Author: stephanusoptimus
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Should you Take a Gap Year?
Recently, a few articles posted on CNBC interviewed a few “rich people” who gave their advice to the graduating class of this year. The articles were retweeted by a long-time travel blogger which triggered what were most likely emotional responses from others. After all, all these people are debt-free or travelling, etc., but a look…
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Some Thoughts on Michio Kaku’s The Future of Humanity
I just finished reading Michio Kaku’s most recent book, The Future of Humanity and, like most of his books, thoroughly enjoyed it. Much like his previous books, his writing was thought-provoking to say the least. And it is those thoughts that I tweeted out as I read through the book you’ll find listed below, de-hashtagged for…
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A Quick Resource Guide on Investing
My brother recently asked me what he should read to gain some knowledge on investing. I wrote up some quick recommendations and thought I’d share them here in case other people had the same concern but maybe didn’t know who to ask or what to ask. Below you’ll find a very short list of resources…
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Chinese Changes – May 2019
Last year I wrote a post about some of the changes I had seen upon my return to Beijing after a brief hiatus in 2017. You can read that post here. Given the current media and geopolitical climate, I thought I’d write up another little post on what I’ve seen change over the last year.…
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Interests Keeping Me Busy
So Beijing has hit it’s “getting hot” time of year during which the temperature goes from “It’s nice outside” to “Get me out of the sun!” very quickly. Smoggy days have been at a minimum as of late, and that’s good, because I’ve found it’s been leading to some breathing problems for me this year,…