怨恨三部曲之找不回的灯笼：第三章

看到这一场景，在场众人无不感到惊讶地说不出话来。等曙光消失了一阵后，众人才回了神，开始谈论刚发生的事。善良的男孩只是呆呆地望着天空；他一时无法相信灯笼就这样从他的眼前永远地消失了。

善良的男孩跟着转头望着除妖男孩。除妖男孩正兴起地跟大伙谈论刚才的那一阵风，一道曙光，而似乎没注意到善良男孩对他所投射的愤怒目光。

善良的男孩生气地对除妖男孩说道；“你为什么烧我的灯笼！”

除妖男孩不以为然地说道：“我看你刚才拿灯笼拿到这样高兴，就烧你的灯笼，捉弄你一下咯。”

除妖男孩才刚说完，吴阿姨便插嘴道：“唉呀，只不过是一个普通的灯笼，再去跟老师讨一个咯。”然后接着又说道：“你干脆跟老师讨几个，我们拿来烧，看那个光会不会再出现。”

善良的男孩没作回应，只是静静地站在那里看着吴阿姨。看着善良的男孩默不作声，吴阿姨不耐烦地说道：“唉呀，你不要去拿我自己去拿就是了咯。”说完便转身走向广场去；足球男孩不语地陪上吴阿姨一起走，而除妖男孩说了一句：“我也去。”也随后跟上，完全部理会善良的男孩。

虽然到到处都是灯笼，可是特别的只有那一个灯笼；就算拿到多一个更美，手工更精致的灯笼，也不是那个灯笼。别人可能觉得那个只是个便宜的灯笼，没什么特别，可是善良的男孩就是喜欢那个灯笼，可是现在已经找不回了。亲眼看着心爱的灯笼被烧毁，而眼前这些人又竟然不当一回事，善良的男孩愤怒不已，一手将刀拔出，直朝烧毁他灯笼的人——除妖男孩辟下！

除妖男孩毕竟也是一个高手。善良的男孩拔刀之际，他已感觉到杀气。于是背向善良的男孩的他，马上一个转身接招。只听的“当”的一声，除妖男孩已经挡下善良的男孩的刀。而他用来挡刀的别无它物，就是他惯用的眼镜；使用的招式便是他独创的“眼镜三式”中的第一式——脱眼镜。

除妖男孩再将眼镜往上一挥，善良的男孩的刀也随之往上往后一扬；就在这时，除妖男孩使出了“眼镜三式”第二式——抛眼镜，大力地将眼镜丢向善良的男孩。眼镜飞出速度之快，善良的男孩只能半转身，扑地避开；避过眼镜站起之际，善良的男孩又听得眼镜回旋之声，转头一看，只见得眼镜又冲着自己飞来。善良的男孩立即将刀举向左肩，然后往右腰间一个斜劈，挡掉了眼镜；眼镜落地之际，善良的男孩转了个身，同时反手一个横劈，应对除妖男孩的偷袭。除妖男孩见偷袭不成，于是便马上闪了一边，低着腰扑向眼镜，将眼镜紧握拾起。除妖男孩这么一紧握眼镜，释放了藏在眼镜里，薇量无色无嗅麻醉烟；善良的男孩吸入麻醉烟后，一时呆住无法行动，而除妖男孩趁这个机会跑出了善良的男孩的攻击范围。这就是“眼镜三式”第三式，也是最出名的招式——捡眼镜。

怨恨三部曲之找不回的灯笼：第二章

善良的男孩三人吓了一跳。在马上稳住了被拍熄且摇晃得厉害的灯笼后，他们抬头一望，看见原来拍灯笼的是圣约翰救伤队的大姐傻瓜头，正在恶作剧地到处熄灭他人的灯笼。

在对傻瓜头的举动相互表达厌恶后，三人将注意力转移到灯笼上。在发现灯笼完好无损后，美丽的黄燕又再非常细心地点亮着灯笼。有伊人帮他选灯笼，点灯笼，善良的男孩满心欢喜。越想，越是喜欢这灯笼。灯笼点亮后，善良的男孩说了声感谢，接着便与‘小鸟双伊人’相互道别，目送着她们向‘三花才女’走去。

善良的男孩迫不及待地想把灯笼给其他人看，于是便往操场走去。 才刚踏进操场，他便看到球男孩和除妖男孩和几个同伴站在不远处。当他走靠近时，才看清楚原来那几个同伴是杜格拉斯，爱晨，火神，和吴阿姨。吴阿姨手中拿着一本她最新出版的色情小说，‘父亲强奸女儿案’。善良的男孩看到那本书，不难想象大伙儿当时又在听吴阿姨讲故事。

善良的男孩跟大伙凑上，灯笼马上就受注意。吴阿姨第一个就说道：“哇！好漂亮的灯笼！”

“漂亮吧？这是我猜灯谜赢来的。‘小鸟双伊人’帮我选的。”善良的男孩得意洋洋地说道。

“一个灯笼而已，高兴到这样。”除妖男孩不以为然地说道。

“灯笼是我赢回来的吗，又是美女帮我选，帮我点的，当然高兴啦。”善良的男孩依然满是小笑脸地回道。

看着善良的男孩如此开心，除妖男孩忽然顽皮心起，想捉弄善良的男孩。于是从口袋拿出了火柴与小蜡烛。在点了蜡烛后，趁善良的男孩不注意，悄悄地走到善良的男孩身旁，然后蹲了下来，用蜡烛烧起灯笼来。

善良的男孩那时正在跟他人谈得兴起，一时没留意到除妖男孩的举动。当他转头一看时，除妖男孩已在企图烧灯笼。他急忙地喝止除妖男孩，同时连忙将灯笼拿开。他立即把灯笼提起，稍微检查了一下。乍看之下，灯笼看起来完好无损，善良的男孩于是松了口气；但是一微小火苗其实以栽种在灯笼上，一眨眼之间这个火苗迅速扩散，整个灯笼烧了起来！

这时善良的男孩惊慌失措，手一松，燃烧着的灯笼便落在地上。灯笼不耗一刻的时间便烧成灰烬。从这灰烬中，一股白烟徐徐冒起，渐渐地在众人面前形成那灯笼的形状。可是，突然一阵强风掠过，将白烟吹散，也把灰烬从地上吹起；被吹起的灰烬飘向天空；天空忽现一道曙光，照射着灰烬，将其吸向天空。只见灰烬被吸入云层之后，曙光消失，风也停，一切恢复平静。

就这样，灯笼灰飞烟灭了。

怨恨三部曲之找不回的灯笼：第一章

这是一个关于两个男孩与一个灯笼的故事。

那是很多年前的一个月圆中秋夜。那时，大中华在它的巨大壮观的校舍里举办了一个中秋晚会。晚会是如此的盛大，各个班级的每个学生都来参加，人数不下千人，热闹非常，而且校舍处处都有中秋活动。

善良的男孩在广场里看着灯谜，手握着刀。自从贝壳事件后，他到哪都带着刀。有人谣传，说那把刀是他力量的来源。他不承认，也没否认。其实，他自己都不知道。他所知道的是，贝壳事件以后，他的功力大增；真是因为刀赐他力量，还是单单因为他更认真锻炼，他并没有去多加思考。或许，他三天两头都要应付那些相信传言而来找他挑战抢刀的同学，也对他的功力进步有贡献吧。总之，他刀不离手，并不是因为他相信刀给了他力量，而是因为他不想再失去多一样心爱的东西。

虽然贝壳事件造成善良的男孩与‘三鼠侠’一时的不和，但他毕竟是‘三鼠侠’的朋友。事件过了好一阵子后，他便与‘三鼠侠’冰释前嫌，言归于好。另一方面，因贝壳事件而被揭发她们灭鼠行动阴谋的‘永恒朋友’，在东窗事发后，遭到多方的谴责，一度名誉扫地。后来，在吴阿姨的斡旋下，‘三鼠侠’终与‘永恒朋友’化干戈为玉帛，变成了盟友。‘永恒朋友’更把除妖男孩封为他们的荣誉‘姐妹’。就是在这情况下，‘永恒朋友’得以翻身，恢复名誉。而‘三鼠侠’和他们的朋友 — 其中就包括了善良的男孩，爱晨，杜格拉斯，火神，还有原属肚腩帮的小马车 — 则成为颇有影响力的中心组织之一。

善良的男孩看到一则简单的灯谜，便不二想地向负责灯谜的陈鸟鸟老师说出谜底

“对！很好！”陈鸟鸟老师高兴的答道，接着指着挂满灯笼的架子说道：“来，你赢了一个灯笼，自己选吧。”

灯笼个个漂亮。看着这些灯笼，善良的男孩一时拿不定主意。就在这时，‘小鸟双伊人’ — 林大鸟和美丽的黄燕走了过来。看到善良的男孩犹豫不决的表情，林大鸟对他说道；“帮你选好吗？” 善良的男孩高兴地点了点头。

林大鸟便从架子上摘下了一个高高挂着的大红灯笼。灯笼是呈圆筒形，手工非常精致；灯笼上画着的是山水图案，非常的漂亮。善良的男孩接过灯笼，很是喜欢。

接着，美丽的黄燕便帮善良的男孩点灯笼。因为风大，她点灯笼时特别细心，好不容易才将灯笼点着。谁知，善良的男孩才将刚点亮的灯笼拿起，便有一个黑影掠过，快速地拍了灯笼一下！

Moment of The Week

Two more days for the week to be over, but dun think anything can top this...

Scenario: Set up 2 reactions on Wed, 2 hours apart from each other. Stopped the reaction yesterday, an hour apart from each other. After stopping reactions, Z came over.

Z : （pointing to the first reaction set up) 这个反应跑了多久？

Me: 二十个小时。

Z: 另外一个呢？

Me: 十九个小时。

Z: 屁！两个反应相差两个小时开始，怎么可能一个十九，一个二十？

Me: 我又不是一起停的。

Z: 哦。。。

Me: 屁什么啦？

Z:。。。

New Work, New Challenge

It was simpler working in Basel: from the reaction to the starting material, everything was provided. All that was needed was to show up for work, turn up the stirrer and repeat the same reaction with different starting material over and over again until all analogues were done (or the scaffold was no longer interesting, whichever came first). If the reaction was not working, there was nothing to worry. Just tell K about it, have a simple discussion maybe, then a new reaction condition will pop up and everything was back to order.

In Basel, managing multiple reactions (alongside other lad chores) where the skill most needed and that was what I mastered.

Now in the current job, things are a bit different. There was only one reaction. It worked once, maybe twice, but then it never worked again. So I had been at it for the past few weeks. So a disappointed Z sat down with me today and we had a chat to straighten some issues out. So now I realize I am suppose to come up with the reaction scheme, set up my own reactions and provide all the deductions and conclusion. In short, I am suppose to do my own research. Fpr myself. Instead of just doing "work" for Z.

So it's a new set of requirement, needing more than what I learned in Basel. So I'll have to learn more. And fast. I will have to know more about the theory, the mechanism, and a load others about chemicals, lab skill, etc. I am so glad that Z finally spelled out the requirement today. If would had been better if he said so about a month ago when I started work. But then again, I could had asked... oh well.

Whatever the case, it's a new ball game, a new challenge, and it's exciting. Let's start from here. Now.

I Needed A Good Day......

I slept early last night and had a good breakfast today. I even wrote down a schedule for my work today (1st time I'm doing this since coming back) before I knocked off yesterday. I took a shower in the morning as usual and took the train as usual.

Work hadn't been good. It's been disastrously slow. I spent the past two weeks purifying a compound. Yes, two weeks. Nobody spends two weeks doing that. It's disgusting.

Hadn't really got on the right foot with my boss (let's call him Z from now on). Communication is a problem. Expectation is another. Attitude (this part solely on me) is the third. Things are different now - it's like I'm no longer a student or an apprentice, make a mistake (I dun intend to) and I get fired. So, must be a good employee, behave and perform (in more ways than one).

Like some teams at the start of the new season suffering a slow start and had patchy form, and really needed some good result, I needed a good day today. I needed a good day to believe that things can be better; I needed a good day to know that things can improve; I needed a good day to know I can put things in order and turns thing around.

So now at the end of the day, I can say today had been quite OK. Finally put up the compound on the dry freezer for the last time; interaction with Z is as good as it can get, for now; started a new reaction scheme which proceeded quite well. There is finally some order and organization. Overall, it's been a good day.

And it can get better.