Apr
22
2007
Martin came to teach at the sport center due to an emergency. He took the court next to me. After the lesson, he came asking me if I know Justin’s dad. “Who?” He explained he’s Sharon’s kid bro. Sharon is close friend of Slowpoke and an excellent tennis player. Thought their dad is at the [...]
Apr
22
2007
Craig is kind of coach who takes his coaching rather seriously: 15 minutes into the 1-hr lesson, two brothers showed up. “How nice to see you after 2 months! Or was it 3 months?” Craig exclaimed. The taller one couldn’t be more than 10 years old, and both of them are demanding and vocal, dressed with oversized [...]
Apr
22
2007
By Sunny? You bet. He dumped me so fast, that I didn’t even get a chance hitting a single shot with him. When I got to the court, he and Waldo were playing. As I put down my bag, tied my shoe laces, Kai showed up. So Sunny told me as matter of factly ‘to [...]
Apr
22
2007
Two traders showed up for our first meeting - mission accomplished for I only expected 2, lol… - we have Wall Street here as anchor, there are ought to be sizeable successful traders, but not a single moderator in Woodie’s room is from New York, or from the tri-state area currently. There are New Yorkers in the [...]
Apr
22
2007
is not ownership, wrote Alan Beattie (FT, 4/16/07) on Danone that the French drinks/dairy goods company regarded as a strategic national asset by Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s presidential favourite .. had sued its Chinese partner claiming it selling identical products to their jointly-produced versions on the side. And the Chinese partner bit back, not only accused [...]
Apr
22
2007
Wen’s visit to Japan was a huge turning point: he went as a victor, did all the routine things the western world expects a skipper would do. It wasn’t long ago when we didn’t even who their wives were, now he’s calling his Mom … Janap should realize that the tide has changed and it’s time to [...]