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I have just finished chatting with my sister in law in England via Skype. She reminded me of my previous trip to London in 2003 which is 4 years ago. So, the expected question like “When will you visit London again?” cropped up. My wife and I stayed with her at Belper near Manchester. This time, […]

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Owning a car comes with a few other responsibilities like maintaining the car, renewing road tax and car insurance. Having to remember the date for renewal is a mental stress for me. I hate to be caught by enforcement officers for driving without a valid road tax or car insurance. The next challenge is to […]

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Wishing all you of Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. May the New Year bring us happiness, peace and prosperity.
I will take a short break from blogging to go for a short vacation in Bandung. Besides shopping and enjoying all the good food, I am going to get myself soaked in Non-Aligned Movement spirit by […]

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When age is catching up on us, we will start to face new challenges with our poor eye sight. This is when farsightedness or hyperopia starts to creep into our lives. Farsightedness or hyperopia is caused by the lens in the eyes not able to focus correctly to see nearby objects. This problem will occur […]

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I mentioned in my earlier posts about my neighbors who are doing extensive house renovations. Last count is six houses that are under going renovations. All of them belong to new owners. Previous owners have decided to upgrade their homes to bigger and better houses.
Two new neighbors have moved in to our neighborhood and we […]

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My friend sent me a link to YouTube for one of my favorite Chinese songs, “Shanghai Beach” by Frances Yip. This is the mandarin version for the “New Shanghai Bund’ series.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g257bozJKaw

Here is the cantonese version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15n-vxXRk4c

Which version would you prefer? For me, it’s still the Cantonese version that sounds best.
Shanghai is a nice city. I love […]

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My friend just had chicken pox. In fact, she is still ’spotty’ as how she describes herself. We had an interesting online chat about our common experiences on chicken pox.
One of the main difference is the medication. I had my chicken pox twenty years ago. That time, never even heard of any medication for chciken […]

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My friend is planning to start his business. He has lots of ideas about the services he intents to sell and he gets excited whenever he talks about them. He believes whoever hears about it will want to use his service. He has a problem of reaching as many customers as he would like to.
He […]

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When I was doing my Master in Business Administration program, the students were constantly reminded not to plagiarize. Everyone needs to do their assignments or thesis on their own. It’s the effort the students put into the research that counts. Never try to copy someone’s work and claim as their own. This is plagiarizing.
The lecturers […]

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Personally, I believe that human rights should to be enshrined in every country’s constitution and practice accordingly. Everyone must play their part in protecting their rights as enshrined in the consitution. It is everyone rights as well. It should not be taken away and should not be denied.

United Nations General Assembly declared the respect for […]

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