The advantage of having a regular job

The advantage of having a secure job is to be able to finance for a house. I am working towards that goal right now since I want to own a house here in Seattle so much.

I would like to have a government job in the sense that government jobs offer trainings and the jobs are less demanding than those in private sectors. I once worked in a city for a little over a year and had to quit because later I found that that they would not sponsor green card. I enjoyed all those trainings offered, and the steady income increase.
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As you perhaps have already known, there are websites specifically for government jobs like

hhts://www.governmentjobs.com,
https://www.usajobs.gov/

http://www.govtjobs.com

And Linkedin is a great resources too, to get insider information.

Good luck, girls. I hope you are enjoying the nice weather as much as I do.

Home Based Daycare Orientation

I know that to start a home based daycare, the first step would be to go to the orientation. The Department of Early Education website listed all the available orietation, and I saw there was none this year.

And J told me she waited for over a year for the orientation herself. Then I visited the preschool of S, who used to be lead teacher of my preschooler's. She told me about the office of DEE, which is right by the mall I go very often. I went the very same day I visited her school, wanting to talk to real people. I did, and also got to know that the orientation would be the following week.

Then the following day I was offered expertise help by the director of my child's preschool. Then I said to myself, what to lose? I should totally do it!

I arranged aftercare for my preschooler and a whole day drop in daycare for my 2 year old and left.

I enjoyed the training very much. (if you want to know more, let me know, I could write more about it next time)

I missed my preschooler's swim class at 4:00, but managed to squeeze her in the following class with the same teacher and had her last class of the session, which was supposed to be the most fun more, because she would get candy and her report card. How I love it when I see my baby swims freely in the water.

so long.

:)

I tell stories at my child's preschool

I went to the story time training two weeks ago and got a story time bite afterwards. I have been telling my babies more stories and begged my husband to listen to my story too. I told him the story about the "Magic Tapestry", the story I read when I was about ten years old or so.

That week, I asked the director of my preschooler's preschool about whether I could tell stories at her school now that I got the training. I was welcome and got to tell stories on Friday.

I told a story about A Lion and the Mouse, and sang a "Brown Bear Brown Bear" song, and Peanut Butter Jelly song, and a Chinese folktale " the Lost Horse".

Tomorrow I am going to tell stories too. I really look forward to it.

Women are our best friends

I want to have a whole day training in Seattle, and was debating whether I should go. I got my preschooler's after school care all figured out. But with the younger one, I was not sure. Since I did not get spousal support, I cancelled the training thinking since I was not ready to take the step, why go through all the trouble.

This moring when I picked up my preschooler, I got the most wonderful offer from the director of the preschool. I had to say, after all, women are women's best friends.

Men, intentionally do want to kill everything, Women are more nurturous and helpful.

推荐一些美国公司起步创业讲座视频

http://www.jiansnet.com/topic/26174/Best-Fee-Business-Startup-Videos-In-USA

I am a friend of this wonderful website. A lot of information. He recommended two youtubes that I found very resourceful.

I finished watching the first one, and has got some serious points.

1) JUST DO IT!
2) Unique product at a good price(good for you price)
3) Family first(I sense his bitterness in his tone not going to Yahoo and made a couple of millions)

Enjoy!

How to find a government job

Govermentjobs.com is a really good website.

I just applied 5 jobs within 3 hours.

I would like to apply for government jobs because they offer a lot of training and could switch from being technical to management. I want to "move up".

English class today

I went to an English class organized by this lady who also organize this moms group. I thought my English was really good. But I learnt a little too. "Used to " is pronounced "use to". I wasn't aware of "d" followed by "to".

Today we talked about used to, am used to, and taking on the telephone.

(It's so nice to be outside enjoying the sunshine. I thank my husband for that.)

Telephone conversation:

Scenario 1:

Caller: Hello, May I speak to Sarah?

Sarah: This is SHE, (not her). Or

Sarah: Speaking=This is she who is speaking.

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Scenario 2:

Sarah's H: I am sorry, she is not available now. May I take a message?

Everyone perhaps has experienced having to spelling out the names. The teacher handed out a list of spelling alphebets. Hers is different than mine. I am sharing mine here with you.

A, as in Apple
B, as in Boy
C, as in Cat
D, as in David
E: as in Edward
F: as in Frank
G: as in George
H: as in Henry
I: as in Ink
J: as in Jaclk
K: as in Kate
L: as in Larry
M: as in Mary
N: as in Nancy
O: as in Onion
P: as in Peter
Q: as in Queen, Quater
R: as in Robert
S: as in Sam
T: as in Tom
U: as in Umbrella
V: as in Victor
W: as in Wok(kidding you, I dont remember I have ever needed to spell W), Willie.
X: as in X-ray
Y: as in Yellow
Z: as in Zebra

I went to the World Language Training Saturday

It was a great training. Two very experienced Children librarian gave us a lot of demonstrations and tips on how to present a succesfful story.

I am very grateful for the training. To entertain, to express, and to impress. I cant wait to hone my skills with other people's kids. I, however, noticed dramatic change in the style I tell bedtime stories to my kids too.

I also signed up for a How to Recycle training. I will share with you girls about that once I complete the 2 Saturdays event in May.

Free Web Seminar on Entrepreneurial Women - Pursue Business Ownership

Free Web Seminar Entrepreneurial Women - Pursue Business Ownership at April 25, 2013 11:00 am Pacific Time 

https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=xicvj0kju7v

Triple your reading speed?

By one glance per line? That is extremely hard. I need to take three snapshot of a line to understand it. It's called "wasted eye movement".

I am reading this book on speeding reading while i should be reading another important book, in the wish to 磨刀不误砍柴功。

Interview with the real agent companies

I spoke on the phone with the Redfin yesterday. They asked me why I was interested in being an agent. I told them buying and selling houses excites me than engineering work. I asked them about their fee structure and career path.

This morning I went to see an office manager of a local real estate agency. I felt very welcome because she was the only one replying my inquiry out of four or five applications I sent out. She asked the same why question. And I could see she was very open to bringing me in. After she showed me the money i am supposed to bring in each year. I understand why. The first $26,500 I bring in is split half and half, and then the rest goes to my own pocket. Not too bad to consider the prestigious company and the training they offer, and the nice downtown office.

I am very excited!

Thanks for your support

Thank you, girls and boys, I know I have at least two gentleman checked checked out this blog.

I have met a few interesting friends. I am most impressed by Miss Y.

Her daycare is a huge success. I could tell that the kids are happy there. What I was impressed most is not how she runs her business, but the way she thinks. She sent her own age appropriate preschooler to other people's facility. It takes a wise busienss woman and a determined mom to do that.

I myself have always been very interested in buying houses, for myself. It occurred to me that I might help people buying and selling houses. A mom friend quit her job in Amazon and started workin as a Redfin agent, more like a "contractor", where she gets paid by Redfin for each house showing, or "event".

I have registered real estate broker classes and have set up interviews with two local agency to work for.

Above is my current sharing. Yesterday I started reading the cover story of Time. Hopefully i could finish reading it and share my thoughts on that.

Sorry that I haven't been able to update. I will continue to share now that I know you guys are still checking.

Thanks

在美国提高英文水平-how to improve English in America

本人来美上学上班十年有余。英文没有长进，但是经验还是积攒了不少的。

楼主一贯风格，抛砖引玉。

1）找各类公司，银行，信用卡，煤气，水电，电话，网络公司打电话聊天问问题，dispute 帐单等。

2）隔壁老头老太太聊天。

3）各类美国电视剧，我自己friends 翻来覆去的看，是铁杆粉丝，记得最后一集海跑到电影院看的。后来开始看Seinfeld, sex and the city,再后来绝望主妇和the sopranos.
4）各类英文组织。最喜欢的是toastmasters (toastmasters.org) 锻炼公开演讲能力的。

还有speakers association 什么的。我参加过几年的tm,常被鼓励要利用accent,use it to your advantage, 因为不同。我看到哪里的笑话，是you pay more attention to people with accent, because you have to.

5) 学校英文学习班。我自己刚来美国觉得自己英文很好，没有去上学校提供的英语课，后来我去上了几节课，觉得很好，很实用，专门对我们留学生的，很遗憾没有去上。后来我工作后，注册过社区大学的英语课，和演讲课，感觉效果甚微。
6）英语accent reduction. 我去上过一个学期的accent reduction .被纠正了些发音，感觉英文好了很多。

7）多问。我常问美国人怎么表达。比如说，衣服上起球的那个东西，我就问一直很友好的图书馆的那个老师，问那个球怎么讲，她想了半天，说叫pills.就是吃的丸子。我就谢谢她，说我闺女说她衣服都是sparkles.她说那样说很cute. 我们的哈哈大笑。

8)多句式来了，多看，多背，多google. :)

路都是要自己走，才能知道哪条更适合自己。加油！

chinese women's association

Hi girls, check out to see whether there is a local Chinese women association. I see that San Diego, Cleveland and Bay Area have it.

And there is also Organization of Chinese American women http://www.ocawwomen.org/about/leadership/

We need to see tha we are not alone. We need a sense of belonging. In Chinese women we trust.

I am sure you will be able to find a mentor from them, or from your work. Talk to the people you look up to, tell them you want to be as succuessful as them, ask them for advice. Ask your company to see whether there is mentoring program or things like that.

I am going to Vancouver and Victoria for spring break tomorrow and will be back middle next week. Most likely wont be able to share anything till I come back.

Become an AMS Montessori Teacher or Administrator

I see reviews today, so here I am to google you girls the information I was interested in and had researched on. My 4 year old has been going to this Montessori school and she obsolutely loves it. The "toys" are so much fun. They called them sensurials

https://www.amshq.org/Teacher%20Resources/Become%20an%20AMS%20Montessori%20Teacher%20or%20Administrator.aspx

This is the official American Montessori Society website. If you dont have time to read the whole thing, I excerpted it for you:

http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Montessori-Teacher

Montessori teaching differs from traditional teaching because it's student-led. Like traditional teachers, Montessori teachers must become certified in the area they want to work. Teachers can be certified to teach infants, primary and elementary. The infant certification also certifies anyone wishing to be an assistant in the Montessori classroom. Primary certification is for ages 3-6 and elementary certification is for ages 6-12. The Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) is recognized worldwide as the accrediting agency for Montessori training programs.

Edit Steps

1. Graduate college with a bachelor's degree. While most programs don't specify an undergraduate degree subject, majoring in education, communication arts, English, math or science would be beneficial. Montessori training centers do like to emphasize that students come from a variety of educational backgrounds, and will train students with degrees in art, nursing, anthropology and architecture. The important thing is to have a degree.

2. Research accredited Montessori training centers at the AMI website at www.montessori-ami.org/ to find out how to become a Montessori teacher and the application requirements for each school. Schools differ, but most want you to submit personal references, transcripts from all post-secondary institutions, an essay and work history.

3. Apply for the primary diploma first, even if you're goal is to teach elementary. AMI schools require that students hold the primary diploma, which certifies you to teach children 3-6 years old, before admittance to the elementary program. The only way to forfeit the primary diploma is to take an intensive summer foundational course that covers all of the material of a primary diploma in one summer.

4. Choose an academic schedule that meets your needs. Many of the Montessori schools schedule classes over 3 summer sessions, meaning it will take 3 years to get your first diploma. If you want to graduate in one year, look for a school that offers a single academic year schedule, rather than the summer sessions.

5. Complete the Montessori training program.

• Plan to take approximately 1,200 hours of instruction, divided up by units. Lectures compromise most of the units.
• Demonstrate your ability to create Montessori materials for all subjects.
• Participate in classroom observations and supervised teaching.
• Complete a teaching practicum in the last semester.

6. Earn your diploma only after completing both oral and written exams given by your training center. The exams will cover the training education and prove that you are competent in the interdisciplinary methods of Montessori teaching.

7. Search for a job by speaking with local Montessori schools or looking through AMI's online listings. Schools needing teachers will list the type of teacher needed, along with the educational requirements of the job.

总结

总结：

1）独资或者合资投资出租房，shopping plaza. 昨天有妹妹提出很好的观点：

还有一个可以在西雅图这种华人聚集地方开个华人会所之类的， 喜欢投资房地产的一起合资买个商铺， 具体经营模式慢?想， 作为一个华人聚集中心， 将来名气大了也不错， 大家休闲也罢， 交流交友也罢。 总之是个华人圈社交中心， 电影上学的。


2）网上买卖，美国货销往各地，要做市场调查，货源，销售。



3) 炒股

4) 卖保险

5） 房地产中介

 6）家庭食堂。卖晚饭。便当，利用food truck卖，健康便当，小面食，饮品。瓜子冰棍水。：）


7) 教舞蹈，唱歌，表演，yoga等等，
8）社区活动，华人姐妹中间交流信息，娃娃旧衣服玩具。轮流带孩子。



9) make husband earn more money by praising, nagging, and/or kicking him.

 10）其他

Sell online

Hi girls, it seems the easier and more feasible way is to sell stuff, basically from US to the world. I personally have been shoppping on Amazon and just now I registered an account with eBay.

SonicBunny MM has successfully launched her business. Each of us has to find the right stuff for us to sell if we want to sell.

A friend of mine has made a few thousand dollars selling kindle books onlin...e. That might be a starter. Maybe you girls could come up with a easy to follow Chinese food recipes for Americans.

I like kid's stuff, children books, girl's dresses, hair bands, fabrics, and home decor. I think I am going to do some research on what sells best,and see whether i could pull it off.

Those of you who have sharp eyes for fashion trend, and riding on it, maybe you could even design and create your own brand.

 

etsy.com is a website where you sell handmade stuff.

女人励志杂志 在Facebook上开通了

http://www.facebook.com/pages/%E5%A5%B3%E4%BA%BA%E5%8A%B1%E5%BF%97%E6%9D%82%E5%BF%97-Women-Nvren/445634745524927?ref=stream#!/pages/%E5%A5%B3%E4%BA%BA%E5%8A%B1%E5%BF%97%E6%9D%82%E5%BF%97-Women-Nvren/445634745524927 


在Facebook上建立了个“女人励志杂志”page。

北美的女人，我们或许有很好的工作，或者暂时不工作，在家照顾家人生活起居。但是，我们知道，那不是我们的全部。我们要自己的舞台，要展现最美的自我。

从哪里开始了？ 从身边的一点一滴开始，从现在，这个时刻开始，我们一步一步，从小事做起，朝着我们希望的方向努力。

从一个主妇的纠结开始，从FB executive Sheryl Sandberg 开始，如果我们女人开始努力，我们的女儿，孙女就会有更多的学习的榜样。这个时候，我们才实现了，想在家蹲就在家蹲，想上班就上班，或者两者兼顾的自由之境。

来我们这里分享，学习，鼓励，和共同进步吧。

How to make money from your own home-怎么在家赚钱

正好楼主这个话题，我以前也做过调查，想自己赚点小钱。我过几天好好整理下思路。

我以前提到过的，我有个邻居，在craiglist上买或者捡旧家具，自己粉刷，转手买。 前几天，我刚好看到她家车库有一个dresser,问她会卖多少钱。她说，40元买的，可能会卖300元。磨砂，粉刷了一共3，4个小时。

中文tutor,教美国人中文，锻炼了自己的英文，一举两得。还有美国人希望教小孩中文。

替人看小孩，一个小时12-15元。

还有，写书啊。中国那么多神话故事，写小孩的书。可以找人配图(illustrator)华人上姐妹人才济济，肯定有能人。大家合作啊。找editor帮忙修改，联系publisher.我没有深入调查。

摄影技术好的，可以先免费替别人照相，建立口碑，以后自己开摄影工作室。

自己做小孩衣服（裙子类）省钱，我家小姑娘的裙子现在都是我自己做，穿出去很拉风的。我还刚给领导做了个ipad cover可以stand的。可惜这些个费时间，成不了规模。想做大，其实也可以注册自己商标，到国内制造，拿过来卖。 我有一个朋友，美国出生的韩国人，自己设计小孩头饰，拿回韩国做，拿到各种展销会卖，一次2，3天的展销会，赚6，7千不在话下。

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How to make money from your own home-怎么在家赚钱

1)捣腾房子，出租，或者flip house买。
这边我做了些小小的调查怎么开始：

http://wochinese.blogspot.com/2013/04/tips-for-investment-properties.html

2）股票（我不是太懂）

3）写kindle版本的书在网上买。食谱，how to类的很好买。可以搜搜那样的好卖。

 

Tips for investment properties-钱从哪里来

I did some due diligence and came up with the following:

1) First and farmost, come up with a handsome amount of down payment.

2) Be a good borrower, meaning you have a good credit score, which most of us Chinese girls do. The lines draws around a score of 720 or 740 where when it is lower, you dont get the best rate available.

3)  Find a mortgage suitable to you, such as a local bank or a good mortgage agent. A lot of Chinese mortgage agents are really good.

4) Do owner financing. I looked it up. http://homeguides.sfgate.com/owner-finance-mean-real-estate-7867.html It is as if the seller is your bank. When you purchase a house from Mr. Seller, while you cant qualify a regular loan from a bank, but then the seller wants to sell the house. You and Mr. Seller make an agreement how you are going to make the payment.

5) 借钱。lendingclub.com之类的。 401K,保险，都可以借,别的home equity,自己婆家的家底可以借来用用，be creative。


我google了下，对于没有很多钱的初级选手，怎么开始买投资房。

我个人观点，投资，很多人就是图便宜，positive cash flow是首要的，因为这个抓得住，是实在的。其次是升值。

现在市场回暖，（至少湾区），也许买周边区域投资房是不错的选择。 我本人很想在南佛州买个海景小康斗，以后退休住，一直也没有攒够钱+有勇气。 去年我看的时候，10万可以买一个不错的3/2 SFH. 但是听realtor说要抢。

以后有时间会搜搜哪里投资比较make sense.我道听途说的，”买涨不买跌“，觉得很有道理。

怎么找租客？

www.hotpads.com 免费的。

发一个贴可以同时弄到好几个网站，自动的。比如zillows.
别的不知道，登zillow付9.95,就变成featured,人家搜的话，就是最上面。华人benbenq 美女用过挺好。

craiglist免费的。

Chinese food

I heard some American joked about us having Chinese food in US while when they were in China, they do not crave for their food. What I experienced today could not have explained why that is.

We went to UW for the cherry blossom,which was wonderful. My little girl was doing what DaiYu's 行为艺术，only with her dad's cowboy hat。The blossom is out, so is half of the City.

Afterwards, we decided to treat us a great meal. We yelped around and found almost every the resteraunts were closed except for this one typical place, an organic vegetan cafe. The name sounds healthy. We went in and had the worst food ever. My stomache was full afterwards, but I didnt get the satisfaction of being fed.

Butter in the rice, with raw spanish? We feed that to pigs! I went grocery shopping and bought over $120 grocery, which way over exceeded my avergage grocery shopping for half a week of $60 or so.
After the homemade food, I felt so much better.

Now i understand why the Girl Who Chase the Moon could make the hit. It was about Love, BBQ and Cake. Reading the books gave you that gratitude. I returned the author's first book thinking life is too short to read too many novels.

Ok, there is nothing really meaningful i could share today.

巧虎全集

巧虎2013：http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWLduC8yym6sgVjs4tNqR0O1JAtlbZL_f 


巧虎宝宝版：http://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLWLduC8yym6vBRZA9OK29jMq3s9VvhdI0 

巧虎学汉字：http://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLWLduC8yym6ua4iSnxLIlfL5JJKYkcRVj&feature=view_all 


巧虎学唐诗：http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWLduC8yym6sAnQqa5rJdejca1bm6yqJ3 

Business System _ Build a sustainable system, and dont do head cracking things

I have always been using "edge" as to what distinguish myself to others, while not aware that sometimes the right word should be "niche".

It just dawned on me that running the home can be a challenging business too. The home needs a system that is sustainable. With that thought, I cleaned my kitchen and put away a few items to more appropriate locations. Together with bathing girls early, those two changes will make my home run more smoothly. With dad now tells stories every night other than just Wednesdays(my off-story night), I get to enjoy my evening earlier.

So, girls, look around yourself and see what changes you could make to make your life a little nicer, be it a walk after dinner, or ten minutes quiet yourself time.

PS. since someone was telling me about some head cracking experience, I found my favorite joke from seinfield, and thought I could share with you gals.


http://www.distributedrepublic.net/archives/2005/10/17/jerry-seinfeld-on-helmets-and-helmet-laws/

http://www.distributedrepublic.net/archives/2005/10/17/jerry-seinfeld-on-helmets-and-helmet-laws/

孩子早睡觉的秘诀

就是早点洗澡。早点洗澡了，吃饭后玩一会就可以睡觉了。

以前总等到吃饭后洗澡，然后洗澡，搞搞起码9点洗澡。现在我做饭的时候，孩子放浴室淋浴，然后穿衣，玩玩，吃饭。
这样7点半就technically可以睡觉了。8点，8点半就可以送孩子睡觉了。

这个以前孩子很小的时候人家告诉我的，说，第一件事情就是给孩子洗澡，才能保证孩子早睡觉。真理啊！可惜被埋没这么久。


Running a house is a business too. It needs a system that works, that generate more results with less man power, I meant woman power.

So bathing kids early is the first step to improve my home stay business. This morning I also cleaned up the kitchen, and designated items to better locations.

It is all about setting up a sustainable
business system.

About English

Toastmasters.org is a good place to practice public speaking. I did not get my PhD so I did not get the urge of talking in front of a group people quenched yet. I need to rejoin TM.

And always speak slowly, it will give myself time to organize thoughts and be understood better. Trying to talk fast to sound like American is not the way to go. But I once heard that if you cant persuade someone, just confuse them.

Another one I want to share with you girls goes like this. People tend to pay more attention to people with accent, why? Because they have to.

I googled this one. really funny. read along

Unfamiliar Accents Turn Off Humans And Songbirds

http://www.npr.org/2010/11/16/131359561/unfamiliar-accents-turn-off-humans-and-songbirds

New research suggests that our brains have a built-in bias against people whose accents don't sound like our own.

 

 

Songbirds, like this male tricolored blackbird, develop regional accents in the same way humans do, researchers found. And, like humans, songbirds seem to respond better to accents they already know.

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That's the conclusion of Scottish researchers who presented their work at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego.

The team, from the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh, used a functional MRI scanner to study the brains of 20 native Scots as they listened to native English speakers with Scottish, American and southern English accents. They focused on the brain's temporal voice area, which seems to specialize in processing characteristics of particular voices.

Earlier research had found that people process words spoken in their own accent more quickly and with less effort. So the team expected the brain scans would show a decrease in brain activity in this area.

Instead, the scans showed a "huge increase," says Patricia Bestelmeyer of the University of Glasgow.

Also, when the Scottish volunteers listened repeatedly to an American or southern English accent, their brain activity gradually diminished. But that didn't happen when they listened repeatedly to someone speaking in their own accent, Bestelmeyer says.

That suggests that people's brains are paying more attention to the voice of someone from their own group than from a different group.

From an evolutionary perspective, it makes evolutionary sense that our brains are wired to detect accents, Bestelmeyer says. "Accents convey important information about the speaker's social background," she says, adding that accents offer a quick way to determine whether someone is part of our own group or an outsider.

Songbird Accents

It's still not clear precisely how the human brain does all this, Bestelmeyer says. But, oddly enough, people who study birds think they may have some clues. That's because songbirds, like people, learn to vocalize early in life and develop regional accents. So research on bird brains could help explain what's going on in the human brain, says Jon Prather from the University of Wyoming.

Prather has studied the brains of swamp sparrows from Pennsylvania and New York, whose calls have subtle differences that are a lot like accents.

"We studied a region of the bird brain that is involved in not only how they sing their songs but how they perceive differences in their songs," he says. And that research found individual brain cells that would respond to one accent — but not another.

Steve Carell: Strange Accents And Subtle Departures

So Prather and researchers from Duke University compared songbirds from Pennsylvania with songbirds from New York. They found specific brain cells in the Pennsylvania birds that responded to songs sung in their own accent, but they would stop firing when exposed to a New York accent.

"It would effectively shut down. It would not respond at all," he says.

All of which suggests that that songbirds from Pennsylvania and New York recognize each other's speech differences much the way human residents do, Prather says. And in nature, he adds, members of one group tend to be wary of members of another.

"We think that's actually the reason that Eagles and Giants fans don't get along," he says.

Franchise Meeting

http://washingtonfranchises.eventbrite.com/

I went to this Franchise Meeting today and I had a lot of fun. I dont know how I bumped into this info but it must have been that it showed up when I was searching all over for information about business.

They organizer first talked about themselves. I figured what they said is too good to be true. I could not have said better myself. So here is what they say themselves.

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The Franchisors(the ones who try to sell franchises) includes Home care business, school business, digital marketing company, staffing company, haircut salon chain, and a Zoup company. 

I am particularly interested in the staffing company and the zoup company for various reasons. 

I remember how hard it was for me to locate my first job right after 911, I did almost all byself, going to the a more prestigious university career fair.  Then 4 years later, when I was ready to leave that city, I worked with a lot of head hunters and I remember how frustrating it was trying to explain that YES, I am legible to work in US, with a transfer of H1B, which is just paper work, and all I said didnt make a dent on them. But fortunately 2006 was a very good year and I landed a couple of offers and chose my dream company in my field. I remember telling my boss that I could see this as my last job. And the job just ended last week, and I am sure I will not go back to my field working as an engineer. Today at the beginning of the presentation, I shared with the room of people my situation and my expection, the organizer said, welcome to retirement. haha.

I would like to help Chinese workers to get their jobs, enhance their resumes so that what's written on paper do them justice, improve their interview skill to present their true selves. 

I spoke to the franchisor and share with her my niche, and she said i could not just concentrate on certain group. With $100,000 or so to buy their franchise... I still havent figured out what business sytem they have that is worth that much.

The zoup store. We Chinese love food including soup. I make the best tomato soup. :) I believe the tomato soup makes your skin fair and best of all they endure over cooking. The best part I like about the Zoup is that the soup is premade, so there would be no cooking in the store. The soup was made, and stoped cooking and was placed to freezer right away to keep it fresh. For a zoup store, $400,000 is the fair price. There goes 0.5 SFH. Ouch!

But I met a Chinese guy who gave me information about what I really really wanted to do. So that is the beauty of networking and asking questions.

One baby step at a time. Hang in there! You go, girls! 

I found this http://pinterest.com/amymfly12/quotes-for-strong-girls-women/

So you think you work very hard?

This afternoon my 4 year old had a playdate with her preschool friend L. I knew L's mom is a family doctor. But what I did not know is that she gets up at 2 or 3 to start working, and goes to bed around 9. And she breastfeeds her 8 month baby.

But she has her parents to take care of babies and a husband that cooks. But I felt it came out wrong when I said you are very lucky after she said her husband cooks and yesterday he cook for the whole week. I didnt mean that a husband is not supposed to cook and take care of family. It is just that some women don't get all that...

I have the impression that Sheryl emphasized the importance of finding the supporting spouse is essential.

鼓励美女们到图书馆当志愿者，或者讲中文故事

鼓励妈妈们到图书馆当志愿者，或者讲中文故事   Post By：3/15/2013 12:45:00 AM

我一直到图书馆听中文故事。最近发现没有了，主动请缨讲，才发现讲world language story 要培训，然后每次还有报酬的。 我已经报名参加这个免费的培训，以后有时间也去图书馆帮助整理书籍什么的。 我有幼儿园老师朋友去志愿者，听她说在图书馆工作很好，很多人想去。 我想去当志愿者是个好的回馈社区的做法，也弘扬了我们中国文化，锻炼了自己。 分享下心得。希望姐妹们支持。

我一直到图书馆听中文故事。最近发现没有了，主动请缨讲，才发现讲world language story 要培训，然后每次还有报酬的。

我已经报名参加这个免费的培训，以后有时间也去图书馆帮助整理书籍什么的。

我有幼儿园老师朋友去志愿者，听她说在图书馆工作很好，很多人想去。

我想去当志愿者是个好的回馈社区的做法，也弘扬了我们中国文化，锻炼了自己。

分享下心得。希望姐妹们支持。

Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

我刚知道这本leaving Microsoft to change the world. 已经借了还没有开始读。讲的是一个很成功的MS executive 辞职去建立read room，他的组织遍布世界各地，但是中国还没有。

其实中国女孩子，特别是中国农村女孩子需要我们的帮助。和这个主题也算接近吧。

本人有意向，但是不知道怎么操作。期待这里的姐妹指点。

http://www.leavingmicrosoftbook.com/

The Story

In 1998, John Wood was a rising executive at Microsoft when he took a vacation that changed his life. What started as a trekking holiday in Nepal became a spiritual journey and then a mission: to change the world one book and one child at a time by setting up libraries in the developing world. He was soon driven to leave his career with only a loose vision of the change he wanted to bring to the world.
John made the unlikely marriage between Microsoft business practices and the world of non-profits to create Room to Read, an organization that has created a network of over 7,500 libraries and 830 schools throughout rural and poor communities in Asia and Africa.
The organization is now one of the fastest growing, most effective, and award-winning non-profits of the last decade. John has been recognized in the worldwide media as a "21st century Andrew Carnegie," building a public library infrastructure to help the developing world break the cycle of poverty through the lifelong gift of education.

Speed reading-how to read 300% faster in 20 minutes

http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/07/30/speed-reading-and-accelerated-learning/

How much more could you get done if you completed all of your required reading in 1/3 or 1/5 the time?
Increasing reading speed is a process of controlling fine motor movement—period.
This post is a condensed overview of principles I taught to undergraduates at Princeton University in 1998 at a seminar called the “PX Project”. The below was written several years ago, so it’s worded like Ivy-Leaguer pompous-ass prose, but the results are substantial. In fact, while on an airplane in China two weeks ago, I helped Glenn McElhose increase his reading speed 34% in less than 5 minutes.
I have never seen the method fail. Here’s how it works…

The PX Project

The PX Project, a single 3-hour cognitive experiment, produced an average increase in reading speed of 386%.
It was tested with speakers of five languages, and even dyslexics were conditioned to read technical material at more than 3,000 words-per-minute (wpm), or 10 pages per minute. One page every 6 seconds. By comparison, the average reading speed in the US is 200-300 wpm (1/2 to 1 page per minute), with the top 1% of the population reading over 400 wpm…
If you understand several basic principles of the human visual system, you can eliminate inefficiencies and increase speed while improving retention.
To perform the exercises in this post and see the results, you will need: a book of 200+ pages that can lay flat when open, a pen, and a timer (a stop watch with alarm or kitchen timer is ideal). You should complete the 20 minutes of exercises in one session.
First, several definitions and distinctions specific to the reading process:
A) Synopsis: You must minimize the number and duration of fixations per line to increase speed.
You do not read in a straight line, but rather in a sequence of saccadic movements (jumps). Each of these saccades ends with a fixation, or a temporary snapshot of the text within you focus area (approx. the size of a quarter at 8? from reading surface). Each fixation will last ¼ to ½ seconds in the untrained subject. To demonstrate this, close one eye, place a fingertip on top of that eyelid, and then slowly scan a straight horizontal line with your other eye-you will feel distinct and separate movements and periods of fixation.
B) Synopsis: You must eliminate regression and back-skipping to increase speed.
The untrained subject engages in regression (conscious rereading) and back-skipping (subconscious rereading via misplacement of fixation) for up to 30% of total reading time.
C) Synopsis: You must use conditioning drills to increase horizontal peripheral vision span and the number of words registered per fixation.
Untrained subjects use central focus but not horizontal peripheral vision span during reading, foregoing up to 50% of their words per fixation (the number of words that can be perceived and “read” in each fixation).

The Protocol

You will 1) learn technique, 2) learn to apply techniques with speed through conditioning, then 3) learn to test yourself with reading for comprehension.
These are separate, and your adaptation to the sequencing depends on keeping them separate. Do not worry about comprehension if you are learning to apply a motor skill with speed, for example. The adaptive sequence is: technique ‘ technique with speed ‘ comprehensive reading testing.
As a general rule, you will need to practice technique at 3x the speed of your ultimate target reading speed. Thus, if you currently read at 300 wpm and your target reading speed is 900 wpm, you will need to practice technique at 1,800 words-per-minute, or 6 pages per minute (10 seconds per page).
We will cover two main techniques in this introduction:
1) Trackers and Pacers (to address A and B above)
2) Perceptual Expansion (to address C)

First – Determining Baseline

To determine your current reading speed, take your practice book (which should lay flat when open on a table) and count the number of words in 5 lines. Divide this number of words by 5, and you have your average number of words-per-line.
Example: 62 words/5 lines = 12.4, which you round to 12 words-per-line
Next, count the number of text lines on 5 pages and divide by 5 to arrive at the average number of lines per page. Multiply this by average number of words-per-line, and you have your average number of words per page.
Example: 154 lines/5 pages = 30.8, rounded to 31 lines per page x 12 words-per-line = 372 words per page
Mark your first line and read with a timer for 1 minute exactly-do not read faster than normal, and read for comprehension. After exactly one minute, multiply the number of lines by your average words-per-line to determine your current words-per-minute (wpm) rate.

Second – Trackers and Pacers

Regression, back-skipping, and the duration of fixations can be minimized by using a tracker and pacer. To illustrate the importance of a tracker-did you use a pen or finger when counting the number of words or lines in above baseline calculations? If you did, it was for the purpose of tracking-using a visual aid to guide fixation efficiency and accuracy. Nowhere is this more relevant than in conditioning reading speed by eliminating such inefficiencies.
For the purposes of this article, we will use a pen. Holding the pen in your dominant hand, you will underline each line (with the cap on), keeping your eye fixation above the tip of the pen. This will not only serve as a tracker, but it will also serve as a pacer for maintaining consistent speed and decreasing fixation duration. You may hold it as you would when writing, but it is recommended that you hold it under your hand, flat against the page.
1) Technique (2 minutes):
Practice using the pen as a tracker and pacer. Underline each line, focusing above the tip of the pen. DO NOT CONCERN YOURSELF WITH COMPREHENSION. Keep each line to a maximum of 1 second, and increase the speed with each subsequent page. Read, but under no circumstances should you take longer than 1 second per line.
2) Speed (3 minutes):
Repeat the technique, keeping each line to no more than ½ second (2 lines for a single “one-one-thousand”). Some will comprehend nothing, which is to be expected. Maintain speed and technique-you are conditioning your perceptual reflexes, and this is a speed exercise designed to facilitate adaptations in your system. Do not decrease speed. ½ second per line for 3 minutes; focus above the pen and concentrate on technique with speed. Focus on the exercise, and do not daydream.

Third – Perceptual Expansion

If you focus on the center of your computer screen (focus relating to the focal area of the fovea in within the eye), you can still perceive and register the sides of the screen. Training peripheral vision to register more effectively can increase reading speed over 300%. Untrained readers use up to ½ of their peripheral field on margins by moving from 1st word to last, spending 25-50% of their time “reading” margins with no content.
To illustrate, let us take the hypothetical one line: “Once upon a time, students enjoyed reading four hours a day.” If you were able to begin your reading at “time” and finish the line at “four”, you would eliminate 6 of 11 words, more than doubling your reading speed. This concept is easy to implement and combine with the tracking and pacing you’ve already practiced.
1) Technique (1 minute):
Use the pen to track and pace at a consistent speed of one line per second. Begin 1 word in from the first word of each line, and end 1 word in from the last word.
DO NOT CONCERN YOURSELF WITH COMPREHENSION. Keep each line to a maximum of 1 second, and increase the speed with each subsequent page. Read, but under no circumstances should you take longer than 1 second per line.

2) Technique (1 minute):
Use the pen to track and pace at a consistent speed of one line per second. Begin 2 words in from the first word of each line, and end 2 words in from the last word.
3) Speed (3 minutes):
Begin at least 3 words in from the first word of each line, and end 3 words in from the last word. Repeat the technique, keeping each line to no more than ½ second (2 lines for a single “one-one-thousand”).
Some will comprehend nothing, which is to be expected. Maintain speed and technique-you are conditioning your perceptual reflexes, and this is a speed exercise designed to facilitate adaptations in your system. Do not decrease speed. ½ second per line for 3 minutes; focus above the pen and concentrate on technique with speed. Focus on the exercise, and do not daydream.

Fourth – Calculate New WPM Reading Speed

Mark your first line and read with a timer for 1 minute exactly- Read at your fastest comprehension rate. Multiply the number of lines by your previously determined average words-per-line to get determine your new words-per-minute (wpm) rate.
Congratulations on completing your cursory overview of some of the techniques that can be used to accelerate human cognition (defined as the processing and use of information).
Final recommendations: If used for study, it is recommended that you not read 3 assignments in the time it would take you to read one, but rather, read the same assignment 3 times for exposure and recall improvement, depending on relevancy to testing.
Happy trails, page blazers

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Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,

Don't hate me because I am successful, By Sheryl Sandberg from TIME March 7, 2013 issue

http://ideas.time.com/2013/03/07/confidence-woman/


In the mother of all book launches, Sheryl Sandberg — the COO of Facebook and a first-time author, though you would hardly know it — was interviewed by TIME’s deputy managing editor Nancy Gibbs at the Time Warner Center in New York City. Sandberg, the cover subject of this week’s TIME magazine, is on a mission to empower women in the workplace. “I believe that if more women lean in, we can change the power structure of our world and expand opportunities,” she writes in TIME’s exclusive excerpt of Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, a book that has gotten a tremendous amount prepublication attention.



Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2013/03/11/sheryl-sandberg-takes-center-stage/#ixzz2Nvl4HKc1

 

New Resources

http://leanin.org/

Founded by Facebook Sheryl Sandberg.


http://www.score.org/ to find free mentors and local business trainings

Hi girls, thanks for visiting this blog. I will continue to post online resources where we girls could get help and move us forward.

Stay tuned!