都是来自于google的结果。很少有自己的思考和观点。

到现在才知道什么叫做厚积薄发,到现在才知道原来即便是拥有一家之言也不是件容易的事情。

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