Sunday, February 19, 2012

NY Knicks Superstar

This has to come sooner or later. Jeremy Lin, a Harvard graduate got the perfect opportunity to play as a point guard for NY Knicks. Well, he was on a roll with 7 winning streaks and double points digits. But, he also got a highest turnovers percentage by a point guard starter. The big hype about J-Lin is that he is Taiwanese born American. Then, come the big loss against New Orleans Hornets, blaming Lin for the loss. You kinda feel bad when you are on the roll, you get the credit, but when your team suffers, you shoulder the blame.
The thing about Lin is that he is an overnight superstar. Kinda live with his friends and don't even own an apartment in NY. Suddenly, he got a chance of life, Carmelo Anthony got injured and he was the starter. Funny how something like this can happen and the next thing you know it you are a superstar. From zero-to-hero. Break it or make it. I wonder when will be my big break. I don't need a superstar status, I don't need big bucks. All I need is a decent job, my CPA license, a girlfriend and constant flow of income to survive for the rest of my career. Wonder when my big break will appear. Hopefully things will turn around soon. It's depressing when the more you try, you don't even get the desired results. Argh, CPA you are killing me....maybe I will take the CISA instead!

Monday, February 13, 2012

Pandora

You know it's been a long time since I last turn on a tv or a radio. Being a college student, you kinda have a strict budget because you are paying for your apartment rent, groceries, credit card bills, Internet, electric bills, telephone bills etc. You don't even have time to splurdge on shopping. Going for a whole year without going shopping is kinda hard. At least for me. Which makes me ponder about twenty years from now. Paying for a mortgage on a house, car, kids and etc. Kinda freak me out. At least everything is online now. Even my favorite tv shows, NCIS, CSI NY and etc. Now, I go online to hear radio. I stumbled across this website called Pandora which plays exceptional music. All I have to do is just type in the artist that I want and it plays the music according to my preference. Ain't that cool. Best part of all, it is free. Sometimes I used Itunes, but then after a while they kinda go on repeat which can be annoying sometimes. For Pandora, there is nothing on repeat. Only downside that I have is that you cannot skip songs as much. There is a limit on the number on songs that you skip. While I am studying, I kinda like to hear piano songs by different artists. Good songs to calm the soul.