Archive for October, 2005

绿草红黄叶

// October 7th, 2005 // 16 Comments » // Life

leavesongrass.jpg秋天我最喜欢的景色就是黄叶落在绿绿的草地上。黄绿的对比让我感觉特别的舒服。北大图书馆南边的草地就有这样的景色,草特别绿特别整齐,而叶子则特别黄环绕着树漂亮的铺着,那时到了秋天我常会专门挑那条路,骑着自行车经过,欣赏几秒钟风景,只可惜这种风景持续的时间不长。到了这边,草地一下子多了很多,除了黄叶还有很多红叶,不过今年的叶子却显得特别狼狈,落下来已经皱皱巴巴。现在每天开车上学,最开始只紧张前面的车,最近开多了松弛下来才发现沿路的景色很美,尤其秋天,远处的山已经开始大片变红。也许下周末会组织新生去看红叶,其实我都还没去看过哪。

顺便说点别的。车的保险,最后还是选了连年被评最佳的Amica,而且它的价格最后也特别有竞争力,因为发现之前没有算good student discount,算上又减了$70多,昨天寄了down payment,还有成绩单,不过我们学校研究生不分abc,最高就是high pass,希望能被算成a。另外就是我完成了第一笔ebay买卖,在ebay上拍了一个我的车的remote,嘿嘿,才花了$5多一点,加上邮费$11,赚了,dealer那里要$100以上,平日的ebay也基本要到$15以上再加邮费。而且收到实物后发现状况非常好,嘿,今天下午去dealer那里把它program了,不过要$25:(。

update:从dealer处回来,花了$29,结果remote是坏的,55555,外表超级好,据说似乎被弄湿过。唉,想便宜就肯定要冒风险,what can I say? bad luck。。。anyway,起码还有个PayPal Buyer Protection Claim,麻烦点但说不定可以把损失都要回来。

怪癖唷

// October 5th, 2005 // 22 Comments » // Life

流传这么久我也难逃被点名,那就列下我的怪癖吧。。。

1。吃东西如果有配的调料,一定坚持要先吃不蘸或撒调料的原味,并且每次都会教育同吃的人也要这么做。

2。吃饭的碗不能用来接着喝汤,至少要涮一下。

3。找歌会坚持找全整张专辑然后一起听。喜欢的歌手乐队常会疯狂寻找收全集,然后。。。不听。

4。常会google周围的人-_-,看有什么相关有趣的网页。

5。我这人太正常了,想不出第五条啦。

至于点名,我就不点了吧,看到这个还没写过的都乖乖写个吧。@_@

Which auto insurance company should I choose?

// October 4th, 2005 // 7 Comments » // Life

I didn’t plan to buy the auto insurance since it is not mandatory in NH. But after I knew how much a 5-hour emergency room service cost me, I changed my mind-_-. The problem is that I am young, and I am single, isn’t it amazing? hahahahaaaaa……not at all in terms of the auto insurance rate:(. I asked several companies for quotes by online quoting system or by email or by phone. I just plan to have the minimum coverage. The lowest rate is from Safeco, about $610 a year. But this is not the final quote, and it could be much higher. The second lowest one is from Progressive, about $630 a year which should be final. However, what I’m interested in the most is Amica whose rate is $727 a year, and the final rate might be $20 less than this. It is pricer, but Amica has been continuously ranked as #1 satisfaction for many years by different independent ranking institutes. Other than these three, I aslo have $7xx from Geigo, $8xx from Liberty Mutual and $9xx from Allstate (don’t remember the exact number sinice it’s unlikely I would buy one of them). Of course I’ve got some insane quote like $8xx or $1xxx for 6 months-_-. Has anyone recently bought the auto insurance? Any experience? Or you can just vote for whatever reason it might be. I hope I can finish this by this weekend…..

Oh, I just collected something about the auto insurance. If you are interested, it’s here. It’s a wikipedia we DCSSA are building now.

Maria Full of Grace [3.5/5]

// October 2nd, 2005 // No Comments » // Movie

这部片子的口碑很好,前两个学期总有special来放它,但一直没去看。这学期DFS系列终于包括了它,周日晚上就一个人跑到学校去看了这片子。故事讲在Columbia有一些drug mule,把毒品吞到肚子里运到美国。Maria在辞去花厂工作后接触到这个行当,各种因素促使她决定挺而走险。当drug mule还是很可怕的,不光是因为很容易被抓住,首先想要吞下那些毒品丸就很难了,她们都用大葡萄练习,像Maria那样的身材要吞下60多颗,吞完还有更长时间的痛苦等着,如果有一颗破了那一定会毙命,而且即使吃了减缓消化的药,但难免还是要上厕所,少了一颗都没法交待,于是就要做好准备接好洗洗吞回去。。。片子尽量真实的讲述这些有事实根据的故事,Catalina Sandino Moreno也把Maria这个人物表现的非常好,也难怪她的第一部片子就给她赢得一个Oscar最佳女主角提名。片子的气氛控制的很好,飞机上那一段我格外喜欢。
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Maria Full of Grace (2004)
3.5/5

Yossi & Jagger [4/5]

// October 2nd, 2005 // No Comments » // Movie

这片子很简单,虽然可能有一些战争和宗教的背景,但仍然感觉很简单,于是很感人。有些事情很难,当有战争参与时,似乎更难。不过,也许这和战争其实并没关系。当你的爱人要死了,或者已经死了,在那一刻你会做什么?终于愿意无所顾忌的说我爱你吗?终于愿意给一个承诺吗?终于愿意承认也许生活有时确实会像一部烂俗的美国电影吗?
Yossi
Yossi & Jagger (2002)
4/5