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My good friend, Richard told me a great story:
If u can’t see light at the end of the tunnel. Remember there is a Buddhist exercise. Stand in a large totally dark room and start walking. U will learn that eventually u will take small steps and it doesn’t matter if u can’t see and are [...]

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A dear friend taught me that I’m not the only one who listens to all kinds of music and cares about it. I also learned that the lyrics are the poetry of the day and even more important than the melody sometimes. To this day, when I listen to a song, it puts me back [...]

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OMG, there is actually somewhere where you can get food at 2AM in the morning! Let’s pretend we are in France CAFÉ PRESSE SEATTLE
Café Presse is now open and serving South Capitol Hill in the Seattle University neighborhood. The second collaboration of Le Pichet owners Joanne Herron and Jim Drohman offers full coffee service [...]

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Thank goodness, watching its stock price fall has been scary, but now this will prevent financial meltdown
U.S. agrees to bail out Citigroup – MarketWatch
The U.S. government agreed Sunday night to rescue Citigroup Inc. with a huge bailout plan that includes a $20 billion capital infusion, guarantees for up to $306 billion of Citi’s troubled assets [...]

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Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon 卧虎藏龙 Wòhǔ Cánglóng is such a great movie. I’ve never studied the Chinese in it though until now.

1. Chow Yun-Fat or 周润发; Zhōu Rùnfā) plays

Michelle Yeoh ( 杨紫琼; Yáng Zǐqióng) plays 俞秀蓮 [...]

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My head hurts! Here are some basics if you want to learn how to trade Australian electricity. (pdf) Some sites:

SFE Initial Margin

SFE Corporation Ltd is the formal name of the Sydney Futures Exchange and merged with the Australian Stock Exchange 25 July 2006. A funny aside, it started in 1960 as the Sydney Greasy Wool [...]

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Wow, skype has been changing their offerings again. Now they have an unlimited long distance plan to any of 36 countries for 8 euros (about $10) per month.

I am also on Skype Pro which is their older plan. This lets you have for $24/month a skype in number which is a regular phone number [...]

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Well, got to ride on the new Qantas Airbus 380. What an amazing plane. There aren’t many flying yet, Singapore Airlines has one, so does Dubai and Qantas runs a pair between LA and Melbourne and LA and Sydney for sure. Here are some photos
Here is coach. See how high the ceilings are and everyone [...]

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Off to Melbourne and Victoria…have been there twice, but haven’t had much time to look around. Here are some sights:

Melbourne: Scenic Views – TripAdvisor
Melbourne Observation Deck on Level 55 of the iconic Rialto Towers. 525 Collins St, Melbourne ( Entry fee payable – from $8 per person). Best value for your money if it [...]

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Oops, somehow my photos of voting on election day didn’t quite make it. Here they are again. it was an amazing day November 4th. I love this photo at 645AM in the morning:

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