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Suzie Wong. Suzie Q. Lazy Suzan. All the S’s in stereotypes. All boils down to a round table full of shared dishes, each could easily meet your dai;ly cholesterol quota. Half roasted duck, half chicken ginger etc…. Hong Kong cuisine, served in Herndon (VA). I thought about Nixon’s trip to China, and how many shared dishes he tasted…
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We will have said that word, Hello, for the millionth time before quietly slipping into the night. When the telephone was first used, Alexander Graham Bell suggested “What is asked?” for greetings. Finally, we settled for Hello. It acknowledges the other, and ourselves. Greetings as bridges, not barriers. And not just word. We look the…
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This is not about going back to your prom night, or re-entering the job market. It’s about locality and landscape that have been gentrified and occupied by new comers as time passed. I happened to be by the old neighborhood where I used to live 30 years ago: same Peking Duck restaurant, same Post Office. Even a bunch…
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Those gene combination keeps going, mutating and evolving. Buddistically or biologically, we aren’t going to die today. Maybe another day. But not today (I am obviously blogging still, 957 and counting). Unlike a line in American Pie “too much whiskey and wine…this will be the day that I die”. Meanwhile, in the land of the…
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Saw him at an Orange County club back in 1989. He was already rowdy and his parties disturbing to conservative neighbors. And now, after all these years, shows up in North Korea, on a basketball diplomacy tour. Dennis Rodman, NBA defender. HBO’s VICE has done a surprising job of casting for sports diplomacy (Google x-CEO would…
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They stretched the truth to “show” it in better lights (as in Argo). They twisted some arms, pushed the envelopes and burned both ends of the candle (one end is dream, the other memories). They stepped into characters, sang the chorus and spoke the lines. Light, sound, camera and …”action”. Moving pictures. Marketing of dreams and…
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Post-holiday blues. Cabin fever. And the return of routine. And the Oscar goes to…… We weeded out unwanted inventory and unfriended people. Clearing the deck and crank up the engine. Sports Illustrated illustrates tan and skin underneath winter jacket. While Readers Digest finally suffers inDigestion. Books of the Times and books of the Post. New…
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If you followed job ads or start-up pitches, you would be hearing “Next Level” multiple times back then.. In the 90’s it was “synergy” (M&A terms). Before that “re-engineering” (The Japan that can’t say NO). Now, it’s “collaboration”. The Recession inadvertently served as an Editor who cut out words that don’t fit with the times. You…
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When Starbucks opened its first store in Saigon, it must have been a big blast. Centrally located, visibly in-your-face, upscale e.g. wifi and air-conditioned. Early stage. When I had my cup of Starbucks, like this morning, in a Virginian Mall, there was no fanfare, no fuss. Late stage. Same store and story (pour your heart into…
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