Author Archives: sinyaw

Risk, Fear, and Failure

Posted on July 18, 2011 by sinyaw

This is a managerial topic, as in how to get your team to work more effectively. Early in the managerial career, the training is about securing resources, practicing planning skills, and keeping things organized. On any day, I would be … Continue reading →

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No Chinese WP???

Posted on July 14, 2011 by sinyaw

I have not figured out how to write blogs in Chinese after I upgraded WordPress version. If you know, please teach me. I am running WP 3.1.2, PHP5, MySQL 5. That’s why all my Chinese blogs are garbled. Stay tuned.

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Volunteer Park

Posted on July 13, 2011 by sinyaw

Do you know where Bruce Lee was buried? What? You don’t care?!?! Man! Volunteer park is tucked away in Capitol Hill and has a conservatory and a small Asian Arts Museum. There is an interesting sculpture that overlook the Space … Continue reading →

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Girl Power

Posted on July 10, 2011 by sinyaw

“I don’t promote man to management,” my friend, a CEO of a 100-employee company that does trading and services in Asia, said to me. I was astonished. “What if one is very good at management?” “Their failure rate is too … Continue reading →

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Fireworks at the lake

Posted on July 6, 2011 by sinyaw

The boats congregated into a roughly square formation in the middle of the lake. The gathering started very early in the morning and quickened after noon. At about 4pm, there are about 400 boats; I can imagine people hopping from … Continue reading →

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USCIS v. USA

Posted on July 3, 2011 by sinyaw

Jose Vargas proposed that if an illegal immigrant came into the country since young age and stayed long enough to earn a bachelor’s degree, he should be granted legal status. He did not do this out of altruism; he is … Continue reading →

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Ballard Locks

Posted on June 28, 2011 by sinyaw

John McGraw stands at the busy intersection of 5th, Steward, and Westlake. He always faces the trolley station, officially Seattle Street Car. No doubt riders and tourist would walk up and study the inscription on the pedestal on which he … Continue reading →

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Chrome Book, yet another thin client

Posted on June 24, 2011 by sinyaw

The battle between thick- and thin-client started in the mid-80s. At one corner was the Unix camp who led the technological innovation and was pushing a new thing called X Windows: a desktop standard for all Unix workstations. Over the … Continue reading →

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Back to Beijing

Posted on June 18, 2011 by sinyaw

Truth is, I never left. Three years ago. Several of us arrived around the same time. Us transient people of this great city from else countries, drank the city in by the fire hoses. We, like all transient people, experienced … Continue reading →

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Air Rage

Posted on June 16, 2011 by sinyaw

On one of my recent flight to SFO, soon after landing, as the very moment the seat-belt light turned off, a passenger sprang up and ran to the cockpit area. He talked to the attendant and got what he needed, … Continue reading →

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