This noon I had lunch with Losan (羅珊), a former colleague and a good friend who is retired, and Peter (劉品君), a former student who graduated three years ago and is studying at Illinois University, Champaign, now. (more…)
Archive for July, 2009
Hi, Losan and Peter
Friday, July 31st, 2009The Best Advice Nine Financiers Ever Got
Thursday, July 30th, 2009On the following blog page you can find an article about the best advice nine outstanding financiers have ever got, which is a translation of part of an English article in Fortune:
Two Inspiring Quotes
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Here are two quotes from the August issue of Reader’s Digest which can bring us wisdom and strength:
“A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.”
–David Brinkley
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
–Martin Luther King, Jr
Teacher Selection
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
This afternoon, I went to Long Shan Junior High School to be a judge for their substitute English teacher selection. My dear friend Annie (詹麗馨), who teaches there, was one of the judges too. (more…)
The Smiling Kingdom
Sunday, July 26th, 2009This afternoon I took my parents to National Museum of History for the exhibition “The Smiling Kingdom: The Terracotta Warriors of Han Yang Ling.” These terracotta warriors, which were made in the Han dynasty are different than those from the Chin dynasty. The former are mostly naked and without arms and consist of both males and females. Besides, their smiling faces make us believe that they came from peaceful times. (more…)
Watching a Movie
Saturday, July 25th, 2009Finally I got the time to go to the movies. This morning I watched the movie “Public Enemies.” The movie is based on the true story of John Dillinger, a dangerous “bank robber in the Midwestern United States during the early 1930s.”1 In the movie are a lot of car chase and gunfire, interwoven with love between man and woman. (more…)
The Last Day of the Summer Class
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Hurray! Finally we finished the summer class. The moment I stepped out of the classroom, I remembered the sentence in the article “Advice to a Young Man”:
“The work…gives you a perfect and grateful appreciation of a holiday.” (more…)