it is my 5th Thankgivig. Time flies. 1st thanksgiving, xiao hehe, jie and me went to outlet, bestbuy etc. we got up around 5:00am in the morning. It is crazy but we really enjoyed it.   2nd thanksgiving, I forgot how to celebrate it:(. 3rd,  xifeng and i went to woodbury outlet in the midnight. Because we are too tired, we missed the next day's  Macy's parade. 4th, we finally went to see Macy's parade in NYC. So many people on the street, so many cute cartoon firgures. I took a lot of pics. 5th, stay at home and clean apt. I faced so many boxes at home, (we shipped everything from NY to here).  I finally got a time to relax , read books, watch a lot of movies. 

 

 

 

    I didn't write too much in 2008, although there are some changes in my life. I began to look for job at the beginning of year. After desperately job hunting,  I finally found a job in NYC. I really appreciate my boss. She gave the  chance to land my first job, which boosted my confidence a lot. Now I admitted that Jan and Feb were the toughest time I went through. Later in early July, I moved to Santa barbara to start my second job.  The life at work is not busy, sometimes a little bit boring, especially when I am not fully occupied during the working time. 

  

  

 

 

      We fled away from the chilly weather.

      Sunshine welcomed us in Cancun. I got tanned.

      I tried snorkeling. exicted! I saw so many beautiful fishes under sea. so close to you . I feel like I become one of them

      The colour of the sea is light bule. And I like the  white-sand beach so much!  

      I lay down in the deck chair to count the stars at night.

      I believe it is paradise.

     

 

    useful website to book some tour in cancun: www. entertainment-plus.net 

 

 

     I went to Amy's home to carve the pumpkin. Amy has a lot of professional stuffs to carve a pumpkin, like the knife, the spoon, and a lot of designs. I chose the simple design cause it might be easy for the beginner. Her design is a little bit complicated. The pumpkin is not so firm as what I thought before. It is easy to do and we have a lot of fun! 

 

Amy's work:

 

My work:

 

TOgether:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love beijing pancake so much, so I made it by myself. It is pretty good.

 

Time flies so quickly. I didn't write anything since the semester begins. But a lot of things happened. First, about my friend. Bing got a cute little boy, HEHE will have a baby girl soon as she wishes and Shu got pregnant, too. Suddenly, my world is around with a lot of mothers and mother-to-be.  Although you don’t want to grow, time never stops. I feel more important to plan life and plan future.  

 

I will also have some changes too. I got a fortune cookie in the mid September, it was said ‘soon your life will change a lot’. I am ready to get changes. Right now, I am preparing it. 

 

 

 

 

     I have to document my boring RA work, cause it causes a lot of labors and I don't know more efficient way to do it. The task is quite simple: we are interested in the citation count of some authors in the top journals. The previous student already finished that summaries and we found the citation might not be accurate. The citation counts for one authors might also count others. for example, Rounds. J could be either Rounds JAME, OR  Rounds Jessica or whatever the fisrt name starts with J. The citation for ROunds J in our dataset include both, though we are interested in one of the two authors.  Hence, I am requested to check it again. I used SSCI database, and I also found some problems. SSCI is desinged to collect the citation and academica publication works of authors. However, it could not give the complete pubulication list for one author. Compared with CV provided by authors, I always found one or two journal publication was missing. In addtion, I also compared the results from SSCI with scholar.google.com. They two are not exactly the same. In fact, the latter did a better job to provide the pubilication list for one author,more complete than SSCI. However, since it is not a academic tool, I can't trust the citation counts provided by google.

    Finally, although I used SSCI to track the citation counts, I doubt the percent of completeness. I feel like, although I spend a lot of time doing it, the results are not statsfying.  I also thought,  why we didn't stop doing the citation work in the first time when we found that problem. it really wastes a lot of time!

  

     The other problem is : for authors, they might change from one institution (for instance, school) to others. To locate the same author, you have to find out all the institutions he/she belonged, then you will get the complete publication list. I am wondering, could the database do the updata work aumotically? In other word, the database should add a new column called'final institution'. This new variable will be automatically associated with any previous publications the author had. For users, once we input the author's name and final institution,  we can get the whole publication list.   For instance, one author published one paper A when she was in school A. Later, she moved to school B and published paper B. When I input the author name and his 'final institution', I could get both paper A and B. It will save a lot of time! 

    Howeverr, SSCI does not have such a function.  So I have to figure out all the institutions the author used to be, and I really hate those authors who moved several times.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

She is a Beijing girl.  She was born and raised there until 2004 when she came to the U of I.  Our dangerously under-populated community came as a surprise to her, but she's gotten used to it, though she feels more at home in big cities like New York.  The city animal inside her yearns to be immersed among people.  She loves that squirrels and people have learned to live together here.  It's almost a symbiotic relationship.  We provide them with food thrown carelessly on the ground, and they provide us with speed bumps.

Being a fan of cooking and exercise, She fills her spare time with such activities.  She and her former roommate did yoga, and she and her husband enjoy squash, badminton, and tennis (which would explain the crazy skills she was showing off at Wii Tennis during game night).  Cooking serves as relaxation.  It also gives her a chance to get some quality Chinese food without having to go out all the time. 

She and her husband are both avid travelers.  They visited a number of national parks last year: Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon (whoo!), Zion, and Arches.  Much like Superman drawing power from the yellow Sun, she finds peace through scenic nature. 

 

     The spotlight of the newsletter this week in our lab is me. I was requested to write somthing about myself. Bryce and Senera will dig out the interesting part of me.

 

 

 

 

         It is my first time to go to Europe, or more exactly, mid-Europe. I love those cities very much. The style is totally different from American's. Those cities are full of story, and full of memory.  When you wander in the imperial park, visit the palaces of the king and queens, look at the old stuffs that were used at that time, and read the old documents, the old times of the magnificent and luxury life of the king and queen arrive. You could imagine their lives, their happyniess and sadness, and those old times.

     虽然物过境迁，但那山依旧是那山，那树依旧是那样的茂盛，房子依旧在那里。 它们承载了整个城市兴衰，也将整个城市的故事代代相传，不光在当地居民的心理，也在游客的心里，留下了印记。

     For Vienna, I knew that, sisi pricess is not as happy as people thought.

     For Salzburg, I knew that, Mozart is born to be a talent. How brilliant and talented he is!

     For Munich, it is a reconstructed city. World War II and Adolf Hitler changed the city a lot.

 

    More about Vienna:

 

In Vienna, sis museum is the most impressive one. I knew Sisi from the famous movie ‘Sisi Princess’. In my impression, she is a beautiful, elegant and lovely girl and she is a lucky girl with a perfect love. She should live a happy life with her prince. In fact, the documents and records in the museum told us a different story. She doesn’t like her life in the imperial palace at all. She felt no freedom and lonely all the times.  In the latter year of her life, she wears a veil all the times and keeps distance with other people, especially the strangers. She was not welcomed when she was alive. Ironically, after she died, people began to miss her very much. I saw lots of souvenirs about Sisi in Vienna. The museum disclosed the real life of Sisi in the history from her outfits, her living places and the diary she wrote. If you are interested in it, you can’t miss it.

 

In addition, the beauty of king’s lake (Lake Konigssee) and Neuschwanstein Castle are the ones you must have a look if you go to the border between Munich and Austria. 

In all, I love the Europe trip very much.

 

In the newletter, it was paraphrased as 'The Sisi museum showcases the life of Empress Elisabeth, whose tragic life has long since made her a cult figure. '

 

 

  

      照片这东西不过是生命的碎壳，纷纷的岁月已过去，瓜子仁一粒粒咽下去，滋味各人自己知道，留给大家看的惟有那满地狼藉的黑白的瓜子壳。

 

----张爱玲语

（1） 婚纱照

    拍结婚照，是结婚的一件大事。之前，在网上看了很多的结婚照，还有朋友的结婚照，虽然每对新人摆的姿势差不多，但那满脸灿烂的笑容会将每对新人年轻、美丽的容貌和喜悦的心情定格在那一瞬间。 我还记得小朱曾经有一句对婚纱照很经典的评述：婚纱照是女人对美丽最极致的幻想。 所以，我挺期待拍婚纱照的。 

    拍照片其实看两个因素，一个是化妆的水平；一个是摄影师的技术和构思。虽然后期处理技术越来越完善，但摄像器材的好坏和摄影师的水平还是很重要的。  所以，我开始一直说要在北京拍，就是觉得大城市的水平会高一些。 后来，我在55BBS上看到，其实好多北京人现在都选择去江南一些地方拍，而且放在网上的照片也不差，价格也不贵，所以最终确定在老公的家乡宁波拍摄。  老公的妹妹非常帮忙，做事干净利索，帮我们定了巴黎春天在宁波的分店，总共7套服装+2个外景，店里的一级摄影师。

    拍摄那天，天气不算太热，摄影师和两个助手，跟同我们一天， 从早上8点到晚上8点。 我们拍摄地点先在宁波的外滩，干净，整洁，有异国情调的建筑，还有一两个中式的建筑，那边的餐馆布局都很别致，想必菜做得也很精致，但由于时间关系，我们没能来得及在那里坐坐。

    摄影师是杭州人，让我们叫他小白。一个助理是从廊坊过来的，看来宁波对外地人的吸引力也很大的。我挺喜欢宁波的，空气比北京好，北京有的，宁波也有，甚至我还看到了北京没有的。比如，sephora，美国买化妆品的店，我在宁波看见了，但没在北京看见。第二点，交通便利。到繁华的地方，坐车10几分钟就到了，不像北京，到那都要做好久的车。第三点，吃了很多海鲜。我发现自己挺爱吃海鲜的，尤其宁波现在流行小龙虾，虽然这是早几年北京流行过的，但我不怎么敢吃，因为总是说小龙虾是阴沟里养殖的。想想北京也不靠水，吃小龙虾的危险性还是太大，所以我以前吃的很少。可宁波，是个靠海的地方，所以我开始放心大胆的吃了。妹妹带我们去了好多地方吃饭，现在想想还意有未尽呢!

     跑题了，回到拍照中。拍照的总体宗旨是体现每对新人甜蜜、亲密。我们的拍摄是中规中矩，摄影师让我们怎么做，我们就怎么做。每个小场景会有一个小主题，比如在港口约会，喝茶，饮酒，求婚，喜结良缘等，拍照的姿势也程式化了，我只记得摄影师总是说，把脸侧一下，头在抬高一下，一般摄影不是总拍你的正面，因为这样会使整个片子构图过于平面。所以婚纱照里有很多我们侧面的照片。在拍的时候，如果你有一些不经意的动作，让摄影师觉得不错，他会即兴抓拍一些。好的有经验的摄影师，就可以帮助你把你最漂亮的角度展现出来。 此外，你有什么要求，想要什么效果，要向摄影师提出来，他会帮你实现。尤其对于这种一对一服务的，让新人和摄影师可以更好的沟通，可以拍得更好。

    我们其实拍了有160多张，最后我们选出了85张，外加三个相册（大中小），6个版画，2个水晶，花费6000不到。遗憾之处也有，我没有穿旗袍照一张，当时想想在婚宴上会穿，所以就试了一个小姐服；忘了穿韩服了，一忙一累给忘了。

    这是今年一件大事。特此记。

 

  其实是6月19日早上的事情，可惜我定的是6月18日的机票，没能听到，没能在场给她鼓劲。人生的学生篇章可以划个圆满的句号了。恭喜恭喜！

 

 

     这次回国，结婚了，拍了婚纱照，摆了酒，穿了很多漂亮的衣服，化了两次浓妆，吃了很多好吃的东西，认识了好多老公那边的人。现在又回到这个安静的小镇，为自己的未来，自己的家庭奋斗努力。

 

   美好的时光总是过得太快，什么时候再回去呀!

 

 

 

 

    The department asked me to do an RA this summer. I did not get any summer job in the past two summer time. But this year, I got it. It was a really surprise to me. It means a lot to me. I could add this to my resume. I found I really love the data analysis job.  To solve the problem in practice is my favorite.

 

    The letter informed me about these and the secretary of my department made my day!  God or Heaven gave me a chance, and thanks very much!

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

     My laptop is back. but i am not excited. I have to reinstall everything. It is my old laptop, but it seems new to me. I don't recognize it, and I don't even like it.  I refused to use it, I still go to school, go to lab to use other computer.  Sigh, I know it is my fault. I knew I should ask them not to replace the hard disk if no problem with it. I knew I should call them to make it clear. I knew I should do something to let the technician know my ideas about it. I knew I should not mark the item that allow them to replace my hard disk in the checklist. However, I didn't do it. I don't know why I didn't do it. I don't know why. Maybe I expect a new start from my deep heart?

 

    Xifeng always said, I didn't plan in advance. My life is mess up. AM I true?  I know it is very convenient if you organize everything very well, if you plan everything very well. I do agree with it, however, in my deep heart, I hate such kind of thing. I like the life with uncertainty, the life with a little exception, and the life a little bit unsual. Am I naive? Am I childish? Anyway, those are others' evaluation. I have my own road.

 

     I have to take some time to take care my new laptop. Move on! I like this word.

 

 

 

 

   

           My laptop is dead. nothing appears on the screen, something wrong with the motherboard.  I can save everything in my hard disk, and I feel better now.  My firend got the same problem  after three- year use too.  i am luck cause my laptop is still under warranty, but my friend is not as luck as me.

 

  

         Don't trust laptop too much, even though it is a good brand. It is not reliable as much as I thought before.

 

 

      It is the last day for class. This semster is almost gone. Ya!  

 

          I have to find RASHIP for next semster by myself, because the current professor don't need more analysis in next semester.

    I brought IBM laptop in 2004. There is sth wrong with the hard disk right now. I might use it too brutally, because I thought the quality of IBM should be very reliable. I did not care too much about it, so it is broken. too careless.

 

   Time goes really very fast , and the busy semster come to end finally. I could take a break finally. But I know, the much harder life is behind. When will be the end?  I am not in the good  mood those days. I feel a lot of pressure. The only thing I know is to work hard, no other choice.

 

    I am kind of persons: start to do sth, then feel tired, then try to find some new and start to do it, then feel tired; then continue to find something new and start to do it, then tired again.  I am knid of persons who seem to have a lot of interests but not good at.  Is that kind of personality?

 

     I found I stopped to ask the reason and stopped to make clear my doubt during the study right now. I am not curious about a lot of things,  and I am lazy to explore the world. I do not know what kind of thing I am really interested and I could do it forever.

 

     I just finished one exam and felt not good. I regretted that I gave up to firgure out a lot of questions before taking the exam.  Instead of finding the right answer, i would rather hope such kind of unclear questions not to show in the exam. I used to find ways to avoid problems. If no other choice, then I will fight. Is that lazy?

 

    I want to write my feeling down to memory it no matter what I will be in the future.

 

        

           

 

     近日，我的一个朋友读完了书，准备回北京大展拳脚。他是一个很有意思的人，为人热情，办事麻利，决策果断，活动能力强，和他一起做事情，感到非常有干劲。领导学中有一种学说，是魅力型领导，我的朋友好像就是这种天生的有领导魅力的人。

     和他的接触，不是很多，但每次都给人印象深刻。我和他一起举办过CSSA 的活动，和他一起聊过天，他还陪我练过车。后来，各忙各的，接触少了。直到最近，他在网上卖东西，我才知道他毕业了，要会北京发展，去实现他心中的梦想。人生就要开始进入新的篇章了。我祝福他，能在北京大展鸿图，做自己喜欢的事情，创出自己的天下！