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People nowadays have enough sense to buckle their seatbelts when they’re in the backseat of someone’s car, no matter how short the ride is. Most people I know, when driving, will also remind their passengers to buckle up (especially important when you have guests visiting from countries like Taiwan, which has yet to enforce a backseat seatbelt law). So why is it that when we get into a taxi, we lose our wits and refuse to buckle up? New York taxi drivers are crazy! I’ve seriously ridden with some crazy cab drivers here. They’ll accelerate madly for 200 ft before slamming on their breaks to avoid the car in front of them, that was STOPPED the whole time, honking and complaining the whole way. They poke their nose out into the neighboring lane and cut off other cabs. Yes, it’s annoying and slightly gross to have to dig out the seatbelt in a cab. But don’t mess around with your life like that. You’re not invincible just cuz there’s a middle partition and you’re paying someone to drive you.

People nowadays have enough sense to buckle their seatbelts when they’re in the backseat of someone’s car, no matter how short the ride is. Most people I know, when driving, will also remind their passengers to buckle up (especially important when you have guests visiting from countries like Taiwan, which has yet to enforce a backseat seatbelt law). So why is it that when we get into a taxi, we lose our wits and refuse to buckle up?

New York taxi drivers are crazy! I’ve seriously ridden with some crazy cab drivers here. They’ll accelerate madly for 200 ft before slamming on their breaks to avoid the car in front of them, that was STOPPED the whole time, honking and complaining the whole way. They poke their nose out into the neighboring lane and cut off other cabs.

Yes, it’s annoying and slightly gross to have to dig out the seatbelt in a cab. But don’t mess around with your life like that. You’re not invincible just cuz there’s a middle partition and you’re paying someone to drive you.

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I dawned on me today that I despise Chinatowns. No matter where you go, it’s the same. It’s dirty, loud, crowded, and there’s really never anything of interest. It’s made worse by the fact that lame tourists are running around taking pictures and videos, convinced that they are “seeing a new world with their naked eyes.” Ugh.

I dawned on me today that I despise Chinatowns. No matter where you go, it’s the same. It’s dirty, loud, crowded, and there’s really never anything of interest. It’s made worse by the fact that lame tourists are running around taking pictures and videos, convinced that they are “seeing a new world with their naked eyes.” Ugh.

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I did an image search for corgis after watching Cesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer, on TV, and ran across this little guy! HAHAHA! He’s sleeping like a human…and his “ju” is up in the air like a lil’ flagpole. via jimburgessdesign.com

I did an image search for corgis after watching Cesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer, on TV, and ran across this little guy! HAHAHA! He’s sleeping like a human…and his “ju” is up in the air like a lil’ flagpole.

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Writing the tagline of my blog, reminded me of those Red Stripe commercials from back in the day. Hilarious! Hurray beer! Hurray responsibility!

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“If you’re not improving, you may as well be dead.“
— 2 Wise Men
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Xmas Wishes

Dear Santa,

I wish for the most wonderful holiday season, to wrap up the best year of my life. This year, I…

1) Fell in love

2) Visited Hawaii for the first time (with girl from #1)

3) Traveled to HK, China and India on other people’s money!

3b) Saw the Taj Mahal

4) Made a lot of new friends, and got to know my old friends better

4a) Saw two of my closest friends get married; was the best man for one

5) Won a jigsaw puzzle contest and the Elite 8 brand management case competition!

6) Survived b-school and even managed to learn a little bit

So how can we put a cherry on top of this ice cream sundae? I’d like a job offer! How amazing would it be to be able to slide into the winter holidays on cloud 9, so I can fully enjoy my last long break with my gf, family and friends? I could plan that trip to Palau with and start to make more concrete plans about where I’ll be after school. Promise of future income streams would make my mounting debts more palatable!

I’ve done my interviewing for the fall, now the rest is up to you, Santa! An early Christmas present on the 7th of Dec would be a blessing.

Granted, they didn’t celebrate Christmas much in Taiwan, but I don’t think I’ve asked for anything since I wanted that Optimus Prime Transformer when I was 10! So please, when you’re making your list, and checking it twice, don’t forget little ol’ me.

Thanks!

Dai

P.S. I’ll leave some extra cookies out for you. We don’t have a chimney, but I figure you could rapell down the side of our building and just leave it on the balcony?

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