Today's Thought

22nd December 2006

Some important things happened in 2006:

1) Suddenly had to find a new apartment, and moved before the semester began!

2) Comprehensive exam lasted over a month, passed with all kinds of luck

3) One conference presentation with my previous term paper for Schoenberg seminar, which was then followed by a kind of publication in another international conference in UK

4) wwy won the concerto competition and played with UB symphony

5) Nice dinner/party/cake baking in the new apartment

6) wwy's parent visit in May, trip to Toronto/NYC/Princeton/Washington DC before going back to HK together

7) Teaching job in HK but met many terrible parents, so, decided not to teach in piano company anymore for the future

8) Time passed so quick, no research done in HK

9) Old IBM suddenly died and changed to MacBook

10) Snow Storm in double black friday, followed by no electricity for a few days

11) wwy's application paper works followed by trip plannings

12) Final exam, i was commented by Fung that I was a KILLER; my sister even said I was a KILLER WHALE!!! (because As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and FAILs are more or less evenly distributed), which was then followed by chains of students' emails asking for upgrade and why they got low grade/Fail, as well as one complaint to the Associate Chair!!!  [i promised here, next time will be super more easy going...]

13) Over-slept in Buffalo on the return day....almosted missed the taxi....NW surchagre of USD 100 due to the overweight luggage!  I am asking for refund!

14) Struggling in writing dissertation, i only got the best golden time of the year when wwy has almost done her works for the semester, will i have more in the near future?  Otherwise, how can i try to finish asap???  Life is harsh not because of the writing but the balance of everything..........