Martin Klimas Photography

Art

For the most part, I’m not an artistic person.  But I recently found the following photography by Martin Klimas and was thoroughly impressed: Click here to see more.

Atlantis in Dubai

Dubai has not stopped impressing the world with the continuously refreshed list of new world wonders.  This time, it’s the Atlantis hotel: Dang I love the view from that window.  It’s a much better honeymoon destination than your average tropical beach resorts.  If my salary somehow goes up 100 times next March, I’ll book a

She Said Yes

Nearly four years ago I wrote a blog post with this title, and it was about getting my “dream” job offer.  This time around, it’s actually what you might think it is. Here’s a very subtle picture: The photo journey of a stone:

風雲決 Storm Riders 2008

Storm Riders, my favorite comic series from Hong Kong, has officially set foot across the entire spectrum of the entertainment industry by having released an animated movie – ??? (Storm Riders 2008). I wouldn’t call it a great movie.  The plot is sloppy (which is the norm for movies), and the voice actors don’t quite

FSA

Exactly four days from four years ago, I took my first step onto the actuarial career track.  Today, I’m done. Memory is still vivid of the warm, sunny morning on September 21, 2004.  Hesitating to study for GRE and applying to PhD programs, I printed out the application for SOA Course 1 from my office in

Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni

Art

On all those nights when people around the globe stayed up to watch the Beijing Olympics games, I lost sleep making the Beijing Olympics mascots – the Fuwas: Even though the project started concurrently with the Opening Ceremony, it wasn’t complete until after the game was over and city workers sweeped every street in Beijing

TV In the House

For three years, coworkers have made fun of me for not having a TV… and using that to explain why I (have time to study and) pass my exams like nobody else. Well, that’s changing as I got myself an HD digital antenna to hook up to the HDTV card in my new computer. This is

Google Chrome

Google has released its own Web browser today (at noon PDT), and I installed it on both my work and home computers within 15 minutes.  I had not been so eager to try a newly released software since Internet Explorer 4, and I actually didn’t learn about this one until a few hours before its

Family

Ariel + Chee Seng, Dennis + Anita all visited me (or rather, New York) this weekend.  It’s pretty awesome having part of the family hangout here. The last picture is to demonstrate how we’re a skinny family that can together fit on one bench outside of that dinky tako yaki shop.