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7月 3rd, 2020

行李

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每次坐飞机都大包小包的尽量用满行李额。这次只有个小背包,印象中第一次啊。

7月 1st, 2020

长途

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13小时长途奔袭1200公里。个人最长单日驾驶记录。

一路上听了14集梁文道的八分。文道的三观真是正啊。耐心真是好啊。面对今年的这些曾让我觉得颠覆三观的离奇现实还能耐心的说理。这节目的语速很慢,适合开车时一心二用的听。

7月 1st, 2020

再见

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每次离别都是那么匆匆,我们总是没有时间好好再见。

6月 13th, 2020

上child care

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娃已一岁半,周二去了一次两小时的orentation,今天第一次去上全天。早上送时看到妈妈和阿姨离开娃大哭,中午睡了一觉后下午情绪好了很多,晚上去接时正和老师玩,见到爸妈很高兴,叫来叫去。

娃现在已经会用几个简单字表达意思,“打开 ”、“飞机”、“外外”等。也时常会说一大串谁也听不懂的话。

希望她去child care能玩的开心,别生病。

5月 11th, 2020

终于下签

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今天上英语课时,看到iPad上弹出邮件通知,一连4封。打开一看,果然是golden letter到了。来澳3年零9个月,提交申请20个月,终于,万里长征走完重要一步。

很多限制终于不再存在了,可以在这片天空下自由生活,做任何想做的事。买房、搬家、读书、娃上学、找工作。更丰富多彩的生活会因此而打开。

真是值得纪念的一天,我会因此而高兴很久吧。

另外一个非常忙碌的周期要开始了。

4月 10th, 2020

再议关于口罩的思考

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首先说,我得承认文笔有限,上篇博文里的一些表达没有把我的意思完全表达出来。比如说我的本来目的是想说通过这件事,我发现自己在思考问题上有这么多壁障,值得自我反省。但写出来就好像在攻击中国一样。其实并这不是我原文的意图。

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4月 5th, 2020

关于口罩的思考

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4.10 补充:

一些客观事实可能会变化,比如有些国家可能会因应情况改变口罩策略,但这不影响我们的讨论,把议题放宽到“为什么有的国家要求全民戴口罩,而有的国家不这么要求”,这些思考依然成立。

另外,正因为一些客观事实随时会变化,随时会有新的科学证据出来,所以本文着眼点是我们应该如何处理信息,思考问题,没必要过分纠结于客观事实的对错。

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最近在思考一个问题,一个月前我就发现,到今天依然如是,为什么只有中国要求人人戴口罩,而其他所有国家都没有建议全民戴?

这是个非常有意思的问题,牵涉的面向很广,而且可以层层递进,当你得到一个答案,依然可以继续追问,真的是这样吗?而逐步逼近客观的真实,这是我最近做的最有趣的脑力锻炼之一。

这个问题会调动到一个人的综合能力,好奇心、信息收集、信息阅读理解、在多种相悖信息纷至沓来时如何选择可信度、如何看待政府权威、多大程度上能独立思考独立推理、多大程度上能钻研问题背后的客观证据而非依靠经验想当然、多大程度上能跳出自己的固有思维模式去寻找答案、对科学和社会学常识的把握、对人性的理解,等等。

我觉得这问题的答案并不重要,重要的是在思考的过程中我们能打破多少思维的墙壁,使以上的能力得到锻炼,这才是最有收获的。

说说我在思考这个问题过程中打破了哪些思维枷锁。

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4月 1st, 2020

Why Chinese people wearing masks

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There is a question on Quora which confused me for a long time:

Why did the U.S. surgeon general urge the public to stop buying masks, warning that it won’t help against the spread of the coronavirus when we see all of Asia wearing masks?

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3月 17th, 2020

Ajahn Brahm retreat

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I went to Ajahn Brahm’s retreat and meditation in Canberra for 2 days. He is a worldwide famous Theravada Buddhist monk. He was born in UK, study in Cambridge and then followed and practiced with one of the most famous Theravada monk Ajahn Chah in Thailand. Now he is the abbot of a Western Australia monastery.

At the first day, the retreat was held at the top of a mountain. The meeting room had lots of glass and the scenery was great. At the morning Ajahn Brahm gave us a one hour talk and then one hour guided meditation. At the afternoon he answer some questions and then another one hour meditation. At the second day, same schedule but at the other place by the Lake Griffin.

Ajahn Brahm also present a public speech at UC. The topic is the power of the mind.

I learnt a lot in these 2 days. There are lost of things can not be solved by science and technology. Also there are lots of personal issues can be fixed by hard work. That’s why we need psychology and religion. For example, Ajahn Brahm said that as a doctor if you only focus on heal the patients then you will get frustrated sometime because not all the illness can be heal. But if you focus in care the patients then you will feel more achievement and peace. Basically the doctor does the same thing, providing treatment to the patients, but how he define his purpose make his feeling very different.

For me, I thought of how should I treat my wife. When I saw she made some mistake or struggle in learning some very easy things should I try to fix her? Or coordinate her? Of course not. The past fifteen year marriage already proved that this way doesn’t work. I should just give her more care and let it go.

3月 13th, 2020

首次三方云喝酒成功举行

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日前与塔州,北京连线进行了三方云喝酒,体验非常好。FaceTime依然给力,网络信号差时降画质保语音,不小心断线还可以重新加入。

移民后饮食文化方面的不习惯可说微不足道,唯一的大问题是没人可以喝酒聊天了,云喝酒的出现真是能很大程度上缓解这个问题。所以这么看,此次疫情也不是只有破坏没有建立啊。