Hi There,
If you follow me from the start. Maybe you will know that I am still confused with what I want to do in my life. But I tell you now that I will take the decision starting now. I have already asked a lot of people, young or old, professor or little kid, student or worker, In other word, I asked almost everyone. But I did not found a particular answer that suit me. Until recently I think about it again, after I know a little bit about life (from my experience studying, traveling and working). Everything start to make sense for me and I guess I will tell you what I am going to do with my life.
I have searched the answer to "What is the purpose of your life ?" since I finished my undergraduate degree. That time I spend my time in the internet, chatting with a bunch of guys or girls I don't know from all around the world. I just try to figure out what they will say. But unfortunately I didn't get what I want. From my point of view the people that was chatting in the internet still do not know exactly what they want to do in their life and that is why they spend their time chatting in the internet.
After that I get to work and figure out that everyone in my working place just try to finished their job and just try to stay on their job. I learn a lot of new point of view from the employee. And then I move town to continue my job. I get the good life and know how a professionals enjoy their life. After that I get the opportunity to study in Taiwan. I get the experience to study abroad, live far away from my family and start to live independently. Luckily I still have a lot of friend there. After learn this experience I get another scholarship to Europe. I do not have any friends there and I have to start a new life there. As you know I have to move to different countries each 3 months. I have to adapt fast. Everything was quite difficult but everything working out and I get my summer holiday.
I go around Europe during my summer time and I use couchsurfing during the time. I starting to ask the question again to the people I met. And I don't find the perfect answer yet. After that I finished all of my research and I have to make decision once again what I want to do in my life. I can work or do PHD. I still do not know what I should do. I really want to do the PHD but I don't really know. I will still continue my research. I want to become the richest man in the world. I just hope everything will working as it plan. Please pray for me.
I have an advice. Try to decide what you want to do in your life, because whether you will or not, your life will still continue and whether you take the decision or not, The decision will be made. Right now you have to start to make decision so in the future when you look back to your life you will say "I did my Best". And starting now just imagine yourself what you want to be, where you will be in the next year, next five years, next ten years. Just imagine all the situation. I just hope it will help what you want to do with your life.
Best of Luck and Hope all the best for everyone.
Sunday, 23 May 2010
Friday, 21 May 2010
Find a job
Hi there,
I have settled down in Birmingham and now I just got a job. I will start at Monday. I will be a PHP Developer. I am quite excited about this. Now I am waiting for the PHD position. I hope that I can get it and I can make my Stock Market Agent dream come true. I really-really want to do this. I just hope that I can and GOD will give me this opportunity.
So to all that still do not know what you want. Just imagine yourself in the next five years. What you want to become ? Who you will be in that time. If that is not enough Imagine what you will become in 10 years. And starting now just imagine what you have to do. What will take you there. Just do it and I am sure you will reach what you want.
I hope all the best for everyone. I know what I want and I know I will get it. I hope it will be the same with you.
I have settled down in Birmingham and now I just got a job. I will start at Monday. I will be a PHP Developer. I am quite excited about this. Now I am waiting for the PHD position. I hope that I can get it and I can make my Stock Market Agent dream come true. I really-really want to do this. I just hope that I can and GOD will give me this opportunity.
So to all that still do not know what you want. Just imagine yourself in the next five years. What you want to become ? Who you will be in that time. If that is not enough Imagine what you will become in 10 years. And starting now just imagine what you have to do. What will take you there. Just do it and I am sure you will reach what you want.
I hope all the best for everyone. I know what I want and I know I will get it. I hope it will be the same with you.
Sunday, 11 April 2010
T-Mobile Lock the Phone. Really pain in the ass.
Hi all,
I just settle down in Birmingham, UK. I trying to do the same thing I should do everytime I move to a new place. Trying to know the neighborhood, find the supermarket, know where to find internet, etc.
I have quite a problem when I try to find the internet. First I have already doing some research about the internet broadband. At first I need to buy the Dongle. And I buy that with 3 months contract. Everything going well until I can not use Skype. I managed to return that with a really hard time to speak with the manager in Carphone Warehouse.
But after that I guess T-Mobile is the one that have unlimited internet with only 10 pounds. This is a SIM only contract for each month. You can stop it anytime you want, that what they say. I know that after searching the internet I can use my 5800 Nokia as a modem. I buy the contract and then I have it. But after get out from the stores I know that I can not use my old number (Vodafone) in my Nokia 5800 because I will use it as internet. This number is known by all of my friend and I use the number to search for a job. This number is important for me, so I try to buy the cheapest phone I can buy in T-Mobile and try to put my Vodafone inside.
After I put it inside I can not use it because they lock the phone. T-mobile was a really pain in the ass. I don't know about this locking when I buy the phone. I just think that "Pay as you go phone" will not be unlock. I try to go back to the stores and they say that I can unlock the phone by searching in Google. But after some time, I know that I can not do that. I try to contact them using email and they call me in the morning. They say that I need to wait for 3 months until I can unlock it for free. They suggest me to change my vodafone to T-Mobile so I can use it with my phone. And finally I ask "Can I just return my phone ?" and they say yes you can we have 7 days policies for that. The next morning I try to return the phone and they say we do not have 7 days policies for stores. They say it is because "You have know and you have already see the phone in the stores". We do not force you for anything, but I say to them that "I do not know about the locking phone". I mad there and but they say "we can not do anything, it is the rules". I told them that I have already contact T-mobile by email and they say that they have 7 days policies and they say you can contact them again and let them hear about that.
So I am really fed up with this problem and I will try to solve it. Everything was a really mess up. The lessons I get from this is "Do not decide to do something when you are under pressure or under time limit, you have to think about it overnight to decide something, hopefully you will not make a mistakes." Thankfully my case is just really small risk and little amount of money. I still try to solve this problem and I will. So I have only 2 option now.
1. Try to unlock the phone for free. I have already found the program for that but I need the USB Cable (around 3 pounds in Ebay). or trying to unlock using the code.
2. Change my vodafone into T-Mobile number.
I guess I will try to do the first option first, if I can not do it until my vodafone credit is gone I will try to do the option 2.
Now I'm trying to search for a job. Hopefully I will find one soon. Hope me good luck. In case you still do not know, I have finished my dissertation and I have done everything. So next plan is search for a job. Please pray for me.
I just settle down in Birmingham, UK. I trying to do the same thing I should do everytime I move to a new place. Trying to know the neighborhood, find the supermarket, know where to find internet, etc.
I have quite a problem when I try to find the internet. First I have already doing some research about the internet broadband. At first I need to buy the Dongle. And I buy that with 3 months contract. Everything going well until I can not use Skype. I managed to return that with a really hard time to speak with the manager in Carphone Warehouse.
But after that I guess T-Mobile is the one that have unlimited internet with only 10 pounds. This is a SIM only contract for each month. You can stop it anytime you want, that what they say. I know that after searching the internet I can use my 5800 Nokia as a modem. I buy the contract and then I have it. But after get out from the stores I know that I can not use my old number (Vodafone) in my Nokia 5800 because I will use it as internet. This number is known by all of my friend and I use the number to search for a job. This number is important for me, so I try to buy the cheapest phone I can buy in T-Mobile and try to put my Vodafone inside.
After I put it inside I can not use it because they lock the phone. T-mobile was a really pain in the ass. I don't know about this locking when I buy the phone. I just think that "Pay as you go phone" will not be unlock. I try to go back to the stores and they say that I can unlock the phone by searching in Google. But after some time, I know that I can not do that. I try to contact them using email and they call me in the morning. They say that I need to wait for 3 months until I can unlock it for free. They suggest me to change my vodafone to T-Mobile so I can use it with my phone. And finally I ask "Can I just return my phone ?" and they say yes you can we have 7 days policies for that. The next morning I try to return the phone and they say we do not have 7 days policies for stores. They say it is because "You have know and you have already see the phone in the stores". We do not force you for anything, but I say to them that "I do not know about the locking phone". I mad there and but they say "we can not do anything, it is the rules". I told them that I have already contact T-mobile by email and they say that they have 7 days policies and they say you can contact them again and let them hear about that.
So I am really fed up with this problem and I will try to solve it. Everything was a really mess up. The lessons I get from this is "Do not decide to do something when you are under pressure or under time limit, you have to think about it overnight to decide something, hopefully you will not make a mistakes." Thankfully my case is just really small risk and little amount of money. I still try to solve this problem and I will. So I have only 2 option now.
1. Try to unlock the phone for free. I have already found the program for that but I need the USB Cable (around 3 pounds in Ebay). or trying to unlock using the code.
2. Change my vodafone into T-Mobile number.
I guess I will try to do the first option first, if I can not do it until my vodafone credit is gone I will try to do the option 2.
Now I'm trying to search for a job. Hopefully I will find one soon. Hope me good luck. In case you still do not know, I have finished my dissertation and I have done everything. So next plan is search for a job. Please pray for me.
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Almost finish my studies and what next.
Hi all,
I am here because I miss my blog. I am quite busy finishing my dissertation and I am sorry can not update this blog for some time.
Everything is going well now and I almost finish my dissertation. I don't know if I have already mention about it before, my dissertation title is Intelligent Agents for Stock Market Trading. I just create an agent that will trade according with some algorithm and it will simulate on the simulation using real stock market data. Now I have already done all the simulation, I just need to do a little bit more to calculate the fee and I want to make sure if my agent can make profit in the long range. I will have my presentation on 24th of March. I guess everything will be fine, because I think I have already make all the important task and I just need to do a little bit more.
I guess everything is going really well, but I have something more to think about now. The question is "What next ?". This is bothering me so much and I am quite worry about my future, even though I know that I will have a wonderful future and still have a great opportunity. I guess I still a little bit worry about it. There are several options I can do.
1. Search for PHD to continue my research.
2. Search for a job in UK, because I can apply for working visa there.
3. Search for available internship in Summer.
4. Get MBA course (I have already applied), while working.
5. Back to Taiwan to continue my Master program.
I guess right now I will try to search all the opportunity I can find. I am really worry about this and I will just take all the opportunity I can get. I have already find a place to stay in UK so that place will be my base place before I find the next opportunity, but I just guess I will find it soon, because as you know I am a really lucky guy and the life is easy for me.
So please pray for me for my dissertation, and Hope me good luck for my future.
I hope all the best for everyone.
I am here because I miss my blog. I am quite busy finishing my dissertation and I am sorry can not update this blog for some time.
Everything is going well now and I almost finish my dissertation. I don't know if I have already mention about it before, my dissertation title is Intelligent Agents for Stock Market Trading. I just create an agent that will trade according with some algorithm and it will simulate on the simulation using real stock market data. Now I have already done all the simulation, I just need to do a little bit more to calculate the fee and I want to make sure if my agent can make profit in the long range. I will have my presentation on 24th of March. I guess everything will be fine, because I think I have already make all the important task and I just need to do a little bit more.
I guess everything is going really well, but I have something more to think about now. The question is "What next ?". This is bothering me so much and I am quite worry about my future, even though I know that I will have a wonderful future and still have a great opportunity. I guess I still a little bit worry about it. There are several options I can do.
1. Search for PHD to continue my research.
2. Search for a job in UK, because I can apply for working visa there.
3. Search for available internship in Summer.
4. Get MBA course (I have already applied), while working.
5. Back to Taiwan to continue my Master program.
I guess right now I will try to search all the opportunity I can find. I am really worry about this and I will just take all the opportunity I can get. I have already find a place to stay in UK so that place will be my base place before I find the next opportunity, but I just guess I will find it soon, because as you know I am a really lucky guy and the life is easy for me.
So please pray for me for my dissertation, and Hope me good luck for my future.
I hope all the best for everyone.
Friday, 1 January 2010
New Year 2010 in Thessaloniki
Happy New Year everyone,
I have a really great time celebrating new years this year. I celebrate the new year count down with the church here. I put one video here so you can know how nice is that. I just want to say once again Happy New Year, this year will be better than last year and you will have all the success and happiness in your life. And for sure that I will have my passive income this year. I just hope to GOD for that.
GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS
I have a really great time celebrating new years this year. I celebrate the new year count down with the church here. I put one video here so you can know how nice is that. I just want to say once again Happy New Year, this year will be better than last year and you will have all the success and happiness in your life. And for sure that I will have my passive income this year. I just hope to GOD for that.
GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS
Friday, 25 December 2009
My Christmas Time in Thessaloniki
Hi all,
Today is 25th of December 2009. I have my first Christmas time in Greece. I have a really good time at Christmas last year in UK. And now I get also really wonderful Christmas in Thessaloniki. I will tell you what happen to me on 24th and 25th of December 2009.
At 24th there are 2 families invites me to their house. So I go to the first one in Tom's house around 1 o clock. They invite a lot of people in that party. I stay there until 4 o clock. Here is the photo when I am there.
Then I back home and I go to another family from my church that invite me for dinner. They are a German couple that recently move here to Thessaloniki. We have great conversation and great time together.
After that I go home and sleep.
In the 25th I go to the church and talk with some of the member of the church there. I take a picture with my pastor and a really nice old lady in my church. Here is the picture.
When I am on the church suddenly my friend from couchsurfing send me an SMS and asking me if I have plan for that day and he invite me to his house to eat lunch with his family. I directly accept his invitation. I don't have a plan anyway. Then I eat really big meals on his place.
I have a wonderful time on Christmas. I just hope it will be the same as your Christmas time.
Wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Today is 25th of December 2009. I have my first Christmas time in Greece. I have a really good time at Christmas last year in UK. And now I get also really wonderful Christmas in Thessaloniki. I will tell you what happen to me on 24th and 25th of December 2009.
At 24th there are 2 families invites me to their house. So I go to the first one in Tom's house around 1 o clock. They invite a lot of people in that party. I stay there until 4 o clock. Here is the photo when I am there.
Then I back home and I go to another family from my church that invite me for dinner. They are a German couple that recently move here to Thessaloniki. We have great conversation and great time together.
After that I go home and sleep.
In the 25th I go to the church and talk with some of the member of the church there. I take a picture with my pastor and a really nice old lady in my church. Here is the picture.
When I am on the church suddenly my friend from couchsurfing send me an SMS and asking me if I have plan for that day and he invite me to his house to eat lunch with his family. I directly accept his invitation. I don't have a plan anyway. Then I eat really big meals on his place.
I have a wonderful time on Christmas. I just hope it will be the same as your Christmas time.
Wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Sunday, 13 December 2009
TIps and Trick for Cheap Travel in Europe
Hi all back again writing for the tips and trick,
I was doing a lot of traveling in my summer. Like I say in my previous post, I have already traveling around Europe. I travel with quite little amount of money compare with other people but I am not doing that much compare to the one that really-really don't have money. I will explain later the difference. I will tell you about the tips and trick for traveling in Europe.
1. Transport.
- Low Cost Airlines (Ryanair and Easyjet)
For transport I use Ryanair flight which is really cheap. I get the promotion ticket for 1 euro that time. So everytime I fly I just spent 1 euro. So that time I will just look at their map (where they fly) and then I just make the route and find the promotion ticket. Usually they have the promotion almost everyweek, just register with them and you will have the promotion sent to your email. The problem with this Ryanair is the airport is quite far from the city so you need to spend more money to get on the bus or train to get to the city. The other problem is there are so many regulation that you have to pay attention to, otherwise you will pay more money. You will be allowed to bring only 1 bag for 10 kg (55cm x 40cm x 20cm), for your carry hand baggage. For more information about baggage you can find out (here) You will need to print your boarding pass or otherwise you will need to pay 40 euro in the airport.
- Local Transport
I always go to the tourist information office for the information of everything. Usually you will have a free map and all the information you need. You can ask for the daily ticket or any ticket that is for tourist. It will save you quite money if you using it a lot, but everything is depend on how you want to travel. For sure it will be cheaper to walk all around.
- HitchHike
I haven't use this but I guess I want to try to use it some time in the future. I have meet quite a lot of people doing this and they say it is working and this is the cheapest way for the transport. The tips and trick I get from them is just find the road to get out from the city, write your destination in cartoon or big paper and then just raise your tumb. One of them say that the longest time for them to get the pick up is 1 hour even that he already traveling around europe.
2. Place to sleep
- Couchsurfing and Hospitality Club
I use couchsurfing in almost all places I have been in Europe, but in some cities I stay with my friend. Couchsurfing and Hospitality Club is the website that people can offer their house for someone to sleep on for free. Usually is for several days and they want to host people to make friends and meeting other people from different culture. My tips and trick of staying in couchsurfing is just be nice and just do whatever you can to help your host, for instance washing dishes is one of the simplest one. If you can cook, cook for them. If they ask you to go out for a drinks, pay for their drinks also (if you have quite money to do that). All the other that you need, you can read in their profile I guess, what they like, what they don't like. And always write personal message. What I mean by personal is maybe at least more than 3 lines. You can explain yourself and why you want to go there.
- Cheap hostel
In Europe there are a lot of cheap hostel. You can find most of them easily, by looking in some website like www.hostelworld.com or www.hostel.com. You can read the rate and their location there. You can ask in tourist information also if you have already in the city.
- In airport or park
I know some people that doing this. They bring sleeping bag or tent and they can sleep anywhere. But it is quite dangerous if you do in the winter. In summer is fine but that is my last option. There is no point of doing this because compare to couchsurfing you will have a comfortable place to sleep also for free.
3. Food.
- Bread from supermarket
That is the cheapest one I can find. I don't know about the food you usually have but this works for me. I just buy the bread, ham and some cheese and put it together to become a sandwich. I eat this for my breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Cook
If you can cook and if you using couchsurfing you can cook for them. You can buy all the stuff you need in the supermarket and use their kitchen to cook. There is only 1 times that I failed ^^. All the other host really like my cooking.
- FastFood
I guess the next option is the fast food. A lot of people do not feel like to eat fast food because they think that is not healthy. But it works for me as long as it was the cheapest one. I guess in Europe Fast Food is the cheapest one, but not in Asia. So just take a look on the price first before you decide.
- Restaurant or Bar
The next option for me is restaurant and bar. You can not avoid it if you using the couchsurfing with the guy that don't eat fast food. So just follow them, you can offer to cook for them but if it's already the time to eat .. just eat. You can separate the bills or if you have some money you can pay for him also.
4. Go around the city
- Plan where you go
You have to know at least what you want to visit in that place. All the rest you can ask the information on the place. But even if you don't know anything about the city you can ask in tourist information. Usually there always 1 in each airport or in the train station or in the city center.
- Tourist Information
It's always good to visit tourist information. Usually you can have free map. They can explain you all the time schedule what to visit and all the free places you can go. This is the favourite question I always ask.
"I will be here for ... days can you suggest me where to go and what to see ?"
"Is there any free places or free museums ?"
"What is the most famous monument/place in this city ?"
"Is there are any travel/pass card for tourist ?"
-Information from couchsurfing host
There are more information you can get from your couchsurfing. Sometimes you will have something that even the tourist information forget to tell you about. Or maybe he know the beautiful places that is not shown on the map. One of the advantages if they can have the time to show you around the city. So what I say to you is just use couchsurfing. Of course if you are a girl I am not recommend you to travel alone using this. At least have 1 friend with you.
I guess all of my explanation cover almost everything you need in traveling cheap in Europe. ... SO Happy Traveling
I was doing a lot of traveling in my summer. Like I say in my previous post, I have already traveling around Europe. I travel with quite little amount of money compare with other people but I am not doing that much compare to the one that really-really don't have money. I will explain later the difference. I will tell you about the tips and trick for traveling in Europe.
1. Transport.
- Low Cost Airlines (Ryanair and Easyjet)
For transport I use Ryanair flight which is really cheap. I get the promotion ticket for 1 euro that time. So everytime I fly I just spent 1 euro. So that time I will just look at their map (where they fly) and then I just make the route and find the promotion ticket. Usually they have the promotion almost everyweek, just register with them and you will have the promotion sent to your email. The problem with this Ryanair is the airport is quite far from the city so you need to spend more money to get on the bus or train to get to the city. The other problem is there are so many regulation that you have to pay attention to, otherwise you will pay more money. You will be allowed to bring only 1 bag for 10 kg (55cm x 40cm x 20cm), for your carry hand baggage. For more information about baggage you can find out (here) You will need to print your boarding pass or otherwise you will need to pay 40 euro in the airport.
- Local Transport
I always go to the tourist information office for the information of everything. Usually you will have a free map and all the information you need. You can ask for the daily ticket or any ticket that is for tourist. It will save you quite money if you using it a lot, but everything is depend on how you want to travel. For sure it will be cheaper to walk all around.
- HitchHike
I haven't use this but I guess I want to try to use it some time in the future. I have meet quite a lot of people doing this and they say it is working and this is the cheapest way for the transport. The tips and trick I get from them is just find the road to get out from the city, write your destination in cartoon or big paper and then just raise your tumb. One of them say that the longest time for them to get the pick up is 1 hour even that he already traveling around europe.
2. Place to sleep
- Couchsurfing and Hospitality Club
I use couchsurfing in almost all places I have been in Europe, but in some cities I stay with my friend. Couchsurfing and Hospitality Club is the website that people can offer their house for someone to sleep on for free. Usually is for several days and they want to host people to make friends and meeting other people from different culture. My tips and trick of staying in couchsurfing is just be nice and just do whatever you can to help your host, for instance washing dishes is one of the simplest one. If you can cook, cook for them. If they ask you to go out for a drinks, pay for their drinks also (if you have quite money to do that). All the other that you need, you can read in their profile I guess, what they like, what they don't like. And always write personal message. What I mean by personal is maybe at least more than 3 lines. You can explain yourself and why you want to go there.
- Cheap hostel
In Europe there are a lot of cheap hostel. You can find most of them easily, by looking in some website like www.hostelworld.com or www.hostel.com. You can read the rate and their location there. You can ask in tourist information also if you have already in the city.
- In airport or park
I know some people that doing this. They bring sleeping bag or tent and they can sleep anywhere. But it is quite dangerous if you do in the winter. In summer is fine but that is my last option. There is no point of doing this because compare to couchsurfing you will have a comfortable place to sleep also for free.
3. Food.
- Bread from supermarket
That is the cheapest one I can find. I don't know about the food you usually have but this works for me. I just buy the bread, ham and some cheese and put it together to become a sandwich. I eat this for my breakfast, lunch and dinner.
- Cook
If you can cook and if you using couchsurfing you can cook for them. You can buy all the stuff you need in the supermarket and use their kitchen to cook. There is only 1 times that I failed ^^. All the other host really like my cooking.
- FastFood
I guess the next option is the fast food. A lot of people do not feel like to eat fast food because they think that is not healthy. But it works for me as long as it was the cheapest one. I guess in Europe Fast Food is the cheapest one, but not in Asia. So just take a look on the price first before you decide.
- Restaurant or Bar
The next option for me is restaurant and bar. You can not avoid it if you using the couchsurfing with the guy that don't eat fast food. So just follow them, you can offer to cook for them but if it's already the time to eat .. just eat. You can separate the bills or if you have some money you can pay for him also.
4. Go around the city
- Plan where you go
You have to know at least what you want to visit in that place. All the rest you can ask the information on the place. But even if you don't know anything about the city you can ask in tourist information. Usually there always 1 in each airport or in the train station or in the city center.
- Tourist Information
It's always good to visit tourist information. Usually you can have free map. They can explain you all the time schedule what to visit and all the free places you can go. This is the favourite question I always ask.
"I will be here for ... days can you suggest me where to go and what to see ?"
"Is there any free places or free museums ?"
"What is the most famous monument/place in this city ?"
"Is there are any travel/pass card for tourist ?"
-Information from couchsurfing host
There are more information you can get from your couchsurfing. Sometimes you will have something that even the tourist information forget to tell you about. Or maybe he know the beautiful places that is not shown on the map. One of the advantages if they can have the time to show you around the city. So what I say to you is just use couchsurfing. Of course if you are a girl I am not recommend you to travel alone using this. At least have 1 friend with you.
I guess all of my explanation cover almost everything you need in traveling cheap in Europe. ... SO Happy Traveling
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