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This is Daily Blog Post 271 I don’t really know what I am doing Life is good though Tonight we went to a rollerblading rink+bar And every step I took I almost felt like I was going to face plant and die. To be honest, I have no idea what I am doing But life… Continue reading

This is daily blog post #270. Something to ponder: Do you guys think that the Chinese race will go extinct? Now, hear me out. If I were to have children with someone who is NOT ethnically Chinese, every generation under me will never be 100% Chinese again. Genetically and statistically, it can’t happen. The same… Continue reading

This is blog post 269. It feels unreal. Today, a girl in my Shanghai group told me she liked my writing. Inside, I was ecstatic. I’ve always felt humbled when people I barely know (but would like to know better) happen to read my writing. A simple comment can go very far. A click on… Continue reading

[Daily Blog Post #268] Today I explored Shanghai by myself trying to look for a shoe store. I couldn’t find it and I felt frustrated. When I walked back home I saw 4 homeless men on one street block, just a street down from where I work, and I felt mad and laughed at myself… Continue reading

Based on 6 metrics: Human Development Index Current account (surplus/deficits) GDP (nominal) GDP (nominal) per capita GDP (PPP) GDP (PPP) per capita. The following 20 countries are the top economic: Germany Japan Switzerland Netherlands Norway Singapore Italy S. Korea Sweden Ireland Taiwan Spain Hong Kong Denmark Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Qatar Israel Russia Finland… Continue reading

[Dauly Blog Post #265] “Waiting” Every second you lose, are you gaining something of value in return? Thinking like an economist messed with your sense of value. Time equals opportunity Time equals money Time equals life But who gave us time? Time moves on, regardless of life or death But only in life, only by… Continue reading

[Daily Blog Post #264] Plans will fall through Maybe you were supposed to go see the Terra Cotta warriors, or go to Yellow Mountain this weekend, but somehow that fell through. Maybe next week was supposed to be your trip to Beijing for a work project, but you don’t have your passport so you can’t… Continue reading

[Daily Blog Post #262] 洁佛 That’s how I wrote my Chinese name since forever It is read as “Jie Fo” which literally sounds like “Jeff” in Chinese But what I didn’t know is that my name technically means “Clean Buddha” If I pronounce it with a different tone though, Jie Fu can be 杰夫 which… Continue reading

[Daily Blog Post #262] I miss my friends. You know who you are. I miss my dog. Apparently, he has been sniffing the couch, expecting to find a couch potato. (That’s me!) I miss late night 2 AM Netflix binges. I miss my sister. I miss the feeling of falling in love. I miss the… Continue reading