Zappos CEO Tony - Part 1.

Funny and wise things read from Zappos.com CEO Tony:

1. Honorable Mention at "Technically Correct, But Not So Helpful" Awards

2. I don't like it when restaurants asking if I want my water still or sparkling. I'd rather they ask "dead or alive?"

3. I think my Christmas tree might be feeling lonely.

4. "When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself." -Wayne Dyer

5. Glad we are putting radios in our office restrooms to make things less awkward. I was uncomfortable w/ hiring bathroom DJs.

6. Late night dinner with my family. My mom just announced to the table that she was 80% vegetarian.

7. Did u know if u put a raisin in a glass of champagne, it will go up&down continuously? This has been our entertainment tonight.

8. Sushi at @kerrysimon restaurant w/ family. My mom brought her own chopsticks w/ carrying case. At least she didn't bring fish.

9. Checked in. Hotel manager said "We've been expecting you Tony!" Felt special, then realized that's also known as a reservation.

10. "Every artist was first an amateur." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

French Maid

I bought a sexy set of French Maid lingerie yesterday at Victoria's Secret, and am feeling beautiful and sexy :)

Man's Love VS Woman's Love

Man’s love is of his life a thing apart;
‘Tis woman’s whole existence.

- Puccini, Madama Butterfly

I Love You

I Love You

I love you
say we're together baby
you and me

I can only give my life
and show you all I am
in the breath I breathe

I will promise you my heart
and give you all you need
if it takes some time

If you tell me you don't need me anymore
that our love won't last forever
I will ask you for a chance to try again
to make our love a little better

I love you
say we're together baby
say we're together
Oh, I need you
I need you forever baby
you and me

say you hardly know
exactly who I am
so hard to understand

I know right from the start
the way I felt inside
if you read my mind

If you tell me you don't need me anymore
that our love won't last forever
I will ask you for a chance to try again
to make our love a little better

remember when you used to hold me
remember when you made me cry
you said you loved me
Oh, you did
Yes you do

Irresistible, Sexy and Beautiful High Heels!

I love my classy, elegant and sexy new high heels! Just bought yesterday at Neiman Marcus San Francisco. They are so expensive ($761.03) but I can't help!

A Mother's Love

A Mother's Love

I have a pair of socks

a very plain pair of socks

Every time I wear this pair of socks

I feel my mother's love...

At one time, there was a hole in the toe of each sock
I almost threw them away
But my mom said, "No. I can sew them for you and you can wear them again."

My mom was born in a poor family and she has been frugal all her life

Mom added a piece of cloth to the toe of each of the torn socks and sewed them

I am now gazing at the sock and thinking about my mother and her love

A mother's love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever

To a child's ear, "Mama" is magic in any language

My mother, my best friend so dear
Throughout my life she has always been near

A tender smile to guide my way

She's the sunshine to light my day

Best friends forever, my mom and me
picking flowers and cleaning homes
a shoulder to cry on, secrets to share
Warm hearts and hands that really care

My mother's love for me

is the greatest love of my life

I love you, my dear loving mom...

Let's Start From Here

Let's Start From Here

giving up
why should i
have come too far to forget
beautiful
just got lost
somewhere along the way
so much was missing when you went away

let's start from here
lose the past
change our minds
we don't need a finish line
let's take this chance
don't think too deep
all those promises we couldn't seem to keep
I don't care where we go
let's start from here

standing here
face to face
a finger on your lips
don't say a word
don't make a sound
silence around us now
even when you were gone I felt you everywhere

let's start from here
lose the past
change our minds
we don't need a finish line
let's take this chance don't think too deep
all those promises we couldn't seem to keep
I don't care where we go
let's start from here

I've never been the one to open up
but you've always been the voice within
the only one for my heart

let's start from here
lose the past
change our minds
we don't need a finish line
let's take this chance
don't think too deep
and all those promises
let's start from here
lose the past
change our minds
we don't need a finish line
let's take this chance don't think too deep
all those promises we couldn't seem to keep
I don't care where we go
let's start from here

Respect

If you respect me, I will respect you more.
If you do not respect me, I will NOT respect you.

Very Good-looking EurAsian - Part 1.

1. (Picture 1-4) He’s name is Dennis Joseph O’neil. Just look at him…enough said! Haha. This hottie is a popular Korean-American model and actor who is called by Dennis O in Korea. Dennis has the best genes from both worlds and he’s the hottest eurasian man I’ve ever seen.

His Full Name: Dennis Joseph O’neil
Date of Birth: August 29, 1981
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 190 lbs
Parents: Korean mom, American dad

2. Mix and perfect match...model Michelle Lee, whose Eurasian features are of the type rated attractive by Westerners and Asians.

3. Devon Aoki is an American model and actress.

Aoki was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in California and London, attending high school at The American School in London. Her Japanese American father, Rocky Aoki, a former Olympic wrestler, was the founder and owner of the Benihana restaurant chain until his death on July 10, 2008. Her mother, Pamela Hilburger, is a jewelry designer of German and English heritage.

Aoki was discovered in New York at a Rancid concert she had gatecrashed. She started modeling when she was 13, the same year Aoki was introduced by her godmother to Kate Moss, who would later take the young Devon under her wing. She was signed onto Storm Model Management at age 14.

In 1998, at the age of 16, Devon replaced Naomi Campbell as the face of Versace. An A-grade student at school, Devon chose not to go on to college, believing that working and traveling offered her a "broader and deeper education" than a degree.

Win First, Then Fight

Military leaders, politicians and businessmen are all trying to gain an advantage over their competition and many turn to Sun Tzu’s ancient work, The Art of War. Now, for the first time ever, international renowned business speaker and bestselling author Chin-Ning Chu demonstrates how you can apply this Taoist wisdom to succeed in modern workplace.

Sun Tzu states, “Ancient warriors first place themselves in an invincible position, then wait for the opportunity to defeat their enemies.” This statement is one of the most mysterious in the entire book. Everyone has attempted to make sense of it, but few have.

By following the Master Sun’s essential elements of strategies—righteousness, timing, know thyself and others, leadership, management, the utilization of the paradoxical force of strengths versus weaknesses, assets verses liabilities, real verses unreal, innovation verses tradition—.can help you and your company transforming weaknesses into strength, raise corporate sales dollars, expand domestic and international marketing territories and guide leaders in the making of tough decision and advance in your career.

In order to achieve “Win First, Then Fight” you need to incorporate Sun Tzu’s proven winning strategic elements and a winner’s attitude that able you to effectively respond to friction during battle and everyday business challenges.

Today, you are going to discover how Master Sun’s Win First, Then Fight will alter the course of your career.

Timeless Asian Wisdom

Chin-Ning Chu—The Strategist Chin-Ning is the foremost American authority on Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and author of the international best-selling books: Do Less, Achieve More; Thick Face, Black Heart; The Asian Mind Game and The Art of War for Women with translations in seventeen languages. She has readers and clients in over sixty countries, counting among them presidents and prime ministers, chairmen and CEOs of the international Fortune 500. Chin-Ning presents the warrior philosophy as a premier vehicle for mastering strategic thinking in the corporate world as well as daily life.

She weaves the diverse elements of strength, strategy, pragmatic enterprise and personal growth into every topic she addresses. She fuses timeless Eastern wisdom with Western practicality into dynamic tools which produce tangible results for solving life’s ever-shifting challenges. Chin-Ning crisscrosses five continents as she delivers her custom-tailored speeches that raise corporate sales dollars, expand domestic and international marketing territories, and guide leaders in the making of tough decisions. She achieves a commonality among diverse cultural groups and she assists women to excel in the workplace. As an Asian-born American and a woman, Chin-Ning has learned to compete by going beyond the obvious while examining the different hues of the rainbow—turning liabilities into assets and creating strategies at will.

Her speaking style is energetic, truthful and humorous; her message—profound and thought-provoking. Chin-Ning’s work is frequently praised by diverse global media from CNN, The London Financial Times, Business Week and USA Today to the international editions of People Magazine and Vogue. Her name, "Chin-Ning" means "Journey to Peace" in Chinese. She was born in China, educated through college in Taiwan, and became a naturalized American after immigrating in 1969. She is president of Asian Marketing Consultants and Strategic Learning Institute, and the founder of Women WorldWide International.

Flattering

1. What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

2. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

3. The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

4. There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

5. When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

6. Poverty does not produce unhappiness: it produces degradation.

7. Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.

-George Bernard Shaw

Optimists & Pessimists

"Both optimists & pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the airplane, the pessimist the parachute."

-George Bernard Shaw

The Art of War

The Art of War

Be Persistent.

Pursue one's own strategic designs to overawe the enemy. Then one can take the enemy's cities and overthrow the state.

-Sun Tzu

If the sovereign heeds these strategems of mine and act upon them,
he will surely win the war,
and I will stay with him.

If the sovereign neither heeds nor acts upon them,
he will certainly suffer defeat,
and I shall leave.

-Sun Tzu

Miss Pretty Brown Eyes

A friend of mine wrote a wonderful poem for me recently. So beautiful, it melt my heart...

And here is my new picture (please click on the picture to enlarge) with my Pretty Brown Eyes...

Miss Pretty Brown Eyes

There are gems that glitter,
Gems that shine,
Gems that weep and smile
And gems that sing divine.

There is one that lights up during dawn,
And flames all the way through the morn,
And then drifts across the silent sky
Waiting for the slow, long day to die.

There are moon pearls on a raven night,
And ocean gems in the watery light.
Glass kingdoms hiding in clouds of grey,
And diamonds strewn across the Milky Way.

There is a burning jewel when sunset calls,
And a thousand little more after night falls,
And none, not even the rubies in fireflies,
Can compare to those Diamonds Of yours,
Miss Pretty Brown Eyes.

My Lovely New Picture :)

My Lovely New Picture

Please click on the picture to enlarge. By the way, although I am an expert of skincare and make-up but I didn't wear make-up at all in this picture. My friends told me that I am a natural beauty. Happy to hear that :)

With a happy demure smile,
Princesse Ange ("Princesse Ange" means "Princess Angel" in French, I am studying French now.)

An Orphan in the U.S.

An Orphan in the U.S.

I feel like an orphan in the U.S. with no one really love me and care about me
Living in this cold-hearted country is not easy at all
I am cold, nobody care
I am hungry, nobody care
I am feeling painful, nobody care
I am sad, nobody care
Nobody know my sorrow and pain
I am feeling sad
But no one care about, no one

With tears and sadness,
An orphan in the U.S.

I Miss You, My Loving Father...

I Miss You, My Loving Father...

Give your father a hug, a great big kiss
because one day, he will be greatly missed

My dad has gone away from this land
I miss the precious touch of his loving hands

I never knew 2004 was the last year
I could look at my dad, hug him, and say: "I love you, Dad!"

Don't let one day go by without telling him how dear he is
remember you may not have another year to tell him this

All I have now is great memories
a heart full of love and eyes full of tears
and to remember his love throughout the years

Now I will have to look up at the heaven and say, "I love you, Dad!"

I miss you, my loving father...

I Keep You In My Heart

I Keep You In My Heart

Sweet moment, stay with me
and pray do not flee so soon
Let me enjoy the bliss of that first kiss beneath the moon
I keep you in my heart
There's a place for you
I think of you
That in my heart
There's a place for you

You Hurt My Feelings...

You Hurt My Feelings...

When I first met you
You told me you really liked me
I thought you were nice
The innocent look in your eyes
Made me realize I like you too

That night, you told me you really liked me
We liked each other and that made me happy, truly
What a wonderful beginning! I thought

It may be too good to be true
And it was

I have been waiting for your email, or call, or text message all day long
Yesterday and today
But I haven't heard anything from you
Nothing...
Nothing...
Nothing...

You hurt my feelings
I didn't know what to do
I have been feeling blue
I thought maybe you are just another player in the big pond of players

My heart felt the little pain
I wanted to cry but no tears
I don't know what happened to you
Or you may have changed your mind
Or you may...
Or you may...
Or you may...

I am feeling hurt, but you don't know
Cause I will not show
These feelings I hide

If you only knew how I feel
If you only knew what I think
I am scared to be wounded again
I am scared to be hurt again
I am scared...

I want you to know
You hurt my feelings
And made me feeling blue
I won't feel the hurt if I don't care

I want to know why
I want to know the truth
You cannot hurt me anymore
I am going to contact you and find out why...

Dance With Me

Dance With Me

I have sent you my invitation, the note inscribed on the palm of my hand by the fire of living. Don't jump up and shout, "Yes, this is what I want! Let's do it!" Just stand up quietly and dance with me.

Show me how you follow your deepest desires, spiralling down into the ache within the ache. And I will show you how I reach inward and open outward to feel the kiss of the Mystery, sweet lips on my own, everyday.

Don't tell me you want to hold the whole world in your heart. Show me how you turn away from making another wrong without abandoning yourself when you are hurt and afraid of being unloved.

Tell me a story of who you are, And see who I am in the stories I am living. And together we will remember that each of us always has a choice.

Don't tell me how wonderful things will be . . . some day. Show me you can risk being completely at peace, truly OK with the way things are right now in this moment, and again in the next and the next and the next. . .

I have heard enough warrior stories of heroic daring. Tell me how you crumble when you hit the wall, the place you cannot go beyond by the strength of your own will. What carries you to the other side of that wall, to the fragile beauty of your own humanness?

And after we have shown each other how we have set and kept the clear, healthy boundaries that help us live side by side with each other, let us risk remembering that we never stop silently loving those we once loved out loud.

Take me to the places on the earth that teach you how to dance, the places where you can risk letting the world break your heart. And I will take you to the places where the earth beneath my feet and the stars overhead make my heart whole again and again.

Show me how you take care of business without letting business determine who you are. When the children are fed but still the voices within and around us shout that soul's desires have too high a price, let us remind each other that it is never about the money.

Show me how you offer to your people and the world the stories and the songs you want our children's children to remember, and I will show you how I struggle not to change the world, but to love it.

Sit beside me in long moments of shared solitude, knowing both our absolute aloneness and our undeniable belonging. Dance with me in the silence and in the sound of small daily words, holding neither against me at the end of the day.

And when the sound of all the declarations of our sincerest intentions has died away on the wind, dance with me in the infinite pause before the next great inhale of the breath that is breathing us all into being, not filling the emptiness from the outside or from within.

Say, "Yes!" Just take my hand and dance with me.

How Do I Love Thee

How do I love thee

How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways…
With a heart for every love story,
A heart for every shape and form,
A heart for each song,
And even one for broken dreams...

The Furthest Distance In The World

The Furthest Distance In The World

The furthest distance in the world
is not between life and death
but when I stand in front of you
yet you don't know that
I love you

The furthest distance in the world
is not when I stand in front of you
yet you can't see my love
but when undoubtly knowing the love from both
yet cannot be together

The furthest distance in the world
is not being apart while being in love
but when I plainly cannot resist the yearning
yet pretending you have never been in my heart

The furthest distance in the world
is not struggling against the tides
but using one's indifferent heart
to dig an uncrossable river
for the one who loves you