We are Polythinkers

岁月风云--危天行经典语录

2007-09-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

1.以你的智商,我很难跟你解释！
2.这次我知道，我再也没有下一局了
3.闭门造车，不看实际情况，到头来只能一败涂地！
4.对危永标:你以为我会把遗产留给你吗？
你这个亲人，我一直都不觉得有多亲，你唯一像我的就是心胸狭窄,固执。但是为什么我比你成功呢？就是我的能力可以驾驭我性格的缺点，你呢？你却被你的性格操纵了命运，样样自以为是，眼高手低，这就是枭雄跟小人的分别了！！
5.天行：“我的命很宝贵的”
文翰：“宝贵不等于怕死”
天行：不过，我开，我不想我得命掌握在你手里。
6.危天行对危永标说：“告诉你，女人的心在你这，你做什么，她都会跟着你的。如果她的心不在你这，你做什么都她都会离开
里。”
7.别人不明白你不要紧，最重要是你自己明白，何必要别人同情你、可怜你啊。
8.老天都嬴不了我，还有谁能嬴的了我啊。
9.早就知道你有做魔鬼的潜质，记住，魔鬼最大的死穴是动了真情
10.我欣赏的不是你的聪明而是你的卑鄙。
11.你要不怕死，我买一辆送给你（指华吉吉的车）
12.对绍芬说:在你这里我从没计较过输赢,因为一开始我就已经输了
13.对骆奇说:我还不至于天真到以为自己不会死
14.对文翰说：恭喜你成功的引狼入室!
15. 跟我比，你道行差远了！！！
16.我有的是钱
17.只要你是赢者，就没人说是错的

钓竿

2007-09-14T09:17:00.000-07:00

有个老人在河边钓鱼，一个小孩走过去看他钓鱼，老人技巧纯熟，所以没多久就钓上了满篓的鱼，老人见小孩很可爱，要把整篓的鱼送给他，小孩摇摇头，老人惊异的问道：「你为何不要？」小孩回答：「我想要你手中的钓竿。」老人问：「你要钓竿做什么？」小孩说：「这篓鱼没多久就吃完了，要是我有钓竿，我就可以自己钓，一辈子也吃不完。」

　　我想你一定会说：好聪明的小孩。错了，他如果只要钓竿，那他一条鱼也吃不到。因为，他不懂钓鱼的技巧，光有鱼竿是没用的，因为钓鱼重要的不在“钓竿”，而在“钓技”。
　　有太多人认为自己拥有了人生道上的钓竿，再也无惧于路上的风雨，如此，难免会跌倒于泥泞地上。就如小孩看老人，以为只要有钓竿就有吃不完的鱼。

你肩膀上有蜻蜓吗？ ->感人

2007-07-06T09:16:00.000-07:00

在一个非常宁静而美丽的小城，有一对非常恩爱的恋人，他们每天都去海边看
日出，晚上去海边送夕阳，每个见过他们的人都向他们投来羡慕的目光。可是有一天，在一场车祸中，女孩不幸受了重伤，她静静地躺在医院的病床上，
几天几夜都没有醒过来。白天，男孩就守在床前不停地呼唤毫无知觉的恋人；晚上，
他就跑到小城的教堂里向上帝祷告，他已经哭干了眼泪。一个月过去了，女孩仍然昏睡着，而男孩早已憔悴不堪了，但他仍苦苦地支撑着。
终于有一天，上帝被这个痴情的男孩感动了。于是他决定给这个执着的男孩一个例外。
上帝问他：“你愿意用自己的生命作为交换吗？”男孩毫不犹豫地回答：“我愿意！”
上帝说：“那好吧，我可以让你的恋人很快醒过来，但你要答应化作三年的蜻蜓，你愿
意吗？”男孩听了，还是坚定地回答道：“我愿意！” 天亮了，男孩已经变成了一只漂亮的蜻蜓，他告别了上帝便匆匆地飞到了医院。女孩
真的醒了，而且她还在跟身旁的一位医生交谈着什么，可惜他听不到。几天后，女孩便康复出院了，但是她并不快乐。她四处打听着男孩的下落，但没有人
知道男孩究竟去了哪里。女孩整天不停地寻找着，然而早已化身成蜻蜓的男孩却无时无
刻不围绕在她身边，只是他不会呼喊，不会拥抱，他只能默默地承受着她的视而不见。
夏天过去了，秋天的凉风吹落了树叶，蜻蜓不得不离开这里。于是他最后一次飞落在女
孩的肩上。他想用自己的翅膀抚摸她的脸，用细小的嘴来亲吻她的额头，然而他弱小的
身体还是不足以被她发现。转眼间，春天来了，蜻蜓迫不及待地飞回来寻找自己的恋人。然而，她那熟悉的身影
旁站着一个高大而英俊的男人，那一刹那，蜻蜓几乎快从半空中坠落下来。人们讲起车
祸后女孩病得多么的严重，描述着那名男医生有多么的善良、可爱，还描述着他们的爱
情有多么的理所当然，当然也描述了女孩已经快乐如从前。蜻蜓伤心极了，在接下来的几天中，他常常会看到那个男人带着自己的恋人在海边看
日出，晚上又在海边看日落，而他自己除了偶尔能停落在她的肩上以外，什么也做不了。这一年的夏天特别长，蜻蜓每天痛苦地低飞着，他已经没有勇气接近自己昔日的恋人。
她和那男人之间的喃喃细语，他和她快乐的笑声，都令他窒息。第三年的夏天，蜻蜓已不再常常去看望自己的恋人了。她的肩被男医生轻拥着，脸被
男医生轻轻地吻着，根本没有时间去留意一只伤心的蜻蜓，更没有心情去怀念过去。上帝约定的三年期限很快就要到了。就在最后一天，蜻蜓昔日的恋人跟那个男医生举
行了婚礼。蜻蜓悄悄地飞进教堂，落在上帝的肩膀上，他听到下面的恋人对上帝发誓说：我愿意！
他看着那个男医生把戒指戴到昔日恋人的手上，然后看着他们甜蜜地亲吻着。蜻蜓流下了
伤心的泪水。上帝叹息着：“你后悔了吗？”蜻蜓擦干了眼泪：“没有！”上帝又带着一丝愉悦说：
“那么，明天你就可以变回你自己了。”蜻蜓摇了摇头：“就让我做一辈子蜻蜓吧……” 有些缘分是注定要失去的，有些缘分是永远不会有好结果的。爱一个人不一定要拥有，
但拥有一个人就一定要好好去爱他。

在中国科学院研究生院工程硕士开学典礼上的演讲中所讲的4个故事

2007-07-01T03:41:00.000-07:00

"我想讲四个故事来结束我的发言。至于解读这些故事与科学工作者的关

联，那就请诸位年青的科技精英们见仁见智吧。

　　第一个故事发生在19世纪美国的Sacramento市。那里是加利福尼亚州的首都，是淘金热的中心，也是华人聚居的地方，有很多华人到那里去淘金。那里有一条大河，叫三 acramento River，河上有桥。一天，满清政府有位领事，是一位武官，正在过桥。他身后有两个美国农民，或者美国矿工，也在过桥。两人看着这个中国官员穿着满清花花绿绿的官服，脑后拖着长辫子，很好玩，打赌这个中国外交官会不会游泳。于是两人一使劲，就把这位官员扔进了Sacramento 河。他不会游泳，淹死了。然后，什么也没有发生，也不会发生什么，就像这件事从来不曾发生一样。那个时候，中国人并不认同 "中国"。

　　第二个故事发生在1900年。八国联军只有两万个士兵，却打败了中国军队，占领了北京城，太后逃到西安去了。结果是，中国赔款四亿五千万两白银。这个数字是按照当时中国户部的人口统计得来的，也就是中国人不分男女老幼，一人赔一两白银。这笔钱折合成八国各自的货币支付。八国之中，美国 "损失"（出力）较小，仅分得赔款中的7.3% ，即四亿五千万两中的三千三百万两，估算为美元两千四百五十万元。后来，美国政府方面承认，其半数赔偿要求属于"虚报"，故将该款之近半，即一千二百万美元，交还中国，条件是用于兴办西学。那时的一千二百万美元是很值钱的。今天在美国买栋房子要五十万；那时候，只要几百元。 1867年，美国仅支付了七百二十万美元就从俄国买下了阿拉斯加。国会当时还嫌贵，差点就否决了。四亿五千万两白银能买多少个阿拉斯加？能买4000个。阿拉斯加比整个中国东北还大，是美国最大的黄金、石油、和鱼产品生产基地。庚款自1902年起付，38 年后的1940年付清，其间年利率为4％，总共支付了将近十亿两。在1900年之前，中国刚刚赔完日本，是甲午中日战争的赔款，两亿两白银，价值20个阿拉斯加。到了这个时候，中国人想不认同中国也难。

　　第三个故事大家都熟悉。1900年八国联军入侵之后半个世纪，到1950年，我国人口依然是四亿五千万，但是把美国军队从鸭绿江边打回到 "三八线"了。这是中国自 1840年以来打赢的第一场对外战争，而且是对世界上最强大的国家作战，而且是在外国的领土上作战。那是中华民族崛起的最明显标志。为了别人能平等地对待自己的民族，为了一份尊严，这就是像任新民院士那样的科技精英们回归祖国的理由。

　　第四个，也是我要讲的最后一个故事。有一位国民党将领，从大陆败退到台湾后，因为是败军之将，不被重用了。上个世纪六十年代，他辞职去了南非，做点小生意过日子。那时南非与台湾关系密切，都自称是反共的坚强堡垒。与美国一样，那时候的南非还奉行种族隔离政策，比美国还严格。黄种人是有色人种，在公共汽车上必须坐后排座，前排的座位属于白种人。四十年前， 1964年10月17日，这位先生乘公共汽车，上车后他习惯地往车后面走。司机对他说，你可以坐前排了，不用去后面了。老先生非常诧异，说：" 我是中国人。"司机说，"我知道，我看出来了。"老先生说，"那，我不就应该坐在后面？"司机说，"难道你没看今天的报纸？昨天中国爆炸了原子弹。能造出原子弹的民族当然是优等民族。从今天起，中国人都可以坐前排座。 "老先生一下子就愣住了。过了一会儿，他泪流满面地说，"这车我不坐了，我下车走路。"红色中国为他挣来了前排座，挣来了一个民族整体的尊严，却永远断绝了他跟着蒋介石反攻回到大陆的希望，也就永远断绝了他回归故乡的希望？？至少在那个时候他是这样理解的。

　　是啊，认同祖国不是件简单容易的事情，那里面掺杂着无数个人的恩恩怨怨，爱恨情仇，委屈与失望。是啊，家很丑陋，但那是我们自己的家。"

Six Flags Great Adverture Trip on May 17

2007-05-17T19:35:00.000-07:00

As one of the Honors College students of Polytechnic University, I have had the honor of earning a free trip to Six Flags today along with other students. I left my house early this morning to catch the tour bus scheduled to depart at 7:30AM, grabbed couple of red bean paste bun and a Japanese tea drink near my house for breakfast. After over one hour of boring ride on the bus, we arrived at Six Flags. Alongside with me were Jason (co-writer of this blogger), Madean and shy Maydur.

The group of four under my suggestion first took on a rode on Twister to warm up; Jason and Maydur were a bit shy of the rides so I wanted them to get used to the thrill before advance to wild ones. Dated from a year back was when I first rode this Twister thing, I felt a little rusted and my palm sweat a little during the ride, but it was fun to kick off the destined wild day. Arriving at a park early gave you an advantage of having less crowd to wait for popular rides, in fact, there was no waiting after we kissed goodbye to Twister and moved to the Great American Scream Machine; we boarded onto the cart; the ride lasted for about only 30 seconds in a terrifying speed and twisting on the edges of the track similar to the others we had later in the day. The one that twisted the worst I thought was Medusa, and my head hurt when it bumped the seat behind my head!

Four of us hung around the park all day and rode about 5 rides, both wild and mild ones, later in the afternoon we went to riverside and sat down to relax there before a Tiger Show at 3PM. The old lady at the gate of the show was a pain in the ass, me and Maydur got locked out because we arrived at 2:58PM, she pissed me off and perhaps it was the worst part of the trip. Forgive her now, maybe she was just doing her work in the right way! Anyhow, we had fun at the park maybe not Jason (ask him why yourself), he did however invite Madean and I to have a dinner at XO Cafe (one of my fav.) off Canal St. in Chinatown, thank him again here. Below is a little of my afterthoughts summarized today's adventure.

Honestly, it was my first time to be on wild rides and I was lying if I told anyone I wasn't scared at all at the beginning. Of course I was scared just like anyone else in the rides! But I came to the park today with a determination to challenge against my mental weakness; I was always afraid of riding roller coasters because my parents would worry bad things could happen and they thought I wasn’t capable of doing these things, now, realizing that I was able to face the challenge on rides and realized I actually do have the ability to do things I probably never aware of doing in my life made me feel great!

The rides to me were like obstacles in reality, because our mind tend to absorb opinions from others that scare us, we are often trapped in a maze filled with unrealistic comments and misleading directions. To find the path, no one is more reliable than us, simply judge yourself without experimenting anything is what a loser would do, and these people never succeed in their lives. I overcame the “wild rides” in my maze, have you done it? Follow your own torch that leads to the gate of bright future, come on take the rides!

Kingda Ka - The tallest 456 ft tall and fastest at a speed over 128 mph roller coaster in the world today! I missed it today due to mechanical problem and long line but promise will overcome you in the near future!

Before Stepping into Sophomore Year

2007-05-15T11:36:00.000-07:00

Wow, it is quite amazing that time runs as fast as the speed of light! Now, I have finished my freshman year and gonna be a sophomore.
Before stepping into sophomore year, I want to share some of my freshman experience with you guys.
1. Don't believe you know anything and will do well when you take a course that is familiar to you. I know many guys who am quite good at math and they are quite sure that they will get A in that course. However, they never go to math classes and are quite lazy to do the homework. What happen to them at the end of the semester? None of them get A in that course. Therefore, we can not be overly self-confident all the time. We need to finish our jobs steps by steps.
2. Don't be afraid of the changes. At the end of the first semester, I decided to change my major from BMS to CBE. Before I changed my major, I was quite ambiguous on whether to change my major or not because I was quite afraid of the changes at the time. However, I changed at last (I don't want to expand to talk about what motivated me to transcend the fear of the change). After I changed my major, it turned out that the change brought me a lot of advantages, such as the eg course which helped me improve my public communications. Changes may not be a bad thing. Try to put your fear away and accept the changes.
3. Don't always focus on the study, go around to enjoy the other cultures of America, or even find a internship to get some experience for your social life.
4. Don't always consider you are the best in the world. Whatever honor awards you have gotten, you are still just a common people! Whatever deep divide lies besides you and others, you better use tolerance to patch the divide.

"My Freshman Year" by Mr Robert X.

2007-05-14T19:34:00.000-07:00

I am so glad to invite one of my best friends, Mr Robert X. , to talk about his experience in freshman year of the college.

"I have been a college student for a year, and the freshman year becomes one of my histories now. Within the freshman year, I have learned and suffered a lot. However, it is true that “no pain no gain”. Now, let me describe the “ordeal” in this unforgettable year.

At the beginning of the first semester, I endured a lot of suffering. Before I entered college, a lot of people had told me that college life would be either horrible or excited. When I looked around those sitting next to me, all of them were not from my country. Thus, we didn’t have a common language at the very beginning. It made me feel uncomfortable. Nevertheless, I tried to make friends with them actively because I was a gentleman. Maybe it was fated. All people, who were sitting around me, were ladies. In this case, I had to talk with these females. When I managed to get along with them, I found how delighted to come across them in this class and how lucky I was. Many of them were so nice that they solaced me as I was vacant and vexed. Especially, when I was looking at my paper which my professor had made a lot of corrections, all of them came to me and encouraged me to make progress. They told me how to write the essay better, pointing out my disadvantages. With their help, I felt confident when I wrote an essay, and when I review my paper, I felt proud of myself because those mistakes I made become lese and less. My professor also congratulated to me. She said that how surprised that she saw me making such a great and rapid progress. Honestly speaking, I should be graceful to those ABC since they offered a lot of help to me. For example, when the second semester began in January, I needed to buy a lot of books. Looking at the price of the books in bookstore, I found out that they were quite expensive. However, I had no choices and had to buy them. At that time, those ABC came to me and gave me some books I need. With their sponsor, I saved $200 at least. I felt that I was so lucky that I made friends with these nice ladies.

I met them everyday and had lunch with them. We usually talked about something interesting in our class. Of course, we also had a lot of problems. When we couldn’t solve our problems alone, we always sat together and tried to find a way to solve our problems. As we know, different people have different advantages. We confronted those difficulties and beat them. After suffering from the vexation, we usually took a walk in the facility, the Brooklyn Bridge, or went to beach. How comfortable that we intake fresh air. We felt very relaxed and our brain was very clear. However, though there were so many nice girls around me, I believe college students should not fall in love so early. Love can damage our bright future. If we look for a girlfriend, we begin to go dating everyday and ignore our class. This kind of relationship can be poison. Day after day, you will burn your future. In this case, we better still focus on our homework instead of falling love with others.

In a word, college students should make true friends. Plus, falling in love can be a challenge because we must manage our time. If we did not manage our time well, it means that we disaster our future. Hence, college students don’t hesitant to fall in love when you meet your lover. In college, what you need to do is to just study hard and build a good relationship with other people."

(The article is just the writer's opinion, it is not related to the position of this blog.)

A Relief

2007-05-09T21:05:00.000-07:00

Hooray! Finished all my finals today. All the semester's tensions are now vanished; now, just sit back and relax for a moment, we all deserve to have a break after exams, especially after putting much efforts into our classes. It is great to end the semester in the cozy weather mother-nature is offering in mid-spring! So, as part of the plan for the break, me and Jason were planning to drop-by at LESP on this Friday, to reunite with teachers and friends from our alma mater. Surely, it will be a nice little trip to go back to the place where we have started at before embarked on this journey. See you Friday!

EG1004 Lab Report

2007-01-28T20:25:00.000-08:00

A while back, Jason wanted me to post an article for prospective EG1004 students. So here is the post break down into 3 parts on how to write a report based on my personal experiences in writing last semester, apologize for this long wait to Jason.

1. Technical Content: Normally, a report is graded by one TA and one WC depending upon the section. The technical content part acts as question and answer part, what it means is that every question addressed on each particular lab's manual (egmanual.poly.edu) need to be answered in the report. Plus other informations that count toward the final grade: graphs, charts, data, etc. This copy is graded by your TA.

2. Punctuncation: This part belongs to the WC's hands, mainly I lost lots of points because of the missing "the" on my papers. One trick thing about lab reports is that everytime you write about the experiment performed, you need to include a "the" to make specific reference to the things you made or used in lab such as your team ballon, mousetrap car...etc. Please remember to include the "the" on your paper to avoid points reduction. WC also looks for grammar usage in the paper like an English teacher does, but since it's a lab report paper, for as long as you have covered every major step you did in lab using smooth sentence structures, WC will give you good grades.

3. Submit your report on time: Late report submission reduces 10/20 points off the paper, for the sake of points and ultimately your grade, submit your paper early on eg.poly.edu.

Awakening from Math

2007-01-07T20:42:00.000-08:00

Today, my Poly friend Raymond asked me a math question which made me so confused. At first,because I felt I did well in math, my confidence made me think i could slove this problem easily without any troubles. However, it took me a long time to think and i failed to get the solution. After this, I realise that though I may own this knowledge today, but it does not mean I will still have this knowledge again in my brain. Thus, do not let your confidence lead you to the wrong direction. Be honest to the truth and yourself.

January's Discussion Board

2007-01-03T16:05:00.000-08:00

"Let's think about how to get used to the college life!"

Announcement - Discussion Board

2007-01-03T15:59:00.000-08:00

We are going to set up discussion board for all of our readers. We will present certain question for every month. We expect all the readers can share their opinions freely by comments.
Thank you very much!

Announcement - About Comments

2007-01-02T13:30:00.000-08:00

To Anyone who concerns,
Dear readers of our blogs, if you want to leave comments. Please some comments that are very close to the content of the blog. We do not want to see nonsense comments.
Thank you very much!

College's long vacation

2006-12-28T20:20:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah! The first semester at Poly came to an end so fast that I realized the true meaning of "How times flies".
Now, here follows one month long vacation. It is time to relax, right? Absolutely right! After studying so hard for three months, I should try to relax a little bit. Playing games such maplestory(online game) and Kingdom hearts I & II (PS2) are good choices. However, games are not the best way to relax because they took you so much time to play and are not good for your brain and eyes if you keep playing for a long time. To me, I will try to do some sports to keep healthy. Sports can help you develop not only your body, but also your acuity.
Vacation does not only mean the relaxation, but also includes good time to learn new stuffs. During vacation, you can have a lot of free time to learn new subjects, making you ahead of many other students. As a result, you will study more smoothly in up coming semester. You can also try to look for some part-time jobs or intership, shortening the distance between the real society and yourself. So, you can feel much easier to be on your position in the future.
In a word, do what you like to do in college's long vacation, but make sure the thing you do today must be useful to what you will do in the future!
Good luck to all of you guys!

Polytechnic University Scholarships

2006-12-28T18:56:00.000-08:00

This post is for students who are interested in applying for an admission to go to Poly.

Poly's Available Scholarships:
1. Dean's Partial Scholarship: Most common one of all, more or less the university will grant you some funds to reduce the burden of high cost tuition fees. The funds will be determined depending upon your high school grades or GPA.

2. Honors College Program: To be honest, I am not sure how many high school students will be able to make it right after their high school graduation. But this isn't all that hard and scary to get in once Poly has accepted you. A minimum of 3.5 GPA is required with good standing in classes, and two recommendation letters from different Prof. are needed for an application. In one word, this is the best way to go to Poly for free as this program will not only pay for your tuition bill, it will also offer an valuable opportunity for students to earn a possible MS degree in as little as 4 years.
3. Other Scholarships: Please see Poly brochure for more information.

How to do well in college?

2006-12-25T18:50:00.000-08:00

Last Friday, when I went back to LESP and had a visit on my dear teachers, Henry asked me an important question which made me deep into thinking. He said many LESP students did not complete the 4 years college because they thought there were too much tasks and high pressure in college, they could not bear them any more. So, he asked me honestly:" Well, you did so well at Poly. Can you share some experiences on how to do well in college?"

Henry did give me a tough question which was much harder to answer than my biology final. Anyway, I will try my best to give a proper opinion to this question.
In my opinion, firstly,as a college student, I know that though I can be as free as a bird flying high from the ground, I still need to control the idleness hidden in my heart. If the idleness is out of control, I may keep playing maplestory and hate to read the thick college books.

Secondly, if I meet some difficulties that may drive me crazy, I will try to relax and talk with my best friends and professors at Poly. After releasing the negative aspects out of the brain, I will feel much comfortable and filled with drive again.

Thirdly, I must examine myself at least every week. With the help of examination, I know more about myself. For example, I did not do so well in biology this semester. At first, I complained the professor taught too fast. However, after the deep attack of the third biology exam, I realized that I did not put enough time on reading the biology book. I was just scared to read the thick biology book.

Forthly, I need to double check what I am doing now and figure on what I will do in future. That is because what I am doing now will have unbreakable link with what I will do in future. Do well now, make better preparations for the future.

At last, do not try to compare with others unless you are a genius. Focusing on comparing with others just reduces your combativity.

However, GPA does not represent for everything. Except the study, I still have so many things to learn my Polymates, such as how to be a good person with honest character, how to improve the ability of communication and how to think outside the box.

Computer Science Notes Collection on C++

2006-12-22T22:19:00.000-08:00

I happened to have a 20-page personally edited draft of notes deal with C++ programming language, for those of you are interested in getting one copy and think that you might need it in your uncoming college courses. Please let me know. Email me at jimmyli2001@msn.com.

P.S. - Most likely, all Engineering courses of any kind will need to take C++ if I am not mistaken, so just let you know and Computer Science will definitely be taking C++ for a while.

Where would you be without friends?

2006-12-22T21:30:00.000-08:00

The Christmas Party hosted by CCC from LESP tonight was a blast in my night, I met HuiQing back from Union and of course my fellow schoolmate Jason was also in the house, to my surprise even the little cuttie Sirandy came back too, wow she still looked cute, and Charles, Lance, Ken, Xia, Liu Jian, Richard and more; all those potential grads students from my home school, forgot to mention some new faces I saw; I had no idea who they were but anyway, I am proud of you all and hoping you will make it to your dream school. It is always good to see your old fellas back in high school after you graduated, and taught them some of the experience of college life. Besides all that, the fun part is that they were willing to ask you advice and suggestions to prepare themselves better for college, I was glad and felt deeply appreciated when they listened to me, I hoped all my informations will help them in the journey of college. Again, I enjoyed this night's fun with them, all the hard work of the semester was over now and I finally had some time to kick off the tension in my brain and my body, felt like the semester made me super old. Thinking about a while back in Florida, where I virtually didn't have any close friends due to my difficulties of socializing with diversed cultures. I am happy to have LESP as my home school in America and made friends with you guys. Indeed, friends are important in any aspects of life, whether in college or in your future life, I will not make a speech on that topic here in my blog to bore you guys, I will leave it up for you to understand and learn it. As a ending I want you all to understand why I am posting this blog. For the very simple reason: you guys are the best! Follow your belief that you will succeed and your personal interest to pick a major rather than the green paper values that attract your hype, really doing something you like is better than making more money!

Where would you be without friends?
Sitting in a corner of a lunch table, thinking about how terrible your life has been in your not so old and not so matured mind. Shy away from crowds and unwilling to speak in class nor ask questions. What a dull life is that?

Let me know if there is more activities going on with LESP later and do not hestitate to IM me either on MSN or QQ regarding to any problems that I would be able to help with! Thank you very much.

College's Best Kept "Secrets"

2006-12-02T22:14:00.000-08:00

In college, something is known to the public like the tuition fees, but how much UNKNOWN secrets do you know? Here I will expose some of them.

1.Government Funds, namely FAFSA & TAP for NY Residents:
The funds would not be disbursed into your account unless otherwise your school confirmed so, consult with your financial advisor to make sure that the proper funds were DISBURSED.
WHY? Sometimes your might be selected to go through a verification process by your school, even after the government had granted you the funds prior to your attendance. In this case, you would need to submit adequate proof to your school in order to receive funds, and MOST likely your school would not notify you, so it is really up to you to speak with your advisor. Do this at your convinient when you pay the bills. Don't wait until the end of semester to panic, you don't want to pay more bills with late fees.

2.Grades Dispute:
Having an disagreement with your grades from tests? Don't wait, walk up to your Prof. as soon as they are available.
WHY? Usually Prof. of large classes tend to make mistakes on your papers, though most of times are unintentional mistakes, these grades will hurt you more or less and it is a 100% guarantee you don't want that happen. So, pay close attention on your grades and talk to your Prof. if neccessary. Let's suppose in a math test, if you made a mistake and already caused an incorrect answer in the question but the follow-up steps were correct, you would still get credit for it but ONLY if you point it out to your Prof.

3. Big One:
Let's suppose at the end of the term, you average is very close to an A but a little short from it at A-, what would you do? Go speak to your Prof. about the A you are getting!
WHY?Okay, rumors are Prof. don't care about your grades, true enough if they don't recognize you much in most cases! But look at the bright side, they pay sympthy to your grades on a crack between two letter grades difference. Remember an A counts for a 4.0 GPA and A- is only 3.7 GPA, so it is a good reason for you to get 4.0 instead of 3.7; more scholarships and better-looking transcripts!

RTGS

2006-11-28T18:07:00.000-08:00

Railroad Train Guidance System

2006-11-28T17:32:00.000-08:00

As promised a while back, these are the video clips that were taken today to show how our train system is operated under the Boolean Logic Equation that we made. Watch the video clip carefully you will notice the train would never ever hit the plastics on track. Below are two clips.

Courtesy of Quoteland.com

2006-11-27T16:32:00.000-08:00

The trouble with so many of us is that we underestimate the power of simplicity.
We have a tendency it seems to over complicate our lives and forget what's
important and what's not. We tend to mistake movement for achievement. We tend
to focus on activities instead of results. And as the pace of life continues to
race along in the outside world, we forget that we have the power to control our
lives regardless of what's going on outside.

  - Robert Stuberg

Wonderful Problem (Chinese Version)

2006-11-19T07:21:00.000-08:00

If you can answer this problem in 5 minutes, it means that you will be to master polythinking.
"村子中有50个人，每人有一条狗。在这50条狗中有病狗（这种病不会传染）。
于是人们就要找出病狗。
每个人可以观察其他的49条狗，以判断它们是否生病，只有自己的狗不能看。观察后得到的结果不得交流，也不能通知病狗的主人。
主人一旦推算出自己家的是病狗就要枪毙自己的狗，而且每个人只有权利枪毙自己的狗，没有权利打死其他人的狗。
第一天，第二天都没有枪响。
到了第三天传来一阵枪声，问有几条病狗，如何推算得出?"

Courtesy of Quoteland.com

2006-11-14T08:09:00.001-08:00

"Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops ofblood form on your forehead."

- Gene Fowler

Big Essay in Alph Edwards English Class

2006-11-12T12:36:00.001-08:00

He Qiu Zheng

Prof Edwards

EN 1034, Section C

October 2, 2006

Civilization and People in the Society

Looking back to the long path of our human history, we can see that our great ancestors created many wonderful civilizations. We feel astonished and proud of our ancestors. However, it is not the time for us to do that right now. Now, we need to think deeply about this question: How do civilization and people in society influence each other?

Reading the great psychologist Sigmund Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents, we will learn more about this issue. In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud said: “We recognize as cultural all activities and resources which are useful to men for making the earth serviceable to them, for protecting them against the violence of the forces of nature, and so on" (42). The quote means with the help of their wisdom, humans made themselves more suitable to live on the earth. They could protect themselves from the damages of nature. In addition, Freud said:” With every tool man is perfecting his own organs, whether motor or sensory, or is removing the limits to their functioning" (43). As humans got used to the surroundings where they lived, they began to build up more and more things that could improve their lives. Gradually, civilization was set up.

However, not everyone will be satisfied with the civilization of the society they live in. In Civilization and Its Discontents Freud stated: “The liberty of [the] individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it. The development of civilization imposes restrictions on it, and justice demands that no one shall escape those restrictions” (49). What Freud said indicates that the civilization is the common wealth for the majority of the whole society. If anyone goes against the civilization due to the desire for the liberty of individual, he or she is about to be punished by the restrictions which are made by the civilization. At this time, the minority in the society who goes against the civilization may separate into two groups: loyalists and rebels. The loyalists may have to suffer the force which is in opposition to the individual’s wishes and rights. However, “the urge for freedom, therefore, is directed against particular forms and demands of civilization or against civilization altogether” (50). The rebels will keep on their struggles no matter how the society suppresses them. As the struggles enlarge, more and more people in the society join in the struggle. At last, the strong group of the rebels may pull down the former civilization and build up a new one. That is how one civilization subrogates the other civilization.

One the other hand, we can get a similar idea to Freud’s Civilization and Its Discontents from Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound. In Prometheus Bound, without fear of the dangers of stealing it, Prometheus brought mankind fire to lead mankind a bright future. After his stealing fire, Prometheus was nailed to a cliff as penalty by Zeus. From here, we can see that Prometheus is acting as the rebel against the civilization created by Zeus. As he went against the restrictions of Zeus’ civilization, Prometheus was punished. However, no matter how the God of the River Oceanos, who was afraid of Zeus, advised him to yield to Zeus, Prometheus insisted that "I shall drain myself till the high mind of Zeus shall cease from anger" (377-378). As a rebel, Prometheus still kept his will, which was to bring liberty and a bright future to mankind; he kept on his struggle against Zeus. Prometheus was not struggling by himself. The Oceanids, who are the daughters of Oceanos, gave great support to Prometheus. On hearing of the affliction of Prometheus, the Oceanids blamed Zeus's violence. Though their father, Oceanos, came to persuade Prometheus to change his mind, the Oceanids still stood on the side of Prometheus rather their father. The Oceanids kept on searching for the truth with their eyes and ears, listening to the whine of Io, blaming the arrogance of Hermes. At last, without any fear or regret, the Oceanids fell deep into the underground abyss with Prometheus. Why did Prometheus and the Oceanids go against Zeus? No need to say, it was all due to the irrational force from the Zeus’ civilization. The restrictions of Zeus’ civilization went against truth and justice. They needed to struggle for truth and justice. Now, we can see that if the development of civilization goes against the original will of the people, it will lead more and more people to feel unpleasant about the society and stand up to go against the society and civilization.

In a word, though the people create the civilization, the restrictions of civilization will suppress the liberty of the individuals. However, if the development of the civilization separates farther and farther from the will of people, the civilization will become unstable and easily fall down.

Computer Science VS Computer Engineering

2006-11-12T01:09:00.000-08:00

Similarity:

Both majors interact a lot with computer technology, keep up with the latest computer trend.

Difference:

Computer Science is pure software programming, while Computer Engineering programs and also make magical happens in your hands!

Pros:

Computer Science is very interesting to learn, once you master one single programming language your life won't disappoint you anymore; as a Computer Engineer, you not need to worry about job opportunity, with both versatility in programming and engineering, its very easy for you to learn other engineering professions quick and fast.

Cons:

Computer Science is bored in a way if you can't memorized all the different codes in different programming languages and your career is only limited to computer industries programming all day long in front of a computer; although Computer Engineering is more versatile than Computer Science, it is hard to master both programming and engineering at the same time as your advance onto higher level classes(considerd my P.S. notes below), and worst of all you might end up learning nothing at all.

7 Important Experiences from Poly by Jason Zheng

2006-11-11T18:02:00.000-08:00

Experience One: Be Proud of Yourself
In college, no one will like to be proud of you until you give benefits to them. So, why not feel proud of yourself?

Experience Two: Be predential to all your work
I remember what my English Professor Alph Edwards said in English class: "Try to image ten years later, when you write a report to your boss, if you want to show your preciseness, the interpunctions will tell everything."

Experience Three: Be good at communion
College is an inspissation of the whole society. If you are good at communion, you can gain a lot of good results.

Experience Four: Be active to make friends
Friends are not esay to make in college. However, keep your bravery and activity to chat with the people next to you. Later, he or she will become your reliant friend.

Experience Five: Be aware of your grammer mistake
My grammer mistakes often lower my English paper's grade. So, before you start writing an essay or a report, make sure that tell yourself pervent the grammer mistakes.

Experience Six: Be in balance
Though college gives you a lot of tasks, you still need to do some sports or join some ativities for the balance of life.

Experience Seven: Be sure who you are
Try to think where you are standing and which direction you are going to. If you find you are in the wrong direction, no need to feel depressed, just change your path at once.

Here is not an advertisement, but Polythinking

2006-11-11T12:48:00.000-08:00