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Continue reading →: 2025 Last day
Looking back, we have experienced a lot in 2025. Alice accidentally injured the left ACL in August. Our family still had a wonderful road trip to Orlando, FL. We then finished our Disney and Universal visits across Japan, California, and Florida, UA. By the end of 2025, Alice and I…
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Continue reading →: A Rainy Day in Charleston: Discover Rainbow Row and More
We originally were leaving Florence, SC down a road to Orlando FL. Consider plenty of time, we decided swing by Charleston, SC, a aesthetic appealing and historical significant town. It was a rainy day. But I still thought it was a good day for us to explore the old US…
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Continue reading →: Exploring Virginia: A Family Day Trip to Occoquan and Richmond
Our first day of summer trip, we visited one good friend family who work in Washington DC. We enjoyed a great dinner together. Emily and Alice also played with their lovely little daughter at home. As we will layover at Florence SC for our day 2 (Aug-9-2025), we had time…
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Continue reading →: 2025 Summer Family Trip
Our family has been 4+ years since we moved to the US. In 2022, we had a road trip to Washington DC and visited museums and one best friend. in the following 2 years, we were occupied by attending many squash tournaments and training. We drove in New England area,…
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Continue reading →: Big Recall Big Success Failed
A citizen-led campaign in 2025 to recall 26–31 opposition Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers, accused of pushing pro-China policies and undermining democracy. Unfortunately, it failed to make any recall for any one of 25 legislators and one Hisnchu mayor. I have left Taiwan for more than 4 years and my household registration…
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Continue reading →: For All Mankind: Taking on these great challenges, against great oddsI just wrapped up watching all four seasons of “FOR ALL MANKIND” on Apple TV+, enjoying it on our trusty old 2nd or 3rd generation Apple TV. The series begins its timeline in 1969 with season 1 and leaps into the new millennium by seasons 3 and 4. It beautifully…
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Continue reading →: Spring 2025
The fourth year in the US. The spring is still the busy of rowing season. We encounter the dry season and even draught. The water level is relatively low in Bare Hill Pond and some regatta were cancelled or moved around due to the weird weather this spring. Alice enjoyed…
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Continue reading →: Blogger to WordPress: Overcoming Export Challenges
In 2020, I set up my another temporary blog using Google Blogger as I planed to leave my old self-established WordPress platform. However, Blogger’s export process now primarily routes through Google Takeout (resulting in a ZIP file), instead of exporting the posts into one XML file. In WordPress the instruction…
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Continue reading →: McCarthy Towne 50th Anniversary
In 2021, Alice entered 5th grade at McCarthy Towne Elementary school, one of five elementary schools in Acton. When I applied for school, I only considered the location, location and location: near our new home and Emily’s school. I had no idea the differences between McCarthy Towne (McT) and Merrian…
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Continue reading →: First Score in First Season
It should be spring in the New England area, but it was high to 88 ℉ today. Before coming to the US, I almost did not intentionally try or learn any sports. However, I found everyone may find the most favorite one after trying. For example, we never thought about…
