I have some friends are very rich in China, so I was thinking why not help them to buy a place in Chicago as an investment. Then I can help them to manage it by renting it out. The concern I have is that I am not sure how difficult it is to exchange the Chinese currency to USD or a large amount, as the Chinese currency is not free trade yet.

I found this on 340otp.com

“Condo Sales up in the Chicago Loop

The Chicago Loop is seeing a marked increase in condo sales despite bad news coming out of the real estate market across the city.

According to the most recent report from the Chicago Association of Realtors, the Chicago Loop saw a total of 401 condos sold during the third quarter of 2007.

This is an 80 percent increase over the same period last year, the largest increase for any neighborhood in Chicago.”

This is really an exciting news for me as that means I have lots of work to do!

A new interesting sporting is booming up, which is the airsoft guns. One of the first things a new buyer discovers is that the Drozd isn’t a true full-auto gun, at least not what most people imagine. You can’t just mash down the trigger and shoot until the ammo is gone. This gun operates in the burst-fire mode, only. Why is that?

Well, the CO2 gas that powers the Drozd is a refrigerant. When it expands, it draws heat away from whatever it contacts. In the case of the Drozd, it cools the action of the gun – rapidly! If the gun were allowed to keep on shooting, it would freeze solid after not too many seconds. So, the designers put a limitation on the gun to allow it to fire in short bursts. There are two burst modes – three and six shots. In either of those modes, all the shots are fully automatic – the trigger just has to be held down to complete the burst. To fire another burst, let the trigger return to the forward position before pulling it again. When you pull the trigger again, you’ll get another burst.

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It’s time of the year to enroll in the flexible spending account again. The child care is the one we would use the most, I was hoping the amount can be higher, such as $10,000, if someone can raise that amount, we could save $1000 more per month. We have never used the transportation account, but since my husband is working in the suburbs, I am sure that we can use some for the train pass.

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Our nanny has been complain about her husband, she mentioned that he is just sitting at home and do not want to find any job other than doing massage for other people. She said that she is also very tired, however, she has to work in order to make ends meet, and she does not want to fight with him as that will not make him feel good. So she is regret of getting married, I feel so sad for her and really can not help her much.

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My Dad’s story continues:

“Two years later, the “cultural Revolution” broke out in China, the whole country was in a full chaos. I lost contact with my friend and hadn’t had any news about him for a long time. I only heard he had gone to his province with his wife and two daughters; meanwhile I was married and had a daughter too.
Twenty years have passed in a flash. One day I received a phone from him and we met in a restaurant. At the dinner table, we exchanged only some greetings and he hurried to tell me a secret: since our meeting in Beijing many years ago he was keeping up a relationship with the “girl” that he would like to introduce to me in the past. My God! What was he doing? Why did he even mention this to me, a pride or a confession? I can’t say a word.”

This is a shock to me too as I have met this guy at my parent’s place, he seems to be a nice guy, I have never thought that he had a romance here. Especially in those years in mainland China, people are afraid of doing things wrong, as you never know where are you going to be end up, maybe in jail, maybe be sent to very far away place to work on a farm, plus he had a wife and kids, this is really not loyal, I understand why my Dad has nothing to say to him.

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This is the continued story from my Dad:

“At the beginning, the letters that we sent together were frequent but became gradually scarce after some time: each of us occupied ourselves with work. But one day, he appeared suddenly in front of the door of my bureau, with him there was a slender girl, his fiancé without any doubt. They stayed with me only one hour and returned afterwards to Tianjin.
Some days later, I received a letter from him, in which he told me he would like to introduce a girl to me, who was a professional singer, was working for the army in his city. I refused; thinking any one who didn’t live in Beijing was unacceptable for me. He was very disappointed and wrote me a letter to express his feeling; I shook my head in a smile: I didn’t care about.”

That is good that my Dad did not do anything, otherwise, he will never get to meet my mom, which was his soul mate for years, (she passed away 6 years away). So my Dad make a great decision at time, this is the first time I heard this story from him.

After having two kids, I have to join the work at home team as it is so convenient and saves lots of travel time, dress up and get ready time. But the bad side is that I feel a little bit isolated to the world, we do take lots of vacations to get that part fixed. In this way I could stay with my kids more, not just send them to day care and never see them again until night. I use phone card to call China which is very cheap and no taxes and other related charges, plus it is very easy to use. I had a friend told me about this business, try to sell phone card on line, this is a good and stable business. After you get everything set up, you do not need to do anything more than to collect your commission. Go and try it out!

My Dad wrote the following story:

“I got up early today to go to the station of Shanghai , in order to welcome my friend Liu, who travels to the major cities of China to participate in a forum about a historic event in a small village at the edge of the Lake Tai . Being a specialist of science in a major library, he was my classmate in the high school and very brilliant in his studies. Although he is a one-eyed person, he managed to get accepted with me in the University of Peking, he was major in the science of library and I was major in French.
After five years, when we were graduated from the university, he joined the Library of Tianjin as a librarian assistant, and I stayed in Beijing, accepted by a state owned translation bureau.”

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We went to this Indian restaurant, Khyber pass, the food was very good, I have the soup with the meat, my husband always goes for the Lamb verdoloo, the kids had rice and mango Lasi. There are no other people eating in the restaurant as it is Sunday night, there are some people ordered to go. We like the environment too, there is a big TV too.

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This is an old movie, but I just got to watch it tonight after my husband’s recommendation. It is a great story, Aida likes to play her piano so much, that is like her life, but she also has feelings, when she noticed that she is in love, she chosen the guy. I have not seen anyone so persistent. But only in this way, she got what she wanted and still is happy.

It is time again to refinance, people are talking about the rate might go lower again before the holiday season, this is really good news to us since we have just got a new place. To find a best mortgage broker is a key now, I always try to get rate from two to three places and then compare all the discount point, fees etc.

Five years have passed since I set up home in Shanghai, the major city of China. Now that the summer came to an end with its boiling heat, life becomes very nice under the high and cloudless sky.
With a friend of mine, I was sitting in one park of the city; in front of me is a teacup. It was time of the blooming of one special Chinese flower, the breeze bring us frequently its heady perfume. All around, the visitors are chatting or playing cards and mahjong, a perfect peace ambiance. I can’t say what will be the situation if there is no longer the regular change of four seasons with the rise of temperature on the planet.

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I just heard from our lender that we could get a rate of 5.625%, this is a big change from our 6.25% rate in the summer, I am so happy about it! That means we have some free diaper money for each month, so just want to mention it here so that if any or you want to refinance, now is a great time, plus I think to do the arm is not a good choice, we should still stick with the fixed rate.