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怪癖唷

// October 5th, 2005 // 22 Comments » // Life

流传这么久我也难逃被点名,那就列下我的怪癖吧。。。

1。吃东西如果有配的调料,一定坚持要先吃不蘸或撒调料的原味,并且每次都会教育同吃的人也要这么做。

2。吃饭的碗不能用来接着喝汤,至少要涮一下。

3。找歌会坚持找全整张专辑然后一起听。喜欢的歌手乐队常会疯狂寻找收全集,然后。。。不听。

4。常会google周围的人-_-,看有什么相关有趣的网页。

5。我这人太正常了,想不出第五条啦。

至于点名,我就不点了吧,看到这个还没写过的都乖乖写个吧。@_@

Which auto insurance company should I choose?

// October 4th, 2005 // 7 Comments » // Life

I didn’t plan to buy the auto insurance since it is not mandatory in NH. But after I knew how much a 5-hour emergency room service cost me, I changed my mind-_-. The problem is that I am young, and I am single, isn’t it amazing? hahahahaaaaa……not at all in terms of the auto insurance rate:(. I asked several companies for quotes by online quoting system or by email or by phone. I just plan to have the minimum coverage. The lowest rate is from Safeco, about $610 a year. But this is not the final quote, and it could be much higher. The second lowest one is from Progressive, about $630 a year which should be final. However, what I’m interested in the most is Amica whose rate is $727 a year, and the final rate might be $20 less than this. It is pricer, but Amica has been continuously ranked as #1 satisfaction for many years by different independent ranking institutes. Other than these three, I aslo have $7xx from Geigo, $8xx from Liberty Mutual and $9xx from Allstate (don’t remember the exact number sinice it’s unlikely I would buy one of them). Of course I’ve got some insane quote like $8xx or $1xxx for 6 months-_-. Has anyone recently bought the auto insurance? Any experience? Or you can just vote for whatever reason it might be. I hope I can finish this by this weekend…..

Oh, I just collected something about the auto insurance. If you are interested, it’s here. It’s a wikipedia we DCSSA are building now.

在美国没有医疗保险确实会死人

// September 26th, 2005 // 3 Comments » // Life

今天收到保险公司的信,确认上次拉肚子的帐单它们已经付了。之前我只收到医生的200多刀的bill,然后转给保险公司,医院则直接发给保险公司,所以我一直不知道到底医院要收我多少。这次一看,吓一跳。5个小时的急诊,医院就要了我2500刀!太可怕了。还好有医疗保险,不过我还是要付将近$200的detuctible。那一次看病算是把两年的保险费都赚回来了-_-。怪不得在美国关于贫民的医疗保险是个大话题,拉个稀看个急诊小算一下$3000就花出去了。不过话说回来,那个医院的服务真是不错,后来还给我打电话征求意见,毕竟收了那么多钱。。。

另外,虽然上周五就知道了,但今天才收到正式通知,qualify过了。

party小结

// September 25th, 2005 // 10 Comments » // Life

刚从tuck的晚餐聚会回来,这周末的party告一段落。昨天的中秋和前天的师姐家party是我最enjoy的。师姐做的菜真是超级超级好吃,饭后一伙人还拿着筹码先玩21点再玩poker。中秋party因为新生多,尤其女生多,很是撑的起场面,结束后还跑到酒吧喝小酒,我喝了一个Tequila Sunrise,一个Tequila Shot,和一些本地啤酒,头略有些晕晕的,然后我还酒后驾驶。。。当然这是很不好的,说好以后再出来喝酒,先找个不喝的当司机。前天的系里party还是那样,和熟一点的几个人可以聊一聊,但和几个新人我都没有打招呼,不过当天烤的sausage非常好吃。今天的tuck聚会算是最惨的了吧,他们都是有过工作经验的人,而mba的生活轨迹和phd是相差很大的,尤其我本身又对经济很感兴趣,没法完全作为局外人,听他们讲过去的工作,summer intern,将来的工作,最开始很好奇,很有意思,但久了,难免有些失落。还是自己心不够静,不满足现状又不够努力,先读完phd吧,我需要时间沉淀和成熟一些。

在这个适合修身养性的小town再呆几年,也许我会足够安静,难说,嗯。

Party, Party

// September 23rd, 2005 // 2 Comments » // Life

这个周末真是party weekend,刚开学就是不一样。今晚要跑两个,6点去系里同学的party,据说准备了很不错的grill,意大利同学还要做pasta salad,这个恐怕全系多数人都会去。然后8点再去一个中国师姐那里尝她的手艺,上周boston trip和她提到还没吃过她做饭,于是这周就请我们几个去吃,嘿嘿。明天晚上是中秋party,但还收到一个A&S和Tuck合办的party的邀请,肯定是只能参加中秋party了,明天上午还要继续去买点party用品,这届新生多,晚会应该比较有趣。当天下午系里还有人在big green上要打什么球,反正特别像退休老人们打的那种。。。周日晚上接到Tuck中国学生的邀请,去参加他们的晚餐party。两周前去过一个Tuck的学生家吃饭,MBA的生活果然是全然不同的。Tuck今年又在WSJ上排第一,也难怪他们意气风发。我就只能凑凑气氛了。。。

不过我其实还是没有太适应老美的party,也还不能像在中国人party上那样social,不过起码有的吃@_@。先去参加第一个了。