Coffee and Movie

It had been one month since I came home. Next Monday the journey will begin. I understand it is depressed to leave a comfort zone. Previously it was in Raleigh, now it is in my hometown. One the other hand, I totally acknowledge without taking risk, how does one get the premium? Hometown, I don’t really know what it is; I’m just familiar with my home and its neighborhoods where includes a coffee shop, a bookstore, a bakery, a grocery stores, and a McDonald’s in which I visit every week. On this weekend, I’d like to stretch the neighborhoods farther. I'd like to go to  Costco, to see an English movie and have lunch in a Japanese Restaurant. Maybe I can regain a part of my memories left in Raleigh.

Memoirs of My Life in North Carolina and NC State - Housing

Preface

 

Yesterday I went to a university to meet a professor I have known for many years. I heard him talking about how creative his ideas are and promising his research is. At the same time, he showed his disproval of the most important chapter of my dissertation. He said it cannot be published because my advisor doesn’t give his name on the working paper for endorsement although he didn’t read it. Of course, I showed my respect and said nothing because there was Asia.

Before the New Journey Begins

I will stay at home for approximately one month before the new journey begins. The journey is expected to last at least for three years. The three-year period is very critical to my future career and life. So to prepare for it, I should wrap up some old businesses.

 

塵煙飄，雁序紛飛

回到家，發現網路沒了，有線電視也切斷了。後者無所謂，倒是失去前者讓人異常困擾。幸好在等待網路重新開通這段時間，有一套天地風雲錄之決戰時刻可打發時間。

 

全套天地風雲錄之決戰時刻，以及續篇九龍變一至十八集。觀賞布袋戲是我最像台灣人之處。

 

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