Don't say hi to me

One of the biggest achievement I made last year is I bought my mother a laptop and taught her how to use internet.
She had refused to do so for years until my aunt showed her how to use video conference.

She soon addictted to online game like a teenage. She will play about 1 hour everyday. So whenever I met her online, I'd say hi to her and sometimes followed by a kind reminder that she needed to go out for a walk.
And finally, when we talked last night, my mom said to me: "Don't say hi to me online. Feel like being watched."

Haha, she never knows how annoying she was when she stopped me reading books years ago!

Out of blog

I am very busy these months. I won't update my blog (frequently) until Oct.
The only blog that will be updated is the baby diary (http://shun.loveforlife.net), but also mostly by my wife.
Thank you and take care!

To recruit a boss

Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.(Forrest Gump)
And this time, it's really special.

It doesn't happen to everyone, in a manner of speaking, I'm recruiting my boss.

Below is part of the mail from my CTO:

Simon,

I'd like to start looking for a technical director for the Beijing office. ....  So here is what I'd like to have happen:

   1. Candidates:  The person should have the following abilities:
         1. Technical experience: have created web sites using our technologies (i.e., Hibernate, Spring, Tapestry, etc.). They should have as broad a background on web technologies
         2. Recent Experience : led a development team in building web sites based on this technology focused on consumer space
         3. US experience: worked in the US and understands US corporate culture
         4. Fluent in English : needs a good working knowledge of English.
         5. Education: comes from a good schools with a BS and hopefully a MS in Computer Science
   2. Position: The person will be the manager for all the developers in the Beijing office and will report directly to me.


CTO

Further more, my CTO mentioned the candidate should be from really good school. I didn't ask the criteria, but according to requirements 3.
An IVY degree will be a strong plus.

It's not easy to find such a candidate, so I will take some responsibilities for the time being. This will be another interesting experience.


P.S. This is a translated version from my Chinese blog, but I can't help posting it here for it's too interesting.

I'm not kidding

This morning, I asked my wife:"It's Wednesday, isn't it?"
"No, it is Thursday. You hear that? IT, IS, THURSDAY."
We looked at each other, and laughed.

This is a little secret between us.
Last Friday morning, my wife said to me:"Tomorrow is weekend, do you have any plan?"
"But it's Thursday, let's discuss it tomorrow." I said.
My wife smiled and said nothing.

And that night, I looked into calender by chance and found it WAS Friday, actually I'd made a mistake!
"Why didn't you correct me this morning?" I asked my wife.
"I'd thought you were just kidding."
"Oh my, have you ever remember me kidding on you?"

But the result was, I had to go office last Saturday to stop a running software.
I don't know why I always make such mistake these weeks, maybe a sign of I'm lost in my work.

Anyway, the Spring Festival is coming!
I'm not kidding.

Happy ending

I noticed that in Dec I posted only 1 blog entry, and the title reads "I hate ...".
That doesn't reflect my current status.

Well, I'm not getting lazier, nor do I have any complaint for my life.
Instead, this year is extremly happy and enjoyable for me. Everything is perfect. And I'm still on my way to be a better man.

Yes, I'm much busier than last year. But I enjoyed my job and learned a lot. The most important thing is, when I went home late at night, as I looked at the face of my sleeping angel, nothing bothered me at all.

So, I just write to end this year with a happy ending, and everyone loves happy ending, isn't it?
And wish you all a very happy new year!