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Helicopters
Three helicopters were hunting me, circling in the sky for an hour straight. “Turn down your volume!” I yelled at ZW, who was playing Assassin’s Creed. We put out all lights and stood in front of the window. Light beams shone down from the choppers, pointing toward the freeway. Broadcasting: “Come out with your hands…
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Oct 06 2026: Train LA to SJ
A new series – I took a train back home yesterday. The 330 miles between LA and San Jose should be a one-hour flight or a five-and-a-half-hour drive. If they had the Chinese high speed rail, it would be merely a one-and-a-half-hour ride. The Coast Starlight is very slow. I sat on it for more…
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Northern California (& a little bit of Oregon) road trip, Jun 2025
Here comes my Northern California road trip. It was no well planned, but we had fun! I won’t recommend people to follow our exact footprint – you can do much better than us! But saying which, even with minimum planning, we gained a quite wonderful vacation. This region of the Pacific West is just great.…
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New Mexico, An abandoned road trip
I’m in Santa Fe, NM, for the 2025 Low Temperature Detector conference. I was quite excited about coming here back in spring and was planning (in my head, mostly) a big road trip: Start from LA, the western end of the historical 66. Then follow the mother road all the way to Albuquerque. After the…
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Something New! A Sewing Machine!
The latest new idea is to sew. I guess I’m giving up on becoming a serious scientist. I like easier job, especially those can give me immediate feedbacks. I made a quick purchase online — SINGER4452. It’s a heavy duty sewing machine and will arrive home on Friday. It’s my new toy and I will…
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Mid-Autumn
It’s mid-autumn festival today. 中秋。 I went back to our old place to pick up packages. Traffic was heavy on the Alpine Road today. A lady walking her dog passed by after I parked. She stared at me. My previous neighbors’ boys‘ toys scattered along the path leading to my old home. Trees were still…
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Pomegranate Flowers
I had always thought that pomegranate trees are all tall, just like apple trees, until recently I noted some low, bush-like pomegranate trees along my way to work. I must have seen pomegranate trees before. But these little bushes look so alien to me, almost like an entirely unknown species. I only realized what it…
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A sleepy cat
We started our second week in the new house today. Our new home is in a big complex with hundreds of townhouses. The community is lively, but not crowded. Well, sometimes it feels still more like a resort to me than a home. I got this feeling again today when we went to the community…
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