Greed

Saw this on USA Today, and it's THE perfect example of how overly protected the people in the US are. It also shows how much the system is being abused. The fact that a Yale student is doing such thing makes it worse. The privilege to receive high quality education should be accompanied by the responsibility of contributing to the society through good deeds and the use of knowledge. Instead, this guy is wasting tax payers money to process this case of abuse of the system. If he has proof of the existence of his Xbox, he should report to the police and file a criminal charge for stolen properties. Otherwise, don't waste tax payers money, and get back to the studies.

Yale student sues airline for $1M over lost Xbox

Back to reality

Back from the Antarctica trip, school is about to start, so we are back to reality now. Finally have all the photos sorted out and loaded to Facebook. The trip was worth every penny, and one really needs to go to places like the Antarctica in order to appreciate this world. I will probably write a more detail review about the trip when I have time. Here are the links to the photos.

Argentina
1) Buenos Aires
2) Iguazu
3) Ushuaia

Antarctica
1) The People
2) The Ship
3) The Wildlife
4) The Penguins
5) The Landscape Part A, Part B, Part C.

Must have hotpot

Nothing can stop us from having hotpot, not even a power outage. Those camping lanterns did come in handy.

what the experts say

Let's see what do the experts suggest the next US president should do.

Advice from seven Nobel laureates on fixing the economy

命運是你家

This story came after the announcement of the chemistry Nobel prize winners this year. It reminds me of a Chinese proverb:

一命 二運 三風水, 四積陰德 五讀書

(1st: fate, 2nd luck, 3rd Fung Shui, 4th good deeds, 5th education)

May be the guy didn't try hard enough back then, or he wasn't desparate enough, or it's what we called destiny. It seems to me that, there is always someone fighting uphill battles all the time, no matter how much effort he puts in; while there is always someone flying with tail wind all the time when he didn't even ask for it.

The world is unfair, which gives me and my wife a topic for a continuous discussion.