The last snow?

New York snows a lot in winter time. Coming from Beijing, where there was no snow for 108 days into the winter, I love this weather. Many of my colleagues don’t share my enthusiasm, they said this weather sucks, especially when they had to spend 2 hours on road comparing to the usual 1 hour trip to office.

Snow/rain is the emotional expression of weather god. There is a famous Chinese traditional drama that it snowed in mid summer because someone up there was angry about a judge’s wrong death sentence to a young lady (Dou Er). Anyhow the snow in NY never made me think the god was angry, rather I felt it always bring peace, playfulness, beauty, and sensation.

It snowed again today. This is an occasion to put this piece of snowstorm javascript on my site – I had always wanted to do so, since the first snow in NY. and before coming back to China in another week, I also felt the urge to write something about my 4 months life here.

First, I worked a lot. I have learned a lot and I have yet even more to learn.

Second, I have been pressured to realize that just working hard is simply not working, I must find ways to work faster and more effectively.

That’s about all I have learned – or at least struggling to learn.

At the moment I am obsessed with web development. The work I have done here just made me realized how much more I could do and only my limited knowledge and imagination is holding me back.

According to a real New Yorker, the spring will be here in another month or so. Hopefully today’s snow is the last snow of Winter 2008? When spring is here, I must go out walk around the city. I have literally spent this winter in office, in front of my computer – though I like it this way.

Sadly I still haven’t got any real friends in this new city, all my friends are back in China. Can’t wait to see them soon, in another 1 week.