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August 31 SWFC OpensSWFC & Jinmao Tower
Nice angle -by Bozkurtk
SWFC in each point of view
Jinmao Tower
View from the bund 消失中的董家渡好久没有扫街叻，一个人无聊的紧，背着相机出门。
奥运之后世博会建设的步伐势必要加快，从外滩到新开河、十六铺、小东门、董家渡、一直到日晖港，浦西沿江一片超级工地。
除了豫园附近一带，夕日的老城厢已经面目全飞，那座城市生活的记忆变的越来越模糊，像那些挂着“阳光拆迁”横幅的残垣断壁中淡而陈旧的味道，也许下个礼拜，它们就会泯灭在空气中，就好象从来没有存在过。
能让人稍感慰藉的是，这座城市里创意园象雨后春笋般的出现，其中大多是利用旧的工业建筑空间加以改造、在提升其商业价值的同时适当程度地保存了过往年代的印记，这不失为一种两全的办法；
相对而言，比起前租界里那些被保护的高贵而华丽的公馆别院，老城厢里大多是艺术价值相对较低的旧式平民住宅，大多设施较差且多年以来往往被超负荷使用因而显得陈旧破落，因此，在城市急速发展的过程中，它们是最容易被置换的对象，取而代之的是鳞次栉比的水泥森林-垂直生态；一方面是城市发展对与空间的迫切需要，另一方面是经济利益的诱导，行政意志加上商业操作对于效率的追求，那些曾经居住在这里的人们只能面对现实--破立之间失去的是关于生活的记忆和历史的情感。
外婆去世多年，而我们幼时玩耍的老屋也早已湮灭，回首怅望那些泛黄的日子，心情是复杂的。没有人不喜欢新的、效率和品质更高的事物，可是生活却永远不只是单一物质层面的，城市的发展和更新需要保持一定的平衡，那种推倒重来的模式是值得思考和检讨的。
世博会的口号是“城市，让生活更美好”；的确，随着经济的发展，我们的政府有更多的机会对公共设施和环境进行投资，从而改善居民的生活条件；毕竟这是一个两千万人口的都市，这种美好应该让大多数人体会到，从日常生活、到感官可以触知的空间环境甚至人文氛围都是需要参与者同步努力的。
今年双年展的主题是“快城快客”，对于世界级的都会而言，再实际不过，快的是效率和节奏，但一个成熟的城市环境必然需要在快的表象之下有良性的积淀，尊重历史、稳步协调的发展，社会综合成本才会更低，不走弯路、错了重来，才能走等更远。 July 18 Vertical City, The Amazing Shanghai Center
陆家嘴Z3-2地块（高尔夫球场地块）上海中心设计方案竞标于上月尘埃落定，Gensler 设计的近600米高的”龙型”塔楼最终获选;
该项目自此将成为浦东天际线的新地标.
上海中心预计今年底破土动工并于2014前年完成，总建筑面积38万SQM。
上海亦世界 这个独特的双层表面结构的创造了具有外层皮肤卷入的旋涡和内部建筑并行的垂直同轴空间。
塔楼的柔性三角结构以顺时针方向旋转攀升直至一个开放式的顶端，此项设计加强了动感的印象寓示着国际都会的无穷活力和现代中国的勃勃生机。
该塔楼将于陆家嘴中心地带现有的两座超高层建筑组成核心地标，随着上海中心的建成，陆家嘴最终将形成新的品字型三足鼎立格局。 源于垂直城市的概念，此多功能设计包括9个心房状空中花园，写字楼空间、高端零售、住宅和公共娱乐空间。塔楼位于一个开放式公园内，其中设置了一个圆形广场以供市民公共活动使用。
March 19 Bonjour Puzzle
这是一个难以让人安静沉睡的夜晚，最近看到很多新闻，让人更多的感到这个世界多么地缺乏和谐的音符，艳照疯狂散播、毒饺事件，选票争夺所导致的激烈攻讦，西部示威者的暴乱行径，巴黎中法学生暴力冲突，伊拉克血腥的人肉炸弹…
倒不是我有多悲天悯人，只是作为一个热爱自由与和平的人对这些现象所衍生的问题颇为困惑。如此多的无辜遭遇不幸，乃是社会人的悲哀； 如果并未知晓这些信息，我本该进入梦境呼呼睡去，可正是新兴传媒发达的今天我们这个时代的人相较之前的人们更为幸甚地有机会冷冷地检视这个容纳我们生活的世界。
作为引导公众舆论方向的媒体应该尽力秉持客观中立的原则，这一点显然也是有先决条件的而且目前显然无法做到；不过社会发展的趋势必然需要它们越来越多地肩负起独立的责任，这个过程也许是漫长的，但从形势来看，那个门缝的口子已经被拉开。
很遗憾地发现，几个星期前没曾读过的资料，已经难以再找寻到原文，信息世纪的速度远远超越了日常的生活节奏，因此我相当痛恶自己时常的懒散和怠惰。
世界变化太大、太快，世俗而功利；都市的生活外表光鲜诱人，其实内心的浮躁和空虚并非物质的丰富所能充填；我们自小接受的唯物主义意识形态教育容易让我们对坚持宗教信仰的人持有不屑的看法，而事实上，随着左右主流社会的风气向泛商业文化的过渡，社会道德失范正变得司空见惯，我们用能够自圆其说地的哲学解释自己的某些行为和动机，可是随着新的问题的反复出现，有时候甚至会心虚地发现孤独的灵魂无从找到有力的支撑；难道，相对性真的可以被用来作为漠视原则的藉口吗？
也许，归依信仰并不是唯一的路径，但至少应该坚持信念：理解和宽容才能达致和谐，如果自觉空虚，就努力多多充实自己吧。
February 25 And_So_It_Goes"And So It Goes" is a ballad written by Billy Joel in 1983, though it wasn't released until six years later. It appeared as the tenth and final track of his megahit album Storm Front. The original 1983 demo was released on the 2005 box set My Lives. Joel wrote the song at the close of his relationship with his wife Elizabeth, and expressed a great longing to be with one deeply loved person, while knowing that the relationship may at any time come to an end. In the original, Joel sings the melody simply and almost humbly, accompanied by a simple piano backdrop. It has been covered by many subsequent artists, including Carmen Rasmusen, the King's Singers, and others. _from_wikipedia In every heart there is a room BANK CAREER DEMANDS AN MBA STRATEGYFor many, an MBA is a path to a new career. And for those targeting investment banking, top business schools certainly offer a springboard. But to what? With fear of recession rising and banks reeling from huge credit write-offs, potential business school applicants need to appreciate that they may face a more competitive job market when they graduate. Banks, in particular, may hire fewer and be less willing to take risks with those they hire. Career changers more than ever need a strategy.
First off, applicants need to pick the right school. Recruiters at investment banks have never been short of résumés. Time is limited and leading business schools appeal because they provide a filtered talent pool.
Many banks will visit only three to five schools in Europe and a handful more in the US. Accordingly, a career switcher going into banking really needs to get into one of these top schools. If you have a particular bank in mind, look at the schools' annual graduate employment data and see which ones banks favour most for their MBA hires.
But read these statistics carefully. Many step from business school into the financial sector, but many come from there in the first place, too. Career-switchers need a strategy to compete with their more experienced peers.
Advance preparation is key. Investment banks usually recruit primarily through internships. Many expect to make all their offers to those they have seen perform as summer interns and will only return to recruit full-time if their offers are not accepted. In Europe, where one-year MBAs are the norm, this creates a conundrum: often candidates are being interviewed for internships only weeks into their first finance classes. Banks make allowances, but personal study helps. The Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking is a popular interview preparation text. Talking to alumni is even better.
So what are investment banks looking for? In many ways, the same things as all employers: good academics; a clear career progression at a prestigious firm; language skills (increasingly important); and, for some special teams, strong knowledge of a particular industry. But ideally banks want to see something exceptional. Investment banking is an intensely competitive and increasingly commoditised business and banks look for people who will give them an edge.
“We want entrepreneurial ability,” says Gaynor Arnold, a former banker who now heads Lehman Brothers' investment banking recruitment for Europe. “Some evidence from a candidate's life that shows they have pushed themselves outside their comfort zone: perhaps starting a business or even doing something philanthropic.
“We want people who can step into a difficult situation – perhaps dealing with an unfamiliar product or a particularly tough client – and have the personal drive to survive and succeed.”
And candidates need to show they understand this work environment. MBAs hired as first-year associates work gruelling hours (80-90 hours a week even as interns) and have to face starting again near the bottom of the food chain. Importantly, this means getting along with those who have been promoted internally after three years of hard labour as analysts. Candidates who show they are prepared for these demands are obviously more attractive.
Conversely, those with lots of managerial experience or family responsibilities may have their work cut out demonstrating that they have thought about how they will cope with the long hours and initial lack of status.
According to Sandra Schwarzer, director of business school Insead's careers service, some introspection is in order. She says: “If what you really enjoy is managing people, you need to be aware that it is not a big part of most roles.
“However,” she continues, “if you like quantitative analysis and juggling multiple projects and the excitement of being where the action is, you may thrive.”
Regarding quantitative skills, banks clearly require some level of numeracy. If you cannot find a short cut to calculate 12.5 per cent of 64 you should probably look elsewhere.
However, MBAs are not being recruited as quantitative specialists (banks look to PhDs and stars from the natural sciences for these roles). Banking remains a people business and networking is a crucial skill. Not only for the job itself, but so that you can get to know the people you might be working with and understand if the job is for you.
But how to strike the balance between charm and ingratiation? Anyone who has watched a clutch of job-hungry students surround a potential employer at a drinks reception will know this is not an easy balance. A little bit of human courtesy can work wonders: something as simple as asking a glassless recruiter if they need a drink can mark you out from the ravenous crowd.
Reading the headlines, potential business school applicants may wonder whether to make the leap at all. However, the picture may not be so grim. While belts are being tightened, no bank wants to repeat the mistakes of the recent past according to Mark Pettman, a director at Michael Page Financial Services. “In 2002,” he says, “banks let too many junior people go and struggled to replace that capacity in 2004 when the market was picking up.”
This cyclicality could even be an advantage. Those considering business school now are still 18 months to two years away from the job market. In that time some skills, notably risk management, may well become more important, and the market as a whole may dip and turn up.
According to Mr Pettman now might be a good time for MBA study. “You get out when the market is tough and come back later when hopefully things are looking up,” he says.
Time to start downloading those application forms, perhaps?
Transfered from FT by Neil Courtis February 14 God is Love!情人节前夜, 新天地南里CJW酒吧; Ptah Brown小姐, 一位来自纽约的黑人爵士歌手(她擅长Blues, Jazz, Gospel), 她激情的演唱和温暖的话, 让我无法不沉醉, 当然还有那杯Long Island Ice Tea.
她说春天的上海是最美的, 可惜她来的不是时候, 虽然纽约比这里更冷; 今年的雪灾几乎困扰了所有的人, 当局的限电措施也让彼时灯火璀璨的霓虹都会在春节的夜晚显得很凄冷; 但即便如此, 这是第一座她来到的亚洲城市, 却奇迹般地将她深深吸引, 也许她会在驻场演唱的合同到期之后再停留月余, 等到春暖花开的季节. 还有北京, 和杭州, 尤其是西湖, 那画里的湖山潋滟, 她期待有Boy friend 能够与她同游. 我喜欢她的气质和极具感染力的表演风格, 29日是她最后一场演出, 如果有时间, 我会再来这里.
她给我的签名: God is Love! - "爱是上帝的临幸", 亦或, "爱即上苍".
这间酒吧的名字是CigarJazzWine, 我的烟抽完了, 无奈太冷, 不想出去找便利店, 只好转而向邻桌的朋友借了一支Salm Light 和白色的万宝路。
Ptah需要红酒, 我需要烟.
去2楼盥洗室的时候, 看见她在喝些热茶润嗓子, 稍稍补妆, 她的下一场show在这首曲子之后开始。
在我买的那张她最新灌制的唱片"Blues - Live in Italy", 其中有几首她亲自写的歌, 她热情洋溢的声音和诙谐的神态着实让我印象深刻。
酒杯见底, 我起身准备走到舞台边和她告别, 可这时伴奏音乐响起那旋律, 同样是耳熟能详的<Moon River>, 她和Ono Lisa全然两种感觉, 激动油然心头, 我不禁跟着节奏摇摆,
Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day. Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker, wherever you're going I'm going your way. Two drifters off to see the world. There's such a lot of world to see. We're after the same rainbow's end-- waiting 'round the bend, my huckleberry friend, Moon River and me. 她接下来又唱了一首脍炙人口却又足够我再感动一次的 "fly me to the moon".
Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars Let me see what spring is like On Jupiter and Mars In other words hold my hand In other words darling kiss me Fill my life with song
And let me sing forevermore You are all I hope for All I worship and adore In other words please be true In other words I love you 情人节, 还是情人劫?
温暖却又有点泛蓝的歌声让人开心得有点心痛.
窗外, 风中之烛, 树上的星星火灯闪耀; 还有你那扬起的下巴和裸裎的脖颈. 我喜欢这画面.
待到表演结束, 和Ms Brown告别. 在Ptah的主页上, 她说自己是个多才多艺的表演者, 歌手, 作曲者, 演员和老师.
Ptah在她的新专辑上的照片是光头, 我微笑地问, 你的祖辈来自哪里, 她说她的祖母是埃塞俄比亚人.
在我给她的短信里, 我说, "是夜, 您是上帝的使徒."
Ptah回复: "爱人者即天使!"
无需更多的话语, 拦上一辆出租车, 疾驰, 经过那些熟悉的马路, 霞飞路, 湖南路, 海格路, 幸福路, 哥伦比亚, 还有我们的国宾道.
February 08 天使归来Transfer from Baidu Tieba:
Vitas第一次出现在俄罗斯舞台上是在2000年12月，成名曲《歌剧2》，被称为“俄罗斯音乐教母”的著名歌唱家普加乔娃在听了Vitas演唱的《歌剧2》后称：“我激动得流泪了，无论是为了音乐，还是为了他的表演。”VITAS华丽绝美的高音和令人惊艳的舞台表演为他创造了无数纪录：他是有史以来在克里姆林宫举办个人演唱会的最年轻的歌手，他能用俄语、意大利语、英语等演唱，他的唱片销量超过一千万张，并先后在16个国家举办个人演唱会1000余场...2007年3月，VITAS筹备三年之久的主题演唱会“RETURN HOME”终于在圣彼得堡冬宫正式登场，观众超过11000人，并陆续巡演于莫斯科等俄罗斯各大城市及乌克兰等各独联体国家，所到之处，无不掀起一票难求的购票狂潮。《回家》演唱会被视为是VITAS出道七年以来的一次回顾，也是转型之作。在许多人眼中，Vitas还是《歌剧2》中那个长着鱼鳃的外星人的形象，而舞台上的Vitas已经蜕变得愈发成熟，一副总是那么衣冠楚楚、温文尔雅的模样：无可挑剔的服装、无可挑剔的发型、无可挑剔的华丽高音...一如生活在童话中的王子，散发着不食人间烟火的美丽。 曲目： 1. Prelude 序曲 2. Lucia Di Lammermoor 拉美莫尔的露琪亚 3. Where's You, There's Me 我与你相随 4. Extraterrestrial Friend 来自宇宙的朋友 5. Ave Maria (A capella) 圣母颂 6. Someone's Melancholy Is Crying 别人的忧愁在哭泣 7. Opera #1 歌剧1 8. Soul 灵魂 9. 7th Element (in Chinese) 第七元素（中文版） 10. The Bird of Happiness 幸福鸟 11. Jamaica 牙买加 12. Alms 施舍 13. A capella to the accompaniment of piano 钢琴伴奏颂歌 14. Intermezzo 间奏曲 15. Shores of Russia 俄罗斯岸边 16. My Beloved Motherland! 我心爱的祖国 17. Three white horses 三匹白马 18. Angel without wing 折翼天使 19. Smile! 微笑 20. Love While You Can 还在爱的时候就爱吧 21. Winter 冬天 22. The Crane's Crying 鹤之泣 23. The Star 星星 (ENCORE) （加演曲目） 在《回家》演唱会中，一直游走于古典和流行边缘的VITAS除了演唱《歌剧2》、《星星》等保留曲目外，还将挑战已故歌王帕瓦罗蒂的拿手曲目《圣母颂》，同时还将翻唱吕克·贝松著名科幻电影《第五元素》中由外星人女高音演唱的改编自唐尼采蒂意大利歌剧咏叹调的主题曲《拉美莫尔的露琪亚》。在这首模仿巴洛克时期的阉伶歌手唱腔的歌曲中，VITAS在再度挑战自我、超越人类极限的同时，不禁引人遐想：他是否真如传说中的那样曾经动过声带手术或者真是个阉伶呢？此外，作为献给中国观众的新春大礼，VITAS认真学习了中文，并将首次尝试用中文来演唱。在加演曲目中，VITAS还将演唱诸如《莫斯科郊外的晚上》等中国观众耳熟能详的前苏联老歌。这些细心的变化，都将为《回家》的中国巡演平添许多精彩的中国元素。 January 24 关于爱和生活的哲学思考
为什么是哲学，在我看来就是某个人对生活的看法，即人生哲学和基本的价值观，原则和行为。和自然科学不同的是，它的研究对象是抽象的东西，是虚的，所以有些朋友时常会说哲学太深奥了，和我们有距离，其实从前面的解释看来，事实并非如此，毕竟我们不是学院派，我们说的不是学术上的东西，而是和咱们的生活息息相关的部分；
有时候我们做事情，总该有目的，我们时常会想解释自己的行为，我这么做到底是为什么？其实有时候我们未必清楚，毕竟个人的经验是有限，而且我们处在当时事件的情景之中，未必能中立、客观地去分析，可是这不能成为我们追问行为本质的障碍或者藉口。只有做到目的明确，才能更好地以结果为导向，进行周详的安排通过合适的手段、途径、或者工具来实现我们的目的。
哲学本质上来讲就是研究这些本质的，我们是什么？我们要什么？我们为什么要这样？我们能如何？…..
说起来简单，但是追问终极，谁又能简简单单地说清楚呢？从小到大，我们一直看过很多，我们的生命如此短暂，如果浑浑噩噩的度过，那会是多么恐怖。所以能想清楚这些东西非常重要，合适的定位，客观的分析其实能够更好的指引我们的行动方向。也许我们永远也实现不了某些想法，那可能只是梦，但至少对于执着的人，那些坚持的人，即使不能完美至善，但通过努力，我们能尽力地接近，那么我觉得就无憾了。
人总会犯错，这很正常，圣贤也有缺点的啊，关键是你能否耳聪目明，能否看的清，听的进。 有朋友说：不患人之不己知，患不知人也；是的，其实就是能否理解，如果你理解了，那才好去行动，以便更好的实现目的。还有句话，知人者智，自知者明；无论从什么方面说，我都不是个很聪明的人，智商实在有限，所以我需要更多积极地思考，借用历史经验（大师们的教导和所有值得借鉴的优秀思想）来武装自己，这也正是，所谓教育的目的，或者学习的目的吧。
有很多的话题，本身都是非常重要的东西，一一展开需要太多太久，我想先起个头随便说说，以后再不断的充实，三人行必有我师，我的朋友们，会经常和我谈心，他们的思想也在不断地帮助我提炼自己的生活观。题目的顺序需要进行排列，但暂时我还没有特别按照一定的逻辑关系归纳清楚：
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现在想想，我大学四年的心情，总体来说是开心的，那些亦师亦友的人，那座城市，都是我最年轻的时候的经历中重要的组成部分。 那时侯，我还是有很多的不开心，其实很多归根结底是源于我的性格，性格来源于我的家庭，和成长环境(Childhood)，那个社会环境所提倡的价值观(Social Mirror)。我是巨蟹狮子座的男生，AB血型，本身就是很矛盾的组合，我既会心潮澎湃，也会多愁善感；...未完成... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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