For Aquarius: new sights, sounds and people capture your interest; an importnat presentation goes over very well; you and your hot new crush share a valuable interest.
I know, I know, there’s something wrong with me. But it does sound reasonable and true. I mean the middle part of course.
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When Edwin asked me a couple of days ago where I wanted to go for dinner, the first thing came to my mind was In-N-Out. I’ve been missing it ever since I had it while I was in CA the first summer. And, today, I read a article from In Touch (yes, I should be ashamed of myself) about Brangelina. Brad is fed up with their stay in France and misses his home. He joked to his friends, “send In-N-Out burgers”.
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Good or bad, only time will tell. But at least the good thing is that I don’t have to lie anymore. Just remember what I told myself last Thanksgiving: live life to the fullest, even if just for the sake of what I’ve given up. And remember, spoon, little superman, zz, vera, nan, and ek will always be there for me.
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This is what Tong left on my MSN this morning, all of a sudden, out of nothing. But I know why she said that, and it means a lot to me. Though we’ve never talked about it, I always know, even when we were kids, that we are much alike and we share the same desire and ambition to live life to the full. So, yes, I will.
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I couldn’t help crying when I saw the pictures – everything looks so familiar, but now they have been left behind of our lives forever. Remember what is said on the decoration stone that we bought from the flower shop? The one who touches your life will be in your heart forever. I believe that includes places too. No matter how you hate the place, when you leave, you feel that you lose something; because you realize that it is not the place that frustrates you, but what in your heart.
You didn’t know how much I missed you during the past ten months, just as you don’t know how I am going to miss you in the months ahead. Memories and feelings grow with me, actually they grow in me. Before I know, they become part of my body. That’s why when I tried to cut them out, the pain was unbearable, and I realized that I would never, ever be parted with them. I know I need to be strong and positive, but please let me save it to tomorrow, because today, with you flying to a place that is thousands of miles away from me, I am simply vulnerable and sad.
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I know this is not really a place for documenting research progress. But just for convenience and a way of forcing myself to be more productive, can I keep a research log here?
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I will be in CA alone, literally, without any furniture for at least half month. Even though the school generously covers all the moving expense, I screwed things up because of my laziness.
Several lessons are learned from this trouble. First, never assume the world is same as you expected, especially when it comes to issues related to others. I thought I had an oral agreement with the rental office that if I move out this month and they find people to take my lease, my last month rent can be waived. However, a week ago, the rental office told me that I have to move out this month and I had to pay the last month rent, regardless the agreement, because the contract said so. But why did not they object the agreement two months ago? This is largely my fault. I should have read the contract and asked all the consequences, especially the adversary ones, when I submitted the moving out notice. It was them who tricked me into this trouble, but it was me who is stupid and lazy enough to be trapped.
Second, everything takes time. It may be ok to assume away leadtime, but in the real world, leadtime plays a critical role in determining the sequence of events. In fact, the difficulty of scheduling and planning of many business is largely due to the uncertain leadtime. For example, I should have noticed the school and planned my moving much earlier, instead of two weeks ahead. Consequently, I should have gave more flexibility in terms of my moving out time. I could have stayed until the end of July. But why did I offer to move out this month (except the rent incentive)? Had not been the prompt response from the moving company (not the school), I would end up in a much bigger trouble. I even forget a very basic principle as an engineering background: redundancy is always desirable, and critical to the reliability of a system.
Besides the nightmare with my rental office, there are still more trouble to experience: I got to pay three weeks car rental fees and live without furniture for at least half month. If our experiences mean something for our future, just wish I do not have to learn in such hard way every time.
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I can’t say that I am a big fan of French movies, but from time to time, I find ones that touch my heart. Like this one, Jeux d’enfants, which has been translated into English as Love Me If You Dare, and into Chinese as 两小无猜. The two translations seem to suggest two totally different movies – the latter conveys something about innocence and pure love, while the former is filled with seduction and temptation. However, the film indeed tells a story about both.
Do you dare to make the bride cry at a wedding? Do you dare to stand on a rail with your eyes closed? Do you dare to cut off contact for ten years? Do you dare to smile even when facing tragedies? To me, Sophie and Julien just met too young. They thought they had the entire life ahead of them, and they could do anything about it and still would end up together. They lived by playing, and played by living. Sophie didn’t have the usual, careless elegance that French women had, she was from Poland after all. But she had something even more attractive: her passion and her wildness. Actually there were nothing that they dare not do to, even dying together in a cement wall. It was their way to say no to being an adult, which means ”to have a speedometer that marks 210 and not driving over 60”. It was their final rebellion, but wasn’t that a price too high to pay?
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