Canadian Rockies

Last month (Jun 20 - 28) I went with my family to Canada. Banff and Jasper National Parks are two of the largest parks found in the Canadian Rockies.

Here is Lake Louise. During the height of summer, when the winds are calmer, the water can be like a mirror, reflecting the mountain and the sky. Too bad, it wasn't that kind of day.


This is the Fairmont Chateau at Lake Louise.



And this is Morraine Lake just south of Lake Louise.



We also got to see the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. It is said that the city of Vancouver can fit inside this icefield. One of the glaciers that flow out of the mountains is called the Athabasca Glacier. Here I am walking on the glacier.



And the foot of the glacier.



This one is called Emerald Lake. The water here is just amazing. I am sure it would have been really nice to be in the middle of the lake in a canoe. Unfortunately, they were already closed and it was just too cold.

Willy's Cousin Up Close!

Yet another amazing photograph taken for the National Geographic.

Tech Job Interview Questions (+ Answers!)

I found a few sites with a wealth of really good job interview questions today.

http://discuss.techinterview.org/?interview
http://discuss.fogcreek.com/techinterview/default.asp
http://www.techinterview.org/

I'm going to read and try to challenge my brain.

Tennis Players in a Different Light

Tennis stars dressed as athletes from other Olympic sports. Pretty cool.
More can be seen here.

A Lesson Learned

I almost cried when I read the bail notice for my traffic violation last night. It's a whopping $378.50 plus $32 "administration" fee to attend traffic school.

There's no way I can win in court if I contest, I saw the video on-line. It's pretty clear, I broke the law.


How the hell does traffic school work?

New Digital Camera

It came in the mail yesterday. My new Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2. I wanted a compact camera that I can carry around all the time that has full photographic control. So I chose this one, I've read so many good reviews about it. This line offered the world's first 16:9 widescreen photo capability at 10.2 million pixel count, with a sweet Leica 28-112mm 4x wide angle zoom lens with optical stabilization. I like its retro looks.


Also in the mail yesterday, a traffic violation citation. My first ever. "Failure to stop at a red light" is what it says on the notice. Argh. I actually remember the moment it happened. Guilty.

Dragon Boat Sprint Race

Last Sunday was the 5th annual California Dragon Boat Association dragon boat sprint race which was held at the Quarry Lakes in Fremont. The event is called a sprint race because this is 250m instead of the normal dragon boat race length of 500m. I participated in two teams, BAD3 which is a mixed team and BAD Mens Foster City. BAD3 finished in 2nd place in division D. The finals race for division D was our best performance, everyone felt good at how we were in sync and efficient in our paddling. It was a very fun experience but very exhausting. Not having enough sleep the night before, eating only snacks the whole time (we were advised not to eat a full meal), and completing 4 sprint races - at the end of the day, I was spent.

Photos to come.