这是我12/31/2005 写的，一转眼两年过去了。
http://mchenusa.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!A9E9215DC6A51AC3!229.entry

@Friend's home
今天晚上还是去那个朋友家聚会，不过我们不会看ABC电台的New Year Rockin Eve,  我们要“与时俱进”看中国晚会！！！

@Times Square
Yin Dan MM自从2年前在天寒地冻的12/31晚去了时代广场，被我们封为勇士。（Went to Times Square to watch that big ball falling down)

New Year Eve's Kiss
Kiss the one you love on New Year Eve. ~ ~ ~

Christmas Eve 去看电影，居然发现停车场停了那么多的车。

Will Smith永远都是票房的保障，所以我就选了I am legend. 明明是恐怖片嘛，还骗我说是科幻片。前前后后都没交代清楚，我不明白那个女子是怎样从马里兰到纽约来的（走隧道？），为什么还要带着孩子，又怎样逃离纽约登上“亚诺方舟”的。前面情节还算紧凑，后面感觉就不了了之。

总体来说－Will Smith的身材是很棒的，狗狗的演技是精湛的。

明天是我的生日，今天请了一堆的人来家里吃火锅。老公做菜的手艺是越来越好了，大家小肚子吃得圆圆的。我还拍下了大家玩 Texas Hold'em照片作为聚众赌博的照片, hehe。

日历翻到了最后一页，2007年也就这样过完了。

想想这一年我收获了多少，失去了什么。那些不快乐的日子，流过眼泪的日子，忙碌的日子，等待的日子，失望的日子，困惑的日子，甜蜜的日子，感动的日子，风清云淡的日子。曾经觉得很重要的东西，关于公平，关于梦想，关于原则，关于结果，我终于学会慢慢释然了。

所以在2007年的最后一个月里，我要写给自己，在未来的日子里我要好好努力，快乐生活，更加坚强。

I remember when I just moved down to southern area and was surprised that everyone said" Y'all (You-all)... How are Y'all doing?".  Y'all is a typical Southern American dialect.  People here is proud of their southern accent and want to keep it consistently.

However, I still keep saying "you guys".  I do not intend to do so.  I just can not say Y'all.  It is so awkward to me. After living in southern area for almost two years, I can easily tell whether that person is from southern or not based on his/her accent.  And, I  am pretty sure I won't be able to pick up southern accent since I am so proud of my Chinese accent!

怎么又要去DC出差了吗？我好像还没有反应过来呢。这次真的很犹豫，还没有来得及说让我再想想，我的schedule就已经更新了。不过我还真的很想念在DC的朋友们，只是LG又要周末飞来飞去了。

Today my boss asked me“ Are you interested in FSI? Do you want to end up with financial service?" I was silent for two seconds and decided not to give her a clear answer (I can not lie to anyone) "I think it is always good to learn new knowledge."  I was also wondering "Do I lost my interest in audit at all?  Would that be so obvious that my boss can see it from my face or she just read my mind?"

Audit is tricky, not from a technical perspective.  Think about this. We come to client site, ask them a bunch of questions,  request tons of documents, have many status meeting and interviews with management team, finally, we bill them $$$$$$.  Technically, we are providing services to our clients, however, we are responsible for the public interest.  It means we can not only please our client with the sacrifice of audit quality. At the same time, we can not only pursue audit quality and lose our clients due to unsatisfied client service. The golden rule is you know how to "dance" between independence and customer service.

I am swamped with tons of documentations, conclusions, and memos. Portion of our conclusions like "xxx control failure, xxx is misstated by $$$$, documentation is not sufficient, additional disclosure is required...."makes them/me very frustrated. I can put myself into their shoes, there is no perfect process.  Dealing with the whole operation process is tedious and tortured, however, most of companies spend so much time to improve the whole process. 

What makes me disappointed is --- from a third-party point of view, we do provide an independent opinion on a company's financial statement and internal control effectiveness. Our job is to make sure the public-traded companies are in compliance with the SEC requirements and promote capital market efficiency.  However, for a well-established company with reliable financial result and strong internal controls, we do not add much value to the company.  In another word, we can not leverage our knowledge to help clients to redesign their process and improve efficiency due to the independence constrains.

I don't know how far I would go in audit profession. I hope I will be able to find out what is my truly "loved" career.

好久没有听过Beyond的老歌了。

1993 年黄家驹离开的时候，我停留在迷恋林志颖的年代里（惭愧中。。。）我的美女同学每次都让我听Beyond的歌，我当时还不明白她念念不忘的黄家驹是谁，在台上男生唱得我听不懂的是谁的歌（Beyond的光辉岁月）。于是我怀着好奇去校门口卖明星挂画的小摊上去看Beyond的画报，当看到四个相貌平平的男子的照片的时候，我当时只有失望。Beyond在我的中学/大学生活中早就遗忘了。

2003年我迷上了Beyond的歌，在黄家驹离开整整10年后。那时候最喜欢在图书馆里带上我的笔记本听着Beyond的歌整理Business Law 笔记。于是我也像得了传染病一样，念念不忘地和我的室友说Beyond的歌有多好听。Beyond已经从流行变成了怀旧。

黄家驹离开是Beyond的光辉岁月上的休止符。不过，我们的记忆没有休止符。