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Another friend flew out for Thanksgiving. There is no such a thing here in Saigon: oven-roasted turkey, croton and mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce , yam and apple pie. Mouth-watering! children running around and old folks reminiscing the good old days. Yes, his destination has a few hallmarks of the American Dream. Here in old Saigon,…
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We are urged to “think out of the box“, be creative etc.. Easier said than done. Having a liberal arts background, and traveled the world, I find it easier just get out of the box, then think from there. Every place has its own charms and setbacks. Every place gets good and bad people. Don’t…
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The North-East is once again bracing for a gathering storm. Climate change and the prolonged cold front. Satellite tracking has improved weather forecast substantially. Other things in life seem less certain e.g. financial market and food/fuel prices. The Queen of England was reported as saying “how come no one saw this coming?” (in the context of this past Recession).…
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Red States Blue States United. Bleed purple. Gotta to reach across the aisles. Gotta to overcome complacency and condescending. The time it takes to come up with a retort could be spent for constructive use. Nobody has the right to the last word. History is dynamic and constantly being re-written. (If you read Church History…
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Super computing power arms super shoppers on Super Saturday w/ price updates. Retail outfits such as Best Buy might have to be renamed the age of Dollar Stores. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019691769574496.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_RightMostPopular Tri Tang of Orange County was holding up his Smart Phone to do some comparison shopping in real-time. Faster chip speed (compressing more data into less…
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Carl Jr, Starbucks, Hard Rock Cafe, KFC, BK, MacDonald, Circle K, Domino, Pizza Hut. The age of franchise bull run. When I said I had been to 40+ cities in N America, I actually meant, I have been to only one. The one with MacDonald, Starbucks, Walmart, Target etc… You got the idea. The funny…
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The Maytag man finally wakes up from a long nap! Pent-up demand pushes consumers to go out and spend on big-ticket items such as refrigerators, washers and dryers. Walmart got a law suit for paying men more than women for the same job. Our calendar is very consumer-friendly i.e. plenty of shopping events, from Mothers…
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The age of frozen self has finally arrived i.e. you either update your web presence, or remain “frozen” in cyber space. Years from now, people remotely connected to you will Google you and mine all the intimate data about you or written by you. Personal digital archive. At the turn of our century, Command-and-Control model dominated…
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God, guns and country. Then, a monk, not outside of Wal-Mart soliciting for donation, but inside, at the cashier line, waiting to pay. It’s a common sight today. But by turning the clock back a few decades, you wouldn’t expect both (Monk and Wal-Mart) to coexist. At least, it’s not quite as contrast a sight…
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