October 24, 2010
感情 (2) - 放屁的哲学
感情 (1)
June 7, 2010
Living Abroad
Living in an environment which is totally different from your home country will enable you to think and observe things in a way you couldn’t manage while in home country. Not until I went to Poland and had the opportunities to communicate with lots of international friends, I found out that there’re so many stereotypes and overgeneration about Chinese culture. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I was asked “Is it safe to live in China?”, “Are your Chinese eating everything?!”.
It’s fun of talking about culture differences with internationals. Personally I’m willing to introduce Chinese culture to either friends or random people i meet, at the same time I try to be open to different point of views and avoid judging. I guess that’s why I can made friends with many internationals.I used to think I was very open-minded. However, once one of my friends here in US asked me, “Monica, are you a conservative person?” “Of course not!” I replied. Then he asked. “Which standard? You mean compare to Chinese or American?” So I realized that I’m liberal (or maybe crazy) compare to majority Chinese but just average liberal according to my American friends’ standard. Yeah, one thing I like living abroad is that you can gradually explore more to recognize yourself.
In the opposite, one thing I don’t like living abroad is the “Reverse Culture Shock”, which is the difficult and surprising from an affected person when he/she deal with home culture after return from long-term experience living abroad. I had a conversation of this topic before with my friend Nick from Australia. He had been living in Japan for one year before he came to my city in China for internship. Both of us experienced the uncomfortableness and anxiety result from reverse culture shock. After came back from Poland, I badly missed the three-time-cheek-kissing between friends, I badly missed the time I can do crazy things without being judged by other people, I badly wanted to go back to Poland to hang out with old friends.
To some extent, these kind of feeling motivate me to apply for graduate school abroad, and I’m so happy I made it. Now it is summer time, some of my internationals friends already left, some of them are going to graduate soon. It's a season of saying goodbye, full of sadness. No matter where will we be, i guess we will still miss each other as if we are always together.
May 14, 2010
陶晶莹《我爱故我在》——摘抄
如果条件允许的话希望大家还是去购买正版书籍,支持陶子 :)

1.恋爱的最美便是那初期暧昧不明时,一切都未知、一切都朦胧、有点故作镇定,却又兴奋难耐,整夜让自己睡不着的,不是真正的他的一切,而是那副因荷尔蒙强烈晕染的对他的想象。所以,我们都爱上幻想、爱上猜测、爱上那个不真实的他。
2.我们评断一个人的条件有很多:他在哪上班、读什么学校、开什么车、喝什么酒、他的兴趣外表星座……还有,他交什么朋友。
3.生活一直都是爱情的敌人。时日一久,爱磨光了,剩下的,多半只是精疲力竭的习惯——当初严重的红玫瑰,也只不过是今日墙上的一抹蚊子血。爱的质变,还是发生了,早晚而已。
4.是啊,(勉强)这两个字,不就是保持爱情的要诀?永远记得,为对方做些勉强自己的事。
5.每个人都可以伤害别人,却无法忍受自己受伤。……所以我说要有一段稳定的关系,必先具备被惨烈伤害的经历。因为你被伤过,便知那苦那痛那不堪那可悲,下回你想越轨时便会有一篇阴影笼罩,不至于断然行动。
6.当你看过、听过、冒险过、失去过、得到过、控制过、失控过、野过、疯过,你才会甘愿地去经营一段稳定的关系。
7.看尽千山万水,才知世界之大,打不过于亲爱的人的一方小天地。……所以我主张,先把你的青春岁月填满,完成了各项自我之后,你才能很心甘情愿地简单过日子,当然,也更能体会实实在在的喜悦。如果你觉得自己还没玩过够,没看过,那就先别结婚吧。
8.知道有人深爱着自己是件幸福的事,但相对地,你也必须为守护这份幸福而谨慎小心,因为,你的生命不再是你一个人的;你的喜怒哀乐,你的健康与否,都影响着爱你的人。(ps,陶子的怀第二胎的时候不幸患上了妊娠糖尿病,需要严格控制饮食)
9.有了孩子,才知道自己的渺小。
10.年少轻狂时,难免骄纵;后来才知,蝼蚁不如。
11.有些前辈说,女人这一生一定要怀胎,生命才算完整。……在我看来,能怀很好,不能怀旧别老去想,反正,谁的人生没有一点点遗憾。
12.男人生在这个世界,几乎只有一件事情,征服享受、享受征服。
13.去探索、去玩、去奔放,偶尔疯狂、别太失控。
14.恋爱最好能谈个四、五段;别想在这个时期结婚,因为你自己的经验不够、判断就会失准。先用你的本性、野性去恋爱,再从每一个不同对象身上学习,然后修炼自己。
15.多去旅行,看书,看电影,多去做一些你梦想中想做的是、去你梦寐以求的地方,因为在二十几岁不做,以后可能没机会了。就算以后又机会,那感觉是不一样的。
16.积累各方面的经验:工作经验、恋爱经验、被骗、吃亏、受害的经验,还有,性经验。
17.在有限的青春里,找到真正相爱的人。
18.有些女性在谈恋爱的时候,习惯以“救世主”角色出现——不断牺牲、奉献,企图用极度委屈自己的方式以求对方能不再匪类,浪子回头。……浪子不是不能爱,但要选对时机进场。
19.婚前一定要有性行为。……因为那将是一个你会和他躺在一起一辈子(如果可能)的身体,你不了解它、不能取悦它,或应该说是互相取悦,那么,如何达到性灵合一?
20.从这个故事,女人们该学到的便是在面对感情时,可以有弹性点,可以贼一点。我并不鼓励外遇、偷情,甚至对于其所带来的伤害深恶痛绝。此事能免则免。但若真的遇上了,能不能请女人们向偷情的男人们学习——不主动坦白,不积极选择,吃完擦干净,拍拍屁股回家。