Saturday, August 15, 2009
Still Alive
This place is almost dead, but I am still alive! Great, come see me when you have time.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Love is the Oasis of My Heart
Just Realized that I have been in a different world for a while. Good or bad, this is my choice and my life. I have been looking forward for the future but secretly time just keeps passing me by and I am giving up some of the precious things that could have happened to my life. You are one of them.
I cherish the sweetest things in life we had shared. Whenever I am and whatever I do, I will have you - every one of you - in my heart. Hope you also have a piece of me in your heart.
I am looking forward to the day to see you again. Sooner or later.
I cherish the sweetest things in life we had shared. Whenever I am and whatever I do, I will have you - every one of you - in my heart. Hope you also have a piece of me in your heart.
I am looking forward to the day to see you again. Sooner or later.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Clair de Lune
MoonlightI am going to a concert at Carnegie Hall on thursday, the piano recital of Leon Fleisher. He was once a talented young musician, who was the 1st American to win the Queen Elisabeth Intenational Piano Competition in Belgium, before losing his right hand to focal dystonia at the summit of his career. 40 yrs passed by before he finally regain his control of the right hand after series of BOTOX (botulinum toxin) injection in a NIH-directed research. He won an SfN Advocacy Award last year for his work in raising public awareness about dystonia and performed in one evening at last year's SfN Neuroscience Meeting at DC. How amazing it was to be there and enjoy the music of life!
I bought his 2004 recording "Two Hands", his first "two-handed" recording in 40 yrs, and surprisingly found out he also recorded "Clair de Lune" in this album. So I listened to the song under the moonlight in that special night on Manhattan. Well, something was sinking in again...
I bought his 2004 recording "Two Hands", his first "two-handed" recording in 40 yrs, and surprisingly found out he also recorded "Clair de Lune" in this album. So I listened to the song under the moonlight in that special night on Manhattan. Well, something was sinking in again...
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站在辛亥路的安全島上
凜冽的寒風深深的刺痛了我
冷冷的夜
這世上除了冰冷
沒有其他的了
仰望蒼穹，期望
卻不見一顆星
思緒是無聲的雨滴
無止無盡地在我心湖裡泛起漣漪
懷疑自己
懷疑妳
懷疑真實的存在
懷疑一切的一切
甩了甩頭
甩不去糾纏不掉的頭痛
只有讓寒風將我清醒
試著記起張若虛的春江花月夜
為何總是Clair de lune的旋律在耳邊呼喚
讓晚風帶走我吧----
躍過思念的淡水河，飛到妳的身邊
為何是我?為何我是我?
似乎永遠如此
總是眷戀月光的美好
總是熱愛深夜的寂靜，當我漫步在街頭
總是坐在總圖前，期待著生命中的流星
總是愛妳
妳的影子在視覺中輕輕溜走
閉上雙眼又清晰復見
但願這只是一場遊戲一場夢
奈何車輛無情的喧囂，喚回我跳脫的靈魂
張開雙眼
依然站在辛亥路的人行道上
只有寒風伴我
到永遠。
Dec. 23, 1999 11:30 pm 於愛的小屋
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P.S. I also highly recommend his recording of Brahms piano concertos No.1 with Cleveland Orchestra and George Szell, one of the classic pieces he and George recorded half a century ago. He was less than 30 then!
Friday, June 16, 2006
I sit and wait...
Does an Angel contemplate my fate?This has been my favorite song dating back to my restless freshman days in National Taiwan University. I was a very young boy who was eager to get indepence, tried to explore fate, and sinked into love. Sometimes it still slips into my mind secretly, though not as strong, but very true.
Those were the best days of my life...
Those were the best days of my life...
P.S. Somebody has provided the videos of this song on YouTube. I think it is illegal but check them out before they are removed. Here are the links:
The Road to Cell
Well, the lab I worked during the 2nd rotation just got manuscripts accepted by CELL and Nature Neuroscience, two of the best journals in the biology field. I am acknowledged for helping the electrophysiological recording of the hippocampal slices of Myo6 & Gipc1-/- animals. Gogos's lab, my 1st rotation lab, meanwhile summited a manuscipt to Science, in which I am also acknowledged. Ha! I guess I have to work harder in order to sneak into the author list. Anyway, I shall begin to work on my own project soon, after I choose my thesis lab at the end of the summer.
Having a 1st-author Cell paper will be a delight, ha. Well, Nature Neuroscience is fine, too. Let's see what I will get.
Kind of remind me of the lyric of "Star" of Les Miserables
Having a 1st-author Cell paper will be a delight, ha. Well, Nature Neuroscience is fine, too. Let's see what I will get.
Kind of remind me of the lyric of "Star" of Les Miserables
"I will never rest,
Til then
This I swear
This I swear by the Stars!"
Well, Let's GO!Til then
This I swear
This I swear by the Stars!"
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Wagner overpowers Bonds
Bonds wings and misses a fastball fired by Billy Wagner down the strikezone
Bonds extends the lead
Bonds' LF blooper drives in the 6th run of the 1st game vs Mets on top 9th on June 3rd, 2006
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Celebration for the WIN!
Giants celebrated the WIN over A's in extra-inning on May 20th on the field.
Photos at http://tinyurl.com/ldpxr (May 13th, 14th vs Dodgers)
http://tinyurl.com/qlsdu (May 19th, 20th vs A's)
Celebration for #714
As Bonds rounding the bases, the standing crowd cheered for this milestone. "Believe it or not, they are all on their feet!"
Bonds' HR #714!!!
Bonds crashed the ball off Halsey to the LF bleachers to tie Babe Ruth's all-time record. HR #714
Lab Rotations
這學期感覺一切都上櫃了
前兩個rotation的實驗室都說可以收我 感覺比較踏實
沒有剛近來時的壓力
第一個實驗室是在做精神分裂症(Schizophrenia)的遺傳成分
雖然用老鼠的model做這種研究還有蠻多爭議的 (你覺得老鼠會發瘋嗎?)
不過我覺得還蠻有趣的
有一些病人身上可以見到的現象可以在mutant mouse model上見到
例如attention shift的毛病 sensory-motor gating defect 以及僵化的認知能力
有一個很有名的測驗叫Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
基本上就是叫給一些範例
受試者找出牌排放的邏輯
等他可以正確的依找出的邏輯排列之後的牌後
突然在之後的測試改變排列的規則
病人會比正常的人花多很多的時間才發現下一個規則
在老鼠身上也是一樣
你訓練他們一味道找出食物
當你改變味道和reward的對應後
"有病的"老鼠會花更多的時間才能了解新的對應
and so on, and so forth.....
如過有人覺得自己思想太僵化的話就要小心了喔 嘿嘿
送個血液sample給我吧
我可以幫你測一測有沒有22q11的microdeletion喔
第二個實驗室是在坐電生理
想看在一些神經退化疾病的mouse model裡
synaptic plasticity(神經連結的可塑性!?)會有什麼改變
所以主要在紀錄海馬回切片的LTP (long term potentiation)
也有做patch clamp
同樣的 如果有人覺得記憶有衰退的跡象
可以送個大腦切片給我
我幫你exam exam...^^
暑假要去學voltammetry (第三個rotation)
簡單的說 就是用一個碳電極紀錄neurotransmitters的濃度
是目前最精準的方法
據老師號稱全美不到十個實驗室會這項技術
保佑我有嚴震東的手氣 趕快學起來吃騙天下吧 嘿嘿
不過很可能我在浪費生命就是勒
who knows???
依現在的情況 我應該會加入第一個或第三個實驗室做我的論文
如果第三個不要我就沒什麼好選擇麼拉 =.=
希望大家甄試的 當兵的 求婚的 追求理想的 都一切順利啦
我們明年見啦
我現在真的有超多啤酒的
多到冰箱都擺不下
歡迎大家來這飲酒作樂 喉搭啦!!!
等你喔~~~
前兩個rotation的實驗室都說可以收我 感覺比較踏實
沒有剛近來時的壓力
第一個實驗室是在做精神分裂症(Schizophrenia)的遺傳成分
雖然用老鼠的model做這種研究還有蠻多爭議的 (你覺得老鼠會發瘋嗎?)
不過我覺得還蠻有趣的
有一些病人身上可以見到的現象可以在mutant mouse model上見到
例如attention shift的毛病 sensory-motor gating defect 以及僵化的認知能力
有一個很有名的測驗叫Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
基本上就是叫給一些範例
受試者找出牌排放的邏輯
等他可以正確的依找出的邏輯排列之後的牌後
突然在之後的測試改變排列的規則
病人會比正常的人花多很多的時間才發現下一個規則
在老鼠身上也是一樣
你訓練他們一味道找出食物
當你改變味道和reward的對應後
"有病的"老鼠會花更多的時間才能了解新的對應
and so on, and so forth.....
如過有人覺得自己思想太僵化的話就要小心了喔 嘿嘿
送個血液sample給我吧
我可以幫你測一測有沒有22q11的microdeletion喔
第二個實驗室是在坐電生理
想看在一些神經退化疾病的mouse model裡
synaptic plasticity(神經連結的可塑性!?)會有什麼改變
所以主要在紀錄海馬回切片的LTP (long term potentiation)
也有做patch clamp
同樣的 如果有人覺得記憶有衰退的跡象
可以送個大腦切片給我
我幫你exam exam...^^
暑假要去學voltammetry (第三個rotation)
簡單的說 就是用一個碳電極紀錄neurotransmitters的濃度
是目前最精準的方法
據老師號稱全美不到十個實驗室會這項技術
保佑我有嚴震東的手氣 趕快學起來吃騙天下吧 嘿嘿
不過很可能我在浪費生命就是勒
who knows???
依現在的情況 我應該會加入第一個或第三個實驗室做我的論文
如果第三個不要我就沒什麼好選擇麼拉 =.=
希望大家甄試的 當兵的 求婚的 追求理想的 都一切順利啦
我們明年見啦
我現在真的有超多啤酒的
多到冰箱都擺不下
歡迎大家來這飲酒作樂 喉搭啦!!!
等你喔~~~
舊金山之旅
之前丟下把我眉毛燒光的proposal去舊金山玩
也去了悠瑟美地及Monterey
大概是這樣稿的天怒人怨的
Yosemite Valley到處都在淹水
(現在是融雪期 每個瀑布都大的像海似的)
有一天下午去爬地標 Half Dome還下冰雹又打雷
冰雹一下就下了二三十分鐘 超恐怖~~~
不過還蠻壯觀的就是了
那裡可以看到很多野生動物 土狼 浣熊 藍鳥 山獅...
不過沒看到熊就是了
那裡的松鼠完全是寄生生物
早上拿出麵包要吃早餐 才回帳棚一下 松鼠就來大辣辣的來搶劫了
他們不但會動現成的 還會翻你的袋子
趁我們出去的時候來被訪
晚上回來被子有沙子又有腳印
舊金山就不用說了
還是我最喜歡的城市
還看到了巨人隊九局下連得四分逆轉道奇
全場大叫"Beat LA""Beat LA" (兩隊是世仇)
Bonds追平貝比魯斯的全壘打 #714
雖然回來很慘慘慘 被老師追殺
不過還是很爽 哈哈
也去了悠瑟美地及Monterey
大概是這樣稿的天怒人怨的
Yosemite Valley到處都在淹水
(現在是融雪期 每個瀑布都大的像海似的)
有一天下午去爬地標 Half Dome還下冰雹又打雷
冰雹一下就下了二三十分鐘 超恐怖~~~
不過還蠻壯觀的就是了
那裡可以看到很多野生動物 土狼 浣熊 藍鳥 山獅...
不過沒看到熊就是了
那裡的松鼠完全是寄生生物
早上拿出麵包要吃早餐 才回帳棚一下 松鼠就來大辣辣的來搶劫了
他們不但會動現成的 還會翻你的袋子
趁我們出去的時候來被訪
晚上回來被子有沙子又有腳印
舊金山就不用說了
還是我最喜歡的城市
還看到了巨人隊九局下連得四分逆轉道奇
全場大叫"Beat LA""Beat LA" (兩隊是世仇)
Bonds追平貝比魯斯的全壘打 #714
雖然回來很慘慘慘 被老師追殺
不過還是很爽 哈哈
