House for sale – River front neighbourhood in Richmond BC. End block of River Road in Richmond. Quiet, unobstructed view of river and north shore mountains. More detail at: www.realtyVIP.ca
房屋出售 – 位于烈治文市河伴, River Road 的末尾路段. 地区宁静, 前望河流和北岸山景，一览无遗. 请上网阅览房屋资料: www.realtyVIP.ca
Tags: house for sale, richmond bc, riverfront, riverfront property
Street view on Mars? 火星上的环回街景?
Click on the image to view a large picture…
请点击图片阅览大图…
OR, view the interactive panorama view from the author, Andrew Bodrov.
或前往由 Andrew Bodrov 提供的互动全景网页.
Tags: Curiosity on mars, mars
These numbers (new area codes) have been long planned, and are coming close to take effect…
New area code “236″ for BC will take effect in June 2013.
Area code 672 has been reserved for British Columbia once area code 236 is exhausted.
Current area codes for BC include: 604, 250, and 778.
New area code “437″ for Toronto will take effect in March 2013.
Currently Ontario has 11 area codes covering the whole province.
Further reading…
If you are interested, or just for a little bit more information for your future reference, here is the List of North American Area Codes (current and future) -
View by the code: LINK
View by country, state or province: LINK
Page title: CREPA Walk with the Dragon 2012 in Rain
本页标题: CREPA 在雨中参与 2012中僑百萬行
Rain, rain, rain and many, many enthusiastic people – these are the elements seen in the 27th annual S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Walk with the Dragon event held on July 15 at the Lumbermen’s Arch, Stanley Park in Vancouver. The annual Walk is one of the premier fundraising events held by S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation whose vision is to build “bridges” to promote social awareness and community involvement through the provision of quality programs and services.
雨，雨，雨和很多, 很多的热心人士 – 这些都是在7月15日在史丹利公园林柏民拱门举办的第27届中僑百萬行看到的景象. 中僑百萬行是中僑基金會 (S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation) 一年一度的重点筹款活动之一, 而该基金會的目标是要建立“桥梁”，通过提供优质的方案和服务以促进社会意识和社会参与.
And the CREPA team has raised over ten thousand dollars for the event! According to unofficial information, CREPA has raised $10,391 this year and is qualified for the Gold Cup Award the 7th time in a row. In addition, the funds raised this year is CREPA’s highest among the previous all.
而 CREPA 团队在这次活动中更筹得超过一万元的善款！据非官方消息，CREPA 团队为这次活动共筹得10,391元, 並连续第7年得到 “金杯奖” 的资格. 另外, 今年募集的资金亦是 CREPA 在之前的所有参与中最高的一次.
CREPA is the short form for Chinese Real Estate Professionals Association of BC. To learn more about CREPA or about becoming a member, please visit the following link:
CREPA 是卑斯省華人地產專業協會英文名称的缩写. 如欲获得更多有关 CREPA 的资料, 或查询成为会员的方法, 请开启这连线:
For information on Walk with the Dragon and the S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Foundation, please begin with the link below:
欲获得关于中僑百萬行和中僑基金會的相关资料, 请前往下面的连线:
Tags: crepa, success, success foundation, walk with the dragon
Getting into Canada Day!
准备共同参与加拿大国庆日活动！
In front of hotel Fairmont Waterfront
在酒店前留影
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Cauldron
2010年温哥华冬季奥运圣火
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Cauldron
2010年温哥华冬季奥运圣火
Entering Granville Island
进入 Granville Island 前留影/
“There must be over fifty thousand…”
这里应该有五万多吧…
People for the fireworks
前往市中心观赏烟花的人群
People leaving after the fireworks
人群离开时情况。
People leaving after the fireworks
人群离开时情况。
Tags: 2010 Olympic Cauldron, Canada Day, vancouver
Guests of the Invite The World to Vancouver campaign are excited about the freedom that allows them to jump back and forth between the undefended international boundary between Canada and the United States right in the middle of the Peace Arch International Park. More detail at http://itw.cofatsui.com. “邀请世界”活动到访温哥华的客人正在游览和平拱门国际公园；他们对可以在加拿大和美国之间的不设防国际边界上不停地往返走动的自由感到兴奋。
Related links / 相关的连线
http://www.peacearchpark.org/
Google search results / 谷歌搜寻结果
Tags: invite the world, peace arch park, undefended international boundaries, vancouver
Page title: Arrival of the guests – finally!
本页标题：旅客终于到步了！
Arrical of the first four
第一组四人合照留念
Sweet welcome candy from hotel general manager
酒店总经理的甜蜜欢迎糖果
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Sorry about the extended silence of the travel plan of our guests!
Things are mostly set…
1. Air tickets are issued – and the arrival date is June 30, 2012.
2. Hotel rooms are confirmed – a 2-bedroom Garden Suite at Fairmont Waterfront Vancouver.
3. Other prize items are being processed by Tourism Vancouver.
Our guests will stay in town for about one month – there will be a total of five. We have been researching many points of interest and have booked some of them so far. Vancouver Island, Whistler, Okanagan and even Banff and Jasper are considered.
If you have suggestions of great spots to share please feel free to reply to this post so we could look into those (also as good reference for visitors of this blog).
Traffic and moving around could be a challenge, as we only have two cars but do not have a vehicle that could accommodate more than 5 persons. A 7- or 8-seater minivan would be ideal. Any sponsorship suggestions (arrangements) would be very welcome!
Will write again soon.
And again, my family, our guests and I are very grateful of receiving the prizes from the Invite The World campaign organizer and the sponsors:
-Tourism Vancouver (the organizer)
-Canadian Tourism Commission
-TELUS
-Lululemon
-The Vancouver Hotel Destination Association
-Downtown Vancouver Business Imporvement Association
-Vancouver Airport Authority
Grand prize providers:
-The Fairmont Waterfront
-Birks
-Bluebird
-Hawksworth Restaurant at the Rosewood Hotel Georgia
A friend of mine (Loming) sent me info of this new tool today – An app that could convert room pictures into a floor plan from your smartphone or tablet. Great for practitioners in the real estate market!
App converting room picture into floor plan
The app is named MagicPlan – it doesn’t just draw floor plans. It can measure the size of the rooms, draws the floor plan and creates a DXF file, PDF document, JPEG images and a web site with an interactive floor plan.
The app comes with a “free to use” and some “per fee” options (as always!). The pricing is very reasonable (my personal view) – 2.49 CAD or USD per plan (plus the DIY time spent – again, as always ^_^).
Link to the MagicPlan site if you wish to explore further:
www.sensopia.com
Tags: app, floor plan tools, real estate app
The long version of the title of this topic is: Apple paid $3.3 billion in income taxes worldwide in 2011, on $34.2 billion in before tax profit worldwide in 2011.
The above figures were quoted from The New York Times (April 28, 2012) by Tim O’Reilly in his very insightful article that I found on Google+ (see links below).
I share this article because I agree to the fact that in today’s business one has to think GLOBAL, and the story shows how Apple has worked this out so perfectly for them.
Take this Apple story as an example:
Imagine this (I use “imagine” because I am certain no one will really “consider” it): If Apple were to manufacture iPad 100% in the US, I would guess that 99% of those who now have an iPad might not have had one in the first place.
1) How Apple Sidesteps Billions in Taxes (April 28, 2012) (Link)
2) Apple’s Response on Its Tax Practices (April 28, 2012) (Link)
3) Tim O’Reilly’s article on Google+: (Link)
Tags: Apple, global business, ipad, tax avoidance, think global
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