Chinese scientists found our good old friend! jan 24 2003
Scientists have found clues to an amazing dinosaur discovery - a four-legged find with feathered wings. They reckon the dinosaur probably glided from tree to tree rather than flapped its way around the skies. Scientists have found bits of other gliding dinosaurs before but not with feathers, and they've never found one with four wings. Now they're trying to work out where the Microraptor Gui fits into the way dinosaurs and birds are linked through evolution. Some people think the fossil find shows how some dinosaurs learned to glide between trees - like a parachute - and then over millions of years worked out how to fly. Others think they ran along the ground building up speeds before taking off - like a plane.
photo 1: Reuters Graphics photo 2: Portia Sloan, Nature/Reuters text: CBBC
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A new year with the most people you can celebrate with together! Do you see 750,000 people in the picture above? That was how many people were crowded into Times Square in New York on new year eve. Fortunately, (or unfortunately) I was one of them! I was spending my holidays of christmas and new year in New York, and just in time to witness one of the most famous and participated new year celebrations on Earth. The Times Square area traffic stopped at 4pm for people to move in. I went there at 6pm. So I stood on the street for 6 hours for the new year to come. It was 6 hours! Luckily, the night was not cold. I was just stood there, doing nothing until 11pm when the big screen started offering some no-sound visual entertainment. The countdown was signified by a glowing ball falling down from top of all those big screens and finally light up the numbers "2003" at the new year moment. The streets were so crowded and the people went crazy afterwards. For me, the wait was the most memorable. I do admit that the scene right at the new year moment was very good. It was accompanied with fireworks, pieces of colored paper and all lights lit up, and people cheering. |
A person that will forever be missed: Mr. Chong 
dec 20 2002
This is a very sad news. Thanks to Frankie, who posted this message on the message board to let all us know this sad news. Mr. Chong, full name Chong Chi-Ching Here I mean education. School is for two things--education and instructions. Mr. Chong did great in both. I do not know how good he was as a instructor (or teacher). But I am sure he is a great educator. Instructos, or teachers, just teach you textbook materials. They teach you what you need to know for exams and to understand the materials in books. But educators are the true reason why we have to go to school. As I know, there are lots of teachers in Yuet Wah. But true educators are long gone. The teachers are just there to teach, prepare you for exams, i.e. GCE. They are not educators. Educators are those who tell you how to be a good person, how to be a good role model, how to be a respectable person and contribute to society and the world in a positive way. The is the real reason to go to school. It is to learn to be a good person. The textbook knowledge and prepare for jobs and all these things just come second to personal education.
Mr. Chong was a good teacher. But the most important thing is, he is also a good educator, a rare educator in our society. I really have a lot of respect for him. He will forever be missed.
died on Dec. 20, 2002. He served at Yuet Wah College for longer than I have lived. He had never taught me anything. He came to my class for several times just to substitute an absent teacher. However, I have all the respect in the world for this honorable person. I could sense the passion for education in his soul.
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GUESS WHO? 2 Say Hi to Michael Jackson! Jim Ruymen/Reuters |
"Something", tired to think of a title nov 30 2002
I didn't write here for a long time. It has been a busy semester. I realize that the upcoming semesters, meaning the following one and a half years...or possibly two years, will be even harder. I don't know. I wonder if all you pals studying in Taiwan or other places needs to spend this much time at school work.
I'm have time to write this by courtesy of the thanksgiving holidays. Thanksgiving is the second largest holidays for me, other than in-between semesters (summer and christmas). I know everybody gets a whole week off. Here I only have Thursday, Friday and together with Saturday and Sunday. It's a total of four days. I can't ask for more, because it's out of my reach. But this holiday is particularly not in time. Final week will be one and a half week away. I need to prepare for the exams next week and the finals.
I want to let many of you know that there is about 30% chance that I will go back to Macau for summer in 2003. As usually, not a decision until maybe March 2003. Let me explain what is going on.
According to my degree plan, I can graduate as soon as spring 2004 (May 2004). To do so, I must stay for summer school in 2003. That means I will not go back to Macau in summer. You guys will not see me until I graduate. On the other side, I can skip summer school in 2003 and go back. In this case I would have to study for one more semester in 2004 fall. If i choose to do so, I can go back in 2003 summer, but I will have to study for one more semester, spending one more semester of money, and my graduation will be on Dec. 4, 2004, one day before my
Of course there are many uncertain factors. Wait for my final decision around March 2003.
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GUESS WHO? Monkey? Genetically modified hairy human boy? Ar..ar. All wrong. He is "pop king" Michael Jackson.He was called as a hostile witness in a $21 million breach of contract lawsuit in which a promoter says he lost millions after Jackson cancelled a pair of millennium celebration concerts. Spencer Weiner, Pool via Reuters |
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Einstein's New Law (Read: law must be true, no theory) "There are two things that are infinite, the universe and stupidity...and I'm not sure about the universe." California Institute Of Technology via Reuters |
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Chris Simms will forever be remembered as the Texas legend who had never beat OU
Chris Simms had played Oklahoma for consecutive three years. Being a "legend" who made such a boom when recruited out of high school, he was never up to expectation. At least he never beat our archrival, Oklahoma University. He walked out of Cotton Bowl after another loss to OU, knowing that he will never have the chance. |
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NICE CATCH! Fabio Pinto of Galatasaray (L) holds off Jacob Lekgetho of Lokomotiv Moscow as they fight for the ball during their Group H Champions League soccer match in Moscow's Lokomotiv stadium September 18, 2002. Galatasaray won the match 2-0. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor description wrote by zimmeau from Reuters |
I remember what I did this summer sep 16 2002
The third time is always tough. I'm talking about the three times I needed to leave Macau for Austin to study. I had a great time in the past summer. And I mean great. I realized that two years was not that long. It was like I had never left. Nothing had changed. In the three months¡¦ time, I spent one entire month watching World Cup. I started going out in the second month since more old classmates, now friends, came back from Taiwan and the US. I spent the rest of the time with them. I felt like we were never apart. We were exactly the same as two years ago, the time when we just graduated from Yuet Wah. The whole four months of do-nothing. We did the same this year, with a little difference. We played more mahjong and we went out more for dinner, the kind of HK$30 nice dinner that one can only get in China. Although sometime we complain about the food, and all that, but we had a great time. I have learned in these few years that eating out with friends is not just for a dinner or lunch, it about the time spent with friends. We might not have excellent food every time, but the time we could spend together is worth way more than $30.
These guys, including me, did not change much. This once again proves that two years in nothing. Generally, every one of us were the person he was two years ago. Some of our special characters were even stronger. If Michael Lee had come back, I can say this even more firmly. I missed these guys when we had to go when we graduated from high school, now I am missing them the same way once again.
Now about my family, they did not change either. My old home is still my old home. Other than my brother had grown taller, all other pretty much stayed the same. I like the feeling of being at home. Especially the time I spent with my family on the meal table, the time I played computer and video games with brother together, and the many time my cat bit me. I cannot express in any words how miserable I was when I was preparing to leave again in the last week. I could not sleep at night. Every time I tried to, my mind will remind me how time had passed me by so quickly. It was two years; normally it is half way of my college education. In another two years, I might have to come out and looking for jobs. School will no longer be my shelter. Getting a job, to me, it is still something very far away from me. It is very sad to look back, how much I have gone through, now I am an adult, getting ready to get a job. I sometimes felt that I did not achieve much in my teenage years and in my high school career. But I cannot complain, I cannot say I wasted it. I was actually happy about it. Without my time the way I have spent, I am not the person I am. I did what I did, I chose to do what I did, so be proud of it.
The first time I left Macau was in 2000. That time I was actually hopeful and feeling bright. I could see a nice, unsure, mysterious way ahead of me. I had never been to United States before that. Everything I was going to see was new to me. The chance of going to a new school and a totally different living and study environment got me more excited than sadness.
The second time was situated in the middle. I went back just one month. It was too short for me to reflect on anything. I had just left for one year then. That one year was not long. But right before I went back that summer. I often dreamt about going back to Macau. The very first semester here was the worst. Depression got me to a new high level of mental stress. The summer of 2001 in Macau was a relief. But it might have been to short for me to re-establish a deep connection with all the things in Macau.
This year, 2002, I spent the whole three months of my summer in Macau. I did not stay to attend summer school not because I was lazy, but I got no class to take. If I was to take one class, I could not go back until August. I would rather go home. I know that there would not be many opportunities for me to enjoy my time with my family, especially my brother. Now we are still students, we will never be able to play games and do the things we did when we have grown up. I treasure the time with him a lot. There is not too much time when two brothers can play together. Two brothers can only enjoy time like this when they are still young. I know all these will change in a few years. I have to take good use of time like this. I can say I had never wasted it. Taking just a few more classes in summer school can help me a bit to finish my degree early. But I will never get back the playing time with brother. It can only happen in a limited time, so grasp it.
Three months was long enough for me to get back on my Macau living. I almost forgot the way I lived in Austin. Macau gives me the warmth of home that I think no other place in the world can give me. I love Macau more than ever in my life. I feel a lot more so this time I went back. I was emotionally connected to many things, places and people in Macau. I knew that this might never be the same once I got a job after I graduate from college. I missed all the things I mentioned above and many things that I may not be able to mention here the same way I did two years ago. But I am not excited about new places this time. I know what I am going to face now, school, people and tough time. This is the most difficult departure compared to the previous two.
Philippines MIB
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (C) poses with her cabinet secretaries as it appears in a lifestyle magazine in Manila. The pose bears resemblance to the alien busting heroes of Hollywood's 'Men in Black' blockbuster film. The editor of the magazine Philippine Tatler said the shot, taken at the Malacanang presidential palace in August, was intended to 'make the president more accessible and show her 'fun side' as well. (Stringer/Philippines/Reuters) |
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Storm, a bomb sniffing dog with the New York Police Department, wears a credential badge prior to the start of matches at the U.S. Open in Flushing, New York, August 26, 2002. Security has been enhanced for this year's Open. REUTERS/Shaun Best |
Not In Sync sep 8 2002
I really don't want to write. I want to just pick a nice "under contruction" picture just to fill this page. This might prolong my columnistship on dcmacau.net for a little longer. I have a lot to tell you all. But every time I sit in front of the computer, I would lose all my feelings. I'm thinking of putting my daily photos here in my "Zimmeauville Anyday Anytime Journal Online" page. The only element missing is a digital camera. (or I can say money because money can ALMOST do everything) I can't live here in Austin like I did three months ago. I physically adapted the living rhythm of Macau. I lost to ability to concentrate reading books. I still miss what I have done and all the people I have met in Macau. I wish I could still stay for a lot longer. Many of my old classmates have not changed. I hanged out with them just like what I had done two years ago. We were like never apart. I felt like I was in the summer holiday after my Form 5 graduation.