- Mar 27 Thu 2008 02:42
Reunion with my cousin at Taichun swimming pool
- Mar 25 Tue 2008 06:24
Lucky me?
- Mar 23 Sun 2008 06:58
My Canary
- Feb 11 Mon 2008 13:32
The Twilight Zone of Chinese New Year
It is near the end of Chinese New Year holiday season and my homesick might finally get eased a little bit. I had enjoyed such celebration for many years since childhood. It's already buit into my blood stream.
- Feb 05 Tue 2008 17:32
Primary Election
Tomorrow is Primary election for CA. Here they use Primary to decide parties' nominees plus other local elections or Propositions. They always combine several elections together to save expenses and increase voting rate. Any election, you want to have more voters participations to have real representation of people' will.
- Feb 05 Tue 2008 16:52
Avalanche
I have been very busy in the last 2 weeks. In the mean time, I have several thoughts. Maybe I have to jam them through.
- Feb 04 Mon 2008 15:41
Dental appointment
- Jan 23 Wed 2008 13:01
Backpacking in Angeles National Forest
- Jan 16 Wed 2008 21:49
Smoking
Smoking looks like a personal matter but actually is a public issue. This time I witness more people smoke in Asia. Especially there are more young or female smokers. I was surounded with lots of smokers no matter where I moved. I had no place to escape to.
- Jan 09 Wed 2008 16:27
Hot! Hot! Hot!
Glad to be back. But the weather is much hotter than I expected. I knew there was winter cold storm in TWN before I left. I brought with me the heavy duty jacket and long coat. They all became useless here becasue the weather here is really hot. I visited China, Japan and Korea in winter before. It was very cold and I believed it was below 0 degree or very close to zero but no snow. I think the moisture in air was too dry to have snow. I brought goose down jacket but not enough. Goose down jacket kept my torso warm but not the 2 legs. My legs were freezing to death when the cold wind was blowing there. That's why I realized that I need long coat in winter.
- Jan 04 Fri 2008 17:17
TWN here I come!
TWN here I come. Haven't come back for a while. Always can only visit relatives for short period of time. spent most of time for business trip. Hope have more time this trip. Country road takes me home to the place I belong.
- Dec 30 Sun 2007 13:28
Ski Trip
- Dec 26 Wed 2007 12:54
Feel Good!
- Dec 24 Mon 2007 17:46
It's time of the year
- Dec 19 Wed 2007 19:11
Raining season or should I say skiing season!
Winter is CA's primary rain season. The rain in winter is very important here and accounts for a majority of the yearly water supply. The reason is very simple. CA's weather climate is similar to Mediterranean, dry and lacks moisture. It won't snow in temperatures below zero unless it rains. The rain in winter will produce snow in mountains and pile up. The snow will melt gradually when weather warms up producing a constant water supply.
