Reading Time: < 1 minute I got this GE 5.8 GHz cordless phone and Logitech QuickCam, at Office Depot (near Clayton and Big Bend). The phone costs $4.99 after mail-in rebate, and two QuickCams cost $9.99 after MIR, plus tax. It appears to me OfficeDepot has some deals that BestBuy or Circuit City don’t offer. Another nice thing is OD
Reading Time: < 1 minute Signs that I spoke Chinese too much lately 🙂 This morning I went to St. Louis bread co. to get bagel and coffee. The cashier/servant asked “how can I help you?”. And I said: 那个(na ge means let me see), (realized I was speaking Chinese) Asiago Cheese bagel bread sliced, and a small coffee, for
Reading Time: < 1 minute Well, except Wall Street, I have plenty of people to be thankful about… 1) My parents and my family members: without you I will not be where I am today. Or maybe I will be an investor banker (more likely a financial analyst) in Shanghai? Just kidding. 2) My wife and her family members: there
Reading Time: < 1 minute We went to the Chipotle yesterday. This is my second visit (see my first visit exp here), and my wife’s first. It did not turn out to be a disaster, but it is obvious that my wife did not like Mexican food 🙁 On the other hand, the stock of Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) continued to
Reading Time: < 1 minute I usually have a weekly call with my parents. My mom knows I investing in stocks. On today’s call she suggested I touch less on stocks. I think this sums up the sentiment of Chinese stock market very well. After recent drop of the A share market, people are weary of what the goverment will
Reading Time: < 1 minute The AA 0288 flight from PVG to ORD yesterday was very much full. The airline offered $600 coupon if someone is willing to give up his/her seat, because the plane is overbooked. As usual I saw more American than Chinese, besides business people and college students, we saw a little girl played ballet in Shanghai,
Reading Time: < 1 minute This time I am not travelling alone 🙂 I spent past 3 months here in Shanghai, plus a few months I spent early this year, this year marks the longest time I stayed in China since 1997. I enjoyed my time (for the most part) here. At the same time I learned a lot things:
Reading Time: < 1 minute Copied from Zhuping’s blog: 一次，诺贝尔经济学获奖者数学家约翰·纳什参加一个数学年会，会间休息的时候，有人就给他出了一道数学题。有甲、乙两人分别从两个地点出发往中间走，这两个地点相距 20公里，甲、乙两人的速度都是每小时10公里。甲还带了一条狗，这条狗的速度是每小时30公里，它先是和甲一起出发向乙走，遇到乙后就折返向甲走，遇到甲后再折返向乙走，如此反复直到甲、乙在中间会合。现在问当甲、乙在中间会和时，狗走了多远。 Two people (guy A and guy B), who are 20 km away from each other, are walking toward each other, at 10 km per hour. There is a dog, which goes at 30 km per hour. She (the dog) started with the guy A first. Because she goes faster
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s that season again. I saw people carrying around Moon cake bags, presumtably many got it from Danwei. That’s one good thing working in China, you got a lot freebies during holidays, that’s different from west. Can not imagine that companies in the US will give away Turkey coupon during Thanksgiving. Anyway I like the
Reading Time: < 1 minute Accoring to Seattle PI: “Up to 1.5 million daily giveaways will begin Oct. 2 and run through Nov. 7 at more than 10,000 company-owned and licensed U.S. stores, Starbucks said. When the promotion ends, Starbucks expects to have given away more than 50 million songs.” During the promotion, Starbucks will pick an artist each day
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