Tuesday,Jun 28 2005, 11:46:21 AMpic from reunion

Last Friday night,Old Highschool Classmates Reunion...shared great BBQ Lamb Leg with other 9 of my old classmates. Haha, yum! Then went to sing K at a newly open place for the whole night, Fun!!!! "Mr.Lu" and Joyce Jiang are outstanding singers. It would be a great loss for Chinese Idol contest not to have these two guys.

Also passed Road Test 1 this morning. I'm a real Parking Queen now ( not party queen ) and celebrated my little success in driving by Karaoke with Ellen. Haha, from driving school to karaoke, I met a super talented cab driver. He could always find the best shortcut and made our journey full of exciting as if we were in those action movies running after The Most Wanted.

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Tuesday,Jun 14 2005, 02:43:37 PMnew timetable

gonna go to driving school tomorrow, unwillingly.  never knew that driving could be that boring especially when it takes u the whole day stuck in the training base for practice. And I just found out that I would not be able to transfer my driver's license here(if i can pass the road test) to G2 which means I hafta take the road test in Canada unavoidably. Argh。。。think in positive way, 2 road tests assure me a safe future, worth it. Talking about driving, what is your dream car for all time or at present? Mine is Lexus SC, hahaha, maybe one day

just found out the new academic year timetable was released and was happy to see that there was no time conflict between my desired courses. Here is my plan:

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Saturday,Jun 11 2005, 02:06:12 PMsimultaneous interpretation

回来之前看的nicole kidman跟Sean Penn的电影The Interpreter，没有想到回国来就感受了一把同声传译的奥妙。去口译部“实习”（我的天，我有时间实习吗？），被安排去听会议现场的同声翻译。会议在同济大学，老清老早赶了过去，才知道是the 6th  international symposium on asia pacific architecture.主题围绕mega building. 虽说主要是来学习传译技巧的，不过听了翻译几分钟以后我实在是觉得比较无聊。难道传说中同声传译高手的水平就是如此？有时候根本是在看图说话嘛。不过那个反应的灵敏跟自圆其说的能力是不得不佩服的，还有长时间的精神集中能力。或许应该去更高一层次的会议才能体验到高水平同传的魅力吧。

虽说对同传的表现比较失望，大会的内容还比较有趣。第一个发言的是2010 World Expo Shanghai China的chief planner,主要讲了围绕better city better life主旨的世博建筑规划以及相应物流交通的配套方案。内容非常浅显，更像是一个宣传会，没有让我看出新的设计理念或者创意，或许其间奥妙藏而不露吧。发言使用中文，然后发觉其实中译英的同传难度很大，中文句短但是包含的信息量却很大，有挑战。第二个是荷兰Office for Metropolitan Architecture(OMA)的设计师，主要负责CCTV HQ Building的设计。他关于建筑不对称设计（力学来看，建筑不stable，受力不匀），Loop/Circulation的设计概念的阐述清晰有条例。从审美，实际利用，概念化，物理地质技术各层面逐一讲解，是个成功的presentation。最后也谈到关于historical relic保护的问题，可惜时间不够匆匆带过。个人不喜欢CCTV Building的设计外形，也听说此项目由于设计争议比较大，造价昂贵，一度搁置，似乎是从5月开始正式动工了，有待核实。最后一个讲ecosystem的prof来自英国,语速过快，语音含糊，内容arcane，如果当时要我去做翻译，估计我就蒙了。拼了命研究他的演讲内容，觉得脑细胞迅速死亡，赶忙拿起耳机听专业同传的中文翻译。没想到她也没大听懂，基本在跟着powerpoint看图说话。最后panel members发言，对一个university of new south wales的华裔教授特别有好感，此人态度谦和，才思敏捷，言之有物。另外几个univ of pennsylvania的prof讲起来比较专业。即便如此critique的东西太少，温温稳稳的研讨就过去了。对于专业人士收获有多大不得而知，或许他们也只是把它当作一个social event吧。

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Wednesday,Jun 1 2005, 04:37:50 PM非人的生活得有非人的欲望做动力

起得跟民工一样早，入睡比民工起床早不了多少。我的天，难道人的意志品质非得如此得以体现不可吗？

好不容易把SOA考试考了，交通法规也紧接着干掉了，没休息上一天就去驾校学车了。教练师傅的文化素养实在有待提高，自己表述不清，叫我领悟个头啊。还得态度极好地跟着她杂乱无章的指示“体验”，当然，师傅永远是对的，你永远是有问题滴。这service行业搞成这样，也不知道是谁服务谁。当然我的徐阿姨人还是个好人，只不过她教了半天还不如一个学车的阿叔几句话说得清楚。可惜，阿叔下礼拜就考完结业了，要不然找他教肯定事半功倍。哎，我觉得我要去开个培训师傅的班，不知道是否会有盈利。

考SOA的时候回了学校，也恰逢百年校庆。4年啦，没有想到在考场上碰到以前高数老师给我监考。想当年，风度翩翩的他在三教给我们一大班人上高数，那可是3节连上啊，同志们，屁股要没知觉的时候才下课呀……扯远了，老师依旧很有风采，只是学生我不敬，实在回忆不出您贵姓，只能说0001749报到。

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