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August 25 Another Chapter of West Side Story 机器正跑着些费时的程序，我想还是写两句吧。毕竟搬到湾区也有段时间了，可以总结一下。如果不写，那以后也更不会补上了。就如我还欠了几篇blog，现在也似乎遥遥无期续着了。 嗯，总体来说还不错，没有很多惊喜但还是有不少进步。公司的工作按部就班的进行着。手上现在一堆活，不过没有给deadline，只是每周有one-on-one就是了。所以可以边学边做。用老板的活说，it takes years to train a XX developer. So be it. 休闲上面看了些演唱会，电影，和show，属于正常范围。Napa倒是去了两次了，我得说人少去效率还真高。家里现在存了不少酒，这么个速度我看可以买酒架了。再赞一下三藩的西餐馆，去了几家都挺满意的。湾区这边就往往会overpriced一点。不同的餐馆还在努力不断的发掘中，我妈已经在数这次过来到底吃了多少种风味，我说你就不要数了。她说对啊，我就记得我没吃过德国菜和澳洲菜，你爸都去过，一定尝过。。。 照peimin的说法就是我得要细水长流，不要一切都马上发掘完了，所以我还没有去过santa cruz沿线。我觉得劳动节在国王码头和国王海滩就可以了。 周五律师突然寄来一封email，开会中还没有来得及打开，当时想这么快就有回信，恐怕不是好事。没想到居然说NIW就批了。心里顿时觉得虽然还要排期之类的，但是已经不用stick to a company。另外年初痛苦的准备了一箱材料也算有了回报。虽然进公司晚了，但是也给了我时间准备自己的事，现在和以后也不用再求他这些，也算事情的好坏两面都碰到了。 改名有用么？有吧。。。大家都有些好消息咯。Or you can say it's all about Karma. 天啊，我怎么误删了个文件？还是回去看看程序吧。 枕木 January 06 新年之小三的到来旧的一年还没有来得及总结，新年的第一件事就是买车。Saturn是我的老大，Altima是老二。我本来指望老二可以用到博士读完，现在严格来说读完后的转型期阶段，老二就挂了。算算也该，毕竟156K的高龄了。找了个amigo乐呵呵的说卖给我一百五，我给她装个新发动机。人现在开的是窗手柄随便一摇就断的车，这么个生意到面前怎么会不要。
既然是小三，就不要买大车了。开Altima这么多年，彻底对family car没有了兴趣。第一要点就是driving fun。试了几辆车，在预算范围内，最终选了VW GTI。试车过程大致就是我试的第一辆车，一开就喜欢，后面的几辆再都没有这个感觉。当然，如果这次我要买大车，那我觉得三万以内，subaru forester是最佳。在这么不景气的情况下，拿着offer去贷款，看车，大家都对我非常热情。客套归客套，该做的research还是要做，该杀的价还是要杀。反正也不是第一次和dealer做生意了，这次就最后故意晚点去，这样大家都不用磨蹭一天讨价还价上。最后，Santa Monica的黑夜里，黑色四门的小三轰鸣出了dealer门。
小三很低调，外形，颜色，发动噪音都很低。但确实是一辆为开车的人设计的车。 December 05 ConquestThis should be my last attendance to Conquest. Always lots of fun before the UCLA game.
                         November 27 Relieved, actuallyIt's not that bad, if looking at it from a diff perspective.
Time to due things. November 07 Maroon 5 Concert, HP Pavilion, 11/6/2007My first installment of the entertainment gala this year. August 12 巧遇不可思议的巧遇，又碰上一次。
上个周末回洛杉矶办理CPT。周一上午交掉了所有的申请文档，心想着下午不如就先逛一下再回San Jose。于是乎，约好了2点的理发，驱车来到了Santa Monica。一看还早了点时间，就走进Macy's随便看看。没想到就听到了几个说上海话的。抬头一见，居然是我高中时候的陈老师！她这个暑假带学生夏令营。主要待在Ohio，最后几天安排了旅游New York和LA。这不导游上午刚带他们玩了Santa Monica Beach，分给他们一个小时在这个Mall里买点东西，居然让我碰上了。于是乎，马上打电话取消理发，陪着老师们在Macy's里买衣服。可惜的是，过了一个小时，导游就带他们去Anaheim那边的旅店，明后天要玩Disney和Universal。对我来说就不够陪了，当天下午还得要开回San Jose。只能稍微尽到地主之谊的帮她挑些东西买。
五年前，我到伯父那边玩。他叮嘱我道，Rochester没有什么景色可看。我带你去Niagra Fall，而且从加拿大那边看比较好，你争取办个加拿大签证再过来。当时我才刚学了车，领了驾照。办签证要从Portland开到Seattle。索性大胆清晨5点就出发，人生第一次开高速，还很快就适应了。到了Seattle downtown才发现原来这城里的路居然能陡成这样，和旧金山有得一拼啊。最后拿到了签证去玩。结果在加拿大那边吃饭的时候碰到了同样是高中里的张老师！这件事当时就觉得不可思议，现在两件事连起来觉得这当中的概率比拿个大奖都要小很多吧！
June 28 Willow Glen终于在San Jose的西南角找到了个studio，把一车的东西清空了进去。环境还不错，有了点当年Oregon的感觉，顺便给agent打电话更新地址，保险一下子降了90。
公司在San Jose的南边，就是到了所谓的乡下地方。山上是Almaden lab, 山下就是Silicon Valley lab。 中午吃完饭围着campus走一圈, 农场的牛吃饱了正躺着休息，空气真纯朴啊。这么个地方也不方便出去吃，在公司的cafeteria第一顿就花了10块。今天Gary和Euna说一起吃午饭，走到了里面逛了一圈就嘟嘟叨叨说: We should go out! 哈，我已经去了Walmart买了一个lunchbox，以后是要带点东西过来了。连饮料和咖啡都没有免费的, ~!#@#@%$ 老牌公司不及人气新秀啊！yahoo都还有随饮coffee不是么。
红酒和牛肉还没买，佐料倒先准备了。
October 30 Repeat & NewSuddenly I have an excuse to do lots of things, no matter I've already done before or I haven't tried it. It's so easy to keep myself busy and exhausted. Went to the Century on Friday nite. This place is long gone for me in any sense. But now partly because of this excuse, and partly because Philip called me several times and long before I promised that I would not miss his next invitation. Latino music was flirting, but I just couldn't into it. Anyway it was the only place in the west you can get free parking + admission. I yelled "who'd hell knows where I will be next year, and maybe I won't be able to see F-22 any more" and went up to the Edwards for the air show. Ironically, I missed F-22. Even though it flew by in one glimpse, but we can barely notice that. On the positive side, it was my first time to watch the thunderbird show. Awesome! So Halloween is coming again. And I bought some candy as usual. I've never had a chance give it to any kid. It's not because I am not willing to, but just I haven't stayed at home on every Halloween night. This year I am planning to go to West Hollywood again. Maybe I still cannot play trick or treat. August 02 Red ConvertibleMy roommate got two friends coming over. They will stay for a couple of days before heading to the nor-cal. So we made the switch on our cars cuz my Altima is capable for 3 people.
I got tired of driving that family sedan and now I have a Mazda convertible, for just 2 days.
It's pretty, gaudy, and uncomfortable. I got the idea why the ads is "Zoom Zoom Zoom".
The air condition doesn't work at all. Who the hell wanna that when driving a convy? BTW, just figured out that my roommate's favorite is having Armstrong's Jazz all the time in this Miata. Remember "What a wonderful world"?
They also brought a cat. I would never expect that there are two cats in my apartment. It's funny to know how they would get along each other, whether they could be good mates.
I was surprised to see that our Sifa is so mad at this new comer. Late nite when I came back home I found she was cramped in my tiny little shower room, trembling and soggy. While Sifa is striding in our living room murmuring some vicious whisper.
Spoiled Sifa, won't let any affection shared by else under the same roof.
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Never let it down!
Solitude it is, the world spins.
Fate it is, time goes on.
Never let it down!
What a Wonderful World
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom, for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I see skies of blue, and clouds of white The bright blessed day, dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces, of people going by I see friends shaking hands, sayin' "how do you do?" They're really sayin' "I love you" I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know And I think to myself, what a wonderful world Yes I think to myself, what a wonderful world Oh yeah June 23 Summer夏天到了，早就到了吧。家里的猫再也不会藏在床底下睡觉，而是趴在咖啡桌上乘凉了。
夏天总是个好季节，尤其在西海岸这么超级明媚的地方。可以找借口把各种烦恼抛开一下。上周从加拿大回来后，有了些动力positive起来。周末的时候在Bubba Gump吃了顿虾，看着Santa Monica Pier的人来人往，阳光下觉得生活真美好。以至于错过了原定的一场电影而在另一场中睡着了。
结果就是决定要把错过的电影补回来。周三早上去波兰领馆办签证，接下来就去了影院，还拿了一份独立电影的brochure。
今天应该可以拿到波兰签证了，还有捷克的要办。一点点来吧，波西米亚！
March 01 campingWe were so lucky, it started to rain after we finished our camping.
Frankly speaking, it made me so tired... I was already exhausted before going to the park. But, my point is, I wanna play hard. It's not a sense of happiness, it's just a sense of keeping things going on. I can't make everything perfect, or even good, but if I have to give a sh*t, I will give the best one I can.
I must be numb now, there are always some miracles when my ego is simple. Like today I haven't finished listening to one song but reached home. It stopped at chapter IV of Jesus of Suburbia.
[Part 4: Dearly beloved] Dearly beloved are you listening? I can't remember a word that you were saying Are we demented or am I disturbed? The space that's in between insane and insecure Oh therapy, can you please fill the void? Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed Nobody's perfect and I stand accused For lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse February 09 From Nickname to MiscFirst of all, what's the most pop nickname on MSN Messenger these days?
"Everyone has a brokeback mountain!!!"
At least there are a bunch on my contact list.
It's not bad finding sth in common and we admit it to the public.
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Yesterday in OC, I got a bunch of words smashing me to the ground:
"Wow, can't believe you are ** now. How many years we haven't seen each other? Can you image we are in our ** now?"
"When will you graduate?"
"So when you graduate, you will be ** then. What to do then? "
"Isn't PhD boring?"
"Do you wanna start your own biz? I got so bored of making money for bosses. It's bad! bad! bad!"
I wasn't upset and somehow it's good to ask myself these words when I get stuck in the middle of sth. I really felt good when heard of Helen's moving to Seattle and she likes there. Seattle is special, sort of.
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I want things to be simple, straightforward, and clear.
I hate papers presented in a fuzzy way.
I am writing a paper, it's pain to write any paper. Same as presenting a paper.
Life is the same.
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The detection problem has been solved, at least our cat can. Everytime when my roommate picks a snack can, even if he hasn't opened it, our Siba will appear in front of my roommate in 2 seconds. I was so surprised that Siba was out of sight before jumping to the right place. How could he sense the snack for him? Amazing instinct. January 02 BCS Bowl Series Coming下午在上网的时候才记起今天有Fiesta Bowl & Sugar Bowl。前两天看到评论说今年的Rose Bowl和Fiesta Bowl都是不容错过的。Fiesta Bowl是Notre Dame vs. Ohio State。作为NCAA历史最长的rivarly game，今年USC vs. Notre Dame的那场比赛真是荡气回肠，绝对属于经典中的经典，自此以后便对Notre Dame的比赛留了心。
不过在家里ABC的信号实在是不咋样，只够勉强凑和，到了下半场还是决定去附近的bally total fitness一边跑步一边看。到了那里，人还真不少，看了会才发现身边的人其实都是同我一样的打算。一排电视机挂在那里大家都盯着同一台。关键时候几个人还不约而同念念有词，只是不像在酒吧里会那么激动罢了。毕竟不是自己学校球队的比赛，胜负之间的感觉就一般了。到了最后几分钟Ohio State一个touchdown更是基本上没了悬念。不过这么半场球看下来居然还是差不多跑了快1个小时，倒真是一举两得。
开始喜欢橄榄球是到了USC以后的事情。连拿了两年全国冠军，再加上那么长的一个历史传统，在这个学校很难不喜欢橄榄球。其实还有更多，诸如 USC mascot Traveler， Trojan Marching Band，无一不是经典，喜欢听Marching Band吹那首异常欢快的曲子然后大家一起欢呼“UCLA Sucks"。
总决赛就在眼前，Let's fight on for 3-peat. Go Trojan!
The term 'Trojan' as applied to USC means to me that no matter what the situation, what the odds or what the conditions, the competition must be carried on to the end and those who strive must give all they have and never be weary in doing so."
Some of the Trojan Football Traditions:
December 31 The last day of 2005下雨天，人便有了借口可以肆意浪费时间。其实今年还真没怎么下过雨，所以早上第一眼睁开听到窗户被雨点打得哗啦哗啦还觉得有点担心，没想到一转身又睡着了。再睁开眼时雨声已停，一切都安安静静的，真好。
冰箱里留着好多昨天剩下的食品，选了一大块pizza还有cheesecake做今天第一顿餐。昨天被人说到现在越来越美国化了，理由是都是这样的食品。应该说这两样东西已经被我基本排除了，只是为了Party才有。其实更具体的表现是吃了东西以后不忘记看一下营养表，于是决定开5分钟车去gym跑45分钟。
无事可做的日子总是很好打发的，gym回来便和好友相约吃晚饭，然后再闲逛，然后便是听着首若干年前的老歌写这篇blog。
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意料之外的惊喜还是有的，前几天在laundry与隔壁邻居相遇。之前打过几次泛泛的照面，这次多聊了一会，发现他竟然以前在我老板手下干过活，一个surprise。
一周内若干次在聚会上听到玩Psychology游戏，始作俑者就是现在roommate在我家一次Party上的演示。看来杀人游戏已经有点落伍了，玩Psychology先。
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不能免俗，要写些新年愿望。这次决定要些喜闻乐见的，容易实现的。
* 安安心心努力做研究
*回家一次
*Skydiving
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留两个给自己，就不向大家公布了。
新年快乐 to my parents, to me, to my friends, to everyone November 25 5th Thanksgiving5th Thanksgiving but the 1st one without turkey. My roommate told me at least he will have a meeting with his Turkish groupmate.
 I found out that I finished all turkey breast ham two days ago. It's always been not so difficult to get some food. Finally, I got some chiken and a pumpkin pie as my Thanksgiving treats. Cheers for myself. But the tradition of thanksgiving is to gathering with families or friends. I really missed that point in this year though I could have many excuses.  The biggest surpise was I got a postcard from Hui!!! It's about Mission San Jose. I've been there, actually all five missions in San Antonio two years ago. It was just before the Thanksgiving. What a coincidence! Thanks Hui. It did cheer me up. November 12 流水账1
早上睁开眼~!@#$%,打开电视一看,正在转播ND vs. Navy. 我的电视收不到ABC,sigh...算啦也不要再网上查trojan的比赛了,心里觉得golden bear今年应该好对付吧. 喝了昨天熬的鸡汤就出了门.
蜗行40分钟到了阿市,把车扔给修理厂做SMOG,(我的第一辆车曾创下连续12次不过DEQ,就此落下心理阴影)一想凤城就在7个block前,不禁被它的甜品勾过去了,走到那里买了两个甜品却还是togo,走回来就没体力了,正好找了个借口进小美吃生煎包(最近怎么这么馋
)这次遇上的是Brian. 周末来阿市,怎么可能不遇上熟人?于是就一起吃咯. 貌似热情地拿出甜品一起分享, anyway, 确实是好,今天胃口也好. 啥时候西边有一家呢?这样我可以cheesecake,紫米糕轮换着吃.
SMOG过了, 顿时觉得今天一切都美好. 放弃了听KIIS, 开始播放核心刚公布的song list, 为下一次唱K积极准备起来. 哼着一首简单的歌,驱车前往圣市菜市场...(省去若干)
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回家一查, USC 35 - Cal 10. 果然是轻松获胜. Alabama居然输了一场,总决赛看来应该是trojan vs. longhorn了. 欢快的做了一份凉粉作为晚餐.
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那个巨简单的程序还在运行,算法不难,数据量太大了,搞一次要一个多小时.却有三个参数要调, 昨天晚上呆坐在laptop前5个小时,看了3篇游记,后来懊悔没有重温一下harry potter, 这样可以赶在电影上映前记住情节. 最后动用了我的dual CPU machine. 满怀期待的希望45分钟搞定,却发现比我的laptop还慢.探究一下是因为它只用了50%CPU,另外50%给别的程序了,好处是同时在上面上网,互不影响速度,只是我不需要.没脾气了,就这么着吧,我就耗上了,准备上若干DVD,躺着看. 个把小时再关心. October 24 Listen to Your HeartEventually I made the move with many helps. I owed a lot from many in this move, but I also reminded myself a lot "hey, dude, keep moving on". The new room is nice and I had a wonderful sleep, perhaps cuz I got totally exhausted in the weekend.
Cloudy day yesterday when the music of "Listen to Your Heart" was on air and I drove to the west side
Listen to your heart
when he's calling for you. Listen to your heart there's nothing else you can do. I don't know where you're going and I don't know why, but listen to your heart before you tell him goodbye. And there are voices
that want to be heard. So much to mention but you can't find the words. The scent of magic, the beauty that's been when love was wilder than the wind. Sweet time I had and willing to be ahead.
September 28 NumbSent an old friend to LAX on Monday, which makes me really sick from the beginning of the week. I gotta miss another year to take a trip back. Sigh... Never had such a bad feeling when back from LAX. Homesick soaring inside but I couldn't even have a time to scream out a bit. Henry said I was in deeeeeeep desperation for quite long time, I admitted it. But now it's worsen. Saturday night was a relief, however, drunk is not a solution, it's just an alternative to evade a while.
Well, it's not all about negative stuff. The drop-off @LAX was a fair ending of a long story. It's better than I could have expected. Tolerance was so damn good to begin, to make up,and to finish.
Life is pain, life is beautiful, most time we have both. September 18 Way to the west终于还是决定动一下，于是向友人转告之类也必不可少。多了，便有点麻木。也难怪，这次是要向西一点，而不是通常的东边，描述起来就不得更费口舌。不管哪一边，总是有可爱之处，无非是个人选择。其实去哪边都还是动，就算是隔一条街，也可算是一次纪念。自己却早有这番打算，只是今次下了决断，心安便好。
然而这次却也没有过多期望，只想到了可以离海近些，这一丝欣喜便已足够。
When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go, you know, I went. And so, you just ran? Yeah.
August 27 You think you know who you are, but you don'tSteorotype is a bad thing. Ever since I came to this city, I have realized how it could impact our daily life. Well, it's good to be exposed to these ridiculous thougts, better than pretending they never exist. I always remind myself to be open and liberal, which is the best to survive in this city. I can hardly tell about my feeling of LA, but it's worth staying here for a while with some tolerance and respect.
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