The last day of 2008

Just now I was feeling blue, and I didn’t know why. Finally I got know this is the last day of 2008. I accessed Youtube, and watched some videos as follows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmjQgZPj7F0&e

At seven pm, I went to the party hosted by Mr. Peter Arthur Stanleigh, a Canadian expat living in Wuxi. Last Sunday I gave him a small souvenir from Yixing, a pair of teacups. I guess he had many, ‘cause he’d been living in Wuxi for more than seven years! Much much longer than me. I thought I would no need to pay for the buffet, but I paid. About one hour later, I left alone. Anyway, I talked to Peter for a while, mainly about his business in Wuxi, and I had an idea to conduct an interview about him and published on the MBA magazine. Unfortunately, his company was pretty small, only he and his wife. He also worked for the ArkMedia as an International Sales Director, which was the title on his business card.

I really want to make some close expat friends, and hang out with 'em. I even could help 'em though I am busy most of the time. One day when I sat in the kfc just beside my workplace, an idea suddenly came into my mind when I was looking at the girl with blonde hair. Later I went back to my office and founded a blog called “WuxiVolunteer,” In the preface I wrote:

Too many times I happened to meet a few expat who really needed help, because life is tough, life in China is tougher… Yes, I know China is developing, and more and more open, that’s exactly why you could come here. For many expat, China still remains one of the remotest places in the world, with strange culture and languages. Moreover, the society is designed not for the average, but privileged people, so you will find it kinda hard to do numerous kinds of things here.

People in China usually sit on their emotions, and expat don’t know what they are really thinking. They never thought of providing guide in English, much less did they do. 90 percent of people had learned English in high school or college, but few could convey their ideas in English fluently, no mention the conversation.

It's time to reflect on my goals

Just now I accessed JustinUSA and to my pleasantly surprised, I found two comments and one flower. This is a big breakthrough for this blog, ‘cause almost nobody knows here. So I really want to know where you found this blog. (Hi Rob, how did you know this place?)

I really appreciate the Internet, which helps me get so many info that I couldn’t get before. Google, among them, is the best. It is brilliantly efficient at shifting information from the hands of those who have it into the hands of those who do not. It’s the information age for all of us. Internet has vastly shrunk the gap between the experts and the public. Additionally, I could also enjoy the comments from you an ocean apart.

What have I done these two days?

1. During the weekend, I’ve read a couple of books in Chinese about study abroad, such as How to choose a major, how to select a country, how to pick a grad school, and a city, as well as a prof.
For me, how to select a major and lessons is the most important.
Don’t choose MBA or other kinda administration and management majors. Don’t too keen on financial aids. If the major I choose that will make me unemployed, who cares the scholarships?

2. Be sensible, set up a goal as quickly as possible and more directly. Make the best of Info on matriculation for international students.
It's time that I reflected upon my mistakes, including my current financial crisis. Success depends on details, which I’m very lacking of.

3. Yesterday morning I went to the library and joined the party hosted by Mr. Peter Arthur Stanleigh, a Canadian expat living in Wuxi. I gave him a small souvenir from Yixing, a pair of teacups. I guess he had many, ‘cause he’d been living in Wuxi for more than seven years! Much much longer than me. By the way, he invited me to the New Year’s Eve party at Hotel Ibis.