用心觀察你的小孩

我是幸運的-老天給我一對這麼可愛的子女。為人父母的我們，總是會問自己要教出什麼樣的子女?老爸我做了這麼久有關實驗的工作，心中總是想你們才是我最重要和最長久的實驗。18 年見真章，就像我之前提到的，我希望在你上大學的那一天，我可以拍拍你們的肩膀，很有信心地對你們說: 我相信你們有能力可以探索屬於你們自己的人生。
今天和媽媽討論說:不要再用威脅要打我的方式來教Eric上廁所，因為我從Eric的眼神中，看到那種無助，驚恐。我很訝意，你才2歲多，竟然可以有這樣的情緒表達。這當然是我不想看到的。我希望能給你生命中更光明的一面，讓你以後更有勇氣面對生命的中挫折，無奈。但我還在學習，如何讓你們能感受到我們的關懷，但又不會變成所謂的溺愛。

身體質量指數（Body Mass Index)

今天計算一下自己的BMI發現是有點偏高，23，看來真的要將運動納入日常生活的規劃中，前些日子看到喨勝的照片，讓我著實嚇了一跳。原來人可以老得這麼快。身旁的朋友去了園區工作後，頭髮就愈來愈少。慶幸的是我至少看起來還不會太老，雖然已經是我們這一屆最老的學生了…^__^
以下別人的意見是讓我決定有所行動:

除非你可以把體脂肪降到最多10出頭. 否則, 六塊腹肌是看不出來的.
如果你真的沒時間出門, 那就買個跳繩吧. 其實跳繩其實是個很不錯又激烈的有氧運動, 一開始跳可能跳不了幾分鐘, 你的腳底板就快受不了, 但是, 後來你可以進步到連續跳30分鐘.

另外就是要加仰臥起坐。我想採用一般人最常推薦的影片。
其實，這和做任何事一樣，沒有捷徑，就是老話一句:土法練鋼。
還有就是要按表操課!!!

Diary

It is my first official day to go to lab while I have a full-time nanny at home so my wife joked me that I don't have excuse for delaying graduation. I think she is right and I need to focus on my SAM paper that is supposed to finish in this month. What my strategy is to submit the two papers as soon as possible and the two papers should be able to fulfill the requirements for my ph. D. degree. Although I still found that I had slow progress in writing, I was adopting yona's suggestions that I wrote up result and discussion section first. So far, I just got a little feeling to write a paper but at least I admit this way better than before.
I really need to have active attitude towards my current jobs. I have a hard-working wife who will inspire me to keep going. My wife is a very determined woman and she's running her business well.Reminds me of an adage I heard recently: Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuse.
I stole from the following
Reminds me of an adage I heard recently that resonated: "You can do anything. But not everything."

家庭運作的因素

來了美國發現家庭在美國人的生活中占有很重要的地位。大部分的人下班後，就是回家。一個家要能正常運作真的需要靠家中的成員努力，協調。尤其是夫妻雙方。現在美國有很多家庭是老公在家帶小孩，老婆去賺錢，這是在中國社會很難想像的。亞洲的男生總是生活在社會給予的傳統價值中，要有出息，要成大事，要賺大錢。以我成長以來，讀書的最終目的好像就是為了找一份收入高的工作。從來，沒有問過自已想作什麼。我記得小時候我父母親就希望我當醫生，或牙醫，當時的我該問我父母，我為什麼要唸這種，難道我以後賺很多錢我就會快樂嗎?
我很高興的是，我現在對物質的慾念還是很低。我希望我能一直保待這樣的生活態度。我相信當你有正確的工作態度和面對事情調整心態的能力，不用怕自已賺不到錢。但錢這樣東西也是最會引起夫妻吵架的原因。今天，我就被 Ellen的無心的玩笑扎了一下。然而這樣的玩笑不是幽默而是傷人。這也是我以後我出來工作後，要強力避免去傷害對方的話題---錢。
很多事情，是相對的，老墨生一大堆小孩，人家日子也照過。重要的是，夫妻雙方應當作什麼努力才能讓這個家運作地很好。所以，我並不同意Ellen對於家庭婦女的看法。我覺得當雙方每天努力為這個家作出貢獻，讓這個家更美好，更幸福時，這就是一個好家庭，好婚姻。請不要賺多少錢來橫量。

Merlot

今天，開始我的單身生活。自從有Eric每天都和時間打戰，每天一有時間，就趕快做“正事“。我覺得孩子是來教我們如何能有更記律和效律的生活，並讓我們更加成長，更重要的是，孩子真的能代給你真正的快樂。所以我不知道我什麼時候會開始想念Eric…
早上起來，review一下My Funky valentine-modern family in Hulu這是我最近喜歡看的美國comedy.今天準備去國鋒家吃飯，當然總要帶些東西去吧，尤其今天是大年初一。
I picked up three kinds of Merlot from Tradre Joe's .
NAPA River
Black Mountain
Bogle Merlot 2007 -it is full of cherry.I am supposed to bring this to his place.

looking for a worthy house to buy

I am interested in investing such as stocks, funds, and etc and often read business magazines. However, after several years' investment, I really found that buying a house is the best investment. We have invested mutual funds since we were in university but it turned out we still lost a lot of money. Even though many people said mutual funds are long-term profits, we have waited for 10 years. So I don't believe in mutual funds anymore.
Since my parents approved to lend me money to buy a house in USA, so I recently spent time surveying good houses to buy. I found a phenomenon that a Chinese agent can not offer me good properties as an American agent. Therefore, I decided to ask American agents to look for a worthy house for me. We have discussed with some demands:

1. Good location - since we probably sell the house after I graduate. So we care about school districts.
2. Nearby Irvine - In case we can not be landlords, we have to move in the house. I don't want a long distance commute.
3. Price reduced - The main motive of buying a house in USA is that US house prices go down and down so we would like to pick a worthy house which reduced a lot in previous prices.

A house that I would like to buy must conform to these rules. After investigating several areas, we agree that Costa mesa could be a good choice.......

Came back USA

I have left three weeks (from May 18th to June 6th) and this is my first time to come back Taiwan since I came to USA. After three weeks visit, I further believe in human nature. People pursue better living environment. Why do I say that? Because my mind has changed, I would like to stay in the US after my graduation. Honestly, I don't like so many cars, people, bikes on the streets and these crowd irritate me. No wonder people always say that those who go abroad, most will stay in the state. In the beginning, I don't trust that. But now I have to admit it; in particular, I have a child (my gorgeous Eric). Parents will think about education of children so I believe US economy will recover sooner or later and house prices will go up again. I was prompted to buy a house in CA...

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