Archive for May, 2007
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Back from Beijing
After two weeks in China, I came back home two days ago. The return trip did not go well. I was stranded in Beijing for more than 7 hours. My flight was supposed to leave around 5 pm. I did not leave Beijing after midnight. Air Canada flight from Toronto to Beijing was delayed. That [...]
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Saturday, May 12th, 2007
Selling empty church buildings?
I read the article in Chronicle Herald “Sell Expensive buildings, focus on mission work” by Kevin Little. He made a good point on the church buildings. When we talk about “church”, usually people refer to the building of the church. The church is not a building. The church is the gathering of believers. Many people, [...]
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Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Degrees not necessary
Surprise, surprise, the dean of admissions at M.I.T resigned because she misrepresented herself in her resume. In fact, she never hold a degree. I am not surprised that someone lied on his / her resume. I am surprised by an ivory league school like M.I.T. did not do background check. It also proved another fact. [...]
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Friday, May 4th, 2007
Web Based Assignment
It is frustrating when Internet Explorer keeps on crushing. I am trying to create a homework assignment on line. After reviewing all the questions, I selected the ones as part of the assignment; clicked save, and crushed… A whole hour of work vanished. It happened again and again. Technical support suggested some ideas but none [...]
