Joan, Hephzibah,
My LORD Favors Me

在歷經兩週的努力---大多數時候是大家的幫助¸ 神的恩典

---我在Folsom的家終於在大體上set up得差不多了, 現在已經開始了下一個階段---如何裝飾客廳, 餐廳, 房間大片的米色牆壁, 或著是在哪次季末很辛苦或發薪時去為自己買個風格強烈的化妝台。

禱告有沒有功效? 神會不會垂聽?

過去這一個星期中在我身上發生的事, 可以再次證明禱告大‧有‧功‧效。

使我驚奇, 不敢相信 --- 不是因為我不相信 神會聽我的禱告, 然而每一次當祂應允時, 我仍舊一如祂第一次應允我的禱告一般充滿興奮。

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先在此感謝大家熱烈踴躍的參與在"Corolla or Civic?"的討論中, 結果跟我預期的差不多
--- 再次證明, 外型真的很重要, 我自己也在潛移默化中覺得Civic實在是台內外皆酷的車啊!

終於到了這一天, 是真正要離開Champaign的日子。


清晨起來先進行最後一輪的清理, 然後就出門去等9:10am的Amtrak (美國的火車)往Chicago去。

2008 Corolla

2008 Civic

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

------ Philippians 4:6-7

TIME Sunday, Jan. 08, 2006

What is creativity? Where does it come from? The workings of the creative mind have been subjected to intense scrutiny over the past 25 years by an army of researchers in psychology, sociology, anthropology and neuroscience. But no one has a better overview of this mysterious mental process than Washington University psychologist R. Keith Sawyer, author of the new book Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (Oxford; 336 pages). He's working on a version for the lay reader, due out in 2007 from Basic Books. In an interview with Francine Russo, Sawyer shares some of his findings and suggests ways in which we can enhance our creativity not just in art, science or business but in everyday life.

Q. Has the new wave of research upended any of our popular notions about creativity?

A. Virtually all of them. Many people believe creativity comes in a sudden moment of insight and that this "magical" burst of an idea is a different mental process from our everyday thinking. But extensive research has shown that when you're creative, your brain is using the same mental building blocks you use every day—like when you figure out a way around a traffic jam .

M.I.A的Galang是上個月SaM的雷鬼教的舞


--- SaM編舞的特色之一就是, 他用的音樂都不屬於我平常會用, 或甚至想到, 可以編舞的音樂。

這趟回來, 我終於見到風聞已久的"去他的萬一"

--- 酪梨壽司的紐約 MBA日記。

這兩三個星期少數幾件我有規律在做的事就是練舞

回來台北兩週多, 生活方式很隨性。



當然前一週半身體不適也是真的, 不過, 一來, 我天生個性就很散漫, 標準的沒壓力就沒行動;
二來, 大概上一學期真的太忙壓力太大了, 特別是最後一個月, 直到要飛的前一天晚上11點半還在印我隔天早上要交滿滿的21面期末考考卷。

這兩天肚子還在痛的時候, 被爸媽拐去出了兩天公差 --- 我爸要接待一個從北海道而來的日本教授。
由於我爸天性不善言詞, 我媽希望我陪著, 順便挑要帶回去給我行銷教授的禮物

--- 於是星期一下午陪著我爸與北海道教授一塊去了鶯歌。