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Last Saturday we went hiking in Santiago Oaks Regional Park. Last time we tried to hike there but failed to enter. It was during the Pandemic, we were blocked in a very long line of cars in front of the gate. It was said that the Park had rules to limit the number of people in the park. Therefore it seemed hopeless to wait. We returned without a...

Ryan’s class went on a Trip to Sacramento last week. It was a blast. CA Capital Railway Gold Mine Pan for gold With mom’s help Ryan’s first try Ryan’s second try Happy kids Funny kids

Lucy, our German shepherd was born on October 31, 2020, one of 6 puppies from Nana vom Hauswalder Bach and Whillo vom Klostermoor. Whillo the Dad stayed in Germany while Nana the Mom was imported into US and gave birth to a litter in southern California. Almost one year into the pandemic, I was so desperately looking for a dog to keep myself phy...

When I crawled through tubes, wires and circuits, mini lightnings went through my body. I was fine but you were mad. Since then you called me bug. So be it. I never steal or lie. My morals are impeccable. I only flip zeros and ones, like knocking out bowling pins. How can I resist the fun? I make my nest meticulously, as any good bug would do....

10 days on two islands: Maui and Big Island. General Tips: Make sure you bring sunscreen, sunburn jelly and insect repellent spray. And USE them! Book car rental, hotel and tours as early as you can. Road trips are hard, try more relaxing options next time. Maui Beach park We rented a condo in Kihei by the beach. The first thing that...

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance1 is about a cross-America road trip on motorcycle and philosophy about value. It’s the first philosophy book in English I have ever read. I didn’t get it. A few highlights where I took notes. Seed crystal A supersaturated solution is one in which the saturation point, at which no more material will ...

City of Thieves1. 1941, Leningrad. Facing death sentence, a 17 year old thief Lev and a Red Army deserter Kolya were given an impossible mission to redeem themselves. That was the story. Before watching the author explains how he wrote the book2, I believed his words in the preface that the story was roughly based his grandpa’s personal recount...

Everything around you that you call life, was made up by people that were no smarter than you. Steve Jobs brought this thunder to me when I first stumbled upon the video1 on YouTube. It was shocking and yet liberating at the same time when I first heard this line around 2010. A few weeks ago, I read Sapiens, an interesting book. The author t...