Last Hike of 2013

Last hike of 2013, we saw two mountain lions, one bear and three red foxes.

Invisible City--- Hypatia

我正在看Invisible Cities這本書,今天看到第47頁時想起Murmur,

Merry Christmas 2013

Satisfaction

There is no place to hide when homesickness attacks.

The Right to Smoke

                                            

                                                      

          I have a right to smoke; and, nobody should have the right to stop me.

Record lows hit parts of Bay Area (Creamy sausage gravy over Biscuits)

Gee! It's so cold these days. 

The weather man said it's abnormal. We are breaking records.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Thanks for all the wonderful people in my life.

有「愛」都是美好的

朋友寫的一段感言,我很喜歡,徵求他的同意後放在這

貓讓你付出愛；狗讓你感受到愛……牠們多麼的不同,

但有「愛」都是美好的！

The word of the year by Oxford--- Selfie

Selfie
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/selfie

The Fourth Kind of People--- Thoughts about 1984

       

    

                                              

  

Russian Subways Now Accept Squats for Payment

http://mashable.com/2013/11/12/russian-subway-squats/#:eyJzIjoiZiIsImkiOiJfbW5hdmxuMHl0dWI2ODZsMSJ9

Essential Thanksgiving

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/11/12/dining/essential-thanksgiving.html?smid=fb-nytimes&WT.z_sma=DI_ET_20131113

Which One Arouses Your Interest?

Oct. 25, 2013. An Indian street child plays in a dry river bed after flood waters receded in Allahabad.

A Satisfied Stomach (apple bread)

These were 4.5 plates plus one bowl of soup I had for lunch.

笑到淚流出來...

笑到淚流出來...

http://nypost.com/2013/11/07/cma-hosts-mock-obamacare-over-6-people-served/

Dream a little dream

Happy Halloween 2013

          I almost laughed my jaw off when I opened the door and realized one of them was

Farewell to My Pine Trees

Three pine trees but they are dying...

甜饅頭

I suddenly wanted 甜饅頭...

1 tsp yeast, 40 ml warm water (100 F)

Thoughts about "To Make The Run"

What do you think the meaning of the book's title?
http://www.amazon.com/To-Make-Run-Seafarers-Memoir/dp/0974412422

Chili Sauce

The Best Policy

I don't really care, so why do I like to write it down? I guess it's because I haven't lied for

A little taste from home

Just came back from shopping at Ranch 99, look what I got.

Thoughts about 1984

          It’s torture for me. The main reading material is “1984” for English class this 

Thoughts about Orwell’s “Politics and The English Language,” “Why I Write”

I checked on line and found there are more than one million English words but Chinese has less than 100,000 words.

Welcome to Taiwan

                                                                                    

                                                                             

                               Welcome to Taiwan (preparation outline)

Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about Taiwan from three aspects.

The Nouveau Riche--- Trouble Came Across the Pacific Ocean

        Littlefish is my best friend here in the US. Fate connected us eight years ago in the

Dasi--- Where My Heart Is

                                         

     

      I was driving around the town, along the river…no purpose. Dasi, my favorite small town in north Taiwan. It was from this town that my whole family escaped to the big

Where My Heart Is

                                

          I was driving around the town, along the river…no purpose. I felt exhausted after a

Dog Tired

I am dog tied...

night~

There Is Adventure in Our Blood

                       

         Jacqueline, my dearest lovely little sister is fifteen years younger than me, thirteen years younger than my brother, and she is spoiled.

Splurge

We had a brunch splurge at Golden Corral.

Look what I ate for the price of $7.99. Good deal!!!

Homemade Chili Sauce

I have a large harvest of peppers.  

Let Your Freak Flag Fly

Chris Isaak 2012 concert in San Francisco

The Beach

       Last week we went to Santa Cruz. We arrived around noon; unloaded our beach 

I laughed my guts out over this.

The woods

            A small strip of woods borders the rear of my property. I spent an hour one evening 

Book Club

I don’t know how you’ll think of a “Book Club”, as for me, if you asked me a year 

Women are biologically superior to men and, thus, live longer

Why Is the Life Expectancy Longer for Women Than It Is for Men?

Women Are Biologically Superior to Men and, thus, Live Longer.

Change

What I’ve changed the most in these years are my attitude and my appearance. My attitude had changed from “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today” to “Never do today what I can put off until tomorrow” which means I don’t 

Are they just words

 
 We wrote on paper before all the new technology. We can simply burn it just like I did a couple days before I moved to the US. It disappeared forever.

Pineapple cake

I am supposed to study for my final.

I am supposed to be on a diet.

Aging Artfully

I read an article on today’s newspaper. It says: 

“As people grow older, creative side of the brain often comes alive.”

I am spoiled.

I am spoiled

Is Lack of Civility Worldwide?

        In 2005, I flew to Shanghai. When I was trying to retrieve my suitcases, I could not get close to the carousel 

July Is a Good Month

Started my half century birthday celebration.

Maggie Bags

          I haven’t used a handbag or any sort of bag for 10 years. Where do I put all my stuff? My secretary, Mick’s pockets. HA!

Burrito night

Burrito get together for our French Canadian visitors.

自己做鹹蛋

蛋洗乾淨 我用雞蛋

The Shed

Before the shed, we had a swimming pool with a deck.

My San Francisco Cruise

Treasure Island

Food Attack

Curry Chicken

It’s been almost two months since I have eaten PURE white rice. It was the first thing that came to my mind when I woke up this morning--- curry chicken with WHITE rice, so I dug up Peggy’s recipe...

http://english.tw/blog-196884-22616.php

and here we go…

Shooting an Elephant

http://alexgolec.github.io/orwell/elephant

That night the image of the dying elephant hovered in my mind and made it very difficult for me to fall asleep. Why did Orwell write down the story 10 years after shooting the 

How We Met--- Was It April Fool’s Day for Yu?

                                                                                      

      He asked me: “What’s your name?” on Nov. 8th, 1990.

      “I don’t have an English name. Why don’t you give me one?” I answered.

      He looked at the tiny peanut on the necklace I wore and said: “How about…Peanut?”

      “OK.”