今天是圣诞前夕，公司下午一点钟就放人了。当同事们都匆匆忙忙地赶着回家准备他们的圣诞大餐时，我却不紧不慢地向市中心的商业街走去。虽然下着大雪，大街上还是车来人往。原来很多人都是last minute shopper, 在最后的时刻赶着购置礼物。
我并不是他们中的一员。我在这里没有需要送礼物的人。我在熙熙攘攘的人群中走着的唯一目的，是不想这么早回家，不想一个人呆在房间里与电脑做伴。
这时候，想起了两篇关于女人的小文章。以下这一篇是在网上读到的，出处不大记得了：
“今天在电视上看到一句话：出色的女人大多是孤独的。我想想，也许确有一定的道理。
孤独是指内心世界。在孤独地时候，人的思维往往变得敏捷且有灵性。常常在孤独中，才能悟透人生的哲理；在孤独中，更能净化一个人的心灵。使人变得理性，且有分寸，从而达到一定的思想境界。
在大千世界，她们通常不会随波逐流，人云亦云。她们知道什么该做，什么不该说，她们内心有一定的见解和尺度。
她们不会盲目地追赶时髦，因为她们知道适合自己的才是最漂亮的。她们有自己的审美观。
她们通常是自信的，也许不怎么漂亮，但决不会因外貌的不足而自卑。她们明白，虽然秋色不如春光好，但春光也不比秋色强，她们相信，只有内在美才是永恒的。
她们在感情上很少冲动，通常不会跟着感觉走。当然并不是说她们就是冷血动物。恰恰相反，她们更喜欢浪漫，更渴望激情。只是心里清楚，是鸟不要向往大海，是鱼不要痴情天空。属于自己的会很好地去经营，去享受；不属于自己的则会理智地去把握。她会默默地去欣赏，悄悄地用心去收藏，虽然那种感觉苦涩多于甜蜜，确也是心中的一道别样风景，更是人生百味的一种体会。
她们大多也都是一些知识女性。她们喜欢静静地读书。而读书更赋予了她们较高的文化修养和一定的思想理念，因此也更加明智。
她们通常很喜欢那种孤独的情调,乐于那种淡泊的心境。是的,在孤独中才能得以净化,在淡泊中方能更好地升华……“
还有一篇是朋友发过来的，说女人就像树上的苹果，最好的总是在高高的树上。大多数男人都不想爬上树摘好的苹果，因为他们怕摔下来会受伤。所以有时候，他们宁愿捡掉在地上的苹果，因为很容易。
长在高处的苹果会想是不是她们有问题，尽管事实上她们很优秀。她们要做的，只是耐心地等待适合她们的男人，那些足够勇敢，有能力爬到树高处的男人。
我在想，这个 “孤独说“ 和 “苹果说“，是事实，还是孤独女人在带点阿Q精神地孤芳自赏？
Daily Thoughts
Everybody knows that we’re living in an advertising age. Ads everywhere: on the TV in the movies, on the street in the elevator, on the bus in the bathroom… But the fact is, the more we learn how to advertise, the more we know how to ignore. So what is the most efficient way to advertise?
Last night I was just looking at Facebook’s advertising features and its pricing, and see how much I have in my advertising budget to spend with them, and this morning I saw this article in New York Times: Digital Domain: Advertisers Face Hurdles on Social Networking Sites
Thank God that this report came out just in time to help me avoid a mistake and save money, but I still have to search the answer to my question.
Business
Finally joined Facebook this Monday, after being asked so many times “do you have Facebook?”. Another main reason for me to make myself appear on Facebook, is that I want to try its advertising feature and see if it will be effective for promoting my business.
So the entire week, I spent almost all my spare time on this social online network, which proves many people’s opinion on this thing: such a waste of time. But I was really shocked to see how many people I know are there, even my host mum in Iowa, and a good friend’s mum in Chicago are on Facebook! Besides, lots of people are connected to hundreds of people there.
So I started to feel a bit outdated, but also wondering: how people can or have time to keep up with hundreds of other people’s activities every day, every week, or every month? Or, are most of the connections pure electrical connections, meaning your picture and name can appear on my computer screen, and mine shows up on yours, and no further substance in between?
But since this Facebook is such a popular thing, I think it’s worth exploring it a bit more for marketing purpose. And it’s also nice to reconnect with some old friends there. But one thing I know for sure: real friends, it doesn’t matter whether we are connected electronically or not, because we are always connected by heart.
Business, Daily Thoughts
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