Adirondack Mountains camping trip

周末出去郊游，仿佛又回到学生时代。
牛仔裤，sweatshirt, 素面朝天. 小木屋，枫叶，篝火，一切自然简单。
我戴着牙箍双颊生疼，因而有些垂头丧气。却那么庆幸有身边好友一路同行，各有所长，但是步调一致--无论是斗嘴胡闹还是生火做饭，都感觉大家时刻互相照应互相配合，其间还欢笑不断。
每次遇上真诚热情的人，我都心存感激。

公路上飞驰的车子里，看过一面面镜湖，看过层层变红的青山，时而晴，时而雨，时而起雾。想像着穿越时空，亲历季节的更替。iPod里shuffle不同的歌，想起上一季的人与事，感觉好像发生在上个世纪。既然与自然那么贴近，就让时间的手轻轻翻过那一页，好好收藏起来。

上一次见到枫叶那么兴奋，念着“人烟寒橘柚，秋色老梧桐”还是大一的十月，转眼已经在这个国度第六个秋了。

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Rach 3 Live

Finally got to hear Yefim Bronfman play Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3 live. The first time I heard this piece was Bronfman's version from the 2004 Tokyo concert. Was totally blown away by his passion and of course, moved by the melancholy and vigor in the music as well. Remember it was a Friday drizzling night, I couldn't hold my tears when listening to it amid the hustle-bustle in Midtown.

So this time, when it's played by NY Philharmonic and conducted by Lorin Maazel, it felt like one of my biggest dreams coming true. The Philharmonic sounded great under Mr. Maazel, and it blended seamlessly with the piano. Being a layman as I am to classical music, I constantly have the image of a boat drifting in the sea when I listen to piano concertos--strings and horns become ocean waves and no matter how they push the little boat, it still manages to steer ahead, gracefully and brilliantly. At one point, the little boat becomes so bold that it silenced all the waves and winds surrounding it--like when Bronfman played the cadenza in the first movement, the whole concert hall was holding its breath. It sorta reminds me of that movie, Legend of 1900, and maybe that's why I like piano concertos, it's rich-textured and powerful, and yet, it's lucid and incisive.

Back

离开三周，纽约一切无恙。
心里做了一个决定之后，开始感觉超脱，不再为原先的一些烦恼所累。在上海的几周里，让我感到自己此时此刻在成人世界里的局限性。当然，在任何一个地方住上很久之后都会有井底之蛙的感觉。所以很喜欢此刻这样迁移的状态。由此也更喜欢此刻无牵无挂的状态。同时也明白迁移久了可能也会厌倦，于是到时候又会想安顿。大概就是周期性轮回的。

有家可回是件多么美好的事。我没有四海为家的漂泊天性，但是我喜欢至少有两个家。两边都有衣橱，音箱，沙发。或许两边也都会有家人，挚友。这样我就不会孤独，然后能保持一种敏感性，一种活力。这辈子注定是这样，也希望是这样。