Our Wedding Pledge

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Eight years ago we were married on City Island - A Slice of New York City Paradise. A year earlier I asked Yirong to marry me at the local NYC beach during the annual July Fourth Fireworks celebrations and extravaganza.

Human Kindness

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Every one of us holds the power to heal. To have a real impact on the health of the people around you. We all do it daily.

This is the real reason why modern medicine is ripe for a change in perspective. Because each of us is a human being in search of kindness and understanding. Our body, mind, and spirits are one and the same.

The world's oldest news organization offers these close-up photos of this pandemic-era Olympic Games, you can imagine the world's most competitive athletes saying to their rivals: “Are you OK?” 

Earth in Dire Straits

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Earth inhabitants face a very bad and progressively difficult situation with 'Nowhere to run according to a new UNited Nations Report.

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has a clear and dire message: The human-caused climate crisis is worsening extreme weather around the globe and time is running out for humanity.

Domo Arigato Gozaimasu Japan

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The Tokyo Olympics were delayed a year, but Japan pulled it off fabulously and safely with grace, class, and determination.

The 2020-21 Olympics in Tokyo were like none other: First, they were postponed for one year because of the global pandemic, then athletes were competing without fans in the stands, and then there were protests because of rising #COVID cases.

Mother Nature's Butcher

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Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, USA. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant". The population is believed to be at least 60,960

Unfortunately, we all know that people can be cruel to nature, and this one-of-a-kind tree, like many other aspects of nature which mankind has ruined over time, was destroyed. A man cut it down with a chainsaw just to spite his brother, and as the picture shows, its memory was lost with it.

Todays’ Great Eight Eight

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Eight is a magical number and is considered the luckiest of numbers in China.  The Chinese believe the more 8's the better.

The number 8 itself is a spiritual number right between 7 and 9. In fact, you can think of angel number 8 as being a critical step between these two most spiritual numbers. The number 8 is itself balanced, which means that it is the number of balancing both the material and spiritual aspects of our experience.

200 Delightful Days

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On this 200th day of Joe Biden's presidency, the forecast appears to be mostly sunny, with some clouds and scattered showers ahead. This, according to is a review of important data compiled from several major polls. President Biden said it best ‘ 200 days down – and America is moving forward once again.‘

By most measures, POTUS has gotten off to a strong start. President Biden’s overall job approval has had a solid majority while disapproval has stabilized significantly.

Fixing Phoenix

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The US Department of Justice has decided to investigate the past and present Police Department practices in Phoenix, Arizona.

Phoenix is the capital of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona. As you can see from the image above taken early this morning by local media, This city offers year-round sun and hot weather with usually a dry climate.

Dumb and Dumber? ¿Tonto y Muy Tonto?

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Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott are seemingly outdoing one another to see who can make their state more virus-riddled.

Ron DeSantis y Greg Abbott aparentemente se están superando entre sí para ver quién puede hacer que su estado esté más plagado de virus.

Since Texas and Florida are states with large Latino voter base, it is appropriate to post in both languages. #English #Spanish