Mr. Fang's Blog
Can DLI Become Like A University of Foreign Languages ?
The news that DLI's retired Dr. Fischer will be heading a DLI Foundation aiming to promote foreign language education in K12 schools is exciting. AS ...
Patriotism Made in China
I seem to have a heavenly blessed link with a company in Shenzhen. China, by the name of Shenzhen Dianxian Co. Ltd. Many years ago ...
The Invisibility of the Natives (1997)
Last Friday (Nov. 14) I attended a group discussion on the court decision about the native right to cut trees in the “crown land”. Three ...
Laughable and Hatable Cultural Differences (1998)
It was 2 o’clock in the morning. I heated my “supper” when I came back from the university and started to eat, sitting on a ...
Chinatown (2002)
Chinatown In north American I have been to several Chinatowns: in Dallas, Houston, New York, Toronto, Montreal and San Francisco. The overall impression is that ...
Two Chinese Ghost Stories (Bilingual)
Chinese Ghost Stories from Pu Songling's Chat Room 聊斋故事新编 于岚编写， 翻译， 注释 梅女 从前有个姓封的, 年轻时死了太太, 一个人时常常想她. 后来他到一个小城去, 租了一间屋子. 晚上在屋子的墙上, 隐隐约约看见一个女人, 皱着眉头, 伸着舌头。 封先生知道那是个吊死 鬼 ， ...
Living in Monterey's Past for a Change (2002)
deleted due to duplicate posting. See my early posts. Here there is no way to remove a blog entry.
Confused in America (1997)
I had been dreaming of going to America for God knows how many years before I finally came to this land. The various misfortunes in ...
Bureaucracy in America (an old article)
Bureaucracy is often considered a unique feature of the Mandarin system in contemporary China. The late Chairman Mao once called the whole party to fight ...
Music Party Next Door
My neighbor put up a big tent. They even rented a mobile toilet. Something big was going to happen. Either some kid’s birthday or a ...
Uncle Sam is short of money, why?
I simply do not understand why federal and local governments are in debt. Is it because they are not as corrupted as the governments in ...
The Shipping News
This book The Shipping News, sat on the free book shelf of the Aiso library for weeks. Picked it up several times and did not ...
Is Seaside So Poor that It Cannot Fix Some Traffic Signs?
I drive on Broadway a lot. There is a stop sign between Fremont and DelMonte. Compared with the width of the road, this stop sign ...
The Longevity Peach
There is a Chinese brush painting of peaches in my home. It was painted by a colleague of my mother's father for his 40th birthday. ...
The Lonely Yard That Came Too Late
A year ago, I bought a house, without really knowing how to buy one. The house is not big but the land is, only that ...
Don't Let Tax Preparer Kidnap Your Returns
If you are an educated person, I am sure you have been filing your own returns in the past until today,when your situation has become ...
Happiness the Scientific Way
Read in a science magazine that scientists can make you happy by altering your brain. This is so pathetic. It makes science a big lier. ...
First Chinese New Year Gala Held in Monterey
The first Chinese New Year Gala was held in the First Baptist Church in New Monterey today from 4pm to 8:30pm. The gala was organized ...
My Foolish Experience at Costco
My Foolish Experience at Costco Lao Fang On Veteran's day, I was going to take the 2:50pm bus from Sand City, Seaside, CA to Monterey. ...
Guadalupe Miracle? revised
I am interested in the culture of Guadalupe. Since I live in an neighborhood where the neighbors are mostly Mexicans, I put a picture of ...
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