Archive for August, 2009

If I Were a Freshman Again–5

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

One more article on “If I Were a Freshman Again”:

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT5/5093751.shtml

再當新鮮人/劉維公:樂當書呆子 扎學術根基

聯合報╱劉維公/口述、記者何定照/整理】 (more…)

New Suzhou Museum

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Last Wednesday, Diego (邱元亨) came to share with me some photos he took during his trip to Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou.  Beautiful geometry!  The following are four photos of the new Suzhou Museum.  The New Suzhou Museum, completed in 2006,  is the last work of I. M. Pei (貝聿銘). 

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Love Sent from a Tough Place: 酋長的男子漢眼淚-情義無價

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Read these and you’ll cry for the chief’s beautiful heart.

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/okida/6764168

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT2/5090507.shtml

I finished reading them with teary eyes.

「數目不多  情義無價」

If I Were a Freshman Again-4 如果再做新鮮人/學會自己做決定、負責

Friday, August 21st, 2009

This is one of the articles in the “If I Were a Freshman again” series. It was posted in the July 17 UDN. However, I couldn’t find the article in the UDN web site; instead, I found it on the “Pray for All” blog. Failing to copy it from the blog, I can only provide the URL.

http://lousmanda.pixnet.net/blog/post/25695442

如果再做新鮮人/學會自己做決定、負責 (more…)

If I Were a Freshman Again-3

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

If I were a freshman again…

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=208375 (more…)

A Good Website: 打開聯合報 看見紐約時報

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

While cleaning out the old newspapers, I found some good articles in the New York Times, supplementary of the Tuesday UDN. Eager to keep those articles for future reference, I surfed the Net, hoping that I could find them online so that I could download them. Then I came across this web site. There is traslation of some NYT articles. Great!

http://city.udn.com/593

It Takes So Much Time!

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

I’m still cleaning my study.  For the past few days, I spent much more time doing the cleaning than reading books.  Though feeling a little empty in my mind, I believe it is worth it.  In a tidier room, I’ll work more efficiently.

Moving Was Easier This Summer

Monday, August 17th, 2009

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Reading Novels & a List of 100 Best Novels

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

An article about the importance of reading.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=208369

熟讀長篇英文 陳超明:大考拿高分 (more…)

Sweet Potatoes

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

While I was flipping through the old newspapers in my study to decide which to keep and which to throw away, I found a lot of good articles on a variety of topics.  Even if some articles were worth keeping, if I could find it on the Internet, I still threw the paper(s) away. (more…)