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It’s Friday, I still haven’t packed for the week long vacation, have tennis 8-10 tonight .. ok I’ll share an embarrassing anecdote: I missed my flight from Scottsdale.  How close did I cut?  They closed the gate 15 minutes early.  I must be the biggest retard on earth.  Thank god the next flight to Boston was only an hour [...]

By Andrei Postelnicu   March 30 (Bloomberg) — Man Group Plc, the world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund company, plans to sell its futures brokerage unit in an initial public offering this year to concentrate on money management. The offering of Man Financial Inc., the fourth-largest operator in the $4.5 trillion-a-day global futures market, is planned [...]

Analysts split over what impact Beijing’s $300 billion investment arm could have on world markets.
By Chris Zappone, CNNMoney.com staff writer
March 30 2007: 3:08 PM EDT

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The Chinese government’s investment agency, being formed to invest a portion of China’s staggering $1.07 trillion in foreign exchange reserves, will reportedly have enough money in it [...]

CNN … ‘”Some of the officials believe that having a Hooters in your city shows a friendly and open attitude to attract foreign tourists and investors,” said the source.’   
Wow, is that cool or what.  So girls n money mingles well.  Flat chest is what people tend to think of Asian female, …. in HK they call [...]

It’s agreed that YH, the largest brokerage house in China will host Woodie’s first seminar.  They have branch offices around country, so Woodie can pick his locale and date/time.  Has to be after hours (9:30-11:30am n 1-3pm) or on Saturday/Sunday, since it’ll be held in the Joe Doe hall - the high netters are provided [...]

FT …’Harvard admitted a meagre 9 per cent of its record 22,955 applications this year - its lowest acceptance rate ever.’…. ‘A year at Harvard costs close to $46,000, while the average tuition at four-year public colleges and universities is $6,000.’ …. and an admissions counsellor thinks ‘that 17- and 18-year-olds today have accomplished more,” she [...]

Tina Z gave me a free trial certificate from her yoga place.  I had options of going for a week or getting an hour of private session.  I opted for the 1 hr.  The yoga place is a chain - this location is very small, perhaps only about 1,000 sq ft, a reception area where all the [...]

谢谢大驾光临。这个网站是有关我的家谱，股市买卖以及没人过问的琐事。第一和第二是为了督促自己，第三项是为了不招人讨厌，免得强迫他人听我唠叨鸡毛蒜皮的事。

The First Encounter
Soon after moving to Hong Kong from Beijing in the late 70s, I spotted a newspaper ad for a stamp convention. Intrigued by the notion that my idle hobby could possibly merit any kind of gathering, I decided to stop by in the hopes of meeting fellow teenagers who shared my interest in [...]

Manyue jiu, full month party for the new born is a celebration Chinese dotted on their children, well, in lieu of bat or bar mitzvahs, or Sweet 16, etc.  lol…  Some people call it red egg party too.  We had it for Kinglazy in a seafood restaurant and Slowpoke at Grandma’s.  Don’t accuse me of 重男轻女, [...]

It’s official that Slowpoke’s quitted piano.  Last Thursday as soon as she came home from school she asked to go to play tennis: Lee comes every Thur for their lessons.  Feeling guilty?  hmmmm … no need.  I’m amused to see what she’ll do this Thur … Today she’ll start lacrosse.

Martin hustles.  It’s last year this time when I met him as kids took the week long spring break lessons at the sport center in town.  He taught Kinglazy’s group.  On the last day, he came out during one of the water breaks, and said to me, “oh, your son can play.”  Pardon me?  I [...]

Elaine is my cousin I met thro my research.  She lives in Honolulu with her hubby n three grown kids; perhaps is the only one who’s interested in our genealogy.  Not long after we began corresponding back in 2004, she excitedly told me that she found a bond that signed by our great great grandfather: [...]

Slowpoke met some of my buddies for the first time, those I never invited for dinner at home.  Her impression of Simon is ‘a very jolly man’.  He talks non stop, providing advice freely and abundantly, which I enjoy.  Sandy is ’smile a lot, very friendly.’  When Sandy learned Slowpoke’s name, she said ‘oh, that’s [...]

We went to an amateur concert with Lee and Frank in Port Washington.  It’s in the memory of Ouida Mintz who wrote a book recounting her friendship with Bernstein.  Among dozen performers, there was this blonde young composer Jane Leslie who played her own pieces, Dreamsong was written in 1992 and Joy was from last [...]

Spa, yoga and thousand years old eggs are in fashion recent few years.  Ok, the egg is a joke, but you got the idea.  Rita called last night, informing me we’re going to Jialing’s new spa opening today. 
The 6,000 sq ft bi-level salon is airy and obviously new, but nothing to write home about, [...]