我是个不善表达自己感情的人，说损人的话时思如泉涌，可是要等好话从我嘴里蹦出来比生孩子还难。开始写Blog这么一段时间篇篇都是高谈阔论，尽挑些不痛不痒的事胡搅蛮缠，不过其实心里真的很是怀念我的“女人们”。每每看到别人space上的“闺密”二字，笑容就从心里浮现到嘴角，往事就不经意的在眼前流过。

四年，怎样的弹指一挥间啊！这么宝贵的日子被我大半浪费在了清华园里大大小小的自习教室，可是每当回到紫荆楼前，还在楼道里就能听到如蜂巢般热闹的人气，南征北战奔波了一天的我总有一种回到家的幸福感——现在的家是单门独户的，三个人的屋子自然冷清了许多。推开门，顾妈妈十有八九在她的电脑前摆弄她日渐丰富的瓶瓶罐罐，我前脚进门stream也差不多就吃完饭回来了，这也是个第一批赶着进食堂的主儿，两人交流一下十食堂明档部最近的新花样，心里盘算一下占在老馆的座会不会被推了，然后就又匆匆戎马生涯了。晚上把破车入库上楼时多半正赶上熄灯瞬间响彻全楼的叹息，正好有理由跑到sherry那儿骚扰她和她的本本，不过基本上偷鸡不着被她骚扰，然后俩人在一起拜见顾妈妈汇报一下近期感情问题和FREE大事。等楼里渐渐静下来而楼道里捧书或立或坐的人渐渐多起来的时候，Kaylee风尘仆仆的身影出现了，蹑手蹑脚钥匙一扭掩门而入，本来想着不要吵醒床上的人（除了大一时的我还有谁会那么早睡），结果却发现大家都在屏气凝神等她回来呢。遇上一年中少数Kaylee属于清华的日子，四人卧谈当然也不能免俗，不过大多数时候都已顾妈没了声息和Kaylee厅中煲电话告终。现在的夜里，关了门屋里就只剩下孤单一人，再也没有顾妈妈铿锵有力行云流般键盘指法伴我入睡啦。

为什么曾经那许多身边鲜活的面孔都变成了在MSN和Gtalk上半中不英的只言片语和夸张的符号表情o(∩_∩)o...(*^__^*) (~^O^~)(¯^¯ )〝( />< )/ ，边聊还要边换算着时差。我知道这不是个问句。有人东渡，有人北迁，我也于西天取经快两年了，熵增加原理告诉我大家聚在一起的日子不会再有了，无论我心中自私的想法多么希望女人们再捏着鼻子忍受我的口无遮拦几年。感谢你们，让我在清华电子系的四年里活得像个女生（如今的组里我是单根独苗，除非跟我35岁的女老板交流）；祝福你们，幸福永远都在你们伸手可及的地方（顾妈妈枕边的香气也便宜了我四年呢，而且我发誓没有按过你的闹钟，都是你自己在无意识状态下关掉的）

我的一个美国同事曾经非常惊讶于中国大学里的班级年级和院系制度，因为这边大学里很少由我们那种班级的概念，更不要说以班级年纪院系为单位的活动了。尤其是当我告诉他我们的宿舍基本是随机分配的，跟谁一起睡不在你的掌握中，他几乎要跳到房顶，质问道：“How are you supposed to make friends with people you REALLY like!” 我笑了，回答说：“You never know. They will become the friends you REALLY like.”

人性有多善变呢？数量化一点我觉得应该有（2n+1）*180度。我现在最怀念的就是我人生的前二十年最痛恨的语文课，而最回避的就是曾经最执着最上进的物理课，耳朵里的回响全是曾经的那些张老师李老师口里念叨着的“将来你们就会明白语文的重要性了”，脑袋里的画面满是她们眼镜背后的寒光一闪和嘴角一提的冷笑（倒不是她们的形象如此，只是我的心理作用强烈）。不能不由衷感慨三十年河东三十年河西：那时的我轻狂年少，手里捧着物理奥赛题集，心里只是在想：“高考完了以后这辈子我都不用再碰‘语文’二字了”。那时候想得多么简单啊，觉得中国字会读会写，自己又不要做什么失意诗人新兴作家的，足够了；再看看自己周围父母辈在工作岗位上有几个用到唐诗宋词，有几个需要分析段落大意中心思想的。还有课本上最尴尬的应用文那部分，什么书信公函证明一堆劳什子只换来一句话“这些在高考作文里出现的可能性极小”，当时我心里的暗笑绕梁三日不绝于耳。如今呢，虚长了几岁才发现夫子们都是一语成谶，曾经的叛逆迟早都要变成浪子回头变成老大徒伤悲。

相反，过去种种对于科学真理的热情渐渐熄灭，取而代之的是难以名状的复杂感受，对初恋的爱恨交织恐怕不过于此吧。有次跟康奈尔一个大三的ABC小孩儿聊到理科，他的一席话基本上可以算作替我发言：“刚开始学到牛顿经典力学觉得真是神奇，一整套理论可以解释世界；后来发现还有爱因斯坦的相对论，原来道理还不是那么简单；在后来就加上个量子力学，到头来什么都成了不清不楚的概率事件，这算是怎么回事啊？”结论是他大学里决定修商科，而我尽管觉悟的晚点，也开始信仰危机，基本上处在“忠诚的自然科学信徒”和“翻然悔悟与歪理邪教划清界限的现实主义者”之间的振荡态波函数，振动周期是24小时，而且完全符合量子力学里的测不准原理，任何企图测量系统状态的努力都以失败告终。

“有朋自远方来，不亦说乎”，昨天开始读论语；“如果谁不为量子论而感到困惑，那他就是没有理解量子论”，从此不再碰物理。

希拉里和湖人，两个我稍微多喜欢了点的班子接二连三的败下阵来，而且都输掉得有些莫名其妙。我倒不是怎么忠诚的fans，只不过有点赌徒押宝的心态，结果发现还是站错队了，o(∩_∩)o...哈哈。这让我想起02年高考的时候，那时湖人骁勇善战，一口气拔得头筹，正好赶在我的大考之前，不免有几分讨了好彩头的感觉。算不上是有神论者，但是时不时会有些迷信，遇上这种新闻和赛事总会被我用来卜上一卦。这次看来是下下签，诸事不宜。

The podcast I was listening to touched briefly upon a topic entitled: "The MFA is the new MBA", in which the MFA stands for Master of Fine Art. It argued that in today's business world, MFA's innovative and out-of-the-box thinking is highly sought after and an MFA can prepare people for business career as well as, if not better than an MBA. A more detailed content can be found at:
http://conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2008/04/the_mfa_is_the_new_mba_1.html

I like the line of thought pretty much, and quite honestly, being a long-time engineering student, I can clearly see what is missing in my own education. However, I believe the argument can go both ways, or rather all the ways. For example,
The PhD is the new MBA
because
1) Independent and logical thinking-I guess no one will argue with this point
2) Ability to deal with failure and frustration-Five or more years of your best time working on obscure matters that most likely nobody has done before, I can see an abundant supply of F&F coming
3) Presentation skills-if you have ever written a paper or presented a talk, you know what I am talking about. A Cornell alumni who got his Physics PhD and then headed to the business world once told me the advantage of getting a doctoral degree in Business is that you have a superior bullshit detector, therefore are not easily fooled.
4) Negotiation skills-who doesn't have a boss?

Also, the NBA is the new MBA
because
1) Teamwork spirit-nowadays the players have learned their lessons, so no matter how self-centered they really are, the credits are given to all the team.
2) Decision making under pressure-I can only say it is an instinct.
3) Leadership skill-Kobe Bryant may not be a very good example, but I can't spell other players' names without opening a new web browser.
4) Play your enemy-Facing the other team on the court is not as easy as it looks. I am guessing if the wall street elites were placed on the same trading floor next to each other, you might need more referees to control the situation.

And it goes on "the JD is the new MBA", "the MD is the new MBA", ...

Or looking from another direction, if we have proved that the statement "xx is the new MBA" holds true for almost any profession, it is safe to say " the new MBA is xx", in other words, MBA is no more and no less than any other degree if you do it right and really put your time to learn something.