Sphere of Reason

Congrats, 詹郎

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:28:22 GMT

落雁沈鱼新嫁娘

于归詹府俊儿郎
宜家宜室唯文静

生女生男看翊强

Moira 的

贺詹郎. 依韵和陈骅

良缘早定属天香

三十年后验异邦

孟夏晴明上吉日

亲朋齐聚慕鸳鸯

Doggy 的

“顶真”戏和小刘

天香红线缚詹郎

异邦烛下拜高堂

吉日良时休恨短

鸳鸯帐中风光长

Coffeehead 的

辘轳体接小犬

帐里鸳鸯乐未央
天香红线缚詹郎
吹箫唇下追萧史
举案眉前比孟光

负笈千朝别故邦
洞房金榜两茫茫
天香红线詹郎缚
原是温柔在异乡

半生不遇又何妨
且把真心细细藏
三世良缘石上刻
天香红线缚詹郎

doggy 又作:

萧史天纵解宫商

弄玉灵心更无双

阳台月下奏一曲

激越悠扬动四疆

平生所长赤玉箫

相授良徒未辞劳

羡煞扬州韩判官

择遍玉人不堪教

Onion 依韵和:

窗前红炬正高烧
烛下佳人弄玉箫
花落双眸尤带雨
颜开两颊倍含娇

苏五十

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:49:17 GMT

长河落日, 大漠龙沙. 既寻苏五十不见, 东风(OSLC)亦不与陈郎便. 不得已落魄玛拉笛(前旗与乌审旗间,蒙语牧民之义). 大炕同眠四人, 闲来得律两首, 记此定边之旅:

夕照龙沙上, 苍凉唯落晖
南征北战罢, 西气东输归
车显风尘貌, 人多关塞衣
今宵羌曲里, 挑灯会张飞

边城一别百千里, 大漠长驱三两天
车自重庆发长庆, 人由延边戍定边
黄沙划地胡风泣, 红日升空娇客眠
总为苍天红粉妒, 忍将锦绣付油田

PetroChina's Sulige field to have 4 bln cu m of production capacity by yr-end
November 18, 2007: 09:51 PM EST

Nov. 18, 2007 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) --

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - The Sulige gas field, operated by PetroChina Co Ltd (HK 0857), the country's largest oil and gas producer, is expected to have production capacity of 4 bln cubic meters by the end of the year as more wells come onstream, PetroChina parent China National Petroleum Corp said.

The gas field, located in northern China's Inner Mongolia region, had gas output of 270 mln cubic meters in 2006.

Currently, the field produces over 10 mln cubic meters of gas per day, it said.

Sulige, in the Ordos Basin, has proven gas reserves of more than 100 bln cubic meters.

The field is near a pipeline which links western China with major customers in Shanghai and Nanjing.

In March 2006, PetroChina Co Ltd signed an agreement with France's Total SA (NYSE:TOT) to jointly develop Sulige.

七律 - 中秋

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:15:36 GMT

客有不期馈月饼, 始知昨夜是中秋.
众家团圆之夜, 对影独斟之时;
正值半分秋色, 斜看十成月华, 拈来

秋来方两日, 去国又三年
驽马恋旧栈, 池鱼思故渊句

再半晌, 有

胡尘何日尽, 汉月几时圆
不若从斯去, 犹得半生闲

然平仄既不谐, 韵脚又不对, 终改五绝为七律:

屈指秋来方两日, 不期去国又三年
十停驽马恋乡栈, 三跃池鱼思故渊
滚滚胡尘何日尽, 悠悠汉月几时圆
折腰陶令五斗米, 负郭苏秦二亩田

七绝 . 观四郎探母有感

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:31:11 GMT

何用金批生入关
唯求马革裹尸还
不学乃父碑前死
宁效李陵苟世间

翟建东的杨延辉, 王芳的铁镜公主.

四郎探母 . 坐宫:
（公主）听他言吓得我浑身是汗，十五载到今日他才露真言。原来是杨家将把名姓改换，他思家乡想骨肉不得团圆。
我这里走向前再把礼见。（白）驸马！
（公主）[西皮流水]尊一声驸马爷细听咱言，早晚间休怪我言语怠慢，不知者不怪罪你的海量放宽。
（杨）公主啊！[快板]我和你好夫妻恩爱不浅，贤公主又何必礼义太谦，杨延辉有一日愁眉得展，忘不了贤公主恩重如山。
（公主）讲什么夫妻情恩德不浅，咱与你隔南北千里姻缘，因何故终日里愁眉不展，有什么心腹事你只管明言。
（杨）非是我这几日愁眉不展，有一桩心腹事不敢明言，萧天佐摆天门两国交战，我的娘压粮草来到北番。我有心回宋营见母一面，怎奈我身在番不能过关。
（公主）你那里休得要巧言来辩，你要拜高堂母是我不阻拦。
（杨）公主虽然不阻拦，无有令箭怎过关。
（公主）有心赠你金批箭，怕你一去就不回还。
（杨）公主若肯赐令箭，不出天明我即刻还。
（公主）宋营离此路途远，一夜之间你怎能够还？（杨）宋营离此路途远，快马加鞭一夜还。
（公主）适才叫咱明誓愿，你对苍天就表一番。
（杨）公主叫我盟誓愿，双膝跪在地平川。我若探母不回转，（公主）怎么样啊？（杨）罢！黄沙盖脸尸骨不全！
（公主）言重了！一见驸马盟誓愿，咱家才把心放宽。你到后宫巧改扮，盗来令箭你好出关哪！
（杨）公主去到盗金枇箭，本宫才把心放宽。扭转头来叫小番，备爷的战马扣连环，爷好过关。

pensées agitées

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:34:29 GMT

pensées agitées,
pourquoi, dis-moi, c'est toi,
je laisse pas tomber

喝火令 - A bea

琴动纱窗外

棋敲银幕前

换得今夜不成眠

转眼玉绳低转

转眼换流年

也有时时念

依然淡淡悬

似那琴声有无间

道是相思

未见片音传

道不是相思也

何必解连环?

In the mood for Haiku

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:44:32 GMT

夏川を

越すうれしさよ

手に草履 -与謝蕪村

It’s my strong believe that it should not be the victim’s duty to remember the cruelty brought to them; it’s the invader’s.

It’s my strong believe that the beauty of poetry is without border.

What a cozy breeze

In blue sky flying pink kites

White and black stones

Bruit des oiseaux

S’endormit au bord de l’eau

La joueuse de Go

沉李浮瓜天

鳕鱼岬外水相连

棋声惊昼眠

自注: 清风破暑连三日,是日也, 云淡风清, 海鸥徐行, 携新朋旧友游于鳕鱼岬. 龙虾既啖, 海水尚凉,雅性忽至, 棋瘾方长, 乃划纵横十九道, 拈黑白数十石. 其时周十八受陈三四子, 逐鹿正酣; 刘十一赵四观战于旁. 昼眠者, 刘郎女公子霏儿也.

悼张馥宝先生

Tue, 15 May 2007 20:18:32 GMT

惊悉张先生逝世，曷胜悲痛！张先生一生致力教育与物理. 为人师表, 病不缀耕. 七律一首, 谨志哀悼。

吾方十六沐师恩, 格致堂前细细陈
师表一别十数载, 先生十载不停耕
千旬忙碌执鞭教, 一日闲来驾鹤升
古圣先贤今若在, 两班分列请先生

劝刘郎不饮

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:10:22 GMT

五律-劝刘郎不饮并序

十六字令

（三洗）　喝
（一刀）　老婆说让我不喝
（三洗）　也得喝
（一刀）　那我也不喝

我饮不须劝
杯中物已空
无为三十载
有酒九千钟
但买今宵醉
何愁明日穷
笑吟风与月
此外百无功

Every hand is a loser

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:58:10 GMT

Xmas eve, 3am, I was on one of the $4/8 tables at Bellagio, looking into the eyes of a drunk compatriot across the table and pondering hard on the following hand:

Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is on the button with black nines
Under the gun raises, 3 folds Hero raises, blinds fold, UTG calls.
Flop: 3c Ks 4s (7.5 Small Bets, 2 players)
UTG bets, Hero…?

I could:

- Raise the flop, plan on betting the turn and checking behind on the river.
- Raise the flop, plan on checking the turn and calling one on the river.
- Call the flop, plan on raising the turn.
- Calldown.
- Fold.

What should I do? Well, There’s a phrase that gets beaten to death in scientific circle, almost to the point of being a bad joke. “It depends.” If you’re clever enough, you can make yourself a whole career as a scientific advisor/researcher by saying those two words again and again in different ways and contexts (just different enough to keep things fresh).

OK, to be ironic to the research work I am doing daily is not the purpose here, my questions at the particular moment were: “What does his bet mean about his range of hands?” and “How will he respond to aggression from me?” There are so many variables that it might take me a Ph.D. thesis to fully analyze this situation. I didn’t have the luxury on the table.

我是不是该安静地走开?

Folding is attractive if my friend is exceedingly tight and unpredictable. Exceedingly tight should be obvious. After all, if he will always have at least a king to bet, then it’s an easy fold. But most players aren’t anywhere near that tight and definitely not this drunk Chinese guy. Unpredictable should also make you more willing to fold. For instance, say your opponent has a king 70% of the time when he bets, and doesn’t have a king the other 30%. But he’s 100% predictable. If you call the flop, he’ll bet again with a king or better and check without. Then your strategy is to call the flop, folding to a bet, or betting after a check. Given the status my compatriot was then, it was hard to predict his behavior.

还是该勇敢留下来?

If your opponent is looser (more willing to donk bet with weaker pairs and as a semi-bluff), then folding with position and a solid pair becomes the wrong play. Say your opponent likes to go nuts on the flop with lots of hands, but he slows way down on the turn. You should exploit that fact by raising and reraising with him on the flop. After all, your pair of nines is still ahead of lots of hands, and you should take advantage by getting in the bets when you can get them. But you should slow down as well on the turn and river, since if your opponent is still raising you, it likely means trouble for you. So against someone who puts in a lot of flop action, I might put in four bets on the flop and then put in one bet each on the turn and river. (I.e., if he checks, you bet. If he bets, you call.)

Now say your opponent is more timid than that. His donk bet is significantly likely to be a king, but not likely enough that you should fold. And when it’s not a king, it might well be a semi-bluff. (Say he flopped a gutshot with A5 or a flush draw.) And if you raise him, he’ll probably not 3-bet you as a bluff. Then raising immediately can be a good play. If you get 3-bet, you can either fold immediately (if you’re quite sure he wouldn’t 3-bet as a bluff) or you can call and see what happens on the turn, planning to fold to a bet.

If he might 3-bet you with a flush or straight draw on the flop, then you might try a different line. You could call the flop, planning to raise the turn and check the river. This “free showdown” play works great on hands like this one when you can count on your opponent backing down to the turn raise. So the action would go like this. Bet and call on the flop. Bet, raise, and call on the turn. Then check and check on the river. If you get 3-bet on the turn, you simply fold. This line gets maximum money out of a draw, but gives up relatively little if your opponent is almost certain to have at least a king if he 3-bets the turn.

If your opponent is tough and extremely unpredictable - a real threat to 3-bet bluff you on the turn - then just calling all the way down can be ok also (generally betting if your opponent checks). It’s not a great line to take, but sometimes it’s best if your opponent is bluffing too often to fold, if your opponent would reraise as a bluff, but if that reraise would signify that you’re usually behind. That is, just calling down may be best if you would groan if your opponent 3-bet, but then you would look at the size of the pot and decide that you still had to call down anyway because of the odds you were getting.

I don't like raising the flop and checking the turn. The best place actually to use that line is if you think there’s a good chance you’re behind, and if you think checking the turn is likely to induce a river bluff from a hand like a gutshot. If there’s a good chance you’re behind, you want to minimize betting. But you also want the extra chance to snap off a bluff on the end. (If you thought that your opponent wasn’t that likely to bluff the river, then raising the flop and betting the turn, planning to fold to a check-raise would be better.)

Whichever way I was about to choose, the bottom line is: The #1 priority in hands like this one is to decide as soon as possible whether I am taking the hand to showdown or not. Either fold early, or go to showdown. Once made that decision, HOW to get to showdown isn’t that important. Raise the flop, raise the turn, check the turn, check the river. . .

The top question is stay or go. And the decision is to be made in the beginning, not the end. Everything after that is details.

If I have decided to FOLD one year ago, why am I beating myself to death 365 days after on the details?

You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.

P.S.

I rerasied the flop, he 3-bet, I capped. He checked the turn, I bet, he check-raised. I backed off and called. He checked the rive, I checked the river. He showed me pocket 7's while I collected a nice pot of $90 after tossing a couple of blue chips to the dealer. A good start of my Vegas venture.

Every hand is a winner; every hand is a loser.

忆少年

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:36:11 GMT

Hey, there. . .

it has been long time. . .

if my memory serves me well, this should be your 18th anniversary since we knew each other. . .

A long long time, n'est-ce pas?

忆少年

昔时年少,

昔时巧笑,

昔时美目.

良辰又近也,

怎留时光住?

忆往事、依稀在眼前，

到如今,

燕归何处？

闻说子执手，

惹相思无数.

寄西

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:33:24 GMT

余自弱冠始, 不断西迁, 所写的文书自然便一直寄往东方.

一壶浊酒尽新欢
两道清泉洗旧颜
四海游踪遍西域
三秋羁旅在南蛮
行吟句句师唐韵
卧读时时思汉关
莫道西天应在此
加州更隔万重山

fall

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:54:25 GMT

After having donated my Legend, I have to go shopping on foot. In the street, colorful leaves were dancing in the wind, flying from one corner of the sky to the other. Will they one day finally lie peacefully onto their own root?

飞

细雨斜风不须归

红叶落

清水魲鱼肥

Soar,

After four continents and three oceans I want to see more;

but when red leaves fall,

it's the taste of the homwtown bass that I recall.

七律 -- 中秋夜思

Sat, 07 Oct 2006 01:27:50 GMT

听着范林元的三笑, 瞥见窗外的明月, 终究还是不能免俗, 遂提笔应应景.

又见中秋明月天
他乡羁旅第八年
远邦谁诵婵娟句?
异域有无明月圆?
鲁酒两杯神半醉
吴音一曲意三迁
愿将来世相思泪
换取今宵不入眠

不羁的风

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:11:20 GMT

What then should he choose? Weight or lightness?

Parmenides responded some twenty-six hundred years ago: light is positive, weight negative.

Was he correct or not?

Maybe even before he makes his choice, he needs to confirm whether it was love. Was it love? The feeling to be so peaceful beside her might still be reasonable, while the feeling of wanting to die on her bed was clearly exaggerated: he had begun to know her no more than a couple of days! Was it simply the hysteria of a man who, aware deep down of his inaptitude for love, felt the self-deluding need to simulate it? His unconscious was so cowardly that the best partner it could choose was someone who pratically had no chance to expose him to any danger?

Looking out over the window, he reslized that he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.

Is it better to be involved, or to remain alone?

There is no means of testing which option is better, 'cause there is no basis of comparison. The first rehearsal for life is life itself.

Einmal ist keinmal, he said to himself. Three years ago when he left her and the old continent behind him, he celebrated it the way others celebrate their reunion. He understood that he was not born to live side by side with any woman and could be fully himself being a bachelor.

He was distressed in a situation where a real man would instantly have known how to act. After having thought of this, he realized that he was far from a responsible man, and that not knowing what he wanted was, actually, quite natural for him.

-- Milan Kundera

从前如不羁的风不爱生根
我说我最害怕誓盟
若为我痴心便定会伤心
我永是个暂时情人

曾扬言不羁的心只爱找开心
快慰过了便再独行
浪漫过一生尽力笑得真
掩饰空虚的心

你偏看透内心苦恼
你以爱将心中空隙修补
使这片风愿做你的俘虏

停住这风baby 长夜抱拥daring
如今这个浪人只想一生躺于你身边
停住这风baby 长夜抱拥daring
如今这个浪人只想一生躺于你呼吸侧边

停住这风

Carta credito

Sat, 09 Sep 2006 02:29:35 GMT

Hua, for the first time in his life, has successfully applied AND got approved for a REAL Carta credito!

Yoooohoooo!!!

Who wants to buy me a beer? Cheers!

赠PZ

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 02:00:04 GMT

赠PZ

十七初识君
貌美似钗裙
闻声思子建
谋面知安仁
举止无拘束
谈笑有风生
梦语两三点
常念六七人
动则驰球场
静可推棋枰
枉称英雄汉
不识庞若鸣

男儿思饮水
女子宛清扬
子贤女亦肖
弃理乃从商
十八离家去
求学在北方
十九去国远
负笈往异邦
二十意气发
举足跨西洋
历时方三月
游迹遍四方
铁塔穿云过
镜厅壁辉煌
花神甜点好
双偶咖啡香
卿言西蒙傲
我笑萨特狂
睡莲垂莫奈
乡村推塞尚
偶见马第思
红与绿相当
既辞花都别
相约游北方
亚深甜酒暖
莱登海风凉
游子行路长
望月微有霜
两年踪无定
一朝归故乡
徐汇既复见
相约在茶房
杯中琥珀光
灯前劝陈郎
新欢如胶漆
鸳鸯各一方
相思在两地
动如参与商
尔等若相爱
久别非长方!

弹指六年过
故友竟相访?
银塔酒正酣
金波夜已凉
与卿叙别话
卿言尤不忘
和欢信难寄
久别非良方!
三冬复三夏
游子终断肠
卿弃游子去
怎不忍别伤?
弟作游子归
孤胆又何妨?
但得有闲日
伴卿游四方
再别花都行
驱车往南疆
涧深碧湖底
桥高蓝天旁
小镇山颠坐
轻帆水上扬
断桥舞清影
旧宫参教皇
转眼一旬过
别卿意何伤?

昔日别君时
孑然是一身
今朝君身后
阿猫伴佳人
佳人好颜色
好客又殷勤
水木校花貌
美东才女名
文能撰小说
下笔如有神
武能长竞走
踢球总她赢
打牌愿服输
赢得六爬名
若到拼酒时
一气灌一瓶!
妻贤主内外
子肖绕膝行
君非池里物
岂在匣中鸣
一朝若得意
平步上青云

之山复之水
若酒亦若醴
有妻贤若此
有妹美如斯
使君幸何至
双姝生同日?
幸逢双星降
长歌以咏志

七律 – 远足消夏偶得

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:38:58 GMT

久闻西康州山川秀丽, 景色怡人, 正值周末天朗气清, 惠风和畅, 乃携友北上, 游KENT FALLS, 复泛舟WARAMAUG湖上. 归程引擎过热, 久等AAA不来, 偶得.

远足处处绿成行
聊以消得夏日长
一道素雪喷壁洒
几弯清水浣足凉
烟波淡荡摇空碧
楼殿参差倚夕阳
独立黄昏谁是伴
海棠花对读书郎

七律 -- 七夕忆陈舍旧友

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:43:55 GMT

陈舍朋从者, 旧年于陈(骅寒)舍喝酒吃肉的朋友是也. . . 昨远足归来, 夜观天象, 见碧落星垂, 云河烟冷, 念及去年此时, 尝作采桑篇应景, 今年是日, 友朋康桥谢桥, 两地闲愁. 忆昔有感.

去年曾赋采桑篇
天上人间又一年
陈舍朋从今好在
旧时云汉故依然
人间纵有伤心事
怎比牵牛织女闲
若是三生石上刻
何须羡作鹊桥仙

千秋岁

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:49:54 GMT

宙斯為了紀念這頭巨獅的驍勇善戰，便照牠的樣子變成了獅子座。

Even with a strong interest in Astrology, I never believed in the theory of Horoscope. But I did find it pretty accurate in predicting temperament, as far as it concerns Aquarius and Leo. I once mentioned that a lot of my male friends are NTs (Rationals) and a lot of my female friends are NFs (Idealists). I didn’t mention another observation I made: a lot of my male friends are AQUARIUS and a lot of my female friends are LEO. It could be some correlation there: AQUARIUS's are more rational and logic thinking, while LEO's are most likely Idealists.

Noble, energetical, shining like the sun, LEO’s are just splendid and attract Aquarius, as the sun does to the earth. As the summer is coming, my LEO friends will have their birthdays soon. J happens to be the first one on the calendar.

千秋岁 - JHBDK

前情弃久
惆怅仍依旧
风满袖
人空瘦
梦回凉汗透
酒醒愁肠柔
凭谁问
衣不如新人如旧

别后终难偶
卿复知郎否
再聚首
黄昏后
花前同携手
更尽杯中酒
亲击缶
贺珺东海南山寿

キャプテン翼

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:00:59 GMT

Boys of my age in East Asia must know this name, or its equivalent in their mother language. In China, it is translated into "足球小将", or "大空翼". Actually the manga is widely spread even in the western countries. I have seen it several times on French TV.

Do you know why Les Bleus won the 1998 WC and the 2000 EC? Do you know why they beat Brazil again after 8 years? A wild guess might very well match the name in your mind now: yes, you are right, Zizou, the most talented soccer player in the world, after Diego Maradona.

Do you know why Zizou started playing soccer? Guess wild again. . .

He read the manga in French version.

キャプテン翼 came to my mind when I saw Japan playing in this World Cup. Of course they don't really own any Ozora Tsubasa now, maybe not even Kojiro Hyuga "小次郎". Kawaguchi is not as good as Genzo Wakabayashi "若林源三" neither, altho he made several sensational saves.

If there is one talented Japanese player who is worth mentioning, it is 中田英寿 (Hidetoshi Nakata). He is retiring after this world cup, as well as other soccer manga fans, including Zizou.

新しい旅はこれから始まる。

今後、プロの選手としてピッチに立つことはないけれど
サッカーをやめることは絶対にないだろう。
旅先の路地で、草むらで、小さなグラウンドで、誰かと言葉を交わす代わりに
ボールを蹴るだろう。子供の頃の瑞々しい気持ちを持って――。

Time to say goodbye to the soccer heros, they are the pride of their nations, they are artists.

人生とは旅であり、旅とは人生である

So long Hide, so long Zizou. . .

Photo Album: East Coast

Fri, 17 Mar 2006 23:02:08 GMT

East Coast

Bingo! Guess how much did we win?

Ground Zero

St. Paul's Church

Peking

South Street Seaport

Wallstreet

South Ferry

Manhattan

More Photos...

Blog list: Blogs I am keeping an eye on

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:02:32 GMT

Blogs I am keeping an eye on

达达芬七
95TRer
不合时宜
Lisousuo, another 95TRer
Bures sur Yvette
She lived in Bure/Yvette
Coldplayer
A Musiker, now in SH
UU's dream
a friend in London
Rose of Wind
Mignonne, allons voir si la rose. . .
Kimuracy
私の兄弟 @ Tokyo
Jounery
An Aussie friend in SHA
lazy kitty
A Bostonnian friend
不达的小熊
A 95Trer and Buddhist
流浪猫
Under the same roof, now in Philly
Yasasuki's Corner
A Torontonian
Robin in Melbourne
old classmate, now in Aussie
Megan
Another old classmate
Liu Shui
A hiker with poetric heart. ..
HA^4
HA^4's Limerick, another 95TRer
Insoluble Lunatica
Ming when he's alone
Mandy
A happy mom
自古英雄出少年
A Parisian friend
Jun
In a moveable city of light
Lucifer
A Parisian lawyer in BJ
Lust for Life
La fameuse Moira
Bea's Wonderland
A friend I met in Europe
my little world
another amazing girl in the gang of east coast
Moon and Star
lovely twin girls
Nini
Born in Nice
Old witch
the little girl who sprayed blue ink on my white shirt
一鸣惊人
mon jeune homme