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 …
Category Archives: Creativity
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 …
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 …
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 …
Observation of Taiwan Election
In 2 weeks, there will be presidential and legislator elections in Taiwan. Candidates used all kinds of strategies and tactics to seek supports and win over competition. People might be frustrated by the attacks of each other: lie, illegal property, ‘black’ money, etc. and wonder what is true? At the same time, we saw the …
4 Old Streets, 4 Different Styles
(四條老街，四樣風情) I visited 4 old streets in New Taipei City: Dan Shui (淡水), Jiu Fen (九份), Shi Fen (十分), San Xia (三峽). The first two I had visited many years ago and liked so I want to come back; the last two was first time. They were very different, let me share with you… Dan …
Dream Come True
March ’20 I had a planned trip to Arkansas and complete a bucket list to visit all US states. Covid hit, the trip was cancelled and postponed until now, 3.5 years later. I landed in Little Rock in a sunny Saturday afternoon. I walked out of the airport excited to check things out. A small …
Be Nice
I had a chimney inspection, performed by 2 young guys. The lead guy said he will send me the report in the afternoon as well as checking if he could make the price works for the cap style I want. Later I received the good news: yes. Great, I followed up with 2 questions we …