最近好多好多人结婚呀 先是RINKA 其实呢一直很喜欢这个可爱的老女生 以前看男女纠察队的时候就很喜欢她 然后就一直看她的BLOG 是性格很想像的人 很直率 很小孩 然后又有点不着边际的白痴 三十多岁 一个人的生活也搞得很喧闹 很精致 本来想说 以后要是不结婚 就要活得和她一样 不过现在看到她居然有一个交往多年的路人老公 觉得其实也挺好 像她那样性格的女生 怎么过都不会成悲剧的 哈哈 然后就是好朋友要结婚了 一个呢是早就知道的 就等他发结婚照 另一个呢是属于一声不吭性的 默默的谈女朋友 默默的放结婚照 哈哈 不过两位老婆大人都很有气场 一个比一个看上去像明星阿 心里有一点羡慕 至少他们以后不是一个人独自在这世上 会有人嘘寒问暖 会有人扶持安慰 挺好 然后呢 又看到好多同学朋友在网上发婚照阿 这两天看得我头昏眼花 不过还好都挺甜蜜的 没什么雷人照片出现 在网上听了 LILEI 和HAN MEI MEI , 看到初中的英语课本就差点在办公室掉眼泪. 原来以前那些无忧无虑的日子真的就这么飞走了 更难受的是 一起经历了那些时光的人居然一个都不在身边 而且无论互联网如何发到 通讯如何迅捷 空间上的距离真有让人挫败的感觉 :(

So, just finished the Heinz Talks! event with Dr. Amory Lovins and Andre Heinz. 

Was very honored that the school asked me to be on the panel. Very very excited to hear Dr. Lovins talking about the great things China has done on green development. Very sharp guy and funny at the same time.

One of the most exciting thing about Washington DC is meeting all these great people all the time. It's like a Hollywood of politicians and great minds. Well, more latter ones for me I think.  And working at 17 and I is super~

Oh, had a brief conversation with T as well. 

I was very nervous last night that I couldn't go to sleep. But today, when I went to the Senator building, I was actually pretty calm. Andre reminded me that " you are the host, act like one" So I was standing on the stage and smiling big to people. Hehe.

Tomorrow's the Heinz Award night.  Time to get dressed up again~~~

最近又处于彷徨期  以前很确定的东西开始变得不那么笃定  我到底以后想做什么样的工作 成就什么样的事业 选择太多反而拿不定主意  就更加彷徨 因为拿不定主意说明都不是自己真心想做的事情

朋友说我是无病呻吟  想做什么就放手去做  何必瞻前顾后  患得患失

人越长大  反到越不潇洒起来

SIGN～

"这世上有如此多的人，我们每天都与不同的面孔擦身，希望，我曾以为再也没有如此温暖的手了，如此让我珍惜的人了，和如此珍惜我的人了，原来我还是会如此感 动于生活的美好，原来我还是如此憧憬着有这样一个人能再次向我伸出一双温暖的手的，原来就算你想躲起来，爱情也一定会找到你的。"

So touching~~~

扬中欢迎你

山寨的还不错  我一开始听差点晕过去

阿 果然一离开学校就会怀念学校生活

先占个地儿  等我把事情做完了回来继续感慨～

周末在家看ぐるナイ・ゴチ10 受不了里头的好吃的但是出去吃实在是麻烦所以决定自食其力一次

然后就作了糯米豆沙糕   基于以前无师自通做糖醋排骨的经历  本人对于煮东西还是有一定天赋地  虽然老妈老说我作的是猪食～～

卖相不怎么地 不过看在我第一次做  勉强接受啦

阿   还是想回家吃虾籽馄盹 ～～

就中国菜来说  DC只能是勉强  找到一家还可以接受的川菜馆  而且离上班的地方只有一个BLOCK之遥～～～

然后离家很近的地方还有一家还不错的港式早茶店   只开周末两天 11点开门  上次11点半过去 居然让我排了半个小时～

然后现在住的地方可以走到GEORGETOWN～～～  实在是太幸福了   我最喜欢的购物地点～～

最近开始停止以前 冷水洗脸 什么护肤品都不用的生活  因为～～ 害怕年龄不饶人  所以开始预防

很喜欢FRESH家的东西  味道都很好闻 效果还看不出来～

其他也没有什么了～～～

So today, my coworkers is trying to learn Chinese. He wants to say my leg hurts. I was trying to distinguish between 疼 and 痛.
To make sure I did not 误人子弟, i went to check the dictionary.
Here's the explanation.
疼,痛也。——《广雅》
痛,病也。——《说文》

Not really helpful...

买了bamboo fun, 又被笑了  说是记得我n年前想要买intuos2 然后想要买3， 弄到最后弄了台竹子 
主要是没钱 外加怀疑自己的能力 所以还是先弄台便宜点的玩着吧  

还不错  可以画水彩～～ 呵呵 

看了“喜欢你" (sukida) n 年前下载的  今天又给我翻出来了  好慢好慢的节奏阿  觉得都快要跟剧中人一起呼吸一样  不过让人想起初中高中的时候呢 

春天到了  樱花开了  万物欣欣向荣 
额～
其实我想说的是   他＊的DC怎么这么多老鼠阿！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
到底是有年头的烂泥沟上建起来的  脏死啦！！！ 活这么久没看过活老鼠 跑到美国来体验生活  ＊的！
去年在菲律宾跟蟑螂斗  然后又到美国来跟老鼠斗  受不了啦～～～～～～～～～～～～～～

而且还彻底分清楚老鼠跟耗子的分别  这里的 耗子跟猫差不多大 在我们家后院天天转悠 吃草拈花  顺便跟松鼠打招呼 害得我天天在厨房往外观察外加欲哭无泪  家里则是小老鼠的天堂  什么招都试了  放老鼠夹的 成功率是零  放药吧  他不立马完蛋  非要找个橱子下面半死不活的折腾 还得给他料理后事  最近更是猖狂  看着人也不怕 直接在客厅跟厨房来去自如  老鼠药也开始当粮食  每天还蹲在炉台上吓我  现在每次进厨房得先开灯  然后要弄点动静  才会看见老鼠尾巴闪走  至今为止最有效的办法是强力粘纸  已经处理了4，5只  但是邻居实在太脏 发现弄死了还会有新的来  我妈给的想象更好 “ 诶亚 要是晚上你给老鼠舔一口可怎么办呀”～～～～～～～～ 朋友还说连世界银行那么堂皇的建筑里头都闹过耗子

谁给推荐更有效的方法吧 

从家里回来后就一直一直一直一直感冒
然后看了这个小说 何以笙箫默   好感动阿  一个 晚上看了好多遍
至少还有人是相信爱情的 ～～～


p.s.  总统就职典礼更本就是全民狂欢外加华盛顿经济刺激最有效方案  UNION STATION附近简直就是无证小商贩的天堂 OBAMA的头像徽章， T－SHIRT， 海报， 包括就职当天的各大报纸杂志都被拿来贩卖 到今天都还没撤   学校有幸选在NBC， FOX 还有C－SPAN都办公的大楼 总是可以看见不同的 大人物从国会过马路过来 或者警车开道的ESCORT  然后我们一帮小人物就在那里猜想到底是JOE BIDEN还是OBAMA 出来巡城 还是觉得感冒得比较是时候 完全不受外面干扰的 在家歇着  然后看着满城的人疯狂 就职那天晚上全城有无数舞会 连环保人士都搞了 ENVIRONMENT AND GREEN BUSINESS BALL。 据说OBAMA一个晚上跑遍所有主要舞会 我60多岁的老板第二天来上班激动得像个小孩子  全城都疯了  。。。


闪人～～

去年史无前例的回了三次国  让我这个一直坚持不会想家的人彻底魂牵梦萦了一回  有点夸张哈 不过回家前几天做梦去共和春吃虾籽馄炖得情景被老妈在饭桌上引用了无数次 
华盛顿这里总统就职典礼的准备几乎可以说是全民动员  每个人见面都会问 去看就职典礼吗 几位在国会实习的同学有拿到票 真羡慕他们可以去看现场  可是想到星期二的交通  还是在家休息算了
这几天感冒  咳的昏天黑地  在家重看love revolution 恋爱刚开始时候的感觉真的很微妙又让人期待呢 即使到了30岁，40岁，女人还是一样的单纯呢  阿 回国的时候被问最多的就是什么时候结婚阿  有没有固定对象阿  然后居然有同学要结婚了 想不通为什么要这么早定下来 可是不可否认 有一点点羡慕  至少 以后的日子 是两个人一起走的 我依然觉得 从小到大 我都生活在泡泡里  似乎不知道怎么过世俗的生活 柴米油盐 好像都是跟我无关的东西 整天理想主义  然后回来后跟朋友聊天才知道  阿 原来生活是这样过的阿  看，我是不是白痴又幼稚？ 然后就开始苦恼  怎么才能赶上别人世俗的脚步呢  哈哈  RD说我是那种害怕面对现实的人  总是在逃避  然后说我是那种 明明已经很好 却还要全世界的人都羡慕的自寻烦恼的笨蛋  然后我才意识到  我自以为很了解他  其实他 才是比我还通透的人
我一如既往的任性  在家的日子  好朋友也一如既往的宠我  可是我知道  这样的日子，交往，和谈话只会一次一次变少  并不是有多悲观 而是  等我们都长大 成家  相处的方式会不会改变？
阿  回家还发现表妹是很可爱的人  暑假的时候 拼命推荐我看泰国的遑罗之恋 还有里面的正太 然后自嘲的哈哈大笑说不可以再被屏幕里比自己年纪小的男生迷惑 今天下午在家看野猪大改造的时候突然想起那时的情景 感慨  诶~~~  原来我也过了应该被年轻偶像吸引的岁数咯   不甘心
虽然逃一样的离开了菲律宾  可是还是很想念那里的海滩 让我只想静静的看夕阳和日出  不和人说话  虽然其实是吵闹又滑稽的度过了在长滩岛的短暂假期  很想念亚行的朋友们  都是非常可爱的人  漂亮又温柔的Jun  超级火爆的Ly 自负但是又有点傻的John  会戴很可爱麋鹿领带的 Senmin  超级幽默的 Masa  还有满脑子奇怪家庭观的Robert  哦 还有最后出现的两位年轻日本帅哥 哈哈 阿 现在想起来  其实在菲律宾的日子是非常非常值得回忆的  还出了那么多乌龙的事情  什么时候可以再聚在一起呢
2008年在非常忙碌的情况下 比较顺利的度过了  现在迎来本命年 我也会全力以赴的度过  红色内衣  我也已经买好咯  就等过年啦！
大家来向我问好吧  ;)

最近作的事看的人写的作业似乎都在跟我讲一个道理  人不为己 天诛地灭
在写关于美国老兵的政策报告 越看越郁闷 为国家参战 到头来心理生理上的折磨一堆  还要惨到无家可归，抑郁，甚至自杀
作NGO的累到死薪水也就那么一点 
理想主义害死人




不过还是要坚持。。。

其实想写这个有段时间了
在pitt的时候  虽然 大多时候都是一个人躲在房间里 可是听到客厅和另一个房间有动静  就觉得很安心
当时想 虽然也许联系并不那么紧密  在那样的时间和地点  我是把T当作家人的

现在 在DC就不会有这种感觉了

我也不知道为什么 也许有代沟？？？

anyway, 刚搬回美国哈  给我点时间跟各位报告 让我先偷懒两个星期先  让我先缓缓哈

大家有时间来 DC找我玩吧～～

上个月18号回家 踏上飞机前一秒还都带着微妙的不舍 系上安全带的那一刻心里突然就踏实了 然后就是10多个小时的兴奋
到了上海才知道原来浦东机场修了2号航道楼 折腾了N久才找到爸妈 一年多没回家 周围的人都变小了 真奇怪
国内的物价真是疯涨阿 随便一件衣服都要一千大元以上 不过到最后也没有怎么买东西 我也不知道怎么就把在家的十多天给过完了
不过最开心的是小学同学终于聚会啦  十一年没见  在新华书店门口等人的时候还是很紧张的  好多人我见了以后都大笑不止 原来十年真的可以把一个人搞得面目全非 不过大家感情还是很好的 立刻就热络了 腐败当然是少不了的 好久没有那么肆无忌惮的大声说笑了 看到大家过得都很好很幸福 现在严重考虑是不是毕业后直接杀回家工作 扬州的美食还有好朋友实在是太有吸引力了

然后就更加无奈的来到菲律宾 也许是第一印象并不好的关系 到现在都提不起精神来 连Boracay都没有引起我太大的激动 在怀疑自己是不是在美国好日子过多了 当然摔下摩托车弄伤腿对情绪会有一定影响  可是连在海里看到NIMO都没怎么刺激到我  哦  还有  居然被水母咬！  第一天下水游泳就觉得有针刺的感觉  没怎么放在心上  继续往水深的地方游  等到朋友在水里喊疼才反应过来可能有水母  然后两个人一路跳上岸  本人只有一些小疙瘩 朋友身上全都是皮疹一样的小红点  然后我们两个人又很华丽的从摩托车上摔下  最后之有看着另外两个朋友在水里开心的份 ：（  所以 虽然风景还不错 白沙滩完全没有任何让人舒心的特质 而且吃的东西又差又贵 

Manila的日子还算不错 托哈佛MBA的福，住在四星饭店里享受  每天有车接送上班  可是 就是没办法喜欢这里 

菲律宾人好喜欢逛街 到处都是超大型的商场   前几天才发现 原来每天都去的megamall 是亚洲第七  然后还有mallofasia  个人比较喜欢greenbelt 可是 这里的餐厅是在是太难吃了  特别是 好像盐都不要钱一样  菜都超咸的

最大的收获大概就是认识了好多朋友  大部分都是 “老年人” 哈哈 

Will arrive Shanghai Sunday afternoon.
Both excited and sad.
Yesterday, all the good friends came over for the good bye party. I had a great time and I really hope everyone will enjoy their summer. I didn't have a big hope of making friends at here but it turned out to be a surprise, a great one.
Lots of uncles, haha
Uncle Lee is probably the funniest. Well, I still remember him doing push ups during the professional writing class. Scared the hell out of some people. I thought he was a weirdo but he is really a pure- hearted guy. Very emotional but in a good way. He's also a great Sushi chief. We had a lot of Maki and Sushi yesterday. I really hope someday he can find a auntie Lee who truly understands him and appreciates who he is.Jyonmo's shameless jokes about himself was a surprise to me yesterday. I never thought he would be this funny. His Chinese is very good as well. He also knows how to sing "明明白白我的心“！I wish his girlfriend can join him soon."Uncle" Zafar ( haha, not old enough to be one yet) is a very very serious guy. Haha. My goal for next semester is to break his self protection and americanize him. Jay and I was joking that we will drop some alcohol in his drinks but we are too nice to do that. He was very thoughtful to buy some cheesecake yesterday but I had soo much food that I didn't finish the piece. I finished it today. Tastes much better than the frozen one. :p I had so much left over today I think I'm gaining all the weights back. Oh, the shoulder stand up was awefully cool. I was thinking " man, a guy who can do that must have a iron will". "Uncle" Jay ( I don't think I will be happy to hear I call him this) was soooooooo smart. He has a band which makes him automatically the coolest on my friend list. :p  I'm sure he will enjoy his WB job at DC starting the end of May. He drank and ate a lot yesterday haha. Nana is the only guy that shamelessly throw F*** words to me all the time. It gets to the point that I can now also shamelessly throw the F words back to him! haha He always tells me to relax and not worry about homework. The fact is, he gets frustrated about HW all the time and throw f words to everybody freely~~ I wish he can get his IOF funding soon and go home to meet his parents. It must be joyful.

About girls. I wish HM's family can go back to normal life soon. The tragety happened so quickly that I really hope she can handle it well. It is frustrating to be so far away from families when they are suffering. I also hope she can find her Mr. right soon! haha  Dan~~ She's a tough girl. But a tough girl needs care and attention from guys too. I just hope she will eventually meet someone who choose her because of her personality and courage rather than anything else. Fighting for success alone is not easy.

I will see Lora at the Philippines! yeah~~

Everybody's sooo nice and lovely. I wish everybody will be happy no matter where they are heading towards!

Below is a plan that I wrote on Jan, 13, 2008:

"2007 was a fairly productive year. I got my Bachelor’s degree, got a job offer, several grad school offers, rejected the job offer, and several grad school offers and I end up here at CMU.

I am still looking for changes. Changes that will bring excitement back into my life. I saw teh trailer of ” The Bucket List” at the movie theater the other day. I think it’s a brilliant idea to also create a plan for spending my year of 2008 productively and achieve something great. It will be a significant year for me for sure and I need to spend every single day wisely.

- I want to find a great internship. Doesn’t matter where it is. I want to go out and see the world. I  haven’t been to  many places but traveling around the world will definitely be the one item that I will list on my Bucket List. haha

- I want to learn a new language. I was joking with RD the other day that I want to be able to speak seven different languages after this year. That was achievable only if I  don’t have to study over 60 units of  courses and without a job.  So I  decided to set a more realistic goal - one language. I am setting my eyes on French but maybe latin as well.

- I want to do one thing that I fear about. Public speaking is something that I always try to improve so I contacted professor at Tepper to see if I can take a public speaking course. I will also take strategic presentation skills this semester.

- I  want to go back to China visit my friends and family.  This is  kinda luxury but  I really want to go home to take a break.

- I want to pick up my so far dropped hobby of reading. Well, that’s why I started writing this blog again.

- This one is a little hard to achieve but I will work on it. I hope I can get A+ for all of my courses this semester. I managed to get one last semester but I would like to get as many as possible this time."

Let's check how many of them I can take off the bucket list.

I did got an awesome intern. so this one's off but now I have find an awesome apprenticeship as well. Working on it.

Haven't started the process of learning a new language yet. :(

I took two public speaking classes during each mini. I think I am pretty good now~~

The plan of going back to China is on going. Still haven't booked the ticket yet. Hopefully I can make a decision next week.

About reading, I picked up a little bit. Two weeks ago when I go to NYC, instead of shopping, I went to book store to read. So geeky though~~

The last one is a little too hard. No way I can get A+ for all of my classes now. ;( Already got A for Public Policy in International Perspective.

So. I guess I have finished half the list. I have to check with RD about his list.

One reason I really really want to go back to China is to pick up some good Chinese books. Keep my fingers crossed that I can squeeze some time to go home. Otherwise I will definitely go home during December.

Recently, I have been truly happy.  I guess getting relieved from internship hunting really helped me to relax and enjoy my last couple of weeks at Pittsburgh.
This semester, I got to know a lot of great great friends. It's exciting to discuss all kinds of questions with them. Especially they all come from around the world, the share of personal experiences are simply funny and educational.
But it also makes me miss my old friends more. Especially the ones in China. I haven't seen them for centuries.
On the other hand, I still stick with my principle of friends selection. haha, I guess even I am full of love, the amount is limited ( this is a really really weird sentence).
The spring is finally here. I remembered the days going out flying kite with hgg and xi. And the days of star gazing. I don't think I will be able to do it here in Pittsburgh though. Missing all the out door fun at Clarkson.

One more week to go, then a new journey will start soon. Can't wait.

I want to go home sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo badly right now. :(

Dead week sucks.

Well, technically my life at DC doesn't start until September. I am really excited about my life there already.
Life at Pittsburgh is quite different. Although I am sharing the apartment with Tessa, I think both of us felt the difference between Pitt and Potsdam.
At Clarkson, we always have tons of people in and out of the house everyday. I really enjoyed the feeling of having a big family. I really really hope I can live with a bunch of good friends at DC as well. I am so far away from all the good friends right now. On the other hands, I really like the new friends I made during this past year.I have to say they are different though. I have never spent my life studying with so many adults before ( well, I mean, with people older than me). They are much more mature and serious about their interested area. But sometimes, I really want to just go out play frisbie or being silly with somebody. I haven't tested being stupid like a little kid in front of these people yet. I hope I will get a chance some day. haha

Any way, I've being day dreaming my life at DC for a while. :p

Manila, I am coming!!!
ha ha ha ha
I got the formal offer from ADB this morning. Finally~~ it was very very frustrating when waiting for the actual offer but I got it~
Hopefully I can swing by home as well~