旧贴之四 (February 15, 2006)

From: SC
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:37 PM
Subject: SUSPECT: RE: SUSPECT: RE: SUSPECT: RE: VB Game on March 4, 2006

好东西，谢谢！ 那我就不用看医生了？

看着你们水平长进那么快，高兴，嫉妒。你看昨天，Cd又是上手发球直接得分，又是四号位扣球打死，又是一传到位，又是二传质量特好。我这锻炼之余，也想有点提高不是。

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From: SC
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 12:58 PM
Subject: SUSPECT: RE: VB Game on March 4, 2006

控诉：

我把上次比赛录像拷到家里每台计算机上（两个laptop, 两个desktop）。展开了游击战。看人不在，就看几眼, 总想有点进步。有一天被WY抓个正着，说了我一顿水平低的话："这么大岁数了，说你什么好，你这种行为跟XX有什么不同？完全是自XXX...."。各位VB好友，我是不是要看个医生。哪有？

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From: SC
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 11:40 AM
Subject: RE: VB Game on March 4, 2006

有两件事与VB无关：

1． 在大学时，有一同学借我几分钱。用后非追着我要还我钱。一天，我骂了他一句："去你妈的..."。烦死我了。

2． 我好心送人到飞机场，耻人非要还我Mile数。啥人都有。

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From: SC
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:56 AM
Subject: RE: VB Game on March 4, 2006


你不知道，我昨天加了点班，她们娘三个在外面吃完晚饭才出来，我又领他们消费一次。你又让我重新结算了一下：

两吃饭店 + 半箱MINI Van 油钱，也差不多百十来块吧？是谁出的主意让我送....?

"我不是一个斤斤计较（钱）的人"， 你信吗？

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From: YJ
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 10:18 AM
Subject: RE: VB Game on March 4, 2006

Acturally $50 is below average. The V-Day stats show that average guy spend something like $130 for the day. If not for guys of my mold who spends a whopping $0, the number could be higher. :-)

In related news, I heard someone talking about this on the radio, then he went like: Now I am marrried, I don't have to deal with this crap anymore. Hilarious. Here is my question, what the heck were your married guys doing? Isn't the purpose of the marriage is so that you don't have to pretend that you care about your SO and can go back to your nasty self?

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From: SC
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:53 AM
Subject: RE: VB Game on March 4, 2006

面对 VB (you guys)， 单位头，家里领导，我感到相当痛苦，太痛苦了！

"抉择"


上次在KING's 吃饭，记不清谁出了个主意，告诉我情人节送朵玫瑰。

可好，昨天下班，天已黑，人渐少，没有找到红玫瑰（不成心）。好吧，一狠心决定送红龙虾 (Red Lobster)， 跑遍北面，一问最快也得要等上两个多小时（没预约）。没辙，只好再找凉面（浪漫）之店。费了我半箱油，最后总算等了不到一小时，送了领导红辣椒 (Chili's)。两个小崽子挺闹得慌，不知效果如何。花了我50美刀，为了VB, 我"用心良苦"。

昨伤一大将GHM，送你一句："为了你(VB)， 我情愿受苦..."。再为你放一钢琴曲射雕英雄传：

"射 雕 引 弓 塞 外 奔 驰
　　笑 傲 此 生 无 厌 倦

相 伴VB 到 天 边"

望你早日伤好。

前几天，WY一Client谈起明州排球，说POWERBALL队很promising，队员有潜力，主攻手打的不错（也应了我那句："谁主沉浮，看我罡吴"），....最后说不知道他们招不招人。

旧贴之三 (January 25, 2006) <荐>

From: SC
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 4:23 PM
Subject: RE: Chinese New Year + Post VB game celebration


不知为什么，最近身体一直不好，左手发麻，浑身难受，昨天实在挺不住了，发了个email，跟大大小小的头（一共五个）请了个假，下午回家吃药发汗去了。WY还嘲笑我："比赛打完了，啥病都来了，那不还有3月4号吗"，我说："对呀"。然后蒙头便睡。

快过年了，打个电话回去，又想起了上次回国。打不上排球，浑身都痒，想简单两句这次回国所见所闻。一句话：就像那球打在我前后左右，一个也接不着，很受伤。


飞机上

七八年了，带着一双MM, 一家四口第一次回国，想起就要见到年过七旬的老妈和乡亲父老，心里有点起伏。然后，算着1：8的兑换，想着疯狂购物的感觉，真叫一个"今个老百姓真高兴"。


出关

第一次出关，是走国人线还是走外国人线？没有准备有点犯难。最后一想毕竟咱是生在红旗下长在红旗下的孩子，尽管两个小崽子拿着蓝本，决定走国人线。关员还好，挺认真的，看来看去，花了不少时间。可后面排队的就受不了啦。吵吵嚷嚷道"他们是中国人还是外国人？"，"他们说中国话，肯定是中国人，那怎么护照的颜色不一样呢？"。有些人想过线，被官员一顿怒斥。最后听他们说："真倒霉，站错了线，有什么了不起的，不就是比咱们多弄出来一个吗"。 无奈。


见面

取完行李，大包小裹，连拉带拽，直奔出口，老远就见亲人们在招手，看见我第一句："没变，还那样，美国挺养人的啊"。和老妈拥抱了一下，看见她两眼泪汪汪，心里很难受，想起了"常回家看看"那首歌。寒暄一阵，上车吧。我一看，二哥开的是volvo（说是这车不眨眼），二嫂开的是Nissan SUV，有点晕。到了住处，大门有站岗的（说是都是转业军人），傲慢地检查证件（不知道是不是象刘德华说的"形如虚设"）。院内还不时看见一队队着装整齐迈着矫健步伐的保安人员。还没完，二门还要刷卡，屋里有视频面阵CCD监控系统，还挺复杂的。吃完饭接下来便是由我主持进行分赃活动，大大小小，一个不拉。不好意思，大都是在"美国最有名的沃尔马特"买的。


吃饭

按照我事先打电话回去告诉他们我想要吃的，二嫂做好了事先预定安排。头几天先是以吃为主，兼聊不让。好家伙，吃完湖南，吃湖北，吃完肥牛，吃烤鸭，喝完骨髓，喝五梁...。等到了第三天，我就吃不动了，我说："不能再吃了"。他们问我为什么。我找了个借口，说水土不服。我猜他们肯定笑活我，你不是大喊大叫要吃吗，让你吃上三天，定让你们这些从国外回来的渴望什么叫"大米粥和咸菜"的美好。后来我说："有兰州拉面吗？，加州牛肉面也行啊"。他们说："what?" 。丢人。


购物

接下来是购物。他们问我，想买点什么。我说先看看。好，他们拉着我开逛，每到一处，除了women 厕所，我挨家挨户去个遍。回头一看，觉得囊中羞涩，真舍不得这辛苦的美刀。后来找个理由买张电视报，天天装着看排球比赛和录像，死活不出去。他们问我："要不给你弄几件北京流行的NORTHFACE打折的冬装？" 我问："打完折一件大约多少钱？"。"两千多吧"。我自解说"算了算了，我们蜜国那旮着，不讲究穿戴，只要你穿衣服，不管好的坏的，大的小的，没人care"。后来一天他们给我拎回一双NORTHFACE的鞋。说你们那铤冷的，给你买双鞋。我问多少钱, 回道"1800"。总管，队长，你们网上shopping高手，告诉我怎么在ebay上卖东西，我想把它便宜点卖了换双排球鞋。老土。


孩子

北京还好，你有几个孩子，大都没人太关心。到了沈阳就不一样了。大街小巷，看你领着两个孩子，他们都盯着看，就像看耍猴似的。先是试探地问："她俩是双胞胎吧？"。我心想你们这都啥眼神啊, 一头之差，美国再穷，也不至于发育这么不好吧。就当遇上像张龙说的什么平面眼，立体眼了。另有问："她俩是一个妈生的吗？"。我倒是想来着。我回说："我肯定，百分之百的亲爹亲妈生的"。还有说："大哥，你思想超前，真能干"。我说："晚节不保，超生，超生"。


生活

比我大两岁的二哥，可以说他们生活比较富裕。有自己的公司和几处地产，做饭和卫生都有保姆。老妈告诉我："我看不惯他们，动不动就扔东西"。他们自称是提前退休了。二哥上午去趟公司转转，下午要不是陪夫人shopping就是打高尔夫球。天冷了，动不动就飞广东深圳去打。二嫂在家打理两个儿子，收收租子。问我："你们在美国怎么生活？"。我说："两点一线，上班回家，回家上班。有时打打球"。问我："打球？打什么球？"。我说："排球"。他加了一句"What? 排球"。我说："高尔夫球没想过，踢足球把腿踢裂了，打篮球把眼镜打断了，老弟现在只能玩点老少皆宜的了"。

回来前，我跟大侄子说："老叔这次时间紧没给你买什么东西，给你五千人民币，快到圣诞了，你自己买点什么东西吧"。话还没说完, 他爸说："他不缺什么，那就存在他的账户上，留着学校捐款赞助什么的"。我心想,你还不如返回来赞助我。没电。

有一天，好像是从网上收集打印出一本什么东西，让我们拿回去看看。我一看全是什么"提前退休后，如何安排生活"之类的。极大地又在刺激我。我心想这要是在排球场上，如果你这样，我肯定会憋足劲找机会瞅准了打你几个二次探头球（如果网低的话），如果你还气我，我会摞胳膊挽袖子（给自己壮胆，看这次比赛录像的我）给你几个4号位强攻，如果再给脸不要，我就不信我模仿不了刚子，也来个后排起跳（刚子肯定会说：砸。我心想还是来个佯攻吧）。这次回来想好了，整个网上用名，就叫"后排起跳"。不管砸哪。有点不平衡。"别问我是谁"。

我那二女儿就像在美国没吃着过东西，从早上吃到晚上，一刻不停。消化还不错。临走了还带上好几包。无奈在芝加哥出关时，被狼狗全都闻出来了。她还大喊大叫，死活不让人家拿走。

回来后，二嫂打个电话说："感觉你们这次回来怪怪的"。 我无奈终于找了个理由："在美国呆这么多年了，伶仃着有点不太习惯你们的生活"。她回到："那你们常回来吧"。

还嘲笑我："想当初，你二哥劝你跟他一起干，你还挺绝情，觉得自己好歹也算个高学历，毅然抱着远大的瞎想就随着潮流头也不回就去了大洋那头。其实现在回来也挺好的"。我又找个理由："为了孩子，身不由己啊"。

但还是亲情不忘。老妈放弃每天必有的晨练项目，老年大学跳舞唱歌，老姐们麻将等活动，给我买我爱吃的豆腐脑浆之油条，专门在家陪我。大哥不远万里乘车赶来，马不停蹄地到机场接老弟。8岁的大侄子不管多晚，给我做他拿手的我最爱吃的荷包鸡蛋方便面。二哥二嫂想尽一切办法让我们feel at home。 我说自从有了孩子，从来没去过电影院。他们硬拉着我们一家老小看了一场叫什么《无极》"。那声音叫一个大，我那两个女儿基本上都是坚持地捂着耳朵看完，我也笨得没看懂。感动。

临别机场，又一次拥抱一下母亲，说声多保重，我们很快会再见面的，此时又一次感到心如刀绞。想起了那首"烛光里的妈妈"。难过。

一小插曲: 回来在东京误点小住一晚，次日重新换机。几百号人的日航飞机，我们一家三口坐在最后面的一共四人一排的座位上。剩下一个座位竟是我在明大为办EB1而挂靠的博士老师Professor D。缘分。

旧贴之二 (January 22, 2006)

From: SC
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 2:01 PM
Subject: RE: VB Game on March 4, 2006

一句S哥, 不禁想起国内一段时间.

在TH读书做助教, 帮带了一些大五本科生. 课堂上还好, "S老师", "老师"地叫. 可课下就不一样了, 不论是实验室, 食堂, 走廊.... 不管男女生, 照面就称: "S哥", "S大哥", "大哥", 没完没了gang(2)gang(2)地叫. 经常是: "大哥, 周末怎么办?" 我铆足了劲说: "走,都到我家吃饭去". 他们也不含蓄, "S哥,那我们就不客气了". 回家我便翻兜找钱买菜备酒, 好客WY拎起大勺, 一顿煎炒烹炸. 饭菜刚做完, 一队人马, 男男女女, 骑着"伏尔加"(扶着而且夹着 - 自行车), 有说有笑, 吵吵嚷嚷, 浩浩荡荡, 准点到齐. 一看满桌酒菜, 坐下便说: "大哥, 弄这么多, 你老人家太客气了". 且不容分说, 一顿高喝猛吃, 一阵左右忽悠: "S哥, 你真好使", "嫂子, 你手艺真好". 等到酒干菜尽, 告辞道: "大哥, 嫂子, 不早了, 早点休息, 我们就不多呆了". "好, 我送送你们" 我回道. 等到了校门口(我们当时住在王叶任教的大学院内), 才发现, 都已下半夜了, 大门不开, 高墙不漏. 我想坏了, 我那十几平米的 "爱的小狗窝" 怎么能...., 还没等我往下想, 眼见他们个个镇定自若, 武艺高强, 动作敏捷而稳健, 连人带车, 翻墙而过, 扬长而去, ..... 远远地还不忘: " 大哥, 大嫂, 你们快回去吧, 撒优纳拉", 我站在那, 惊叹不已....

不过, 他们很好使: "S哥, 这屋刷不刷?", "嫂子, 这床放在哪?"....

现在, 他们大多都在米国, 有时来个电话:

"大哥,你好吗?"

旧贴之一 (January 19, 2006)

From: SC
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:19 PM
Subject: RE: [MN_Chinese_VB_Club_Admin] FW: Volleyball tournament

Absolutely I am not willing to loss any chances for which I have been looking to challenge any teams as a member of whole team now.

As you know my limited time at weekend, especially Saturday is San(1) Pei(2) time for me. But I try to deal with it. Put me on hold.

One thing I concern is WG's availability, our team's top killer. As the email sent from MN_Chinese_VB_Club_Admin, very possibly I guess he might be hired as G (gun) if someone else wants an All-Star Chinese team.

Also does it conflict with the one that some of you guys will be playing with XXX?

Thanks.

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From: SWG
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:35 AM
Subject: Volleyball tournament

Another tournament on March 4, 2006 (Saturday)
This is a whole day event, with 12 teams, 8 games for sure, $75.
If we want to go, could be a challenge to play for whole day, also needs support from our families.

Let me know what do you think?

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From: WG
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: [MN_Chinese_VB_Club_Admin] Tournament on Jan. 15

I have transferred the recorded game to two WMA files. One is about 900M and the other is about 650M.

I will bring the files with me and save them in the public drive tomorrow. You guys can take a look. (I don't have the software to turn them into a DVD film, sorry.)
The second set of our first encounter with "hired guns" is not complete. We ran out of tape during that set and our photographer doesn't know how to change tapes at that time.

I also reviewed our games of first round. Here is the stats:

(此处略去XXX字. 表格无法pasted here.)

Note: The first Paragraph is the match with UofM, the second one is with "Hired guns".

Meanings of different categories:
Good Serve is a serve that prevents opponent from organizing effective offense.
Good Spike is a kill. Spike failure could be out of bound, not across the net or blocked.
Good Passing is a dig or pass that sends the ball comfortable to the setter. Passing Failure is a pass that sends the ball away from the setter. The ball could be either dead or saved by team mate.
Good setting leads to a smooth spike. Setting failure is a set that makes spiking impossible.
Saving is a difficult pass or dig. It is a response of either an attack of opponent or a bad passing from teammate.
Good blocking kill the ball on opponent's court. Blocking failure usually cause the ball out of bound.


The good:
First of all, Kudos to our setters. As you can see, we only have to setting errors. We also improves a lot in term of passing. We did not have as many passing errors as before. Serving is also a big factor here. YJ's serving is night and day different between the two games. We also block when our opponent attacks. I did not record the stat for our second match with "hired guns". I believe we have more blocking successes there.

The opportunity:
Serving aggressiveness: We need to improve on this category. With UofM, the only way to beat them is to affect their offense right from serving. SC, HM and BH need to work on this consciously.
Spiking: spikers need to be prepared all the time. I will be the first to admit that I was not always prepared. I need to get away from the net as soon as the ball is over on our court. The mistake leads to many weak spikes.
Setting: as we get better at regular setting, it is time to add some varieties to our offense. Quick attack and floating balls on No. 2 position will be our target for next.
Passing: well, we still have passing errors. Let's really minimize this.
Blocking: This will be our advantage among all the teams in this tournament. Let's work harder on this.

Nice playing with you guys. Can't wait to beat SouthWest for real and challenge Mosquito next time.

G

球队发家史

让我先来占个座。

我是多么希望早日回到球队的怀抱啊！

做为POWERBALL的老球棍，让俺来回忆回忆球队的发家史吧。

话说当年俺在G公司找到工作，搬到双城。LG远在千里之外，举目无亲，百无聊赖。那时TEA HOUSE刚刚开张做川菜，俺有一次拿着MSP MAGAZINE到那里边吃边看，不是不凄惨的。在公司里也不认识任何人，组里没有老中。刚去时就注意到离俺两个CUBE有一老中坐镇其中，以为该同事也许会过来亲善一下，俺就可以套套关系，结果人家压根就没有套瓷的意思。俺脸皮又薄，白白浪费了好几个月的时光。后来才发现，此筒子乃双城地头蛇、熟人遍天下之邵同学是也。

（待续）

- by ZF