Recovering the Romanovs

Something fun I did in Bio class.

http://www.dnai.org/d/index.html

Extra background info about DNA, PCR, etc: http://www.dnalc.org/resources/animations/

Back in Korea

Even though I managed to complete many of the projects planned out for this summer, the thought of updating this blog barely came to mind. I'm starting to show signs of neglect. Now I'm back in Korea. Just waiting for my flight which is in about 12 hrs time. Not much to say. Just hoping for a good year ahead. A little worried about the work load, but am trusting God for His help.

The trip to Gunung Tahan was a success. I made a short clip of the mountain range.


Btw I'm typing all this on my new tablet, HTC flyer.

Singapore

I've been too lazy to finish my report on the trip to Vietnam. There were quite a lot of other highlights to mention, but unfortunately indolence got the best of me. Since a picture is said to worth a thousand words, then the pictures I've uploaded on Facebook should be good enough to make up for my laziness.

Today is the forth day since I've been in Singapore. Some highlights from the past few days: visit to the world's first Night Safari, finished playing Call of Duty 4, started playing Battlefield Bad Company 2, woke up at 5 am on Monday and Wednesday to train for Gunung Tahan, and planning to go fishing today.

I have completed some projects for the summer, and I'm still in the process of completing others, so stay tune.

Vietnam

Day 1

There isn’t much to write about the first day. When we arrived, we were delayed at the airport for a long time. By the time we got to our hotel it was already late and after finishing dinner it was already 12am. I guess the only highlight of the day is the delicious bowl of beef noodle soup that I had for dinner.

Day 2

I am currently in the bus typing this. So far it’s been 2 hrs and there is still about 4 hrs to go before our arrival at Da Lat. The bus ride is pretty good. There isn’t a lot of people onboard so I’m occupying 2 seats.

Day 3

Our arrival at the hotel yesterday took about 2hrs more than I expected. In total we were on the road for about 8 hrs. I wasn’t able to update this blog yesterday because I had trouble connecting to the Internet.

Today somehow the Internet works. We started our day visiting two waterfalls. Then we visited the King’s palace and a monastery. We stopped for lunch at the hotel before heading to our next destination—XQ hand embroidery. I really like the handicrafts; unfortunately I can’t show any pictures because photography was prohibited. We ended our tour with a visit to the Valley of Love and a huge statue of Buddha. Here are some pictures. The rest of the pictures will be on facebook.

Cuttlefish seller at Sigon

On the way up to Da Lat

Chang seller

Selling clothes at the market

Crossing the scary Vietnamese road

The only picture I took at the handicraft place

Summary

I’M COMING HOME !!! As I am writing this, I am currently at the Korean airport whiling away the time while I wait for my next flight. I’m just going to give a quick summary of what has been going on. After final exams ended on Wednesday, I went out with some friends who were graduating (Jade, Freda, and Celeste) to a Korean/Chinese fusion restaurant. After gobbling up our food, we then headed off to Frankies Fun Park.

At Frankies, we played a game of Laser Tag. For many of us, playing Laser Tag was our first time. We geared up in suits that kinda look like those found in sci fi movies. And as we approached out base, our suits instantly buzzed and light up to our team color—blue. At that moment, I was kinda pumped up looking at our suits light up. Skipping all the details, I must say that the game was pretty intense and fun. In fact, we had so much fun the first round that we played a second round, which ended with me being the high score player. =D

School finally ended with packing and attending required programs such as Pride and Prejudice, commencement ceremony, and some other programs that I don’t really know the name of. Overall, I must say that it had been a really hectic week. I’m really looking forward to getting home. The thoughts of seeing familiar faces, playing with my pets, lying on my own bed, and eating food that gives a sense of home, just makes me ecstatic. =) I hope to be more faithful in updating this blog during the summer. I have quite a few plans lined up.

Ingratitude is a Wicked Sin

A good sermon by Mr. Nathan Crockett http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=33111129455

Isaiah 53 (English Standard Version)

1Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. 8By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? 9And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. 10Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. 11Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.

Once Upon a Time

Today, all of a sudden I had a flash back of an old memory. I'm not sure what brought about the nostalgic moment, but it sure made me smile.

It was reminiscence of the time when I was about 8 years old. I remember walking home after school, and when I had arrived at the front of my gate, I opened the door. To my surprise, something about the size a melon swung toward me.

Chilling at Clemson

Yesterday, it was predicted by weather forecast that there would be a 100% chance of snow. The state of Georgia was expecting 2-7 inchs of snow. It hasn’t snowed that much in a long while. I’ve heard that the whole state of Georgia has only two snow plowers. This would mean that most of the roads will be inaccessible whenever there is bad snow. People around my cousin’s area were going crazy. Almost everyone was preparing for the bad weather. According to Home Depot, the newly arrived parcel of deicing salt was sold out in less than 30mins. Schools were closing and many people had already planned on staying home. Some had stock up their food supplies for fear that they might be trapped at home for a couple of days.

I, my brother, and my cousin had to leave for Clemson, which is about two hours drive up north from Suwannee, Georgia. We were all heading back to school. The plan was to spend a night in Clemson before heading back to Greenville. As predicted, it started snowing at around 12 am.

Today, the roads are completely covered in snow. It looks like me and my brother will be spending a whole lot more time in Clemson than we initially planned. On the bright side, our school has allowed students to return at a later time, when the roads are safe to drive on.

There isn’t much to do here. The only thing we could do is to go outside and play with some snow, which is exactly what we did.

Bird tricks

Time really flies. I can't believe it has been 4 years since I put up this video.