Acer Aspire One Netbook 噪音问题

买了这个可爱的小本本已经一周多了，用的时候却并不是很长。昨天突然注意到好像总是有嗡嗡的声音，虽然声音不大，但是确实有点影响心情。今天Google了一下，发现原来这是这个机型公认的一个缺陷，不过幸亏已经有人写好了程序来控制。

Windows版本的程序可以从这个链接下载，Linux的就自己去Google吧：）
http://www.computentsystems.de/aceraspireonefancontrol/

刚刚仔细看了一下这个程序，它的原理其实很简单，就是控制风扇的启动和停止，由于这个噪音就是风扇的声音，只要把风扇停下来就没有噪音了。它允许用户设定两个温度，一个是风扇的启动温度，一个是风扇的停止温度。一旦CPU的当前温度高于风扇启动温度，就启动风扇；风扇启动后CPU温度自然会下降，下降到风扇的停止温度后，风扇就会停下来，噪音也就没有了。这确实比过去一直开着风扇要更合理。

No Bike day?

I rode to work today. It is so weird I did not see any other cyclists on my way to office. It was 8:45 AM- 9:20AM, I usually could see more than 10 other cyclists on the way.... For the after work commute, it was 6:05 PM -7:00 PM, but I only see one cyclist and he did not have a bike light. Besides, it was cloudy in the morning but it was not rainy. And it was actually sunny for the whole afternoon...It is definitely not a weather issue.
Is it No Bike day today???

Bike to Work 2009

I started to bike to work today. The weather network reported the temperature is 9 centigrade, but I still saw snow on some streets.

The wonderful part is I started at the beginning of February this year. I remember I started in the end of March last year, it is amazing that I started almost 2 months earlier this year!
And I rode until the end of November last year, I think I still can ride to the same end time.

超可爱的Netbook

终于买了这个粉红色的小小的Netbook, 虽说性能强差人意，同时打开4个IE窗口就慢得不行，不过看在$299的售价上，我们实在不能要求太多。难能可贵之处在于，它的键盘设计得很舒服。在这么小（8.9")的空间内可以把键盘设计的跟普通的laptop手感差不多，比Dell那款Netbook强多了。当然这个小本本是超级轻的，还不到1KG，可以轻松的一手托起.

而且这个颜色超级配我冬天最喜欢穿的那件粉大衣，再让老妈给做了一个粉红色的笔记本套，改天拍了照放上来：）

2009 Resolution

1. Personal Goals
1.1 Fitness goal: I am going to fit in the dark green size 0 pants.
Detail plan:

Bike to work Mar to Nov everyday unless emergency

Go to gym (Weight room) 4 times per week. Monday and Thursday focus on lower body, Tuesday and Friday work on upper body.

Do 20-30 mins cardio exercise on the days when not biking.

1.2 Get a driver license.
1.3 Hobby: Learn inline skate, front crawl.
1.4 Make 1-2 friends.

2. Professional Goals
2.1 English handwriting. I don't need my handwriting to be pretty, but it need to be neat.
2.2 Get 100% understand of South Park, and master the new words. At least finish one episode per week.
2.3 Get 100% understand of 1-2 movies and choose an actress to imitate.
2.4 Talk to 5 different people each day.
2.5 Get involved in those email tech discussions at least once

3. Financial Goals
3.1 Looking for the area which I interest and I can really make passive income from.

知识更新没有那么可怕。It's your worktime fun.

成为一个技术高手，不需要头悬梁锥刺股，也不需要废寝忘食。需要做的只是合理利用你的上班时间。

刚毕业的时候，看过一篇文章， 大体意思如下：（可惜找不到原文了 ）

大学生刚毕业的时候都是站在同一条起跑线上（都是什么都不会），等过上3-5年，差别就显出来了，为什么？因为大家每天上班的8个小时都差别不大，都是为了挣一份工资养活自己；但是不同的是除了睡觉之外的其余8个小时，如何利用这些业余时间使得这些社会新鲜人在3-5年内产生了很大的差异。这就是所谓的8小时求生存，8小时求发展。

当时觉得这篇文章说得很对，于是决定好好利用业余时间读技术书，成为一名技术高手。但是在丢掉了学生时代晚自习的习惯之后，想要在晚上读严肃一点的书都会马上起到催眠的效果。结果书也没有读完一两本（技术书都太厚了。。。）。

到了现在的公司不久，领导教育我说，很多人在刚进公司的时候，水平都差不多，但是过了2年以后，有的人原地不动，有的人技术提高很多，为什么呢？（咦，怎么听上去这么熟悉呢？）那么为什么呢？因为有的人会很好的利用Slow time，在这段时间内好好充实自己；而有的人在Slow time就晚来早走，一天在公司也就呆4，5个小时，中间还要来一个长长的午餐，剩下的时间也就上网看看新闻，看看YouTube，聊聊天。

这个说法听上去很有道理，而且很具有可操作性。但是，有一点很重要的他没有提到。一般在Busy time的时候，干的活儿很多，遇到的不懂的技术点也就很多，但是没有时间仔细去研究，只求快点把事情做完。而闲下来的时候，又一时不知道该学点什么，没有边际的学习其实是效果很差的。

所以呢，我就开始保留一个Study List, 每次遇到自己不懂的又想了解清楚的技术点时候，就把它列进去，然后等不太忙的时候再拿出这个列表选一个最想学的去学。

再就是这个列表解决的另一个问题，就是在学习知识A的过程中遇到了知识B，于是去学B，又遇到了C，最后发现自己不懂的东西太多，都忘记自己最初要学的是什么了，只能很郁闷的放弃。用数据结构的语言来讲，这就是树的深度遍历遇到的问题，那么我们只需要采用广度遍历，学习A的时候，遇到B，那么把B放到我们的Study List里面，继续学习A. 学完A了再考虑学B，这个令人沮丧的问题就迎刃而解了。

一个圆的面积越大，那么它的周长所能接触的面积也就越大。假使圆的面积是“知道”，圆外面的世界是“无知”；那么一旦我们“知道”得越多，我们也就相对地越是“无知”。但是我们有了Study List这个利器，就不会迷失在学而无涯的迷茫中。 ^_^

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我的Study List：
1) XML
a. Structed knowledge
b. Sql & xml
c. XmlTextReader, XmlTextWriter vs XmlDocument
d. Namespace?
2) Serialization
3) Delegate type
4) XPath
5) XSLT
a. Xslt parameter (how to pass)
b. Xslt function
c. DataSet & xsl
6) SOAP
7) Design Patterns
8) C# image process
9) ASP.net 2.0 AJAX
http://ajax.asp.net/docs/default.aspx
10) IIS
11) Regular Expression
12) System tables in SQL
13) SQL: Indexes and performance

Bike to work

Last week is bike to work week (winter version), and I rode the whole week. It was amazing that we had a whole week without rain in winter in Vancouver, perfect weather for riding. :)

I started to ride to work since last year, and it was May to October. I caught a cold at the beginning of October, and stopped riding since then.

For this year, I started riding from the end of March. Later I got all my rain gears (waterproof pants, jacket, shoe covers, reflectors...), which make me I could ride in the rainy days. I caught a cold again in the beginning of this October, I stopped riding for a couple of days, but I go back to ride as soon as I recovered. At the beginning of Nov, I heard that the VACC announced the Bike to work winter version, and I thought they were crazy. I never imaged I could still ride in the end of Nov.

Gain(Loss) from this year's riding:
1) Weight Loss of 6.5 pounds
2) Saved the money for ~7 month passes (~ $500, wow!). Minus the money spend on the rain gears, still saved ~$300 :)

Well, good enough. I guess I'll stop riding for Dec, Jan and Feb. I have already seen frost last week, and I can expect to see some ice in the next couple of days. Snow or Ice, that are the stop signs for me.

** is my middle name

** is my middle name, 这种表达法在电视广告的轰炸下，终于被我深深的记住了，表示**是我最大的特征或者最喜欢做的事。比如：Cool is my middle name. Danger is my middle name.

我们公司有一个同事(假设他叫Eric Cartman)，特喜欢跟别人开玩笑。别人说他你怎么总是harass people? 然后他就得意洋洋的说"Harass is my middle name." 这样听他说了几次，也没觉得有多搞笑。直到有一天，他再次说"Harass is my middle name"的时候，另一个同事说，我明白了，原来你的全名叫Eric Harass(es) Cartman.
^_^

股市大跌影响流浪汉的收入

在温哥华的流浪汉聚居的区域走过，看到一个流浪汉在追着一个黑人要钱。黑人说“I don't have money!” 而后，似乎嫌语气还不够强烈似的，说“I lost all my money in the stock market!”

火鸡节过后的经济形势

昨天是火鸡节后的第一个工作日。Ok,我知道那是Thanksgiving感恩节,不过鉴于月饼节听上去比中秋节更加生动形象，那感恩节也就该具体化为火鸡节了。
言归正传。一个从来都是吃外卖午饭的同事破天荒带了午饭，于是大家说看来经济形势真的是不好了。但是事实上，他只是前一天家里烤了一只大火鸡，没吃完，所以才带过来当午饭。。。

Grouse Grind

Distance:2.9 kilometers
Elevation Gain:853 meters
Time consumed: ~ 90 mins ( 45 mins for the last half, we had lunch in the first half so it is difficult to calculate the time)

Shuttle: translink.
taking Skytran -> Waterfront station (17 mins)
taking Seabus -> Lonsdale Quay (12 mins)
taking 236 -> Grouse Mountain (21 mins)

Finally, I hiked the famous Grouse Grind yesterday :)

家里孵鸡蛋

这两天，被公司一个在加利福尼亚的同事气得不行。我在做的一个工具需要连接他做的webservice, 结果按照他给的文档生成出来的数据，总是被他的webservice认为是非法数据。而且他还邮件不回电话不接，真是服了他了。。。。
晚上回家跟家里人抱怨这个同事怎么这么懒，然后感慨说在加利福尼亚那边看来太好混了，结果老公没听清，说，“什么，在家里孵鸡蛋的太好混了？”于是，恍然大悟，难怪这家伙对工作这么不热心，原来是忙着在家里孵鸡蛋呢，哈哈。

About the Millionaire Mind Seminar

I went to the seminar for all the 3 days. 9am - 11pm for Friday, 9am-10pm for Saturday, and 9am-4pm for Sunday.

I think it is a good seminar, I did learned something there. But it is too long and contains too much sale promotion. My back began to pain, and my shoulders were very sore, after the first day, as I sat straightly for a whole long day...

Things I learned from the seminar:
1. The money jars(accounts) system.
This system has been explained in the book in detail, and get strengthened in the seminar. I think it is the most usefully point of the whole book and seminar.
For myself, I think I live a modesty lifestyle, I only need 30% of my income in my Necessary Account (which is recommended to be 55% in the seminar). So I just got a big part of exact money to divide in my other accounts:
FFA: 35%
EDU: 10%
LTSS: 15%
PLAY: 7%
GIVE: 3%

2. Name you top 3 biggest successes.
This shocked me a lot. I always have the idea in my mind that I am smart and talent. But I just cannot pick out my top 3 biggest successes in a short time. I just have the feeling that I have a lot of successes in my life, but them are either difficult to remember or too small to mention...
That's the thinking pattern I need to break. I will start to write a "Success Diary/Blog", to write down even the smallest success in my every day life.

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BTW, the $100 bill and cheques are used in the seminar. Don't worry, you won't need to give them to someone else.

I also got shocked by the truth that I could be moved to tears by a song....The Living Years.
Just heard this song in the seminar, and sang it together with all attendees...

Millionaire Mind Intensive Seminar

I got the book Secret of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth By T. Harv Eker for free. I have finished about 2/3 of it, the idea of the author makes some sense. Some people have thought this book sounds like Chicken Soup, which gives some mental stimulation, but does not give any action plans. I'm not quite sure as I haven't finish it, but it really does not give actual plans till now.

Together with this free book, I also got the free ticket for this 3 days seminar. I wondered why it takes so long, so I googled it online, and found very few feedback of it. The organizer said this 3 days seminar will help the attendees to build their money blueprint. As people are lazy, if just leave them at home to build their money blueprint by themselves, they will end up no changes. It sounds reasonable, I just want to give it a try, at the risk of wasting my one vocation day off.

There are 2 things weird with this seminar:
1) How come will it last to 11 PM in the night?
Course Schedule:
Registration: Friday, April 25 7 am - 8:30 am
Day 1: Friday, April 25 9 am - 11 pm
Day 2: Saturday, April 26 9 am - 11 pm
Day 3: Sunday, April 27 8 am - 7 pm

2) It said the attendee should bring $100 bill and company or personal check. But they said it is a free seminar.....
I don't know, I won't bring my money...

I'll post my feedback here, after I attend this seminar.

Happy Rat Year!

恭喜发财, 比发财更重要的是要天天开心^_^

昨天看到了一篇文章，似乎有些感触，作者桐华是一个在美国读博士的清华MM, 难得的是还写得一手好文章，超级喜欢她的小说《步步惊心》
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原文在这里：http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4aeb085a01008gx4.html
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第二次，是大学毕业，某天，在清华宿舍，无意中打开网页去了校友录（我八百年去一次），突然看到一段长长的话，我还笑想，谁在为资本家打工之余，还这么有激情？然后看，在我发觉之前，就已经泪流满面，打得键盘直响，然后那两个清华的朋友吓坏了，凑过来问，我极其尴尬，极其不好意思，可是那种没有办法说明的悲伤，让我的眼泪就是停不下来。一个同班同学，高速公路上车祸身亡，当时我们毕业刚一年多。太仓促，以及太不能想象！很久以后，我去广州的时候，和两个同学说起这事，还是无限唏嘘与难过。其实大学时代，我和他的接触并不多，因为我们恰好是我们学校两个极端的人，我的生活像野马，而他的生活用两个字可以概括——“精英”，成绩倒是不用强调了，在我们班，成绩实在不算一回特别重大的事情，大家都有自己的考虑。关键是精英从来不在班上出现。问，去哪里了，什么国务院的什么部门在做什么项目。我们，哦！终于精英出现在一门课上，为什么？哦，这门课的老师股票方面很牛，是实战家，不是理论家！精英在投资股票？你才知道？已经赚了二十多万、三十万了。啊？哦！现在对我们而言，二十万实在不值得一提，可那个时候是大三，那个时候股票市场一般，他的本金也是自己赚的。精英申请了美国的学校，不过奈何我们这个专业出国的确十分难，他offer有（全额奖学金的叫0ffer，否则，我们叫admission)，学校也相当不错，但是不是top 10，所以他拒绝了，决定留在国内工作两年，两年后，加上工作经验，他肯定就能进最牛系列的商学院了。然后一年后出事了，无数人感叹，他当年如果不要那么心高气傲，直接出国就好了。但是，人生，没有如果。这一次，是深深的震撼，和悲伤。
第三次，是我自己的车祸，到美国后，历经三次直接car accident，一次间接，有一次也算比较严重，被一辆小货车撞，整个车的前头全部完蛋。但是，虽然人当时惊了一下，但是很快就过去了，也许因为是在local上，而且我们当时处于停止，打算右转的状态。这次，车的撞幅其实比上次轻，左侧门凹进去，左前头有裂痕，以及左侧视镜损毁，但是这次的撞车，发生在高速公路上，当时的感觉，如同在看好莱坞片子，两辆车，高速运行，歪歪扭扭，然后连撞两三次，发出怦然巨响，身处期间的瞬时，没有害怕，但是事情过后，却越来越害怕，一晚上全是乱七八糟的梦，早上起来，第一句话是，人生好无聊！
对方的车速很高很高，幸亏我们的车速相对而言比较低，在65mile以下，虽然对方的车已经近乎完全失控，但是我们还能控制住自己的车，在减速和回避。那一瞬间，如果我们当时的车速也快的话，结果不堪设想。也许，一切的完结，就是一个瞬间。当我们将车控制着停下后，我的朋友在车里一直不能出来，我和对方交涉、叫警察，今天，她告诉我，她昨天晚上半夜突然惊醒，一身冷汗。我告诉她，我说，人生无聊！她问，为什么不是人生无常？我没有回答。心中在想，逝去太容易，会想不明白今天的努力是为什么？就如同我也一直没明白，老天让精英如此努力，如此与众不同，难道只是为了下一瞬间的摧毁？大概，想多了，又会变回，我当年苦苦思索的哲学问题上了，思索了一年多，看了无数书籍，没有一本能回答我，最后拯救我的是爱情。现在，只能说下次开车小心。

2007年计划完成情况

1）在新公司找到得心应手的感觉，包括熟悉产品的结构，配置，复习和深化C++的知识。
完成情况：50%
基本上熟悉了我工作涉及到的模块，对产品的核心部分仍然不很熟悉。。。
C++的知识没有深化多少，不过使用XSL方面得到了很大提高，再就是对于微软的COM的理解有了很大的提高，现在才知道原来COM这么好用，这一年用到了ComAdmin 和VSS 做了2个非常好用的自动化工具，还用Excel的Com帮朋友做了一个小工具。

2）能够听懂同事们的闲聊和玩笑，最好可以加入他们的闲聊，不希望再装作听懂再尴尬附和着笑。
完成情况：20%
大多数时候还是听不太懂，不过有些时候已经可以听很懂了，甚至可以加入讨论。

3）多交几个朋友。现在工作和住的地方都很满意，最大的不满意就变成了太孤单，很怀念在北京时那种不费力就能找到朋友一起逛街吃饭的感觉。
完成情况：20%
这一年其实就交到一对朋友（台湾MM和白人GG），周末我们经常一起吃饭。

4）本地驾照。拿了驾照，申请了美国签证，夏天的时候就可以开车去心目中的圣地Redmond看看了，距离这里200多公里。
完成情况：0%
惭愧啊，太懒了。。。

5）培养一个爱好。 记得小的时候，爱好可是一大把，后来迫于升学压力，好像啥爱好都没有了，万恶的中国教育体系啊！估计能够培养起来的第一个爱好可能是烤蛋糕，呵呵，昨天第一次试做，居然还比较成功。
完成情况：30%
买了一个面包机，在它的帮助下可以做出比较像样的面包了。现在已经不再买外面的面包了，都是自己做，这样面包比较新鲜而且健康（我都是用全麦面粉+鲜奶+红糖+橄榄油+酵母来做，比外面卖的白面+奶粉+白糖+黄油+泡打粉 的健康多了）

6）成为一名光荣的MCSD。去年已经考了2门，今年应该借着公司给报销的春风，把剩下的3门考过。
完成情况：0%
惭愧啊，太懒了。。。

7）至少读一本英文小说。
完成情况：80%
一共看了2本：Somebody's baby & Midwife's Apprentice，2本都没看完，不过加起来的总页数算是看完了一本，呵呵。

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虽然年度计划大部分没有完成，但是我还做了一些年度计划中没有的事：
1）培养了健康的生活习惯，增加了运动量。体重在去年减少了15%，现在是57kg，是大学毕业以来的最低水平。
1.1）坚持骑车上下班, 从4月底到10月中。
1.2）热瑜伽。从4月开始到11月，一共做了26次。
1.3）饮食调整，现在吃饭的量比过去减少了，三餐的比例更加合理了，每天都吃水果，睡前喝牛奶，晚上很少吃零食。
1.4）学会了使用牙线，基本上做到每天睡前用一次。

2）在老公的带动下，于11月初正式进入投资市场了。虽然没赚到多少钱，而且对于投资的理论一点都还不懂，但是至少开始了。

3）觉得看电视学英语还是一个很好的办法，看了很多South Park和Desperate Housewives的剧集。

Go Volunteer: Gift Wrapping

下着鹅毛大雪的周日的下午，我顶风冒雪去做volunteer：）。这次是YMCA的活动，在Metrotown Mall里面包装礼物，替YMCA筹集资金。本来看到这样的漫天飞雪(据说是10-30cm)，真的很不愿意出门，不过鉴于自己已经报过名了，还是去吧。。。结果，发现确实是个很有意思的下午，比窝在家里有意思多了；）

首先学习了如何包装礼物，原以为是一件很复杂的事情，后来发现其实这边的人包装好的礼物，远不如中国礼品店里面包得精美。很多边角的胶带都是露在外面的，虽然是透明胶，但是仔细看仍然能够看出来。对于不是正规长方体的盒子，边角总包得有些皱皱巴巴。不过，这边的人好像都不太在意，就像每次我让顾客选包装纸和绢花的时候，他们说的最多的一句话就是“It doesn't matter...”,然后居然80%的人都会选我认为最俗气的一种花里胡哨的圣诞图案的包装纸，看来我的眼光距离"主流"还有一定距离:P

包装的价格是：small $3, medium $4, big $5; 全部的收入用于YMCA的各项活动。最极端的一个例子是，一个女孩拿来了一个$4.99的钥匙扣来包装，包装费要$3, 不知道她是否觉得值得包装，呵呵。不过也许这也是她们donation的一种方式；）

一直很好奇这边的人们过节都互相送什么，这次总算看到了几个，真是五花八门啊：裤子，lululemon的瑜伽衣裤，咖啡机，DVD碟片，钥匙扣。。。

有两件好玩的事情，一开始YMCA的Volunteer Coordinator告诉我和另一个中国人A, 还有一个墨西哥人工作流程。她用英语讲了一遍，那个墨西哥人表示不明白，于是她就用西班牙语给她单独讲，讲到一半的时候，突然转过头问我们两个人，"Did you understand?" 我们俩以为她在问我们懂不懂西班牙语，马上表示不懂。她叹了口气，显得很沮丧，我这才明白，原来她的意思是我们有没有听懂她一开始用英语讲的工作流程。我赶紧告诉她，我们明白了，只是不明白她讲的西班牙语而已，她一下就放松了，呵呵。

中间空闲的时候，我和A与一对过来做Volunteer的母女聊天。那个女儿又高又瘦很漂亮，但是似乎有些精神方面的疾病，A跟那个母亲说，"Your daughter looks so thin"， 但是那位母亲立刻显得有些沮丧,"Yes..." 。 A又继续说"She seems much thinner than my daughter..."那个母亲显得有些莫名其妙，我突然明白她误会了，赶紧帮A解释，"yeah, your daughter is so lean, skinny", 那个母亲说"oh, I thought you was talking about...". 总结：别随便用thin这个词，容易被听成sick.不过我确实注意到发音没问题的洋人们一般是用skinny这个词，不知道thin是不是有什么不好的意思。

这是我第二次做volunteer，以后继续。第一次是帮Dress For Success给潜在的新会员打电话，锻炼了我的cold call，呵呵。上周听我的一个同事说，她做volunteer去animal shelter帮人遛狗(Walk the dog), 我特喜欢猫猫狗狗的，可惜那个animal shelter离我家太远了，不然我也想去遛狗。。。

My new toy comes. ^_^

I received a mail 2 Weeks ago, it was an anniversary gift catalog provided by my company, together with a letter signed by the CEO. I knew everyone worked with this company for 1 year would get the same thing, but I was still very happy.


I chose the Slow Cooker after went though the catalog for 3 times. I have thought of buying a slow cooker for several months, and I just told with a friend who bought one recently. The reason why I didn't choose the slow cooker immediately was, I worried about the delivery.

Finally the slow cooker arrived today. Now I could have conjee for breakfasts and freshly stewed ribs for dinner. :D

UPS box:


Open the UPS box: wow, it even has a gift wrapper.


Open the gift wrapper: yeah, slow cooker!


Looks pretty good, isn't it?

Dream & Happiness

I'm not happy recently. I think the main reason is that I lost my goal.

I was always happy before I went to University, as I had only one final goal during these 12 years of GETTING GOOD SCORES and ENTERING A GOOD UNIVERSITY. This goal was same as most of my friends, also same as what my parents and teachers' expectation, so I nearly had no chance to suspect what this goal could reallly brought me and why I wanted to pursue it. I spent 12 years in pursuing this goal, finally I got it.

During the 4 years in University, I was not as happy as before. I began to seek a new life goal, and fortunately I found it not too late. The goal was: I WANT TO BE A PROGRAMMER, AN EXCELLENT ONE. It was not an easy goal for me, as my major was Macromolecule Chemical Engineering. This goal was not as definite as my first goal, and the way for fulfilling it was also varying, which also made me headache.
Later, I began to work on the 2nd major Computer Science and Technology. Two majors kept me very busy, but I was very happy as I could feel I was getting closer and closer to my goal.
Sometimes I felt frustrated when I thought the knowledge I learned for my Chemist major was just useless for my goal but I had to spend time on them to get my degree. Also, it made me some kind of desperate when I thought the knowledge I was learning for my Computer major may be out of date and useless for finding a coding job. I had to always tell myself, there was no better way for me to pursue this goal. So I could get the peace of mind and continue working on it.
Finally I fulfilled this goal. It was hard to tell whether the 2nd major really helped me in finding that position or not. But one thing I know for sure now, even if I didn't spend so much time on my 2nd major, the time itself would be wasted as well.

The 3nd goal was TO BE A POSTGRADUATE IN COMPUTER OF THE BEST UNIVERSITY. I got this goal when I was in the third year of university. This goal was a pain for me, as it was both difficult and might not be something that I really needed. At the beginning of my last year in university(late 2000 and early 2001), there were a lot of good opportunities in job market, which started with the famous Hua Wei hiring thousands of developers with high salary (7k RMB/Month for the newbies). I wanted to stick to my goal, so I didn't apply for any positions. I took the entrance exam for master candidants for twice, and it totally cost me 1.5 years to pursue this goal. Finally I got nothing but the belief of this exam was not suitable for me, plus the loss of many wonderfully job opportunities. I always wondered what my life could be if I set the goal for going to a good company by the time of my last year.
After I gave up this goal, I started to work as a programmer in a very small company with only 1.8k monthly salary. Later I changed my job several times, and finally when I left China in 2006, I just earned around 7K per month which was same as the entry level pay at the Hua Wei in 2001.
It is good to have a goal and stick to it, but you have to make sure this goal is really what you want. otherwise, it may be better to have no goals...

(to be continued)
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In a day and age when we have become so reactive and response to the daily needs of life, coaching is the opportunity to break free. In a coaching relationship you are in the seat of power and control and can proactively direct your life in the direction you want to go. In any area, career, relationship, health, community, when you are being coached you are asked two very important questions. First, what do you want? Second, what are you willing to do about it? These questions are potent and confronting, but the whole idea behind coaching is that you are hiring someone to supportively hold you accountable for getting what you want. You determine what that is.

You’d be amazed at how hard this can be for some. We are clear about some of our dreams and desires. I often hear, "I want to be paid well for doing work that I love." "I want more quality time with my family and friends." "I want to be healthy and fit, without having to go to the gym." "I want meaning and purpose in my life." But you might also be shocked to learn that quite often people say to me, "My dream is to have a dream."


Steps to help define your dreams, and make your dreams come true.
Step 1 - Write down your dreams. These are now considered goals. Writing them down gives you a visual view of what you are striving for.
Step 2 - Work a little each and every day on something that helps you to fulfill your dream. Take necessary classes, read books, gain self knowledge in what you are striving to accomplish.
Step 3 - Associate yourself with the right people. Hang out and talk with people in the field of your dreams. You want to gain some personal story experience from those who have been there.

正在培养的生活习惯

1. 早上第一件事：一杯蜂蜜水/蜂蜜柚子茶

2. 饭后刷牙
2.1. 早上先吃饭，再刷牙
2.2. 午饭后刷牙
2.3. 晚饭后立即刷牙，用牙线。

3. 午餐中包含一半或以上的生的水果/蔬菜。

4. 晚餐不吃主食以蔬菜汤为主，或者粥。

5. 晚上做半小时以上的运动

6. 睡前喝牛奶

7. 每周一次热瑜伽

8. 每周一次面膜