Janographer: 12/01/2009

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

今天剛見過師傅，把過去幾星期的數據分析結果給她看。

這次是第二期的資料分析。

有趣的地方是，得到的結果是很奇怪的。即使用過去所用的步驟和程序，得出的結果是難以解說，找不到一些regularity，好像流放在可分析或不可分派之間。情況是有點曖昧。

同時，以往用慣的於去尋找「不乾淨」的data，用不上。對我來說，是一個極新的學習經驗。（刺激呀！）要用新的方法理解這堆表現「無常」的data。奇特的是，它們的古怪表現正好給我另思考一方向，及校正分析的方法。

正如師傅所說，不要從以往的數據方法、想法去理解一些「古怪」的results。是到每一個case看清楚，分辨清楚。

是很tedious，但好玩，因為未試過如此做數據分析。同時，也讓我漸漸接近下一階段的研究。

Monday, December 28, 2009

U Turn 轉向祢

2009年最後一天，迎向2010年前夕，你有甚麼計劃？

不如參加合一堂香港堂的「U Turn轉向祢」佈道會
歡迎所有人仕，免費入場。

日期：2009年12月31日
時間：下午8:30-10:00
地點：中華基督教會合一堂香港堂
地址：半山區般含道二號

all things

All things in his purpose, all things, all things, and all things for the good of those who love him.

我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處，就是按他旨意被召的人。羅馬書 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,whohave been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Praise the Lord!

first computer drawing

用電腦畫板都幾好玩，寫字好方便。開心呢！
好處是畫圖之後，做touch-up ，非常方便。
而且，手和肩頭不再用力推Mouse ，舒服得多！
真好！哈哈哈

Saturday, December 26, 2009

thank you

Thursday, December 24, 2009

looking back year 2009

Happy birthday to Jesus!

Maybe it is a little too early to look back year 2009,
but it takes time to reflect, think and count those blessings through the year,
so it is best to make it just a few days earlier. (Because there have been sooooooooo many of them.)

I would like to share with you the theme of this year is, "keep rowing the boat".
Why such theme for the year? Simply because I got this message from a Bible study session.

Church & Fellowship
I go to HY Church for Sunday worship. Sometimes, I brought my family members to church fellowships, services or events. The reason why I took them to, simply because I believe they will find answers to their life situations. I just found it amazing that it always happens in that way. God spoke to them personally, just amazing. I was in fear and in awe.

This is my second year in Bible Study Fellowship. I am studying the Book of John. It was indeed a very encouraging and fruitful experience. I just treasure the message that spoke through God's words. I have started to have the habit of studying thee Bible first before I start the day. (But sometimes, I could not do so, but I am still trying to make it.)

One of the most important lesson I have learnt from the Book of John is 6:16-21. After Jesus fed the 5000, he sent the disciples to a boat and told them to cross the lake first. Then, he retreated to a mountain and pray. So what's happened to the disciples on the boat?

Jesus Walks on the Water
When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified. But he said to them, "It is I; don't be afraid." Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

It is an often heard passage. I took it for granted too. Well, when I came across the question asking what did the disciples have to do before they could arrive at the destination. Well, this is a very interesting question. But the Holy Spirit revealed the answer through the passage.

"Rowing the boat."

Is it as simple as that? I wondered.

Just as it is. In the Bible study lecture, the teacher taught about this passage and she mentioned, the water was rough and the it was dark in the lake.

What would you do if you were the disciples?

Stop rowing?

Or just let the wind wash you away?

What should be done then?

Continue to row against the wind, because they were obeying the Lord's command and being faithful in the will of God. The Lord has spoken, "It is I; Don't be afraid." it also means, "It is the I AM who are sending you." Take Jesus into the boat and let him control of everything.

Academic work

After I have my proposal approved last year, I have started to polish and finetune the gadgets of the proposal. This Summer, I was finding different datasets for my dissertation. In September, some of the data have been collected and preliminary data analysis has been done. Some more have been completed yesterday. If these analyses still work, I have completed one third of my dissertation.

Recently, I have picked up my usual role as an "data miner" and "data engineer" for Fatandrewlo's study. It's a very humbling experience, hahaha,...... especially about how to "transpose" a dataset...hahaha. Well, I have forgotten most basic techniques to SPSS, so it took me quite a lot of time to re-learn these things.

Just to share a mental map of mine recently.
It has been filled with numbers......
(just for fun, actually it was a print-out, but it happened I did not know how to feed the paper, so I got this "artistic" image.)

Travel
I went to Hokkaido with my parents during Chinese New Year. The trip was great and we had a great time there. Oh, the food was great also......

Family
Full of babies in both my Mon & Father's families. I have 「升呢」, I become 表姑媽 & 表姨媽. Just feel God's grace whenever I play with these babies. Their smiles just melt my heart.

This year I had more chance to cook dinner. My best dish is steamed pork ribs. Last night, I just received a star ranking from the Top Chef of the house (Top Chef = my mom).

Not & Zero + me
Watercolor has dominated my drawing this year. Maybe because it is more handy and I have started to grasp the technique of drawing with water.

Year 2009 Projects:

"Not Zero Download", a free downloading site has been set up. Please come and download e-cards.
Drawing some recipes after I have cooked.
Some ad hoc stuff, like drawing on FAi's company product for display, illustration for Sowers' Action.
Christmas cards and some birthday cards
hand-made medium size not & zero.

Well, all these were already God's grace and blessings. Praise the Lord for all these things, for He is good and His great love endures forever! We also want to say many BIG thank you-s to our family and friends who love us and help us with anything, no matter big or small. We are deeply grateful!

Peace be with you & God bless,
Yannie + not & zero.