Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Incredible coincidence




My best man met my wife’s bride maid in my wedding and they got married. My best man is my fifth grade classmate in Hong Kong. He almost did not make it due to a business trip. Luckily he did not miss it otherwise he may not have this perfect marriage.

The amazing coincidence is that I met him unexpectedly in a Greyhound station in Albany at 3 am when I was coming to Mass. for graduate school from California. He was changing bus on his way to Toronto to see his college friends before college started. The chance could be higher than hitting the lottery. I prefer hitting the lottery. LOL.

Monday, September 2, 2019

Jokes


What I heard

The smart girl wanted to be a president when she grew up. After going to a circus, she wanted to be a clown. Her smart father told her she could be a president and a clown at the same time.

The waitress was furious with the small tips from Gates compared to what she got from his son. Gates told her that he did not have a rich father.

The anchor lady asked what happened to the 8 inches the weather reporter predicted last night.

The smart salesman asked the customer not to forget the paper remoter controller with the purchase of the paper iPhone 12 so they would not come back to get them. Chinese burned them for their dead ancestors. The salesman also told his customer they had the best teacher to show them how to use it.

All the above were not created by me. Hope they will cheer you up.  

Apple and the trade war

Today (09/01/2019) another 15% tariff is added to many core Chinese goods. It would affect the consumers. 

Apple was asked to move their manufacturing outside China. If it is moved to another low-wage country such as Vietnam, it would add to our trade deficit; Vietnam is not going to buy our products as China is doing. After years of supply chain implementation, Apple will be hard to do so besides the availability of rare earth elements, the huge Chinese market and the help of the Chinese engineers. Time to short Apple?