The Ji Village News

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  • Recruiter Calling

    I’ve gotten a number of recruiters contacting me lately, and the opportunities ain’t so bad. So it seems that the market is looking up. What is your experience?

  • Musical, New York City, and Memories

    We saw Joseph and the Amazing Techincolor Dreamcoat on Sunday at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. It was a wonderful experience. Joseph was the second live musical I saw. The first is Cats. We saw it on Broadway in New York City in 1998, the year before Benjamin was born. At the time, I was…

  • Randy’s posts on planning, career development, and training

    Wow, PASS board member and Sql Server guru Randy Dyess is on a roll. I love his posts on planning, career development, and training. Very candid, thoughtful, and insightful. I sure learned a lot from them.

  • Xiamen Pictures

    Xiamen Botanic Garden Originally uploaded by haidong. Last year I went back to my college town, Xiamen, China, for our 10 year graduation reunion. I had my undergraduate education there from 1990 to 1994. Xiamen is absolutely beautiful. I hope you like the pictures. More pictures of Xiamen can be found here.

  • Good Chinese Restaurants in Chicago

    After living in the US for more than 10 years now, I feel that I am also looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. I am not religious, but I like the joyful, harmnious, and just plainly nice spirit these holidays bring. The Chinese equivalent version would be the lunar New Year holiday. On Thanksgiving…