你们知道我为什么这么久都没有更新博客吗?不知道吧。肯定没人知道。因为我自己也不知道,你说如果连我自己都不知道了,那还会有谁知道呢?其实这也是有原因的,是啊,是有原因的。以前上初中的时候历史老师说过已经发生的事情就会变成历史的必然,而且肯定有原因。是嘛?那我不更新博客也变成历史的必然了,而且是有原因的。而且这个原因其实其实比较复杂。但是如果真要说复杂,唉它其实又没有那么复杂了,用领导开会时的语气总结的话,其实只有2个点:这第一点捏就是我没有时间,事情太多了,发生了太多事情;这第二点捏就是发生了太多事情,事情太多了,我没有时间。唉,但是现在终于有了时间,我们放假了,所以就可以来更新博客。其实我一直在想啊,为什么要用“更新”这个词呢?那不就是说我之前写的东西都变成了旧文章了,这样不好啊,所以我决定要把这个动词改成“更改”,吶,我现在要来更改博客了。希望大家多捧场啊。有多少人会来捧场呢?让我想想……我的点击率大概有5000多吧,其中起码起码有4000是我自己点的,那就剩下1000多的点击率。这1000多又会是谁点的呢??你们知道这1000多会是谁点的呢?不知道吧。肯定没有人知道。因为我自己也不知道,你说如果连我自己都不知道了,那还会有谁知道呢,是不是。但是其实这个是可以调查的,问题都是有解决的办法的嘛。我以为,我的博客不出名,不像某些博阀,割据地盘,簇拥他的粉丝甚至以到他的博客里以抢沙发为乐。唉,我是不是应该宣传一下博客呢?我的博客是个好博客吗?你们知道怎么样才能让我的博客一夜之间就出名呢?不知道吧。肯定没人知道。因为我自己也不知道,你说如果连我自己都不知道了,那还会有谁知道呢?或许我应该再修改一下这个博客的设计,还有标志什么之类的,要弄的漂亮一点,这样就会有很多人来了。漂亮的装修总是给人好感觉。但是也不能光看装修啊,还要看博主写的怎么样?那你们说我写得怎么样?我算不算是个好写手?你们知道怎么样才能变成一个好写手吗?不知道吧。肯定没人知道。因为我自己也不知道,你说如果连我自己都不知道了,那还会有谁知道呢?总之我决定了,我最近太忙了,所以一直没有时间来更改博客,那我现在就要更改一下。更改写什么好呢?你们知道我要更改什么吗?不知道吧。肯定没人知道。因为我自己也不知道,你说如果连我自己都不知道了,那还会有谁知道呢?
首先我想大致介绍一下本座现在的情况。看到楼下的那些关于泰晤士河的照片了吧,很漂亮吧。其实我也觉得很漂亮呢。但是现在好久没有去那里看看了。你们知道为什么吗?不知道吧,肯定没有人知道。但是这个我知道唉,你说我都知道了,为什么你们都不知道啊?原因是这样了,因为我不划船了。是的,我被船队一脚踢出了门口。其实我都没怎么认真划过啦,我这个身材呀,坐到船上都看不到前面的人的脖子啊。所以教练就让我去当舵手。这个舵手又不是什么好差事,每次都不给我麦克风,就算给了我麦克风也不给我个东西绑在头上,就算到后来我终于找到了自己的头戴,也不让我下水了。其实我只是想表达一下自己不满的心情而已,我开船你们那帮人喊什么?撞不死你们。就算真撞到了,第一个先死的也是坐船头那孙子,不知道你们坐后面的紧张什么。鉴于种种发生的事情,我作出了一个惊人的决定,我决定要撞一次伦敦海事局的大船,表达一下我对资本主义社会的不满。伦敦海事局是拿纳税人钱吃饭的局子,平常所做的事情也就是开着个体积无比大速度无比满噪音无比响的大船在最好的行道上面慢慢看风景。俗话说好狗不挡路,你丫B开个那么大的船为啥总是出现到我的前面。这个河是大家的嘛,凭什么给你当水上乐园啊。这样的行为很不正确,严重影响了英国的胖子、光头、戴墨镜的孙子在我心目中的光辉形象。不过还好,其它人的光辉形象还是保留着的。
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以上写于复活节假期前的某个周末,最后还是没有补完,没有发出来。大猫看了之后问我这个东西是不是要抱怨一下那次装船事故。或许是吧,到现在还不能忘却。只不过是一次以外而已。但是自此我可能再也没有机会下水了。舵手就是舵手,是要看天赋的。如果没有这个天赋,那就只能站在岸边。

HOTC是每年都在美国举办的一个很大规模的船赛,叫Head Of The Charles。历时2天,超过80支来自世界各地的船队都会聚集在那条叫Charles的河上。2006年的HOTC在10月份的时候就结束了,距今有多半年的光景。River Charles或许早已遗忘了那时的热闹和所发生的一切,正期待着今年的比赛。其实也没什么特别的,和往年一样。只不过2006年的比赛里发生了不少故事。北京大学赛艇俱乐部派遣了一支8人艇船队参加了2006年的比赛,这是HOTC开赛以来第一次接受中国大陆的船队。或许这是件好事情。但是当然也有不好的一面,北京大学的舵手由于没有通过签证,没有能去比赛。但是那八个桨员还是来到了美国。组委会为了照顾第一次参赛的新秀队伍,特殊安排了一位会讲普通话的女舵手给北京大学队。Amy Sun,祖籍台湾,在麻省理工大学赛艇对任舵手2年,经验丰富。她接受了这个工作。
本来一切就应该到此为止,北大有船有人有舵手,什么都不缺了。但如果是这样的话我就不会写这博客,你也不会坐在电脑面前盯着看。为了把故事说的尽量短,我用超级概括的语言告诉你下面发生的事情吧:北大沉船了;那女舵手Amy Sun被骂了一通;北大赛艇队背上了HOTC首次赛中沉船的黑锅,创下历史记录;中国赛艇也开始反思。这次事件虽说过去了半年,但是在国内的网站上还未见提及。
从技术上来分析,有很多种因素造成此次事故。事故发生在一个叫Week's Bridge桥的附近。桥洞处正是河流的转弯点。赛艇经过此桥洞必须向右偏转。临近桥洞时北大的船队速度不敌另外一支船队,被他们从内侧超越。但是在完成超越的时候,对方的船尾无意间擦到了北大的船头。这个很小的摩擦被摄影师记录下来了,但是据双方舵手回忆,事发当时都未能意识到。
之后,北大的船头向右侧断裂。
船头断裂后,水凭借着船速立刻从裂缝进入船内体,瞬间船头已经沉入水中。此时船头位的桨员已经意识到,并且通知了舵手。但是进水了都进水了,这又不是潜水艇,有什么办法。
在桥洞地下的时候,北大的船舱内已经装满了水,船体开始下沉。我就是不知道那些人到了这个地步还在狂划个什么劲儿。 
舵手叫停的时候已经有一半的船员开始处于游泳状态了。岸边的救生艇也开了过来。北大弃船,意味着放弃比赛。 
我最喜欢的就是这张照片了。或许只是处于同为舵手的同情。所有的船员都被运走后Amy一个人站在船上,不知在想什么。她回忆说由于船沉的位置在窄小的桥洞下,必定会影响后方来船的经过。确实是这样,之后过来的几支船舵手都无法看到半沉在水中的船。Amy说她当时穿着黄色的衣服,那些舵手或许能看见她,或许能及时避开,或许能让比赛公平些。都是或许。可惜之后的2支船队都被迫停船绕过。
之后Amy跳下水。似乎她确认了后面已经没有来船了。救生艇把那沉下去的船拖到岸边。这整个过程差不多有6分钟。一共给4支船队造成影响,他们非常无辜。 
所以其实没有人故意的,也没有人必须承担主要责任。只是一次很意外的意外,非常意外。但是似乎所有在场的人都在责怪Amy。Amy也由此背上了北大杀手的头号。
'The boat sunk, the cox sucks.'
似乎这句话已经成为必然的道理。对比我的那次撞击,我还算是幸运的,至少船没有沉。我不知道Amy后来怎样了,现在怎样了。试着在facebook上找这个人,但是似乎MIT的网络里面没有她。可能已经不在了或者根本不用facebook。虽说Amy是台湾人理应会说国语,但是在MIT接受的舵手训练和口令应该都是英文的。不知道她怎样能短时间内学会中文的口令并且能让那些北京人明白。不知道发生这样的事情之后她还有没有勇气继续当舵手,即使这根本不是她的错。如果我是Amy的话或许下次再看到那条河那些船,就会想起当时孤独地站在船上时的感觉。这种感觉或许只有她一个人知道。
我记得很清楚当时那条大船上的英国胖子骂了我什么,也记得跳下河去时河水的冰凉。我经常从梦中惊醒,因为看到一条巨大的船从我面前开来鸣着汽笛。不过现在还好,原来还有比我还要惨的Amy和北大那些肌肉男们。不知道他们剩下的美国之旅怎么样。但是这怎么样都不算是个好的开始,希望他能有个好的结束。2007年不知道北大还会不会派8人艇去HOTC也不知道舵手会不会也一样被拒签,哈哈哈。如果是的话那还要再找Amy吗,还是imperial找我。我也会说中文的呀。
这是半年来第一次更新,在五月。希望快点考完试。希望我能有好运气。
After a couple bumpy years, mostly due to bumpy weather (tho a lot of people did like that short course), The Head Of The Charles came back strong today as stunning weather, hordes of people, and fierce and "interesting" racing combined to produce one of the best HOCR Sundays in a few years.
With the US training center crews taking both the Champ eight titles, followed by the Canadian squad crews in the women's eight, and a barreling UW eight in the men's eight, it fell to the Peking University crew in the collegiate eight to provide the storyline of the day, and they took to the role with a vengeance.
Due to visa problems, the crew, which is the first mainland China crew ever to compete in the Charles, and I believe in the United States save for in Olympic and World Championship events, arrived in the country without a cox. Regatta director Tom Tiffany mentioned the problem in passing while preparing for the regatta downriver at MIT on Thursday; specifically, they needed an experienced cox who also spoke Mandarin Chinese. Amy Sun, an MIT cox and regatta volunteer who was born in Taiwan, happened to be at the boathouse, and on short order was enlisted for the job.
To make a long story quick enough to read at a computer screen, the crew was having a very good race when they bumped the Beaver Boat Club crew near the Weeks Bridge.
"It was just a normal tap," Sun said after the race. "These happen all the time, and I didn't think anything of it and we kept racing. They were having a great row."
Over the next mile, however, it became apparent that there was a problem, and by the Eliot turn, it was a big problem. As the crew came around the turn, the bow section, which had apparently been broken about a foot from the bowball, bent sideways, leaving a gaping hole in the bow, which quickly filled with water. As the crew reached Eliot Bridge, the bow submerged almost completely, and directly under the bridge, the boat quickly and completely swamped and sank, right in the middle of the primary racing arch.
The crew bailed over the side of the boat, and while a rescue launch drove to them to toss lifejackets to the crew members, Sun turned to look back up the course to see crews coming toward the arch. Sun realized coxs would probably not be able to see the swamped boat, and stood up in the cox's seat, a beacon to oncoming crews. (A savvy Columbia cox saw the problem and swung wide to go under the right arch on the bridge; clearly that cox has learned a few things on the Harlem, and maybe even on the ride from 116th to Baker Field; give him the keys, please.)
"At first I wanted the other crews to know the shell was there, and I was wearing yellow, so I knew they would see me," she said. "Once people started to figure it out, tho, I wasn't sure I wanted to be the only person in the water swimming when the next crew came, so I stayed where I was." I suppose the captain always stays with the ship; eventually the traffic decreased, a launch came near, and Sun bailed.
Sun explained the reaction of her crew; first they were very concerned about the boat; then about the fact that one of the oars was missing; then that their hosts would be upset. When they were assured that they were blameless, only then did they ask about their time. Although their split times are not available, unofficial splits put them very near if not at the front of the field; "I knew they were having a great row."
As for Sun, her take on the experience is philosophical. "It made for a very 'interesting' Head Of The Charles, and hopefully a very unusual one. The only thing I'm bummed about is that they were having such a great row!"
Sun went from regatta volunteer to having her name on the AP in just about 48 hours; now people are asking the upbeat and energetic cox if she is going to put in her name for the Olympic cox search reality television show now being put together in China. "I had heard a little about it; it sounds fun, who knows?"
Amy explained to me many of the differences in terminology that cox and crew had to overcome in 24 hours time; I felt really sorry for her. This is the kind of feeling that could never be written in words.
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