车子在缓缓地前进, 慢慢驶出深圳, 也驶出繁华与喧嚣, 走向我的故乡.
行囊里带了毕飞宇写的短篇小说>, 本想在车上看的. 可是当我坐上车时, 却痴痴地看着窗外向后面飞逝地景物, 没有了看书的兴致. 从深圳开往博罗的途中, 并没有什么值得观赏的景致, 要么是错落不齐的楼房, 要么是光突突并且略带荒凉的山头, 可是我的视线却无法从窗外移到手中的书里. 那一刻我才突然意识到, 我需要窗外的景物来帮助自己思考生活中的一些事情. 于是, 我开始思考我的工作, 我的朋友, 以及我的未来.
然而当我在博罗转车到我的家乡长宁时, 我才真正地感觉到, 我真的离开深圳了. 亲爱的博罗, 我曾经那里读了三年的高中. 三年时间, 说长不长, 说短也不短. 但是, 那三年里经历的东西, 足以影响我的一生. 那些年里认识的每一个同学朋友, 发生的每一件事情, 都在推动着我生命前进的步伐. 我曾经如置身天堂般快乐幸福过, 也曾如躲藏在地狱一隅痛苦煎熬过, 连我自己也想不清楚, 为何一个人, 或者说, 为何一个年轻而稚嫩的人, 要经历种种如此刻骨铭心的事情. 当时的我为会期中或者期末考试失败而掉泪, 所以可想而知, 当我高考失利时, 那种打击对我来讲有多大! 或许这就是天真和幼稚的代价, 因为我想, 如果让我现在回到从前, 不要说高考失利, 哪怕就是考不上本科去读大专, 我也不会有丝毫的怯意与不安.
突然发现, 一个人的思想境界真的会直接影响到他对人对事的看法, 甚至对自己生命的认可程度. 我自认没有范仲淹的 “先天下之忧而忧, 后天下之乐而乐” 的胸襟, 因为在这个物欲横流, 生活压力山大的年代, 我也无法免俗, 不得不为自己的人生和事业作打算. 那种心系天下苍生的胸怀, 只能留给伟人们. 当然, 我也不能做到范仲淹的 “不以物喜, 不以己悲”. 相反, 我常常 “以物喜, 以己悲”. 但是有一点我可以肯定的是, 我会悲喜有度, 不会大喜大悲. 在我看来, 一个人如果对生活的种种事情没有了喜和悲的感觉, 那么他估计可以做出家与青灯古佛为伴了. 喜与悲不重要, 重要的是如何控制好自己的性情, 做到张弛有度, 这样生命才会有张力与韧性. 如果说范仲淹的思想是真正的大气与 “无我” 的话, 那么我更欣赏的, 却是孟子的 “穷则独善其身, 达则兼济天下”. 一个人要独善其身很容易, 要兼济天下, 则需要真正的眼光, 谋略和胸怀. 我们往往会记住自己吃过的苦, 却对别人吃的苦视而不见, 更不要谈什么兼济别人.
回到了家, 我放下了行李. 我终于回到了故乡.
'Made in China' for London Olympics
DALIAN - Workers are busy working in front of sewing machines in a manufacturing workshop in the northeastern coastal city of Dalian as the 2012 London Olympics approaches.
Making uniforms for this year's US Olympic athletes, Dayang Group Co, Ltd. has encountered controversy following complaints from a group of US lawmakers, led by Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who chided the US Olympic Committee for not providing US Olympians with domestically produced uniforms last week.
"I think they should take all the outfits, put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over," Reid said.
Li Guilian, president of the Dayang Group, said the group had acctually produced more than 3,000 formal outfits for the US delegation to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Ralph Lauren, a renowned US fashion designer, spoke highly of the quality of clothes made by the Dayang Group, adding that their quality persuaded him to work with the company again this year.
"About 80 percent of our products are targeted at overseas markets," said Zhi Yong, an employee with the Dayang Group, adding that the company exports five million suits each year.
"The Dayang Group has long-term strategic cooperation with overseas customers. This recent political event will not affect the development of the company, but highlight made-in-China products and our brand," said Li.
Several enterprises in East China's Zhejiang province have also been rushing to churn out products for the London Olympics.
Lu Zhuyuan, general manager of a local flag manufacturing company, said his company has made more than 4,000 flags for this year's event.
"Two out of every ten flags flying over the London Olympics are made by our company," said Lu.
Mei Xinyu, a researcher at the International Trade and Economic Cooperation Institution under the Ministry of Commerce, said "made in China" represents an increasing advantage in terms of price competition, which in turn can help to maintain a stable foreign trade environment.
Relying on its huge domestic market, China has the advantage of a stable macroeconomic environment and market initiative in the global economy, Mei added.
"As energy prices drop, lost manufacturing orders are likely to return to China," Mei said.
Statistics show that in the first half of this year, Yiwu in Zhejiang, China's largest small commodity wholesale market, did an export of $34.28 million to Britain, up 17.86 percent year on year. |
