Waking up with heavy headache, I watched celebrities bullshitting on CNBC. No one really knew what was going on and how to fix the global economic chaos. The world needs a decisive leadership.
Twitter's stock price came back due to rumor of being an acquisition target again, this time was by The News Group, which was proved a fabrication. However, even without any quantitative analysis, given its popularity in the sector of social media, I insist it live its life forever without doubt, so it has a perpetual value, which will be recognized at any day anyway.
Close to 11:00 am, I felt a bit better and decided to go to Home Depot first to have our door key copied because we only had one key for the whole family. When I walked to the store after parking my car, I saw a cop sitting in police car. I wasn't sure if he noticed my tweet about coming to Home Depot, then came here to protect me or not. Waiting for the serviceman for several minutes, I had two keys copied. The gentleman was very generous when I asked him where I could find acid with which I could try to kill the congestion in the toilet on our first floor. He told me the right term for it should be Flash, then pulled a powerful one on the shelf. The cashier at the register was also a nice gentleman at his late 50s. We chatted a little bit about new technology vs. traditional tool while he completed the transaction for me. When I got onto my van, I noticed that police car was just driven onto the main road in which that cop drank something relaxedly. He probably was eased without encountering any trouble made by me or on me.
Stopping by my rental property management office, I dropped the check for monthly homeowner due through the slot then drove to Batteries and Bulbs to have button battery replaced for remote control for our garage door. 18 bucks covered lifetime replacement, it's not a bad deal. However, I would come back to have another replaced 4 or 5 years later. Hopefully, they wouldn't relocate somewhere far away.
Receiving a greeting through direct message on Twitter from McDonald's, I changed my mind of going to Taco Time. Having double quarter pounder meal, I went to gym to work out intensively for almost 2 hours.
My son called me to let me know he had his biopsychology exam. He also mentioned to me that he had been doing well in Statistics as well.
Coming home to pull the mail from box, I found a greeting card from UIC where I got my MBA back in 1999. Though I had gone to several higher educational institutions and obtained 2 degrees and several certificates, UIC MBA was the one to leading my current profession for making a living. Assistant Dean of Business School and Director of Corporate MBA Program, Shari, interviewed me on the phone when I was the last applicant for that program in 1998. At that point of time, I hadn't decided if I should enroll a more time-consuming graduate program or pursue a more practical graduate degree. When we talked about the opportunities to work for investment banks, I remember Shari reminded me not put too much expectation but this program would help me because she could tell I already had a lot of experiences in business and investment. I think she made the final decision to accept me as the last student in that class. Looking back to the past 16 years, I can reaffirm what I have been confirming: UIC MBA is a very practical program to having a person with a lot of experiences like me transforming her/his career to fit personal life changes. Oh, I recall why she decided to call me by herself was that she questioned if I was a serious applicant who really qualified that program. It ended up that she made a right decision from which I benefited and will benefit in my lifetime.
My son most likely won't pursue Economic major, I have to think about to finish PhD in Economics myself. Did I live in Chicago, program at UIC would be a natural selection for me. PhD Program at U-Chicago was in my plan back in late 90s as well. However, if I can finish it at Stockholm University or Stockholm School of Economics one day, it would fulfill my dream in my 20s. They seemed creating a joint program.
Actually, I mentioned to my son on the phone, no matter if would he pursue a economic major or not, he still could consider to study abroad either at Stockholm or Uppsala University in his junior year.
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