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Reading Time: 2 minutes It seems like China is going to get only one Gold Medal at this Winter Olympics games. It’s a bit disappointing for many Chinese who care about the game, including me. I think lots of people, especially the team China expected to win more gold medals this time. I believe four years ago we got

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February 23, 2006

Reading Time: 2 minutes I was pretty frustrated on my programming these two days. I know I am not the smartest guy among software engineers in my company, or for that matter, not the smartest guy in my school years either. I still remember when I was in elementary school my teacher once told my parents that I have

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February 15, 2006

Reading Time: 2 minutes Couple days ago I went to see a Dentist/Hygienist for routine checkup. Visiting dentist is not my favorite task because my teeth are not that great and my hygienist made me feel very unconfortable last year, both physically and emotionally. So I chose a different dental office this year. To my surprise, this new hygienist

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January 13, 2006

Reading Time: < 1 minute We have seen plenty of images on TV on the West Virginia coal mine accident these two days. The outcome was terrible, 12 miners died and one survived. I don’t know how much this get covered in China. Note recently China had many coal mine accidents, which usually involves greater human loss. I believe some

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January 4, 2006

Reading Time: < 1 minute Year 2006 is around the corner. For people back home in China they are already in 2006. We are still 3 hours away. There will be some celebrations in major cities such as New York Time Square, Las Vegas, etc. And there will be Rose Parade in Pasadena (LA) tomorrow. I don’t know about how

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December 31, 2005

Reading Time: < 1 minute Best Chinese TV-series (soup opera): Dong Shi Mu Bei Dong Gan Qing 动什么别动感情 (Anything but your feeling) Most Spectacular View: Grand Canyon (Arizona, US) Most Scenic View: Jiu Zhai Gou 九寨沟 (Si Chuan, China) Best Chinese Restaurant (tie): Asiana 东兴园(St. Louis); New Age Veggie 新素代 at Shanghai Super Brand Mall 正大广场 Best Bread: St. Louis

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December 24, 2005

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s almost Christmas. Things started to calm down, especially in Post Office, the malls should be packed by last minute shoppers now. I received some emails and calls from old friends already. I have 4 days holiday for X’mas. Today (12/23) is the first day. When I was running some errands, I thought about the

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December 23, 2005
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