July 27, 2008, 11:17pm

Still feeling threatened knowing about the guy shot dead in the campus. What is the intensity level of hatred would lead to the motivation of killing the other person? What is the the level of fear like, to feel like it's necessary to protect oneself by killing the other person?

July 26, 2008, 11:01pm

Creepy. They found a dead man, shot in the chest, in the campus. Was trying to work in the lab but didn't feel safe at all.

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Just finished Initial D stage 4. :) Want to watch Monster or Gremlins next.

July 25, 2008, 12:11pm

A psych student was struck dead by lightning yesterday. Another was in critical condition. He probably defended his dissertation last Tuesday. Got his Ph.D. for two days and died.

So, having heat stroke last Saturday was nothing afterall.

July 18, 2008, 1:04am

Took me a long time to learn how to cut short the video. :)

July 17, 2008, 11:49pm

Saw the bright full moon out there after dinner. I waited for an hour and finally the cloud's gone.

This view resembles a picture I colored when I was seeing the stupid counselor in Hong Kong. I drew a semi-full moon and a star beside it. She took my picture as evidence that I have too high an expectation for myself that I am picking stars. She also said I have a gloomy view, well, look at the dark background.

I think I said, what's wrong about picking stars? I want to pick stars. There're so many people trying to pick stars.

I remember she said something like, those people pick stars. You don't have to.

I probably said, I want to pick stars. Why am I not the one trying?

She's just picking things to support her opinions of me. I had other pictures of bright colors. Well, yes, there're times you can see the moon in the morning. But what's the problem to draw a prototypical moon with a dark background? I still remember I colored the sky with a dark violet pencil. I didn't even use black.

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但願人長久, 千里共嬋娟.

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For that stupid counselor, I wish she'll see a bright full moon in a bright night sky, as bright as the sky at noon.

July 16, 2008, 11:36pm

Finally fixed my computer and got the time to upload this picture. They're from Japan!!! Thanks, Itsumi. 8)

***Also got my Yamaha Dragster Classic 11 finished. I want to remind myself the dissertation is like making each piece one by one and putting them together.

July 2, 2008, 10:15am

The morning before I left Boston, I saw whales, more than 10 of them. I feel like I have seen miracles of the world.

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I visited a friend's friend's lab. He works in MIT. Students work in the lab Saturday at 9pm and the norm is that they have sleeping bags and pillows in the lab.

I think this is the indicator of the passion for their work and science. I'm thinking of getting a set of linens to use in my lab too. :)