My Summer

As most of you know, I'm currently working in Columbia, Maryland for a co-op with Harris Corporation. This is just a short little post about my summer so far.

My Job

I'm currently interning at Harris Corporation, which is communications company based in Florida. Even though the company itself is pretty big (16,000 employees), I work in a small satellite office which only has 40 people. I'm one of only two interns, but the people at Harris are extremely friendly and make for a pretty comfortable and homey work environment. Ever since I got real work to do (around two weeks into the internship), work has been pretty fun, and I've gotten a chance to learn a lot of new things and work with a lot of cool tools. I've learned C#, done a bunch of automated testing, used new hardware I've never seen before, and got a real taste of how agile development works in the real world. Work is actually pretty fun, and I don't dread going to work in the morning. Yay!

Random: I'm surprised at how prevalent cursing is in the office. Maybe it's just how young most of the people in this office are, but I expected all workplaces to be pretty clean when it comes to language.

My Apartment

Harris is paying for a fully furnished apartment for my enjoyment. Management sent me the lease by accident instead of the company, and I saw that the rent is $1653 per month! This doesn't even include all the furniture and awesomeness that was already provided for me! I recorded the video below for my mother, but I'm posting it anyways just to show off my living space and hopefully entice you to come visit me here in Maryland. [Sorry about the wobbliness. I was tired.]

Dining table! I only use it to eat breakfast. 

This is where I am most of the time I'm awake...

My enormous bed. I can sleep sideways on this thing. 

I also have a TV in my room, so I can fall asleep watching The Office, baseball, soccer, etc. 

My Free Time

I don't have much free time because my work hours are from 7:45 - 5:30, but I spend most of my time eating, watching TV, reading books , and playing a game called Mount & Blade. Then I go to sleep. Every Thursday night , I attend a Bible study, but that's about the only weeknight that I actually have something to do, as I've been coming home on Fridays. Last Thursday I got to play ultimate and then go play mini-golf and go to batting cages with the people from the Bible study. That was probably the most exciting day I've spent here in Maryland, not including the retreat last week.

All in all, I'm blessed to have an enjoyable internship, a flippin sweet apartment, and a little bit of community to keep my company.

Google+ Immediate Reaction

Thanks to an awesome friend, I just got a Google+ invite, and I've been messing around with it for a little bit. Here are some quick thoughts.

Brief intro to Google+:


Con: Google+ works with the assumption that most of the things you share are meant for only a certain group of friends.

For kids who don't want to let their parents see they were drunk last night, this is nice. However, in my experience, the majority of the posts on our social networking sites aren't about getting drunk or kicking babies. They are about sports, school, frustrations, and general emotions - things that most people won't have a problem sharing with other people.Google+ makes you make the conscious decision who to share things with, which is a good thing in most cases, but really just ends up being extra clicks when you don't really care.

Con: Assuming Google+ gains some momentum, the content shared to us will be very limited.

One of the awesome time-wasting qualities about Facebook is that when you go on it, there is almost always a new update. There's always something to look at or comments on or read. Because others select what groups to share their update with, if you aren't in a group that someone shares with often, you may just end up not ever getting updates from that person. This seems intuitive (because that's generally how friendships work in real life), but it really takes away from the general feeling of connectedness I feel with my friends on Facebook. There are many times when I see an update from an acquaintance about something random that is interesting or beneficial to me. There are times when an acquaintance posts pictures of travel somewhere, and even though I may not know the person well, I could go look at the photos just to see what New Zealand looks like. It is equally satisfying when someone seemingly random "Likes" a post of mine, even if it wasn't necessarily intended for them.

My prediction is that Google+ will end up as everyone sharing things to only one or two groups, and just neglecting the other ones. This may connect us to maybe around 40-50 people, which is far less than who we are connected to Facebook on. Say what you will about Facebook, but there is always stuff to do and things to look at on Facebook, which is why we keep going back. I doubt Google+ have enough content to keep us interested and coming back.

Con: Lack of features

This is something I'm willing to give Google a pass on, simply because it is still so new and in development. That said, one of the things people like about Google+ over Facebook is how uncluttered it looks. I hate to say it, people, but if you want more features, there inevitably is going to be more clutter. Do you want to integrate Google Groups, or create events, or even integrate Google Calender? Do you want any sort of applications, the ability to play games with friends, see others' birthdays, or sell football tickets at a Marketplace? All those features need to be put somewhere, and Google+ will need to make a decision on how many features it wants to integrate.

Also, don't forget that there will definitely be ads. Where are those going to go? All I'm saying is not to expect Google+ to be this simple and bare for a while. And if it remains this way, we may be deprived of some basic and essential features.

Hopefully it doesn't end up looking like iGoogle:

Pro: Integration

This is probably the only reason I can see Google+ succeeding. Integrating Gchat and video chat into one nice spot is very nice and convenient. Could this be the Skype killer? Who knows. That said, Google Buzz and Google Wave were also pretty well-integrated, but those failed majorly too.

Really cool: Google+ integrated in your Google search menu

Conclusion

All in all, Google+ looks like a nice tool for video chat and very specific kinds of updates, but I don't see it replacing all the features and friends of Facebook. I can see people use Google+ to stay in touch with a close group of friends or a very specific network, such as a frat or a fellowship, but I doubt that anyone with over 100 friends on Facebook will find Google+ comparable to the real social networking that happens on Facebook. In the end, Google+ could be a good tool to keep in touch with friends you already know and people you normally keep in touch with, but I don't think that it will be as effective for branching out to acquaintances and people you just met (aka social networking).

Favorite Android Apps

This post is dedicated to Iris and all of those late-comers to the smartphone revolution. I think of it as a "start-up kit" for Android phones. If there are any apps that you guys use that are awesome, please comment so that I can have a chance to use it too! [Here is the Oatmeal's take on the pros and cons of owning a smart phone. Hilarious.]

Must-have Apps

Swiftkey
Price: $2.00

Swiftkey is an awesome keyboard that does word correction and word prediction. The idea of this app is that it remembers sequences of words that you type and tries to predict the next word for you, allowing you to choose words without even typing them out. For me, I usually don't need to type more than 3 or 4 letters (no matter how long the word) before it knows what word I want to type, even if I have typos in those previous letters. The absolute best feature of this keyboard, however, is the nifty swipe-delete feature. All you need to do to delete a words it is to simply swipe backwards. This lets you delete large amounts of text extremely quickly instead of needing to hold the backspace button and wait. If you don't want to pay for it, try out Swiftkey X Beta. I haven't actually tried this new version, but the reviews seem pretty good. Swiftkey may seem inaccurate at first, but give it some time to train and learn how you text, and you'll find that it improves dramatically.



Dolphin Browser HD
Price: Free

This is the best browser I've used by far. The stock browser is okay, but Dolphin offers a lot more features, is much more aesthetically pleasing, and is incredibly intuitive to use. The pinch-zoom is extremely smooth, switching tabs is easy and intuitive, and the novel gesture browsing is surprisingly robust. Dolphin HD is also very fast, having a speed comparable to that of Opera Mini, which has nowhere near the number of features Dolphin has. Dolphin is also very customizable, as there are a lot of different skins and such you can download, even though the color scheme for the stock Dolphin browser is already pretty sweet (green on black).

Handcent SMS
Price: Free

Handcent epitomizes the power of customization of Android. You can make your text messages look basically however you want. You can set your own background, choose your own font, and mess with the color scheme until your eyes explode. Because the stock SMS app is pretty bland, you have nothing to lose from downloading this free app and customizing your SMS to look the way you want it. Handcent also offers some nice layout changes and functionality (like splitting up group texts, batch mode, and calling), but the customization really is what makes this app special. Hopefully I'll get a chance to take a picture of my Handcent layout and post it here.

TeslaLED
Price: Free

TeslaLED is the most practically useful app I have, and the one I probably use the most often. It basically conveniently turns your camera's LED flash into an extremely bright flashlight. I use it when walking around in the dark when there are no streetlights and for illuminating my room at night without having to get up and turn on the lights. You also have the option of doing fun things like using it for a strobe light or sending messages using Morse code. TeslaLED also provides a handy little widget so that you can turn the LED on and off without needing to actually open the app. If you ever carry your phone in the dark without a flashlight (or enjoy watching your friends get seizures), you need this app.

Highly Recommended Apps

Twitter
Price: Free

The inclusion of Twitter here isn't as much for the app (even though it is very nice), but for the use of Twitter itself. I really think that everyone with a smartphone should use Twitter, where you can shamelessly update where you are, where you're going, or what you're doing. This kind of posting isn't as accepted in Facebook, but you really get to share about the little things on Twitter. Also, you get the awesome opportunity to have an look inside of the lives and thoughts of famous people you see on TV and in movies. When you have a smartphone, you are always connected, and Twitter is one of the ways you stay connected to the world.You hear the latest news and the latest jokes (about Lebron) faster than you would anywhere else. You don't need to hear the jokes and the news from your friends or on Facebook. You get it before that. Twitter rocks.

Twitter also gives you the opportunity to directly correspond with celebrities you wouldn't have a chance to talk to in real life. LOOK. DESMOND HOWARD REPLIED TO ME!

BatteryTime Lite
Price: Free

Every phone's battery meter is less descriptive than we would like it to be, and it would often be nice to exactly how much battery we have left instead of just "green", "orange", or "red". BatteryTime Lite gives you the exact percentage of battery you have left, letting you know when you may need to turn your 3G off or stop watching some video to preserve your battery for the rest of the day. BatteryTime adds a nice indicator in the notification bar of how much battery you have left, so you never actually need to open the application.

PowerAmp
Price: $5.15

One of the weakest stock apps of Android is its stock music player, which is primitive and, more importantly, ugly. PowerAmp is the most-bought Android app in the Market, and it is for a reason. PowerAmp is highly customizable and has a bunch of really useful features. For example, PowerAmp automatically downloads album art for your songs. You can also tweak the audio settings, which I don't do because I have no idea what I'm doing. All this said, the main reason I use PowerAmp is the awesome full-screen widget it provides and the neat feature of automatically playing songs when I stick my headphones in. It's really worth the five dollars; just take a look at the following sweet photos.

Good Time-Killer Apps

ESPN Radio
Price: $2.99

If you are a working sports fan that can't or don't want to access the radio at work, this is the app for you. It conveniently aggregates every ESPN radio station in the country and every ESPN podcast in one place so after listening to Mike and Mike live in the morning, you can listen to the podcast of yesterday's 1st and 10 or Around the Horn so you don't have to listen to Colin Cowherd and his ridiculous show. However, be warned that this app is far from perfect. If you are listening to a live stream of the radio, the radio will stop every time you get a text. It also stops randomly sometimes for no good reason. It also likes to keep its notification on the notification bar even after you have stopped listening or force killed it.

Reddit is fun
Price: Free

Take Reddit with you with this app. Many of us favor the funny pictures and rage comics on Reddit, but the small screens of our smartphones really hurts the viewing experience of images. For rage comics, I actually need to scroll from the left panel to the right panel and back to be able to read the words on them. That said, it's nice being able to check my inbox and the threads I am active in on the go, and viewing monster threads from AskReddit are actually quite rewarding. I know a lot of you go on Reddit, but don't have accounts. Stop lurking. Get an account...and be my friend.

Google Reader
Price: Free

Do you want to be able to follow this blog everywhere you go? Do you read stuff online? Can you read? If you've answered "yes" to any of those questions, this is that app for you! Like my little blurb for Twitter, this is as much a push for the use of Google Reader as it is for the mobile app itself. Google Reader basically aggregates all of the new articles and blog posts from your websites of choice, and it tells you when there are posts that you haven't yet read, and you have the option of sharing the pages you like with others (there's a link of the stuff I am sharing on the list on the right. It basically makes following a bunch of different sites extremely easy, but there's really no good way to show it here. A screen shot won't do it much justice, so just go to www.reader.google.com and try it out for yourself!

Funny Jokes
Price: Free

Funny Jokes is basically a collection of different walls where everyone rates and comments on the jokes that people post. Even though it seems like most of the users are middle school boys, there is surprising amount of original content, which is often actually quite funny. Most of the stuff I read on this app I've never read anywhere else before, and most of my "material" comes from this app. If you download this app, I highly recommend the "One-Liners" section, as it has probably the funniest stuff. If you can tolerate the adolescence of the users of this app, there's a lot of chuckling-on-the-inside moments to be had.

So that's a short rundown of my favorite apps. What are yours?

President Lebron

We all know that Lebron James calls himself the "King", but thanks to George Washington and friends (minus Paul Revere, according to Sarah Palin), we only have presidents in this country. In this post, I'll compare Lebron James with some of our US presidents.

Lebron James
Lebron James - Black

Lebron James - From Ohio

Lebron James - ESFP - "The Performer" (Meyer Briggs)

Lebron James - Likes to dance

Lebron James - Most of the country hates him

Lebron James - Pisses off the Cuban

Lebron James - Says things you know you can't believe

Lebron James - Chokes

US President

Barack Obama - Black

Presidents William Harrison, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft, and Harding - From Ohio

Ronald Reagan - ESFP - "The Performer" (Meyer Briggs)

Barack Obama - Likes to dance

Abraham Lincoln - Most of the country hated him

John F. Kennedy - Pissed off the Cubans

Bill Clinton - Says things you know you can't believe.

George W. Bush - Chokes

Bonus Photo:

There are many ways to look at this photo...

A post from a year ago: Lebron James - Self-destruction

NBA Finals 2011 - My Vows

Tonight is Game 4 of the NBA Finals, and the Heat are currently up 2-1 on the Mavericks. I would do anything to see the Heat lose this series. Well...almost anything. Here's the list of thing's I vow to do 100% if the Mavs win the Finals. On the other hand, I'm going to go insane if the Heat win...so they better not.

If the Mavs win the championship, I will bless the world in the following ways:

Things I vow to do if the Mavs win the Championship
1) In honor of Shaun Marion, I will make it one of my life goals to get married.
2) In honor of Jason Kidd, I will make it one of my life goals to have kids.
3) In honor of Dirk Nowitzki, I will make it one of my life goals to be tall, white, lanky,
4) In honor of Tyson Chandler, I will attempt to burn off some fat to look more like him.
5) In honor of Deshawn Stevensen, I will accept my role as the 5th best player on any basketball team at the CCRB.
6) In honor of Mahimi, I will learn to foul 5 times in 8 minutes. No easy task.
7) In honor of Jason Terry, I will be the little guy with the big mouth. I guess that's not really a good thing for the world, BUT TOO BAD.
8) In honor of JJ Barea, I will be short (but hopefully I will stop missing easy layups).
9) In honor of Peja Stojakovic, I will do nothing. He does not deserve anything for his crappy play.

I, Caleb Tseng, will do these things if the Mavericks win.

If the Heat win the championship, the world will need to feel my wrath!!!

Things I vow to do if the Heat win the Championship

1) I will tell everyone how angry I am.
2) I will burn all of my Lebron James jerseys.
3) I will never name my child "Lebron" or "Bosh" or "Dwayne".
4) I will hate the state that Lebron comes from with a deep passion.
5) I will quit watching the NBA for four months.
6) I will refuse to use any heater for five months.
7) I will do my best Lebron James impression and cry.
8) I will wear flip flops in honor of the Lebron James School of Acting.

I, Caleb Tseng, will do these things if the Heat win.

Man. Just thinking about the heat winning the Finals makes me mad. I'm like a small amount of water: it doesn't take much Heat to make me boil!

This baby is learning from one of the best.

Iris' Taiwan Mis-Adventures

Here are videos of bloopers in real life about Iris.

Broken Teapot
We were in a souvenier shop in Ying-Ge, and Iris accidentally broke a small teapot. She was trying to take off the lid when she accidentally broke off the handle. When she told me about it, we took the below video.

Poisoned at Toroko National Park

At Taroko National Park, Iris tried to pick a red flower. After she did, my aunt told her to put it down because it was poisonous. Then this happened:

Bonus Video:
We went to eat at a sushi express place. I'm not sure the English for it, but its the sushi train kind of place where all the sushi is on a plate that is rotated around the tables in a conveyor belt. If you've been to one of these places, you'll know that many of the plates are barely used, but still need to be washed. We spotted this sweet dishwasher that eats up the dishes around one every one or two seconds. It's pretty sweet.

So many plates...

Some more Iris' Taiwan Documentary

Even though we're back from Taiwan, there's still so many videos we have left! Here are two more documentaries by Iris, along with a bonus video of my dad. I'll post the rest of them tomorrow.


[Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial]


[Taroko National Park...some scary cliffs]

Bonus Video:

[Farglory Hotel in Hualian]

On Jim Tressel's Resignation

The coach of my most hated rival, who has kicked our butts for the last decade, has self-destructed to the point of resignation in a torrent of accusations and suspicions. I should be wagging my finger, jumping for joy, and gloating, but I can't but feel sad through this all. Here's why.

Reason #1 - I'm a Christian first, Michigan fan second

First, here are two must-read snippets from the SI Article that sealed his fate:

"[The community] took equal pride in Tressel. He wore his Christian values on his sweater vest and founded a chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Tressel was especially skilled at taking troubled kids and molding them into a team. "A lot of [players] came from broken homes," Cochran says. "They'd see [Tressel] as a fatherly model.""

"One of Tressel's duties then was to organize and run the Buckeyes' summer camp. Most of the young players who attended it would never play college football, but a few were top prospects whom Ohio State was recruiting. At the end of camp, attendees bought tickets to a raffle with prizes such as cleats and a jersey. According to his fellow assistant, Tressel rigged the raffle so that the elite prospects won -- a potential violation of NCAA rules. Says the former colleague, who asked not to be identified because he still has ties to the Ohio State community, "In the morning he would read the Bible with another coach. Then, in the afternoon, he would go out and cheat kids who had probably saved up money from mowing lawns to buy those raffle tickets. That's Jim Tressel.""

The second quote in there about the raffle is probably going to become extremely well-known, and it is really sad to see the fall of another big Christian leader. Even though Tressel isn't known for being a Christian as are Ted Haggard, Pat Robertson, or the many others that have given Christianity a bad name, it certainly doesn't help our cause. It's sad to see the fall of whom many have considered a man of faith and a man of integrity. It's sad to see Jim Tressel being added to the list of "Christian hypocrites" that critics of our faith like to keep and remind us of.

Reason #2 - Even as a Michigan fan, I feel betrayed

For years, I have held Jim Tressel with the highest respect. He deeply cared about the rivalry, but even defended Michigan against the whole practice-time scandal. I believed he was above all the recruiting scandals and coaching drama of the SEC. I believed that he was a really classy guy and that he treated the Michigan program with the highest respect. Above all, I believed he was a worthy opponent.I always spoke highly of him, and often defended his program against critics (often for the sake of the Big Ten).

Then this all came out. I'm far from any loyalty to the OSU football program, but I can't help but feel betrayed. The critics of the Big Ten have more material than they ever have, and the nation is bashing the man I can no longer defend.This all said, I still see Jim Tressel as a classy guy , and I still believe in the general integrity of the man, with his one downfall being ignorance and inaction.

Reason #3 - I would rather lose to an honest opponent rather than a cheater.

It's unclear whether or not the cheating at Ohio State translated to success on the football field, but I would rather lose to an honest opponent rather than a cheater. Some Michigan fans point at OSU's problems and rejoice that the OSU football success has been all a sham, as that somehow nullifies all of the wins that OSU has had. However, the scandal only frustrates me more and makes me wish OSU hadn't been stupid and gotten themselves in trouble.

Imagine: you play cards with your friend every week, where he beats you 90% of the time. After 10 years of playing with him, he tells you that he's been cheating the whole time when he's been playing against you. Would you be mad at him for breaking the integrity of the game or would you be happily pointing your finger at him and say "All those games you won are now invalid and nullified!"? If it was me, I would be mad. I would rather lose fairly than lose unfairly.

Wrap-up

Even though I'm excited for the future of Michigan's football program, it's sad to see Tressel go down like this.  Like many of the Ohio State players and fans have said these last few years, the rivalry between Michigan and Ohio State is the most meaningful and the most fun when both are programs are successful. I don't just want to beat a downed Ohio State team. I want to beat them at their best. Hopefully all this will soon pass, and we'll see in the near future creation as God meant it to be - Michigan and Ohio State at the top of the national rankings.

Lloyd Carr and Jim Tressel midfield before the 2006 "Game of the Century"

Mothers - Ordinary But Dearly Loved

[Disclaimer: I've worked on this post for a while, but I can't seem to communicate my thoughts very clearly...so I give up. I also don't mean to offend anyone by insulting their mother. This is just my perspective. Also, there are obviously many exceptions to every rule. I just try to point out a general observation I made.]

The unconditional love of the mother for the child is well-known, but we don't always talk about the surprisingly unique love a child has for his mother. What makes a mother lovable?

Outside Perspective: Ordinary and Unspectacular

Ever meet a mother that you've heard a friend talk about a lot, who you've heard has a heart of gold and is very interesting, and all you see is a usual, ordinary Asian lady standing in front of you?

From an outside perspective, there's really nothing surprising or exceedingly special about most mothers. Most of the mothers of my friends I've met are wildly unspectacular. Few are memorably funny or witty. Few have cool jobs or awesome hobbies. Few have physical features or attire that stick out in your mind. Few are particularly attractive to me (which is probably a good sign). If someone asked me to describe someone else's mother, I would probably respond with something like, "She's a really nice lady. She's kind of short, has short hair, and talks with a funny accent. She's a good cook/singer/artist. She lets us come over to play every so often and is extremely hospitable." [*I don't think we think about fathers the same way.]

And then I think, "This is the woman that [my friend] loves with all of his heart. This is the woman that [my friend] would die for without hesitation. This is a pretty usual woman, and he loves her unconditionally? Crazy."

I'm not saying that all of your mothers are the same in my head or don't mean something to me, it's just that from an outside perspective, your mother doesn't really have any traits or qualities that deserve unconditional love. The mother that you've talked about so much, that you love with all of your heart, that you would die for - she just looks like a normal lady to me.

Inside Perspective: Dearly Loved

Now this is obviously only half the story. The amount of work and love our mothers put into our lives are pretty amazing, even though it isn't immediately apparent. However, we love our mothers not because of any of their personality traits, career accomplishments, or memorable characteristics. We don't even love our mothers for being good mothers (because this often isn't the case, anyways). The only reason we love our mothers is because they are our mothers.

I'm sometimes (strangely) surprised by how much you guys love your moms, especially for those of you whose mothers I haven't met yet. Hearing your words drip of compassion, love, and respect about someone I've never met before is interesting. It's even more interesting, as said before, meeting the subject of this love in person.

Though our mothers may seem ordinary and unspectacular on the outside, we love our mothers dearly. Even though I may not find your mother to be particularly interesting, I know that you love her with all of your heart. And that's enough. That's enough for me to hold your mother in the highest respect and to love her as an Ah-Yi (or as a Comrade/Party Member Auntie, for all of you Mainlanders).

Mandatory Gospel Plug
Similarly to how we love our mothers (and other mothers) without much of a worldly justification or objective analysis, Jesus loves us without looking at who we are on the outside. He loves us despite our sin and despite our lack of spectacular-ness. Usually the analogy is used in the reverse sense - that God loves us like a parent loves a child, but unconditional love is unconditional love, and we should stay amazed and grateful for the undeserving unconditional love that we receive.

*Aside: I don't think we think about fathers the same way.

When we think about fathers, we think about their job, their physical features, the car they drive, their expertise in hobbies and profession. We think about their personality traits, their humor, and their funny quirks and habits. As an example, when I think about Michael's dad I think about him playing tennis. Justin's dad = tall and used to be a sniper. Eric's dad = has a boat and goes fishing and smokes fish. Tom's dad = retired early and Thomas claims he has like 10 patents and invented the router (also, "hold on, please"). Sang's dad = hilarious and outgoing.  Nathan's dad = pastor at CBC.

[Sorry all you Michigan people for not knowing your dads to include in the above segment. But for fun, you should think about the parents that you know well, and think about what pops into your head when you think of them. Go through all of the mothers, then all of the fathers. My theory is that the mothers will be like what I described before, and the things that pop out about the fathers will be more "interesting"]

TL;DR - Yeah this post really isn't about much. It's just crazy how much we love our mothers without much of a "reason", I guess. Also, we think about mothers and fathers differently.

Iris (a potential mother, as John Heald would say), our mother, and our mother's mother!

Iris' Taiwan Documentary - Dinosaur Cruise + Great Discovery!

We're not sure yet, but I might not have internet for the next few days, so I'll just post these videos up because I don't have any other post finished. However, these are two videos that I've been saving because they are probably the funniest videos I've taken so far, both revealing a little of Iris' deepest personality - her fear of dinosaurs and her occasional awkwardness in front of a camera (see this). These are must-watch videos!!!

Iris is hilarious. These videos are hilarious. I leave you with one of Iris' quotes of the trip:

"Whales are so scary. Even pictures of whales are so scary. They are so big!" - Iris Tseng

Iris' Taiwan Documentary - Dinosaur Cruise

[Setting: We are in this theme park and this is a kiddie dinosaur ride. The beginning is a little dark, but you should be able to see some other stuff later in the video]

Iris' Taiwan Documentary - Great Discovery


Thank you Iris for this material!!