hi everybody!  it seems that msn has come back to life. those of you who prefer to keep your msn space can still stick to your original blog (i know what it meant to transfer all your files over). but if you do decide to switch to Boyake, let me know so that i know where to check your posts.  for your convenience, i will post at msn and boyake simultaneously till the end of the semester, just in case something goes wrong with msn again.  thank god!  btw, i just learnt that boyake is going to be the official site for beida weblog.  isn't it exciting?