I got another perfect score in the exam, although it's "swiss cheese easy". All I want now is to finish this semester ASAP, I hate grading, I hate writing, and I couldn't even understand the professor's notes: (

And then I can visit my friends in the east coast!

Milan won two games in row these days: )

To Bobo. 两个如此风马牛的人最后还是好朋友，不错。怀念那些互相“嘲笑”的日子，尤以我为甚。从你学的专业到你对音乐的品味到你喜欢的男生，基本上都被我鄙视过了，虽然习惯性的我们会互相传最近发现的好歌，虽然遇到对手我会找你出招，虽然我也很乐意帮你到图书馆去翻文献。我们大概比较一致的兴趣有：马刺，Suede，talking about the ridiculous world，某种程度的花痴（哪个人会像你一样穿着超短裙去打篮球啊！哈哈。）我们比较严重的分歧有：电影，足球，歌特，韦德，日本漫画，以及关于爱情的“阴谋”。有时候吵得不可开交，更多的时候我会觉得自己很幼稚，何必呢？No regrets, no excuses, no apologies.

生日快乐！

今天和roommate坐在电视机前看了一段时间电影。恰好看到两部著名电影中都有有关Wisconsin的情节，觉得很有意思。第一部是Love Actually, 里面有一个我觉得比较白痴的英国人要到美国去寻找“真爱”，然后他就去了Wisconsin，然后走进第一间酒吧就见到四个巨pp的mm，还要真的都很迷恋他，最后他开心的带着两个mm胜利凯旋。第二部是Titanic，那个迷倒众生的Jack竟然是在Wisconsin长大的。当时我们正好看到you jump I jump那段，那哥们一边脱鞋一边问：Have you been to Wisconsin? 看到我和室友笑得前仰后合。然后Jack继续说他爸爸小时候带他去ice fishing那个水有多冷云云。

于是总结出两条好莱坞关于Wisconsin的cliche: wild girls& cold weather.

 

Finally I got this book, I think it's time for me to do some serious reading instead of lingering around and killing time, then I might expect some positive changes.

Thanks Yiop for the recommendation, and thank you all for standing right behind me, I will be back.

爸爸妈妈总是对我那么好，那么宽容，那么相信我的判断能力，给了我那么多自由...有时候觉得，这一生，都不会再有更好的过法，虽然还有太多东西需要去经历。

I will be strong, and I will be blessed.

Love is a sparkle in the dark sky, stars are willing burn themselves so brightly because in the evanescent light they will find eternity.

Today is my official cook day of the week. 决定做蚂蚁上树，过程：油光四溅，乌烟瘴气，警铃大作。味道：还成，可惜没有豆瓣酱，粉丝的质量也不够好~感想：个人野心太大，以为厨艺可以一步登天，结果，画虎不成反类犬。

以后还是不把精力放在这上面了。虽然有时候会很有成就感，但毕竟太time consuming.

北大的同学们周末有百士吉班搓，财长答应报销我十分之一的机票钱，考虑一下。

你们真幸福啊。

Economist Milton Friedman dead at 94

Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal - 10:49 AM PST Thursday

Leading economist and Nobel prize winner Milton Friedman died Thursday. He was 94.

The Wall Street Journal said Friedman was taken to a hospital near his San Francisco home, where he was pronounced dead of heart failure.

Friedman, who was awarded the 1976 Nobel prize, was a longtime advocate of political and economic freedom and a senior research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution since 1977.

He was awarded both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science, and is regarded as the leader of the Chicago School of monetary economics, which focuses on quantity of money as a government policy instrument and a determining factor in business cycles and inflation.

Friedman also wrote extensively on public policy. Often with his wife, Rose D. Friedman, he authored Capitalism and Freedom (University of Chicago Press, 1962); Bright Promises, Dismal Performance (Thomas Horton and Daughters, 1983); Free to Choose (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980); and Tyranny of the Status Quo (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984).

His other books included A Theory of the Consumption Function, The Optimum Quantity of Money and Other Essays, and (with A. J. Schwartz) A Monetary History of the United States, Monetary Statistics of the United States, and Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom.

He was a member of President Ronald Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board and served as an adviser to Senator Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon.

Friedman received a B.A. in 1932 from Rutgers University, an M.A. in 1933 from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in 1946 from Columbia University.

Everyone told me I had to practice hard, but I just didn't have enough time...Although I prepared the PPT well, I still don't know how to present it in a clear way. Maybe that's because of the language barrier, or it's because of lack of presentation experience. Anyway, I hope it's OK and next time I will try to be better.

在你的城市现在已经是11号了，希望你一觉醒来的时候能收到我的祝福。

四年中关于你的生日我有太多美好的回忆，我记得每次自己送给你的礼物，小熊，黄色耳坠，或是D&G的香水。以前我们总笑你心理年龄只有8岁，但不知不觉中你已经成长为标准的天蝎座美女了，神秘却不乏亲切感，温婉却不失性格中的张力。遇见你这样的朋友实乃一生之大幸。

我不能忘记那些相互的支持和鼓励。GRE，出国申请，找工作，我们都遇到了不少郁闷和挫折，但最后我们都幸运的过来了——我在想，如果没有你，我会不会在很多关头放弃。

我们还拿了同一个offer呢！记得那时我先去了offer寺，然后rp爆发，20分钟就搞定KPMG。从那里出来后我第一个电话就是跟你打的，声音都在颤抖，却感到无比喜悦。就好像我考完GRE作文，第一个电话也打给了你。

然后你在我的怂恿下也去了offer寺。最奇妙的事情，就是你还没从那里出来就接到了HR祝贺的电话。

可惜我们最后都没去。虽然我们很长一段时间都打定主意就在那个地方混了，但你我都是无形插柳的典型。去韩国，学韩语，我敢保证去年的这个时候谁都没有想到。

我为你感到的骄傲。

生日快乐。

还有，别忘了把最重要的愿放在第一个许：p，大二那次，你可是把某件事放在最后一位了，要不然，你也许不会为之黯然神伤那么久。

不提也罢！新的生活已经来到面前，让我们继续寻找快乐。

 

I went to Bradley Center in Milwaukee today, for Bucks VS Rockets. Mr. T-Mac finally showed his talent while Yao Ming had a good performance too. Well, I admit that I barely truly understand basketball, but I still got somehow excited because of the big names: p

I want to see Spurs! They will be here next March, I can't even wait until then, haha~~TD, Parker and most gorgeous Manu!

I feel ashamed that gay marriage ban will be written into the state constitution. Ppl have been talking about it since I came here, the result turned to be very frustrated. I know in Dane County (where Madison is located), the majority voted no, but this couldn't help to change the fact that ban supporters smiled to the last moment. I believe this amendment hurts everyone, especially those who concern about diversity and equity. In fact, our university already lost several extraodinary faculty members this year due to the increasingly intolerant  climate in Wisconsin, not to mention the loss of students. I fear that those conservatives will propose against minority groups like ours one day. America is no longer the land for everyone, as it used to be.

昨日忽见师弟在奥班论坛上贴北大新照，很是怀念，遂借用几张。

 

U2：Beautiful Day

 

It's a beautiful day.

...

See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
...

我需要学会平复自己的情绪，我的脾气不能像The Departed里面的Billy那么坏，虽然他那么有正义感。

然后我想说，如果真的有上帝，他应该把事情变得简单些，简单些，再简单些。

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget.

Peace, warmness, & love.  I can feel them in my dreams.