Nick Yang

October 15, 2010

I attended a quick session with Nick Yang today. He shared some insightful gems, starting with his journey after graduating from UofM to his financial standing now. He graduated with EE degree from UofM in 1997. He was first exposed to the Internet when he came to the university. After graduating, he went back to [...]

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Moving around Shanghai Expo

October 6, 2010

I’d returned from Shanghai almost a month ago. When I was there, I got the opportunity to visit Shanghai Expo and its famous pavilions. Here are some of the tips I gathered traveling around. 1) When you arrived early in the morning, visit the will-be-crowded area first (ie the European pavilions). If you arrived later, [...]

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Fall 2010 Courses

September 26, 2010

It’s actually several weeks into the Fall semester already, but I guess it’s better to be late than never. Otherwise, I might not update over here at all. Right now, I am taking five courses for this semester. It’s pretty reasonable for now, judging by rumors that some of my classes are challenging. FIN 300 [...]

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Cost and Benefit Analysis of Life Decisions

July 21, 2010

One of my regrets to date was not continuing my Mandarin studies during my childhood. The environment then is not conducive for progression. While I know enough Chinese to get through with everyday life, I harbored some hint of envy when my friends could read out those poems of ancient Chinese philosophers. Surprisingly, I was [...]

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Dissappearing and Reappearing

July 7, 2010

I had been neglecting this journal for quite some time. An initial plan for renovating this domain into something more lost its steam. I will start the ball rolling again with another story on my flight experiences. My recent flight from Detroit to Kota Kinabalu involved transiting over several terminals. I tried to purchase my [...]

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Angel on Ice

February 26, 2010

Saw her performance live on tv, simply splendid. I tried to search for her performance on Youtube but those with with better quality are often took down due to copyright claims. Here’s one that I found – Kim Yuna, Bond girl – angel on ice! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bml9L6pWM-o] Update: She just won the gold in Olympics! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQE-v_zwo6k]

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Inspirations

February 16, 2010

It’s often the small talks that lets me know the person behind the name. To the professor who earned his MBA to escape drafting for the Vietnam War, taking a two-year graduate course and finishing it in a year. Working three jobs at the same time to support his education and yet, graduate first in [...]

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Chinese New Year 2010

February 13, 2010

Happy Chinese Year to all my friends and readers (if there are any). May you find joy and prosperity in the Year of the Tiger. It may appeared that I had been abandoning this journal for the time, but truthfully I had a pile of backlogged post that I think will not see the light [...]

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Too Soon, Too Fast

December 7, 2009

It’s that time of the year again. I’m registering courses for next semester. However, things did not go as smoothly as I anticipated this time. I found that right now, during my second year here, I had accumulated enough credits to be considered a senior. I always had been aware that I had a lot [...]

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Strive to Rise Above

December 7, 2009

(Chicago, Illinois) Someday, I’ll be at the top and then, look down from above to this view. I was a participant at the Federal Reserve Challenge for Chicago Fed district, representing University of Michigan. It was an interesting experience, and certainly forced me to learn more about the US economy than I would if left [...]

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