Jun 18 2008
The consulting firms that bridge US and China, are manned, by large, with non Chinese. Some might have Chinese partners. This bewilders me. One Chinese with a MBA from Columbia jokingly said, “why don’t we do this ourselves? .. I considered to enlist one or two my white classmates to front the company ..”
Most Chinese in China don’t speak English and most [...]
Jun 18 2008
A couple more odd scenes at the pool:
- A fair skinned Asian lady in a red bathing suit facing the pool, tucking in her pubic hair.
- My locker is always opened or ajar when I returned. As I said before, the locker rooms are small, so are the lockers. Only few full lengths. I don’t lock [...]
Jun 18 2008
The last time I went to swim at Flushing Meadows pool, it was bit chaotic as usual. Lifeguards busy blowing whistles - I have never heard this many whistle in a pool - because swimmers did what they please, without regards to others.
There is a few standard rules for lap swimming: you stay on the [...]
Jun 18 2008
The gap year is popular in the UK, but only a very handful kids would do it in the US. Not sure mine would opt for this path.
Few weeks ago, Pumpkin asked if she could go to a tutor summer school for bio and math. I was ashamed: shouldn’t we the parents pushing our kid for [...]