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The good thing about having my birthday in January is that I only need to do the "summary of my last year and making plans for my new year" thing once. This "recall and look ahead" self-reflection was such a big deal when I was younger, now it's like "eh, another year, whatever".

Nevertheless, 2009 was so fast. Its January was like yesterday. Memories of the pain and disappointment in the first half year and the excitement in the second half year were still so fresh. They were all worth it and they were there for a reason.

Too bad I'm leaving "the city" soon. Having done consecutive interpretation for a couple of meetings recently, I decided to go to a translation and interpretation program in LA this fall. This is always something I want to do but didn't have courage to try.

Now it's the time.

"You'll need to make some decisions when you are 28 and 36", says the book "Secrets of birthdays". It seems it's true. "Wow, that's a big decision, leaving your current field and going into a new one", my roommate said. I don't feel how big it is, it feels very natural and right. And I'm very excited.

It has been raining for over ten days in the city. I used to hate the rain and the inconvenience it brings, like many others. Until about the same time last year, one friend said, "we need the rain to fill our water reservoir; we need water". That totally changed my attitude toward rain. I'm not bothered by it. Instead, I'm grateful.

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2008年底就搜集齐了美国五十个州的二十五美分硬币。2009年在奥克兰（Oakland）中国城的春节集市上发现了放硬币的册子。可只到几天前才把二者从柜子底翻出来装在一起。从某种意义上，这种懒惰反映了我2009年的生活状态：瞎折腾，没心情顾及让自己开心的一些爱好。

这些硬币有新有旧。T和我说，应该先洗一洗，用酒精消消毒，然后再放进册子里。我倒想保持它们的原状，磨损的、有污点的... ...我没有去银行要过新发行的硬币，都是在各种场合搜集到的，Pizza店找钱啦，坐车换零啦，和前室友交换啦等等。有一次作弊，拿了10块钱去洗衣房换零钱的机器上兑硬币，倒是淘到几枚我没有的，可是事后觉得没什么意思，失去了搜集的乐趣。

十二月回国三周。在北京待了一周，回家和爸妈待了两周。最高兴的是给爸妈买了个全自动滚筒洗衣机，希望能节省他们一些家务体力。原打算去西安转一下，可后来购物把钱都花光了，只好等下次了。

在北京的一个地桥通道买了几个藏银的镯子。回家后给了姥姥一个。姥姥特别喜欢。从妈妈那儿听到一个感人的故事。姥姥以前有一对又粗又亮的银镯子，是从太姥姥那里传下来的。姥姥特别喜欢，一直戴着。妈妈上高中的时候，有一次家里没钱给他们付学费。姥姥摸着她的镯子哭了一场，把它们卖了，换了两块钱，给他们交学费。妈妈说，每次想到这样的事，就不觉得现在每天照顾得了阿耳茨海默症的姥姥是一种太大的负担。

和T交往五个月了。和一个人交往从来没有这么轻松过。现在很相信一句话：Relationship is all about finding the right person. 以前的困难和drama都是没有碰到合适的人吧。而且好的人和朋友会让你的生活也很顺。这是所谓的人品和气场的作用吧。

翻一翻自己搜集的硬币，还有一些多余的。可以再慢慢攒一套，这次攒一套加上美国附属区的。就像又开始了一个轮回，却比上次多一些东西。