Life Value Appearance

1. Family
2. Friendship
3. Integrity
4. Health
5. Security
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6. Wisdom
7. Loyalty
8. Leadership
9. Power
10. Prestige
11. Wealth
12. Personal Accomplishment
13. Personal Development
14. Independence
15. Enjoyment
16. Community
17. Expertness
18. Creativity
19. Service
20. Location

On Sunday, I always call my parent who live in Taiwan around 6 am to 7 am in the morning because I would like to share my life experience in the United States with them. Not only for telling them what I am doing here, but also for getting some advice and feedback from my parents on the incidents and events just happened to me. This communication connects my family members and me tightly, and we called this "Guan Xi" in Chinese. Since "Guan Xi" (relationships) is critical in Chinese culture, the "Guan Xi" with family members is crucial and vital. Therefore, I gave the first place to "family".

In the rest of morning, I was studying finance with my friends. While studying, we also discussed our plan for this afternoon - go to Valley River Center and Ski Shop to get the equipment for tomorrow's snowboarding trip. As we can see, I spent most of my time with my friends, and therefore, I placed the "friendship" as my second priority. In addition, there is a Chinese proverb says, "All within the Four Seas are brothers." Thus, the friendships is significant to me as well.

In the afternoon, we went to Valley River Center and Ski Shop with my friends from both Chinese Student Association and Alpha Kappa Psi. We were chatting about my final "Court of Honor" interview for AKPsi examination. My friends were surprised when I was responding the question - "what are your personal characteristics ?" They were shocked not because the whole "integrity" idea was my answer, but I told everyone that I had never and would never cheat on any kind of tests, no matter big exams or small quizzes. Hence, I am greatly proud of myself that my third value of my life is "integrity".

Nothing Is Free - Including Debit Cards

http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/national-collegiate-lending-institute-free-300-debit-card.html

As same as the author said, "Companies are getting more and more clever these days."

Recently, I have unbelievably powerful feeling about it. There are so many companies' promotions and advertisements on the street. Most of these attractive advertisements are some what "too good" to be real, and companies put some "besides & assumptions" by using tiny little fine prints in order to fool customers. For instance, I remember that one national bank had a promotion for their internet banking services. By creating the online banking service, customers would receive $100 in their accounts in 3 months. However, this bank didn't mention on the advertisement that the service is "not free." Thus, lots of customers were paying the charge, but not knowing what it is.

Therefore, Make Sure that "always read the tiny tiny fine print."