Like YC, I started to plan for this trip in April 2011. (Luckily, I don't need to worry about visa problem. Sorry, YC, but I really think the Chinese government lets its citizen down.) I was in Toulouse many, many years ago, for a workshop that was housed at a university, in the middle of nowher ...
Elvin's Bakery is in the same shopping plaza as the Palama's (Korean supermarket) on Dillingham Blvd. That's probably how I "discovered" the bakery. Every time I am nearby, I would go get some pineapple buns for my son and myself, a taste I developed from living in Hangzhou and Guangzhou. Elvin's ...
Well, my TIAA-CREF has lost $20k+ this quarter, and I have just realized that my salary today is the same as that on July 1, 2008. I am not complaining, just noticing these little things when I am fine-tuning my model (again). Maybe it's time to go after Plan B... & ...
Yes, I do mean "wocation" because I WOrked a lot (giving a seminar at a NOAA lab and editing more than six papers) while I was vacationing in Seattle in the past two weeks...
After many hours on the road and up in the air, I am finally home. My brother was going to send me via the high-speed train from Hangzhou to Shanghai. After the 7.23 crash, we ended up taking the airport shuttle bus. It took nearly three hours to reach PVG. The leg dis ...