Oct
09
2007
Simon suddenly decided to skip town for 3 weeks, leaving tomorrow morning for home, Singapore. I’m devastated, who’s going to take care of me on court? And can I actually play without his nagging? This Saturday I played with Steve and Sunday I played with Jeff, all gone well, until against Simon and company. “I [...]
Tags: Badminton, tennis
Oct
09
2007
It stands for International Recovery Associates, Inc. located in Nesconset NY. I received a letter dated 10/1 today from them, demanding $97.30 on behave of my radiologist. Saying that I have 30 days to respond. How coincident that I just blog about it yesterday! It just reinforced my point that doctors are losing control and too [...]
Oct
09
2007
Walking home one day last week, passed by this lady in the pic. She looked weighted down by her bags and tilt her face upon seeing me. “Yes?” Thought she needed direction or something. “Do you have a quarter?” What? Need for the meter? “Quarters or dollar?” I saw her white canvas bag was full [...]
Oct
09
2007
FXI is up 4 points at the moment, representing a 2.25% surge. What’s going on there? Ferocious Krosa kicked the market up another notch? Nintendo is doing fine too, up 55% since May 31.
Oct
09
2007
My 6-month CD at 5.12% matured today, netting a profit that amply covers a dinner for four at Masa or Le Bernardin. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out this spread, but shows how Americans deal with finances: credit, credit and more credit. I don’t think the credit card industry is betting on the cc holders taking their line of credit running [...]