Category Archives: 无病呻吟
2.4k versus marathon
A college friend of mine just emailed a GPS tracking of his recent marathon. It was a great feat, and I am very impressed by it. I don’t think our 2.4km times were that much different 10 years ago, but now look at us. He is running marathons and I am at least 2 minutes slower in 2.4k than before. Plus my fragile left knee will likely act up in anything more than 2.4k.
Maybe I need fancier shoes? 
Bye bye chapters of my life
Two years ago I threw out all my JC notes I saved since 1993. I felt like I had said good bye to my bitter-sweet pre-college memories.
Tonight I threw out all my grad school notes I saved since 2000. I felt like I parted ways with my bitter-sweet college days.
During the house cleaning I came across some old photos. I sure looked young back then.
抠门
最近发现自己好像有点太抠门了，而且不是所谓的“新抠门主义”，就是纯粹的“旧吝啬思想”。十五年前我好像不是这样的。当年还混学位、没收入的我可是常常拍胸脯乱哄“饮料算我的”或“I got ice kachang”的呀。当年的铁血青年为何失血退化成铁公鸡？是生活压力太大了还是蒜皮起价了？哎，归根结底又是社会的错。
完了，老了
完了，老了，我正在看今年的春节联欢晚会录像，发现我现在竟然不介意观看“假音”歌唱和传统戏剧，这在五年前可是不可思议的呀。如今不但不介意，而且能选择性地欣赏。
为什么呢？是不是因为太多类似American Idol的节目老放烂人唱的烂歌，而让我更能懂得分辨好坏？
Landscape and macro photography
Landscape
I have always wanted to take great landscape photos. Unfortunately pretty much all my landscape photos suck. I see one obstacle between me and landscape awesomeness: my sleeping schedule. Every photography book out there says the best times to take landscape pictures are at dawn and dusk. Well, I go to sleep right before dawn, and I am normally at home at dusk. 
Macro
Most of the pictures I took with my new Nikon D80 are macro shots. The Nikkor 18-200 VR lens is great for close-ups, except when it doesn’t get close enough to the photo subjects. What I need is a dedicated macro lens, but they are so darn expensive!
