I was surprised to find out that I was charged $3.95 each month for a HSA with a previous company for the past nearly 6 years. I didn’t use the money, nor the service. I contacted the customer service and was told below certain amount, there would be a monthly account service fee which was …
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Awakening and Blessing
I went to support a friend on her first 5k run. I stayed with her for 10 days training for it: we ran, cooked, and fueled by ‘green power’ food. One day she asked me ‘how I manage my investment’, I told her that I have a financial advisor. She then asked ‘how much I …
Customer Care
I bought a new HP laptop in my last trip home (Taiwan) so I have the keyboard with ㄅㄆㄇ…to be able to write in Chinese to parents. I tried to connect the laptop with an existing Dell monitor to work with 2 screens but somehow, the monitor wasn’t detected. I googled HP customer service and …
Intention, Interpretation
A friend gave me some plants. I put a bag of them on the front of the house and went to the back to grab something. When I came back, in just a few minutes, the bag was gone. Really? Somebody stole plants? Why didn’t he/ she ask, I’d be happy to give… Some time …
ByeBye…Egg, Fish, and Cheese
2 weeks ago, I went to visit a friend who surprised me with a ‘master culinary class’…She invited 3 other friends and we worked together in chopping vegetables, measuring spices, and rolling whole wheat dough. We chatted and enjoyed the beautiful and delicious salad, Monacan lentil stew, veggie-loaf, and bread afterwards. She shared her stories …
New Chapter
2 weeks ago, I got a text message from my manager, out of blue, asking to talk…strange, isn’t he traveling? And we have our weekly one-on-one in a few days…anyway I said yes. He quickly called me and…gave me the bad news. Well, the tough financial situation wasn’t news and there had been several rounds …
Genius, Generosity
I like going to the traditional market with mom, experiencing the energy, the colorful offering, and the ‘genius’… Mom knows where to find the best buy: we would get up at 6AM then (bike) raced to the market to get guavas (before good ones being taken); we would ride over half an hour to another …
Happy Dragon Year
Mom and I wrote bike to the market. The street is bustling with people, vendors luring loudly, shoppers catching and bringing their ‘trophies’ (bags of everything they like) home for the feast. Our baskets were quickly filled with fruits, vegetables, fish, and on top, an old-fashioned rice cake. I worked till before the reunion dinner. …
Creative Problem Solving
I’ve been taking Creativity and AI courses. The final project is to define a topic to research, gather inputs from people around you, immediate and extended community then apply the intervention and observe outcome, learning. I chose to work on ‘Creative problem solving’. We solve problem everyday and I’m interested in learning people’s different thinking …
Care
We went to a dim sum restaurant and had some extra food. We asked the waitress for a box to bring them home. She was eager to help. She carefully picked up each piece and put it side-by-side in the box. It became a pretty ‘assortment’. We complimented her artistic skill. She laughed and said …