Posted in News on Feb 25th, 2008
Today, I received a wonderful surprise email from my best friend in grade school, Zhang Ying. We were classmates 26 years ago in Beijing, but had long ago lost touch. She found me by Googling my name and came across my blog.
It was amazing to hear from her after 26 years. […]
Posted in News on Aug 30th, 2006
Today is our 3rd anniversary. Charlie and I were married on Labor Day weekend in 2003.
It turns out Labor Day weekend is a popular for weddings. In 2004 we went to the Black Hills for Robert and Becky’s wedding and in 2005 went to Maclas, France for my sister Xi Xi and […]
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, has a population of 11 million. Like most large cities, traffic congestion is a big problem. When I visited a few months ago it took 2 hours to travel 30 miles across the city.
To address the problem, the Seoul government is implementing a policy that you […]
We try to go to at least one Colorado Rockies game at the Coors Field each season. This year it took us till August - but we managed to see the Rockies play the Cubs last week. It always fun going to Coors Field, its a beautiful stadium. We sat in the second […]
Posted in News, Uncategorized on Aug 2nd, 2006
Every month, Charlie, my IT admin, tells me how many people have read my blog and what they read. He also tells me what search terms people use to find my blog.
It turns out my most popular article is one I wrote about Le Pliage handbags over a year ago. To my amazement, […]
After two years, yesterday was my last day with Hitachi. Tomorrow I am starting a new job with a local startup company called Skyetek, which creates leading technology in the RFID reader market. I am really excited about what Skyetek is doing, and my new new position in business development.
Posted in News on Sep 13th, 2005
On September 2nd, my sister Xi Xi and Sylvain got married in the Catholic Church of Lupe, a village that about 50 km south of Lyon. The bride walked down the aisle in an empire waisted ivory silk gown.
The reception was at Auberge du Lac, a lovely hotel next to a lake. […]
Posted in News on Aug 25th, 2005
We are off soon to France for Xi Xi’s wedding. Here is a map of the region around Lyon France. Xi Xi will is getting married in Lupe, a village 56 km south of Lyon. We will be staying in a nearby village called Maclas where Sylvain’s family live.
Posted in News on Aug 16th, 2005
Last week, I received my sister Xi Xi’s wedding invitation in the mail. As you can see in the picture, it came wrapped in a thin satin ribbon. On the cover are two tinted, maroon colored leaves and the traditional “double happiness” Chinese characters. Inside the card, the invitation is printed […]
Posted in News on Aug 14th, 2005
Once a month, a group of girlfriends get together to play Bunco - a game of dice, played in rounds. Players take turns rolling the dice and trying to accumulate as many points as possible to win each round. The game itself is fairly mindless, it is more of social event, where […]
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