Wen Jiabao on Facebook

This is Wen Jiabao's page on Facebook. The prime minister of China, the emerging power rising from the east. It is an interesting timing to see his page on a place like Facebook. We all know this year is an important year for China to renew its image to the world, by hosting the Olympics Games in Beijing. Unexpectedly, there seemed to be more negative news in this year than ever - snow storms, Tibet conflict, and the huge earthquake that caused over 60,000 deaths.

Summer, Insects

Summer means insect season. There were fireflies couple weeks ago, a butterfly stayed on our French window last week, and last night a giant grasshopper. It fun to have so many insects volunteered for a close-up observation for my son. However, there are insects that I'd rather not see at home - mosquitoes! But, I guess they won't listen since they're not on my payroll.

Great Taiwan Portrait Blog from an 18-Year-Old Girl

Saw a great blog from an 18-year-old girl. Born in a poor aboriginal family, she overcame thousands of harsh challenges to educate herself. Unlike others in her condition, she never blamed anybody but dedicated to help others even when she was just a child. Here is a blog to let you see the people of Taiwan through her eyes. Please visit http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/i2taiwan/. To know more about her, here is another site from her offering free online learning for young students.

Ma made cover of Time

Ma Ying-Jeou is listed as the top 100 "The World's Most Influential People" by Time magazine and his photo is on the cover. Hu Jin-tao, leader of China, is also on the list and is much higher ranked than Ma. However, his photo was not on the cover. This is interesting.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy birthday to my son! He's now officially one year old. It's hard to believe that a year passed so quickly. Thank our families and friends who celebrated his birthday on different occasions. Thank those who visited him and sent him many gifts in the past year. Thank my mom for taking good care of him. Thank my wife for bringing him to the world. Thank himself for growing up healthily and exploring the world bravely.

Fireflies in Fuyang Park

Tonight we saw many fireflies in Fuyang Park. Lots of orange-yellow lights twinkling in the trees and flying in the air. It made the park looks like Christmas time. I didn't know there are fireflies inside Taipei city, so it's a big surprise for me and the best birthday present for my boy.

My First DSLR

I finally got my first DSLR yesterday. I knew it's a road of no return, so I kinda resisted my desire to get one. As my son grew up, I found it more and more difficult to take photo of him because he's never still for five seconds but the auto focus of my Olympus 5050Z could never focus on the right spot at the right time. Okay, this is just a great excuse for myself. Anyway, I bought a SONY Alpha 300 with two lenses this month. Tonight I took a test drive and it's not bad.