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    2/4/2007

    05' Ford Focus

    真没想到啊,关注了大半年的MK4 Jetta 2.0L/1.8T/VR6, 最后还是一不小心加入了Focus阵营(jw,以后我们是一家人了)
    开了两天,小评一把
     
    Duratec 20引擎(w/o VVT),低中档动力十足,高档加速差强人意
    方向不错,可以用精准来形容
    悬挂给人以厚重感,虽然是compact sedan
    制动偏软,应该跟rear drum有关
     
    总体感觉还不错
     
    昨天还在跟xinran讲要换个tinted后视镜,HID太刺眼
    他来一句:进攻是最好的防守
    难怪丫挺的从ebay上拍了一个,每天晚上都在路上照别人
    (什~么~素质啊?)
     
    在此还感谢Peter,Kenneth帮我看车,试车,练手档
    哪天天晴了,帮你们照相以表感谢
    1/14/2007

    snowboarding

    Jack Gu的ski水平可是了得,double diamond 的道几下就下去了
    没事就往树林里钻,还经常跳个“小崖”什么的,着实让人羡慕
     
    后悔为什么接触滑雪这么晚,如果刚来加拿大就滑雪,现在肯定当教练了
    不过还好,赶紧把board练好,2-3年后转ski,高难的东西还是ski NB
     
    Wei滑的也很猛,就跟他开车一样
    昨天在whistler滑high了,回来的路上,开车过bump都想跳
    还好,车的悬挂没改过
     
    Yi属于稳重型,下陡坡绝对不会像我或Wei一样摔的人仰马翻
    但扎实的基本功跟本不会让人看出来是才滑了一个season
    其实我也就滑了这么久
     
    唉,能找到好几个志同道合,且技术相当的“雪友”实乃不易
    也不知今后还能在温哥华住多久
    人生恍如梦,何去何从
    12/15/2006

    Dream Car - 07' GTI

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Engine litres

    2.0 L

    Cylinder configuration

    I-4

    Horsepower

    200 hp @ 5,100 RPM

    Torque

    207 ft.lbs @ 1,800 RPM

    Engine bore x stroke

    82.5 mm x 92.8 mm

    Compression ratio

    10 to 1

    # of valves

    16

    Recommended fuel

    premium unleaded

    Aluminum cylinder head

    Standard

    Engine oil cooler

    Standard

    Alternator amps

    120

    Battery amp hours

    60 Ah

    Vehicle emissions

    ULEV II

    Stainless steel exhaust

    Standard

    Manual transmission

    Standard

    Drive type

    front wheel drive

    Fuel tank capacity

    54.9 L

    Four wheel independent suspension

    Standard

    Front anti-roll bar

    Standard

    Rear anti-roll bar

    Standard

    Power steering

    Standard

    Rack and pinion steering

    Standard

    Alloy wheels

    Standard

    Front tires

    225/45HR17.0

    Rear tires

    225/45HR17.0

    Wheel size

    17" x 7"

    4 wheel disc brakes

    Standard

    ABS brakes

    Standard

    Number of ABS channels

    3

    Brake assist

    Standard

    Drag coefficient

    .32 Cd

    11/26/2006

    Blackcomb & Whistler

    上个周末去Whistler滑雪,感觉很一般,虽说是opening day, fresh powder。可能是由于大半年没有滑的缘故,刚开始都忘了怎么滑了,不敢冲的太快。本来想把上个season学会的360练习一下,憋足了劲,结果才跳了个180。唉,真是力不从心了。相比之下,这个周末的感觉就好多了。Blackcomb is also open. 加上新装备07' Burton Ion,脚下如行云流水。下周三Westbeach有打折(thanks Jack),争取能拿到07'Burton Custom+Cartel.
     
    暂时还没有photo updates.因为以我现在的水平,还不敢背着我的SLR上山,万一哪个坑没跳好,可就惨了。
     
     p.s. 07'Ion - highly recommended to borders at all levels
    10/1/2006

    10.1

    还没有买票的要抓紧了,优惠快结束了。
     

    4 BUY 4 Season Pass

    FYI:
     http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/tickets/seasonpass/passes/students.htm

    还有下个周末的Whistler Turkey Sale (up to 70% off).
    HOURS OF OPERATION:
    Friday, October 6, 12-9pm
    Saturday, October 7, 9am - 6pm
    Sunday, October 8, 9am - 6pm
    Monday, October 9, 10am - 5pm
    p.s.虽然还是比从美国买贵一些,但是方便。

    8/20/2006

    招行

    上海招商银行的服务还是不错地,至少对金卡客户还是非常客气地。刚刚打电话过去把去年的300元年费搞定,用了不到一分钟。VSAT!本来嘛,客服就是应该这样,让客户满意。
     
    P.S. 从加拿大打招行电话需拨打+86-21-3878-4800,因为这边的电话卡可能会无法接通国内的800-820-5555。如果非得省长途电话费,可先拨打+1-866-639-1911,再由它们转接到国内。但是不赞成此做法,因为这是紧急报失专用电话。
    7/29/2006

    "Coup de Boule"

    Coup de Boule

    by La Plage Records


    Attention c'est la danse du Coup de Boule!
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    Coup de boule à droite
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    Coup de boule à gauche
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)

    Allez les bleus!
    Allez,
    Zidane il a frappé, Zidane il a tapé (Coup de boule!)* 4x

    Le rital, il a eu mal
    Zidane il a frappé
    l'Italien ne va pas bien
    Zidane il a tapé
    L'arbitre l'a vu à la télé
    Zidane il a frappé
    Mais la coupe on l'a ratée
    On a quand même bien rigolé

    Zidane il a frappé, Zidane il a tapé (Coup de boule!) 4x

    Trezeguet n'a pas joué
    Quand il a joué il a raté
    Il a tout fait capoté
    La coupe on l'a ratée
    Barthez n'a rien arreté
    C'est pourtant pas compliqué
    Les sponseurs sont tous fâchés
    Mais Chirac a bien parlé

    Zidane il a frappé, Zidane il a tapé (Coup de boule!) 4x

    Attention c'est la danse du Coup de Boule!
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    Coup de boule à droite
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    Coup de boule à gauche
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    Coup de boule avant
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    Coup de boule arrière
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)

    Et maintenant penalty
    Attention il va tirer
    un, deux, trois...c'est raté!

    Zidane il a frappé, Zidane il a tapé (4x)

    On a quand meme bien rigolé
    Zidane et Trezeguet
    La coupe on l'a ratée
    Zidane et Trezeguet (2x)
    Et Trezeguet...et Trezeguet...et Trezeguet guet guet
    Trezeguet
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    et Trezeguet
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    et Trezeguet
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    et Trezeguet
    (Coup de boule, coup de boule)
    Trezeguet

     
     
    p.s. 法国人果然"浪漫",居然能以齐达内 headbutt 为题材,写出一首比世界杯主题曲 Time of Our Lives还好听的歌。"踏漠寻飞鸟"不是最近在学法语吗?要是有时间的话帮忙翻译一下呗,我不知道他们在表达什么:-( 谢谢了先。
    7/10/2006

    Zidane

    马说:老齐,我昨天发帖你为什么不顶?
    齐说:好好,我这就顶...
     
    6/18/2006

    last night in abbotsford

    I just got off work cuz our team's doing the earlier shift tonight in abbe. The other team's still out there working. I feel kinda sad that this 3-week project is almost over. I've met a lot of interesting ppl in the last couple of weeks and two of my crew chiefs, Emily and Chris will fly back to the states later today. Sorry, Emily, the series is tied at 3-3 right now, but enjoy game 7 in south carolina. I'm not saying the Hurricanes won't win, but i'm cheering for the oilers. Thanks for the oppertunity, Wendy.
     
    Last but not the least: Don't drink and drive.
    (Sorry, don't drink TOO MUCH and drive!)
     
     
    6/13/2006

    9/11 the truth and lies

    无意间在google video上看到几个关于9/11的短片,片中的内容十分令人震撼。虽然部分内容存在一些假设和推论,并不一定就是事实,但是我基本赞同Twin Towers and Building 7不是由于内部fire而以美国政府所声称的pancake effect坍塌的,更有可能是因为内部的mysterious explosions,导致大楼以近乎free fall的速度在十几秒钟内夷为平地。关与美国政府声称撞击五角大楼的American Airlines Flight 77也存在很大争议。The following video clips explained what some people thought might have happened, but it is really up to YOU to decide what you really believe in.

    911 Loose Change 2nd Edition with extra footage
    http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=1519312457137943386


    THE TRUTH & LIES OF 9/11
    http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=8797525979024486145

    在Wikipedia上也有许多关于9/11 Truth Movement的链接:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_Truth_Movement

    Other websites and links:
    http://www.reopen911.org/
    http://www.911truth.org
    http://www.question911.com

    总之,希望制造这起恐怖袭击事件的真正“元凶”(the real terrorists)能够被bring to justice,虽然可能性不大,but may God bless those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

    5/31/2006

    3+3+1 keeps me busy

    3 summer courses + 3 parttimes + 1 project makes me feel good...at least i'm one step closer to pay for a trip to the u.s.
     
    i want another co-op in Sept...RIM, here i come...
    5/22/2006

    Match Schedule

    Group A

    Match Date Venue   Teams   Time/Score  
    1 09-Jun-06 Munich GER:CRC 18:00
    2 09-Jun-06 Gelsenkirchen POL:ECU 21:00
    17 14-Jun-06 Dortmund GER:POL 21:00
    18 15-Jun-06 Hamburg ECU:CRC 15:00
    33 20-Jun-06 Berlin ECU:GER 16:00
    34 20-Jun-06 Hanover CRC:POL 16:00

    Group B

    Match Date Venue   Teams   Time/Score  
    3 10-Jun-06 Frankfurt ENG:PAR 15:00
    4 10-Jun-06 Dortmund TRI:SWE 18:00
    19 15-Jun-06 Nuremberg ENG:TRI 18:00
    20 15-Jun-06 Berlin SWE:PAR 21:00
    35 20-Jun-06 Cologne SWE:ENG 21:00
    36 20-Jun-06 Kaiserslautern PAR:TRI 21:00

    Group C

    Match Date Venue   Teams   Time/Score  
    5 10-Jun-06 Hamburg ARG:CIV 21:00
    6 11-Jun-06 Leipzig SCG:NED 15:00
    21 16-Jun-06 Gelsenkirchen ARG:SCG 15:00
    22 16-Jun-06 Stuttgart NED:CIV 18:00
    37 21-Jun-06 Frankfurt NED:ARG 21:00
    38 21-Jun-06 Munich CIV:SCG 21:00

    Group D

    Match Date Venue   Teams   Time/Score  
    7 11-Jun-06 Nuremberg MEX:IRN 18:00
    8 11-Jun-06 Cologne ANG:POR 21:00
    23 16-Jun-06 Hanover MEX:ANG 21:00
    24 17-Jun-06 Frankfurt POR:IRN 15:00
    39 21-Jun-06 Gelsenkirchen POR:MEX 16:00
    40 21-Jun-06 Leipzig IRN:ANG 16:00

    Group E

    Match Date Venue   Teams   Time/Score  
    9 12-Jun-06 Hanover ITA:GHA 21:00
    10 12-Jun-06 Gelsenkirchen USA:CZE 18:00
    25 17-Jun-06 Kaiserslautern ITA:USA 21:00
    26 17-Jun-06 Cologne CZE:GHA 18:00
    41 22-Jun-06 Hamburg CZE:ITA 16:00
    42 22-Jun-06 Nuremberg GHA:USA 16:00

    Group F

    Match Date Venue   Teams   Time/Score  
    11 13-Jun-06 Berlin BRA:CRO 21:00
    12 12-Jun-06 Kaiserslautern AUS:JPN 15:00
    27 18-Jun-06 Munich BRA:AUS 18:00
    28 18-Jun-06 Nuremberg JPN:CRO 15:00
    43 22-Jun-06 Dortmund JPN:BRA 21:00
    44 22-Jun-06 Stuttgart CRO:AUS 21:00

    Group G

    Match Date Venue   Teams   Time/Score  
    13 13-Jun-06 Stuttgart FRA:SUI 18:00
    14 13-Jun-06 Frankfurt KOR:TOG 15:00
    29 18-Jun-06 Leipzig FRA:KOR 21:00
    30 19-Jun-06 Dortmund TOG:SUI 15:00
    45 23-Jun-06 Cologne TOG:FRA 21:00
    46 23-Jun-06 Hanover SUI:KOR 21:00

    Group H

    Match Date Venue   Teams   Time/Score  
    15 14-Jun-06 Leipzig ESP:UKR 15:00
    16 14-Jun-06 Munich TUN:KSA 18:00
    31 19-Jun-06 Stuttgart ESP:TUN 21:00
    32 19-Jun-06 Hamburg KSA:UKR 18:00
    47 23-Jun-06 Kaiserslautern KSA:ESP 16:00
    48 23-Jun-06 Berlin UKR:TUN 16:00

    Source: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/schedule.html

    For local game time: http://soccer.sportsnet.tsn.ca/tv/

     

     

    Il Divo to perform Official Song “Time of Our Lives”

    www.ece.ubc.ca/~cqian/mp3/Time_Of_Our_Lives.mp3

    There was a dream
    A long time ago
    There was a dream
    Destined to grow

    Hacerse pasión (To become passion)
    Con fuego abrasar (to burn with fire)
    El deseo de dar sin fin (the desire to give endlessly)
    El deseo de ganar (the desire to win)

    For the lifetime of heartbreaks
    That brought us here today
    And we’ll go all the way

    Hey it feels like we're having the time of our lives
    Let’s light the fire, light the flame
    Let’s go together as one in the same
    ’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
    We’ll find the glory in this game
    (For) all that we are, for all that we are
    For the time of our lives

    Hoy es el día (Today is the day)
    Es la ocasión de triunfar (It is the time to triumph)
    Para hacer realidad el destino que soñabamos conseguir (to make into reality the destiny we dreamed of achieving)
    Una vida de lucha nos trajo hasta aquí (A life of struggling brought us here (to this point))
    Y llegaré hasta el final (and I'll go all the way)
    (Heaven knows)

    ’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
    Juntos, unidos, triunfará nuestro deseo de ser el mejor (Together, united, our desire to be the best will triumph)
    ’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
    Junto a la gloria, junto a ti, (Joined in glory, together with you)
    La hora llegó de la verdad (the moment of truth has come)
    El momento llegó (The moment has come)

    Y ya nunca jamás lo podré olvidar...
    (And now I will never ever will be able to forget it...)

    ’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
    Juntos, unidos, triunfará nuestro deseo de ser el mejor (Together, united, our desire to be the best will triumph)
    ’Cause it feels like we’re having the time of our lives
    Junto a la gloria, junto a ti, (Joined in glory, together with you)
    La gloria llegó (The glory has come)
    Ya la hora llegó (The time has come)

    We’ll find the glory in the end
    For all that we are
    (For everything that we wanna be and all that we are)
    For the time of our lives
    For the time of our lives

     

    5/13/2006

    reloaded

    突然发现没有snowboarding的日子不好过,现在唯一盼望的就是能在今年冬天买Whistler的unlimited season pass,如果到时候能挣够钱买辆二手ford focus更好。I still have a lot of things to deal with in the summer, the clock is ticking, and I'd better hurry up and move on.  继续努力。。

     

    祝妈妈母亲节快乐!永远年轻,健康,美丽。

    3/17/2006

    Burton 07 Gear

    个人感觉总体比06版的好看

    07 Burton Snowboards

    Burton Air
    Burton Baron
    Burton Baron ES
    Burton Blunt
    Burton Bullet
    Burton Clash
    Burton Custom
    Burton Custom X
    Burton Dominant & Dominant Slick
    Burton Elite
    Burton Fish
    Burton Jeremy
    Burton King
    Burton Malolo
    Burton Powers
    Burton Royale
    Burton S-Series
    Burton Seven
    Burton Shaun White
    Burton T6
    Burton Tadashi Fuse
    Burton Twin
    Burton Un..Inc

    Uninc 152

    Burton Uninc 152

    Uninc 154

    Burton Uninc 154

    Uninc 156

    Burton Uninc 156

    Uninc 158

    Burton Uninc 158

    Uninc 160

    Burton Uninc 160
    Burton Vapor

    WOMEN

    Burton Feather
    Burton FeelGood
    Burton FeelGood ES
    Burton GTwin
    Burton Lux
    Burton Troop

     

    Source: Snowboard Magazine

    2/22/2006

    folks, it's time to change your mac address

    the new ubc resnet bandwidth policy (2GB/24hr) is really annoying. i'd have to change my mac address frequently to get away with this limitations - not a pleasant experience at all...
    2/17/2006

    NYTimes Editorial

    这篇2月13日NYTimes的社论还是比较符合绝大多数中国人的口味的,希望以后美国媒体上类似这样的文章能多一些。
     
     

    Editorial

    Japan's Offensive Foreign Minister

    Published: February 13, 2006

    People everywhere wish they could be proud of every bit of their countries' histories. But honest people understand that's impossible, and wise people appreciate the positive value of acknowledging and learning from painful truths about past misdeeds. Then there is Japan's new foreign minister, Taro Aso, who has been neither honest nor wise in the inflammatory statements he has been making about Japan's disastrous era of militarism, colonialism and war crimes that culminated in the Second World War.

    Besides offending neighboring countries that Japan needs as allies and trading partners, he is disserving the people he has been pandering to. World War II ended before most of today's Japanese were born. Yet public discourse in Japan and modern history lessons in its schools have never properly come to terms with the country's responsibility for such terrible events as the mass kidnapping and sexual enslavement of Korean young women, the biological warfare experiments carried out on Chinese cities and helpless prisoners of war, and the sadistic slaughter of hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians in the city of Nanjing.

    That is why so many Asians have been angered by a string of appalling remarks Mr. Aso has made since being named foreign minister last fall. Two of the most recent were his suggestion that Japan's emperor ought to visit the militaristic Yasukuni Shrine, where 14 Japanese war criminals are among those honored, and his claim that Taiwan owes its high educational standards to enlightened Japanese policies during the 50-year occupation that began when Tokyo grabbed the island as war booty from China in 1895. Mr. Aso's later lame efforts to clarify his words left their effect unchanged.

    Mr. Aso has also been going out of his way to inflame Japan's already difficult relations with Beijing by characterizing China's long-term military buildup as a "considerable threat" to Japan. China has no recent record of threatening Japan. As the rest of the world knows, it was the other way around. Mr. Aso's sense of diplomacy is as odd as his sense of history.

     

    2/12/2006

    timing

    今天在Collins道上创下了3分38秒的记录。其实也不算什么记录,因为就在最后一圈掐了一次表,而且中途为了躲小孩,有三次比较大的减速。争取下次把这个记录提高至少10秒,season结束的时候进入2分30秒以内。
     
    p.s.涂齐正膏药睡觉去了...
     
     
    2/5/2006

    snowboarding

    今天的雪超好,黑道滑的特别爽,全是powder,所以就一直放心大胆的往前冲。。reading break再去滑
    2/4/2006

    爱情与婚姻

    看了表哥关于苏格拉底与失恋者的对话的blog,有感,再转贴苏格拉底的爱情观与婚姻观。

     

    柏拉图有一天问老师苏格拉底是什么是爱情,苏格拉底叫他到麦田走一次,要不回头地走,在途中要摘一株最大最好的麦穗,但只可以摘一次。

    柏拉图觉得很容易,充满信心地出去,谁知过了半天他仍没有回去。最后,他垂头丧气地出现在老师跟前诉说空手而回的原因:“很难得看见一株不错的,却不知道是不是最好的,因为只可以摘一株,只好放弃,再往前走看看有没有更好的。到发现已经走到尽头时,才发觉手上一株麦穗也没有...”

    这时,苏格拉底告诉他:“这就是爱情!”

     

     

    柏拉图有一天又问老师苏格拉底什么是婚姻,苏格拉底叫他到衫树林走一次,要不回头地走,在途中要取一棵最好、最适合用来当圣诞树的树材,但只可以取一次。

    柏拉图有了上回的教训,充满信心地出去,半天之后,他一身疲惫地拖了一棵看起来直挺、翠绿,却有点稀疏的杉树。

    苏格拉底问他:“这就是最好的树材吗?”

    柏拉图回答老师:“因为只可以取一棵,好不容易看见一棵看似不错的,又发觉时间、体力已经快不够用了,也不管是不是最好的,所以就拿回来了...”

    这时,苏格拉底告诉他:“那就是婚姻!”