Chien-Ming Wang

Chien-Ming Wang (#40) is Yankees' New Pitcher,
and he did GREAT on his MLB dabut!

If you are my classmates from ESF, you know I am not Yankees fan. But this year, Yankees trade in Randy Johnson. I start to follow some Yankees game. Then on April 29, Yankees vs. BlueJays is also the date they to bring Chien-Ming Wang from AAA to major league. Which also means that I am going to follow more Yankees game, EVER. But I am still not a Yankees fan, haha!

Why do I support Chien-Ming Wang? Because he is from Taiwan, I like baseball, and I support players from my country. Although Wang is the 3rd player from Taiwan able play in the MLB, Yankees is one of the most popular and famous team in the world. Through Wang, we maybe able to let more people know things about Taiwan. And if you want to know how he did, you can google search news about him...can't wait for his 2nd game on May 5.

I was so moved when I watch the game. Not only Wang did a good job, but also heard the cheer up in Chinese through the broadcast (YES network)! According to friends who when to the stadium, people also bring our flag to the game!

GOGO TAIWANESE!

What is GAKI?

GAKI is the nickname of National Taiwanese Chung-Hsing University Chorus. According to older gakis (member of our chorus all called GAKI), it is a Japanese expression for the "hungry ghosts". Besides singing, we also love to eat, and we always try to come up some special events just for us able to get together and EAT! I was a member, now is a alumni. We have total 53 generation at this moment, and this summer, they we will have a East Cost reunion in New York City. We like a big extended family. When I move down to New Jersey, Gloria (she graduated 20+ years ago, tool care of me - BIG TIME).

Today, I went to another alumni's house for a meeting and practice for the coming event. It is really fun to sing, although we didn't really "practice" a lot of songs...more like get together and EAT!! It feels good to sing with people, and I can't wait to see my old friends come visit from Taiwan (don't know how many people will be here).

GAKI also means "BRAT" in Japanese. Yes! I am a brat! Co'z my grandpa used call me "gaki "and call my youngest sister "otoko" (in Japanese means BOY). Why my grandpa knows Japanese? Because Taiwan was a colony of Japan for a while. Grandpa die in my 1st year in college, and after that, my e-mail accounts, screen name and BBS nickname is "GAKI".

Duck outside the White House

What a duck ... Just because she lay her eggs (9 total) outside the White House, she is on the DC area news and have special protection around her. Almost everybody pass that day (April 10, 2005) will stop and see what is going on. There are also kids around the fence don't want to leave. Why? Because they want to see the ducks hatch.

I don't know if this duck nest in other place will treat the same way?

Small World

I met my friend's sister in DC.

Okay....this is a funny story... I went down to Washington DC to visit my friend, Julia, from ESF. I was car pool down with my new friends (Winnie and Denny) I met from my cousin's website. To make the story short...Winnie and Denny to visit their friend Ella, so I hang out separately. Then we met again on Sunday morning for a pancake brunch in Original Pancake. There are other Ella's friends join us. There is one girl, Cindy. When I saw her, she just looked at me in a weird way. Then we introduce to each other in English name. She kept looking at me on our way to the table. When we set down, she talked to her fiance, then they all staring at me....really impolite. Then we were talking something about gardening...co'z Cindy and her fiance bought a house. Then Cindy thought I might be her yonger sister's classmate in junior high school. She asked my Chinese name, then it is 100% sure who I am....

YES! she is my classmate's sister back in Junior high..but she is also the daughtor of my math teacher (an after school care for elememtary school students). I know her back to my elementary school...and we didn't see each other for 15years.

It is a really small world...again...weired....and funny!!

Cherry Blossom in Washington DC

Friday, went down w. Winni and Denny to DC and come back Sunday. I lived in VA in Julia's house. Visit JASW's Sakura Matsuri--Japanese Street Festival, then walked around the National Mall to the American Indina's museum, ate Indian's food for late lunch. Then back to the Memorial area to see cherry blossom. There are so many people there, super crowded. It is hard for me to organize all of the photos at this moment. I will try to organize most of them, and start telling story in this week or next.

Please visit my yahoo album to see some photos I upload today. For other more, I will try to put it up ASAP.

I hate Engineer

I don't know what kind of engineer or survey they are...just don't like their snob attitude at all....Why? Because I didn't have any good experience talking to engineers these weeks...
Especially Today..I just want to request a new drawing..called them 3 times...never call back to me...4th time, I finally find the guy I suppose to talk to. But the attitude wasn't good at all.
Maybe the way I asked question wasn't in a proper way..but I am already "VERY POLITE"...but he still think I am accusing him didn't do the survey correctly...and then told me "I don't understand your question"..repeat more then one time. Then finally said.."I will tell somebody to send you the file..."
This is ENOUGH..I am so pissed.. is all of the engineer think their time is more valueable then the rest of people? Although there are also good engineers I've been talking to, don't have good luck recently...

Illinois...Lost..sigh

The game was good...
Illinois still try to hit 3p but not as luck as past 2 games...
don't know what to say.....UNC block their offense
all of the Illinois players are good..but most of them are seniors..
don't know when will be the next time I see them in NCAA final...
hope won't be long

Congratulation! Fighting Illini

Congratulation...Fighting Illini (another orange team ^_^) goes into NCAA Man's basketball Championship game!! It is a great game last week (vs. Arizona) and tonight (vs. Louisville)...awesome 3p shoot, great defense!!
Although the next opponent UNC is pretty tough, and they play great games, too. I still believe this is Illinois' year. Especially when coach Weber's mother will help them out from heaven!

I suppose to working on grading plan (due Monday) in office (today is Saturday, if I finished it today..I don't have to go tomorrow => Sunday)..but...anyway...I already home, finished the game...writing this journal now :P

And HAPPY Birthday..HsiaoChen

4/3 is HsiaoChen's Birthday....this is the chocolate cake I made for her last year...We were classmates during graduate school, and she is happy married. Wish her have another great year!

Go Illini...Fighting Illini

Tomorrow is the NCAA Basketball final 4...Since Syracuse is kicked out by Vermont in the 1st round...so I cheer up for UIUC (my 1st school in the States). But today (Friday), after boss came back from meeting, he told me that I have to finish the grading by Monday. The final drawing (not 100% final) came into our e-mail around 4:00pm => means there is no way I can get it down today....of course not, or I won't be here typing this journal.

Tomorrow morning, need to go to office, finish the grading plan before 5:30. Therefore, I will have enough time to come home and watch Illinois vs Louisville. => this becomes my motivation to work SUPER HARD to finish it on time.

ps. Today is the April 1 (fool's day) The only person I know got fooled is my co-worker. He read a news about 2006 Fifa World Cup is changing the host country from Germany to USA, so he was super happy...(I don't think it is possible...so check up internet, nothing happend on the FIFA site)