Not a big fan of Apple products, but after using Nano 3-G for a while, I found Apple's products are interesting, just because it's stylish and different from conventional computer products. Now I got the chance to see how the Macbook Air feels.

Macbook Air	So-called thinnest notebook
It is thin!!	Thin
On the sacrifice of performance	Mediocre Performance

I got cold because of the low temperature in the office and apartment, but after I started to use the cotton cover at nights, the cold went away. So I am fine again. Obviously I will not really suffer this summer like I did last summer, since I can always avoid the heat. Last weekend, I spent 2 days in Suzhou by myself. I had to go there, because my manager thought it could be a good opportunity to take a training, even though it proved to be a bad decision in the end. I still appreciate the chance to do things just by myself. The typical Libra is that he likes to do things with others, not just by himself, and I am no exception. Though I have been there before, yet the first day I got there, I did not feel like doing anything outdoors because I am familiar with that place. So I had dinner in the hotel's bar, which I think is pretty lame, and did some groceries in a nearby store. Then I spent all the evening singing and dancing to the music I brought in the hotel until my voice became so hoarse that the next day my classmates thought I was someone else on the phone. Thanks to the typhoon the next day, Suzhou got the chance to cool down a little bit, and then that night I borrowed an umbrella, walking along the small streets to explore a little bit. Of course, I still ended up having dinner in the lame KFC, and doing groceries in another bigger mall...lol...So much for Suzhou, the passion and desire I used to have are all gone. The only things left there are just some memories.

Living in Minhang can always provide me with the convenience that all of my classmates are jealous of, since I don't have to worry about getting up too early in the morning to take the over crowded subways, breathing in all of those filthy air on the trains and getting sweaty before stepping into the office. Yet they don't know what it is like to get back home in the early morning when the landlord already lock the door, just because of a late movie on the previous night, nor will they know what the empty streets are like only with the orange road lights on, just because having a nice dinner and a good conversation in a classy restaurant can easily make us forget about the time. In order to get something, I have to pay something else for it. It's that simple. Whether you are happy about it or not can be told by the time.

Don't be scared, it's fun...LOL...I found my voice is suitable for this song.

'Anyone Else But You' by The Moldy Peaches

Now things are changed, and I am not facing the roofs of the dorms on campus when I get up in the morning on the 13th floor. This time, I am 10 floors lower and the view is definitely different from the window. Mom called me the other day, and she was not quite happy about my behavior lately, since I forgot to call her when I moved out-she called my dorm only to find a stranger answered the phone. I need praise how efficient the school is to arrange new students to dorms. Anyway, currently I don't have a phone here in this new apartment, and mom said she can talk to me online, since it's free. I know she loves playing cards online and talking online would be just another relaxing entertainment for her. Yet I am not a big fan of talking online, and thinking about the sound quality and connection issues, I really doubt it would be a good idea. I can give it a try, but the permanent solution should come up as well.

So far, it seems everything is going on the right track. I can have my privacy if I want, and it's quiet and comfortable in the room. Definitely the view from the window has changed a lot, and there is no longer wind blowing through the room when I open the window. I miss that...Though I can see my campus across the street, and I can also call my friends out for hanging out, yet it seems I am already further from where I was than I thought. The connection was still there, but I just don't know if it's strong enough keep hanging on there.

At this moment, it seems I am getting more and more comfortable with what I think of myself as, and working seems to be not so hard. I need to learn new things, and they are not so insurmountable like they appear to be. The working environment is a more independent place than I thought, and I'll see what I get from there this time. I ain't a scared chicken any more...lol

I found the floor was quite interesting, so I took one pic there...:D

Yesterday was awful! The major reason was because of the heat. 5 of my hamsters died of the heat, and my room was a big mess even without pillows or sheets on the bed...To top it off, the stingy landlord unplugged my broadband while I was at work. I paid the damn rent for what I have, and I just don't understand how come he did that. Being too busy and grief-stricken, I just headed to the mall to get the necessities for my daily use, thinking life is just hard and unfair. For one moment, I even had the feeling of crying, but I held it. Later that night, after I spent all the time cleaning, I felt rewarded, lying on the bed I made on my own. That was called independence. I make money, and I spend it. I buy things, because I earn them...The only thing I felt awful is I lost some cute hamsters...I need to treat the rest of them better...Hope they will be safe and happy for the rest of their lives.

I am writing this only to remember those innocent little creatures...Godspeed...

I don't know how come I didn't throw those tickets, invoices and clothing tags away, and today's packing really brought me back to every little detail that happened in the past 3 years in Shanghai. I even found the old tape recorder I used to use in undergraduate school, and even that old useless battery. I have many clothes, and each tag and invoice can tell me when and where I brought them. The same is true with every travel I had in the past 3 years. Also, the restaurants I went...Oh, dear...Though I am wishing a good happy ending, yet things may not just turn out as people wish sometimes. No matter good or bad, I will always remember what I had and what I lost. The moment I threw the evidence away, I realized maybe it's the time to say goodbye to my past. I need a brand new starting in a brand new place...So long, my dorm room, and so long, my college life...Officially, today, I am on my way to the unknown...

Just after the monsoon, Shanghai turned into this hot weather in no time. I just can hardly catch up with it, and it's so hot and humid that I already forgot what the winter was like, when half of China was frozen earlier this year. To be honest, I really think the climate in most parts of China sucks-extremely hot in summer and freezing cold in winter. Except the weather in Chengdu, I barely like any other places just because of the weather in China. Today, it's said the temperature is going to soar at 38'C...Thank god, I will move out soon to somewhere with air-conditioners.

One of the female hamsters bore 6 little hamsters on Wednesday, I think. So now I am living with more than 20 hamsters, and I am the official "King of Mice". I have to give those little grown up hamsters away to my friends who want them, because this is already way too far from my limitation. Yet after my posting pics on BBS, it seems my little hamsters are quite popular, and right now all 5 have found their masters, waiting to be taken home.

Well, I prefer my life to be as simple as possible, and yet it seems everything is not like what I expected. One of the things is that every time I think about the apartment searching thing, I have the headache, so I have been avoiding the issue for months. Yet now the time just came all of a sudden, because it's already the deadline. The evil ayi put a note on my computer yesterday, threatening me that she will call the security guard to throw my stuff out if I don't move out. I was so pissed off that I tried to go for the confrontation with her, but I didn't find her. Another ayi said the person who wrote that threatening note is already too much. This morning, I calmed down, and I saw her on my way to work. The dragon lady said she didn't mean that, and I need to apply for extra staying days. Right, what an effective way to scare students. I know I should have moved out a long time ago, but I am not the only one who is living in the dorm. Plus my teachers said it's ok to live there. Anyway, the good thing is I have already found a place outside campus, and I will move out soon, though I wasted 200RMB on nothing during the searching last weekend. I  just can't wait to move into the new place...

Two of my hamsters escaped from the cage on Sunday night. They are still missing, but I am sure they are in my dorm, because the cookie I put on the floor was gone this morning when I got up. They want to play the 'hide and seek' game, but they need to know there is no water or food behind the furniture or under the bed other than in the cage. So I urge them to return as soon as possible, or they will face the consequence in no time.:$