Oct
29
2007
And the honor roll. How to balance, i.e. homework. Not giving homework, a continuing endeavor, does that mean give student a break from stress - homework-free weekend or whenever, the homework would go away, disappear? I just don’t see the point that if the kid have to do it sooner or later. It’s not like an [...]
Oct
29
2007
The rose and the jasmine
The modern day teas are, well, very modern. I’m perhaps one of the very handful Chinese that buys tea for self consuming. Once I ran into a co-work at the grocery store and he was pretty amused that I actually buy tea. “Pls don’t buy, I’ll bring you some tomorrow.” He did. Apparently [...]
Oct
29
2007
Someone just asked Woodie if he had mentors when he’s novice trader. My novice moment came when I was first learned to ski. Once at a new resort, at the base, I saw the signs for different trails, Novice was one of them, at time I didn’t understand the word. It’s a busy time, long queues [...]
Oct
29
2007
It made Billary’s buy-one-get-one-free so lame. I don’t quite understand the thinking of the voters: the hubby’s been doing a good job, now they reward his wife to lead them for the next four years? 垂帘听政? Behind every successful man there’s a woman? He must love her very much to relinquish the position. Hmmmm .. [...]
Oct
29
2007
I heard from one of the traders at yesterday’s CCI meeting (which was very successful) that someone would buy on the CEO’s comments. Immelt had rosy out look for GE, predicting the “GE’s sales outside the US expanding in the next few years by 10-15 per cent annually” b/c “China, India ‘will shield GE from downturn’”. Ok, [...]