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Cool video I watched today. Kids born in China then grew up in the west. A few things that really hit me: “Chiense people call America 美国 beautiful land, beautiful country. So when you return from America, you are supposed to be better than them.”, “Over here I feel like an American. In the States I feel like a Chinese”.I only stayed for 3 years in Belgium. I remember when I returned to China after my study. I got quite some reverse culture shocks. But after a while, it’s ok.

The big real estate guy in the video is really cool. He spoke quite the truth, no matter like it or not. Somehow I feel a bit sad. How about you?

Long time friend actually. I just saw her new blog at http://xy24ing.blog.sohu.com/ good work, please keep it going.

Believe it or not, writing is harder than you think, and writing in English which is our secondary language makes it even harder. I think blogging is an excellent way to improve your writing skills however at the beginning  it is hard to see improvements. Since most of your friends need a little while to get use to you writing in English and few people ever bother to correct your mistakes. My piece of advice is try to start writing. Keep it going and build up your audience network over time. I am not a good example of blogging because I don’t blog frequently enough:).  I believe 5 years from now on, blogggers will have a far more radical impact on our society.

I am writing this blog in my lovely real home back in Yueyang city. The weather is nice here. The original plan was to bring my mum to Changsha and the family can spend the weekend there. But then my dad changed his mind, and here I am:D. Mum made lunch for us, and it was soooo good, haven’t had a proper meal like this for months…

Bonus video for you XY shadow of the day from LP. Always believe the difficulty we are facing is only temporary. Always look for the better and strive for the best. Passion makes a difference.

I find it interesting, especially these two pictures

I think the comparison can generally apply to the differences between the West and China.

The full design can be downloaded here

A colleague in California said the report I got from Merill Lynch is a cheap-not-so-good-one, they have much better ones, but you need to pay for it before you can read them:(.

I prefer the cheap ones:D. Here is a pretty good one:

Digital Board Side 1

Digital Board Side 2

RF Board Side 1

RF Board Side 2

Description:   Smartphone running OS X with several innovations in the user interface. Several movement sensors and touchscreen. Only 2.5G support.
Highlights:   - Movement sensors, single button operation, multi-touch LCD
- Answering machine
- Sold with flat-rate (@ AT&T)
Lowlights:   - Expensive $500 (4GB), $600 (8GB)
- No support for: 3G, Flash card, GPS module, Flash browser applications
- No Java, no programmer API, no copy/paste function   Approx Market Entry: Q2/2007   Retail Price: US $500    Platform: Infineon, NXP
Feature Overview
Display
TFT, 16M colours, 320×480px, 73×50mm

Report from Merill Lynch, they mentioned ” an NXP IC with an as yet undetermined purpose.” What an insult:D

IPhone desembled

Our Friends at Merill Lynch did not do the best their can.

How Apple ever get there

I am going to write a post about the inner IC’s of IPhone from Apple. I got some interesting reports about the IC’s in side the IPhone. Since the Company I am working for provides 2 of them (Digital micro-controler IC and Power Management Unit). I am a bit proud of it, especially the PMU is done by a group inside the Innovation center I am currently in. So hopefully this weekend you will see which IC’s are in the IPhone, and which are IC’s from the company I am working for. :D.

 Let me know any position you’re interested in.

Last weekend I spent some time migrated posts in the past year from blogger.com and windows live space to here. For my dear subscribers (now I have 3:)), please visit http://alanhtang.com again and subscribe using the RSS icon on the right of the page, then you will see all the past posts also. Happy blogging.

Bonus Picture: My friend Fun