This year the televised PGA tour season had a “rough” start.
Only three weeks into a new season, two tournaments out of three were delayed due to the inclement weather. The blustering trade wind had shortened the first tournament, The Hyundai Tournament of Champions, in Hawaii, to only three rounds. And a week after, the thick fog in southern California debunked the entire third round of the Farmers Insurance Open on Saturday. So far for the PGA golfers, the weather had not been very kind to them.
As the times go by, it looks to me that Mother Nature had intervened. And I totally agreed with the insightful comments from one of the CBS reporters on the course. While waiting for the play to resume on Saturday, he suggested the tour commissioner worries less on belly-putters but more on issues such as weather condition. In recent years, the weather patterns did become more unpredictable and volatile. I would think these unforseen delays due to bad weather are costly propositions to both the sponsors and the players. - Ayee
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Timely Reminder
One of my dear family members manages her medications well. She does not skip a dosage or take her med at the wrong time.
And this is what she did to help her take the pills her doctor had ordered. She enlisted the help of a humble alarm clock.
Like everyone else, she set her alarm clock each day so she will not over sleep in the morning. Now she also sets her clock to remind herself when it’s the time for her to take her next scheduled dosage. And so far, it seems to be working for her! - Ayee
And this is what she did to help her take the pills her doctor had ordered. She enlisted the help of a humble alarm clock.
Like everyone else, she set her alarm clock each day so she will not over sleep in the morning. Now she also sets her clock to remind herself when it’s the time for her to take her next scheduled dosage. And so far, it seems to be working for her! - Ayee
Monday, December 31, 2012
Gun or No Gun
The recent shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, reminds me of a gun-related accident that happened to a family friend.
Years ago when my siblings and I were still in grade school, one of our mother’s God brothers liked to spend times chasing wild animals. So during the hunting season, he would take his guns to far away places where wild boars roamed. Since we had never seen any trophies in his home or heard of him telling his big “fish” stories, no one really took him as a serious hunter. Indeed, he was not. And he proved the others right when we heard what had happened to him in his last outing to the high country. Instead of aiming his shotgun at a wild creature, he shot himself in the foot and lost a big toe!
It happened many years ago when we were kids. But I still remember the roaring laughter bursted in the room when we heard the pain this family friend had inflicted upon himself by his own doing. Fortunately, the physical suffering in this case was not fatal. But the pain and suffering from the severed toe had definitely helped cut short of the career of a would-be hunter. - Ayee
Years ago when my siblings and I were still in grade school, one of our mother’s God brothers liked to spend times chasing wild animals. So during the hunting season, he would take his guns to far away places where wild boars roamed. Since we had never seen any trophies in his home or heard of him telling his big “fish” stories, no one really took him as a serious hunter. Indeed, he was not. And he proved the others right when we heard what had happened to him in his last outing to the high country. Instead of aiming his shotgun at a wild creature, he shot himself in the foot and lost a big toe!
It happened many years ago when we were kids. But I still remember the roaring laughter bursted in the room when we heard the pain this family friend had inflicted upon himself by his own doing. Fortunately, the physical suffering in this case was not fatal. But the pain and suffering from the severed toe had definitely helped cut short of the career of a would-be hunter. - Ayee
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A Merry Christmas to All!
Last week I got an unexpected reminder that Santa Claus is coming to town soon!
On the day I went to the lab to have some blood work done, the technician who had just jabbed a sharp needle into my vein sent me home with a Merry Christmas instead of a friendly good-bye. Because there were still a few more days before the month of the Advent, greetings like Merry Christmas did put me off-guarded a bit. But it did not diminish the good will imbedded in these two simple words thou!
This year I was somewhat sluggish on preparing the upcoming Yuletide season. This untimely but sincere greeting had just given me a jolt that I badly needed. It prompted me to realize the season that allows us to take a pause after a trying year is just around the corner. The festive celebration during Christmas holiday also provides us tons of excuses to splurge a little on ourselves and others. In addition, I was pleased to see that I was not the only one who sends “Merry Christmas” wishes to others during the season of love, peace and miracls. - Ayee.
On the day I went to the lab to have some blood work done, the technician who had just jabbed a sharp needle into my vein sent me home with a Merry Christmas instead of a friendly good-bye. Because there were still a few more days before the month of the Advent, greetings like Merry Christmas did put me off-guarded a bit. But it did not diminish the good will imbedded in these two simple words thou!
This year I was somewhat sluggish on preparing the upcoming Yuletide season. This untimely but sincere greeting had just given me a jolt that I badly needed. It prompted me to realize the season that allows us to take a pause after a trying year is just around the corner. The festive celebration during Christmas holiday also provides us tons of excuses to splurge a little on ourselves and others. In addition, I was pleased to see that I was not the only one who sends “Merry Christmas” wishes to others during the season of love, peace and miracls. - Ayee.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Recipes for Success
Now and then, we all have had a cinnamon roll or two for a treat. While busy licking the sticky icing off our fingers, probably none of us would direct our thoughts to the good recipes that bring this ubiquitous snack to the marketplace. A simple product such as a cinnamon roll or a cupcake can be the basic ingredient for a success story in the baking goods business.
And Cinnabon, Inc., is one of these successful companies in the industry. This Atlanta-based franchiser was featured in the last week’s “Undercover Boss.”* It holds the right to market its name sake’s franchise that sells freshly baked cinnamon buns. According to its president, Kate Cole, her company through 9,000 franchisees sold a half billion-dollar worth of cinnamon buns each year. Evidently, even in a bad economic time like what we are facing now, business at Cinnabon’s counter continues to thrive.
Interestingly, two years ago Cinnabon added an extra ingredient in its winning mixtures. It hired Kate Cole. She, at 34 years old, is the youngest CEO ever featured on “Undercover Boss.” Her own recipe for success calls for determination and hard work. Perhaps growing up in a single-mom family had made her more resilient and a better decision maker. She, a college dropout, also has the humility to remember her many mentors who led her to becoming the president of a multimillion-dollar corporation from a Hooter girl at a Hooter’s restaurant. - Ayee
@A CBS Telelvsion Production
And Cinnabon, Inc., is one of these successful companies in the industry. This Atlanta-based franchiser was featured in the last week’s “Undercover Boss.”* It holds the right to market its name sake’s franchise that sells freshly baked cinnamon buns. According to its president, Kate Cole, her company through 9,000 franchisees sold a half billion-dollar worth of cinnamon buns each year. Evidently, even in a bad economic time like what we are facing now, business at Cinnabon’s counter continues to thrive.
Interestingly, two years ago Cinnabon added an extra ingredient in its winning mixtures. It hired Kate Cole. She, at 34 years old, is the youngest CEO ever featured on “Undercover Boss.” Her own recipe for success calls for determination and hard work. Perhaps growing up in a single-mom family had made her more resilient and a better decision maker. She, a college dropout, also has the humility to remember her many mentors who led her to becoming the president of a multimillion-dollar corporation from a Hooter girl at a Hooter’s restaurant. - Ayee
@A CBS Telelvsion Production
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Generous Bosses
Now every Friday night, I glued myself to the television watching “Undercover Boss.”* I enjoy this popular reality show because in it everyone is a winner, including a couch potato like me.
The stories uncovered on this weekly show were often uplifting and inspiring. They had provoked many poignant thoughts in me. Somehow the show told us that happy faces are not immune to profound tragedies. As a reality show, its casts are made of real people, including the bosses. We all know real people have real people challenges.
Now let’s count our winnings.
First, for the undercover boss and his(or her) company, they got a worldwide exposure on television which is simply priceless from the marketing aspect of the business. The undercover mission also gave the boss opportunities to view his company from bottom up. So the boss could be more in sync with what was going on within his company. The hands-on intelligence the boss gathered from his undercover operation will also help him take better care of his company’s business.
Next, instead of getting fired or reprimanded for “spilling the beans,” the hard-working and honest employees got recognized with both constructive criticisms and material rewards. And these incentives, tangible and intangible, can be a game changer for the recipients, their colleagues and the company they are working for.
And for a passive viewer like me, this Emmy winning television program had afforded me a chance to see a side of the business that I was not able to discern in a company's news releases, and other business publications. - Ayee
*A CBS production.
The stories uncovered on this weekly show were often uplifting and inspiring. They had provoked many poignant thoughts in me. Somehow the show told us that happy faces are not immune to profound tragedies. As a reality show, its casts are made of real people, including the bosses. We all know real people have real people challenges.
Now let’s count our winnings.
First, for the undercover boss and his(or her) company, they got a worldwide exposure on television which is simply priceless from the marketing aspect of the business. The undercover mission also gave the boss opportunities to view his company from bottom up. So the boss could be more in sync with what was going on within his company. The hands-on intelligence the boss gathered from his undercover operation will also help him take better care of his company’s business.
Next, instead of getting fired or reprimanded for “spilling the beans,” the hard-working and honest employees got recognized with both constructive criticisms and material rewards. And these incentives, tangible and intangible, can be a game changer for the recipients, their colleagues and the company they are working for.
And for a passive viewer like me, this Emmy winning television program had afforded me a chance to see a side of the business that I was not able to discern in a company's news releases, and other business publications. - Ayee
*A CBS production.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
More does not mean better.
I do not know if others had the same experiences as I did after my desktop computer was updated with the latest software.
Matter of fact, I am very appreciative of the smart engineers who invented many useful and smart gadgets for us. I do, however, wonder why our computers would need that many updates. My computer is full of them. And the latest ones my computer got did not seem to be very user-friendly either.
After I downloaded the latest Internet software onto my computer a month so ago, accessing to the Net became a snail-paced process. Despite the high-speed services I have on my desktop, now it takes me much longer to get into the cyberspace. And my trouble does not end here. Once on line, the top part of the screen is full of colorful icons that have no uses to me. I am sure the programs these icons represent take up a lot of free spaces on the hard drive.
It must be my third or fourth attempt. A few days ago, I tried again to give my feedback to this blogger’s site, I ended up having four Internet connections at the same time. No wonder, my computer is getting slower.
This newly redesigned site with pleasing orange colored text looks very “busy” to me too. It is teeming with many extra options and tools which the users did not ask for. It is nice to have accesses to all these extra software programs. But who has the extra time needed to explore them? - Ayee
Matter of fact, I am very appreciative of the smart engineers who invented many useful and smart gadgets for us. I do, however, wonder why our computers would need that many updates. My computer is full of them. And the latest ones my computer got did not seem to be very user-friendly either.
After I downloaded the latest Internet software onto my computer a month so ago, accessing to the Net became a snail-paced process. Despite the high-speed services I have on my desktop, now it takes me much longer to get into the cyberspace. And my trouble does not end here. Once on line, the top part of the screen is full of colorful icons that have no uses to me. I am sure the programs these icons represent take up a lot of free spaces on the hard drive.
It must be my third or fourth attempt. A few days ago, I tried again to give my feedback to this blogger’s site, I ended up having four Internet connections at the same time. No wonder, my computer is getting slower.
This newly redesigned site with pleasing orange colored text looks very “busy” to me too. It is teeming with many extra options and tools which the users did not ask for. It is nice to have accesses to all these extra software programs. But who has the extra time needed to explore them? - Ayee
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