Reading Time: < 1 minute This is what I got from Ameren UE web site. Note the number 1299 only reflects the outage of my neighborhood. From what I heard from radio Ameren tries to restore majority of customers by this evening. Current Outage Outage start date/time: Saturday Jan 13, 2007 7:01 AM Outage status: Order assigned to servicemen or crew Cause
Reading Time: 1 minute Here is what I saw from eBay: ***Asia Internet Connectivity Hit by Taiwan Earthquake – Trading Advice*** December 28, 2006 | 12:28PM PST/PT “On December 26, an earthquake off the coast of Taiwan damaged several undersea cables shared by international telecommunications companies. This has disrupted Internet connectivity in many countries in Asia, including Australia.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dealing with my 14 y old: the new retainer got lost in a week. See: I was smart that I bought the “retainer insurance” 🙂 If the opportunity arises, I would buy the “iPhone insurance” too (remember why I bought iPhone 15 : long story short, she accidentally broke her iPhone XR (which was passed
Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a continuation of my personal reflection on investing in stocks. I recall most recently I talked about patience over frequent short term trading here. Patience is import during power (electricity) outage too: which btw, in St. Louis due to the unpredictable weather, it happens once a while (such as this one in year
Reading Time: 3 minutes I didn’t do well in my last 2 years of investing or trading. I think the overall performance in my main IRA (trading) account, for last 2 years (2022 and 2023) is slightly down. This year, I lagged behind the S&P 500 index in terms of performance (mine 11% vs S&P 500’s 25%). And I
Reading Time: 2 minutes One St. Louis-area public school among nation’s Top 50 in new rankings (Below was written in 05-31-2014, about 9 and half years ago, when our old daughter S was at Hope Montessori Academy in Creve Coeur. We love both our daughters’ teachers since then too 🙂 There is a cliche, saying we learn a lot
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imagine when a kid falls and how western parents and traditional Chinese grandmas react Is probably the confidence. From the day they start to walk. I still remember the time my older daughter started to walk. I think most parents would encourage their toddler kids to walk when the kiddos were still learning. I guess
Reading Time: 6 minutes (Update 04-01-24) I sold a few surprising items last few days, things I didn’t expect to sell. A generic Fitbit charging cable : I bought it from Taobao in year 2016 as I lost mine in hotel in China. A filter for sun eclipse: a Mastercard souvenir in year 2017 we had sun eclipse. A
Reading Time: 4 minutes On this past Sunday evening, I learned a harsh lesson on the fast food and order food via mobile apps. It’s not the 1st time I waited a loooooooong time for the food. During pandemic I recalled once I waited probably one hour at the Panda Express not far from where I live, when I
Reading Time: 6 minutes Some disclaimer: not district official doc. I believe each kid is unique, special and gifted in her / his own way. And for many parents / guardians they do sincerely believe their kids are the smartest. Years ago I think when my older daughter was probably 3 or 4 years old, at the preschool a
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