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傻不拉几的又被激励了一次。

You ain’t gonna believe this. But you used to fit right here. I hold you up and said to your mother. This kid’s gonna be the best in the world. This kid’s gonna be somebody better than anybody ever knew. And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, every day was like a privilege. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world. And you did. But somewhere on the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you’re no good. And when things got hard, you start to look for something to blame like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshines and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are, it’ll beat you to your knees and keep it there permanently if you let it. You, me and nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. Now if you know what you worth, go out and get what you worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying you ain’t what you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain’t you. You’re better than that!

顺便提一下，发现imdb的评分开始有详细的性别及年龄统计，以 Rocky Balboa 为例子，3万多票只有1700多票是女性投的，其中1万多票给了满分，可见拳击+励志，对男性的化学作用有多大了。要是有地域的区分就更好了，一直怀疑有些电影的评分是否真的有普遍意义。

回顾2006，从Sydney搬回Shanghai，途中又去过San Jose和Seoul，几乎所经历的地点，都是以S开头的城市。而所经历的心境，也好像那个S似的，上下起伏。

习惯了那种按部就班，一步一个脚印的生活方式，即使是回国上班，公司的文化仍然是这种稳扎稳打的感觉，一直到这几天，才渐渐意识到，机会和稳定本来就是平衡的，变化，大概这也是现在中国的特色之一。

所以，也没什么，只是想在年底的时候唠叨几句，2007，还是要继续过的。

临近中午的时候抵达首尔，或者说汉城中国人比较熟悉。为时三天半天的business trip，刚下飞机就赶到IAC参加会议一直到晚上7点。第一天，印象颇为深刻的是首尔街道两旁金黄色的银杏树；晚上韩国同事带去吃的极为正点的烤肉(店主居然操一口纯正的东北普通话，打听之下才知道是沈阳人士，真是老乡见老乡，一嘴油汪汪啊)；晚上大街小巷遍布的霓虹招牌；还有旅馆厕所里的全自动电暖冲洗式马桶(很刘姥姥的坐在上面把每个button都试了一遍)。

由于停留时间很短，日程又安排得极满，所以懒得带上我那又笨又重的digital kiss了，照片的话，不如看我同事edward的flickr吧，带了照相机我也不会像他这么专业。要看美女的兄弟们，的确路上见到几个，不好意思拿着个日产的手机对着人家咔嚓咔嚓的，只好说抱歉啦。

回了国就想着读一些中文的书了（实际上之前也没有在读什么非中文的书），前几天便买了本胡适的讲演录，寻思着讲演应该是简短可读，比较适合我的了。

随便看了少年中国之精神，果然是短短的很合我心意，且发现其言论极具鼓动能力，至少对我而言。尤其结尾那一句是非常适合在消极的时刻用来煽动自己的，毕竟在已经不是少年的时候，仍然是需要一些锋芒的。

另外，很是喜欢扉页上他的“容忍比自由更重要”的那一句。

left the beaches behind, see you all in shanghai, another journey is just about begin… hakunamatata