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。