Archive for April 22nd, 2007

Apr 22 2007

The Poacher

Published by The Kibbitzer under Sports, View from Bottom

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 [...]

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Apr 22 2007

Brotherly love

Published by The Kibbitzer under Saga, Sports

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 [...]

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Apr 22 2007

Did I get dumped?

Published by The Kibbitzer under Reminiscences, Sports

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 [...]

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Apr 22 2007

First CCI meeting

Published by The Kibbitzer under Trading

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 [...]

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Apr 22 2007

The problem with China

 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 [...]

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Apr 22 2007

Quit when you’re ahead 见好就收

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 [...]

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