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2010-12-27T17:56:00.002-05:00

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Humanity at Stake

2008-05-26T18:48:00.001-04:00

http://www.humanityatstake.com/

HUMANITY AT STAKE is a pamphlet-book that depicts the true conversation that occurred amongst three inquisitive people who engaged one another. It is written for the purpose of bringing the politics of Taiwan, China, and America towards all of our consciences and conversations. In so doing, dialogue removes those politics from reclusion and dangerous misunderstanding. On a broader level, HUMANITY AT STAKE is a reflection of - and a tool for - the issue of human rights for all, free people.

Halloween Costume Ideas for Professionals

2007-10-28T21:30:00.000-04:00

Thanks to a dear friend - the very creative (and dorky) Natalie - here are some costume ideas for professionals who have to dress up for work, but nevertheless want to partake in the trick-or-treating-festivities: (some are lawyer-specific)

1. Three hole punch version of yourself.

2. American Psycho: clear raincoat over business suit and axe (spattered blood on coat for full effect)

3. Professor: Business clothes with a sweater vest, bow tie, and a worn coat with patches on the elbows (lots of occupational costumes will work here - chef: apron and hat, waiter: tie, short apron, and dish cloth, priest: all black with a white collar, etc.)

4. Hobo: Wear normal work clothes with a tattered, patched coat and a scruffy face (charcoal will do the trick)

5. Pimp: business clothes (preferably bright colors), coat with fur trimming, cane and funky hat (be sure to walk with a limp)

6. Power of Attorney: Regular work clothes with a cape

7. Clark Kent: Wear a Superman t-shirt underneath your business clothes and wear glasses to work - when people ask what you are, just open the buttons of your dress shirt and take off the glasses (everyone dresses up as Superman, Clark always gets overlooked)

8. Peter Parker: Same as above, just wear a spiderman t-shirt instead and no glasses

9. Dilbert: Wear glasses, a short-sleeved business shirt, pocket protector and a curved tie (Make a short tie out of red construction paper, draw black stripes with a permanent marker and wrap it around something round overnight - it should be curved by the following morning - just safety pin to your collar)

Must Love Dogs

2007-08-23T22:43:00.000-04:00

According to the August 6th issue of Business Week, Americans spend more on our pets ($41 billion a year) than we do on movies ($10.8 billion), video games ($11.6 billion), and recorded music ($10.6 billion) combined. Most people are not surprised to hear the numbers; by the way, $41 billion is more than the GDP of all but 64 countries in the world.

Ed & Nat's Wedding

2007-08-09T23:40:00.000-04:00

It was wonderful, as we all expected.
pictures
the first dance
the handshake

Pam & Gavin's Wedding

2007-08-01T01:54:00.000-04:00

Pam and Gavin finally got married! The wedding was a blast. It was particularly awesome to see old friends.

It's been a while...

2007-07-29T14:31:00.000-04:00

After spending my last semester in D.C. this Winter/Spring, I finally moved back home to South Florida. I have since attended my law school graduation, studied for the Florida Bar, taken the Bar, and attended two weddings.... Well, more updates later, perhaps.

snail mail

2007-02-10T12:09:00.000-05:00

so, as of today, i'm still on track with the snail-mail-sending resolution. i'm not entirely confident that i can keep it up for the rest of the year, but at least i'm off to a good start, right?

The Nation's Capital

2007-01-14T00:12:00.000-05:00

I went to the National Gallery of Art today, because I wanted to look at some Monet paintings, and because I could.
This is the view from the corner of my window, pretty cool?

Poker

2006-11-20T02:14:00.000-05:00

It is truly amazing how ESPN single-handedly created (recreated) the poker craze in recent years by televising the World Series of Poker. Judging by the fact that you can now purchase a set of poker chips from your local drugstore, eBay, or the closest Target, it's safe to assume that the popularity of the game is still on the rise.
On a related note, with the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, the fate of once-prevalent online gambling in the United States is unclear. Gambling online against strangers is not nearly as fun or exciting as playing in person with your buddies, anyways. Or, you and your buddies can always head to the nearest riverboat or Indian reservation casino, or Vegas, if you must get on the table. If/When you do, here's a random strategy for Limit Texas Hold'em:

After the flop, if (1) you are on a straight draw or a flush draw, (2) someone bets before you, AND (3) you are the last to act:
you should re-raise that bet.
Reasoning: assuming other players just call your bet, when/after the turn card is shown, they are likely to just check to you. At this point, if you've made the flush or straight, you can bet, or slow play it if it is the nuts. On the other hand, if you haven't made your straight or flush, you can just check, essentially getting to see the river without having to pay anything else.
Example: on a 3-6 limit table:
you have A-h and 10-h
the flop: Q-h, 7-h, and 3-c
two players in front of you, the second player bets ($3)
you should re-raise ($3 + $3)
the turn: 4-d
you have not made your flush, and the two players in front of you, assuming they merely called your re-raise in the previous round, are more likely than not just going to check

this is not complete, i'll finish it later, email me if it doesn't make sense and if you're interested.

Halloween, etc.

2006-10-28T21:17:00.000-04:00

For Halloween, I made a giant paper clip, which took much longer than you'd expect, and cut out three round pieces of construction paper. Wearing a Duke cap and a tie, I was the paper-clipped, three-hole-punched, version of myself.

I got two reactions throughout the night, quite the opposite:
First type: "Oh... I love it, that is sooooo funny"; "I love the Office, [the paper clip is a nice touch]"; "aww... that is really cute" ('thanks ladies you are quite stunning yourselves.')
Second type: "Oh..." (accompanied by the face which says "you lazy, unoriginal piece of crap, I spent $50 and 5 hours on my super-hero costume).

The rest of the pictures from the night is here.

It was not a bad night.

The Office Drinking Game

2006-10-11T13:03:00.000-04:00

Because I like NBC's show the Office, and because I was procrastinating, I came up with:
The Office Drinking Game

check it out! and let me know what you think.

Isaac's Wedding

2006-08-10T02:03:00.000-04:00

Jacki and Isaac got married on July 29, 2006. I was one of the groomsmen, and even made a short speech at the reception. I'm not very good at speaking without preparation, and I didn't want to make a fool out of myself, or ramble in front of everyone, so I took a few minutes and wrote out what I wanted to say. Basically, I think they're both amazing and will have a wonderful life together.

On a different note, my 10-week summer associate experience was quite positive. I really enjoyed working for the firm. And it is always so nice to be home, thanks to families and friends who are here. It's hot here, but it's hot everywhere, the constant sea breeze, at least, is nice.

After a lengthy debate with myself that lasted for months, I finally went ahead and got XM radio. So far it's been great. Ask me about it if you're also interested.

Brett & Kelly's Wedding

2006-07-09T16:29:00.000-04:00

It's wedding season...

more pictures from Brett & Kelly's

Isaac's wedding is coming up... looking forward to it!

2/3 done with law school!

2006-05-07T18:01:00.000-04:00

time flies...
時間真的過得很快

just finished the exam weeks that marked the end of my second year in law school
剛考完期末考, 再一年就要從法學院畢業了!

recent upates, in short:
一些最近的事:

- i'll be working for a firm in Miami this summer, i'm really excited to go home; though the 22 hour drive isn't exactly something i look forward to.
- i've decided to participate in this clinical program that would put me in D.C. for my last semester of law school next Spring.
- my intramural softball team won it all this season, needlesstosay, i was quite happy
- i took a friend's dog to the park the other day, she is adorable, and extremely fast; her name is Aggie

new stadium

2006-04-10T17:13:00.000-04:00

Saint Louis (聖路易斯) 的大聯盟隊, 今天開始在新的球場開打.

我住的地方離球場蠻近的, 不過球票很貴, 所以大概偶而才會去. (或者是朋友要請我去的時候...)

PostSecrets.com

2006-04-09T03:13:00.000-04:00

(three posts in four days, i think this is a first.)

i know many of you know this site already, but it's worth mentioning here for those who don't -
www.PostSecrets.com is a pretty cool site, one of the many postcards:

(following the rule from the site that you can't re-publish the postcards except for one to link it to the site...)

888-Film

2006-04-07T17:56:00.000-04:00

when you were in high school, did you ever call 888-Film (444-Film, or whatever other automated phone services), so that when your girlfriend/boyfriend/crush called back, the phone wouldn't ring and that your parents wouldn't know you're on the phone late?

awesome pic

2006-04-06T12:51:00.000-04:00

isn't this picture hilarious?

geek ball pictures

White Rock, British Columbia

2006-03-31T17:26:00.000-05:00

White Rock, British Columbia is a beautiful place, where, if you're a rich, should buy a vacation home, and where, if you're thinking about proposing to your girlfriend, should plan a trip there. (and since i'm not rich nor in a relationship... it's just a place that i plan to visit again sometime.)

spring break pics

這個暑假...

2006-03-28T03:56:00.000-05:00

我這個暑假應該會是蠻忙的:

五月中到七月中我將會在 Miami 一個中大型的律師事務所上班, 公司的總公司在 Chicago, 很多方面的法律都有.

還有, 已經知道有四個朋友要結婚, (真的是老了!!), 婚禮都不在 Miami, 所以要飛到各地參加.

New Survivor Show!!!

2006-03-25T23:45:00.000-05:00

"
Have you heard about the next planned "Survivor" show?

Three businessmen and three businesswomen will be dropped into three
Elementary school classrooms for six weeks. Each business person will
be provided with a copy of his/her school district's curriculum, and a
class of 28 students. Each class will have five learning-disabled
children, three with A.D.D., one gifted child, and two who speak
limited English. Three will be labeled with severe behavior problems.

Each business person must complete lesson plans at least three days in
advance with annotations for curriculum objectives and modify,
organize, or create materials accordingly. They will be required to
teach students, handle misconduct, implement technology, document
attendance... Write referrals, correct homework, make bulletin boards,
compute grades, complete report cards... Document benchmarks,
communicate with parents, and arrange parent conferences, for
starters.

They must also supervise recess and monitor the hallways. In addition,
they will complete drills for fire, tornadoes, and shooting attacks.

They must attend 100 hours of workshops, faculty meetings, union
meetings, and curriculum development meetings.

They must also tutor those students who are behind and strive to get
their two non-English speaking children proficient enough to take the
SOL tests.

If they are sick or having a bad day, they must not let it show. Each
day they must incorporate reading, writing, math, science, and social
studies into their program. They must maintain discipline and provide
an educationally stimulating environment at all times.

The business people will only have access to the golf course on the
weekends, but on their new salary they will not be able to afford it
anyway. There will be no access to vendors who want to take them out
to lunch, and lunch will be limited to 30 minutes.

On days when they do not have recess duty, the business people will be
permitted to use the staff restroom as long as another survival
candidate is supervising their class.

They will be provided with two, 40-minute planning periods per week
while their students are at activity classes. If the copier is
operable, they may make copies of necessary materials at this time.

The business people must continually advance their own education on
their own time, and pay for this advanced training themselves. This
can be accomplished by moonlighting at a second job or marrying
someone with money.

The winner will be allowed to return to his or her former job."

Thank you Teachers.

message board

2006-01-22T14:22:00.000-05:00

so i created this message board for the law school; hopefully it'll catch on and lots of people use it - check it out, feedbacks welcomed!

Christmas break was wonderful/awesome as always, some pictures are up on my website.

i also went to Vegas for the first time; it was quite an experience. we stayed at the monte carlo, which i liked a lot, especially its location and the not-too-smokey casino area. poker room is small but nice.

New Update

2005-11-26T14:43:00.000-05:00

just finished an update on my website, it's been a while since one of these.

美國的法學院

2005-11-17T17:50:00.000-05:00

美國的法學院制度跟台灣不一樣.
美國的大學沒有法律系, 要大學畢業之後才可以讀法學院 - 通常是要讀的一年前申請, 很多人像我一樣大學畢業後直接去讀, 也有不少人先工作幾年才去.

法學院要讀三年 - 競爭蠻激烈的.

Miami

2005-11-17T02:29:00.000-05:00

I'll be in Miami next summer... definitely excited: friends, family, Marlins games, visitors such as yourself...

我明年暑假會回到 Miami... 非常的期待: 朋友, 家人, Marlins 的球賽, 像你一樣來找我玩的人...

MSN?

2005-11-10T17:09:00.000-05:00

有一個朋友現在在台灣 (宜蘭) 教英文, 我常讀她的 Blog, 看起來蠻好玩的.

下次回台灣的時候我一定要多去一些地方玩, 有好多很漂亮很好玩的地方我都沒有去過.

Interesting "Op-Chart"

2005-11-07T16:30:00.000-05:00

NY Times - regarding effects of education in America
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2005/11/06/opinion/1107opchart.html

Random Polls

2005-11-07T16:26:00.000-05:00

random USA Today Polls (oh wait, they're all random):

"Top Five Foods thrown away by US consumers because of spoilage:"

5. Pre-packaged sandwich meat, hot dogs, bacon
4. Milk, yogurt, and cheese
3. Bread
2. Fresh Fruit
1. Fresh vegetables and bagged salad

hurricane, miami, etc.

2005-11-03T14:43:00.000-05:00

I was home in Miami this week for a few days. It was a short and somewhat rushed trip.
I got in Monday night, stayed over at Meghan's because our house was still without power, thanks to freaking Hurricane Wilma.
The interviews with a law firm, (who flew me down), was on Tuesday morning, and it took me a good 1 hour and 25 minutes to get downtown, good thing I left way early. So yeah, leave early for you interviews.

It was, I think, the hurricane the caused the most damage in the Miami area in the recent decade. Countless (big) trees fell, most people were without power for days, (and now weeks). The nature has unleashed quite a few unfortunate disasters this year.

Halloween Party

2005-11-01T00:11:00.000-05:00

I've never won a costume contest before, until last Friday!
there are some great pictures of the Halloween party on my website (Anthony Kang)

Post Below

2005-10-11T14:27:00.000-04:00

The post below is written in Mandarin. If you want (can) read it you might nee to chang your encoding on your browser. (View --> Encoding --> Chinese Traditional)

By the way, isn't it great that both the Braves and the Yankees are out of the playoffs? I thought so.

試著用中文寫一篇

2005-10-11T14:17:00.000-04:00

最近心血來潮, 想多練習打中文. 主要是因為怕太久沒寫中文會忘記.

利用這個機會和在台灣的朋友大家打聲招呼, 希望我有辦法跟大家說我有這個 Blog.

不好意思我一直沒有用 msn messanger.

有空留個言吧!

updates on my website!

2005-10-10T11:59:00.000-04:00

interesting reads

it's kinda funny

play hangman!

main page

figuring everything out

2005-10-04T00:47:00.000-04:00

would you still do what you're doing if you don't have to worry about making money?

tough questions

2005-10-03T11:28:00.000-04:00

"what are you thinking right now?"

"if you can have any job in the world, what would it be?"

Random Quotes

2005-10-01T22:21:00.000-04:00

"What about you, what are you passionate about?"

American League Playoff Scenario

2005-09-30T11:49:00.000-04:00

let me break it down for you:
Indians, BoSex, and Yankees all have three games left.

Scenario 1: Yankees sweep Boston
- Yankees win the division
- Indians make it as the wildcard if
they win at least one game, else the Red Sox makes it.

Scenario 2: Yankees win two out of three
- Yankess wins the division
- Indians win if they win at least two games.
- If Indians win just one: tiebreaker game between Red Sox and Indians.
- Red Sox makes the wild card if Indains lose all three.

Scenarior 3: Yankees win one out of three
[I got it wrong, I'm sorry.]

Scenario 4: Red Sox sweeps the Yankees.
- Boston wins the division
- Indians make the wild card if they win at least two games.
- Tie breaker between Yankees and Indians if Indians win just one.
- If Indians lose all three, Yankees make the wild card.

Baseball Steroids Policy

2005-09-29T16:41:00.000-04:00

"New Steroids Policy Could Happen by Series"
ESPN.com, Associated Press

One by one, Hank Aaron and other members of the Hall of Fame told Congress they back Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig's bid for tougher steroid penalties.

Then, one by one, lawmakers told players' union chief Donald Fehr that he needs to act soon -- a stance punctuated by Sen. John McCain's admonishment, "Don't you get it?"

rest of the article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2174716&type=story

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my two cents:
Steroids have led to unfair competitions, caused teen suicides, and tainted sacred baseball records. Remove it from the game that we love, or it'll eventually cause stadiums to be deserted.

It's Kinda Funny

2005-09-27T12:00:00.000-04:00

http://www.kangplace.com/me/fyi/itskindafunny.php

Hurricane Katrina

2005-09-06T11:35:00.000-04:00

As of right now:

# of articles on the Weekly Standard website on Hurricane Katrina: ZERO.

# of the "Top-Five most emaile articles" on the New York Times website: FIVE.

# of editorials critical of the Bush administration's response to the hurricane on the Washington Times opinion page: ZERO

# of editorials critical of the Bush administration's response to the hurricane on the Washington Post opinion page: FOUR

Cell Phone v. Brain Tumor

2004-12-06T00:19:00.001-05:00

Can Using Your Cellphone Cause Brain Tumor, Cancer, or any Harm to You? - some information I gathered.

Computer Problems

2004-12-06T00:19:00.000-05:00

Virus, Spyware, Adware? some solutions

my webpage

2004-11-29T11:49:00.000-05:00

for now, i don't see myself writing here too often, but here's my website: http://www.kangplace.com - check it out!