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決定了！下禮拜要辦亞洲人同樂會！

*Project Progress*
Last Thursday I attended a speech by David Kang, a renowned scholar on Korea, at Georgetown University. He talked about the East Asia history and its importance in the international relations in general. In East Asia, there was only one major war between China, Korea and Japan. That was the Imjin war in 1592. He asserts the reasons why these powers could coexist peacefully are that China was status quo hegemony and that Japan and other nations did not wish to challenge the order. In fact, the stability of the Chinese tribute system made the countries better off so no nation wanted to change the order of their world.

我的實習最近相當平靜，我個人的企劃都接近尾聲了，不過我想在學期末做個小型的聚會，想要邀請參加過我規劃的論壇的學生跟工作人來，應該是一個好主意！

大使老闆不在，他去參加他孫子的婚禮，所以還需要跟大使討論，我想我老闆應該會喜歡這個企劃才是，他最喜歡networking啦！

*Project Progress*

上禮拜五終於順利辦完中日論壇，累到虛脫~~


*Project Progress*
Last Friday November 16, IMTD hosted the 4th China-Japan Dialogue in the office. I helped organize the event. I used Georgetown University and American University network to invite people and there are indeed some response from Georgetown University. We had 11 participants. There were 3 Japanese, 2 Koreans, 4 Chinese, 1 Taiwanese, and 1 American. Some of them are currently interning in DC; some are either students or scholars from Georgetown University, George Washington University and George Mason University. Hailey Kim, a former intern in spring 2007, came back to join the dialogue. Several of them are returning participants from previous dialogues.

還是沒有時間跟機會與大使老闆談談我想怎麼改變論壇的方式與我的需要，多少有點挫折。同事耍白爛，不代表我的個性允許我也來耍白爛，所以累到我，也許是我自己態度要改變吧！

星期五我的中日論壇要上場了，今天不上班，因為想要做一點自己拖延很久的事情，辦了這幾場，感覺也比較上軌道，果真是越辦越熟練，不過還是不能掉以輕心，我想我就是這樣的人，我是思慮很多並且小心謹慎的，所以多少有點為了這論壇緊張，希望一切都會很順利。

*Project Progress*

這禮拜辦公室持續不順利，可是我也不知道怎麼辦，同事相處有點問題，辦公室也是有辦公室文化要適應，我一直是有點天真的，想說非營利組織不會這樣勾心鬥角，結果我想是我需要多學習，這也是一種體驗吧。跟老闆相處也是一門學問，這禮拜常常很想生氣，想跟老闆直接講那裡需要改進，組織這樣不行，有很多改革的想法，可是感覺推動不了。

*Project Progress*

我剛剛吃完早餐，今天早餐嘗試了蜂蜜香蕉優格，就是把我超喜歡的蜂蜜加進無糖優格，然後把香蕉切片，跟優格一起攪拌，應該算是健康吧，呵呵。不知道Jason怎樣呢？現在是下午了吧，德國跟米國這禮拜差五個小時，所以他應該在工作，辦公室一切都還好嗎？需要點庫存嗎？嘻！

昨天在上班的地方，心情不是很好，老闆說了一些不是很好聽而且是不諒解的話，感覺自己做的努力沒有得到應有的回報，加上辦公室只有九個人可是大家溝通不良，沒有辦法真正透明化的管理，很多人都會推卸責任，把行政業務推給別人做，所以昨天有點不開心呢！不過吃午飯之後，我就想開了，我明天會去跟老闆講清楚，他覺得我寄email給大陸人不夠，他覺得我應該更努力，還叫我去找很多人喝咖啡，那我覺得是我沒有讓他看到我的努力，至少要呈現給他看，讓他知道。跟大陸人或者是我邀請的對象喝咖啡的事情也是，我覺得他似乎忘記他根本完全沒有給我錢，目前為止都是我自掏腰包，所以我聽他這樣講很委屈，我明天會去跟他講，他根本沒有付我錢的情況下，我不可能無止境地交際，然後我會跟他說要給我交際費，哈哈！

昨天中午去吃日本便當，日本餐廳可是很有趣喔，老闆跟廚師是韓國人，可是倒水的阿姨是中東人還是北非人，每次去都覺得怪怪的，哈哈，不過食物很美味，因為同時可以吃到生魚片壽司跟熱炒，因為是秤重付款的，所以我們都自己夾自己想吃的，不會浪費食物。飯後，點了一杯星巴克無糖的抹茶牛奶，上次點的時候不知道為什麼覺得很難喝，但是昨天問店員說可以不要放糖嗎，他說星巴克是放香瓜糖漿，客倌請自行想像我臉上的表情，「難怪上次喝很難喝~~~~」，所以昨天囑咐店員不要放怪怪糖漿，發現很好喝耶，所以我好像有點愛上星巴克了！

這禮拜大使老闆不在辦公室，他在堪薩斯市出席活動，所以我軍心渙散，哈哈！

其實是私事太多，不是很有心在工作上，但是工作的進度還是不能忘，我的台灣海峽兩岸論壇就要上場了，要製作海報，要邀請與會人士，要確認出席人數，這不是第一次辦活動但是壓力仍是很大，希望一切順利。

*Project Progress*

上禮拜五的日韓論壇，感謝ISH的朋友鼎力相助，我的論壇辦得還可以，感覺我那天心臟都要跳出來了，但是看到大家在我苦苦哀求下都提早出現，我好感動喔~~謝謝大家，論壇可以成功真的都靠大家的友情，我真的很高興有你們大家幫我。

不過，老闆啊，不要因為我日本韓國論壇辦得太好，在稱讚我的論壇成功的同時，還說既然這麼成功就多辦幾次，嗚，我工作很多耶！I am the victim of my own success. Alas!

*Project Progress*

這禮拜工作超級繁忙，我要舉辦我第一場的日韓對話，很緊張，很怕沒有人會來我規劃的東西，如果失敗怎麼辦呢？大使會要我切腹自殺嗎？啊~~想到就覺得皮皮挫，其實辦活動沒有這麼難辦的，以前在K黨跟外交部看到的活動都是很有資源的，廣告跟規模都比小型的IMTD多軌外交研究所多太多了，只要有資源還有有意願去辦，一定是沒有問題的。但是小的非營利組織就是這樣的，在經費拮据的狀況下還是要做出東西，這也許就是非營利組織吸引我的地方。希望下午的日韓對話順利！

*Project Progress*
This Friday is the D-Day; the sixth Japan-Korea Dialogue will take place from 5 pm to 7 pm on Friday, October 12, 2007. Unfortunately, the IMTD email system seemed to have some problems last week. I am not certain whether all the emails got to the intended students. I will need to re-send the emails and get a confirmation as soon as possible.

以為上了大學就再也不用寫周記了，但是為什麼我老闆每個禮拜都要我交一篇周記，嗚嗚。這禮拜很繁忙，也開始為我下禮拜的【日本─韓國對話】緊張，希望一切都會很順利完成。

*Project Progress*
I finalized the agenda and did a little flyer for the 6th Japan-Korea Dialogue. I am preparing for the dialogue and still need to make sure that the Japanese students will come. I will contact Dawn and the other Korean students.

*Visit to Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy*
Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD) hosted Dr. Susantha Goonatilake on September 12, 2007. He shares his ideas about the perennial conflict and the role of non-governmental organizations in Sri Lanka. First of all, he demonstrated that Sri Lanka is situated in the nexus of the trade routes for Asia and Islam world. In the history, Sri Lanka has been an important port and trade station for the foreign fleets. People from various ethnic groups and of different religions have been living in harmony. According to Dr. Susantha Goonatilake, 80% of Tamils live among the Sinhalese. He stated that there is no conflict on a people to people basis. For example, all the people went to the Buddhist temples to seek for help and comfort no matter what religion they have. The temples took care of everyone who came and asked for help. From the structural level, the conflict was introduced from Southern India. However, he did not define the root cause of the conflict.

As to the role that foreign non-governmental organizations can do in Sri Lanka, Dr. Susantha Goonatilake asserted that the countries which tried to do good to Sri Lanka actually fueled the conflict while he recognized the contribution of NGOs like CARE, one of IMTD partners. Norway has given humanitarian aid in Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, he argued that there is proof that Norway funded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Norway and the other foreign NGOs arrived in Sri Lanka and they get in touch with the intermediary group instead of the public. The information is filtered and selected by the intermediary group, and this forms the information and the news people get from the TV in the Western countries. He called this relationship between the NGOs and the selected groups “Neo-colonial relationship,” which is the topic he explored in his book, Re-Colonisation: Foreign Funded NGOs in Sri Lanka.

*Project Progress*
I attended a conference on Monday, 24 September 2007. The topic was “Right-sizing the People’s Liberation Army.” Although it is mainly a military subject, I still learned quite a lot and I think the information will be useful for the China-Taiwan Dialogue. First of all, the project was a collaboration of think tanks, individuals, the military and the private sector. The private sector made it clear that the study was to estimate and evaluate the military expansion and capability of China, and this study is important to avoid the military misunderstanding and conflict between the US and China. Secondly, Taiwan-US relationship is the focus of the Chinese military because China sees Taiwan Strait as the most potential and imminent armed conflict in the future.

As to the networking, I am not very successful with the Japanese students at SAIS last week. I will need to find the Japanese Student Associations in Georgetown University and George Washington University. I am still working on the flyer and the detailed agenda.

寫了一個備忘錄給大使老闆，周記也交了，其實工作都還算好，每個星期一要交周記所以會有點緊張，平常日子就是研究議題看東西，另外有點繁瑣的事情要處理，像是要在前面值班當總機小姐（我在國際學生之家已經訓練有素）還有要處理私人捐款的入帳，不過這都是一種辦公室的學習囉。上禮拜大使老闆要我連絡他的好朋友呂秀蓮耶．．．嗚，我要怎麼寫信給副總統？

*Project Progress*
I am hoping by the end of this week I can finalize the agenda and do a flyer for the Japan-Korean Dialogue. The Dialogue will take place on October 12, 2007. I now have asked around the students whom I met and talked about the mission of IMTD. It seems that a lot of foreign students are interested in what we are doing so it is a good start.

我在多軌外交研究所的第二週實習報告，工作一樣沒有什麼進展，新聞倒是看了不少，有種眼花撩亂的感覺。

*Project Progress*
Hailey cannot come to office on Monday as scheduled for she cannot finish her paper. I do not have access to the database which Tammy briefly mentioned about. I will establish my own contacts. For the Japan-Korea Dialogue, I have talked to several Korean students so far. They are not IR students; they will be able to provide some inputs different from IR students. They are interested in IMTD. Don, the American PHD student, showed interests to come. I will do the follow-up.

在IMTD，多軌外交研究所，實習的我每個禮拜二在員工大會中都要做東北亞計畫及時事彙報，這是我第一個禮拜的小報告，看看吧！

*Project Progress
I am gathering some ideas for the dialogues now. I will do the Japan-Korea Dialogue in late September because the last dialogue was about China and Japan. The Cross-Strait Dialogue will be in October and the China-Japan Dialogue will be in November.