*shrug

Light

Sometimes, just when you feel there's no place for you to go, there's no choice for you to pick from, a strand of light sheds in.  If you just be patient and just look carefully, there's always another opportunity waiting for you around the corner. 

new update

i finally started using facebook again.  omg, i discovered a new addiction, super poke!  if you poke 3 more person, you get to discover a new emote! how cool is that!   i suppose i should update.  Va tech has been treating me well, other than all the endless projects, readings and tests, people here are pretty nice. 

i have two roomates who are both Chinese, one is from Zhejiang U, one is from Qinghua  ^^  surprisingly, there are soooo many ppl from Qinghua here.  sometimes i wonder how can i ever compete w/ those ppl.  for ppl that dunno about Chinese schools, Qinghua is like MIT in the U.S.  anyways, since our apt has a living room, on weekends, we can have ppl over and just chill.  i really regret not having a living room when i was at Cornell.  just imagine the things i could've done! 

ohhhhh yah!  i finally got Harry Potter this past Sunday.  puahhahaa  now my life is complete. 

food

I found this very interesting blog online.  It's definitely a mood lifter when you are super bored. 

http://fireinmykitchen.blogspot.com/

Experience

This past week has really made me feel personality is shaped over time by personal experience. 

So on Wednesday, I was removed from my Portfolio Management class because I don't have the pre-req for it.  I've been going to the class this past week, and I feel I can do the well in that class, come on, it's a finance class, how hard can it be.  I tried to talk to the professor that teaches the class, the department's secretary, and the head.  They all said the same thing, "We don't care.  It's a part of the rule."  I guess the naive me still felt I could do something about it.  I tried to talk to my own major's department head, he can't do anything, which's understandable.  So I went to the graduate school office to talk to one of the advisors.  The lady was very nice, she said my last option would be talking to the dean.  When I went to the dean's office, the secretary stopped me.  I asked her if I could make an appointment sometimes with the dean, and I also explained my situation.  Her answer was "The dean's very busy.  If it's a part of the rule, then you have to follow it."  She wouldn't let me see the dean. 

Now, this was taken course over the period of three days.  I could only go in between my classes.  In the beginning, I felt, it's my education, I should have the right to take the classes I want to take.  And if I see something wrong, shouldn't I try my best to change it?  I guess this is my lesson of the week, sometimes, things just don't work out, no matter how hard you try; in the end, you will just feel even more disappointed.  Maybe the Chinese way of "less action means less trouble" is right after all.