Jul 30 2008
China Muzzles its Money Managers
If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all. It is a free market or what, or Chinese style free market? Not entirely a bad thing, isn’t it?
Archive for July, 2008
Jul 30 2008
The mothership
Olympic is coming up soon. The excitement isn’t where I thought it would be. For one, Beijing residents who are being inconvenient are impatient for it to be over, even before it has began. I think the Tibet fiasco really damped the spirit of this coming out party. AND I won’t be surprised to hear the [...]
Jul 30 2008
The Asian parents ..
Michelle Wie has just skipped a Ladies major in order to play with the boys. She has never won a title with the girls. Many people, pros or fans feel the PGA - men’s tour should have a rule to require girls have to win five Ladies’ title before she could qualify for the boy’s [...]
Jul 30 2008
Flushing is on the map ..
Flushing has been a magnet shopping/dinning place for Chinese (and Koreans) for a long time. It’s evolved so much from few decades ago when Golfer and his parents lived there, was like a ghost town, my mother-in-law would joke. Now, getting a parking space is a major accomplishment. Small part of the area is trying to go upscale, with [...]
Jul 28 2008
Loaner ..
Piano. Golfer looked very pleased tonight, smiling ear to ear, said, “I think they’re delivering it tomorrow.” The It is his new toy/concubine piano - although I don’t know the sequence of his concubines ranking, the fish, chess, clubs .. .. .. I knew for sure the Lionel trains are out. It’s odd for a man [...]
Jul 28 2008
Who? Ashley Harkleroad?
Heard this was coming for a while, now she’s here. I’ve never heard of Ashley Harkleroad until she posted for the Playboy. Few had predicted in the past that she would be the America’s answer to Anna K. Guess not. Posting won’t do any thing to her tennis career, but might open doors to other venues [...]
Jul 27 2008
Rainy Day
I haven’t felt so happy to see a rainy day on weekend for a long long time.
During the warm months, from May to October, on weekends, I would feel severely depressed when I wake up to a rainy morning, or wet ground, because it means my out door tennis game is ruined. But this morning [...]
Jul 27 2008
F-1
What do golf, Formula One and US presidential race in common? Come on, you can guess that easily. Black man. Strictly speaking, mix-raced person with dark skin more then the other half. The phenomenon in the Formula One in Europe now is the 22 years old Lewis Hamilton, an English whose grandfather Davidson was from Grenada in the [...]
Jul 26 2008
His color or policy?
Tourist Obama or president-in-waiting is well received in Europe right now, gets audiences with the head of states. Does this privilege bestow on him because he’s black (exoticness) or because of his policies (his insight/finesse for the job he’s campaigning for)?
Jul 25 2008
So much for a Wartime Leader
So the heads of European countries are receiving the prince charming - guess McCain isn’t going to get an invitation from Uncle Hu or Grandpa Wen any time soon. The Frenchie gone as far as to predict Obama would win when commenting of their last met in the US, “one of us has become president, why [...]
Jul 24 2008
The Piano
In the years since World War II, piano manufacturing has shifted from Europe and America to Asia. Of the 480,000 pianos produced worldwide last year, 430,000 were made in Asia.
China has rapidly emerged as the major player, producing 375,000 instruments last year. In terms of craftsmanship and tonal quality, mass-produced Chinese pianos do not come [...]
Jul 24 2008
Soy foods ‘reduce sperm numbers’
Soy in Pocket
Got soy in pocket
Got vial? You’re gonna need it
Intention, I feel inventive
Gonna make you, make you, make you no Dad
Got motion, restrained semen
Been driving, few sperm leaning
No reason, just seems so pleasing
Gonna make you, make you, make you no Dad
Gonna use my soy nuts
Gonna use my miso
Gonna use my yuba
Gonna use my tempeh
Gonna [...]
Jul 24 2008
China Presses Grieving Parents to Take Hush Money
I’m surprised, with Olympic in sight, Sichuan or China in that matter, hasn’t executed few corrupted officials and contractors, or scape goats, a far better way to pacify the grieving and angry parents than money alone. The parents do deserve compensation, but unless the justice is done, there will be a deep hole in their hearts. [...]
Jul 23 2008
The golden boy
Sports Illustrated has Michael Phelps on the cover, projecting 8 gold medals in Beijing. Yeeeeessss, you go boy wonder. He isn’t excel just in one event, but all four strokes - butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle. That, Is, Remarkable. At 6′4″ (6′7″ wing), he should be at the other end of the pool in no [...]
Jul 22 2008
The angry youth .. fen qing
Fen qing, angry youth is a term that widely used in China nowadays. When I first saw it, I thought about the sent-down young city slickers during the Cultural Revolution. When they finally managed to get back to their home towns, most were jobless and uneducated, a bleak future await.. hence the title fen qing.
But the fen [...]
Jul 22 2008
Tour de France
Not a bad idea. When will New York do it? The Gate and da Water Fall are great, but I think the bike rental is far better. How about New York build a world class aquarium? The Coney Island’s one is so backyardy, it’s embarrassing. The west side where the city lost the debate to build [...]
Jul 22 2008
My first workshop
For the record, I joined a writing workshop, for the very first time. There are eight of us (six women), each would get a chance to read out loud and get gentle and friendly critics. It’s kind of eerie when I read mine - never done so before - felt very naked.
Most classmates write novels, including [...]
Jul 22 2008
Obama is a frog
Few hours spent in Iraq could fortify Obama’s credibility as a wartime leader is laughable! 2 years of hard studying can get you a law degree, 1-2 years a MBA and 4-5 years a PhD .. Obama sounds like a fairytale frog, opppps, I mean prince, very kiddish compares to McCain. Next when I get to introduce myself, I can [...]