Category: Life Tips

Reading Time: 2 minutes Friday evening I was checking out the air fare for the planned China trip later this year. And I found aa.com price irresistible: $1000 from STL to PVG. So I jumped on it. With sky high gas price (and jet fuel), this price seems cheap to me. I remember last year I paid close to

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July 13, 2008

Reading Time: 2 minutes Gas and Panera: more saving tips Yeah, the $4 a gallon gas is finally coming, it’s $3.899 in recent 3 days here in STL. I tried to stretch the gas I put last time at $3.699 as much as I could, but it seems like I will need to put gas either tomorrow or Monday.

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May 31, 2008

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update May15) My friend Sun also set up a donation page for earthquake relief. He even put up a challenge (match) for Paypal donors. Kudos to him. I sent a check of $51.20 to OSCCF today. (Source: NPR.org, more pictures from NPR) (Original) There are lots of organizations one can donate for the China earthquake,

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May 14, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute Finally St. Louis gas price is exceeding $3 a gallon. Today marks the first day my gas bill exceeded $40 ($3.179 * 13.105 gallons = $41.66). I am not complaining, as I know people around the world are paying a much higher price for gas, or paying a higher percentage of their disposal income for

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March 28, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute I don’t mean to steal immigration lawyers’ business πŸ™‚ A few years ago my employer sponsored my GC app including attorney services. But that did not extend to the AP and EAD (optional for me). I heard from a friend that he paid $1,000 lawyer fee for the EAD renewal. So I filled the forms

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March 16, 2008

Reading Time: 2 minutes The caffeine effect Which one has the most caffeine? A tall (12 fl oz, or 355 ml) brewed coffee, a tall latte with one shot of espresso (both at Starbucks), and a can (12 fl oz) classic Coca Cola? Your instant answer maybe the latte (espresso), but the correct answer is the brewed coffee. According

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February 27, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute I found this Samsung A437 cell phone deal through dealsea. I was thinking about replacing my good old Nokia 6010, not that I am not satisfied with the voice quality etc. I would like to get a flip phone (6010 is a candy bar phone, and I have to lock the keypad to avoid placing

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February 26, 2008

Reading Time: < 1 minute This blog is mostly about finance and stocks, but I will share other intereting things as well. After all, life is more than making (or losing) money. (It’s about spending money as well πŸ™‚ Wind shield stopped working in ice storm It happened to me last Thurdsay, in ice storm The wiper quit working after

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February 23, 2008
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