培养下一代

 

        今天把论文的修改稿给论文委员会的chair，基本算是通过了。博士已完成99.99%。

 

        快要上班了，所以难免和officemate们吹吹水。聊天的一则如下：

 

        我说我其实想做数学或者搞理论研究，不得已做工程。还不是都是生活所迫。

 

        将来我要有孩子，一定要把他培养成数学家，和他说，“儿子啊，你知道老爹赚这么多钱干什么？还不是为了你能够不愁吃，不愁穿，一门心思研究数学！”

 

         Officemate默然良久，说：“是啊，你要是当数学家，别说玩乐了，吃饭难保不出问题……”

 

        无奈啊……不过回头想想，喜欢的东西未必是最擅长的，如果做数学，很可能混个什么也做不出来的二流数学家……

 

        呵呵。

Manchurian Mandate

        最新的一期National Geographic，主题是China Rising。具体内容看这里：（不知道国内是不是把NG也封了）

 

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0609/feature1/index.html

 

        随手一翻，一开头以为这又是yet another给中国的高速发展大唱颂歌的文章，仔细看来，却另有一番深意。文章的题目是“Manchurian Mandate”讲中国东北的计划和挑战，以及中国东北老工业基地的现状。

 

        别的，都不说了，NG杂志派往东北的摄影记者的这一番言论，很是值得看一下：

 

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   I’ve worked as a newspaper photographer in West Virginia, where I developed an interest in coal miners and their families. For this story, I traveled to China’s coal country in Heilongjiang Province, where 172 people had recently perished in a deep-mine disaster. But the Chinese government suppressed the media from covering the tragedy. The area was simply shut down.

    At the same time, 12 coal miners were trapped in a mine in West Virginia. That news was played big by Chinese state media. It was bizarre to be out in the quiet of China’s coal country where the miners had died and then return to the hotel and see how the West Virginia scene was splashed on both China’s CCTV as well as CNN. How can 172 people vanish without anyone even discussing it? About 6,000 mining-related deaths occur in China each year.

 

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纽约时代广场边上的北京奥运广告

       好久没有更新日志了，呵呵。前一阵子去纽约找房子(apartment)，看到这个北京2008年奥运会的广告。就在时代广场边上的地铁站上。

 

       呵呵，感觉还不错。

 

       照片用手机拍的，土了点，不好意思。