红树林之旅可谓有惊无险，之后找了一家当地的餐馆就餐。得知只要消费到一定金额就可以搭乘免费的士去海滩，于是我们拼命埋头苦吃，餐馆服务生则笑逐颜开，我们也如愿来到当地一个白沙海滩。
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  BinTan – 印度尼西亚的一个小岛。由于地处航线要道，从宋朝开始岛上的土著马来人就习惯性的抢劫中国商船。如今这里是个度假胜地，但愿游人在享受海鲜和SPA的时候，那些宋人的冤魂早已散去~
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终于决定回来写几句。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=653+32007-10-4 22:15:05    到了MIT以后马上很识相的去实验室找教授。比找到教授收获大许多的是， 我发现这个实验室就像科幻小说中的一般的奇妙，到处是机器人和高科技电子设备。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=652+32007-9-19 18:26:28   当QQ车上了街，当人们开始用iphone上网，当阿丘进了中央台，人们开始坠入“浓缩就是精华”的谬误中。 其实很多东西还是大些的好。美国是个很庸俗，却又很实在的国家，这一点很明确的体现在：这里的东西都会比亚洲的大很多。   据说美国最聪明的人都去开卡车，对此我曾十分疑惑。后来发现却也不无道理，这么长的车没有些智慧的人应该很难转弯。常常可以看到卡车司机们开着这样的庞然大物在市区拥挤的道路上呼啸而过...就差没有变成擎天柱了... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=651+32007-8-1 12:11:41   今天拿到了驾照。整个学车考驾照的过程感觉是迷迷糊糊，神不知鬼不觉...练了两次车发现没有撞死人，就觉得应该可以考了...   考车的时候却是状况多多。本来以为自己通过没问题，没想到考官见我实在不爽，大吼大叫，从头骂到尾。我想总归fail了，也没有多去睬会。考完停车后，考官继续开骂，还说了一句“i'm gonna pass you”，靠，美国人有逻辑么？ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=650+32007-7-19 17:26:40   路过apple专卖店，iphone刚被隆重推出。估计是在NUS读了EE以后心理阴影尤在，我对电子产品并不是很感兴趣。不过还是很欣赏apple店的经营理念，各类apple产品都很开放的放在桌上，让顾客尽情‘亵玩’，万一哪位抵挡不住诱惑想带回家继续玩......那一定不是我...   很小的时候买东西都要去国营商店或者供销社之类。商品都关在柜台里面，要买东西首先要和营业员打招呼：“对不起，师傅，能不能给我看一下这个？” ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=649+32007-7-8 22:00:43   同样是看焰火，有钱人都是开了私人游艇来到charles river上占据有利地形。焰火的燃放地就在河中央，因此富人们绝对是近水楼台先得月，气煞人的是他们还时不时地鸣笛~~很是嚣张。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=648+32007-7-6 11:44:22   7月4日是美国独立日，波士顿焰火晚会上演，抢了个有利地形让我的nikon4300有个表现机会。   焰火燃放地在charles river,虽然在下雨，但沿岸还是很多人聚集观看。让人不禁想起在中国民众围观的壮观情景。   只不过如果在中国有类似的大规模的，具有政治宣传意义的焰火表演的话，相信在最佳观摩位置一定会架设一个主席台，为领导们观看提供方便。   那个主席台会铺上红地毯，列上几排观礼席，上面竖好名牌，等待大小官员莅临。当然说不定还有穿旗袍的礼仪小姐。   等官员们抹着油嘴，带着醉意姗姗来迟，然后纷纷入座后，群众们以为焰火表演就要开始了....   想得美！一定还有冗长的领导发言，从‘三个代表’讲到‘先进..咳咳..性教育’...回到正题，这次焰火还是很好看的。 Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=647+32007-7-4 11:10:03   二战的时候盟军诺曼底登陆用了一种当时看来很新鲜的军车，可以两栖作战，水上陆上通吃，堪称抢滩成功的重要装备。如今这样的车子估计只有在两个地方看得到了：一，福建沿海解放军军营...二，波士顿的大街小巷。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=646+32007-6-24 8:32:39   美好的理想不能实现总是遗憾的事情，面对实践，似乎西方人比东方人更有勇气些。   那天路过baker house,看到草坪上有一异物... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=645+32007-6-22 9:39:36     上次我提过自己从小有阅读恐惧，没有心相读书。其后果是：写白字，复杂的成语不会，文言文一窍不通，语文考试的时候做阅读理解题，常常是读了半天不知其所云。      奇怪的是我始终认为自己的表达能力是一流的，这种空穴来风似的自信来自我的高中语文老师。他对我说，写作的境界有三个阶段，从朴实到华丽，然后又从华丽回归到朴实。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=644+32007-6-9 14:12:52   从小有一点阅读恐惧，看到大段落的文字就会有抵触。感觉最让我痛苦的是看游记，始终觉得游记只能唤起作者的美好回忆，却不会让观众产生兴趣，完全都是流水账。讽刺的是发现最近自己的blog多是游记，包括这篇，而且一定会是‘流水账’了，因为玩的是漂流。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=643+32007-6-3 8:28:44   越来越发现美国和中国有蛮多共同点。苏州没有名山大川，因此假期时通常都会南下浙江去游玩。在Boston的人们则会选择北上去新罕布什尔州欣赏山水美景。   发现这个Franconia Notch的地形地貌和浙江似乎很是相似。美国人也会沿着小溪筑条上山的道，游人沿着小道爬山多会兴致高昂。美国人把它称为flume,若在中国的话一定就会被叫做“某某涧”。   中国游客喜欢在景点留下“某某到此一游”的刻字，其实美国人何尝不是如此。一条跨越小溪的木桥栏杆上刻满了名字，可见美国游客的素质也不见得高到哪里去，只不过不随地吐痰罢了。   不知道是不是受了中国同行的影响，现在美国的旅游部门也开始匪夷所思的给景点找形似物。在Franconia Notch，一块景点指示牌硬说这座山是躺着的华盛顿，不禁让我想起当年在玩浙西大峡谷的时候，导游指着峭壁上的某块石头说这是‘蒋介石’。当然，美国的这座山在中国的话应该会被称作‘卧佛山’。   美国似乎比中国多一些人情味。一块黑板上让游客写下来自哪里,于是赶忙在‘新加坡’上面写下‘苏州’字样...   坐缆车到达山顶，很轻松却少了些国内爬上登顶的成就感。看了看站在我旁边的那个美国人硕大的啤酒肚..发现现代化未必就是完美。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=642+32007-5-27 12:29:27    波士顿有个著名的Museum of Fine Arts。鉴于几年前在纽约MET和MOMA的愉快经历，欣然前往。感觉美国人还是挺愿意在闲暇时来博物馆陶冶一下，他们也会很仔细的驻足在每个作品前读详解。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=641+32007-5-26 9:11:03 %%%%%%%%%%%%% From: Yang Yijun ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=640+32007-5-14 14:49:47   GRE如果有这样的类比题的话：波士顿-纽约，那么比较理想的答案应该是：苏州-上海。波士顿距全球金融中心纽约很近，波士顿很小，是美国最古老，最有文化气息的城市之一。苏州距中国金融中心上海很近，苏州很小，是全球最古老，最有文化气息的城市之一。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=639+32007-5-6 12:40:39   今天参加gradgala ball终于拿回了之前订的gradrat ring--mit学生的标志。这让我想起之前谈到的丑陋的mit校徽，原来正当别的学校的学生花几块钱就能买到一枚象征自己身份的校徽时，mit的学生却必须花上几百美金购买一枚金戒指...学校可真有商业头脑~~   mit gradrat ring看上去颇似中国的暴发户带的那种大方戒。我买的已经是最小的一款。或许mit的学生拥有和暴发户相同的虚荣心，就是怕别人看不到手上闪闪发光的金戒指。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=637+32007-4-26 13:00:55   中国的歌手有了名气，通常会出个专辑，搞个签唱会，然后跟着‘同一首歌’去乡下走穴，很是风光。中国的文化名人同样如此，易中天如今大红大紫，出了一堆书，紧接着就来美国走穴了。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=636+32007-4-19 13:00:32    中国的学生团体通常都是忙着传达上级精神，新加坡的学生团体热衷于搞一些摆地摊赚小钱的活动，美国的学生团体则喜欢搞hack。hack有个很贴近的中文翻译：恶搞。   mit和caltech作为一对老冤家，双方的hacker有捉弄对方的传统。去年mit把caltech的大炮偷了过来，这次caltech终于要报复了。the tech是mit最大的一份校报，几乎在校园的每个角落都可以拿到免费的the tech。4月13日，大家纷纷发现拿到手的报纸内容有点不对劲... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=635+32007-4-9 8:09:08  陶哲轩（Terence Tao，1975年7月17日生于澳大利亚），是华裔澳大利亚籍数学家。他7岁进入高中，9岁进入大学，10岁，11岁，12岁参加国际数学奥林匹克竞赛分获,铜牌，银牌，金牌，16岁获得学士学位，17岁硕士学位，21岁普林斯顿大学博士，24岁成为UCLA正教授。 ---摘自wikipedia   学术界也有追星。每天seminar无数，但是像这样坐的爆棚的倒是很少看到。我很怀疑在座的人中到底有几个能真正听懂陶哲轩所讲的内容，恐怕大多数人和我一样，只是在观察一个超人类的言谈举止到底和常人有什么不同。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=634+32007-4-5 10:37:48牌坊，是中国传统建筑中非常重要的一种建筑类型，更被海外当作中华文化的象征之一，在西方很多城市的唐人街都有牌坊作为标志。---摘自Wikipedia   北美的每个大城市似乎都有chinatown，而且都占据了城市不小的空间。长期以来我对这种华人的聚居现象不甚理解。其实chinatown通常并不会给我多少亲切感，除了可以见到几个中文字外，当地人口中的粤语让我一头雾水。有趣的地方在于唐人街的华人社团很喜欢树牌坊，这里凑在一起做个整理。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=633+32007-4-1 3:57:53从spring break之旅回来的时候点了点钱包里面的美钞，郁闷的发现所剩无几，但是却有了一个新发现。把所有面额美钞背面的图片拼起来，正好是这次华盛顿/费城之旅的路线图。   五美元的美钞是林肯的头像，背面是林肯纪念馆自然也不奇怪。林肯纪念馆十分雄伟肃穆，前面有百米长的水池和百米高的华盛顿纪念碑，可见林肯在美国的地位相当高。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=632+32007-3-30 8:20:26   来到波士顿的第二日就买了自行车，价格不菲。不过用的是中国带来的锁，这也为之后的失窃埋下伏笔。像波士顿这样的小城市，靠自行车绝对能很方便的到达任何一个角落，还能顺便健身，因此对我而言，这辆车的利用率绝对是相当高的。这辆车的性能也是非常的好，现在觉得实在可惜。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=631+32007-3-17 5:06:29  和芙蓉姐姐一样，mit的校园很丑，而且很有名。再次和芙蓉姐姐一样，mit是习惯性的丑，也就是说‘丑并快乐着~”   在波士顿很难买到mit的明信片，因为这个校园太丑了，摄影师走到这里发现苗头不对，干脆再走远点去拍哈佛了。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=630+32007-3-15 10:53:15读了n年的书，在m个学校里荒废青春。每当离开一个学校的时候，首先忘记的是课本上的所谓知识（其实没离开学校时就早忘记了），接着忘记的是那些不甚熟悉的同学和老师，最后脑海中仅存些并没有多少积极意义的校园趣事，以及．．．校园。   苏州十中有个西花园，清朝时是江南织造署，就是清朝时给皇室提供织物的机构。当时织造署的另一个功能是皇帝的行宫，据说康熙和乾隆下江南的时候都是住在这个织造署里头。可以想象，这里的秀丽风景是不会比那些园林差的，因此十中的西花园绝对是个很雅兴的地方。此处还竖着一块很有名的太湖石--瑞云峰，算是太湖石里面的老大级。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=629+32007-3-10 9:09:35    Boston Celtics和Houston Rockets在NBA里分属东西两区，因此交战机会很少。本来以为脆弱的姚明应该会因伤来不了波士顿，因此他的及时复出确实让我不免兴奋。与上次在西雅图买最便宜的10美元坐票相比，这次为了能坐到好点的位子可以望见姚明，一狠心花上了25刀。可惜的是量变没能构成质变，姚明的身影还是如此渺小…    不知何故大牛有点不屑姚明。其实虽然他看上去有些奇怪，但是在这个什么东西都喜欢‘大’一号的国家里，姚明已经完全被大众所接受了。美国人并不了解中国，如果随便在大街上拉个美国佬，要他说出3个中国人的名字。他会毫不犹豫的先说：“Yao Ming！”然后苦思冥想一段时间，说“Hoo？”因为美国人知道中国的president的名字很有趣。最后这个美国人使出喝可口可乐的劲才说出最后一个名字：“+3？”….呵呵 KIDDING。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=628+32007-3-8 7:14:47   I have revised my blog's RSS feeds, please feel free to subscribe it.. if you are comfortable with using feeds readers.   If you are not using any feed reading applications, Google Reader would be a great choice for you. Just simply insert my RSS feed address, click 'Add'... it's done~ you can do the same thing for all your favorite blogs (hopefully they all have feeds) and major news publishers. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=627+32007-3-6 8:39:46 I am excited to learn that the 10000th vistor (IP:137.132.3.7, NUS) reached my blog. Though that's not a big deal for a 2.5-year-old blog, I am happy with the way I manage this space: ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=626+32007-2-22 12:09:24  整理各类照片的时候发现之前漏写了一篇blog。去年生日的时候爱徒送我一份很独特的礼物---一张我出生当天的新华日报，感觉十分有意义~~   一九八二年十月二日是周六，农历壬戊年八月十六。当天报纸头条是“首都各界群众两万人举行联欢晚会”，仔细一看原来不是庆祝某人的降生，而是因为国庆三十三周年。在国庆出生其实也是有好有坏，好的是之后只要在中国，我生日的时候永远是假期；不过因为国庆期间家庭本来就会聚会吃饭，因此我的生日始终是像这个两万人的联欢晚会一样，国庆和生日一起来。而我始终觉得国庆的成分过多一些，因为大人总会在吃到差不多的时候突然想到“哦哟，今天正好是你的生日歪~”。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=625+32007-2-18 2:36:49    出国这么多年来，这次春节算是认真过了个年。当然这很大程度下是因为逃离了亚热小岛。毕竟在摄氏30多度的情况下很难体会到过年的气氛。在新加坡也买不起被课了重税的啤酒，因此再丰盛的年夜饭也会失色不少。于是自暴自弃，懒得吃年夜饭了，导致过去大年夜甚至出现了吃泡面或者kfc的惨怖情况。    这次是大牛第一次在国外过年。为了不让这位爱吃的小弟受困于过多的乡愁，前天我们不远万里，骑车在雪地上滑行数公里赴华人超市买了一堆火锅食材。再加上廉价的美国啤酒，买了火锅底料放在电饭煲里煮，年夜饭已经显得十分丰盛。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=624+32007-2-15 9:08:08 A major winter storm dumped icy snow and sleet throughout Cambridge... and we (da niu and me) were playing around at white Killian Court~~ and getting wet~  ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=623+32007-2-1 13:56:37 注：本则blog与今天的几则新闻有密切联系，请点击浏览以了解故事背景。   新浪新闻：美国波士顿发现可疑包裹 短暂关闭公路桥梁(图) ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=622+32007-1-29 10:56:23   今天准备洗裤子的时候，发现裤腰里藏着这么一个label：“此产品是褪色产品，每洗一次会出现褪色现象，纯属正常，尽显怀旧风格。”...我首先下意识的把洗衣机里白色的衣服都拿了出来，然后开始联想...   但愿以后不会遇到...喝完一瓶饮料以后发现瓶子后面有这样的提醒：“此产品可能有毒，每喝一次会出现中毒现象，纯属正常，人生自古谁无死~” ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=621+32007-1-27 22:04:01    其实从来没有在胸口别过校徽，但当我突然发现已经拥有了一堆各式校徽的时候，才发现自己学生生涯的轨迹似乎可以用他们来做个诠释。    苏州各个中学的校徽都是瓷质的，学生的通常是白底红字，教工则是红底白字。苏州十中是苏州的一所二流中学，所以在这里读书相对轻松，悠哉游哉地度过三年。只是记得在初三的时候常会不卑不亢的和老师作斗争。当时班主任喜欢搞所谓‘整顿’，就是抓上课讲话的学生，然后进行全班批判，弄得像文化大革命。我多次不幸被抓，还被树立成‘表面老实，背地讲话’的典型。当时数学老师搞家教赚钱，班级里几乎所有人都去他家开小灶了，还多次暗示我加入。我当时觉得自己的数学不是一般的好，婉言谢绝，当然之后他没有好脸色。最恐怖的还是语文老师，由于某些相对复杂的原因，常会对我讽刺和挖苦，打压我作文分数。所幸老天让我在中考的时候得了个全校第一，让我很得意地拍拍屁股走人~~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=620+32007-1-24 23:23:29     在苏州的时候，发现门口被贴了一张寻狗启事。上面写道“狗虽然普通，但是由于从小养起，感情深厚，望捡到者能够将狗送回，或知情者能提供相关信息，不胜感激，并重金酬谢。”   在mit的时候，在教室外面看到一张poster，大约意思是要寻找每天会睡9个小时以上的人做试验。18到35岁，不服药并且生物钟正常。参与这个实验最多能收获4250美元。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=619+32007-1-21 9:05:45The way to eat deep-freezed/rigid ice cream...the guy violently chopping Häagen-Dazs is ME~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=618+32007-1-19 13:07:41   虽然觉得自己还不算是‘天吃性’，但每当想起最喜欢的食物的时候似乎会很自然而然的挂念起大闸蟹和羊汤。   阳澄湖的大闸蟹和藏书的羊肉汤都算是苏州人秋冬季必吃的美食。在中医的说法里面，大闸蟹偏寒，羊汤偏火，一寒一火终于能让苏州人在某种平衡中度过一个很有口福的冬天。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=617+32007-1-5 1:08:20     小时候在苏州城西枫桥外婆家长大。当时已经退休的外公在寒山寺做临时工，于是寒山寺很自然的成为我的儿时游园。那时我出入寒山寺非但不用买票，连招呼都不用打，就像之前黄健翔进出中央电视台一样----咱的小脸就是通行证。   寒山寺是绝对的富寺。即便是在那个用粮票的年代，已经有无数来自日本和港台的游客纷至沓来。我常会在地上捡未能被投进功德箱的外国硬币，一段时间下来能凑及整整一大袋，可见寒山寺的外汇收入是何等了得。当时寒山寺的方丈是性空法师， 监院是楚光和尚。两人关系颇为微妙，也有不少关于他们的负面流言，可惜当时我似乎对这些八卦并不感兴趣，六根清净的我只是期待能在地上捡到一个不曾见过的外币。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=616+32007-1-5 0:23:19     从小便是在寒山寺边上长大，因此一直把自己看成寒山寺的主人。这次回到寒山寺参加听钟声活动，突然想起电影《末代皇帝》里的一个场景：溥仪在解放后，花了1角钱买了张故宫门票，参观一下若干年前自己的家...   由于听钟声活动算得上是苏州人的一个大节目，警方实行了交通管制，于是只能早早下了车，顶着细雨徒步走往寒山寺。不过官员们都是可以做车直接来的，寒山寺周围停满了3位数的政府高官用车。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=615+32006-12-9 21:56:52   Finally I got fed up with my previous Sony-Ericsson's T630 and bought a Nokia musical phone yesterday. Nokia 5300, which belongs to the XpressMusic series, is a good-looking and ergonomic phone.   Music can thankfully be played in the background, the sound quality is decent, different formats like mp3, wma are fully supported. The 256 MB build-in memory space should be enough for me. I am also pleased with the radio function~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=614+32006-12-3 22:01:29用自己的blog，一大好处便是可以track点击者的来路。当然可以想象的是大多数来访者是通过各大搜索引擎链接过来的，不过至于他们为何而来，他们到底想寻找什么?...答案可就花样百出了。在此给大家罗列几个比较奇特的。 一 关键词: ee3408 project ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=612+32006-10-1 2:08:14   和很多其他的中国古城一样，苏州古城的架构也很规矩。城廓方方正正，道路非横即纵。高巍的‘城’墙里面装着精致的‘市’井，想必就是‘城市’的定义。城门在苏州是一种永久性城市象征，至今苏州人还是用齐门，娄门，平门，葑门这些已经消失在苏州城许多年的城门名来标示方位。   其实大多数古城门之前在苏州的保存还是很好的，好几座在民国的时候还有翻修。不过在五十年代，也同许多其它中国的古城一样，为了所谓城市扩建，在党和政府的英明指导和号召下，广大劳动人民二话不说，把古城门都拆了~据说只剩下胥门和盘门，几年前在清理胥门遗迹的时候，发现城门洞里面俨然安逸的住着一家人，结实的城门既不漏雨还能抗震，相信这家住户很有安全感。（左图为胥门） ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=611+32006-8-11 17:42:52     Google Earth终于开始窥探苏州。作为一个忠实的Google用户和一个自以为很地道的苏州人，自然忍不住用Google Earth好好看一下苏州城。良好的方位感和对苏州城的熟悉让我很快找到了我家。   我第二个想找的地方便是寒山寺。由于小时候住在这里，对寒山寺周围的地理情况算是很熟悉。图中的黄圈是寒山寺寺院，其中的绿圈是寺塔。就在离寒山寺不足百米的地方有个铁岭关（红圈）。铁岭关连接江心洲和陆地，因此算是个军事要塞。古时来自外地的强盗们沿运河到达这里，欲进苏州城，必先攻破铁岭关。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=610+32006-8-5 1:02:58My Commencement Video is now available for viewing. You can watch the video over the internet (click here), or simply download it from the NUS 2006 Commencement Website   Surprisingly I actually show up twice in this vedio. The first one is at 00:50:54: Getting the degree scroll from the Dean. I smile at him, and he looks bored. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=609+32006-8-3 20:36:58     2005年的时候，NUS很隆重很奢侈的庆祝建校100周年，其实我很怀疑NUS标榜在自己身上的这100年历史。因为在1986年以前Kent Ridge这里没有一间校舍，在1980年前世界上也没有所谓的新加坡国立大学。不过话说回来，新加坡人是很怕被别人说自己没有历史的，看到这几年大多数亚洲国家的大学都在庆100周年，那所1905为当时印度宪兵建立的医科学校便被拉来变成了NUS前身，虽然他们两者并没有多大的关系。   也是在2005年的时候，苏州中学很隆重很高调的庆祝970周年。北宋景祐二年（1035），范仲淹在三元坊创建苏州府学，聘请教育家胡瑗等名师掌教。970年来，这座学校除了战乱不曾挪过地方，不曾找过毫无关系的前身，也不曾为印度宪兵们服务过。我似乎不该通过贬低NUS的方式来引出对苏中的介绍，但是可想而知的是，苏中在苏州人心中的地位是超过世界上任何一所学校的。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=606+32006-6-24 23:02:27    Finally my name card has been printed out. So next time you see me, make sure you ask for a name card from me, and it's free~~~ [Edit on 2006-11-16 23:55:02 By dingjia3] Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=605+32006-6-24 22:45:28     过去的一周每天都在吃杨梅，觉得不在blog上写点东西都有点对不起它们了。今年是杨梅大年，好像家家都囤积了不少~~不过要吃新鲜的，还是要亲自上山。苏州郊外种植了大量杨梅，顶着梅雨前的烈日终于来到树山，看到了杨梅树。   百度上面说“闽广荔枝，西凉葡萄，未若吴越杨梅” ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=604+32006-6-17 13:55:00   Welcome to 2006 World Cup: My Favorite Team~~ This event is officially organized by www.dingjia3.com. It is open to all my blog browsers and soccer crazies. Your participation at this event is extremely welcomed. Inform me your favorite team, then your lovely image with your favorite  team's jersey will be presented. This piece of blog will be updated daily, it's first-come-first-serve based, So~~ Hurry Up~~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=603+32006-6-15 13:28:13My personal website, www.dingjia3.com, has undergone a series of updates and enhancements designed to make it easier for you to access the information. Some major changes have been made on my webpage. In particular, I have... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=602+32006-6-10 17:16:29    最后一篇养蚕日记。   另外的三条蚕宝宝也分别上山结茧，茧子都呈所谓淡绿色，虽然我认为是浅黄的~~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=601+32006-6-7 21:54:05   ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=600+32006-6-4 21:07:06  Hey, Everyone~~ Let's vote for soochow as the best city in China.   Simply CLICK HERE and VOTE!! Everybody loves soochow~~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=599+32006-6-3 1:15:53   ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=598+32006-6-2 15:54:56     苏州东山的枇杷很是有名。最近上市了，但是市场上买的总会让人觉得不够新鲜。要想吃新鲜的，当然就是去农家边吃摘边吃咯。今年据说苏州周围的苍鹭超级多，老是啄食枇杷，因此果农通常会用一个大网把整棵枇杷树保护起来。   东山的枇杷长得又大又圆，即便是看着照片也是口水直流~~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=597+32006-6-2 15:16:47  接着上回的说......     爬了一段山路，终于找到了上次所说的那块“黑色地带”。其实即便是走近了看，这里好几块巨大的岩石仍然很清晰的显出黑色。我们的运气也不是一般的好，由于前几天苏州下了很长时间的雨，岩石附近的泥土都被冲散了。据说在这样的条件下是很容易找到化石的，当年一些考古专家就是在雨后在这个地方找到了三山岛古人类的头骨。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=596+32006-5-30 18:58:58  接着上回的说......   历史往往需要用考古发现去证明。比如新加坡人为了证明自己的国家有这么上百年的历史，于是很可怜也很可笑的把几块明代的碎瓷摆进了博物馆。当然话说回来，他们至少知道这些地底下的东西远比大量文字的吹嘘更有价值。因此，在揭开三山远古文化这个吴文化的源头的过程中，我们实在很需要大量具有说服力的证据，和有能力发现这些证据的人。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=595+32006-5-27 22:30:53   上次说到了一颗千年前掉在苏州的陨石，被称为“大石头”。其实万年前还有一块比“大石头”大很多的陨石撞击过苏州一带，于是形成了中国唯一的一处陨击坑－－太湖。在接下来的几则blog里我将与诸位看官一起前往太湖上的三山岛去解开“吴人祖先来源之谜”，这种探索也并不只是纸上谈兵，我将通过展示一系列本人亲自拍摄到的遗迹照片，采集到的化石，采访到的专家讲述等，来为你逐步揭开这一迷题的答案，敬请关注！   我的探索之旅位于苏州东山半岛西南的三山岛。由于交通上的不便，这个太湖里的小岛仍然保持着很多原始风貌，俨然是一座远古文化的天然博物馆。三山岛展示着太湖流域历史上所发生的一切。三山岛泽山的冲击变形纹验证了在远古时期，太湖是被陨石冲击而成的。三山岛上发现的古生代三叶虫、鹦鹉螺、鹰嘴贝等化石证明了这里曾是一片海洋的事实。三山岛上挖掘出的一万二千年以前的旧石器、古人类头骨和古脊椎动物化石印证了“三山文化”的出现。而大量的明清古建筑文化可以让人们追忆一番五百年来“吴文化”的踪影。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=594+32006-5-27 22:06:38     ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=593+32006-5-25 16:02:54   话说千年前，曾有一块硕大的陨石掉入苏州境内，在明代的时候该陨石被刻上“古坠星石”的字样，然后藏匿于平权坊，今称“大石头巷”。   据说现在这块明代留下来的巨石仍然留在大石头巷内，今天就请诸位和我一起去寻找这块大石头吧~~嘿嘿。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=592+32006-5-23 23:34:16   ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=591+32006-5-21 23:08:28  今天介绍一条苏州的古街。山塘街被称誉为“姑苏第一名街”，拥有千年历史，极具姑苏特色，名人典故众多。我不是摄影高手，但是还是挺满意我的NIKON COOLPIX4300带来的几张山塘街美景，摄于06年五月十日。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=590+32006-5-21 22:48:01   现在为了促进旅游和购物，各地都会推出很多名目繁多的庙会和节日之类，由于是出于单纯的商业炒作，所以通常没有什么吸引力，也办不了几届。农历四月十四的“轧神仙”却算得上是苏州规模最大，历史最悠久，影响最广泛的民间庙会活动了。跟外地的朋友说明一下，“轧”在吴语里面是挤的意思。据我母亲说庙会早前是在阊门皋桥，我的印象里最早是在吴趋坊，后来由于人太挤，被搬到了中街路，现在已经是在南浩街了。   传说农历四月十四是吕洞宾的生日。旧时每逢四月十四日前往神仙庙进香膜拜者络绎不绝，其中尤以妓家、医家、药业最多。传说吕洞宾混迹干熙攘的人群中，凡有奇疾难愈者，往往有缘得到治疗，故人群特别拥挤，大家都想碰碰运气，得到仙人的恩惠，俗称“轧神仙”。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=589+32006-5-21 22:38:10   日本的食物做得都挺精细，但是吃多了总会发现难以留下什么深刻印象。它们更像是工艺品。  在逛街时饿了，就买了一个饭团子吃，感觉嘴里有一砣米，却毫无味道，实在不大好吃。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=588+32006-5-20 0:25:11     蚕宝宝继续健康成长。今天发现了其中某条蜕下来的皮。身长也有明显增长。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=587+32006-5-19 0:33:52  苏州周边有许多著名的水乡，与城市的距离让他们成功的保存了江南小桥流水的古朴，也得以成为很不错的旅游景点。其实原本江南水乡名镇无数，可惜有的因为岁月沧桑没落了，有的因为城市的扩建而消融了，真正能保留原汁原味的古朴秀美风味的实在不多。甪直便是其一。  今天向大家介绍一个离苏州古城很近，很其他水乡一样出色，却不是非常有名的古镇---甪（lù）直。偶在这里向诸位介绍甪直，而不是什么周庄，乌镇之类，是因为偶是地地道道的苏州人，我很清楚的知道与充满了商业气息和经过现代炒作的周庄等地方相比，甪直是更值得一游的。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=586+32006-5-18 15:54:59  如今的苏州，从市长到小偷，从公务员到杀人犯，似乎每个岗位都是外地人的天下。无数外地人的涌入让我们苏州人成了这个城市中的少数派。我们当然没有必要去排斥来自异乡的游子，只不过作为苏州人，似乎很有必要去细细的传承和保护我们这座无比细致的城市的精神，因为只有偶们才能捍卫这个苏州人的苏州。   但愿通过“苏州人的苏州”这一栏，能让诸位了解到一个古老的，一个被吴文化包裹着却又不断受着冲击的...苏州人的苏州。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=585+32006-5-17 23:00:53     近日得到几条据说能结彩色茧的蚕宝宝，准备养一下，也希望大家共同关注这几条蚕宝宝的生长状态。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=584+32006-5-17 15:50:19   日前路过园区的人力资源市场，一个中年妇女看到我投五投六的样子就上前来递给我一张卡片。我仔细一看，原来就是传说中的“办证” ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=583+32006-5-17 14:31:20在日本的时候遇到一件很令人难以置信的事情。在此和诸位看官分享一下!    ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=582+32006-5-17 13:44:50  由于语言的关系，这次日本之行实在没有太多的机会接触日本人。真正谈得上有比较多了解的应该就是杉野荣太郎先生。   杉野荣太郎先生拥有我的印象里日本人的所有特点：矮矮的身材，方方正正的脸，让人觉得过分的礼貌，还有严谨认真的处事精神。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=581+32006-5-14 0:07:56最近学到一个小把戏，可以让我们敬爱的毛主席拥有丰富表情，甚是有趣。   第一步：沿着伟大领袖毛主席那颗伟大的右眼珠折一下。   第二步：沿着伟大领袖毛主席那颗同样伟大的左眼珠也折一下。   第三步：在以上两条折痕中间朝相反方向再折一下，就大功告成了。   这样看，毛主席看到伟大祖国日新月异，笑逐颜开。   这样看，毛主席看到贪污腐败混乱治安，欲哭无泪。 [Edit on 2007-12-23 3:36:33 By dingjia3] Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=580+32006-5-13 23:50:17   其实我对咖啡并没有什么特别的爱好，面对’coffee or tea?’的问题的时候我通常会选择后者。茶好似中国人，没有香浓的气息，在乎细细的品味；洋人的咖啡则是充满热情，往往是闻起来比喝起来香。东方人往往不会向初识的人投入多少热情，只有当对方成为自己的熟友，这种热情才得以充分释放，于是中国的茶只有在泡上几次后味道才算到位。西方人喜欢把自己的热情放大十倍以后表现在每个人的面前，就像一个浅浅的咖啡杯却在散发无比浓郁的香味。    我一直想不通为什么会不只一次的被Starbucks吸引进去，去喝它的那些据说不是很正宗的咖啡。这便是Starbucks的奇妙。美国人老是做一些被人耻笑的事情，他们把香肠夹在面包里吃 —热狗；他们把足球犯规动作变成一种运动—橄榄球；他们热衷于穿童装—hoddy. 还有，他们把咖啡当快餐卖—Starbucks。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=579+32006-5-9 16:32:19   小时候看日本的动画片和漫画，长大后欣赏日本音乐和电影，家里的电器多是日本的品牌。和大多数中国人一样，我的生活很大程度上依赖于这个邻国。+3日本行带你了解一个真实的日本，和真实的日本人~~   相扑是日本的国粹。与中国的武术不同的是，相扑日本人的生活中仍然很流行，或者说他们把这种国粹很好的保留着。我似乎很少能在中国的电视上看到武术比赛，而在日本…机场的电视屏幕上就直播着一场我看来很无趣的相扑比赛，可能日本人不管在离家的最后一刻，还是归家的第一时间，都希望看到那种硕大肉体间猛烈的撞击~~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=578+32006-4-9 18:20:35  中国护照应该算是全世界最不好用的护照之一了，这一点在我身上得到一次又一次的验证。拿着这本passport，其实只有去两个国家相对容易，一个是北朝鲜，一个是中国~~于是中国公民去哪里都要办不少手续，都要花不少钱，都要等上不少时间，如果一且顺利的话对方会在护照上贴张彩纸以表安慰，那就是visa。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=577+32006-4-8 22:00:27终于Final Year Project结束了。实在消耗了过多的时间和精力...记得初中数学老师在教无限不循环小数的时候，教育我们说：“不要用有限的生命去做一件不可完成的事情。”现在深有体会。展示一下这个学期的几个FYP msn pic，以表对FYP的怀念~~   FYP像快餐，别人看到的是成品。至于到底怎么做出来的，只有自己知道了   做了FYP当然就别想做其他事了。   并不是到了最后才知道FYP是Mission Impossible~~   世界是美好的，因为FYP结束了。 [Edit on 2007-12-23 6:11:01 By dingjia3] Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=576+32006-3-16 1:52:07 　　高中的时候家里搬了新居。父亲觉得客厅正中的墙上很需要一幅画来做装饰，于是带着我直奔南门小商品市场。父亲看上了一幅，他告诉我说这是凡高的画，其实是印刷品，然后经过一番讨价还价花了十五块买了下来。一直以来我都很赞同父亲这个务实的决定，一个谈不上富裕的家庭实在不必为了一个饰物跑去画廊砸钱，其实我一直觉得，真品，赝品和印刷品在二米之外看起来相似度是90%，起到的美化环境的作用基本相同，真正需要砸钱的是画下面的那个电视机，那才是我们全家天天要看的东西。而父亲对于画的选择更能体现出一个知识分子的艺术修养，同样是买画，乡下人会去买裸女图；大款们会去买名人字画，不管画的是什么，有盖章就好；领导们会去买《江山如此多娇》，感觉可以把家弄得像人民大会堂一样。父亲的选择则是完全基于室内的布置，来过我家的朋友无不觉得这幅画，或者说这个饰物与房子的装修混为一体。于是，在之后的几年中，它就在我家最最显眼的位置上被我看了好几年，我始终不知道那瓶中的是什么花，只是觉得它们很好看。 　　本来那幅画就像家中的其他很不值钱的饰物一样，实在不足以让我有多少感触。但很多事便是这么巧，当我在纽约的大都会博物馆很漫无目的的闲逛到最后时刻时，它出现了～～于是很放肆的拿起照相机开着闪光灯乱拍，一旁的工作人员上前制止，我告诉他我家也有这样一幅画，他很惊愕的说“Oh?That's cool!”。他自然知道世界上只有这么一幅凡高的《瓶中的鸢尾花》，恐怕还会对我家的那幅非常不屑，可是对我来说它们实在没有什么区别，我的第一感觉便是“很熟悉，很亲切，很想家～” ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=575+32006-3-11 22:50:21   就像苏州的糍饭糕和臭豆腐干一样，纽约也有很有特色的街头小吃。   街头小吃往往是从各类食物中脱颖而出的极品。简单归纳一下大约有以下一些特点： ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=574+32006-3-7 1:40:16   不经意间找到了老照片，突然发现是2000年11月的，那个月我们刚来到新加坡。其实要把上面这些人叫来再合一张影，估计就不是这样的穿着。大家最近都在找工作哦~~好运好运~~ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=573+32006-2-10 22:55:22 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=570+32006-1-27 19:03:57背景：1.过年了 2.最近看了好多South Park 3.似乎大家都忙大家的，只能靠blog传递问候了   大头最近有了女朋友，所以祝你们感情好好，白头到老！   蒋斌最近也有了女朋友，所以也祝你们感情好好，白头到老！   杨帅最近也有了女....哦...不对，杨帅还没有呢...那么我祝你赶快找到女朋友，然后感情好好，白头到老！   干联最近很少看到，好不容易看到一次却被女友叫走了。那么就祝你感情好好，自由多多！   小色自从和我吃了大虾以后就不大对了，一会儿说自己是双性恋，一会儿又改成异性恋....祝小色拥有稳定的性趋向。   王睿最近一直苦读GRE,作为过来人，我深知其苦。祝你考试成功，然后请我吃饭！   丁磊不知最近在忙啥。那我就祝南京人民尽快过上小康生活！   啊...好快啊，狗年又来了。记得上次过狗年的时候我正在考虑父母会不会在新春期间让我多看几集动画片.... 总之祝大家一切顺利，事事开心，有空多来我的blog留言哦！ [Edit on 2007-12-23 6:17:16 By dingjia3] Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=569+32006-1-22 19:05:15   其实很少能有幸和小色一起去吃饭，但是每次同去的时候似乎都是大场面。记得有次在国内和小色在贵宾楼吃饭时，饭桌上竟然有大龙虾，之前我没有吃过这样的奢侈品，当时有些拘束，大龙虾肉又没有什么味道，所以印象算不上深刻。   这次和小色去吃蛮上档次的自助餐，再次遇到了大虾。在最最显眼的位置上，一只只很嚣张的摆在一堆冰里面，旁边又有不少大大的贝壳类...于是显得十分野性。可是作为两个很文明，很低调的苏州人，我们还是很惯性的选择去吃其他桌上的寿司，牛肉等，可我仍不禁问小色道：“那个虾就这么吃么？”小色明显也是早早有所注意：“是阿，我也在想这个问题。” ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=568+32006-1-22 17:58:04Ok, the new year is coming, the year of the DOGs, i am ready with wearing the bloody red shorts, how about u guys? hehe... Everyday when i get up, i keep asking myself the same questions... where to eat? what to eat? and who to eat with? I am fed up with this kinda life style, and it comes up with my new year resolutions as follows: ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=566+32006-1-12 23:55:26  中国好大的一个国家，各个地方似乎都有着自己急于解决的问题。在黑龙江，当务之急是找饮用水；在河南，当务之急是控制艾滋病；在山西，当务之急是关掉非法煤矿；在新疆，当务之急是别让‘新疆人’变成小偷的代名词。在苏州，当务之急则是…换掉那些令人作呕的电视台男主播！！   根据本人近阶段的深入了解和不完全统计，在市民最急切改善的十大城市问题中，‘男主播素质低劣，形象过差’已经超过‘交通拥堵’，‘房价过高’和‘偷盗猖獗’等，成为困扰苏州市民最多的严重社会问题。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=564+32006-1-12 19:17:52苏州城外有许多很有味道的江南古镇。有味道指的是很真实很自然，可惜不少古镇已被过分的商业包装弄得面目全非。以前去过周庄，乌镇，西塘等地方，可以觉察到之前这里的确是很有特色很有文化背景的小镇，可当我作为一个游人光临这些地方的时候却发现那些地方只是一座座“空镇”罢了，没有了居民，只有那些兜售当地特色产品的商贩；没有了吴侬软语，只有叽里呱啦的上海话和粗鲁的北方话。失去了真实感便是失去了一切，存在于苏杭这类江南名城的背后，其实这些离城市很远的小镇本该默默地让他们保留自己的那份原始，可惜小镇的领导们是要做“大事”的。 回国的时候和父母去了苏州附近的东山镇，不算有名但却和其他古镇一样有不少值得一去的地方。可惜我们去那里并不是为了探求东山镇的丰富文化底蕴，只是为了采购些羊肉和桔子，自然没有去那些要收门票的景点。这是很容易理解的，作为一个苏州人，我已经十多年没有去过苏州园林了，面对几十元甚至几百元一张的门票，我们宁愿吃羊肉和桔子… ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=562+32005-12-1 7:31:08等待着一个繁忙学期的结束...过去将近半年都没有怎么写blog，其实未必是忙到没有时间，只是习惯性的认为写Blog是闲暇之余的事，搁着重要的事不做来写blog似乎会有重要的罪恶感。最近还是很忙，于是现在还是很有罪恶感。 我时常努力避免把自己的blog变成一个日常琐事的堆积，于是我倾向于写一些《+3和他的###》之类的回忆性文字，其实这样的东西是市场上所欢迎的，就像那本《李敖和他的女人们》卖得很好那样。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=559+32005-10-14 23:39:55坐过好多次飞机，没有刻意的去体验不同的航空公司，但确实也算见识了各公司迥然不同的风格和服务质量。在此做一简单排名。 No.1 新加坡航空公司 搭乘航班：新加坡---上海，上海---新加坡，新加坡---台北； ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=558+32005-10-13 19:18:11恰逢苏州中学千年校庆，特此展示苏中历史上的一面校旗，以示对母校之怀念... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=555+32005-10-7 3:07:55A exhibition of +3's MSN pictures... No.1 the emblem---the very first MSN display picture for +3 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=539+32005-9-12 0:46:59   ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=534+32005-7-2 0:28:30Google的Maps真的是超强，可以通过卫星直接看到地面上的所有建筑，难怪在网上会引起其所带来的安全性问题的讨论。 我用其搜索了一下华盛顿大学的卫星图片，所有熟悉的场景全都显示出来喽！ ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=533+32005-6-30 21:55:05    接着上回的说。。。    Alice，李雅令，台湾国立政治大学企业管理系。台湾还有一个姓李的老伯伯蛮有名的，Alice和她那位同姓一样是深绿。其实台/独分子分很多种的，像Avril那种算是还有改造可能，把错误思想扭转过来还是好同志；但是像Alice这样的~~就只能运用那句满经典的“决不放弃使用武力”了。开开玩笑，言归正传，Alice和我算是苦命相联，我们都只是在UW呆一个Quarter，又是住在同一个Hall，所以经常会一起去吃晚饭这样。Alice说话很爽快，或者说快人快语，或者说说话攻击力强，或者说是喜欢吵架。因此经常有Alice对决Marty的好戏上演。Alice人也超级好，上次还隐瞒我的身份让我去参加深绿学生组织的活动，但是感觉这类活动就像共青团组织的革命老区旅行一样，名义上是有政治色彩的，事实上大家只顾玩了。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=532+32005-6-30 19:05:29    美国之旅似乎从一开始就和台湾蛮有缘。首先是选择了坐华航的班机去西雅图。其实之前好多次听到华航的飞机坠毁的消息，相信这是其机票价格低廉的主要原因，所幸的是我并没有因为赚了这个小便宜而丢了性命，不过等我以后有钱了还是会选择其他航空公司的。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=528+32005-6-28 21:40:19   i got very very very hard hair... and my hair proved itself recently. when i was taking a bath after hair-cutting some days ago, one small piece of hair punched into my hand... btw, my hair is just a bit softer than needles.. and i could not take it out until today...   i should be more careful with my needlised hair...em... that's my story of my hard hair in hand... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=527+32005-6-28 21:28:44   lalala... i am ready to go back home... by clicking the buttons on the screen, airtickets can be easily bought. I checked the ticket prices of the flights to shanghai in those popular chinatown based travel agents, they claimed that their price is the best offer in singapore... they said there is no seat for the Royal Brunei flight this Sat... i would never attach credence to those liars. I may strongly recommand ntogo.com to u guys, suppose u are in singapore, cheap prices and free delivery...   BTW, i will arrive Shanghai by 2nd July, 11pm... before that i will stay at Brunei for 3 hours... nice nice ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=523+32005-5-11 8:31:47Album section of my website has been updated, welcome to take a look:) Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=522+32005-4-21 9:57:44 EE3001 done! I spent too much time on it... dun want to complain any more...this is an opening flash for our final presentation, it is like a problem-recognize vedio, hope u like it! ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=521+32005-4-15 20:06:36 I submited the Final Year Project (FYP) form today, which means i have comfirmed my FYP topic. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=520+32005-4-14 17:16:19秦网 Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=519+32005-4-14 17:05:49   What the hell is it? My schematic of the circuit design for Op Amp project... actually i am willing to make my blog more interesting and i think i have done that, most of the diaries here have been attached with nice pictures... However, currently my life is study, study and study, i have nothing to show u guys but a lot of project reports. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=518+32005-4-14 6:29:53Finally we have finished this boring report with 150 pages long. By writing this report, i have convinced myself that people can be still alive after 50 hours long continuous working without sleep. Thanks Yang Shuai Yiyun for the compilation, it's really a tough work to compile 8 people's write ups into one single report. If you are interested at our report, u may download it here and take a look. I participated in writing the technical part and almost all the lovely figures in this report were done by me, hope u like them, but basically it's a boring report.  ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=517+32005-3-31 19:41:44   BlueSilencer... i am wondering why there is no 'official publicity position' in this project team, coz actually i am doing all these time-consuming and talent-challenging publicity work, though my 'official' job is Technical Person... anyway i am enjoying doing it!   I designed the outlook of our product..see the pic on the left...it's my first time to use 3D Studio Max to design graphics, this software really sucks, too complicated to manage. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=516+32005-3-30 22:53:41 今日发现一个bbs“清籁吴语论坛”转载了本blog的《+3说吴语》，但是名字却被改成《一海外苏州人的日记》... 点击此处！ 欢迎看到更多人对吴语的关注... [Edit on 2005-3-31 0:12:34 By dingjia3] Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=515+32005-3-23 2:26:21   Let me proudly present our brilliant product Blue Silencer to you. Basically it's a high tech device which is supposed to turn your handphone within a certain range into silent mode. I spent one night to design the logo for our product and anther night to design this short flash... so tired... hopefully this one will impress those stupid examiners in the coming presentation. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=514+32005-3-21 8:36:14Eddy Wu Yuansheng always can dig up some funny stuff from the internet... This time is the St Andrew's face morpher ... By clicking the link and having a try, u may see your future appearance and.... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=513+32005-3-19 12:49:36接着上回的说....   美国是各种文化的汇集之地，当然包括饮食文化。印象里在美国期间吃了无数各国的料理，不同的风味；再加上有来自不同国家的朋友的热情推荐，往往能吃到很有代表性的当地食物。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=512+32005-3-19 12:24:33  在中国，极其无聊的时刻，会翻阅一下党政报刊，发现一篇“改革开放以来城乡人民生活水平显著提高”的文章。我屏住呼吸开始浏览，发现从第一句到倒数第二句都是浮夸，颠倒黑白，不符事实的虚伪报道。惟独对最后一句有些认同：“城乡人民的饮食得到显著改善”。似乎真的是这样，我在人生中第一次感到改革开放的成功和党的伟大。   记得小时候家里的餐桌上似乎荤菜很少，通常父母也是留给我吃，因此正当那些有志青年正在为中华崛起而踌躇满志之时，我则是暗下决心，一定要用功读书，以后有钱买好吃的。而现在，我的人生奋斗目标似乎已经不存在了，中国的食品很便宜，即便是很好吃的也不会很贵。有时候和朋友们聊起以后回国发展的好处，我用了一秒钟得到了第一个答案：‘可以吃好吃的’，然后会用一分钟搜索第二个答案… ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=511+32005-3-12 23:32:45   Em... can u smell it? I dunno cooking... but i can do something eatable for myself...   rice, pork and egg... the rice is done by the electric cooker, the egg is cooked by the thermos bottle, and the pork is sent by my parents... oops... i just combined them into my big bowl! ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=510+32005-3-12 21:56:49  “地下铁”是台湾人对地铁的称呼，之前很不喜欢，甚至很怀疑台湾人的华语水平... 后来发现在上海，新加坡，香港，温哥华等城市，都有部分地铁线路是在地上的，可能“下”字是为了明确地铁的运行位置...也罢，反正纽约的地铁是“地下铁”，至少在曼哈顿地区是这样。  没有查考过纽约的地铁有多少年的历史，感觉是相当陈旧，但是比想象中好很多。之所以说“比想象中好”，是因为小时候看过陈丹燕的文章说纽约地铁里的老鼠是出了名的大。我天生很怕老鼠，因此在幼小的心灵中便记得那么一个肮脏的纽约地铁，另外附带得也记住了陈丹燕，一个不怎么出名的女性文学作家。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=509+32005-3-6 23:37:17序：以前写的，希望能够被人看一下。 我的第一语言是吴语 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=508+32005-2-28 22:12:04   It is always an exciting moment when you receive a parcel from your parents... no matter of the size, u may always feel fully satisfied.    The parcel i received today is realli huge, has got everything, sweets, meat, pants, snacks, photos and even underwears... i think i dun need to go shopping any more in the following weeks.  Save money, save time, and enjoy every yummy snack anytime!  ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=507+32005-2-23 8:38:34+3：（讨好地说）来来来，舅舅就要离开美国了，和我拍张照吧。。。 Kevin：（爱理不理地说）妈妈。。。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=506+32005-2-21 1:28:37   These days even the singaporeans are complaining about the damn hot weather... Actually I never covered up my dislike of this tiny Singapore, one of the essential reasons is the endless hot days. It has never rained since my return from US and, according to Straittimes, Singapore has been scorching ever since, with amost daily highs of 34 deg C.    People in hot weather tend to be more stupid and lazier, that's why here, in this tiny and hopeless country, singaporeans are so ### and i am so lazy. I am trying to throw off this feeling of inertia, but it's... not easy. I am still enjoying that vacation mood all the way from last sem, with a lot of midterms and projects ahead. Hope i can start to do sth.... usually it's impossible to make stupid ppl smart, but ppl definitely can recover form laziness. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=505+32005-2-21 0:58:07   I brought my laptop back form the TOSHIBA service center last week with a bit disappointment. There was nothing surprising, they just simply held their ground that it's a software problem and what they can do is to recover everything with simplified chinese XP home edition... by which i may not be able to join the NUS domain and set up IIS for ASP coding... damn it!!   My laptop may encounter some serious 'bluescreen crash' under Windows XP pro, i tried to figure out this problem in US, and now in singapore... but maybe it's time to give up. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=504+32005-2-11 0:50:15   Long time no blogging, and my laptop is in TOSHIBA customer service center... anyway I hate making excuse for being lazy.   Everybody loves Lunar New Year, but in Singapore, sometimes you may feel weird to enjoy this 'Spring' festival by wearing t-shirt, it should be super cold in Soochow right now. All the shops and canteens in Singapore will be closed during this holliday, as a consequence, basically we have to store packs of instant noodles to survive. This year, moreover, i bought one case of Madarin Oranges, not bad. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=503+32005-1-19 19:08:52   记得小时候大人们很热闹得看一本电视剧‘北京人在纽约’，当时正是留洋高潮，这类题材的连续剧很受欢迎。当时父母并不认为这是我应该看的戏，于是错过了在童年一睹纽约风貌的机会。但是记得在主题曲后会听到这么一句画外音：“如果你爱她，就带她去纽约，因为那里是天堂；如果你恨她，就带她去纽约，因为那里是地狱。”印象很深，当时正在学排比句。  在纽约第一次想到中国是在大都会艺术博物馆，一张很大的横幅上写着‘China’。这是不奇怪的事情，东方文明自然是有在此一览的必要，参观者也是很仔细的在看，虽然很担心他们是否会被南北朝时期复杂的朝代名字搞糊涂。相信在中国，这样的展览是没什么人愿意来的，现在国内流行看车展，那种有美女的车展。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=502+32005-1-18 17:11:57  Have been back to Singapore for one week already. Finally set up a new mobile phone plan, and bought one new Cell Phone as well.  I traded in my previous Nokia 8210 with 50 dollars, and the new phone got colorful graphics, integrated camera... a lot of high-tech stuff. However, i still miss my 8210 with simple function and user friendly UI. Sometimes people prefer simple life, though they have no choice to struggle for so-called 'colorful future'... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=501+32005-1-12 23:34:18   The Christmas Eve is the last day of our trip.   There is an Aztec Empire Exhibition in Solomon Guggenheim Museum. Compared to the MET and MOMA, Guggenheim is a bit boring. Actually I always have problems to understand western modern arts. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=500+32005-1-12 22:13:58   We almost visited everywhere in NY except the north part. This day is for Northern NY.   The size of Columbia University is even smaller than my high school in china, but it is understandable by considering the land-value in New York. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=499+32005-1-12 22:03:05     The financial District is located in the south of Manhattan. The World Trade Center was no longer there, what u can see is just a huge rusty cross standing in the site of WTC.   ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=498+32005-1-12 21:41:15   Eventually Ryan and I were fed up with shopping with gals all the time, the group finally was separated and we decided to go to some museums instead of going shopping.   United Nations Headquarter. Usually people tend to get excited when they see something which has been shown in TV news. UN Security Council, General Chamber, the UN building surrounded with national flags, u can see everything by joining a UN tour trip which cost 7 bucks. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=497+32005-1-12 21:06:52   It is a cold day and we moved to our third hostel in New York, Manhattan Inn. I prefer winter than summer, maybe that's because I stayed too long in hot hot Singapore. Your body might be uncomfortable with the feeling of freezing, but it is better to be clear-headed. I was always drowsy in hot and humid Singapore.   In some sense, Time Square is a museum for different kinds of advertisements, but as far as gal's concern, that's simply another shopping place. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=496+32005-1-12 20:40:15    None of us is New Yorker, and basically we knew nothing about NY before the trip, so our trip schedule was based on one simple New York City Guide. This kind of books usually help travelers a lot, however, it cannot be always accurate. According to that book, NY flea market is a world famous, big and exciting used stuff trade center, but this statement certainly aggrandized its status. Frankly speaking, that flea market is just a place with a few booths getting together and, and with 1 buck entrance fee. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=495+32005-1-11 23:53:39    The first place we visited is Central Park, accurately speaking, just one tiny corner of central park. Actually I dunno how big it is, even though I have been there more than 4 times during the whole week in NY. For more information: http://www.centralparknyc.org/virtualpark.   ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=494+32005-1-11 23:02:44   Everything was in a rush. My flight to New York is at 9am, 17th Dec. I finished my last final at 6pm 16th Dec after a four-hour quick review of my financial accounting which has been completely ignored for the whole quarter. Instead of going back to enjoy the post-examination joy, I went to the lab to rush my final EE472 project. Once everything has been done, it was 1am, 17th Dec. I went back to my dorm, packed everything into my luggage, called my parents, said goodbye to my friends, took the last piece of bread in the refrigerator, everything was going just fine, but I made a wrong decision, taking a nap. I was waked up by the call from my trip mates, and I realized I was late… I am supposed to meet my friends at 7:40am, but I was still in the bed… The trip to New York started in my haste.   Luckily I caught up the flight in time. I was excited, and so sleepy. That's why I went on to sleep in the plane and once I opened my eyes, I was in New York City! ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=493+32004-12-17 16:52:59  finally it is 16th Dec, the last day of this quarter.   And I am gonna leave for New York with my friends to celebrate the Christmas, see you guys one week later ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=492+32004-12-16 9:56:42  I just realised that the previous top image is so ugly... i am not saying this one is really good, but so far i think it is much better than the old one:)   I screwed up today's exam... and got one more tmr... sigh ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=491+32004-12-15 11:10:22   The final week is for the finals. i got 4 exams on 4 days, one final everyday. i dun feel so stressful as i did in NUS. Basically 3 reasons: 1, i am an exchange student here, and i am here for fun. 2, the most importantly, my results here will not affect my final CAP. 3, the American students dun care about finals, why shall i?   The exams rules here is not so strict as that in singapore neither, the professor can change whatever he want and we take the exams in the regular room without any supervision. most of student turned in the paper once they have finished, they just simply dun care about it. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=490+32004-12-13 18:44:31Hi, for those nice ppl who are interested at making a link with my website or blog, please use this logo ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=485+32004-12-11 6:17:05    用了一个不伦不类的题目，因为如果用“+3的宿舍”实在难以体现复数的意思，看来英语也有优于华语的地方。     在整理照片时，突然发现自己在不同时期住过的宿舍，似乎很有拿出来罗列一下的必要。记得以前参观伟人们的故居时，只是一些装模作样的陈设，连张照片都没有，我还是要早做准备。 ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=484+32004-12-10 17:41:52   The quarter is approaching its ending... and sadly people start to leave, include me..:) But for me, at least i still got a exciting winter break trip to go. However, we have to say goodbye to Paries, the first one leave for his home...   Paries is from Taiwan, we knew each other in the trip to Bainbridge Island... he is a such nice guy that he gave me a lot of usefull information about the trip to NY, he is really funny and there is a big smile on his face for ever . So.... Goodbye and take care! Paries! ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=483+32004-12-9 17:21:14出家人问和尚：“今日念经否？” 和尚答道：“念了。” ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=482+32004-12-9 17:12:38   Basically i am a slacker in US... sleeping, sleeping and sleeping. Thanksgiving is designed for such kind of person as me. I slept until 1pm on the turkey day, and finally realised that i would be late for the thanksgiving party... that became ture, when i got my host family's place, some guests have finished their delicious turkey already. definitely the pic on the left was taken by someone else.  ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=481+32004-11-30 19:35:10   I am not an alcoholist, actually I even dun like drink grape wine... but it is always a good idea to taste something new and join a winery trip with those europeans who are really crazy about drinking.   We visited 3 wineries and breweries in Woodinville, namely they are Chateau St. Michelle, Columbia Winery and Redhook Brewery. The first 2 produce grape wine, the last one is famous for BEER.... yeah, that's what i am looking for. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=480+32004-11-24 16:12:22   $55 for a single entrance canadian visa, $85 for the transportantion fee... i am still wondering whether it was worth visiting vancouver by spending so much money.   Vancouver actually is pretty near to Seattle, 3 hours drive only. Basically the city of vancouver is bigger, more crowded and messier than that of seattle... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=479+32004-11-24 13:13:58   Bainbridge Island, which is around the city of Seattle, is a famous spot for holiday outing. It took around 40 minutes from seattle to the island by Washington State Ferries.   The trip was host by a Taiwanese Student Organization, which is kinda pro-Taiwan Independence... whats why i had to pretend to be a overseas chinese without any political viewpoints. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=478+32004-11-21 19:12:02   Basically Pumpkins are prepared for Halloween, and we started...   Our first curved pumpkin, usually the first one is not the perfect one... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=476+32004-11-17 12:53:05  出家人问和尚：“你为何会做和尚？” ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=475+32004-11-15 19:20:12   Continued with the precvious diary....    The San Diego Zoo, frankly speaking, it is not as nice as I expected. It is world famous because of the giant pandas in the zoo… but as a Chinese, that's not really a big deal… anyway u can go there if you got time… better pick up a cloudy day, animals hate hot weather and they won't show up in sunny days, maybe that's why I felt the zoo was so boring…. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=474+32004-11-15 19:13:39    San Diego, a great city with plenty sunny days and wonderful beaches everywhere, is totally different from the rainy and quiet Seattle. I went there via Oakland by southwest airline and, spent around 300 bucks for the airfare, but fortunately that’s the total cost for my San Diego trip. My cousin was there and a free sunshine trip was waiting for me.    It is kind of too hot in San Diego, like suzhou in summer, the weather made people a bit upset. But frankly speaking, nothing can stop people getting out and enjoying the beach life. I visited the following places in San Diego,   ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=471+32004-11-15 17:02:31     Ok, let me continue my stories in US. I joined the homestay program in UW, basically this program is designed for international students and it will provide the students with a nice place to stay for a few days. Hosts are volunteers from the local community. Jill and Dick, my host family, they are really very nice people. Jill is a software engineer and her husband Dick, is a chef. They successfully helped me to get over the jet lag, and get my thoughts together. There are another two important family members, Kelly and Frankie, two cute but huge dogs… Life is relaxing in their house; I just watched Olympic games everyday and enjoyed the free food with them, which made me cherish the illusion that American food was nice, though finally I know that’s not really true.  ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=470+32004-11-15 9:45:04   NBA… Seattle Supersonics versus Toronto Raptors in Seattle Center… I was there yesterday. It was really cool and ticket is surprisingly cheap, 10 bucks. Compared to the ticket price for baseball and football in Seattle, it is really not a big deal. Our seats were not located at the perfect position, but anyway, we were there for experiencing it, instead of just watching a basketball game. The organizers are pretty good at cheering fans up… the music, the games, the shouting kept people exciting for almost 2 hours. Finally Sonics won the game by the final shooting. The only thing disappointed me is that I have been informed the Rockets won’t come to Seattle until March…I will be in Singapore at that time. [Edit on 2004-11-21 16:16:27 By dingjia3] Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=469+32004-11-3 7:39:43   Today is for voting. Americans enjoy it, they believe that they can make some kinda change to their country by voting... and politics is always a hot topic in US.   CNN said Gallup polls over the weekend indicated the race was evenly split between the two candidates. But it seems that Washington residents prefer Kerry... the Kerry supports are busy themselves with distributing flyers... shouting around the campus with "Kerry...Kerry". On my way back to dorm, i got a nice Banner, and accidently i became a 'Kerry Supporter'... unfortunately i can do nothing for him ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=468+32004-11-2 13:54:15  Suzhou->Shanghai->Singapore->Taipei->Seattle.. finally i arrived at Seattle by a long route on 26th Aug, 2004.    i was not put in a happy mood by this exciting trip, actually things did not go well. I just had a surgery, no big problem, but it hurts... I spotted that my new laptop got problems in the night before the day of my leaving, i started to think about how to figure it out in US... The flight from Singapore to Taipei had been canceled because of the typhoon. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=467+32004-10-26 16:10:24   My dad and me joined a packet trip to Yun Nan, a Southwest province in China. The inhabitants include many races besides Chinese, such as Shans, Lolos and Maotsze. It's a nice place, i like the climate there.  It's not a perfect trip cos there was no ppl in my age in the group... and sometimes it's really difficult to communicate with old ppl... the travel agency made a lot of money by selling jade, tea and Tibetian remedies... anyway, it's a trip with my dad... i really enjoyed it. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=466+32004-10-26 15:24:17 Oh... yeah, Finally i am back... i am so sorry about my disappearance for almost 3 months...  a lot of exciting stories happened during these 3 months, and troubles as well... i just fixed my new laptop and i think it's time to revive my blog. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=465+32004-8-2 13:22:30  Finally i am in suzhou, after a couple of busy days.... my high school and me had a nice gathering yesterday, another exciting day. moreover, i will go to yun nan with my dad from 3 aug to 8 aug... so my blog will be hold for a while.... i will try to take some nice pictures there, and share with u guys once i come back   [Edit on 2004-8-2 13:26:29 By dingjia3] ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=464+32004-7-26 16:40:43    1982年... 苏州... 长江下游一小城, 依偎在上海边上... 无所事事.     我见到过蛮多'无所事事'者, 多呈动作驽顿, 表情恍惚, 不时盘顾四周状, 象是在苦苦等待. 这和1982年的苏州... 象极了. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=463+32004-7-25 0:14:06   k... 78.5kg... lost 1.5kg during this 14 weeks long holiday... weird thing huh? ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=462+32004-7-22 17:20:18    I got one more week to 'enjoy' my internship... and i was ready to go back home long long ago . But right in the end of my internship i am getting super busy.... Eusoff Orientation webpage (the image above), ECE club flyer design, and my final project in Adaptec... hopefulli i will be able to settle down everything before my departure. Life's like that huh..? kinda lazy to type rite now... ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=461+32004-7-21 2:21:27 What a busy day... just finished the Eusoff Orientation website template, hopefulli can get up on time tmr morning. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=460+32004-7-20 0:20:00 Can you spot any special characteristics of this note? hoho... the logo is transparent!  Moreover, its a plastic notes... Bruneian Dollar. I got it when i bought drinks with a $50 note this afternoon, I think I should keep it for a while untill it's no more rare. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=459+32004-7-18 15:54:03 The one and only event of this weekend.. room removing. From C106 to B102... the new academic year and my third year in Eusoff hall is coming. I have been in C106 for one and half year, a nice place with a big square of lawn outside, but i was frequently disturbed by intruders like huge dog, mini cat, flying beetles etc. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>http://www.dingjia3.com/diary/showlog.asp?log_id=458+32004-7-18 15:10:03Em.... this is my Blog! A huge hello to all of you guys out there. One of my new year resolutions is to creat a vivid and interactive personal webpage with a public writing place. I am willing to be close to this lovely blog page and let bits of my personal information creep in. This blog is base on ASP. The original code, which is in Chinese, was programmed by Dlog and Poorfish. Big thanks to you guys!  What i did is to edit some part of the code and make it work well in english. ................ Click here for details!! 点击详情]]>