By Alice Zhao ‘12, Contributing ColumnistPublished on Thursday, October 16, 2008
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I began laughing the moment I opened the thin, innocent-looking envelope. Someone, or perhaps more than one person, had anonymously mailed me a photo of an inside joke from my DOC Trip, scrawling various one-liners on the outside of the envelope. A melange of memories accompanied the photo — not showering for five days, awkward moments from living in the wilderness, and how five days in the New Hampshire-Vermont forests transformed a group of nine strangers into a family unit.
“Family?” I asked myself, clutching my photo, wandering around the Hop. When did I begin thinking of nine people who I never met before, in a place I never set foot in as my new family? I spent the first night of my DOC Trip crying in my sleeping bag, bitterly wishing I had never signed up to spend my first days as a college student in the middle of nowhere — miles and miles away from my real parents.
The wood walls of the cabin around me lacked the photo collages of my suburban Kansas bedroom. I had developed little rapport with the people sleeping around me through a few formulaic exchanges, and, not suprisingly, our early conversations fell somewhere between blatantly awkward and glaringly absent.
Like Emily Johnson (“At Home In Hanover,” Oct. 6), I quickly drew the line between my old and new homes. As I longed for the memories, people and friendships enshrined in my photo collage at home, the strangers whom I was forced to coexist with on my DOC trip made the bareness of the cabin walls around me painfully obvious.
Somehow the line between my old and new family blurred during the five days in the wilderness as we nicknamed our Trip leaders “Mom” and “Dad.” Between cooking, hiking and getting to know each other through conversation, I began to draw parallels between my family life in Kansas and my new makeshift family unit in New Hampshire.
Trip expectations for my cooking mirrored my parents’ goals — no fires, no deaths, quasi-edible food equal success. The hiking trip dialogues resembled car talk on my family road trips to Disneyland: various chimes of “Are we there yet?,” increasingly exasperated replies of “Not yet” from “Mom” and “Dad,” and, finally, various word games designed to entertain and distract the trippee “children.”
The familial theme continued when I returned to Hanover. While portions of my Trip family still live near me, my family unit expanded to include dorm mates.
In the dorm, I bonded with my floormates as we butchered our laundry together — putting detergent in the bleach slot and mistaking the dryer for the washer. Consequently, I gained a sense of family with my floormates as we shared giggles after a dormmate shrunk his bedsheets to a small swatch of fabric.
Cooking in my dorm was another reminder of expectations from home. Group ‘schombbing to the Hop was even reminiscent of family road trips with more siblings, random bits of conversation, and, of course, the occasional “Are we there yet?”
Despite these parallels between my old and new families, I didn’t officially link them until, coincidentally, my parents mailed an album full of childhood memories, leaving empty slots for photos of my Dartmouth family. I added group photos from my Trip between snapshots of my nine-year-old self, gleefully placing rabbit years on my parents’ heads at Disneyland. Snapshots of scenic views seen on the trail went between road-trip highlights. Each photo in my album represents a snapshot of the family I love or the family I have come to love at Dartmouth. Empty spaces remain for future additons.
I deliberately excluded the Trip photo that appeared in my Hinman Box from my album, opting to hang it up instead as part of the new photo collage that I’m assembling on the wall of my dorm room.
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Touch The Candidate!
By Alice Zhao ‘12, Contributing ColumnistPublished on Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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I touched the fire. Well, sort of.
Consistent chants of “Touch the fire!” hurtled by thousands of upperclassmen slowly dulled my judgment until I quasi-intuitively gravitated toward the bonfire. The crowd’s enthusiasm enveloped me until I could almost envision my hands caressing the flames. Mob mentality clouded my personal judgment until I finally realized that deciding not to cremate my hands was smarter than following the crowd’s advice.
In his recent column, Peter Blair ‘12 asserts that our generation displays a similar tendency to mindlessly embrace Barack Obama and Sarah Palin’s campaigns for the upcoming election (“Informed Enthusiasm,” Oct. 19). According to Blair, youth support for both candidates is based on messianic overtures and not on the candidates’ platforms or qualifications. Blair equates our generation’s shared enthusiasm and endorsement for a candidate with running around his or her political bonfire with little or no justification beyond an idealistic desire to change the world.
I disagree, however, that young voters view either Obama or Palin as political bonfires to run around and touch in the next election. While voters from various ideologies and age groups gravitate toward candidates based on hype and imagery, few voters continue to support candidates on hype alone. Messianic imagery may initially lure most voters to a political bandwagon, but I — and most young voters that I’ve spoken to — justify continued support based on campaign stances, platforms and ideology. Realistically, we do not expect that a savior will miraculously fix the U.S. health-care system by building a political bonfire, nor do we expect that running around it with our endorsement will accomplish that same goal.
Instead, I support Obama for his plan to reform, expand and make health care more affordable. Sure, his charisma, youth and intelligence appeal to me, but my peers and I cite his platforms, and not solely his personal appeal, as the primary reasons for our support. Some listed their views on health care, economic policy and reproductive rights in supporting Obama. A few called Obama “our generation’s candidate,” pointing out his willingness to reach across party lines and his ability to appeal to the public as a whole.
The situation is similar for my conservative peers. In their decisions to support McCain, some cited his relatively longer experience in the Senate. A few mentioned social issues. One noted his economically conservative background, while another criticized liberal ideology as a whole.
In short, none of the 25 or so peers I polled justified their candidate choices on hype. Granted, I encountered more liberal leaning voters than conservative ones, but I didn’t detect a running-around-the-bonfire-esque collective mentality from either party’s supporters. When prodded, most people justified their decisions with concrete policy or personal ideology.
Despite the messianic imagery touted by some, most young voters support a candidate based on the soundness of his proposed policies, not an idealistic visions of him as a savior. While some people’s decisions are made on savior-like imagery, most voters realize a crowd’s endorsement doesn’t necessarily make a candidate’s policies any better — just like thousands of people chanting “Touch the fire” doesn’t make touching it any better of an idea. Most freshmen realized, as I did, that the throng of people supporting the idea had little bearing on its merit, just like a messianic bandwagon surrounding a candidate does not necessarily yield a better nominee.
Youthful enthusiasm does not automatically mean blindly following a candidate. Similiarly, voters who support a candidate weigh his platforms and policies against their own and don’t blindly accept him as political gospel. The majority of youth voters do not display a “touch the fire” mentality in supporting a candidate. My peers and I vote in the same way we “touched” the fire — on our own accord after it collapsed, not on the crowd’s accord while it was still burning.
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I touched the fire. Well, sort of.
Consistent chants of “Touch the fire!” hurtled by thousands of upperclassmen slowly dulled my judgment until I quasi-intuitively gravitated toward the bonfire. The crowd’s enthusiasm enveloped me until I could almost envision my hands caressing the flames. Mob mentality clouded my personal judgment until I finally realized that deciding not to cremate my hands was smarter than following the crowd’s advice.
In his recent column, Peter Blair ‘12 asserts that our generation displays a similar tendency to mindlessly embrace Barack Obama and Sarah Palin’s campaigns for the upcoming election (“Informed Enthusiasm,” Oct. 19). According to Blair, youth support for both candidates is based on messianic overtures and not on the candidates’ platforms or qualifications. Blair equates our generation’s shared enthusiasm and endorsement for a candidate with running around his or her political bonfire with little or no justification beyond an idealistic desire to change the world.
I disagree, however, that young voters view either Obama or Palin as political bonfires to run around and touch in the next election. While voters from various ideologies and age groups gravitate toward candidates based on hype and imagery, few voters continue to support candidates on hype alone. Messianic imagery may initially lure most voters to a political bandwagon, but I — and most young voters that I’ve spoken to — justify continued support based on campaign stances, platforms and ideology. Realistically, we do not expect that a savior will miraculously fix the U.S. health-care system by building a political bonfire, nor do we expect that running around it with our endorsement will accomplish that same goal.
Instead, I support Obama for his plan to reform, expand and make health care more affordable. Sure, his charisma, youth and intelligence appeal to me, but my peers and I cite his platforms, and not solely his personal appeal, as the primary reasons for our support. Some listed their views on health care, economic policy and reproductive rights in supporting Obama. A few called Obama “our generation’s candidate,” pointing out his willingness to reach across party lines and his ability to appeal to the public as a whole.
The situation is similar for my conservative peers. In their decisions to support McCain, some cited his relatively longer experience in the Senate. A few mentioned social issues. One noted his economically conservative background, while another criticized liberal ideology as a whole.
In short, none of the 25 or so peers I polled justified their candidate choices on hype. Granted, I encountered more liberal leaning voters than conservative ones, but I didn’t detect a running-around-the-bonfire-esque collective mentality from either party’s supporters. When prodded, most people justified their decisions with concrete policy or personal ideology.
Despite the messianic imagery touted by some, most young voters support a candidate based on the soundness of his proposed policies, not an idealistic visions of him as a savior. While some people’s decisions are made on savior-like imagery, most voters realize a crowd’s endorsement doesn’t necessarily make a candidate’s policies any better — just like thousands of people chanting “Touch the fire” doesn’t make touching it any better of an idea. Most freshmen realized, as I did, that the throng of people supporting the idea had little bearing on its merit, just like a messianic bandwagon surrounding a candidate does not necessarily yield a better nominee.
Youthful enthusiasm does not automatically mean blindly following a candidate. Similiarly, voters who support a candidate weigh his platforms and policies against their own and don’t blindly accept him as political gospel. The majority of youth voters do not display a “touch the fire” mentality in supporting a candidate. My peers and I vote in the same way we “touched” the fire — on our own accord after it collapsed, not on the crowd’s accord while it was still burning.
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Red States, Blue States
By Alice Zhao ‘12, Contributing ColumnistPublished on Friday, November 14, 2008
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“We’re immigrating to America?”
I equated moving to the United States with moving to a different universe. At age nine, I resisted leaving my friends, my house and the Chinese newspapers on the kitchen table for a new world. In my childish mind, America equaled space stations, aliens and foreign printed materials — not the familiar comforts of home. I welcomed dinnertime conversations about the move about as much as the mysteriously limp vegetables on my plate. What bothered me most, however, was being excluded from the after-dinner political discussions, especially after one of the adults caught my friends and me eavesdropping.
Shortly after the move, I realized my new American home and friends weren’t as foreign as I had first expected. But the first newspaper I opened was just as alien as I imagined. The opinion pages condemned, criticized and satirized politicians and policies — content that I didn’t remember from those Chinese newspapers on the kitchen table. The Chinese opinion pages lacked the sheer derision their American counterparts had for many candidates and policies. Whereas the U.S. pages ranged from scathing to quasi-complimentary, the Chinese ones nine years ago ranged from loosely critical to sycophantic.
The disparity between the Chinese and American print media underscores theunderlying tone of political discourse in the two countries. The American system featured — and still features — door-to-door canvassing efforts, negative political advertisements and lively lunchtime conversations about Sarah Palin. In contrast, the Chinese system featured fewer political volunteers and public political discussions, as well as less critical writing and reporting. Although tolerance for political expression has increased in recent years in China, differences between the U.S. and Chinese systems persist.
The two presidential campaigns I’ve witnessed since the move reflect these disparities. The recent swath of canvassing volunteers contrasts sharply with the dearth of door-to-door campaigners in my childhood. I don’t recall strangers knocking on my door with political agendas and shiny stickers — U.S.-style political campaigners didn’t exist in my neighborhood.
In contrast,several partisan and non-partisan Dartmouth volunteers grilled me on my political leanings before the recent election. When I told them I couldn’t vote, they produced an impressive collection of posters and buttons for “other methods of participation.” Thus armed, my friends and I took full advantage of the American political system to express our views. We were the random strangers dispensing campaign paraphernalia at people’s doors. We plastered the aforementioned collection on windows, doors and bulletins, bathing our dorms. We subtly and not so subtly worked our policy preferences into everyday conversations.
The election atmosphere across campus seemed utterly alien compared to the less politically open one of my childhood. Most adults held political conversations at home, with friends and eavesdropping children, not with strangers at public dining halls. The idea of campaign paraphernalia was ludicrous in itself, as was the display of political stickers in public areas.
Now, my favorite sticker to display is the one for which my dormmates dragged me out of bed on Election Day. They saved an “I voted” sticker from their early morning trek to Hanover High, a symbolic gesture I appreciated when I picked up The Dartmouth that day. This very Opinion page reflected the diversity of political ideologies, which — like the sticker — symbolized a degree of political expression I hope my childhood friends will attain as different political opinions become more and more acceptable at home in China.
Granted, freedom of speech was not a top priority when I was nine. Nine years later, however, it defines my role as an Opinion columnist. Printed conversations should further political discussions, offering a repertoire of viewpoints instead of merely reflecting a fraction of them. Self-expression should only be edited for clarity, style and good taste so readers can “vote” on its merit, not its ideology.
Indeed, the ideas for this column first crossed my mind on election night. Sandwiched between liberal and conservative friends, I realized I didn’t even dream of writing a politicallyoriented column nine years ago, let alone seeing it in print. That was the America my parents spoke of around the dinner table.
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“We’re immigrating to America?”
I equated moving to the United States with moving to a different universe. At age nine, I resisted leaving my friends, my house and the Chinese newspapers on the kitchen table for a new world. In my childish mind, America equaled space stations, aliens and foreign printed materials — not the familiar comforts of home. I welcomed dinnertime conversations about the move about as much as the mysteriously limp vegetables on my plate. What bothered me most, however, was being excluded from the after-dinner political discussions, especially after one of the adults caught my friends and me eavesdropping.
Shortly after the move, I realized my new American home and friends weren’t as foreign as I had first expected. But the first newspaper I opened was just as alien as I imagined. The opinion pages condemned, criticized and satirized politicians and policies — content that I didn’t remember from those Chinese newspapers on the kitchen table. The Chinese opinion pages lacked the sheer derision their American counterparts had for many candidates and policies. Whereas the U.S. pages ranged from scathing to quasi-complimentary, the Chinese ones nine years ago ranged from loosely critical to sycophantic.
The disparity between the Chinese and American print media underscores theunderlying tone of political discourse in the two countries. The American system featured — and still features — door-to-door canvassing efforts, negative political advertisements and lively lunchtime conversations about Sarah Palin. In contrast, the Chinese system featured fewer political volunteers and public political discussions, as well as less critical writing and reporting. Although tolerance for political expression has increased in recent years in China, differences between the U.S. and Chinese systems persist.
The two presidential campaigns I’ve witnessed since the move reflect these disparities. The recent swath of canvassing volunteers contrasts sharply with the dearth of door-to-door campaigners in my childhood. I don’t recall strangers knocking on my door with political agendas and shiny stickers — U.S.-style political campaigners didn’t exist in my neighborhood.
In contrast,several partisan and non-partisan Dartmouth volunteers grilled me on my political leanings before the recent election. When I told them I couldn’t vote, they produced an impressive collection of posters and buttons for “other methods of participation.” Thus armed, my friends and I took full advantage of the American political system to express our views. We were the random strangers dispensing campaign paraphernalia at people’s doors. We plastered the aforementioned collection on windows, doors and bulletins, bathing our dorms. We subtly and not so subtly worked our policy preferences into everyday conversations.
The election atmosphere across campus seemed utterly alien compared to the less politically open one of my childhood. Most adults held political conversations at home, with friends and eavesdropping children, not with strangers at public dining halls. The idea of campaign paraphernalia was ludicrous in itself, as was the display of political stickers in public areas.
Now, my favorite sticker to display is the one for which my dormmates dragged me out of bed on Election Day. They saved an “I voted” sticker from their early morning trek to Hanover High, a symbolic gesture I appreciated when I picked up The Dartmouth that day. This very Opinion page reflected the diversity of political ideologies, which — like the sticker — symbolized a degree of political expression I hope my childhood friends will attain as different political opinions become more and more acceptable at home in China.
Granted, freedom of speech was not a top priority when I was nine. Nine years later, however, it defines my role as an Opinion columnist. Printed conversations should further political discussions, offering a repertoire of viewpoints instead of merely reflecting a fraction of them. Self-expression should only be edited for clarity, style and good taste so readers can “vote” on its merit, not its ideology.
Indeed, the ideas for this column first crossed my mind on election night. Sandwiched between liberal and conservative friends, I realized I didn’t even dream of writing a politicallyoriented column nine years ago, let alone seeing it in print. That was the America my parents spoke of around the dinner table.
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The Polka-Dot Umbrella Plan
By Alice Zhao ‘12, Contributing ColumnistPublished on Monday, December 01, 2008
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When I was younger, I dreamt of becoming a polka-dot umbrella. While my peers fixated on occupations in banking, archeology, and other fields, I aspired to “protect people from the rain” professionally. My parents and teachers temporarily indulged this umbrella fantasy, before explaining that future jobs should a) posses a decent outlook, b) provide reasonable returns on the financial investment of a college education and c) be physically possible.
In other words, becoming a polka-dot umbrella was not a viable option. My underlying “protect people from the rain” mentality, however, gradually matured into ambitions of a career in public service.
According to an article in USA Today earlier this month, public service industries will soon experience severe staff shortages: Federal and university projections predict a shortage of 2 million public school teachers and 500,000 nurses in the next two decades and 200,000 government positions in the next two years (“Programs help with tuition in exchange for public service,” Nov. 18).
For many students, however, a career in public service is a difficult choice considering the financial investment in their education. Indeed, one friend recently abandoned his passion for public service in favor of a more “practical” field because of “strains” on his family’s finances.
The average new college graduate owes almost $22,000 in student loans, making starting salaries a key deterrent from a career in public service. Monthly loan payments of $600 spur graduates such as my friend to abandon their dreams for financial stability. It comes as no surprise that, according to the USA Today article, financial implications are “a major barrier” in attracting young, talented graduates to public service, compounding the field’s increasing staff shortage.
But in light of current and projected job deficits across the country, various universities have created new initiatives to nudge otherwise reluctant or financially wary graduates into public service. Such programs assist students financially in exchange for public service work after graduation.
This fall, Princeton began offering free masters degrees for students who pursue two-year federal government jobs after graduation. Starting in 2010, Harvard Law School will waive the $41,500 third-year student tuition for students willing to commit five years to a government or non-profit field after graduation. Tufts currently offers loan payment assistance to all graduates in exchange for public service work.
I commend these new initiatives because they help attract and retain innovative, talented students such as my friend who would otherwise abandon or overlook public service jobs because of financial constraints.
Princeton recently hosted an institutional conference of 24 other colleges and universities in the hopes of expanding these programs. Congress is even considering a public service equivalent of the ROTC, to be known as the “Roosevelt Scholars” program, which would provide graduates with full tuition, room and board, and spending stipends for completing a federal agency internship and three years in some government agency after graduation.
Passing the Roosevelt Scholars program bill and expanding institutional incentives for students pursuing public service is crucial to expanding the pool of potential public servants. Governmental and institutional incentives will allow graduates to indulge their “protect people from the rain” passions while shielding their families from current and future economic storms.
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When I was younger, I dreamt of becoming a polka-dot umbrella. While my peers fixated on occupations in banking, archeology, and other fields, I aspired to “protect people from the rain” professionally. My parents and teachers temporarily indulged this umbrella fantasy, before explaining that future jobs should a) posses a decent outlook, b) provide reasonable returns on the financial investment of a college education and c) be physically possible.
In other words, becoming a polka-dot umbrella was not a viable option. My underlying “protect people from the rain” mentality, however, gradually matured into ambitions of a career in public service.
According to an article in USA Today earlier this month, public service industries will soon experience severe staff shortages: Federal and university projections predict a shortage of 2 million public school teachers and 500,000 nurses in the next two decades and 200,000 government positions in the next two years (“Programs help with tuition in exchange for public service,” Nov. 18).
For many students, however, a career in public service is a difficult choice considering the financial investment in their education. Indeed, one friend recently abandoned his passion for public service in favor of a more “practical” field because of “strains” on his family’s finances.
The average new college graduate owes almost $22,000 in student loans, making starting salaries a key deterrent from a career in public service. Monthly loan payments of $600 spur graduates such as my friend to abandon their dreams for financial stability. It comes as no surprise that, according to the USA Today article, financial implications are “a major barrier” in attracting young, talented graduates to public service, compounding the field’s increasing staff shortage.
But in light of current and projected job deficits across the country, various universities have created new initiatives to nudge otherwise reluctant or financially wary graduates into public service. Such programs assist students financially in exchange for public service work after graduation.
This fall, Princeton began offering free masters degrees for students who pursue two-year federal government jobs after graduation. Starting in 2010, Harvard Law School will waive the $41,500 third-year student tuition for students willing to commit five years to a government or non-profit field after graduation. Tufts currently offers loan payment assistance to all graduates in exchange for public service work.
I commend these new initiatives because they help attract and retain innovative, talented students such as my friend who would otherwise abandon or overlook public service jobs because of financial constraints.
Princeton recently hosted an institutional conference of 24 other colleges and universities in the hopes of expanding these programs. Congress is even considering a public service equivalent of the ROTC, to be known as the “Roosevelt Scholars” program, which would provide graduates with full tuition, room and board, and spending stipends for completing a federal agency internship and three years in some government agency after graduation.
Passing the Roosevelt Scholars program bill and expanding institutional incentives for students pursuing public service is crucial to expanding the pool of potential public servants. Governmental and institutional incentives will allow graduates to indulge their “protect people from the rain” passions while shielding their families from current and future economic storms.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Warren Buffett, the man
Warren Buffett (born 1930) made his billions (and became the second richest man in the world after Bill Gates) from the success of the companies held by his investment vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway, a publicly quoted company. He has described the extent of his involvement in these companies as being limited to the allocation of capital and people. “Charles T. Munger, Berkshire Hathaway’s vice-chairman, and I really have only two jobs,” he once said (Charles T. Munger being his long-time closest associate). “One is to attract and keep outstanding managers to run our various operations. The other is capital allocation.” That includes setting the compensation of the chief executive.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
American lives vs others
It Seems To Be: While The USA has spent about half trillion dollars and lost about more than 4000+ lives to hope for bringing democracy and liberty for Iraq! In the return, Iraq has offered USA with a pair of shoes hurling toward a leader of a nation recently! and willing to send all US soldiers home without a word of appreciation! In summary,it seems to be this is a big waste of lives and money to give to these thankless folks! And sadly, the heart-breaking videos have shown countless Americans have suffered at home! lost of houses and being kicked out of apartments due to they lost their only job to pay rents and morgages! IT IS VERY SAD TO ALL AMERICANS WHO HAVE TO FACE THE UNKNOWN FUTURE AT HOME! THE USA MUST THINK TWICE TO GO OUT TO HELP THE REST OF THE WORLD WHILE AMERICANS ARE LEFT ALONE IN THE COLD! AND THESE CITIZENS WHOM WHO ARE THE TAX-CONTRIBUTORS TO THE NATION! THE WORLD ALWAYS HAVE ZILLIONS OF PROBLEMS TO BE ASSISTED AND NO ANY NATION CAN HELP THEM ALL!!!
Saturday, November 22, 2008
THIS/HOME country, children's belief
I love THIS country, I am able to give what learned from my HOME country, I love my HOME country who has been giving me and trained me to be who I am today to contribute to THIS country. Children tend to believe everything in the world is related to them, this may also be a measure to tell how mature an adult is..
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Auto bail out, Gay marriage
Give me a break.
To buy the junk car is the only way tax payer can do to save auto industry, no we don't need that cars, if GM and F fails, Toyota will go up, is it good for the industry. Give me a break, don't do that Nancy P., do you know you are doing an emotinal decision to buy. OMG, let us pray.
You will see what happens, GM and F still don't sell, what you do? more injections...endless
Imagine one day that 50% couples are gay married, probably we don't have to do birth control in China, is it God's hand to help. I don't know.
we knew it was bad, but we did not know it was that bad.........
To buy the junk car is the only way tax payer can do to save auto industry, no we don't need that cars, if GM and F fails, Toyota will go up, is it good for the industry. Give me a break, don't do that Nancy P., do you know you are doing an emotinal decision to buy. OMG, let us pray.
You will see what happens, GM and F still don't sell, what you do? more injections...endless
Imagine one day that 50% couples are gay married, probably we don't have to do birth control in China, is it God's hand to help. I don't know.
we knew it was bad, but we did not know it was that bad.........
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Witness the historic moment: US President Elected
10 seconds right after poll closing in PT zone, the breaking news comes out: OB is elected president of the USA.
I love this country, you can be what you want to be, every child here could be next president of the United States of America, this is democracy, liberty, freedom, very importantly opportunity land, thanks to the founding fathers of the country, European can not do this, Asian can not, or African, it is the only place where you want to live it is American who you want to become...
This is real Americans' dreams that come to true not only African Americans',
I love this country, you can be what you want to be, every child here could be next president of the United States of America, this is democracy, liberty, freedom, very importantly opportunity land, thanks to the founding fathers of the country, European can not do this, Asian can not, or African, it is the only place where you want to live it is American who you want to become...
This is real Americans' dreams that come to true not only African Americans',
Saturday, October 25, 2008
share price and number of shares
why you don't make money, you have more shares when price goes down, you got the number you lost your value. So remember value only counts not numbers of shares, it is always true you will get value back over time when you have good shares on hand, who the heck you know what good shares are.
oil-money-war, we don't run out of oil,
Iran oil fuels US carrier, US carrier props oil price up pays more money to Iran who has more resource to sell more fuel to US who destroys Iran who wants to have nuke, then everything goes to another cycle... is it funny, whose fault for the war, this is a chicken-egg argument,
what happens if US gets rid of all its carriers?
what happens if Iran doesn't want to have nuke?
what happens if airplanes only are used for transport human?
what happens if all goods imported or exported only are via ocean? make this as law.
what happens if green peace has no more excuse and mkaes stories?
what happens if God know everything that is happening?
.........
what happens if US gets rid of all its carriers?
what happens if Iran doesn't want to have nuke?
what happens if airplanes only are used for transport human?
what happens if all goods imported or exported only are via ocean? make this as law.
what happens if green peace has no more excuse and mkaes stories?
what happens if God know everything that is happening?
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
Abraham Maslow 5 needs
The theory arose out of a sense that classic economics was not giving managers much help because it failed to take into account the complexity of human motivation. Maslow divided needs into five:
• Physiological needs: hunger, thirst, sex and sleep. Food and drinks manufacturers operate to satisfy needs in this area, as do prostitutes and tobacco growers.
• Safety needs: job security, protection from harm and the avoidance of risk. At this level an individual’s thoughts turn to insurance, burglar alarms and savings deposits.
• Social needs: the affection of family and friendship. These are satisfied by such things as weddings, sophisticated restaurants and telecommunications.
• Esteem needs (also called ego needs), divided into internal needs, such as self-respect and sense of achievement, and external needs, such as status and recognition. Industries focused on this level include the sports industry and activity holidays.
• Self-actualisation, famously described by Maslow: “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately happy. What a man can be, he must be. This need we may call self-actualisation.” This involves doing things such as going to art galleries, climbing mountains and writing novels. The theatre, cinema and music industries are all focused on this level. Self-actualisation is different from the other levels of need in at least one important respect. It is never finished, never fully satisfied. It is, as Shakespeare put it, “as if increase of appetite grows by what it feeds on”.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
someone else's concerns when to buy house
With that approach, the ups and downs of the market will be someone else's concern.
This is a standard answer of "Realtors", "Brokers", "Builders" those who want to sell houses to you, your concerns are their concerns because without selling, how they make money, they don't care how much you pay, the higher the better they get, why should not they be concerned, forks, is it a mathematic question, you can get a house @ 450K why you pay 600K and keep it years. I am laughing .......they don't like you to maxmize your resources that minimize their gains, does it make sense?
This is a standard answer of "Realtors", "Brokers", "Builders" those who want to sell houses to you, your concerns are their concerns because without selling, how they make money, they don't care how much you pay, the higher the better they get, why should not they be concerned, forks, is it a mathematic question, you can get a house @ 450K why you pay 600K and keep it years. I am laughing .......they don't like you to maxmize your resources that minimize their gains, does it make sense?
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Theory X and Y
X style is characteristic of:
a) very insecure managers
b) a financially-driven organization
Case a) is obvious, I think. The rationale behind case b) is that a financially-driven organization do not offer anything (besides money) to the employees, so of course they work only when punishment is feared or rewarding is in sight.
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never try to impose the Theory X frame on a group of scientists in a research setting. Nor should we try to impose the Theory Y frame on a group of eighteen year old soldiers in combat.
a) very insecure managers
b) a financially-driven organization
Case a) is obvious, I think. The rationale behind case b) is that a financially-driven organization do not offer anything (besides money) to the employees, so of course they work only when punishment is feared or rewarding is in sight.
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never try to impose the Theory X frame on a group of scientists in a research setting. Nor should we try to impose the Theory Y frame on a group of eighteen year old soldiers in combat.
It comes next
Following the finacial "crisis": OPEC thrinks, oil price goes under, Middle easten empires are in desparate, the skyscrapers from under water up have no visitors, Toyota cars sell, GM/Chrysler come up to bunisess again, Ford Explore prosperous , MadeInChina is still MadeInChina, USA mfg alives, Some big banking players gone no more famouse from the top 20 list, manufacturing dominate, education comes to live, USA is still the wolrd economy engine......EU is EU, Russia is Russia, Arab fights Jews continuously, Laden is dead, NATO has meaningless, Japan is scared by China, Taiwan is going nowhere but makes peace with China, Tibetans show up in front of Chinese embassies in the world, North Korean, Cuba can not survive longer as communist countries, Obama is the president of America, Blacks don't trust Whites vise versa, Irvine property price is higher than other orange county cities, Alhambra overpacked with Chinese, housing price is higher than that in Irvine, Corona houses empty rate rises, Riverside will still possesses the desert land for another 40 years, Hong Kong people move to west at the same pace, California has earth quakes fears, Churches have no enough donations, I retire, I survive, I go back to my homeland, I will..........
Thursday, October 9, 2008
up is the only way, it can go down
Why it is right when the market is going up, it is a crisis when it goes down, it makes no sense to me. everything develops as circle, peak comes from bottom, vise versa.....I don't think there is a crisis but some people want to say it is crisis, crisis is crisis no matter you speak out or not. ..let the market tell and do its own job......price is equal to value only when a couple with $150k can aford a decent house in Irvine........
Can I say Dow 6000 in 2 months, 4000 in 1 year or so. don't say 3000 is impossible....
Can I say Dow 6000 in 2 months, 4000 in 1 year or so. don't say 3000 is impossible....
Monday, October 6, 2008
3000 ~ 4000 Dow bottom
I will be ready to buy stocks when Dow goes to 3000 ~ 4000, pick the popular real business like Coca, McDon, GE, GM, IBM, Micros, Apples, Boeing, industrial, defense, energy, real hi-tech....... no google, no yahoo...
Remeber and do
Remeber and do
Monday, September 29, 2008
Hold on, no rush for $700 billion to Bushes
does it make sense:
1). If private companies can not make money on their assets, why you taxpayer or gov can? do you think that you are smarter than those wall street MBA-s?
2). It has nothing to do with foreclosing home owners, do you think the finacial institutions will give money to you home owners?
3). British knows better than Americans, British paid money then owned the companies. American pays then compaies take money away.
4). I like the line Leno said: we give money to bank, bank has no any more??
5). If Hank doesn't know how the $700 billion will work or not, why don't we wait and see, why should we do it in such rush?
6). It protects middle class jobs, no, the CEO's jobs.
7). Why John and Obama agree, why not, when you can point the tax increase to Bush after elected
8). Why 205 said yes, 95% of them don't like their job.
9). Finacial market is frozon? no, if 6% APR doesn't work, the market will try 16%...26%....36% but the housing price (not value) goes down with 80% off....only market knows where to go
10). If capitalism works well for so many years, why we shut it down and switch to .........
11). Does Chinese money $500 billion matter? yes, to Chinese, no not to American...
12). Companies come and go, good only comes up when bad is gone
13). When all experts say it is a must, then they are not that expertise
14). Follow who is next to fall, you will understand who has something to do with $700 billion IF bailout eventually fails...
15). Gov. is never representative of people, Gov.'s will is not people's, why bother
16). When Bush says "People will suffer" where "people" doesn't refer to you common citizens, in his brain, it refers to his wealthy bodies, can we trust him any more, I say no.
17). Do those elected in Washington have more knowledge than the people? no, people know better
18). I hate politicians in this country, I doubt USA is a great country, I don't know ....
19). Debt is debt, how the heck it will become asset? Junk is junk, how come it is gold?
1). If private companies can not make money on their assets, why you taxpayer or gov can? do you think that you are smarter than those wall street MBA-s?
2). It has nothing to do with foreclosing home owners, do you think the finacial institutions will give money to you home owners?
3). British knows better than Americans, British paid money then owned the companies. American pays then compaies take money away.
4). I like the line Leno said: we give money to bank, bank has no any more??
5). If Hank doesn't know how the $700 billion will work or not, why don't we wait and see, why should we do it in such rush?
6). It protects middle class jobs, no, the CEO's jobs.
7). Why John and Obama agree, why not, when you can point the tax increase to Bush after elected
8). Why 205 said yes, 95% of them don't like their job.
9). Finacial market is frozon? no, if 6% APR doesn't work, the market will try 16%...26%....36% but the housing price (not value) goes down with 80% off....only market knows where to go
10). If capitalism works well for so many years, why we shut it down and switch to .........
11). Does Chinese money $500 billion matter? yes, to Chinese, no not to American...
12). Companies come and go, good only comes up when bad is gone
13). When all experts say it is a must, then they are not that expertise
14). Follow who is next to fall, you will understand who has something to do with $700 billion IF bailout eventually fails...
15). Gov. is never representative of people, Gov.'s will is not people's, why bother
16). When Bush says "People will suffer" where "people" doesn't refer to you common citizens, in his brain, it refers to his wealthy bodies, can we trust him any more, I say no.
17). Do those elected in Washington have more knowledge than the people? no, people know better
18). I hate politicians in this country, I doubt USA is a great country, I don't know ....
19). Debt is debt, how the heck it will become asset? Junk is junk, how come it is gold?
Friday, September 19, 2008
Market crashing.......subprime.......gov bought out...
Jul 15, 2008 ... Bush: Financial system is 'basically sound'.
Sep 15, 2008 ... Paulson: Banking system is 'sound'.
Sep 15, 2008...White House says no more bailouts on the way Paulson said he is taking Monday’s stock tumble as a good sign
Sep 19, 2008...Paulson: Rescue to cost ‘hundreds of billions’ Treasury Secretary says handling banks’ bad assets costly, but needed
Sep 15, 2008 ... Paulson: Banking system is 'sound'.
Sep 15, 2008...White House says no more bailouts on the way Paulson said he is taking Monday’s stock tumble as a good sign
Sep 19, 2008...Paulson: Rescue to cost ‘hundreds of billions’ Treasury Secretary says handling banks’ bad assets costly, but needed
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Public vs Private confusions, F & F created by D
AIG is public company that is owned by gov with 80% stake, gov is owned by tax payers (private), then AIG is a private company, what it wrong Republic? I am confused when Ruch Bo says private companies heal themselves, why Bush company bailed it out?? I don't understand your logic.
By the way, don't scream on radio, we may listen clearer.. thank you for making me think
One more, F & F was created by D, why Bush company R saved D's ass? you pissed me off Rush Bo. (Ye, Rush & Bush are spelled differently..)
By the way, don't scream on radio, we may listen clearer.. thank you for making me think
One more, F & F was created by D, why Bush company R saved D's ass? you pissed me off Rush Bo. (Ye, Rush & Bush are spelled differently..)
Monday, September 15, 2008
Wall Street on 9-15-2008 to Lehman Filing Chapter11
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Wall Street awoke to a dramatically changed world on Monday as Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy filing rocked investors and pulled down financial stocks around the globe.
Lehman (LEH: 0.31, -3.34, -91.6%) on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, ending the 158-year-old Wall Street firm's run and rattling the foundation of the global financial system.
Lehman (LEH: 0.31, -3.34, -91.6%) on Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, ending the 158-year-old Wall Street firm's run and rattling the foundation of the global financial system.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Lehmen Brothers..........will be bailed out as F.F. by Hank
USA Gov (R) has no choice but bails out the troubled asset (or debt), because they need a false stable market to win elections. They don't want to release the bail till Monday as they did always on Sunday because China is on Holiday on Monday will reopen on Tue (PT Monday...), who is the boss of FF, yes China, isn't it?
Today is Sunday 9/14/2008
Today is Sunday 9/14/2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Birth day 9-9-2008
one request: what I want is channel of comminucation, nothing else, then we can talk, share info, share experience that for sure are good for your growth, no matter it is bad od pain, or joy of success, that is what you need or you will regret when you are ready to talk when he is too sick to speak........
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Driving Skill 123
1 trick 2 tips 3 no-s:
1 trick: concentration
2 tips: hand on wheel, eyes on road
3 no-s: no alcohol, no drugs, no roadrage
You will be having no accident
1 trick: concentration
2 tips: hand on wheel, eyes on road
3 no-s: no alcohol, no drugs, no roadrage
You will be having no accident
Saturday, May 24, 2008
things that matter that make sense
"Please forgive me," "I forgive you," "Thank you," and "I love you."
Innocence: I adore it. Imagine it you are pissed off on someone for some weird behavior ( as you look at that ) and ready to blast the person for that. The person does it with good intention and explains with those innocent eyes. All your anger melts within no time and is replaced it with that affection.
Commitment: Respect it. People who committed towards their words /actions carryhigh regard. They alone can understand the respect your actions and your thoughts.
Ethics: Must in life. Life without ethical standards cannot be meaningful.
Family: They are integral part of your life. They are those people who stand by you in thick and thin. A bunch of people who will always think good for you. Also these are the people for whom you should be there always no matter what!!
Marriage: A turning point of life. It makes you selfless. You start thinking about someone else as priority than you. It is an amazing feeling.
Happiness: It is like a vitamin pill. It is like your immunity system. Every effort that makes you happy is worth going for it.
Honesty: It takes hell lot of guts to accept your fault/weak points. Unless you are honest yourself there is no opportunity to improve. There is no need to play hide and seek if your actions and intentions are good enough
Why is it that people say they “slept like a baby” when babies wake up every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?
What is the speed of darkness?
If the temperature is zero outside today and it’s going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
If it’s true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?
Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?
How is it that we put a man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Did you ever stop and wonder……
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, “I think I’ll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?”
Who was the first person to say, “See that chicken there… I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it’s bum.”
Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?
Why does your Obstetrician, Gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway ?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They’re both dogs !
Can blind people see their dreams? Do they dream ??
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? (This one kills me !!!!)
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables,then what is baby oil made from ?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
Innocence: I adore it. Imagine it you are pissed off on someone for some weird behavior ( as you look at that ) and ready to blast the person for that. The person does it with good intention and explains with those innocent eyes. All your anger melts within no time and is replaced it with that affection.
Commitment: Respect it. People who committed towards their words /actions carryhigh regard. They alone can understand the respect your actions and your thoughts.
Ethics: Must in life. Life without ethical standards cannot be meaningful.
Family: They are integral part of your life. They are those people who stand by you in thick and thin. A bunch of people who will always think good for you. Also these are the people for whom you should be there always no matter what!!
Marriage: A turning point of life. It makes you selfless. You start thinking about someone else as priority than you. It is an amazing feeling.
Happiness: It is like a vitamin pill. It is like your immunity system. Every effort that makes you happy is worth going for it.
Honesty: It takes hell lot of guts to accept your fault/weak points. Unless you are honest yourself there is no opportunity to improve. There is no need to play hide and seek if your actions and intentions are good enough
Why is it that people say they “slept like a baby” when babies wake up every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an “S” in the word “lisp”?
What is the speed of darkness?
If the temperature is zero outside today and it’s going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
If it’s true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?
Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?
How is it that we put a man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Did you ever stop and wonder……
Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, “I think I’ll squeeze these pink dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out?”
Who was the first person to say, “See that chicken there… I’m gonna eat the next thing that comes outta it’s bum.”
Why do toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don’t point to their bum when they ask where the bathroom is?
Why does your Obstetrician, Gynaecologist leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway ?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They’re both dogs !
Can blind people see their dreams? Do they dream ??
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? (This one kills me !!!!)
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables,then what is baby oil made from ?
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Why do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?
Bank definition
When a bank checks your credit, do you have right to ask their credit, the subprime crisis told us banks have very poor credit, so what is a solution to dump banks who make lies all the time who grisp your money then treat it as their asset lend to you make money on your money, they are nothing without your money, do we need it
No, we don't need bank to manage our own money, they are the same group as non-profits, they use your money to create their own jobs, that is a fairy for generations, this is what "service" means? no
There must be a solution
Hi the smart people, get rid of those liars
No, we don't need bank to manage our own money, they are the same group as non-profits, they use your money to create their own jobs, that is a fairy for generations, this is what "service" means? no
There must be a solution
Hi the smart people, get rid of those liars
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Government definition
Government is the great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.
Future GPS
I am imagining a new GPS in the near future, that projected or reflected on your wind shield, it shows up when you need it, you don't have to turn your head to see where you are on the existing GPS monitor...
Hi engineers, could you do something to improve and let the drivers pay their attentions to on the road, basically, it should be doable.
Mother's Day imagination on 5/10/2008
Hi engineers, could you do something to improve and let the drivers pay their attentions to on the road, basically, it should be doable.
Mother's Day imagination on 5/10/2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
2008 president
We are expecting Obama to be the first black president, but republican is not sleeping, Obama has long way to go I would say 50/50 on D/R
2008/2/21
2008/2/21
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
to change the proved good?
to change the proved good?
This is a good business model: Fairness + 25%/75% profit share
It is already proved that the above business works very well, the question should how we should improve and keep company growing sustainedly. You don't want to change the rule fundamentals because there are some bugs.A company is going smoothly,
This is a good business model: Fairness + 25%/75% profit share
It is already proved that the above business works very well, the question should how we should improve and keep company growing sustainedly. You don't want to change the rule fundamentals because there are some bugs.A company is going smoothly,
Future PC
Future PC: a pen drive or flash.
what we do is bring that little drive go where you go use public monitor+pc-no-drive plug your flash get your pc anywhere there is a monitor _ pc-no-drive
Is that amazing?
I don't know
Is this a idea to make computer work
what we do is bring that little drive go where you go use public monitor+pc-no-drive plug your flash get your pc anywhere there is a monitor _ pc-no-drive
Is that amazing?
I don't know
Is this a idea to make computer work
Feds Job
What Feds does? paper money printings, that is why Feds has to watch inflation print more green bill.
Feds has no choice because US$ is so popular in the world, we know OIL US$ in middle east, we know officier bribed US$ in China, we know Cocaine US$ in S. America, many many, Feds really doesn't know how many US$ varieties in the world, what to do is watch the curve of US$ value, print more or less papers.
Does it make sense? it could be a good subject for PhD world economy... tbc
Feds has no choice because US$ is so popular in the world, we know OIL US$ in middle east, we know officier bribed US$ in China, we know Cocaine US$ in S. America, many many, Feds really doesn't know how many US$ varieties in the world, what to do is watch the curve of US$ value, print more or less papers.
Does it make sense? it could be a good subject for PhD world economy... tbc
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Bottle neck
there is a bottle neck when you go back and forth closer to San Diego on I5, where is the bottle neck , for some reason, it is right there on the spot there is construction site forever, can you believe that I can not imagine why they do that could somebody tell me if the construction can be moved away from that neck spot no no one can tell
Monday, September 17, 2007
TELL MY SON
-keep in mind that lost is a loss forever but gain is not gain forever
-remember what you should do when a stranger comes to you with smile and offers anything good? runaway!
-women have more than one hole that needs to be filled
-to measure a man: how much money does he have in his name
-to measure a woman: how good she behaves to a rich man
-don't say any meaningful thing to those you don't trust
-do things that matter, do things that make sense
-ask yourself why twice before you take actions
-you don't understand what your target customer says on their web, it is not your customer, go next
-useful webs: wikipedia.com / google.com / alexa.com
-make your father your best friend, why? because he is your father
-you have only 2 unconditional supporters in your life
-mortgage is only one loan or debt in the world you can take
-there is no such a thing called free lunch, you have to pay what you take no exceptions
-if we can make mistake why any one others can not
-reading is the best way to learn writing
-Credit card vs Debit card = other people's money vs your own money, you can dispute the fraud on credit, it is hard to dispute the fraud on your debit card, use your credit card when you are not sure if it is safe
-you can learn more from friends of your girl friend about your girl friend other than herself
-price is what you pay, value is what you get
-What looks like a great deal today, may not be tomorrow!
-We can not let others do our thinking for us
-Sometimes we have to do what is required
-Speculation is the battle of the individual against the herd
-Don't be surrounded by bad people who will trash you when the hammer is down
-Realtor or broker will tell you that it is good time to buy since home is investment, say no and do your own homework and find out where the market goes and how confortablly you can afford.
-women think that each every rich man is their best fit, you can easily tell if a girl is really loving you by your heart thinking
-you can be whoever you want to be, just do it
-nothing is un-achieveable
-you will understand most of the motives if you watch where the money goes
-if someone makes you anger with your parents, he or she is not at your side or to benefit you
-remember what you should do when a stranger comes to you with smile and offers anything good? runaway!
-women have more than one hole that needs to be filled
-to measure a man: how much money does he have in his name
-to measure a woman: how good she behaves to a rich man
-don't say any meaningful thing to those you don't trust
-do things that matter, do things that make sense
-ask yourself why twice before you take actions
-you don't understand what your target customer says on their web, it is not your customer, go next
-useful webs: wikipedia.com / google.com / alexa.com
-make your father your best friend, why? because he is your father
-you have only 2 unconditional supporters in your life
-mortgage is only one loan or debt in the world you can take
-there is no such a thing called free lunch, you have to pay what you take no exceptions
-if we can make mistake why any one others can not
-reading is the best way to learn writing
-Credit card vs Debit card = other people's money vs your own money, you can dispute the fraud on credit, it is hard to dispute the fraud on your debit card, use your credit card when you are not sure if it is safe
-you can learn more from friends of your girl friend about your girl friend other than herself
-price is what you pay, value is what you get
-What looks like a great deal today, may not be tomorrow!
-We can not let others do our thinking for us
-Sometimes we have to do what is required
-Speculation is the battle of the individual against the herd
-Don't be surrounded by bad people who will trash you when the hammer is down
-Realtor or broker will tell you that it is good time to buy since home is investment, say no and do your own homework and find out where the market goes and how confortablly you can afford.
-women think that each every rich man is their best fit, you can easily tell if a girl is really loving you by your heart thinking
-you can be whoever you want to be, just do it
-nothing is un-achieveable
-you will understand most of the motives if you watch where the money goes
-if someone makes you anger with your parents, he or she is not at your side or to benefit you
bubble is bubble
bubble is bubble that pops, you can not hide or cure it by involving with government hands, let it go cure by itsself. this is the way it should be
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Bank charges
is it amazing, you save your money with a bank, they use your money to make themselves rich menawhile they charge you for services you never can tell what they mean, I am thinking why they charge for my giving money to them
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
To elect the republican to the presidency, let the Republic president take care of Iraq war mess, no they don't care, they will continue creating mess or continue leaving the mess to next democratic. What you can my fellow American, nothing...when capitalism drives the country...I love this but the war the death the liars...including the US media...wow they art the real thing, I am asking myself, is that true what I saw on TV on papers on internet.big ??? marks
Monday, July 9, 2007
Is it scary when a girl calls from indian and verifies your credit identity, who tells you she has all your credit info on hand infront of her, there is no privacy, it is very easy to get your info spreaded in India then Pakistan then Bangladesh then Hong Kong then Malaysia then China, you will see your bill one day saying spendings in those countries when you physically stay here in the USA.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
INS ????
a 40 years old woman, lives here for 39 years, will be deported to Canada, she is Cuba origin. my guess is she will be fine when this incident becomes a big news in media if what she said is true. I will follow up this see how it goes eventually.
Funny thing is she will have no problem as long as she stays quietly needs no passport, didn't go to INS, what a story. it is much interesting than Paris Hilton prisoning...
Funny thing is she will have no problem as long as she stays quietly needs no passport, didn't go to INS, what a story. it is much interesting than Paris Hilton prisoning...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Easterner vs Westerner
Westerners use forks easterners use chopsticks:
Forks are weapons, chopsticks are kind art, Westerner are most likely attacking people with weapons, Easteners are "Emperor Life Style" persuiers who just want to enjoy live with good food, artcraft like chopsticks.
Westeners invented almost everything physically for our today's day to day live, cars, electricity, internet, phones, airplanes, rocket, guns, highways, anything you can see around is initiated by westerners while easterners are dreaming on their old inventions "Paper making, Printing Skill, Compass, Powder Explosives" that they thought impact each every inventions today. Paper making creates the printing communicating world today, Printing makes info go spreading to the world easily, Compass guides the long distance voyage gets trade to reality, Powder explosives is father of weapons and politics, etc... so that is another reason why Easterners enjoy theirs lives being proud of their initial inventions, they think everything of technology today comes from their 4 inventions. True or not, think of it, Eastener has done nothing physically and technogically for today's live??
Using chopstick, Chinese is smarter, it is simple one for all tool, more practical, isn't it bad to have a lot spoons forks knives many sizes different styles for different purpose, I give chopstick plus, fork/spoon/knife minus.
Actually there are only "yin" and "yang" in the world, they work together but can never be melted as one like chopstick, you need both they will live as individual ... so no matter westerner or easteners, we have to work together but stay different as individual as "yin" and "yan", it is real world
Easterns believe you will pay after life for what you do at this life, so Easterns are very cautious when they do things bad because scaring after life. Westerns believe God forgive everything they do if they confess and say regret, so Westerns go to war kill people then say sorry, they scare nothing of after life.
Forks are weapons, chopsticks are kind art, Westerner are most likely attacking people with weapons, Easteners are "Emperor Life Style" persuiers who just want to enjoy live with good food, artcraft like chopsticks.
Westeners invented almost everything physically for our today's day to day live, cars, electricity, internet, phones, airplanes, rocket, guns, highways, anything you can see around is initiated by westerners while easterners are dreaming on their old inventions "Paper making, Printing Skill, Compass, Powder Explosives" that they thought impact each every inventions today. Paper making creates the printing communicating world today, Printing makes info go spreading to the world easily, Compass guides the long distance voyage gets trade to reality, Powder explosives is father of weapons and politics, etc... so that is another reason why Easterners enjoy theirs lives being proud of their initial inventions, they think everything of technology today comes from their 4 inventions. True or not, think of it, Eastener has done nothing physically and technogically for today's live??
Using chopstick, Chinese is smarter, it is simple one for all tool, more practical, isn't it bad to have a lot spoons forks knives many sizes different styles for different purpose, I give chopstick plus, fork/spoon/knife minus.
Actually there are only "yin" and "yang" in the world, they work together but can never be melted as one like chopstick, you need both they will live as individual ... so no matter westerner or easteners, we have to work together but stay different as individual as "yin" and "yan", it is real world
Easterns believe you will pay after life for what you do at this life, so Easterns are very cautious when they do things bad because scaring after life. Westerns believe God forgive everything they do if they confess and say regret, so Westerns go to war kill people then say sorry, they scare nothing of after life.
Paris Hilton
it is different it is hilton, is it fair to treat this poor girl like that, I dont think so, this was it, you will have to aceept things dislikes or likes.
9 firemen died
It is sad news but that is firemen all about, they earned our respect, is everybody brave like them?
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