Mon 02 Feb 2009 |
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Monday, 02 February 2009 23:25 |
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Thanks for all my friends' wishes for my birthday either through telephone or email or on facebook! New web technology makes it easier to receive more happiness than ever! :)
Looking back to the past five years at Cornell, I could remember nothing but the warm support from my professors, classmates, friends … It was fascinating to spend the most important five years in my life with all of you!
Recently, I was assigned to write an article for imaging things happens in 2080 when you've already 100 years. It's the first time I felt how short the life span of human being when represented in the numbers. At one hand, you might want to be alive for ever, or as long as possible, so that you can see more of the world. On the other hand, you probably want to say, thank god it's the next generation's turn to play the major role in the world! If one looks even further and bigger, we realize that the appearance of human being on earth is also astonishingly short compared with the age of the earth and even shorter when compared with the solar system or space in general. …
So, what shall I do? Being upset about the trivial of human being or debating the meaning of the life? I don't think so, at least this is not my role to play in this new centenary. This is a fast changing time, a lot of wonderful things happens everyday. Instead of passively watching the quick change of the environment, it'll be even more fun to take part in this game!
One question in the above mentioned writing assignment was "What is your advice for the young people who what to seek happiness?" which suppose I was 100 years old. My response to that is "Do what you love to do and do it with your heart." |
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Sun 18 Jan 2009 |
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Sunday, 18 January 2009 17:37 |
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Sun 03 Aug 2008 |
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Bridge between Denmark and Sweden |
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Sunday, 03 August 2008 13:24 |
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On the National Graphic channel, I watched a documentary about the longest bridge between Denmark and Sweden. The motivation was that people in Copenhagen need place to live, while people in the Malmo need job opportunities. So, both government agreed to build a bridge to connect them within five years. Surrounding the water with tons of rocks and soil had not surprised me that much, however the most danger during the construction was the threaten of the bombs indeed gave me a sunrise. Those bombs are buried deed under the water from the World War II. As the engineers need to dug rocks and sands from the seabed to extend land, they encountered these beast along the way. Fortunately they were care enough nobody was hurt. There were in total 19 bombs founded and exploded during the construction of the bridge!
While watching this story about engineering, it's my first time had a same feeling of the similarities between engineering and science. Usually, people tends to say that engineer just follows planed rules while science has more unexpected things happen. In this peculiar case, the threatening of the unexpected bombs was really a challenge than in the science community. Maybe in terms of challenge, there isn't really a clear line between this two fields, wherever human being want to extend its understanding or convince, there will be different challenge in front of them. Only those with determine mind and well preparation can handle it.
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Sat 25 Oct 2008 |
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Saturday, 25 October 2008 00:00 |
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Two years ago, I took the small boat sailing class. In the first several weeks of this fall semester, I took the large boat sailing course. Besides the size of the boat and the sail are larger than the small boat, the large boat also needs the motor to maneuver when getting out of the deck. The first impression when I get on the large boat is that it's more stable than the small one. While controlling the rudder is relatively not as sensitive as the smaller one. In the later several courses, we learned not too much about the handling, but instead the rules on the water, such as the right of the way. And also a few basic knots used by sailor which I found very useful.
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