Things about the island of Taiwan. I was born there. So I have things to say about it. Also things about Cross-Strait politics.
2006.02.0711:15:39 ESTI blame it on the 1986 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry from TaiwanWhat if, on the SAT, you see the following question? 1. LOL :: :-D == a) OMG :: :-O b) ROFLMAO :: :-( c) WTF :: :-P d) TTYL :: :-) e) J/K :: :-X Ridiculous? Sacrilege? Perhaps you'd be thinking about
2006.02.0122:06:23 ESTEmil周華健, a.k.a. Emil Chow, is one of my favorite Mandarin singer. The release of his CD Emil and Friends coincided with the end of 8th grade for me, immediately prior to my leaving Ta
2005.12.0417:57:59 ESTNews from Far East: Taiwanese election, Chinese dog in spaceTaiwanese Election w00t! The KMT (國民黨) and its "Blue Coalition" Won Big (link in Chinese) in the local election on December 3rd. Of the 23 administrative seats up for grabs in cou
2005.11.0522:10:34 ESTA big political mess in TaiwanA summary of what happened thus far, courtesy of Mom: The Taiwanese government has been involved in construction projects. One of which is the High Speed Rail system (高速鐵路
2005.10.0121:38:25 EDTLongwang vs Katrina; the Danger of living in the USAI think, in general, the whole Katrina business is due to the American people being awfully unprepared for hurricanes, even as they live in an area where hurricanes should be the norm. With that said,
2005.09.2223:44:39 EDTI grew up there這是我的故鄉，我成長的記憶。這，是Google鳥瞰世界的影像&#
Anime/Manga (3) News, reviews, recent purchase, thoughts, and pretty much everything about Anime and Manga.
Books (7) Book reviews primarily. Sometimes recommendations of new publications or mentioning of books I really want.
Chinese (33) Posts written in Chinese, posts about the Chinese language or culture, or posts concerning my experience being of Chinese descent. (以中文寫作, 或是內容有關於中國語言及文化, 和我個人的華人經驗的文章.)
Creations (12) My creations, could be musical, literary, graphical, or in other formats, but generally fall under the category of Art.
German (1) Posts written in German. It will be empty for a while, until I become passable writing in German.
French (1) Posts written in French. (Les entreés écrivées en français.)
Religion (1) My thoughts about religion in general, specific news about the various religions.
Japanese (1) Posts written in Japanese. It will be sparse until my Japanese becomes better.
Linky! (55) Boing-boing-like entries which links to fun stuff I found on the web (many of them through boing-boing).
Linux (22) Things related to the Linux operating systems. Particularly prominent on things about Gentoo, my preferred flavor.
Mathematics (59) Posts about mathematics. Upcoming conferences, conference descriptions, papers I am reading, papers I am writing, pre-prints, all sorts of goodies. Also some of my thoughts about mathematical education and such.
Movies (1) Movies I saw recently. Reviews. Movies I plan to see in the future. Expectations.
Music (10) Posts about the music I listen to or the music I play. Things about the music industry usually don't go here (they end up, almost always, in the outrageous! category.
Politics (7) Things that, unfortunately, I have to deal with as an American in a democratic republic, but about which I really wish I could just stop caring.