Random thoughts

My relationship with my daughter has not been going too well as what I hoped for lately. She is 14 years old. By no means I suggested that her age was the problem. My daughter and I used to be… Read More »Boys will be bugs

When in an disagreement, do you provide a perspective or an opinion? Perspective a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. Opinion a view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or… Read More »Perspective vs. Opinion

This was just one of those swim meets, hundreds of parents sitting upstairs, watching down their kids to compete. A 9 years old girl got up on the starting block.  In anticipation of the whistle, she fell into the pool. … Read More »Power

This is early February in New Jersey.  After a few historical cold days at around zero °F degrees, it shot right to the sixties. Walking my daughter out of her piano lesson, she commented on the weather: “This is crazy. … Read More »It all started with a small talk about weather…

Yesterday, I was checking my son’s reading homework. In one question, it asked what are the characteristics of an astronaut – he was supposed to find the right answer from the story he just read.  My son’s answer was, “Astronauts… Read More »Character

Ability in finding truth People’s ability in finding truth differ.  There are people who can tell the truth ahead of all others and before all evidences are being presented; people who can recognize the truth when the facts are laid… Read More »Truth

I took my daughter to swimming when she was only two years old, which was mostly driven by the thought that swimming will give her a stronger lung – since she was suffering asthma at that time. Fast forward 11… Read More »Potential

Investment 1. the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value; or 2. a devoting, using, or giving of time, talent, emotional energy, etc., as for a purpose or to achieve something… Read More »Investment, Asset, and Portfolio

Forgot which episode was it in the TV show “West Wing”.  The context was that President Bartlet struggled with a decision to or not to send in special forces to rescue a soldier that was held in hostage in an… Read More »Accountability

I was traveling in Beijing two years ago and needed some cash.  I went into a branch office of a local bank in a morning and fed my PNC bank debit card to the ATM machine.  The machine “took” it… Read More »Guilty until proven innocent