The graduate director is inviting grad students to his house this evening. Having dinner together and chatting with the short-term visitor, Jeff Smith, a former faculty member here, should be fun. However, I have to pass up this invitation since I need to teach a Taichi class every Thursday evening. I have taught this class since 2007. As a teacher, I have my commitment to students. I feel it's right to keep the class schedule and give up some personal time.

However, sometimes I feel that as a teacher, I don't have as much freedom as my students. My class is free, so those students don't have any financial incentive to keep up with the class schedule and they don't have to worry about wasting their money if they miss the classes. They just come when they want, even without any prior notification. Or sometimes they leave early in the mid of the class due to some other stuff.

Many times I imagine that one night with heavy snow and blowing wind, I trudge several miles to the teaching place and find nobody there. Fortunately it has never happened. Only once I got just one student. I was really happy that I didn't have to practice alone that night.

Overall, I feel that teaching requires more self-discipline than learning as a student. Being a good teacher is not easy, even in a Taichi class.

     

I was deeply touched by this movie.

昨晚终于忍不住看了Twilight，基于书本的畅销程度，对电影还是非常期待的。看了之后感觉基本忠实于原著，没有进行过分的改编。某些镜头还是非常激动人心的，可惜的是制作方一开始对影片的定位就是一个小成本电影，所以投资有限，要是能把特技做得再好一些就好了。

其中男女主人公到森林里摊牌的那场戏让我觉得有点搞笑，主要是对白没有什么过渡，显得挺生硬的。我觉得里面男主角的父亲（那个医生）最酷。看完后迫切期待第二部的到来。

China's exports have skyrocketed since the "open-up" policy and its huge trade surplus has often been a catalyst for trade conflicts, in particular, between the U.S./EU and China. However, China's trade surplus comes mainly from trade in goods.  If we look at payments due to technology transfer, for instance, royalties and license fees, China is still a net importer of trade in ideas up to 2005 (I haven't checked the latest data yet).

A good message is that among all emerging economies, say, BRIC, China is the best player in the field of trade in ideas. I expect to see when China can become a net exporter of technologies

 

By Xin QiJi

(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)

While young,I knew no grief I could not bear,
I'd like to go upstair.
I'd like to go upstair
To write new verses,with a false despair.

I know what grief is now that I am old.
I would not have it told.
I would not have it told
But only say I'm glad that autumn's cold.

还是用中文更显意境啊

放在走廊的角落里，找了一个可以晒到阳光的位置。透过玻璃窗，下午的日光暖暖的照进来，我真希望自己也能变成一颗小仙人球在那里懒洋洋的晒晒太阳。可惜我只能回到我的没有窗户的办公室，在日光灯下工作，把我的仙人球留在外面，替我享受阳光。

大体来说，这边的建筑总有一边的办公室全朝北开，即使有窗户，有的办公室也终年不见阳光。

希望我的下一个办公室有可以洒进阳光的窗户：）

不知不觉间，我已经是系里的senior student了。时间过的真快呀。于是这个暑假要开始当老师了，正式作为Instructor （以前给老师临时代几堂课的那种不算），终于比TA升了一个档次：）课程是international finance，是我喜欢的领域。教学时间是五、六月份，学生一般是二、三年级的本科生。到时候可能要向有正式教学经验的同学们多请教呵呵：）

某日在网上看到说仙人球或者仙人掌可以吸收电脑辐射（也不知道真的假的，但反正也没啥坏处），于是特意跑去买了两小盆。一盆放办公室桌上，一盆放家里电脑旁。希望真的能够帮助我少受一点电脑辐射的祸害。为此，不得不专门买了一袋仙人球专用的土，装完两盆后还剩一大袋，土黑黢黢的，看起来很肥沃。如果有谁也买了仙人掌/球就不用再买土了，可以到我这里来拿。

只是有点担心，我这办公室照不到阳光，只能给它晒晒日光灯，但愿不要把它养死了。