Auld Lang Syne

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind ?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne ?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

We twa hae paidl’d in the burn,
frae morning sun till dine ;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
sin’ auld lang syne.

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere !
And gies a hand o’ thine !
we’ll tak a right gude-willie-waught,
for auld lang syne.

今 天又是个苏格兰的节日, Robert Burns' Day。 当地人俗称为Ruby's Day. Robert是何许人也？ 我也不是很清楚， 好像是个诗人， 作品很多。 算是苏格兰历史上数一数二的文化名人吧。其实我们对他都有些了解，甚至都会唱他的歌。小学音乐课本上的《友谊地久天长》就是他最有名的一首诗了。 这首诗的原文就是Auld Lang Syne，不是很纯正的英语，按照苏格兰口音写的吧。配上风笛， 听起来还是很有韵味的。

室友又准备了Haggis和whiskey ，要和我们一起庆祝节日。 到底爱丁堡人还是更传统一些吧， 我倒没听说过几个格拉斯哥人过这个节的。 想想嘴就馋了， 赶紧回家吧。

            女子比赛看似比男子混乱，因为并没有个能称得上女天王的人物在。海宁退赛我倒是很高兴，因为从来就不喜欢这个人。毛瑞斯莫越来越有霸气了，可是她的“美少女”魔咒似乎还没完全消除，没准又在前几轮被某个“娃”先给灭了。莎拉波娃本该是热门，可是第一轮苦战三盘三个多小时才勉强晋级的表现实在没有说服力。其实我最看好的还是小克。这是她的最后一个赛季了，最后一次澳网之旅，她的心态必然不同。加上之前热身赛夺冠状态正佳，从第一轮送给对手两个鸭蛋就可看出，手真是热得发烫。电脑里还存着小克的手机号呢，如果真要夺冠了，一定要发个短信祝贺一下。前年她美网夺冠时，同进几百条短信飞来让她的手机爆满。今年也许我也要占一条。

            还有小威不得不提。虽然她一向自信得都有点自恋了，但三四个月没打比赛就想一下拿个大满贯，实在是太不现实了。要说另外还有谁是夺冠人选，我实在是找不出来了。辛吉斯能进八强或者四强也许有人信，但要赌她夺冠，我看真敢下钱的人也不多。当然还有一种可能，不排除再现04年的红粉风暴，从那几十个“娃”们和“娜”们里面再冒出一个新的莎拉波娃出来，因为当年的莎拉波娃就是这么出来的。

How time flies! Christmas was half a month ago and now we are in the new year. Holiday is already finished. I almost forgot about this blog. Sometimes people are just too lazy to even type a few words. Actually this was my first Christmas Holiday.  Nothing special happened although I have been to some parties. I really found these parties so boring. There were nothing more than loud music, alcohol, dancing, and meaningless chatting with totally strange and drunk people. I also got drunk myself on New Year’s Eve. I was so drunk that I called all my flatmates and some friends at midnight. The Scottish people call the last day of a year Hogmanay.  It’s strange because this word is only used in Scotland.  I don’t regret going to the parties, I cherish all the chances to get to know the local people and culture. At least now I know some knowledge about different alcohol drinks. I have tasted whisky, vodka, gin, martini, red wine and martini so far. The Scottish people seem to like vodka so much. It is not as strong as it was said to be. By the way, the beer here tastes terrible. In a Chinese way, it tastes just like ‘horse urine’.  Drinking is definitely not something good. But just as a lot of friends told me, I am in Scotland now and drinking is the way of Scottish life. Maybe I’ve come to the wrong place.