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Life Starts From Our Garden

We have found bird nest once a while built on the eave of our house or somewhere high out of our reach, I worked in the yard a couple of days ago and found a bird nest built right in the shrub next to our back porch. Now three little baby birds were hatched and tended by mom and dad. They are cardinals. We can eat our dinner while watching three baby birds demanding food. Glad to provide a safe bay for those pretty birds. Surely make our life a bit of joy as well.

Eydie just had her groomed. Fluffy turns to skinny. She is still getting used to it.

Rafting In New River

You might see the post from Sammy's blog. I am just posting some of pictures. It is such beautiful area - Mountain, River, Falling Water and Bridge. Even though old mining trace can still be seen, the Nature takes the course in a better direction.

Spring Never Ends

It has be a prolonged spring this year. We still have not smelled the air of summer time. The temperature can still drop to the middle 40s. This endless spring is pleasant and lush. At the same time, it is like a long torture chamber since my allergy just can not leave me alone. Our garden is still in making and look better every day. But vegetable have not grown much since the temperature is just a bit low.

Peony heaven is back to Athens. It is just delightful. We finally made the bamboo fence . It is so worthwhile working two steaming afternoon last year. Otherwise we never have all the free material. Hopefully our garden will finally take shape next year.

Please Help!!!

Yesterday our Chinese co-workers planed to launch a relief donation campaign inside the company. I asked Sammy to help make the post for display. I went through hundred of images. It is just heart breaking. I am not able to imagine what have been going through for thousands and thousands family. I hope that everyone can open heart to help . Thank Sammy for the beautiful work.

Please click the image to get information if you like to help and donate.

Charleston - A beautiful Swing

We drove 9 hours South to Charleston and celebrated our friend JP's 40th birthday. It is hard to believe this is very first time I visited this Southern charm after I lived in South for more than 10 years and left. We really had a wonderful time -beautiful weather, blue ocean, white beach, charming court yard cafe.... Especially once favorite plant - my elegant fig vine.


At the same time, it is a bit beyond expectation in the term of sanity. $38,000 price tag for a pair of stone lion heads -Sold, $42,000 for a library mobile stair. My $180 marble plant stand here can be asked for $1,200 there. Go figure that people are happy or crazy or a lot of bitchy rich divorced wife to burn some real green to vent the anger. After all it is a beautiful city. Finally Sammy had chance to visit his last project(finish after he left) of his old company - Charles Town Landing. That was really fun.

Let Be Not Political

It has been a while since my last posting. I am not sure what it is - laziness, preoccupied, or not motivated? Finally tax time is over. Even we always get a good refund but I am just not fond of filing until the very last minute.

I have been astonished how far it can go away from facts by Western media regarding Tibet. When I just come to the State, I was so puzzled why Dalai Lama is such a darling in the West and was rewarded Nobel Peace Prize.

I am not sure if anyone in the West knows what it was when Dalai was in Tibet or just do not want to know or pretend to not know. In old Tibet, Dalai was the ruler of the region and the head of the religion. And the system which he represented was called serfdom. American had slavery and serfdom can only be worse. First of all, Why did not Western media ask this basic question? Why have not we seen any prominent scholars in the West present the very facts to the public?

Dalai is such a darling for the West. But he embodies everything against Western ideals. When do we start forgetting the founding principle of this country - separate church(religion) from government. Principle demonstrates the great wisdom of our founding fathers. When some question why Dalai has many followers, hello, my stupid fellow liberals. It is called religion. When we strongly oppose Christian right to influence our government in this country, suddenly we are so retarded to apply the same principle to Dalai.

When Dalai claims often that China conducts culture genocide, monks should have been long gone or go underground instead of monks up close to 10% population, all temples should have been long gone instead of the best preserved heritage, no one should have been allowed to speak Tibetan publicly instead of Tibetan taught in School. Dalai can lie!

The next time when you put a stick "liberate Tibet" on the ass of your car, go to study and know a bit more of Tibet -yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Every time when Tibet brings in some new development, it will immediately be questioned to destroy Tibet's culture and tradition. What a hypocrite we are! It is iPod and iPhone age for us, be owned as serf for majority Tibetan. Liberal ?= progressive.Be not ignorant liberals even though your intention might be good.

Dalai is also cold war legacy. Some of Western politician and elites do not feel comfortable to witness the rise of China and fear losing the high ground to make definitions for others. The more fear, the quicker these days numbers.

China is far from perfect today. I may not agree with Chinese government or totally content with some situation in China today (thanks for being so Americanized^^). But it is definitely undeniable fact that today's China is many times better than when I left almost twenty years ago. Tibet is absolutely hundred times better than when Dalai was there. When the fact is respected, thing becomes simple.

the Moment, Mind and Flow

"Be in the moment" is becoming something commonly used now