Yay, after 11.5 hours of plane ride =)

 

I am finally in Shanghai.

 

Downtown looks gorgeous, may be even better than downtown Vancouver.....almost all the builidings are designed with different themes and are able to give you visual excitements......

 

However, the roads in Shanghai are really too "fast and furious".

The people who can actually drive in SH are truely "superwomen/men". I would not dare to go on the roads here..

 

 

Will update later =)

 

 

What is the purpose of living,

if it is more painful than death.

 

Tell me that there is an equation,

tell me that when xyz >= abc,

it is time to let go and give up,

when death and living equate.

 

You will tell me,

that life is too precious, that there are people,

who care about you.

I agree, even they really care,

the hurt is going to be short term and

then you will live on in their memories.

They will move on, sooner or later.

 

The worst state is a living death,

on one hand, you belong to the world of the living,

because you have a shell, a body that is like others,

that breaths, that sees, hears but does not feel because all your happiness have been sucked by a vacuum.

On the other hand, you belong to the world of the death,

because you do not feel nor wish to live on.

Therefore, you are trapped in the middle,

living in your shell, feeling the death.

 

When does death equate to living?

Where is the line drawn,

can we ever decide for ourselves,

when to cross the line?

 

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Count down to PRC, 1 day, but for some reasons, I am not looking forward to it anymore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

總 理 : 加 拿 大 道 歉 在 生 人 頭 稅 苦 主 及 遺 孀 獲 2 萬 元 賠 償

(本報記者脫立新渥太華報道)聯邦總理哈珀昨日（22日)下午3點15分，在國會眾議院就加國歷史上對華人徵收人頭稅，表達「無保留的道歉」，並就《排華法案》給華人家庭造成的傷害，表達「最深的悲痛」。這是加國華人百年屈辱終獲洗雪的時刻，這是加國歷史值得記住的日子，這一天是2006年的6月22日。 總理哈珀宣布﹕「今天我在這裏揭去一頁加拿大不幸的歷史。我們代表加拿大人民和政府，願意就人頭稅衷心向本國華裔道歉，並且為排斥華人移民的做法，表達最深切的悲痛。雖然加拿大法庭曾裁定人頭稅及移民禁令的實施是合法的，我們完全承擔道義上的責任，承認過去這些可恥的政策。加拿大蓄意針對華人而實施這些惡意的 濟措施，歷時逾六十年長。這嚴重違背了公義，在道義上，我們是有義務去承認的。」 揭去加國歷史不幸的一頁 哈珀總理在國會發表針對人頭稅的正式道歉聲明之後，隨即在國會大廈內的鐵路會議室，接見了來自全國各地近200名人頭稅苦主、配偶和後人，以及全國各地的華人團體代表。來自安省的李龍基（106歲）、盤占元(88歲)，譚源（84歲）、林培元(90歲)，來自亞省的馬林笑容(88歲)、馬振悅(94歲)等六名仍在生的人頭稅苦主，由哈珀總理手中接過他本人親筆簽署的書面道歉信。 來自多倫多的88歲的人頭稅納稅人盤占元，把隨同平反列車一路由溫哥華走到渥太華的太平洋鐵路『最後一根釘』轉交給總理哈珀。盤占元對總理說﹕「1885年，在太平洋鐵路完工之際，中國人沒有資格參加『最後一根釘』的安放儀式。儘管有成百上千的華工為了修建這條鐵路，為了加拿大建國的夢想付出了自己的生命。鐵路修完了，加拿大不再需要華人，也不想讓他們繼績留在這個國家，這樣才有了人頭稅。作為仍在生的人頭稅納稅人，我們今天把『最後一根釘』帶回國會，我們終於不再被排斥。」 政府2,400萬設社區歷史責任項目 祖裔部長小田隨即宣布，向全國仍在生的約20位人頭稅納稅人、約200位在生的人頭稅苦主的遺孀，每人作出20,000元的象徵性補償。其他賠償方案包括，政府設立總額為2,400萬元的「社區歷史責任項目」(community historical recogitionprogram)，資助與加國戰時政策及移民限制有關的社區項目。其中250萬元確定用於華人社區社區用於紀念、表彰之目的。 政府另設1,000萬元「國家歷史確認計劃」基金(national historical recognition program)，用於與各有關團體共同推出的聯邦教育項目。上述個人賠償及項目基金預計由今年秋天開始實施

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Took me a while to learn the French lyrics of the song..hopefully it didn't sound too bad....hope you will like it....

 

When I was singing this song, I was picturing this girl/woman, wearing a black classy dress, sitting in a quiet corner of a bar by herself, with half a smoke left in her hand. She has bright red lips and a set of lazy, yet very appealing and mysterious eyes. Men can't help but stop and wonder about her...

 

"Nat King Cole Autumn Leaves lyrics"

(french lyrics by jacques prévert,
English lyrics by johnny mercer,
Music by joseph kosma)

The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I’ll hear old winter’s song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

C’est une chanson, qui nous ressemble
Toi tu m’aimais et je t’aimais
Nous vivions tous, les deux ensemble
Toi que m’aimais moi qui t’aimais
Mais la vie sépare ceux qui s’aiment
Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable les pas des amants désunis

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On another note, evaluation for mod 1 is coming up. I'd better go back to my exam mode. Wish me luck guys =) I will need lots of luck =) Keep them coming...

Count down to my PRC trip, 10 days and counting!

C'iao.

 

 

Wow, 37th, NOT BAD!!!!!Lolz...just about 13 places behind Toronto...hopefully one day UBC will close up the gap abit....

 

Feeling proud...

 

Zuming, if you see this (I don't think you ever will), stop calling us lazy because apparently we beat you guys in this ranking..lolz!!

 

 

Lastly, i should probably quote the source of this.

 

 

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World Rank	Institution*	Region	Regional Rank	Country	National Rank	Score on Alumni	Score on Award	Score on HiCi	Score on N&S	Score on SCI	Score on Size	Total Score
1	Harvard Univ	Americas	1	USA	1	100	100	100	100	100	72.4	100
2	Univ Cambridge	Europe	1	UK	1	99.8	93.4	53.3	56.6	70.9	66.9	73.6
3	Stanford Univ	Americas	2	USA	2	41.1	72.2	88.5	70.9	72.3	65	73.4
4	Univ California - Berkeley	Americas	3	USA	3	71.8	76	69.4	73.9	72.2	52.7	72.8
5	Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT)	Americas	4	USA	4	74	80.6	66.7	65.8	64.3	53	70.1
6	California Inst Tech	Americas	5	USA	5	59.2	68.6	59.8	65.8	52.5	100	67.1
7	Columbia Univ	Americas	6	USA	6	79.4	60.6	56.1	54.2	69.5	45.4	62.3
8	Princeton Univ	Americas	7	USA	7	63.4	76.8	60.9	48.7	48.5	59.1	60.9
9	Univ Chicago	Americas	8	USA	8	75.6	81.9	50.3	44.7	56.4	42.2	60.1
10	Univ Oxford	Europe	2	UK	2	64.3	59.1	48.4	55.6	68.4	53.2	59.7
11	Yale Univ	Americas	9	USA	9	52.1	44.5	60.3	57.2	63.9	49.3	56.9
12	Cornell Univ	Americas	10	USA	10	46.5	52.4	55	48.8	66.3	39.8	54.6
13	Univ California - San Diego	Americas	11	USA	11	17.7	34.7	59.8	56.5	64.5	46.6	51
14	Univ California - Los Angeles	Americas	12	USA	12	27.3	32.8	56.7	50.1	75.6	34.3	50.6
15	Univ Pennsylvania	Americas	13	USA	13	35.5	35.1	56.7	42.9	71.8	39.1	50.2
16	Univ Wisconsin - Madison	Americas	14	USA	14	43	36.3	52.1	46.3	68.7	29	49.2
17	Univ Washington - Seattle	Americas	15	USA	15	28.8	32.4	53.9	47.1	73.8	27.2	48.4
18	Univ California - San Francisco	Americas	16	USA	16	0	37.6	55.6	57.9	58.8	45.2	47.8
19	Johns Hopkins Univ	Americas	17	USA	17	51.4	28.3	41.6	52.2	67.7	24.9	46.9
20	Tokyo Univ	Asia/Pac	1	Japan	1	36	14.4	38.5	52.1	86.5	34.7	46.7
21	Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor	Americas	18	USA	18	43	0	61.9	43	76.5	30.9	44.9
22	Kyoto Univ	Asia/Pac	2	Japan	2	39.7	34.1	34.2	37	72.3	31.1	43.8
23	Imperial Coll London	Europe	3	UK	3	20.8	38.1	40.8	38.2	64.6	40.3	43.7
24	Univ Toronto	Americas	19	Canada	1	28.1	19.7	39.3	38.9	76.7	41.9	43.1
25	Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign	Americas	20	USA	19	41.6	37.4	44.4	34.1	58	26	42.8
26	Univ Coll London	Europe	4	UK	4	30.7	32.9	37.7	41.5	60.5	38.8	42.6
27	Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich	Europe	5	Switzerland	1	40.2	37	35.1	41.1	43.4	52.4	41.7
28	Washington Univ - St. Louis	Americas	21	USA	20	25.1	26.6	38.5	46.5	53.9	39.9	40.7
29	New York Univ	Americas	22	USA	21	33.8	25	43	35.3	55.4	26.3	38.8
30	Rockefeller Univ	Americas	23	USA	22	22.6	59.8	28.3	44.1	24	35.9	38.2
31	Northwestern Univ	Americas	24	USA	23	21.7	19.3	44.4	33.8	57.6	36.2	37.9
32	Duke Univ	Americas	25	USA	24	20.8	0	47.1	45.3	60.8	38.9	37.7
32	Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities	Americas	25	USA	24	36	0	49.7	35.2	68.4	23.8	37.7
34	Univ California - Santa Barbara	Americas	27	USA	26	0	36	42.3	39	44.1	35.8	36.9
35	Univ Colorado - Boulder	Americas	28	USA	27	16.6	29.8	40.8	36.6	46.3	29.5	36.3
36	Univ Texas - Austin	Americas	29	USA	28	21.7	17.1	49.1	30	54.8	21.7	35.5
37	Univ British Columbia	Americas	30	Canada	2	20.8	19.3	32.4	32.5	60.4	33.9	35.4

 

 

 

I feel like crying right now,

 

Why don't I see any result from working so hard???

 

Maybe I just don't have it.

 

Going to the pool,

 

in search of some sunshine and happiness.

 

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On the way back home, I have managed to find some sunshine...

 

Thanks goes to Peter, Irene and Jacky, you guys were/are my sunshine =)