Norwegian Wood

哈哈, 没多久就要回家了. 这几天忙着打包整理行李, 还比较麻烦.

主要是买礼物. 列个表, 乱七八糟的要带大概30来份, 想来想去加拿大这地方还真没什么好带的. 特产类型的东西, 一个冰酒, 只能带1L, 不够. 一个枫糖, 几个店都没找到好送人的. 最后决定还是带巧克力了… 那天开车去fortinos带了一大包回来, 自己还打开一盒尝了尝了, 这边的东西都太甜, 我感觉, 不过包装还行, 将就将就了. 还有老妈要的鱼油, fortinos还没找到, 去shop drug market, 买了三大瓶, 顺便发现Cote的巧克力减价, 只要2.29一块, 买了点存货…

接着就是装箱了. 礼品加上带回去不要了的衣服, 就装了一箱子. 加航前不久(好像是一年前)修改了托运行李的重量规定, 从32kg改成了23kg (50lb). 找同学家借了个秤一称竟然就有45lb了, 大ft. 再称liangda的那个大箱子, 竟然是70lb, 更加ft. 折腾了半天, 把liangda的一些书拿出来放到随身带的小箱子里, 总算把重量降到了50lb. 再塞了点给自己的大箱, 50lb. 自己带的书加上换洗衣服, 小箱竟然有了40lb… 唉, 不管了, 查了半天air canada的网站, 看到小箱的限重是20lb, 不过只看到大箱超重要罚75刀, 没看到小箱超了也要罚. 等那天去机场希望能蒙混过关了.

另外听说现在回国就要交钱抽血, 还只验国人,  真tmd气愤啊…

not a good match. west ham always have their ways with united. last season they are the only team beat united twice (with tevez’s help). ronaldo missed a unusual penalty kick which should put united in a comfortable 2-0 lead. instead, west ham came back with 2 goals.

other matches: arsenal beat everton 4-1 and back to the top, leading united 2 points. chelsea won 2-1 at newcastle by a no-call off-side goal. liverpool drew 0-0 with man city.

2007-12-29 Saturday

United 1, West Ham 2

United: Kuszczak; Brown (O’Shea 88), Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra; Ronaldo, Hargreaves (Nani 81), Fletcher, Giggs (c); Saha, Tevez (Anderson 65).
Scorer: Ronaldo (14, pen miss 68)

West Ham: Green; Neill (c), Spector, Upson, McCartney; Solano (Pantsil 49), Parker (A.Ferdinand 55), Noble, Mullins, Ljungberg (Ashton 70); Cole.
Scorers: Ferdinand (77), Upson (82)

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holiday season… it’s hard to keep running

Dec. 23rd, coots, 5k

Dec. 26th, waterfront, 12.8k

Dec. 28th, coots, twice, 10k

well done! SAF had a chance to rest some key player: evra, tevez, anderson and giggs all got must-needed break; ronaldo and vidic didn’t play the full game. at the same time, the subs were superb. o’shea, saha, fletcher and nani came in and play well. park also played his first game after the injury. the only unfortunate thing is that hargreaves still didn’t play, and we beat the sunderland team lead by old-captain roy keane. next stop: tevez’s old team west ham.

other mathes: chelsea is in trouble, 4-4 draw to aston villa. carvalho and ashley cole got red cards and will be suspended for three games; lampard also picked up a thigh injury. gerrard scored an injure-time goal to help liverpool to steal a game from derby by 2-1.

update: arsenal failed to win at portmouth in a late goalless draw. united are back to the top as we finished half of the league matches. after a rough start, united is storming back with 14 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, good for 45 points, 1 point over second-place arsenal. united also have the most goals (36, tied with arsenal) and conceded least (9, second-place liverpool with 12).

2007-12-26 Wednesday

United 4, Sunderland 0

United: Kuszczak; Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic (Pique 74), O’Shea; Ronaldo (Park 57), Fletcher, Carrick, Nani; Rooney, Saha
Scorers: Rooney (20), Saha (30, pen 86), Ronaldo (45)

Sunderland: Gordon; Whitehead, McShane, Higginbotham, Collins; Chopra (O’Donovan 87), Yorke (Richardson 61), Etuhu, Wallace (Leadbitter 46); Jones, Waghorn

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dear friends:
if you don’t get my presents before the christmas,
blame the post office.

January

• the ion gauge controller stopped working.
• all the works during the christmas came to nothing. one of the connections to the dc tubes was broken and had to redo the trap again.
• larsson scored his first goal for united.
• start to prepare the comprehensive exam
• finally got my study permit renewed.
• ridiculous gsa meeting

Feburary

• nba all star game at las vegas
• play in-door soccer
• fanghao’s visit
• let it snow! let it snow! let is snow!
• quantum simulation meeting at vancouver
• departed and scorsese won the oscar

March

• O’Shea miracle shot at the injure time vs Liverpool
• dodgeball tournament
• comprehensive exam
• around the bay 30k 3-person relay. team PZT rocks!

April

• home desktop was broken, hard-driver problem
• 7-1
• big poker win
• climbing the cn tower to raise money for wwf
• an unbelievable come-back

May

• nba playoff first round: golden state beat dallas, houston lost to utah
• manchester united won the premier league
• read harry potter
• started to think about changing field
• playing soccer in clubfeet in the gsa summer league

June

• change the trap again, rf ground connection was broken.
• Beckham left Real Madrid with a championship
• San Antonio won the nba final
• read dragonlance
• struggle to make a decision

July

• made the decision. it’s laura’s suggestion. i’ll blame her if thing doesn’t work out.
• bought a macbook to write the thesis
• my first pair of running shoes retired
• harry potter and the deathly hallows, the last harry potter book
• ion trapped. kinda late, but better than nothing.
• KG left minnesota to boston. god bless KG to get a ring.

August

• defend my master thesis
• Solskjaer retired

September

• move to new office
• bought a pair of birkenstock. comfortable.
• back hurt

October

• frisbee games
• took driving lessons again.
• nba started

November

• slow progress in research
• us visa application, checked again.
• liangda back to china. bought his car.
• passed the road test, finally. the third time is a charm.
• psp stolen

December

• departmental christmas party. nick sang a song.
• cut my finger, 8 hours at ER, waiting.
• went to see the rockets game
• going home!

今天风大, 懒得去waterfront了, 就沿着coots跑了一圈: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1505989

coots就在学校边上, 一般为增加长度, 会先绕着sanders转一圈. 然后沿着coots, 是个下坡, 跑起来不是很吃力, 过了canadian tire, 在york左转, 然后在main左转. 这一带路比较杂, 记得第一次去的时候竟然迷路了. main下来接着osler, 一个很比较陡的上坡. osler一直连到hamilton的main st., 有时候可能ewen右转, 然后沿着whitney和leland回家. 全长8k.

这条线路可以有不少变化, 一个是在dundas的main上old ancaster上右转: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1505976

沿着old ancaster不远就能上rail trail不到2k标记的地方, 然后沿着trail回家. 稍微短点, 7.9k.

还有一条道是上olser后在grant左转, 沿着一直走, 能进到学校西边的停车场. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1505995

抽签消息: 冠军杯1/8决赛, 曼联将对阵里昂. 相对而言不是太好的签, 如果能碰Fenerbahce或者Olympiacos更好点. 里昂毕竟是去年法甲冠军, 虽然走了不少人, 但还是有一定实力. 其他比赛, 阿森纳碰上了AC米兰, 利物浦对国际米兰, 罗马又碰到了皇马. 全部抽签结果.

伤病情况: 朴智星已经开始随着一队开始训练, 应该有机会在圣诞比赛中登场. Gary Neville的伤情出现反复, 还不确定何时能够复出.

球员情况: Brown拒绝了曼联最近的续约合同, 他的合同在赛季末结束, 在Gary Neville伤病不断的情况下, Brown还是不可或缺的. 希望双方最终能达成和解. 守门员van der Sar同意续约一年. 曼联签约了一名新前锋Manucho, 24岁, 安哥拉国家队的前锋; 这样下去董方卓更加没有位置了, 还是早点租出去打打比赛的好.

转会市场: 流言说曼联将在冬季转会期间购入一名前锋, 主要对象是Bolton的Anelka和热刺的Berbatov. 有消息称爵爷愿意用Saha+Brown+现金换Berbatov, 个人觉得代价太大, 保持稳定还是最佳选择. Anelka是不错, 如果Bolton肯放人而且价钱合理的话.

今天开始圣诞的恐怖赛程, 10天4场比赛. 第一场主场对阵Everton. Everton最近状态不错, 好像很久没有输球了. 曼联阵容有变化, van der Sar腹股沟受伤, 假期赛程可能不能上场了, Kusczcak顶替. Ferdinand和Hargreaves上周对利物浦都受了点小伤, 这周休息, 下场应该能出场. Simpson出场右右卫, Brown回到中后卫位置, 中场Carrick替代Hargreaves. 在Rooney还在寻找准星的日子里, 又是Ronaldo拯救了曼联, 显示一个远射, 最后是接近终场的点球. Ronaldo也以11球登顶射手榜.

其他比赛, 所谓的Big Four都取得了胜利, Arsenal2-1险胜Tottenham, Liverpool4-1大胜Portsmouth, Chelsea1-0小胜Blackburn.

2007-12-23 Sunday

United 2, Everton 1
@Old Traffold

United: Kuszczak, Simpson (O’Shea, 45), Brown, Vidic, Evra; Ronaldo, Carrick (Saha, 71), Anderson (Fletcher, 86), Giggs; Rooney, Tevez.
Scorer: Ronaldo (22, pen 88)

Everton: Howard; Hibbert, Yobo, Jagielka, Lescott; Carsley, Cahill (Anichebe, 85), P Neville, Pienaar; Yakubu (Gravesen, 76), Johnson.
Scorer: Cahill (27)

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还是准备明年跑个全程的30k, 2008年3月30日. 等从国内回来后就要报名了, 早报能省点钱.

Dec. 17th, gym in-door track, 10k

Dec. 19th, waterfront, 12.8k

Dec. 20th, waterfront, 12.8k

Dec. 22th, waterfront, 10k, didn’t finish the whole course.

七点第一场Celtics vs Pistons. Celtics今年阵容大变, 换来了KG和Ray Allen, 构成所谓的Big Three. 目前以20胜2负雄踞nba榜首. 很多人都说Celtics的赛程相对轻松, 基本上没打什么西部强队, 而且基本上没有超过两场的客场之旅. 可是成绩摆在那里, 20胜2负啊, 平均每场净胜对手13.5分. 这可是95-96公牛的标准啊… 不过常规赛和季后赛毕竟是两码事, 这支Celtics最终能走多远, 还要看他们于其他强队对阵的表现. 今天的Pistons就是场检验.

上半场Celtics占优, 二年级PG Rondo还真不错, 开场就连得了8分, Billups防不住他; Ray Allen休息两场后复出, 手风很顺. 第二节KG开始接管, 他的中投基本都是空心, 进了后篮网都不带动的. 但活塞毕竟是活塞, 2000年后基本上就是东部的代表, 当年击败F4的时候气得我牙痒痒… 活塞掌握比赛节奏的能力实在是太强了, 前三节先跟对手玩玩, 摸摸底, 比分也就落后个5-6分. 第四节上来, 防守一紧. 替补PG Hunter开始全场紧逼Celtics的替补PG House, 连着造成了几个失误. Rondo上来后也不行, 活塞的打法很有针对性, 既然你进攻不错, 那就让你在防守上吃点力, Billups基本上每次都背身拿球扛着Rondo打. Rondo在防守端消耗不少精力后, 进攻自然就颓了起来, 下半场好像没得几分.

最后还有1分钟左右的时候活塞领先6分, 我以为比赛已经结束了, 没想到Celtics还有点韧性, House和Ray Allen两个三分球扳平了. 单凭这点我觉得Celtics今年季后赛机会还是不错的. 接着Billups带球失误, Celtics最后一投给Pierce没进, Wallace抢到篮板后暂停还有2秒多一点. 不过要想夺冠教练得换, Doc Rivers水平次了点, Pierce整场手风都不顺, 理应交给Ray Allen或者KG最后一投.

接着就是典型的Piston Basketball了. Billups的假动作, Tony Allen朝着人就跳了过去, 犯规后0.1秒剩下, 而且是Billups罚球… Game Over. 不过最能说明的还是之前的一点花絮(from ESPN Chris Sheridan):

When did the Pistons deliver the knockout punch? Well, the play-by-play and the replays will tell you it came when Billups faked Tony Allen off his feet and drew a foul with 0.1 seconds left that sent him to the line for the tie-breaking and game-deciding free throws. But a big assist came moments earlier when the Pistons were exiting their timeout and Tayshaun Prince noticed that Tony Allen had checked back in as a defender.

Chauncey Billups earns his trip to the winning free throws with a pump fake. “Tay told Chauncey to give Tony Allen a pump fake because Tony was just coming in off the bench cold,” Pistons coach Flip Saunders said.

Billups confirmed the story, saying Prince gave the same message to Richard Hamilton knowing that one of the two was going to end up with the ball in his hands for the final shot.

比赛之间报道了Mourning受伤的消息, 这个赛季报销了, 一代枭雄可能因此而退役了. 当时医务人员带了担架上来, Mourning移到了担架上, 又自己坐起来, 拒绝被抬出场外, 在队友搀扶下离场. This is his words:

“That’s not the way I envisioned myself walking off the court for the last time in my career,” Mourning said of the stretcher. “If I had to crawl off that court, I would have.”

Mourning征战nba15年, 唯一不缺的就是骨气.

接着十点Toronto vs Portland. Portland是今年的一大惊喜, 头号新秀Oden膝盖手术后整个赛季报销, 但最近他们却是8连胜, 战绩13胜12负, 在强手如云的西部排第八. Toronto也不错, 在伤病的干扰下仍然排在东部第四. 我这里Toronto比赛看了不少, 最令我开眼的是他们的替补PG Jose Calderon, 7.9次助攻, nba第七. 最恐怖的是他的助攻-失误比: 5.83!!, 第二名Knight就跌到了3.67, 要知道一个decent的PG能超过3.0就不错了, 给两个参照系吧: Billups (7.5 APG, 3.39 AST/TO), Nash (12.0 APG, 3.19 AST/TO).

比赛很精彩, 两队进攻都打了出来, 命中率在50%左右. Portland的去年最佳新秀Roy很厉害(后来我还领会到他名字竟然就是Rookie Of the Year的缩写, 不知道nba有没有姓MVP的?), 有一个layup空中换手躲过Bosh的封盖. 第四节开始是Toronto领先5分, 但教练让替补打的太久了, Portland一个8-0的小高潮反超, 最终赢得了比赛, 9连胜.

其他比赛: 小牛险胜太阳. 灰熊凭借Rudy Gay的压哨3分战胜了马刺. 火箭又输了, 今年没指望了看来.

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