Reading Time: 3 minutes For Chinese (Mandarin) version, you may listen to this podcast (YT Video). Note I didn’t reveal some exact details as below – especially the second part 
Wide gap between China and the US then I think in simple terms, I wanted to come to the US and take a look. But there is more
Reading Time: < 1 minute 第一次听这首歌，是因为我最近开始听Ayen阿昕的歌。S.H.E【你曾是少年】吉他彈唱 Acoustic guitar cover 畢業季｜Ayen何璟昕: btw, 我同意Ayen阿昕唱完歌后说的那一段鼓励毕业生的话。很多年之前，我应该还是大学低年级，有一次系里让我们全年级去一个大的阶梯教室开会，有一个日本留学生（研究生）给我们讲话：他用中文写了两个字，初衷 (Original Intention)。他说的也是类似的意思：就是提醒我们不要忘记出发前，我们最初的想法。 这里有official video – S.H.E [ 你曾是少年 Wings of my words ] Official Music Video (｢少年班｣電影主題曲). KKBox 有歌词。以下摘抄几句： 或許再過上幾年 你也有張虛偽的臉難道我們 是為了這樣 才來到這世上這問題來不及想每一天一年 總是匆匆忙忙 你我來自湖北四川廣西寧夏河南山東貴州雲南的小鎮鄉村曾經發誓 要做了不起的人卻在北京上海廣州深圳某天夜半忽然醒來 站在寂寞的陽臺只想從這無邊的寂寞中逃出來
Reading Time: 2 minutes Google search – use money to buy time instead of stuff Kids (esp. 15 year old) are at an age that want material things, and I can relate to because many years ago I have been through that age many years ago – I wanted to pick out my own apparel including shoes to impress
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update 03-09-2025) LA Times – His wife dead, an ailing Gene Hackman was stranded alone in his house for days, authorities believe. (Update 03-7-2025) Huff Post: Gene Hackman And Wife Betsy Arakawa’s Causes Of Death Released. It seems to me in other words: Mr. Hackman who is in his 90s and has dementia, appears not
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tom Krause – CEO, Cloud Software Group – finance guy – Princeton U alumni – Now you know not all ivies have high moral standards, because Tom is obviously a #muskrat or a fat cat in the corporate world (ABS News). Quote the ABC news article a bit: One former Cloud Software Group employee said
Reading Time: < 1 minute 对过去的留恋可能是人之常情，尤其是对上了年纪的人（大概过了50岁的人可以说是上了年纪？），还有一些曾经辉煌，现在落魄的人。 有一个例子是鲁迅笔下的祥林嫂。实际生活中其实这种情况不少。我感觉我自己有时候也会说/想：想当年，我年轻的时候，blah blah blah. 最近 formerly executive assistant at square, sorry I could not find her profile on LinkedIn now, as I unfollowed her recently. Due to LinkedIn’s algorithm (or AI), it seems quite hard for me to find her again (refer to my recent blog post re: LinkedIn’s search-ability). PS (02-09-2025) I gave it
Reading Time: 3 minutes Travel Mishaps One of the most memorable moments in 2024, for me at least, we already checked out the hotel in HK and got on the taxi to the airport, then our 14-year-old said, “I left my hoodie in the closet”. We already checked out thus cannot go back to the room directly. Had to
Reading Time: < 1 minute I watched a bit of “Growing Pains” on Apple TV last night: the 2nd show that has the Bruce Springsteen show tickets. I purchase the series from Apple, probably in year 2016, when Alan Thicke, who acted as the dad in the screen, Dr. Jason Seave, died. I recall I watched most of the series
Reading Time: < 1 minute Below moment is likely not isolated to summer. Sometime between March and July this year (year 2024). One day I took MacBook on sofa, and sit about 6 ft from my 14 year old. We were at the two ends of the sofa (couch). Her response: dad, you are not going to sitting here for
Reading Time: < 1 minute One of the life lessons I learned over the years is – avoid toxic people at all cost. Charlie Munger mentioned it a few times. This is the latest example as to why: Man arrested, charged in woman’s St. Louis death after Clayton abduction: “Investigators believe that Mosby and the victim, identified as 37-year-old Michelle
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