Next #Destination – #Korea!

13 Jul

Next destination – Seould and Busan! Crazy semester is finally over! Get achance to relax!

Dragon Boat #Zongzi! #Foodie Fun!

18 Jun

I have awesome #students!! Yesterday was the #Chinese national #DragonBoat #Festival where college close down and Everyone eats yummy Food at home. We were forced to have #class instead so some of my darlings brought me #zongzi – bamboo or banana leaf wrapped glutinous #rice triangles. It’sva very popular Traditional dish here in #China. Wasn’t that sweet of them?!?

**They are calling them ‘Social Surplus’ zongzi because we are studying the Surplus triangle in class Lol πŸ˜›

12 Jun
OMG this week is confusing πŸ˜‚
There are about 28 sophomores re-taking economics this semester. The school has changed our schedule for this week 4 times now.
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There are also about 4 of them failing the class right now. I am setting up one-on-one meetings with them.
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Problem: They call meetings ‘classes’ — So my conversations go something like this:Β 
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Me: Hey darling, we have class at 8:30am now.
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Student: So I should come to your office then?
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Me: No, that is still the same. This is class with your friends.
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Student: Oh. . . .
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Me: Hey darlin, our class was changed to 7:00pm so we need to rearrange our meeting to another time.
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Student 2: So. . . . I don’t have class at 7:00.
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Me: No, you do have class at 7:00. But we don’t have our meeting.
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Student 2: Oh, I will come to your office at 7:00.
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Me: πŸ˜… No. . . that’s the class with your friends.
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Student 2: -_-Β  Β 
Me: . . . . . Guess what, Class is now moved to 3:30pm. . . . . So we need to move our meeting and the class.Β 
Student 3: (sobbing face).
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Me: This is so confusing. . . .
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What is the #Supply (δΎ›η»™) Curve?

8 Jun

What is the #Supply Curve in #Economics?
Supply is the number of products currently available for sale.

In #Microeconomics, we often look at the supply of one company (how many that company has ready for trade).

In #Macroeconomics, we sometimes talk about Aggregate Supply (how many are up for sale in the entire market).

Below is a simple explanation of the Supply Graph and what you need to know!

Let’s say that Mike is buying pencils from Metro (MΓ idΓ©lΓ³ng)

We want to know what price should Mike offer?

Suipply Curve.jpg

This picture is very helpful! The light Green Line (supply δΎ›η»™) tells us how many pencils Metro will have available for sale at each price.

Situation #1:Β The price is $3.00, Metro will have 30 pencils available for sale.

Situation #2:Β The price is $1.00, Metro will have 10 pencils available for sale.

Situation #3:Β The price is $4.00 and Mike wants 25 pencils. Can Mike buy those 25 from Metro?

Answer: Yes! Mike wants 25 pencils and Metro has 40 pencils. So Mike can buy 25 pencils at Metro for $4.

Situation #4:Β The price is $4.00 and Mike wants 50 pencils. Can Mike buy 50 pencils from Metro?

Answer: No! Mike wants 50 pencils, but Metro only has 40. So Mike can get 25 pencils or even 40 pencils. But he cannot buy 50 pencils for $4.00 because the store will not have enough.

So we could draw the picture like this:

Supply 2

So what is the Supply Curve?

  • It tells us the MAXIMUM (ζœ€ε€§) number of products Metro will have available for sale at each price.
  • It tells us how many products Mike CANNOT buy.
  • It gives us an idea of what price we should choose. For example, if the price is $8.00, Mike can buy 80 pencils! But if the price is $1, he can only buy 5 pencils.

Law of SupplyΒ (δΎ›η»™ζ³•εˆ™) ~ When price increases (δΈŠζ‰¬), more products will be available for sale.

Dressed for #summer – coffee #fashion!

6 Jun

Good morning – this little guy is cheerfully dressed for summer!.

#Cafe on the Plan, #Seoul

4 Jun

One of my top 3 favorite #cafes in #Seoul is Cafe on the Plan in #Chungmuro District. Gorgeous atmosphere, good #bagels & #peachtea, and karge windows for watching the world go by. Chungmuro is more real-town Seould rather than Tourism Seoul. I love it πŸ’•

(Btw, my other two are Traveller’s Cafe in Ihwa Mural Area and Holly’s Caffe near Insa-dong.).

Against the flow #streetart

3 Jun

Ever feel like you’re #Swimming upstream? You are πŸ˜›Ever feel like you’re #Swimming upstream? You are πŸ˜›

My first #Earthquake!

3 Jun

Wow! Just felt my first #earthquake! 5.7 in Songyuan (about 1.5hr #train Ride from us). Hoping Everyone is okay!

Are You Feeling Blue?

29 May

Are you feeling β€˜blue’?
Down, low, sad. . . . a color ashamed and unwanted?
Depressed β€”
Are you feeling β€˜blue’?

Are you Feeling β€˜black’?
darkness, despair, a night without stars and lost without a compass
Shadows β€”
Underground coffin where hope is not even a light in the furthest tip of your muddy thoughts

Are you Feeling β€˜red’?
Blood draining from your heart
Rage β€”
A world where there is only Mars and no Venus, enemies and doom without the love to make it worthwhile

Are you Feeling β€˜green’?
Betrayal seeping into your thoughts
Jealousy β€”
Grass is always greener on the other side but your life is rotting like leaves left too long in the rain.

Are you Feeling β€˜yellow’?
Scared of a future that does not look like a future
Cowardβ€”
Yesterday a nightmare, Tomorrow a worry, and Today is not your present.

Are you Feeling β€˜white’?
Innocence buried in a chest in a box in a crate in the warehouse
Unworthyβ€”
Nothing shows the dirt more than the white background displaying it

Are you Feeling β€˜grey’?
Existing with neither emotion nor vibrancy nor beauty
Empty
Life an old movie showing a pale imitation of a world imagined in color but never experienced

But Feeling β€˜blue’?
The color of the sky in a field where there is no world and only you
The color of the ocean stretching far beyond today and tomorrow
The color of the night when the judging eyes of a glaring sun have softened to a soothing glimmer
The color of
Peaceβ€”
Restβ€”
Hope β€”
Silenceβ€”
Are you feeling β€˜blue’? I hope you do.

 

 

 

 

My first #Earthquake!

27 May

Wow! Just felt my first #earthquake! 5.7 in Songyuan (about 1.5hr #train Ride from us). Hoping Everyone is okay!