星期六, 10月 13, 2007

what I learned from U.S. trip. Lesson 01

I had been long time that I didn't upload my blog.
Actually it means the life I spent at SJ is way much better that I used to be.
I feel so good when I stay here but I think there's a reason why I felt like this.
It is I lived at SF before so I got life to compare with.
This is not complain about life in SF, only feel so grateful to my lord.
Specially I had friends like Karen and Calvin who treat me like part of their family.
During that time they helped me a lots to pass through painful moment.
Truly thank you. My dear friends.
I tried to record my thought here. Because I found myself keep saying that what I learned from this trip is?....
So I thought maybe I really learned something here.  
I used to be afraid that to look back of my experience at here.
I am afraid that I learned nothing about design or how to do good design.
I start realizing that it is not only one way to persuade what I want or what I thought.
It was too limited that the way I think about design.
So there you go, you can see that I try to record here, my blog.
Somehow you really want to do it, it goes away. You need to catch them as the time you think about it.

There is a good movie which is called "short bus".In mandarin if I translated it directly it will become sex bus.
So when I first time saw this movie that I thought it was an adult movie which I was wrong.
It was a movie that you can see a lots of naked people and make love in it.
It's true. But like film review said after watching it, all sex scene were gone. 
So what I feel after saw this movie? What I left in my mind about it?
Now I had to agree with the film review.
what left in my mind about it which is distance between people.
And why it has any connection between what I learned here and movie?

It is distance. It is that we shared some fears with people who we fear. 

When I stay in Taiwan, I loved reading stuff about design.
About how they make such beautiful design.
I pretty know every famous designers and design firm, about their design and some stories.
Sometimes I believed in Magazines or books too much or enjoyed what they did too much.
It appears that they really had a high level position in my heart.
Like a design idol. 
After I got here, I met many people and some of them are really famous not only in U.S. but also in other countries.
Like dodge-ball game, I saw Yevs Behar there. 
He is a quite normal guy who stood in front of me and waited  in a line to get a drink.   
Yesterday's party, I met Dan Harden who is the founder of Whipsaw design Inc. and pre design director of frog.
We chatted with him like one hour.
We talked about every thing from culture to travel. 
I really enjoy it.
Suddenly I realize that they are not idol for me anymore.
More like a live people or a friend of mine.
We had same cares and same dreams that is what I want to said here, in this article.
So that's it. that is what I learned here. And it is the first lesson.

Thank you again my Jesus that you arranged this chance for me.
And you know me more then myself that you prepared this route.
Let me go through it. I learned more then if you put me at here in very first time.
Thank you for everything. I am happy now.   

星期五, 9月 28, 2007

Tomorrow's dodgeball game.....

Tomorrow is 2007 Bay Area Dodgeball tournament.
I heard people talked about it before.
But we cannot join for some reason.
It looks really funny.
Be an audience still a very fun thing.
check out last year's video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm94dYkeXvc

星期二, 9月 25, 2007

Hari

Hari(Tension) is a Japanese way to express balance.
I read it from an article about Naoto Fukasawa.
He mentioned about when you discuss with other people. All you experienced is what people talk to you more than you response to others. Then, it is not a "Hari".
It needs to be a balance which means you need to express yourself.
And recently, I had learned about it and learned to express myself and express it  properly.
Thank my Jesus to give me this topic and help me go through it.
Even though, I still feel stomachache when I had discuss with others.
I can taste the tension situation.
But I still try to express myself.
I mean if I don't say something for myself, who will.....
I am happy I answer people when there is another man said I think too much again.
I still afraid that I am a freak.... but I mean man, you don't know what I being through and if I felt uncomfortable. I will try to express it properly. I don't want to hurt you but what you said to me, it hurts.
I am who I am. If guys don't like it, maybe it was not always my fault.
呼.....................

No body can live your life for you. You must know that...........

星期一, 9月 17, 2007

Lives in San Jose

I had moved to San Jose like 3 weeks.
The lives is really good. 
Many different place if you compared with San Francisco.
Like weather or people here etc. many things are different.
Generally, I like here.
 



(mission peak at Fremont, here have good view)




(french restaurant at Santana row)

星期一, 9月 03, 2007

Santa cruz


Sept 1 is Labor day. So it makes this weekend is a long weekend.
After our roommates' long distance bicycle trip(they rode it to Suasulito). 
We were planing to go to Santa cruz which is a old surfing spot.
Really? I though surfing start from penguin. Whatever!!
Because I will move to San Jose. For reducing one more trip to San francisco, I packed my stuff and brought it with me to the trip of Santa cruz.
Thank for li-well to pick us up.
It looks like so many people want to go to beach today.
We took 1 hour to there and it should take half hour only.
 We were planning to go to there and maybe we can surf there. But we didn't have any surf board or swimsuit.
But after we arrived there, it was indeed so many people there but it's ok, I guess.
It is a very big beach and contains many volleyball court there.
After we arrived there, we were attracted by many good figure female and followed them to play some volleyball with them.
My friends told me that they might be teenager. well! OK.
And we play volleyball about 3 to 4 hours.
We didn't go surfing even that e didn't touch ocean at all, ha ha.
 It's a beautiful place but it might be a traditional holiday spot and many tourist there.
So it is not so beautiful to me.
We just went back from Lake Tahoe. It's really beautiful in summer.
We went to a Chinese restaurant after beach volleyball.
I feel so good and I'd love it.
And actually I'm so enjoy to spend time with my friends today.
Thanks for everybody I felt great.....
I love summer.... and to stay a place's weather is like summer everyday.
I think I will enjoy it....
So long!! San Francisco......!    

星期四, 8月 23, 2007

Thanks for Richard's sharing tonight

Today is Wed and it's our snack dinner again.
Jane had cook for us so many times.
So today we decided to let her take a rest...... And everyone prepared one dish of food.
I prepared Fried tomato with eggs, hot shrimps with wine and fish ball soup.
Each dish was first time I ever tried.... and I saw many many times of recipe...
Just like I do presentation before. I will rehearsal many times in my brain.
But I waited until 6.30 p.m.. It seemed nobody came home. I am so hungry.....
I had to wait otherwise food will not hot enough.
Finally, everyone came back then I can cook.... because I prepared every condiments before so I could do it in a short time.
It was really funny after you saw people do it before and now I do it same.
Just like first time I saw myself can draw something good.... It feels good.
After I served every food on the table and everyone started eating.
I took a rest and watch people eating just like Calvin would do after he served food to us.
I felt satisfied again.........^^
I really enjoy this kind of feeling. And starting understand why people said food could provide happiness to people.
I am not saying that I can cook. I started cooking since I came here.
But I can test similar feeling.....
They ate too fast that I forgot took photos today even Richard's share later.... It's pity.
Richard is a AAU's student and he study at industrial design master degree now.
Now he is a second years student.
I mentioned him before. He did a really good presentation today.
Everyone focused on him and felt interesting.
He shared with us until 11.00 clock.
I guessed everyone like his work during school.
But I saw other things. Such as personality.....
Every time I heard people talking about his own situation.
I cannot help that I will start to simulate myself to that situation.
I will think if it was me, what I would do at that moment or a period of time.
He learned design since before he applied AAU one year.
It means he learned design about 3~4 years.
But how long I had been design business?
4 years for college and 5 years for working. It's almost 10 years now....
How shamed am I? Really...... How shamed am I>....?
There are some thing I need to learn form this man and it's very important.
I shall not avoid anymore.... I need find my passion back.......
Yes it's passion............ How far you could go for LOVE? This is a Car-tier's new slogan.
How far I could do for design.......... for what I love... to do .. ?

Thank you again.. Richard ..... It's really nice to meet you at SF..

星期一, 8月 20, 2007

About squirrels...

Recently, the weather is good everyday in SF.
It almost everyday is sunny.
So one day I took a little walk to Golden Gap Park.
It is very close which I live.
If you took bike, it would spend you 5~10 minutes to get there.
But I prefer walking to there.  
I came here many times.
So after I arrived there, I took another path that I don't usually take.
It is a narrow winding trail.
I so like there. You can avoid the main road's noise and see many squirrels.
Actually in SF, you can see squirrels at many place or trees.
But this is first time, I am so close to them.
Basically, they jumped around me all the time.
Like saying that can you give me some food?
But they seemed that they can tell you had food or not in a short time.
Luckily, I met an old couple who were feeding them.
And I ask them can I take photos of squirrels?
They agreed happily. Even more, they shared me some walnut.
Squirrels were a very smart and brave animals.
Actually, they don't afraid of me at all.
You can see them holding your hand and ask for more and more.
And they have teeth and claw.
It hurts...... T_T......
It was an interesting experience with squirrels at Golden Gap Park.
People said sometimes you may see raccoons at Golden Gap Park.
But even though whey look so cute. They are mean. Easy get angry...
If I saw them, I'd be better keep away from them.
haha..... I'd expect that....




Can you give me some food?

I'm so happy with my walnut.