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To be the Best!There is no tommorrow, so how about today? 2009/2/1 Bonuses, Foreign workers, Banks "Banks collecting billions of dollars in federal bailout money sought
government permission to bring thousands of foreign workers to the U.S.
for high-paying jobs, according to an Associated Press review of visa
applications. "The dozen banks receiving the biggest rescue packages, totaling more than $150 billion, requested visas for more than 21,800 foreign workers over the past six years for positions that included senior vice presidents, corporate lawyers, junior investment analysts and human resources specialists. The average annual salary for those jobs was $90,721, nearly twice the median income for all American households." - AP Investigation: Banks sought foreign workers (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AP-Investigation-Banks-sought-apf-14217487.html) Yes, Wall Street hands out billions of bonuses each year. Yes, Wall Street hires thousands of foreign workers. And yes, Wall Street received 700 billion TAX PAYER money. Let's see what that implies: Do you know how many hours a typical Wall Street employee works every day? Average works spend at least 10 hours a day at work, those who receive big bonuses usually work for more than 15 hours a day. A 70-hour work week is not unusual here. On the contrary, what's a typical work week for government workers? This is what I see on most of the government website: 9:00am to 4:00pm. Not to mention those lunch breaks. Do you think they deserve some more than average Americans? The number of foreign visas that Wall Street sponsors accounts for only a tiny fraction of all the foreign visas that other companies sponsors each year. The entire Wall Street sponsored H1B workers for the past six years are less than those sponsors by an Indian company Infosys along. Out of the top ten companies receiving H1Bs, there is not a single Wall Street company. (data from wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1B_visa) Do you know how much money each year Wall Street contributes to IRS? For New York state alone, because of the 44% decline in bonuses this past year, it loses nearly $1 BILLION income tax revenue. Those earns more than the average American contribute to more than 70% of IRS tax income. Don't blame Wall Street for everything, we are NOT communists and people deserve what they work for. 2008/7/20 Leave a footprint here todayA few things to note:
1. Today marks my one year anniversary at the firm, it's been a really challenging year and hopefully I will move further and higher;
2. I bought my first US stock in the past week, and wish it to appreciate in the following year;
3. I am getting closer to my goals.
Most importantly, I have a happy family and I love you all. 2007/12/11 介绍一家不错的意大利“餐馆”位于53街和第六大道上的纽约现代艺术博物馆（MoMA），除了六层不错的藏品之外，二楼的cafeteria是一个不错的就餐之处。这里提供意大利食物，从pasta，soup到肉排, 还有一些很精致的甜品。尽管这里的环境更像食堂，但是食物的味道还是挺地道的，比起little italy更胜一筹。大家在参观博物馆之余不妨光顾一下。
2007/7/1 The iPhone launch6/29
In my opinion, Apple is more a fashion company than a technology company, or maybe "fashion-tech" is better. This is my first time going to the Appple store at SOHO NYC. The store is fabulous, unlike the all-metal feeling in the Syracuse store, this one is totally glass-like, even the stairway is transparent. Although most of the stuff selling here is kind of over-pricing, it makes you feel like buying something before you leave when you enter the store.
The official time of launching is 6:00pm, and we arrived at the store at about 8:30pm. People were crowded around the two tables (one on the first floor, and one on the second floor) that had the iPhone on show. You had to get in line to have a chance to touch and operate iPhone yourself. Apple allowed people to actually call phones from the apple on show, I tried my own cell phone and it did ring. It is hard to tell the call quality because it was so noisy there. I saw lots of iPhones pile up there, and there were more people watching there than people who were actually making a purchase.
The iPhone is a nice small all-in-one gadget, the concept is not new, but Apple did a good job of assembling them together and make such a big hype about it; I hate to admit it but it did look and feel better than most of the phones in the market today, and it is more like a work of art.
However, in terms of value, I can hardly agree with it. First, you need to pay at least $500 for the phone itself, to make things worse, you will have to sign up a TWO year contract with AT&T, whose network sucks, at least for the moment. For the functionality, almost everything that it can do is already done by other phones, the only point here is the map; unfortunately it cannot guide you like a GPS will do, you can just get the direction info as you do with yahoo maps.
The bottom line, if you are not a huge fan of Apple, think it over again before you buy the iPhone; remember, unlike previous products from Apple, this one you have to sign up a contract. Anyway, I am gonna stick to my KRZR with Verizon Wireless, it does virtually everything iPhone can do, with better network and best of all, the phone comes free. 2007/6/15 记忆中的雪城马上就要离开雪城了，看着空空的房间，熟悉的景物，心情很复杂。在去雪城之前，我就考虑过久，转学到底是不是一个好主意。刚到Clarkson的时候我曾经有过很强的马上离开的冲动，但是随着时间的推移和课程，research的压力那种冲动渐渐的淡了。好不容易到了学期末，老板给了一个礼拜的假期，于是和实验室的几个朋友一起坐上灰狗来到纽约市。“乡村”和城市的巨大反差使我内心深处的那股去更大地方的想法又重新燃起。在回去的路上我已下定决心，离开那个似乎有些与世隔绝的“世外桃源”。其实并不是我不喜欢那个地方，只是觉得自己不甘心也不适应那种重复单一的生活，没什么风险，却缺少了刺激。现在在回过头去看雪城，也有些这样的意思。我如果在雪城工作的话，可能一年以后就可以买下一座别墅，为什么一定要跑到纽约去拼命呢？呵呵，也许十年以后再有这样的选择，我会留下。这里留下了两点认识，第一是认的意志会被环境影响，第二是风险投资。 再回到刚到雪城的时候。第一个学期开始的时候，诸事不利，几乎没有什么好消息降临。所以一直到第一学期快结束的时候， 我都不时的在问自己是不是做出了错误的决定。不过当时和室友在一起还是挺快活的，回想起我们一起做饭，一起和老黑打球，一起在Marshall St的餐馆看SU的NCAA比赛，那段时光现在在脑海里仍旧清晰可见。刚来的这个学期也是我最用功的一个学期，现在看来，秋天的收获和第一学期的努力和打击还是有一定关系的。在这个学期有两件事值得记下：我在美国的第一次面试（MS，以失败告终），和我在美国的第一份工作（local high-tech company, intern）。那次面试让我认识到原来面试也要认真准备，也有了我后来飞去西雅图的经历；而那份intern的工作，后来一直持续到了我即将毕业的时候，在经济上给了我极大的自由，也为我后来拿到offer打下了基础。在这个时期还有一件很重要的事情，就是认识了现在的gf。 雪城的秋天，就像画一样美丽。整个城市四处可见的各种各样的树木，都换上了五颜六色的叶子；一年一度的为期一周的NY State Fair会在Fariground如期举行；各种水果也都到了收获的季节，开车半个小时就能到达不同的农场，体验一把摘果子的乐趣。每年的秋天也是最忙的时候，而雪城的秋天也极为短暂，还没来得及主意她，雪花就已经飘落。在这个我来到雪城的第一个秋天里，我的生活也发生了很多变化。离开了原来的室友搬到nob hill，搬家不到一个月就拿到两个on site，简直有些喜出望外。很快的拿到第一个offer之后过于得意的自己丢掉了两个很好的机会，现在想想还是有些不该，不过对于这个结果我还是比较满意的。 2006年的冬天来得特别晚，但是持续的时间却特别长，直到今年的4月，雪城还下过鹅毛大雪。而情人节的那场大雪，也是至今我所见过的最大的一次，回想起那天我们去price chopper买铲子铲雪的经历，还是挺好玩的。整辆车都被雪埋住的情景，恐怕以后也很难见到了。冬天的时候还和gf一起报名参加了一个滑雪班，头一次滑雪，呵呵。 要记下的事情还有很多，随着时间的流逝他们会慢慢淡去，但是这些事情曾留下的痕迹，会永恒的印在那里，抹不掉。 2007/4/26 牛advisor给我形容他以前的一个学生，韩国人，美女，说此人数学极好，“你知道吗，她GRE数学考了满分阿！”我当场晕掉。
不过话说回来，这几天他倒是帮了不少忙，感谢感谢！另外还有系头，挺严肃死板的，但是到点子上还是肯帮忙。操了20几天的心，总算有惊无险，也算万幸了。终于可以安心下来看看书，全力帮gf找到工作，然后好好陪陪父母了。作为一个外国人，找份工作还是很不容易啊；一定要好好珍惜，努力拼，未来十自己的！ 2007/4/17 记雪4/15，晚上开始下雪，没怎么在意；
4/16，早上起来，鹅毛大雪仍然在下，地上积了几尺深的雪，似乎又回到了两个月前的情人节大雪；门口一颗4层楼高的松树被雪压倒；
4/16，Virginia Tech发生美国历史上最严重的校园枪击案，死33伤27，就在工程系大楼。好在那边的同学都没事；
4/16，下午雪终于停了。感叹估计这是今年“冬天”最后一场雪了；
4/17，早上9点半又开始飘起硕大的雪花。。。截至目前仍在在下。。。
希望VT的遇难学生在大雪中安息，希望罪恶能够远离校园。
希望所有还在等待消息的中国人顺利拿到H1签证，当然还有我自己。 2007/3/23 Human natureDon't say "I don't care", if you say that you do care, at the bottom of your heart. human nature.
Back for more. 2007/2/16 暴雪情人节早早就预报的snow storm，在情人节准时到了。头天晚上还只是很普通的飘雪，第二天早上起来，已经下了半米多厚，而且没有一点停的迹象，反而越来越大了。楼下停车场上的车，大多一半已经埋在雪里面，有的更是几乎看不到车顶。学校停课了，大多数人也都没有出门，楼下本来应该空荡荡的停车场上差不多停满了车。哎，在家呆着吧。雪就这么一直下，到了下午实在坐不住了，出去活动活动吧，于是下楼看看能不能把车“挖”出来。到了下面发现车窗以下全被雪埋住了，正好旁边有一位大叔刚刚把他的车挖出来，就问他借了雪铲，开始挖！别看那些在空中飘来飘去不起眼的雪花，落到地上就是沉沉的“石头”，要费一番工夫的。这里的关键是把车后方要出来的通道清理干净，特别是车轮附近的雪，这样只要车能动了，就没有问题了。花了半个都小时，终于清理出一条小小的过道，发动车子，把发动机踩到快3000转，终于倒了出来！正好去mall取蛋糕，在local的路上雪都来不及清干净，车子基本是在滑行，前面的一辆SUV，整个就是倾斜了30度划着向前，看着都让人担心他怎么回去，还是离它远点好。。。到了I81上，情况稍微好一点，只不过大家都开30Mile/h，不用解释了吧。
要知道这次的雪有多大，引用报纸上的两段话，
The squalls hit Syracuse hardest, delivering 10 inches overnight. After a mostly snow-free December and January, Syracuse climbed to over 100 inches for the season with the latest snowfall _ putting it about 14 inches above normal for the winter.
The heavy snow caused a barn in West Monroe to crash down on 27 horses inside. One animal was trapped and rescued by neighbors.
"He was so buried, we didn't even see him when we walked in," said barn owner Candace Cangemi. "We thought he was gone." Anyway，这是我见过的最大的一场雪（到现在为止刚刚停，不过好像明天还要继续下。。。），2007年在Syracuse的情人节。 2007/1/17 Cold Cold!-17 `C today. Coldest day this winter. My car's driver side door is freezed (the other three are fine but only this one, bad bad).
New York gas price is high, while the nation's average is $2.23/gal, with some places as low as $1.89/gal (Toledo, OH), we are still getting $2.45/gal. |
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