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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:11:20 GMT

8th anniversary at IBM, only thanksgiving.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:38:06 GMT

It's "Bring Your Children to Work Day" today. Of course, I don't have a child to bring but I volunteer to spend an hour with them. Our project was "Building a Personal Computer", the kids were so smart, they could figure out how to assemble the different parts (motherboard, CPU, hard drive, CD-ROM drive, floppy drive, network card, fan, power supply unit, heat sink, memory, ribbon cables, switch) with few instructions

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:41:45 GMT

Yay! I got a swimming partner, Kevin and I swam 50 laps today
After 25 minutes, this is our conversation:

R: We have swum 40 laps.
K: 40 already?! You want to leave?
R: No! Let's continue...

K is such a good motivator Our next target is 60 laps

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:35:42 GMT

Recently I discovered that I'm about to become a Xanga TRUE member, so I'm going to leave more comments on your blogs, even mo liu ones...watch out!!

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:55:29 GMT

Went to Tuttimelon in San Francisco tonight and ate the (fat-free ) mango yogurt with kiwi toppings, soooo yummmy. Highly recommeded!! Hope to try the green tea yogurt next time.

幸與不幸

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:18:02 GMT

我無論在甚麼景況，都可以知足，這是我已經學會了。我知道怎樣處卑賤，也知道怎樣處豐富；或飽足，或飢餓；或有餘，或缺乏；隨事隨在，我都得了祕訣。（腓四11至12）

話說有個赤腳的孩子，因為家窮，沒錢買鞋，常常抱怨。直到有一天，他遇到一個沒腳的孩子，才意識到自己是何等的幸福。人總以為擁有越多，就越幸福；殊不知，那些在人眼裡已經幸福的人們，也總是不停地找尋更多的屬世幸福，永無知足。

其實，幸福是一種感受，在於當事人是否覺得滿足喜樂。真正的幸福不在於擁有多少，而在於是否滿足此刻已有的一切。保羅說：「我無論在甚麼景況，都可以知足」，這是一種生命的態度，表示他願意順服上帝在他生命中所安排的一切。可惜人常不滿足於現狀，不服上帝給我們的規限，喜歡拿自己的缺欠與人比較，因而這也不如意那也不稱心。須知人生總有不足，所以知足的心，能使我們接納生活中的有限和缺乏，更會珍惜和享受眼前的一切。但願我們也如保羅一樣，學會怎樣處卑賤，也學會怎樣處豐富。

超感人MV: 在痛苦中給出愛(眼

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:56:42 GMT

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:50:00 GMT

It's so hot and still out of power at work I went to swim again. 36 laps today, more stamina in freestyle

Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:23:37 GMT

Inspired by Michael Phelps winning 5 individual events with 2 world records in U.S. Olympic trials and don't need to go to work because of power outage I went to swim again in over 2 months. Swam for 40 laps (~1000 m), it feels so good to exercise, hope I can continue to do that.

Could you pass the latest citizenship test?

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:49:18 GMT

Came across with the new citizenship test -> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25461301/

In October 2008 a new version of the U.S. citizenship test will be taken by all applicants. Could you pass it?

You answered 75% of questions correctly. Here's your rating:

0-20%: Maybe you're still thinking too much about the Old Country.

25-40%: Mmmm. Do you really want to be a citizen? This kind of performance isn't going to impress those nice immigration folks.

45-60%: Not too bad, but you really need to break out the civics books again -- word is, the INS is looking for an 80 percent score.

65-80%: Hey, you may make a good citizen yet! Look at your wrong answers and a little revision should do the trick.

85-100%: Welcome to the United States! (And, truth be told, you know more about this great land than most Americans.)