北京的天空似乎从来就没有好过，好的时候也只是那么一瞬间，时间短的让人记不得它曾经好过！
“获罪于天，无从祷之” “若要有前程，末做没前程” “依着官法打杀，依着佛法饿杀”
It’s mid-October now. And the room turns cold almost overnight. The run-up to the starting of heating is hard to endure just as the “run-down” after the heating is turned off each spring. I have an air-conditioner fitted in my room after all.
十一假期以来，我一直在补充保险方面的知识。一共买了三本这方面的英语书，里面都附带了中文翻译。这三本书我都读了，但还没有读完，或者说还没有仔细研究。尽管如此，我还是感受颇多。
My wife with a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, first provisional president* of the Republic of China, in the background. (Oct. 3, 2006)
这个月十九号，我妈从东北到北京，待了一个晚上之后，坐上了回四川老家的火车。她这次回四川是看望她的老妈――也是我的外婆――去了。她上次回四川大概是四、五年以前。