sunday cooking! chicken & squid curry!

the reason of mixing this combo is to get a great blend of the flavors, try it and you will love the smoothness of the curry! add a small batch of onion and green bell pepper at the end of the cooking (final 3 minutes), retain its crunching and freshness! : )

Boston carp fishing

1> quickly whip some flies this morning, and... 2> heading to a secret spot (well one the way to the lab) 3> enjoy the long missing sunshine (a plus)... 4> fight some fat carp! 5> run more DNA sequencing later in the lab! what a day! : ) big smile!

dogwood blooming, striper running

Couple days ago, I received a unexpected phone call from my friend - Frank. He told me the fishing down there in Alabama is excellent! how good? I asked. "First cast, first fish - 35 lb striper...after I was skunking for a whole week in late April, and suddenly it all happens."
The old saying "the dogwood blooming, the stripers are running". I do miss that!! Usually at this time of year, I will be fishing almost every morning, enjoy the sunrise, the bird songs and the fragrant from different wildflowers.
Frank is a funny character, passion, kind and professional, not really a regular "friendship" of mine, instead, our friendship is more like a "streamside brotherhood" that we don't talk about anything other than fishing, and we probably only meet during the fishing season each year. However, the "simplicity" of this friendship has the same weight as other friendships that I treasured much. When he called, you know he just want to share the pleasure of fishing...

raining Spring

my mind goes to this all time favorite animation in this raining week... bike on still! : )

Farmington river CT

bluebird sky, gem clear water and willing play trout! #12 northern spiders, #20 caddis, # 14 caddis pupae. dead drift and swing. a great trip!

spring time, birding time...

Charles river biking

Every morning I bike through this BU bridge across and along Charles river. Life is so good!

birding with Bob

109 species in 14 hours - non-stop!

sea ducks

dreamed about it, woke up and did some illustrations... all 4 species can be seen around boston harbor during the winter...

some good reasons to use fiberglass rod

Schubert - trout

Enjoy Boston Symphony Orchestra

Last Friday, me and Bob went to the Boston Symphony Orchestra together to enjoy the wonderful Opera from Bach "St. John Passion" (1749 version). I am always a big fan of Bach's music, but I haven't get into his Opera that much...so a bit nervous at very beginning... well... It was a quite a astonishing experience... the acoustical effect in the hall is amazing! The performance almost take my breath (conducted by Masaaki Suzuki, BSO)! During the concert, I had to remind myself "this is real" while listening those beautiful harmony rhyme. Thank you Bob for offer me the great opportunity! My soul is enriched after this concert and I am sure I will be back VERY soon! : )

no music no life

a secretary bird for our wonderful secretary! : )

Forever Young Owl

Patagonia Music

http://www.patagonia.com/us/media/music
Patagonia Music?! What the heck?! A outfitter become a music shop?
well... see what they say about "buy a song benefit the environment..." LINK

Buy a song, benefit the environment. Patagonia has teamed up with a diverse group of world-class musicians to help protect and restore our natural environment. The musicians donate an exclusive song, you buy some great music on iTunes® and non-profit environmental groups receive much-needed funds. See all Benefit Tracks

FlyFisher Magazine

all you need to know about trout fishing... better than any other Magazines on the market...slightly... : D

weekend!

more drawings!

film from a famous comic book

I grew up with this famous Japanese comic book, how exciting to see the film version is coming out! All the fond memories from my childhood are coming back! : )

Article from Patagonia blog - a different kind of fish report

Article - LINK
Patagonia Fly Fishing Ambassador, Dylan Tomine, brings us today's post - an update on the current state of the seafood industry as seen from a seat at the 9th Annual Seafood Summit in Vancouver. He attended this year's Seafood Summit, along with Yvon Chouinard, who provided the gathering's keynote address. Here are Dylan's observations from the gathering:

- Vancouver Seafood Summit 2011
March 2nd, 2011

I took some time off from winter fishing, wood cutting and book work to attend the 2011 Seafood Summit, an annual gathering of fish industry people, conservation NGOs, scientists and journalists from around the world.

The Summit is remarkable in that long-time adversaries are willing to spend the time and money to talk about how we might make the seafood industry more sustainable. What was once a small get-together of conservation orgs is now sponsored by High Liner Foods, one of the largest seafood processors in North America. Hats off to the folks at SeaWeb, who organize and host the event, for bringing everyone together. Here are a few observations from Vancouver:

[Yvon Chouinard. An avid fly fisherman who has plied the waters in virtually every corner of the globe, he provided the keynote address to attendees of this year's Seafood Summit. Photo: Tim Davis.]

good t shirts save the world

ready for the summer time and summer t shirt shopping! LINK I am a big fan of patagonia t-shirt. they are well designed, comfortable, cozy and matched the concepts in me.

wetland sneakers

drawing some wetland sneakers! having some fun in a sunshine weekend : )

A.Dvorak - Sérénade

It's 60 degree outside, what a beautiful Saturday. dig out a CD that haven't listen for a while. Serenade for Strings - Dvorak. Like the pretty weather... it's a pretty musical Sat.

uncontacted tribe

http://www.uncontactedtribes.org/

late March fishing

two men try to freeze their ass off and get some fun... : )
great work! Brother

drawings for kids

some random drawings for several kids... happy birthday!

when geniuses came together...

it's amazingly fun!

inspiration from a steelhead project

inspiration from a still life painting

see how cool it is to paint a orange and enjoyed it at the same time. I always get inspired by Duane Keiser's works. His still life painting is just amazing, lovely and fun.

dinner after Prather lectures

few days ago, a bunch of postdocs and faculty were invited to the dinner after a prestigious Prather lectures in Harvard. Although the topic has been a bit murkier in my mind (worm behavior in neuroscience), the freshness of the great seafood and wine has been a solid wonderful experience. What a wonderful night out with my lab mates and advisor. Niclas, it would be great to have you there! Maybe next time! : )

shall we love Johnny Cash?

feel the hippie spirit in my blood... sometimes...

let music soothe our broken hearts

Mstislav Rostropovich (LINK) One of the greatest cellists play Dvorak Cell Concerto - B minor third movement.
If you feel there are too much sadness to bear in your heart lately, this is a great piece of work for a unstable soul. My disturbing mind always getting better after enjoy this great performance.

About this piece of work, quotes from Wiki: the third movement was a tribute to the memory of his recently deceased sister-in-law, Josefina Čermakova. Specifically, the slow, wistful section, before the triumphant ending, quotes his series of songs "The Cypresses", Čermakova's favorite piece.
Dvořák's friend and mentor Johannes Brahms had written a double concerto for violin and cello in 1887, eight years before Dvořák's cello concerto. He corrected the proofs of Dvořák's concerto for the composer and hence he knew the work intimately from the score.[9] In 1886, Hausmann had played it at his home with Brahms' piano accompaniment, and Brahms is reported as saying: "If I had known that it was possible to compose such a concerto for the cello, I would have tried it myself!" LINK

Dvoľák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, 'From the New World'

Donation to Japan Red Cross

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http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

Dear friends,

as you know Japan is suffering from the big earthquake disaster at this moment. Google.com has set up a donation pages for the Japan Red Cross. I am sure the little money we give have very little effect to the people in the deep trouble. However, as part of the international community, I sincerely believe those good will wishes (little donations) will act as a good will seed that encourage more people to stand up on their own feet from the trouble. If you can, check out this Google page.

Here I offer two of my current paintings for sale in 50% off price ($75 each, free shipping). All the sale money will donate to the Google pages. see photos. Email me if you are interested in buying them. markyuhina AT gmail Dot com. I am planning to paint more in the near future for the donation. Mark

bird drawings - spoon-billed sandpiper

highly endangered spoon-billed sandpiper (estimated only 500 pairs around the globe. I have seen it 3 times in my life, so far) and White-breasted nuthatch (common in North America, saw 1 time, so far)

drawing birds

I can't think of my life without birds... drawing birds are just pure joys and it really calm me down...here is some stuff I am working on...

miso

who doesn't like miso soup?! : ) I am a big fan of miso soup, it's one of the staple dishes to me. the secret of miso soup is to use the best miso you can get... then be sure not to mix the miso into the soup too early. You wait for the ingredients to fully cooked; usually tofu, herb meuga, onion and other stuff you wish (fish or other vegetable as i like).. then the finally step is just mix in some miso gently and few drop of rice wine and minced green onion. Never boiling the miso soup. It will reduce the rich flavor.
Check out this great blog - Savory Japan - for more information! great blog!

beautiful casting

Check this out! beautiful casting - long lines

essential elements in life

What is the 3 essential elements in life? I am thinking this silly question while on my way to the museum of fine art in Boston. (the weather is 47F sunny BTW... Spring time is in the air : ) )
What is the 3 essential elements for me? sun, air, water? no. Those are foundation of life! How about family, friendship and love? no, although those are as important as foundation of life, but not the essential element of life in me. Ha... it is so fun to stripe myself down and think about what is the key player in my life. I need sun, air, and water to be able to stay thinking, I need family, friendship and love to reflect myself and be able to survival. How about myself alone? look inside myself, what constitute me? What make me happy and happy to be alive everyday? Those are got to be essential elements in life, in me!

Ah-Ha ... I got the answer! It's Science, Nature and Art. Those are 3 elements in life in me! Without Science, my life would be so bored... without Nature, I would look dull as hell...without Art? how could I express my appreciation to the bright color in Nature? Now, I feel my life is fulfilled!

I visited the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. It's HUGE! another amazing discovery! I walked in the door and said to myself... This place is amazing! I want to be here as much as possible. The architecture is such a great art itself. The exhibitions are way cool than what I expected... I just ran into several Egypt mummies and ancient art by accident, what a amazing imaginations of those ancient people... The most funny/inspiration thing I noticed is that they used a lot of animal figures into the decoration, snake, dog, birds. I noticed the wings patterns has been viewed as luck, bracing with peace, just like what we would think in the modern day. And I can tell there are some power and wisdom to the falcon figure. So cool to see those bird decorations! What a wonderful visit! Now, I am a member of MFA, so it is unlimited visits for a whole year! I can't wait to go back : )

Mark's summer plan

My brother BG sent me this summer plan this morning... make me so hard to sit still in the office

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Bryan's plan - Draft 1-

Mark will be flying in style on the red-eye. He will be landing in Bozeman where he will be greet'd, then loaded into a truck. From there, he will be traveling to almost legendary Rick Matney's quaint and humble home. He will feast upon local killed game animals such as deer, elk, and who knows what else. Oh, and if lucky some almost famous RM Breakfast sausage . He will fish "river xcd6032-1.7q" for a few days while boating trophs with legit tested RM pattens. Shortly after he will exchange a hand shake and maybe a bro-hug from almost legendary Rick Matney. He will then be traveling through the beautiful canyon, through Yellowstone National Park, on his way to the majestic Henrys Fork. Here at the proving grounds Mark will then test his full year of theories, patterns and style on one of the most technical fishery in world. He will be seen sipping tea in the mornings at the lodge and sharing a natty-light beverage on the river banks with established living legends such as Rene' Harrop. He will probably break his stupendous 25 3/4" record that he holds over his dear friend BG, who is coming in short at a mere 24 3/16". From here the good Dr. will be visiting some new steams with 'secret' fish. Here he will be learning a new specie while quietly yet very intense-ly studying pretty much everything that has, or might have, DNA. And alas, the trip is nearing an end, so back to almost legend Rick Matney's lair for one last day of fishing, some grub and some whiskey. Before dawn he will be traveling to the Bozeman airport with another year of adventure under his belt :)