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December 04 人大附中海外校友会第一期月刊已发布！人大附中海外校友会第一期月刊已发布！
附中校友可与各地方联络人联系加入组织email list。
UIUC地区附中校友可注册登陆 http://groups.google.com/group/rdfz-uiuc 加入email list
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希望加入附中旅游接待小组一起活动或者有好的建议请发email至陈亦晨处： yichen6@fas.harvard.edu
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更新地区负责人 邮箱
San Francisco, CA杨远yangyuan1985@gmail.com Los Angeles, CA亢杉kangshani@hotmail.com New Haven, CT周子祺ziqi.zhou@yale.edu Washington DC周彤ztzephyr@gwmail.gwu.edu Chicago, IL黄羽佳yujiahuang2012@u.northwestern.edu UIUC, IL陆森freehawk007@gmail.com Indiana孔楠nkong@purdue.edu Massachusetts韦帆fan_wei@mit.edu Michigan张维祎neoweiyizhang@gmail.com Minnesota翁晶wengx005@umn.edu North Carolina王也wang413@gmail.com NYC杨坚石jianshi1985@gmail.com Albany, NY陈晨chenchen.vic@gmail.com Ithaca, NY方士心fshx0096@hotmail.com Pennsylvania赖昕popo_ci@hotmail.com Texas周晴zhouqing02@gmail.com Wisconsin陈晓贝starie618@gmail.com Canada李木子vickylee910@hotmail.com EuropeBeier Libeier.li.chn@googlemail.com Singapore夏普xiapusharpxxx@hotmail.com December 03 RDFZ Connection, thxgiving break and more...人大附中海外校友会筹备会11月27日于Boston成立，欢迎海外附中校友与我们积极联络。以下为各地区联络人名单：
Boston 韦帆 fan_wei@mit.edu
请各地区校友与我们建立联系，并email递交附中校友信息表（可以从任意联络人处取），我们希望能够尽快建立完整的校友信息备录。
另外我们目前在寻找更多的地区联系人，不知道你们有没有认识的同学（或者下面列的同学里面你觉得合适的）。我们需要
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UIUC地区联络平台已建有rdfz-uiuc google论坛和group email http://groups.google.com/group/rdfz-uiuc 欢迎在UIUC地区附近的附中校友加入。
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这次Thxgiving break跑了很多好玩的地方，有florida的miami, key west, dry tortugas national park和两次开心的出海旅程，以及后来的boston和new york，在这里感谢普林（烤火鸡很美味）、陈曦（话说早上我在harvard square迷了路）和月亮同学（辛苦的导游）。照片会陆续上传至picasa我的相簿。
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回到香槟便开始上课，由于假期贪玩要补很多作业，这两天刚把各位同学的ps改好，马上就会发过去，抱歉让大家久等了。
另外一些事情这周过后情况会水落石出的，大家不要着急。
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最后提前祝大家good luck in finals, merry x'mas and happy new year啦！ November 20 Hello Thxgiving!考完了Math415和285,搞定放假前最后一天的Stat410 midterm就能逍遥了。
Miami, Boston, New York, 我来啦！ April 28 Carry On: a few thoughts; be passionate, keep pushing.I don't know if struggling and failing makes one a loser; however, I believe that it is not and never too late to correct oneself after making mistakes.
Life is a journey with lures, abstractions, unknowns, and toughness. I doubt if there is a shortcut to the so-called success; I know that, besides joys and happiness, every piece of hardship and perseverance I encounter or pay composes another half of my life.
Long been searching for initiative and courage, I often lost myself and got bewildered by different thoughts and belief, but a place deep inside always holds my dream and faith; hence I realize, it is vital for one not to give up and not fear to dream.
Under no illusion do I believe I can avoid mistakes and stupidness in future; nevertheless, crediting that as great experience for me to become learned and to prevent further foolness would minimize my loss. Afterall, life is really about the experience to pursue, to challenge, to persevere, and to dream. April 08 片断8：43 房间 ： 睁眼醒来，摁掉床头的闹钟，环视一周，郁闷的发现上上周才收拾过的房间又乱的不成样子。
9：11 食堂 ： 放下手中的叉子，品尝丹麦包夹鸡蛋肉饼和土豆饼的味道，喝一口橙汁，满足的看着一扫而空的餐盘。
12：17 Illini Hall 101办公室门口 ： 抱着教授没来的希望揣着新鲜出炉的统计作业飞奔而至，却无奈的发现办公室午休一小时。
13：05 Illini Hall 101办公室 ： 庆幸教授没有按时取走作业，不慌不忙地将作业放进信箱，然后回Altgeld Hall写经济作业。
13：38 数学图书馆 ： 感觉经济作业赶不及了，抓狂中。。。
14：16 DKH 123教室 ： 慢悠悠地晃进教室--反正都是迟到，为什么不悠闲点。
15：19 Antonio's Pizza店 ： 佩服自己的镇定，饿成这样还能气定神闲得等慢吞吞的服务员整理零钱。
15：33 Quad ： 路过，看到很多人在草地上玩耍，一群人在扔飞盘，一个人潇洒的跃起试图抓住飞盘，却诡异的滑倒，引起一阵哄笑。
15：36 Quad ： 拒绝了第二个宣传献血的人，一丝愧疚感，突然回想起很多拥有很棒personality的人，想念起一些朋友。
15：54 本科图书馆 ： 出发去主图书馆借书前，莫名其妙的想笑，傻笑。
17：11 本科图书馆 ： 拎着又一大袋书从亚洲图书馆回来，登入网上帐户发现过三周要还26本书，大脑一片混乱，决定去买一小杯冰绿茶。
17：22 本科图书馆 ： 喝着冰绿茶记录下以上片断，偷懒一会。
后记：
由于这边没有一直喜爱的冰红茶系列，所以每次点水都会要冰莫卡或是冰桃味绿茶。
由Quad路上一块地板砖上的涂鸦联想起时空平行的概念，于是有了记录片断的念头，具体想法过于复杂，在此保留。
生活在继续，片断亦待续。。 February 28 周末去Starved Rock National Park~有兴趣的看一眼～～～本周末租车去芝加哥北部的Starved Rock National Park,现有发起人陆森、王一然和吴京京邀请大家一同前往，有兴趣的同学请尽快与我们联系。 关于Starved Rock National Park的一些简单介绍： 最早于1673由法国探险家Louis Jolliet和Marquette经由Mississippi至Illinois的Starved Rock地区在1682-83年间一度为French and Indian Wars中法军的据点，与1700年早期被废弃。后来由于部族间的积怨，两支印第安人部落，Ottawa和Potawatomi在此地包围了另一支部落，Illiniwek，并封锁这一地域直到最后一个Illiniwek族人死于饥饿，Starved Rock之名也由此而来。 自1911年伊利诺伊州公园委员会购买该地区并开发以来，Starved Rock成为了别具特点的美国国家公园之一，并发展了包括远足、野炊、露营、钓鱼、狩猎、骑马、滑雪以及历史、民族风情等游览项目，收到郊游爱好者的广泛欢迎和好评。 本次活动计划2-3天，一种方案为周五晚开车至芝加哥住一夜，次日晨前往Starved Rock国家公园游览一天，傍晚时分回香槟地区；另一种方案为周六一早直接前往国家公园，游览一天，在芝加哥住宿一晚，周日早上择地游玩半天后回到香槟地区；第三种方案为周五晚上出发至芝加哥住宿一晚，周六晨前往公园游玩，周六晚回芝加哥住一晚，周日回香槟。 截至目前详细行程安排和游玩计划仍在进行中，欢迎有兴趣的同学加入。 联系方式：致电或email陆森、王一然、吴京京其中一人。 以上。 February 24 Why~心情很不好
真的很糟糕
难受
不知道自己到底在做什么
快点醒醒吧
半夜出去散步竟然有人家放电影
异常大声
一点也不安静
能不能找到一个角落
能不能将时间静止
让我放松下来
好好想一想
静一静
不知道
混乱
很郁闷
2/24 夜 February 19 Day goes by...I don't know how to describe the feeling of watching time passing by...
Sometimes I do feel the utmost need of a brave heart to encourage myself speaking out the words:
I will never give up. As I always do.
Many years after, when I recall, I know I will cherish the achievement, and I will never giving up my dream.
It is no matter where you take off or where you land;
Hold your dream, take your step, and you are flying without wings.
And that is what my life all about. A dream. And a petit prince inside my heart.
Wish myself recover soon. Alas. February 05 春节快乐！虽然三十晚上有考试，初一初二连续有作业due，但还是影响不了过年的心情，嘻嘻。由于年夜将一如既往的狂给家里打电话看电视没事找事的玩以及一些其他不确定性，便提前在这里给天南地北、五湖四海的朋友们拜年啦！ 鼠年将至，借此新春之际祝大家在新一年里： 学业有成，一帆风顺！ 阖家欢乐，幸福美满！ 鸿运当头，财源滚进！ 身体健康，吉祥如意！ 新年快乐！
以上。
May 08 转贴下面是一篇在facebook转到的帖子，觉得不错，放上来玩玩 我是一名在美国科研单位工作研究的中国学子。那是在2005年底的时候，实验室来了一个台湾女孩子想在我们这里找一份工作，如果工作有成绩她想读我的导师的研究生。我的导师是个精明强干的美国白人教授。鉴于目前加洲的教育经费十分紧张，研究生的学费都是从老板的研究经费里面支出。所以，老板收学生的原则，就是「不见兔子不撒鹰」。任何一名学生，都要在实验室工作一段时间，老板认为具备科研素养，才会同意招收。于是乎，这个小女孩就被分配给我做助手，暗地里面老板让我考察她的科研能力。和我干了一段时间，我发现那小孩能力一般。属于「托一把就上去，不管她就下来」的家伙，同时，我知道了她是一个坚定的「台独」份子。
April 21 谈论 转贴！人大附的标志！
引用 转贴！人大附的标志！ February 12 随笔嚷嚷了几年的立法除夕放假至今没有任何实质性进展，虽不算石沉大海，却终似遥遥无期，没有着落。
按照习俗，除夕，又叫大除或大年夜，已算是开始过年了。很多家庭从小年夜甚至更前就已开始打算过年的活动，除夕当天继续上班不仅不符合习俗，更没有效率。据说广东的政协代表再次提出了法定除夕当日放假的议案，希望今年全国的两会上相关的议题能够引起足够的重视。
除夕的由来有不同的传说，一种说法是有一只叫“年”的怪兽每年年末出来袭扰村民，人们只好年年除夕前逃进深山里；后又一人在过年时门前两侧贴上红纸，屋内烛火通明，并加以燃放爆竹从此吓跑了怪兽，人们由此有了除夕贴春联，放鞭炮，守更待岁的习俗。
传统上人们过年的活动都有：贴春联、倒福，吃年夜饭，发压岁钱、放爆竹，祭祖位等。
希望在不久的将来除夕日也能够纳入法定新年节假日，让人们能更方便从容的准备好除夕夜的庆贺，回归传统习俗。 February 11 往事如歌（一）第一次听周杰伦的歌，那是初三暑假在一个深圳朋友的家里。8月的酷暑让当时最爱足球的我也更多的选择了呆在室内。朋友有事出门，留了盘CD给我，于是第一次知道了Jay Zhou, 第一次知道了《八度空间》，也第一次喜欢上了流行音乐。
暑假后我来到了人大附中，也改变了我人生的轨迹。暂住安贞桥的日子十分不便，离学校不近，不熟悉交通地形，小屋里没有锅碗瓢盆油盐酱醋，每天的日子都在不定和混乱中度过。这段时间我在木偶剧院旁的小音像超市挑了两盘CD，周杰伦的《范特西》和《八度空间》。每天闲来无事便跟这歌词一起哼哼，从此养成了听Jay的歌的习惯。
高一的军训是我记忆中最深刻的。第一次来到38军坦克6师昌平的驻地时，心里恨不能立即过掉剩余的8天然后立马回家。王牌军对学生的训练也是异常严格的，中学生也不能例外。8天的军训里，我们每日4点半起床，4点55洗漱完毕楼下集合，然后全军训团集合，接着长跑，不到6点的时候排队准备早饭（不记得早餐排队有没有唱歌比赛），怀念白米稀饭和两个拳头大却半天咬不动的大馒头。早饭后清理饭碗等餐具，收拾回屋，接着进行军体拳和队列练习。痛苦的练习竟然采取“连坐制”--一人不合格集体罚练，少则5分钟。练习间的休息时间少的可怜，每半天一两次10分钟的大休，2、3次3-5分钟的短休，然后竟就是没两次的30秒休息...午餐晚餐是要唱歌排队的，哪个连最响就先打饭。11个人一桌6、7盘菜，撑死1盘肉，大家个个都狼吞虎咽的。午饭和晚饭后都有1小时的休息，然后接着训练。晚上是故事最多的时段，通常练完方阵、军体拳大家开始练歌，然后会有段放松的时间，在最后的几天里还有歌唱演绎和鬼故事比赛。晚上10点半后回宿舍准备就寝，11点多熄灯。由于我们3班的出色表现，8天的军训中我们竟没有一次半夜紧急集合，感谢小潘、小侯教官，哈哈。夜里比较有意思的莫过于两人一组的值班，每班1各半小时，不过在那8天吃不饱睡不好的日子里却是最最折磨人的。粗粗的回忆了遍军训的日子，不能忘记陪伴度过的欢笑。刚开始听周杰伦的歌不久的我经常会和寇明晶，焦尚等人在午饭时或是晚间训练休息时一比歌喉，于是每及《龙卷风》、《爱在西元前》、《安静》、《世界末日》、《米兰的小铁匠》等歌我就会想起那段军训的时光，那个每晚我都会仰望星空找星座的地方。嗯，还有唱起他的歌，例如一次和杨胖子（杨现）去取秋装的路上一同唱任贤齐等的老歌。
军训回来后搬到海淀南路，那个至今我还每每路过就有无限回忆的地方。老土的我也是从这个时候开始常从网上下载歌曲来听，从李纹到江美琪，从陈小春到陈亦迅。感谢彭彭同学这段时间对我网络音乐的启蒙，也开始听了些萧亚轩等的歌。高一的运动会开始真正认识了很多同学，结识了很多朋友，同时开始了一段感情的发展。这也许算是我的初恋，同时这段时间喜欢开始听一些如S.H.E这类组合的歌。这段时期我才真正开始更多的关注流行音乐，同时开始依赖于音乐，更多的是这些流行歌曲，来调节自己的心情。
段落 February 05 杂晚上看不进去书，在网上转了转，突然想来写点什么。
似乎我从来就不是个勤快的人，在更新space方面尤为如此。曾经好一阵子一直在琢磨写blog到底该写什么。有时候不知道从何说起，有时候不知道说什么，更多时候却是因为比较懒，致使很多次忿忿不平抑或满腹牢骚的我选择了沉默。
这却像似我的性格。
从小到大做了不胜数的性格测验游戏，总是得到我是外向型的结论；认识的同学、朋友大多也都每每在问及时回答如斯。我一直认为我极具双重性格，比较凸现两个极端，并在特定的不同的环境中展现。然而，我渐渐确信我其实是相当内向的。
很久没有认真想过自己的性格问题，部分是因为不易改变、多想无用，部分是因为我个人觉得我现在的性格也蛮好。前两天不经意又翻到了这个封存很久的想法，仔细分析了一下，觉得我确实是很内向的。
呵呵，很无聊的话题，不过可以拿来当做更新慢的借口。
我有时想写space的时候却是煞费苦心。平常鸡毛蒜皮的小事，本人不闻不问，自然无从写起；一些个人觉得无聊的想法，也不想张贴；很多有趣的事夹杂在烦碎的小事间，平日没有积累，无从落笔；飘逸洒脱的散文，掷地有声的议论，本人不才，言词匮乏，写不出来；真正内心的一些情感，一些想法，个人认为那是隐私，不愿让别人知道或是评论；总想贴点有意思的东西，转点过瘾的美文，怕是侵犯他人版权，再者也不能长久，终是作罢。说来说去，确是不知道写些什么了。
算了，还是来点流水账吧。
Current Events:
Campus life--这片玉米地，这片毗邻米歇根湖的玉米地，这片这片坐落美国中部五大湖平原毗邻米歇根湖的玉米地，近日开始一步步地挑战本人耐寒的极限。零下20-30度的气温，肆无忌惮的大风，以及我们摇摇欲坠的宿舍--一切的一切，让我亲身体验到有生以来最寒冷的冬天。昨天Super Bowl, 其他的事情不想谈，在我从老师家回到宿舍后就开始了一连窜的霉运。
9点40左右到宿舍，发现楼道停电，暖气全无，所幸我的房间是全楼唯一还有交流电源的
10点出头，刷牙洗脸时，突然走道的应急灯熄灭，无语
10点半，在我抹黑洗漱完并走出洗手间时，天花板一声砰的闷响
10点半多，火警起，急忙抄上毛衣和外套，疾步来到楼下，发现一层烟雾缭绕
11点，一层被水淹，一楼同学转往二-三层
12点左右，被叫醒，发现门外都是水，被通知到三层同学房间睡觉
2点出头，被紧急叫醒，集合至楼下，进行全宿舍疏散，被分到去gym睡觉
2点10分左右，穿着两层毛衣，披着两层被子，跟着同学一路狂奔，来到了体育馆tower的房间
2点半左右，大家整理好床铺，熄灯睡觉
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后记：宿舍进水起因于暖气故障及水管爆破
郁闷的不想多说了
Academic Review--AP Biology讲Biology Engineering的东西，例如转基因工程，貌似极其复杂，没听太懂，回头好好复习；AP Econ开讲Macroeconomics, WSJ quiz一如既往的...无奈...; AP Calc继续Euler's Method & Euler's Improved Method, 考了第6章前5单元，简单的无聊...
Wall Street Journal Review--估计邮递员被冻感冒了，近日没收到报纸
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February 01 高中回忆 （一） Wikipedia上的人大附中来源：维基百科 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_School_Affiliated_to_Renmin_University_of_China Facebook Group:
The High School Affiliated to Renmin University Of China (Chinese: 中国人民大学附属中学; Pinyin: zhōngguó rénmín dàxué fùshŭ zhōngxué), colloquially Rendafuzhong or RDFZ (Chinese: 人大附中), is the affiliated high school of Renmin University of China, and is one of the most prestigious high school in the People's Republic of China. The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China (abbreviated to RDFZ) was established in Beijing in 1950. RDFZ is situated in Haidian District of Beijing, and also in the Zhongguancun Science and Technology Zone. And it is among one of the beacon high schools accredited by Beijing municipal Government. Since its establishment in 1950, RDFZ has made tremendous achievements in various fields of secondary education. It has been conferred such titles from China's Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipality Education Commission on numerous occasions as Advanced School of All-round Education with Distinctive Characteristics, School of Full-range Development and Talented Students' Academic Training, Advanced School of Working Skill Education, Municipal Model School for Education in Science and Technology, National Model School for Modern Technology Education, Excellent School for Training Elite Back-up Athletes, Advanced School for Merits in Physical and Health Work, Model School for Demonstrating Green Network, State--level Traditional School for Physical Education. RDFZ is known for having a distinguished faculty which possesses a strong commitment to both teaching and research. It is a highly motivated, innovative and professional team. Among them 23 are special-class teachers, over 170 senior-level teachers, l4 conferred the titles of pillar teachers at the national level, and another 17 at the Beijing municipal level, and 37 recognized as advanced individuals in their disciplines in Haidian District. There are 20 foreign teachers from the United States, Great Britain and other countries. In the past two decades, RDFZ has always come out of top among other schools in Beijing in the aspect of entrance rate into institutions of higher learning, serving as one of the major sources of recruitment for China's famous universities like Tsinghua University, Beijing University, and Renmin University. However, it remains highly controversial that the high school affiliated to renmin university of china should occupy the students leisure time, including the weekends and some public holidays,by forcing them to attend classes.For example, some students from this high school complains that their course-load and homework is almost twice the amount of the students from other key school,such as the affiliated high school of peking university,which is just less than 1000m from High school affiliated to renmin university.
Result in National College Entrance Examination 200614 students got full score in math test 600+ points: 473 2005Science No.1 Scholar of Beijing:687 points (+20)= 707 points Liberal art 2nd Place of Beijing: 639 points (+20)= 659 points Liberal art 3rd Place of Beijing: 638 points A full score in Math test 600+ points: 219 students 2004Liberal art No.1 Scholar of Beijing Science 2nd Place of Beijing (2 students) Students entry Peking University and Tsinghua University
CampusThe beautiful garden-like campus, covering an area of 10 hectares, provides a quiet and comfortable learning environment. The school is built with many special classrooms, such as virtual science laboratory, electronic technology classroom, graphic design classroom, New Dynamic English classroom, distance learning classroom, automobile simulated driving classroom and self-service network-based laboratory, which all make the school arguably one among the best in the world. And each classroom in the school is equipped with advanced multimedia system. January 30 博客归来Recent Updates
最近很不顺心，最主要的莫过于成绩。第二个学期糟透了，GPA 3.00左右，创了历史最低。
有点想不开，虽然一贯不重视分数，但是这样的成绩是怎么样也不开心的，重在过程及快乐学习的意念在瞬间便不攻自破...不想去自责，毕竟自己付出了太多；不想去假设，那样太没有意义。UChicago和Washington的deferment到现在还历历在目，想到即将寄出的mid-year report，也许连同Stanford, UPenn都一律的reject。一切的期望只剩下走动的秒针和梦碎时淡淡的忧伤。我忘不掉，我从来就是个不服输的人。但我也很现实。记得小时候好朋友曾从书上摘的一句话：是你的，跑也跑不掉；不是你的，求也求不来。概括地说，就是一切随缘。
我不赞成缘分之说，更不信命中注定。然而，这句话还是很有道理的。我的理解是，做事情，要从实际出发。回归到高中的哲学课本，不难得出相同的结论，还加上要实事求是，遵从客观规律，诸如此类。举个例子说，人的基因来自父母，来自人类相同的gene pool。一个人，你硬让他长出翅膀，那就是不可能的，即使在可预见的未来，人为的如此这般的篡改基因，也是极为困难的；然而，如果从小对蓝天白云感兴趣，长大后飞行技术优秀，素质合格成为一名优秀飞行员，那这个人驾驶飞行器翱翔天宇还是很有可能的。
扯得远了些，希望不失逻辑。总之，今日的挫折，未来再看过时，也许会变得微不足道；奋斗过，跌倒过，站起来，继续前行。人生百味，Stanford有机会还能再去，Kellogg也能再去，年华却不再，路还要自己走。
一句话: Life is so beautiful.
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最近学校没什么有意思的事，近两周连绵不断的雪却是很漂亮，着实让我兴喜了一回。改天贴点校园雪景的照片上来。
第二个学期上周就结束了，近些日子下决心开始练篮球。虽然很早就有兴趣，一直没时间，近来终于可以多练练了。毕竟是初学者，技术太水，身体不硬，只能靠速度弥补，却也是独孤求胜，还累了我这双腿。呵呵，没辙，为了上大学后能有更多活动的选择，且具有一定的水平，从来不打篮球的我要开始补课了。
课程方面，数学又复习了一遍differentiation by parts即Euler's Method. 简单的无聊，可怜的我没有选上Linear Algebra, 还要再来一遍AP Calculus, 所幸有Math Honors Program做补偿。AP Economics已处于Micro的final chapter,开始涉及到Macro的东西，如基础的Capture Theory, Gini Coefficient, Laffer Curve, etc. Haase的课一如既往的混乱，经济想学好还是得靠自己看。AP Biology正在讲Gene Control, of Stability, of Spicing, of Localization, of Translatability, and of Pattern Development of Embryo by Genes. 最近两章比较有意思的东西有promoters and enhancers on introns, lytic cycle, lysogenic cycle, retrovirus such as HIV and reverse transcriptase, different types of operon, oncogene and tumor-suppressor genes that of cancer cell, etc.
Review: Wall Street Journal--Jan 30th, 2007
Stock Frenzy in China Stokes Official Concern, by James T. Areddy
Investors pile in, using homes as collateral, tapping credit cards. Data in the article showed that China's stock-market benchmark, the Shanghai Composite Index, rose 130% in 2006 and has continued to soar this year, and the index gained 2.2% to 2945.26 yesterday.
However, it was also mentioned in the article that regulators were concerned by investors', caught up in the stock mania, pledging their homes as collateral for personal loans, or teaming up with merchants to borrow from their credit cards, presumably hoping that stocks will rise enough before the bill comes due to pay off the debt.
Although far from familiar with stocks investment enough to comment anything professionally, I would suggest new comers, especially those people who just rushed into the mania, balance their risks and tradeoff more and take more responsibility in investment, as citied in the article from a midday program of China Central Television Broadcast, even in a bull market, 30% to 40% of people would suffer losses. Also, investors need to be more careful to China government's recent attempts to damp the feverish market. January 18 U Mich Essay BSen Lu DOB: 01/09/1987 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ESSAY B
[B] Discuss an issue of local, national, or international concern. Why is this issue important to you? How do you think it should be addressed?
“Compatriots should be wary of Christmas, should shake off group cultural unconsciousness, and should stand firm for Chinese mainstream culture and traditions.” On December 18th, 2006, ten PhDs from top universities in China signed the manifesto calling for Chinese people to resist Christmas, to “defend against western cultural expansion.” The public reacted apathetically overall, with the exception of the internet poll—more than 50% of Net citizens supported the resistance. When asked by media, one of the advocators pointed his spear to the increasing spread of Christmas commerce in China and to the weakening celebration of Chinese traditional holidays such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Mid-Winter Festival, Double-Ninth Festival, and Festival of Lanterns. As they said, more and more people know less and less about the history and traditions of these holidays; instead, too many Chinese people unreasoningly hug Western holidays, such as Christmas, spending hundreds of dollars without knowing anything about the cultural background. The debate about cultural competition began in the 1980s; with the rapid growth of China’s economy, the controversy quickly grew more severe. Because many Chinese people, especially teenagers, prefer more Western cultures and behave in more occidental ways, scholars fear the danger of China’s traditional culture and ethics fading away. Truly, as the Open Policy has progressed over the years, Western cultures and value systems have increasingly spread and deepened in China; at the same time, conventional Chinese ethical systems such as Confucianism declined drastically. For instance, many students and children are exploring Western holiday celebrations, such as Christmas and Thanksgiving, and are attracted by the allure of splendid advertisements and flourishing activities, whereas they pay little attention to the intrinsic cultural value of traditional Chinese ceremonies. China needs to revive its traditional culture and spirit. Simply accusing foreign holidays, however, will harm rather than help China regenerate its traditions. It is not the expansion of Western cultures but a lack of strong and wise methods to promote its own cultural events that causes China’s traditional culture to fade among Chinese people. China needs to enrich and to vivify her own projects, including primary education, traditional holiday activities, and experiential cultural events. By informing its citizens of the original, deeper meanings of Chinese traditions – gathering with family, taking care of parents and elders at Mid-Winter instead of only eating dumplings – China may then lead her people to understand their culture better and to become more confident and more proud of their culture. China should certainly augment her attention on developing Chinese cultural traditions, yet people should not hastily deny all other cultures. There is a French allegory, The Effect of the South Wind, in which North wind and South wind challenge one another to see which of them can force a traveler to pull off his coat. North wind tries intensively, blowing a blizzard onto the traveler. But instead of taking off his coat, the traveler clutches it more tightly around himself. South wind does the reverse, blowing softly, pushing away the clouds and warming the land with sunshine. The traveler feels the warmth, grows hot, and therefore pleasantly takes off his coat. Instead of having battles between different cultures, we should have more understanding and appreciation. For one thing, people should not consider the appearance of other cultures as “invasion,” as when we celebrate the Chinese New Year in New York’s Times Square, we don’t mean to intrude on local residents. For another thing, cultural exchanges and interactions are essential in helping the world unite and develop together. Bertrand Russell once stated: “Interaction between different cultures is the milestone of the development of civilization.” In the 21st century, with globalization further progressing, Chinese people need to be more thoughtful in learning their own traditions, more confident in sharing their own culture, and more magnanimous in appreciating other cultures. January 14 MBTI职业性格测试Psytopic分析：您的性格类型是“ENFJ”(外向+直觉+情感+判断) 温情，有同情心，反应敏捷，有责任感。非常关注别人的情绪、需要和动机。善于发现他人的潜能，并希望能帮助他们实现。能够成为个人或群体成长和进步的催化剂。忠诚，对赞美和批评都能做出积极地回应。友善、好 社交。在团体中能很好地帮助他人，并有鼓舞他人的领导能力。 ENFJ型的人热爱人类，他们认为人的感情是最重要的。而且他们很自然地关心别人，以热情的态度对待生命，感受与个人相关的所有事物。由于他们很理想化，按照自己的价值观生活，因此ENFJ型的人对于他们所尊重和敬 佩的人、事业和机构非常忠诚。他们精力充沛、满腔热情、富有责任感、勤勤勤恳恳、锲而不舍。 ENFJ型的人具有自我批评的自然倾向。然而，他们对他人的情感具有责任心，所以ENFJ型的人很少在公共场合批评人。他们 敏锐地意识到什么是（或不是）合适的行为。他们彬彬有礼、富有魅力、讨人喜欢、深谙社会。ENFJ型的人具有平和的性格与忍耐力，他们长于外交，擅长在自己的周围激发幽默感。他们是天然的领导者，受人欢迎而有魅 力。他们常常得利于自己口头表达的天份，愿意成为出色的传播工作者。 ENFJ型的人在自已对情况感受的基础上做决定，而不是基于事实本身。他们对显而易见的事物之外的可能性，以及这些可能性以怎样的方式影响他人 感兴趣。 ENFJ型的人天生具有条理性，他们喜欢一种有安排的世界，并且希望别人也是如此。即使其他人正在做决定，他们还是喜欢把问题解决了。 ENFJ型的人富有同情心和理解力，愿意培养和支持他人。他们能很好地 理解别人，有责任感和关心他人。由于他们是理想主义者，因此他们通常能看到别人身上的优点。 您适合的领域有：培训、咨询、教育、新闻传播、公共关系、文化艺术 您适合的职业有： · 人力资源培训主任 · 销售经理 · 小企业经理 · 程序设计员 · 生态旅游业专家 · 广告客户经理 · 公关专业人士 · 协调人 · 交流总裁 · 作家／记者 · 非营利机构总裁 · 杂志编辑 · 电视制片人 · 市场专员 · 社会工作者 · 人力资源管理 · 职业指导顾问 · 心理咨询工作者 · 大学教师（人文学科类） · 教育学、心理学研究人员 · 撰稿人 · 节目主持人（新闻、采访类） · 公共关系专家 · 社会活动家 · 文艺工作者 · 平面设计师 · 画家 · 音乐家 October 21 My Common App Short Answer“Check!” I put down my “Queen,” snickering. “I’m winning now, only a few more steps,” I thought to myself. I was once a bit nervous to play against Dr. Blessman, my AP Physics teacher and chief instructor of Culver’s Quiz Bowl team, but gradually I took over the situation and moved toward my victory. I was waiting for his surrender. There was silence. I recalculated my strategy, smashing the stalemate. First, I sacrificed one of my “Knights” to break his defense line; second, I used my other “Knight” to hold down his castle, attenuating his protection. Then I took a “nap,” distracted his attention by pretending to organize my “arms” on another side of the board. At last, under the cover of my “Castles,” I directed my “Queen” straight toward his “King.” He had no chance of escape. Dr. Blessman, sitting on the other side, frowned for a while. Bit by bit, he looked up with a relieved smile and surprised me with his move: he drew back his “Bishop” to block my offense, not only holding up my attacks, but also threatening my “Knight.” “Gotcha!” Dr. Blessman chuckled. “Oops . . .” “Still a draw!” Dr. Blessman went on teasing me. “Again?” “Sure!” We rearranged the chessmen and restarted. Although I was forced to draw twice, I’m not giving in—chess with Dr. Blessman is a mental battle I’ll never grow tired of. My Common App EssaySen Lu—Personal Essay
Applicants came in one by one, greeted the interviewer and sat in a row by the table. Seated on the other side, squeezing a bland but tense smile, I watched them settling down, and aimlessly fiddled with papers in my hand. As an assistant interviewer and clerk, I gathered the applicants’ information and prepared to take notes. My adventures in the Beijing 21st Century Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. started this summer. I had finished my SAT prep courses, and I wanted a short internship to enrich my summer experience and to challenge myself in the real business world. Luckily, 21st STC accepted my application and assigned me to its Human Resources Department; I immediately checked in with Manager Fu. When I was assigned as an assistant interviewer, I realized I could learn life-long lessons. At first I felt nervous facing college graduates since they had already earned bachelor’s degrees and had work experience. But I carefully read the applications and paid full attention to Mrs. Lai, the head interviewer. One of her beginning tasks was for the two dozen job applicants to introduce themselves and to create personal name-cards reflecting their interests and preferences. All the applicants immediately started work, and all soon finished. They put their card designs in front of them and waited to introduce themselves. Mrs. Lai asked them to introduce themselves one at a time. Again, all the applicants finished quickly, not wasting any words. “Anything else?” Mrs. Lai looked around, asking. No one spoke. Later, during a private discussion, Mrs. Fu asked me what I thought about the applicants. “They are professional, and they seemed really smart,” I answered. “What do you think?” “They don’t fit in with our company. Although they have excellent academic records, they’re not strongly interested, they didn’t show initiative.” “But . . . how can you tell that?” “First, none of them told us anything about themselves beyond what was asked. They weren’t interested in showing themselves to us.” She paused, and then continued: “Second, they showed no interest in the company—none of them asked anything about our business or about future opportunities.” A few days later, I was assigned to prepare the paperwork for a seminar. My job was to file documents, check spelling, and put together ancillary materials. I quickly finished the work, reviewed it, then idly sat, watching other people pass by until Mrs. Fu saw me. “Have you finished all the work?” she asked. “Yup,” I replied. “I revised it many times and prepared all the accessories too.” I was hoping for some kind of praise, but Mrs. Fu asked: “What are you planning to do next?” “Err . . .” I fell silent. A drop of sweat glided down my reddish face. I thought about initiative, I thought about being active. I remembered the applicants. Although they were competitive in their professions, they hadn’t shown the best of themselves to 21st STC. I thought about myself. I try new things, I take risks. But I saw that I must no longer wait for chances coming to me. I must actively seek challenges, seek to learn and to explore, seek to create opportunities for myself to carry out my dreams. “Well, can I do anything for you?” I offered. “Hmm . . . let me see . . .” Mrs. Fu smiled. “Can you research the latest data on the training market for employers?” “Yes, Ma’am!” I smiled back. “I’m looking forward to it!” |
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