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Kendall Square

房子是个很奇妙的东西,往往第一眼就让人一见钟情。我们在康桥镇住过的这套公寓是由工厂厂房改建而成的loft。阳光从顶层天窗里跨越金戈铁马的层层横梁洒入空寂的大厅,四周廊灯微泛黄光,森然而略有凉意。

客厅里的面积虽然不大,但层高达7米,中间配上近3米的玻璃窗,摆炷香就可以拜佛了。

为了配合公寓不同寻常的比例,我们专门选择了狭长型的家俱,譬如沙发前的茶几和餐桌。餐桌极窄,适合小规模四人聚餐,鼻子碰鼻子,眼睛瞪眼睛,菜碟都得错开摆放才放得下。

那时我们刚刚从法国回来,很多照片跃跃欲试,想跟以前的西藏,圣托里尼一争雄长。为了公平起见,遂在楼梯上做了个简单的相廊。

相廊从一楼的客厅延续到二楼的书房,那个时候我的工具还没有进化到vim/MOU/Sublime,书房里的设施也很简单,唯书和沙发而已。

三楼是卧室,窗外隐隐传来Kendall Square的喧嚣,麻神理工神经叨叨的学生们又要开工了。

我们经常走去公寓旁秀丽的查尔斯河畔散步。点点白帆在河面上掠风而行驶向海湾,挥汗如雨的大学生们在皮划艇上奋力吆喝,金色晚霞抹在河对面波士顿市中心的层层高楼,夏季的查尔斯河生机盎然。

公寓旁的Kendall Square有家艺术影院。到了周末,我们站在一群白发苍苍的老爷爷老奶奶中,安静地排队买票,听听大家的吐槽和分享,逐渐接触到了《老男孩》里爆裂阴沉的朴赞郁,《春夏秋冬又一春》里禅意绵绵的金基德,和《色·戒》里忍无可忍无需再忍的李安。

离公寓更远一点,就是北美华人第一膜拜圣地 - 哈佛广场。这里的一家电影院里,每个周六晚都播放同一部电影《Rocky Horror Picture Show》,来自全世界各地的死忠粉在电影院外cosplay的场面能把无辜的路人吓个半死。

更偏僻的一个小巷里,有一家Brattle电影院,每年的2月14日都播放同一部电影《卡萨布兰卡》,粉丝情侣们不光在看电影,还会随着鲍嘉默念每一句铭心刻骨的台词。

很怀念那个在康桥镇风和日丽的日子。我们精心打造的工业化路线,在后来朝阳新家里峰回路转,发生了很大的变化。

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noob

The six habits of a highly likely technology noob:

  1. Your have more than ONE personal email addresses and your friends are always confused which one to use and spend countless hours verifying and re-verifying if you have received that missing email.

  2. You use work email address for personal emails.

  3. You still use XXX@yahoo.com for email (except if you're from Taiwan or Japan originally).

  4. You have more than TWO mobile numbers in one country and your friends are always confused which one to call you at and they often end up not calling you at all out of frustration and confusion.

  5. You have more than ONE WeChat account. You forgot how to delete the first one and you keep your two WeChat accounts in the same chat group and confuse the hell out of everyone else.

  6. You still don't have your personalized URL on Linkedin, so your Linkedin URL reads like an unrecognizable random character string.

How many have you been hit on?