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Tue, September 17, 2024

狂风暴雨的昨天已成过往，中秋佳节还你一轮金色圆月。

在我的故乡，有“中秋不敬月，出门遭雨雪“的说法。这一天的傍晚，家家户户会在院子里支上一张条桌，摆上各式贡品，点上一炉香，遥敬明月。敬月的贡品五花八门，但月饼和莲藕必不可少，还有红菱、芋头、花生、苹果、桔子、红枣、石榴、藕夹……也许摆放的品种越多，越能体现一个家庭的富足，也更能代表敬月亮的诚意吧。中秋月圆日，阖家团圆时。中秋节的中午，一家人围坐在一起吃团圆饭。一桌好菜，有鱼有肉 ，另外还有一样菜必不可少——老鸭汤。中秋节还有一个特别重要的主角，那就是有一块特大号的月饼，称作“团圆饼”，敬完月亮后，全家人必须共同分享。

如今很多人为了生计，远赴他乡打拼。每逢佳节倍思亲，中秋的一轮明月像一个媒介，互相传递我们对远在他乡的亲朋好友们的思念与祝福。即便上海买不到连枝的莲藕，我也尽可能准备一些贡品，敬拜圆月，这个仪式感得有。我托明月遥寄深情厚意，祝我认识的人和认识我的人，阖家团圆，健康平安，中秋快乐！

The storm yesterday has become the past, the Mid-Autumn Festival will give you a round of golden full moon.

In my hometown, there is a saying that "Mid-Autumn festival does not worship the moon, go out by the rain and snow". On the evening of this day, every family will put a table in the courtyard, put all kinds of tributes, light a furnace of incense, distant worship the moon. There are various, but moon cakes and lotus root are essential, as well as red water, taro, peanuts, apples, oranges, red dates, pomegranate, lotus root cake, etc. Perhaps the more varieties placed, the more can reflect the wealth of a family, but also can represent the sincerity of the moon. Mid-Autumn moon full day, family reunion. At the noon of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family sits together to have a family reunion dinner. A table of good dishes, fish and meat, and there is a dish indispensable —— old duck soup. Another particularly important protagonist, that is, a very large mooncake, called "reunion cake", after the moon, the whole family must share it together.

Nowadays, many people go to another place to make a living. Every festival times, the bright moon like a medium, conveying to each other. Even if I can’t buy lotus roots in Shanghai, I try to prepare some tributes to worship the golden full moon, which is a ritual. I hold the bright moon to send deep feeling, and wish the people I know and those who know me, family reunion, health and safety, and a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Sun, September 15, 2024

中秋小长假第一天，台风“贝碧嘉”即将登陆上海。傍晚，听从女儿的选择，一家人去影院看了《里斯本丸沉没》。印象中这是我第一次在影院看纪录片。

导演兼制片人方励，理工男，地球物理学家，误入电影行业，曾参与投资了几部好电影。这只是他偶然发现的一段历史，却不惜倾家荡产地把它拍成了一部纪录片。这是个有情有义、有追求的男人。这部纪录片，多方发掘历史，不煽情，不带入个人倾向和情绪，展现各种史料以及对后人的影响，一切让观众自己去评判。即使这样，你仍能从尘封的历史事实中，从后人对先辈的纪念与缅怀中，感受到人性与亲情的伟大，感受到战争的卑鄙和残酷。在不经意间可能会触动你心中的某个软肋，让你潸然泪下。

给我印象最深的几个场景：一是方励选择是在英国《星期日泰晤士报》背面做整版广告，寻到了很多有价值的关联人和信息。后来BBC获悉此事之后，他应邀进行了一场全球直播的电视访谈。另一个是在日本选择了侦探事务来寻找里斯本丸船长经田茂的后人。看来真是应了那句话：钱能解决的问题，都不是问题。还有就是居住于加拿大的“里斯本丸”幸存者William Benningfield，战争和苦难，给了他巨大的心理创伤，但改变不了他的坚强和乐观。这部片子拍摄完成后，幸存者William Benningfield、Denis Morley、当年参与救人唯一在世的人林阿根都相继去世，不禁让人唏嘘感叹，这真是一部抢救式拍摄的纪录片。

真心推荐这部纪录片，希望它能获得一个公允的评价，也能卖个相对可能的票房，尽可能对得起方励的付出。要非得说这部纪录片有什么美中不足的话，就是3D虚拟动画内容为了节省投资，略显粗糙。最后引用方励的一段话作为结尾：相比评分，我觉得影片的现实意义更重要。我特别想告诉今天中国的年轻观众，要珍惜和平，珍惜亲人，珍惜所爱。

On the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Typhoon Bebinca will make landfall in Shanghai. In the evening, following my daughter’s choice, we went to the cinema to see THE SINKING OF THE LISBON MARU. This was the first time I had watched a documentary in the cinema.

Director and producer Fang Li, science and engineering guy, geophysicist, stumbled into the film industry, had invested in several good films. This was just a period of history that he accidentally discovered, but did not hesitate to make it into a documentary. A man with affection, righteousness, and pursuit. This documentary excavates history in many ways, does not sensationalize, does not bring in personal tendencies and emotions, shows various historical materials and the impact on future generations, and leaves it to the audicence to judge for themselves. Even so, you can still feel the greatness of humanity and affection, the meanness and cruelty of war from the dusty facts of history, and from the memory and rememberance of the ancestors by the descendants. It may touch a soft spot in your heart and make you weep.

I was most impressed by a few scenes: Firstly, Fangli chose to do a full-page advertisement on the back of the Sunday Times in the UK, and found a lot of valuable associates and information. Later, after the BBC was informed of this, he was invited to conduct a global live TV interview. The other chose detective services in Japan to find the descentants of Captain Shigeru Suta of the Lisbon Maru. It really seems to be true what they say: anything that money can solve is not a problem. There is also William Benningfield, a survivor of the Lisbon Pill, who lives in Canada. The war and suffering have given him great psychological trauma, but cannot change his strength and optimism.After the filming of this movie was completed, survivors William Benningfield, Denis Morley, and the only living person who participated in the rescue that year, Lin Agan, all passed away one after another, and one can’t help but sigh and wonder what a salvage filming documentary this is.

Truly recommend this documentary, and hope that it gets a fair review and sells a relatively possible box office, as well as possible for what Fang Li has done. If I had to say what the beauty of this documentary is, it’s that the 3D virtual animation content is slightly crude to save on investment. To conclude with a quote from Fang Li: I think the film’s significance is more important than its rating. I especially want to tell today’s young Chinese audience to cherish peace, to cherish their loved ones, and to cherish what they love.

Tue,September 11,2024

原计划明天出差合肥参加项目验收，但验收部门临时通知改在今天下午。只能仓促改签车票，紧急奔赴。

今早上海下雨，加之早高峰，路况拥堵得厉害。出租车也不好打，路上耗时比平时多出三倍也不够。只能退票，改乘稍晚一些的班次。上海就是这样，只要遇到下雨，路面交通就会堵到近乎瘫痪。可能是遇到下雨，原计划乘坐公共交通出行的人大多改为自驾，加之雨天路面湿滑，视野不好，堵车就是必然的了。

拜现代交通工具所赐，虽然缩短了差旅用时，提高了效率，但是出差者却更累了，随意性和无用功太多的缘故吧。好在今天验收还算顺利，虽有点小问题，但最终也算通过，有惊无险，一颗忐忑不安的心终于放下。

如今项目越来越复杂，标准和要求也越来越高。做一个项目，要靠所有参与方密切合作，协同推进，才能抵消耗散本质的熵增定律。牵一发而动全身，无论哪个环节掉了链子，都将会影响整个系统。

一边提倡工匠精神，希望每个人集中精力，做好每件事。一边却总是身不由己，身兼多职多项，精力分散，几乎每件事情都做不到最好。这样的工作状态就是疲于奔命，应接不暇，以完成眼前任务为目标，缺乏长远性，专注性。要想做好工作，能力与水平是一方面，精力与体力是另一方面，缺一不可。道理都懂，问题是在如今全民、全行业内卷的时代，谁能给你这个机会与条件？

Originally, I planned to travel to Hefei tomorrow for the project acceptance, but it was changed to this afternoon by the acceptance department. So I had to change the ticket in a hurry and rush to it.

The road conditions were very congested in Shanghai this morning, because of the rain and the rush hour. It’s hard to get a taxi, and the time taken on the road three times than usual. So I could only refund the ticket, and changed to a slightly later. Shanghai is like this, when it rains, the road traffic will be almost paralyzed. Perhaps, in the rain, most people who originally take public transportation changed to driving. In addition, the road is slippery on rainy days and the vision is bad, so the traffic jam is inevitable.

Thanks to modern transportation, although the travel time is shortened and the efficiency is improved, but the business traveler is more tired, perhaps there is too much arbitrariness and useless work. Fortunately, today’s acceptance was quite smooth, although there was a little problem, but in the end it was passed, there was no danger, and a nervous heart finally let go.

Today’s projects are becoming more complex, the standards and requirements are getting higher. To make a project, it is necessary for all participants to work closely and collaboratively to counteract the law of entropy increase of dissipation. No matter which link drops the chain, it will affect the entire system.

While advocating the spirit of craftsmanship, We hope that everyone will concentrate and do everything well. On the other hand, we are always involuntary, wears many hats, our energy is scattered, we can’t do almost everything better. This kind of work statement is exhausting, overwhelmed, aiming to complete the immediate task, and lacking long-term and focus. If you want to do a good job, ability and level are one thing, energy and physical strength are another, both are indispensable. We understand the reason, but the problem is that in today’s era of involution of the whole people and the whole industry, who can give you this opportunity and conditions?