Archive for October, 2011
Mingle@Asian Library
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011We tried a new format of orientation this term. Pascale from Political Science told me about her thesis proposal on China’s natural resource industry. The challenge is to collect and analyse different data sets from different sources, such as the associations on top of the National Statistical Bureau. She told me there are a whole […]
中领馆招待会
Saturday, October 1st, 2011刚送走国图的郭社长一行，又参加了招待会。省长的发言声情并茂，开始还让大家有点意外。她说The faces in this （Hyatt Regent Ball）room represent Canada well. 她还说上任后第一次国际访问目的地即将是中国。 在场的虽偶尔有其他族裔面孔，但大多还是同胞。看到文化和教育领事忙得不可开交。很多同乡会的代表–和朱先生共用一张吧台，他穿戴整齐、仪表堂堂，对自己的台山同乡会深感自豪。告诉我刚拉出去70几位会友去亚洲坐游轮。张萍是温州同乡会的，毕竟在北京做过律师，谈吐不俗。学妹徐君令人惊艳，见面也很亲热，告诉我在首都机场与学弟Brady相见不相识的情景。当年虽然不修边幅，Braidy还是一表人才，我俩曾经是一门课的硕果仅存，其中故事就当做过去的秘密吧。现在北京搞金融的Southern Gentleman西装革履一定难寻当年穷学生的影子啦。
