9/22/2005

U2, you too, you two, EUTU

09/21/2005
U2

09/21
話說上學期就買了u2演唱會的票
原本在他們第一輪的時候就要去的
但是很不巧的在期末考週
焦頭爛額的可以
實在是辦不到阿
所以派翠克同學就代表 一個人花了兩個人的錢去吶喊加油
沒想到他們第二輪時又要來芝加哥啦
而且剛好在我出生的前一天耶
那這樣當然要去阿
當時也沒管他是在週間 也沒管隔天要不要上課
就算有課也要翹課去啦
雖然票不便宜 還是慘殘軋依買下去了

那後來就開學啦 雖然第一年計劃結束
但是上學期直線加速太久
實在停不下來
所以報告交出去之後還是忙東忙西找事作

一直到要上芝加哥的前一天
才問人到底要走哪條路
下午三點多跟Susan meet 完就開車上路啦
i74, i57, merge into i94.....一路無話

到了芝加哥後 先到派同學家集合
因為派同學已經去聽過一次啦
就說前面暖場的不用聽啦 先在外面晃晃在說

原本要去派同學經常光顧的一家小店
所以還先去麋鹿咖啡店買了昂貴的咖啡豆
(不過真的好香阿)

10/12/2005
ok...
接下来也认受怪怪的中文了话说小白不甚从桌上滚下之后我就一直没法打中文(实验是的电脑连要加中文书入都不行啦。。。码的)现在好不容易找到南极星 (果然邓守信老师说的没错。。果然是得靠南极星)但是很难用阿以 应该好好学拼音的所有下面空格就是我打不出来。。。。大伙自行添空罢

原本有很多事要说的啦但打到这已经很累了下次再说吧
总之这一篇的重点就是我今年生日很快乐啦荷荷
好累 噢。。。。

10/17/2005
thanks to 熱情感人的佳穎學姊
學姊託人寄了台無敵可愛的阿速斯mini
現在有'portable'的電腦,也可以打中文囉~~~~!!!耶

ok上次講到哪?
根本還沒進到場子裡是吧
anyways..
進去之後
大家果然都還是在外面哈拉 啤酒 紀念品
這可是個喝酒的好機會 砸了銀子買了杯在外面可以買到半打的啤酒
那派同學身為神的擁護者 當然是一肩挑起了紀念品那一部份
(woohooo~分到一個鑰匙圈耶 呵呵)
又晃了一小下才開始
整場真地好精采
大部分時間大家都是站著
因為實在是太興奮了
it was really great, and I really enjoyed it,but if you want the detailed description, you'd better check out coolpatrick's blog. :)
看曲目或評比請到派同學的blog吧
簡而言之
visually, acoustically, spiritually, physically, it's a vertigo!
這是U2的部份
比我當初想寫的少了很多
but you get the idea:)

This is the part for U2.
Wait for the rest, sorry. b:)

9/10/2005

End of the first year suffering

0910...
Finally, both Priya and I are done with the first year presentation.
It was a very pleasant experience, actually.
All these profs tried their best to make you less nervous (except some some new 'facutly'....)
The way they asked you questions make you feel like they are really interested in that issue and wanted to know more about it.
I really appreciate it.

People in our lab were all very supportive too!
Karen baked a cake, Kara hosted a lab BBQ, and people sent out 'congrats' mails....
These are just really sweet!

1010....
hehe now I can say goodbye to my first year proejct FOR EVER~!
I gave a brownbag talk in the Brain and Cognition brownbag this Monday.
To tell the truth, I was scared to death, and really regret being talked into this by Kara....
But anyway, it went well.
Gary came and 'enthusiastically participated' the talk ..AGAIN!
Before the bbag talk, a student came to me and confirmed with me if that was the same talk I gave in the Cognitive browbag, if yes, she would like to skip it.
Of course, I didn't mind that, but that made me feel obliged to tell Gary that this would be a same talk. (After all, he is a lot busier than most of us)
So I told him, but he said he knew that, and usually the more times he listened to a same talk, the more 'feelings' he would have for that topic...oh..well, i can only say that I really appreciate his interest in our study....
Anyways...there were less people in that bbag than usual, cause some of them were out of town for a conference, which made the 'always scary 'B&C brownbag less scary..
Neil Cohen, Greg Miller, and Gary, as usual, asked quite a lot of questions..I got some of them, successfully ducked some of them by saying 'well...this slide may adress your question' , and successfully 'threw' one of the toughest questions (from Gary, of course) to Kara ^_^Y....
well...I'm so glad that it's ALL OVER~~~
Now, I'm officially a second yr grad student now!!!

btw, we submitted the papre on Sep. 29.... Yay~a temporary closure for this project.
Will DEFINITELY let you guys know if we get any good news....if I don't mention anything, then smart guys like you will know not to ask me anything , right? :)

--Charlene