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沉寂好一陣子沒有寫我的部落格了
在準備開始update的時候 又突然很想把部落格搬家
我知道我陸陸續續已經搬過幾次了
可是沒辦法...我一直找不到我喜歡的介面

這次...我換到 PIXNET了 也希望是最後一次了
幸好PIXNET有軟體可以將之前無名的東西自動轉貼
所以其實還蠻省事的

anyway, 我在一月中論文口試順利通過後, 終於回台灣了
這條路等的相當漫長..我和布先生分離了近四個月的時間
我終於在1/17回到我親愛的老公及家人身邊
這三個月的日子裡, 雖然沒有在工作, 但也經歷了不少事 (我還在農曆過年後長水痘咧)
能和家人這樣長時間相處是金錢換不來的
然而我也深深體會到自己不適合當全職的家庭主婦
卸下這麼多年來研究所的壓力及忙碌
我頓時覺得自己生活沒有什麼目標...又沒有收入...
開始漸漸厭惡自己
唉~~我就是注定沒辦法當少奶奶

回來美國這幾個禮拜還是沒辦法完全專心
最近正緊鑼密鼓的在寫paper
希望能多發表幾篇文章

布先生再過三個星期就要回來了
我們的生活也終於要恢復正常
過去的這一年.....我們的生活裡有太大的變化
希望未來的一年...我們能慢慢譜出我們未來的藍圖

Now officially YT, PhD

Yep, it is official -- I am now married to a doctor. YT formally graduated yesterday, and was 'hooded' by her advisor in front of hundreds of people (video below). He nearly knocked her cap off in the process, and incited worried cries from the audience, but otherwise all went well. It looks worse than it actually felt, according to YT. There are also various posed photos posted here for your viewing pleasure, or general curiosity.

I, as you may know, was unfortunately not able to be there, since my classes et al. don't finish until the end of May. I told her she can skip my (hopeful) graduation in return some day, but she said she has no desire for revenge. Yes, she's a wonderful wife. Her parents also were not able to attend as well, since they're travelling soon to China on a company trip. I showed them the video just after it was posted, though, and I must say, Dad looked extremely proud (Mom was watching while on the phone with YT). I'm sure they wished they could have been there, too.

But lest you may fear that YT's triumphant exit from student life occurred with family in full abstentia, my parents and brother were in attendance. My folks even braved the long 5-hour drive just to be there. It's a comforting feeling to realize that in-laws are definite family, and YT & I are both thankful for that. It's seems like another example that we just decided to switch families for a little while. Still, it will be nice to get back to being a 'regular' married couple again. Just a few more weeks.


Anyway, just a quick post, and a hearty congratulations. Way to go Dr. YT! I will dutifully resist the Dr. Honey or Dr. Sweetie jokes.
(You're welcome.)

BB

From the wife

As Brian said, this is "our" blog, so I think I ought to write something too.

There is really not much to say about my life now, though, since I'm spending as much time as I can working on my dissertation. I scheduled a date for my defense (let's not reveal that in case I have to postpone it) and I'm trying my best to finish quickly. So, I'm busy most of the time, but I do feel lonely...even with the company of my wonderful roommate, May, and my always-hungry cat, Oliver. It is nice to have someone that I can talk to and have dinner with everyday. But still, I miss spending time with Brian.

It has been a difficult and stressful time for me to manage my dissertation, parting from my husband, and a little bit of job searching. I'm pretty fortunate that I never really had a sleeping problem before in the past (knock on wood), but I have started to experience difficulty falling asleep in the last couple days. Plus, Oliver has been waking me up really early in the morning by creating all sorts of noise, stepping on my body or rubbing his face against mine because he is starving. The video below pretty much captures it.


In the past two weeks, he has finished his food within an hour or two, and the rest of the night, he has nothing to eat. Does a cat's eating patterns change due to weather?? Maybe he just misses his daddy too much that he turns his frustration into eating (I'm glad that I don't have this problem).

But I'm doing alright. I just try to do my best and try not to worry too much. Nobody says that life is easy....I just have to deal with it. Just hope that the process can be short and smooth.

Well, I got to go....

By Yahtyng

My life

There is really not much to say about my life now. I'm spending as much time as I could working on my dissertation. I scheduled a date for my defense (let's don't reveal it in case I have to postpone the date) and try my best to finish my dissertation. I'm busy most of the time, but I do feel lonely...even with the company of my wonderful roommate, May, and my always-hungry cat, Oliver. It is nice to have someone that I can talk to and have dinner with everyday. But still, I miss spending time with Brian(physically).

It has been a difficult and stressful time for me to manage among dissertation, parting from husband, and a little bit of job searching. I'm a pretty fortunate person that I never really have sleeping problem before(knock on the wood). But I have started to experience difficulty falling into sleep in the last couple days. In addition, Oliver has been waking me up so early in the morning by creating all sort of noise, stepping on my body or rubbing his face against mine because he is starving. In the past two weeks, he has finished his food within an hour or two, and rest of the night, he had nothing to eat. Does a cat's eating pattern change due to weather change?? Maybe he just misses his daddy too much that he turns his frustration into food. (I'm glad that I don't have this problem)

But I'm doing alright. I just try to do my best and try not to worry too much. Nobody says that life is easy....I just have to deal with it. Just hope that the process can be short and smooth.

Well, I got to go....

想念

Nathalie一家人應該已經到Huston了吧!

這幾年下來...陸陸續續送走好幾個在Pittsburgh的好朋友

順利過關

YA!!!!
我今天中午通過comprehensive exam口試了!!
整個過程算起來還十分地順利

It sucks!!

If you're reading my blog...thank you!!

This is just another poster about my comprehensive exam. I am forced to reschedule my comps "again" because I have not received all the comments from my adviser.

Do it later

我把我的comprehensive exam延後了
sometime in March吧!!
也好...這樣我至少會有比較完整的兩篇paper

Panic

Panic..Panic...Panic
I'm so afraid that I won't be able to make it for my comprehensive exam.
I'm still working on my paper. I should have gotten this done over the weekend.

閉關中

閉關中
準備二月底的comprehensive exam (proposal口試)
過了...就離畢業更近了

再撐一下

聖誕節要到了...
最近常常心不在焉的~~
今天老師給了最後deadline

很笨

很笨...真的很笨
我怎麼會寫了5個小時的SAS programing
居然都沒有存檔

論文論文

終於終於...老師讓我專注在我的論文上了
之前都一直在做 data management/data analysis....
有部分是幫別人做...有部分是間接跟我的論文相關...