Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

Sure you’ve heard prenup for a long time, ever thought about postnup?  Yep, it’s gaining popularity now.  A Cambridge lawyer has been writing this kind of contract for 8 years.  Lord, it only happens in da USA.  Unlike prenuptial agreement for which there is a legal standard, the postnup has none.  You chart your own course, define [...]

Daniel Loeb is back in the news again, recently having purchased a full-floor penthouse at 15 Central Park West, costing 45m.  Not at the 740 Park?  Apparently he’s classmate with Obama, and yes he’s supporting his run.

Look who’s coming to town – Carnegie Hall that is … I don’t know why NY Philharmonic had passed him up so many times … he seems to favor the modern rather than the oldies where the starchy New Yorkers prefer.  Really, he’s urbane, cool, handsome, a prefect fit for the big apple… but I can’t say [...]

Yep, my baby scored her first goal at lacrosse.  I’m soo darn proud of her … we had drinks … although they lost 3 only won 1 so far: too many girls and the coach’s reluctant to make 2nd cut.  They had one cut only that only eliminated few and still with 50 on the team.  I’m [...]

By Li Guoqing 李国庆 published in 2000.  A comprehensive book on Shutao’s bibliophile journey in chronicle order.  Details and anecdotes on major acquisitions, the engraved ancient books that he financed, his seals .. most importantly, since China lacks such topic and he was the consummated and unprecedented rare ancient book collector, this book serves as [...]

The curly haired Evgeny Igorevich Kissin gave 12 encores .. gosh what this world has come to.  It wasn’t long ago that none of the snobbish classical player would even entertain the idea of an encore, and here we are overdosed with a talented young man offers up to a dozen.  Why would he discount himself?

Tags: Funny pages, Melody

>     天津古籍出版社 Tianjin Ancient Book Publishing House published Zhou Shutao’s rare books booklist in 1985.  He’s a major bibliophile in China.  According to his second son 珏良 Jueliang, he began donating his collections to Beijing Library since 1951, then to Tianjin Library in 1957 and 1972 (His wife and children also donated numerous times after he passed away).  [...]

Zhao Puchu 赵朴初 (1907 - 2000; Taihu 太湖, Anhui - Beijing), a life long family friend who’s also Anhui province native.  He wore many hats, from banking to politics but was best known to be the president of China Buddhist Association.

Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa was born in Paris on Jan. 28, 1955, the son of a minor Hungarian aristocrat who fled Communism after World War II.  His mother was a law student, herself the daughter of an immigrant, a doctor who had arrived a generation earlier from Greece wrote NYT.  His half-brother is [...]