Bere 特意买了《再见，列宁》的DVD送给我。
于是又放映一遍，紧接着特吕弗的《400击》。
看多了电影，就像喝高了酒，叫人一半豁然一半茫然。
听着电影原声重复地播，内心却奇异地充满惆怅。
这惆怅更悄无声息地蔓延开。
我才发现丢了自己。

1.“学生勤工助学期间每小时酬金原则上不低于8元” ——财政部日前印发《高等学校勤工助学管理办法》的通知。

2.中国有无数的《XXX管理办法》，足够申报《吉尼斯世界纪录》，但不知为何政府没有积极申报。

3.上海的麦当劳快餐店时薪为4.5-6.5元/小时，棒约翰则为5.5-6元/小时。尚未达到法定标准6.5元/时。向来高调正义的政府在这时却华丽地“撒手人寰”。

4.中国人，尤其当代“中国”人，一说“原则上”这仨字就等于表演自抽耳光。

结论：爱咋咋地。

雷雨倾盆而覆时，路人纷纷躲进最近的地铁站避雨。
地铁站走道有时因为气流剧烈运动而变得很凉。
一群青少年没带伞，湿透了的头发、衣服，紧紧贴在身上。他们快步经过走道，大叫着“好冷”，不住寒颤。
但他们依然步步欢声笑语。
那一刻，同样湿漉漉的裤腿和鞋，我却在心底微微抱怨这糟糕的天气。
突然觉得自己好老。

I happened to find sleepingchinese.com the other day, a cool site of sleeping Chinese snapshots, taken by a Laowai, Bernd, who's been living in Shanghai since 2003.
I have to admit that it's amazing to see dozens of sleepers in slides, though such scenes are quite familiar to me. Bernd links those sleeping people with "The Sleeping Giant" China, which sounds a little bit exaggerating at first. The people in Bernd's photographs are mostly from lower social strata, "The calmness, the flexibility and the adaptability of the ones, who are jointly responsible for the revival of China, are fascinating me." says on his site. He does bring the feeling to me, and more. This arouses me to rethink his metaphor, "The Sleeping Giant", a common quote used by the world to describe China, it could have totally different understandings. Being awake is not a sudden way out.

*Hope the photos won't embarrass you scaring nationalists. Sit down and relax! (OK, Bernd, all clear! Carry it on please.)