Reading Time: < 1 minute There are many good summer day camps in St. Louis area. STLToday recently has a good piece on this topic. Personally my old daughter has been to the JCC Day Camp, and Andrews Academy. We like both, with a bit preference over Andrews: for its after care, and overall quality. Note cost-wise, Andrews is a

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today I had opportunity being a Junior Achievement Volunteer at Northview Elementary School (Jennings). This is the first time I volunteer for JA, also my first time really being a teaching position at school. Almost 18 years I did some brief teaching (Abaqus finite element analysis) for some civil engineering graduate students. More recently I

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update 28-Feb-2017) Just got back from the book fair in Spoede school, camp read a lot. It’s a lot of efforts from the volunteers and the teachers. At the same time a lot fun for the little kids and the families. Part of the profit goes to the SSA (the parent association of the school).

Reading Time: < 1 minute 昨晚在初中群里面惊闻我的初中物理老师姚仁汉老师，因病去世，年仅56（虚岁）。这里有相关的介绍, 还有这里, 和这里。 姚老师大学一毕业就来镇海中学（84年），我们（初二）是他的第一批学生，教了两年（初二初三）。除了教书，他还组织物理兴趣小组。记得他带我们坐公交汽车去他的母校（宁波师范大学）参观，这是我第一次看到天文望远镜。98年我有机会回到母校镇中，有幸遇见他，当时他好像已经是领导，负责整个初中部教学工作。记得他还是是憨憨的老样子。现在算来，他当时大学毕业（22岁），我们初二（13岁），他大我们十岁都不到。他就是我们的兄长。 借用一句兄弟班同学的唁文“人生有幸，在最好的年纪遇上最好的老师”。。。

Reading Time: < 1 minute So here in Missouri, around February, is also the worst of the flu season. This year is the worst for a long time. I knew I got it at the New Year’s eve, and about 4 weeks later, I am not fully recovered. The problem was I had to work in the Saturday night/Sunday morning

Reading Time: 2 minutes Those schools are considered speciality schools, because they have their own philosophy, which is NOT exactly the same as other private schools (both sectarian and non-sectarian). Pre-school Schools that care and educate the younger ones, some even have infant class. A growing place: it’s located at Forsyth and Big Bend road, next to Washington U.

Reading Time: < 1 minute So far I went to 3, listed below. The rice bowl (Korean): yelp. Address below: 7895 Mexico Rd St. Peters, MO 63376 Thai Kitchen: yelp 3899 Veterans Memorial Pkwy Saint Peters, MO 63376 KiTARO Bistro of Japan: (website, yelp) 4551 Hwy K O’Fallon, MO 63368 I will add more as I find more 🙂 Also,

Reading Time: < 1 minute I mentioned sometime ago that LaunchCode is a great way to get into programming / software development world for a grown-up whose background is not computer science or information science. But that’s not the only way. More recently I noticed some friends made the transition from research position at Washington University to industry. Again there

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is the beginning of the 2017, and it’s also the customary review season for me. This weekend is a bit interesting as we got freezing rain on Friday (and I had to work from home on that day), also due to the fact about a month ago we had freezing rain on a Friday

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update 31-Jan-2019) I used the Apple watch for 2+ years now. Did have a replacement in Sept 2017 as the old watch just did not work (not charging, not responding). It’s a Nike version but the warranty is still honored by Apple. I brought it to local Apple store and was able to receive a