cheesecake factory 的蛋糕真好吃！！！
男友最近有些发福，倒显得我苗条了，自我感觉不错~
昨天去狠狠shopping一下，慰劳慰劳自己。
没什么别的感想。努力找下一个工作，希望明年还能回到这里。

每天上班下班，经历堵车，参加晚会、lunch meetings，一切都还是那么新鲜。人生里第一觉得特别安全，自己赚钱自己花，不用求助于别人。我希望这只是一个开始，以后的人生永远都可以这样。

暑假实习的这家律师事务所忽然宣布与另外一家横跨西海岸几个州的事务所合并了，一下成为了las vegas最大的律师事务所之一。工资突然也暴涨到完全另外一个级别。原本这里的hiring partner也将继续当他的hiring partner, which means that summer associates can receive permanent offers. moreover, the firm we're merging w/ has the same culture as ours, which is awesome.
下个月还有机会去san diego和phoenix玩，去参观一下他们的office。当然还有reno.
JACKPOT!!!

so i haven't been updating a lot. work's been hectic. i've been handling some really interesting cases, and i'm starting to think that litigation isn't really that bad. it's definitely more interesting, albeit more challenging.
vegas is such a weird place. there is no middle class. all i see on the street is people driving expensive cars and beggars. maybe some tourists in between, but that's it. and can i just say, WTF is wrong w/ this weather?! WTF!
that's all.

在对实习突发的兴趣下，爱情忽然显得好渺小。男朋友的幼稚让人烦闷，可即使这样，我还是觉得这趟西行非常值得。
自从上law school之后，一直在问自己是否做了正确的选择。我也算是视财如命了吧？当律师赚钱，所以我上law school。可是我真的会喜欢我未来的工作吗？我真的受得了一辈子当律师？短短一周的实习给我吃了一个大大的定心丸。在law firm工作的确很累，我的确在办公室一坐就是十几个小时，可是每天回到家里倒在床上动弹不得的时候，心里都是那样充实。这种感觉我从来没有过。这一切都 是因为我一如既往的幸运，还是冥冥中有什么牵动着我，一路向这个方向靠近？
也许我来到这里，本来只是为了陪他一个暑假，可是我得到的比他给我的多得多。我的世界里不再有他，还有工作，我还找回了自己。

i thought i'd never say this, but I LOOOOOOVE my job

today i drafted my first real brief. yay for real work! i am in LOVE w/ the appellate department. and omg potato valley has AWESOME food!

working for 10hrs/day sucks. i have never been so tired before in my life. those morning hrs r killing me. and i am definitely overdosing on coffee. not that that should be a problem cuz the firm provides plenty of coffee, and other drinks and food. to keep u from leaving the office i guess. so that u can just sit at your huge desk buried in huge piles of files and slaaaave away. nah, j/k. firm's been so nice. yesterday we went out to a welcoming lunch, and even tho the restaurant was only a block away, they brought out 2 of the vans that the firm owns. . . the laziness of these ppl, omg! and the sweetest thing is, the firm's literally a block away from and in between the courthouse and the bankruptcy ct. today we had our westlaw training. when the rep said that the hrly rate is $14 per minute and whatnot, Joe across the table just turns red. lol! the rep spend the rest of the time trying to comfort him. that was so amusing. all in all, i love my work as much as i can love any work. . .
today on my way home it got really windy, and dust and sand were flying everywhere. 真让我想起了北京的沙尘暴. Meng is SUCH a LIAR! when i asked him about sandstorms he said no, there isn't any in vegas. pah!

last night we went to see the blue man group at the venecian, then got stuck in traffic on the strip for like 30 minutes, which was good cuz i got to see the strip from a close distance, and it was truly amazing. vegas is just like a disneyworld for adults. the blue man group is AWESOME! if u ever get a chance to see it, please do, it's worth every penny u spend on it.
then we drove back to henderson and took a walk inside green valley ranch, which is one of the better local casinos.
today we drove to the place i'm gonna work at, which is the old and ghetto part of town. after lunch we saw this guy being surrounded by 3 police cars and being cuffed and taken away.
then we watched a movie at sunset ranch, which is another casino in vegas.
now my vacation is almost over, and i'm getting ready for work on monday. ppl keep asking me if i am excited. oh p-lease, when was i ever excited about any kind of work.

btw, might i mention that clinique's moisturizers and make up line are both TO DIE FOR! they are such a must have in this unbearable heat - they work to beautify, protect and are at the same time so natural and light that you don't feel them at all. OMG! i loooooove!

yesterday i got my awesome car and went on to run errands. at night Meng and i drove around henderson for a little bit. the city with its lights in the distance looked beautiful.
and yes, the weather is darn hot. i was out from noon into late afternoon, and felt the need the carry 2 bottles of water w/ me everywhere i go, just so i could survive. taking 3 showers/day also helps. and the A/C is running on max no matter in the car or anywhere inside a building.
i do love the desert scenery and the palm trees tho. very different. and different is good :)