It’s not often that strangers initiate conversations with one another in the big city. It happens a few times now and then, though, and I was in just one such spontaneous conversation on the subway the other day. I was reading (and still am reading) the book The Millionaire Mind. It’s a great book, by [...]
I have been doing some pretty intensive cleaning around my home, and I came upon some old job postings. These are postings for jobs that I applied for, interviewed for, and got. It’s interesting now to look back on the postings to see just how the gigs matched the postings… or not. I’ve got two [...]
I have a fair number of acquaintances, but there is a small handful of people whom I consider truly good friends. It’s a small but select circle. Yet, I am very glad to have these people as my friends. Sure, we differ on how we see things sometimes. We might even argue very vocally when [...]
Prior to the Canadian federal election earlier this year, I was speaking to my stepbrother and asked him if he was going to vote. He replied, “No! I want to send a message to those clowns inOttawa!” When I heard that, I said a few words about how refusing to vote sends no message at [...]
It is interesting being at the confluence of two incredibly proud cultures that both see themselves as being the centre of the world yet living a little bit removed from both. Being Canadian and being Chinese, I am very aware of the influence of both Chinese and American cultures. Both are very proud, and both [...]
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