Friday, February 29, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
If I were a stuffed animal, they would stop haunting me.
下午做了个很恐怖的梦。我独自游荡在图书馆里，里面好多妖魔鬼怪。我害怕的不敢走出来，可是又很想逃出去。于是我把自己打扮成了个stuffed animal，穿成大只的毛绒玩具，在图书馆的走廊里走动。想，这样应该妖魔鬼怪都不认识我了吧。
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Music in the Noon Hour
12:30pm
I went to the Music in the Noon Hour at Sage Recital Hall. It was a four-hand piano music performance by Judy and Marc Ryser. It was so wonderful. The first piece "from Jatekok (Games)" was by Gyorgy Kurtag. The second piece "Fantasy in F minor, D.940" was by Franz Schubert. I did not quite get the first piece. It was too modern and tricky that had greatly challenged my ability to appreciate music. I thought it was a warm up at the beginning. Lol. The short concert was a great experience.
In addition to work on Bach's Invention No.10, I have started working on a new piece by John White, Sonata No. 140.
Can't get enough of piano duet.
by Jay Chou and Yu Hao at GMA Live.
by Jay Chou and Yu Hao in the movie Secret.
I went to the Music in the Noon Hour at Sage Recital Hall. It was a four-hand piano music performance by Judy and Marc Ryser. It was so wonderful. The first piece "from Jatekok (Games)" was by Gyorgy Kurtag. The second piece "Fantasy in F minor, D.940" was by Franz Schubert. I did not quite get the first piece. It was too modern and tricky that had greatly challenged my ability to appreciate music. I thought it was a warm up at the beginning. Lol. The short concert was a great experience.
In addition to work on Bach's Invention No.10, I have started working on a new piece by John White, Sonata No. 140.
Can't get enough of piano duet.
by Jay Chou and Yu Hao at GMA Live.
by Jay Chou and Yu Hao in the movie Secret.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Harvard Business School 2+2, Analyzed and Getting In
I found two quite tasteful pieces written by a history undergrad at Harvard analyzing the stellar HBS 2+2 program. Well thanks to Diana.
Harvard Business School 2+2, Analyzed
by Diana Kimball
I've been thinking a lot about why Harvard Business School, venerable institution that it is, would suddenly decide to recruit college juniors who are "not on a business trajectory" through their new 2+2 program, which will provide its lucky admits with a career coach and guaranteed matriculation after 2 years of work. HBS 2+2, to give you some background information, is theoretically aimed at liberal arts majors who are on the brink of deciding where their life's going to take them. Business schools—unlike law schools, medical schools, or arts & sciences grad schools—hardly ever admit students right out of their undergraduate degree, normally requiring a few years of work experience. Danger! What if Harvard Business School is losing shining, moldable stars, dripping with unformed analytic potential, to these schools?
Except, HBS never seemed to see perceive that as a problem. Until now. What happened?
The Internet. That's what happeend. A business degree used to be a prerequisite to jumpstarting most high-powered careers, at least in the corporate world. Now, a lot of brilliant college grads (or college dropouts) don't need to go to law school, medical school, grad school or business school in order to make a name for themselves. They just start a company like Facebook, and after a few years of feverish programming, they're household names.
This is not okay with Harvard Business School.
HBS is an exclusive club. But when it's excluding the it-crowd—22-year-old future self-made billionaires—what happens to their club? It loses some credibility. HBS needs the world to perceive a Harvard Business School degree as the mark of greatness, but that mark is only as valuable as its reputation—which is created by the people who hold degrees, and diluted by the degree-less success of their drop-out counterparts.
2+2 is their solution: catch them while they're young. Take the whiz-kids who have the potential to be great no matter what, and brand them before the secret gets out. By the time they graduate, they're locked into the brand. Fortunately, HBS still has enough cred that it's a mutually beneficial relationship. The future entrepreneurs of the world probably could use a little schooling, and they could certainly brandish their HBS club badges to great effect—in a corporate world where that badge still means something.
But all in all, I'd say it's HBS that stands to gain the most from this deal. Five years out, when the first branded 2+2 class graduates, HBS will hand them degrees, and claim that they're bestowing passports to the future. The real secret is, this future is happening no matter what. The passports are increasingly irrelevant. But maybe, just maybe, Harvard Business School can keep this fact quiet and maintain their relevance in the twenty-first century, by hitching themselves to the inevitable stars.
Harvard Business School 2+2: Getting In
by Diana Kimball
Two weeks ago, we talked about Harvard Business School's new fast-track program for college juniors, HBS 2+2. Since then, quite a few people have stopped by this website wanting to know more. This week, I'm going to take a look at the million dollar question:
Who will get in to HBS 2+2?
I'm an undergraduate at Harvard right now, and I've been watching HBS 2+2 pretty closely. I think I have some answers . However, before we get started on the Magical Mystery Tour of HBS 2+2 Admissions, I'd like to point out one very important fact: we don't actually know who will be admitted, because no one's been admitted yet. The very first round of applications isn't due until July; frankly, not even HBS knows who they're going to admit. So, before you get too nervous, remember: anything's possible. These are not definitive answers, because very few definitive answers exist.
That said, there are some pretty substantial clues.
(Hint: liberal arts majors, women, and geeks are in demand.)
But before we dive in, here's a rundown of what HBS 2+2 is all about:
1. Apply in July after your junior year of college.
2. Receive acceptance/rejection by September of senior year.
3. Team up with a career coach who will help you find a job that's allegedly right for you.
4. Attend HBS 2+2 Summer Program in the summer after college.
5. Work two years at your job, with another HBS 2+2 Summer Program between Year 1 and Year 2.
6. Matriculate at HBS after two years of work.
(Check out this graphic timeline on the HBS 2+2 website for more details.)
Two years of work, two years of school. 2+2. It's a pretty great deal, for the students and for HBS. But who will be lucky enough to get in?
Officially, HBS 2+2 is looking for liberal arts majors who are juniors in college—those "not on a business trajectory." Do Economics majors count as being "on a business trajectory," or not? At a prospective students event for Harvard Business School three weeks ago, an admissions officer answered this question by saying that "We consider Economics majors to be liberal arts majors"—therefore, Economics majors are fine. However, "business majors," which exist at some colleges, are not the 2+2 target audience. "They don't need our resources," according to the admissions officer.
Also, despite a Wall Street Journal article that implied the opposite, HBS 2+2 is not just for Harvard undergraduates. Far from it. Whatever HBS's other motivations are for 2+2, they're pretty serious about using 2+2 to "increase diversity" in the class of 2013 and beyond.
The Wall Street Journal article offered a final clue: stellar women candidates are very much in demand.
"By providing deferred admission, 2+2 will also help Harvard Business School attract more women applicants, says Carl Kester, deputy dean for academic affairs. The demographic is one that M.B.A. programs in general have historically struggled to recruit. 'Young women who are considering an M.B.A., but believe they need for five or six years of work experience before applying, are often faced with concerns about when they might start a family,' he says. 'By comparison, many professional-degree programs can be completed in less than five years.'"
So far, we have the following...
____
Official Characteristics of the Target HBS 2+2 Candidate
1. Junior in college.
2. Liberal arts major—not business major. Economics is okay.
3. "Not on a business trajectory"—could benefit the most from HBS's resources.
4. Women and other traditionally difficult-to-recruit candidates are valued.
____
Now, we get into more speculative territory. At the same prospective students event three weeks ago, the admissions officer said something interesting about leadership. Paraphrased:
"We're looking for the same qualities of leadership in 2+2 candidates that we look for in our regular admits. However, when most people think of the word "leader" they think of the person who's in charge of everything—in charge of a million clubs and publications. We're certainly looking for those people, but we're also looking for different kinds of leaders. You could be a thought leader, for instance—someone who's on the cutting edge. Or you could be a leader in terms of excelling at actualizing other people's ideas and making them happen."
Who are "thought leaders," and what does it mean to be one? It's hard to say, and I think that HBS probably operates on a policy of "we know it when we see it." However, I have one guess, substantiated by some of their targeted advertising:
They're going after geeks.
I haven't seen everything on the Internet, by any means, so this is a very biased observation. However, I did notice a few weeks ago that HBS 2+2 was advertising pretty heavily on BoingBoing—bastion of geekdom, palace of blogging. I've heard that BoingBoing is the third-most-read blog on the Internet, so advertising there seems like a logical step. But let's think about the audience there—certainly not your "traditional" business school candidates. We're talking computer science students, future founders of Internet startups, and yes, a lot of pretty regular people who just love weird things, antique ephemera, and free culture. (Of BoingBoing's readers, I'm definitely in the third category! No computer science superstar here.)
Those look like big ads to me, and I think that demonstrates at least some level of targeting. However, if anyone has encountered these ads elsewhere on the Internet or in print, I'd love to hear about them.
____
Right now, HBS 2+2 is a big mystery; I think the number of people who come to this website looking for answers shows just how big that mystery really is. And if you read my last HBS 2+2 article, you'll know that I think this is a calculated move on the part of Harvard Business School—it's just hard to tell exactly what that calculation is. While I certainly don't intend this post to be the last word on HBS 2+2 admissions, let alone a true guide to "getting in," I thought it was worth laying out what we already know:
Liberal arts majors,
Students "not on a business trajectory,"
Women and members of other traditionally-hard-to-recruit groups,
"Thought leaders" and actualizing leaders
And quite possibly geeks
—in their junior year of college—
constitute a good chunk of Harvard Business School's target audience for HBS 2+2.
So while we may not know exactly who Harvard Business School's 2+2 program will admit, we do know who they're hoping will apply. And I'd venture to say that that's better than nothing.
Harvard Business School 2+2, Analyzed
by Diana Kimball
I've been thinking a lot about why Harvard Business School, venerable institution that it is, would suddenly decide to recruit college juniors who are "not on a business trajectory" through their new 2+2 program, which will provide its lucky admits with a career coach and guaranteed matriculation after 2 years of work. HBS 2+2, to give you some background information, is theoretically aimed at liberal arts majors who are on the brink of deciding where their life's going to take them. Business schools—unlike law schools, medical schools, or arts & sciences grad schools—hardly ever admit students right out of their undergraduate degree, normally requiring a few years of work experience. Danger! What if Harvard Business School is losing shining, moldable stars, dripping with unformed analytic potential, to these schools?
Except, HBS never seemed to see perceive that as a problem. Until now. What happened?
The Internet. That's what happeend. A business degree used to be a prerequisite to jumpstarting most high-powered careers, at least in the corporate world. Now, a lot of brilliant college grads (or college dropouts) don't need to go to law school, medical school, grad school or business school in order to make a name for themselves. They just start a company like Facebook, and after a few years of feverish programming, they're household names.
This is not okay with Harvard Business School.
HBS is an exclusive club. But when it's excluding the it-crowd—22-year-old future self-made billionaires—what happens to their club? It loses some credibility. HBS needs the world to perceive a Harvard Business School degree as the mark of greatness, but that mark is only as valuable as its reputation—which is created by the people who hold degrees, and diluted by the degree-less success of their drop-out counterparts.
2+2 is their solution: catch them while they're young. Take the whiz-kids who have the potential to be great no matter what, and brand them before the secret gets out. By the time they graduate, they're locked into the brand. Fortunately, HBS still has enough cred that it's a mutually beneficial relationship. The future entrepreneurs of the world probably could use a little schooling, and they could certainly brandish their HBS club badges to great effect—in a corporate world where that badge still means something.
But all in all, I'd say it's HBS that stands to gain the most from this deal. Five years out, when the first branded 2+2 class graduates, HBS will hand them degrees, and claim that they're bestowing passports to the future. The real secret is, this future is happening no matter what. The passports are increasingly irrelevant. But maybe, just maybe, Harvard Business School can keep this fact quiet and maintain their relevance in the twenty-first century, by hitching themselves to the inevitable stars.
Harvard Business School 2+2: Getting In
by Diana Kimball
Two weeks ago, we talked about Harvard Business School's new fast-track program for college juniors, HBS 2+2. Since then, quite a few people have stopped by this website wanting to know more. This week, I'm going to take a look at the million dollar question:
Who will get in to HBS 2+2?
I'm an undergraduate at Harvard right now, and I've been watching HBS 2+2 pretty closely. I think I have some answers . However, before we get started on the Magical Mystery Tour of HBS 2+2 Admissions, I'd like to point out one very important fact: we don't actually know who will be admitted, because no one's been admitted yet. The very first round of applications isn't due until July; frankly, not even HBS knows who they're going to admit. So, before you get too nervous, remember: anything's possible. These are not definitive answers, because very few definitive answers exist.
That said, there are some pretty substantial clues.
(Hint: liberal arts majors, women, and geeks are in demand.)
But before we dive in, here's a rundown of what HBS 2+2 is all about:
1. Apply in July after your junior year of college.
2. Receive acceptance/rejection by September of senior year.
3. Team up with a career coach who will help you find a job that's allegedly right for you.
4. Attend HBS 2+2 Summer Program in the summer after college.
5. Work two years at your job, with another HBS 2+2 Summer Program between Year 1 and Year 2.
6. Matriculate at HBS after two years of work.
(Check out this graphic timeline on the HBS 2+2 website for more details.)
Two years of work, two years of school. 2+2. It's a pretty great deal, for the students and for HBS. But who will be lucky enough to get in?
Officially, HBS 2+2 is looking for liberal arts majors who are juniors in college—those "not on a business trajectory." Do Economics majors count as being "on a business trajectory," or not? At a prospective students event for Harvard Business School three weeks ago, an admissions officer answered this question by saying that "We consider Economics majors to be liberal arts majors"—therefore, Economics majors are fine. However, "business majors," which exist at some colleges, are not the 2+2 target audience. "They don't need our resources," according to the admissions officer.
Also, despite a Wall Street Journal article that implied the opposite, HBS 2+2 is not just for Harvard undergraduates. Far from it. Whatever HBS's other motivations are for 2+2, they're pretty serious about using 2+2 to "increase diversity" in the class of 2013 and beyond.
The Wall Street Journal article offered a final clue: stellar women candidates are very much in demand.
"By providing deferred admission, 2+2 will also help Harvard Business School attract more women applicants, says Carl Kester, deputy dean for academic affairs. The demographic is one that M.B.A. programs in general have historically struggled to recruit. 'Young women who are considering an M.B.A., but believe they need for five or six years of work experience before applying, are often faced with concerns about when they might start a family,' he says. 'By comparison, many professional-degree programs can be completed in less than five years.'"
So far, we have the following...
____
Official Characteristics of the Target HBS 2+2 Candidate
1. Junior in college.
2. Liberal arts major—not business major. Economics is okay.
3. "Not on a business trajectory"—could benefit the most from HBS's resources.
4. Women and other traditionally difficult-to-recruit candidates are valued.
____
Now, we get into more speculative territory. At the same prospective students event three weeks ago, the admissions officer said something interesting about leadership. Paraphrased:
"We're looking for the same qualities of leadership in 2+2 candidates that we look for in our regular admits. However, when most people think of the word "leader" they think of the person who's in charge of everything—in charge of a million clubs and publications. We're certainly looking for those people, but we're also looking for different kinds of leaders. You could be a thought leader, for instance—someone who's on the cutting edge. Or you could be a leader in terms of excelling at actualizing other people's ideas and making them happen."
Who are "thought leaders," and what does it mean to be one? It's hard to say, and I think that HBS probably operates on a policy of "we know it when we see it." However, I have one guess, substantiated by some of their targeted advertising:
They're going after geeks.
I haven't seen everything on the Internet, by any means, so this is a very biased observation. However, I did notice a few weeks ago that HBS 2+2 was advertising pretty heavily on BoingBoing—bastion of geekdom, palace of blogging. I've heard that BoingBoing is the third-most-read blog on the Internet, so advertising there seems like a logical step. But let's think about the audience there—certainly not your "traditional" business school candidates. We're talking computer science students, future founders of Internet startups, and yes, a lot of pretty regular people who just love weird things, antique ephemera, and free culture. (Of BoingBoing's readers, I'm definitely in the third category! No computer science superstar here.)
Those look like big ads to me, and I think that demonstrates at least some level of targeting. However, if anyone has encountered these ads elsewhere on the Internet or in print, I'd love to hear about them.
____
Right now, HBS 2+2 is a big mystery; I think the number of people who come to this website looking for answers shows just how big that mystery really is. And if you read my last HBS 2+2 article, you'll know that I think this is a calculated move on the part of Harvard Business School—it's just hard to tell exactly what that calculation is. While I certainly don't intend this post to be the last word on HBS 2+2 admissions, let alone a true guide to "getting in," I thought it was worth laying out what we already know:
Liberal arts majors,
Students "not on a business trajectory,"
Women and members of other traditionally-hard-to-recruit groups,
"Thought leaders" and actualizing leaders
And quite possibly geeks
—in their junior year of college—
constitute a good chunk of Harvard Business School's target audience for HBS 2+2.
So while we may not know exactly who Harvard Business School's 2+2 program will admit, we do know who they're hoping will apply. And I'd venture to say that that's better than nothing.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Bach Two-part Invention No.10
This is the piece I am working on right now. Judy asks to keep a journal on private lessons. Tonight I went downstairs and practiced 1.5 hour. Out of my curiosity I googled how Invention No.10 sounds like. I found one piece played Glenn Gould on YouTube. He plays almost 3 times faster than I do. And what he plays sounds light and happy. My fingers are so stiff that I want to cut them off.
Prada Spring Summer Campaign 2008
Well don't look straightly at those bags. I simply adore the campaign.
Friday, February 15, 2008
旅行可以抛弃悲伤
拉尔夫说过：旅行可以抛弃悲伤。
五年前觉得巴赫沉重反复，远没有生活的乐趣。
今天一首Prelude听上去干净纯净，没有瑕疵。
是快乐的没有烦恼的。
我问老师为什么我弹的巴赫永远都是拖沓沉重的。
老师说，因为我的心境现在是拖沓的。
天气晴，天气坏。
我们都去旅行吧。
在巴厘岛细软的沙滩上奔跑，曝露在阳光下，把自己晒一晒。
或者我们都是同一类人：
电话转去留言信箱，喜欢房间昏暗不能透光。
对于对方贪婪到永远不能满足。
要更多的你。
五年前觉得巴赫沉重反复，远没有生活的乐趣。
今天一首Prelude听上去干净纯净，没有瑕疵。
是快乐的没有烦恼的。
我问老师为什么我弹的巴赫永远都是拖沓沉重的。
老师说，因为我的心境现在是拖沓的。
天气晴，天气坏。
我们都去旅行吧。
在巴厘岛细软的沙滩上奔跑，曝露在阳光下，把自己晒一晒。
或者我们都是同一类人：
电话转去留言信箱，喜欢房间昏暗不能透光。
对于对方贪婪到永远不能满足。
要更多的你。
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Anacrusis
forte, forte, forte...
开学后生活开始渐强。想接着学琴于是到处发信。昨天晚上去了教授那里audition。一进去她办公室非常大，并排着两架三角钢琴。这就是她上Private lesson的地方。教授一看就是学音乐的，有些神叨。我说对不起我迟到了会。她说没关系，脸部没有表情。然后她问我刚才去了哪里，我说去了一个Presentation。接着从IB说到Market再说到总统候选支持哪个。然后开始audition。之后教授说她今年schedule很满，不知道为什么过年后好多学生写信来要学private lessons。她说她觉得我很有趣very easy to talk to就想把挤进她的时间表。说你明天来拿permission好了。今天去拿Permission，果然在门口的盒子里。下面写着$600 per semester。汗。具体一问原来只要是Music major和minor的都不用付钱的。当年应该来个Music minor一下的。
国内大红鞭炮的过新年了。面包包鼠年快乐！我们一起加油吧。
开学后生活开始渐强。想接着学琴于是到处发信。昨天晚上去了教授那里audition。一进去她办公室非常大，并排着两架三角钢琴。这就是她上Private lesson的地方。教授一看就是学音乐的，有些神叨。我说对不起我迟到了会。她说没关系，脸部没有表情。然后她问我刚才去了哪里，我说去了一个Presentation。接着从IB说到Market再说到总统候选支持哪个。然后开始audition。之后教授说她今年schedule很满，不知道为什么过年后好多学生写信来要学private lessons。她说她觉得我很有趣very easy to talk to就想把挤进她的时间表。说你明天来拿permission好了。今天去拿Permission，果然在门口的盒子里。下面写着$600 per semester。汗。具体一问原来只要是Music major和minor的都不用付钱的。当年应该来个Music minor一下的。
国内大红鞭炮的过新年了。面包包鼠年快乐！我们一起加油吧。
Sunday, February 3, 2008
夜上海
早上六点半看完张一白的《夜。上海》。一开始的镜头带过晚上的延安路高架直下外滩那道弯，就已经让我感觉这部电影会很好看。至少会很让我想念。张一白挑选拍摄的所有地方都是我曾到过的。以至于我没怎么留意情节光看着街景了。九、十点的延安高架，外滩，浦东，新天地，滨江大道……直到半夜后的上海，人们开始熟睡，剩下街上游荡的人不安焦虑恍惚……最后到天开始微亮，所有事情要回复到正常。夜晚发生的事情都被冲洗干净。一天重新开始。
日本主角们住在浦江饭店。那是电影场景中离我家最近的地方。转弯再过几条街就是家了。那次面包桑来上海拖着大行李曾在那个block打车等了两个多小时。所有地方，那么近，那么远。
电影原声也非常不错。让人有迷茫失意的感觉，舒缓的不行。一路上海来回开车直到天亮，的确让人失意。所有场景都让我很想家。和平饭店，金茂大厦，新天地，淮海路……上海到半夜空无一人的时候真的都是那样的街灯和感觉。
日本主角们住在浦江饭店。那是电影场景中离我家最近的地方。转弯再过几条街就是家了。那次面包桑来上海拖着大行李曾在那个block打车等了两个多小时。所有地方，那么近，那么远。
电影原声也非常不错。让人有迷茫失意的感觉，舒缓的不行。一路上海来回开车直到天亮，的确让人失意。所有场景都让我很想家。和平饭店，金茂大厦，新天地，淮海路……上海到半夜空无一人的时候真的都是那样的街灯和感觉。
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
任意门
女子天团SHE每每唱到林忆莲的《不必在乎我是谁》就不自觉地哭。“几次真的想让自己醉，让自己远离那许多恩怨是非，让隐藏已久的渴望随风飞。”下次老娘的主打歌就是这个了。想想本来有好多门开着的，走进一扇门关掉了其他所有的门。是人应该都想要任意门吧。走过任意门就是终点，就是我们要的。好事多磨，多磨后就会变成好事。
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