今日

today, is a happy day, for no reason, or for many different reasons. awww, why is today so great : ) happy happy, なんとなく楽しい。笑 Received a big parcel from Goldman Sachs, which turned out to be homebaked cookies from lovely roomie, in midst of essay and christmas cards writing/drawing : ) spent the afternoon 'moving books' to ames library, then went to Law library, it's so much like the airport, designed by Norman Foster, booo. Dinner with my loving family : ) Then xmas Carol service. hmm, must correct my essay, send to supervisor, and wake up to beautiful tomorrow : ) in theory there's still a lot of ppl i shd meet before xmas, but maybe gotta wait till next term :|

青黃

Joanna Wang's version of Vincent never fails to transport me emotionally and visually, the rawness of her voice, like the heavy stroke of paint of provence's landscape, dreamy.

Almost never cooked properly since I came here. So today, I shopped a whole bag of yellow and green lemony limey food, made buckwheat crepe, half with sweetcorn and tuna (without mayo) and another half with lemon, lime mousse, banana, and blueberry. first savory, then sweet. with iceberg lettuce. thankz betts mama for cinnamon, next time I can add cinnamon in the flour/egg mix : )

Met up with UWCers for brunch, and bumped into Alicia. Spent a nice quiet little afternoon at Jocalatte. saw some nice people in college. now, write xmas card & work!

蝴蝶

今日はちょっとよくない、ずっど図書館にいった、頭がずっと痛かった、だから七時家に帰って、休むつもりだ、簡単な晩ご飯を作って、おくりびとを見た、もう一度ですか？そう、何回見ても感動する映画です。映画を見ながら、絵を描いていた。ここに来たら、絵がぜんぜん描いていなかった、絵を描くこどが大好きだけど、私にとて簡単じゃないと思う。今朝、長い時間見なかったhousemateと会った、いつもアフリカの森中、蝶についての研究をしてる、今回もとても特別な蝶を探した、いろいろを見せた、面白い！

今天在圖書館很久，七時後決定休息，做了簡單的壽司，一邊看禮儀師的奏鳴曲（又睇？今次睇比上次更好睇！）一邊畫畫。畫畫是我做的活動中最難的之一，七年前的我說，因為那是我唯一perfectionist的事。早餐時，什少見的生態研究員同屋剛從非洲帶了很多稀有蝴蝶回來，粉紅色長尾巴的叫moon moth真好聽。

冷戰

post-supervision trauma totally faded away with an interesting night with the east asian studies crowd, that just came out from their 'Cold War in Asia' class, but can't take their minds off the drunk thoughts of Confucianism influence on the hatred between East Asian countries, well into midnight. These historians and politicians also shared a 'taste of Communism', (the cigarette i mean) brought by a North Korean student who just arrived cambridge 2 days ago, the first ever North Korean student here! Mulled wine and heated dialogues clearly wasn't warm enough on such a cold night outdoor by the river cam, had to act like a turtle with two huge blue blankets! but real heart-warming thing was the postcard I got today! izzie love! doesn't mean i can take my mind off my work, intense work required

紅莓

May secret hideouts remain unknown to the world. Excited to be shared with this beautiful room, hidden in a quiet courtyard, with red berries on the tree outside the windows, old curtains, christmas tree, fireplace, sofa, tv, pantry, and a grand piano.... well, kind of reminds me of The Secret...

Went to a talk 'Mao's Forgotten Successor: the Political Career of Hua Guofeng,' pretty interesting.

can't believe it's week seven!

静か

My room is flooded with golden sunshine. Sunday is so peaceful, and no one could resist from going for a walk on such a beautiful day.

唱k

今日も晴れでした、楽しいね。香港からのmasterとphd学生たちと一緒にカラオケに行きました、面白くて楽しかった : )　古い歌もたくさん歌いました。

そして朝はnew hallに朝ご飯を食べに行った、とてもやすいね。陽光がいっぱい。明日、本当にたくさんを書かなくちゃ...時間が飛んでいます、信じられない。

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