Sophia

Moving on & A New Start - August, 2008

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:45:07 GMT

August 24

Bree, Kent, Jesse, Charlotte, Henry (the bunny) and I - BBQ & Trampoline

Great time..Great time...

p.s. we missed Jesse's girlfriend Charlotte here, as she was cooking for us!!!

I was so happy to play on the trampoline..it reminded me of my childhood...

Henry - a floppy-eared bunny...he was so adorable...

Bree - missed the ball...so close!!

That's Kent's beer.

(left) Jesse was stealing a piece of meat from the grill

(middle) Kent was showing how crafty he was

(right) the victims of Kent's work of art

isn't Bree pretty?

that's Kent's beer...again....-_-"

Changes - Month of July, 2008

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:57:40 GMT

July 12 Rodeo

The sun was beaming that day.. occasionally I like to get away from every day life..

live like a cowgirl for one day, may I?

Fantasy pictures

Real-life pictures

Bless me - June, 2008

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:17:58 GMT

June 12

check out this: otters holding hands:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epUk3T2Kfno

June 11

Guess which baby bear I took home...^^

(hint: Not one of those polar bears!)

June 8

Everything is gonna be fine

Month of May = Month of Maybes - May 2008

Sun, 11 May 2008 05:21:38 GMT

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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Time and Colonist 10K Run

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

Short But Sweet - April, 2008

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:50:37 GMT

04/27/08

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..:)

Sophia's Flashback Story of 2007 - 3 (the end)

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:31:50 GMT

Background music: "someone's watching over me" by Hilary Duff

shouldn't the name be " I am watching over me"?

Sophia's Flashback Story of 2007 - 2

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:43:14 GMT

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 - 1

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:32:20 GMT

slideshow 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^^