My Job Makes Me Feel Sexier Each Day

Still the Sexiest Profession Alive Most people might have only heard of the sexiest man or woman alive, and very few heard of the sexiest profession alive. It is data scientist!  Fortunately I am one of them.   Our work is to identify "pattens" or "algorithms" hidden in big datas in order to predict any …

Here Comes the Year of Horse

The project "ZERO TO HERO: 30 DAYS TO A BETTER BLOG" is going strong, meanwhile the "Year of Horse" is arriving. Here is the Chinese Lunar New Year Calendar: http://www.chinesenewyears.info/chinese-new-year-calendar.php (You may find your sign based on your birthdate.  I am a "Dragon", and you are.......?) Here are a few traditions coming with Chinese New …

My Reputation as a Knitter

Having been working as a data analyst in a bank for a few years, I feel difficult to let others around me know what I am doing everyday.   Data crunchers are like "outliers" among those traditional bankers.  As a result, I didn't build any reputation through my analytical skills. But there came a time …

What Yon Want to Do vs. How You are Going to Do It

One of my readings during past weekend is in the following link: http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/seven-ways-to-keep-dreams-alive/ The intriguing point of this blog is: “Focus on what you want to do, not how you’re going to do it. ” Often times, we are scared by the foggy vision and rough road laying between the reality and our dreams.  We …

Start Conversation by Sharing

Here are three of the blogs I  read over this weekend: 1. http://leadershipfreak.wordpress.com/2014/01/12/seven-ways-to-keep-dreams-alive/ The intriguing point of this blog is: "Focus on what you want to do, not how you’re going to do it.  "   My comment: I would like to relate this point to my yoga practice over the past 10 years, I …

Love from a Little Girl to a Piggy

There have been pets at our home since our daughter, Amber, was born. We used to have two hamsters, two guinea pigs and two cats, each of them was named by Amber soon after they arrived: Hamsters: Digger & Climber; Piggies: Ms. Chocolate (mother), Squeaker (daughter); Cats: Riley (boy), Pip (girl).   Hamsters and piggies …

The First Wedding Anniversary – “Paper”

On January 4, 2013, I and my husband were invited to witness a wedding of a young couple, hosted by one of the local Wedding Officiants. They were both 23 at that time, one of them was fresh out of college and another was still  attending graduate school.  They didn't have a lot of money, so they …

Who I Am and Why I Am Here?

Hi, Even though I have been working with numbers / computations / programming, my curiosity has been driving me to explore other fields.  I built my blog 6 months ago, implementing the skills of imagination and creation I developed in scientific fields to fulfill my gradually growing passion in writing, both in English and Chinese. …