This year’s Spring Festival ended with a fatal building fire in Beijing. This time, the fire show starred no any organization – it’s the China Central Television (CCTV). Like China Football Association (CFA), CCTV has become a main target of publicly felt resentment that should have been directed at the boss behind them. It’s very safe for the Chinese people to say anything bad about these two organizations without worrying about being taken revenge of by the authorities. The two are supposed to be authoritative – one is a self-confessed “mouthpiece” of the Party and the Government and the other an organization affiliated to the Government that runs China’s football industry.
CCTV tower fire and others
Posted on 15 February 2009 by Guohua | No Comments
WordPress upgrading
Posted on 15 February 2009 by Guohua | No Comments
I finally upgraded my three blogs* to the latest WordPress software (2.7.X) that now supports one-click upgrading of core software files. To be fair, upgrading WordPress has always been easy enough, but now it’s even easier.
In the past, when I felt like upgrading my WP software, I had to download a new .zip file, unpacked it, and then uploaded them to my server to override old files before I ran the upgrade file.
记梦
Posted on 08 February 2009 by Guohua | 8 Comments
今早在一个梦中醒来。
学校大扫除,男女同学们在校园里热火朝天地大干一场后,拖着工具列队往班级走。而我要去跟负责其它任务的另一批同学会合,正好与迎面与他们相遇,彼此相视而过。我看见他们一个个年轻的身影,每个充满朝气的面孔上都洋溢着劳动之后的喜悦。这时,我们都看见旁边山上一个特别显眼地方,里面好像夹着煤。于是,我们二哥绳宪国上前用一把铁锹一锹一锹地铲出了很多可以做燃料的煤。我们都很高兴,跟找到了宝一样!
之后,我独自转过宿舍楼的一角,向着与那另一批同学会合地点而去,那是一个露天的仓库。同学们抬着一个东西已经在那里了,我正要也穿过大门进去的时候发现里面有两条恶犬。为了不让狗咬到,我无奈只好开溜。
我开始为逝去的青春而哭泣。刚才看见了那么多的同学,年轻时候的同学,而我们现在都开始老去。我哭得非常伤心。
没多久,我从梦里醒来,眼角似乎还有泪,梦里的一切也还那么清晰。一是为了分享我的这个梦,二是怕再过一会儿就把梦忘得一干二净了,于是我把这个梦讲给老婆听。我说,虽然逝去的青春不再,但我毕竟还找了个小学同学当老婆,有你在我身边,我就永远不会与我的学生时代分开。
我问老婆做了什么梦。她做的梦一般都记不住,但今天早上记住了一个。她做的梦的是:有很多衣服要洗,但是要洗的衣服怎么都不愿意进洗衣机,放进去就自己出来!
梦是现实在潜意识里的体现。那这些梦境在现实里有那些对应呢?
头天晚上我和老婆在央视电影频道看了一部叮铛主演的励志电影,讲体育学校一群“二线”班的孩子通过自己的努力终于学有所成的故事。常看电视剧和电影的人对叮铛都不会感到陌生,但这部电影让我感到“陌生”的是原来的小家伙叮铛已经开始慢慢长成男子汉了,而他的一班同学也正是青春年少、浑身洋溢着朝气的时候。我的心里感叹时间已经过去这么久了,原来的小朋友如今也要长成大人了。
梦里的校园是我上中专时学校的校园。与同学相遇的那条路是南北两个宿舍东边的大道。而二哥铲煤的“原型”可能来自于我对他一个动作的深刻印象。一次他从水房拎着两暖壶开水回来,放在床下。老九问他,暖壶是满的吗?他回答是满的。老九说,那你的胳膊力气也太大了,你拎着两个暖壶我感觉像是空的。
而那个有狗的院子就在学校的南边,我曾经到那里买过一次鸡蛋回来吃,当时没有好吃的,只好吃鸡蛋补充营养。那次也确实是小心翼翼地买回鸡蛋,因为里面有看院狗。
我经常在梦里哭泣,有时还哭得很伤心,有时有原因,有时没原因。我感觉“哭”其实就是两根管哭的“神经”搭上即可,无需什么理由。
至于梦里要洗的衣服,现在卫生间里就有一盆……
