Let's Talk about Some Downsides

Tim is a nice guy, but has some unique thought, which makes him sometimes not an ideal boss of a lab.

This is what happened today. One labmate submitted his manuscript to Science and got the feedback yesterday. In brief the editor suggested sending it to somewhere else since there is no physiological relevance. My labmate printed it out and gave it to Tim.

"well, it is a fair review, and there is a point", Tim said, after read it.

My labmate feels very frustrated and becomes supercynical today. Tim, as a boss, should stand on his side. He was told several times such thing happens actually on everyone in the lab, but once it happened on himself, it's still hurt. Therefore, people in the lab gathered together, to give him a group therapy.

I am not saying Tim is a bad person. It is just Tim being Tim. Maybe that is what he had been through in Marc Kirschner's lab. David Drubin in Berkeley ever said Marc's lab is extremely disorganized. It is a shame that people in that lab could have performed even better if things go to the other way. Tim always thinks if you are good, you can figure everything out by yourself. Unfortunately, it turns out to be not everyone is as brilliant as Tim is.

Well, it seems I better get myself well prepared, since I shall be the next one to be hit.

Football Fan Fan !

到了公園自然不會錯過例行的 football 訓練課程，目前進度是持球的跑動！

訓練量很大，跑到後來凡凡都開始大口喘氣了。


練完球得在旁邊椅子上邊留鼻水邊休息一會兒。

秋千

別看凡凡好像膽子大得很，甚麼都敢玩，唯獨盪鞦韆凡凡總是躲得遠遠的。

把他抱著在上面坐好，也是動都不敢動一下，只求趕緊下來。

一臉哭瓜樣。

落葉遍遍

禮拜天下午幫凡凡長了許久的頭髮修剪一番，變成了清爽的髮型。之後便帶著凡凡去學校旁的 Cambridge common 玩。

凡凡還不忘從家裡帶著他目前的最愛「Thomas 小火車」一起來公園玩。短短一個禮拜，已經是滿地落葉，看來冬天是真的來了。


大概因為頭髮短了，頭皮吹到風的面積大了，臉上一下子就多了兩管鼻水。


公園裡有目前最愛的超大「Thomas 小火車」，凡凡自然把從家裡帶來的大「Thomas 小火車」給丟在一旁，換拿這個超大的小火車。



玩耍之餘看到正妹也不忘把妹一下。

力大無窮

下午凡凡睡不著，精力旺盛，翻箱倒櫃，把棉被全給扯到了地上，力大無窮。

公共電視 飆紀錄LIVE夜

只到這個月底，希望不會太晚，給如我一般不在台灣的朋友們。

可惜跳舞時代已經過去了，一直沒機會看到這片。

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公共電視 飆紀錄LIVE夜 週一到週五 10-11 pm 播放得獎的紀錄片。

同我身不在台灣的人，可在線上免費收看；一週內的紀錄片皆可線上收看，只免費提供到月底。要看要快。

http://www.pts.org.tw/~web03/live_bar/

11/5〈一〉 產房
11/6〈二〉 我會演布袋戲
11/7〈三〉 春天-許金玉的故事
11/8〈四〉 無米樂 上集
11/9〈五〉 無米樂 下集
11/12〈一〉 梁任宏
11/14〈三〉 炸神明
11/15〈四〉 跳舞時代 上
11/16〈五〉 跳舞時代 下
11/19〈一〉 台北京之比賽
11/20〈二〉 袁廣鳴
11/21〈三〉 我愛小魔頭
11/22〈四〉 海有多深
11/23〈五〉 ET月球學園
11/26〈一〉 綠的海平線
11/27〈二〉 徐瑞憲
11/28〈三〉 紐西蘭尋羊記
11/29〈四〉 請問貴姓
11/30〈五〉 觀點短片

三希堂法帖

現在中文用的機會少了，加上小時候不用功，像上一篇寫凡凡撞桌子那篇裡頭有個「忖」字，會認但不知該怎麼唸，所以也沒辦法用注音打出來。剛好這時讀到了篇遇上類似難題的文章，裡面提到了「行政院主計處電子處理資料中心建置『CNS11643中文標準交換碼全字庫』(簡稱全字庫)網站」，剛好可以用來解決我這樣的問題。 其實還真的是個蠻好用的工具。

更好的是裡面搜有歷代書法家對這個字的字帖，蠻有意思的。

下面四字分別取自趙孟頫的「集就章」(康橋)，「與德俊帖」(記)，「絕交書」(事)。

不小心又假哭

凡凡自己玩著最近特喜歡的 Thomas & Friends 小火車，跑來跑去之後不知看到了桌上的甚麼東西，自忖以他現在的小個兒搆不著，便想轉身央著人幫他拿。結果只顧著回頭抓手，沒注意到一回頭與桌子撞個正著，以一種喜劇片裡慣用的方式倒地‧‧‧

這還沒完，倒在地上後爬起來馬上哭了起來，不過大風大浪見多馬上就知道這不過是又一次的假哭而已，眼看沒生效，凡凡隨即轉往廚房開始希望從媽媽那兒能得到些慰藉。

感恩節夜晚的琴聲

家裡擺了個鄰居搬走時留下來的電子琴，可以說是伴著凡凡長大。凡凡從小就開始摸開始玩，這麼久了總算也養出了點小小心得，興緻來時可以自己亂彈上一段；用短短的小手指頭一個鍵一個鍵地按。

今天是感恩節，一如往例地前往 host family 家中一起享用火雞大餐。吃完回到家後洗完澡，凡凡精神好了，興緻也來了,坐在琴前自顧自地玩了起來。

神態還頗像史努比裡那個露西暗戀著的彈鋼琴的小男孩 (忘了他叫做啥名字了)，都是坐在地上彈。


也可以耍點花式。


因為是電子琴，凡凡也知道可以轉換成不同的樂器聲音，不過目前為止還是亂按一通，變成哪個樂器就將就著彈下去。

Finally

Finally I got my manuscript done, days ago. Writing is really a pain, especially for non-native speaker (at least, for me). Now the ball is out of my hands, and I can only keep my fingers crossed.

I will attend the ASCB meeting at DC in early December. I had been there before, for another conference - AACR, as a RA in NHRI, Taiwan. "That AACR" was supposed to be held in Toronto, and was postponed due to the SARS breakout. The email notice arrived only hours before my plane to Toronto. Although I had been DC before, at the bright side, this is my first time to visit DC in winter, and with my family. I need to make a poster for it. Since I have a manuscript done, it should not be difficult to make one.

I will have my second Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) on Dec.14. The conclusion of my first DAC is to have my second DAC after this paper, to discuss future directions. Too bad it is 6-month later than the date Andrew Murray expected. Again, I was killed by writing........

Then I shall have my group meeting on Jan. Busy...

翹翹板

天氣雖然冷，不過一樣，該玩的還是要玩。

這次去 Cambridge common，凡凡試了之前沒玩過的翹翹板，雖然腿短了些還搆不著地，不過一樣樂在其中。

反了的太陽眼鏡

凡凡看到 Elmo 戴著他的太陽眼鏡便拔下來想給自己戴上；戴是戴上去了，不過是反的，看起來真是一整個說不出的怪。

增濕機

增濕機是生活在天寒地凍的新英格蘭冬天必備的一樣東西，這陣子在打折，買一送一，朋友買了，多了一台就送給我們。

凡凡對那一直噴霧的機器充滿好奇，有點怕又不會太怕地玩著。

Some Quotes

Feel bad not writing something here for such a long time. Since I am in a very unique place surrounded by very unique people. Here are some unique words from them.
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I.

I will never go to Harvard. Harvard is a horrible place. I will never never go to Harvard.

- from Andrew M. when he was in UCSF. Now Andrew is the chair of Harvard MCB department, and also the director of Bauer center.
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II.

As a postdoc, you swim or sink. I will be over there swimming no matter what.

- from Timothy M. during a party in his house years ago.
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To have more when I recall it.

I Think This Is Important for Us - The Science People

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少年台灣？

上禮拜心血來潮想聽「春天的花蕊」，Youtube 上找不到，最後因為這歌是阿扁選台北市長時的歌曲，最後加上阿扁兩個字一起搜尋，終於找到了 MP3，被收在一張叫做「阿扁競選歌曲十年精選」的專輯裡。

既然檔案解出來是一整張專輯，就在騎車回家的路上一首一首慢慢聽。到了 BU bridge 騎過 Charles river 的時候剛好聽到「少年台灣」，這是 2000 年陳水扁首次競選總統時的歌曲，整首歌的歌詞現在聽起來格外諷刺，八年了，當時的訴求竟然可以完美地套用在扁身上。
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少年台灣 / 作詞：路寒袖　作曲：詹宏達

烏色的島嶼　烏色的島嶼　日頭找無厝
金色的交椅　金色的交椅　因是欲坐多久

已經行到二十一世紀　敢講烏雲抑袂凍變青天
時代已經強欲飛起來　毋通惦惦讓人騙毋知
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只覺得悲哀。 (如果你也想聽聽, 這裡可以下載)

冷天午後

凡凡現在已經習慣每天都要出來玩，雖然溫度不到攝氏五度，還是得帶他出來走走。

今天帶凡凡到學校旁邊的 Cambridge common，裡面有一區專給小孩子玩的地方。凡凡很喜歡去那玩沙，裡面還有這陣子凡凡特著迷的湯馬士小火車玩具，玩著沒多久兩頰就開始紅通通的了。


公園裡還有各種溜滑梯可以玩。

走官步

不知哪兒學來的，凡凡很喜歡走路的時候把雙手背在後面，走起路來就像個老成的大人一樣。

有點那種大官來巡視的感覺。

過磅

凡凡好動，這陣子貪玩飯又吃不多，擔心他體重又掉到 50% 以下，時常拉著他去磅磅看有多重。

久而久之凡凡動作都熟練了，看到體重計便曉得自己站上去，或許對他來說，看著上面的數字跳動變化也是件好玩的事吧。

孫運璿傳

本來這一個禮拜手上事多應該是沒空看閒書的，但剛好前陣子預借的《孫運璿傳》還回圖書館，通知我去領，想想還是把書給領回來，畢竟一次可以借六個月這麼長，有空再慢慢看。

書的狀況很不錯，連封皮都維持的很好，只是這樣整本書看起來有點奇怪，孫資政的臉都給遮住了。



打開內頁，發現原來這本書是柴玲捐給學校的，孫資政親筆寫下字句贈給柴玲。不過若真如此怎會捨得捐出來呢？或許是因為孫在大陸人心理並不是那麼重要。

這種事在學校的圖書館其實常發生，特別是一些名人的傳記，上次借的 Double Helix，上頭也有 James Watson 的簽名與字句。


仔細看孫運璿的簽名，運這個字有點不一樣，上面有立可白塗抹的痕跡。


順光背光一比較，就清楚了，孫資政寫自己名字的時候寫白字了，「軍」下面多了一個盆子。



再往後翻，這本書並沒有貼上任何學校的藏書票或藏書章，只有簡單地蓋了個印寫說這是 GIFT OF AUTHOR。



Okay，這就是我對這本書目前的閱讀進度。

試裝

凡凡的奶奶從台灣寄來一大箱冬天的新衣給凡凡。凡凡看了看也曉得這是他的衣服，會用手比比自己表示這是他要穿的。



衣服還真是不少件，穿起來還不賴。




連睡覺時都有新衣服可以穿。

賴床賴皮賴人

這陣子身邊事多，這邊就怠慢了些。


凡凡這陣子早睡早起，不過現在天冷了，就跟你我一樣，醒了還是得在床上賴好一陣子才肯心不甘情不願地醒轉。賴床之後就開始賴皮，要人幫撿掉在床下的玩具車，終於起床後，馬上開始賴人想要人抱抱。


清晨即起，灑掃庭除是太強求了，小朋友睡飽自然就是玩耍了；從玩具車到電動玩具都沒問題。