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- Jul 09 Wed 2008 12:44
Independence Day又去Seattle
- Jun 25 Wed 2008 15:46
STILL
- Jun 15 Sun 2008 01:39
Heartbreaking news from Seattle
On the morning of Thursday I checked emails before starting to work. After a long list of emails were pouring in, I noticed there is an email sent from my PhD adviser. It is always pleasant to hear from my UW adviser, Fumio. However, this time I hesitated to read the email as I was kind of frightened by the subject of the email...."bad news".
It is about Sam Fain, my committee member and the Physics professor whom I used to work closely with.
It is about Sam Fain, my committee member and the Physics professor whom I used to work closely with.
- Jun 12 Thu 2008 11:59
Coldest June on record
- Jun 06 Fri 2008 12:07
3:30 AM Police officers 上門來
轟轟轟....沒想到電影裡面看到的警察抓壞人的情節竟然發生在自己生活中,而且還是發生在治安好的不得了的郊區(Hillsboro, Oregon),加上我們家在單純優美的apartment complex,
以前在Seattle,我們住在不是很安全的區域(Lake City)都沒遇到這某扯的事,
事情發生在昨晚三更半夜...應該說是今天凌晨三點多,真是又刺激又緊張
以前在Seattle,我們住在不是很安全的區域(Lake City)都沒遇到這某扯的事,
事情發生在昨晚三更半夜...應該說是今天凌晨三點多,真是又刺激又緊張
- Jun 05 Thu 2008 14:45
Laptop~I don't wanna let you go~
前天收到公司email說要幫我們group裡的所有engineers的 laptops 全部要換新, 換有high capability, 我一看到這封信就想哭.....
原因是我們用的一個分析data的software被upgraded了, 所以本組有其他engineers跟公司反應他們laptop跑起來太慢了, (根本是自己hard drive裝太多東西).
結果沒想到公司竟然要把我們這組每個人, 20幾個engineers的laptop都要換新, 我可是一點都不高興,我的laptop runs 那個upgraded software並沒有比較慢啊, 還要跟那些人一起換新電腦, 換電腦會搞的很痛苦, 因為會搞到不能工作地花個1-2天把所有分析data要用的softwares重新install,
(一定又要搞到熬夜把工作趕完), 還有很多雞毛蒜皮的設訂,我好不容易在工作這8個月內, 都弄好了,現在要換新laptop了, 又要重新設訂了,
原因是我們用的一個分析data的software被upgraded了, 所以本組有其他engineers跟公司反應他們laptop跑起來太慢了, (根本是自己hard drive裝太多東西).
結果沒想到公司竟然要把我們這組每個人, 20幾個engineers的laptop都要換新, 我可是一點都不高興,我的laptop runs 那個upgraded software並沒有比較慢啊, 還要跟那些人一起換新電腦, 換電腦會搞的很痛苦, 因為會搞到不能工作地花個1-2天把所有分析data要用的softwares重新install,
(一定又要搞到熬夜把工作趕完), 還有很多雞毛蒜皮的設訂,我好不容易在工作這8個月內, 都弄好了,現在要換新laptop了, 又要重新設訂了,
- May 30 Fri 2008 11:59
HE KNOWS my birth defect..disorganization
My disorganization is sort of like a birth defect. Organization is something that I strive for in order to keep my life manageable. But still, I am bad at organzing my time, my desk, not to mention finance. I didn't pay the price for my disorganzation until I went to graduate school in the U.S. Both of my advisors (Physics and MSE) are so good at organizing all sorts of data. It is such a breeze for them. My disorganizaton had given me a headache to deal with hundreds of reference papers and plenty of research data. God has given me many obstacles (or chances) so that I can be trained to overcome my disorganization. HE KNOWS my birth defect.
I did suffer and stumble but Jesus walked with me. Later I picked up how to be more organized along the way of my research. However, the obstacles never stop coming. Now, my job requires dealing with more tremendous amount of data. What is more challenging is I need to make a systematic model out of this chaos. It is indeed a higher level of organization I ought to strive to achieve. How am I going to sort out this chaos? I am suffering and scratching my head again.
I did suffer and stumble but Jesus walked with me. Later I picked up how to be more organized along the way of my research. However, the obstacles never stop coming. Now, my job requires dealing with more tremendous amount of data. What is more challenging is I need to make a systematic model out of this chaos. It is indeed a higher level of organization I ought to strive to achieve. How am I going to sort out this chaos? I am suffering and scratching my head again.
- May 22 Thu 2008 10:33
Communication
今天不知道怎麼搞的,很沒耐性, 雖然說我本來就是個沒耐性的人, 沒耐性一直是我常常在禱告裡跟上帝認錯的,悔改真難...... :(
以前在學校帶學弟妹做實驗, 同樣一件東西, 教了第2次, 就會要學弟妹好好take notes, 第三次我就會用比較嚴厲的語氣,
所以我一直對當教授這檔事, 一點興趣有沒有,as I don't want to deal with students.
以前在學校帶學弟妹做實驗, 同樣一件東西, 教了第2次, 就會要學弟妹好好take notes, 第三次我就會用比較嚴厲的語氣,
所以我一直對當教授這檔事, 一點興趣有沒有,as I don't want to deal with students.
- May 14 Wed 2008 11:27
Our hearts go out to Sichuan, China
My eyes were filled with tears while I was reading the news regarding the powerful quake in Sichuan. The death toll climbed above 13,000. The pictures on NY TIMES showed how heart-broken, frightened, and devastated those survivors and victims are and how terrible the disaster zone is….. the debris of collapsed buildings, and the bodies of victims buried under the remains. It is even more shocking that tens of thousands of people still remained buried beneath rubble. The level of the stricken damage is so immeasurable.
- May 13 Tue 2008 12:11
Flying time freaks me out
- May 10 Sat 2008 14:50
Snowshoeing without snowshoe
- May 04 Sun 2008 12:55
How bad is it?
- May 04 Sun 2008 12:49
First on call weekend(04/26-27,2008)
- Apr 30 Wed 2008 12:27
Spring is coming
- Apr 22 Tue 2008 09:18
Friends from Vancouver, Canada
- Apr 14 Mon 2008 05:54
Portland Japanese Garden and Washington Park
- Apr 08 Tue 2008 09:14
換教會了
- Mar 31 Mon 2008 09:02
向前看 or 變貪心了?
想起四年半前剛到Seattle讀書的第一個quarter, 住在學校宿舍, 發現發學校宿舍比以前在台灣住的宿舍好太多了, 自己一個房間, 還都已經有不錯的傢俱了, 和另外三個roommates share 2 bathrooms, one kitchen, one living room, 還有storage,當時覺得住的真不賴,
不過一個quarter後, 決定搬出宿舍, 因為其中一位韓國室友生活習慣很怪, 自己也嫌宿舍房間小了, 還要和三個人共用kitchen and living room,
於是就找了一棟townhouse和一位越南室友一起住下來, 後來個人空間大多了,
但是後來這位讀人類學的越南室友常常在家工作又很浪費電(暖氣常常忘記關),又愛party也不事先通知, 打擾了我晚上想安靜讀書,於是決定不想再和人家share公用空間了,
不過一個quarter後, 決定搬出宿舍, 因為其中一位韓國室友生活習慣很怪, 自己也嫌宿舍房間小了, 還要和三個人共用kitchen and living room,
於是就找了一棟townhouse和一位越南室友一起住下來, 後來個人空間大多了,
但是後來這位讀人類學的越南室友常常在家工作又很浪費電(暖氣常常忘記關),又愛party也不事先通知, 打擾了我晚上想安靜讀書,於是決定不想再和人家share公用空間了,
- Mar 21 Fri 2008 09:18
一個身在Oregon的台南人的感觸
自己的政治立場,一直是支持台灣是獨立國家, 以前住在台灣的時候到覺得還好沒感覺, 出了國住以後, 發現親愛的大陸同胞真的跟我們很不一樣,成長文化不一樣,思想不一樣 (大陸和台灣教育是很不一樣的),真的就像另一個國家的人
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但是我真的好討厭民進黨的政治手法和領導國家的做法, 一整個沒有一個leading party的氣度和風範, 操弄挑撥台灣本來就不多的族群 , (美國政府要是這樣搞, 美國就大亂了,也用不著恐怖攻擊了)
跟我同鄉的陳總統說的話一點都沒有總統樣以外, 聽了只能搖頭, 懷疑他真的受過教育嗎?
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但是我真的好討厭民進黨的政治手法和領導國家的做法, 一整個沒有一個leading party的氣度和風範, 操弄挑撥台灣本來就不多的族群 , (美國政府要是這樣搞, 美國就大亂了,也用不著恐怖攻擊了)
跟我同鄉的陳總統說的話一點都沒有總統樣以外, 聽了只能搖頭, 懷疑他真的受過教育嗎?
- Mar 09 Sun 2008 03:13
好吧...該滿足
看到大家給我之前blog的的feedback, 好吧...我承認在這裡的半導體公司工作還是比台灣的TSMC and UMC輕鬆, 所以應該要滿足高興, 因為可以早早下班, 雖然回到家還要工作,但也比在公司留的很晚工作要好.
加上假日on call 是7 week 才輪一次, 而且還只是在家 on call, 不用去公司, 半夜fab有"大狀況"只是被page, 用email and pager 來回就好了, 不用像TSMC or UMC 那樣會被叫去公司, fab裡有小狀況的話就靠我們engineers寫好的response flow chart可以幫助technicians解決問題, 所以technicians也不會page我們,也因為自己是yield group的,比其他 process groups 的engineers好很多, page and on call次數只有他們的 1/2到1/3
只是和其他美國公司比起來我們是列為很操的公司, 同樣是美國半導體公司, Micron 的R&D部門就很輕鬆, 半夜不管fab裡有大狀況還是小狀況都不會被page, 可能因為是在鳥不生蛋的Boise, Idaho, 所以想吸引人去那工作.....
加上假日on call 是7 week 才輪一次, 而且還只是在家 on call, 不用去公司, 半夜fab有"大狀況"只是被page, 用email and pager 來回就好了, 不用像TSMC or UMC 那樣會被叫去公司, fab裡有小狀況的話就靠我們engineers寫好的response flow chart可以幫助technicians解決問題, 所以technicians也不會page我們,也因為自己是yield group的,比其他 process groups 的engineers好很多, page and on call次數只有他們的 1/2到1/3
只是和其他美國公司比起來我們是列為很操的公司, 同樣是美國半導體公司, Micron 的R&D部門就很輕鬆, 半夜不管fab裡有大狀況還是小狀況都不會被page, 可能因為是在鳥不生蛋的Boise, Idaho, 所以想吸引人去那工作.....