Barry Bonds

I agree with the guy who put those pictures on the wall. Although there is a controversy about his record, he is a great player in base ball history. The pictures and comment are found at in front of my laboratory.

Gradation

This is one of my favorite picture. I took this picture from a airplane last year on the way to Okinawa. Gradation from deep blue to white. This is the beauty of nature. We can see similar gradiation in the ocean near Kerama irlands.

Tight regulation

We are working on fish virus, but the regulation for human pathogen will be applied to our laboratory. A inspector came to our lab today and he said there was a suit against UCD. A woman worked at UCD medical center for a week had cancer and she insisted it was due to the viral infection during the intern. Actually the cancer was detected several years after the intern, so everybody doubts the connection between her cancer and the intern. In any case, UC doesn't want to repeat it. I understand what they are thinking, but we are working on fish and I've never heard any pathogen that infect human. A lot of people catch fish and bring them to their home, but it's safe unlike other mammals. Anyway, I will have to put "bio hazard stickers" on my work bench...

Grow big

Crops, vegetables and fruits grow big. I think it's due to the sun shining. The precipitation in summer is less than 10 mm (it means almost no rain from May to November)! All crops grow faster and fruits get sweeter, but the price is cheap. We can buy a melon by less than 2 dollars and it's as sweet as Japanese expensive one. My friend says 2 dollars is still expensive to buy (she used to buy it only for 1 dollar!). We say everything in California grow big, even us!

X game

It could be getting popular in Japan as well. The competitors perform acrobatic action with any kinds of sporting gears, such like skate board, snow board, motocross,ski etc. They jump more than 6m with tiny skate boards! When I was watching the game today, one of the competitors lost his balance in the air and hit his body hard onto the ground, then he went to emergency room in hospitals. It's fun to watch, pain to see, and hard to understand to me...

Federal tax

I was disappointed at my payment when I looked earnings statement today. I used to get exemption for federal tax so I didn't need to pay it. It's privilege only for J1 visa holder and valid only for first 2 years. So I have to pay $350 as tax from this month. What a huge difference it is...

Body weight

I played tennis tonight and I felt my body was heavy. I couldn't run fast at all. Actually I got about 3 pounds in a week. Maybe I ate too much chocolate last four days. Drinking beer at midnight may not be good as well...