2008年12月8日 星期一

Different Life ~~

I went to my high school classmate's wedding party last sunday with my wife. The party was held at Taipei Ambassador Hotel. What a luxurious place. My wife asked me to dress suit, but I just didn't listen to her, still dressed casual, sweatshirt-hoody with jean. When we got there, I was embarrased. It looked like I went to the wrong place.

I still felt happy to be there even though my wrong dress. I saw many classmates who I haven't seen them since high school. We talked about many funny and stupid things we did in high school. Although not everyone came, we still got their current situation mostly. Someone is fighting with cancer, someone is going to learn airplane piloting. Someone just has a new open store 鮮竽仙, and someone was just fired by his boss. Someone is a doctor, someone is an accountant, someone said he would never get married, and someone are going to have third baby.

It was an interesting party. I saw different kinds of life. On my way home, all we chatted in the party still in my brain and let me have new ideas of my life.

2008年12月1日 星期一

Annual Bonus 23 months !!!!!!!

Taiwan is a kingdom of bike manufacturing. There are two world famous brand "Giant" & "Merrida".The Giant just announced that their annual bonus would be 23 months. "23 months", wow!!! Tthat means you work for one year then you will get pay for 3 years almost. That's the most I ever heard.

But when I went to the retailers, their price is sky high. Even basic level for newcomer also costs 12 thousands. I won't pay that much to buy a bike. It's too expensive. I think 2 or 3 thousands would be the acceptable price. 5 thousands is my limit.

We always heard people said Taiwan is the kingdom of bike manufacturing. In that case, why the price in Taiwan is so high? I don't understand. Our government always said that we should buy the products made in Taiwan mostly. I want to support our own brand, but it seems I also need to pay much more. Wasn't it ridiculous? 23 months bonus and the price for Taiwanese is still so high? I still don't understand... why?