Reading Time: < 1 minute I came across a good discussion on the topic here at Baidu. Interesting discussions. Btw, I thought about it before reading that, and decided to give most of my earnings to OCEF. Today I saw my name on the report. Good: really I don’t care too much about my name there, and I know my

omaha
February 10, 2016

Tax

Reading Time: 3 minutes (Update 02-23-2016) Got the refund from Uncle Sam. From filing to receive refund only takes 7 days via turbo tax web version. Now I am waiting till 4/15 for the state because I owe money to show me state 🙂 (Update 02-16-2016) I filed the tax last night, since I got almost all the forms

omaha
February 2, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute This is an email I received recently, it notified me that my former employer withdrew the unvested petition of 401k from my account. You may think it’s bad. But I still think it’s a good deal because I contributed about $17,365 of my own money bewteen 2008/11 and 2010/02. The money doubled in about 6

omaha
January 28, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute She has what she likes, you have what you like; Food is not something worth to fight about;

omaha
January 27, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes I purchased a $100 Circle K gas gift card via eBay a few weeks ago, a few days ago I started to use it, and I found the initial balance is $75 instead of the $100 as advertised. See below, I spent $12.xx on the gas (imagine that a few years ago), and I saw

omaha
January 26, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Last wed. morning,  temperature was below freeze point, there were some leftover snow. When I start my car, windshield wiper blade broke. So early afternoon I bought a new set and tried to replace the wiper. Those were worn out before last wed. The problem for me is, I don’t know how to take the

stlplace
January 25, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Serenity got sick last few days. It’s a bit frustrating for us as she usually got sick once in the winter months (Jan to Feb, saw this post 1 year ago, and this post 2 years ago), I recall that happened more often last year. I got sick from time to time too, esp. in

omaha
January 24, 2016

Eat

Reading Time: 2 minutes I have covered sleep, walk (exercise), today I am going to talk about the good we eat. As I came to the US about 18 years ago, I recall a friend and a fellow Chinese graduate student once said: food, sleep and exercise are 3 key elements of being healthy. This was very relevant as

omaha
January 21, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes I think it’s important to get some breaks during the work. There are a lot of studies and real world examples that people sit before computer or desk all the day, and damage being done to their backs, necks, shoulders, elbows and hands. Thus the popularity of adjustable height desk so that people can choose

omaha
January 12, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute Commute is a meaningful part of our work life, for me in my 15+ years work, I had commute most of time except in 2 cases: 1) I lived very close to work for 1 year; 2) I worked from home for 15 months. St. Louis rush hour traffic is not as bad as Los

omaha
January 10, 2016
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