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    17/12/2006

    传说中的北京八个灵异事件

    （1）北新桥的海眼

    　　说这刘伯温和姚广孝俩人建了北京城，发现北京城有几口海眼(如下图)，东边通到大海。最大的俩一个在京西玉泉山镇在一个大庙地下，一个在北海，被白塔镇着，还有一口在北新桥。没镇住。这镇海兽救老出来闹腾。刘伯温就跟它商量，我们要建北京城，你先进去等什么时候这桥变了旧桥你在出来。镇海兽想了想就跳进了海眼。自此，刘伯温就告诉百姓，这里只能叫北新桥，永远不能叫旧桥了。后来年头，这北新桥的海眼被动过两会，一回是RB鬼子进北京，顺大铁链子往上拉，拉了一两公里，就看底下呼呼的往上翻黄汤，还隐隐的有海风的声音，伴着腥味。RB人慌了，赶紧把链子又顺了回去。第二次是红卫兵破四旧。也把大铁链子往上拉，结果根RB人一样。也全吓傻了，赶紧恢复了原貌。

    　　最近一次根北新桥海眼有关的事是修地铁几号线来的，新闻里还播了，说是为了不破坏北新桥的一口古井，地铁绕了多少多少公里。

    　　（2）短篇的一个

    　　大家都知道故宫对外开放的其实只是一部分，还有很大一部分是不对外开放的。具体原因谁也说不清楚。但传说，刚解放那会，故宫博物院晚上巡查保卫的人员经常看见有种奇怪的动物，说像老鼠但特别大，说像猪又跑的奇快。人说这是皇族养在东西宫内镇宫之兽。后来好些人想抓住一两只，但这快六十年了，看见的人越来越多，却没人真正抓住过一只！想来真是神奇。

    　　（3）菜市口刑场

    　　大家都知道，菜市口是前朝的刑场。有这么一家裁缝铺子，就住菜市口，由于手艺好，生意很旺盛。时间久了就远近都出了名。就说这有这么一年，夏景天儿，菜市口外砍死了一个乱党。当天晚上，裁缝铺掌柜的睡着正香，突然发现屋里有人走动，心里一想，八成闹贼。可又一想，这贼就让他闹吧，反正我这屋里一件值钱的东西都没有。就眯缝着眼睛瞅着，这贼摸索了一会，倒也懂事出门随手把们给关了。第二天，掌柜的起床看看丢没丢什么东西，一收拾发现自己的针线笸箩不见了。就在这时外头有人喊：掌柜的快出来看看吧。掌柜的出门跟众人到荒郊一看，昨天那个斩首的人，脑袋和身子连在了一起。而且脖子上有一串细细的线痕，旁边就扔着裁缝铺的笸箩！

    　　菜市口斜对过儿有个鹤年堂，刀伤药出名。每次行完刑，夜里总有“人”拍门买刀伤药。后来，到鹤年堂买刀伤药也成了老北京的一句骂人俗话了。老铺现在应该已经拆了。唉~

    　　（4）铸钟娘娘

    　　现在钟楼的大钟不敲了，当年敲的时候，尾音里总是带着隐隐的“邪，邪，邪”的声音。这老人就该说了：这铸钟娘娘又在找她的鞋了！

    　　说这皇上盖了鼓楼，就要有和鼓楼差不多的钟楼。皇上下了圣旨责成工部在三个月内铸1万3千斤大钟一座。工部就找到了北京最好的铸钟师傅。大家齐心合力很早就铸成了大钟，心想这下可以请功领赏了。可谁知皇上看了大钟，极不满意，说这么大的一口钟怎么是铁铸的，黑漆漆的真难看。下令工部务必在三个月之内铸成一万三千斤铜钟一口，如若不成，拿工部大人是问。工部大人接旨谢恩，迅速找到铸钟师傅。说要是完不了工，你们的脑袋就都没了！铸钟师傅赶紧都回去工作。可是到了最后一夜了大钟还是铸不成，因为这铜亚，不好凝结。等凝结了，这钟早就变形了，于是大家只能坐在化钟炉旁边，等天亮就是大家的死期！

    　　说这铸钟师傅里有个年纪最大最受人尊重的，家里有个小女儿。这天小女儿来到铸钟厂给爸爸送饭，知道了大家的事情。没想到一头冲进了化钟炉。大家一看不好都上去拦，可都晚了一步，只有爸爸抓住了一只绣花鞋。可谁知大家一看化钟炉，铜水变成了另一种颜色。大家齐努力，竟连夜铸成了大钟。

    　　至于说后来，铸钟厂拆了在原址盖了一座铸钟娘娘庙，现在好像也拆了鼓楼后面就放着那口不用的铁钟。

    　　（5）隆福寺大火

    　　话说多少年前的那场大火，把隆福大厦一把火点了。曾经住过东四的人，而且不仅住过东四的人都知道，那会儿，隆福大厦和它跟前儿的那条胡同多火啊！

    　　可着了火以后呢，就完了吧？彻底完了。这是因为破了风水了。隆福大厦头喽的那跟牌楼似的叫做隆福寺的建筑是后盖的，就头两年的事儿。盖那东西的时候，从地底下挖出两只石龟来，这当时住东四的人都应该知道吧？反正我知道。挖出来的石龟上刻着字，刘伯温埋的，石龟挖出来后就运走了，自此，东四彻底颓了，隆福大厦更是一蹶不振。还有传得更邪的，说那俩石龟个儿挺大的，每个都得跟汽车似的，是真不小啊。不过去年隆福大厦边儿上盖了一个娃哈哈酒楼，倍儿火，异常的火，我也去那儿吃了两回，杭州菜。不知道什么原因，真是异常的火。

    　　（6）万寿山上的佛香阁

    　　还有，你们知道为什么万寿山上要盖个佛香阁吗？说当年皇上想在海淀这片风景秀美的地段造大园子。最早是乾隆皇上，人家说这万寿山下是个古墓。是明朝某个王妃的墓，动不得。一是由祖宗入关后的遗训，说是前朝墓地的一草一木都应保护，因为咱们旗人入关时，是从李自成手里得的天下，跟前朝没那么大的仇恨。二号称这妃子当年可不是善主，她的墓动不得！乾隆爷听了，说怕什么，给我挖喽。底下人哪敢不从，当然只能挖，谁知一挖挖出了乱子。乾隆爷亲到现场一看墓的大石门已被挖开，可是门里面刻着八个大字：你不动我，我不动你！！乾隆爷一下就吓坏了。赶忙命人把土都盖回去，并在万寿山上盖一大庙镇住着不冥的鬼魂！这就是佛香阁了！

    　　(7)劲松鬼楼

    　　说相声的姜x、李xx你一定认识吧！他们俩都住在这个小区里，只不过姜x家远些，已出了劲松东口，而李老家仅与我家隔三座楼，那是一座五层高的普通红砖居民楼。

    　　84年左右北京发生了件大事，当时人们、尤其是住在劲松附近的，个个都是人心惶惶的。大家都在传说李老住的那幢楼闹鬼，每当天黑，一进那个楼门，就能听到凄惨的哭声，在你耳边萦绕，并可以看到周围鬼火闪烁，而楼道里的照明灯也忽明忽暗，足已吓破人胆。而到了夜深人静家家进入梦香时，门外却热闹非凡，聊天儿的、搬东西的、打架的、骂孩子的声音都清清楚楚，但当人们打开房门，声音骤停，只留下探头观看的邻居面面相觑。

    　　当时那座楼是新建不久的，搬进去的住户只有一半左右，发生了这件事，楼里的住家又纷纷搬走了，只剩下空楼。奇怪的是人搬走了，鬼好象也跟着走了，整个空楼安安静静的。于是有些实在没房住的人家又悄悄搬回来了，开始几天平安无事，直到那天，有一个老太太晚饭后溜弯回来，上了楼梯看到有个披着长发的女人在自家门前站着，老太太纳闷，不认识呀，便问那个背对自己的女人找谁。问了二遍，也没有回应，老太太便一边叫屋里老伴和儿子的名字，一边上前拉她一把，想把她推到一边自己进屋去。女人被拉了一下就慢慢地转过身来，就着楼道昏暗的灯光，老太太看见了她的正面，吓叫一声痪在地上晕过去了。她的家人听见叫声来开门，看见母亲不醒人事的躺在地上，马上把她送到医院抢救。老太太醒了以后还吓得混身哆嗦，断断续续地说了事情的经过，原来那个女人转过身子，老太太看见她的那一面也是个长发披肩的背影！可怜这个老太太被吓得不能下床了，还整天疑神疑鬼，絮絮叨叨不知所云，最后只好被送回乡下老家休养。

    　　(8)最后一班车

    　　北京的330路车当初是颐和园开住香山的公共汽车，大约是92年，有一个晚上的330末班车，一个小伙子上来了做在车里。左右一看，这个车里很空，只有司机，售票员，和两个坐在一起的乘客。这时下一站到了，上来一个老头，然后车就缓缓的开动了。刚过5分钟，这个老头就走过来一把抓住小伙子的衣领说： “你刚才骂我干什么？”小伙子：“我没有骂你呀？”“你骂我还不承认，这事没完，你得马上跟我下车，这事没完！司机马上停车！！”司机没办法只好停车。老头和小伙子下车后，小伙子就问这个老头：“你有病呀，谁骂你了？？”

    　　“小伙子，你还不谢谢我！你没看见刚才车里的那两个人没有腿吗？”

    　　结果第二天这个末班车就再也没有了踪影！这个事北京电视台还曾经在电视上辟谣呢，反正挺有意思的！
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    16/12/2006

    北京一夜

    很早以前就喜欢这首歌。有些人说这个歌听起来很怪，不过我对这首歌还是很有感觉的。刚才又听到了这首歌，虽然不是陈升的那个版本，但还是让我想回家了。元旦其实还好，什么时候能够回家过春节就好了，听家人说去年开始北京二环外能够放鞭炮了，不仅仅是我，连我的家人都激动坏了。希望明年，我也能够回家过春节~~
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    13/12/2006

    看看你在古代叫什么名字?

    姓:年最后的数,如1980最后的就是0就是姓柳 
    0:柳 
    1:唐 
    2:颜 
    3:慕容 
    4:叶 
    5;沈 
    6:杜 
    7:凌 
    8;花 
    9;莫 

    月,就是几月啦!!!! 
    1:蓝 
    2;芊 
    3:碧 
    4:(无) 
    5:双 
    6:吟 
    7;玉 
    8;琪 
    9;竹 
    10;香 
    11;依 
    12;若 

    日;就是几日啦!!!! 
    1;(无)
    2;月
    3;雪
    4;晨
    5;宁
    6;萍
    7;落
    8;楹
    9;秋
    10;
    溪
    11;(无) 
    12;芊
    13;(无)
    14;涵
    15;依
    16;点
    17;双
    18;蓉
    19;(无)
    20;惠 
    21;婷
    22;佳
    23;(无)
    24;萱
    25;思
    26;薇
    27;儿
    28;韵
    29;(无) 
    30;菲
    31;乐
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    11/12/2006

    太空堡垒

     
    今天吃晚饭的时候，碰巧又看到了太空堡垒，回忆起里面的很多情节。感觉这个动画长篇拍得还真是不错。相信很多小朋友并不是很了解这部动画片。其实剧情对于小朋友来说有些复杂。讲述了男主角Rick Hunter在一次偶然的机会救了一个女孩儿Lynn Minmei明美。萍水相逢使得他们的感情循序发展成为了一种恋人的关系，并且这种关系也不断的加深。然而Rick和Minmei之间共同的经历却少得可怜。Rick 对Minmei轰轰烈烈的爱情最后输给了对Lisa Hayes的日久生情。Rick和Lisa认识的时候，双方都喜欢着别人，然而作为军人的他们在一起经历了被俘，战斗等等一系列的事情，最终没有轰轰烈烈爱过Lisa的Rick在同时面对Lisa和Minmei的时候选择了Lisa。
     
    真是部好动画，很希望有机会能够完整的再看一次~~~
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    10/12/2006

    圣诞节



    又到了一年一度的圣诞节，每年的这个时候都是最无可奈何的时候。今年尤其的明显，几乎所有的朋友都回国了，我因为刚刚回国过，所以今年还是选择不回家过新年。其实我也挺想回去的，不过这边也有很多工作要做，进展会比较缓慢，不过总比停滞的强，化lonely为动力，把该做的事情尽快做完吧，给自己加个油先~~
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    07/12/2006

    第一次烤白薯

    第一次在烤箱里面烤白薯，包上锡箔纸后静静的等了2个小时，当屋子里泗溢着白薯的香味的时候，我的肚子告诉我是时候品尝这小时候的美味了。当我打开烤箱，把烤白薯搬上桌的时候，我看到了久违了的金黄色的蜜汁从锡箔纸的缝隙中流出，感觉真是非常好，迫不及待的开始品尝了......
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    一点儿都不甜，为什么经由人类发展的这个世界里，很多东西只残存着依旧美丽的外表，而失去了真实的意义和价值呢：（
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    上联：烟锁池塘柳

    上联：烟锁池塘柳
    如果你有好的下联不妨来对一下。
    注意上联每个字偏旁部首包括了：金木水火土
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    26/11/2006

    How to Pretend to be a Good International Student: A Survivor's Tips (reprinted, interesting)

    First of all, I have to confess one thing. I have lived in Toronto for four years, but, to tell the truth, my English hasn't improved enough. I am so sorry for Margaret and Martine who kindly invited me here today, but I have an impression that I am not the one who can tell you how to improve your English, or how to be a successful international student, because I am still struggling myself. But, as you see, I have been surviving. So, as a survivor, at least I can share with you the tips I discovered in these four years about how to PRETEND to be a good international graduate student. So please notice that my talk today is all about how to PRETEND AS IF you were a good international student, AS IF your English was good. You will hear about the real tips to improve your English from some other experts.

    1. Speaking

    For most international students, the first and most scary thing is speaking. All of us have learned English in our home countries, but all of us know writing and reading we learned at school are different from speaking. Here are my tips:

    • You don't have to speak fast. Take time, especially in pronouncing vowels (a, e, i, o, u). Pronounce vowels just 0.1 second longer, and it helps a lot. It has two good things. (1) It sounds more like English (Canadian English or Torontonian English?). (2) While taking time, you can search for next words or phrases in your head. Many native English speakers (especially intellectual people) do the same.
    • Use relatively difficult words or phrases sometimes, such as "internalize", "reconcile", "procrastinate", "intoxicate", "you had better not", or something, just to impress others; just to show that you are not nine years old even if your spoken English is not as good as that of native English speakers of your age. Try not to fill your talk with all the colloquial or slang words or phrases. You cannot do that, because you have not been in Canada for most of your life. Rather, you should be proud of your rich vocabulary of colloquial or slang or bad words in your own language.
    • But, at the same time, it's a good idea to use casual, colloquial or slang English sometimes, just to impress people, or just to make funny atmosphere.

    2. Listening

    Listening is as scary as speaking. For me, listening is more scary than speaking, or the most scary thing, because in conversation you cannot speak if you cannot comprehend others. Here are my tips:

    • Don't mind even if you cannot catch everything the others say. You will catch at least one or two words, so repeat that word when it's your turn, as if you were impressed with it or especially interested in it, then continue your talk on that topic. If necessary, you could ask, "Did you say that [such and such]?"
      Just yesterday I talked with my Canadian friend. She talked so fast that I could only catch the words "brother", "wedding" and "Vancouver". It sounded as if it were about her brother's wedding in Vancouver, but I couldn't catch if he "had" a wedding or if he "is going to have a wedding". I couldn't catch if she "had attended" it or she "is going to attend" it either. So I said, "Oh, brother," because it was the word I managed to catch. Then I continued, "I didn't know you had a brother. Is he older or younger?" as if I was especially interested in him. When she said, "Older (or younger, whatever. It doesn't matter)," I said, "Really? I have an older brother in Japan..." and went on and on, dragging her into my topic. This technique also works in academic talk.
    • Don't mind even if you cannot follow class discussion and you are as quiet as a ghost. Not all Canadian students are talkative. But it's a good idea to try to say something either at the beginning, or around the time when the others are exhausted and quiet, even if it's only once or twice a month.

    3. Presenting yourself in academic settings

    I think, for international students, class PRESENTATION is a better chance to show their had work and knowledge than class discussion, because while you are presenting, others have nothing else to do than listening to you.

    • It's a good idea to present papers at academic conferences to train your presentation skills. I really like making presentations at conferences. There you will find that the audience will not despise you simply because you are a non-native English speaker. People just expect you to be original and informative. You will see a lot of non-native English speakers present original and informative papers at conferences, and that they are paid respects to by everybody.
    • This leads me to another topic, teaching assistantship, or being a TA. I found that being informative is more important than being a perfect speaker of English in TA jobs. I did a "tutorial," which means supervising a one-hour discussion of undergraduate students every week. These students were actually a part of a big course of about six hundred. Those six hundred students were divided into small classes of twenty or thirty, and each class discussed the topics they learned in the course the week before. In tutorials, teaching assistants, who are usually graduate students, assist the discussion, answer questions students bring in, and help their better understanding of the course. You can imagine how I was scared of this job. How could I assist others' discussion while I myself was so scared of class discussion?? But I found that students didn't despise me because of my imperfect English. Rather, I found students expected me to be informative and helpful.
    • And actually, you have lots of ways to compensate for your imperfect English and present yourself as an informative and helpful TA. You can make handouts. You can read students' term papers more carefully than native Canadian colleagues, and give more comments on them. Some students told me that they were excited to see so many comments from me on their papers, because "not many TAs read papers so carefully".
    • I also found that people sometimes described me as an "organized" person when I was doing TA work. At the end of the semester, some students commented that my tutorial was "well-organized". My colleague TAs were surprised to see the evaluation sheets I made for each term paper, saying, "I have never seen such an organized thing". Actually I often talked with my colleague TA, who was an international student from Korea, about our tutorial strategies. East Asian international students may naturally do things in "organized" ways, and it may be their strength. Students from other cultures may have another strength. In any case, international students can take advantage of their cultural backgrounds in their TA jobs.

    4. More general tips

    Let me give you just two more general tips to make our life as international students easier.

    • First, let's be interesting people. When we were in our home countries, we knew that studies were not all that determined what we were. And our internal world now is as rich as when we were at home, so why don't we do other things than just studies, to remember our richness? If you are a good singer at home, you ARE a good singer here too, so why don't you join a choir at Hart House or at church? Or if you were always interested in the tango but had no chance to try it at home, why don't you join a class at Athletic Centre? How about skating in Varsity Arena? How about learning Jewish music at the Jewish Community Centre bringing your own flute or violin? Actually these are all things I did in these four years. You may find that you can do these activities as well as, or sometimes better than, Canadian people. It is important to meet some Canadian people who share the same interest with you, and make both sides want to talk to each other DESPITE the language barrier.
    • And finally, let's be ourselves. I believe imperfection in English doesn't change our personalities. If you are funny in your country, you are funny here too, and people will enjoy your humour even if your English is not the same as native speakers'. Or if you are a sympathetic person at home, people here will be touched by your natural kindness, which even perfect English could not deliver. After all, I believe, English is not all that determines what you are. And thanks to the multiculturalism of this country or this city, Canadians or Torontonians are much more tolerant than you expect, and are interested in you, as far as you keep showing your interest in them.
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    24/10/2006

    Ergonomics vs. Acupuncture; My career vs.My hobby

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    William Morva

    Shooting suspect caught in Blacksburg

    William Morva, accused of killing a police officer and a security guard, is captured after a day-and-a-half manhunt that prompts the shutdown and evacuation of Virginia Tech. A hectic day unfolds in a series of updates below

     

    UPDATED 5:57 p.m.

    Before he landed on national news Web sites, accused double murderer William Morva was already notorious on the downtown Blacksburg scene.

    Known for refusing to wear shoes, and not having a job, he is described by former neighbor Anthony Seay as “nice, but weird.” Others have used less polite words. At one point after Morva’s arrest on armed robbery charges last year, a T-shirt with a silk-screened image of him, surrounded by the words “William Morva Is An A**H***,” became a local fad fashion item. The shirt was made by Rebecca Cartage and her boyfriend Mark Williams, in response to an inside joke and a phone debt. Williams had tried to help Morva out by arranging cell phone service for him because Morva lacked a credit card, Cartage said. When Morva was arrested on an armed robbery charge last year he was unable to pay Williams back and Williams wound up on the hook for $389, Cartage said. To cover the debt the couple, who are now working on an organic farm in Michigan in exchange for room and board, started selling the T-shirts for $5 apiece. They sold about 50 shirts, which covered about half the phone bill, Cartage said. She said Morva used to always joke that he could make money selling such a shirt, “but it never got off the ground because he wouldn’t let us take his picture.” After Morva’s robbery arrest, they got the picture they needed – his mug shot.

     

    UPDATED 5:38 p.m.

    Authorities gave more details of the capture today of William Morva, saying he was found hiding in a briar patch about three-quarters of a mile from the entrance to the Huckleberry Trail and about 150 yards from the scene of this morning's fatal shooting of Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Eric E. Sutphin. Morva was apprehended without incident, officials said. Officers had already searched the area without finding him but he was located on a second pass. Morva was wearing shorts but no shoes or shirt. Morva is accused of shooting Sutphin at around 7:15 this morning. He also is accused of shooting Montgomery Regional Hospital guard Derrick McFarland in the early hours of Sunday morning. Another deputy who was injured while trying to help McFarland remains hospitalized with a concussion and possible facial fractures, officials said. Morva was charged with capital murder, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, escape and felony assault on a police officer in connection with Sunday's events. Additional charges are coming related to today, officials said. He is presently being held at Montgomery County Jail but is expected to be transferred soon to either the New River Valley Regional Jail or a regional jail in Abingdon.

     

    UPDATED 4:16 p.m.

    A Blacksburg woman believes she gave fugitive William Morva a ride in her car about half an hour after the fatal shooting of a Montgomery County Sheriff’s officer today. Morva, a Montgomery County Jail inmate who escaped while at Montgomery County Regional Hospital, is the prime suspect in the 7:15 a.m. shooting of Deputy Eric Sutphin on the Huckleberry Trail near the Blacksburg Library. Morva was apprehended around 3:40 p.m. after a massive manhunt that led Virginia Tech to cancel classes and send thousands of employees home on the first day of the fall term.

    Mary Jane Smith said she left her Hightop Road home to drive to work at Tech when she saw a man along the road, near where it crosses the Huckleberry Trail, around 7:40 a.m.

    “His hair was wet and spiked,” Smith said. “He was standing in the road just looking like he needed help.”

    Smith said she had heard a little bit about Morva’s escape but did not become suspicious until her passenger asked her to avoid police barricades and take him to a bus stop. “As soon as he said that the flag came up,” Smith said.

    She said she drove just a short distance on Hightop Road before pointing to a nearby road and telling her passenger it would lead him to a bus stop. “I said ‘get out here, quick, there’s someone behind me,’ and he listened,” Smith said.

    She said she reported the incident to authorities. Smith said the man she drove was wearing dark slacks and a white shirt and carrying a zippered black bag, which was different than the police description of Morva wearing a tie-dyed t-shirt and khaki shorts that was circulated for much of the hunt. Still, after looking at Morva’s picture online, Smith said that while she was not 100 percent sure, “I think it might be him.” Smith said she had two feelings about the incident. "First, I’m scared second I wish I had done somthing so he was caught right then."  Authorities could not immediately confirm Smith's account.

     

    UPDATED 4:10 p.m.

    Virgina Attorney General Bob McDonnell issued a statement on the death of Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Eric E. Sutphin and the capture of William Morva: “Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department Corporal Eric E. Sutphin was a courageous Virginian. He dedicated his career to keeping the Commonwealth safe, and today the Commonwealth mourns his passing. He served his community with distinction as a law enforcement officer for 13-years, and was awarded the Governor’s Medal of Valor in 2003 when he was shot twice in the act of capturing the killer of another police officer. Today is a painful reminder of the peril faced daily by the law enforcement officers of Virginia, with seven having now fallen in the line of duty since January. They bravely serve, so that Virginians may safely live. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Corporal Sutphin.”

    “With the news of the capture of William Charles Morva, I commend all the members of law enforcement involved in this effort. This was a joint operation that utilized all branches of law enforcement, and they have done their job well.”

    William Morva is brought out of the Montgomery County magistrate's office in Christiansburg Monday afternoon.

     

    UPDATED 3:50 p.m.

    Police say they have captured William Morva in woods near rugby and lacrosse fields on Blacksburg's Tech Center Drive. They say they have recovered a weapon believed to have been used in the shooting this morning of Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy Eric E. Sutphin and the shooting early Sunday morning of Derrick McFarland, a security guard at Montgomery Regional Hospital. Both Sutphin and McFarland died. Morva, 24, also is accused of injuring another deputy as he escaped custody at the hospital. Morva had been jailed since being charged last year in an attempted robbery.

     

    UPDATED 3:19 p.m.

    Traffic in downtown Blacksburg is returning to a normal pace. The police blockades at College Avenue and North Main Street remain, but Draper Road is open with no signs of the earlier mayhem -- except for the gathering of television stations microwave trucks in the municipal parking lot. Drivers ignored a “road closed” sign pushed to the side of the road at Draper and Roanoke Street.

    Joe Meredith of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center said that he learned at lunchtime that authorities were conducting searches as people left the CRC. As a result, the CRC is asking employees to leave randomly so they don't get caught in a massive line at 5 p.m. Some tenants of the center let employees leave early. “A lot of them [employees] didn’t get here today," Meredith said from the center.

    Nearly 2,000 people work at the CRC, which houses more than 100 technology-related companies. As of 3 p.m. Meredith had made no decision about opening tomorrow if the manhunt is still on.

    “Let’s hope they find this dude and we can get back to normal life," Meredith said.

     

    UPDATED 3:11 p.m.

    Michael Morva, brother of shooting suspect William Morva, was booked into Montgomery County jail at 7:40 a.m. Sunday on charges of possessing marjuana and conspiring to escape, said Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Lt. Buddy Smith.

     

    UPDATED 2:34 p.m.

    The Montgomery County Jail confirmed that a Michael Morva is being held, though jail staff would not confirm that this is shooting suspect William Morva's brother.

    The Michael Morva in the jail faces two charges of attempting to commit burglary, two charges of conspiring to commit burglary, and two charges of attempted grand larceny, according to online court records. The dates for the offenses match charges against William Morva related to attempted thefts last year.

    The employer of William Morva's brother said that Michael Morva was arrested recently. She called Michael Morva a good worker who tried to help his brother pay for an attorney to represent him on the charges from last year.

     

    UPDATED 2:11 p.m.

    Police have spent the day racing to sometimes widely separated locations around Blacksburg in response to reported sightings of William Morva, who is accused of shooting and killing a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy this morning and a Montgomery Regional Hospital security guard on Sunday, as well as injuring a sheriff's deputy Sunday.

    Road blocks have been set up at various points to close streets. At some points, officers are allowing traffic through after checking inside cars and even opening trunks.

    Access to Tech's campus has been largely shut down, with classes canceled and staff evacuated. A few students were still out earlier this afternoon near the dormitories on Washington Street. The Roanoke-Blacksburg Smart Bus canceled its runs for the day.

    Joe McNamara, a Tech senior and member of the Corps of Cadets, said that given Morva's youthful appearance and reported garb of a tie-dyed T-shirt and shorts, campus was a perfect place to hide.

    "The dude looks like everyone else around here," McNamara said.

    Earlier today, police evacutated Squires Student Center after a report that Morva might be inside. Stephen Kindl, a freshman from Frederick, Md., was in a classroom that was missed by the evacuation. He said he emerged to encounter an officer with a drawn gun.

    A few moments later, his identity checked, Kindl was on his way again, shaken by the experience.

    "It was crazy," he said, throwing his hands up.

     

    UPDATED 1:37 p.m.

    Bollo's, a downtown Blacksburg coffee shop that was frequented by William Morva before his arrest last year, has closed for the day amid managers' concerns that the the business could become a target.

    In addition, as police close downtown roads and Virginia Tech canceled what was supposed to be the first day of classes, business came to an abrupt standstill after lunch. The usually busy intersection of College Avenue and Draper Road, located on the edge of Tech's campus, is nearly deserted.

    Felicia Jackson, a barrista at Bollo's, said "It's not worth it for us to be here if nobody's in here."

    Discussions are going on about closing Bollo's sister business, Gillie's, located around the corner. Other downtown businesses appear to be remaining open.

    At Ceritano's Restaurant on Main Street, where William Morva's brother Michael is a waiter, manager Tina Ceritano said Michael Morva worked Saturday but had not been in since then. She called Michael Morva a good worker who had tried to help his brother pay for an attorney to represent him on last year's robbery charges.

     

    UPDATED 1:16 p.m.

    Police and university officials held a press briefing at 1 p.m., saying officers continue to search locations in Blacksburg and follow up on tips in the hunt for suspect William Morva. Lt. Joe Davis of the Blacksburg police repeated there have been no confirmed sightings of Morva on Virginia Tech campus.

    Morva is considered armed and dangerous, Davis said. Morva still is thought to be wearing khaki shorts and a tie-dyed T-shirt over a white T-shirt. The last confirmed sighting of Morva was on the Huckleberry Trail this morning where Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy Eric Sutphin was shot to death.

    No additional information was released on Sutphin's shooting or on the shooting death Sunday of a Montgomery Regional Hospital security guard and the wounding of another deputy.

     

    UPDATED 1:11 p.m.

    Virginia Tech is evacuating its campus in stages, telling staff in areas north of the Drillfield to go home for the day. Staff in other areas will be sent home later this afternoon, university spokesman Larry Hincker said.

     

    UPDATED 1 p.m.

    Gov. Tim Kaine has issued a statement condemning the killing of Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy Eric E. Sutphin this morning.

    "Corporal Eric Sutphin exemplified the highest traditions of law enforcement, and his 13-years of service with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department saw countless acts of courage and bravery," Kaine wrote.

    “... Today, I extend the heartfelt condolences of an appreciative Commonwealth to Deputy Sutphin’s wife and daughters, his extended family, friends, and fellow officers.

    “... I also want to extend my condolences to the family of Montgomery County Regional Hospital security guard Derrick McFarland, fatally shot Sunday by the jail inmate who remains at large."

    Kaine said he was working with Virginia Tech President Charles Steger, Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt and others to provide resources and assistance in the ongoing search for shooting suspect William Morva.

    Kaine also reassured parents of Tech students that police are taking "extraordinary action" to keep students safe. (The governor's statement)

     

    UPDATED 12:42 p.m.

    Montgomery County's Merrimac consolidated waste collection site has been closed. The Blacksburg Public Library also will remain closed until further notice.

     

    UPDATED 12:18 p.m.

    Blacksburg High School athletic director Jack Hencke said that all Blacksburg athletic practices for Monday, including a volleyball scrimmage, have been called off until further notice in relation to the manhunt. The varsity football team is scheduled to practice at 5 p.m., but will cancel practice if William Morva remains at large.

     

    UPDATED noon

    Downtown Blacksburg is quiet, though police are patroling College Avenue and other areas. The ongoing search for William Morva is the topic of conversation in restaurants and coffee shops, and everyone seems to have a cell phone glued to their ear. People who know William Morva recall the stomach problems that kept him from working, his struggles to get by financially and his self-described survivalist skills. Acquaintances say he studied military tactics and talked about living in the Jefferson National Forest.

    Many people said they planned to stay downtown because it felt safer than heading home.

    "I called my mom and said 'I'm OK,' " said Elizabeth Spencer, a Virginia Tech junior from Richmond. "I don't want to go home because I'd be alone."

     

    UPDATED 11:45 a.m.

    Montgomery County schools do not begin classes until Wednesday, but teachers and staff who are preparing for the coming year have been sent home from Blacksburg schools today because of the Morva situation, schools Superintendent Tiffany Anderson said. No other districts affected.

     

    UPDATED 11:26 a.m.

    Blacksburg New School, which is located near the area police are searching, has closed for the day.

     

    UPDATED 11:12 a.m.

    Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy Eric Sutphin, who died after being shot this morning, had been wounded in 2003 while exchanging gunfire with a man who had just shot and killed a Christiansburg police officer. He received the state Medal of Valor for his role in the incident. He left police work following the shooting, but returned to the force the following year. (Read this 2005 profile of Sutphin.)

     

    UPDATED 11:07 a.m.

    Police have confirmed that the officer shot this morning has died, and identified him as Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy Eric Sutphin.

     

    UPDATED 10:42 a.m.

    The Montgomery County Courthouse in Christiansburg is closed until further notice in connection with the hunt for William Morva, county spokesman Robert Parker confirmed. Police from multiple agencies continue to search sections of Virginia Tech campus and Blacksburg for Morva.

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    24/04/2006

    care

    从小到大，一直都有一个毛病，对自己很care的东西，总做不到应对自如，往往是投入太多的effort然后把事情办砸，记得第一次这样的经验是在初中，第一次自己要在班里朗诵自己的作文，结果之前相当长一段时间都特别care此事，等到当天更是紧张得不得了，在一遍又一遍的练习以后，终于在距离上课10分钟时发现自己说不出话来了，结果自然是很尴尬，因为当时的状况下没人会相信有突然失声这种事情发生。 长大后仍然存在这个问题，面对care的事情，总是喜欢投入很多effort，把原本在被人眼睛里面很平常的事情，当作mission impossible来完成，想尽一切办法去努力反而使得 结果要多别扭就有多别扭，顺理成章地把事情办砸。
     
    这周三还要做presentation，care也不care，这种心态可能很好，希望可以顺利度过。
     
     
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    20/03/2006

    The Farthest Distance in the World




    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not the distance between life and death
    But you don't know I love you when I stand in front of you


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not you don't know I love you when I stand in front of you
    But I cannot say I love you when I love you so madly


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not I cannot say I love you when I love you so madly
    But I can only bury it in my heart dispite the unbearable yearning


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not I can only bury it in my heart dispite the unbearable yearning
    But we cannot be together when we love each other


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not we cannot be together when we love each other
    But we pretend caring nothing even we know love is unconquerable


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not the distance between two trees
    But the branches cannot depend on each other in wind even they grow from the same root


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not the braches cannot depend on each other
    But two stars cannot meet even they watch each other


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not the track between two stars
    But nowhere to search in a tick after two tracks join


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is not nowhere to search in a tick
    But doomed not to be together before they meet


    The farthest distance in the world
    Is the distance between fish and bird
    One is in the sky, another is in the sea
     
                                   ----------Tagore  Rabindranath
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    08/03/2006

    人品问题

    "Attention please, attention please, an emergency reported, an emergency reported. All the officer please take the closest exit. Repeat, all the officer please take the closest exit" 这是我今天遇到的情况，一共两次，第一次，当我从main office推门出来的一刹那，楼道里所有警报灯开始闪，听起来好像空袭警报的警笛也大作。去年就有这么一次了，所以和staff有说有笑地走了出去。 一个小时后，因为需要拿些材料，所以又一次去了那个builiding.推门进去还没走五步，又开始警笛大作，灯闪得我头疼，无奈又一次被赶了出来，事情没办完，郁闷的回家了，路上遇到同学，说起此事，同学真是一语惊醒梦中人， 原来是人品问题啊。 看来问题严重了，连building都不让我进了，我不就昨天买香蕉的时候挑挑拣拣来着么，哎，何必呢，早知道吃黄瓜了。
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    28/11/2005

    <Something's Gotta Give> Why, Funny?

                         Something's Gotta Give
     
    Details:
    Harry Sanborn is a perennial bachelor who only dates women under the age of thirty. On what was to have been a romantic weekend with his latest infatuation, Marin, at her mother’s Hamptons beach house, Harry develops chest pains. Marin’s mother Erica Barry, a successful, divorced playwright, reluctantly agrees to help nurse him back to health. Once they are alone together, Harry is surprised to find himself drawn to Erica for all the right reasons. And despite her initial protestations about Harry, Erica finds herself rediscovering love. Romantic complications arise when Erica is also pursued by Harry's charming 30-something doctor, Julian Mercer. Once recovered, Harry returns home and goes back to his old ways. However, when his feelings for Erica prove to be life altering, Harry must undergo a true change of heart--if he is to win her back.
     
    Why it's funny? ad hoc subject.
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    30/10/2005

    <Saving Face>The first "Adult comedy" make me die with laughing

                                                SAVING FACE
     
    Story details:
    For 28-year-old New Yorker Wilhelmina "Wil" Pang, life is a juggling act between a promising career as a surgeon and her responsibilities as a dutiful daughter. Like the #7 train she takes to visit her Chinese family on a weekly basis, Wil is perpetually in transit between two worlds. The expectations of Flushing, Queens society she is from and the desires that alienate her from it have made Wil content to live below the surface--even if it means playing an inadvertent game of charades with her widowed mother and the world Ma represents. The masquerade is comic even in its pain as Wil tolerates Ma's weekly set ups with eligible Chinese-American boys at the Friday Chinese socials; but it quickly becomes a farce when Ma's mask cracks first. One night, Wil comes home to find Ma on her doorstep--pregnant. Disgraced by the Chinese community, and with no where else to go, Ma moves in with her daughter, making it difficult for Wil to nurture a budding relationship with gorgeous dancer Vivian. As her carefully compartmentalized worlds collide, Wil is forced to find her mother a husband, placate her girlfriend, and choose between breaking a cycle of keeping up appearances, or risk losing the girl she loves.
    Release Date: May 27th, 2005 (limited)
    MPAA Rating: R for some sexuality and language
     
    StarS:
    Michelle Krusiec .... Wil
    Joan Chen .... Ma
    Lynn Chen .... Vivian Shing
     
    Memorial Quotes:
     
    Vivian Shing: Kiss me. Now. In front of all these people
    Wil: A baby~? 
    Vivian Shing: "Definitely" definitely, or "definitely" maybe? You know, my friends are starting to think you don't exist
     
     
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