29 Apr, 2006 in Uncategorized by Fili An

“The song of the valley”. Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? If would be great for you if you could find a Chinese name that translates into something like that, wouldn’t it?
There’s a very famous casestudy of the Coca-Cola company. Here’s the bit from Wiki :
“It is often repeated as an urban legend that the Coca-Cola company [...]

23 Apr, 2006 in Uncategorized by Fili An
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Every now and again, I get bored and curious so I take a look at some stats. My favorite statistics has to be the one that shows me what site directed people to find my site. I don’t get many visits on this site, but most of the visits to this site are from people [...]

21 Apr, 2006 in Uncategorized by Fili An

"Kol Ha-ir" ("Voice of the city"/"All the city"), the local Jerusalem newspaper, has a neat section on nostalgic TV shows in Israel. Up till not too long ago, maybe 15 years, Israel had only 2 TV channels available and even that was an improvement after many years of having only one TV channel to watch.
When [...]

19 Apr, 2006 in Uncategorized by Fili An

(Referring to Doubting to Shuo’s article “The Sesame Chicken Factor“. I’m even using his structure and words… )
One thing about living in Taiwan as an Israeli is that people already have a great deal of exposure to the Israeli issue. As a result, many feel that they have a good understanding of happenings in [...]

17 Apr, 2006 in Uncategorized by Fili An

I’m white. White… coming from where ever it is that my ancestors came from, I was created into being white. I didn’t choose to be white, I didn’t ask anyone to be white, and right now – there’s nothing that I can really do about it. It’s one of those things that you just can’t [...]

11 Apr, 2006 in Uncategorized by Fili An

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‘Now! Now!’ cried the Queen. ‘Faster! Faster!’ And they went so fast that at last they seemed to skim through the air, hardly touching the ground with their feet, till suddenly, just as Alice was getting quite exhausted, they stopped, and she found herself sitting on the ground, breathless and [...]

6 Apr, 2006 in Uncategorized by Fili An

I came across my farewell letter to work. I couldn’t recall writing most of it, but it’s interesting to re-read the perspective. Thought I’d share this with you here. I translated it from Hebrew, so many word games got lost on the way.
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“Hello,
After many years of doing IT security I’m wrapping up my current position [...]

5 Apr, 2006 in Uncategorized by Fili An

It’s been a year. Only a year. I used to think nothing can really happen in a year. When you have a steady job, pursuing a long academic degree and having a long term relationship, then a year turns into just a meaningless timeframe on your calendar. You lose track of the years you live. [...]

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