Good words from books that I read

Many Lives, Many Masters

- "How is it that you say all are equal, yet the obvious contradictions smack us in the face: inequalities in virtues, temperances, finances, rights, abilities and talents, intelligence, mathematical aptitude, ad infinitum?"

The answer was a metaphor. "It is as if a large diamond were to be found inside each person. Picture a diamond a foot long. The diamond has a thousand facets, but the facets are covered with dirt and tar. It is the job of the soul to clean each facet until the surface is brilliant and can reflect a rainbow of colors.

"Now, some have cleaned many facets and gleam brightly. Others have only managed to clean a few; they do not sparkle so. Yet, underneath the dirt, each person possesses within his or her breast a brilliant diamond with a thousand gleaming facets. The diamond is perfect, not one flaw. The only differences among people are the number of facets cleaned. But each diamond is the same, and each is perfect.

"When all the facets are cleaned and shining forth in a spectrum of lights, the diamond returns to the pure energy that it was originally. The lights remain. It is as if the process that goes into making the diamond is reversed, all that pressure released. The pure energy exists in the rainbow of lights, and the lights possess consciousness and knowledge.

"And all of the diamonds are perfect."


棉花糖守則

- 要預測一個人未來成不成功，能不能延遲享樂是很重要的指標。

- 成功的人說話算話。

- 不要一開始就把棉花糖吃掉。
等待對的時機，這樣可以吃到更多棉花糖。

- 凡事要從長遠來想。一塊錢的倍數累積三十天，會超過五億。

- 要從別人身上得到妳想要的，一定要讓別人想幫助妳，並且信任妳。

- 成功看的不是你的過去或現在。當你願意開始去做別人不願意做的事時，就是成功的開始。

- 目標+熱情+行動=平靜

美英老師追日記！

我高中最喜歡的物理老師美英老師，
前幾天終於一圓她多年來的夢想-看到日全蝕啦！
拜讀她精彩絕倫的追日記，內心好感動，
也似乎跟隨她與家人好友一同到現場般感受震撼！
她，在我眼中，是個永遠有活力，懷抱著夢想，有實踐力的大女孩！
我的偶像！！:)

她的文章圖文並茂，還附加影片！與大家共賞！:)
美英老師追日記

Congratulations, Yuhui!

我大學最要好的朋友之一，郁惠和班對志昌結婚了！
愛情長跑多年，我們幾個好友看他們倆從相識到交往，順利從中央物理系畢業後，
還一起努力考上交大電子所，現在郁惠在台積電工作，而志昌也順利從交大電子博士班畢業了！
不僅郎才女貌，還都很優秀呢～
很可惜這次無法回台灣參加他們的婚禮，不過我真的替他們高興！
po上他們婚宴上播放的MV，和大家分享他們的喜悅～:)

My bro Jason is on the news!!

清大材料系教授周卓煇（中）研究團隊15日在記者會上表示，成功研發人類有史以來第一個類太陽光有機發光二極體
The second person from the right is my dear bro -- Jason Wu!!

He is the first student author listed on their paper. Good job, Jason! I'm proud of you! :)

unexpected surprise

今晚吃太飽，一時興起想出外散步走走。
先沿著route 116往北走，在old amherst road左轉，
原本看好一條很標準的U型路，可以完美的迴轉到old amherst road上..
很興奮的一個人要出外探險..
(這時我不禁想起兩年前和阿寶也是這樣，在夏威夷亂走，唯一不同的是那時手中似乎有地圖..)
傻傻的我忘了把要轉彎的路記下來，印象中只記得最後要回到Russel St上.
於是晚上8:10出門，到了Hadley road左轉，沒想到腦袋中筆直的路，不知為何走到了實際的路上變成彎彎曲曲，
沿途中有些xx cross road，我卻沒膽cross它..
一直到走了一小時多有了吧，才驚覺，我該不會迷路了吧?! 應該不會那麼遠啊..

手中沒有地圖、GPS，也沒有指南針，天上也沒有星星(因為今天天氣不好，陰陰的)，
路上很少車輛，當然也沒有路燈，伴隨著我的，是左右兩旁偌大的田野及零星的房子，
路上一個人也沒有，誰叫我住在「鄉下」呢?
好險我當初帶了手機出門，趕快打電話給慧瑜學姐，請她幫我確認我到底在哪裡?!!
果不其然，我之前該彎的小路沒彎，所以現在等於必須繞一大圈才會回的去。
我聽著她的電話指示快步前進，想辦法抄近路，她建議我走silver lane，可以更快到家。

沒想到，竟有著意外的驚喜！
天色已暗，旁邊烏漆嘛黑的，我原先以為是車燈閃啊閃的，要不就是我走路走昏頭了，眼冒金星！
後來發現實在太多了，而且一閃即逝..才想到..ㄟ..是螢火蟲吧！:D
仔細聆聽，也有潺潺流水聲...
好高興啊..這是我來美國後第一次看到螢火蟲耶..! 好可惜無法用手機照下來！只能深深的烙印在腦海中！
結果螢火蟲閃啊閃的，就這樣伴隨著我走完了silver lane..好像在幫我指點迷津似的～
這次迷途之旅，共花了我一小時50分鐘，走了4.6miles (約7.4公里)，發現螢火蟲竟然離我那麼近，真是額外的收穫吧～:)

my walking route

an awful week

i've been struggling with my final term project for a while.
(AIPS is really confusing and processing VLA data is really frustrating!!)
i think what i can conclude is, after finishing it up, i won't be a radio astronomer !! XD

i would love to thank Pei-Ying especially, for her kindness responding me tons of questions emails and for her patience not being angry when i bugging her on skype whether during daytime or at night. she is so lovely and nice! oh, and she is really helpful, always answering my questions in the right way (unlike our radio astronomy course teacher, he often answered B when we asked him A question).

well, it's time to go back to my final homework...i also struggled with my programs using several thousands SF models to fit the data. but at least, i've solved that after several days..Ahhhhhhhhh...why it's so time consuming!

it has been an awful week. for working whole day long. i have to go back home in the evening and have dinner in an hour and drive back to my office and work until midnight. in the past few days, i only saw one car or two passing by when i drove back home along route 116 at 1 am. well, it was a little bit scary at first. but then i get used to it. no matter what, working for such a long time really made me almost exhausted and unconscious sometime. pump it up, cindy!!

I Love Spring!

期盼已久的春天終於又來了，感覺今年冬天特別難熬。
看到枯枝漸漸長出新的嫩芽，花朵不知不覺也已到處盛開，心情不禁跟著愉悅起來。

慢慢體會住在這美國東北角的好處，能深刻體驗「春夏秋冬」的四季變化，是當初料想不到的驚喜。
天氣變得好溫暖宜人，假日終於可以和朋友出外踏青爬爬山，
連我的supervisor都說："today is a beautiful day! isn't it? enjoy it!"
真喜歡春天啊～:)