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6/8/2008 Bless me - June, 2008June 12
check out this: otters holding hands:
June 11
Guess which baby bear I took home...^^
(hint: Not one of those polar bears!)
June 8
Everything is gonna be fine
5/10/2008 Month of May = Month of Maybes - May 2008
May 25 I was asked to be the face of the Econ co-op program ..they sent a professional photographer to the Ministry and did the photo shooting... they're hoping for "students in action" type shots as opposed to simple portraits..my "props" are a pen and chart/tables (so not creative) They suggested: Your poses have to look like an economist (for god's sake, have some faith in me..I AM an economist..) -_-" Yes..give a thumbs-up to Peter (the photographer)! 学校让我给经济系做个类似代言人的工作，就是照些照片放到网上和手册里面做宣传。不知道怎么选上我了，我是很乐意有人给我照相留纪念：）专业摄影师就是专业呀~！
May 20
pray for those suffering from the earthquake
smile for those who don't smile anymore
love and memory last a lifetime and beyond
逝去的人希望你们找到自己的天堂
请你们在天堂 看着
这个世界 生机勃勃
你们看得到天堂里自己的倒影
在这个生命不息的世界吗？
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Run for Heart and Stroke
Run for you
May 10
5月5日我正式成为政府经济学家了 I officially became an economist @ BC government...a regular position.. no co-op..finally..:)
还不习惯头衔和身份的转换 直到早上我以前的上司过来抱住我 恭喜我正式就职时 才觉得 好像有那么点正式的意思了哦：）
这个过程中 最大的体会就像党中央说的（以前没有深刻体会 -_-")：机遇与挑战并存 Opportunities and challenges go hand in hand
刚刚起步 慢慢来吧
要找时间发发呆 看看路人 休息一下了
妈妈，母亲节快乐啊~ 你一定要对自己好，你把身体照顾好就是对我最大最大的支持 未来还长 会更幸福 请老天保佑！！！
get off work! 下班啦！
what are you up for this weekend?
周末做什么na？
stroll around...read some books and newspaper at Dolce Vita
散散心喽 咖啡店买份报纸 看看书
went to see a movie Mummies at IMAX
晚上去博物馆看了场宽荧幕电影 Mummies
less is more
简单也不错
3/28/2008 Short But Sweet - April, 200804/27/08
You gotta try this..so much fun..hahahahaha...see which celebrity's hairstyle works best for you!!..
http://www.instyle.com/hair
04/26/08
Places where I usually work out are: the treadmill at the Ministry gym ( definitely the least choice if weather is good)..or at Cadboro bay near campus (the beach..the parks.) ..or get to the Esquimalt from the Ministry downtown cross the Johnson street bridge (the inner harbour bay..the Delta hotel..)
Most of the time the latter two are great pleasure for me...plus it is more fun with colleagues' company when jogging..
Some photos -- jogging around Cadboro bay. -- any random photo of those houses is like a snapshot of an open house in the real estate brochures...
when will I be able to have my own property???
The sunset is beautiful, isn't it?
04/19/08
My workplace at the Ministry of Energy and Mines 工作照-BC省能源部
* my office look (now)^^
when I first came here..I look like this:)
* our open office p.s. my table always gets messy
*outside of the Ministry building
* the entrance
* Our Division
04/15/08
2008 Student Leadership Conference in Victoria, BC 我参加的另一个会议（今年一月份在维多利亚），挺好玩的！
I attended it..honestly..just for fun...
2 presenters in the conference were pretty good storytellers...talking about their personal experience of merging culture..Ironman triathlon..
Every person is a tiny but complex individual living in a big and beautiful world...
ps. Triathlon= swimming + bicycling + distance running
04/06/2008
the Coastal Conference trip in Vancouver (2)
- Downtown Vancouver 温哥华市中心
- Cafe in the hotel 宾馆咖啡厅
04/05/2008
Some photos taken during the Coastal Conference trip in Vancouver (1) 温哥华西海岸会议照片
- Ferry 坐船
- Hotel we stayed at 下榻宾馆
- Conference 会议纪录
01/04/2008
- quality is over age
- know what matters
30/03/2008
- ziyi zhang is the only Asian actress who is accasionally in North America magazines..I think she is interesting
- being young >> being rich
- recent good TV shows: men in trees; how i met your mother; one tree hill; two and half men
- i will not drink tea in evenings...it kept me awake at midnight yesterday..i kept ZZZZZ the whole day
29/03/2008
I had a good chitchat time at Peacock Billiards (we talked too much and it ended up without playing pool)... talking about the food there, this place got feedbacks like "I could have licked the bowl" along with wonderful reviews from media..
well well..I would just suggest staying away from one specialty " raw tuna"..a good experiment though...next time I am gonna have Melinda's order - the finger-lickin' ribs!!! ( i realized that pizza and burger are always safe bets..but you might go wrong with pasta..)
I still like Chinese food the most, hands down!!
 28/03/2008
Judith, my supervisor for my M.A. thesis, is such a bubbly person
 ..i hit it off with her quickly..(well..i would think she gets along well with everyone)..after the meeting with her, I rushed to my workplace downtown...Mondays and Fridays are quiet time in the government (flex days = days off)..I did my fancy and complicated forecast modelling (will unfancy and uncomplicate it in some way...eventually -_- ") until getting off work at 4:30pm..things are on the right track for now
btw, check out the Minister Carole Taylor at MOF, she is pretty:)
Give me a weekend with tons of sunshine!!
27/03/2008
I just organized photos taken during my trip in the town of Sidney, Victoria.. brief words to describe the town:
- quiet: you could easily find somewhere around nobody...a beautiful beach with quite a few sea birds, a couple of dogs and several people (count kids in:))...i was the only person in a local coffee shop except for the waitress..
- paradise-like: well..probably this comment is beautified by my personal feeling and memory back then
- clean: as a person who is a little bit of cleanness freak, I would think Sidney scores a 85/100..minimally..
non-photoshopped pictures of views of Sidney in the album speak louder than my words..:)
2/24/2008 Sophia's Flashback Story of 2007 - 3 (the end)Background music: "someone's watching over me" by Hilary Duff
shouldn't the name be " I am watching over me"?
2/23/2008 Sophia's Flashback Story of 2007 - 2
Background music: " A Place in This World" by Taylor Swift I can relate to this song a lot officially say good-bye to 2007 (fine..it is already Feb.2008..look..I am slow..ok?) and a good-hi to 2008!!! ---HOW ARE U DOING?
Sophia's Flashback Story of 2007 - 1slideshow is on!
Background music:"Do you know" by Enrique Iglesias
I had a fantastic year of 2007
not because that it is always sunny
but because rainy days can also be a delight
throw you a big hug
let's get going 2008!!!
best-est luck to you^^
11/10/2007 11/9/07 7:10pm
I got a new coop job at the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
I AM GETTING INTO THIS ROBUST INDUSTRY!! what i know before the interview： one interviewer is an economist(sweating).. the other interviees: one guy is from mathematical statistics… one is my classmate -_-" ..others whom i have no clue of (mysterious)
the interviewers are two Canadian women... another one is a big-shot responsible for forecasting (have no idea of the exact title, but anyway the economists have to report to her) in total 7 questions..some include sub-questions..
some technical questions, like: (it was not surprising..that’s what the economist is sitting there for…so no chills..no fever..) if data is missing or unavailable, what econometric methods do you use to forecast the revenue? what are the differences? what are the advantages/dis- of those methods? Tell me a project or research you have done when you need to deal with time-series data, how did you establish model and conduct forecasting? what is the conclusion?
also some behaviors questions, like: what is your biggest strength and weakness? (.. tricky!) what do you know about the energy in British Columbia? what do you know about the Ministry? What do you think of the offshore oil and gas development in BC? why do you think you are the best fit for this position? (the most asked interview question)
so I kept babbling..
anyway it appears that they are quite interested in me cos they started talking sth. like :
you(!!) will work with economists and geologists in the oil and gas titles branch to develop 5 year in-house forecasting… do modeling…. to better inform Treasuray Board..provide economic analyses and advice…. Etc…
BUT they did not ask for my references!!! Yes there’s always a “but”… ..a bad “ but”
but here comes a even bigger good “but”.. around 7pm (after 4 hrs shopping in the Mayfair mall) all of a sudden an idea hit me ( I guess I am smarter after marathon shopping ): if by any chance they may be exceptionally nice and let me know the result before the long weekend..
So I checked the email at the shopping mall It says:
Hi Xiaoming,
Great news! XXX (the economist in the Ministry of energy) would like to offer you the position you interviewed for earlier today. Congratulations!!!
Please let me know whether or not you accept this position by 4:00pm Tuesday (Monday is a holiday) November 13.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Justine
I couldn’t be happier…. The happiest day ever!! The universe is taking care of me all the time.. I am blessedly lucky… THANK U, the universe!!!!!!!
life likes making jokes ..it is full of unreasonable and unexpected loss and gain.. this time I was the one who wins the jackpot..(u need luck more than anything) next time it will be another one.. i would be smiling at and be happy for her/him then..
cos that's life ————————————————————————————————————————
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