hold on

今天最重要的事情竟然忘记写上来了！今天到了CSSE的满是x-terminal的lab做了account activation，如果不写出来今天晚上我会睡不着的。

每个CSSE student都会有一个本系的account，也就是在Solaris服务器下的一个normal user而已，可以利用lab里的terminal连接服务器并使用Solaris的X环境。得到这个account还可以在ICT的lab里login，同时还附带一个本系suffix的email address。

好处多多，但这不是最主要的。今天特别兴奋，第一次接触到了传说中的x-terminal，并第一次使用了学校的solaris系统，在gnome下用netscape看了自己的课表。很是激动唉，虽然自己用linux已经四年，但还是无法掩饰激动的心情！美中不足的是，破终端居然使用1280*1024的分辨率，屏幕一闪一闪的，看了一会儿把眼都弄疼了:(。

不管怎样，今天跟传说又近了一步，终于有机会能开始亲自体验unix history里面介绍的那种感觉了;)。

开学第一天

听小祁说开学第一星期tutorial都不用上的，原本准备中午上完课就回来了，没准备午饭。结果Academic English居然有两节tutorial要上。。。空着肚子拖到三点下课。然后跑到bookshop去买textbooks。Oh my! 用cash可以有10% discount。但身上只有几十块钱，NND玩我，等明天cash out再过来吧。

回到家准备自己cook点东西，于是把买了N天的电饭煲拆封，拿出instruction刚看了两眼就被周公拉到了身后软软的床上了。唉谁让我昨天打电话打到两点，为了开学第一天不迟到我早上七点多就起来了，再加上没吃午饭，可想而知。。。

晚餐还是挺丰富的，蒸了rice小祁还搞出三个菜来，唉刚来的跟来了几年的就是不一样啊。虽然菜味道不咋样（看了了别打我~~），但至少能溱出一桌子菜，这算是我来这里在家吃的最丰盛的一次了！值得纪念;)。

明天只有一节Digital System，今天晚上。。。嘿嘿，放松一下！

生活，理应如此

不愿意
再去为一些没有意义的事情锯木屑

也不愿意
再去做无谓的付出

人生本就一次
如果你不想
何必再去强求

如果事实证明我错了
我不会后悔
我会去追求新的生活

a good day

Hey how you guys doing? I haven't gotten in touch with some of you for quite a long time, I think. It's only about 2 weeks though.

I'm currently in the comp lab on campus and PCs and MACs here don't have Chinese support with them so if you know a little bit English, it wouldn't be tough to read it through.

I joined in a faculty barbecue this afternoon and got really full. And before that, I attended a transition program which was run by our faculty. It was very interesting cos the host ran a race and required every students in the theatre to be involved in. We were divided into groups with up to six members in each group and were asked to go to ten places around the campus and have our "passport" validated which was just a answer sheet. If and only if we got to the place could we answer the questions for each place and thus got it validated. Unfortunately we lost the game 'cause we had a girl in our group and guys left the girl behind and you know, the game required everyone's absolute engagement. So we lost it, but it was really fun. We fresh students got familiar with the facilities and buildings on campus and made many friends when we were doing it. The results didn't make any sense but $100 discount if you wanna by textbooks in the bookstore on campus. Haha!

I'm not fluent in English so if someone wants to complain about the mistakes that I made in the process of writing, it'd be appreciated.

Think you must had a lot of fun during your winter recess. Tell me about it, 'cause sharing your experience makes much more fun.;)

柏拉图的爱

有一天，柏拉图问老师苏格拉底什么是爱情？老师就让他先到到麦田里去，摘一棵全麦田里最大最金黄的麦穗来，期间只能摘一次，并且只可向前走，不能回头。柏拉图于是按照老师说的去做了。结果他两手空空的走出了田地。老师问他为什么摘不到？他说：因为只能摘一次，又不能走回头路，期间即使见到最大最金黄的，因为不知前面是否有更好的，所以没有摘；走到前面时，又发决总不及之前见到的好，原来最大最金黄的麦穗早已错过了；于是我什么也没摘。老师说：这就是“爱情”

之后又有一天，柏拉图问他的老师什么是婚姻，他的老师就叫他先到树林里，砍下一棵全树林最大最茂盛、最适合放在家作圣诞树的树。其间同样只能砍一次，以及同样只可以向前走，不能回头。柏拉图于是照着老师的说话做。今次，他带了一棵普普通通，不是很茂盛，亦不算太差的树回来。老师问他，怎么带这棵普普通通的树回来，他说：“有了上一次经验，当我走到大半路程还两手空空时，看到这棵树也不太差，便砍下来，免得错过了后，最后又什么也带不出来。”老师说：“这就是婚姻！”

人生就正如穿越麦田和树林，只走一次，不能回头。要找到属于自己最好的麦穗和大树，必须要有莫大的勇气和付出相当的努力。