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    September 01

    酸, 老板给我的告别信

    如果不是因为两个老板,我是不会在两周内从国内飞到巴黎又飞回中国。人生遇到如此莫逆,亦是一大幸事。

    下面是Roisin给我的告别信。有点酸

     
    Dear Wenyou,
     
    Laurent and I aren't working together today, but I feel confident that I am replying for both of us. (He and I think alike on most issues, except the bloody posters, of course.)
     
    It was *truly* a pleasure to see you again last week, but sad, too, as we unfortunately had no good news to share with you. We hope that you won't regret taking up our offer to come to Paris and meet with us, for us to update you in person and to give you an opportunity to explore other avenues in Europe. As things have turned out, your return to France will have been very brief indeed, and we sincerely hope that you won't regret having taken the time to fly over for a single professional meeting.
     
    You know, Wenyou, Laurent and I can easily imagine that for you, making this trip may seem like a frustrating experience. However, we would like you to reflect on this: how many stagiaires are capable of having such a strong impact on a company (especially a small struggling one) to the extent that the management team would care enough to fly that person from half way around the world to sit down and brief him/her about where the company was at? Not many, I suspect.
     
    We are sure that your decision to return to China is the right one for you today. You are a very determined person, destined to go places and to succeed. It will happen, even if today, your future looks uncertain.
     
    I have booked your flight to Shanghai on the 4th at 20h20 with Air China. The electronic ticket will follow in a separate mail.
     
    Yes, the 3 of us will meet up again in the future. I firmly believe that.
     
    As to finding the right humoristic sentence? There are situations (not many, mind you) that even I don't find funny. Perhaps this is one of them?
     
    Laurent and I treasure the memories of working with you and of getting to know you as a person. You are special, and were more than instrumental to building Managing Worldwide. So we have to stay in touch, pretty please.     
     
    Take good care of you and don't hesitate to contact us for any personal or professional advice.
     
    Wishing you well in everything you do, we promise to get in touch immediately if an opportunity to work together again should present itself.
     
    Roisin & Laurent (your ex-colleagues but hopefully you friends for life as well).
     
    June 15

    旧物

    尘封了两年的傻瓜机, 今天拿出来充电

    他们都说我住的地方环境好的嘛, 来到巴黎就没有好好照过相

    等充好电, 就是你重生的时候

    自从签了那个有自带照相功能的砖头手机后, 就冷淡了你, 罪过

    其实重逢的那一刻, 发现还多喜欢你的.

     

    那个做得相女人用的镜子一样的Sol烟灰缸

    是四年前朋友从香港带回成都送给我的

    我今天又翻出来了

    因为有人从国内给我带了条0.5的中南海

    刚好我又要写实习报告

    你们合计给我出些灵感吧

    可惜那个配套的火机在四年前就用完了

     

    还有三张两年前在南部学校里

    和几个波兰美女同学为学院拍的艺照

    贴在房间的墙上

    这间可能一个月后就一去不回的房间

    他们都很喜欢我的床

    因为是巨大的双人床

     

    Roisin说People just like you

    我知道你们都like me,

    我却不知道我会不会回来和你们继续一起奋斗

    谢谢栽培,外柔内刚的roisin 和纸老虎laurent

    办公室居然都有家的感觉,你们严父慈母一样的嘛

    让我再走走看看,说不定会回来

     

    期待了很久的聚会

    却因一场意外而泡汤

    我却不动声色,但愿痛苦会减少

     

    好吧,下周再去Water Ski

    还有10圈的票,我要成功出水,最好能在水上划出个漂亮的圈圈

     

    哦哦,下周末还有音乐节的嘛

    可以在左岸通宵吧

     

    用两个星期在地铁上把

    The road看完了,

    婧同学拿去继续看罗

    最近看得是法语版的紫禁城的太监

    每次拿出来都要注意两边的人的眼神,嘿嘿

    是嘛,奇怪的中国人,居然用法语来看自己国家的东西

    而且不是太光彩的一些历史旧物

     

    旧物

    巴黎很多passages里面很多旧物的嘛

    像玛丽莲他们六七十年代的剧照

    二十年代的报纸

    老子突然都爱上你们了

    January 10

    天高地厚故人依旧

    圣诞+元旦大假终于结束了。下周开始做规规矩矩的朝9晚6。

     

    从Tim21号到法国开始,到Cecilia3号回去荷兰,整整两个星期的行走,对于我来说,就是一年的丰收。

    Tim诡秘地问我去年的The Road看完没有,又像变魔术一样从行李袋里弄出一本奥巴马传,你还晓得我有外长幻想哇?

    去荷兰的车上,继续看The Road. 很惭愧的,去年的礼物到今年还没享受完。

    看到Tim正在读The Dharma Bums, 我眼前一亮,说:这是我大三时候学年论文的素材。

    Tim说,那你读完了?我说,嗯,要不怎么写?

    Tim:Zen是什么意思哦?

    我:禅的意思。法国南部很喜欢用Zen,表示生活安稳,心态慈祥,像地中海的阳光一样。

    Tim:寒山是谁哦?

    答:一个诗僧。诗作在国内不出名,传到日本然后再传到美国后就被垮了的一代奉为神明了。

    Tim:你有次说过你喜欢Iron &Wine的歌,我苹果里面有,要不要听。

    我:嗯,你什么歌都有?

    Tim:嗯,什么都有,50G的歌。

     

    到了阿姆斯特丹,还没有接到Cecilia的电话,短信也没收到,于是直接奔莱顿小城。这所Cecilia很久以前梦想的大学,找不到一座传统的教学楼。

     

    出来莱顿车站,Cecilia身穿极具荷兰风格的靴子+格子衣服像个江南女生一样跳跃过来,Tim说,老远就看到一阵风,就知道是你了。

     

    C:你抽烟的姿势还是那么搞笑。

     

    答:嗯,没办法。耍不来酷。

     

    莱顿的圣诞很安详,三个人骑着车子去看风车,冷的瓜兮兮。路边湖中还有两只很白的天鹅,他们才是莱顿四季的守护者。

     

    Cecilia很有主人的风范,把冰箱都填满了。还想吃早上烤得面包,加上奇怪的蓝莓奶酪酱。

     

    C说莱顿压力很大。

    一年,很快的。你正在实现你自己。其实还多心疼,只是不想矫情而已。幸亏你还增重了。not a bad news at all.

     

    26号那一天我们去海牙见到了老胡,长胖了很多,说是在银行里面天天敲键盘所致。

    很奇怪,当年做协会最早的几个人,又重新在欧洲见面。一晃真的好多年。

     

    我27号赶回法国南部清洗房子,30号就要退了。然后花了35欧搭便车从南部赶到巴黎和C&T会合。

     

    C说塞纳河的景象很喜悦,鸽子都在跳舞。巴士底狱的元旦火树银花。男生很绅士,女生很勤快。真的感谢JB和Gaetan的接待, 从成都到法国,将近四年了还如此认真经营这份友情。

     

    在左岸的莎士比亚书店了遇到了几个作家,寄居在书店阁楼的小床上。那么多书,把店子里面的狗都熏陶出灵气来了。

     

    这几天是真正的步行游巴黎,从巴士底狱到圣心教堂边走边瞧总共花了6个小时,赶到了铁塔日落的美景。

     

    C不情愿地赶回去写论文,我第二天也再次回到南部去处理一些琐事,Tim第三天回伦敦。

     

    很难得哦,生命中那么多重要的人都一起出现。Tim又装佛徒说,这是生命的轮回。不必惊讶。

     

    Voila, c la fin des vacances.