Apr 262021
 

Once upon a time there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours
And think of all the great things we would do

Those were the days my friend
We thought they’d never end
We’d sing and dance forever and a day
We’d live the life we choose
We’d fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
La la la la la la …

Then the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If by chance I’d see you in the tavern
We’d smile at one another and we’d say

Those were the days my friend
We thought they’d never end
We’d sing and dance forever and a day
We’d live the life we choose
We’d fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
La la la la la la

Just tonight I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me

Those were the days my friend
We thought they’d never end
We’d sing and dance forever and a day
We’d live the life we choose
We’d fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
La la la la la la …

Through the door there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh my friend we’re older but no wiser
For in our hearts the dreams are still the same

Those were the days my friend
We thought they’d never end
We’d sing and dance forever and a day
We’d live the life we choose
We’d fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
La la la la la la …

 Posted by at 1:23 am
Jul 272020
 

I would highly recommend watching the movie Genius by Michael Grandage. To me, it has a very touching story. Also, as a university professor, I believe Genius has a lot to offer to help and guide talented and creative people through the journey they have to take in their life.

In the following, I’ve brought some of the quotes I liked from the movie.

Thomas Wolfe: So I’ve disappointed you yet again.

Maxwell Evarts Perkins: Yes, very much.

Thomas Wolfe: Well, I’m sorry I’m not decent enough for your fine dinner parties and your fine friends. But before you drag me out to the woodshed, I think you ought to look at who’s giving the lesson. Am I supposed to grow up like you?

Maxwell Evarts Perkins: No, Tom, but you’re supposed to grow up.

Genius

Maxwell Evarts Perkins: God help anyone who loves you, Tom. Because for all your talk and all your millions of beautiful words, you haven’t the slightest idea of what it means to be alive. To look into another person’s eyes and ache for him. I hope someday you will. And then maybe all your words will be worth five of Scott’s.

Genius

Thomas Wolfe: [Max reading Tom’s deathbed letter] Dear Max, I’ve got a hunch, and I wanted to write these words to you. I’ve made a long voyage and been to a strange country, and I’ve seen the dark man very close. And I don’t think I was too much afraid of him. But I want most desperately to live. I want to see you again. For there is such an impossible anguish and regret for all I can never say to you, for all the work I have to do. I feel as if a great window has been opened on life. And if I come through this, I hope to God I am a better man and can live up to you. But most of all, I wanted to tell you, no matter what happens, I shall always feel about you the way I did that November day when you met me at the boat and we went on top of the building and all the strangeness and the glory and the power of life were below. Yours always, Tom.

Genius
 Posted by at 9:14 pm
Jan 112017
 

Our paper “Proximity-Aware Balanced Allocations in Cache Networks,” coauthored with Ali Pourmiri and Pooya Shariatpanahi, has been accepted for the “IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium.” The ArXiv version of the paper can be found here.

 Posted by at 11:57 pm
May 202015
 

… pompous fools drive me up the wall. Ordinary fools are all right; you can talk to them, and try to help them out. But pompous fools–guys who are fools and are covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus–THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn’t a faker; an honest fool is all right. But a dishonest fool is terrible!

[ From: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! ]

 Posted by at 3:54 pm
Dec 012014
 

Listen to the pouring rain
Listen to it pour,
And with every drop of rain
You know I love you more

Let it rain all night long,
Let my love for you go strong,
As long as we’re together
Who cares about the weather?

The song “Rain” by “Jose Feliciano.”

 Posted by at 8:44 am
Sep 162014
 

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We saw this beautiful flower in A-Ma temple, which is a Taoist temples in Macau. We were very tired because we walked many places in the city for the whole day. So when we went to the temple, we sat under a tree which had these kind of very beautiful and soft flowers.

Although I don’t like the smoke smell of the temples that much, but seeing these flowers was very soothing to me!

 Posted by at 1:42 pm
Apr 082014
 

I cannot change you! But I can help you understanding that you need to be changed!

 Posted by at 7:01 pm
Dec 232013
 

The Avenue of Stars, modeled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is located along the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. It honors celebrities of the Hong Kong film industry.

Entering from Salisbury Garden, a 4.5-metre-tall replica of the statuette given to winners at the Hong Kong Film Awards greets visitors. Along the 440 metre promenade, the story of Hong Kong’s one hundred years of cinematic history is told through inscriptions printed on nine red pillars. Set into the promenade are plaques honouring the celebrities. Some plaques contain hand prints and autographs of the stars set in cement, but most of the plaques only contain celebrities’ names as they are now deceased. A 2.5 metre bronze statue of Bruce Lee was erected along the Avenue of Stars in 2005.

[ Wikipedia ]

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 Posted by at 4:31 am