Never Never Stop Living!

太久都是用噗浪 都快不會寫超過140字的中文長文了

來說說這個Quarter發生的事好了

在這個Quarter開頭 我對自己下了個期許

希望接下來能活得更多采多姿 然後更積極主動地去嘗試不同的事


研究上 值得高興的是拿到學校提名HHMI的資格

可以準備開始寫HHMI international fellowship的申請了

然後在上個月底也丟出去AAUW Fellowship的申請...

希望至少有一個會上 這樣可以減輕Scott很多負擔 同時也是對自己的肯定

然後明年去Quebec的事情也差不多定下來了 申請都丟了出去 希望應該是沒問題!

生活上 這學期算是Social Life + Healthy Life + Music Life的大拓展!

這學期嚴格執行著自己的work out plan

一個星期climbing 3-4次, 其餘的日子就是有氧 or 重訓 or both or 休息(1-2天)

主要都是圍繞著攀岩相關的訓練(減脂, 上臂, 肩, 背, glute)

從Quarter剛開始連V0, 5.6都爬不太完 到現在可以輕鬆爬完V1 or 5.7,

其實非常地有成就感 也因為Climbing交到很多新朋友 真的非常開心~ :D


另外 也依著搖滾交了很多新朋友

雖然沒有在Band裡面擔任任何一個樂器

但是聽著不同的搖滾 跟別人談論音樂 對我來說像開啟了新的世界一樣

很多不同的嘗試也算是對自己不同品味的摸索


其實只要你想 不嫌麻煩 SD的生活是可以很多彩多姿的!

actually, the fact is there's always a life out there
if you want to step out your comfort zone.

我覺得之前的自己給自己太多藉口 待在家裡

It's so easy to just tell yourself that you want to stay home/lab
to do "research". (but in fact, you're just doing it inefficeintly!)


接下來有了車 我想學更多東西

想學Kayaking 想學Zumba 想學Scuba Diving 也想學Surfing

不過其實最想的是再開始拉Cello :D


希望即使下學期要修課 要TA 還要考Qual 也能不放棄生活!
Never never stop living!!!


雖然有點早 但是給自己的新年新希望是:

1. 明年上半年征服5.10 進入climbing intermediate level!!

2. pick up cello or learn at least one new skill!!

3. Get HHMI

4. Explore Canada

5. Ace the Qual exam even if I have Jeff Hasty in my committee.....T^T

6. Be socially active.

京都&奈良小舖亂亂走~

這次跟我媽去自助行完全就是兩個女人亂亂走Shopping風格
碰到很多有趣的小舖子 來整理一下好了 以下都是被我歸類為下次去我也還要再去的店~
另外要感謝傑利和馬蘭達寫的<<慢慢京都>>,

95級編的生科系畢業歌

聽了之後 好多好多回憶都浮了上來
天呀....轉眼間就換他們畢業了, 而我們94級也已經畢業一年了.....

感謝95的學弟們編了這首只屬於我們台大生科人的歌 :)

曲: 羅大佑 - 童年 (海龜選的)
詞: 何熙承
http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~b95b01007/100602_003.mp3

我是個幸福的孩子 :)

有的時候會不禁在想 我到底何德何能修來這三生的福氣

可以在UCSD一次碰到兩個這麼好的老師, Alex Hoffmann & Scott Rifkin.

一個是Mentor, 一個是partner+mentor. :)

The one and only Big Decision in Ph.D

Finally, I told my decision to Scott and now settling in Scott Rifkin's Lab.

Yes, C. elegans, Genetics, Systems biology and Development biology!!

超令人感動的生日禮物!!!

雖然說生日已經過了 但是今天終於收到大喵從台灣寄來的生日禮物

因為是一大早去拿的包裹 拿了就趕著要去上學

所以匆匆地拆了包裹 就先看到了大喵寄來的元銀手作的項鍊還有卡片!!

看了卡片裡的內容很感動 Q~

How Evernote Can Change the Way You Live

By Allison Wu 2010.4.15

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1.Sometimes we just can't get rid of scratch papers and crazy ideas drawn on the white boards...

When it comes to research notes, it's actually really hard to keep all your records, ideas organized. "Organized" means not only sorted by days or any classifications but also means "Easy-to-find", that is, "Searchable". I believe that when you can't find the idea, you lost that idea. Therefore, I've been looking for the best way to organize my notes.

I've always kept a hard copy (often in those lab notebook which does not allow tearing the pages down...) about my experiments. However, although it seems organized, it's actually hard to find things or ideas you want when you accumulated a big pile of them. Not to mention using this method to keep track of your random ideas. I also tried to type them into computers and use softwares like Endnote or Zotero to organize them but it really doesn't work out very well.

Even though typing into a computer is neat and certainly makes note easy to find, there are always occasions that you have to discuss with your lab mates on a scratch paper or on the white board. You have to admit it's inevitable and sometimes when we do, it's really hard to organize these hand-written stuffs since you probably already have 80% of your notes typed in a computer but now you just don't know how to deal with this 20% of your notes. Now I don't have to worry about it. Take a picture of the white board or scratch papers and save them as notes into Evernote and probably add some keywords or just let Evernote recognize those hand-written texts. Now you have your rest 20% of notes searchable and you never lose your ideas again.

2. No more heavy travel books and piles of maps, and papers when traveling....

I like to travel and plan the trips all by myself. However, this sometimes means that I have to bring a lot of travel books, maps, hotel information, train schedule, printouts of webpages...,etc. It sometimes is really a mess especially when you're out in an unfamiliar place having no clue on where you are and got a lot of things on your hand....

Now I can organize traveling information this way with Evernote and I can travel with much lighter luggage and with any piece of information at hand in 2 seconds:

• When I surf the web for traveling information, I just have to "clip" them to my Evernote notebook.
• When I come across maps, either PDF or JPEG files, I just save them in Evernote. What if it's a hard copy? No problem! Just take a picture of them and save them in Evernote. However, when the language of the map is not English. You probably have to add some keywords to make it more easy to find since right now Evernote can yet recognize either Japanese or Chinese or any Asian language in image or PDF.
• When I make a reservation for hotel or train, there is always a confirmation e-mail sent to my e-mail box. This kind of information is so important that I used to have several copies of them at different places when I travel. Now I can forward it to Evernote e-mail box and save them in Evernote directly or I can just use the web clip trick again if I'm using e-mail account like gmail.
• What if there's some information on a travel book that I think is really useful? It happens but it really is a pain in the ass when you simply want a couple of pages out of a big travel book. I always have to either go copy them or just take them and most of the time I end up taking at least 3~4 travel books at a time. However, taking travel books sometimes not just increase your luggage weight, but also annoys you when you're standing on the crossroad and you can't find the information you need to decide which way to go!! Now with Evernote. Same trick! Take a picture or just scan the pages and save them in Evernote. Not only can you save your luggage space for your souvenirs but also can reach any information in 2 seconds. Then, I never have to bother whether to take several big travel books. I probably only have to take zero or one travel book that has the most information I need.

3. Still tagging photos by hand?

During orientation, conferences, we always have to meet a lot of strangers with their name tags! Sometimes there are so many strangers that it's really hard to keep track of each one of them. Now instead of looking at the photograph and being unable to recall the name, just have every stranger you met takes a photo with their name tag and the Evernote will recognize the text in the name tag and tag these strangers for you!

4. Recipes all at hand!

When you go to supermarket and you suddenly think of one recipe and you don't remember some of the ingredients, just use your Smartphone or iPod touch to use Evernote to find your recipe! Now you never have to "make a guess" on what to buy. Just find it!

5. Have you ever standed before a poster just to keep a note of a piece of performance/Semninar information you're interested?

Yeah, I've done that but most of the time I always ended up missing that scratch paper and forgot about that performance and feel so regretful when I found that I missed that performance/seminar next time I passed by that poster. Now with the same easy trick. I take a snapshot of that poster and save it to Evernote. Let Evernote recognize the date and information and make it searchable for you!

When you accept Evernote, you would really find that Evernote makes many things so easy that you no longer have to worry about how to organize them. Just dump them to Evernote. Make some editing or not. Every piece of information is at hand. You never lose your idea or miss a seminar/performance again or can't find the particular map you need when you travel.

焗烤茄子Pasta (Easy Baked Eggplant Parmesan)

自從用iPod touch後, 其中最常用的一個軟體就是Whole Foods Market的Recipes app.

沒事的時候可以用來查食譜, 記起來, 然後下次要做的時候加到shopping list裡面, 去買菜就不會少買了~

這次這個焗烤茄子就是參考Whole Foods Market的Easy Baked Eggplant Parmesan的食譜做的.

但是我有多加蘑菇和Ground beef, 蘑菇可以緩和一點Pasta醬很強的味道, 讓他比較順口.

然後因為本來要用來做麵包裹粉(Panko Bread Crumb)的白吐司發霉了, 臨時改成用消化餅, 應該根原本的效果差滿多的, 但其實焗烤之後還滿好吃的.

哈哈 所以 終於擺脫茄子不是魚香就是紅燒豆腐煲的命運了XD

這是一道非常Cheesy的菜, 喜歡焗烤的人應該會滿喜歡的~

材料:
1 large eggplant, sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick pieces (about eight)
2 eggs, beaten with a fork

4 mushrooms, sliced.

1lb ground beef
1 1/2 cups panko bread crumbs (sun-dried tomato or plain)
1 (25-ounce) jar pasta sauce (roasted vegetable or any variety)*
3 片 Cheese (平常夾麵包地就可以囉~)

步驟:

1. 預熱烤箱到 375 F, 把沾了蛋汁的茄子裹上麵包粉, 在烤盤上鋪上烤紙, 抹一點油後把茄子平鋪在烤盤上烤15分鐘後翻面再烤10分鐘.

2. 在火爐上把碎牛肉炒到變色後取出待用.

3. 烤箱增溫到475 F, 在oven-proof的盤子上先倒上一層Pasta醬, 然後鋪上磨菇後, 放一些起司灑上碎牛肉後再鋪上烤好的茄子, 再倒上一點Pasta醬後再在其上鋪滿起司. 放至烤箱中烤至表面的起司金黃即可.

Note: 蘑菇會出水, 如果放在靠表面的地方水會乾掉, 要放在最底層才能保留磨菇的原汁!!

柚子起司蛋糕

這是上星期我在虹麟的Surprise Party上做給她的生日蛋糕!!
是個帶著柚子清香很爽口的重乳酪蛋糕!!
雖然因為沒有水浴而有裂痕 (因為我一下子找不到比9吋蛋糕模大的容器...orz)
但是吃起來其實沒什麼影響的, 不過我下次還是應該找可以水浴的容器才是....sigh

這個食譜是我參考 FlowerBee的柳丁起司蛋糕 基本上就是把柳丁汁的部分換成用新鮮柚子和韓式柚子茶調出來的柚子汁. 我個人覺得應該會比柳丁還搭, 因為柚子的味道比較不會像柳丁那麼強.

Ingredients:

蛋糕底: (做出來有點厚...)
消化餅 200g
奶油 90g
核桃 30g

蛋糕料:
Cream Cheese 454g
egg *6
sugar 126g
低粉 5.5大匙 (過篩)
柚子汁* 360g

柚子汁:
柚子茶 120g
水 100g
新鮮柚子汁 140g
朗姆酒 兩瓶蓋

Tools:
9-inch Springform Cake Pan

Steps:
1. 奶油融化後, 將壓碎的消化餅和核桃混合後壓在蛋糕模底部成蛋糕底
2. Cream cheese放室溫, 以慢速攪拌, 慢慢加入柚子汁(過篩), 蛋, 糖, 打至滑順無泡
3. 打入過篩的低粉
4. 將蛋糕糊倒入模中, 輕拍讓氣泡跑出
5. 以水浴的方式, 355F 60-70分鐘 至表面有些金黃成乾燥狀

囧, 結果很失敗的忘了照一張只有蛋糕的照片了....

Evernote-- 好用的筆記整理軟體

哇 這個部落格真是快荒廢了....其實應該慢慢把p2的一些文章轉移過來...

之前在p2的版上有介紹了Zotero, 這次想推薦Evernote!!

(就用這篇Evernote介紹文來當部落格重啟的第一篇好了 XD)

這個軟體實在是太超乎我想像了!!

其實我大概一兩年前有裝過這個軟體 可是那時候感覺不是很好用

這次是因為買了iPod touch想找可以跟電腦同步的筆記軟體 所以又開始玩Evernote

沒想到不到24小時我就addicted了....本來只是想說用來做實驗記錄的電子檔整理

結果後來從我的食譜, 到生活上的一些隨手筆記(To-do list, shopping list)

我都用Evernote來整理了....

先來說說Evernote最強大的地方好了

1) 影像辨識功能

Evernote最強大的就是影像辨識, 這個功能是目前其他軟體都望其項背的

當你放入影像檔,和Evernote server同步後, Evernote可以自動辨識其中的text

所以我可以用我的手機/數位相機把我手寫的筆記照起來, 然後丟到Evernote裡

這個方法在整理筆記, 收據,路上看到的演出資訊 ...上超好用的.

還有看到網路上有人去Conference的時候, 就把對方和他的名牌一起照下來丟到Evernote\

裡面

Evernote就會自動Tag這個人, 酷吧? 你還在用Facebook手動tag嗎? XD

不過啦 試到目前的結果 他對中文的辨識能力很差 :(

但是英文幾乎都辨識得到唷~

2) Web Clip

Evernote在各種瀏覽器上都有延伸套件, 因為我用Chrome所以就介紹Chrome上的套件

基本上Evernote的Chrome套件可以讓你快速編寫note, 也可以讓你搜尋你的note

但是最重要的是Webpage clipping的功能,

當你看到某個網頁上有你想要的資訊, 就把這段資訊反白選起來

Evernote一個鍵就可以讓你把這對資訊Clip起來存成一個note.

用這個方法讓我這個在網路上搜尋食譜的人覺得實在太方便了~~

完全就是一個隨手可得的剪貼簿呀!!!!!

3) 和你的各種裝置同步

Evernote套句現在台灣很紅的話就是, "很雲端". 所有的Notes都會備份在Evernote的網上伺服器裡, 無論是在你另外的電腦上, 或是iPhone, Android phone, Blackberry,...各種行動裝置上只要登入就可以隨時讀取你的notes, 非常方便!

這是幾個個我覺得最主要最好用的功能,

這些功能讓Evernote可以讓你用最懶的方式做最有效的整理!

我覺得Evernote的核心概念很棒:

Take note everywhere. Organize it or let us do it.

以下是幾篇我覺得寫得不錯的介紹文:

6 Ways Evernote Can Boost Your Productivity

5 Ways Evernote Maximizes Your Organizing Potential

Enjoy Evernote!! :D