cmu.misc.market

instead of the horrible amount of mail being pushed into your overflowing inbox in smu, cmu adopts a "pull" approach where you subscribe to a mailing list. i'm on the misc.market list which sends out notices to buy/sell furniture, appliances and also room rentals and sub-lets. i got this in my inbox today from a chinese phd student. i thought it was REALLy funny. His 2 other housemates are leaving him in march and he's looking for other people to fill in.

When it comes to your potential roommate------me, more than 20 years of life experiences convinces me that I enjoy accompany. And I will convince you too about this fact. Smile, I believe, is my passport to any human heart; Consideration, is what I have been keeping trying to give to people around.

The only rule in our house is that there is no rule. Feeling at home and feeling with brother and sisters is hopefully three of us will constantly seek for. Whether you are a boy or a girl, whether you are a student, or a employee in a company, you are welcomed. Please join me in embarking on a new journey of life in Squirrel Hill.

a new journey of life in Squirrel Hill indeed! Thats the same neighborhood as the one I'm in but he should be much nearer to the fresh-food super market (Giant Eagle).

Cathedral of Learning

Ended the evening with a visit to the Cathedral of Learning at the U of Pitt. It was really nice and pretty. Harry-potterish perhaps? Long arching columns and students sprawled over large wooden tables buried behind their books, notes and PSPs.



It was a great building which I'm told was used as the backdrop of "Gotham City" in Batman Begins.

Carnegie Mellon, Day One

This is a good beginning.

You know its a special day when falling snow greets you from out of your window for the first time here. Counting Boxing Day in London 2005, this is my second time waking up and seeing nice fluffy snow swirling outside in the wind. Pretty. The cold in the air could not match the warmth from my heart. At least for today?

Today, is the day of days - my first day of school at Carnegie Mellon. On our way to class (i crashed Jamorn's MIS class) we met Silvant (?), our neighbour and exchange student from France and we sat through a pretty boring lecture on Information System Management.

My second class was definitely more exciting. The Rise of the Asian Economies where my classmates was a good mix of students from undergraduate and graduate levels, mostly from the Public Policy Program at Heinz. There was good diversity of backgrounds as well - from Japan, Singapore, Thailand, the US, India, Taiwan, Korea, Mexico, Thailand and even Kazakhstan. I thought Professor Lee was really good and provided great insight and perspective on the Asian Economic dream story. I think i'd like all this.

Oh did i mention the course pack is USD141? Ouch ouch. But the course seems awesome. It better!

Goodbye!

it could not have been a better farewell. my last gift was the Singapore rain. It never looked or felt so beautiful. i wanna stand in the rain again. I'll be missing it for some time. bye-bye sg. hello America. take care everyone!

God is in the rain.