50 Ways to Prove that You are an ASIAN

by nick Thursday, November 20, 2008

1. You were/are a good student with very high GPAs.

2. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or finance.

3. You have more than one-college degree, especially more than one Master's.

4. If you play a musical instrument, it must be piano.

5. You have a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table.

6. Your stove is covered with aluminum foil.

7. Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.

8. You beat eggs with chopsticks.

9. You always leave outdoor shoes at the door.

10. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack.

11. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times.

12. You boil water before drinking.

13. You eat all meals in the kitchen to keep your dining room clean.

14. You don't use measuring cups when preparing foods.

15. You save grocery bags and use them to hold garbage.

16. You have a rice cooker.

17. You're a wok user.

18. You fight over who pays the dinner bill.

19. You wash rice 2-3 times before cooking it.

20. You make sounds when you have a bowl of soup.

21. You don't dry-clean clothes, even if they need to be dry-cleaned.

22. You iron your own shirts.

23. You like congee with thousand year old eggs.

24. You always cook yourself, even if you hate it.

25. You use credit cards, and pay monthly bills in full.

26. You do either soccer, swimming, badminton, volleyball, basketball, or ping pong, and have an obsession with making the Beijing Olympics.

27. You buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.

28. When you hand wash dishes, you only use cold water.

29. You hate to waste food:a) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them.b) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing.

30. You don't own any real Tupperware-only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.

32. When toilet paper is on sale, you buy 100 rolls and store them.

33. You have a collection of miniature shampoo/conditioner bottles and little soap bars that you take every time you stay in a hotel.

34. The condiments in your fridge are either Price Club sized or come in plastic packets, which you save every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.

35. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).

36. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table.

37. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.

38. When you go to a dance party, there is always a group of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool.

39. Your house/aparment is always cold in winter, and hot in summer.

40. Your Mom drives her Mercedes to Foodtown, or Shoppers Food Warehouse regardless how far it is, even if the dairy is next door.

41. You always look phone numbers up in the phone book, since calling Directory Assistance costs 50 cents.

42. You only make long distance calls after 11pm or during weekends.

43. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and legs still attached.

44. You never call your parents just to say hi.

45. You think ONLY Japanese can make good CARS!

46. You use a colored face cloth every morning.

47. You starve yourself before going to all-you-can-eat places.

48. Almost all your money is in a savings account

49. You never discuss your love life with your parents.<b>And Last But Not Least</b>

50. Forward it to all your Asian friends. From 1 proud Asian to another, forward this to every damn Asian you know.

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Reducing costs of corporate travel

by nick Thursday, November 20, 2008

Corporate travel clients across Australia are increasing concerned with reducing corporate travel costs in light of the global financial crisis and anticipated slow down in the Australian economy, according to corporate travel management company, BCD Travel.

In its 2008 Travel Program Survey, 97 per cent of respondents cited reducing corporate travel costs as a major priority for the coming 12 months.In line with this, BCD Corporate Travel, which has offices in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, has noted a significant decline in bookings for overseas corporate travel over the past few months, as local companies become more frugal and the Australian dollar continues its decline against the greenback.

Corporate travel management clients are also tightening their policies on the frequency and type of corporate travel allowed in their organizations, with options such as business class now strictly reserved for longer haul corporate travel flights.

BCD Travel offers significant flexibility and customization with its online corporate travel management programs, allowing clients to change their corporate travel rules with the click of a button. Comprehensive reporting functions also enable managers to quickly identify their organisation’s corporate travel habits and take measures to change them through compliance and communication.

Resources

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Google brings Voice-Enabled Search to iPhone

by nick Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Google is set to make a new application available to the iPhone that will allow users to conduct searches by speaking their queries into the handset rather than typing them in. Questions asked are converted into digital files and sent to Google's servers for processing. Once processed, the text is sent to Google's regular search servers and the search results are then returned to the iPhone.

It will also use GPS information to return results that are relevant to the user's location. Google competitors Microsoft and Yahoo already offer similar services via their TellMe and oneSearch applications. The application will be available through the iPhone Apps Store.

Voice-enabled search has been long anticipated, and who better to deliver than Google? The iPhone is the proud recipient of a new Google voice search app, available at the iTunes store, through the updated Google Mobile app. And early tests are extremely positive.

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What is Cloud Computing?

by nick Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Forget monster hard drives, backing up your PC and shrink-wrapped software - the future of computing is up in the "cloud". Cloud computing allows users to access programs and vast network of computing resources across the Internet as if they were on their own machines.

Cloud computing can give on-demand access to supercomputer-level power, even from a thin client or mobile device such as a smart phone or laptop.

Microsoft brought the cloud computing concept - whereby all of our data and applications are stored on the internet as opposed to on the PC - a step closer to reality with the unveiling of its Live Mesh platform.

Live Mesh is essentially a web-based operating system, letting users connect all of their devices (home PC, laptop, work computer and, in the not too distant future, handhelds and games consoles) into their own personal mesh. Files and applications can be placed into a "Mesh folder", which lives on the internet and can be accessed by all devices.

The Mesh is updated with any changes made to the files or folders the next time the user is connected to the web. It will also, for instance, allow people to remotely control their home PC from their work PC if both are part of the Mesh. Users can give trusted friends access to their Mesh files and folders for sharing and collaboration.

Google has long been a major proponent of cloud computing, with all of its services - word processing, presentations, spreadsheets, calendar, email, health care records, search, maps and video - living on the web.

Why it works

Critical to the success of cloud computing has been the growth of virtualisation, allowing one computer to act as if it were another - or many others. Server virtualisation lets clouds support more applications than traditional computing grids, hosting various kinds of middleware on virtual machines throughout the cloud. 

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Corporate travel expense management so easy with BCD Travel

by nick Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Leading corporate travel agency, BCD Travel, makes managing corporate travel expenses so easy through the use of its cutting-edge online booking engine (OBE).

BCD Corporate Travel uses renowned industry program, Cliqbook, to assist its corporate travel clients with their corporate travel bookings and corporate travel expense management.

Clients can check their company’s corporate travel expenses at any time and can easily generate expense reports for review with the click of a few buttons.

The Cliqbook online booking engine (OBE) also enables BCD Travel to tailor the system to suit each of their individual corporate travel clients, ensuring compliance with things such as preferred airlines and first class travel for flights above a certain number of hours only.

BCD Travel is the third-largest corporate travel management (TMC) company in the world and invests only in the industry’s best online technology solutions, including easy-to-use self-booking travel tools (SBT), to make corporate travel simple for its clients.

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BCD Corporate Travel Wins Innovation Award at Business Travel Show

by nick Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Company recognized for innovative solution designed to increase efficiency and drive savings for clients

DUBAI, 04 November 2008 – BCD Corporate Travel, one of the world’s largest global travel management companies, was chosen as the winner of the annual Innovation Award at this year’s Business Travel Show in Dubai, Oct. 20-21. The company had been nominated for its proprietary solution, TripSourceTM: NetSearch, which integrates Webonly fares into clients’ managed travel programs via the agent’s desktop environment.

The Innovation Award recognizes innovation, ingenuity and true leadership in the business travel industry; the winner is selected by Business Travel Show visitors and members of the travel industry. BCD Corporate Travel was announced as the award winner in a special ceremony at the Business Travel Show’s evening event. Greg O’Neil, senior vice president and managing director, Growth & Emerging Markets, for BCD Travel accepted the award on behalf of the company.

O’Neil said: “The Innovation Award is a great honor, and reflects the interest shown in BCD Travel’s TripSource: NetSearch, over the course of the Business Travel Show. This solution responds to corporations’ need to make often fragmented inventory available to travelers without sacrificing the benefits of a managed travel program, especially in emerging markets. TripSource: NetSearch enables greater productivity for our clients by reducing the time that travelers and travel arrangers spend searching for fare quotes from multiple sources. The search and purchase functionalities deliver consistency, compliance and savings objectives.”

The award caps a year of strong growth and successful strategy for BCD Corporate Travel in the Middle East. The company’s commitment to innovation, technology and outstanding customer service has quickly achieved results, with significant new client wins, a widely recognized brand and a unique approach to streamline operational processes all playing their part. In some markets, BCD Travel growth has exceeded 200 percent over 2007.

“BCD Travel has established itself as a leading business travel specialist in the Middle East,” said O’Neil. “We have invested significant resources to facilitate streamlined and comprehensive service across multiple markets for our customers.

In addition to TripSource: NetSearch, for example, clients can also take advantage of DecisionSource®, which delivers managed travel data throughout the reservation lifecycle to improve business practices, and TripSource: Profile Manager, a Web-based, automated traveler profile system that is fully synchronized with the client’s reservation system, onlinebooking tool and other data sources.”

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Useful Family Law resources from Barry & Nilsson

by nick Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Barry & Nilsson in Brisbane specialises in legal advice and solutions regarding Insurance, Commercial & Property and Family Law.

The team of Barry & Nilsson is friendly and energetic culture that can be evident in every aspect of our work.

Commonwealth legislation

» Family Court legislation

This particular page of the Family Court of Australia website provides links to all relevant legislation considered by the court.

Accessing courts & their judgments

» Family Court of Australia

This link can be utilised to access the Family Court of Australia's judgments and publications.

» Austlii

Published judgments from 1989 until present.

» Federal Magistrates Court of Australia

Access family law judgments of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia.

International conventions

» Convention on the civil aspects of child abduction 1983

This convention is designed to ensure the rights of custody under the law of one signatory country are respected in another.

Government resources

» Centrelink Review the Centrelink website for more information about your entitlement to family tax and pension benefits.

Legal commentary

» Don's Family Law Blog

Don is a partner of our firm and uses his "Family Law Blog" to highlight current family law issues relevant to both the legal profession and individuals.

If you need legal advice, please do not hesitate to contact Barry & Nilsson by email at enquiries@bnlaw.com.au

Need more information, visit Barry & Nilsson.

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About Barry and Nilsson Lawyers

by nick Tuesday, November 18, 2008

At Barry & Nilsson our clients come first.

We offer specialised legal advice and solutions regarding Insurance, Commercial & Property and Family Law. This unique approach ensures that our clients receive unequalled expertise from lawyers recognised as market leaders in these 3 chosen specialties.

Though our firm is based in Brisbane, our teams are regularly visiting clients in every Australian jurisdiction. With over 50 lawyers, we have the ability to satisfy both our national and international clients' needs.

Our team at Barry & Nilsson Lawyers strives to achieve the best outcomes for our clients whilst providing personalised service, advice and strategies to support our clients' commercial and personal interests.

At Barry Nilsson we consider our people are our most valuable asset. We understand the importance of working in a genuine team environment. Our team's friendly and energetic culture is evident in every aspect of our work. Our lawyers are approachable, motivated and proficient in their ability to offer timely and technical advice.

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Barry & Nilsson Lawyers in Brisbane, Australia

by nick Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Barry & Nilsson Lawyers (Geoffrey Sinclair)

Barry & Nilsson offers the most professional services of law firm in Australia.

Do recommend to get involved with them if you need any legal advice. Geoff Sinclair was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1986. He joined the Barry & Nilsson Family Law Department in 1988 and was elevated to the position of partner in 1993. Geoff is an accredited family law specialist.

He has particular expertise in international child abduction law and negotiating complex property settlements, in particular those involving intricate superannuation arrangements. His expertise produces the high quality outcomes for which Barry & Nilsson is recognised throughout family law industry.

The team at Barry & Nilsson strives to achieve the best outcomes for our clients whilst providing personalised service, advice and strategies to support our clients' commercial and personal interests.

Barry & Nilsson Lawyers Policy statement: 'Disclosure of personal information to third parties.'

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Barry & Nilsson by email at enquiries@bnlaw.com.au

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You Have to Work Hard to Make Money

by nick Sunday, November 16, 2008

This belief is anchored in the simplistic linear view that the harder you work the more money you make. Well, that’s just plain not true!

You are remunerated in direct correlation with how much value and service you provide, not how many hours you work. Successful people know that working ‘smarter’ not harder is the way to go and is totally achievable. We were not meant to toil, struggle or suffer.

Here’s a Tip - whether you’re starting your business, building it further, or taking it to its next growth level, always be looking for the best ways to automate the activitiesin your business.
Create ‘set it and forget it’ automated systems that systematize your client acquisition, contact and selling process. Technological developments such as auto-responders and a range of software applications have done wonders for automating routine time-consuming tasks. Leverage your time. Shift away from trading time for money. Focus on doing what you do best.

The truly wealthy put their money and the efforts of other people to work for them, and outsource tasks that are not natural talents for them. Like a virtual army always marching forward, advancing your interests. A successful life is a balanced life with time for work and play. Otherwise, what is the point of working hard if you don’t enjoy yourself and get the benefits that flow from your work?

Resource:

Five steps to starting your own small business

First Step to Run Your Own Small Business

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