Above: China Care members, Lily and Stephanie at the bake sale NYU China Care had its first bake sale of the Spring 2009 semester today! We raise money to help fund life-saving surgeries for disabled Chinese orphans. Total funds raised today? $98.05. I’m wondering if there is a way to make bake sales more profitable,…
Above: My friend’s 21st birthday party! I’ve always wondered why everyone says that a glass of red wine a day is a healthy choice, and today I found out! It was based on a study known as “The French Paradox”. “The French Paradox” refers to the coincidence in France of lower-than-average mortality rates from cardiovascular…
Since studying abroad in Shanghai during the fall of 2006, I’ve had a keen interest in living and working in China. Ever since, I’ve been keeping up on the news in China. I attended the Wharton China Business Forum this weekend in hope to learn more about the business environment in China. I also hoped…
Today the Most Emailed New York Times article is entitled “Students Expectations Seen as Causing Grade Disputes“. It’s a good read, especially for professors or college students tired of the endless grading battle that occurs every semester in almost every course. The article describes how students bring a certain expectation of making good grades to…
On February 13th, I was sitting at my desk at work wondering what I could get my boyfriend for Valentine’s Day. You must know that he’s the best boyfriend in the world; so I really needed to go all out on this one. Some friends gave a few suggestions: dinner, a teddy bear, a show……
In 1985, Interior Design magazine wrote that The Palladium: “represents Arata Isozaki’s transformation of a vacant and rundown theater (originally built in 1854 as the Academy of Music) into an extraordinary interior that can only be described as a sleek new structure, the equivalent of a seven-story building suing more than 200 tons of steel,…
Abrams Research just came out with their social media survey today. Check it out here. Here’s an abridged version: Most people would recommend businesses use Twitter over any other social media site: 40% to just 15% for Facebook But – they’d pay for Facebook over any other site for their own use LinkedIn came in…
I decided that it’s time for me to have a blog! No reason. No purpose. No scheme. No plan. It’s just a blog, and I’ll follow it where ever my randomness decides to go. I know what you’re thinking. Oh great, another random blog. I agree. It sounds cheesy. I’ll do my best to make…
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