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May 29 summerFinally settled down. After just about a week of no internet and cell phone, I am finally able to get in touch with the world. At the same time, I am starting to feel the pressure to get a lot of stuff done for the summer.
My trip back to China was a fun one. I had a sprained ankle, so I ordered wheelchair service, which was free. Practically, I was sitting in a chair since the moment I got out of the bed into the car in Worcester till the moment I got onto the train from Beijing to China. I didn't even have to go through the customs by myself. I was wheelchaired through. And I was the first to get on the plane that took me from Dallas to Tokyo. I had an identical seat with another traveller from Vietnam, so the staff switched me to the front row of the economic class, where I could stretch my legs for the whole trip. I even got to sit beside a French family. Although my French was still broken, I still managed to enjoy their family conversations. And they got a very beautiful and lovely little daughter about two years old. I searched my entire vocabulary, finallly able to say in my shattered French:" C'est une belle fielle." After a second I realized I should have used "El" instead of "Ce". But they got the meaning. In Narita Airport, the lady who wheelchaired me to my terminal was from Shanghai. We spoke English for about twenty minutes before she found out I was from China. Guess she knew from the beginning, just too shy to speak Chinese. After all, she knew from the moment she put her hands on my wheelchair that I was going to China. But, who cares? I am thinking that I might fake another injury to get back to America in the same manner. May 10 last day2 and a half hours later I am going to have to move out of Quiet House. Thinking about this one year I have spent in here, I kind of miss it. It is after all pretty quiet, although the heater is banging all the time. I've got a pretty nice roommate and I can get wireless. Next year I am going to move to Maywood. Don't know how is it going to feel like living in a suite. And worse still, I don't know who I am going to share it with. As of now, I am just packing, and Quan's stereo made it a really enjoyable working environment. Thanks, Gu.
Liching finally finished her Modern Abstract Algebra finals yesterday. She was so relieved, as I was for her. So we decided that me, quan and Liching went to watch MI III last night. It was pretty good, pretty tense. It seems everything is just ok by an inch. Wish I could wash United 93, too. But I had to come back and watch the Spurs-Mavericks game. It turned out that the game was a blow out. So I watched the first half and then came upstairs and went to bed. I was excited so much yesterday when I caught sight of an English Premier match. And it was between Arsenal and Man City. Henry is my favorite player, and Sun is from China. So there was no way I wouldn't watch that game. After all, it is pretty hard to catch a soccer game in America, where a lot of people say it like "sucker". If there is any place where soccer should be called sucker, it should be China. Anyway, I am looking forward to the match up between Henry and Ronaldinho, or the EUFA championship series between Arsenal and FC Barcelona. It is on May 17th, I'll die if I can't watch it. And the biggest even of soccer, the World Cup, is on in Germany from June 9th to July 9th. I'm going to try and catch a few on ESPN and ABC. Hopefully Sarah is going to be back before it begins.
Mom wants me to go home. I really don't know what to do. I mean, there are so many things I can do back home, but there are also lots of things to do here. Besides, I haven't got my I-20 resigned yet, but that should pose too much of a problem. The thing is, I have to be here June 17th to attend a wedding. And perhaps, if I am lucky enough, can catch a flower or two. I already promised to attend, so I definitely can't stand them up. I'll think about going back after that. It is pretty attractive, though. May God tell me what to do.
May 08 PlansI just found out I was stood up by the job guys. I went to physical plant and the mail office couple of weeks ago for application. They told me to wait for further contact. They haven't till now. I went and they told me that spaces had already been taken. Even now, I stiill haven't got one email from the mail office or one phone call from physical plant. Guess I am non work study, so they don't care anyways. Or I was being too nice, I should have stayed on their ears so that they wouldn't forget about. I am just a little disappoiinted. But that leaves some other things open. I just have to go out and search again.
damn goodFinally, I've decided that if I don't finish up my essay tonight, I'll never be able to finish it up in time. SO I stayed up till now and finally, my essay is almost done. I feel pretty accomplished. After all it was about eight pages. Now I only have my stats to do.
May 07 vacationsThere seems to be no spring at all here in Massachussets. Couple of days earlier it seems so cold, and then it suddenly became almost burning. The effect is strengthened once people get into cars. I still remember five years ago when I was in Missouri. It was mid May, and the person that drove me home was driving a small Chevy. It was like 80 some degrees outside, and it feels like almost 100 in the chevy, which has grey leather seats and everything else was black. We had to open the door and turn on the AC for twenty minutes before getting in or our rear flesh would be baked by the seats. Thinking of having to live here for the whole summer, I sure hope that the AC system in Royal Worcester was good enough to keep me cool. If it was anything like what I experienced in my freshmen month in Sanford and I had to put up with for two months, I would rather die or spend 2000 dollars flying back.
Amy's going to Buffalo, then Canada, with Peter and some other friends, about ten of them, then leaving home in July. Liching and Quan are leaving for Hungary beginning of June. Sarah is graduating. To me, these people are what clark is all about. Looks like they are all going to have fun. And I will be staying here, trying to earn some living money, and then I'll buy enough phone cards to last me through this summer. I talked to James Friday night, it seemed that he, as well as my other classmates, are all doing fine, mentally, at least. Just wish God could give blessings to their health, since quite a few are having some spring symtoms. Then hope Athena's bowles will keep working well till the summer when she can get surgery. Hope everyone can enjoy their lives as much as possible.
I always thought I was predestined to be a Christian and that every step of my life was somehow prepared by God. From getting into NEYC, to coming to America as an exchange student to escape 分流, to the 4355 line that was established just before I went back to China, to my barely-made enrollment into Shanghai F&E University, to my acceptence into Clark, to my scary but not dangerous visa experience, and most important of all, to all the great personalities around me: my family, my neighbors, my classmates and friends in high school, and all the great people in my vicinity right now, everything seems a blessing away from coincidence. There are minor bumps along the way, but I have managed to get through them. I know that bigger and tougher tests of faith are bound to come up, just wish I will have enough courage and wisdom to know what to do.
Always thought the Serenity Prayer was good: May God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. May 06 bye bye, sophomore yearFinally, after what seems to be a crazy finals day, I am pretty much done for the semester. I still have a final take home and an essay, which is taking forever to start. As I am now lying on my bed trying to start that essay yet another time, I figured that I can take a little time to get back on track with my MSN, which has been abandoned by me for an entire month.
NBA has gotten to its finest stage right now with the playoffs going into the second round, teams get a lot closer, games get a lot tenser, and yet still enough matchups to enjoy. The surprise for me comes from Sacramento Kings. I was a die hard fan for them last couple of years till they traded Webber. But after I watched Martin hit that game winning shot over Duncan with no time left on the clock. I suddenly felt like a Kings fan again. They are playing right now on TNT, I've decided to let it go for now because I want to get started on the essay.
Our church finally moved into the new building and had our first friday there today. It's so fine. Felt good. I had a wireless Mic on my shirt and howled for the entire night. Pretty sure it proved to be a tough endurance test for people near the amplifier, but I sure enjoyed it. Nice to see that the CGC in worcester has been through so many years and so many event to see nothing but refinements and more goers. It's so great to see God's power acting among us. By the way, the Joshuas' dinner tonight was really wonderful, the 西红柿炒鸡蛋 was spatacular. That's liking reliving the childhood.
It's always a little untasteful to realize that I won't be able to see all my family and friends in China. But I am not that affected. After all, there are much to do here as well. Life is about looking for wonders, it's not about complaining. Plenty of greatness here, even in Worcester, just have to look for them.
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