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shanghai car plate quota bidding round 1 - failed

the bidding starts at 10am on sat. may 16. it has two stages. the first stage is from 10am to 11am. on first stage, you are free to offer your ideal bid, from 100 yuan to any amount above. you got one chance only. if you place your bid, you are in this bidding and need pay 100 yuan fee, no matter you won or not. you can do the math, around 16K bidders, add up 1.6 millions. it is a gold business. for the first 50 minutes, the low offer stays at 100 yuan, but jumps sharply afterward. when the first stage ends, the lowest bid is 27000 yuan. the second stage is from 11am to 11:30am. now you can proceed only if you place your bid on the first stage. the system tells you the current lowest bidding price. you can adjust your bid within the range (+/-300 yuan on lowest system bidding price), and you have 2 chances to adjust and bid. for the first 29 minutes, it stays very stable around 27500. if you place your bids now, you will lose for sure. again, the price jumps quickly in the last minute,

上海车牌

最近有很多混杂的消息,比如什么拉动内需,放开上海车牌,最近可能是七月,什么为了世博成功举办,上海车牌拍卖不会取消,什么2010年末放开,2012年放开,莫衷一是。 这个月上海开了 7200个车牌额度 。我也打算拍一拍。 要拍卖, 首先要去买标书。浦东的可以去浦建路环龙路55号的交通银行办理。个人办理手续简便,拿身份证和二千元押金去就可以了,会拿到拍卖卡,密码还有拍卖光盘。标书半年内有效。半年内一张标书可以参加三次拍牌, 每次手续费100。如果拍不中,押金也可以退。 这周六试一下。心理价位二万五。

上海昆虫爬行动物博物馆

如果你在东方明珠塔附近闲逛,除了海洋馆,还有个看动物的好地方,不过比较臭。 从东方明珠塔往黄浦江边走,会看见另一个球形建筑。对面就是上海昆虫爬行动物博物馆。门票还合理,大人40,儿童25. 里面有各种各样的昆虫爬行动物可以欣赏。 贴个超级奇怪的动物。

i am reading 7 habits, and yet another bullshit book

long tail is genius, micro-trends is just a follower. now i am reading 7 habits. while i am reading through, the word of bullshitting keeps popping up in my mind. i will try to finish reading this book and become a self-helped highly effective man. a highly effective man for what? like the effective guru, talk to his wife and kids through predefined contracts/statements/codes? what a joke! what are these habits anyway? - be proactive - begin with the end in mind - put first thing first - think win/win - seek first to understand - synergize - sharpen the saw

What is bullshitting? Read these lines from 7 habits

"Suppose tonight you have invited your wife to go to a concert. You have the tickets; she's excited about going. It's four o'clock in the afternoon. All of a sudden, your boss calls you into his office and says he needs your help through the evening to get ready for an important meeting at 9 A.M. tomorrow. If you're looking through spouse-centered or family-centered glasses, your main concern will be your wife. You may tell the boss you can't stay and you take her to the concert in an effort to please her. You may feel you have to stay to protect your job, but you'll do so grudgingly, anxious about her response, trying to justify your decision and protect yourself from her disappointment or anger. If you're looking through a money-centered lens, your main thought will be of the overtime you'll get or the influence working late will have on a potential raise. You may call your wife and simply tell her you have to stay, assuming she'll understand

Words of Joseph Addison

"When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions,and debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great Day when we shall all of us be Contemporaries, and make our appearance together."