对于剑桥最早的印象应该来自于《再别康桥》。高中时和好朋友常常吟诵这首诗，假装着是文学青年，去揣测徐志摩的情怀。来英三年多，除了几次坐火车从车站略过，并没有真正意义上去剑桥探访一下。冬天要来了，户外已经越来越冷，再不去就又要等到明年不知什么时候。这个周末便和朋友约好一起去剑桥hiking。

从伦敦King’s Cross火车站去剑桥，快车其实不到一个小时，很方便。

到站时，光是看到站牌名就很激动。

初看跟一般的英国小镇没有太大区别

不过细小的地方渐渐看出它的美丽

我们先去的是郊外

“软泥上的清荇，油油地在水底招摇”

开始进入野外了

迎面看见几头牛

来个特写

这么近其实有点害怕

野鸭

不知道什么鸟

风景挺不错

羊

我最满意的是这张里的倒影

天鹅

牛群

林中小屋

长得挺奇特的一颗大树

回来剑桥，这就是著名的康河了

这个季节树叶开始变色

“寻梦，撑一支长篙，向青草更青处漫溯”

“那河畔的金柳， 是夕阳中的新娘； 波光里的艳影， 在我的心头荡漾。”

摄影技术还在持续提升中。当天的天气不是很好，越到下午，光线越暗，所以光圈和曝光时间一直在不断调整，有些照片还是没有达到最佳效果。

自我感觉对于景物的选取和拍摄角度等还是很不错的。

现在越来越喜欢用手动档了，真高兴当初选了这这款相机。

早上到了公司，机械般地跟大家问好。
刚坐下，看了看窗外阴沉沉的天，于是随口跟坐在我对面的Gordon开了个玩笑说是他今天带来了坏天气，因为前两天他不在的时候天气都好好的。他笑了一下，然后跟我说你现在真像个英国人，the way you talk about weather。我不禁愣了一下，坐下想想。是啊，现在一天跟人打招呼十有八九是用问候加天气开场，开场白不外乎“今天天气不错啊”“多少糟糕的天气啊”。说多了，想想自己都觉得有点恶心！
这破天气有什么好聊的!说实话我真的对它一点兴趣都没有。不就是下雨或者不下雨吗，要么就是正在下，要么就是希望周末不下。有时候自己恶心得实在说不下去了，可是那些同事总还是兴致勃勃地聊得起劲。于是赶紧尽可能地转移话题。
大概久而久之，也就习惯了。自己也开始麻木地聊起天气，好像也不只是英国人。跟中国朋友打电话的时候有时也不知不觉地会加一句，“今天天气真郁闷”或者“伦敦今天下雨了吗”之类的。
这才想起来初中一年级的英语课本上其实就提到过这个，英国人喜欢聊天气。可是后来十几年间看的影视剧都是以美国的为主，而美国似乎并没有这个文化，也就渐渐淡忘了。而身在英国，却是“不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中”。今天不是同事的提起，我也真不会意识到自己不知不觉中的变化。

其实生活中一定还有很多的细节，随着时间在一点一滴地改变着，我并没有察觉。也许是一种习惯，也许是一种偏好，甚至是一种信念。我并不相信有什么可以永恒，但求有些东西可以保留得更久一些吧。

上周生了一场病。
可以肯定的是flu的一种，只是不知道是人流感鸟流感还是猪流感，头疼，发烧，全身酸疼，流鼻涕。反正只要是类似的病，英国万恶的卫生系统NHS基本上是不给你看的，因为大夫也怕直接接触。NHS给了个网址和电话号码，自己上网或者打电话查，回答问题自己诊断。然后就是建议自己在家休息，不要外出，多喝水。网上给了一串密码，凭这个号码和身份证件可以让人帮忙去医院领抗病毒药。基本上就是让人自己在家听天由命。
我想反正是病毒，这药吃不吃没有什么太大区别，也就不管它。从周二开始在家卧床，一直躺到周五。每天站着的时间不超过2个小时。咱的觉悟高啊，怕传染别人，基本上不见人。
一天不到食物消耗殆尽。还好想起来TESCO有买菜送货上门的服务！
看电视，看DVD,吃东西，打电话，喝水。就这么过了三天，身上不疼了，头也不疼了。周六想想应该出门走走了。结果走了不到三分钟，那叫一个上气不接下气。直接证明了睡觉多了人的运动机能会急速下降。
都说生病了要吃清淡。我于是喝了两天粥，结果两天下来觉得还是应该吃肉。抗病毒不是需要大量蛋白质么？不吃肉哪来的蛋白质？于是先切了点猪肉做了汤。吃完果然挺好，也没有什么不适。于是第二天炖了一锅羊肉汤，反正是要多喝水，还不如多喝汤呢。最后汤喝腻了，直接就烤牛排吃了。看来说生病要吃清淡纯粹是骗人的！

昨天基本上已经痊愈，除了鼻炎的老毛病又犯了。生病的时候似乎记忆力不好，本来昨天下午的学车要取消也忘了打电话。不过既然已经好了就无所谓了。最近气候加速进入深秋。到五六点就已经天色很暗了。于是昨天第一次在夜里开车。路灯，车灯，路边商店的灯，红绿灯，再加上那时间交通流量相当大，到处是车，晃得我头晕脑胀的，出现了好几次险情。

还好终于一切恢复正常了！健康的感觉真好!

I think i might have come across my first bottle neck in my driving lessons.
In last week's lesson everything was going very well. The instructor took me to some very busy roads with a speed limit of 30 mph. So i was driving in the third gear most of the time, and the fourth occasionally. Finally i started to feel that driving at 30mph wasn't scary at all. The instructor warned me that no matter how scared i might have been when i started driving, eventually i would love speed more and more.Speed is more addictive then any drug, so he said. Altho I didn't quite agree with him.

Yesterday's lesson however, wasn't going as smoothly. Especially at some point for about 15 minutes also, i completely lost my concentration. That was quite dangerous when you were driving. The instructor was practically shouting at me with instructions but i just failed to react to them.While waiting for the lights at a traffic junction , i was the first behind the stop line. When the amber light was on, i released the clutch and the handbrake but didn't squeeze the gas enough. You probably know what happened next, the engine stalled and the car was still behind the line. Then the lights turned red again so we had to wait for another round.I could see from the centre mirror that there were at least three cars queuing behind me and the drivers were definitely swearing at me. Well i wasn't bothered by that at all cause i knew i was allowed to make mistakes. They were just not lucky enough that morning.

It's a painful journey but i will keep on going!

My mate Nathan has been trying to drag me to the Notinghill Carnival since last year. It was really bad weather and he was away on holiday at the time so we didn't make it.  Actually i am not really into these kinda noisy,loud and crowded festival stuff. But the carnival is so famous and i have never been to anything like that before, it should be worth a try.Plus it's a good chance to practise with my new camera.
I met up with Nate and his two other mates at the train station. The drinks in the town are too bloody expensive so we bought a bottle of Havana Club and a big coke with some plastic cups before getting on the train.These should be enough for the whole afternoon. Drinking has been banned on London trains and tubes so we didn't start drinking untill we got to the Carnival.
As expected the streets were piled with people. We waited just outside Bayswater station for another mate Asher and started drinking mixed rum and coke. The rum was so strong that i immediately felt a little bit dazzling.Normally i wouldn't drink too much but it was a carnival so i thought what the hell.Also i started taking pictures with my canon. It really was a great place to take interesting pictures because there were all kinds of strangely dressed people.
When Ash finally came we started walking towards the carnival. There were cops everwhere and i took some pictures of them as well. Asher pulled me away and told me to stay away from them as i might get into trouble. 
I dont really remember too much about what happened next as i was really drunk. We were dancing in the street together with all the other people.At some point in a sudden all the people started running away from the street. I didn't know what had happened and just stood there. A mate said there had been a stabbing so we started running as well. No one wanted to be on the frontpage news the next morning.
I reached out to my pocket for some money to get some food and found out that my wallet was gone!!Bloody hell! Ticket, credit cards, license, everything was gone! I went to a police officer but he said it was very common at the carnival and there was not much they could do. They were just useless!!I was so upset.
My mates bought some food and we shared it.
We left early in case there were too many people in the tube or the train.
Then i spent almost an hour on the phone with my bank just to cancel my cards.
Apart from the part my wallet got stolen, the day out was a great experience. I probabely wont go back again but from now on when talking about carnivals i can finally say 'been there done that'!

从上周五到今天，七天之内跑了五趟伦敦。

不数不知道，自己都吓着了。

上周五和公司同事们一起去了伦敦一家很POSH的酒吧，酒水之贵简直是抢钱。本来就不喜欢喝，又那么贵，还跟那么一群无聊的人喝，真是花钱买不快乐。老板给我买了一杯，我不过象征性地待了一会儿就走了。然后坐了两个小时的火车去了诺维奇。

周六上午和朋友去了海滩。虽然没有下雨，天气也没有好到可以下海的地步，我的沙滩裤没用上。下午去看了《变形金刚2》，眼花瞭乱地，视觉和音响还不错，故事情节有点瞎。凌晨一点多回到家。

周日去打网球，太阳下暴晒一下午，又黑了一圈。晚上和球友们搓了一顿。

周二晚上去伦敦见了倞哥，他周三要回国，一起吃了个饭。然后和诺维奇的朋友逛了会儿，去酒吧喝了几杯。

周三请假一天，和朋友去温布尔登看网球。新鲜感没有去年那么强了，不过近距离看到了不少球员，还是很高兴。

今天本来不想出去，师兄又叫我晚上去温莎。想想现在到月底，大家手头都很紧，应该都不会待得太晚，所以答应了。

明天又是周末，真想好好在家睡一天。但是我知道我是四个小时也待不住的人。随着性子来吧，到时要出去还是会出去的，朋友们不打电话叫，我就打过去了。

有时觉得生活真累，其实可能是自找的！

早上在本地广播里听到小镇上有了第一宗证实病例。公司同事们却似乎完全不知道。说实话除了上周病例刚刚爆发时把它当成一般的新闻事件调侃一通后，英国民众对于流行病的漠视态度实在让我很着急。一周以前在苏格兰就有病例。卫生官员的措施是让他们自己在家里隔离。结果是邻居和朋友们感染了。看了看病例分布情况，全英国是从南到北哪儿都有。这么点个小国，几十个病例，明明就已经扩散开了，政府媒体还是一副天下太平的样子。对于包括中国在内的大部分亚洲国家来说，2003年春天的那段忘记实在太清晰太深刻，因此对于流感的敏感态度是完全可以理解和应该支持的。可惜英国似乎是多年没有被咬过，把蛇当成绳子了！！

自己先警觉一下，回头先买几个口罩去。

昨晚作了个恶梦！！

梦见我的头发几乎秃了一半，还变成了金色。于是对着镜子拼命地抹发胶，让剩下的头发一根根竖起来。结果越抹越难看，稀稀拉拉几根头发立着，几乎可以看到镜子里头皮反射的光。

日有所思，夜有所梦。电视里政客们秃着头，富商们秃着头，喜剧演员秃着头，还公司里的同事们，我的房东，我的室友，以及他的朋友。不是歧视的意思，但如果发生在自己身上确实有点可怕。

其实经常想这个问题，为什么英国男人年经轻轻就谢顶的比例这么高，连威廉王子也逃不过。一直担心是英国的气候或者环境之类的因素影响，以至于有点担心在这里长期待下去的后果。很多人说那只是遗传因素，欧洲白人男性带有这种基因的比例比较高。

但愿是如此吧！真是庆幸我是中国人。

It has been a whole year ever since i moved from Scotland to this small town. Many things have changed. I always like to review my life after a certain period of time and now it seems to be the time to do that again.

work has been going well, not perfectly tho. The project was going on the right track but the progress was a lot slower then i expected. I don't seem to care about it as much as i did when i first started. This is probably because my oponions about job, career and life have changed quite a little bit. Generally British people are very laidback at work and the the boundary between work and personal life is very clear.No matter how busy they might be, there's nothing stopping them from going for a lazy and enjoyable holiday. This is a culture thing and it really affected me. I used to put career development ahead of many other things in my life. Now having seen so many people regret that they sacrificed too much fun and happiness in pursuit of their career success, i gradually realised that enjoying my life is just as important as developing my career.

Later this week i will do a presentation to some university kids about my project and face their challenges. The feeling about this is complicated because just a few years ago i was myself a university kid. Sometimes i get a little confused about my future career choice, academic or commercial.  Since i still have a year to go before i need to make that choice i decided to do some preparation for both ways. This event could be a good chance for me to be better known to the professors and researchers from the university. Who knows what might happen afterwards. I wonder what my KTP friends' choices are. Are they going academic or industrial when their contracts finish?

The fact that i cant drive and dont have a car puts quite some limits on my out-of-work life. I can only rely on my feet and public transpotation which is really not convenient for living in a town far away from the big cities. Fortunately i find myself coping well with the life here so far. Going to work on foot takes half a hour in the morning and i am constantly late for work for a few minutes. In the afternoon i go to the gym straight after work. Luckily the gym is close to my company and is right on my way home. I have really felt in love with the gym. I go there almost five days a week. Surprisingly i seem to be wellknown in the gym. From time to time strangers started talking to me while i was in the locker room or in the sauna. I guess that's because there are not too many oriental faces in the gym so it's relatively easier for them to recognise me. Even though I work out really hard the result is a litte depressing. It still seems to be impossible for me to put on weight. People who know me well are all aware of how much i can eat. So now i have changed my mind and just take it easy. Not too eager to put on weight, just keep excersing and enjoy eating as much as i want without worrying about getting fat. Eventually will come the day when i need to pay attention to how many calories there are in my food.

In my new year's resolution i planned to take driving lessons and get a full driving license by the end of the year but now it's seems to be a little difficult to achieve that. The main reason is that i have been so 'busy' on weekends. Since the end of last year i have been going out almost every weekend. I have met some new friends in and around London area and i really like hanging out with them. It always costs a lot to go out because of the transportation, food, drinks but i just can't stop jumping onto the train to london on a Saturday morning. Despite the overpriced drinks and food, this city attracts me more and more each time i go there. I can't wait to finish my current job and move into London next year. Deep in my heart I believe that is the place where my dream comes true. There are so many amazing places in London that i haven't been to. Last week i went into a small book store in london. I could find some really old books, published in the 19th century that cost only a few pounds. You can see the marks made by the original book owner that are handreds of years old. It is not only the skycrapers and the museums but aslo small places and little things like this that made London so special and attractive to me.  
I have got so many things to do on weekends now that i even need to plan them in advance. Playing tennis, playing golf, driving lessions, visiting friends, going to the gym, all these things are more than enough to fill up my weekends for the rest of the year. It even makes me miss the old times when i was a 'Home Boy'. Now i know that's gone and i am happily making my British Dream come true. 

越来越闲不住了。从十二月份以来的每个周末都没有闲着，到处瞎跑。想省点钱的计划大打折扣，交通费真是个大问题。最近几个周末都搭朋友的车，更是受了不少刺激。伦敦这么大，好玩的地方真的太多。即便是这个看似无聊的小镇，周围也其实有很多好玩的地方，但前提是要自己开车，因为基本上都在１小时车程范围内。周末朋友从Luton那边送我回来居然也才１小时不到，比火车快多了，也省得到处转车，也更便宜。要是有驾照自己开车多好，那样我更是一天也闲不住了。

而且来英国两年多了，上学的时候无所谓，但现在不会开车真的已经成了自己的一个瓶颈。

受了刺激其实也正好开始实施计划上半年的学车计划。

不过这其中还是有很多东西要学，事情要处理。

先要物色合适的小破车，不怕撞的。已经问了好多朋友，都建议买日本车，说是结实没毛病，适合新手。这个应该好说，现在经济不好缺钱花的人挺多，便宜车到处都是。

还要弄保险路税等之类的手续。临时驾照去年就申请好了，这一点省事多了。

还要找些有时间的朋友来带我上路。不过这个也应该没问题，中国人外国人都有，就是要脸皮厚一些多缠着人家。

理论考试过几个月再说吧，都说容易得很，没有不过的。

真希望在夏天到来的时候可以自己开着车到处去逛逛。