rudyamid on August 31st, 2011 at 4:25 pm

I’m in a retrospecting mood today.  I want to reflect on the disciplines that I wanted to keep. One of them is this blog. I have been blogging since 20061.  I’ve been struggling to rationalize and justify the reason to go on with it. Then it hits me. I’ve been slowly raising the standards of […]

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rudyamid on January 23rd, 2011 at 3:58 pm

It’s hard to miss people talking about Amy Chua’s WSJ article on “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”1.  Especially the massive backlash.  A lot of people are annoyed by the stereotypical description of an Asian family and her examples (albeit extreme) of how Chinese parents raise their children.  I’m not one to jump on the bandwagon […]

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rudyamid on September 11th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

It’s quite amazing how much I want to buy stuff.   I frequent sites like Amazon and Ben’s Bargains to see what’s new and on-sale that day.  It’s not easy to hold myself back from buying any new junk that I see.  When I was a kid, I was spoiled by my parents.  I would always […]

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