This was a frustrating afternoon. An idea
which I had been thinking about for months back to the days when living in
Mission Apartment didn’t work! I tried several DSGE setups and there were
always problems. Then I found the main reason is either there is no clearing
for a market or the issue I want to ask becomes trivial if I assign a new
exogenous condition. I wrote an email to tell older Joe, my colleague and
coworker in Japan, that I got stuck in the bottleneck.
Hello, Philip,
I believe you are about to packing your stuff. Unlike me, a child spoiled
by my parents to enjoy life in the US, you might be happy to go home with your
family and resume your job soon. I’d like to update my unique experience so far.
Pace
is quite slow in this town. Pedestrians seem have no business to do; students
seem have no care of their studies. I have known some new colleagues and new
friends. Some of them got degrees in the US, and the others are US
undergraduates who teach English in the school of foreign languages. Perhaps I
won’t forget English shortly.
In the first week of class, I didn’t do
much. I wrote and improved a small piece of a working paper. Then I manually
transfer a chapter of the dissertation into a LaTex format for submission. It
hasn’t been done. The main reason is my Italian colleague. He wants to enjoy
nightlife and I sometimes have to go out with him. This guy is so Italian. We went
to downtown and eat in restaurants at 4 nights consecutively. Because of him, I
went to a KTV for the very first time in my life. He likes to hang out with girls,
American and Chinese or anyone causes his interest. Even eating in a coffee
shop, the young waitress wanted to exchange emails and phone numbers with him. Oh,
my gosh.
Noodle soup in a famous restaurant. It tastes ok.
Fish hot pot, the most delicious food I ate in this town.
And also because of him, I knew a colleague called Joyce. She is like
us, new to this university and the town, but much younger than we are. Aside from
her charming, we are also impressed by her English speaking and listening given
she haven’t studied in the US. When it comes to the US...
I miss my simple and healthy life in the US
so much. Soon you will, too.
Ted
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