我突然很怀念港大的第二学期和刚来美国的第一个QUARTER，忙到吐血，前者是３９个学分外加上庄外加乱七八糟的比赛；后者是SOCIAL太多，旅游太频繁，课选得多，作业复旦又重，所以也是忙得一塌糊涂．每天都很抓紧时间，生活过得很充实，虽然睡眠不足，上课时候经常半梦半醒．

　　　Crista说得对，写BLOG对很多像我这样的人来说根本就只是一个感情宣泄的渠道，或者窗口，所以生活丰富精彩的时候更新得很频繁，心情起伏不定的时候也来的很经常，如果一切像无风无浪的湖面般平静的时候，就什么也不想写，不想说，让她那么荒芜着．

　　　Got some complaints that I delayed to update photos in DC, just too lazy to post them.

        Finally, today.

        By the way, now I live with three Asian girls, two from Shanghai, one from Korea, but I guess our room has the most number of language geniuses in our whole building!

        Cynthia speaks Mandarin, English, Shanghainese, Cantonese

        Hyeri speaks Korean, English, basic French

        Xuan speaks Mandarin, Shanghainese, French, English(All fluent)

        I speak Mandarin, English, Cantonese, basic Japanese.

        So cool!!! Right!

Obama Gets Edge on New Yorkers Clinton, Giuliani on Wall Street

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLeZ7ht_LtZg&refer=worldwide

By Kristin Jensen and Christine Harper

April 17 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ran ahead of New York Senator Hillary Clinton and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on their home turf, raising cash from the biggest investment banks on Wall Street.

Obama raised $479,209 from employees at the banks in the first quarter, according to Federal Election Commission filings. That was better than Giuliani, a Republican who collected $473,442. Clinton, Obama's Democratic rival, raised $447,625. The figures are based on employers listed by donors; in some cases, the names are missing or incomplete.

The employees of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and UBS AG gave Obama more than a combined $260,000, boosting his showing. The Illinois senator's top fundraisers include David Heller, a managing director at Goldman, and Robert Wolf, chief executive officer of UBS Americas. Neither was available for comment.

``I've never had a higher hit ratio in terms of asking people for money and them saying yes,'' said James Torrey, an Obama fundraiser and chairman and chief executive officer of New York-based Torrey Associates, a $1.3 billion fund of funds. ``There are one or two or three people who are zealots within these firms and when they get behind a candidate, other people within these firms follow.''

In addition to Goldman and UBS, the figures reflect giving from the employees of Bear Stearns Cos., Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanley. Goldman employees gave 1 1/2 times as much to presidential hopefuls as the next highest set of givers, from Citigroup.

Hedge Funds, Equity

Giuliani's Republican rival Mitt Romney raised more than $382,000 from top investment banks, while Senator John McCain of Arizona took in $213,660. When adding in the top 10 hedge funds and top 10 private equity firms, Romney did better, helped by ties he made in the corporate world before becoming governor of Massachusetts. He previously ran the Boston-based investment firm Bain Capital LLC, whose employees gave him $79,400.

Obama, 45, also got money from the private equity world, receiving a combined $35,000 from employees of the leveraged- buyout firm Blackstone Group LP in New York and the Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm based in Washington.

The Democratic candidates for president tallied up more than $1.3 million in contributions from top Wall Street investment banking firms in the period, compared with about $1.1 million for the Republicans, FEC filings show.

`Hungry'

``The Democrats are hungry,'' said former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, in an interview last week. ``They're just simply doing the better job today.''

Employees of New York-based Goldman, the world's biggest securities firm by market value, donated at least $120,250 to Obama and $113,750 to Romney, FEC filings show. Clinton got $64,400 from the firm's employees. Giuliani received $13,250.

``These are private decisions by individuals at the firm to contribute and it would be inappropriate for Goldman Sachs to comment on it,'' said Peter Rose, a spokesman in New York.

Obama was one of a small group of invitees that addressed Goldman's annual partners' meeting in Chicago on May 31. He headed into the private session with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who also spoke to the group along with former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

Goldman employees are among the most politically active on Wall Street. The firm has produced two Treasury secretaries in recent years -- Democrat Robert Rubin and Republican Hank Paulson -- as well as New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, a Democrat.

UBS

U.S. employees of Zurich-based UBS gave more than $140,000 to Obama, compared with $62,050 for Giuliani and $9,100 for Clinton. Romney raised $24,100 from UBS employees and McCain took in $13,900.

Clinton, 59, has long benefited from the support of Wall Street. Employees of Citigroup, the biggest U.S. bank, make up the largest group of donors to her last two Senate races, with Goldman coming in second. That's according to figures from the Washington-based Center for Responsive Politics, a research group that tracks money in politics.

Individual candidates were helped by their personal ties on Wall Street as well. John Edwards, a Democratic candidate and former North Carolina senator, got more than $150,000 from employees of New York-based Fortress Investment Group LLC, where he serves as a senior adviser. Among the top investment banks, Edwards took in $193,250, FEC filings show.

During the quarter, New York-based Bear Stearns hosted presidential candidates from both parties. In the end, the firm's employees gave their biggest group of donations to Giuliani, 62, who spoke to about 400 senior managing directors at the security firm's Madison Avenue headquarters on March 1. He received at least $67,942 of their more than $200,000 in contributions.

       For some reasons, I am too lazy and not in good mood for updating my new life in DC.

我发誓这是我最后一次玩点名游戏了！被初三同桌点名，

XY，你要在留言时候把2, 23, 53, 54,55,60,61给回答一遍，作为惩罚

问题一：你觉得自己幸福吗?

   非常，从小到大都是

问题二:你眼中的我是什么样子的?

   情种，对朋友很够义气，很多时候玩世不恭，但是又让人心疼

问题三:在感觉到孤单寂寞的时候,最想做的事情是什么?

   煲电话粥

问题四:愿意尽力保护的人或事物,或者愿意维持的状态或感觉.说4个吧

　爸妈（整体），爷爷奶奶（整体），外婆，第四个太多人并列，不一一列举

问题五:当你遇到危险时,第一反应是什么?

  慌到没反应

问题六:小时候,梦想的职业是什么?

　相声演员（人家告诉我没有女性相声演员，不要做梦）和画家 

问题七:什么时候你会突然想到别人?

  很多时候

问题八:非常高兴时最想做什么?

  笑，告诉家人朋友

问题九:大学有什么新计划?

  明年就要毕业啦，要计划一个毕业旅行

问题十:最想做的叛逆事是什么?

 GAP-YEAR，不读书不工作，抓个男生陪我周游世界

问题十一:如果你的生命只剩下一天,你会做什么?

  和家人在一起 

问题十二:最绝望的时候是什么?

  目前还没有出现过

问题十三:大学的你怎么抵挡身边的诱惑呢?

 我自制力强，不会因小失大

问题十四:到目前为止,遇到的最大挫折是什么?

 从今年年初开始找INTERNSHIP

问题十五:最怀念曾经的什么？

 2006.6.13 & 2006.7.23

问题十六:现在最想得到的却还没得到的东西是什么?

说出来好像太现实，但是真话，SUMMER INTERN OFFER

问题十七:被点名了,你郁闷不?

 郁闷, 还是被最好的异性朋友点名，不答说不过去

问题十八:在街上走着,如果没有明确的到达目的地的路线,你会怎么想?

 我路痴，一定是又迷路了

问题十九:夜深人静的时候会想起谁?

 我喜欢的人或者喜欢我的人

问题二十:如果没有“脱光”，准备何时“脱光”，如果已经“脱光”，请问有再穿上的可能吗？

 不明白问题意思

问题二十一:最长的一段感情延续了多久？如果没有过的话暧昧关系或者追求的时间也行

 １３７天

问题二十二:最害怕什么?

失去我在乎的人

问题二十三:有什么心里话想对我说呢?

你是我最在乎的朋友之一，曾经现在将来都是，所以你和HX一定要开开心心走下去 

问题二十四: 对爱人（进行时将来时过去时都行）说一句话，发自肺腑的

 I am so grateful to have you in my life and cannot afford to lose you

问题二十五：为什么不回答这些问题？

 答得很累了已经

问题二十六：现在在想什么？

 快点答完去睡觉

问题二十七：2006年最后悔的一件事是什么？

 没有

问题二十八：什么东西可以让你放弃一切？

 爱

问题二十九：最害怕的东西是什么？

 蟑螂

问题三十：大学里最担心的事是什么？

 三个老人熬不到我出人头地

问题三十一：心目中的他/她是什么样子？

 有安全感，有责任心，有上进心，孝顺聪明不花心

问题三十二：你的偶像是？

 刘德华

问题三十四：如果给你一次出国留学的机会，你最想去哪个国家？

美国呀，我已经在啦，下一个呢，日本或者英国

问题三十五：最喜欢吃什么？

 妈妈煮的都爱吃

问题三十六：你对美女的态度是……？

如果真的很美，我会抱怨自己怎么不是男的？！ （经常发生，因为我好＂色＂，哈哈）

问题三十七：你所拥有的最珍贵的东西？

 家人

问题三十八：如果再给你一个机会，什么事情你会选择另一种方法解决？

 一时想不到答案

问题三十九：你有什么怪癖？（比如咬指甲、洗手强迫症之类）

有笔套的圆珠笔我用的时候一定要把笔套套在笔尾巴，如果笔套丢了我就一定要换一把！

问题四十：你以后想要几个孩子？男孩还是女孩？

 龙凤,兄妹或者姐弟无所谓

问题四十一：情人节最想收到什么礼物？

 相册，里面装有和他一起旅游的合影配上SWEET WORDS

问题四十二：对待相亲的态度是?

 尴尬

问题四十三：觉得自己是家庭型的还是事业型的啊

 ３０岁之前事业型

问题四十四：你觉得你自己变态吗

 有时候

问题四十五：对爱该执着吗，或许真的放手也是一种爱? 如果是你会怎么选择？

 应该执着 有时候放弃你是因为太爱你，做让我爱的人开心的选择

问题四十六：你的最理想的生活状态是什么?

 一周五天上班，晚上回家完全脱离工作，一年去外国旅游度假两次，家人和睦，

周末和朋友聚会　

问题四十七：你会回避对你表白过的人吗？

 看人

问题四十八：你能接受姐弟恋的年龄差是几岁？

 五岁

问题四十九：你能接受另一半精神出轨吗?到什么程度会忍无可忍?

不能，因为我也会尾随的 

问题五十：说出一件你认为“很浪漫”的事

很多呀，我妈生日我爸匿名送花到她单位啦；我妈感冒喉咙痛我爸给她炖梨汤消疼啦

问题五十一：2007年的个人计划

不好意思，还没有想到

问题五十二：说说点你人的最大的缺点

太爱发牢骚 

问题五十三:如果有一天我消失了你会伤心多久?

很久很久的，毕竟这么多年朋友啦

问题五十四：请说出一件我最让你记忆犹新的事??

你曾经对我说：＂不管发生什么事情，我都站在你这边．＂

 问题五十五：请说出和我在一起最想干吗？

 聊天，没完没了

问题五十六：有空一起打麻将／打牌吗？

 不喜欢

问题五十七:今年我过生日，你会送礼物给我吗？嘿嘿～～

 没问题呀

问题五十八：如果叫你去花好几年等一个看不到结果的未来，你是选择放弃还是坚持？

 现在说的和实际发生后的反应可能不同，还不如不回答

问题五十九：喜欢中国吗？

 喜欢，除了在申请去外国的旅游签证的时候

问题六十：告诉我你眼中的我（内在不是外表）？

 义气，搞笑，体贴，玩世不恭

问题六十一：给我一个忠告！谢谢~

 你应该更有上进心一点，因为有上进心的男人比较可爱 

问题六十二：半夜，叫你跟我去墓地探险，你去吗？

 我不会让你去的

问题六十三：你爱我吗？

 对朋友那种吗？那你还是蛮可爱的

      I tried to recall details of my trip, so it`s very lengthy, you don`t need to waste time to read it if you are not interested, just skip it to enjoy the photos!

      Spring break from 20th to 25th, a nice trip to Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle, despite of the terrible weather in those three cities.

The places I went to :

      Vancouver ( UBC, Gas Town, China Town, Robson Street, Grandville Island, Grouse Mountain, Stanley Park);

      Victoria (Butchart Garden, Parliament Building, Downtown);

      Seattle (Space Needle, Seattle Center, Pike`s Market, Ride-the-Duck Tour)

March 20^th:

       Arrived in YVR airport around 1pm, a pretty airport, there are totem poles, and some other artificial but very nice-looking settings. The horrible thing was that I suddenly found out my cell couldn’t work in Canada, I thought it could do. Luckily George told me how to transfer buses to go to UBC. So I transferred twice and took 3 buses, finally got to UBC. On the bus I found it was true there are so many Asians in Vancouver, half of the passengers on the bus are Asian looking. I asked a lady in Mandarin which stop I should get off the bus, she didn`t know, and then a young girl sitting behind me helped me in Mandarin, haha, so convenient!

        George and Christine both had lectures, so I just walked around in the campus! I love it! You could see from the pics, the buildings are much more stylish than that of Davis, and they have narcissuses in the campus!!! They look much bigger compared to the type in China, though, my explanation was maybe they ate too many hamburgers and French Fries, haha! And there is a building exclusively for Korea University’s exchange students, crazy! I tried to figure out where the main library is, so I asked a passer-by for help, who looks like an Asian. He could tell I am a Chinese, so he asked me I speak Mandarin or Cantonese. I said either is fine, then he showed me the way and chatted with me in Cantonese. I felt he was pretty nice, so I borrowed his cell to call George. Thank Godness! You know how important the cell is ?! And you can survive without speaking English there seriously!

         Afternoon I went for sightseeing in the downtown, gas town, Robson street and China town. I was cheated by the steam clock in Gas town, what t?? h???! (I don`t want to say the whole sentence in space, haha!). And it seems the China Town is so dangerous there, many weird-looking people walking around, some stared at you, some tried to approach you, I was so scared alone!!! I stayed in Christine’s room for night! Yeah! Free accommodation and reunion with HKU guys!

 

March 21st:

          George showed me to the Granville Island, treated me a nice lunch with Korean Food, yummy yummy! But the weather was horrible, raining for the whole day!!! Grey sky, I didn`t get any nice pics!!! In the afternoon I went to Grouse Mountain by myself!! Freezingly cold! And it snowed heavily on the top! The mountain is called “peak of Vancouver” so you were supposed to get a bird-view of the whole city, but on that day, it was foggy so I couldn`t see anything, kinda boring and cold by myself, regretted I didn`t draw George to go with me, so I rented ice-skating shoes and played with myself. I even set the self-timer function of the camera then took pics for myself in the snow world, haha, low B bobo! It seems that the God has compensated me a lot since I came to the U.S. because I saw heavy snow 3 times already. Btw, I found out there are so many Japanese there too, wherever I went, I could here some Japanese around.

 

March 22^nd:

         I went to Victoria by ferry, the famous flower city! Had a nice sleep on the ferry and felt energetic after that. First stop in Butchart Garden saw tons of flowers, but the best season should be in summer without rain and with blue sky. However, I appreciate it already, there are tulips, rhododendron, magnolia, camellia, huge narcissuses (again!), myosotis and some other names, I don`t even know in Chinese! Didi-wu showed me around the downtown. (HKU is amazing, exchange students every where, cool!) Although she still complained that she need to go to Vancouver to do shopping sometimes, it is much much much more prosperous than Davis, which has nothing already! It drizzled when I was there, still acceptable, but didn`t see too many cherry blossom or roses in the city, not the right time yet. By comparison, I came to understand why there are so many parties in Davis, coz they don`t have any place to go to! We ate Korean food again for dinner! Haha, I love Korean food!

 

Mar 23^rd:

          Took the ferry back to Vancouver. Horrible weather! I hate it! Christine`s friend drove us to the Stanley Park, but foggy weather deprived me of the right to enjoy the beautiful there, I could only see a very unclear sketch of Lion Gate Bridge and some trees which fell down due to windstorm months ago. Had dinner with they two in a not bad Japanese restaurant, I love that one because you can see the Sakura Tree outside of the window, and you can sit on Tatami, matching atmosphere! All of us ordered Bento, I tried to use Japanese to ask waiter to help us take photos and deal with bills and it seemed pretty ok, haha, just simple Japanese though actually, motto ganbatte ne!

 

Mar 24^th:

Took Greyhound Bus to go to Seattle with Christine and spent 2 days with a loose schedule. This city is flooded with Starbucks shop and there is the very first one in the Pike`s Market since 1791. We suffered from the annoying rain on the first day, but second day it turned out fine, but Christine left before the sun came out, so I went to Space Needle by myself, nice bird view from the top!

 

          I just took this break to recover after I was stressed out by the winter quarter. But the last two weeks, due to farewell and finals, I lacked enough sleep so when I was in Canada, I fell asleep almost in all kinds of transportations, including, bus, sea bus, ferry, airplane, greyhound, sky train. They should have been prettier if I was lucky enough to hug sunshine. So I swear I need to go to these 3 places in summer again to see the true beauty and charm of them! Crista, go with me next time!