Ottawa渥太华

加拿大的首都, 位于安大略与魁北克的边境. 距离Montreal 2小时车程.旅程很顺利, 7点顺利赶上巴士, 正点到达Ottawa U. 9点半parliament hill一开门就拿到票. 10点半就玩遍parliament, 徒步跨省走到魁北克一侧的Civilization Museum. 行程关键字为Korean Lunch, Sunset, 和失败的夜景.

Ottawa人都说"Hello ,Bonjour"纯正美音 , Montreal有可能说"Bonjour, Hello"纯正法音

Ottawa广告牌大大的英文, 下面总有一小行法文; Montreal广告牌大大的法文, 下面有可能有一小行英文

Ottawa美女少,Montreal美女多

Ottawa穿着打扮out, Montreal衣着服饰in

Ottawa人遵守交通规则, 车总让人, Montreal人随便横穿马路, 人有时让车

Ottawa 巴士3$地铁覆盖率很低, Montreal巴士2.75$地铁覆盖率很高

Ontario高速修的跟中国一样漂亮, Quebec高速修的跟魁北克一样破旧

Midterm

这周终于考完了3门课的midterm. 意味着第一个学期已经过去大半. 看着自己8月份maths camp时候记的笔记想想已是很久以前的事情了. 班上的同学是越来越少了, 偶尔想起来几个面孔才陡然发现很久没见过了. 约摸是quit掉了. 下午上micro的时候稀稀拉拉的坐了半个课室, 8月份第一次上课的时候那可是满满的一个课室还加坐呢. maths camp时候认识的另外一个中国同学也已经半个月没来上课了. 打电话来说他打算回国找工作去了. 8月份见面时自我介绍的时候很多人都说strong interest in economics bring me to this program, 如今是路遥知马力日久见人心. 不感兴趣的人早早就quit了,感兴趣的人每天在lab里泡10多个小时也乐此不疲. 而我只是苟延残喘的偷生着, just surviving.

花了半个学期终于明白了一些事情. 比如读研究生的确不是什么好玩的事情. 明白了出来混迟早是要还的. 明白了经济学的博大精深而自己的智商是多么渺小. 还明白了怎么在极度stressful极度hopeless的时候take a warm shower, have a good sleep然后wake up smile.

一黑人哥们考完midterm后 拍拍我肩膀说, cheer up, man. C'est la vie…

Éducation/Education

It seems that until now, all of my blog entries here were about traveling and entertainment, which are biased samples apparently. As a graduate student, much much more of my time was contributed to serious works towards future career as a researcher.

Pursuing a graduate degree is a demanding job, really. Besides tough courses and endless paper readings, as graduate students, the most significant thing is to identify your passion in research, and began to establish a blueprint of your career. Doing an undergraduate in SYSU truly gave me a clear picture of what economics theories are. But, that’s not enough for graduate studies. Here in McGill, we hold workshops every week in topics such as “How to do networking in an academic conference”, “how to create pleasant interactions with supervisors” or “how to expand your teaching portfolios”. Those seminars always spotlight the main practical skills we need to become a successful researcher, and encourage students to the right direction. Those trainings make my thinking much more mature than before.

Education is far above the level of teaching PhD students theorems or proofs. PhD, in the end, is just a basic prerequisite into the academic world. Future accomplishment largely depends on teaching skills, research potentials and your networking. Just like most industrial companies had their profession training for their employees, graduate schools do exactly the same thing.
I don’t know what if I stay in China for my master degree, but my first two months as a graduate student here is indeed quite a rewarding experience.

Confused

Amis ? Amants ? Que Pense-vous me?

22 years old

Birthday again. I hate getting old now. There's no birthday cake this year. I just want Chinese food now.

Four people, 2 chinese 2 taiwan, in Chinatown, really had a great time. Enjoy both the food and the chat.

22 years old now, I will start learning something. I will begin to think about the plan of my life, to pursue the goals of my life, and to live my life on my own.