tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65115572008-11-03T19:45:09.990-08:00The Zongs' family bloggznoreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511557.post-60549988407623970512008-11-03T18:36:00.000-08:002008-11-03T19:45:10.055-08:00

So I happened to take a look at the blog, and was shocked to find that there was actually a recent post by Matthew -- the only post in the last half a year, and not even by a real Zong (not trying to be exclusive here, just admitting to the sad state of the blog, due to my neglect). Inspired (or shamed) by this , I have (finally) uploaded all my photos, and hereby presenting them to all for

gznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511557.post-37359571392780585852008-07-12T11:21:00.000-07:002008-09-24T19:44:35.519-07:00

Now that I'm back at home in San Francisco I thought I'd relate my thoughts on the trip that I took to Beijing from Sat June 21 to Mon July 7. The Flight to China The direct flight from San Francisco to Beijing was uneventful with the main point of interest being my testing out of my new noise canceling Bose Quiet Comfort 3 headphones. My employer provides a one time subsidy for the purchase of

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It was just a few months ago that I became a fan of Jordi Savall and viola de gamba (see Obama.La Rondine.Viola de gamba). I knew then that Jordi Savall and his ensembles Hespèrion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya were coming to Berkeley this February but the tickets were sold out. However a few tickets suddenly became available (thanks for the tip, Jean!) the night before the show and we

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Also happy birthday to Jia! Here are some photos from Nairong's visit last weekend:

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Yes, it's been another long hiatus -- the last month was spent moving: apartment hunting, packing, moving, unpacking... it was a big project. I knew we had a lot of junk before, I just didn't know we had THAT much! Now I will really think hard before buying anything else. Or maybe I'll just never move again! Anyway, I've finally uploaded some pictures. Happy new year from our new home by the

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Thanksgiving is the North American holiday that celebrates the family, and the Thanksgiving dinner is the main event of the holiday. For some reason I had never contemplated preparing a Thanksgiving dinner, perhaps because we were never home on Thanksgiving. Well this year we were here and I felt ambitious enough to tackle the turkey -- the center piece of a classic Thanksgiving dinner.

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This past week, I saw two stars -- one political, the other operatic. When I heard about Barack Obama's appearance at Google, I was quite excited to get a chance to hear him talk. After living all these years in 3 different countries, I'd never heard a politician talk in person! From what I hear and read about Obama, of all the presidential hopefuls, he stands out to be the one who represents

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Rujinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05996540843802241116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511557.post-38146411854836076712007-10-23T10:15:00.000-07:002007-10-23T10:19:44.194-07:00

After a couple of days in Waikiki, we moved to a less visited part of the island -- the Wai'anae coast. It was fun in the center of it all, but it was time for a more secluded beach. Our condo sat right on Papaoneone beach, a stretch of almost deserted sand on the west side of Oahu. Every morning we woke up to the sound of waves, and the same soothing melody serenaded us to sleep each night (how

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Growing up in Beijing, I had conflicted feelings when it came to wind. As my daily commute to school was on a bike, I came to hate the strong, dry, northerly winds that blew constantly, with a liberal amount of sand. On the other hand, it could be really cozy lazing at home with a good book on a windy winter day, watching the branches of the poplars swing wildly in the howling wind. Also, wind

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We arrived in Honolulu just after dark. Driving towards Waikiki on a multi-lane highway, we were awed by the sight of the big city -- it was completely different from the other Hawaiian islands we had visited before. We were expecting this, but still somehow surprised -- it was, after all, a speck of an island in the middle of Pacific, thousands of miles away from the nearest continent. The

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随想之八 七十年前的香港—-杂谈 今年最热闹的活动是香港回归十周年. 我想起了七十年前, 1937年, 我正好十岁. 那一年日本侵华战争全面爆发. 年底妈妈带我们到香港. 我印象中当时的香港是非常美的. 我们住在九龙的金巴利道. 这条道在坡上, 我们住在一所向南的公寓的四层, 我总喜欢在阳台上观景. 现在我知道那里曾是香港最好的观景点. 路对面没有房子. 向前看去是九龙半岛的南端尖沙咀. 海对面就是香港. 尖沙咀那时是火车站, 公共汽车总站和轮渡码头. 到尖沙咀的路右边有房子, 包括现在被评为最佳酒店的半岛饭店. 路左边没有房子. 半路上有个球场. 我们总喜欢坐在看台上看印度兵和英国兵打曲棍球, 赢的总是印度兵. 早上我看着到广州的火车从尖沙咀车站出发. 列车总是十三节车厢. 然后看美国飞剪号水上飞机从右边飞来, 溅落在香港九龙之间的海面上, 然后停靠到左边的码头.

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Apparently Mom has been advertising my paella--Niangniang just asked me about it. Here's the original recipe from my Spanish cookbook: 2 large cups of rice 300g prawns 100g lean pork, diced 10 chicken wings 1.5 dl olive oil (*1.5dl=150ml) 3 garlic cloves 1 tomato, peeled and chopped a few drops of lemon juice salt and saffron 4 large cups prawn stock 2 hard-boiled eggs and 1 pepper, tinned Peel

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There have been numerous parties celebrating Ruli's 80th birthday, starting from May and still on-going, with future events to come! Here are all the photos so far.

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Just received these pics from my mom. Pa must have had a great time judging by his high spirit. The cake looks delicious. I am reserving my seat for his 90th birthday party.

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  咱中华文化有好几个跟食物有关的节日(就是可以借机大吃大喝的理由),其中我最喜欢的节之一就是端午节.在此鸣谢屈原老先生,给了我们这么宝贵的美食机会,大热天的可以冠冕堂皇地狂吃此等既高热量又不易消化之物! 记得小时候,每年端午前后大约一周左右,我都几乎每餐必食一粽.今年端午节,好友的妈妈给了我们好几只粽子,使我们得以没有辜负佳节.而我身为一猪,自然饱食之后还是意尤未尽,琢磨着怎样才能多吃为妙.上星期我突发雄心,决定亲手包一次粽子.于是电话咨询了奶奶,又上网搜索一番,充实一下理论,也算了解了一些粽子的知识: 历史上关于粽子的记载，最早见于汉代许慎的《说文解字》。“粽”字本作“糉”，《说文新附•米部》谓“糉，芦叶裹米也。从米，葼声。”《说文•夂》：“葼，敛足也。”义为鸟飞时收敛腿爪。《集韵•送韵》：“糉，角黍也。或作粽。” 粽子又名“角黍”，最早记载见西晋周处的《风土记》

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Doesn't the title look impressively decadent? To celebrate Matthew's birthday, we drove up the fog enshrouded Golden Gate Bridge, heading up to the sunny north. On our way we stopped at the charming plaza in Healdsburg, a town at the conflunece of three famous wine regions: Russian River Valley, Alexander Valley, and Dry Creek Valley. At Cafe Bovolo we had some delicious sandwiches. After

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As I was typing in the title, I realized that I must have used it before (the computer was finishing my sentence for me). So I guess my absence was nothing new. Anyway, to mark my return, I am sharing a couple of videos: Bay to Breakers 2007: San Francisco's quintessential footrace. Matthew ran it (while I watched) for the fourth time! (See my report on Bay to Breakers 2004.) and while I am at

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昨天碰巧看到一篇华盛顿日报有关中国博客的文章, 又碰巧看到电视上记者采访故宫外国游客, 都说在国外没有把Starbuck 开在里面的, 只能开在外边. 我没有博客, 也不看博客 (除小女儿宗桂的”宗家嘴” 和亲家母方巩的”浩然宇宙”外). 只听说在中国博客很热闹. 如果我们出网上”形影”,那也是博客. 这篇文章挺有意思， 给各位看看消闲。 对和我一样不了解博克的， 也可以有个印象。 (这是写给同学的 Email ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 华尔街日报 中国博客热令企业胆战心惊 来源：美国《华尔街日报》 星岛环球网 www.singtaonet.com 一周前，芮成钢在他的博客中写了一篇文章，谈到了困扰他多年的一个问题

Rulinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511557.post-1169193224881537602007-01-18T23:40:00.000-08:002007-01-18T23:53:44.900-08:00

不知是谁传给我这篇游戏文章, 很好玩, 给你们也看看. 胡锦涛是坏人吗？ 儿子放假回中国，我规定他们见了亲戚朋友只能说中文，结果很是让我难堪。他们的中文表达简单得如幼儿园儿童不说，还不时夹杂一些英文，而且稍微长一点的句子几乎都是按照英语语法习惯排列组合出来的。这与平时和孩子在一起时间太少有关，怪不得他们。于是决定利用在中国的假期让他们加强口语和听力。说起来容易做起来难，最后也只找到了一个方法，让他们坐到电视机前。 除了动画片他们勉勉强强能够听懂看懂，其他的文艺节目一窍不通。亲戚建议不如从新闻开始，包括新闻联播。因为那里都是目前中国最标准的语言，我也只好试一试了。 儿子听话地坐到电视机前。 三天后，新闻联播还没有结束，大儿子找到我不解地问：

Rulinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511557.post-1167960069692634912007-01-04T16:26:00.000-08:002007-01-04T17:23:29.656-08:00

我在 Google 上偶然查得这篇材料, 我想可刊在"宗家嘴" 上, 给宗家人都看看. 汝立 宗姓起源 1. 四岳之后，以职官命氏。四岳，尧时官名，司掌四时、方岳。在周朝时，有人为宗伯官，掌握邦国祭祀典礼之职。也称太宗、上宗，相当于后来的礼部尚书。太宗伯，辅佐天子管宗室之事，为六卿之首。周代有世袭宗伯者，其子孙以祖上官职命姓，称为宗氏。另，周朝时，替国君掌管祭祀的“宗伯”，其他国家只称“宗”或“宗人”，有“宗伯”之称的只有周王室和鲁国。春秋时鲁国改称宗伯，负责宗庙祭祀礼仪，有世袭此职者，其后代便以“宗”为姓。 2、出自子姓，以祖字为姓。与钟氏皆晋伯宗之后也。春秋时，宋桓公生三子：长目夷；次子兹甫，嫡出立为襄公；三子敖。公子遨奉其兄襄公兹甫之命，出使晋国，不辱使命，再也没有回宋国。在晋生一子名扈，改姓伯名伯扈。伯扈生一子：伯宗。伯宗为晋国大夫因勇于直言遭人嫉恨而被三?害。伯宗生一子

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Day 3: Top of Notre Dame.Ste.Chappelle.Louvre We started the next morning by scaling the tower of Notre Dame de Paris, a favorite tourist pastime. Imagining ourselves as Esmeralda following Quasimodo, we climbed up the narrow spiralling stairs. At the top we were treated to a lovely view of the city, and numerous photogenic chimeras -- our pamphlets informed us that chimeras are not gargoyles,

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Day 2: Montmartre.Cemetery.Place de la Concorde.Musée d'Orsay.Eiffel Tower The next morning I woke up at 4AM, jet-lagged and starving. After much tossing and turning to no avail, I eventually got up at 6. When Matthew and I descended into the courtyard, it was pitch black and dead quiet. I was wondering if nothing would be open, but out the gate on the street it was bustling -- it was still dark

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Day 1: Arrival Leaving San FranciscoOur first impression of Paris was a mixture of frustration and wonder (almost in equal parts). As our plane touched down on Charles de Gaules Airport in the light rain, there was excitement in the air, which soon turned into puzzlement, as the plane taxied on and on, farther and farther away from the terminal buildings. This was a really big airfield! About

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Mom and Dad had returned from their latest cruise vacation -- a mediterranean cruise -- and had been raving about the trip. They've sent some pictures to us. I'm not sure why they didn't post it on the blog? Anyway, here they are: Mom and Dad's pics. Apparently, while they were touring Sorrento, Italy, Dad felt in love (at first sight, no less) with this hotel: Hotel Bellevue Syrene.   

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