The Day's Catch

Interesting Reads:

• Management Lessons from Indian Wars
• Fun in Food Photos from Juliehhh
• When in a recession, longer skirts and heavier women are in fashion

The last two were shared by J from here.

Reality Check

I woke up with all the best intentions. I said I wanted to:

1. Read the tax return rules
2. Buy tickets
3. Find a qipao top as a gift
   
4. Buy chocolates
5. Finish packing the box
6. File tax, credit card
7. Fill out visa application form
8. Pack for the trip
9. Call the clinic
10. Email (ff-up on feedback)
11. Drop the forms into the mailbox
    

It's nearly the end of the day, and I've only done the ones in green. Help!

FT.com

Does anyone want to give me a free subscription to FT.com?

Okay... even just one edition weekly?

My guilty pleasure is The Secret Agent.

104 out of 110 lottery winners got the numbers from a fortune cookie!

So says Jennifer 8 Lee here.

See 12:02.

The best 4 minutes of her life

Isabel Allende, working with women and for women.

Watch her talk about Passion for 20minutes. She is very witty.

"..growing up in a patriarchal family, I learned to deliver two blows for every I blow received.
"Feminism is outdated for privileged women.
"Feminism is never thought of as sexy, but it has never stopped me from flirting."

5 situations I find myself in...

1- Being the youngest person in the room.

What do I do? I do as he says --specially on the topic of children. Fortunately, I have cousins who are waaaaay younger than I am so they serve as my contribution to the children convo.

2- Being in a bad economy.

Ryan Healy say it's really a time to re-think many things we've become comfortable with.

3- Screwing up --like not printing that e-ticket!

Ryan Paugh says think first, don't give lame excuses.

4- Being woman (and sometimes being the only woman)

Craving for security makes us less secure says Eve Ensler

5- Having that old, discarded Trauma

Expectations that cause trauma is very good material says Amy Tan in a very funny speech.

The Brain In Love

A talk by Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist.

A short story on the MRI's of brains of 37 people.

-Proof of romantic love is everywhere ---proof of its absence has not been found anywhere.
-Almost nobody gets out of love alive
-The Poem on love: Fire runs through my body with my love for you

a few decades and counting...

I thought I'd have a family of my own when I got to be 24 --How? Well, just that it happens. Miraculously. And in my mind, it was so clear, my son (see? my child is not so specific...) would be share the same astrological year sign --because it's lucky.

Now I'm XX and I am wondering why my life didn't turn out that way.

I find out I am far from being alone. My favorite career coach's story is like mine. She says so are many, many others.

I have not yet decided to be a customer of sperm banks. Wait, no, I have not decided. Period.

Network using your contacts without making them feel used

Important Tip
http://corporaterecruitingdiva.blogspot.com/2009/02/networking-using-your-contacts-without.html

Your parachute?

How many have a back-up plan?

Or just getting it ready? Today, I found even more help.

Here, here, and here. These cover the basics of what to do immediately (the short term), how to narrow down your choices (after all too many choices isn't really good for you --I have to find the freakonomics link for this), and gain the confidence to introduce yourself.

And to start my day right, I'm going to wear nice clothes.

Schmoozing --it's not what you think!

Guy Kawasaki's guide to schmoozing and it's definitely way better than I thought it would be. I didn't even want to click on this link ---but after reading it, I just felt I had to share it.

Specially #8 and #9.

LinkedIn Woes

I am trying to log into LinkedIn because there are supposed to be lots of ways this is going to be helpful :-)

However, I can't remember my password and the link to reset the password hasn't sent me the link to reset it yet. It has been a bit over 2 hours now.

Is that because so many people like me are updating their profiles?

And I'm even doing this on Monday --which is what TJ advised. Apparently, she says doing updates on career posts/sending out resumes on Monday morning is more effective than doing it on Friday night or on the weekend.

I'm happy to pass on the message to LinkedIn folks.

Update:
24Hours later, still no reply.
I only got a confirmation that Customer Service has received my query.

Oops, after not getting any reply, I just cleared all my cookies --and now it works again. Whew!

Paying Post Affiliate

Payment for posts?

I'm trying this out and will post more on how it goes later.

When you need a helping hand...

I'm glad I found Penelope's blog eons ago. When I'm down to my last idea, I go and read Penelope's advice.

Mount Takao

Spent the day hiking and did trails 1, 5, and 6.

Took the lift (a 12min ride) instead of the cable car (6min ride) and closed my eyes half the time! Btw, the cable car is more like a cable bus at this place!