Guests
over, Saturday morning but their late risers. At least the child is.
And I’d time to do all my meditation bit and the trip to the gym and get
home in time to still shower and still make everyone a big breakfast. A weekend breakfast; bacon, omelet,
hash browns, bagels and a smoothie.
I try to not to eat most of it because of the carbs, but it’s what a
weekend breakfast from memory feels like and Chinese cooking is good for many
things, but rarely breakfast.
Good bit of medium-term recall in at the gym. It’s hot. Normally I’m in there at 6:15AM. This was quarter to ten and the pressure of the day was
already built up thick in the room.
You can press the wall mounted air con units but they don’t ever seem to
do anything, before you’re ready to leave. I did anyway. I
toggled the temperature down to something ridiculously cold and it defaulted
right back up to tepid. Then, a
lonesome synapse in my head leapt up and connected itself with something
useful.
“There-are-two-standing-air-con-units-in-the-corner. In-the-past-these-had-worked.” I walked over to one of the standing
white units. Pressing the start
button I was worried for half a second and then the flaps flipped up and cool
dry air started pouring out.
Seconds later the other one was doing the same.
This time I have remembered ahead of time to summarize the
entries on the twenty-day mark. I
will have a look through the last nineteen days and see what’s there. (Eighteen as I went one over last
time.) At least it was a more
stationary time that the last with only two cities visited, I recall
correctly. Though that is all
about to change, again. Next summary will likely be in Europe at
the opposite end of the Eurasian landmass.
Cheng Yu
1. 深入人心：shēnrùrénxīn: to enter
deeply into people's hearts / to have a real impact on the people (idiom)
2. 疲于奔命： píyúbēnmìng: lit. tired of constantly running for one's life (idiom);
terribly busy / up to one's ears in work
3. 戒骄戒躁: jièjiāojièzào: to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain
modest and keep cool
4. 不识高低：bùshígāodī：can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's
what
5. 有始有终：yǒushǐyǒuzhōng: where
there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to
carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
6. 吐故纳新：tǔgùnàxīn: lit. to
breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
7. 收之桑榆： shōuzhīsāngyú: to lose at
sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom); to compensate later for one's earlier loss
/ what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
8. 宠擅专房：chǒngshànzhuānfáng: an
especially favored concubine (idiom)
9. 大吵大闹： dàchǎodànào: to shout and
scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss / to make a scene
10. 挚友良朋：zhìyǒuliángpéng: intimate friend and companion (idiom)
11. 拱手旁观：gǒngshǒupángguān: to watch
from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
12. 损公肥私：sǔngōngféisī: to damage the
public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
/ venal and selfish behavior
13. 引吭高歌： yǐnhánggāogē: to sing at
the top of one's voice (idiom)
14. 发奋图强：Fāfèntúqiáng: to make an
effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better / to pull one's socks
up
15. 将计就计：jiāngjìjiùjì: to beat
somebody at their own game (idiom)
16. 滂沱大雨: pāngtuódàyǔ: torrents of rain (idiom)
17. 皓首苍颜：hàoshǒucāngyán: white hair
and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
18. 语无伦次：yǔwúlúncì: incoherent
speech / to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom)
Music Shared
Heatmiser “Busted Lip” from the 1994 album “Cop and Speeder”
Marcos Valle “Os Ossos de Barao”
from the 1973 album “Proviao Do Tempo”
MV Bill,
“Monstrao” from the 2013 album “Monstrao”
ConeCrew Diretoria's "Meus Amigos Fazem Rima" from
their 2014 album “Bonde de Madruagada
Nara Leao “Nana” from the 1964 album “Nara.”
Louis Hayes, “Hazin” from the 1960 album: “Louis Hayes
Featuring Yusef Lateef & Nat Adderly”
Nat Adderley “This Man’s Dream” from the 1961 session
“Naturally.”
Joe Zawinul, “If” from the 1965 album, “Money in the Pocket”
Pepper Adams, “Elusive” from the 1968 album “Encounter”
Houston Person “Don’t Misunderstand” with Etta Jones, from
the 1968 album, “With a Little Houston on the Side”
George Coleman “Lo Joe” from the 1976 album, “Amsterdam
After Dark.”
Big Joe Patton: “Latona” from the 1965 album, “Let Em Roll.”
Rueben Wilson “Hot Rod” form 1969 album “Love Bug”
Gary Bartz, “Sifa Zote” from the 1973 album “Rivers I Have
Known”
Baby Face Willete, “Goin Down” from his 1961 release “Face
to Face”
Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth “M’jumbe” from the 1973
release “Ethnic Expressions”
on his 1976 album “Prelude”
Stevie Wonder, “Pastime Paradise” from the 1976 album “Songs
in the Key of Life”
Media Shared
Marcos Valle on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Valle
Xi Jinping’s family offloading wealth in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/world/asia/chinas-president-xi-jinping-investments.html?ref=asia&_r=0
Crone Crew Diretoria on Wiki: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConeCrewDiretoria
Horace Silver’s obituary in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/arts/music/horace-silver-85-master-of-earthy-jazz-is-dead.html?_r=0
Louis Hayes on Wiki: http://www.allmusic.com/album/louis-hayes-featuring-yusef-lateef-nat-adderley-mw0000096264
Unofficial ballot in HK in New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/world/asia/in-hong-kong-an-unofficial-election-draws-beijings-ire.html?ref=asia
More on Hong Kong ballot in New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/world/asia/big-voter-turnout-in-unofficial-hong-kong-poll.html?ref=asia
New York
Times blog Sinosphere on Hong Kong protests: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/cyberattack-on-hong-kong-vote-was-among-largest-ever-security-chief-says/?ref=asia
Cyber attacks in Estonia on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_cyberattacks_on_Estonia
Nat Adderley on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Adderley
Joe Zawihul: “Money In
the Pocket” on all jazz, http://www.allaboutjazz.com/money-in-the-pocket-joe-zawinul-review-by-chris-may.php#.U6kALJSSyNA
Joe Zawihul “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycNv57aZF
Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Under-Banner-Heaven-Story-Violent/dp/1400032806
Mormon excommunicated for advocating female priests in New York Times.
: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/us/Kate-Kelly-Mormon-Church-Excommunicates-Ordain-Women-Founder.html?_r=0
Pepper Adams on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_Adams
Charles Mingus “Blues and Roots” on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_%26_Roots
Houston Person on Jazztimes: http://jazztimes.com/articles/19053-don-t-misunderstand-etta-jones-houston-person
Houston Person on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Person
Cultural
Revolution spoof in the New York Times blog Sinosphere: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/graduates-red-guard-photos-cast-doubt-on-what-they-learned/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=asia&_r=1&
John King Fairbank, “The Great Chinese
Revolution 1800 to 1985” on
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Chinese-Revolution-1800-1985/dp/006039076X
Gary Bartz on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Bartz
Xi Jinping’s South Korea visit: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/30/world/asia/north-korea-fires-2-missiles-in-defiance-of-un-ban.html?ref=asia&_r=0
Baby Face Willette on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Face_Willette
Baby Face Willette album “Face to Face” on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_(Baby_Face_Willette_album)
Roy Brooks and the Artistic Truth
“Ethnic Expressions” on All Music: http://www.allmusic.com/album/ethnic-expressions-mw0001746882
Roy Brooks on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Brooks
John Stubblefield obituary in The
Guardian: “http://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/aug/18/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries
John Stubblefield on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stubblefield
Stevie Wonder’s Pastime Paradise on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastime_Paradise
More on Xi Jinping’s visit to South Korea in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/05/world/asia/in-south-korea-chinese-leader-cites-japan-as-onetime-mutual-enemy.html?ref=world
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