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August 31 Back to Boston, Back to school
700mi + 100mi to visit the campus of Cornell, one of the Top 3 prettiest campuses of the States. Finished the last presentation this afternoon at 3pm; the longest summer I ever had. Just cannot wait to go back to school, the relaxing days, the remaining few summer time of Boston. Come to visit me, my new friends of the summer. It's time to settle down again; I miss the River Charles, the jogging, rowing, sailing, for the few sunny days of this summer ;-)
August 30 Ontario游记－Toronto and Niagara Falls 去过Toronto和Niagara Falls的人实在太多，所以此篇就权作流水帐了。 Toronto与所有的Metropolitan无异；Niagara Falls还是很让我震撼的，但是，这种震撼是文字远无法表达的，只有身临其境才能触摸到自然的神奇。
先说行程吧，我周六晚到的Ann Arbor，因为网上征集的几个驴友都是UMich的。晚上在暴风雨中吃了家乡，很不错的家常菜，比我们在Toronto Chinatown吃到的好过千倍。当然了，某人会很自豪地说，带我去的餐馆，点的菜，都是他们经过了时间的实践总结出来最好吃的，呵呵。之后看了很早就想看的Knocked Up，IMDB上的review很好，又是小制作成本的电影，期待很高。其实也还不错了，很轻松的喜剧，全场有几个老美的笑声分辨率始终很高，跟American Pie类似的典型美国式生活剧，不过画面出格很多，明显的少儿不宜。
我们一行5人周六早上8点出发，Yuefeng开的全程， Pontiac的Vita，俺没开，不过坐车的感觉还不错，GM的车，用的Honda的engine，据说是因为低档车，用GM自己的powertrain反而不划算，所以source了Honda的engine...关于这个理由，俺还没太想明白（民族自豪感太强，经不起市场经济的考验，呵呵）。从Ann Arbor走I－94，直接从Detroit的Ambassoder Bridge过关，被海关mm叫道一边pull over，走了个形式，耽误了40多分钟，终于盖上了入境的章。什么时候咱们中国人出门哪儿都不要visa，那才真爽了。Windsor是与Detroit隔河相望的加拿大边境城市，很小、很破，靠赌场为生。据说在Niagara Falls美国境内修casino前，所有美国人都开车到加拿大这边赌博，看来拉萨Vegas的模式倒是四海皆准，人性中贪婪的部分都是一样的。
加拿大是公制，所有限速都是以km/h计，很不习惯。不过所有人都是以miles的数字开KM/H的限速。401在London之前的一段很是畅通，可是我们错过了上403的exit，看地图，401从Toronto北面也能到，可惜我们比较倒霉，在Cambridge那段遇上了不到5km/h的堵车，估计前面有车祸。加拿大警察处理事故的“拖拉”着实让我们佩服，后来在QEW上也遇到一起车祸，看到加拿大的警察不经不慢的处理，实在为对面lane上的车捏了把汗，不知要堵到何时候。无可奈何，只好下了401，从Cambridge穿town而过，很neat的小镇，重新上了403， 顿时开阔了许多。关于旅行，路途上的不确定性也是让我迷恋的地方。之前yuefeng希望能借个GPS，我却不喜欢用GPS。Google Map + AAA maps足矣，俺是土人，行了大半个美国，就没用过GPS，都是地图加人工导航，途中趣事不断，还可以了解当地民风，何乐不为？唯一开车用GPS还是去年在Montreal，结果机器让我走country roads, 不停recalculate，耽误不少时间，而且聊无寻路之乐趣。
到Toronto已是下午3点，对的，我们开了足足6－7个小时，那段堵车实在是经典。Toronto的Chinatown一如所有的Chinatown，脏、乱、差。久违的大都市的冷漠又重回眼前，就连问餐馆，也碰了好几次灰，开来都市人的冷漠都是相似的。由于没找到精华区推荐的，就随便问了个路人，最后选了“龙凤”，那家是我在北美吃过的最差的中餐馆，此处留名，大家下次去一定注意了。地址是Spadina Ave和Dundas Str的crossroad，对面是一家Scotiabank。Chinatown停车很方便，不用找meter，有地下的停车场，全天也就$10 cap了。吃过饭，我们步行去了CN Tower，那条Queen Str是downtown的bar & restaurant street，也有大大小小的shops，有些boutique的小店还蛮有特色。激动啊，此次同去的驴友都对“爬高楼”无甚热情，我们在下面照了照相便离去。想当年我也是过Eiffel Tower而不入（其实那次是因为去得早别人没开门，之后再去巴黎，对Eiffel就真的没有兴趣了），去年在纽约，也是不愿去排帝国大厦得对，还以为我是“异类”，后来发现由此同好得人还不少，呵呵。
沿路返回，从Queen Street继续朝北，就到了市政厅，之前会穿过Osgoode Hall，很宁静安详的花园。市政厅前的广场，有Churchill的雕像，我们仨就依样画葫芦地插着腰，挺了肚子与伟人合了影，哈哈。这里有喷泉，有色彩艳丽的花儿，有白色的喷泉，有纳凉的人们，有拍照的我们。是个可以让人停下脚步来思考的地方，或许什么也不用想，就那么坐着，也是旅途中的享受。至此，才发现了Toronto的美，才扭转了Chinatown留给我们的负面影响。
回到Queen Street，从University Ave向北，可以走到Queen's Park, 就是Toronto Univ.的校园了。夕阳的残辉披撒在静谧的校园，我们几个女生又借机摆足了pose。回到停车场已经快8点了，买了夜宵，就直奔Niagara Falls了。我们这次安排匆忙，临时找地儿住，最后选的youth hostel，Lyonnais，虽然是我住过的不多的YH里面比较差的，好处是location很好，走路10分钟到Falls，好多所谓的fallsview hotel，也不见得就在Falls边上。Niagara Falls到了晚上，就是一个大的娱乐场，赌场，游乐场，电影院，餐馆，酒吧，应有尽有，热闹非凡。看车牌，很多都是Ontario的，看来当地人来度周末的比较多。Niagara Falls周五和周日晚会有fireworks，10pm开始，好像只持续15分钟。我们到得是周六，所以没遇上。不过即使没有烟火，灯光下的瀑布也是值得一看的。可惜我的傻瓜相机真的太傻瓜，实在是无法捕捉到美景。
周日大早，我们check out后就直奔下游的小镇Niagara-on-the-lake。它坐落在Lake Ontario湖边，开去的途中会经过好几个不错的观景点。天气晴朗的时候，湖水是湛蓝的；靠近瀑布的上游，水是翡翠绿的，都是让人心旷神怡的色彩。Niagara-on-the-lake以winery闻名，沿途是一座接一座的vinyard。可惜游过欧洲，在去过Newport的vinyard，对北美的vineyard就提不起太大兴趣了。同去的mm买了瓶ice wine送老板。德国的Rhein沿岸也是产冰酒的，而且还是ice wine的发源地。当时离开的时候还带了一瓶，本来打算参加一个朋友的婚礼时送的。在Lake Ontario的湖边终于下水了，了却了我“踏”遍五大湖的“宏伟目标”。
上船后，沿着湖边的前往horseshoe falls，一路走过去，从half rainbow一直看到了full rainbow，太神奇了。站在瀑布上面，看着奔流的湖水在咫尺间骤然落下，除了惊叹，还是惊叹。在去之前，我们几个女生一直在讨论黄色雨衣Vs.蓝色雨衣的问题，我之前看到朋友的相片都是yellow raincoat，而且我自己prefer黄色雨衣，可是同去的几个mm偏好蓝色，我们就此还讨论了照相中色彩的重要性，哈哈，很“无聊”吧。后来才知道，黄色雨衣是美国那面的，是下到瀑布下面的岩洞那条route发的；蓝色雨衣是坐雾中少女号穿的，所谓道不同，不相为色。
本来还说早点回来的，对Niagara Falls实在是太依恋，最后到下午5点，才依依不舍地离去。回来过关地时候，我和另一个mm的I-20由于是CPT，都是新的，没有入境的章，结果又被“滞留”了40多分钟，充分体会到了美国的官僚习气，此处不表。回到住处，已经快1点了。最后一个周末，还是相当充实的，特别是这帮同游的朋友，希望下次还有机会..... August 29 Test drive and my dream cars
Today I test drove the $1mn fuel cell vehicle, Equinox. It was so cooooool. I've done study on this next-generation vehicle for weeks; knowing all the magic tricks on paper though nvr hand touched it. I was "begging" my manager to give me a chance of driving it before I leave. Today the dream came true. The one i drove is the fourth generation, built on chevy's Equinox model. It looks similar to an automatic vehicle from exterior, even the hydrogen refill cap looks similar. But the driving feels so different! The acceleration reads your direction instantly, the huge difference from an automatic transmission. Auto transmission felt so dumb when bypassing another car. The propulsion system is quite, no noise like today's internal combustion engine. The panel is cool too, displaying the electricity generation and distribution all over the vehicle. A side note, driving on the oval track is awesome, feeling like on a racing track ;-)
I was constantly asked about my dream car. Frankfly speaking, i don't know. Automobile to me is more of a fashion industry to a lot of girls. The difference is, car is build on both exterior design and engineering performance. The engineering part decides how it feels when driving, which compliment the design for sure. I am a value consumer; all the cars I am interetested are based on my purchasing power and utility. But the following cars are my current dream cars without immediate utility (not suitable for long-distance travel and unpaved road conditions). All of them are of the same body style, a.k.a. roadster.
Pontiac Solstice 2007 Saturn Sky 2007
  Chevy Corvette Porsche Boxter BMW Z4 Lotus Elise Audi TT Shelby Cobra August 27 Toronto + Niagara Falls 游记 － 序先写个序吧。至此，终于游遍了五大湖: Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario。也终于在来美一年之际，明白了北美之旅的重点在Nature，在它大大小小遍布各州的National Parks。刚来美国的时候，免不了俗气的都市游，失望之极。美国与欧洲最大的不同，就是欧洲的城市是历史的沉淀，有文化，有过往，值得去品位。其实欧洲的自然景观也是不逊于美洲的，它的多样性让美洲望尘莫及，从爱琴海上星罗密布的岛屿，到博罗奔尼撒半岛上的神庙，从Scandinavian童话的城堡，到夏日瑞士白雪皑皑的Jungfrau. 也算游遍了美国的East/West Coast, South, Midwest，一个字，幅员辽阔，却总觉得少了点什么，后来跟一些驴友聊天，终于明白，美洲大陆少了多样性。这种单调是相对而言的，从生态角度上讲，美国的植被多样性远不及中国；从文化上讲，不及欧洲的“共同”体；从种族上讲，还就是caucasion和Africa-America，其他的也就是跟黑人大哥混口饭吃罢了，算不上minority里的中坚力量。faint，本来是打算讲美洲大陆的优点的，最后又变成了critique。自从上次北密camping之后，对野外游的兴趣大增。这次的Toronto和Niagara Falls明显的对比，更加强了我游历北美国家公园的决心。
还想说的是，发现中部人民很纯朴。环境对人性格的塑造是不可忽视的，即使你不承认，潜移默化中你也不知不觉被transform了。发现这里总能找到爱”游山玩水“的同好。这次加拿大之行，一共五人，我在买买提和UMich的outdoor club maillist上都发了帖子，回复者不少。Xu Li，重庆老乡，很爽朗的女孩子，帮我负担了好多组织工作，不仅找来了两位美女，还承担起了酒店的预定和最后的accounting工作（惭愧，虽说俺学会计的，最讨厌的就是算帐，出去吃饭从来不喜欢看帐单算小费，就等着被告知多少钱）。Guanghui，很能干的mm，很自信（另一说是“自恋”，哈哈），很嗲，很粘人。wang hui，让所有女人羡慕的女人，有疼她的lg，有房、有车、有事业，回去就是Associate Prof.了。最后，当然少不了我们的御用司机，Yuefeng同学，把俺们清华gg的优点显露无异，负责了两天的全部行程，太感动了，还要“忍受”我们四个女人的不是睡觉就是在车上8g的本领。我自己一个人也旅游惯了，经常是因为很难找到时间合适又恰好想去同一地点的朋友。但是如果可以选择，我还是prefer集体出游，独乐乐不如众乐乐。而且遇到了志同道合的驴友，旅途上会平添许多的欢乐，有些甚至成为了一辈子的好友。古人以诗会友，俺文采太差，只好以游会友了。世界是本书，是本厚厚的辞海，读万卷，也要行万里。风景在变，人也在变，应该说在进步。吾生也有涯，而知也无涯，以有涯随无涯，乐哉！
p.s., 最近打算去的地方，Rochester， Ithaca，the Thousand Islands， Acadia National Park， White Mountain， Ottawa， Montreal，Quebec City， San Francisco， Seattle， Florida，Alaska(!)， Mexico， Cuba（Cuba, Cuba, Cuba!), Brazil, Argentina. 不好意思，一激动，把下半年的计划都罗列出来乐，呵呵
August 22 My dinner - Cabernet Grilled Streak + Egg Lettuce Soup最近喜欢上了做菜，一来是有kitchen，还带洗碗机，不用自己收拾；二来也有时间，每天下班正是Food Channel里面大名鼎鼎的Emeril的节目，实在是让人仁不住要试试身手， 呵呵。再说了，马上回学校了，又要回到dorm里面，也没机会“练手”了。那天跟朋友一交流，才发现果真western food is much easier to prepare, esp. when prepare for a large group of guests ;-P 现在比较感兴趣的是fusion的cooking。今天试试了牛排，以前从来没做过，只在餐厅里吃过，想来很麻烦，因为调味料是关键。就像以前在外面老点Mozarella Tomato，自己回家做，就总是缺那点味儿，后来才发现需要用preto。就跟川菜的精髓在花椒和豆瓣上一样，所有菜系的secrete都在ingredients。
言归正传，回到今天的牛排，其实很简单，网上google一下recipe，挑几个简单的看看，大概就明白那些主要的ingredients，然后自己凭感觉就可以了。我的recipe如下：
1/2 LB steak, sliced into two (thinner, easier to get the taste)
Mixed steak source: black pepper, salt, garlic, spices, oil, onion (boiught in grocery store)
Soy source (for the dark color)
Cabernet Sauvignion (any red wine will do; or changed to black coffee, another flavor)
Egg white (actually maybe better without)
Ideally should let the steak refrigrated for 8 hrs to let the flavor in. But for a quick dinner, 20min is enough. Then put the steak into oven on grill, temperature @ 300, time @ 10min for both sides. Now it comes out as 70% cooked! Perfect!很多recipe都说5分钟就okey，结果我忘了时间，只好再翻了面再继续grill，弄了12分钟，发现竟然是七分熟，里面的汁水很多，微红，入口也不会太well done。装盘的时候洒点parsley flakes, 呵呵，卖相不错。
至于蛋汤几乎已是我每日例汤。虽然说蛋炒饭几乎是所有男生claim唯一会做的菜，但是。。。我还是要说，我的煎鸡蛋真的很好吃。那谁，谁，还有谁谁。。。出来证明一下。想当年我毕业刚工作搬了家，请那帮北漂的同学来家里吃饭，最后那几个男生硬是把我家的鸡蛋全吃光了，害得我回厨房煎了好几回，呵呵。
想不到吧，我现在偶尔还带午饭呢。不过都很简单啦，以spaghetti居多，不过上面的配菜是中餐，fusion嘛。生活就是这样，幸福其实很简单，自己弄弄，兴趣盎然，以前天天出去吃上百的馆子，也没觉得特别美味，到最后也是头痛点菜，曾经连续好几个月中午都吃同样的菜。外面的菜方便，可是非常的油腻，难怪有小BA刚来就体重直线上涨，外加脂肪肝。所以说，吃得贵，不一定好；吃得好，不一定健康。昨天读到子子的blog，深有同感。国内的时候，每天都在奋斗，努力，累了自己不说，其实得到多了，真得就更快乐吗？
p.s. 看官可以骂我站着说话不腰疼。我也知道，这种幸福日子也就是summer晃晃。往长远了看，我也真不知道什么才是真正得幸福。也许，不用那么多选择，任何一条路，走下去，走稳了，走坦荡了，也都能触摸到幸福。
August 17 到不了的都叫做远方，回不去的名字叫家乡南拳妈妈的《牡丹江》，奇才方文山的词 弯成一弯的桥梁倒映在这湖面上 你从那头瞧这看月光下一轮美满 青石板的老街上你我走过的地方 那段斑驳的砖墙如今到底啥模样 到不了的都叫做远方 回不去的名字叫家乡 August 16 Hair-cut, lah lah lah剪得很不错，是我来美至今最满意的
虽然也没有大变发型（俺这个发型从college就留起来，还是很恋旧的，hoho）
但是那个barber很nice，剪之前不停地问我意见，而且给我option选择
我一直说随便随便，本来也不抱什么期望，就是修修剪剪罢了
没想到最后效果很满意，哈哈
注：本人期望值很低，所以众看官不要有期望。就是无聊，白天上班爬格子爬得太累，回来无病呻吟两句，哈哈 August 15 Information overload今天晚上超记录，同时msn上与8人聊天，接了3个电话，打了2个电话。这个瞬息变化的时代，不时常update就真的要落伍了。 这周出奇的忙，两个presentation，一个white paper，还要安排周末出游的计划，学校催着submit简历，还有CWT的paper要写。发现已经足够厌倦工作了，要休息，要旅游，要party！ August 13 露营北密 - Camping in Upper PenisularIt was my first time camping. Heard too many complaints about camping from my friends before. Surprisingly, I became fond of camping the first time. We camped at the lakeshore of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The first night at Munising (Lake Superior), breathtaking sunset, glattering starry starry sky, refreshing breeze, sleeping on the echo of tides. More importantly, both camping sites provided showers! Though there were thunders on the second night, the rains were actually very small. Camping, by tent or by RV, is a common holiday way of American families. They even show movie on a large screen on the camp site! Every camp spot has fire place; ppl lit fire at night, BBQing, and chatting. It is a cheap, natural, cozy way of spending a weekend with families and friends. In a word, I am "addicted" to camping now ;-)
Upper Penisular is said to be the most beautiful part of Michigan; Lake Superior is said to be the Miss Beauty of the Lake District. We started on Friday afternoon, 4hr drive on I-75, first stop at Mackinaw City which has the used-to-be longest 斜拉大桥 (now the world No. 1 is Shanghai Yangpu Bridge). Another two hours north, we arrived at Munising, the Pictured Rocks National Park. As the name indicates, the rocks or cliffs have a variety of colors and shapes, formed in the glacier period. The Sand Dune on top of cliff is ever-changing, amazing view with the rock-shore Lakeside. We headed south on Saturday night, camped at the lakeside of Petoskey, a cute small town on Route-31. On Sunday morning, departing from Petoskey, we visited Charlevoix and Traverse City on the east side of Lake Michigan. The last stop was Old Missions Penisular, where vineyard and chateaux populated. We stood at the 45th lantitude, half-way between Equator and the North Pole. Detailed travel journal will follow later ;-)
Camping at Lake Superior (Munising) Camping at Lake Michigan (Petoskey)
Pictured Rocks - cliffs Pictured Rocks - Sand Dune Lake Michigan, Petoskey
August 09 芝加哥游记 - ChicagoChicago is so far the U.S. city that I like most, even more than Boston. The feeling of a city is very subjective. I guess the lakeshore view caught my heart at first sight. Cities on water, either river, lake or seaside, always get extra score. But Chicago has more than the Lake Michigan. It bolsts as the U.S. City of Skyscrapers (such an important position in architecture), prides of one of the finest art gallery, abundant in all variety of museums, acts as the financial center of Mid-West US, also cradles two of the best universities in the world. Let me start with the City of Two Universities....
U. of Chicago - Cradle of Economists
If you major in business or economy, you must have heard of U. of Chicago, the dreamland for economists (esp. in academia). One of my managers is a GSB graduate and he once told me, "in terms of the nobel laurels, USA comes first, then Germany, followed by U of Chicago" This is the only university that ranks side by side with countries. The Wall of Fame in the GSB lobby is an obvious proof. Samuelson, Lucas, Stigler, Scholes... those frequent names keep popping out. Plus, some of them were pretty handsome on pictures, haha.
Kellogg School of Business, NWU - The Party School (also the best marketed)
No wonders that Kellogg has the reputation of party school. Cannot blame the students there; it's just becoz they have the best location to party. Situated right beside the Lake Michigan, sailing, cycling, sun bathing are all possibilities on a sunny afternoon. The doodles on lakeside rocks are fabulous. The most-appeared words are "love" and "engaged". The frequent colors are red and blue. The one word coming out of your mouth is "awesome". Undergrads carry the spirit of every college: young, passionate, talented, and... disobeying, the tendancy to violate all rules. Interesting to know, the school is named after the cereal company Kellogg. Kellogg has the reputation in marketing. I am sure it is actually. Looking around of the B-school rankings, Kellogg always rank No. 1 or at least on the top 5 list. It practices the skills in classroom to recruiters, to magazines, to prospect students.
The Art Insititute of Chicago
One of the best art gallaries in the States. It collects a huge bunch of Renoir and other impressionism and post-impressionism. As I said before, the real fine collection of a US art gallery is in modern art, e.g., cubism, surrealism, pop art etc. Photography is the shining point of the Art Insistute. Jeff Wall was on exhibition. Contemporary photographists always focus in the common people, common life into their works. That's what we call art is from life, but also on top it. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The wall-size print, the light casting, the angle of the camera, all put together the impressive image on Jeff Wall.
Architecture tour on boat
This is almost a must-do tourist thing for Chicago. Chicago is the origin of skyscrapers, thanks to the fire in 1864 (?). Chicagoese had to rebuild the city. The boat guide tried to explain each landmark building along the Chicago River. "Form following Function" was basically what he tried to convey. However, I didn't see much of it. One interesting phenomina of the building is, most of them had no windows facing the river, becoz it used to be a dirty place (the sewage of the city). As a result of one mayor's efforts to turning around the river bank, buildings started to "embrace" the river. Similar to the Suzhou River in Shanghai. Some buildings even re-opened windows on the riverside walls. A regulation was inforced as well, that every developer should build a river walk whenever a new building being developed. Under mutual efforts, nowadays Chicago River has become a place to walk, to jog, to cycle, to just sit by or taking a sun bath. Sears Tower still claims to be the highest building in the world, by the body itself (excluding the thunder cod), beating the twin tower in Malaysia. To me, it's meaningless to compete for the highest building in the world. Hope our city planners in BJ can share the same view. When skyscropers and glass walls being abandoned in today's architecture trend (too energy-consuming), our cities are picking up the outdated fashion and start building the energy-thirsty architectures.
Michigan Avenue and Millenium Park
Michigan Avenue is the Artery of Chicago. Flagship shops, hotels, restaurants, and above all, the Millenium Park, the park that I've been walked around three times during my visit. The stainless steel ball is the symbol of Chicago scuplture. It reflects all famous buildings in Chicago. There is a fountain with two huge screen cubics. Kids are playing in the fountain, bands on performance on weekend, toursits sit on the bench for a rest. It is very modernly designed, esp. the sculptures, a reflection of the old-school manufacturing and mining center.
Navy Pier - too commercial, though it has a nice port view. But a must-see on the tourist list anyway. Last but not least, thanks a lot to the SEM sweetheart, a.k.a. He Zhiguo and Jiang Ren'na. The sweetest couple I've visited in the States; the warmest decorated apt I've been to. Blessings...
August 07 Anti-China Sentiment: AFL-CIO Presidential Forum
On tonight's MSNBC, the AFL-CIO Presidential Forum, a strong anti-China sentiment can be easily noticed. No wonder coz the audience, the largest in early campaign season i.e. 15,000 families, and the location, Chicago - the heart of Mid-West, the heart of Manufacturing America. What does Manufacturing America mean to you? Deserted Cleveland, bankrupt metal mines, struggling auto makers, and the most powerful unions in the world. Looking around the Soldier Field Stadium, you can feel that, blue-collar workers, Yes, 15,000 of them; there's no social manners as we saw on the CNN debate in New Hampshire. Instead, there're whistles, applauses, and Sh....ss. You know what's on their mind, what they care, what they fear. And China, is definitely one of the stepgoats. No wonders the endless news about fake toothpaste, poisonous toys, dangerous tires from "Made-in-China". Actually, I feel most uncomfortable each time in class people mention that China as the World Manufacturing Center. Frankly speaking, I don't feel proud of that. I would rather people saying China as the World Innovation Center, the cutting-edge Technology Center, the Environmental Role Model. Looking at China now, we're putting ourselves on the edge of urgency: rising inflation, shaky social welfare, poverty, inequality, pollution. Above all, the loss of social value, the criteria of distinguishing right Vs. wrong.
No matter how critical I am toward status quo in China; I will still be on the defensive side when arguing with my fellow classmates. There are things we can choose; there are things we cannot choose. Nationality, family, race, gendre are those we are given, or gifted with. I appreciate the applause AFL-CIO audience gave to the newly-citizen Argentinean worker; but I would never choose to change mine. Will you change your Mom and Dad because another family is wealthier? 还是8g的魅力大俺辛辛苦苦码的文字，大家光看不评
蛛丝马迹的8g就让大家如此兴奋地留言
太打击原创了
怪不得娱记总是有市场的，都是被你们宠的
哈哈哈哈哈 不是我不明白，这世界变化太快实在是太快
中国就是效率高，在米国脑子都待“傻”掉了
据悉死党818结婚，3个月认识的她lg，恭喜恭喜
另一死党订婚，关系确定2个月内，虽然现在打算分开
还有一个更厉害的，不过大家太熟，一说就被猜到了，关系到人家隐私，就不8了
另一个哥们，不问不打紧，一问已经是一家hedge fund的partner了
看看我们这些MBA，好多人打破了头想进fund，还不过是个打工的，人家直接就是pa了
太井底之蛙了，国内形势大好啊
不怕做不到，就怕想不到（sorry，这句话好像不是褒义，贬为褒用了） August 05 The Bourne Ultimatum
A must see movie. The best of the Bourne Trilogy. The best movie of the summer. From the first minute in the movie till the end, your heart will be beating in the rythm of the chasing and anti-assassination. I nvr thought Matt Damen is handsome; but he is definitely talented and born to be acting Jason Bourne. Another drop-out of Harvard (maybe I should consider quitting too, at least saving two terms' tuition, haha) Must see in cinema, wide screen, stereo sound, and funny audience reaction. It seems common Americans have long be educated by this individual heroism, e.g., 24 hours. People will high five when Jason Bourne slashed another attempted assassination.
Other films seen this summer include Spider Man 3 and Harry Porter 5. Both so-so. Becoming Jane could be a light movie. I like Austen's Pride and Prejudice, esp. the BBC mini-series. Collin Firth is the perfect candidate for acting Mr. Darcy, and his authentic British accent gives him extra score. Surprising Becoming Jane wasn't found yesterday; maybe it's a small movie and not every theater willing to invest in the first week.
August 01 眼前是如画的江山-蒋勋很喜欢的一首蒋勋的诗《眼前是如画的江山》。不谈政治，只谈“家事”
这里不是江南 / 是台湾 / 比江南还南
 江南可以采莲 / 这里的春天 / 开满了杜鹃 我的梦里有时会有江南 我大喝一声 / 从梦中醒来 / 这双眼 / 泪犹未干
看一看 / 这里不是江南 / 是台湾 /比江南还南 我也不是游子 / 脚下踏着正是中国的东南
我没有剑 / 不想惊拍栏杆 / 不学游子的激愤和愁颜
这里是新开的土地 / 中国的东南 / 头上是亚热带艳蓝的天 / 淡水河悠悠流过身边 我相信江南的春天真好 / 但我不学庾信 / 不写哀江南的诗篇 我跟你说黄河,说长江 / 说浩渺的西湖和洞庭 |
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