Since the partly clody cinditions show on the weather forecast, I would like to take a walk when the mostly sunny noon is available.
為了不要冬季憂鬱，當午後的陽光短暫的出現時，就是我該午後散步的時候了，不然一食睏就又賴在室內不出門！
Normally I feel my eyes become heavy after eating, a little bit of walking can help bring my energy back.
It was so nice when friends remember to make times available for giving me some early birthday treats.
Pork Chop with rice was the first birthday treat.
Tualatin Hills Nature Park is located in the heart of Beaverton.
If you are driving to this park, there are free parking space available. There is a sign to remind people do not leave valuable items in the car.
Since Washington Country Cooperative Library Services provides free admission for education and cultural purpose, I was able to visit Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals during the weekend.
This museum has free parking first come first serviced.
Started from few weeks ago, I was able to notice some fuel smell in my lab, and it turned out to be some oil leaking from a mechanical pump located in my vacuum system.
Since there are various types of mechanucal pumps, I need to take it apart to find out where the issues was.
It's nice to receive some sweet feedback from students.
Normally I need to wait for a while to receive the course evaluation from my department.
Recently some of my students wrote message under comments or reflection on their reports, and I was happy to see sweet feedback from them.
Starlight Parade is one of the Portland Rose Festival events.
I was lucky to see my home country's flag showing in the parade, can you find it in the photo?
When the day time starts to getting longer with blue sky shows up more, it is offical spring time.
April Showers Bring May Flowers!
The past few days most work can only be done online for me.
It was difficult to see the library space rendered unusable. The library team is working to get remote services up.
After spring forward time changing, the day time is getting longer for sure.
Those blooming flowers are so beautiful and I keep taking pictures.
Time flies is the cherry blossom season again.
The cherry trees are in full blossom. It is really hard to find a good way to take picture with clear background.
Portland winter light festival started last weekend and I was only able to stop by one place in downtown area.
I only took few pictures and left right away.
Since the art museum is near my apartment and university, I used to visit it almost monthly by using the bank free admission.
Recently the museum is under construction,and the available exhibitions were reduced.
When the school started in Sep, it was still green leaves around campus. Once few weeks went by, it became a little difference with color changing on the tree.
幾週前秋季班開課校園妹還是一片綠意盎然，雖著氣溫降低秋雨來襲，秋天的校園開始有了枯黃的落葉。
Most of the time I put chicken into the oven to get the main dish ready, but it takes at least 30 minutes to have the chicken all done.
When I am in a hurry, I put chicken with bell pepper on the stove. It turned out ok.
As the spring term will be official ended soon, I am glad that I am going to be one of the summer GTAs.
Althouth summer term is very intensive, we should be able to get it done as we expect.
On March 1st, my 103 years old grandma began her new journey.
At least I was able to visit her during my short summer trip home.
People might think that studying abroad is like dream come true, but the fact is that not everything works the way it should be.
I was lucky to have a chance to step away from lab to get some fresh air!
Around the end of Lunar New Year is about time for Portland Winter Light Festival to start,Feb. 3–11, 2023.
This year I don't want to go at night since it may be more visitors around.
