崇拜

在网上看到邓亚萍获得英国剑桥大学经济学博士学位，忍不住要在这里表示一下对她的崇拜之情。想起了十几年前在球场上那个霸气十足，不可战胜的她。她走过的道路，都是那么成功。 她的顽强，她的执着，她的冠军之心，和她的DETERMINATION，深深地震撼了我。“我不比别人聪明，但我能管住自己。我一旦设定了目标，绝不轻易放弃。也许这就是我成功的一个经验吧。” 她的话，她的精神，会一直激励着我。

Girls' Date

YY 感恩节期间一个人独自驾着小跑车到访，我们姐妹俩痛快地来了把GIRLS' DATE. 逛MALL,冲浪，卡拉OK，互相做头发，化妆，还有在海边照美美照，嘻嘻，开心极了。在这里要特别感谢偶家哥哥的大力支持，一路任劳任怨地充当车夫，摄影师, 冲浪教练。 Thank you, Mr. wonderful!!!

这年头呀

两个星期内身边还真的发生了一些以前从没见过的事儿。

1. 有一天我在交通灯路口做实地考察（工作），有一个人开着一辆大卡车在红灯前停下来，看着在本子上写写画画作笔记的我，突然探出头来问了一个严重不招边际的问题，“你穿几号鞋？”。 我茫然，但还是回答了他。他接着问，“我有几双你可以穿的鞋，你想不想买？” 我顿时傻了，可是看他一脸虔诚的样子，我报以微笑客气地回答“No， thanks!"。他有些失望，这是交通灯已经变绿了，他踩着油门，还对我喊，“I really think they will look cute on you!"
2. 又一天早上坐在火车去上班的路上，一位穿着很白领的四十多岁的白人女士突然站起来，问车厢里的人，“Fifty thousand dollars wasn't that much of money last year, right? But five thousand dollars means a lot this year, isn't it?" 话音一落，立刻受到了几乎全车厢的人的热烈响应。
3. 接下来的某天中午和同事吃过午饭，从停车场会办公室的路上，一辆货车摇摇晃晃地停在我们前面，司机跳下车来，问我们买不买STEAK。我们还没来得及回答，司机已 经从车来抱出一个大箱子，从里面拿出很多品种的冷冻STEAK。起码有几十块。他很急切地用几乎颤抖的声音说，“I have a deal for you. I normally sell one box for $189, today, it's a special for you, you will get it for $135 only." 还说希望我们当即就买，他这个月的任务没完成，就差这一箱，卖不出去的话下午就会失业。 在我还恍恍惚惚地不敢相信这种在停车场卖牛肉的事情会发生时，善良仗义的C美眉同事已经决定了要买， 并当场进行了麻烦又周折的信用卡付帐，在此期间，连FEDEX的delivery truck都被堵住了去路， 无法在停车场掉头。回到办公室后，把故事将给众人听，C美眉的老板第一个跳出来说，他家小区时不时有类似的人卖牛肉， 而且也说要失业。我们不禁有些失望。不过C美眉还是很豪爽的说，没关系。我和另外一位同事打算和她合共同承担那箱牛肉，谁料C美眉说，这是给她叔叔的圣诞 节礼物。还说如果下次再遇上，我们可以一起买。 下次？ 我不解地问。C美眉镇定地说，他有我的电话，说不定下个月还会来找我们买呢。我们哈哈大笑。后来下班后去指定的仓库取牛肉，只见到那个伙计的老板和同事， 他们都对C说，"You really saved that guy!".
4. 昨天我去WELLS FARGO银行，把一部分存在CITI的储蓄转到WELL FARGO, 进行一下风险再分配什么的。其实也没有多少钱，可是却受到了贵宾级的待遇。平时WELLS FARGO的服务态度就非常让我满意，可是昨天还要比平时好几倍，让我'FEEL LIKE A QUEEN". 有点儿受宠若惊。今天MANAGER 还打了一个FOLLOW UP 的电话，问我是否一切都好，有什么疑问她可以解答？偶不禁窃喜一下， 果然应验了火车上那位白领女士的话呢。

如此看来，SAVING FOR A RAINING DAY 还是很有必要的。 希望大家都积极努力，渡过难关，有机会别忘了向偶公司的C同事学习，好好攒人品哦。

小媳妇的星期六

偶家的超极能量小子不幸感冒了，我们也只好把周末出去疯玩的传统暂时搁置，老老实实的呆在家里。偶趁此机会把攒了很久的家务作业恶补了一下。洗衣服，收拾厨房，擦洗浴室，打扫房间，还做了LALA牌清粥小菜爱心餐。晚上的时候，J同学感慨地说被感动了，还给今天起名为”小媳妇的星期六”。 嘻嘻，偶觉得颇有成就感呢， 心里美滋滋的。

秋之行

Pittsburgh 的秋天很美，好友的婚礼很感人。这个世界因为爱而美丽，爱让一切变得更加美丽。

Chase the Ocean

（借LE LE家的板摆个POSE，@,@)

Beach Fun

Zion National Park

我们的营地，公公婆婆，还有后面那个辛勤劳动的小背景是我

好朋友 －三个大学同学， 两个高中同学，多年后又重逢，并且一起结伴出游， 很开心呢

我们像kokopelli吗

看这两位练剑大仙

Bryce Canyon National Park

我们住的Indian Tipi, 挡住了夜里的大风和清晨的小雨，偶睡得很香呢

景色太美了， 尤其在雨雾中，大家都很HIGH哦

BRYCE CANYON 的飞天小猪

我和婆婆 － 布莱斯峡谷论剑

Two Great Stories

Two Great Stories - BOTH TRUE - and worth reading!

STORY NUMBER ONE

Many years ago, Al Capone virtually owned Chicago. Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged booze and prostitution to murder.

Capone had a lawyer nicknamed 'Easy Eddie.' He was his lawyer for a good reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal maneuvering kept Big Al out of jail for a long time.

To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. Not only was the money big, but also, Eddie got special dividends. For instance, he and his family occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of the conveniences of the day. The estate was so large that it filled an entire Chicago city block.

Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on around him. Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was withheld.

Price was no object. And, despite his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better man than he was. Yet, with all his wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give his son; he couldn't pass on a good name or a good example.

One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done. He decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about Al 'Scarface' Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew that the cost would be great!

So, he testified. Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago Street. But in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. Police removed from his pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a religious medallion, and a poem clipped from a magazine. The poem read:

The clock of life is wound but once,

And no man has the power

To tell just when the hands will stop

At late or early hour.

Now is the only time you own.

Live, love, toil with a will.

Place no faith in time.

For the clock may soon be still.

STORY NUMBER TWO

World War II produced many heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch O'Hare. He was a fighter pilot assigned to t he aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific. One day his entire squadron was sent on a mission. After he was airborne, he looked at his fuel gage and realized that some one had forgotten to top off his fuel tank. He would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to his ship. His flight leader told him to return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and headed back to the fleet.

As he was returning to the mother ship he saw something that turned his blood cold: a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding their way toward the American fleet. The American fighters were gone on a sortie, and the fleet w as all but defenseless. He couldn't reach his squadron on and bring them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he warn the fleet of the approaching danger.

There was only one thing to do. He must somehow divert them from the fleet. Laying aside all thoughts of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese planes. Wing-mounted 50 calibers blazed as he charged in, attacking one surprised enemy plane and then another. Butch wove in and out of the now broken formation and fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition was finally spent. Undaunted, he continued the assault. He dove at the planes, trying to clip a wing or tail in hopes of damaging as many enemy planes as possible and rendering them unfit to fly.

Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off in another direction. Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier. Upon arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his return. The film from the gun-camera mounted on his plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed five enemy aircraft.

This took place on February 20, 1942, and for that action Butch became the Navy's first Ace of W.W. II, and the first Naval Aviator to win the Congressional Medal of Honor.

A year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29.

His home town would not allow the memory of this WW II hero to fade, and today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is named in tribute to the courage of this great man. So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare International, give some thought to visiting Butch's memorial displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's located between Terminals 1 and 2.

SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH EACH OTHER?

Butch O'Hare was 'Easy Eddie's' son.

为奥运欢呼雀跃

终于迎来了奥运，心里有说不出的激动和喜悦。8月8号早上5点全家都起来看网上的直播，看到如此气势磅礴的，重现着中国五千年历史文明的开幕式，我感到无比的骄傲和自豪。中国加油！

（感谢COLBY同学为我们订购奥运衫，@,@)

樱桃姐妹

在离开ID前，和姐姐妹妹们去摘了一次樱桃。这可是偶的第一次摘樱桃的经历哦， 感觉好极啦。

樱桃还真不好摘呢。树儿太高，我们太矮， 踩了小板凳还是够不着。怎么办呢，嘻嘻，找了一个“龙头拐杖”来帮忙。

XC同学一边摘一边乐着吃， 看她美的。后来吃多了， 谎称自己“晕樱桃”。

多亏QR的帮助， 我才摘下一小串，乐滋滋呀。

樱桃姐妹们，来张合影吧

后记：
1 QR, XC和我三个人摘了四大桶。接下来的一周我每天的都以吃樱桃为主，还逢人就问要不要樱桃。 最后一小袋， 于搬家前连着柴米油盐一起送给了对门的美国邻居。
2 由于我们三个没带“家属”，在樱桃园里碰到的每个熟人都说，“呦， 三位女将来摘啊！ 老公哪儿去了？” 老公哪儿去了呢， 其中两位已经“叛逃”了M公司，到东岸和西岸去了，另外一个呢， 后来才知道他也在家里忙着“叛逃”的事儿呢。
3 XC同学摘到一半，突然“谎称”自己晕樱桃，后来去泰国餐馆吃大餐时， 又“谎称”自己晕泰国菜。后来才真相大白，原来她晕宝宝。嘿嘿，顺便祝贺一下。

Last Day of the Ski Season

没机会穿着我们的姚明队服去看休斯顿火箭队的比赛， 只好先穿着它滑雪过过瘾啦。嘻嘻

滑板小子和滑雪小妹

重心大转移

一直忙着滑雪， 连BLOG都荒废掉了哦， 嘻嘻， 惭愧。
在加州时满脑子都是工作，一下班就像大懒猫一样懒的动，睡觉还会梦到工作。
在这儿忙脑子都是玩，夏天下了班去漂流, 划小船, 冬天下了班去灯光雪场滑雪。。。睡觉做梦还是在疯玩。
一年下来，除了工作简历几乎用不着更新以外， 打网球，高尔夫球，滑雪等玩的运动都长进了不少. 人生从来都没这么丰富多采呢，从来没想过自己在玩这方面还有些培养前途呢。呵呵， 能量真的是守恒地呢。

自从进入雪季后，每天上班看滑雪场的网站成了必修课， 同事们争先恐后地汇报雪况。有一天， 两个小时车程以外的一个滑雪场一天下了14个英寸的雪， 一位同事很郁闷地说， 这么好的雪况， 我们应该去滑雪， 为什么还要上班啊。于是大家开始讨论是否可以找个去勘测去滑雪场的路的理由顺道去滑雪。此计划当然是未遂. 接着另一位比我早半年从加州搬来的同事大声的宣布自己明天要生病不来上班了。不一会，此同事又出来宣布自己被加州的大老板批评了， 大老板说他自从搬到这儿以后就满脑子是滑雪， 以前的工作热情都不知道跑到哪里去了。 他很不服气地说：“I HAVE MY PRIORITIES". 哈哈， 我连连表示赞同 － 滑雪季节，一切以滑雪为重。

这个雪季给我带来了好多好多快乐, 当然还要谢谢J同学的培养. 嘿嘿, 好好享受吧， 回想一下以前走过的路和去过的地方，都不太会重复了，要珍惜眼前的玩乐时光呢， 老天安排这样的美好生活给我们， 一定有它的用意呢。 愿大家都像滑雪小妹我一样开心。

Cheers!!!

Hillary,
Well done in New Hampshire!
It's incredible!
激动得我很想哭呢.
加油加油!

加油, 希拉里!!!

Yes! I made it!!!

I'm officially a licensed Professional Civil Engineer!

谢谢大家的支持, 特别谢谢J, 呵呵, 军功章有你一大半哦. 嘻嘻....可以正式启用J同学给我起的新绰号了, 小妞PE, 咯咯. @,@

祝妈妈和妹妹生日快乐!

祝我们家的两大美人生日快乐. 妈妈在本命年生下了偶的天使小妹, 据考证母女俩的阴历生日似乎还是同一天呢. 愿你们天天开心, 美丽. 爱死你们啦.

Sun Valley 滑雪

Sun Valley 美极了, 阳光明媚, 雪场很棒, 可惜偶的技术不过关, 摔得勇猛又惨烈什么的, 一共摔了12跤, 达历史最高纪录, 并且每次都摔出好几米, 雪橇, 雪棍, 帽子眼镜横飞, 满脸是雪什么的, 最多的一次有四个人从四面八方把我摔飞了的东西帮我捡回来. 后来同事告诉我那叫"yard sale".哈哈. 不过还是很刺激地. 我接下来的一个星期都在回味着, 兴奋着呢. 虽然好几天腿脚和脖子都不怎么灵了, 心里还是美滋滋地, J同学还夸我勇敢呢, 嘻嘻.


山脚下的 KETCHUM小城也很优雅. 树上都装上了彩灯, 很有风情. 强力推荐大家有空去玩玩. 虽然开过去差不多要3个小时, 可是山路并不多,还是很好开的. 还有, 那里的绿道相当于其它雪场的蓝道, 在那儿滑的人技术都挺高的, 还是要把技术练好了再去滑, 才更有滋有味. 呵呵, 偶打算苦练技术了, 练好了再去好好滑.

开心

今天是个平凡的日子, 却又是一个很特别的日子...
意外地收到了一份礼物, 好开心, 好感动哦.
开心得我好想冒着被楼下的邻居报警的危险,在家里像阿拉蕾一样蹦蹦跳跳个二十圈什么的.
谢谢J同学...
偶继续美去了, 嘻嘻...

lala 口号

度过了一个悠闲的感恩节假期, 喊两句口号振奋一下自己吧.

一定要积极, 主动,勤奋. 想了就要去做, 做就一定要做好!

气球小动物

上个星期的某个晚上,我和小YU过了一个LADY'S NIGHT, 不亦乐乎地做了一个晚上的气球小动物. 开心极了. 展示一下我们的作品吧. @,@

怀抱玫瑰花的小熊, 爱情鸟, 还有狗狗和小老鼠

秀秀偶的粉眼镜

嘻嘻, 大意的J同学最近才发现自己的FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNT里还有不少资产, 如果年底不花完就要被政府没收啦. 嘿嘿, 偶就自告奋勇帮他了, 趁机给我的粉色家族又添了一名贵宾 - 粉色眼镜哦. 其实这副眼镜我在MALL里试了好多次了, 可惜一直舍不得买. 期间还给J同学透露过心声, 可是他当时一脸痛苦的表情, 大大写着对"粉色非常地审美疲劳"的字样, 偶就只好收敛着啦. 没想到J同学最终还是不小心宠了我一下哦. 呵呵, 好开心. 虽然有人说我像七十年代的, 老板还说我可以去拍粉色系列产品的广告了, 可是我还是美滋滋的. 在这里真心地感谢小YU的支持, 还有J同学的成全.

生日祝福

现在国内时间已经是11月13日了, 遥祝公公大人生日快乐,身体健康, 教学顺利,事事如意,股运佳佳, !希望全家人2008年能够团聚!



嘻嘻, 太巧了,也是我很喜欢的影星黄晓明的生日, 愿黄晓明一切的努力都得到最好的回报, 心想事成!