Playing Mahjong in Chinese New Year

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Every Chinese New Year in my grandmother’s house, we played Mahjong with real money, which made it more serious because several hundreds could be lost easily. Therefore, the atmosphere was pretty dignified, but chatting often occurred. Usually, we played Mahjong for four hours, and then after several days, we went to my relatives’ house and played again with bigger bet. I have attended every single game and  lost 650 NTD for two days, which was unfortunate. However, I was really happy even I lost money because it was merely impossible that every member in my relatives’ families, gathered  and chatted together through a gambling way. This was not a new experience for me, but a yearly routine in Chinese New Year, which I will keep on holding. Furthermore, Mahjong promotes brain development, probably, because it takes a lot of skills. Minor mistakes, such as misunderstanding of probability of winning, could be done often, although I never made mistakes since I was eight. I could tell that we are great at playing Mahjong because, first of all, we discard cards rapidly, secondly, we could know what the others are waiting for just by the way they discard cards.

If You Want to Challenge Me on Mahjong, Better Bring Some Money So That It Becomes Mine!~

Enjoy Your Chinese New Year, Everyone~~

 

 

 

Final Research Done with Video Coming Up

Hello everyone, good news for all of you! I am done with my research of stock market and an investment video is coming up in Chinese New Year Break! That means everyone will possibly watch my video in Chinese Break!

With more and more knowledge from doing economic research, I have known introductory economy to profound interpretation. In these two weeks, apparently, a lot of work has been accomplished, including identification of a decline or rally, as well as determining a swing high and swing low. They are all explained in the same document that includes consecutive research from basic to advanced.

https://docs.google.com/a/kas.kh.edu.tw/document/d/1juGenDULXE49e9K22_C5-ta27shSa5kN3LSKQe2XosA/edit

There are three more pages!

Basically, I learned that my love of economy is not likely to change. A lot of people might think that economy is boring since a lot of terminologies need to be memorized, but in my personal opinion, all economic challenges are an exploration of profits, possibility of wealth, and infinity of patterns. I found out that stock markets are similar to function that has waves when θ or X change. And I personally love math, so connections and relationships between these two subjects give me happiness.

After finishing explanation on determining the trends of stock markets, I will film my video in vacation and post it on YouTube. There will basically be 3~6(I am not sure how many) videos that explain one thing in each. For example, the first one will be an introduction to stock market, and then the second video will probably be the first strategy for investment.  I will start my new topic the next time I have Valiant Venture Project in class. It is feasible that “bond fund” will be the new topic, which is a complicated one. I think the introduction of new topic takes two weeks because it provides basic understanding of a subject that everything should be clearly stated. Therefore, my expectation is to finish half of the introduction on the first Friday of March. But the main focus for now is to finish the video!

Everything is going pretty well, except that overwhelming homework occupies the majority of time. Thus, time management will be necessary for stable production of  accomplishments of Valiant Venture Project. I do not have problems in terms of communicating with my group since the only person I could talk to is myself~~

In short, BE READY FOR MY VIDEO!

 

Advertisement Propagandas

 

 

"IEDEI." IEDEI. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. .

“IEDEI.” IEDEI. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. <http://iedeiblog.com/tag/advertisement/>.

Everyone has his/her favourite car. Thus, there must be a huge population that does not want Nissan or Mitsubishi just because they are cheap. It tells people that instead of dreaming Nissan or Mitsubishi, everyone should have one Porsche. It shows stereotype because this advertisement makes majority as reality, while belittling its competitors. The words make people feel that it is no use to dream a Nissan or a Mitsubishi, and Porsche is the only one that should be dreamed.

 

"Images For Fast Food Ads In Magazines." Images For Fast Food Ads In Magazines. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. .

“Images For Fast Food Ads In Magazines.” Images For Fast Food Ads In Magazines. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. <http://imgkid.com/fast-food-ads-in-magazines.shtml>.

To show that fast food service is slow, the advertisement uses a turtle to exaggerate. It makes people feel that fast food service is old-fashion and there should be new generation that takes over fast food service. This advertisement makes an incorrect assumption that everyone is tired of fast food service because of low efficiency, but instead of giving some examples, it assaults other industries by words and turtle.

Mustich, Emma. "Swedish Toys"R"Us Christmas Catalog Challenges Gender Stereotypes (PHOTOS)." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. .

Mustich, Emma. “Swedish Toys”R”Us Christmas Catalog Challenges Gender Stereotypes (PHOTOS).” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/swedish-toys-r-us-catalog-gender-stereotypes_n_2198045.html>.

 

The advertisement is trying to tell people that girls will also like these guns. However, girls do not necessarily like or hate toy guns. It shows gender generalisation since the company makes girls as those who do not play toys, while putting a girl playing its toys so that the company has successfully made people believe that their toys are fun and appropriate for either boys and girls. Toys are not necessarily for boys, but for everyone.

"Gallery For Hotel Advertisement Slogans." Gallery For Hotel Advertisement Slogans. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. .

“Gallery For Hotel Advertisement Slogans.” Gallery For Hotel Advertisement Slogans. Web. 1 Feb. 2015. <http://imgarcade.com/1/hotel-advertisement-slogans/>.

This is a stereotype since Australia is not the best place in the world in everyone’s mind. It tries to make people feel that Australia is clean and natural by the pictures the company chooses. By the word “nothing,” it belittles other countries’ beauty since it literally makes people consider that Australia has more fun things than others, which is a propaganda. Clean water, sunny day and white cloud are propagandas because it shows everywhere in Australia is natural and fabulous.

"Mcdonalds Advertisement 2013 - Viewing Gallery." Mcdonalds Advertisement 2013 - Viewing Gallery. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. .

“Mcdonalds Advertisement 2013 – Viewing Gallery.” Mcdonalds Advertisement 2013 – Viewing Gallery. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. <http://galleryhip.com/mcdonalds-advertisement-2013.html>.

In this advertisement, McDonald tries to make people think that french fries is as healthy as potatoes, although they were processed by some chemical reactions and steps. By making this, people feel that McDonald provides fresh french fries that is 100% made by potatoes. And that is a propaganda since it changes the way people consider french fries, which are usually considered as unhealthy food. Basically, it is impossible that french fries have the same quality as potatoes, but by advertising this picture, McDonald has planted that its french fries is fresh, and has same nutritions as having potatoes.

"Lemon Inside - Pilsner Urquell." Behance. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. .

“Lemon Inside – Pilsner Urquell.” Behance. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. <https://www.behance.net/gallery/3749233/Lemon-Inside-Pilsner-Urquell>.

This directly tells people that the company’s products are super fresh and great for human body. The splashing water might make people feel that its products have no additives and is 100% natural, like water. By making a bottle into several lemons, it shows that the freshness of its products are equivalent to a normal lemon from a farm. The text, “Lemon inside” is also a propaganda since it is impossible to have a real lemon in a drink, unless it is cut into tiny pieces or processed by factories. It exaggerates the reality and makes customers think that its drinks are as fresh and healthy as lemon.

"Puma HD Desktop Wallpaper : High Definition : Mobile." Puma HD Desktop Wallpaper : High Definition : Mobile. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. .

“Puma HD Desktop Wallpaper : High Definition : Mobile.” Puma HD Desktop Wallpaper : High Definition : Mobile. Web. 4 Feb. 2015. <http://wallpaperswide.com/puma-wallpapers.html>.

This obviously tells people that if they wear Puma’s shoes, they could run as fast as leopard, which is a flagrant exaggeration. It lets customers think that Puma shoes let them run super fast without practicing. Instead of saying the truth of running fast, Puma tries to hide some elements so that it could not only gain wealth from this product, but also changes the way people consider a sneaker, where propaganda is apparently shown.

 

New Exploration of Stock Markets

Hello everyone. Today, I am doing a research on stock markets. Basically, in these two weeks, I have finished my basic research of stocks, including how it works and some terms that will be ubiquitously used in stock markets.

https://docs.google.com/a/kas.kh.edu.tw/document/d/1juGenDULXE49e9K22_C5-ta27shSa5kN3LSKQe2XosA/edit

I already had basic understanding about it, and now these few weeks I have successfully strengthened my knowledge. Additionally, I have known and researched one strategy for buying stocks, which is called “buy and hold.” Some people might consider economy as boring subject, but I found pecuniary excitement and the love of money since making money is my interests. Researching might be tedious, however, that helps my future investment and gives me unprecedented happiness.

Basically, I will be exploring some new strategies of stock markets.(haven’t decided how many yet.) By the end of next week, I expect to finish at least 2~3 strategies so that I could do deeper interpretation on 2/13. Deeper interpretation means to have specifically research on a single strategy, while giving new perspectives and personal opinions with what I have learnt from researches I had done. Although there might be uncertainties since some of the articles I read were hard but provided details, I could just spend more time on that without any distraction so that more notes would be taken. Personally, I think research will take the majority of time because in order to produce a high-quality video without incorrect things stated, I have to know deeply on how stock markets work. Therefore, I will provide better explanation and thoughtful interpretation.

I do not think there are major setbacks that frustrated me. One of the minor frustrations was that the articles might be a little hard since I wanted more information. But I could still understand the majority. Another one was that I felt helpless since I was doing individual project, and the possibility of discussion was also greatly reduced. I did not have a lot of helpful advices or opinions, also the efficiency would decrease because I am the only person in the group. However, there are advantages- I do not need to take care of others so often. Communication is not happening in my project since the only person I could talk to is me. I consider that I could work well myself without any supports since I am the one who loves making money and has great interest on economy. Therefore, loneliness might exist, but has no real impact on my project.