I just learned the roots of the word "politics." In Greek, "poli" means "many," and "tics" means "bloodsucking creatures." Anyway, this is my last week working at PSU, and my co-worker likes to talk about politics. He always make good jokes about Bush and Bush's mom. Usually I try to avoid politics as much as possible, for it does not relate to my ( Read more... )

After I read some camera reviews on the internet, I went to Fry's Electronics on Sunday and brought a Canon Powershot A75. This camera is very popular because of its versatility and low prices. For around 250 dollars, this camera is loaded with useful features/modes such as the autofocus assist lamp and full manual control. I tried it out these ( Read more... )

Okay, I have hit several hard cheese this week, maybe Satan was just teasing me or something. But the whammy happened on Wednesday night is probably the worst one. When I left work at nine, I went to the parking lot and found my car in a dire straight mood. In a flurry, I started it and backing it up without much attention before I felt that I just ( Read more... )

Yesterday I made the stupidest mistake at work, and it was a critical one too. After I assembled the control board for the instrument, called the gas chromatography, the people uses in the lab, I made all the wires for its connection. Then somehow I inserted the ground wire in the power socket and the ground into power (maybe I was high). So when ( Read more... )

Inspired by El Gurouj and Liu Xiang's valiant performances on the distant and 110 meter hurdles in the Olympics, I woke up early this morning and ran around the track in school. The quite air of the dawn was fresh and cool, neither raining nor firey hot - the perfect weather for running. As I have expected, I ran much slower when I am alone than I ( Read more... )

I took the personality disorder test today and the following are my results ( Read more... )

I came across a joke today on one of forums I used to visit, and I thought it was pretty funny. But if you don't know the name of Chinese leaders, you probably won't get this joke. Also if you love Bush, you might be offended. Sorry about that ( Read more... )

According to the Internet Movie Database, Hero opens this Friday. Since it was produced and came out of China in 2002, so I watched this movie 2 years ago. Many famous Chinese actors participated in this film, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang. When it was released in China, some critics liked it but I think the majority ( Read more... )

I think this summer is the most boring one that I had for years. Today, just like any other day, I woke up at 9, eat and go to work at 11. I arrive at my work place, Portland State University, around 12 and work until 9 in the evening. Of course, I don't work the whole way, that would have killed me. Usually I take a 2 to 3 hour brake in between ( Read more... )