July 16th, 2010
Still got up early to go to the orientation.
Starting in Smith Hall a commodious chamber, the meeting had over 180 student audience. Some counselors spoke lot of info that I couldn’t remember. –_-!
It was good that they supplied lunch for free. LOL. I ate half of a ham sandwich and took the other half home for dinner.
I knew a guy from Shanghai, whose name was Tang Da who used to a musical student and turned to business major. He was funny and I hoped I could meet him on some class.
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July 15th, 2010
To go for the placement test, I got up very early, 0630. With a feeling of drowsiness, I took the test from 0830 to 1300.
The test was made up of two parts. One was English test and the other was Math test.
And the English test was made up of three parts then: Listening, Grammar + Reading, Writing. I, not unexpectedly, was good at G + R and Writing but bad at Listening. How could I improve my poor ear? Did the watching of English movies not work at work? OK, then. I will try the aural dictation way next week.
The writing topic was asking that what would you do to serve your community and why. I talked I wanted to be a cleaner and helper. My essay was just about 130 words. I worried it was too short to satisfy the exam standard, but I was nothing more to talk about the topic. I had declared what I thought.
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July 14th, 2010
There are 3139 words on the TOEFL words book. Not too many, but still be a tough task to achieve.
I commenced the first attempt in Jan and recited List 1 – 30. After that, I went for the ESL classes and could not keep doing the job. I started again when the ESL finished in May.
I made a plan for reciting all the lists. But when I finished the new List 31 – 50, I dropped the plan because of some downcast affair. Sleeping, playing games, watching movies, I degenerated for a long time until my 30th birthday on June 25. That day, I made a promise that I must comprehend I have not time to waste and I must do what I should do or living the rest life with nothing!
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July 9th, 2010
这是一本视角很狭隘却又以警醒世人的态度来写的书，我真后悔花了好几个小时的时间去读这么一本废书。为了提醒自己以后别再浪费时间在类似的文字上，就再花些时间总结一下这类伪著作的特点：
视角狭隘。他的标题很大：“中国人”这样，可说来说去，都只是看到作者抨击蒋介石带几十万外省人侵占了台湾，权利相争，导致种种社会矛盾。说来说去都只是台湾屁大的事，与全体“中国人”何干？而放眼960万平方公里的土地，他却没有半点提及。对此，我只有两种推断：一者，他丫是一台独分子，不愿接受台湾仅是中国一小部分的事实。二者，他刻意抹黑“中国人”的形象，书中没说他是否入了美籍，我也不愿再费时间去查证，但十有八九是拿了外国护照就为自己终于摆脱了“中国人”身份的那种败类。
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July 1st, 2010
原帖很长，这里只摘录描写巨蟹座的一部分，后面按符合我自己的情况进行了注释。
- 外表斯文害羞偶尔老成稳重，心里住着一个小小顽童（你和他不熟就看不到这一面。）–外表不算斯文稳重，但心里的确有长不大的顽童，7分
- 情感方面被动慢热，绝对闷骚（从他的笑容就看得出来）。 –不被动不慢热，但绝对闷骚，5分
- 不喜欢表露内心真实想法，把真实的自我隐藏很深。 –确实，8分
- 在无关紧要的问题上较随和没主见，涉及自身时遵从内心的声音，但拘泥于现实的不安全感而举步不前，行动力跟不上狂野的想象。 –确实，8分
- 爱自由和旅行，人生观偏向浪子风格，但也希望有个温暖的家。 –太对了，10分
- 爱一个女孩时会撒娇，孩子气，吃醋了憋心里憋到内伤（但在他脸上绝对看不出什么）。 –会撒娇，但有醋会打翻了让对方也知道，7分
- 偶尔因现实而迷茫或者优柔寡断，最后在人生的各种选择上还是倾向于选择比较保险的那一项。 –确实，但这种描述过于普遍化，只给6分
- 喜欢回忆和一切历史感的东西，恋旧但是基本能够把现实和理想区分。–现实和理想有点分不开，经常会沉溺在自己的想象里 7分
- 习惯于逃避令自己伤痛的东西，情绪会因回忆的骚扰和突来伤感的侵袭而骤变。 –确实，擅长逃避、情绪易动 9分
- 喜欢低调做事被高调夸奖的满足感，为了理想会很勤奋地拼搏，有不断的自我暗示鞭策。 –有理想，但拼搏得不勤奋 7分
- 忍耐力超强，偶尔显得自私。 –确实，8分
- 看得开，忘不掉。 –太对了！10分
12个方面，总得分92，成绩92/120=76.6，算是比较准的了。特别是最后一条：看得开，忘不掉 –_-!
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June 26th, 2010
今天是Krystine的正日生日，Michelle 他们带我出去玩。我叫了洁薇一起。
先是去了Redwood City玩 Mini Golf，嘿嘿，虽然我是第一次玩类似Golf这种东西，但我的技术貌似在六个人里面还能让他们惊讶地叫我为“Tiger Woods”，搞得俺都有点不好意思鸟~~
打完球都两点多了，众人皆饿我更甚，so，奔赴San Mateo第三街那间日本料理的地方填肚子。
随后，去Burlingame玩Go Kart，就是卡丁车啦。价钱小贵，玩30分钟套餐的话，要60美刀，但前后三天生日的人，可以优惠25元，哇塞！便宜将近一半，不玩就浪费这次机会了，咬牙跟他们去交了费。
大体上和国内的卡丁车感觉差不多，但这里是室内场地，光线稍微有点暗。
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June 25th, 2010
Today, June 25th 2010, is my 30th birthday. I am apart from home by thousands miles. I have not spent my birthday with my parents for five years, and theirs neither.
Mom and dad called me for celebration. I said thanks and happy in speaking but felt lonely, guilty and sad in my heart. Generally, as the same as my age in China, most people found up their family and mostly have kids. In a family day, parents, couples, children, three even four generations all are in a house, talking, laughing to share the happy as a clan. What a warm scene it is! But it does not happen to my family! That stays with my parents is only a cat. I can tell how lonely they are even if they never speak of.
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June 18th, 2010
上次和David去Sonoma品酒的路上，和Rossety聊到信仰的问题，她说每周五晚是她的团契时间。我需要找到信仰的归属，所以，我请她带我参加今晚的团契活动。
Rossety六点半来载我，大概花了20分钟去到位于SUNSET区的教堂，并很幸运地在对面马路找到了车位（她说平常很难找车位的，看来又是我这个幸运星发挥了作用，hohoho）。
我以前都只是去做礼拜，这次是第一次参加团契，不知道会发生什么呢？
我们到的比较早，只有四五人在。Rossety把我介绍给他们，我现在能回想起的是Victor和Ann。七点四十，大概有十多人进了屋子，坐到位置上，团契开始了。
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June 18th, 2010
中午，正好见到二舅父到basement，抓住给他房租的机会，和他说了一下大舅父的事。谁知道这一话题展开来，就说了三个多小时，让我了解了很多匪夷所思的情况，让我对两位舅父的观感有了比较大的改变。
做人，还是厚道点，并按社会环境的变化局时俱进吧。
巧合的是，在和二舅父谈话前，我的签名刚好有感而发换成：这是个假话听起来像真话，真话听起来像笑话的时代，看清一个人谈何容易？
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June 9th, 2010
看了这部充满喜感但结局黑暗的影片，才知道莫扎特的全名是Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart。-_-!
他从小就是个作曲奇才，凡是才多少都会有点怪，莫扎特怪在生活比较放荡（嗯，要是我也那么有才，说不定我比他还荡），入不敷出以至于被套在了那个御用作曲家的陷阱里，最后被活活累死。
总评：1984年拍的文艺片，效果还不错。欣赏了一些歌剧片段和音乐，算是扫盲了。
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