extra

Flying back to Minneapolis is not a must, so it is an extra; life is an extra; God is a must.

Revert back in time to my last blog entry, I went off at Atlanta airport, waiting for the connection flight. Then I met my boss at the gate. Both in shorts, we talked something that's not so business,

(to be continued, oh God I am not patient enough for blogging. But I will update this entry from time to time. I have a lot to write about for my 3 days in Minneapolis, my memories, my conversions.. those kind of extra things not so necessary but matters to me)

haven't updated it for a while. I was tired, then I kept reading the Bible, then my energy has been filled up again.

In short, going back to Minnesota make me have this feeling like never before: GOD, you are there, you are here, you are everywhere.

I almost drove through everywhere I have been to in the whole city. Memories.. like motion pictures, flushed over and over in my brain, like I have never left before, like I have left forever. Time, i hate you, you make me so sad, you make me feel like a shit; and then i love you again, you make my memories sound so sweeeeeet.

I played soccer with my buddies. Lots of hugs, smiles, i love y'all. I had a dinner with Yuejian, in a chinese resturant. We talked until 11PM when the servers literally beg us to leave. When driving back to MSP from St. Paul, oh my God the twin cities are so beautiful I felt. Thanks God, you gave me again the ability to appreciate, which is quite different from what i have been.

(to be continued)

a new record

right now I am sitting on the floor in the Jackson airport, flying to Minneapolis. I just played a DotA game online, in the airport. Yay!! It's more awesome than I playing DotA on my toilet, really. My next challenge would be playing DotA on a toilet in an airport.

you can't beat free

So I have moved to a large apartment in Flowood, MS. It's further from my work place, but everything is ten times better. Hey I got free internet again, and at the moment when I discovered the free internet, my conscious told me tian you should not keep doing this crap, but then then my conscious was beaten so hard by my cheapness.. So here I am, typing again on my blog using again the free wifi in my bedroom. And I have made up my mind so that every criticize on my behavior will be countered by a warm "i love you".

I will be back to U of M from June 11th to 14th. I have a lot of swee~~~t memories in Minneapolis, 3 days is definitely not enough. I chose my hotel in Roseville, the place I spent 5 years. What I will do? I will persuade Yuejian to treat me, my soccer buddies to treat me, and of course go to the Rock and enjoy the free drink and cookies.

You can't beat free, don't even try.

a come back in casino

so this long weekend we went to a casino resort in a small town 70 miles away. The last night, before we head back, I sticked my last five dollar bill into a slot machine, ding ding ding, w00t w00t, it becomes 203 dollars!! Then I felt my luck was turned and went back to the blackjack table and won back my 400 dollars. I go to casino only once per year.

When I walked out of the main gate, a blonde girl, sleeping by the water fountain, asked me if I saw a curly haired guy. I said no, are you waiting for him? Yes, I AM waiting for him, apparently a little angry. There were a lot of mosquitos by the fountain. If I was alone I would have offer a room for her. Even though I would be rejected but that would still be a nice try.

On the way back, I silently repented: When I was in school, I was a better person. I need to come back in my personality.

a little prayer

At Christmas 2002, I was in New York City, visiting my dad's friends. A little more than one year after 911, I arrived at the place, with my heart bleeding. The scene just makes you want to cry. There was a lot of flowers, and a huge flag reads in God we remember this day. I was in awe and prayed, even though I was not a christian.

For the earthquake in China, I only donated 100 dollars, yes maybe I should donate more with the income I make. But I don't want to feel like it overdone. I contributed and showed my love and sympathy, that's it. I don't want to make it sounds like a disaster for China, or for a specific group of people. But if you gonna pray for the asia part of Earth, today is the time.

LORD, please show mercy to us. Amen.

scored 4.75

My employer gave me 4.75 out of 5 for the performance of the past half year! *^_^*

As you may know, China is going through a terrible time, tens of thousands people died during the earthquake at 5/12. When I saw the photos online, my heart was soaked in tears.. I am gonna donate a little money to them.

moving

I am moving to a MUCH nicer apartment in one month.
"My apartment is killing me, literally. after my roof fell i mean."

Can't wait to go back to MN to see my advisor and my old friends.
"I am coming back to the hear~~~t of wor~~ship"

sticker on my monitor

There is one sticker on the bottom of my monitor, saying

"(at least) RESPOND!"

as a remedy for me not being a good people person. Sometimes I got an email and didn't respond because I thought I didn't think of a good way to respond yet. Then people began to think I was ignorant and rude. It should have been better to drop an email to say please give me extra time to think, just to acknowledge it. Believe nor not, I learned this through playing DOTA the computer game, when some other player told me this. Who said computer game can not change people's life?

Now I have another one added to my sticker:

"Think from other people's perspective and needs, not mine. Ignore my own redundant thoughts."

This one came from last Friday I brought a guest to lunch. I definitely should, but I thought a while before I did. Hell!

2 old precious videos

In a retreat to Will's cabin in 2006. Today I found them in my computer.

Nicole's baptism


Guys diving in an ice hole

I like the way they lined up and posed for photographs like a world champion team before dive. Priceless.

my work

my current work is about evaluating flood force on buildings, and we are building our software now. Lawyers, government and insurance companies would be interested in this information. Someday I will start my own business and become a multi-millionaire.

ps. I said I would learn google KML language and add flood to google earth. I did. I can create a movie on top of google earth if I want.

This is no longer image overlay. 100k polygons are drawn on the fly.