小鳥飛

最近這陣子比較少去圖書館，假日要寫東西就去法學院的餐廳裡坐，有時凡凡媽媽會帶凡凡來探視。

法學院附近綠地空地不少，凡凡也可以盡興地跑跳。有時看到麻雀在草地上找東西吃，也會好奇地衝過去想看看那是甚麼。看到小 baby 更是興奮，直跑過去想一起玩，只是大概太熱情了，後來還把小 baby 給嚇哭了，嘴裡一直嚷著「baby! baby!」，只好趕緊將凡凡帶開。

果然屬小狗

凡凡最近嘴裡的小牙一顆一棵地冒出來，特愛啃東西，給他一根烤肋排沒有興趣吃，等到我們拿去幫他吃完了才津津有味地拿起只剩骨頭的肋排猛啃，不亦樂乎，果然是屬小狗的。

早起看卡通，給凡凡一根 cheese stick 讓他慢慢啃，果然又是很有耐心地慢慢吃慢慢咬，一點都不急。還頗享受，邊看電視邊吃，看到有趣的地方還會笑出來。


真的吃了很久還在吃，PBS Kids 的卡通從 George Shrink 播到 Curious George 了都還沒吃完，看卡通看到呆若木雞狀。

Mika Brzezinski of MNSBC Rips Paris Report

Will this happen in Taiwan?



During the 6 weeks stayed in Taiwan, it was really a pain in the ass watching TV news. I will say the Paris Hilton case is nothing compared to the situation in Taiwan right now. It's like our news stations are drugging the mass day in and day out.

Sigh; hopefully there will be a Taiwan "Mika Brzezinski" someday.

今晚不跳舞

洗完澡又到了玩耍與跳舞的時間，不過凡凡今天好像沒那個心情，一心只想找媽媽，站在浴室門口叫門。叫了一陣子看沒有反應，只好自己試著把門打開，轉呀轉眼看還是沒用，只好放無雙用大絕，回頭拉手要人幫他開門，敷衍一下假裝打不開還不行，回頭再抓手的時候還知道要爸爸别再拍了，專心幫他開門。

天下無雙

劉鎮偉是我最喜歡的香港導演/編劇之一，與好友王家衛兩人共組了「澤東電影公司」(呃...這名字...)，劉常惡搞王的作品，像是王家衛的「東邪西毒」變成原班人再拍的「射雕英雄傳之東成西就」。相較西方驚聲尖笑系列的表面趣味，劉鎮偉的電影巧思多了。劉拍過很多賣座喜劇片，最有名的應該算是「齊天大聖東/西遊記」了，不過我比較喜歡「天下無雙」。

天下無雙這片是我還窩在汐止頂樓加蓋的小屋裡的那段時間看的賀歲片，還是唱黃梅調的賀歲片。整部片很驚人地只花了一個多月就拍完了。不過可能是真的太趕了，片中的黃梅調只有兩首，很可惜。

劇情主要以林黛拍的「江山美人」(就是「遊龍戲鳳」)跟凌波樂蒂的「梁山伯與祝英台」為本，加上一些劉鎮偉與王家衛兩人過去電影的文本橋段混在一起就成了。明正德皇帝的妹妹長公主(王菲)女伴男裝溜出京城遇到地痞流氓李一龍(梁朝偉)，男裝的王菲喜歡上了梁朝偉，梁卻不知王是女身還想把王菲介紹給經營龍鳳店酒館的妹妹鳳姐李一鳳(趙薇)，後來正德皇帝也溜出來到了龍鳳店喜歡上了鳳姐，但鳳姐不知他是皇帝。故事就這樣地圍繞著四人轉下去。

這部電影除了劇情有趣外，最好玩的便是看劉鎮偉在其中不斷地影射其它王家衛或他自己作品的文本了。下面是一些片段。

喜相逢


小霸王：
沒有一個是真心真意喜歡我妹妹的，你們全都想我走，活該全變成燒豬手。好，不幫我妹妹找到好男人，我是不會離開梅龍鎮。
(梁的服裝造型是東邪西毒裡的盲劍客)

情比金堅：
太感動了，龍哥這番話，令我想起《大話西遊》裡面孫悟空他說過「曾經有一碗熱辣辣的燒豬手麵擺在面前，但我沒有珍惜，到麵涼了以後才後悔莫及，塵世間最痛苦的事莫過於此。」
(很明顯對映齊天大聖東/西遊記)
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小霸王獨白：
當時我和他的距離是七公尺零八公分，在不夠四分一柱香的時間，我做了個決定，我看他人品不錯，身手也挺好所以我決定把他介紹給我妹妹。

長公主獨白：
當時我距離這個人是三公尺零八公分，但在不到四分一柱香的時間裡，我做了一個影響終生的決定，既然我身上的銀兩沒了，這個傻帽兒說要請客，所以我決定吃死他。

客棧老闆獨白：
當時我的心情亂到不知道跟他們距離有多少，連香都不用點，我就作出了一個決定，我一找到機會，就放瀉藥拉死他們！
(這段是重慶森林，梁和王在這片的角色跟在重慶森林裡十分相似)
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旁白：
根據無雙長公主日後出版的回憶錄《我和小霸王的一段情》裡記載，當晚，當小霸王抱著她的時候，她經歷了人生中一個極度難忘的時刻，她第一次有心跳的感覺。

旁白：
但是，在小霸王的回憶錄中，對那晚的描述又是另一個版本，〈小霸王把銀兩交到長公主手上。〉多多保重！〈長公主抱住小霸王〉

旁白：
不過，
根據小泉居老闆的回憶錄《誓不低頭》「我與小霸王對抗 30 年」裡面描述，其實情形是這樣的，當晚很混亂，也不知道誰抱著誰，場面極度感人，送完又送，抱完又抱，又抱又送，依依不捨，反正就是沒完沒了。
(這段只是單純很好笑)
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情錯情


醉一場

(梁山伯與祝英台裡十八相送比喻的橋段)

桃花開了


整片都是桃花飛舞，重點也一直放在桃花樹下，很明顯就是東邪西毒裡的場景，加上編號 2046 的調查報告以及朱茵與紫薇這些東西遊記裡的人物，看這部片實在有趣。王菲還因此拿了最佳女主角獎。

別餵我，我要自己喝湯。

自從又可以看 DVD 了之後，晚餐時的全家活動就是一起看電影，前半段必先播放凡凡喜歡看的 Elmo，然後才是電影，不過一部電影大概得分個好幾天才能半完。

晚上又看了一次 Fever Pitch，凡凡也看得很高興，吃完飯要喝湯時，決定不要別人服侍了，自己抓起湯匙就一口一口地喝了起來，一臉很有成就感很爽的樣子。

剪頭毛

上禮拜凡凡媽媽趁凡凡睡著的時候，把凡凡蓋住前額的頭髮給修短，結果看起來像個小瓜呆。


結果這幾天旁人一見到就問凡凡媽媽這頭是不是自己剪的？想想這樣下去不行，今天一早凡凡起床邊看芝麻街邊吃完早點之後，便坐著抱住凡凡，讓媽媽把其它部位的頭髮也剪一剪。剪完後果然清爽許多，又變成小型男一個。





最後將凡凡放下來拿吸塵器清理地上的頭髮時，凡凡很乖巧地自告奮用要幫忙。


事實上，這吸塵器已經快變成凡凡最愛的玩具了，吸地板也成了凡凡最愛做的事，每次都得一直吸到吸塵器電池沒電了才肯罷休。

小腳板

早上凡凡拿著相機靠著我坐在床上自顧自地玩著，趁機拍幾張凡凡現在肥孜孜的小腳板。


剛出生兩天時在醫院拍的瘦嘎嘎的小腳板，腳根還有出生當天抽血扎針的針孔。

Still Here

Still Here, sung by Lene Marlin, the singer of the song "Sitting Down Here".

I like this song; it's nice. But can you tell it was adapted from which famous Chinese song in Taiwan?



Still Here - Lene Marlin

I just can't help it \ No matter what you say \ It sounds you're far from okay \ I know you're hurting \ So please just stop the lie \ Just say, say you'll try

Try to stop hiding, and show me how you are \ I see through all the faces you put on \ I know you're wondering, just how you got to this \ All you've lost, all you missed

But it will be fine, and you'll be smiling \ And you'll be grateful, for what's still there \ And you'll be hoping that you still have it here \ The things you thought you lost \ The things you thought were gone

I wish I'd seen it \ A long time ago \ At least, now I know \ I need your promise \ No point of asking why \ Just say, say you'll try

Try to stop hiding, and show me how you are \ I see through all the faces you put on \ I know you're wondering, just how you got to this \ All you've lost, all you missed

But it will be fine, and you'll be smiling \ And you'll be grateful, for what's still there \ And you'll be hoping that you still have it here \ The things you thought you lost \ Were gone

But it will be fine, and you'll be smiling \ And you'll be grateful, for what's still there \ And you'll be hoping that you still have it here \ The things you thought you lost \ The things you thought were gone

The things you thought you lost

The things you thought were gone

Have You Clicking for Taiwan Today?

Well, today is Friday. Let's see what is hot in Taiwan right now. Yes, the world clicking game.

It's interesting following the click-mania initiated from PTT-gossip. 台灣宅宅 invented their own full-automatic programs clicking for real person. Then the German website launched new systems to detect and ban players using this kind of assistant programs. And currently 台灣宅宅 is trying to find a way not to be detected.

Taiwan now is at the leading place among all countries in the world. Good job, 台灣宅宅!

Here is a clip for click-game promotion in Taiwan, very funny.

Helmeted FanFan

麻州這邊規定小孩子騎腳踏車一定得戴安全帽，所以我們也幫凡凡準備了一頂小孩子用的單車帽。凡凡戴上之後頭又顯得更大了，不過很可愛。


戴上覺得新奇，很開心，在家裡客廳到處跑，中間還有撞到桌子一下，安全帽果然發揮了它的功用。

就愛吐舌頭

小嬰兒本能地會模仿大人的動作與表情，可能是學習本能的一部分。

該出生的時候逗凡凡吐舌頭給他看，很快地就學了起來也回吐給你看。長大了些後反而顛倒過來，通常都是凡凡希望你吐舌頭，便會跑到你跟前把舌頭吐出來給你看，希望你跟著做。如果你真的把舌頭伸了出來，凡凡就會樂不可支地想用手去摸摸你的舌頭。

04/2006 未滿月

06/2006 兩個月

11/2006 七個月

05/2007 一歲一個月

06/2007 一歲兩個月

Love Song

Love Song, also a lovely song. It is the 'iTune free download' of this week. I downloaded and listened to it while biking home last night. I also played it to FanFan. He loves it!

If you have iPod and iTune, you can go to the iTune Shop to download it for free.

One thing interesting, while I searched the lyrics on the Internet, I found there are several words in the second half of the song, right after "help me see the daylight", no one knows what that is, and all written as "my ???"(labeled in the lyrics below). Can you tell what she sings?

In the iTune version, this part was deleted, so you can only hear it in the MVs below (about at the point when 1:23 left in the second MV).

Sara Bareilles - Love Song (Live)



Sara Bareilles - "Love Song" at Pappy & Harriet's 10-07-06


Head under water and you tell me to breathe easy for awhile \ The breathing gets harder even I know that \ Made room for me \ It's too soon to see if I'm happy in your hands I'm unusually hard to hold on to

Blank stares at blank pages \ No easy way to say this \ You mean well but you make this hard on me

I'm not gonna write you a love song \ Cause you ask for it \ Cause you need one \ You see, I'm not gonna write you a long song \ Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this \ If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay \ If all you have is leavin' I'm gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today \ Today

I learnt the hard way that they all say things you wanna hear \ My heavy heart sinks deep down under you and Your twisted words \ Your help just hurts \ You are not what I thought you were \ Hello to high and dry

Convinced me to please you made me think that I need this too \ I'm trying to let you hear me as I am

I'm not gonna write you a love song \ Cause you ask for it \ Cause you need one \ You see, I'm not gonna write you a long song \ Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this \ If you're on your way I'm not gonna write you to stay \ If all you have is leavin' I'm gonna need a better reason to write you a love song today

Promise me you'll leave the light on to help me see the daylight (My ???) \ Cause I believe there's a way you can love me because I say

I won't write you a love song \ Cause you ask for it \ Cause you need one \ You see, I'm not gonna write you a love song \ Cause you tell me it's make or breakin' this \ Is that why you wanted a love song? \ Cause you asked for it \ Cause you need one \ You see I'm not gonna write you a love song \ Cause you tell me it's make or breakin this if you're on your way \ I'm not gonna write you to stay \ If your heart is nowhere in it I don't want it for a minute \ Babe, I walk the seven seas when I believe that there's a reason to write you a love song today \ Today

Dancing on the Love Song

洗完澡放著今天下載的新歌 Sara Bareilles 的 Love Song 給凡凡聽，凡凡很愛聽。

更早的時候凡凡是聽到旋律比較順的歌曲像 Bad Day 會跟著哼，現在則是只要聽到節奏感比較強的歌就會開始跟著跳起舞來，連看電視上 So you think you can dance 也會跟著跳。

只是節奏感好像還有待加強，有點脫拍。

小瓜呆頭

夏天到了，想說凡凡的頭髮也該剪一剪，比較涼快。

趁凡凡睡著的時候，凡凡媽媽把前面的頭髮修短了些，看起來有點像小瓜呆頭。

Nature Proceedings

By accident I found a webite under Nature magazine which I feel some readers here might be interested.

Nature Proceedings
Nature Precedings is a place for researchers to share pre-publication research, unpublished manuscripts, presentations, posters, white papers, technical papers, supplementary findings, and other scientific documents. Submissions are screened by our professional curation team for relevance and quality, but are not subjected to peer review. We welcome high-quality contributions from biology, medicine (except clinical trials), chemistry and the earth sciences.
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There are poster- and presentation-format files which I feel very useful to quickly have a general understanding of specific topics. Just use the search function to find topics you are interested.

Of course you can also put your own stuff/ideas on it and get responses from others, such as this topic "Open Notebook Science Using Blogs and Wikis".

Although there are not many articles/files right now, let's see what will happen after several months?

Moving to My New Seat

I moved to my new seat today.

Kendra is a student from Physics program co-advised by Tim and Dan Fisher in Physics Department. She is going to graduate pretty soon and won't come to the lab very frequently. So she asked me if I want to switch to her seat several days ago. Therefore I moved.

One reason I moved is because I can have a huge window view besides my seat. Although we are not in a resort-type of place such as Scripps which oversees a beautiful beach (a NUDE beach?????) in San Diego. It is good enough for me because we also have something speical outsides the window.

We are in the top floor of a 5-floor building. Notice the lower building in the picture right in front of our building. It is the dental medical school and its hospital.

By those windows, you can see dentists in the building pulling out teeth from patient's mouth. That is something which cannot be seen in Scripps.

A Little Break for FanFan Posts

我家公子這個禮拜長臼齒，上下左右，一次四顆，不太爽，有點哭鬧還兼小發燒。

這禮拜就沒有照片影片看了。

Britain's Got Talent

Damn, why the British version is so much better than the American one. I watched the first season of America's Got Talent last year. It's awful.

Now the show just has her first season finale in UK. Actually it is very enjoyable watching some ordinary people who get extraordinary ability (no, I am not talking about the Heroes...)

Two favorites in BGT - Connie and Paul, a 6-year-old girl who sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", and a mobile phone salesman who sings opera, neither got respect from judges before opened their mouths on the stage, but both got judges amazed after their first performances.

Connie the extremely cute 6-year-old girl.


Paul the mobile phone salesman.


At the end, Paul won the competition. He will sing in front of the Qreen.

Dilemma in Summer Break

My group meeting is the last one before our lab's Summer break. Who says there is no Summer break for graduate students?

Every Summer Tim and Chris will go to the MBL at Woods Hole for three months doing experiments, teaching, boating, fishing, and hanging around with their old friends. Although Tim is an extremely hands-off guy, which means he won't ask you anything about your progress unless you tell him first, it still feels differently without Tim and Chris being in the lab.

Now I am in a good position. I just finished my group meeting before the Summer break. So I am clear to plan future directions. Finally I can try some ideas and hope it will be an interesting Summer.

However, thinking about future directions per se is a tough work, sadly.

After I summaried my current studies as a descriptive paper, I feel I should go deep and tackle the molecular mechanisms. The problem is in which way.

I am familiar with molecular biology which should be the easist way for me. Tim always appreciates the biochemistry which is also what I think I should pick up before leaving the lab. Imaging analysis and pushing more microscopy work is definetely good for me in the future but the downside is it will take you a very long time to be "kind-of-good" at it.

Dilemma, dilemma, dilemma.

翻盤了

高雄市長選舉翻盤了，說真的，我很意外。


去年投票當天陳菊陣營大量發送的電話簡訊，講到這個自然也不能忘了阿扁投票當天對記者說的「聽說」高雄「有人」賄選。

中國時報 2007.06.15
走路工影響選情大 得票差距小 法官判陳菊當選無效

高雄地方法院今（十五）日下午一審宣判高雄市長陳菊當選無效。審判長指出，市長選舉前一天晚上，陳菊陣營操作「黃軍發走路工賄選」議題，在競選時間截止後，利用媒體散播此消息，而且在選舉當天還繼續開記者會，的確影響選情甚大，而開票後二人只差了一千一百一十四票，並且「走路工」事件經調查與黃俊英並無關係，因此考量走路工事件「影響大」、票距「差距小」，判決陳菊「當選無效」。

審判長指出，陳菊指稱黃軍行賄走路工被抓，但經過調查，跟陳菊一起參選高雄市長的黃俊英與此事件無關，但陳菊陣營卻在選前一晚的十時過後依法應停止選舉活動時間，繼續在各媒體散播此一消息，造成黃俊英無法辯駁，影響選情甚大。
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判決書連結 http://ksd.judicial.gov.tw/word/95%BF%EF20.pdf
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這幾年來台灣的選舉，特別是南部的選舉，一次比一次難看，就像切香腸般一步步地挑釁法律的底限，在法律邊緣遊走。這樣下去最後的結果就是逼著原來不這樣做的人也得撂下去跟你一起搞 dirty tricks，長久下去對台灣是好是壞不說自明。

高雄這次的判決是否公允每個人感受或許不同，我是蠻爽的，希望至少給個警惕以後不要再出這麼多垃圾步了，就簡單地大家來投票這樣不行嗎？

陳菊勢必會上訴，所以六個月內審結的二審才會是最終的結果。

Let's see what will happen.

Sad to Hear That

Finally I finished my group meeting today. Although still working on my manuscript, it is about time to think about the next step(s). I proposed several possible directions but it seemed most of them are not easy to deal with. I thought it should be a relief to have my group meeting done. Hmm...

Not a while ago, one of my classmates in college emailed me; said he will come to Boston for a meeting and also a postdoc interview in my school. By MSN, he asked me if I hear anything bad about that lab. I gave him my evaluation and some suggestions.

However, at the end, suddently he said "You are always smarter than I. I know it since we were in school".

He was my roommate during my freshman year. Somehow it makes me feel sad to hear something like that.

Things just don't have to be in this way, you know?

061307 島上新聞

好一陣子沒寫島上的事了。

聯合報 06/13/2007
藍也要公投 綁中選會法已無意義

國民黨高層對於公投綁大選的立場，也從「力阻」轉為「力拚」，準備發動直航等數個公投，和民進黨的正名公投一較高下。

奇怪，難道要求一個單純簡單公平的選舉竟是那麼困難而不可得？當選舉制度本身變成選舉過程的一部分的時候，這場選舉已經是個笑話了。

台灣的選舉真是花招百出無所不用其極，好似所有的心力都花在研究怎麼在這個選舉制度上擠壓出對自己利益。現在好了，上一次至少公投綁大選還有人發出異議跟疑問，現在看起來不跟著玩下去就好像豬頭一樣一直被人佔便宜，逼秀才做流氓。如果是真心弄個有意義的公投趁著全國投票一起進行也就罷了，你看到現在為止端出來的公投題目那一個是真的有用的？到底盤算的還是在自己的選舉上面，公投已經不是目的而變成一種工具了，這是那門子的「神聖公投權利」？

有所為有所不為還是該有個限度，只是好像台灣從來不覺得公平有甚麼重要的，只有「贏」才是真的。

Trivial Things in the Shop Drive

I.

This is Scion xB, the zipcar we drove today. Every zipcar has its own name. This one is Breet. I like its shape and style. It's very spacious inside, especially the space upon your head.

The little red car is the car(t) of Shaw supermarket, driven by FanFan.
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II.

We happened to meet the suspension bridge raised for boat passing. Our first time, feel interested.
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III.

We also met a Ferrari 360 Spider in Boston downtown. Of course, when the light turned green, we lost her very quickly. My wife said she knows the driver. She saw him on TV commercials. That guy is a loan shark.

Actually it is not very difficult to drive a Ferrari on Boston streets. Here is the information I found:

Rent a Ferrari 360 Spider in Boston

Our only warning to you is this: Don't rent this exotic car if you don't like attention, because you're going to get it. Heads turn, jaws drop, thumbs go up, and smiles always appear when you drive by.

Oh, bye the way, the fee for two days like this weekend is about $3750.

Not surprised she is owned by a usurer.

Fan Fan in the Car(t)

今天也有去家裡附近的 Shaw 連鎖超市，Shaw 有一種給帶小朋友來的人用的推車，凡凡很喜歡坐，一坐進去就開心的不得了，打方向盤打得好像他是 F-1 賽車手一樣。


凡凡有時開車看到了喜歡的東西，也會下車瞧一下。



挑完回到車上後，凡凡有一點很堅持，那就是一定要自己關門，幫他關好還會把門推開一定要自己來。最後終於讓他試成功了，滿意了，才高興地繼續開車。 只是以後要記得去大飯店吃飯的時候，服務人員幫你開門，就不要堅持了，讓他們服務吧。

Fan Fan in the Car

端午節快到了，趁天氣好，租了 Zipcar 進城採買包粽子要用的材料。

我們從十一點開始租，由於停車的地方就在家對面，所以提早下去讓凡凡在下面庭院裡活動活動。等車的空檔凡凡爬到木椅上坐著，手腳腰桿都挺得直直的，活像小熊玩偶一樣的姿勢。

由於這次是去 China Town 買，途中經過那頗有造型的 Zakim Bridge，凡凡側頭看得頗有興味，直盯著瞧。


凡凡很喜歡吃葡萄，自己動手一口一個，只要讓他有葡萄吃一切都好說，乖乖不吵不鬧隨便你要怎樣。


吃葡萄吃到飽後，就睡著了。

Writing - the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Yesterday I got more feedbacks from Tim, by paper this time.

There are full of rewrites in my draft. I found one of my problems is I am too ambitious trying to state to much, and therefore often move some conclusions to result section to keep the discussion part small. Tim said I should put most of them back. Still have a long way ahead.



Yesterday I mentioned that Tim is pretty GOOD at "writing". But actually his "handwriting" is very BAD. Plus my UGLY "draft", it fits the title pretty well - The Good, the Bad, and the UGLY.

Tim is used to read and comment drafts on paper. It is very common that lab people cannot recognize Tim's script, seeking help to recognize/guess which word it is. The funny thing is sometimes even Tim cannot figure out what was written down on the papar, by himself.

大頭大頭

小孩子的成長速度實在驚人，雖說頭部大概是身體上長大最少的一個部分，一段時間過後的變化還是讓人驚奇。

同樣一頂帽子，去年七月三個月大時，帽子後面還得用線縫起來把帽圍弄小一點凡凡才能戴。今年五月十三個月大,同一頂帽子便幾乎戴不下了。注意看帽子前沿的部分就可以知道差別有多大。

07/16/2006

08/13/2006

05/12/2007

Is It a Gift?

I was told by many people in the lab that Tim is an amazing writer. Now I have my own experience for it.

Yesterday morning I got an E-mail from Tim attached with several re-written paragraphs for my draft. It is really really really good, especially compared to what I wrote. Chat with Paul this afternoon on this. Paul said Tim is the best writer he has ever seen. I asked if it is a gift? Paul paused a while, and answered "I think so."

Sometimes it is like an insight that make you capable seeing something else cannot see. Or it is similar to the ability which make you always know how to describe it procisely, concisely, and keep the elegance at the same time.

After all, although writing skill can be polished by pratice and time, talent must play an important role in it also.

Spam Blog ?

Since few days ago, I have been asked to pass the "word verification" first to post any new article on this blog. In the beginning I thought maybe that is Blogger's new policy; then I realized it might not be the case.

It appears that new articles in this blogs come too frequently or certain forbidden words were said in my blog (such as "Yankees SUCK!" ???, ha-ha).

Anyway, Blogger robots now consider my blog as a spam blog.

Matt Damon on Letterman

Matt Damon on Letterman 06/05/07

Sorry for the bad movie quality, but it is really funny! Go Sox!



I can't help but add some classic quotes from the clip. Go Sox!

"Yeah, the Yankees defeated the Sox Sunday night. 10 more of those and you'll be in the 2nd place." (HA-HA, very very classic!)

"My favorite two teams, Rod Sox and whoever plays Yankees" (This is very old though.)

"I can't figure this great is because we're working so well or the Yankees suck so badly." (The latter, I think.)

"I am enjoying the Mets, so enjoying watching the Mets.... The Mets is so good, (pause), with so much less money!" (so true.)

"He (Roger Clemens) did it about 40 years ago, when he was 20" (Roger who? The one who just got injured again without playing any MLB game?)

Finally...

The DVD player arrived yesterday. It is a gift for trying Citi credit protector plan. Now we can watch DVD again!

When I unfolded the box, I found my new DVD player actually is the same one previously I got from Chase (which is broken now) for applying credit cards, a very simple JWin DVD player.

Hmm, don't know how long this one will last?

I Know How to Fix It !

有的時候晚上洗完澡跟凡凡在房裡玩的時候，會拿 i-Pod 出來放些歌讓凡凡跳舞。凡凡很愛跳舞，往往看到電視上一些節奏強一點的音樂或是看到有人在秀舞，便會跟著手舞足蹈起來。So you think you can dance! Huh?

今天在放音樂的時候，喇叭的插頭鬆脫了，凡凡看了看便爬下床去把插頭撿起來想要自己把它插回去。沒想到過一會兒也真的讓凡凡給搞定了。之後又掉了一次，有了成功的經驗凡凡自然是又親自出馬把問題解決，沒想到這次拖得比較久，弄到一半想乾脆去接 CD player 聽 CD，不要聽 i-Pod 好了。



前後大概共弄了七分鐘多，不過沒想到凡凡雖然活動力強這麼好動，也還挺有耐心可以這樣耐著性子慢慢弄也不會鬧或放棄，真是不簡單。

說說唱唱

凡凡這陣子頻頻練習講他那沒人聽得懂的火星話，一起床就開始講，一直講到上床睡覺。不過這也是看他的心情，他如果不想講，那你怎麼引誘他都不肯發出聲音。

凡凡的奶奶這幾次打電話來都剛好遇到凡凡在吃飯或剛吃過飯不太想說話的那陣子，所以拿著電話只玩不說，拿他沒辦法。沒想到晚上洗完澡後興致一來就開口吱吱喳喳說個不停了。



玩到瘋起來還會在床上蹦蹦跳跳。



不過這陣子真的是越來越難拍了，三不五時凡凡發現後便想來搶相機玩，現在凡凡已經曉得相機的開關在哪裡要怎麼開了。

吃吃喝喝

凡凡現在的吃飯模式大概是先上飯前的開胃菜，接著開始吃飯，最後再來碗湯。



凡凡很喜歡吃豆腐還有香腸，切成小塊很方便用手抓著放入嘴中，一直嚼個不停。特別是似乎真的太喜歡吃了，往往還沒有吞下去就急著再塞一塊進去嘴巴裡。自然到最後就是嘴都快撐不下了，只好一次全部吐出來。

現在凡凡也開始學習文明人的舉動，用餐具吃飯了，只是有時發現還是沒有自己雙手好用。



凡凡很喜歡喝湯，有時飯才剛吃沒幾口便指成桌上的湯吵著要喝。相對於用叉子或調羹把食物送進嘴裡，用湯匙喝湯或舀湯裡的東西吃是簡單多了。

Pig Again

Alina in our lab is heading to Columbia for her postdoc years. No surprise, we went to the PIG again; I can't even remember this is the N-th time I come to the same bar this month...

Without any doubt, our lab is unequivocally a great lab and an amazing place to be, especially after moving to Systems Biology Department. But, it is undeniable that our lab is also a very tough place for students. Tim is always busy and has limited patience. Even he likes to teach students, sometimes he just cannot find any free slot on his calendar to do it.

Alina had been struggled for a long time, published the first paper in her 5th year on JBC which is the last journal our lab will send to. However, she survived. Alina independently generated an idea and project which is probably beyond Tim's knowledge. Even Tim acknowledged it in Alina's defense. Finally Alina got her paper accpeted by Nature.

Last Wednesday in the group meeting, Tim annouced that both Alina and Kendra had their new papers accpeted in the first round without any revision. Tim joked "so it is really possible!!!"

Alina is going to switch to developmental biology. Tim and Chris gave her several classic books in DB and everyone in the lab wrote down some words on first pages.

It somehow makes you feel really good being in such a lab, even though you have to go through some hard time in first several years.

扮醜

這週末天氣很好，一早陽光便射入房內喚醒凡凡。


扮個小鬼當家裡的表情。


再做個豬扒的表情。