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Footprints on the Moon

突如其来的半月记 Vol.2

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本月事件

正骨初体验

经常看到小红书上有人发正骨后遗症,严重的甚至瘫痪了,导致我去正骨之前还蛮忐忑的。但是看了看加拿大这边执业医师都是’doctor’,加上丈夫去体验了以后也感觉良好,就预约了一个。

在加拿大,按摩和物理治疗体系主要包括以下三类: RMT(Registered Massage Therapist,注册按摩治疗师) 主要提供放松按摩、深层组织按摩、运动损伤恢复等手法治疗。 需要完成政府认证的按摩治疗课程,并在所属省份注册。 Physio(Physiotherapist,物理治疗师) 主要针对运动损伤、慢性疼痛、术后康复等,通过运动、手法治疗、热敷/冷敷、电刺激等手段进行康复训练。 需要完成物理治疗专业的学位,并取得省级执照。 Chiro(Chiropractor,脊椎按摩师/脊椎神经科医生) 主要专注于脊柱健康、神经系统功能调整,通过脊椎矫正、推拿和其他手法治疗来改善身体机能。 Doctor of Chiropractic(D.C.) 学位通常需要 至少 7-8 年的高等教育(包括本科和脊椎治疗专业课程)。

试过按摩、理疗后,觉得正骨的 doctor 对我的分析让我觉得最贴合我的症状:好像只有他认真听进去了我说的左边脖子僵硬和背痛的感觉并且做了针对性处理。但也没想到他说的 cupping 就是拔罐,回家后发现左边背上一片淤血,但是拔罐的时候还挺爽的,有点微电流流过的感觉。本中医黑大受震撼!当然疗程的最后免不了给我脖子和胸椎咔咔来了两下。

之前在国内年少无知的时候被按摩店大姐也咔咔过,仔细想想还挺危险的。健身教练改行来我司做销售的同事说之前在温哥华中医推拿,结果老板没打招呼给他掰了两下,第二天他脖子就动不了了,连忙找了正规 chiro 又掰了回来。

抬头看云

最近在读《天气的秘密》,早起就开始观察:天空中有几缕纤细的云,排除层状云和积状云,但海拔不高也不可能是卷状云,翻了翻书才知道原来是积状云努力成型失败后留下的破碎小云。过一会再去看,这些小云也正如书中说的那样消散了。读了这本书再看周遭的各种小气候,又多了一分觉察,也是一种美妙的感觉。

又要考驾照了

想到要考驾照就很烦恼!十年前在国内考驾照就差点考出人生阴影,感觉我是那种肢体控制方面很容易紧张的人,不过后来开车倒也是平稳度过。来温哥华第一次路考就因为停牌没停直接挂科,一口气歇了两年没去考试。约了月初的考试,又开始很紧张,前两天睡觉,想到要考试凌晨五点突然惊醒! 而且丈夫在缓解焦虑方面只会帮倒忙,抓住我的每个疏漏唧唧歪歪。

玩耍般健身

开卡两周去了 8 次健身房,单次成本$2。本想去的次数更多,可惜周五和周末都提前关门。周末还有攀岩和散步等活动耽搁了去健身房的步伐…健身房可以玩的各种器械实在太多了,经常只能选几个玩一会就到了闭馆时间。前两天因为睡姿过于扭曲,背痛得要命,想多活动身体,就让 gpt 给我制定了一个训练计划,用上了风阻自行车和滑雪机,累得想吐血。

社牛精神大爆发

带朋友去攀岩,因为我已经取消了会员卡,所以他不能免费攀爬。于是我在场馆随机抓了一个 xhs 博主把他带进来了。一系列操作行云流水到我都不敢相信这是社恐的自己能做出来的行为。但是进馆以后就跟博主们各奔东西了,毕竟他们都是奔着 hex4 和 5 去的,而我爬了一年还在爬 2。朋友安慰说她可以爬 v0 爬到七十岁哈哈。

好久没攀岩了,爬完回家意识到爬墙还是很快乐的!只是有时候我会忘记这种快乐,可能快乐的感觉也需要被提醒吧。

Call Me Lucy

文员生涯很大一部分工作内容就是接电话,不知道为什么,相当多的当地人有知道接线员名字的需求,尤其是当我通知了他们一些 unpleasant 的消息时。我是什么花剌子模的信使吗?为了避免我的名字被人辱骂,我都跟他们说:You can call me Lucy。觉得 Lucy 是一个非常好笑的文员名,不知道这种感觉从何而来。

直到昨天朋友跟我说《小时代》里也有个助理叫 Lucy。

啊,人的气质里果然藏着她读过的每一本书,即使是郭敬明的书。

读过

《体育运动中的功能性训练》

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2025年01年20日 读过
通过训练在最小化损伤风险的同时保持高水平运动表现。不论是在力量房、赛场、田径场,还是训练垫上,《体育运动中的功能训练(第2 版)》都能帮你实现最佳训练效果。作为国际zui权-威的运动表现教练之一,迈克·鲍伊尔使用的概念、方法、练习和方案都能够zui大程度地优化运动员的比赛动作。本书包含一系列的功能性评估,便于为不同运动员设计有针对性的训练计划。通过自我强化进阶练习,训练运动员的下肢、核心、上肢直到全身,增强其在运动专项中所需要的平衡能力、本体感觉、稳定性、力量和爆发力。书中的训练方案示例有利于实现个性化应用,确保身体运动表现在各个方面都获得充足的准备。鲍伊尔还在泡沫轴滚动、拉伸、动态热身等方面加入了zui新的研究成果和实践经验,提供了绝佳的训练建议。《体育运动中的功能训练(第2 版)》超越了传统的动作描述和说明的方式,加入了全彩高清的基础动作图片、注释以及重要动作分析。 《体育运动中的功能训练(第2 版)》是鲍伊尔以他十多年前出版的著作为基础,进行提炼和扩展后完成的。这一版本提供了zui先进的功能性训练知识,能满足各种专项运动需求。
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又翻了一遍这本书安排自己的训练动作,最震惊的是作者认为腰椎的设计适合小范围的弯曲、伸展和侧屈,但旋转范围非常有限。主要的旋转应该由胸椎和髋关节来完成。然而某些瑜伽动作(如“脊柱扭转”)强调大幅度旋转,尤其当髋关节灵活性不足时,会把压力转移到腰椎。对已有背痛或腰椎问题的人,过度旋转会进一步加重伤害。

《我们在非洲》

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2025年01年21日 读过
☆内容全面、立体。五大生态系统,丰富的动物观察,构建立体的非洲图景 ☆全彩内页,15年海量摄影作品优中选优。200多张摄影照片,在非洲上天入地,呈现你想不到的视角下的野生风光 ☆和动物一起生活的亲密。在非洲草原工作15年,“中国狮子王”非洲的青山深情讲述,那些和动物在一起的别样生活 ☆全面,立体,深入科普+人文关怀,呈现完整且完美的黄金非洲 内容概要 这是一本充满自然之美、亲近动物、图文并茂的动物观察笔记和纸上“动物世界”。 如果能找回作为一只动物的状态,人会不会比较快乐?在动物的寂静生活里,是不是藏着笨拙的生命谜语? 在和非洲的野生动物做了15年邻居后,作者(非洲的青山)积累了厚厚的一部动物观察笔记,仅通过优美生动的文字和充满生命张力的一手摄影图片,读者就能产生“动物世界纪录片”的观感。 作者以自己的亲身经历,悉心讲述这些动物的习性和故事,它们是怎样演化而来的?它们是怎么生存的?它们在生态系统中起什么作用?还有作者在跟踪观察它们的过程中,遇到的惊险和有趣的小插曲等。 本书一共分为5个部分:草原,雨林,火山,湿地,海岛。每部分下面有10篇左右的文章,单篇聚焦一个主题,篇幅在4000至5000字。另配有作者多年拍摄和积累的200多幅精美野外世界照片。 文笔优美、富含感情,这是一部有温度的动物学、生态学兼地理学的科普向导。
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豆瓣有个朋友说得对,很难得一本国内男作者写的却丝毫不油腻不自我炫耀的科普书,导致我一开始还以为是译作。有点好奇的是作者如果只是经过,是怎么知道某些动物家族从头到尾的发展经过呢,难道是 bbc 摄像组?而且觉得有些部分过度拟人化,虽然很亲切,但又觉得是不是不大对…

《Born a Crime》

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2025年01年31日 读过
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • Newsday • Esquire • NPR • Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love. Praise for Born a Crime “[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade “What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today “[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People “[Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review) “A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews Review “[A] compelling new memoir . . . By turns alarming, sad and funny, [Trevor Noah’s] book provides a harrowing look, through the prism of Mr. Noah’s family, at life in South Africa under apartheid. . . . In the end, Born a Crime is not just an unnerving account of growing up in South Africa under apartheid, but a love letter to the author’s remarkable mother.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “[An] unforgettable memoir.”—Parade “You’d be hard-pressed to find a comic’s origin story better than the one Trevor Noah serves up in Born a Crime. . . . [He] developed his aptitude for witty truth telling [and]…every hardscrabble memory of helping his mother scrape together money for food, gas, school fees, and rent, or barely surviving the temper of his stepfather, Abel, reveals the anxious wellsprings of the comedian’s ambition and success. If there is harvest in spite of blight, the saying goes, one does not credit the blight-but Noah does manage to wring brilliant comedy from it.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “What makes Born a Crime such a soul-nourishing pleasure, even with all its darker edges and perilous turns, is reading Noah recount in brisk, warmly conversational prose how he learned to negotiate his way through the bullying and ostracism. . . . What also helped was having a mother like Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah. . . . Consider Born a Crime another such gift to her—and an enormous gift to the rest of us.”—USA Today “[Noah] thrives with the help of his astonishingly fearless mother. . . . Their fierce bond makes this story soar.”—People “This isn't your average comic-writes-a-memoir: It’s a unique look at a man who is a product of his culture—and a nuanced look at a part of the world whose people have known dark times easily pushed aside.”—Refinery29 “Noah’s memoir is extraordinary . . . essential reading on every level. It’s hard to imagine anyone else doing a finer job of it.”—The Seattle Times “Powerful prose . . . told through stories and vignettes that are sharply observed, deftly conveyed and consistently candid. Growing organically from them is an affecting investigation of identity, ethnicity, language, masculinity, nationality and, most of all, humanity—all issues that the election of Donald Trump in the United States shows are foremost in minds and hearts everywhere. . . . What the reader gleans are the insights that made Noah the thoughtful, observant, empathic man who wrote Born a Crime. . . . Here is a level-headed man, forged by remarkable and shocking life incidents, who is quietly determined and who knows where home and the heart lie. Would this unique story have been published had it been about someone not a celebrity of the planet? Possibly not, and to the detriment of potential readers, because this is a warm and very human story of the type that we will need to survive the Trump presidency’s imminent freezing of humane values.”—Mail & Guardian (South Africa) “[Noah’s] story of surviving—and thriving—is mind-blowing.”—Cosmopolitan “A gifted storyteller, able to deftly lace his poignant tales with amusing irony.”—Entertainment Weekly “Noah has a real tale to tell, and he tells it well. . . . Among the many virtues of Born a Crime is a frank and telling portrait of life in South Africa during the 1980s and ’90s. . . . Born a Crime offers Americans a second introduction to Trevor Noah, and he makes a real impression.”—Newsday “An affecting memoir, Born a Crime [is] a love letter to his mother.”—The Washington Post “Witty and revealing . . . Noah’s story is the story of modern South Africa; though he enjoyed some privileges of the region’s slow Westernization, his formative years were shaped by poverty, injustice, and violence. Noah is quick with a disarming joke, and he skillfully integrates the parallel narratives via interstitial asides between chapters. . . . Perhaps the most harrowing tales are those of his abusive stepfather, which form the book’s final act (and which Noah cleverly foreshadows throughout earlier chapters), but equally prominent are the laugh-out-loud yarns about going to the prom, and the differences between ‘White Church’ and ‘Black Church.’”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “[A] substantial collection of staggering personal essays . . . Incisive, funny, and vivid, these true tales are anchored to his portrait of his courageous, rebellious, and religious mother who defied racially restrictive laws to secure an education and a career for herself—and to have a child with a white Swiss/German even though sex between whites and blacks was illegal. . . . [Trevor Noah’s] electrifying memoir sparkles with funny stories . . . and his candid and compassionate essays deepen our perception of the complexities of race, gender, and class.”—Booklist (starred review) “A gritty memoir . . . studded with insight and provocative social criticism . . . with flashes of brilliant storytelling and acute observations.”—Kirkus Reviews
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在 audible 上听完的,体验非常好,Trevor 朗读的时候会把各式非洲方言给念出来,他本人又是非常优秀的脱口秀演员,各种场景都能念得绘声绘色。是不是脱口秀演员就非常适合念有声书?

这本书虽然是 Trevor 的自传,自传背后他妈妈的故事才是最吸引我的部分。出生在种族隔离时期的非洲,身为家里第二个女儿,她一直是家中被忽视的存在。Trevor 说 the only country my mother would be less valued would be China。辱华笑话加分!非洲的家庭忽视跟发达国家的情感忽视可不一样,Trevor 的妈妈一度要去猪圈里跟猪抢食物。即便如此,她还是顽强生存,并且努力学习英语,靠自己找到了文员的工作,种族隔离时期,这些工作很少给黑人。

她给自己的孩子取名 Trevor 是因为这个单词在他们的文化里一点意义都没有,她希望自己的孩子 can be anything he wants to be,不被任何东西,哪怕是父母的期待束缚。

但即使如此,最后一章里,她还是被二婚的丈夫家暴,她每次被打都会报警,警察们从不立案,声称这只不过是家庭纠纷。当她终于下定决心从这段有毒的婚姻中离开组建新家庭后,这个家暴的前夫对她开了三枪。而之后因为他多年从未有过犯罪记录(托那些警察的福)且需要供养家庭(虽然这个酒鬼从未做过),法官只判处了他三年缓刑,这个男人一天牢都没坐就被释放。

That’s the end of the story.

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