Category: inspiration

I’ve been asked whether I’ve ever failed before? My first answer was ‘no’, I can’t think of failure anywhere in my life. That bothered me for a few days until I realized why. I don’t fail because I don’t reach high enough. I reach for goals that I know I’ll achieve. Someone asked me if…

Last night I prepared a batch of patê fermenté and this morning I used it to make some fresh bread for breakfast.  Kate helped with kneading and mixing and she made a snail bread for herself.  When it was finally done, I thought it was not very good at all and was going to suggest…

My worst critic is myself.  It’s my way of pushing myself.  Today during a Y! News meeting, I was knocking something on Y! News, then my co-worker Chris stepped in and said some words of encouragement.  “Look at what sort of data we are delivering, in a consistent, fast and dynamic way to our users.…

Please take the poll at the bottom: I’m not a health nut, I pretty much eat anything.  But I also have a appreciation for really exotic foods.  My brother in-law is Tony multiply by 4.  He often goes on fishing trips to catch hamachi and cuts it open for sashimi on the boat.  Recently he…

We have blind spots on our pupils. Our brain fills in the missing image the best way it can given what’s around the blind spot. I’ve pride myself as being able to criticize myself. I’m self-center, often not sensitive, sloppy, workaholic, not patient. I also realize even though I beat myself up enough, there are…

Self centered thought of the day. It’s dinner time at a nice restaurant: my dinner partner asks if we can share food. I cringe and say: ‘a little bit’ but deep down I don’t want to. I don’t ask others to try theirs, don’t ask to try mine. Selfish and childish perhaps, but wouldn’t you…

Think of a wheel with 5 spokes, 6 pieces of arc (tire). Imagine on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being the arc closest to the center of the wheel and 5 being the outermost ar. Now answer the following questionç How satisfied are you with the following on a scale of 1-5.…

If you ask 100 people if they were average overall, most would say they are above average. We all think we are the most unique person in the world and rightfully so. but if we are so unique, why are we going to the same music concert as 20,000 others, why are we all watching…

My body is boiling, poison has seeped through ever since yesterday. poison that I thought were long gone. How does one purge this? With the power of positive thinking? With denial? With counting ones blessing? No, with work, being consumed with what I love. No, with running, doing what I love. No, with music, listening…

A little background: I immigrated to the US when I was 10 years old from mainland China.  I spent 2 years living in Chinatown where I was in a ESL program and struggled for a long time with English and obviously everything else that required English.  I think it wasn’t until 7th grade before I…

阿 信的故事 This is a story of a young girl in Eastern Japan during the years of WWII. Her family were poverished farmers who could not farm enough to feed their children. Both sister were ‘sold’ to others in order to send money back. She was eventually sold for one year as an indenture servant…

I don’t know what this flower is call, but I started with 2 strands of it 5 summers ago and now it’s replicating itself. It has one of most attention grabing brightness. I dug up a bunch to my parents and some friends last year, it’s amazing to see this flower bloom year after year.

The first thing my manager said to me when he walked in was that he heard Yahoo! News retained the #1 spot again in December. I’m a bit obsessed with statistics. The first day I joined Yahoo! in 1999, that was the first thing I looked at, and I continued to dig through the data…

I believe a person should try to earn as money as possible and distribute that money as soon as possible to the people he loves. This especially true of your parents. Don’t think that you’ll give them money later on. As soon as you have some money that you think they’ll find useful, write them…

A friend of mine triggered a memory of this unbelievable place in Sebastopol called the Bamboo Sourcery where they have 300 varieties of bamboo and it’s an oasis for you to loose yourself in this wonderous hillside/nursery of bamboo.  It’s an amazing experience.   Make a reservation with them and plan a family outing to walk…

My 35th birthday was last Friday.   I don’t get many presents anymore since it seems that as I get older presents becomes less and less important until I get really old, like 65 :-).  I do still get red envelopes from my parents, bless their heart. I’ve decided that my birthday is going to last…

I love running in downtown SF really fast.  I could past all the peoploe, I weave in and out of the crowds, I jump into the street and weave between cars in traffic. Tonight I learned my lesson.   I was doing my fast run today and when the light turned green I dashed out to…

Another simple one.

I was visiting someone at a loft yesterday in downtown SF, and there were 3 spaces open for sale. One on the market for 30 days, one for 14 days. The agent was very eager as well. Have we peaked in realestate in the Bay Area? If so, everyone who wanted to buy before should…

I absolutely love reading Jon Carroll columns in the SF Chronicle.  His musing on cats , kids , life and bay area going ons always bring a smile to my face.  Today’s column is on World’s Most Perfect Grandchild (WMPG) Check his archives regularly

I don’t like the heat.  On a very hot day, I joked with Kate (my 4 year old) one day that I’m going melt under the heat.   She got concerned that I’ll just disappeared one day.  That is when Angie jumped in and taught Kate about metaphores. I am working at home today, decided to…