Time to Say Goodbye

The weather in this week was unusual. It was sunny in the day, cloudy in the afternoon, and heavy rain pours down in the evening. Several times I was stuck in Carmichael Recreation Center. I didn’t mind staying there longer since I didn’t know that would I have any chance to be there again? I have a gloomy feeling that I never ever had before. I should have expected the day would eventually come, but I was either too busy or too happy to notice it until it approaches close to me. It is so overwhelming that I cannot stand it.

Downpour

公平正義

以下故事，是我在Facebook對一位朋友留言的回應。他質疑目前社會對於公平正義的討論過於缺乏，站在我的角度，則認為公平正義存在且必須存在，然而其不該只從荷包的大小來定義。不久後，我刪掉這則回應，因為我預想這將不是一個受歡迎的寓言，只怕他人認為本人高傲。因此將此文轉到自己的網頁，表達自己的立場。

City Overloaded

Arrival, May 8th

It took around one hour to fly from Raleigh to New York, shorter than transferring from JFK to Midtown Manhattan through subway. I left the luggage in the hotel and went to have a tour. Today I walked from Chelsea to Midtown, and approached Times Square. Life in the city must be stressful. People are pushed to move fast; pedestrians cross roads without seeing traffic signals; car drivers tap horn frequently. If it were not the fancy stores and tons of skyscrapers, I would guess I am in a developing country. Maybe this is the cost of being the world's biggest and funniest city. Just staying in half day, I knew this city is not a place for me. Smaller cities, e.g. Boston and Charlotte, are supposed to be helpful to my career. I need to keep the distance from the crowd or I couldn't think and work. But the good thing is there are many grocery stores and people don't need to drive to buy toothpaste although the sum of driving cost and the product price is cheaper in Raleigh.

 

Manhattan

Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins

I preordered the game from Amazon and have played it for a few hours. It is sad to see it doesn’t sell very well. The game critics just give it mediocre grade. It might be because it doesn’t meet people’s expectation, especially the graphics. I agree that the problem frame rate isn’t negligible. Buildings far from some circumferences become obscure, are like dwelling in fog; pedestrians and cars don’t show out until you are close to them enough.

Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins

春季四月

最近沒做什麼事。口試後，短暫的失去了目標。加上輕微的感冒，更是終日昏沈。四月學期末，心裡不免浮動。

A gathering in the newly-built community kickoffs this week.

星期一愚人節，找人開個玩笑。跟Anne說我摔斷腿住院。

“一定是我太相信你了”她說。

“你只能騙騙我這單純的人了”她又說。

說得讓我不禁慚愧起來。不知道是我太容易有罪惡感，還是這女孩太會說話。就像一些人無法抗拒睜大雙眼的貓。看來這一局我輸了。

New Title

"Congratulation." the advisor said.

 

I had been waiting for this day for ten years. However I feel no excitement after I get the degree. Today is just a point of the lifetime learning; and the title Doctor of Philosophy is a summary of the accumulated learning results so far. It does not come to me suddenly instead I have to approach to it inch by inch.

Hyrule Historia

Name:  The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia

Authors: Shigeru Miyamoto et al.

Publisher: Dark Horse

I play games, not accessories, such as figurines, cards, soundtracks associated with them. There are still some exceptions, and The Legend of Zelda is one of them. After watching the IGN's review, I bought Hyrule Historia online.

The touch of hardcovered books is wonderful.