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11/15/2007 Offer后的烦恼拿到悉尼PhD的offer,终于有望在世界知名的大学里游荡--而且注意,不是五年的本硕连读的offer,而是真真正正的3年的PhD,确实可开心了。非常感谢Prof. Peat对我的帮助和信认,感谢Prof. Comerton-Forde对我的鼓励和认同。我觉得自己真的很受上天或者命运的青睐,在我已经作出“马赛-西安”的决定、并对未来的前途有些放弃的时候,为我和LG打开了另一扇门。我觉得我不应该放弃这个好机会了。 但是,offer带来的并不是全是开心。2008年7月28号是悉尼大学要求入学的日子,但是我在马赛的学位是很难拿到的。父母建议我推迟悉尼入学的时间,因为他们觉得我应该在法国学习法语并感受法国的文化,这对我将来的职业发展是很好的优势。但是,我并不认为我目前在法国的状态有利于我学习法语,也并不认为我在这里的生活对我的发展很有好处。法国是一个悠闲的社会,人心思贤,学校的教学非常的轻松(换句难听的话说,就是垃圾),法语环境很好,但对初学者很难融进去。如果没有悉尼的offer,我想我会在很大的压力下尽我的全力提高我法语水平,争取在毕业之前融入这个社会。但是悉尼的offer以及PhD的高要求让我开始担心我的英语表达和写作能力、数学模拟计算能力和金融方面的专业水平。这一些都让我感到压力。如果我可以回北京,我就可以在清华或者北大相对好一些的学术环境中听听研究生的数学和金融专业课,同时补一下我的英文写作能力和单词量。而且,PhD一去就是三年,纵使中间有回国的时间,但是我相信以我的懒惰程度和节俭倾向,这种机会不会很大,而LG出国的时间又是遥遥无期。在法国,分离只有半年,我觉得我已经陷入了相思之苦,我觉得我很难容忍在法国刚刚拿到学位就草草飞去悉尼当什么世界人。。。这与我的性格非常的相悖。这两种原因导致了这样两种选择的可能性:
我觉得如果不是考虑父母的因素和学位的诱惑,就我自己来言,选择已经非常明确了。 唉,何去何从呀。。。 11/7/2007 重新拾笔在过去的一年里,几乎把space抛弃了。原因之一是学校的网络经常上不去MSN,原因之二是过去的一年我非常“忙” 感想之一:在Halfway to Paradise的space上看到她记录格林斯潘讲座的信息。格林斯潘在谈到中国问题的时候讲,“资本主义的市场经济和中国共产党由上自下的权力结构发生了很大矛盾,这个矛盾还会越来越大将是中国发展的主要问题”。我觉得这句话讲的太正确了,牛人果然在很多方面都有很高的见解,即使是基于中国国情的问题也不例外。但是,我很想补充的是,我觉得中国在未来10年甚至15年之内仍然是安全的、是矛盾的潜伏期。中国经济的迅猛发展会让人心思定,而小胡同志的经验和作风又是值得肯定和推崇的,所以我觉得现在的确是国内形势最好的时期,而且这个时期可以持续很长的时间。至于对小胡同志的信心和崇拜,那不得不归因于在Financial Times以及Wikipedia上读到的关于他个人的一些信息。如果连老外都有足够多的证据对他作出很高的评价,那我基本上没有什么可以置疑的了。 感想之二:Chuck Prince从花旗下岗,我个人觉得的确应该。早就有人攻击说Citigroup最近几年被搞的四不像,有庞大的业务但没最占优势的市场,什么都做也什么都没有做好,四处被其它公司蚕食,近几年给投资者的回报也几乎为零。作为CEO,Chuck Prince应该付很大的责任。不过,他应该却不活该。而Stan O'Neal,我觉得他不走人就没天理了。就是因为他,我曾一度对Merrill Lynch甚至投行失去信心。市场一旦恶化,这个老头不去想怎么团结大家把损失降到最小,反正趁机撤换了N多与此事牵连的负责人,一副负责全在别人的样子。记得当时看报纸上Merrill Lynch人事的变动,我惊的目瞪口呆,甚至觉得投行真的不是人长远发展的地方。而现在,清除了像Stan O'Neal这样的垃圾CEO后,终于发现可以勉强能够呼吸了。不过这场风波肯定会影响明年投行的招人的,唉 9/11/2006 关于生活的一些回答一上网,就忍不住看一些乱七八糟的信息,写点儿乱七八糟的东西,对查GMAT信息的事情,又抛在脑后……。 刚才看到了许多人电话面试的一些经验。据称面试的时候,老米会问以下几个方面的问题,包括为什么要去读博士,有没有什么特定的研究兴趣,有什么特殊喜欢的生活方式……。看过这些问题后,自己也悄悄的想了想,自问自答了如下的内容。 What do you want in your life? First, I want a happy and respectful family to serve as my solid background so that I can rest myself on it whenever I get frustrated. Second, I want to do something meaningful and influential to the society, to let the offspring honor me for my job, and to make the world a little better for human living. Third, I want some time to do something I really like, such as reading and chatting about music, poem and philosophy, touring around the whole world with my beloved one, and dancing and playing games to keep me fit and energetic. I told myself that it would be perfect to enjoy a life like that, too perfect to realize it. Nevertheless, difficulties make it a dream that worth striving for. What is your job plan? First, I want to find a job in the business world. I want to know more about the human society and human nature. I think the best place to experience them lies in the business world, where profit is the core problem with varied accesses. Second, I want to serve in some public sections. Money is not what I pursue for all my life, but honorable affairs are. Third, I want to find a job in the United Nation. I like working with people from different background filled with interesting experience and perspectives. Besides, I firmly believe that human nature guides us to love each other and help each other, be they poor or rich, young or old, black or white. UN is the most influential thus efficient organization to lending hands.
go on with my blog小师兄说他看过了我的BLOG,说是写的不错,希望我可以继续,很让我感动。我已经很长的时间没有过来玩了,本来就是写给自己看的,自己都不想看,当然也就不想再写了。不过,师兄顶了一下,让我觉得自己还是有必要以更客观的形式,记录一下自己此时的心情,将来读起来,可以妙趣横生。 不过,小青师兄说的是我写的英文部分,他说可以练习一下英文写作水平,对自己是一个很大的提高。其实,当初开BLOG,就是因为在考GRE的机考和托福,当时非常非常的厌恶写那种格式文章,想天下文章一大通,写点儿散文也可以练练手嘛,就开通了BLOG,每天复习的时候都自娱自乐,随便写着玩,时间耽误了好多,真正的考试文章竟然没有写几篇。后来发现,GRE的考试好像不吃我这一套,虽然我努力的练习写BLOG,仍然没有摆脱G的作文考4分,ranking 32% below的悲惨命运。倒是托福作文,从来没有准备过,却得了个5分,后来自己痛悔前非时突然想起来,有可能是写BLOG的原因…… 反正现在开学了,关于BLOG,想想还是常常写写吧,虽然几乎没有告诉过任何人,一直是自娱自乐,看来还是有点儿作用的。而且小青师兄也说过,常常写点儿东西,用点儿新词和妙词的,有利于保持大脑creative的功效。我可不想自己年纪轻轻的,就失去了幽默开朗的个性…… 今天就写这么多吧,明天就换英文,呵呵…… 7/21/2006 考研乎?出国乎? 真的好对不起好多约定考研的同仁们,真的好对不起国业师兄给我的无私的帮助、以及北雪师姐大量珍贵的考研资料,如今,我已经彻底放弃了这样的念头,选择了我目前认为正确的道路。
记得自己曾经说过,我有60%的把握考不上CCER,只所以去追求,仅仅是为了再一次真正的、细致而又完整的提升自己的数学技巧和专业能力。如果可以有幸击败中国数以万计的CCER族们,算我的幸运,如果不行,也不很吃亏。但是,当我明白我所追求的东西,当我有点儿清晰我所喜爱的生活,我明白,这个已经不再是我所在乎的了。我不在乎通过这种方式得到的专业能力的提升,不在乎单纯的数学技巧,更不必提英语的语法巩固和政治的记忆力锻炼,即使我可以考上,那这一段时间的努力仅仅是痛苦而已,我为什么要去坚持这种痛苦的风险呢?当年的双赢变得现在的双输,为什么我要去做这件事呢? 几个月的思考,在好多我终身感激的人的帮助下,我终于采用了大师兄N多年前的建议(好是讽刺),走上了出国的“不归”之路。这次真的已经彻底痛下决心,这次应该不会变了。我知道自己喜欢、追求的是什么了,也取得了我真正在乎的人的支持和理解。目前,真的是一点儿负担都没有了,我决心用自己的激情和能力,为梦的实现建造坚实的阶梯! 请为我加油! 私回青岛 大概是7月15号,我终于下定决心,私自回家。
背着父母,乘最后一辆375路公交车、搭上最后一班地铁、于夜间11:15分到达北京站。在票台上,凭借良好的认错不改的态度和强大的武力,挤过N米长的队伍,买上21分钟后发车的T77火车。座位当然是没有的,餐车也不幸的没有开。但是,好在心情和运气都是蛮不错的,先是在一个满嘴青岛话的抽烟的老太身边落脚,又在列车员的点拨下转移到一个废票车厢,在一本红皮的《福特传》的陪伴下,终于熬过了痛苦的一夜,回到了青岛。也算是一场很是好玩的经历吧。
得到的经验:
1、果断处事,不要犹豫不决
2、做任何事,时间一定要留的充裕,除非是想锻炼心里承受能力
3、虽然不要轻信别人的话,但”官方“的观点(如火车上的列车员的指点)还是有参考价值的
4、主动找你聊天的未必是坏人,大家都无聊的时候,随便说说也不错。因此,每次回家在火车上都会遇贵人(如什么主编、北大博士之类的),但这次挺不幸的,遇到一个“贱“的…… 5/22/2006 Happy Birthday!Six days later, it will be the birthday to two
of my best friends.
Happy birthday, guys!
I really hope, with great sincerity, that both
of you will get whatever you want in your life, and feel happy every day in all
your life.
5/20/2006 It is over! Yeah!万恶的冯如杯终于结束了,昨天晚上跟小组成员出去好好的聚了一下餐,早上睡到10点多钟。外边天气灰朦朦的,好像专门为我的补觉创造气氛似的。
万恶的冯如杯终于结束了,昨天下午4:30分交上了论文,看见打印出来的论文,厚厚的50多页,心中好多感慨。这是我们从五四开始,每天工作十几个小时,到凌晨一、两点多钟的产品、心血。而后面20页的附录,是我用三天的时间,呕心沥血调试程序的结果,是大一的小伙伴费时费力,从好远好远的北京市统计局买回数据的结果,更是全小组成员,用了4个多小时的时间,输了几千个变态数据的结果。真的是好不容易!真的是好辛苦!
万恶的冯如杯终于结束了,虽然我们不知道结果是什么,虽然我们知道北航的冯如杯评选历来有失公正,而且又存在着XL那种恶心的人,可能等待我们的只是一个普通的鼓励,或者干脆什么都没有。但是,这个过程我们经历过了,我们每一个,包括我自己,知道需要什么、缺少什么了,我觉得,这应该已经足够了。经过了在北航、尤其是最近这一段日子付了却没有收获的打击,我觉得我的心态已经非常平和了,真的。。。
5/13/2006 Tomorrow will be the TOEFL dayI am very exhausted now. Tomorrow would be my
first important exam for going abroad-that is TOEFL, but now I have just spent
less that 3 days preparing for it. It seems like a big joke--not going through
the whole procedure for only one time, not finishing one piece of article,
and even not knowing what I will confront with tomorrow. All I know now is that
I will take an exam that every requirement will be shown in English,
not Chinese.
I might be joking now, as most of my friends, my
relatives, as well as my parents expect me to prepare a lot
and do well in this exam. It is one of the most
fundamental steps and it is also costly. However, I really don't know
why I did so poor in these days and what I have done during this critical
period.
Busy is also a good
and forgivable reason to bring out when you want an
excuse for your bad result. No time to study English hard, no time
to recite words days and nights, and even no time to pay a little
attention to what I will experience in the future. For all my time, I
have been really busy doing something that even I , myself,
don't know whether it is worth or not. I name this
stupidity as interest-impetus, however, deep in my heart when
I was calmed down completely to hear the voices from it,
I know it is just an absolutely non-sense
excuse. All of these well indicate my lack of control
on my mind, which further proves that I am not
mature or strong enough to be what I want to.
No time to accuse myself. Accusation also wastes
time and energy, which now has been used to flee from pressure and nervousness
from tomorrow's exam. All I want now is a lesson, a expensive lesson from this.
I wish myself good luck tomorrow and in the future! 5/11/2006 关于买房
说的好对啊!! my work 谢谢卡卡,对于《撒哈拉的姑事》,特别想用amazing这个词来形容。非常的动听。音乐总让我想起三毛和她的幸福的撒哈拉生活。其实,人的一生不必事事、时时都让人羡慕,有过值得回忆的经历,就可以供自己一生去享用,就可以成为历史,成为佳话。 撒哈拉的故事,对于我,只是一个曾经的梦而已。生活在一个只用眼睛和心灵去观察、感悟世界的环境里,思考自然和人类的奥秘,享受天人合一的惬意,是多么美好的事情!但是,这种生活似乎只能存在梦境里,或有如流星一样转瞬即逝,留下的是可以天长地久的东西,留下的是一旦承担就永远摆脱不了的东西。 这种感觉是在我突然明白了成长的过程而产生的。5月10日,从教室走出来,仍然是独自一人,仍然是非常的疲惫不堪,在极度的困倦中,在麻木中,我突然明白了成长意味着什么。 曾经那么不希望自己成长,曾经那么恐怖承担责任,曾经不明白为什么要天天劳累奋斗,曾经真的很讨厌现代生活的复杂和多变,想回到过去的纯真和快乐。在时间和任务的压迫下,多次的罢工,多次的问自己,我这样到底为了什么?难道这就是生活吗?难道,这就是我追求的未来吗? 真的,这就是生活,这就是成长。 就像小的时候,非常害怕离开父母的关照;就像初离家的时候,非常委屈的做着家务事;就像初次听到父母说“你自己拿主意”的时候,非常忐忑的下决心……这些曾经是我不喜欢的事情,曾经是我想像不到的事情,曾经是我从来没想到要承担的事情,现在,竟然都成为我生活中的一部分。我不得不学会没有父母在身边的日子,我不得不学着怎样保护自己,我不得不学着怎样做决定承担责任,不仅为自己,为父母,甚至为一个小组,一个团队,一个学院。然后,我开始感觉长大了,感觉成熟了…… 承担责任,劳累、努力奋斗,不也是一样吗?它们并不是我生活的目标,但是,是我实现目标的必经之路。当岁月的蹉跎让它们成为我的习惯,我的一部分,可能那时的我才是一个真正成熟的我。这可能就是成长的主要意义之一吧。 我感谢曾经包容我的错误的同学,我的朋友,我的副手(跟着我真的好让他吃苦啊),我的部长们(现在好多都成为上级了,呵呵。。。),他们都因为一个不成熟的我而付出过代价,或者失去了一些机会。我想我会用我的努力来补偿的,来尽力补偿的。 成长是痛苦的,因为必须去习惯从来不想习惯的事情。 成长又是快乐的,因为习惯的是从来都没想到要习惯的事情。 Life is a box of chocolates, and you will never know what you will get. JCY, do we share the same problems or you have already solve all these confusions? 5/9/2006 New blog for pitiful kidsIt is
rather cruel that I, as the
administrator of my blog, can only edit it by email
and could not check the result unless I take extra efforts or extra money! It is
also cruel for most of my guys, who are suffering from limitations of LAN of
their school just like me, not able to visit my blog. To solve this critical
problem, I open another blog in 163, which shares the same articles as this one
but more attentions and caress from its owner.
Although Microsoft is one of my favorite
companies and I have always been a loyal Bill Gates fan, I have to say
that I am sorry.
Goodbye, MSN! See you days
later...
Oh, my new blog! http://mingruichi.blog.163.com 5/8/2006 Exciting matterI am very excited now as I just received a call from
Madam Zhu, telling me that tomorrow afternoon the fund for our SRTP program will
be issued. We are going to attend a meeting in the Classroom M302 at 4:10, and
we will have some initiating fund to continue our researching work!
What a good news! I have been waiting for this moment
for a long time! And for a long time, we, I mean guys in my team, are
struggling in the position of money-shortage! We have to postpone
some expenditure, ignore contacts with experts in the fields and also cancel
some research-trips. It is true that we, especially me, could solve these
problem using personal account. Whereas, after spending more than 500 Yuan for
the physical equipment and information, it is hard for me to offer
more!
Anyway, I think and believe that things
are turning better. I am firmly convinced that I can do more and
better with the support, and also make good use of the money.
Do I need to swear an oath?
Hehe... afternoon in the cafeI have spent a whole day in the cafe alone outside beihang, and it was not as cheerful as I thought it should be. Light was gloomy just like my feeling, which was destroyed both by a waitress' impoliteness and a tired heart for my future plan. Still there was no reply from GE, nor from Citybank. Still I got no time and mind to begin my study in TOEFL, which will come to me 6 days later, although I have promised my parents that I will try my best. Who am I, sitting in a most expensive place, seemingly enjoying the pleasure not of my class, and do nothing meaningful? Chatting with one of my best friends was really great at that time, but regretful later. I know he is kind to me and wants to help me, but really there is nothing he could do. We both struggling for our own survival, and the best thing we could offer might be "come on" and nothing else. Goodbye my cafe, the last time I am alone and lonely here. Goodbye my time of pleasure. Tomorrow is a busy day with my team gathering together for further research work. |
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