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Welcome to CP's Web page. [Site map]

Hi I'm CP.
My wife gave birth to two identical twin girls in August 97, and we have been very busy ever since. I'll try to record our babies' progress in a journal format on this home page. You can find out how it feels to be parents of identical twins by reading about what we have gone through.

Twin babies' journal
Come visit our identical twin babies.


ruler

My interests include:

Origami ( Joseph Wu | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | books ),
*** Joseph Wu owns the copyright of this photo and his designs ***
*** do not copy or use without his expressed permission. ***
winged pig origami created by Joseph Wu

Crystal Arts: [mine]
Swarovski (Austrian)[ 1 | 2 | 3 | mine ],
crystal swan
Mats Jonasson (Sweden)[1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | mine ],
crystal puppy
Image3Crystal
by Jaffa
[ 1 | mine ]
laser crystal
Take my advice, avoid crystalfox. Their website has many pictures of beautiful crystals, but the way that they conduct business is NOT very professional in my opinion.
Nancy, the owner has absolute zero tolerance for my complaints and constructive suggestions to the problems in their ordering process. She basically said she didn't want my complaint so she didn't want my business. To avoid unneeded aggravation, I would suggest staying away from business with such attitude towards customers.
Steinbach (Germen)[1 | 2 | 3 | mine ],
crystal chinese pagoda various steinbach crystals
The uniqueness of the Steinbach crystals is that the design is partially carved on the backside of a prism of optical quality glass. When viewed from the front, the design is completed by the total internal reflection of the prism to form a symmetrical sculpture. It uses the physics of optics as the medium for the art.

Oriental crystals from Taiwan
crystal buddha statue
[these pages on newworkshop.com are mainly in Chinese, but contain some English and a lot of photos of the art pieces.
This site is served by AsianNet from a gateway in Chicago IL, USA. Download is quite decent given all the photos.
There is an interesting story behind the founder. She was an award winning Taiwanese movie star in the 70's],

Tien Gow (a Chinese domino game),
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sashimi [?, ?], rollerblading[trails,resource 1,2], popular science[links], high tech gadgets[1 | 2 | 3], decorative knots,
and anything about raising identical twins.
I like snow skiing too, but I don't think I can go on any ski trip until the girls are bigger.

If you share one of my interests, take a look at the list of books that I recommend on those topics.

My favorite TV:


Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Star Trek, Babylon 5, The X Files, Wheel of Fortune, The Simpsons.

My tips on:


how to have a successful barbeque.




My wife's interests include:


shopping, Japanese food, shopping, floral arrangement, shopping, travel, shopping.

My wife's favorite TV:


Chinese Drama Series, Who wants to be a millionaire, Wheel of Fortune, The Simpsons.

ruler

california
We live in the Silicon Valley in California.
If you are planning to visit the San Francisco Bay Area, you can check out my selection of

Tourist Attractions near Silicon Valley



JapansingaporeMalaysia

Our Honeymoon Trip

usahawaii

Our Trips to Hawaii

ruler

CP's favorite places on the web--

(don't forget to also check out the links in "My interests" section above)
dot Learn Chinese Characters (Mandarin)
dot Learn Chinese Characters (Cantonese)
dot Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage (by Lin Yu Tong)
dot Chinese to English Dictionary
dot Chinese Computing
dot Zen of Vegetable Roots
dot The GeoSphere Project
dot The Monterey Bay Aquarium
dot Discovery Channel Online
dot PBS ONLINE
dot Computer Graphics World
dot China's Gifts to the West (a book published in 1942)
dot Ancient Chinese Technology
dot The Engines of Our Ingenuity (NPR Radio show | book) by John H. Lienhard
dot The Science behind the X-Files
dot The Triumph of the nerds (PBS special)
dot Star Hustler (on TV)
dot Star Date (on Radio)
dot Astrolabe
dot Long Now
dot Ad Critics
dot The Smithsonian Institution
dot The TECH Museum
dot Exploratorium
dot Bay Area Earthquake Activities (Real time)
dot U.S. Geological Survey Bay Area DOQ Imagery.
dot ABAG Earthquake Maps and Information
dot The Richest Towns in America (1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001)
dot 100s of Best of the best pictures of Hong Kong
dot Guide to Hong Kong for visitors
dot Animation
dot The taste of the web
dot Nick's Air show page
dot other twin pages
dot Michael Shackleford's Popular Baby Names[boys' | girls' | 1 | 2 | 3]
dot Simon and Garfunkel
dot The Electrical Socket
dot Molecular Expressions
dot Gems[1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | books]
dot High School('76,'78) [ 1 ] | College('81) | Grad School('83)

nonsense novel

And for the kids
fun sites for kids

... and for a bit of fun ...

dot www.calvinandhobbes.com
The official site

dot Calvin & Hobbes at Martijn's calvin (foreign site, slow but good.)
dot The Irrepressible Calvin & Hobbes
dot The Last Day of Calvin & Hobbes
dot Calvin & Hobbes Wonderland
dot Mutts by Patrick McDonnell
dot The Top Ten Lists from LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN
dot The Straight Dope
dot The Dave Ross commentary on CBS Radio Network(archive)

... and links to my friends' home pages ...

dot Peter L.'s HAPY family
(lots of photos on their wedding, trips to Tahiti, the Carribeans, France and Italy, and their new baby Ann.)
dot Joseph L.
(Peter's brother, wedding albums and other topics)
dot Lambert and Sandy's business/personal homepage
(Music Studio, Web design)
dot Andy T.
(wedding albums and other topics)
dot Henry C.
(baby Aden)
dot Raymond C.
(baby Jessica)
dot Allen A.
(my cousin's family)
dot Kwai Lam W.
dot Hal S.
dot CW C.
dot Company founded by Simon L.
dot internet service started by Alan L. et al.
dot a site maintained by a friend.

... interested in building your own home pages? ...

There are many sites on the web which offer free home page hosting.
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unfriendly to framed pages
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