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Name: Wuan
Birthday: 11/14/1981
Gender: Male
Interests: Travel, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Dining, Snooker, Bowlilng, Pool, Movies, Music, (Chinese) Chess, Tennis, hanging out with friends...
Expertise: Thinking
Occupation: Computer related
Industry: Computers (Software)
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AIM:  vuacotuong
Yahoo:  hoangtu504
MSN: hoangtu504
Member Since:
9/23/2003
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| 3. The way to a woman's heart is through her ears.
2. Excercise is not an option in life, it is a critical requirement.
1. Doing the little things you have to do, when you have to do them, no matter whether you like to do them or not! | | |
| Victoria , Texas (pop. 55,000) is a town about 80 miles west of Houston .
Local Hispanic leaders there, in opposition to pending Immigration
Legislation, boycotted all Caucasian owned businesses in the Victoria
area this past weekend as a demonstration of their economic impact on
the community. The boycott was declared a success by the Hispanic
community, noting that revenue in Caucasian owned businesses was down
by 19%.
Business owners declared the boycott a success as well, pointing out
that shoplifting was reduced by 77%, money orders sent out of the
country were down by 97%, and the cost of daily clean-up and trash
collection was down by 84%. Shoppers reported that they could actually
hear English being spoken throughout the community for the first time
in recent memory, and customers actually paid for purchases with real
money, not government debit cards. | | |
| Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Berlin . In order to increase
sales, she decides to allow her loyal customers - most of whom are
unemployed alcoholics - to drink now but pay later. She keeps track of
the drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby granting the customers loans).
Word gets around and as a result increasing numbers of customers flood into Heidi's bar..
Taking advantage of her customers' freedom from immediate payment
constraints, Heidi increases her prices for wine and beer, the
most-consumed beverages. Her sales volume increases massively.
A young and dynamic customer service consultant at the local bank
recognizes these customer debts as valuable future assets and increases
Heidi's borrowing limit.
He sees no reason for undue concern since he has the debts of the alcoholics as collateral.
At the bank's corporate headquarters, expert bankers transform these
customer assets into DRINKBONDS, ALKBONDS and PUKEBONDS. These
securities are then traded on markets worldwide. No one really
understands what these abbreviations mean and how the securities are
guaranteed. Nevertheless, as their prices continuously climb, the
securities become top-selling items.
One day, although the prices are still climbing, a risk manager
(subsequently of course fired due his negativity) of the bank decides
that slowly the time has come to demand payment of the debts incurred
by the drinkers at Heidi's bar.
However they cannot pay back the debts.
Heidi cannot fulfill her loan obligations and claims bankruptcy.
DRINKBOND and ALKBOND drop in price by 95 %. PUKEBOND performs better, stabilizing in price after dropping by 80 %.
The suppliers of Heidi's bar, having granted her generous payment due
dates and having invested in the securities are faced with a new
situation. Her wine supplier claims bankruptcy, her beer supplier is
taken over by a competitor.
The bank is saved by the Government following dramatic round-the-clock
consultations by leaders from the governing political parties.
The funds required for this purpose are obtained by a tax levied on the non-drinkers.
Finally an explanation I understand.. | | |
| Woke up early today, chopped up a big bowl of fruits, made coffee for the family, took the trash out, washed the dishes, ate a bowl of cereal with mixed fruits (I normally skip breakfast), took a shower, ...
because...I slept early last night
because...I jogged for 2 miles after work yesterday
because...This application I installed on my iPhone (that helped me keep track of my calories/exercise/health) reminded me
because...I got the iPhone and installed a whole suite of cool applications
because...I was reading Upgrade Your Life (The Lifehacker guide to working smarter, faster, better) and wanted to upgrade my life
because...I had been reading the "Lifehacker" blog from the author of Upgrade Your Life
because...The "WebWorker Daily" blog got me into "LifeHacker"
because..."My Yahoo" has a feed to "WebWorker Daily"
because...I read news at work to pass the time
because...I'm pretty quick with what I do at work, so I have spare time to read
because...I take full advantage of my IDE shortcuts and type 100wpm
because...I learned them from my coworkers in Switzerland
because...
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| Happy Lunar New Year!
Cùng chúc tân niên
Sức khỏe vô biên
Thành công liên miên
Hạnh phúc triền miên
Tuối luôn đầy tiền
Và sung sướng như tiên
I received a text today from my sister that her baby's first words were "Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!"
How cool is that? 
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