News for July 2010

What I learned today 02

1. You can feed certain human medicines, both western and Chinese, to a kitten – like tylenol, de-wormer, and huang lian su.

2. It’s possible to be a succesful artist and own a thriving unique/cozy/ coffee shop, without having gone to school related to either.

3. As of tomorrow, “yellow mold season” in Shanghai will be over and although not as humid, it will start to be VERY HOT.

4. Cheesepuff is the best cat ever. He likes attention but isn’t clingy or naggy, he’s really clean, and he’s super quirky.

5. You can type “7456!” when chatting in Chinese to say “气死我了” about something annoying or frustrating  (lit. makes me angry to death!)

6. Most older people regret not traveling more while they were young.

Posted: July 16th, 2010
Categories: Just for fun, Revelations, Travel
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What I learned today 01

1. I have to be sensitive to, but not sensitive about client demands, especially if they are particularly difficult and unreasonable. Try to accomodate them as much as I can without taking their criticism personally.

2. Another way of thinking about careeer path, via Ricky’s friend’s:”My Dad just read me something from a book, that experts become so after 10,000 hours doing something. So your job is what you do, and more than likely, if you’re ever really good at anything, then its going to be your job. Your career. And so one of the questions I ask is, “What do i want to be good at?”

3. 欠: qian4, que1. To lack, to owe, to be deficient of.

4. There are such things as liquid dehumidifiers.

Posted: July 13th, 2010
Categories: Inspirations, Revelations
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