Tang Prize

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The first time I heard this news I felt so excited cus finally there is a tycoon in Taiwan tries to give contribution not for his business, but for human, society, technology, culture instead. This is an international prize to give very high bonus to someone who is delicated in researching or developing and gets very important result to change human's life or society.

It'll be opening in 2014. I hope Taiwanese companies, educational institutions, or governmental organizations, and even personal studio can give very high respect to this prize held in Taiwan and save the rewords here to tell the world how creative and intelligent in Taiwan.

I'm looking forward to seeing the results next year

潤泰集團總裁尹衍樑：挫折是上帝的動力

Oman

 
Note from TV travel program:

Ivy, rose water, traditional bread, fishing, dolphin, animal conservation, ocean

Mutrah Souq, Alibaba, Khanjar, coffee, wady, camel,  samosa, desert, Islam, oil, rose

The sultanate of Oman

Eslite Book Store

Book list

Red Bean Soup

I learned how to make a delicious red bean soup from TV news. The receipt is as following

Clean red beans twice or more ,
Boiled water and then put salt (to make the sweet different, it's better, anyway.)
Put beans in (Do not turn the fire low)
Add cold water as long as the level of liquid is almost half left. Repetitively to add water at least 3 times. (Boiled -> add water -> boiled -> add water ..... )
You will see the bean's size is 1.5 or 2 times large than before.
Btw, add the sugar which is called 台糖特級砂糖。

Got it ? You won't unless do it by yourself.

Funny Name

I got an email. In the beginning, I didn't realize it's for me. 小狗? Who is he? It sounds like a poster or a web user sent this ad to me and I thought his name is 小狗 with no doubt. But suddenly, I found that this email's title, I meant the first line is "Dear 小狗,.. " so I got it. It's me !

I laughed for a while cus I can't believe myself named this name to register in this website. This name was quite cute. Wasn't it ?

Weekend

Friday evening, guys went home earlier than usual after work. Since I start to work, sometime I was the last one to leave to office. To be surprised, I got the last to leave gym as well today. I felt my muscle a little bit sore because not only work out often but played basketball last night. I played 5 5-on-5 games with my colleagues. Yesterday night was absolutely a nice night. I got the last shot for the last game and it's the only scores I got. This feeling was amazing, just like I did a buzzer beater. 

Return to the point, I think it's time to leave here to enjoy my weekend.   

MOS Burger

My favorite fast food restaurant in my country. I come here quite open while this is my first time to come again since I was back to Taiwan from Canada. Well, it's true that the price isn't so friendly. However I could enjoy every time. It's relative healthy food, large space, great atmosphere, and quite environment with light music. They all touch me deeply.

Btw, there is a senior colleague in my company. Her name is 寶珠, the woman who is always smiling, talkative, helping people and encouraging people. I think the unlimited power comes from LOVE. She loves her family so much, hug all the time, and speak out "I love you" to kids and parents. It's not normal in our culture but she does change the way to show loves in her family. She is a great mother and teacher.

Princess and Little Princess

I had a reunion with my friends of club of university at a restaurant, NiNi Garden, in Taoyuan. I acquainted with a 5-grade elementary school girl and a 7-month-year-old kid. This was my first time to see them. A good feeling was I felt they were very friendly to a stranger, me. I didn't think I'm good at talking to kids or playing with them. However, they had me very comfortable to get along with them. Not only we enjoyed a meal in the restaurant, but we continued to go to the youngest kid's parents' house and had a lot of fun there.

It's a wonderful reunion in beginning of this year. I hope we guys will keep contacting with each other and prepare to have next one in the next time.

But I ate too much food. My stomach was kind of having been dead.

Pollution

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I saw lots of unbelievable pictures of China from a TV program. There are cows searching food on a land as a pastureland full of trash. Can you imagine that ? How dare the cowmen have their cows walk and eat food over there. How about the cows' drink ? So disguising.


Even worse, China people also suffer from haze pollution recently. This kind of air pollution could be very fetal to people's health. In estimate, one third of land size of China has been affected.

 News: record-beijing-air-pollution-forces-warning-from-china-officials-to-keep-kids-indoors

Obviously, it's not worth to skip any extended problem but focus on economic growth only. Unluckily, don't forget that we are down wind from China !

鄰國都遭殃...
 

阿B

I need keep moving. What's the element inside ?
It's love. Love myself. Love my family. Love anything surrounds me cus they all make me better.
Don't push too much. Let it go instead.

You Paint I Fire

I got an email from elder brother, John. I was so happy at that moment. He made my day again. Thank you, brother.

 Hi kevin,  
  How is your Holiday and New Year. I hope you are well.and I miss you my little brother.  
 Just like to say:  
 My best wishes for you, and rest of the family in year 2013  
 Great start for January, Hop for February,  
 Peace for march, No worries for April  
 Fun for may, Joy for June to November,  
 Happiness for December,  
 Have a lucky and wonderful 2013.  
 Cheers  
 John  

I really like the way he told me in this letter. It's very active and full of blessings. So I stopped working for a while and replied immediately :

 John John John,   
 I am fine, peaceful, and warm here. Everything is on the way.   
 I workout after work and play basketball once a week. Know what ?   
 Sometimes I wonder how well you can play ping-pong. When you'll show me ?   
 Thanks for your blessings, I am well and still trying go keep in touch with some friends   
 those who I got acquainted in Canada.   
 It's kinda hard, however. It's been long time since I left.   
 Your voice and face are still clear in my mind cus I stayed with you for a long time,   
 but you know, it's getting fuzzy as time goes by.   
 And so are Cucu's, Sumire's and...so many people.   
 Is this life supposed to go in this way ?   
 I also wanna give blessings to you.   
 And it's quite simple that hope health and happiness are always with you.   
 My brother. Missing you (hug~ and thumb up)  
 Happy New Year!  
 Kevin  

Seriously, I couldn't express my feeling by voice or real talk easily. So email is the best way for me to connect with any other who lives overseas. Hope all my friends will get great new year. Let's keep in touch !

Happy New Year

The amazing gathering with buddies. We knew each other since studied in high school in 2005. This time, we came here, near a port in Miaoli (苗栗外埔漁港) to celebrate new year, 2013.

We bought a lot of foods for hot pot. We felt warm and comfortable when enjoying these homemade meals. Afterwards, we drank beers and wines and sang karaoke until 2 am.

We also took a walk near the fishing port and had some crazy funny things there.These were all unforgettable feelings.

Happy new year for my buddies, friends, and family.