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China is in the spot light again for the wrong reason. A fortnight ago, we have the Mattel product recall for their Price & Fisher products Now, a New Zealand government is investigating the claim by TV3’s ‘Target’ consumer program watchdog group  that woolen and cotton clothes imported from China contained a very high level [...]

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I love to go fishing whenever I am free. Since I started working I am able to invest in better equipments to catch bigger fish and go for fishing tournaments. Fishing can be a rewarding hobby if you can catch big fishes.
Fishing tournaments like Bounty Fishing attracts many competitors across North America competing to catch [...]

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I was shocked when I read about Mattel recalling its three made-in-China Fisher-Price toys because of excessive amounts of lead. Among those recalled are my kid’s favorite toys like Barney Best Manner Phone, Sing N Play Alphabook and Sesame Street Giggle Surprise Giggle. I was felling very uncomfortable with the news and immediately called home. [...]

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Besides video conferences that I have to attend, sometimes I do attend audio conferences with participants from different regions of the world. I prefer audio conference compared to video conference especially if it’s after office hours. For video conference, I have to go back to the office. I can do audio conference from the comfort [...]

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I learned about this interesting and yet, funny thing from one of my friends on memo writing. He works for a multi-national company. Even in the modern era of information and computing technology, his company is still regulating memo writing in accordance to the size of an A4 paper. Strange but it’s true.
They are required [...]

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Montessori education is not cheap. The fee is more than that of local university. If I were to compare the fee I paid when I was in university, I will faint immediately.
My daughter just brought her Montessori school fee payment schedule to me. It cost her $1,800 per trimester. This only covers her normal daily [...]

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One of my toughest work assignment working for a multi national corporation is to do traveling for projects or meeting to various countries. I used to enjoy traveling to various countries around the world until my kids come along. I adore my kids very much and stopped looking forward for international assignments.
With availability of video [...]

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I received this joke in my email regarding a comparison of life in prison and life at work. It’s really funny. I can’t help but to recall the recent case of Paris Hilton turning into a jail bird. Another movie star, Lindsay Lohan,  is about to become one soon.
Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail for [...]

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