Next destination – Seould and Busan! Crazy semester is finally over! Get achance to relax!
Dragon Boat #Zongzi! #Foodie Fun!
18 JunI 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 😛
12
Jun
OMG this week is confusing 😂
There are about 28 sophomores re-taking economics this semester. The school has changed our schedule for this week 4 times now.
There are also about 4 of them failing the class right now. I am setting up one-on-one meetings with them.
Problem: They call meetings ‘classes’ — So my conversations go something like this:
Me: Hey darling, we have class at 8:30am now.
Student: So I should come to your office then?
Me: No, that is still the same. This is class with your friends.
Student: Oh. . . .
Me: Hey darlin, our class was changed to 7:00pm so we need to rearrange our meeting to another time.
Student 2: So. . . . I don’t have class at 7:00.
Me: No, you do have class at 7:00. But we don’t have our meeting.
Student 2: Oh, I will come to your office at 7:00.
Me: 😅 No. . . that’s the class with your friends.
Student 2: -_-
Me: . . . . . Guess what, Class is now moved to 3:30pm. . . . . So we need to move our meeting and the class.
Student 3: (sobbing face).
Me: This is so confusing. . . .
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What is the #Supply (供给) Curve?
8 JunWhat 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 (Màidélóng)
We want to know what price should Mike offer?
This picture is very helpful! The light Green Line (supply 供给) tells us how many pencils Metro will have available for sale at each price.
Situation #1: The price is $3.00, Metro will have 30 pencils available for sale.
Situation #2: The price is $1.00, Metro will have 10 pencils available for sale.
Situation #3: 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: 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:
So what is the Supply Curve?
- It tells us the MAXIMUM (最大) 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 Supply (供给法则) ~ When price increases (上扬), more products will be available for sale.
Dressed for #summer – coffee #fashion!
6 JunGood morning – this little guy is cheerfully dressed for summer!.
#Cafe on the Plan, #Seoul
4 JunOne 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 💕
(Btw, my other two are Traveller’s Cafe in Ihwa Mural Area and Holly’s Caffe near Insa-dong.).
Against the flow #streetart
3 JunEver feel like you’re #Swimming upstream? You are 😛Ever feel like you’re #Swimming upstream? You are 😛
My first #Earthquake!
3 JunWow! 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 MayAre you feeling ‘blue’?
Down, low, sad. . . . a color ashamed and unwanted?
Depressed —
Are you feeling ‘blue’?
Are you Feeling ‘black’?
darkness, despair, a night without stars and lost without a compass
Shadows —
Underground coffin where hope is not even a light in the furthest tip of your muddy thoughts
Are you Feeling ‘red’?
Blood draining from your heart
Rage —
A world where there is only Mars and no Venus, enemies and doom without the love to make it worthwhile
Are you Feeling ‘green’?
Betrayal seeping into your thoughts
Jealousy —
Grass is always greener on the other side but your life is rotting like leaves left too long in the rain.
Are you Feeling ‘yellow’?
Scared of a future that does not look like a future
Coward—
Yesterday a nightmare, Tomorrow a worry, and Today is not your present.
Are you Feeling ‘white’?
Innocence buried in a chest in a box in a crate in the warehouse
Unworthy—
Nothing shows the dirt more than the white background displaying it
Are you Feeling ‘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 ‘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
Peace—
Rest—
Hope —
Silence—
Are you feeling ‘blue’? I hope you do.
My first #Earthquake!
27 MayWow! Just felt my first #earthquake! 5.7 in Songyuan (about 1.5hr #train Ride from us). Hoping Everyone is okay!
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