623 Mountain Top

Finally, mission complete:  I made a successful closing to a 6-months of project. I don't deny I'm so much tired and have been sacrificing many things which perhaps is not wise, but I'm proud of my achievement and want to congratulate myself. I feel on the top of the mountain. 

Due to the task I have been short of time to update this blog for weeks and wish to gradually get back to the previous pace, because I like to write so much. 

622 To the Victory

I've got first victory. All I think and feel about what I've done is just the words here. 

621 Fighting

I've been in a deal which is the hardest ever in my professional life. I often work until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning and go to office on Sundays. I wake up and check the email and keep checking it before going to sleep. I deal with people in London, NYC and the west coast. I'm the leader, key player, controller, and the driver of the team. There has been tons of trouble which made us struggle each time, and will be continuing problems ahead. It's a financial world, it's a fight. I know I just keep trying and never, ever give up.  

620 Haute Couture

Outfit of the extra-level quality and creativity. That's what I describe haute couture. But I am so sure this is not enough. Most of us have no chance to actually wear haute couture in our lives and so we may not be able to fully and truly understand the value of these clothes. We just can look at them at the exhibition as if they are art works, and yes, actually they are. We only can imagine how perfectly they would function, and how marvelously they would make you beautiful. There are several different things around us that might be made by hand and customized for each person and outfits are the literally closest to you and thus the most personal ones. That's why the power of clothes are strong, if demonstrated correctly. I felt nothing but admiration and aspiration after seeing the finest collection of Paris haute couture exhibition. At the same time I felt some gratitude to my daily clothes for what they are, even though they are absolutely far far away from the universe of haute couture.

619 Basil

There comes white little flowers from the basil I put in the water. I would like just to share the joy of living with real life, watching their daily change. 

618 Something you missed

I was on a short break from a project I have been working on (though I had to join two conference calls during my break). I thought of visiting a fine exhibition of architecture. I knew I could go to the wonderful exhibition of Foster+Partners in town. In the past several months I visited exhibitions of Oscar Niemeyer and Frank Gehry, both of which were excellent. I never doubted works of Norman Foster also would attract me a lot. 

But I failed to see it because it was too late. The exhibition had already closed. Then I was even more interested in the architect and his works. I googled everything and found he liked flying, he was one of the most admired modernism architect, and he designed Apple's new headquarter building. It's like, I was meant to be enchanted by his design and works. 

I remember when I was first interested in Le Corbusier, I had similar experience. I was a student in junior high, and one day my mother and I went to visit his exhibition held in a town away from our home. Then we went, only to find the exhibition was closed on that day. I was so much disappointed and at the same time, looking at the wonderful posters of his works, got a really strong aspiration to learn more about the architect. 

Missing opportunities are not a fun, but sometimes it clarifies something you really want to know and drives you to reach it no matter what obstacle you might have.

617 Standing on the Bone

After 20 lessons since last autumn, I'm getting more and more enchanted by Tai-Chi. One of the coolest things I learned is the way I feel better, concentrated but also streaming and free when I try to perform the Tai-Chi move. It's amazing because even if the moves look fixed set of forms, it's also an elegant flow, and furthermore it is a martial arts. Here's some of the insightful words I had in my recent lessons.

"Our body is standing on the bone."
"Always move along a circle."
"Not to move your arms with power, but to move them along with a move of weight"
"Let the arms flow naturally."
"When you are under attack, get out of the way, dudge it and lose the balance of the attacker."