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锄草

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

午饭间同事说,你的博客都长草了,才想起来,已经很长时间没有更新了。

还是一如既往地忙,一转眼回国已经半年了。前不久一位国际广播电台的记者采访时问及回国的感受,答曰挺好,比期望值高。问有没有什么不尽人意的地方,于是控诉开车一族全然无视行人的恶习,但谁让咱们是初级阶段呢。还是不怎么怀念在国外的生活,除了偶然想起开车长途奔袭去国家公园的经历,就想不知什么时候在国内也能抽空出去玩一次。

工作的强度和在美国最忙的时候差不多,累了一天就没心思干别的事情,基本是两耳不闻窗外事,南京爆炸的事故还是一个朋友好心写信来问家里如何才大吃一惊,还在香港的印刷商那里熬夜,就赶忙打电话回家,十五秒之内问清楚没事就挂了电话继续奋战招股书。时不时想起有空要到这里来更新一下,但这个空实在是难找。

写博客还是很花时间的。零零落落地记些流水账本无太大意思,想组织一下思绪却发现根本没有那个时间和心思,不得不诧异原先的时间都是哪里来的。另外,回国以后从业的圈子小了,谁谁都互相认识,也有些同事知道曾经有个时常更新的小北的不老歌,会偶尔拎出来示众取笑一下,不象在念书和在纽约工作的时候林子大,说什么都可以也没什么人知道。

在凌晨6点半花了十来分钟写下上面这段话,继续干活。

Homebound

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Finally, I am homebound, in more than one meaning of the word. This marks the beginning of the end of one phase in both my family life and my career, and after a long wait since the beginning of this year, things I’ve been looking forward to for a long time are really going to happen very soon. After a mad dash of 1200h over 4 months, I am taking almost a full month off for paternity leave, and am going to enjoy every single day of it. This post also belatedly marks the 5th anniversary of this blog.

Another week

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

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周六小南没事在家,把纸揉成一团一团的,扔得地上到处都是,然后兴高采烈地说,看,这都是我种的卷心菜,还是白色的呢。

这个月还是很忙,估计在350小时左右,又是个人记录了。

Anna’s Memo Re:Lunch

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

When mom and dad were away at work today, Anna had this great idea of writing a memo to mom with detailed instructions of what to pack for her lunch tomorrow, so here’s what she wrote and gave to us when we came home.

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“Mom, first put some yummy eel then put some colorful spagetti please please warm that’s how you prepare my lunch.” (spelled spaghetti wrong)

On an unrelated note, I got another watch today to complement my good old Shanghai, as the leather band on the Shanghai is getting uncomfortable to wear in the summer and is in any event falling apart. What I really wanted for my rectangle watch was a JLC Reverso Duo or a Girard Perregaux Vintage 1945, but this one happens to a lot cheaper and, yes, has better street recognition like I thought my Shanghai watch had. Most people around me don’t realize how famous and prestigious the Shanghai brand truly is (and for better or worse, lawyers sometimes do need to dress to impress lay people), so this watch will have to do the trick.
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周末

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

周末本来以为能得闲休息一下,可以出海钓鱼然后和朋友吃饭的,结果头一天开车过了州界直奔大海而去,还是被抓回来十万火急地赶活,一连两天。

其间得闲的时候第一次看了眼快女,发现北外当年的何辅导员还在台上活蹦乱跳,算来也三十好几的人了看上去还是那么小,剪个Jim Carrey某部电影里的扫把头,很喜剧的样子。另一发现是某方言发音法似乎深入人心,即:所有的鸡期西都发成知吃师,效果是这样的:某人高喊:大渣给某某某渣油——于是台下观众怒吼:渣油渣油,耶——然后台上歌手说:射唉射唉大渣。

Work

Friday, August 14th, 2009

狠忙了一阵以后终于闲了下来。坐在办公室里喝喝咖啡,和同事吃个午饭,另外继续在网上寻觅下一块手表的采购对象,外加筹划周末出海钓比目鱼,不亦乐乎。

有的人问,是不是律所里工作都是一天十二三个小时地干。我想,其实根本不是,忙起来,一天二十二三个小时也是有的,但平均下来,每天工作长度其实没有那么长的。没事的时候,六点钟就收拾东西回家也很正常。忙起来,只要不是客户赶着当晚一定要的东西,边吃晚饭边做到晚上八九点钟也就差不多可以叫车回家了。

真正工作起来,才知道工作时间长,工作强度大,其实都没什么,我的性格其实很适合一张一弛的工作节奏,我的理想也不比挣份辛苦钱养家户口高出多少。最烦的是一些本所和外所的律师,不知是与生俱来还是后天变异出来的习气,狂妄自大,骄气凌人,觉得普天之下自己最有聪明才智,这样的人合作起来很不愉快,但这种人在律师中占的比例似乎还比较高(银行业亦然,但人家是客户,就没什么好说的了),这才是这份工作的最大的缺陷。

Sleep Deprivation

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Friday morning. Slept for about 5 hours today and thought it was a luxury. Had no sleep at all from Tuesday morning to Friday morning, except a long 4-hour nap at some point in time which I don’t even remember.

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Sunday update: so the personal record is set. a total of 9 hours of sleep in 5 full days, 120 hours.