This is life!

The day of back to TW is getting close and close.

Many things were happened here.

Something's good, something's not so good.

Met many many people here.

Some people have good memory, some people have not so good memory.

It is life. Even we have burden on our shoulder.Or we need suffer many things.

Or so admire others' life. That's still not your life.

And the truth is, life will go on.

That's the basic law of life.

We still need to hold smile to face it.

Even though we may meet many judgments.

But others cannot live for you, just like you cannot live others' life too.

Just face it.

Fantasy had gone.

Life will go on.................... I will miss this. My America dream.

Last day....

It was the last day of three of us would stay together.....

It was yesterday....

Everybody had different plan and we would not meet together again in America.

So that's it. We had good time.

Some person told me that where the story began, where the story would end.

And I think this is probably would be the end of story.

L and J came to our house, J bought duck and L cook for us.

It was so happy when we cook together and enjoy our time together.

After dinner we went to ice-skating at downtown SJ.

I guessed this was my second time to do ice-skating.

First time I did it with some of my college classmates.

This time I tried to remember some skill of ice-skating.

I had to say that I was not good at this specially I had O shape of leg.

And the shoes were not as good as in TW.

I kept moving my feet left and right and I was lucky that I could move a little bit.

Mike was the best of skater in all of us. 

S was a talented skater and L tried very hard to do it.

I don't know why, but I felt so happy when I skated on the ice.

I felt that I like a child... flying on the ice......

After I saw video of my skating. I felt myself looked like retarded .... haha...

Our last meal////...... Thanks L and J

Bowling game

Yesterday night was friday night, we went to SJUS to play bowling, video game and ping-pong.

Before that we ate dinner and play poker which punished by push up.

Thanks for James and Mike for preparing our dinner.

It's really delicious.

Wow..... yesterday night was a very health night.

It's so amazing that you can see many kinds of entertainment environment in SJUS.

I am so admire them and it's not expensive. One man for two game's bowling, only cost us 7.25 bulks.

Sometimes, I would go blowing with some of my best friends in Taipei.

Basically, I am not good at this game. Basically I don't think bowling is a sport.

Anyway, we had fun.

I always try to treat this game as a way to practice straight line.

After that we went to play some video game and ping-pong.

Oh... ping-pong....

I play ping-pong since senior high.... but I don't know why I cant control my physical strength yesterday.

I always play over the court. haha......

Anyway, James seems the best of us and he kept staying on the court.

Damn.... I have to say that I don't like the feeling of lose.

I mean I'm not always a winner but I am a fighter..... goal catcher, if I quote Dan's words.

I will focus what I want and pay my effort to get it.

I really really don't like that feeling as a loser... haha

Anyway..... through this game... I realize one thing inside me... and I try to figure out why or what should I do for this kind of situation.

Not only for the position of loser but it also remind me when I always want to be a winner.

I mean like a leader in a team or represent of a company or as someone important...

Damn,... I felt myself so arrogant..... 

I hate that......I cannot control my desire well.........

I mean that I don't want to  pour my desire off..... because that's why I keep spurring myself to be best.

But I got to learn how to control it than it control me, right?

It's an attitude that how you treat people and also a art of balance.

I hope that I can keep in my mind of the doctrine of mean....

 

Treat your work as final work

This is what my friend told me today.

This is a very very good attitude about working.

And this sentence recall me back to 10 years ago.

I went to a pastor's speech at Taipei.

I still could remember that all his speech had one simple message which is "Attitude decides your depth".

Attitude decides your depth, he kept saying that, attitude decides your depth.

This sentence went into my heart and I kept thinking about it.

Today my friend said a similar sentence to me.

I guess she felt I was not enjoy what I'm doing now.

Or she was trying to do something she was not familiar before.

I could see that she put many efforts on it and I believe she can do well.  

I admit that after this years' working.

I fell into a kind of situation that I felt that I kept doing similar thing now.

Maybe I can improve my skill or thought more.

But somehow I lost my interests on it.

I need something more...... more....

It also remind me that last time when I met Wang-hua.

People who full of passion are always remind me something.......

Thank you, my friend

When we dine together......

Today is our last two dine together party.

I felt that time goes so fast.

I still remembered that first time we met Charles and Sophia.

Charles took us to Cantonese restaurant at 19 Ave..

Wow..... It had been 5 months already.

What is my next step?   

Where I should go?

What I should choose?

This kind of questions keep floating on my mind.

I can see that in everybody's face were full of happiness and sadness.

That's another sweet and bitter thing.

Snowboard & skiing contest in AT&T park

Like I said, there was a Snowboard & skiing contest in AT&T park yesterday.

I went there with my friends.

It cost me 27 bulks.

Anyway, it's a really good experience specially I will not go snowboarding this time.

Man.... I wish I had more money.

Anyway, I will use pictures and videos to explain this event.

There were two different courts.

One is for BMX(bike which is used for technique performing) and skateboard, another one is for snowboarding and skiing.

We went to BMX first.

There were some support vender's tent there.

And I won one T-shirt from one tent,sun glasses form NAVY and drank many free energy drink.

I needed to do fifteen hang then I can get the NAVY sunglasses.

I don't need that but I want to try.

I did and it hurts my belly now.

This is BMX-pro performer.  

And this is skateboard-pro performer. 

After stay there for T-shirt and drink.

We moved to another court inside of AT&T park.

This is the snowboarding field.

It was so cooool....... 

This is how they perform their good moves.

I think high score is depend on what kinds of move you did and how hard of doing it.

This is all of us.

We also met Jane and Rumi.

But I think that I will not be allowed to put their picture here, haha.

And like usual, we will do something stupid.

This was what we tried to pretend ourselves is a catcher for catching a home-run.

Today's happy karaoke part 2

It's so interesting today.

We arranged today to go to skiing and snowboard contest at AT&T park(It's a baseball court).

On the way to our friend's studio(It's a kind of apartment and we decided to drive another car to SF).

We thought that it might be a good idea to ask Hermit joined us.

He said OK and after we arrived his house on the sea.

His roommate was cutting his hair and she mentioned that they will go to Karaoke in JP town tonight.

And we were so glad to join them even though we went Karaoke yesterday already.

I mean at least that I was so happy.

The contest in AT&T park was so good. I will post it here tomorrow.

In there I met Jane and Lumi and asked them to join us too.

After we arrived there at eight clock.

We were surprised that there had many of her classmate in there already.

Before she mentioned that it might be three people only.

Her classmates are Artists. 

It was so coooooool.

I love and admire artist.

That's part of my favorite thing on this world.

And more people mean more fun.

I saw they were kind boring.

Even thought I was starving(I had stomachache during that time)

So I sang a very excited cantonese song for them.

That one is a movie soundtrack and it's a good song for opening.

It helps people get excited about it. And they did.

I felt so happy.

Even thought it was first time to see most of them.

I might feel a little bit nervous but I'm still happy.

I sang many songs again, haha.

It helps me release some stress. Hope their ears were not hurt so much by my voice.

And I was so happy to see Jane stayed with us, too.

It was so long I had not seen her since I moved to SJ ba.

She used to treated me very nice and I always went to church with her.

I like her so much in friend's way( She had married).

And it was so good we met her and spent good time together.

Like I said yesterday that God know my limits and God help me when I need it.

I felt that I am full of grace now.

It was not only because so many fun here but also so many good friends surround me.

Thank you, my Jesus.

These were all of us.

You guys ROCK!!

Today's happy Karaoke

Every time I had trouble or want to do something so bad, something will happen and it will save my ass.

Why I said that, because since I had arrived U.S. like 5 month.I want to sing Karaoke so much.

Hey don't laugh at me, I am Taiwanese.

We love Karaoke.

But it is so hard and usually there is no good Taiwanese song at all.

I need to thanks for James that he said there is one good place and he actually will go there today.

Before that he and mike cook for us. It's so nice.

Because James mother sent him some chinese medicine which is used for cooking.

And he cook one very good soup for us.

After dinner time, we went New-peters' Karaoke with him.

And another happy thing was I met some of my friends there.

They were all girls.

They went there for celebrating one girl's birthday.

I felt so happy and almost want to join them.

Actually I went their room several times and there is one girl who can sing very good song.

I mean you can feel something in there.

We sang a lots of songs. Actually me and Stephanie sang most of the songs.

HA!HA!......

I do feel happy and thanks for this good friends.

I knew some of them don't like singing. They showed up just for supporting me.

I knew it. Truly thank you, everybody.

Life because you guys became more beautiful.

And thanks for God too. Because you know where is my boundaries and he will show up when I need him.

Because love, so this world rotates.

There is one song which I love is writed by Lee.

If I translated it directly will be like this.....

I thought it is the end that my heart will not be touched again.

After I met you, the feel of fall in love comes again and again.

Some people asked me why you are so good that I cant forget you.

I said if you never saw her, you would not know.

She is so beautiful that even spring cant compare with her.

But these things are not important anymore because if she would like to come to my life either.

I will follow you to every corner of this world.

Even though I don't know what is future like?

But does it too early to say goodbye?

I love this song so many years.

I believe more than 10 years ba......

This is all of us.....

And this is the birthday girl....Tingi...

Happy Birthday lo...... 

I had good time.... thank folks....

To my dear friend

My friend...

I heard you said that you make a decision of you will move to another place and got a high rise of position.

I am truly happy for you.

But I had to say that I feel sad too.

SInce we had so many good time that we spent together.

I realize that it became a habit that called you out every time.

And I'm really used to that you just showed up.

This few month I believe we all changed a lot.

You had new position and move to another place and I chose to stay at US for six months.

I do miss old time and after hearing that probably that's the last chance we can hang out.

I had to say I'm shock. But I'm truly thank you for your companionship and you taught me a lot.

I am appreciate it. 

Hope you have better and better day than before.

Hope that I can see you soon.

Good-bye is just a part of life and most important is we do treat every moment as gold.

Leaving no regret about it.

Oh! I gonna miss you.

Hope that one day you will memorize that one guy who ever spent good time with you.

See you.... later ......  on the trip of life.

We shall meet one day.

During this time, I will just play the moment that I recored in my mind.

Although I have bad memorize ability, but you, I shall remember.

farewell......... ^^  My dear friend

Cook video 1

Hi everybody.

It's really nice to leave message at here again.

This time I want to share about our daily life at San Jose.

Before this, I need to explain that I never really cook when I stay at Taiwan.

Of course I cook instant noodle before, but real dish. never.

After I got here, I mean SJ. I feel so many interest in cooking.

Like now, I cook three meals a day for four to five people.

I cook for everybody before in SF. That's like seven people.

During that time, I invited a student in AAU to share some works or course in our loft.

It's pity I left there, because I had invited Astro's designer to share with us too.

But anyway I had good life at here too.

Like I said, I cook three meals a day.

Usually mike will cook with me.

And Li-wei do cook too.Oh man, he is good at instant package.

Like a master.

He and Stephanie will help us do dish washing.

I want to share part of my joy about here.

So we took video and share with people.

Hope you can feel our happy at here too.

peace........

Naoto Fukasawa in connecting 07 (ARTICLE 1)

Naoto Fukasawa in connecting 07(ARTICLE 1)

We met Naoto at connecting 07 in SF. He was one of major speakers. Most of his speech was about his work and why or how he think he want to do design like that.He tried to explain it to everybody. But time is short.

He was not most attractive speaker on the stage. But everyone is touched by his work. Although he is quite famous now.He still try his best to do good design.After speech, I want to talk with him and maybe ask him to sign for me on his book.I bought it last month, Sept..

I didn't see many people want to talk with him. I mean like us. We looks more like design fan than designer. It's fun.And why not? We went to his seat, we introduced ourselves and try to discuss questions with him.I didn't ask many questions ,like I always do. Actually I wrote several questions and tried to discuss with him before. But I didn't ask all of them. I tried to act more polite and gave him more respect.But I still asked him several questions.

First of all, I asked one of my biggest question now. I asked him that sometime, I feel tired. Because I did many design which I felt meaningless. I apply many style but just for appearance.

Before he answer we should know that Naoto is famous about doing minimal design which is full of Japanese culture inside.I asked this question was kind respect what he did and maybe he would agree with my point.It's a little bit tricky.If he agreed with my point which was very shallow, I would feel sad. I apologized that I asked this kind tricky question.

Naoto answered that question in a different way.I didn't recored every words he said precisely.I just want to express what he said to us.

He said we should build one ability that allow us express our idea precisely.Once we got good idea, but we don't have good sense of beauty or good forming ability, idea will disappear.Which is very pity.And he encouraged us that keep practicing and experience more.I shouldn't feel too rush of myself and take baby steps.One day, my switch will turn on.Then I can realize. 

I felt that I'm relieved. And I know more about what I should do now.It's simple. Just keep walking.Recently, I just finished one presentation here. Of course I didn't do presentation like I always did.I only do design.And I felt desired that I want to change my design or execute process.People who know me closely will know that I do that all the time.It's kind normal to me.Because I feel boring easily. If I kept doing same thing.And I am lucky that the company which I stay provide me a Wacom tablet with touch screen. So I tried to apply it to my process.Even though I spent more time to finish it.And I am not satisfied what I did yet.But I do feel good.Because it's first time that I use that device and apply it in project. This is first story. 

The second story is that I met many good designer here and they showed me many of their design and sketches.I felt that designer here is more concerned about sketches than Taiwan's designer.And I do see some good sketches were pasted all over the wall.So I can compare it.I felt that it is true.When you see many many sketches on the wall.The good one will reveal it automatically.I am not saying good sketch means good design.But good skill's sketch will be more outstanding and attractive.I think this is what Naoto said why we should sharp our skill.Many things are like strategy than a random behavior.

This one is also reflect to what Naoto answered about another question.

I heard people asked him that why he did supernormal.He use a metaphor to answer.Like a seesaw, when every designer on this world try to make stuff outstanding and aggressive.Naoto think he should do something different with others.So he chose another side which was minimal and normal.Maybe some people will think it is easy when they saw what Naoto did.Like Milan furniture exhibition last year what Naoto showed in there didn't get many echo. But for me. It is more difficult.Because it required more sense of beauty and more precise forming ability.It is not easy when you reduce stuff from your design.So I think if Naoto answered that question in east way(more philosophy thought), people here will not understand.But they can understand strategy. It's more easy for west sociality.It is interesting if we compared same question where he answered it in different place.We can discuss that later.

There were few other questions that I asked him.Maybe I can share it with my thought to you guys.Here is some of his presentation pictures. Enjoy it!

I left piece of my heart here...

I look at pictures about here once and once.

I realize there is no place like this anymore.

What is grow up looks like ?

Why one person can has both happy and sad together?

Why one person can has both possession and abandon?

Does this is a reality or just a dream?

No matter what it is? Right now I tasted bitter and sweet both at same time.

What is well prepare? In connecting 07....

Past three days, I was really really busy.

I paid 495 dollars for student pass then I can join connecting 07 congress.

It is a really big design seminar which is host by IDSA.

It is held at different country every two years.  

We were lucky that it was held at SF. So we decided no matter how expensive it is we need to be there personally.

I am so glad that I made this decision and I really enjoyed this event.

I met many many people at both seminar and after party even my college classmate Mike(Fat-Fat).

I brought he and Brian to after party.

I'd like to share it to all of you. Please allow my slow typing and let us discuss this topic first.

What is well prepare? 

Let us think about it few seconds.........

Don't make your answer so quickly.

Let me tell you a story.

Before I went to this congress, my friend told me that I should prepare my portfolio.

I said same thing to one of my best friends here, Li-Wei.

I didn't do it, but he did.

A lots of people said well prepare means that you need prepare yourself at every moment.

I believe my friend did it.

At very first day of congress, we chose one interesting topic which is D.I.Y. design in Brazil. 

The speaker didn't show up and the host ask maybe someone here who can explain Brazil design.

At same time Li-Wei  raise his hand with confidence and said I can present my portfolio.

I had to be honestly that at same time I really felt embarrassed.

Then he run to speaker's platform.

Although many many people of that room was leaving.

But he still keep seven audience there and presented his work properly.

After that I feel pride of him.

He did a very good job and also gave us a very good lesson.

Which is what is well prepare and confidence.

No fear, just show yourself to this world.

Here is part of video that I recorded it at same time.

Please give him a big clap.

After everybody left, we went to platform and tried to pretend that we were invited by congress.

You know many people need to paid IDSA money to stand at this stage.

We can stand here for free. That's exciting.

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.   

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

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...........

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)

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......!    

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..

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.

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Long time no see Downtown.

It has been 1 month I didn't go to downtown SF since I left ZOE.

Today I went out and met WangHua at Mogemary.

WangHua is AAU student and Michael introduced him to me.

I am glad that I had chance to know him.

We had lunch at Japanese restaurant.

He brought me to see his school.

I saw many good graphic design. But due to product design's building is not there, so I didn't see it. He told me a lots of what he learned from AAU.

Mostly, he learned from his classmate and other subject more than product design.

I am so admire that he had chance to do that and most important thing is he has passion.

I can tell he learn design happily.

That's most important thing.

I hope that I can learn this from him instead of  my emotional temper now.

Thank you, Michael that you introduce him to me.

Yosemite trip

I had heard Yosemite many times.

After I came to U.S., I keep hearing people talking about it.

Finally, I got a chance to go there and luckily friends will take me to there.

Thanks for Danny and John. Specially thanks to Danny's uncle and aunt to let us stay at their house.

We left SF at 5.30. Then we saw beautiful sunrise.

Yosemite is so beautiful even though it is during dry season.

We didn't see the beautiful Yosemite waterfall.

But we still saw a lots of beautiful rocks, tree and animals(included human).

The air there is so fresh. The rocks there are so special.

They said that during ice age. It brought a lots of rocks down here.

So we can see many many special rocks here.

And many animals live here too, specially squirrels.

We saw squirrels many times and they don't afraid of human.

Sometimes they look like asking you to give them food.

After Yosemite, we went to Merced and we stayed at Danny uncle's house.

The house is beautiful and Danny's uncle and aunt are so nice.

They have a swimming pool in their house and we go swimming of course.

I always think one of the main reason that makes a trip good which is people.

What kind of people you met on your trip and how you interact with them.

Every people make you feel different.

And I am really lucky that i met a lots of good friends at CA which make me feel this place like home.

Thank you God for preparing this for me.

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舊金山約五個小時大

每次回花蓮，都會去騎腳踏車。

在花蓮騎腳踏車，是個很愉快的經驗。假如你不怕曬的話，那就更棒了。尤其現在還有政府規劃的腳踏車步道，可以讓你與砂石車相遇喔！開玩笑的。不過，花蓮風光明媚的，騎腳踏車真的很舒服。還記得上次騎去找Jonah，從花蓮市騎到玉里鎮，單程整整騎了八個小時，加上我中間隨便亂竄，應該少說有快一百公里吧！超愛的，中間還遇到慷慨的大叔，請我吃滿妹豬腳。今天，在舊金山，也來個腳踏車之旅吧！

記得之前聽人家說過，可以從日落區騎到沙沙利度，打開地圖一看，似乎很恐怖的長度，又常在美國聽人家說，沒有車等於沒有腳一樣，整個人就膽怯了起來。所以，雖然嘴上說要到沙沙利度，其實，心裡想者，騎到金門大橋就可以了，哈！超會原諒自己的拉。結果，一上路，果然吃盡自己沒好好做功課的苦頭，一直狂迷路，光金門公園，我都快繞一圈了。不過，幸好本人篤信路長在嘴巴上；只好一直問人了，中間還問到一個講話超級斯文的單車客，問他說:金門大橋在哪個方向？結果，被他從上到下掃瞄過後，他就說現在去可能已經起大霧了，不過他還是指點我條明路。走在路上，心裡想，可能要騎到金門大橋都是個難題了吧！有人說舊金山的路很有"彈性"，直到現在我才真正體會，特別是在騎者暢快的下坡路段時，心裡其實是忐忑不安的，大家都懂吧！還有回程阿！老天！走的越遠，迷的路越多，我就越不敢想要怎麼回家。迷路是值得，辛苦有代價。在路上遇到了很多風光明媚的地方，看到了潛水艇在值勤，看見了美麗的海灣（如果還可以看到鯨魚就更讚了！）。話說舊金山政府還真的是對Biker很友善，可能人多勢眾吧！哈！路上除了常看見指標外（雖然按指標走有時會撞牆），還在熱鬧的市區特意安排出腳踏車走的路喔！話說，經過千辛萬苦，終於到了金門大橋，真的是值得的阿！頓時發現騎在橋上，就是給他很不一樣，從下面的角度看大橋的纜繩，才發現怎麼有人的工作是走在纜繩上阿！天阿！我光騎在橋上，就不時腳軟，心裡想像者，有遊客不小心推了我一下，我就掉落冰冷的海灣了。真是夠有感覺的了。

好了，騎過橋後，心裡想者，應該可以了吧！我已經達到不可能的目標了ㄝ！突然，看見一個指標，Sausalito 1 mile........... ，阿勒～真的嗎？現在回去不就工虧一匱，繼續上路吧！路是一路滑到底，我的心也就涼到了底，有需要落差這麼多嗎？你老師，這台沒避震的假登山車，還是我偷騎出來的，我騎得回去嗎？不管了。一路滑到Sausalito的市區。這裡我來過了，所以其實就隨便走走看看，學人家躲在陽光底下，裝悠哉～今天禮拜五特別早下班，所以，來這裡曬曬太陽。好像這樣的心情一樣。還是，我家其實就在山坡上拉，隨便騎下來，看看有什麼好玩的？別在做夢了。忽然看見一堆人，特別是Biker在排隊，哇勒！～是不是有贈品，就跑去問人家，原來是要做渡輪去魚人碼頭喔！厚厚～！叫我在去魚人碼頭，那我不是離家越來越遠嗎？難道我要過夜阿？明天還要去優勝美地勒！可是心裡有個聲音一直說，Why not? Why not? 好吧！學人家排起隊啦！就給他坐渡輪到了漁人碼頭。漁人碼頭我也有來過，所以路還知道，就往南一直騎就對了，沿者F line的路線，一直往市區方向走。看到了Bat Bridge，路上遇到人家一直尖叫，瑞奇小子，瑞奇馬丁～I Love you~丁你老師拉！我是大頭火龍，新品種，沒見過喔！死龐克妹～。一直騎到Powell，心裡的期望終於落空，真的，MUNI真的沒開放給腳踏車用戶，哇勒～那我怎麼回家，天快黑了ㄝ，好像依稀記得Sasa說過，可以直接搭公車到我們家山頂，所以跑去找地圖，發現真的有ㄝ！後來讓整公車的人等我把腳踏車裝好，結果小義大利司機看不下去，來幫我裝，我心裡一直想者，吉哥遇過司機和他說的；少年仔，頭一拜喔！～結果沒有。從滿滿的人坐到剩我一個，天空已經泛起淺淺的魚肚白了，和小意Say goodbye後，扛起假登山車，直奔下山。終於喊出；Home, Sweet Home........

說實在的，和我在花蓮騎的份量比起來，今天的量，可能還比較少點，不過路上看到的不同風光，有趣事物，倒是真的比花蓮的一片大海，來的多元有趣。如果，我真的相信自己做不到，或顧慮自己回去怎麼辦？而躊躇不前的話，那我可能連金門大橋都到不了，這....有那麼有啟發嗎？真的拉！我做到了ㄝ，歷屆有人做過嗎？騎腳踏車環舊金山一圈，我美國朋友都說我瘋了～～拜託，哪天一起來台灣環島就知道了。你還要和機車、汽車、大卡車爭道ㄝ！

舊金山還給你做專門的路騎，很爽了好杯！再說，一點都不熱。多半是微風徐徐。改天一起騎吧！

很有彈性的路，怎麼照片不太有氣勢。騎的很累ㄝ～

騎到置高點後，俯瞰海灣。


真的有人的工作要走在上面嗎？


風箏衝浪，好像另一個世界的遊戲喔！（完全不敢和人提，我在台灣也有衝浪。）


大船入港


就是他騙我騎下去的


美麗的山城，沙沙利度。


遇到鹹的要命老伯，在海邊堆不可能的任務。


我也來幻想一下。


Home Sweet Home~~

記得當年

還記得那時辦完了大同的workshop，已經過了好一陣子，心裡手裡都還在發癢，想找點什麼東西來玩玩。碰巧的第一屆的Muji就開辦了。

好吧！那就以這個比賽為主題，開始做了一連串的發想過程。

參與者就是我們這群常混再一起的傢伙。閒閒沒事幹～

雖然MUJI主題已定，可是我們操作workshop的方式是以日常生活為主。

所以我們就展開了一連串的觀察，舉凡習慣、問題、解決等等，全都觀察。

真的很好玩。這個過程中，很自然的，大家的能力都表現了出來。

像C的點子多，A的領導能力，F的觀察與總結能力等等，哇！超懷念的拉～！

有些事情，現再不做，以後就後悔。我很高興，有些事，我已經做過。

而且，還想在做。做設計真的很快樂。

西邊是家鄉

今天，騎腳踏車過了二十幾個街，跑到最西邊的海邊去，沒想到再這麼近的地方，就看到了，有人在衝浪。浪，其實蠻小的，和台灣很像，最大的差別就在，凜冽的寒風以及ㄧ定要穿防寒衣的水溫。很懷念在台灣衝浪的時光。坐在海邊，思考者，到底自己想過怎樣的生活？不經幻想起，如果我可以租在一個離海邊近的地方，買台可以放浪板的車，下班就去衝浪，或者背者釣竿去釣魚。這樣似乎很不賴。

Today, I rod bicycle to the west of bay area. It is an ocean. People call the place where I lived sunset area. At my hometown, ocean means east. That's why I can only see sunrise instead of sunset. I who came from east but now I fly to west to learn design.  I saw surfer on the ocean. Wave here was quite small which is like Taiwan. But it still had a lots of different, such as windy weather and cold water. The water is so cold that you have to wear cold prevented suit. Sitting beside beach, and thinking. What kind of life I want to choose? Maybe I can buy or rent a house nearby ocean and buy a car which can put my surfboard. I go surfing after work or take my fish rod to go fishing. It sounds great. What kind of life or person I want to be? 

De Young museum

Today, I went to De Young museum at Golden Gap park.

I heard this place that they said it would kill your camera(you will run out off your film).

After I took bus and I spent 20 minutes to get down there.

It is a beautiful park and it is a beautiful architect.

I feel I am so happy.

Recently, I think people who can live here is so happiness.

Although I still miss where I came from.

There were several exhibitions that we can see today.

Actually, there were so many exhibitions in this building more then MOMASF.

But there were only two floor and one basement, so you don't need to climb too many floor.

I saw many Africa and Maya culture art works.

It looks so real and fake. I don't know. Like some thing you should see at an Africa's native home, or a deco on a chieftain's head.

But I can see it in front of me.

It's a really nice museum and I'd like to go to there again.

Next time, I will ride bicycle to there. Ha Ha.......

Number one art work in my heart



Number two art work in my heart


Chair one

女人不是菜

昨天，朋友看見我女朋友的照片，問我說，所以這就是我喜歡的類型？我也不知道，似乎喜歡的女孩子並沒有統一的類型，就像我雖然有喜歡的設計風格，但是執行上卻沒有統一風格的原因似乎雷同吧！因為，雖然喜歡，可是客戶不見得適合，所以提出的方案也就越來越多變。以這個做比喻，似乎很有趣呢！接著另一個朋友說，我一定喜歡嘗試不同的“ 菜 “，我旋即回答；女人不是菜。我自己很驚訝於說出這樣的話，因為，一般而言，我會順者別人的話說話，但是，有時卻會說出自己都驚訝的話。對壓，女人對於我而言，不是一道一道的菜，那麼簡單。我不是饕客，女人也不是佳餆。真要簡單的說，我寧願說；女人是上帝的傑作，於我，是美的啟蒙。

        依稀記得大ㄧ上設計通識，老師問我們，你們覺得女人身體哪裡最美呢？大家似乎都很臉紅心跳的，不敢說話。我卻毫不猶豫的說，女人最美的地方就是身體相連的部位。是的，我覺得最美的地方不是五官，不是乳房；而是頸部，腰部的曲線。你可以感覺到嗎？女人與男人的曲線就是不一樣，年輕女人與成熟女人的曲線也不一樣，即使在一個曖昧不明的灰色地帶。

BBQ, Swim&night club at San Jose

Live here is so good that I am afraid I cannot get used to Taiwan anymore.

No more over time working, sun light, good weather and countless events make me feel live in a dream word.

Is it my America dream?

We went to Fred's house at SJ and he BBQ for us.

There was a swimming pool and we had a lots of fun there.

Thanks for Fred. He prepared so many food. 

I like the days we spent here, California.

After BBQ party, we went back to SJ people's apartment.

We went to night club at SJ which is called LOFT.

Actually, for me, it was a little bit boring.

I think music is one of the most important elements at night club.

This LOFT club's music is not so good.

Basically, it was an experience.

Sunday, we stay at the apartment all day.

Thank for Jane and Shi-Fen cooked for our branch.

I like the sausage fried rice very mush.

   

Afternoon, we took Cal-train and back to SF.

Louis came to our apartment to stay two nights.

He is more younger then us but he had a lots of social experience.

He is also a food lover.

We reheat food which we brought back from Calvin's house.

And Louis cooked same fried rice for us.

This weekend is so good. I feel happy. Thank God. 

You always treat me very nice.   

  

First TDC report 2007 july

     拖了第一次的報告，遲遲未交，不單單是因為太忙而沒時間去寫，其實我從來不相信自己的這種理由，因為寫文章這種事，我自己很明白，可以是個一小時內就完成的工作，那我一整天抽不出一個小時，來寫篇心得嗎？昨天晚上，我完成了在這裡第一個想要做的事，我站在Pecha Kucha Night的台上，和大家分享我工作五年來的部份作品，我花了多久的時間準備呢？花了一天整理版面，花了一天校正講稿，實際工作天數是兩天，可是其實這件事，可是我今年年初就立下的心願呢！有那麼嚴重嗎？我朋友引進PK Night到台灣的那個時候，我就和他們說；我會上台的。這件事足足拖了我半年多。雖然上台發表，對我過去可能是家常便飯，可是，面對自己的時候就那麼沈重。

      寫這篇心得，似乎也要面對自己一些不甘的，不堪的，甚至卑鄙的寫法吧！一直無法打開我的MPB，開始做這件事。昨天晚上結束了派對，和Phon在聊天的時候，他們不禁問起我為什麼還不交報告呢！我才發現原來我心裡還存在著這麼多情緒，難道我受傷了嗎？記得參加這個活動，有經驗沒經驗的人，給我的建議中，最重複的就是，千萬不要報任何期望，台創的活動辦得很糟。所以，我採信了這樣的說法，告訴我自己說；千萬不要有期望。特別是在歐洲取消，有名公司沒有，得知是採用觀光簽證進來等的事，接二連三發生後，我對這樣的說詞更是深信不疑；但是你要我怎樣不要抱有期望呢？畢竟這還是很難吧！第一個有關錢的事，我還記得朋友和我說，你拿了這個錢出國，可是這個錢你也可以拿來開一間設計公司，一個人過得很爽了。我怎麼對自己交代呢，當我把一天帶兩個便當省下來的錢，全部壓在一個我不期望的訓練上，這著實是個風險很高的賭注啊！

      我是個基督徒，我相信我所作每件事，每天遇到的事，都不是偶然。那我來美國想必也非偶然，我生活中的事，突然全部結束，全部放下，就可以來這裡，這絕對不是偶然，就像官講的；我三十歲前，不存錢。我已經做了我的選擇了，既然來了就好好享受在這裡的時間。實在很不想再讓那些過去的事拖住我，就讓那些事過去吧！不要去想會有人幫你安排什麼， 或是會獲得什麼，在這裡也是和在台灣一樣的，只是過日子而已。

下面節錄上課的筆記。

這次上課的短短兩天中，有一場課還讓我印象蠻深的，之所以比較深的關係，其實也是因為這是惟一一場，比較有互動的課。那是由兩位女性為我們上的課，她們是從事市場調查的公司。她們依照一本書裡面的內容，給我們執行類似workshop的活動。她們使用方法的名稱叫做Ideal Box，這個方法的目的是要測出她們的目標族群喜好，這個邏輯還蠻好玩的，既然我們無法準確的知道，消費者要什麼，那不如就請消費者做出她們想要的東西吧！基本上準備的東西都很簡單；一個盒子（任何尺寸都可以，主要是方便可以畫圖或寫字在上面）、幾隻不同顏色的麥克筆、一些可以裝飾盒子的色紙或彩帶。接下來就是要確認對象，當然不一定要設計師，基本上是你的目標族群就可以。給她們一個題目，譬如說你想要開發的產品，我們這次的題目是Alarm Clock，接者就請我們的目標族群，以這個盒子來當作Alarm Clock的包裝盒，設計出她們想要的Alarm Clock。設計中有幾件事情請她們注意，要描述出幾件事，第一；Feature、第二；Benefits、第三；Messaging、第四；Naming，時間限制在三十分鐘內，最後請各個小組來銷售她們的設計。很好玩的活動，雖然我們都是設計師，免不了對一些地方會想比較多，譬如說，色彩或造型等等，但是這個方法讓我不經想起一句很久以前聽到的話；設計師是消費者的守護者。我還記得我第一次去站在大一學生的講台上，她們問我我是怎麼做設計的，我說大多以自己的經驗為準，我所體驗的變成我的創意輸出來源。基本上，是這樣沒錯，可是，就以這個方法所帶給我的感受而言，我們其實必須具備很強烈的同理心，又能夠以超然的角色為消費者辯護。關於這點，我正在努力的學習者；而我們這組的結果呢？因為我們是剛抵達美國的設計師，離家的鄉愁雖未發作，對另一半的思念卻是強烈的很，所以我們設計了一個很簡單的鬧鐘，但是這個鬧鐘可以錄製聲音，每天早上你就可以被另一半的聲音喚醒，就像她在你的旁邊一樣。你還可以透過鬧鐘上面的另外一個指針，知道另一半世界的時間。很簡單的功能，可是卻是我現在最想要的，簡單回到真正想要這件事上，會發現要滿足人的基本需求真的很簡單。今天，已經太多是我們所製造不需要的慾望了。

Gilroy Garlic Festival

Today is Sat and we went to Gilroy Garlic Festival.

They said that it will be interesting. Because there are many food that all made by garlic.

I am so happy about it. You know that staying here, It's so happy to try something that you never been through before.

There were garlic fries, ice cream, corn, sausage, etc..

There were only one problem. The weather was too hot.

I remember when we left sunset, it's 54 degree. And when we arrived Gilroy, it was 95 degree.

And when we left Gilroy, it was 104 degree.

It's so hot that we saw many people overheat.

It's good because they supplied cold water for free.

It takes 12 dollars to enter.

We almost try everything that we were too full and missed corn.

It's interesting to me as I stood there.

I was thinking that why there was a place so famous about garlic and they can do a festival for it.

After that we went to Gilroy outlet for shopping.

I felt that now I could hold down to buy everything.

After that we went to Costco and bought some steaks.

I cannot wait to eat it.

Today was good and experience more about America. 

Pecha Kucha night at SF

This was one of my wish when the beginning of this year.
I still remember the time when my friend imported PK night to Taiwan.
I said to them that it would be one of my wish this year to stand in front of PK night.
I missed one chance in Taiwan.
After I came to U.S.. I think it should be done here.
I join first PK night at June and started to prepare next time.
I was lucky to met Paul at Alberto's birthday party.
Paul is host of PK night at SF.
I said to him that I want to join PK night to present.
He was so nice and encouraged me to do that.
I signed up to Alberto that I would present at July.
Today was the day I presented.
There were many people there, and I felt nervous for sure.
If you asked me to mark me a score?
I would said 80.
Because I had been practice and done well.
After party, my roommate asked me why I look upset.
I said that during party time, I wanted to find somebody to chat.
But it looks a little bit different with my idea.
I thought there would be a chance to let people know who I am.
And maybe they will interest about me and come to ask me something.
But actually, they didn't. It looks so hard to get into their world.
My roommate said that I should live in reality instead of my day dream.
I think he was right and I should give myself a reward.
I saw twice of my video.
I really done well today.
Specially I used a second language to express myself.

Lucasart studio and Palace of fine art

Last friday......We went to visit Lucasart Studio and Palace of fine art.

I am sorry that too many stuff happened everyday that I cannot updated my blog on time.

But maybe it's good thing because that I tried my best to enjoy every second.

Ok..... Talking about Lucasart Studio . 

It's a very famous company was builded by Starwars' director Geoge Lucas.

There were three company which were included in this studio, Lucas film, Games and light&magic.

Thanks for Chin Ko for hosting this tour and Angus for sharing us this trip.

Due to Chin is a concept artist.We saw many amusing paintings and sculptures.

And we also took a picture with master Youda's sculpture.

In Games place, they always keep light dark and everyone got many cool toys.

About light & magic, because they do movies special effects.

Every movies they joined, they will post a poster on the wall.

And that poster were so many that you cannot believe that so many movies made by special effects.

It was pity that we cannot go into their office to say hi, but I feel satisfied.

After this tour, we went to Palace of fine art, just around the corner.

It was so nice that you can see movie use it for scene(The Rock).

I took some pictures that hope you can enjoy it.