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The old man let me squat next to him while continued drawing on the ground. As usual he did not speak any word. After several minutes, a glimpse of a shape appeared from the emptiness. It was a temple. A beautiful pagoda.
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While I have been living in the U.S. for nearly five years, for some reasons, I was never around on July 4th, I was either in Asia or Europe. This year, I had gotten to taste the American experience in celebrating the Fourth of July weekend in a beautiful town of Burlington, VT. Good time with family and friends, barbecue dinner, summer picnic, and, of course, the splashiest and most thrilling part of the celebration: fireworks.
Every evening of the Fourth of July (and nights before), Americans gather at downtown or waterfront …
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A month ago, I found two sketches from eight years ago. They were finished but uncolored. I took a little time of my evening brushing them with some watercolor. The above sketch is from the Court Street of downtown Athens, Ohio. And the one below is of the Baker Center of Ohio University at Athens.
It gave me a sentimental feeling to look at these sketches.
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Updating is not a difficult job, but oh well it’s not easy to not have a reason to not do it (triple negatives statement!!!). Having my better half left me for his job at the reservation this evening was a good reason to do this. Updating my super old website was an entertainment to amuse myself. Besides, I hadn’t updated it for 4.5 years…. oh actually 3.5 years, it’d been so dusty and needed an urgent cleaning work.
So, here it is, after less than one hour updating job: my …
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Being a professor in a research university is different than in teaching universities or colleges. Research is a big or dominant part of our duties. Formally, my current load is 60% for research, 20% teaching and 20% service. In reality, teaching actually takes most of my time and energy.
I love doing research. I enjoy staring for hours looking at random facts and having a never-ending daydream trying to make sense of them. I love collecting stories of people and spend thousand hours trying to untangle knots and to connect …