生活变成了一段一段

每一段都是为不同的due date在努力

每一段的目标都不一样，但是每一段都是为了同样的一个结局

看到每个人都是那么的累

EE的同志们真是幸苦了，你们虽然比我们少两门课，但是难度可怕

ME的同志们也不容易，虽然只比我们少一门课，但是assignment奇多

CE的我们，真是辛苦了。不仅是课多，assignment多，考试也多，还有论文的页数也多

唯一的可以值得安慰的，就是我们的课程平均难度稍微可以接受一点，除了个别课

冬天到了，前天还在下午的，一转眼，就飘雪了

开始慢慢觉得很累，是那种从骨子里透出来的一股累

即便精神上还是很积极

但是身体越越来越觉得乏力，坐在lecture hall里面，只要一闭眼，就可以睡着

坐在公交车上，刚开出去三站，就开始打瞌睡

难怪上次yan在公车上见到我的时候，惊异的对Angela说，你有没有觉得好久没有见到Aries变的好沧桑啊！？

我听的一愣一愣的，找了很多理由问她试图向她解释我突然“变沧桑”的原因，但是她都一一否决了

那么好吧，我真的被土木工程折磨的沧桑了一把

可能我们真的是需要好好的大睡几天了，但是接踵而至的考试和论文还没有结束

等着圣诞节吧

周日晚上的时候，打完工回家，在公车上遇到了大一时候同班的同学，

虽然大家都是在工程系，但是因为去了不同的专业，所以都好久没有见面了，能够在公车上偶遇，实在是兴奋至极

换言之，现在几乎所有跟朋友见面聊天的机会，都是在公车上的时候巧遇后侃几句，否则就没有机会了

于是三个人很兴奋的下车后找了家米线馆，Lan一个人吃了两份主食，我要了一瓶啤酒，shipeng要了个点心

大家聊天聊了好久，从7点一直到9点

从米线出来就在downtown空无一人的寒冷大街上走了

一人买了一杯咖啡

真的可能只是太久没有说话了，很多话题一下子爆出来，在downtown的夜色中转啊转的

然后天空开始飘雪，一起感叹这是我们最喜欢的圣诞节前的味道

不需要灯光，不需要音乐，不需要彩灯

只是那一阵阵的寒风，

手中暖暖的一杯咖啡，

口中呼出的阵阵白气，

稀稀落落飘下的雪花

反射着微微的洁白，

朋友的在一起，走在不属于自己的异国街头

这就是我们能想到的最美好的圣诞节.....

回到家中

奋力的写完20多页的报告

打印，装订成册

安心的加上去

然后继续我们的疲倦，为了下一个due date.....

（图： 咖啡加写完的report...）

 

 

 

 

 

Barack Obama’s Victory Speech

It’s the answer that led those who’ve been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.

A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain.

Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he’s fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.

I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they’ve achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation’s promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation’s next first lady Michelle Obama.

Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that’s coming with us to the new White House.

And while she’s no longer with us, I know my grandmother’s watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you’ve given me. I am grateful to them.

And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best — the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.

To my chief strategist David Axelrod who’s been a partner with me every step of the way.

To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you’ve sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn’t start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.

It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation’s apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.

It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.

This is your victory.

And I know you didn’t do this just to win an election. And I know you didn’t do it for me.

You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.

Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.

There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they’ll make the mortgage or pay their doctors’ bills or save enough for their child’s college education.

There’s new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.

I promise you, we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won’t agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can’t solve every problem.

But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.

This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.

It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.

Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.

In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.

Let’s remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.

Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.

As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.

And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

To those — to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.

That’s the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we’ve already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that’s on my mind tonight’s about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She’s a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “We Shall Overcome.” Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.

And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.

Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves — if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.

This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.

Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.

我是好久没有写日志了

回国的四个月，回忆起来，只是一股股的汽油味

只是记得暑假里我开车很废油，一箱油最多开4天

大概一是因为天热，我得开空调；二是因为我年轻，开车喜欢踩大油门

总是把音乐开的很大声的开车，朋友说他们最讨厌这样开车的人

我说，有时候，我就是喜欢做个让人讨厌的人

油价那么贵，不抓紧现在踩踩油门，以后恐怕都没有油门踩了

然后时间一转，就回到了hamilton

开始慢慢的安静下来，生活开始回复单摆

然后开始静静的回忆和思考一些问题

新生迎接工作都做完了，

认识了很多新的校友。

生活开始进入最最简单的一个小圈子

好久没有听过的周杰伦的歌

终于又开始一首一首的回顾起来

那些曾经还是用磁带听的歌

现在用电脑加音响来播放

唯一的不同，只是时空的巨大差异罢了

人是不是总是在一个圈子里徘徊

然后就像螺旋楼梯一样

一边转着圈子，一边慢慢的爬升，慢慢的长大…

太多的事情似乎曾经都有发生过

只是再次发生的时候，我还是会把它当作一件新生事物去对待

只是侥幸的期望它能给我惊喜

而它只是还是同以往的许多次一样

给了我肯定的回答

然后才发现，人真的很傻，无论经历过多少

当你再次经历，再次拥有选择权的时候

你还是会选择曾经你所选择的那个选项

这就是所谓的“我不后悔”

Hamilton是个美丽的城市

至少在我眼中，是我喜欢的城市

它仅仅是少了那么一点什么而无法成为完美

但是，

如果它真的完美的时候，我是否还会留在这里？

漂泊了很多地方后，唯一迷茫的就是

到底哪里才是我想要的家？

或许我应该闭塞在同一个城市，

从来不曾离开他，

永远不要体验什么看到其他城市的喜悦

也不要有什么体验到其他国家的生活的滋味

也许就不会犹豫了

两个城市不知道怎么选择的时候

我该怎么继续？

等待。或者是选择其中一个，然后爱上自己的选择

否则，回到起点，让他又成为我的终点

终点

 

（照片摄于Hamilton 的安大略湖边，未经PS处理）

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008年5月18日下午14时28分，全国人民为四川受灾群众默哀三分钟，所有汽车火车轮船鸣笛，拉响防空警报，停止一切娱乐活动

我在家里坐在电视机前和全国人民一起哀悼，心中万分悲痛

所有的中国网页都已经变成了黑白色，并且关闭了娱乐窗口

所有中国人

为灾区人民默哀

Report from New York Time:

BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- China stood still and sirens wailed Monday to mourn the country's tens of thousands of earthquake victims.

While 1.3 billion citizens came to a halt for three minutes at 2:28 p.m. (0628 GMT) -- exactly one week after the magnitude 7.9 quake hit central China -- air-raid sirens and the horns of cars and buses sounded in memory of the estimated 50,000 dead.

In the disaster area, more than 200 relief workers were reported buried in a mudslide in Sichuan province, where the quake was centered. There were no more details in the report Monday by the official Xinhua News Agency.

The hunt for survivors in the rubble turned glum despite remarkable survival tales among thousands buried. Two women were rescued Monday after being trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building at a coal mine in Sichuan, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

During three days of national mourning ordered by the government, flags were to fly at half-staff and public entertainment was canceled -- an unprecedented outpouring of state sympathy on a level normally reserved for dead leaders.

The Olympic torch relay, a potent symbol of national pride in the countdown to August's much-anticipated Beijing games, also was suspended during the mourning period.

In Beijing, during the three minutes of tribute to quake victims, construction workers stood still 23 stories up the frame of a building under construction. Traffic on highways and roads stopped. Some drivers got out of their cars while others blared their horns.

The military was still struggling to reach areas cut off by the earthquake, with more than 10,000 discovered stranded in Yinxiui valley near the epicenter, China National Radio said Monday. There was no information on casualties there, and 600 soldiers were hiking into the area.

In an indication of the massive challenge China faces in housing the millions made homeless by the earthquake, the Foreign Ministry made an international appeal for tents.

"China requests the international community donate tents as a priority when they donate materials because many houses were toppled in the quake and because it is the rainy season," ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement, also thanking the international community for its help so far.

The government order for the mourning period said all Internet entertainment and game sites had to be taken off-line and users redirected to sites dedicated to commemorating earthquake victims, the Chinese news Web portal sina.com said.

China's National Grand Theater will cancel or postpone all performances during the three days, and media reports said numerous bars, nightclubs, karaoke parlors and movie theaters had stopped business beginning at midnight in major cities such as Beijing, Shenyang and Changsha.

The Culture Ministry said in a statement it would carry out inspections to ensure orders for a halt to entertainment during the mourning period were followed.

Trade on China's stock and commodities exchanges was also suspended for the three-minute period of silence, the Securities Regulatory Commission said.

The national flag in Tiananmen Square, solemnly raised every morning at dawn, was flown at half-staff in a ceremony repeatedly broadcast on state television.

Newspapers across China printed their logos in black and some ran entirely without color. Several front pages were covered in black, with simple messages in white text across the middle, "The nation mourns," "Pray for life," and "National tragedy."

The mourning period begins as hope of finding more trapped survivors dwindled, and preventing hunger and disease among the homeless became more pressing.

Hu Yongcui, 38, said she did not care about the official show of mourning as she headed to Beichuan, near the quake's epicenter, to search for her missing 17-year-old daughter.

"I can't feel anything. I have no words," she said. "I just want to go home. I just want to find my daughter."

In a sign the search for survivors was concluding, Japan said it was considering withdrawing rescue crews to be replaced with an expanded medical team because of declining opportunities to use their technology to hunt for trapped victims.

"It's been a week since the earthquake and at this point chances we can make use of our technology is very limited. It's time to think about what to do with our rescue operation," Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura told reporters, according to Japan's Kyodo News agency.

"There is definitely a need for medical experts, and we can dispatch a team whenever there is a request," he said.

The confirmed death toll stood at 32,476, said the State Council, China's Cabinet, although officials have said the final death toll is expected to surpass 50,000. The injured numbered more than 220,000.

Some rescue efforts continued in Beichuan, where digging at one site where a live victim was believed trapped started early Monday.

Rescuers could see an ear through the rubble and it was not decayed, and there was no smell of death. Still, it was difficult to know if the person was alive, said Xu Xiangqian, a volunteer with the Nantong Red Cross in coastal Jiangsu province.

"We are putting in a 100 percent effort right now to rescue this person," Xu said.

 

Report From BBC news

China mourns earthquake victims

China is mourning its dead, a week after the earthquake hit

China has begun three days of mourning for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province.

Flags are flying at half-mast and at 1428 (0628 GMT) a nationwide silence was observed to mark exactly a week since the earthquake struck.

More than 71,000 people are dead, buried or missing following the earthquake, state media said. More than 220,000 people have been injured.

Meanwhile 200 aid workers were reported buried by a mudslide.

The mourning comes as hopes fade of finding many more earthquake survivors. The total number of confirmed dead stands at 32,476.

On Monday, two more women were pulled from the rubble, but the focus of the relief effort is now shifting towards providing food, medical care and shelter for the millions of survivors of Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake.

Strong aftershocks are continuing to shake the region, hampering the rescue effort.

On Sunday, a tremor with a magnitude of 6.0 killed three people and injured 1,000 more in Jiangyou city, in Sichuan province's Mianyang County. Thousands ran from their homes into the streets in panic, reports said.

Continuing heavy rain in Sichuan is also raising fears of new flooding and landslides.

Trading halt

The BBC's Quentin Somerville in Beichuan says this is the first time China has marked an occasion like this for its people.

At a dawn ceremony in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, soldiers raised the national flag and then lowered it to half-mast to mark the start of official mourning.

Uncertain times for survivors

Life in tent city

All public entertainment has been cancelled and presenters on state television wore black.

At 1428, people across the country fell silent for three minutes as air-raid sirens wailed.

The BBC's Michael Bristow in Beichuan reported that vehicles across the city sounded their car horns to mark the event.

Rescue workers laid wreaths outside the town school, while, beside the mourners, bodies lay waiting to be buried.

Trading at stock exchanges halted while the silence was observed.

China has also suspended the Olympic torch relay during the three-day mourning period.

On Sunday, Chinese President Hu Jintao expressed gratitude for the international help with relief efforts.

"I express heartfelt thanks to the foreign governments and international friends," Mr Hu was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.

Offers of help in the relief effort from home and abroad have now surpassed $860m (£440m), Chinese officials say.

QUAKE STATISTICS

Up to Sunday 18 May:

32,476 dead

9,509 buried and 29,418 missing in Sichuan province

220,109 injured

145 aftershocks above level 4, 23 above level 5, biggest 6.1

34,000 medical staff in quake zone

181,460 tents, 220,000 quilts despatched

6bn Chinese yuan ($860m, £440m) received in donations, from China and abroad

Drinking water for 7m people restored

Source: Chinese government

The first aid supplied by the US has arrived, with an air force plane loaded with tents, lanterns and 15,000 meals landing in Sichuan's provincial capital, Chengdu.

But on its website, China's foreign ministry appealed to the international community for more tents, in what correspondents say is an indication of the magnitude of the problems faced in housing the homeless.

However, a British rescue team standing by in Hong Kong is returning home after being refused permission to travel to the earthquake zone.

There are still stories of survivors being pulled from the rubble.

A week on from the earthquake, an elderly woman was rescued in Beichuan county suffering from an infection and many broken bones, state media said, while another was extracted from a collapsed residential building in Deyang city.

But other stories illustrated how hopes for those still trapped are fading fast.

On Sunday, video pictures emerged of a man wedged under fallen masonry. He was still alive, and was lent a phone to speak to his wife.

"I don't hold out much hope of surviving," he told her.

 

Report from CNN news:

CNN) -- People across China observed three minutes of silence on Monday as the country began three days of national mourning to honor the victims of last week's massive earthquake.

A student cries Monday during a ceremony in Chengdu paying respect to earthquake victims.

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Sadness and joy intermingled Monday as a week of frayed emotions were collectively laid bare by a nation.

As the country observed silence, the state-run news agency reported that more than 200 relief workers had been buried by a mud flow in Sichuan province, site of last week's devastating earthquake.

Earlier in the day, Xinhua reported that two women had been rescued Monday.

Car, truck and train horns blared across China starting at 2:28 p.m. (6:28 a.m. GMT) Monday afternoon, exactly a week after a massive earthquake. Traffic halted, work stopped and people bowed their heads for three minutes during the "wail in grief" to observe the moment when their country shook.

The observance erupted into a loud outpouring of emotion among thousands of people in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province. They ended their 180 seconds of silent observance with shouts of support for the recovery effort.

The Olympic torch relay was suspended during the mourning period, China's state-run television announced. The torch was going to be in the eastern cities of Ningbo and Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province on Monday, then in Shanghai on Tuesday and Wednesday.

By Sunday evening, the official death toll rose to 32,477, according to state-run media. Another 220,109 were wounded in the major quake, Xinhua said.

Amid the bleak toll, survival stories emerged.

Two women were rescued from the rubble of a collapsed residential building in central China on Monday, almost a week after the powerful China earthquake, Xinhua reported.

Wang Fazhen, 50, was rescued at about 10:30 a.m. local time Monday. The other woman, who was not identified, was pulled from the same area about 40 minutes later, the agency reported.

The women were rescued at a coal mine in Beichuan, a county in China's Sichuan province.

On Sunday a 53-year-old man, was pulled out of the rubble in Yingxiu town in Sichuan's Wenchuan county -- near the epicenter -- 148 hours after the quake, Xinhua said. The effort took eight hours, the news agency said.

Even as miraculous stories of survival were reported, resources continued to be poured into the nation's massive relief operations.

So far, almost 60 aid organizations from 13 countries were assisting in the aftermath of the quake. Among the countries are India, France, Singapore, the Philippines and the United States.

Two U.S. military planes landed in Chengdu Sunday with blankets, water and other relief supplies. The first plane -- a C-17 cargo jet -- flew from a U.S. base in Hawaii, while the second flight came from Alaska, officials said.

Xinhua announced that it increased the magnitude of the quake from 7.8 to 8.0. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the temblor at 7.9, which CNN has been reporting. The USGS figure remains unchanged as of Sunday.

Early Sunday, a moderate aftershock rattled areas, while fears of flash flooding and landslides hindered rescue efforts.

Sunday's 5.7-magnitude aftershock shook the region near the border of Sichuan and Gansu provinces just after 1 a.m., the USGS said. Thousands of aftershocks have plagued the area since the May 12 quake.

Just hours earlier, concerns over a damaged dam and rising water levels at two lakes triggered the mass evacuation of 30,000 people -- including rescuers and journalists -- in at least 10 villages and townships, Chinese officials said.

People down-river from the quake-damaged Kuzhu dam in Beichuan county were ordered to leave the area Saturday afternoon over fears it might burst, according to Xinhua.

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The two lakes were created when the quake caused landslides that blocked the Qingjiang River in Qingchuan county. Both bodies of water have fast-rising water levels, prompting concerns of flooding, an official at the Guangyuan disaster relief center said.

The quake was the worst tremor to strike China in three decades; a 1976 earthquake killed more than 250,000 people

一年的时间也是很快

从拿到offer的兴奋到期末考试的平静

一切都很自然很平静

认识了很多不错的人

参加了很多有意义的活动

发觉生活也不过如此

学校只是一个让我们动起来的地方而已

当我们动起来后，我们就离开了学校

很庆幸我选择了McMaster，我没有任何的失望

它就跟我想的一样

安静，优雅，美丽但是又富有激情

我对成绩仍然是毫不在意

我在意的是我真正学到了什么

磨炼到了什么

GPA对我来说就是一个可笑的数字

反正及格万岁

那么第二年希望可以进到自己想去的专业

马上回国了

收拾一下心情，收拾一下行李

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