Sep 28 2006
U.S. homework outsourced as ‘e-tutoring’ grows
09/28/06 01:46 PM, EDT
Private tutors are a luxury many American families cannot afford, costing anywhere between $25 to $100 an hour. But California mother Denise Robison found one online for $2.50 an hour — in India. …
Hey, the cost of private tutor is inaccurate! $100 won’t buy you an [...]
Sep 24 2006
Is the Chinese or Irish for having the worst teeth? I just watched Gong Li’s movie, Shanghai Triad. She’s tall, detached, pretty but just wish that she smiles less … same goes with Zhang Ziyi. They should get a brace. Is this another Americanization? For I never heard people complimenting [...]
Sep 24 2006
Had dinner with a group of tennis buddies (few are from Taiwan and few from China) last night and the conversation veered off to Lin Biao, whom Stalin considered one of the most brilliant generals. Even the waiter couldn’t help but chip in his 2 cents of thoughts. I sat there silently, when [...]
Sep 21 2006
Pumpkin just called.
“Mom, I’ll be home a little late … ”
Ok ..
“Ooh, by the way, Mom, I got 35.”
Pause.
” .. out of 100 on my math test.”
Wwwwhat? Okkay, I am cool, didn’t scream nor fainted.
“Teacher said it wasn’t difficult …. and there were only 12 questions … I’m here watching tennis with few of [...]
Sep 15 2006
BizWeek reported back in Aug 7, that Seth Klarman’s Margin of Safety, published in 1991 commands $700, a best deal from Amazon.com (another seller offers $2,500). This has brought up my bookish moment, and it cost me only $20: when I interloaned the book Zehn Jahre des Glücks, written by my grand aunt (my [...]