by Chade-Meng Tan | Apr 1, 2009
Something I wrote back in 2003. (“Chen Yiming” is my name pronounced in Chinese). ===== Google Achieves Breakthrough in Numerical Genetics by Chen Yiming Staff Writer, Mengistan Times April 1, 2003. Researchers at Google announced on Tuesday, their...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 30, 2009
I met His Holiness the Dalai Lama (HHDL) for the first time in November 2005, during his visit to Stanford University. Back then, I was one of the big donors to Stanford for the creation of a Tibetan Studies program, so when the Dalai Lama visited, I was invited...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 27, 2009
A long time ago, whenever I had to greet and meet somebody “important”, I would introduce myself by saying, “I am nobody. Because nobody is perfect”. I am reminded of this joke this week when I came across one of Shunryu Suzuki’s...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 22, 2009
1. I discovered a way to measure the degree of urbanization of any community. Just measure the McDonald’s Density Index (MDI). For example, in rural areas, you need to drive for a long time before you see the next McDonald’s. In a suburb like Santa Clara,...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 17, 2009
I just figured out something about Bodhisattvas. You see, a Bodhisattva is an Enlightened Being who, out of great compassion for all, decides to forgo Final Enlightenment by turning back from it just before reaching it, in order to return to Samsara (the realm of...
by Chade-Meng Tan | Mar 15, 2009
The Dalai Lama said, “If I had not been a monk, I would have become an engineer.” (Source) Which was very interesting to me because, if I had not been an engineer, I might have become a monk. You think I’m kidding.
