'Social Network'

Ever get the chance to watch the latest movie ‘social network’ yet?

One word: great!

I, myself graduated from software engineering major and love dealing with computers and networks all day long. And every time I watch a high-tech crime or fighting crime movies, I would easily get pumped up and start searching a way to be a hacker.

Truth be told, there aren`t much inspiring high-tech movies. But ‘social network’ happens to be one of them.

What I get by watching this movie is that, 1), how Mark Zuckerberg creates the facebook 2), how intelligence, dedication and hardwork help you achieve whatever you want.

Just a great movie, if you are a computer fan, you definitely wouldn`t want to miss it :P

Weibo, in another words 'Twitter'

Spending more than half an hour each day on twitter (Weibo in Chinese), replying and posting. The most interesting part of this tool is that, you get the chance to express your opinions about a lot of things, freely and wildly. People might judge, but you always can fight back. And if people like your opinions or thoughts, they might follow you around which it calls it becoming a fan. So far, I got 33 fans, I earned them one by one. :D

I want to post everyday, but not much original thoughts yet. Maybe I should read more to gain more thoughts. Anyway, it is a great place to kill time, but free time only.

Smile

I don`t know what changed, but people don`t smile to each other anymore, especially on bus. Everyone is so self-defensive that nobody trust nobody and everyone is living in his own scary world like if you talk to others, they might rob you or something. It just makes me sad.

Anyway, yesterday, on a bus, an old man, really old, like at his 70s, stared at me with no reason. The bus was so crowded and I seem so little and helpless in there that somehow I caught his attention. And then, giving the circumstances and the good mood I was in, I did one thing that I barely do on a bus or to a stranger: I smiled. And then, surprisingly, he smiled back, with genuineness in his eyes, his teeth all out (missing some:D), just like my grandpa. I suddenly felt the warmth of his heart or mine and felt so happy which lasts for the rest of my whole day. I guess this is the magic of smile, can make people`s day easily.

Job hunting

I uploaded my profile to 51job for DBA job hunting. And today, I received a call asking me for an interview. I decided not to wait any longer or hide any longer. It is such excruciating to not able to work with oracle every day. People say, only do what you love to do will lead you to success. And what I love is to work with oracle database, every single day.

Finally, I get the chance, even if I might not get the offer, still, this is me walking out the first step. I am ready for the worst. I don`t care or I am no longer worried about whether I would fail. All I want is to experience the rejection, the failure and learn to gain the courage to face them, and not give up.

Oh boy, the movie 'Front of the Class' really inspires me.

the thing that bothers me

I want to be good at public speaking. So I decided to be a dedicated contributor to TMC. I am no longer the member because of 200$ fee which I am so reluctant to pay. But I choose to be one of the most active guests. Either way, I am trying to run toward my goal—to be an excellent speaker.

One of my passions lies in movies & tv series. So I thought I talk about it. But I can`t figure out a good way to deliver my passion, deliver the joys that I get from watching those movies and tv series. Specifically, I don`t know how to present it? Should I just talk about one movie or give a list of my favorite movies?

Then come to think about it, different people could have quite different tastes in movies. Some like criminal or violent movies, some like love stories, while the others might like sci-fis. How can I present it to meet the most of my audiences` need? Maybe I should put up a PPT to go together with my speech?

Still not sure. Give me some time to think it through. But no matter what, I definitely will give them a good presentation. :D

Hard to say NO to the family

The minute my eldest sister called, I knew what is about. The other day, mom asked me for money and I said no. I knew there is nowhere else she can turn to, but I still said no. lending mom the money is like giving to her, there is no way that I can get it back. I knew because it happened a lot in the past, and you can say I learned my lesson.

Before you judge, I am a mom`s good girl, whenever she needs anything, I would do whatever I can to help her. That`s the exact reason why I am in a deep debt, 80 thousand Yuan -- I am helping her paying her debt. I managed to pay back the half so far, and I promised the owner that I will pay back the rest at the end of next year.

To able to do that, I need to keep 3 thousand Yuan savings each month. And to lending out the money to mom won`t help me achieve it. So I decided to say no to mom no matter what. And I did, but I knew she will ask my eldest sister to ask me for money, and I knew my sister has the capability to pay me back on time.

As I thought, she asked, and I said ok, and she surprised that I would say yes so quickly. Well, what do you expect? To my family, say no once is hard enough, say no twice is something I can`t do. Plus, I know my sister would pay me back no matter what. I have faith in her and I know things will turn out right eventually. :D