Archive for November 19th, 2007

Nov 19 2007

Amex’s Plum Card

Published by The Kibbitzer under View from Bottom

The new credit care comes out as quickly as the new Japanese prime minister’s debut.  But the color of this Amex’s new card is very sexy, don’t know what’s different with all other cards, ..

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Nov 19 2007

Two bucks Chuck

Published by The Kibbitzer under Seefood Diet n Wine

A friend from NJ bought this wine, $2 in CA and $3 in the east coast.  He’s been talking about it for a long time, finally we aligned our schedules.  Actually we’ve heard this wine from few others: good wine at an unbelievable price.  It’s true.  Gosh, like NYT commercial, what can you buy in NY [...]

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Nov 19 2007

Boot camp

Published by The Kibbitzer under Current Affairs

Hey, I thought we Asians have more self control than the rest, ..  Soon I might need to check into one of those fancy camps for excessive blogging, baifen, tennis, eating .. ..

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Nov 19 2007

Out of Africa

Chinese working in Africa, the new colonialists, :).  My high school back then was the only international school in the country.  Each grade designated a class that accepted foreign students.  Well, George W. Bush took one look at China when his dad was stationed in Beijing and left .. .. the majority of the foreign student body [...]

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Nov 19 2007

Beijing’s robo-trains given human touch

Published by The Kibbitzer under Celestial Empire

:).. China is really dotted their Is and cross the Ts for the coming out party: they’re hiring 70 drivers for the ‘driver-less’ Bombardier that is going to run between BJ airport and Dongzhimen, 28 km.  Those 70 trainees – all male, under-25, with good reflexes and conversational English.  .. Where is NY’s bombardier or bullet [...]

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Nov 19 2007

Acuvue

Published by The Kibbitzer under Saga

There are many brands of plastic eyes, Acuvue is one of them.  And within Acuvue, there are few different types.  Each box has 6 lenses of same prescription.  So if the right eye has different prescription, then two boxes are needed.  Learning time, :).  I went to shopping and spotted a sign for Acuvue, selling [...]

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Nov 19 2007

Remarkable

Published by The Kibbitzer under View from Bottom

Wow .. a friend forwarded this 5 minutes performance: she has one arm and he has one leg.  What a pair of winners!!!  Beautifully done.

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