So long Toronto

Well it's official. I agreed, and I am going. I can't wait to work for long hours, bask in smoggy skies, breath the humid air and listen to bad music.

Seriously, there is no doubt this is going to be exciting!

Buy Kanye's New Record

I know. What? Purchase something you can easily download? Well according to this, 50 Cent is so confident that he will outsell Mr. West that if he loses..... Fiddy Cent will no longer put out any more solo albums! How great is that for society. Kids will no longer idolize money, hate gays, wear oversized clothing, and best of all, listen to bad music. For the greater good people. For the greater good.

Work Conversations - Virginia Tech

J - “It’s better to go crazy and shoot people, than to hold someone for ransom. You’re less selfish”

I know what your interests are

I figured it out. Interests are not based on the idea of personal preference. That in fact comes after what is even more important: economics. We like things based on the principal of supply and demand. I have already learned that as humans, we are happier if things are exclusively yours. It is already scientifically proven that people would rather earn less if everyone else earned even less. So, to like something would mean for it to not be attained by the populace.

However, there is a guideline involved. Yes, jealously is a necessity, but it needs to come from the right people. I can have the entire Kenny Rogers collection, but what good is it if the people who really want it, I don't really care about?

Exhibit A. I think baseball is boring. It is in fact a game and not a sport. But the reason why I go to these games is because we are in an exciting division. Toronto has access to catch Boston or New York games for only $2. I'm certain that fans of either team are incredibly jealous that we have the privilege to catch their team without fighting for overpriced scalped tickets due to a sold out game. Seeing how I am obsessed with New York culture, I guess I can grow to like baseball.

Am I close? Otherwise, please prove me wrong.

Testing my patience

I am currently writing my third test for Nielsen. So not only did I go though 4 interviews in which 2 of them occurred at 5:00 in the morning (to account for 5 pm Hong Kong time), I now must write a bloody test. Seriously, not cool. They've got me jumping through hoops like some circus dog.

Writing this test does feel like high school again. Well, just calculus class, because this is typically how I approach all my quantitative problems:

1. Sit down with paper, calculator and pencil
2. Attempt work
3. Get frustrated
4. Swear profusely at myself
5. Watch television to take a break
6. Repeat step one.

If lucky, I actually finish a question before my third television break.

Work Conversations - Bomb Shelter

J - “Never let somebody smarter than you into the bomb shelter”

Closing time

Does this happen to you? When you purchase expensive items only to realize that your happiness is temporary? That whatever you can do by monetary means can only last you at most, 2 days worth of happiness. I bought new glasses today. Fancy ones (I think), but even after the purchase, I felt sad knowing that I will soon try to find faults in it, and look for new ones. It's human nature I guess. Marketing has a term for it: Post Purchase Remorse. The bigger ticket the item, the more remorse...

These headphones I will receive in the mail will probably be the same. I will shout with glee when it arrives. I will play the hell out of it. I will discover a newer, better sounding headphone and get depressed again. It's a vicious cycle I tell you.