Band: Bon Jovi
Sometimes, you come across a song with this kind situation. You hear a song, you know you heard it before. But, somehow you cannot name it. Wanted Dead or Alive for me is one of this type. This song is famous. I like the drumming part particularly. Thanks to Rock Band, I learn how to appreciate the drumming part.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Where to find it
A practical and beautiful storage caseIt is hard to find a good storage box. I came across a similar box (or chest of drawer) when I visited a friend's house. Its design and color attacts me a lot. I have spent some time surfing online. But, I just could not find a right one.
Bistro Elan
A place for small stomach
We heard this restaurant from a friend. He loves this restaurant and highly recommends it. We went there and wow, so crowded.
The place may not be designed to be crowded and noisy. But, due to its popularity, Bistro Elan becomes a hot dinning place. This place is good for people with small stomach. The rock shrimp appetizer, mussels, and fish fillet are recommended. If you are a meat person, you can try Elan's steak. Tender, moist, and with fragrant smell.
Location: 448 N California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
We heard this restaurant from a friend. He loves this restaurant and highly recommends it. We went there and wow, so crowded.The place may not be designed to be crowded and noisy. But, due to its popularity, Bistro Elan becomes a hot dinning place. This place is good for people with small stomach. The rock shrimp appetizer, mussels, and fish fillet are recommended. If you are a meat person, you can try Elan's steak. Tender, moist, and with fragrant smell.
Location: 448 N California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
CNN Center
This is about CNN's studio tour
Atlanta is where CNN's headquarters locate. Totof and I drove to Centennial Park and decided to participate the CNN tour. CNN Center did not look fancy. It w
as ordinary. The inside was huge. We took 2 min to cross the corridor and arrive the atrium. We found the ticket center. We looked at the price. Wow. $12. One thing we learned from Atlanta was that tickets were expensive. For example, the sky ride for Stone Mountain is $9. The Atlanta aquarium is $27. The CNN tour is $12.
The Studio tour was behind-the-scenes type. Our group had a guide with us. The first stop was a long escalator (we were told this was the world's longest escalator.) The second stop was a cinema room. The guide introduced the basic CNN program shooting. We learned how executive producer, director, and technical director led the CNN team. We saw CNN's robot cameras. Then, we went to the third stop which was CNN Headline News. We saw through a glass. Of course, CNN staff could see us but not hear us. They must be quite familiar with tourists. They might be annoyed by tourists sometimes. Or maybe just feel distracted. The fourth stop was CNN (no real time news were produced in Atlanta at that time.) We were told the supervisor editors had the power to select, edit, link, and air videos (and supportive stories.) The fifth stop was CNN International Network. Then, we were led to CNN Espagnol. Along with each stop, the guide briefed the histories. By all means she tried hard to insert some jokes. The last stop was in another cinema room. This time, we saw four main CNN anchors. The guide told us that the salary among anchors varied. From $300,000 to $14,000,000. Larry KIng was the most expensive anchor.
If you are interested in journalist type work, then try to attend one of CNN's studio tour. You can see more reality about anchor, journalist, editor, technical editor, lighting control, audio control, and program producer.
Atlanta is where CNN's headquarters locate. Totof and I drove to Centennial Park and decided to participate the CNN tour. CNN Center did not look fancy. It w
as ordinary. The inside was huge. We took 2 min to cross the corridor and arrive the atrium. We found the ticket center. We looked at the price. Wow. $12. One thing we learned from Atlanta was that tickets were expensive. For example, the sky ride for Stone Mountain is $9. The Atlanta aquarium is $27. The CNN tour is $12.The Studio tour was behind-the-scenes type. Our group had a guide with us. The first stop was a long escalator (we were told this was the world's longest escalator.) The second stop was a cinema room. The guide introduced the basic CNN program shooting. We learned how executive producer, director, and technical director led the CNN team. We saw CNN's robot cameras. Then, we went to the third stop which was CNN Headline News. We saw through a glass. Of course, CNN staff could see us but not hear us. They must be quite familiar with tourists. They might be annoyed by tourists sometimes. Or maybe just feel distracted. The fourth stop was CNN (no real time news were produced in Atlanta at that time.) We were told the supervisor editors had the power to select, edit, link, and air videos (and supportive stories.) The fifth stop was CNN International Network. Then, we were led to CNN Espagnol. Along with each stop, the guide briefed the histories. By all means she tried hard to insert some jokes. The last stop was in another cinema room. This time, we saw four main CNN anchors. The guide told us that the salary among anchors varied. From $300,000 to $14,000,000. Larry KIng was the most expensive anchor.
If you are interested in journalist type work, then try to attend one of CNN's studio tour. You can see more reality about anchor, journalist, editor, technical editor, lighting control, audio control, and program producer.
Café 101
A stylish Taiwanese restaurant
My brother brought us (7 people) to this restaurant. This place is one of my sister-in-law and brother's favorite dinning places. The restaurant is stylish. High ceiling, brown and black theme, wood decoration all over the place. A quite dizzying and delightful place.
What we ordered
Braised tofu: my brother highly recommended this dish. The tofu was tender inside and with nice sauce. Totof is not a tofu person. We encouraged him to try it. He liked this dish.
Basil chicken (a.k.a. three cup chicken): this is Totof's and my favorite dish. We wanted to see if Café 101's basil chicken was better than the Bay area's basil chicken. The dish was unexpectedly spicy. Other than that, this dish was good. (hard to tell whether this dish is better or not than its counterpart in the Bay area)
Corn soup with ham: Totof told me the soup tasted funny. I tried it. Oh no. It was sweet. I asked my brother to try it. The consensus was that Café 101's chef must put sugar instead of salt to finish the cooking. The owner came and apologized. He said the kitchen would give us another soup.
Chicken soup with dried bamboo (free): this soup was a bonus due to the corn soup. This soup was quite expensive according to my sister and brother. The chef put some ginger and Totof somehow did not appreciate the strong ginger smell much. He told me my chicken soup was better. Well. I was glad to know that. But, in my opinion, this soup was great.
Cashew chicken: Josh ordered this dish. The chicken part was tender. But somehow Totof said the chicken was tasteless.
Pea sprout: a vegetable dish.
Leeks with smoked ham: Totof wanted to order this dish when he reviewed the menu. I was hesitant since I was not sure if this dish would turn out good. My sister said it was harmless to experiment. So we ordered it. It turned out quite tasty.
Dessert
We were all quite full after these wonderful dishes. But, we still asked to look at the dessert menu. My sister-in-law told us Café 101 had some nice desserts. Of course, no one wanted to miss to taste some nice dessert. We ordered three desserts: two mango shaved ice and one green tea and red bean shaved ice.
Mango shaved ice: my sister-in-law told me this dessert was gorgeous. So, around the dessert time, we ordered two mango shaved ice. The mango was not sweet at all. Maybe due to the wrong season. We were disappointed.
Green tea and red bean shaved ice: Josh and my sister ordered this. I did not try it since Josh was having a severe cold. According to my sister, this shaved ice was excellent.
My brother brought us (7 people) to this restaurant. This place is one of my sister-in-law and brother's favorite dinning places. The restaurant is stylish. High ceiling, brown and black theme, wood decoration all over the place. A quite dizzying and delightful place.
What we ordered
Braised tofu: my brother highly recommended this dish. The tofu was tender inside and with nice sauce. Totof is not a tofu person. We encouraged him to try it. He liked this dish.
Basil chicken (a.k.a. three cup chicken): this is Totof's and my favorite dish. We wanted to see if Café 101's basil chicken was better than the Bay area's basil chicken. The dish was unexpectedly spicy. Other than that, this dish was good. (hard to tell whether this dish is better or not than its counterpart in the Bay area)
Corn soup with ham: Totof told me the soup tasted funny. I tried it. Oh no. It was sweet. I asked my brother to try it. The consensus was that Café 101's chef must put sugar instead of salt to finish the cooking. The owner came and apologized. He said the kitchen would give us another soup.
Chicken soup with dried bamboo (free): this soup was a bonus due to the corn soup. This soup was quite expensive according to my sister and brother. The chef put some ginger and Totof somehow did not appreciate the strong ginger smell much. He told me my chicken soup was better. Well. I was glad to know that. But, in my opinion, this soup was great.
Cashew chicken: Josh ordered this dish. The chicken part was tender. But somehow Totof said the chicken was tasteless.
Pea sprout: a vegetable dish.
Leeks with smoked ham: Totof wanted to order this dish when he reviewed the menu. I was hesitant since I was not sure if this dish would turn out good. My sister said it was harmless to experiment. So we ordered it. It turned out quite tasty.
Dessert
We were all quite full after these wonderful dishes. But, we still asked to look at the dessert menu. My sister-in-law told us Café 101 had some nice desserts. Of course, no one wanted to miss to taste some nice dessert. We ordered three desserts: two mango shaved ice and one green tea and red bean shaved ice.
Mango shaved ice: my sister-in-law told me this dessert was gorgeous. So, around the dessert time, we ordered two mango shaved ice. The mango was not sweet at all. Maybe due to the wrong season. We were disappointed.
Green tea and red bean shaved ice: Josh and my sister ordered this. I did not try it since Josh was having a severe cold. According to my sister, this shaved ice was excellent.
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