Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

The black out is going on, strong. On our way home from grocery shopping, we spotted a LIPA guy and stopped to chat with him, asking why/what/when .. I took a few pictures, and then walked over to join the conversation. There’s a map laying in his truck so I snapped a picture of it. [...]

Tags: Funny pages, Politics

To some, Ms. Sandberg seems to suggest that women should just work harder while failing to acknowledge that most people haven’t had all the advantages that she’s had. “I’m a huge fan of her accomplishments and think she’s a huge role model in some ways, but I think she’s overly critical of women because she’s [...]

Li Peng‘s diary of economy (?) 1983—1986年　调查研究熟悉工作, 重点工程取得成果 1987—1990年　治理整顿深化改革, 稳定政策经济好转 1995—1998年　对外全面开放格局形成, 抵御金融危机战胜洪水 1999—2003年　人大依法监督经济工作, 确定建设小康社会目标 1991—1994年　基本完成治理整顿, 控制基建抑制通胀 策划：《李鹏经济日记》真实记录经济发展 《李鹏经济日记》珍贵照片集萃 Share

As I’m reading this, I can’t help but think about the unions in the USA – it’s time to go; the world is really flat now. I still vividly remember my first moments in New York: my baffling affection for it (as if I knew it for a long time) and rolling my eyes over [...]

Such bad manner !! By Kari Huus, msnbc.com Concertgoers at the New York Philharmonic Tuesday night did not have to be musicologists to work out that the marimba was not part of the famous work. Conductor Alan Gilbert halted the performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony when the offending iPhone ringtone sounded — and persisted. Just [...]

Tags: Melody

首届美东华语电影节暨原创短片大赛 我的两个参赛作品在业余/纪录片是 参赛作品编号 021 李鸿章和我的家谱 [07:21] Youtube 可以快点 参赛作品编号 098 擋板 纽约巨人队 [04:16] Youtube 可以快点 我也竞争 最受欢迎的电影 选择类别，所以请 在这里投我一票 如果你喜欢 (参赛作品编号021 和 098; 请用 最新上传 比较容易找到我的作品) – 谢谢. 请和你的朋友分享. 土豆网: 李鸿章和我的家谱 和 擋板 纽约巨人队, 很慢 The First East Coast Chinese Original Short Film Festival Contest My two entries in the Amateur/Documentary are: Entry Number 021 The [...]

Procrastination? Don’t we all procrastinate? Things are often being delayed. Someone said it cutely: I have so many unfinished stuff that I’ll never die. ha ha ha .. By some miracle, you set aside a day to tackle that project you can’t seem to finish in the office. You close the door, boot up your [...]

Mrs. Thomas McKessy, of Limerick, Ireland, upon her arrival in New York with 10 of her 21 children in March 1926 (Bettmann/CORBIS) By John Banville Dublin IN an early memory of mine, if it is a real memory, I was taken one smoky winter afternoon by my Uncle Tom to Rosslare Harbor, some 10 miles [...]

Finding a place to living in New York isn’t easy. A young couple is hunting for a place to live in the Big Apple. He’s from Boston and she from Berlin. “I am German and used to a lot more inconvenience in my life than most Americans,” Something to reckon: Isn’t Germany the powerhouse in [...]

Liu Zhen 刘震 of E fund 易方达基金管理公司 was a graduate from Renda Fu 人大附中 in 1984. A friend who knows him, who also from Renda commented that this article, Liu’s speaking from the marketing point of view. There are many hedge funds in China, and many of them do not need to give interviews for [...]

By Jiang Xueqin: deputy principal of Peking University High School [Beida Fu 北大附中], and director of its international division. This is the commentary to The China Conundrum ________________________ You may have seen him on campus. He’s a Chinese student who aced his SAT’s, but once enrolled as a freshman he sits quietly by himself either [...]

At a cafeteria of a major bank on Wall Street, the major secondary languages being spoken by the employees are Mandarin, Indian accented English and Russian. The people behind the food counters are generally Hispanics. I’m musing: the Americans aren’t known for savings so they go out for lunch . Share

In “Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China,” he [the Harvard sociologist Ezra F. Vogel] chronicles the life of China’s paramount leader during the 1980s and ’90s and his determined push to open up and modernize the world’s most populated country. A book review printed in the Arts section of the Saturday paper. Are there [...]

By JAY CASPIAN KANG, Published: October 14, 2011 “I am so tired of everyone saying that the Chinese people are not creative and that everything they are doing is a copy of American Internet companies. They are right!” Fredy Harianto was one of 30 or so people who congregated at the headquarters of Boot HK, [...]

Asian supermodels are the hottest new stars of haute couture. ABC News claimed. Why Asian? Chinese girls are coming. China now has their share of super models, starting from the Victoria’s Secret. I don’t think it’s the world suddenly begins to appreciate Chinese beauty but the beauty of that 1.3 billion market. Take this: a [...]

A very windy Saturday last week. By around 7:50am, the three of the four courts are taken by 12 players. One lone player was on the fourth court by himself. After the set just got started, Kai and wife came but opted to run than joining the 4th court. A little while later, as two [...]

Tags: New York

John C. Liu, the New York City comptroller, has vaulted into the top tier of political figures in the city, building a formidable fund-raising machine that has quickly established him as a contender to succeed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. Now what? Years ago – when Michael Bloomberg first ran for mayor, against Mark Green – [...]

Tags: Politics