终于在老板的帮助下向光明迈出了一小步。习得以下要点：

1. 对语言的解读与所处的状态和心情有强烈的正相关关系；
2. 总体认识在人们的决策过程中占很大的权重，所以不要寄希望于顽石上附着的一块小小的黄金唤起搬动大石头的欲望；
3. 大部分人，在不够focus的情景下，虽然不能make point，但还是make sense的；
4. 文章不是一蹴而就的，是改出来的；
5. 多找个人讨论的边际效用在人数少于5个的情况下呈递增状态，凸的哦；
6. 没有什么能够替代工作量，文章没有准备好，50%强是由于工作量不够。

Keep going。。。

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行路难 - 李白
金樽清酒斗十千，玉盘珍馐直万钱。停杯投箸不能食，拔剑四顾心茫然。欲渡黄河冰塞川，将登太行雪暗天。闲来垂钓坐溪上，忽复乘舟梦日边。行路难，行路难，多歧路，今安在。长风破浪会有时，直挂云帆济沧海。

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忙忙火火的办必备的证件，因为有江老师的签证指导，很快、很顺利的办好了签证。

于是开始搜寻机票的信息，因为一直想等签证的材料落停了才买机票，所以动手的就有点晚，选择自然也少了不少。而且priceline不知道被谁整了，现在只能定美国国内的机票了，估计和税啊什么的有关系（理论问题，现在不是状态讨论）。于是又去了qunar等常用的网站，机票的报价也都差不多，基本上集中在Continental、British Airways、Qatar和NWA。其中Qatar的机票价格最低，可是妈一听是卡塔尔，马上就说不让定。。。NWA要转四次飞机，Negative。锁定了Continental，直飞New York，然后只要很短的时间就可以有航班到目的地，可是在他们的网站上订票，付款总是不成功，然后电话订单里面就是没有香港的电话，这不是成心么。于是试着找了科大的关联代理安达旅游，对方很牛X的发了个邮件说“你要的最低票假的韩国航空的机票没有了，我们给你选择了Qatar航空10800的组合，已经很好了，你尽快付款吧”邮件的下面都是各种的付款方式。我不禁感叹于其服务的专业性和目标导向性，这就是效率吧。至于中旅则是报出了很平庸的价钱。还是找航空公司的e-channel吧，既然Continental收钱有问题，就试了一下British Airways。结果人家的系统到是很好用，虽然飞行时间很不好，要半夜飞到英国然后等10个小时才有飞目的地的航班，都忍了，欣快的付了钱。以为终于一切都结束了，今天才收到另一套噩耗，如果要在英国过境，需要办理耗资900郁闷的英国过境签证，老牌资本主义国家就是装逼，我巴不得不在你们国家待那十个钟头。还好在Maggie有过一次惨痛经历后的热情提醒，要不跑到机场被拒绝登机的时候，估计我要不顾及自己代表的伟大的社会主义祖国的形象骂大街了。（他们的航空公司的网站上根本没有这样的信息，也没有退票的信息，打电话过去说不能退票。FCUK）

命题1: 尽早的确定机票行程可以使消费者在与航空公司们的讨价还价中处于较有利的地位。

命题2：如果目的地国家存在航空公司这一行业，选择所在国的航空公司一般可以得到较好的线路。

命题3: 如果通过英国过境，一定需要办理为进入资本主义国家而设置的过境签证。

好了，看来又要多办理一个签证了，只要到时候他们别把我的行李变没了就好（对Maggie夫妇的惨痛经历深感同情）。

1. 昨天是情人节，所以今天就是情人节后的节后综合症时期。回味吧，畅想吧，那是情人们的事，咱管不着。自己那点儿乐，哥们儿也就闷在心里偷着乐去了。

2. 回到香港过了一个礼拜，猴似的东奔西窜到现在没找着正茬儿，高兴事儿到是不少。下礼拜得正二八经的把3月份的活提到实际操作的高度。

3. 前天败了个手机，提前迎接了一下Windows Mobile年，潮流，你觉得领着，就领着呢。其实买回来先把自己批判了一个透彻，第二天才觉得好点儿了。

4. 今天见到了分别多年的一个本科同学，博士毕业了在金融海啸的大环境下艰苦奋斗中。发现这些年其实大家都没怎么变（外形上）。还知道了有一种研究的境界叫做“我不做研究将是全人类的损失”。

5. 其实到现在没有想过2009有什么新年畅想，好好干活吧，混也得混的跟个人似的不是？倒是真想有时间到美丽的国度去看看，听的太多了，想实践一把，顺便也把折磨人的鸟类语言好好的训练一下。

6. 对我的懒进行一下尖锐的批评，照相机里残存过多相片的问题限期整改，RSS收藏过期文章积压问题进行一次性扫荡似清理，space长草区准备开个高尔夫球场。渐渐体会到，being virtual是一种态度。

祝福

Finally, we took it. The preparation for QE took me about 2 months since its announcement. Because of the schedule keeps changing, I actually had the whole semester taken without significant progress in the research work. Anyway, it is a fruitful process during which I got to know the discipline from various perspective and become more ready to do research in different sub-stream. Even for my own sub-stream, new understanding keeps came out.

The QE here has six parts, experiment design, statistical analysis (SEM), teaching question (IS strategy), survey methodology, economics of information system, and supervisor question. Each will take you about the one week to get a good idea what is going on and more importantly how to do research. That translate to one and a half month in preparation given you have the basic training in every subject (a one semester course). In our case, for most of the courses, the examiners will give some topics that will be included in the QE. This saves time if one cares more about passing QE. In this case, one month is enough. The actual exam takes 1 hour and 20 minutes each part. An eight hour suffer should be expected. (Bring your chocolate.)

9 important tips:

1. Communicate with the examiner as early as possible. They will give you more specific topics where you should pay more attention. I was not saying that you should only know the stuff that will be tested. But it does save your time. And being focused is especially helpful in the last few days. The better way to communicate is periodical meeting to report your progress and ask for advices. However, it does not seem to be possible…

2. Concentrate on one subject a time. Since our topics are quite broad, rotation and recap will take much of your efforts.

3. Try to form study groups and do not save your energy from tutoring others.

4.  Stick to a schedule and make each day pays. My strategy is to have a calendar by my side and mark the performance each day.

5. Try to keep up with your own research. I did not do well in this aspect. QE is only part of the process to graduate, so there is no stop after QE. Try your best to keep up. And it is sometimes helpful.

6. The QE is always trying to access the students’ ability in doing research in the area. So do not be drown by all the details, the statistics, and the models. Knowing the rationale and how to apply those insights to the research is more important. It will not kill you if you cannot remember the name of single factor test.

7. Do not be satisfied with seeing and remembering a lot. Summarize your learning in a systematic way will enhance the effects of those knowledge. I did a summary for each part (except for the supervisor question). That is the way to make the piles of papers and books to a single sheet.

8. Fix the data as early as possible and avoid any unnecessary delay. (早死早超生)

9. Have fun!