Photos of my wife and I back in the 1990s

Taken on a picnic in the 1990s
when my wife and I attended an elementary school
in Heilongjiang province, China.

This was the photo we had taken right before our graduation from the elementary school in 1990. As you can see, the clothes of my wife and I were the same as those in the photo of the picnic. My wife and I are seen in this photo squatting on both ends of the first row. The one in yellow and the one in grey (is it?).

Complain to myself...

It's mid-October now. And the room turns cold almost overnight. The run-up to the starting of heating is hard to endure just as the "run-down" after the heating is turned off each spring. I have an air-conditioner fitted in my room after all.

And considering the extra electricity costs that need to be shared by other housemates if I turn on the device since occupants in the apartment have unmetered use of utilities and share the costs per capita...

I hate myself because I tend to waste so much time doing nothing by clicking through links on the webpages or navigating nearly every "interesting" links in my Favorites. The stupid point here is that I do absolutely nothing. Anyone else have my problem?!

Hungry, now...

Tian'anmen Square at night

My wife with a portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, first president of the Republic of China, in the background. (Oct. 3, 2006)

This is me with the Beijing Olympics mascots in the background. (Oct. 3, 2006)

With no specific plans for the National Day holiday, my wife and I made a foray to the Tian'anmen Square at night on Oct. 3, the third day of China's weeklong holiday.

I hadn't expected there would be so many people thronging and roaming around the Square and the place was a virtual huge night market. For what didn't those people stay away from a throng at night? For fun. But what they actually experienced might be of frustration just like my wife and I did --- there are too many people to make walks there enjoyable.

Thronging people at the Tian'anmen Square on the night (Oct. 3, 2006).

A small replica of the giant Three Gorges Dam at the Tian'anmen Square (Oct. 3, 2006).