Go Red Storms!!!

Tonight, St. John’s volleyball team defeated Georgetown, 3-0 (30-19, 30-25, 30-25)! This was the first game I watched in Carnesecca Arena, and Red Storms do impress me! However, I enjoyed not only the game itself, but also being part of the red team there. By shouting either "Let's Go Red Storms" or "We Are St. John's", I felt like being in a big family! Ok, let's talk about the game. The Outside Hitter of Red Storm - Hui Ping Huang, a Chinese girl is great! I think she is a big star in St. John's now. In addition, the Libero, Kathleen Yee is great, too! Today is my first time watching a sport game at school. Next, I'll pay more attention on Red Storm Sports. Basketball and tennis are my favorite sports, and I'm looking forward to watch games of them. Well..the only bad thing is...Marcus told me that all games in St. John's are free, except Man Basketball..so I may have to consider if I should buy the ticket......

Mock Interview

I had my Mock Interview on October 23th. However, I did not do it well. Actually, I think I was like a fool in there. When the interviewer asked me the first question, I was a little shocked, and I did not even know how to start. Also, the video camera in front of me made me uncomfortable. When the interviewer was asking me questions, I had already be aware that the ways I answered them were terrible. However, I did not know it was that bad until I wathced the video tape with the interviewer. The interviewer was a very nice lady, she patiently pointed out the mistakes I made and taught me how to fix them. I also noticed that I looked really funny in the video. The suit and tie on me looked weird, my face looked werid and my hair looked even worse. Although my Mock Interview was a very embrassing experience, I did learn a lot from it. In addition, in reminded me that it is time to take a haircut!

Let's Go Rocket!!!

I am an absolute Houston Rocket fan. Last season, Rockets didn't play well due to Tracy Mcgrady and Yao Ming's injury. This summer, I really focused on NBA draft 2006. Now, I strongly believe that Rockets will play perfectly in this season. There are few main reasons. First of all, Yao Ming is becoming the best center in the alliance, and Tracy Mcgrady has recoverd from his terribleback pain. Now, the core of the Rockets - MMs is back. In addition, Rockets also recruited a few talented players: Shane Battier, the best defender in the alliance, and also a good 3 pointer; Bonzi Wells, a powerful player who can play both inside and outside; Steve Novak, a great shooter that can always make the 3 point shot in the free position; Krik Snyder, a player filled with energy; and Vassilis Spanoulis from Greece who is a good fullback. This season, the Rockets uses lots of young players to make the whole team faster and stronger. I believe that the tactics around MMs will become much more aggressive, with the new great players recruited this season. This season is going to start soon and I'm looking forward to see a fantasy of Rockets. Let's go Rockets!!!

A Cup of Coffee

By now I have been in US for two months, and I found it that people here always drink coffee. In campus, I always see people grabing a cup of coffee. In classrooms, I always see students have a cup of coffee on the desk. In Soho, I found people grabing a cup of coffee, standing near the windows and talking. In the begining of film "You've Got Mail", Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan also buy a cup of coffee from Starbucks. What Tom Hanks said in that scene is very interesting. He said "The purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making abilityto make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, lite, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, nonfat, et cetera.....So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95 get not just a cup of coffee, but an absolutely defining sense of self." Now I'm thinking about what these people pursue. Do these people really enjoy the coffee itself? Do they enjoy the talk with a cup of coffee in hand? Or...they just enjoy it as a life style. I went to Soho this afternoon and I even tried it myself. Well, it was pretty good. The hot coffee was good, the chatting was good, and its really enjoyable. However, I don't think I will do it everyday....

best birthday party ever

Today is my birthday, and I just had my best birthday party ever! I have discussed about it with my best friends and decided which restaurant to go a week ago. However, they told me that the plan had to be delayed becuase everybody had midterm exam next week. Honestly, I felt very upset when I heard that. But I could not do anything about it...This morning, I wanted to go to Flushing to buy a new blanket with them, but they insisted to go at the afternoon. Well, I really did not care the time, so we went to Flushing at about 4:30~It took me not a very long time to choose my blanket, and I suggested having dinner at KFC. But they decided to go to the restaurant we discussed last week to take a namecard. By then, I didn't find anything unusal. We got to the restaurant, opened the door..I took a namecard and was about to leave...Surprisingly, then went straightly into the restaurant! Finaly, I found out that all this were under their big plan...It was too good that I almost want to cry! We did had a wonderful time there! I want to say that, "Thank you my friends (FAMILY), You are awesome! I love you all!

Introduction

I just finished the introduction of my individual research paper for operasions management, and I'm posting it here:
The competitiveness of the technology industry entirely depends on its ability of creating and updating the industrial innovation. Industrial innovation indicates a series of operations and processes whereby technology or knowledge is created, disseminated and distributed, then utilized (Hsu, 2005)owledge which may come from different sources including industry, enby technology or knowledge is created, disseminated an. The process of innovation requires various kinds of technology and knowledge which may come from different sources including enterprises’ own R&D laboratories, universities, research institutes, governments, and foreign technology transfers. This process is usually analyzed under a framework of innovation system, and the purpose of this paper is to give an analysis of the formation of the Taiwanese Innovation System initiated by the set-up of Hsinchu Science-based Industry Park (HSIP). The author assumes that the Innovation System in Taiwan is successful due to the interacting functions of three important factors: the government support on aspects of policy leading and infrastructure provision, the research consortia established mainly through the Industrial Technology Research Institute (Taiwan’s largest research organization) in cooperation with private sectors, and the global network through which Taiwan’s technology industry builds up links of cooperation with companies in advanced countries.

three editions of The Lion King soundtrack

I am listening The Lion King - Hans Zimmer Expanded Score! This is the third edition of The Lion King soundtrack I got. Since I decided to go to see The Lion King musical show after midterm exams, I started to review my three edition of The Lion King soundtracks - The Lion King original soundtrack; The Lion King - Hans Zimmer Expanded Score and The Lion King Original Broadway Show soundtrack! I listened to them very carefully! Again and again! I tried to find out the differences among each edition. Finally, I found that the Hans Zimmer expanded edition is much greater than the original one. Its more completed! The link between each songs is much closer. In addition, the broadway show one give me a bran-new feeling. Whereas the songs in these three editions are almost the same, the performance in the broadway show one represents more African styles!!! The music editor reduced the symphony part and increase more human vioces! This truely adds much energy in the music! The music can even construct a scene of African llano in my mind!

I'm sure The Lion King musical show will be great! I cannot wait!!

Carmine's

Today, we cant to Carmine's, a well - regarded Italian restaurand, to celebrate Lina's birthday. We got to 200 West 44th Street, where Carmine's was located at 1:30. After a little discussion about the menu, we started to order. We chose Caesar Salad as our appetizer. Then, we ordered Mixed Seafood Pasta with Red Souse, Chicken Parmigiana and Porterhouse Contadina. I have to say that the food Carmine's served is fantastic!!! Oh, we also ordered dessert even though everyone was already full...(I cannot remember the name of the dessert). Ok, I'm done talking about the food. Now I'm going to talk about the dress. Well, since that Carmine's is quite a fancy restaurant, so most of us were kinda dressed up. However, one of my best friends went there with her pink flip-flop on. She was a little embarrassed...But I thought she was really cool!!! I like her flip-flop!!! We had a really great time at Carmine's. At last, I want to say "Happy Birthday" to Lina again:)

My new shoes

I have been thinking about buying a new pair of new shoes for weeks! This Friday, I went to Time Square with a friend to look for the shoes I love. This time, I decided to buy skateboard shoes rather than basketball shoes. So we went into the ELEMENT store. I found a pair that really attracted my eyes in a very short minute and was about to pay. However, my friend stopped me and asked me to look more in other stores. So, we went to SHOE LOCKER across the street. Then I found a Adidas pair which was equally good as the previous pair. Now, I had to make a decision between the ELEMENT pair and the Adidas pair. The Adidas pair was cheaper but common...while the Element pair is more unique. I discussed with my friend for a long time, we even went to have dinner first and THEN made a choice. Eventually, I picked the Element pair which is covered by black, with some red and white part on it.
I really like my new shoes!

terrible night!

I had a quiz for my operations management class on Thursday night. The quiz is really not that big a deal, but I wasn't able to understand the whole class before the quiz on that night!!! Not even a sentence!! When the professor asked us to separate into groups to discuss the questions on the textbook! It was a much more tough time!! I could just sit there, see everybody talk, and do nothing for the group. I tried to follow their conversation and see if I can understand the solution to the problems they figured out…but it didn’t work…I thought maybe it was because I kept thinking about the content that would be shown in the quiz instead of focusing on the class. After the class, I went to Brooklyn Bridge to see the night piece of Manhattan with my friends. However, I could not stop thinking about the class. And it annoyed me so much that I didn’t even have to mood to enjoy the great view there…
Sigh…
I have to go now…to work on my textbook!