From time to time, I get some media request. Most of them are around my little blog. I do want to convert their attentiont to my business, Baixing.com, but most of the time, failed. The editors, and reporters seem more interested in established things, like my 7 year blog, instead of new things (especially when it is not that new). :-)

Me, 7 Years Ago

In 2002, I got my first media interview in Microsoft. That was about the opening of Microsoft Asia Regional Support Center (AREC).

I was pretty excited about it, since my name, for the first time, appeared in some major news papers, and my image, for the first time, appeared on CCTV.

However, at that time, I was just a small potato in the company, and no one really cares about my name, and who are I. My status was just an engineer under the big brand - anonymous engineer.

Me, in the Middle

Part of the reasons I started this blog about 7 years ago, was because of one day. On that day, I suddenly realized that Microsoft is just a big halo above my head. I thought, I will lose this halo anyway, and it is not a halo that belongs to me. So I started this blog.

Me, 7 Years Later

Now, I tried very hard to introduce Baixing.com, my company, to the reporter, and want to find ways to get their attention on the interesting business - I am really passionate and appealed by the personal trading on baixing these days, but they just focused on my experience - my blogging experience to be more particular.

This is another problem to solve. My goal is to build Baixing a famous brand so people started to focus really hard on this brand instead of myself. That will be another very good thing.

Again, thanks for Wu Di and camera man Mr. Yang for taking the time.

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After the change of Airline Fuel Surcharge, the lower of housing mortgage rate is even a bigger news today. Friends are running round to tell friends that the mortgage rate has lowered to 70% of the original level. That is huge amount of money for many people. All the four major banks in China joined the campaign - Bank of China, China Construction Bank, China Bank of Commercial and Industry, and China Bank of Agriculture... Local banks like Bank of Shanghai also issued news about lowering the rate.

It seems foreign banks in China like Citigroup didn't response to this trend yet.

Posted by Jian Shuo Wang at January 4, 2009 11:17 PM
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Wendy, Yifan and I am planning to get back to home in Luoyang in January. We booked flight ticket away ahead, so we are happy to got tickets between Shanghai and Zhengzhou as low as 99 RMB (14 USD) per adult for the 2 hour flight. It is Spring Airline.

However, the biggest part of the cost is not the charge by airline. The fuel surcharge was 150 RMB per person (Yifan enjoy infant waiver) and the airport construction fee is 50 RMB.

Recently, the airline fuel surcharge was lowered to 40 RMB per person, but for people like us who have already have the ticket issued have no option to refund. The refund policy is, they will only refund the fuel surcharge and airport construction fee, and the 99 RMB fee is not refundable - still 11 RMB higher than the benefit of getting a new one - but really a lot of work to do, so we gave up.

P.S. With the adjustment on fuel surcharge, many things get cheaper with the expectation that 2009 will be a tough year for them. Gas price dropped by 0.45 RMB, and even mortgage rate got 30% off.

From the consumer point of view, it is good thing, but meanwhile, it is also a strong signal that recession is getting started.

Posted by Jian Shuo Wang at January 3, 2009 10:32 PM
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It is nice to wrap up my 2008 with some statistic numbers.

• I have 4548 emails in my baixing.com email box - we started to use this email box only after April 1, 2008.
  
• I have 5633 emails in my personal gmail account, among them, 1033 comes from 5GShanghaiemail group, which 70% of them I didn't read.
  
• 2008 has 365 days (obviously).

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Happy New Year everyone! We are at the beginning of the year of 2009 now. Wish everyone has a very lucky, happy, and rewarding new year!

Here are some peronsal plans for 2009.

• Making long term and big goals to accomplish in 2009. I always wanted to ask the question: "What did you accomplished in the previous year?" This is the test question that many of us, including myself, feel embarrased to answer. To make the 365 days collectively meaningful is more important than individual days, and seperate actions.
  
• Focus by eliminating goals. I know I am the typical P (Perceiving) type of person, who would like to follow my internal passion to anything that appears interesting to me. The problem though, is I am so able to start projects, but hard to conclude it, and leave many things open unfinished. By focusing on several things that is really both important and meaningful, I believe I will have a better 2009.
  
• Keep learning. I read from Feld's blog about "Live as if you would die tomorrow, learn as if you would live forever". I am only 32 years old but sometimes I started to feel the tendency of keeping what I have been used to do, and resist in learning new things. No good trend. I believe I will keep learning about management, leadership, and to live good life. I just want to keep shaping my characters to archive more (or more importantly, learning what real archivement means).
  
• Be a good person in real life. This is a wired goal, but let me explain. In 2008, with the raise of SNS, and all kinds of "new technology", we get more and more engaged with people online, and with many people that you don't have the chance to keep in touch in old days. It is more and more easier to live "virtually". That is a good thing, but meanwhile, I want to keep my friend and family circle closer, and smaller. In real life, I am a father, a husband, a son, and a friend. I need to make sure I take care of people around me first by spending more time (offline), celebrate holidays, and creating memories that we will remember in long run.
  
• Excercise. I ignored excercised in 2008, espeically the later half. It is the time to pickup my excercise routine and keep it as important as...hmmm.. my blog routine. I hope I can also share about my progress on this blog with my friends.
  
• Finally, I want to be a good person, with good mind, and peaceful life. I want to archive more while keeping my personal life happier than ever.
  

Again, all my friends and family, happy new year!

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