I finally feel like that I should write something. Shower, laundry, breakfast...a typical morning always starts like this. There is not much funny conversation on the breakfast table these days for the reason that everybody is still sleepy and rushes to 9.00am lectures. People are either cramming for their assignments and mid-term tests, or they are still suffering from the tiredness of the Easter trip.
I spent almost five hours to work on a 600-word journal the other day. That at least give me some feeling of hardwork back. There are only 12 academic weeks here, which is really short compared to the 20 weeks in China. The courses are not really intense. Of course, you can bury yourself into books day to day to learn more than you are supposed. Yesterday's tutorial is interesting. Only a couple of students have done the case study, which is not suprising to me any more. The tutor talked all the time. (poor guy...) I answered his question from time to time and naturally, the discussion was mainly between him and me later on. I gave him an important point that he ignored in the first place. He smiled back to thank me for bringing that up.
There are very interesting and diversified people in IH, not only the nationality but also the personality. The more and the deeper you get to know them, the more you can learn from them. There are people who speaks several French sentences but do not really know what they are actually talking about. There are people who are very talented in music and arts. There are people who think about their future and how to make the choice. (For most international students, they will finish their study, apply for PR and get a job here.) All in all, there are quite a few smart and hard-working kids.
Usually it is very sunny here every day, but unfortunately it is not. It was a similar overcast day that I had the last conversation with my hiring manager in Microsoft. I said exactly same thing to him and he responded, "It is very sunny in Seattle today..." It kindles my passion to fly over to the other half of the earth right away. Which indeed touched the chord is the feeling that people who don't really know you very well can treat you so nicely and provide so much help out your expectation.
