Cervical Spine Surgery

 I had C-spine surgery on Aug. 29th at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. It was the second major surgery in my life so far. Hopefully, I can make a full recovery and stay healthy.

position of surgery

The room I stayed for 5 days.

Window view of the room.

A book just read

 

It is a good book to understand "溝通分析（Transactional Analysis）".

Feb. 29th, 2024

 I did so many things for the unique day. It's 2/29, and you just can have it every four years.

Taipei 101 New Year's eve fireworks

 

Finally, I decided to pretend to be young man. My kids and I went to Taipei 101 to join the countdown fireworks party on Dec. 31st, 2023.

A book just read "Atomic habits"

 Cultivating small habits can bring huge changes. 

 

End of summer recess 2023

 Last day (Sep. 10) of 2023 is the end of summer recess.  Weather is bad. It has been raining a lots since typhoon Haikui hit Taiwan last week. My son, Eason, is going to take entrance exam next year. I hope he can put more efforts in his study. In the future, he can go to study at a prestige university, and have a successful career. My daughter, Audrey, becomes a junior high school student.  Hope things go great for her on her new adventure. This picture was taken at swimming pool on Sep. 9th.  

End of Sabbtical

One year sabbatical finally comes to the end. It was good to have free time to do things that I planned to go during past years. In this half year period, I finished some important things. I would like to mention as follows: 

1.  Went to the States to collect research data and visit old friends. 
2.  Took 2 computer classes to update Photoshop and HTML&CSS skills. 
3.  Wrote an journal article (accepted). 
4.  Wrote a book chapter. 
5.  Finished two research reports. 
6. Attended a virtual conference (6th International Conference on New Trends in Teaching and Education, Brussels, Belgium | 26 - 28 May 2023). 
7.  Participated in two days ChatGPT and AI workshop(16 hours). 
8.  Left eye PTK surgery. 
9.  Travel to Japan with two kids (group tour).                                                                                          In addition, I spent more time to arrange after-school classes for my kids. My daughter started to get Orthodontic treatment. Hope things will go well for me when the new semester begins.

 

Photo therapeutic Keratectomy (PTK) Surgery

I had Photo therapeutic Keratectomy (PTK) surgery on my left eye today. My right eye had same procedure 11 years ago (2012). Because of repeated corneal ulcer happening during a year, I decided to solve this issue by a laser surgery. It is an effective way to cure this type of eye problem. My daughter went to the eye clinic with me. It was good to have a family companion while waiting for the operation. I must take care of my eyes after recovery.