Life is unpredictable

Finally got home, after two years. Seems nothing got changed, people, house, environment. How about me? Have I changed? Maybe not.

I have been doing nothing but eating, shopping and sleeping. Hopefully, I can still survive the life in US after I go back~~

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It's been so long~~~ So just stop by to say hi,. After the new year count down@ time square, this cold, hungry, boring, pathetic, etc once-in-a-lifetime experience, and the real Chinese new year, the official 2009 is here,. Today, the temperature all of a sudden jumped from negative to  60 FF, the warm breeze blinded us that spring has come. This is the 8th semester of my PhD life already, hopefully, the last semester of my PhD life won't be far away. Couldn't imagine, today, standing in the lab, I could shamelessly say that " you know, as a senior graduate student, I think~~~~" Trained by  the pressure of courses, research, and meetings, I have already grown into a ultimate " last-minute" master. If an assignment is due tomorrow, i will absolutely not touch it until tonight, which in fact would 100% drive me crazy, but just for one night. I could happily enjoy all the other days, but suffer for just one night. After all, it is a Gain, right? Hey, don't judge me. Since one person can only study for certain hours in his/her life, I almost used them up, so now I need to be thrift on it. For example, I have a pretty difficult homework due Monday, but I won't touch it until late tomorrow, that's why I went out to see two movies and had dinner with my friends today. (btw, the two movies are " he is just not that into you" and " slumdog millionaire", they are both pretty awesome~) And don't take me wrong, I am extremely last minute, but I am still responsible, I still make sure everything can be turned in on time. You just need to be efficicent and compromised for the quality, " SOMETIMES".

 

oh well, looking into 2009, hope it will be a good year, hope everything will be fine for everyone including me. In memory of 2008, let's take a look at some pics from my End 2008 travels.

这个暑假真的是比较爽，周末几乎没有在家呆过，camping, Ohio, New York....让我自己都有点怀疑到底phD是我的主业，还是旅游是主业，嘿嘿。我当然是选后者了。Anyway, 题贵正传， 利用独立日的假期价上周末，加让和老板请的3天假， 我开始了美国西北部的6日游。大体安排：西雅图２天，温哥华２天，Ｍｏｕｎｔ　Ｒａｉｎｉｅｒ１天，来回飞机１天。。。旅程还算顺利，观赏任务基本完成, 还成功的会见了爽mm 和亲爱的小滢一家三口，总之，只要不是在实验室，我在哪里都很开心，嘿嘿。美中不足的是：温哥华除了StandleyPark比较赞， 没有什么其它的景点， 号称北美最牛的chinatown 和三番的比起来，显得黯淡无光，连饭店都是6点钟关门，难道都不做晚餐的生意？另外，由于今年的大雪，mount Rainier 上积雪未化，给没有任何等雪山装备的我们带来了身体上和精神上的极大困难。 尤其是我，可能由于年纪大了，胆子越来越小，一步三滑，爬到最后，心里只是惦记着能早点下山，根本无心欣赏周围的美景。不过，可能也是由于美景遍眼，造成了审美疲劳。在山下，受到了接待人员的欺骗，他谎称爬到山顶一个来回只需要2个小时，凭着对自己体力的信任，我们坚信1.5 小时不在话下，于是轻装上阵， 只带了一个小面包，一个能量bar. 谁知，由于雪的缘故，1。5小时演变成了4个小时。于是，自己准备的面包火鸡三明治成了世间最美味的食物。还有，未化的积雪覆盖了reflection lake， 给我们留下了遗憾的同时，也给了我重返seattle的借口。总之，很美的城市，依山傍水，气候宜人， 阴雨绵绵让我想起了杭州。

" Girl, You should read more news!" I was told by the American who was helping me doing experiments. That's how I got to know the earthquake. I went back to my lab, starting reading the news online. 7.9? even worse than the one happened in Tangshan 32 years ago. totally shocked, went to ask whether Bei's family is ok. Fortunately, the earthquake in Chengdu was not as severe. I spent the whole 2 hours in front of the computer screen searching the news about this disaster and the rescue situation. Those pics with dead kids burried in the collapsed building made me really sad. This year has been extremely tough for China. The joy from Olympics 2008 has almost been diminished by the train accident, Tibet issue and the earthquake. Dad told me even the CCTV host was wearing a black tie this morning. However,we won't give up. We were, we are, and we 'll always be a strong nation.

 

which country's prime minister can get to the most dangerous earthquake center that in time?

Volunteers from all over the country are pouring into Sichuan helping the rescue.

All Chinese from every corner of the world are donating trying the best to help their motherland.

 

yes, we are facing difficulties. But, as long as we are all standing up together, we can building a human-greatwall. Wish everything will be alright soon. and I am always pround of being a Chinese!

After coming back from Purdue CSSA's 'Supporting Beijing Olympics, One CHina' promotion, my labmate asked me, why not just free Tibet and give Dalai the peace? I said, because he doesn't want the peace, he is a liar. Free Tibet from CHina is just like freeing Indiana or California from US. Why do they need Free? They are always part of China!! Every country has problems. please don't always put your critical eyes on China!