新的不好用, 搬去qq了
回家路上
面试结束, 才发现原来UPenn 这么好, 不愧是个Ivy League 学校 founded by Benjamin Franklin。 一直以为它是个比较大的州立大学,以为跟Penn State是一个学校, 原来是我知识太少… 好学校, 学费果然不一样。 一年下来就要九万多美金。 Financial Advisor 说不要想怎么付第一年的九万, 而是要考虑四年下来三十六万多美金怎么付。 一定要做好准备, 想尽一切办法secure funding。 呵呵。。。 看来我要是不申请军队奖学金, 还真上不起。 我觉得面试发挥的还算成功, 就是不知道人家会怎么决定了。 早上起大早赶晚集, 到了学校竟然找不到车位停车。 到了点了没办法,只好扔在一个只许停两个小时的地方,结果下车没跑几步就看见大大的一个P字。 已经晚了就认了吧。 回来一看被罚了$26块钱。Philadelphia 好潮啊, 有点难收。 但是学校里感觉不到。 到了旧楼里,真的有点很古老的感觉。 18几几年的风格设计, 据说以前没有灯的时学校利用天花板上的玻璃设计拿阳光当灯使。 可想有多古老了. 面试完了就还车去了飞机场. 西装就这么一直穿着, 感觉跟个真事儿人儿似的. 呵呵 抱个电脑写这些没用的东西, 人家还以为我做生意的呢. 小时候谁会想到十几年后我会在美国, 坐在亚特兰大的机场里, 写自己去一个Ivy League 学校面试的经过? 就跟我跟面试教授谈话中说的似的, “You never know where life could take you to.”
To my children and grand children (in the future), let it be known that there was a time when your father/grandfather was invited to a great institution for his education. It was an indication that he was doing something right with his life, and has been a worthy human being up to this point. He expect no less from all of you who will follow in his foot step. J
Yuning
路上感想
坐在去往亚特兰大的飞机上,听着乘务员开着玩笑的安全解说。 我发现作为一个服务业的工作人员,每天的态度真的可以给人们带来快乐,当然在同时也可以给别人带来厌恶。 其实以前就注意到了个人态度会互相传染, 自己不高兴的时候能让同事们一样过的比较难收。反过来碰上态度不好的人,本来高高兴兴的我也会变得不高兴。 一直试着慢慢的改变自己,让自己面对事物更淡然些, 算是做得比较成功吧。不过也许是老了,见得多了,没有以前那份兴奋, 少了以往的迫不及待。上次去University of Minnesota 面试的时候教授问了我一堆生活经验的事儿。 让我回想起以前在海军工作上班的情景。 一边将给他们, 一边将给自己, 再一次体会到过去处事的不成熟。 不论是和人,还是事。 每一次好像都有更加完好的结果,但是却没有做到。 这就是所谓的遗憾吧, 每当想起来就会想到同样的事,现在的人,结果又会如何。
好像学校们都爱问一个问题,就是当别人向你提出意见的时候,你是怎样做出回复的。 去年的这会儿在Marquette面试的时候我记得很清楚这个问题没能回答出来。 也许这就是他们把我放到候补席里的原因。不过今年我知道怎么回答了。 要敢于面对自己的不足, 不能把别人提出的意见看成是对自己的攻击,而要知道每一个意见都是一个提高自己品质的机会。当自己看不见自己不足的时候,当自己忽略了自己缺点的时候, 一定要记住别人所看到的你和自我感觉良好的你其实有着差距。 如果想继续成长,就一定要更深入的去弥补自己, 完善自己。 做一个值得别人信任,依赖的人,一个自强,努力的人。 我真的不想留下遗憾, 留下更多值得后悔的事。 很多事虽然已经过去了很久, 但是我觉得我一辈子都不会忘掉。 以最好的态度面对每一件事每一个人, 不留下不好的回忆, 所得到的应该就是幸福。
又读了一边,这写的。。。 真假,呵呵。 到了亚特兰大,下一站Philadelphia。 听说Liberty Bell 就离我订的旅馆旁边一英里。 不知道明天面试完事儿了有没有机会去看看。发现我对历史遗迹是越来越感兴趣了。 恨不得到个地方就转一个编。 可是就是时间太紧,又不想耽误课程。 我在登机口这儿坐着写东西,对面坐下个女孩儿,包里有只小狗。她把包打开个口, 小狗探出个头。 然后旁边小孩儿哭, 它就叫。 女孩儿就拿机票敲它头。有意思。呵呵
光飞机票花了我$450, 也够黑的. 明明还空着好多座位. 给别人定去西雅图的单程才$150. 是不是在航空公司做market analysis的算出来飞的人都是必须飞的,而且这个时间的航班都到不了满客,为了对得起油钱,来这么一手? 不过估计还是我想多了。早点定就没这下场了。呵呵 明天这会儿应该是在往回飞的途中,不知道面试后会是什么样的感觉。 是更加自信, 还是更多的失望?
如果这次失败,真的没有下次了。
27岁半 散记
祝奶奶一路平安…
Colo. dentist among 10 gunned down in Afghanistan. Story by Associated Press
DENVER – A 51-year-old Colorado dentist was among 10 members of a medical team gunned down in Afghanistan earlier this week, a nonprofit dental group said Sunday.

Dr. Thomas Grams had quit his dental practice four years ago to work full-time giving impoverished children free dental care in Nepal and Afghanistan, said Katy Shaw of Global Dental Relief, a Denver-based group that sends teams of dentists around the globe.
"This just breaks my heart," she said.
Grams was killed Thursday along with five other Americans on a medical trip, Shaw said. The Taliban has claimed credit for the attack, saying the workers were trying to convert Muslims to Christianity.
The bodies of the assassinated medical team — which included six Americans, two Afghans, one German and a Briton — were returned to Kabul aboard helicopters Sunday. The families of the six Americans were formally notified of their deaths after U.S. officials confirmed their identities, said Caitlin Hayden, a spokeswoman for the embassy.
Names of most of the foreigners have not been released pending formal identification.
Officials have said the victims included team leader Tom Little, an optometrist from Delmar, New York, who had lived in Afghanistan for about 30 years, and Dr. Karen Woo, who gave up a job in a private clinic in London to do humanitarian work in Afghanistan.
Shaw described Grams Sunday as "a sweetie pie" who was quiet and shy but opened up around children. She said the group got word of his death Saturday.
The team was attacked while returning to Kabul after a two-week mission in the remote Parun valley of Nuristan province about 160 miles (260 kilometers) north of Kabul. The bullet-riddled bodies were found Friday near three four-wheeled drive vehicles in a wooded area just off the main road through a narrow valley in the Kuran Wa Munjan district of Badakhshan.
The gunmen spared an Afghan driver who told police he recited verses from the Islamic holy book the Quran as he begged for his life.


