Only Jazz and LaTex

Feel tired mentally... Feel exhausted physically...

But.. there is no time now... No time to play. No time to pray... Even.. no time to be sad.

Only Jazz and Latex are with me...

Those familiar Jazz music and familiar LaTex instructions.... are....... with me.

Alice in Wonderland vs. $\sum_{i=1}^b {s_i^{-\tau(q)}p_i^q}=1$

... Both are beautiful and reliable.

1Q84

Girl said. Don't have to be nervous. This Sunday is different ...

~ 1Q84


Perhaps... this Saturday is different as well.

Run with River Thames

已經一段時間了，在搬來之後，沒有好好享受跑步的滋味。

跑步這種事，一旦暫停，就會常常幫自己找理由去逃避它：工作很忙、搬家很忙 ...
等到驀然回首，才發現自己錯過了多少陽光，冬天正悄悄地降臨了。

只是，最近突然有一種不跑就要爆炸的感覺...


邀了Elvis一起跑，那個曾經是憲兵的男人。

一旦開始，就知道停不住了。我，還是這麼熱愛跑步的啊。內心的激動，帶動著雙腳的不斷抬伸；是一種解放的感覺，心靈獲得了救贖。

原本預期的體力不支，沒有發生；呼吸異常順暢、腳步相當輕鬆；許久沒跑的哀怨被不斷釋放，因為偷懶而生的罪惡感逐漸煙消雲散。

時而看看停在River Thames上動都不動的船隻們；時而看看Chelsea embankment旁華麗的房子們；時而向迎面走來、牽著手的老夫婦點頭；時而對聽著iPod的跑者報以相互鼓勵的微笑。

我，還是這麼熱愛跑步的啊。

LEON

Leon: I love you, Mathilda.
Mathilda: I love you too, Leon.

Notting Hill

Anna Scott: Don't forget. I am also just a girl standing in front of a boy asking him to love her...

Geek

I started to use LaTex to edit my literature review from June thanks to Sander's recommendation. It is somewhat similar to programming when using LaTex to edit a document; but it has a much stronger and more flexible funtion for editting math equations. However, sometimes it is quite complex, especially when you try to use a function you have never used before.

There is a problem having confused me for a period about the format of references. However, I didn't seriously think about it before. Finally, I could not stand it anymore yesterday, and I successfully found the problem and solved it.

The joy to solve this problem comes from the deep and deep place of my heart; however, it is difficult to share with others. I can only stealthily smile in front of my monitor.

Actually, it is not the very first time to feel this joy when solving a problem about informatic technologies.

I am really a geek. I am proud of it.

Fair Trade Coffee or Fair Taste Coffee?

I had started to drink instant coffee by NesCafe for a period since I could not attain Rufous' coffee in London. These days, I gradually got used to its taste. It is, of course, not as good as brewing coffee, but I have no reason to ask more since God has given me a wonderful life in which I can do my favorite research. I should not complain about the coffee at all.

However, I got a news link several days ago about how NesCafe reduces the coffee bean cost by unfairly lowering the payment to coffee farmers in South America or Africa. It was really a shock that I had been drinking those farmers "blood" for such a long time. Actually, except for coffee, I may also have already had many people's "blood" when I am enjoying this civilisation...

I stopped buying NesCafe after reading the news, and bought a fairtrade coffee. It may be silly and not practical, but it may be the only thing I can do now to help those people.

The taste of the fairtrade coffee I bought is terrible, really terrible, and relatively expensive. But Fairtrade coffee or Fairtaste coffee? that is not a question at all.

Fairtrade Coffee !!!

The day I Ran with Big Ben

It was a tired race since I haven't practised for a while; however, I still finished it. The feeling is good, still surrounding in my mind, even when I am working on a lot with my research now.

The reason that I choose running as one of my favorite excercise lies on "the feeling of finish." Research is my favorite thing as well; however, it is not very easy to feel "finished" from it becasue research is a life career. Therefore, it is easy to feel frustrated and want to quit. Running may be the best thing to encourge me and help me re-gain the passion of research.

Find roommates

我目前正在Imperial College London念博士班。

這間房子的位置在Battersea Park附近(Sunbury Road SW11 3NP)，緊鄰River Thames，治安良好。交通對短期觀光旅遊或有意於倫敦求學者皆很便利。

走路五分鐘的路程內有許多公車可於十五分鐘內直達倫敦各大景點，如，South Kensington tube station(附近景點有Science Museum、Natural History Museum、V&A、Hyde park、Kensington Palace Garden等等)，或是Victoria Station，可在此轉乘tube到Piccadilly circus、Oxford road、Westminster (Parliament, Big Ben, London Eye)等地，亦有公車直達Knightbridge (Harrods)、Piccadilly circus、High street Kensington及Westfield(全歐最大購物中心)等購物天堂；另外，公車途中也經過Chelsea的Kings Road，有許多特色商店，值得一訪。

亦有24小時行駛之公車或夜間公車，若行程較滿、玩得較晚，也可不用擔心交通問題。

房子離大型連鎖超市Waitrose約步行十分鐘，購買日常用品與食物都非常方便，對於想在倫敦停留兩周到一個月以上的省錢旅行者，十分方便。

房子共二層，有客廳、三間房間(一大二小)、配備齊全的廚房、後院、community privite park，衛浴設備採浴廁分離的形式；其中一間很寬敞，大小約可放置四張雙人床，適合兩人居住；另外二間房間較適合單人居住。房間皆配備簡單家具(衣櫥、書桌、full-size bed)，亦很適合短期暑期進修者租用。

其中一間double room很寬敞，大約可以擺下四張雙人床(如下圖)，適合個人及couple一起住。

另外二間double room的大小、格局差不多，適合單人居住。

另外就是其他設施的照片(廚房、後院、客廳、公園)。

房間的價格大約是

(Long-term )130-95 GBP per week (not including bill)，

(short-term) 大房間 30GBP/night (若2人入住，因酌收水電費，故為35GBP/night，還請見諒)小房間 20GBP/night

適合來IC念書或是來短期旅遊、旅言學習的同學。

July 5th 2009後可以搬入。

若對房子有任何疑問，歡迎來信Lipen：fangwlp@gmail.com或可電+44 7780 962 088

母親

前天看到Jeff的朋友，背著大大行囊的朋友，突然想到了母親。

看著母親厚厚的筆記本裡，寫著密密麻麻的英文歌詞；年輕時的母親，為了學英文，努力聽著西洋歌、抄下每一首喜歡的西洋歌的歌詞；可惜，因為家裡的因素、當時的時空背景，年輕時的母親一直沒機會背著行囊瀟灑地一個人出國旅行。

好不容易，兒女長大了，語言也有一定程度，經濟也可以負荷了；兒子、女兒終於帶著她，完成了自助旅行的夢想；Sydney, London, Melbourne...只是，開始走久了腳會痠，開始沒辦法一直吃冷冷的三明治，開始...。

開始，兒女也想要自己一個人瀟灑地去旅行。

這一次，我想站在Einstein這邊

Albert Einstein said, God does not play dice.

We have learned it thousand times that it is a world composed of probabilities. In high school, in undergradute, in graduate, in papers... But Einstein said, God does not play dice.

Although rainfall has been widely accepted as a random cascade process from pevious research, still I want to challenge it... I want to make it deterministic.

Is it silly? Or is it brave?.... It is just a PhD student's duty.

I may fail. I may success. At least I try it and have no regret.

At this moment, the only thing I can do is to pray... Pray that Einstein is not wrong. God does not play dice...