Monday, August 30, 2004
Pro Cycling Tour in San Francisco
Check http://www.procyclingtour.com/news.cfm/press_id/47, According
to it, Lance Armstrong will participate in it, Xiaoyu and I are
planning to go and see (especially see how those folks will climb the
Fillmore St),
It will be on 12th Sunday, don't know if we will get up that early to
see our beloved Lance Armstrong, but no matter what, we will certainly
cheer for him, and wish him good luck!
to it, Lance Armstrong will participate in it, Xiaoyu and I are
planning to go and see (especially see how those folks will climb the
Fillmore St),
It will be on 12th Sunday, don't know if we will get up that early to
see our beloved Lance Armstrong, but no matter what, we will certainly
cheer for him, and wish him good luck!
Trump Grande
One of the biggest unexpected harvest from Florida trip was Real Estate, during our wandering in a mall, we saw an interesting Ad about some properties, and it caught our attention. The rest of the story went smoothly from there, our agent Roger took us seeing some nice condos in Miami Beach, Sunny Isles to be exact, and kept the Trump Grande at last, and man, he was correct, the condo/hotel was very nicely built, and managed by Sonesta, obviously its very professional people.
All the numbers I have got so far make my heart pound hard, of course, good opportunities are meant to be 'shared', so they give us the smallest percentage among the ones we have seen.
Now I have to collect more numbers, and make a decision, hope it's a wise one, ......
All the numbers I have got so far make my heart pound hard, of course, good opportunities are meant to be 'shared', so they give us the smallest percentage among the ones we have seen.
Now I have to collect more numbers, and make a decision, hope it's a wise one, ......
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Orlando Disney MGM Boardwalk, it's collage from 4 pictures, I didn't take a LONG time to make all the seams disappear, but hope you get the idea.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Friday, August 06, 2004
Asian Cup Final, between Japan and China
check some of the articles reported :
Xinhuanet
Bloomberg
Aparently there seems to be some unhappy Chinese using this event as a way to vent off their emotions against Japan. I don't think it's fair to Japanese players, because
1, it does not solve the problem,
2, it just aggrevates the hate, and next time when Chinese players go to Japan, ...
But on the same token, I never believe Sports can be totally performed outside of Politics, it happened too many times, and I am afraid to say, it may happen here again, either China win or lose.
On a bigger picture, I have seen a lot of the tones in Chinese people unified against Japan/Japanese Government, extended to Japanese companies, or even Japanese people. When I was talking about buying a car, I would hear from my Chinese friends to 'remind' me not to buy Japan-made, or a digital camera, or a TV set? I think however people reacts to these issues is their own choice, but I think Japan as a country or its government should take it very seriously, before it brews something bigger, the fact is when China is growing stronger and stronger, this kind of issue is going to hurt both countries, politically and financially, but maybe more to Japan in the long run.
We shall see what will happen on the finals night,
Xinhuanet
Bloomberg
Aparently there seems to be some unhappy Chinese using this event as a way to vent off their emotions against Japan. I don't think it's fair to Japanese players, because
1, it does not solve the problem,
2, it just aggrevates the hate, and next time when Chinese players go to Japan, ...
But on the same token, I never believe Sports can be totally performed outside of Politics, it happened too many times, and I am afraid to say, it may happen here again, either China win or lose.
On a bigger picture, I have seen a lot of the tones in Chinese people unified against Japan/Japanese Government, extended to Japanese companies, or even Japanese people. When I was talking about buying a car, I would hear from my Chinese friends to 'remind' me not to buy Japan-made, or a digital camera, or a TV set? I think however people reacts to these issues is their own choice, but I think Japan as a country or its government should take it very seriously, before it brews something bigger, the fact is when China is growing stronger and stronger, this kind of issue is going to hurt both countries, politically and financially, but maybe more to Japan in the long run.
We shall see what will happen on the finals night,
为Debbie送行
昨天晚上我在Park Chow为我的学生Debbie送行，同时也算是为我们的中文课做一个小结，因为等我们再见的时候，至少要等到劳工节以后了，Susan要去北京三个星期，Debbie要去上海带儿子上学，Ed也要去DC，我要去佛罗里达开会加休假。
应景以情，我特意选了一首王维的诗《渭城曲》教他们，
渭城曲(wei4 cheng2 qu3)
王维(wang2 wei2)
渭城朝雨浥轻尘，(wei4cheng2 zhao1yu3 yi4 qing1 chen2)
客舍青青柳色新。(ke4she4 qing1qing1 liu3 se4 xin1)
劝君更尽一杯酒，(quan4 jun1 geng4 jin4 yi4 bei1 jiu3)
西出阳关无故人。(xi1 chu1 yang2 guan1 wu2 gu4 ren2)
象上次讲诗一样，出乎我的意料，他们的反映极好，虽然不一定能够很清楚每个字的意思和用法，但诗的意境都体会到了，Debbie的眼眶里似乎还有些闪光， 吃晚饭告别的时候，Debbie告诉我她真的开始喜欢中文了，甚至想学认字了，我想作为老师，没有什么其他时刻能让你感到满足了。到了上海，我想她一定会 找各种机会学中文的，等圣诞节回来的时候，亦当刮目相看了。
应景以情，我特意选了一首王维的诗《渭城曲》教他们，
渭城曲(wei4 cheng2 qu3)
王维(wang2 wei2)
渭城朝雨浥轻尘，(wei4cheng2 zhao1yu3 yi4 qing1 chen2)
客舍青青柳色新。(ke4she4 qing1qing1 liu3 se4 xin1)
劝君更尽一杯酒，(quan4 jun1 geng4 jin4 yi4 bei1 jiu3)
西出阳关无故人。(xi1 chu1 yang2 guan1 wu2 gu4 ren2)
象上次讲诗一样，出乎我的意料，他们的反映极好，虽然不一定能够很清楚每个字的意思和用法，但诗的意境都体会到了，Debbie的眼眶里似乎还有些闪光， 吃晚饭告别的时候，Debbie告诉我她真的开始喜欢中文了，甚至想学认字了，我想作为老师，没有什么其他时刻能让你感到满足了。到了上海，我想她一定会 找各种机会学中文的，等圣诞节回来的时候，亦当刮目相看了。
