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Points on RIF

Posted on June 5, 2006 by sinyaw

Points on RIF June 3rd, 2006 RIF, or more commonly known as layoff, starts when the company learned it has more employees than it needs. Why? Most of the time, the company did not plan well. It is only academic … Continue reading →

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Wealthiest Man in the World

Posted on May 30, 2006 by sinyaw

This is really an entry about a garden. Mr. HE Shen (和珅, 1746~1799) died with about 800 million ounces of silver in his estate. That was 10 times China's government income. It is hard to imagine who will be wealthier … Continue reading →

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Temple of Guang Gong

Posted on May 20, 2006 by sinyaw

Among many dissimilarities of Chinese is its religions, or the lack of an original one. The closest to a “native” religion is a form of multi-theist one. Chinese generally believe all intensive and unique beings that ever existed live forever … Continue reading →

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Professionals train themselves

Posted on April 11, 2006 by sinyaw

Professionals train themselves April 8th, 2006 Kevin, an engineering manager, was frustrated. Good projects do not come to his engineers. If there are no projects, there will be no accomplishments, and no advancements. China will feel like the high-tech colony … Continue reading →

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Mr. China: A Memoir

Posted on April 3, 2006 by sinyaw

Mr. China: A Memoir Tim Clissold ISBN: 0060761407 Pub. Date: February 2006 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers What do you expect? Tim and his partner, Pat, made few hundred investments each thousands times the average annual income of an individual. They did … Continue reading →

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Guns, Germs and Steel

Posted on March 17, 2006 by sinyaw

Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jarred Diamond ISBN: 0393317552 Pub. Date: April 1999 Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. History is never the same again. Now I think of history geographically. The book, recommended by … Continue reading →

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What crime the iron committed?

Posted on February 25, 2006 by sinyaw

Yue Fei (岳飛, 1103-1141), was my hero. He is the epitome of poignancy in China history. So, so sad. So, so maddening. I blogged about a poem he wrote earlier. Around 1200 A.D., Han people under Song dynasty (宋) was … Continue reading →

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Defining Moments

Posted on February 20, 2006 by sinyaw

Defining Moments January 12th, 2006 Career progresses not linearly. After few years, you have become proficient with your job, how does it go from here? Where do you break out from this current path? Corporate ladder is more like a … Continue reading →

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First Snow

Posted on January 12, 2006 by sinyaw

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. I am giddy like a kid. Not many times in my life snow flakes fall where I can reach. Clearly snow removal equipment is not a familar concept here. People try … Continue reading →

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World is Flat and Moneyball

Posted on January 8, 2006 by sinyaw

I am the least smart person in the family and proud of it. Both daughters are bright, smart, intelligent, personable, and, I am unbiased saying this, drop-dead pretty. They read in very different styles. Younger one “binge read.” She attacks … Continue reading →

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