more snow

I really don't like snow all that much. I was never a big fan of snowball fights. Maybe I need to pick up skiing or something like that.

On another note, I'm really looking forward to going back to the UK for Christmas and finishing up on the PhD. Much progress has been made in the past couple of months since I've been here in NY too. Pete and I are engaged - no one is really surprised seeing that we've been together for about five years now. And it feels so natural and so right. We're trying to get registered as soon as possible, and the weddings will come in the later half of 2009. Getting married isn't going to change our lives much seeing that we've been living together for a while now. But it would be nice to share our happiness with people we care about. And, after some consideration, I've decided to take up his surname so there'll be some paperwork to do. (I actually planned otherwise at first because I thought it'd be weird that people see my surname before meeting me and be surprised that I'm Chinese. I guess it could be an icebreaker thing.)

Also, more exciting news is that we'll be moving to America next year! It's very likely that we're going to San Francisco and I'll be working at Stanford as a post-doctoral fellow. There are two MRI groups at Stanford and they are both very strong. I've always wanted to study/work at Stanford since I visited the place in 1999. I almost cannot believe my luck. I only say *likely* because we still need to get all the visas and administrative stuff like that done. Pete has been out there to silicon valley earlier this year for work and he loves the place too. So, watch this space. :)