A couple of thoughts on ground fight.
Continue readingDiscover Creativity & Perfectionism
I joined an online creativity workshop on Udemy by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love. Elizabeth says, being creative doesn’t mean that you have to be an artist; but if you want to stay creative, you need to find a way to make it a routine and form a mindset. Mostly importantly, you need to stay curious. Also, keep in mind that perfectionism is the enemy of creativity — don’t wait till you have everything to start executing.
Continue readingA Doooodle A Day: 9 Months, 2 Sketchbooks and 40K Words Later…
It’s time to look back and appreciate all the effort I invested in this personal project and of course, my accomplishments so far.
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China Camp in San Francisco Bay Area
Yanbin I had a really nice 7ish-mile hike in the China Camp State Park, Marin County, north of San Francisco. As a Chinese, I’m naturally very curious about where the name of “China Camp” came from.
Continue readingH-1B Lottery Is Done
It is said that this year’s lottery selection for H-1B petitions has been done. H-1B is a status that authorizes someone to work legally in the United States. For most international students, if you want to work in the US after school to get some experience, or eventually stay, it’s a must step to go through.
Continue readingMarin Museum of Bicycling
We visited a lovely museum called Marin Museum of Bicycling (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame) in Fairfax, Marin County, CA. Little did we know, the mountain bikes were born right here in Marin!
Continue readingInformation Literacy
According to Wikipedia, the US CIA World Factbook published that 97.9% of persons aged 15 and over had completed five or more years of schooling in 1991. It pretty much means the Iiteracy rate in the US is high.
But, what about the capability of dealing with those information — find, filter, analyze, create and manage them?
Continue readingThoughts on Drawing
There’s great flexibility in drawing a picture: endless subjects to draw, different styles to try, many tools to choose from, and canvas — anything can be your canvas. Even so, many people out there think that they can’t draw. They think those who can draw, even further, who can draw things with elegance and meanings, must be born with special “talents”.
Not true.
Continue readingPizza Delivery Robot is Here, What Will Happen Next?
Apparently, robots and AI have set a foot in the human world. Earlier this year, AlphaGo showed its power in the complex Go game. Now, Domino’s Pizza is testing its pizza delivery robot, called DRU. Looks like it already can deliver hot pizzas and cold drinks to its destinations without human help. Australians are going to be its first users. What fun!
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