<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238</id><updated>2011-12-14T19:11:21.592-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Tom's Journey</title><subtitle type='html'>Tom, 一个北京哥们儿在美国.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>186</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-116696713371271465</id><published>2006-12-24T05:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-24T05:48:21.906-08:00</updated><title type='text'>北京的圣诞节</title><summary type='text'>晚上去王府井了，路过了一个大教堂，人头攒动，以照片为证。另外东方广场里的店里，也是圣诞气氛极浓。连“一品小笼”的员工都是带着这样的帽子在包包子。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/116696713371271465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=116696713371271465' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/116696713371271465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/116696713371271465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/12/blog-post.html' title='北京的圣诞节'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-116696948263242965</id><published>2006-11-24T06:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-25T06:19:23.913-08:00</updated><title type='text'>3小偷做的广告</title><summary type='text'>几星期前就在车上看到了这则广告，惊诧于那个左下角的签名，苦于无相机，一直没法与大家分享，现在终于拍到了。唉，挺漂亮的姑娘，怎么起了这么个名字呢，起了这名字也就算了，怎么写这么一首字儿呢？写这笔字儿也就算了，怎么还到处鲜卑呢？鲜卑也就算了，怎么还收钱呢？</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/116696948263242965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=116696948263242965' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/116696948263242965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/116696948263242965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/11/3.html' title='3小偷做的广告'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115901589594759879</id><published>2006-09-23T05:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-23T05:51:37.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stuck at Grand Rapids</title><summary type='text'>Just days before flying to China for my long-waited China job, I found myself in a familiar and yet strange place, "GRR - Grand Rapids Gerald Ford Airport".Due to the strong thunderstorm condition in Chicago, my 6:26pm UA flight to Chicago last night was delayed by 1 hour at the time I decided to resurrect my trip home.  After rebooking to a Northwest flight at 7:54pm.  Around 6:50pm, lightning </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115901589594759879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115901589594759879' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115901589594759879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115901589594759879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/09/stuck-at-grand-rapids.html' title='Stuck at Grand Rapids'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115887324654107980</id><published>2006-09-21T14:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-21T14:14:07.806-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What is Google doing</title><summary type='text'>I was sitting in my Grand Rapids hotel, surfing the new Beijing E-Government website,  and then jumped to my friend Jeff's company "That's Beijing" magazine, and out of curiousity, checking some of the Chinese tutoring job postings, and all of sudden, I noticed that there are some Google Ads on the side.  Normally, it would not even catch my eyes, I have almost trained myself not to click, not to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115887324654107980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115887324654107980' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115887324654107980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115887324654107980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-is-google-doing.html' title='What is Google doing'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115782607039642507</id><published>2006-09-09T11:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-09T11:21:10.626-07:00</updated><title type='text'>孕吐</title><summary type='text'>一个晚上恶心得要吐，几乎一夜没睡，就像我也怀孕了一样。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115782607039642507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115782607039642507' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115782607039642507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115782607039642507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/09/blog-post.html' title='孕吐'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115691630018340655</id><published>2006-08-29T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-29T22:41:58.326-07:00</updated><title type='text'>大快(3)</title><summary type='text'>上了一天班，该计划这一天里最令人兴奋的时间了，看样子'大快'市里除了'正宗地道'的美式烧烤，就是到处都能吃到的美式快餐了，跟同事打听了一下晚上可以去那里吃饭，Dustin问了问我不吃什么，然后建议了一家叫San Chez的Tapas，说我应该会喜欢。打了地图，充满期望的过去了，进去之后，不知道是整个城市都不怎么去餐馆儿，还是因为一点儿雨把大家的兴致打没了，San Chez里并没有很多人，我一个人臊么沓地往那儿一站，也没什么人搭理我，大概是看我一个人，以为我在等人呢吧，最后终于有个Waitress领我坐到了吧台上，和小伙子打了个招呼，就坐了下来。知道他叫Thuong，越南人。由于我也不知道Tapas是什么，祷告以后就把当晚的菜全权交给了Thuong，没想到他点的两个都非常好吃，一个是Alcachofasa la San Chez, | Sautéed marinated </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115690225870212498</id><published>2006-08-28T18:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-29T18:48:17.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'>大块（2）</title><summary type='text'>35分钟的飞程竟然让我们等了快一个小时，理由是一些从多伦多来的行李没有来，想必他们也知道这个点儿上没有什么人有要紧的公务吧，再说了，谁能去'大快'有什么要紧的公务呢？坐在飞机上显得无聊，把这个小得够呛的飞机研究了一下，原来是叫个什么Canadian Regional Jet,  简称CRJ 700，等到了旅馆才知道，和当天在肯塔基坠机的那是一个牌子的，想想，咱命还是够大的！</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115690225870212498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115690225870212498' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115690225870212498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115690225870212498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/08/2.html' title='大块（2）'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115690153546613025</id><published>2006-08-27T18:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-29T18:43:21.643-07:00</updated><title type='text'>大快 （1）</title><summary type='text'>从明天开始，我要在Grand Rapids做几个星期的咨询工作，从来没有来过密西根州，更甭说这个Grand Rapids了。到底这个'大快'市是个什么样的地方呢？从SFO到Chicago的航班就有点儿奇怪，10：45的飞机，居然没有午餐，上了飞机照例塞上耳塞，没想到，一个盹儿打下来，醒来的时候已经进12点了，没看见空服员收餐盒儿，想必还没送饭，可直等到1点半，终于忍不住了，等空姐儿送水的时候，故作没事儿似地问道："这班飞机没有午餐吗?",小姐(其实是老姐)笑着说:没有午餐，可以订餐盒，可是时间已经过了"，这是我在美国国内第一次这么长的班机没有送饭的，难道这么多人都知道吗？都饿着？不可思议。拿了个第8排的座位，Seating 1! 开始还以为怎么的呢？等登机的时候，看着外面的小飞机，真的有点儿不可思议到底有多小。一会儿，地服员开始郑重其事地广播了："本次班机将正点于5：50分起飞，7：52</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115690153546613025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115690153546613025' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115690153546613025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115690153546613025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/08/1.html' title='大快 （1）'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115457507305744260</id><published>2006-08-02T20:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-02T20:50:11.220-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Earthquake in Richmond</title><summary type='text'>I was sitting in my office, and the house shook for about 1/2 a second, I ran downstairs, XY says she noticed that too.  It's always like that, when you realized what has happened, it's usually too late.This reminds of a statement one made when comparing California Real Estate to that of Florida: "Yeah, there are earthquakes in California, but we don't have earthquake season".PS. through this, I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115457507305744260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115457507305744260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115457507305744260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115457507305744260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/08/earthquake-in-richmond.html' title='Earthquake in Richmond'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115360665945874377</id><published>2006-07-16T15:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-22T15:28:28.790-07:00</updated><title type='text'>把5个大人，5个小孩儿，5辆自行车挤进两辆厢型车</title><summary type='text'>上周末，和两家朋友说好一起去Folsom Lake去游泳，我极力推荐他们把自行车带上，到那儿去骑车，大家都很兴奋，一下子借了3辆大人的自行车，2辆小孩儿的自行车。可接下来问题来了，怎么把5个大人，5个小孩儿，5辆自行车挤进两辆厢型车呢？我们在第一辆车上安排了H一家两个大人和两个小孩儿，最后一排座椅翻起来，放自行车和其他露营的东西，想折叠椅，风筝，食物等等。好在两辆大人的车有Quick Release，按车的大小排序， 把两辆大人的车的前轮摘掉，一次放进2、3号大人车，和小孩的车。刚好，还能放不少物件。我的自行车最大，后面一排不够宽，怎么办？哈哈，同样的道理，卸下前轮以后，居然刚好可以挤进第二排，小朋友们的脚也刚好有地方放。  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115360665945874377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115360665945874377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115360665945874377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115360665945874377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/07/555.html' title='把5个大人，5个小孩儿，5辆自行车挤进两辆厢型车'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115350848915319943</id><published>2006-07-15T12:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-21T12:49:19.890-07:00</updated><title type='text'>两周年的纪念（续3）</title><summary type='text'>那天要出去玩儿，和朋友约好了要带自行车，才发现我的车其实已经不能骑了，前轮和后轮都龙得不行了，仔细看了看前轮，除了内胎外带全爆了以外，车圈也被磕得够呛，一个圈上有三处明显的硬伤。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115350848915319943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115350848915319943' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115350848915319943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115350848915319943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/07/3.html' title='两周年的纪念（续3）'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115244327962075394</id><published>2006-07-09T04:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-09T04:08:49.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>时机</title><summary type='text'>世界杯就快结束了，东道主德国队终于在胜了葡萄牙队以后获得了第3名，不管冠军是谁，有一点是确定的，那就是德国队比冠亚军球队的胜球场次还要多，只是他们输的那一场的时机太不好了，哪怕最后两场球的输赢倒个个儿，他们也起码是个亚军呀。遗憾吧?人生中又有多少这样的遗憾呢？</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115244327962075394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115244327962075394' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115244327962075394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115244327962075394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/07/blog-post_09.html' title='时机'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115237140836319369</id><published>2006-07-08T08:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-09T04:10:37.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>不得不抄的‘爱情箴言’</title><summary type='text'>网上看到一个问卷调查：爱情是婚姻这道菜中的味精，还是盐是盐――少了它，婚姻这道菜就没法吃了……是味精――少了它，可能缺少了些鲜味，不过，没有也无甚大碍最喜欢的是有人回了这段'箴言'，想想有些‘亵渎’，但还是有很多道理：----爱情就像便便，水一冲就再也回不来了----爱情就像便便，来的时候挡也挡不住----爱情就像便便，每次一样又不太一样----爱情就像便便，有时努力了很久却只是个屁</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115237140836319369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115237140836319369' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115237140836319369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115237140836319369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/07/blog-post.html' title='不得不抄的‘爱情箴言’'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115134144677698193</id><published>2006-06-26T10:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-26T10:18:23.596-07:00</updated><title type='text'>两周年的纪念（续2）- 外伤和内伤</title><summary type='text'>一个多月过去了，腿上的'老人头'已经消得差不多了，朝左睡觉没问题了，虽然每次洗完澡还是要在镜子前面和'老人'说几句话，对平时的生活的影响已经不大了。可是在左膝下面，小腿肚上面还是有一块隐隐作痛的地方，从第一天就有痛的感觉，大概是被头部的惊险，以及瘀血的大腿掩盖了。现在外伤好得差不多了，才看得出内伤其实是更难好的，真正长久困扰你的，其实正是这些内伤，不仅长久，而且隐蔽性强（因为我们看不见它），常常让你忘了他们的存在，专门在最要劲儿的时候跳出来捣鬼。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115134144677698193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'>早上送XY上了BART，竟然全然忘了世界杯的转播，开着车从NorthBerkeley站出来，无意中挑了一条最不好走的路Sacramento-&gt;Hopkins-&gt;Gilman，一路上坑坑洼洼，东补西补的痕迹到处都是，一路上偶尔有一两辆90年的Accord，98年的Volvo850，转到Hopkins上的时候，路旁有一个父亲推着小婴儿车慢跑，我赶上了每一个红灯，甚至遇上了黄灯也不想抢，只想慢慢体会这每一分钟，看着旁边一户户幽静的住家，看着他们门前的九层阁和各色的玫瑰；奥，好有个教会叫BerkeleyFriends Church，在Sacramento和Hopkins交口上，有一个Immanuel Southern BaptistChurch，一看就是个清心、拜神的好地方，San Pablo上的小店开了一个晚上了，连里面的灯都懒洋洋的。不管怎样，再过一个月，也许我会再想起这些，都会觉得亲切的……</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115125297510365296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115125297510365296' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115125297510365296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115125297510365296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-post_25.html' title='六月二十五日，星期天，有雾'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-115074193699081562</id><published>2006-06-19T11:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-19T17:13:27.803-07:00</updated><title type='text'>蚂蚁居然死了</title><summary type='text'>早上起来，正准备把昨天熬的银耳羹热了吃，忽然发现昨天吃银耳的杯子没洗，剩下的一点银耳里居然有两只死蚂蚁，也就是说，蚂蚁不仅没有把甜甜的银耳羹的消息报告回去，唯一的两只发现'宝藏'的先驱者居然死在了我的银耳羹里。蚂蚁是怎么死的？首先，讨论这个有什么重要吗，蚂蚁又能吃多少银耳呢，吃了就吃了吧，何况也为此付出了如此的代价？当然重要了！要是蚂蚁是被毒死的，我还吃吗？仔细分析了一下'作案现场'，装银耳的锅还在冰箱里，并没有任何被人下毒的迹象，即使这两只蚂蚁是吃了蚂蚁药以后，又爬到我的杯子里，把杯子一换就好了，1，要吃的是银耳而不是杯子，2，我也不一定非得用这支杯子吃，3，杯子里剩下的银耳也实在是不多了，洗了也就洗了。银耳本身有问题吗？这也应该不可能，方子是众所周知的'川贝梨耳煎'，而且前两天一直在吃同一锅蒸出来的银耳。那蚂蚁为什么死了呢？拿出小学写观察日记的本领，仔细看了看，才恍然大悟了，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/115074193699081562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=115074193699081562' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115074193699081562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/115074193699081562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-post_19.html' title='蚂蚁居然死了'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114944883361778771</id><published>2006-06-04T12:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-04T12:25:59.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>南京路上辛苦的母女</title><summary type='text'>这次去上海感觉一直很不错，环境干净，交通也相对顺畅，浦东的建设更是举世瞩目。一日的下午特意去南京路步行街，却看到了这样一幕，我在旁边拍了大概45分钟，就有十几拨人对这对铜塑的母女表示了特别的关照。 我很理解大家都很喜欢这对母女，可也让我们的子女被还有机会喜欢她们吧，所以建议如下：1，不是小孩子，也就不用座婴儿车了，2，自己有女朋友的，搂着自己的女朋友拍照，不是更得体吗？3，不管结没结婚，单身男士搂着‘别人的老婆’总是不太好吧。4，铜像生铜孩，天经地义，把自己的孩子放上去，也不像是兄弟。…………</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114944883361778771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114944883361778771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114944883361778771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114944883361778771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-post_04.html' title='南京路上辛苦的母女'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114944221679546895</id><published>2006-06-04T10:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-04T10:30:17.550-07:00</updated><title type='text'>小小说：两个人的故事</title><summary type='text'>A和B相遇了。在A眼中的B:像小草一样温柔、善良，而又像毛竹一样刚毅（刚烈）；美丽而又脆弱，正直而且执著，直到像飞蛾一样壮烈；有着毕加索一样毫无框框的艺术家风范；又有着他没有的那个癫狂。在B眼中的A:成熟中带着纯真，睿智中带着感性；有着勇往直前的执著，乐观；阳光一样赤热，火山爆发式的热情奔放；兼具艺术家与哲学家性格，浪漫而有层次感。A和B结婚了，愿神祝福他们。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114944221679546895/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114944221679546895' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114944221679546895'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114944221679546895'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-post.html' title='小小说：两个人的故事'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114895500615073055</id><published>2006-05-29T19:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-29T19:12:31.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>那个大胡子老头是怎么画出来的</title><summary type='text'>这是我腿上的伤从第一天的一点刮伤,慢慢演变成今天的……我想是个非洲地图吧，或者是个大胡子老头。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114895500615073055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114895500615073055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114895500615073055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114895500615073055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post_114895500615073055.html' title='那个大胡子老头是怎么画出来的'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114894937886458427</id><published>2006-05-27T17:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-29T19:25:44.310-07:00</updated><title type='text'>两周年的纪念（续）</title><summary type='text'>事过了几天，特别是不好再请假了，只好回去上班，重新对付那些'狗娘养的'，虽然CT的结果还没出来，可也自我感觉还行，也就觉得这事就这么过去了，谁还没有个风风险险的。这两天还一直有点儿怪XY事发以后做的两件事：一、第一个通知的是牧师，好像要做追思礼拜了似的；二、把这事告诉了我姐，要知道我十二年来从没往家里报过任何忧啊，他们承受得了吗？昨天去了教会，大家都似乎用着一种异样的眼光看着我，确切的说，是我觉得大家都似乎用着一种异样的眼光看着我，其实大家只是像家里人知道这事一样，问问"头好了吗"，"没事儿了吧？"，"上班了吗？"，等等，然后听我讲讲惊险的故事，算是一周'奇闻怪事'，大约是下周的谈资罢了。可接下来的几件事让我似乎把这一切串了起来，开始仔细品味个中的滋味了。HS抽空特别找到我要跟我说她已经和XY说过，XY又跟我说过的事，是几年前她的哥哥29岁时在中国发生了和我几乎一样的'祸'，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114894937886458427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114894937886458427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114894937886458427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114894937886458427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post_27.html' title='两周年的纪念（续）'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114826975666823496</id><published>2006-05-21T20:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-21T20:49:16.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>两周年的纪念</title><summary type='text'>从2004年开始骑车运动来，其实也是经过了各种的挣扎，刚骑的第一个星期，也是在五月，就因车速太快，拐弯的时候，操控不住，整个人斜冲出去，胳膊肘的伤现在还在。从那以后，不仅越骑越熟练，路况也熟了，加上有了同伴，虽说危险也是有发生，但感谢主，每次都奇迹般的躲过了，有一次为了躲一个坑， 把前把用力地提起，可落地的时候，前轮和后轮脱离了轨迹，前把重重地晃了几下，居然奇迹般地稳住了。没想到两周年的昨天，竟然经历的另一次危险，而且这一次可没那么好的运气。25kph的速度为了要躲开汽车，大概是卡到马路上的一个缝，前胎‘啪’的一声爆了，后面的事我就什么也不知道了。事后看了看我的头盔，和运动衣，当然还有背上、腿上的伤，想想也真的是后怕，应当是我整个连人带车飞了起来，后脑和后背着地，然后冲出去的，后面还有那辆我要躲而又不肯让给我的汽车，我想神大概还有给我的任务没完成吧，再留我纪念。其实这条路本来就有些危险，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114826975666823496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114826975666823496' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114826975666823496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114826975666823496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post_114826975666823496.html' title='两周年的纪念'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114809237103089457</id><published>2006-05-19T19:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-09-10T09:07:33.940-07:00</updated><title type='text'>车是男人的小老婆，然后呢？</title><summary type='text'>好久以前就想过这样的问题：到底汽车对于一个男人来说是一个什么样的东西呢？在男人的生命中占一个什么地位呢？总结的结果是：车是男人的小老婆。为什么呢？大概以下是一些理由吧：和大老婆生气的时候，可以开车出去排解排解；不管你怎么踩油门儿，只要没过红线，车就总是拼命的转，毫无怨言；即使过了红线，也就是停下来就是了，也没听说把你锁在外面不让你进来了。那么这个比喻在与车、房相关的其他东西上能解释通吗？试了试，还真有意思：停车场是二奶村，所有的有主儿的车才停在这儿，新车行是舞厅，酒吧，夜总会，准二奶们各显优点，好找个好主人。至于有没有二手车行，就不好说了，可能也是和新车在一起卖的吧？汽油就是社会上的各种风气，随着它的变化，决定了你养二奶的代价的高低，房子是大老婆，睡了，用了，还给你升值（生子）。新房售房处是婚介所，所有的未婚‘少女’待价而沽。首付当然就是聘礼，没有它娘家不让你接人。至于买房签的合同嘛，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114825259901692795</id><published>2006-05-19T16:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-21T20:50:40.613-07:00</updated><title type='text'>十二年到底有多久？</title><summary type='text'>1994年到2006年，子丑寅卯辰巳午未申酉戌亥，这是整整一轮，人生的年轮上又多了12道小纹。可十二年到底有多久？用个俗的说法，这是4380天，105,120小时，6,307,200分钟，378,432,000秒……数越来越大，也不知道它们真正意味着什么。换个说法吧，如果我明天不在这个世上了，这十二年几乎是我整个生命的三分之一，如果再刨去不记事儿的四年，再刨去不懂事儿的八年，再刨去每天睡觉用去的三分之一，再刨去……啊？对了，有点儿偷换概念。不管怎么说，十二年真的是很长很长，我想还是列举一些这次看到的这十二年中间的变化能从一个侧面说明问题：最大的变化应该是在物质上：不想用什么鳞次栉比，高楼林立来形容建筑上的变化，清华的南门曾经是清华大学的正门，现在竟几乎很不好意思的藏在了两排大楼中间，不熟悉的人很容易'过家门而不入'。中关村以前的两条车道已变成了这个样子，5+3？反正我到了那儿，我不敢开车</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114825259901692795/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114825259901692795' 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correct, it's 'four'Q: What is the English for the sign on the left?It's 'Wonderful',  Why?Because it's 'wan de four', 弯的 (wan1de, bent) four.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114764651954537183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114764651954537183' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114764651954537183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114764651954537183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/05/wonderful-joke.html' title='&quot;Wonderful&quot; joke'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114749538944473384</id><published>2006-05-12T21:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-12T21:49:38.726-07:00</updated><title type='text'>海陆空三军战咳嗽</title><summary type='text'>这次回国，原本最担心的就是生病，12年没回北京，对细菌、病毒的抵抗力都一定有所下降，当初计划的时候，特意打了一个星期的生病预算。感谢神，30天里虽然北京有4次以上的沙尘暴，我去上海和桂林的行程刚好躲过了两次大的沙尘暴，其中包括著名的“北京下土了”那次。但还是对我的体质提出了巨大的挑战，离开北京的前一个星期，我已经几乎闻不得烟味儿，祈求晴天了。回到美国后，紧张的工作、时差的挑战、加上从来没有的一种伤感，使我终于倒下了，今天去医院看病拿药，把药拿回来和前几天吃的药和在一起，刚好凑成了我家的海陆空三军，有片剂的，算陆军吧；有糖浆，当然是海军了；还有喷雾剂型的，从空中打击敌人，直接到位，而且空军还分了一天两次的轰炸部队，和四小时一次的定时骚扰。还得说美国的‘实力’强大，连一个咳嗽都能开出个军团来，难怪很多人生不起病呢。话也说回来了，生病真的是‘相当地’不舒服。前些天上的是海军，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114749538944473384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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type='text'>第一天上班，第一天过海湾大桥，第一顿午餐，一切都莫名其妙地觉得那么不同，中午吃饭时，走在路上，头觉得晕晕的，根本不清楚是时差，饿了，还是幻觉，看看两侧没有车，就迈腿要过马路，腿刚迈出去，又忽然撤了回来，这不是在北京，红灯能过吗？再看看，旁边的人也在过，难道这里是北京？哦，变绿灯了。到了In-N-Out Burger："How can I help you?""One double-double""with everything on it?""Yes, EVERYTHING.""Onions?""Yes, EVERYTHING.""Will that be all for you?""Hmm... Give me a thick chocolate milk shake, please""OK, one double-double with everything, one </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114729360757770885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114729360757770885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114729360757770885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114729360757770885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post_10.html' title='旧金山，我回来了'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114704244351118876</id><published>2006-05-07T15:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-11T04:54:21.416-07:00</updated><title type='text'>再见了北京，我还会回来的</title><summary type='text'>一晃儿29天过去了，12年来的第一次北京之旅已经到了最后一天，不觉有些感伤。都说是还回来呢，可能回来工作了，可心中一丝不定还是让我觉得像是一杯浓香的咖啡喝到了底儿，看到杯底那薄薄一层淡淡的棕色，心里犹豫这是该把杯子倒过来一分钟让那明知滴不尽的液体再滴一回儿呢，还是就此罢休，把那淡淡的香气留到永远。毕竟上一次的那杯咖啡是12年前，又是那么苦涩。十二年的断层使我有着一个近乎奇怪的角度，美好的记忆停留在12年以前，别人看不准谁胖了瘦了的，我的记忆就成了特殊的标尺；去理发馆理板寸，师傅迂回着问我：“您是这院儿里的吗?” “是啊” “怎么以前好像没见您来咱们这儿呀”  “奥，我总出差（没说一出就是12年）” 师傅又沉吟了半晌，才说：“这么些年了，这院儿里理板寸的也没几个，可能就您一位……”  那一瞬间，我真觉得我是从地里挖出来的一尊木乃伊，操着一口还算地道（反正没有哪位挑过毛病）的北京话，说着12</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114704244351118876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114704244351118876' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114704244351118876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114704244351118876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post.html' title='再见了北京，我还会回来的'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114826052988373224</id><published>2006-05-04T16:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-21T18:15:30.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'>我的生日礼物</title><summary type='text'>这次回国的一个重头戏就是和小同同一起过生日，十二年前，当她在我的生日这天来到这个世界时，我这个舅舅正在准备那个改变我人生道路的挑战， 这次特意挑了这个时间段来弥补这个不大不小的遗憾。可是在没有想到，在生日的这一天，给我印象最深的‘生日礼物’却是这么一个意想不到的事件：先看一些北京的自行车吧，似乎与十二年前没什么变化，只是发现现在的车比以前更脏，更差，原先还以为是因为沙尘暴，把每个人的车都弄得灰头土脸的，也是，连汽车都要经受‘下土’的折磨，自行车就更不用说了。早上把在南门存车处存了九天没骑的自行车取出来，骑到五道口，因为有点急，没有发现站口旁边的存车处，就把车用两道锁锁了起来，停到了五道口城铁车站出口。没想到，等到晚上回来的时候，那辆我姐家最好的自行车却以不翼而飞。第二天和朋友聊起这事时，朋友都说，在北京，没丢过车的不能算北京人。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114826052988373224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114826052988373224' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114826052988373224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114826052988373224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/05/blog-post_04.html' title='我的生日礼物'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114482393843816975</id><published>2006-04-13T23:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T23:08:03.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>China, Wana, Gaina and Zhongna</title><summary type='text'>来到北京的第一感受就是到处在施工，整天热火朝天，尘土飞扬，甭管多高级漂亮的小区，外面都是一大群工人在挖土，砌墙，铺线。想起若干年前的一个出租司机说的：人家英文就是科学，人早就预见了咱中国的未来，中国不就叫China吗？不就是‘拆呢’吗？想了想，看了看，我觉得那还不够有远见，如果真有远见的话，现在就该叫Wana and Gaina （挖呢 盖呢），也希望以后的北京到处绿地成片，到那时，咱就把英文名字改成“Zhongna”（种呢）。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114482393843816975/comments/default' title='Post 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114482552355152176</id><published>2006-04-11T23:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T23:09:13.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>正宗的中餐</title><summary type='text'>回姐姐家的路上，进了清华外面的一个小超市，里面的柜台基本是租赁给外地人的，看书的当儿，听到了这样一段对话（我估计是河北一带口音）“俺那天吃了一碗刀削面，那叫个难吃”“哪里？北京吗？”“对，可不是北京嘛？很难吃，跟俺以前在陕西吃的，根本不是一个味儿”“你啥时候去的陕西？”“俺念过书，俺的同学现在各地方都有，俺就去过很多地方”“那陕西的刀削面可好吃？”“那还用说，吃过那儿的面，那北京的面简直就没法吃”“北京的不好吃哈?”“不是不好吃，简直没法吃，面也不对，味儿也不对，那个山西的面，很有嚼头，不像这里的面，软趴趴的……”………………如此这般，两位小姐又交流了半天有关面的问题，我想了想，到嘴边的话又咽了回去，真想说：小姐们呀，你们就知足吧，我非这么老远不就是为点正宗的中餐吗？到了北京愣让告诉咱这儿的面不正宗，那你让在Indiana州的同胞们怎么活呢？</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114482552355152176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114482552355152176' title='0 Comments'/><link 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十二年来第一次扫墓十二年前的情景像电影一样一幅一幅五月，一个新的生命的到来七月，亲生儿子的离开“孩子，别担心我，出去好好干”今生难忘、永世难报的母爱十二月儿子归来，居然是为了奔丧母亲见了儿子，居然没有半点感伤对着儿子走前的相片“你的气色很好，没胖，没胖”一推再推的机票没有能看到妈妈最后的一笑今生永远的遗憾我那颗沉重的心哦，母亲是一半，父亲是一半十二年后的今天                                                       站在妈妈的墓前                                                       向天父诚恳的祷告                                                       请让我们全家在天国团圆</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114732745702788147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114732745702788147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114732745702788147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114732745702788147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/04/blog-post_114732745702788147.html' title='您安息吧'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114473471848863959</id><published>2006-04-10T22:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-19T20:19:07.610-07:00</updated><title type='text'>北京，已经到了</title><summary type='text'>经过十二个小时的飞行，UA889终于平安到了北京，在飞机上一直等着机会能拍从空中的对北京的第一印象，可直到彻底降落了，才第一次意识到，已经到了。不是咱眼神儿不好，是沙尘暴。一直看到的都是雾蒙蒙的一片。唉，波折了一番，还是决定去乘机场大巴。第一站望京，还没到，大巴还在等红灯左转的时候，前排的一位同胞急匆匆地站了起来，认真地问司机：能在这开一下门，让我下吗？   我的天，我们在两条左转道的左边一条，右边还有两条直行车道的车在跑着，在过去是起码一个连的自行车，人老兄居然要在这儿下车？就算让他下了车，他往哪儿走啊？你说他怎么想的？这是我第二次意识到：北京，到了。我真不知道我要是大巴司机的话，我要怎么做？这时咱才学到了惟有北京大巴司机才有的风采，人家的反应是：没理他。这是我第三次意识到：北京，到了。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114473471848863959/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114473471848863959' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114473471848863959'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114473471848863959'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/04/blog-post.html' title='北京，已经到了'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114382190715724699</id><published>2006-03-31T08:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T23:10:15.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Yan can cook, you can TOO</title><summary type='text'>是too，不是吐</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114382190715724699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114382190715724699' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114382190715724699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114382190715724699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/03/yan-can-cook-you-can-too.html' title='Yan can cook, you can TOO'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114318126101185196</id><published>2006-03-23T22:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-24T06:54:10.173-08:00</updated><title type='text'>美国终于也有“禽流感”了</title><summary type='text'>晚间新闻，男主持人抑扬顿挫地报着新闻标题：马英九今天十点到达旧金山机场；禽流感最早今年六月进入美国……  啊，听得我张口结舌，怎么听起来像是文艺表演，或是什么紧俏商品进京的感觉？接下来的话似乎应当是：如果有对禽流感感兴趣的观众，请打以下电话和刘小姐联络，最初的一个月，厂家有让利销售……</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114318126101185196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114318126101185196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114318126101185196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114318126101185196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/03/blog-post_23.html' title='美国终于也有“禽流感”了'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114296594213278241</id><published>2006-03-21T09:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T10:32:22.176-08:00</updated><title type='text'>如何治疗过敏</title><summary type='text'>XY长年来为各种各样的过敏而烦恼，几年前曾经因为过敏，24小时内被送三次急诊。后来做了过敏测试，在背上打了一百多种各种各样的可能的过敏源，查出的过敏成分多达十几种：人工色素，人工香料，尘螨，蘑菇，螃蟹，松树。多年来从来不吃罐头食品，每次买各种成品，第一反应就是仔细地看食品标签，只要有“Red#40”，“FD&amp;C Blue #1”一类的，就连碰都不碰。前几天忽然听到完全不同的一种治过敏的“疗法”，有个朋友听说我们要回北京，聊起北京的污染情况，他笑着说：像XY这样过敏的，回北京一个星期，管保治一年！不由得让我想起几年前当SARS刚刚在广州爆发的时候，我们的访客的先生从广州来，我和XY都不由得有些担心，没想到朋友到了以后，一直道歉，说要是知道SARS在美国被宣传得这么可怕，就不来打搅了。我们都觉得很吃惊，难道他不怕吗？他从兜里掏出香烟，说：在广州，是有些人死了，也有很多人害怕，可是据统计，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114296594213278241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114296594213278241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114296594213278241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114296594213278241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/03/blog-post_114296594213278241.html' title='如何治疗过敏'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114263394329825792</id><published>2006-03-17T14:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-17T14:19:03.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The SHIT Manager Opportunity</title><summary type='text'>I am planning to go back to Beijing in April, and spend a month in China, a few friends got to know about it, and started to introduce some HR agents to me. I recently got an email from one of those agents, with a nice subject: "The SHIT Manager Opportunity", which immediately grabbed my intention.  What?  SHIT manager Opportunity?  hmm, I don't know who wants to grab that opportunity.Of course </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114263394329825792/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114263394329825792' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114263394329825792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114263394329825792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/03/shit-manager-opportunity.html' title='The SHIT Manager Opportunity'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114231139316026913</id><published>2006-03-13T20:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-17T14:05:28.773-08:00</updated><title type='text'>思所以危则安，思所以乱则治，思所以亡则存</title><summary type='text'>引用温家宝在中国十届全国人大四次会议，闭幕后的中外记者会上说的话.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114231139316026913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114231139316026913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114231139316026913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114231139316026913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/03/blog-post_13.html' title='思所以危则安，思所以乱则治，思所以亡则存'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114221332179073311</id><published>2006-03-12T16:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T17:28:41.796-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A型血人吃葡萄</title><summary type='text'>XY常常抱怨我的A型血。是啊，血型有什么罪过呢？难道不知道这世界上还有15亿人和我一个血型吗？难道不知道日本和德国各有40%的A型人吗？Google了一下，找到这么一篇儿说咱A型血的，看了看，大致还是说咱好话的多嘛，可是XY就是拍了这张照片来证明‘完美主义者’的过分。咋办呢？还是反映一下A型人的其他特点吧：‘他们有一种和平的欲望，希望与人和睦相处。为了不引发冲突和麻烦，他们说话办事总是小心谨慎，很有分寸’。  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114221332179073311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114221332179073311' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114221332179073311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114221332179073311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/03/blog-post.html' title='A型血人吃葡萄'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114123616409024252</id><published>2006-03-01T09:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-01T10:06:58.250-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Minister's lesson</title><summary type='text'>Last night, it's the 2nd night that I watched NBC's  "Deal or No Deal" show, Minister/wife/mother-of-two Cheryl Jackson of Plano, Tx., returned.       Jackson, who eliminated 11 cases the previous night, at one point saw $172,000 offer from the smart and mean banker, while she had 4 boxes, $1, $5, $300,000 and $750,000.  She was brave enough to say 'No Deal', but when the next box opened showed </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114123616409024252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114123616409024252' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114123616409024252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114123616409024252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/03/ministers-lesson_01.html' title='Minister&apos;s lesson'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114044601614380441</id><published>2006-01-29T06:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-20T06:34:37.483-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chinese New Year in London, 06</title><summary type='text'>Oh, did I mention it was over 10 minutes of fierce fireworks, here is proof of 'how fierce'</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114044601614380441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114044601614380441' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114044601614380441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114044601614380441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/01/chinese-new-year-in-london-06_29.html' title='Chinese New Year in London, 06'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-114044554672213053</id><published>2006-01-29T06:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-20T06:34:15.983-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Chinese New Year in London, '06</title><summary type='text'>Chinese New Year in London was certainly very interesting, it's the first time in 12 years that I truely heard  more than 10 minutes of non-stop, fierce fireworks.CNY celebration in Trafalgar Square made me feel that there are more Chinese people in London than in San Francisco.  I knew it's not true, and this picture just proved it, there were many non-Chinese participating the event. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/114044554672213053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=114044554672213053' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114044554672213053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/114044554672213053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/01/chinese-new-year-in-london-06.html' title='Chinese New Year in London, &apos;06'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-113613742720991523</id><published>2006-01-01T08:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-01T09:48:09.346-08:00</updated><title type='text'>神都知道 - 读“一个女孩在跳搂过程中看到的”有感</title><summary type='text'>在一个中文论坛上看到一篇小文，题为“一个女孩在跳搂过程中看到的”，除了图中的一些解释，文章并无任何评论或讲解。看了却很有感触，人往往非到死亡的面前不愿也不能总结自己的一生，对自己人生中不顺利的事，往往怨天尤人，总觉得命运对自己不公平，神总青睐其他人。甚至像文中的女孩，英雄气短，以一死了结人生的恩恩怨怨。没错，她是在赴黄泉的路上看到这一切的，短暂的十秒钟让她领悟到了最后的道理--“每个人都有不为人知的困境”，可仔细想一想，神都知道，神每天做的工作不正是这样的嘛？看护着每个人的困境，试图帮助每个人。而神的这些工作，我们人又知晓多少、相信多少呢？死亡正是我们不知晓神、与神分离的结果。好，我们庆幸我们不是那个女孩，就像从一楼到十楼的那些人们，可我们能够像画中最后一幅说得那样--“觉得自己过得还不错”吗？那个女孩大概用了5秒钟了解了她的人生，也了解了神其实对她还是公平的，可却没有机会纠正她的错误了</summary><link rel='related' href='http://forum.chinesenewsnet.com/showthread.php?t=19608' title='神都知道 - 读“一个女孩在跳搂过程中看到的”有感'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/113613742720991523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=113613742720991523' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/113613742720991523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/113613742720991523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2006/01/blog-post.html' title='神都知道 - 读“一个女孩在跳搂过程中看到的”有感'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-113545874883641057</id><published>2005-12-24T13:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T13:12:28.846-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny Chinglish</title><summary type='text'>Stop mouth  - 住口No Door - 没门儿You cow - 你牛You  more cow - 你更牛more up one floor - 更上一层楼open car - 开车open car to SF - 开车去旧金山No way - 没路Hand phone - 手机Hit hand phone - 打手机Smash smoke - 抽烟Smash ear light - 抽耳光Right good - 正好Eat heart - 吃心Power damage - 厉害Open water - 开水Cool open water - 凉开水Me come pay - 我来付</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/113545874883641057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=113545874883641057' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/113545874883641057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/113545874883641057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/12/funny-chinglish.html' title='Funny Chinglish'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-113528355752574874</id><published>2005-12-22T12:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-22T12:32:37.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>End of 2005</title><summary type='text'>All of sudden it's the end of year 2005.It's really a great year for me and my family.  A lot of good things happened to me, got baptized, met a lot of new friends, visited Taiwan finally, being healthy.I thought it's really a good idea to summarize them in this collage, and many people to thank for, thank for the great memory they have brought to me.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/113528355752574874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=113528355752574874' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/113528355752574874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/113528355752574874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/12/end-of-2005.html' title='End of 2005'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-113333432731796129</id><published>2005-11-29T23:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-01T09:49:22.456-08:00</updated><title type='text'>见证神的大爱</title><summary type='text'>亲爱的弟兄姐妹们,首先向最近一周替我们祷告的朋友们献上诚挚的感谢，你们和我们的祷告并在一起神不仅听到了，而且神奇地马上有了回应。自上上星期日在可利亚的晚饭后，晓渔和我思考了很多，讨论了很多，也经历了很多。有些地方我们不一定有相同的看法，可是有一点我们很快达成了一致，那就是我们一定要从神那里寻求解答，也一定要诚心地向神祷告。大家一定还记得当天我们的朋友ZW在我们争论当中打电话来引用了罗马书中的一句话：神让万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处。第二天我们又和周巍就同一问题通了两个小时的电话，他的第一句话就安慰了我们，他说："我真的一直都不知道上帝为什么让我来到这个教会（他现在的教会从一年内一百多人受洗变成只剩20多人，牧师的讲道经常出错，他们一直有要离开教会的想法），我现在才明白了那就是为了安慰你们安排的。"接下去他给我们讲了很多他们教会的问题，以及他在教会的成长，他认为在这个非常不顺心的教会，</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/113333432731796129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=113333432731796129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/113333432731796129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/113333432731796129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/11/blog-post.html' title='见证神的大爱'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-112918268115590961</id><published>2005-10-12T22:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-30T00:09:43.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>生命是可贵的，可是爱是更崇高的</title><summary type='text'>我在信主以前也几乎没停地在想人生、生命的问题，我也一直以为我很聪明地想明白了很多很多。我小的时候有三样东西不爱吃，苦瓜，茄子和芹 菜，后来都莫名其妙的成了我最爱吃的菜之一。来了美国以后，反而似乎 觉得中国芹菜不仅好吃，而且难得，有那么一股芹菜的清香，又带着一丝淡淡的乡情。每每去中国店都要买一些，即使中国芹菜比美国芹菜要贵上许多倍。小时候最 想吃也最羡慕的糖果和巧克力，因为家族中有糖尿病的缘故，现在几 乎连沾都不敢沾。我有个朋友，从来不爱吃辣的，还有胃病，可命运偏偏捉弄他似的，让他娶到一个湖南人，天天吃辣的，把前半辈子没吃的辣椒加倍的吃回来。人 生中很多事情总像在捉弄我们似的，不管你怎么做，似乎有一个常数在管着你。上学的时候偷懒吗？别急，等到用的时候，以后读书比谁都要刻苦； 股票赔钱吗？放心吧，你不赔到一定程度，也学不会如何在股票市场里处乱不惊，心情冷静，那时才是你能赚大钱的时候。</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/112918268115590961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=112918268115590961' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112918268115590961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112918268115590961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-post.html' title='生命是可贵的，可是爱是更崇高的'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-112572969336514382</id><published>2005-09-02T23:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T23:53:44.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First grade country, Third grade leader</title><summary type='text'>I strongly felt disgust and shock while watching recent episodes on hurricane Katrina.  On a CNN report: "It's like being in a Third World country," Mitch Handrich, a manager at Louisiana's biggest public hospital told the AP.I'd like to say: "It's First world country, Third grade leader".China was, and somewhat still is, a third world country. On March 8th, 1966, without any forecast, when a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/112572969336514382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=112572969336514382' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112572969336514382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112572969336514382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/09/first-grade-country-third-grade-leader.html' title='First grade country, Third grade leader'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-112352471162417377</id><published>2005-08-07T11:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-08T11:13:40.423-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Get Baptised</title><summary type='text'>August 7th, 2005 11 AM. marks a new start in my life. On this day, Jesus accepted me to be a member of his family. I am humbled and happy this finally happened.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/112352471162417377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=112352471162417377' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112352471162417377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112352471162417377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/08/get-baptised.html' title='Get Baptised'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-112313683757223547</id><published>2005-07-05T23:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-03T23:27:17.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My favorite food in Taiwan</title><summary type='text'>八宝冰</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/112313683757223547/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=112313683757223547' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112313683757223547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112313683757223547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/07/my-favorite-food-in-taiwan.html' title='My favorite food in Taiwan'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-112313583075450269</id><published>2005-07-04T22:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-03T23:15:32.713-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A better 7-Eleven</title><summary type='text'>7-Eleven is extremely popular in Asia, in both Hong Kong and Macau, you can easily find them in almost every block.But in Taiwan, 7-Eleven is taken to a totally different new level, in 7-Eleven, not only you can find things you can see in its US siblings, such as water, milk, juice, instand noodle, coke, magazines, clippers, etc. but also you can find something that are not easily found anywhere,</summary><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-112313511366877736</id><published>2005-07-03T22:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-03T22:58:33.673-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taipei's Hotel</title><summary type='text'>This is buffet breakfast in the hotel I stayed, even though it's just a very normal 3-star (maybe even a 2-star) hotel, buffet breakfast is included in $60 price.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/112313511366877736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=112313511366877736' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112313511366877736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/112313511366877736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/07/taipeis-hotel.html' title='Taipei&apos;s Hotel'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111999285906277630</id><published>2005-06-28T13:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-28T14:24:59.556-07:00</updated><title type='text'>New Internet Scam</title><summary type='text'>I was trying to sell my 1.5 year old Dell Inspiron 1100, since I have bought a new Inspiron 2200 with a lot more memory and hopefully faster CPU. So I did thousands if not millions of people did, put an ad on Craig's List, and pray for a buyer to show up.Surprisingly quickly, within 1/2 an hour of my ad, I got 'an interest buyer' with this message:URGENTLY NEEDED Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop/Celeron</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111999285906277630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111999285906277630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111999285906277630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111999285906277630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/new-internet-scam.html' title='New Internet Scam'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111894612173690263</id><published>2005-06-16T11:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-16T11:22:01.743-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spam filtering</title><summary type='text'>I have been getting lots of spam emails at work lately, much more than I got from my Yahoo address and my Gmail address.  After talking to our NT support people, I got to appreciate a lot more on my 'free' email services provided by Yahoo and Google.I had my yahoo email address for about 11 years now, and gmail for over a year.  And I don't actively delete my spam folder, even though occasionally</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111894612173690263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111894612173690263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111894612173690263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111894612173690263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/spam-filtering.html' title='Spam filtering'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111842429030609695</id><published>2005-06-09T22:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-10T10:24:50.346-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tabbed Browsing on IE</title><summary type='text'>On MSN Search's weblog, it announced: "You asked for it, we told you it was coming and now it’s here! Happy to let you know Tabs are now available as part of the MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search", then it went on to explain "how great tabbed browsing is".Tabbed browsing is something I have been using for at least 3 years now, with various browser, Opera, and later Firefox.  After a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111842429030609695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111842429030609695' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111842429030609695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111842429030609695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/tabbed-browsing-on-ie.html' title='Tabbed Browsing on IE'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111821148857469885</id><published>2005-06-07T23:18:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T23:18:08.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - Dinner @ ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111821148857469885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111821148857469885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111821148857469885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111821148857469885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-dinner-chuant_111821148857469885.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111821148065982597</id><published>2005-06-07T23:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T23:18:00.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - Dinner @ ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111821148065982597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111821148065982597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111821148065982597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111821148065982597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-dinner-chuantang_07.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111821146720182577</id><published>2005-06-07T23:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T23:17:47.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - Dinner @ ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111821146720182577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111821146720182577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111821146720182577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111821146720182577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-dinner-chuantang.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111821067985746253</id><published>2005-06-07T23:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T23:04:39.860-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111821067985746253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111821067985746253' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111821067985746253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111821067985746253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111821067985746253.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820908357216090</id><published>2005-06-07T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:38:03.573-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820908357216090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820908357216090' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820908357216090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820908357216090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820908357216090.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820907314292717</id><published>2005-06-07T22:37:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:37:53.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820907314292717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820907314292717' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820907314292717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820907314292717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820907314292717.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820905509188818</id><published>2005-06-07T22:37:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:37:35.096-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820905509188818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820905509188818' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820905509188818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820905509188818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820905509188818.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820904077223784</id><published>2005-06-07T22:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:37:20.776-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820904077223784/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820904077223784' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820904077223784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820904077223784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820904077223784.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820902463642355</id><published>2005-06-07T22:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:37:04.640-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820902463642355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820902463642355' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820902463642355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820902463642355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820902463642355.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820900657214577</id><published>2005-06-07T22:36:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:36:46.576-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820900657214577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820900657214577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820900657214577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820900657214577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820900657214577.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820899136621812</id><published>2005-06-07T22:36:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:36:31.370-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820899136621812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820899136621812' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820899136621812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820899136621812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820899136621812.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820897494969738</id><published>2005-06-07T22:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:36:14.953-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820897494969738/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820897494969738' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820897494969738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820897494969738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820897494969738.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820887805188237</id><published>2005-06-07T22:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:34:38.053-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820887805188237/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820887805188237' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820887805188237'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820887805188237'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hot_111820887805188237.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820886771325516</id><published>2005-06-07T22:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-07T22:34:27.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan - ChuanTang Hotspring</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820886771325516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820886771325516' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820886771325516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820886771325516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/yangmingshan-chuantang-hotspring_07.html' title=''/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820881347317548</id><published>2005-06-07T22:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-15T18:14:33.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Beitou - ChuanTang Hotspring</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.kawayu-spa.com.tw/01.htm' title='Taiwan - Beitou - ChuanTang Hotspring'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820881347317548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820881347317548' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820881347317548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820881347317548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-beitou-chuantang-hotspring.html' title='Taiwan - Beitou - ChuanTang Hotspring'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820858026541195</id><published>2005-06-07T22:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-16T10:21:42.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Beitou - Hot Springs</title><summary type='text'>北 投 (Beitou) is famous for its hot spring spa business. Half way up in the mountain, you will see lots of hot spring businesses, apparently the competition was tough. People in my hotel told me that prices among these hot springs can be wildly different, you can take a bath in some spas for as little as NT$150 (US$5), however, some of them could cost you an arm and leg, for example, the famous </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820858026541195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820858026541195' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820858026541195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820858026541195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-beitou-hot-springs.html' title='Taiwan - Beitou - Hot Springs'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820856325560077</id><published>2005-06-07T22:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-15T17:56:28.990-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - YangMingShan - Chinese Cultural University</title><summary type='text'>This is Taipei Chinese Cultural University, I'd be feeling so lucky to be on top of YangMingShan, it's like you can meditate on top of a mountain all the time.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820856325560077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820856325560077' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820856325560077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820856325560077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-yangmingshan-chinese-cultural.html' title='Taiwan - YangMingShan - Chinese Cultural University'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820855212653851</id><published>2005-06-07T22:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-12T23:09:51.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - YangMingShan</title><summary type='text'>YangMingShan is dominated by the Datun Volcanic Range. The area                        is rich in volcanic geology, with pyroclastic cones and bell-shaped volcanos, crater lakes, solfataras, and hot springs, not only making it another attraction to many tourists, but also it's a place visited by many local hotspring lovers.This page in Chinese explains quite well all the hotsprings in Taiwan, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820855212653851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820855212653851' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820855212653851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820855212653851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-yangmingshan_111820855212653851.html' title='Taiwan - YangMingShan'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820853274751856</id><published>2005-06-07T22:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-16T10:21:06.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - YangMingShan - Front Gate</title><summary type='text'>This is the famous YangMingShan, I was about to take a closer picture, but was blocked by the security guard "No! Can't go in! Stay there!"So I had to 'stay in front of it' and take this picture.  In case you don't read Chinese, the slogans on the board say:"Love Taiwan, Protect our Home!""Loyal to ROC, Protect Tai(wan), Peng(hu), Jin(men), Ma(zhu)""All nation supports three Military Purchase </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820853274751856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820853274751856' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820853274751856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820853274751856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-yangmingshan-front-gate.html' title='Taiwan - YangMingShan - Front Gate'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111820859752302334</id><published>2005-06-07T22:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-12T23:18:27.503-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - YangMingShan</title><summary type='text'>I was quite naive to think that I could take public transportation, such as MRT, local buses to get to some good hotsprings in YangMingShan, and see some good scenes for the limited time I had in Taipei. I am glad I didn't do that, and I am glad that I was so fortunate to have a very warmhearted Taiwanese friend to take me around in YangMingShan. With its winding road, and tricky turns, I am not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111820859752302334/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111820859752302334' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820859752302334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111820859752302334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-yangmingshan_07.html' title='Taiwan - YangMingShan'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111809138433785865</id><published>2005-06-05T13:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-06T13:57:30.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jetlag</title><summary type='text'>I guess I was too excited about my Taiwan trip, it's literally 11 days after the landing in SFO, somehow I still managed to wake up at 5 o'clock in the morning.This was the first time I had good sleep on the airplane, two guys sitting by me seemed to know the stewardess, they moved to a separate isle right after boarding. Giving me the whole 3 seats at my disposal. I was able to sleep about 3+3+2</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111809138433785865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111809138433785865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111809138433785865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111809138433785865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/jetlag.html' title='Jetlag'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111777441622668600</id><published>2005-06-02T21:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-07T15:09:55.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'>李敖原来就是聊</title><summary type='text'>李敖的拼音是 li'ao, 不小心就会看成是liao，‘聊’是也。这也难怪，这个名字非他莫属。那神聊也是给他安排的，应是‘神李敖’。其实中文里这种容易混淆的拼音并不很 多，有名的也就是‘西安’要写成 xi'an，而已。 不过依此类推, 李安 li'an也可以是‘联’或‘恋’或‘炼’了。那我干脆叫“齐安” （qi'an）好了，那不就成了‘钱’了吗？或者叫惕安 ti'an，就成了‘天’了，哈哈，有姓‘惕’的吗？</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111777441622668600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111777441622668600' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111777441622668600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111777441622668600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/blog-post.html' title='李敖原来就是聊'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111776868097042510</id><published>2005-06-02T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-01-01T09:54:01.023-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What would we do if we go to heaven</title><summary type='text'>We will be watching some kind of video tapes with God of what he did all these 1000s of years, no, 100s of 1000s of years, oh, no, there is no time concept there, we have all the time we need, just keep watching the tapes, no, it's not even tapes, they would be DVDs, no, they would not even be DVDs, they would be much better than DVDs; they would be 3-D, no, they would be even better than 3-D, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111776868097042510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111776868097042510' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111776868097042510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111776868097042510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/what-would-we-do-if-we-go-to-heaven.html' title='What would we do if we go to heaven'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111769278866511760</id><published>2005-06-01T23:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-03T15:10:16.286-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Bird's eye view</title><summary type='text'>A bird's eye view of Taipei from Taipei 101.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111769278866511760/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111769278866511760' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769278866511760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769278866511760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101-birds-eye-view.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Bird&apos;s eye view'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111769273212637565</id><published>2005-06-01T23:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-06T19:21:10.223-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Sun YaNational Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Halltsen Memorial Hall</title><summary type='text'>National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall seen from the Observation Decks.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111769273212637565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111769273212637565' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769273212637565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769273212637565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101-sun-yanational-dr.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Sun YaNational Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Halltsen Memorial Hall'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111769260705873991</id><published>2005-06-01T23:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-04T08:35:40.643-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Buildings around it</title><summary type='text'>Taipei International Convention Center on the left-top corner, Taipei World Trade Center (big cyan building on the bottom-left) and Hyatt Hotel on the bottom-right corner.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111769260705873991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111769260705873991' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769260705873991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769260705873991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101-buildings-around-it.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Buildings around it'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111769254120028293</id><published>2005-06-01T23:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-04T08:34:54.076-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Fastest elevator in the world, captured !</title><summary type='text'>According to numerous articles on the internet, like this one, Taipei 101's Toshiba-made elevator holds the current Guinness World Records for Fastest Elevator,  it's certified at a maximum speed of 1010 m/minute (60.6 kilometers per hour), and I was really lucky to be able to capture that without knowing.  My camera has an recharge cycle of about 4-5 seconds after each flash, and you can see in </summary><link rel='related' href='http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/news_article.jsp?service=UK&amp;ID=0000005448&amp;year=NONE' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Fastest elevator in the world, captured !'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111769254120028293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111769254120028293' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769254120028293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769254120028293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101-fastest-elevator-in.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Fastest elevator in the world, captured !'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111789907166317632</id><published>2005-06-01T23:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-04T08:33:00.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Observatory Decks</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111789907166317632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111789907166317632' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111789907166317632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111789907166317632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101-observatory-decks.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Observatory Decks'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111769253083252485</id><published>2005-06-01T23:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-03T14:35:05.153-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Interior</title><summary type='text'>The interior of Taipei 101 is also very elegantly designed, the warm orange tone of the lights give a warm ambience to the whole shopping area.  The open designs and somewhat irregular shapes of openings give you a great perspective of its space. Of course you only see high-end stores there, which does not stimulate much of my purchasing will, but hay, that's just me (oh, and you may notice quite</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111769253083252485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111769253083252485' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769253083252485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769253083252485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101-interior.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Interior'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111769237693257509</id><published>2005-06-01T23:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-06T14:14:38.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101</title><summary type='text'>It's quite challenging to take a great picture of the whole Taipei 101, especially with my limited 'point and shoot' digicam.  This is just a picture with the lower floors to get an idea of some details and decor.One thing I noticed (and very annoying) was, the underground garage is right by the main entrance, and there are 2-3 guys with uniforms organizing the traffic, they were using a whistle </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111769237693257509/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111769237693257509' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769237693257509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769237693257509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111769233533035330</id><published>2005-06-01T23:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-02T18:10:42.166-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Architecture</title><summary type='text'>The design of Taipei 101 borrows heavily from Chinese culture. Both the building’s interior and exterior incorporate the Chinese pagoda form and the shape of bamboo flowers. The lucky number eight, which means blooming or success, is represented by the eight clearly delineated exterior sections of the building.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111769233533035330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111769233533035330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769233533035330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769233533035330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101-architecture.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - Architecture'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111769229565795591</id><published>2005-06-01T23:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-02T18:08:38.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Taipei 101 - The tallest building in the world (for now)</title><summary type='text'>Taipei 101 has 101 stories above ground, hence the name. Many people don't know it also has 5 stories underground. So it's actually Taipei 106.The building holds the records for: Ground to structural top: 508 m (1667 ft), a record formerly held by the Petronas Twin Towers at 452 m (1483ft).Ground to roof: 448 m (1470 ft). Formerly held by the Sears Tower (442 m = 1454ft)Ground to highest occupied</summary><link rel='related' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - The tallest building in the world (for now)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111769229565795591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111769229565795591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769229565795591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111769229565795591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-taipei-101-tallest-building-in.html' title='Taiwan - Taipei 101 - The tallest building in the world (for now)'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111763587832961214</id><published>2005-06-01T07:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T07:56:08.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Shilin - 钓虾，现钓现吃</title><summary type='text'>This is a quite unique business in the market, it lets you pay NT$10 for a small hook, and try to fish shrimp, the hook is not that tightly connected to the stick, so occasionally you will fail, and lose the hook, there goes another NT$10.But if you are lucky, you get a fresh shrimp, they will BBQ it right there for you.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111763587832961214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111763587832961214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763587832961214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763587832961214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-shilin.html' title='Taiwan - Shilin - 钓虾，现钓现吃'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111763533899309247</id><published>2005-06-01T07:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T07:54:43.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Shilin - Miles of delicious food, but ...</title><summary type='text'>There are at least 6x5 alleys like this, with about 3-5 stalls on each block. I didn't actually eat anything that night, even though I purposedly did not have dinner while I was at Taipei 101, anticipating great food at Shilin Night market. The food here was pretty good, except for one thing that really got me - 'stinky toufu'. The market was enclosed under a roof, with probably 50% of the stalls</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111763533899309247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111763533899309247' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763533899309247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763533899309247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-shilin-miles-of-delicious-food.html' title='Taiwan - Shilin - Miles of delicious food, but ...'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111763506274096410</id><published>2005-06-01T07:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T07:54:29.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Shilin - All sorts of fried food</title><summary type='text'>Fried egg-n-oyster (one of the most famous Taiwan tidbits, called 蚵仔煎）, fried squid, fried rice noodle, fried egg-n-scallop, fried egg-n-shrimp. NT$30 is about US$1</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111763506274096410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111763506274096410' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763506274096410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763506274096410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-shilin-all-sorts-of-fried-food.html' title='Taiwan - Shilin - All sorts of fried food'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111763489466078415</id><published>2005-06-01T07:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T07:54:13.850-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Shilin - 大饼包小饼</title><summary type='text'>Literally 大饼包小饼 means 'big cake wraps small cake', so it's "cake inside cake", the outside is a flour wrapper, inside is a fried sweet rice cake with all sorts of fillings, as listed in the picture, you can have choice of peanut, taro, seasame, red bean paste, dates paste, coconut as sweet fillings, or curry, spice, crispy, taro, peanut, black pepper as salty fillings. The inner cake is fried, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111763489466078415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111763489466078415' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763489466078415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763489466078415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-shilin_01.html' title='Taiwan - Shilin - 大饼包小饼'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111763630933264872</id><published>2005-06-01T07:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T07:52:58.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Shilin - Absolutely Cook-to-order</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111763630933264872/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111763630933264872' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763630933264872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763630933264872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-shilin-absolutely-cook-to-order.html' title='Taiwan - Shilin - Absolutely Cook-to-order'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111763718867477047</id><published>2005-06-01T06:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T07:52:36.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Taiwan - Shilin - Shilin Night Market seen from MRT</title><summary type='text'>First impression of 士林夜市 (Shilin Night Market) from MRT (台北捷运), this was about 9pm on the second night I was in Taipei, all you can see now is miles of traffic jam, and loud horns from cars, and most likely motorcycles. Even though many people take MRT, traffic is still very bad, maybe more so at night than during the day, because ...Taipei is created for the night life!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111763718867477047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111763718867477047' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763718867477047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111763718867477047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/06/taiwan-shilin-shilin-night-market-seen.html' title='Taiwan - Shilin - Shilin Night Market seen from MRT'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111666601382039487</id><published>2005-05-21T02:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-21T02:15:13.293-07:00</updated><title type='text'>槟榔‘东施’</title><summary type='text'>天气已渐渐进入夏天，本以为来台湾一定能看到有名的穿着清凉的槟榔西施，可没想到从台北到台南，从市区到郊区，居然看到的是完全另外的一幅景象，虽然可以看到很多槟榔西施店，也可以从中依稀看到昔日的风光，但真正的冰激凌却未曾看到。看到的是很多街头的店面空在那里，还有很多甚至是阿公阿妈在支撑门面，可说是“槟榔东施”</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111666601382039487/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111666601382039487' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111666601382039487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111666601382039487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/05/blog-post.html' title='槟榔‘东施’'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111711306461699593</id><published>2005-05-12T21:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T07:55:17.023-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How Mainland Chinese with Greencard go to Taiwan?</title><summary type='text'>I guess I should and will always remember this certificate, it may be the last and only time I use this certificate to enter Taiwan. Since I am going to apply for US Citizenship soon. To show how rare it is, I was looked at again and again, then the staff called in his manager and then took me to a different booth, where a bunch of things (who knows what) were checked, before finally a smile was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111711306461699593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111711306461699593' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111711306461699593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111711306461699593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-mainland-chinese-with-greencard-go.html' title='How Mainland Chinese with Greencard go to Taiwan?'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111400722082862215</id><published>2005-04-20T07:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-01T10:51:14.463-07:00</updated><title type='text'>老子，儿子，孙子和老爷子</title><summary type='text'>圣经上对上帝的称呼似乎很有学问，称之为“天父”。这是我想起，过去我们做的是老子，自己做自己的主人嘛，自己是天，自己做一切主，对就对了，错就错了，累虽累点儿，好像也很享受。只是偶尔当‘老子’也做不了主、拿不定主意的时候，那种感觉实在是不好受。现在是天父的儿子，其实也很简单，只要虚下心来求他就行了，有什么想不通的，无能为力的，一个祷告，就象一封加急电报似的，关键在于有信心，相信电报打完了，就可以去睡觉了。天父嘛，当父亲的当然要多操劳些了。但也不要做孙子，点头哈腰，拿来的馍嚼也不嚼，囫囵吞枣，一股脑的全盘接受。上帝似乎并不喜欢这样的人，毕竟他是一位慈祥而又伟大的父亲，他希望我们通过实践得到锻炼，而最终成为他想要的有用之材。也不要以为天父是老爷子，他不会什么都替你做的，祷告归祷告，事情最终还是通过人来做出来的！</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111400722082862215/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111400722082862215' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111400722082862215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111400722082862215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/04/blog-post_20.html' title='老子，儿子，孙子和老爷子'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111400712272131467</id><published>2005-04-20T06:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-20T08:00:01.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>先有鸡还是先有蛋？</title><summary type='text'>鸡能生蛋，蛋能生鸡。到底先有鸡还是先有蛋？这个问题可能困扰了无数的人，而人类对这个‘简单’问题的无解，又似乎不能接受，进而这个问题成了可笑的悖论的代表。记 得有一次在北京挤车，有两个人因为拥挤不知是谁踩了谁的脚，忽然开始绊起嘴来，“是你先踩我的”，“不是，你先踩我的”，“你先踩我的”，“你先踩我 的”…… 正在二人争执不休的当口，旁边儿一个小伙子忽然大声地‘自言自语’起来：“鸡生蛋，蛋生鸡，鸡生蛋，蛋生鸡，鸡生蛋，蛋生鸡……” 一时说的全车人都哄堂大笑，那两个吵架的人也觉得羞愧不已，也不知道到没到站，就先后下了车。在我们信主的过程中，也经常会有类似的问题。比如到底是应该先信主，再去领祝福；还是先得祝福，才会信主呢？也许是有个神造了一切，才有我们，也许是有了我们，才创造了‘神’这个词。其实并不很重要，重要的是，从今以后，鸡会生蛋，蛋也会生鸡，不是吗？</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111400712272131467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111400712272131467' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111400712272131467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111400712272131467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/04/blog-post.html' title='先有鸡还是先有蛋？'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-111351948966513206</id><published>2005-04-14T15:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-14T15:58:09.686-07:00</updated><title type='text'>AC Transit Fare Change Proposals.</title><summary type='text'>        Public Hearings May 18: Fare Changes                              AC Transit Marketing                              04/05/2005        &lt;!--  --&gt;                     On Wednesday, May 18, 2005, the AC Transit Board of Directors will hold public hearings at 3:00pm and 6:00pm to accept comments on proposals to restructure or increase bus fares and to place a parcel tax on the ballot in an </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/111351948966513206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=111351948966513206' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111351948966513206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/111351948966513206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/04/ac-transit-fare-change-proposals.html' title='AC Transit Fare Change Proposals.'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-110911935381591456</id><published>2005-02-22T16:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-22T16:42:33.816-08:00</updated><title type='text'>So good to be back</title><summary type='text'>Finally I came back from Mexico City this morning, the flight was horrible, that I don't think I would take another 'transfer flight' any more, I had to transfer at LA, picking my luggage out, and go through custom, and waiting in line for 40 minutes to re-check-in, and walk a good mile or two to the terminal for the next flight, what I thought could be a good 2-hour rest turned out to be a quite</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/110911935381591456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=110911935381591456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/110911935381591456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/110911935381591456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/02/so-good-to-be-back.html' title='So good to be back'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-110878968103831355</id><published>2005-02-13T21:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-18T21:12:19.096-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trip to Mexico City (2)</title><summary type='text'>Buffet breakfast at the hotel.This absolutely the first impression, since I didn't go out last night, thank to all the kindly warnings.  Breakfast consists of a selection of 3-4 fruits, 3-4 types of cereals, 3 different yogarts, milk, orange juice, my favorite grapefruit juice, and sometimes watermelon juice, then lots of typical Mexican food, nachos, scambled eggs, breads, of course. Overall, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/110878968103831355/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=110878968103831355' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/110878968103831355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/110878968103831355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/02/trip-to-mexico-city-2.html' title='Trip to Mexico City (2)'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640238.post-110878920685086087</id><published>2005-02-12T21:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-18T21:12:42.980-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Trip to Mexico City (1)</title><summary type='text'>On my trip to Mexico City, before I went, I got quite a good number of warnings. I understand they were for my own good, but at this point, I was like a blank paper, it shows whatever people draw on it. One story was the actually from Mexican co-worker, whose spanish-speaking sister had hotel called Taxi for them, and later was robbed under gun point, and suspected Police was involved. Man, what </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/feeds/110878920685086087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6640238&amp;postID=110878920685086087' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/110878920685086087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6640238/posts/default/110878920685086087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomlu.blogspot.com/2005/02/trip-to-mexico-city-1.html' title='Trip to Mexico City (1)'/><author><name>Dongming Lu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05272425161601961817</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
