The holiday season is just around the corner with American Thanksgiving last week to kick off the start of shopping madness. People in Canada have Boxing Day sales while people in America have Black Friday sales. Black Friday is when merchants actually recover from being “in the red” all year and finally turn […]

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I just wanted to say, “Thanks” for the few but loyal readers of Rick Yuen Dot Com. Although the postings haven’t been as regular as I would have liked, I won’t just post for the sake of posting like other blogs out there. The site has gone through a few design changes so […]

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Although the US is facing a record number of housing foreclosures these days, this is not a problem in Canada. The economy here is still hot and people are pumping their earned and unearned money into Canada. If I had to guess, the buyers of high-end condo suites in downtown Vancouver must be […]

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Spam is a part of everyday life ever since email became a household term. There are some days where I get a few spam messages while other days there are dozens of unwanted, unsolicited junk emails.
The Shotgun Method
There’s power in numbers and that’s the basic underlying principle behind email spam or any […]

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I used to belong to the camp that made fun of people who took the occasional 10-15 minute nap at lunchtime. I didn’t understand why they would risk being groggy after they woke up for what little benefit they could reap from the power nap. However, after “crashing” during noon-time for 15-20 minutes, […]

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Business Casual has been a rather common theme in the work place these days. My work place is still in business-casual mode until the end of September. I still remember the days when bank tellers wore business suits to conduct simple banking transactions. Slowly that stage ended and shirts & ties […]

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At work right now, the office has been undergoing massive renovations and construction. The contractors promised that they would be finished by Labor Day which was Sept 3rd but that didn’t happen. Fast forward to the 9th of September and the office is still a mess.
Not actually the office but you […]

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