Grandpa 's Journey

         Do you know why the United States is banning Huawei?  Look at the following data and you will understand: Huawei has more than 10,000 Ph.D doctors, many Russian mathematicians and talented people. 你知道美國為什麼追殺華為嗎？看看下面的數據你就明白了華為有1萬多名博士，甚至有很多俄羅斯數學家，人才濟濟。 Do you know how many Huawei employee's annual salary is more than 1 million? More than 10,000 people 你知道華為年薪超過100萬的人有多少？ 超過一萬人 Do you know how many Huawei employee's annual salary is more than 5 million? More than 1000 people! 你知道華為年薪超過500萬的人有多少嗎？ 超過1000人！ In China, Huawei’s R&D expenditure is as high as 89.6 billion. Among the Big Three, Alibaba employees 30,000, Baidu 50,000, Tencent about 30,000, a total of 110,000, but Huawei's global employees total 170,000! 在國內，華為研發經費高達896億， 在三巨頭中，阿里巴巴員工3萬，百度5萬，騰訊大約3萬，總共加起來11萬，但是華為的全球員工總數卻有17萬！ Alibaba's profit is 23.4 billion, Tencent is 24.2 billion, Baidu is 10.5 billion, and the total profit is 58 billion, but 70% is taken away by fo...

        Yesterday Julie and I had a dinner gathering among old friends.  It was at Go Go Chicken Pot .  A very convenient location at the intersection of Bayview and Elgin Mills East.  The highlight of the evening was 10 lbs Yellow Edge Grouper.  It was a pretty big fish enough for 10 -12 persons for dinner.  After a brief discussion, we decided to cook the fish in 3 different ways as follows: 1.   fish bones, tail, Bakchoy and daufu  soup 2.   Wok fried fish cutlet with carrot, broccoli & green onion. 3.   Fish head & belly stewed with mushroom, green onion On top, we ordered dishes from the set menu.   4.   spicy eggplant with onion and red pepper 5.   Wok fried pork cutlet with cucumber wood fungus 6.   Deep fried spicy squids 7.   Chop pork rib with bitter cucumber  8.   A big jar of beer 9.   Steamed rice 10.  Sweet almond soup (desert) 11.  ...

          Richmond Hill was hit by Winter storm with temperature -10 C feel like -25 C.  As forecast by the Weather Network there was 26 cm of snow.  It was a record breaking winter snow.  The old record 23 cm  dated back 50 years. There was no school for my grandchildren due to the battering snow storm and dangerous road conditions.   My first task this morning was to clear the snow on the driveway and the windrow at the driveway entrance,  I could not wait for the City of Richmond Hill to clear windrow as I had to go to Rouge Woods Community center for ping pong at 9:00 a.m.  .Julie did not go with me.  She stayed behind at my daughter 's home babysitting the grandchildren.     As expected there were few people showing up at the gym. Anyway, it was fun  and I had a good 2 hours workout playing double with the ping pong friends.  After ping pong I had my quick  lunch with deep fried fillet...

It was bad weather today temperature - 20 C feel like - 28 C. Snow storm was expected bringing in around 25 cm of snow throughout the day and night.  Early in the morning Julie and I drove to our daughter 's home and brought the grandchildren to school.  Traffic was not too bad as snow storm did not start then.   We had our quick breakfast  at Golden Horse before we returned home after shopping our food.  A very light lunch with some noodle and a piece of bread before we went to Rouge Woods Community for ping pong.  3 hours of ping pong was indeed a very good workout for the day. Due to the snow storm warning, we left home a bit earlier picking up the grand kids back to our home.  The kids had dinner with us before they returned home with their parents.  I appreciated their help shoveling the snow on my driveway before they left for home.  We enjoy their company and the pleasure their kids brought us. It is not uncommon these days to fin...

               Last Friday I wrote a post called ' Are You Eligible to Ontario Senior Homeowners' Property Tax Grant'.  On second thought, I should post a list of seniors benefits so that people can check into and find if they may have missed out. I Google searched 'Ontario Seniors Benefits' and located the related information.  Hope that you find them helpful and useful.   Ontario Seniors’ Public Transit Tax Credit If you’re 65 years or older, find out if you could get a tax credit to help with  public transit costs. Home and Vehicle Modification Program You could get money to help with the cost of making your home and vehicle  more accessible if you or your child has a disability that restricts mobility. Reduced Co-payment for Lower Income Seniors  Depending on your annual income, you may be able to have the ODB $100 annual deductible waived and have your co-payment reduced to $2 per prescription. G...

                 It was a freezing morning.  Temperature -10 C feel like -20 C.  I left home at 8:30 a.m. arriving THE ONE FUSION CRUISINE at 8:45 a.m.  When the restaurant opened at 9:00 a.m. there were already more than 10 people waiting outside the restaurant entrance.  It was a big contrast to last week when there were around 50 people awaiting in the lobby as all tables were fully seated. Julie and I got a table for 5 persons.  As we sat down we phoned our daughter to come joining us at any time with her family.  Before long, they came.  We ordered our favorite dim sum.      THE ONE FUSION CUISINE 9019 Bayview Ave unit 9, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1Y3  Opens at 9 a.m. Phone: (905) 882-9388 Steamed Siu Mai Bay Leaf Corn Beef Ball BBQ Pork Bun with Albalone Sauce Steamed Beef Tendor with Chu Hou Sauce Crispy Spring Rolls Rice Congee with  Pork ...

               Among the seniors in Ontario it is one of the common topics in their conversation.  Thanks to the internet which provides instant information.  We can Google search and find relevant information from reliable sources.   The follow information is from the website of GOVERNMENT OF CANADA: Seniors age 65 and over are eligible to seniors tax benefit.  It is OSHPTG. The Ontario senior homeowners' property tax grant.  It is intended to help offset property taxes for seniors who own their own home and who have low to moderate incomes. This program is funded entirely by the Province of Ontario. The CRA (Canadian Revenue Agency) administers this program for Ontario. Senior homeowners can apply for the current-year OSHPTG when they file their prior-year income tax and benefit return. For example, you would apply for the 2019 grant on your 2018 income tax and benefit return. The first time you could apply for the...

                I am 73.  Many boomers like me are interested on and learn more today's digital apps.  I like all the 10 Tips Tricks and hacks.. I would try starting with only two.  It would make the learning easier and more interesting.  In order to help myself and those boomer beginners I searched Google for the written information on WhatSapp - Group Video Calls and WhatSapp - Location Sharing.  The above video is very good and very informative.  Thanks to HayIs World for her quality production. WhatSapp - Group Video Calls To Use WhatsApp Group Video Calling Open WhatsApp. Navigate to the Home screen and select the "Calls" button. Press the "Call" icon in the top right corner. This will take you to your contacts. Scroll down and select a contact to call. Press their name to call them. Press the "Add Participant" button in the top right corner. Select the third participan t. WhatSapp - Location ...

      After the ping pong game yesterday friends had afternoon tea gathering at Golden Horse Cafeteria at Major McKenzie and Leslie.  10 people altogether including Julie and myself.  I ordered a set meal pork chop and chicken breast with gravy on rice, hot tomato soup and tea with milk and sugar.  Julie ordered fried fish fillet with fruit and veggie salad and soya milk.  In the conversation, I was asked by some one about electricity support program for seniors in Ontario.  I therefore would write a post related to the program here and on our RHTTC55 eMagazine sharing the information among the seniors. When I was home that evening I was busy on something related to the forthcoming 55th reunion of La Salle Old boys in San Francisco.  I forgot the followup work on OESP.  I just remembered it this late afternoon after a doctor 's appointment. Three important points as follows: What is OESP program? OESP stands for Ontario Electri...

GRANDPA 's blogging Journey Day 10 This picture is from Google image. Go to Google Image,  find it. click at it and saved it with a name.  When writing this post in Blogger app,  click the picture icon there to upload the saved picture to the post.  Choose the  picture size to fit in this post below. It is done.     It was extreme cold warning by the Weather Network .   Richmond Hill recorded at 8:30 a.m. on 21 Jan 2019 a temperature -28C and feel like -36C.  My daughter called me and advised me to stay home. They would take their kids to school.  As we were free in  the morning Julie and I went to a nearby McDonald Cafe.  It is inside Walmart Supercenter at Major McKenzie and Bayview.  As we already had our breakfast at home, we just ordered a cup of coffee with double cream and double sugar. My doctor won't recommend this, yet it is my favorite beverage  from McDonald.  There we overheard s...

Today is Sunday, 20th January 2019.   There is a  severe weather warning today.  Temperature is -18 C. The gusty strong north wind makes people feel like -30 degrees C.  Flurry, snow mixed with ice pellets were showering trees, roofs, roads, sidewalks and driveways.  Fortunately, road conditions are not too bad as Town of Richmond Hill City worked through out the night almost everywhere with its team of snow service vehicles .  In the night I could hear the wind and snow removal trucks working as their roaring pierced through the silent sky.  Early 6:00 in the morning I woke up.  I did some quick blogging at my other blog " RHTTC55 eMagazine ".  It is a blog I developed for the seniors and older adults 55 plus who play table tennis in Richmond Hill and nearby areas.  They are my ping pong friends.  This e-magazine is a collections of videos on the world contemporary travelling, trends, hi-tech, sports, health, etc. Thanks t...

                  I searched and found in Youtube this video series .  It has good content with step by step approach guiding ...." Blogger Tutorial for Beginners - What 's New in Blogger.com in 2018".  The series are about 3 - 4 minutes each. Its coverage is pretty comprehensive as it spans from the stage before you start the blog.  A blogger should answer 4 question before starting the blog. What is your target?  What attitude is appropriate?  Do I have the skill and knowledge.  Highly recommend this video series.  Have a nice and safe  weekend.   

                I  watched this video early this morning.  I also read the comments by people watching it. Among the comments, one really stands out and I was totally knocked out.   " Just look at us...Everything is backwards. Everything is upside down....Doctors destroy health....Lawyers destroy justice....Universities destroy knowledge...Government destroy freedom...the major media destroy information....and religion destroy spirituality.....adapt....observed.....and overcome to only to survive....just do good things...you speak the truth" .   This guy with his words painted an appalling picture of the world today. People of the global village is in the time of great transformation.      Jack Ma is a wise man with great vision.  He is a leader for people to follow for his mind power,   communicating ability and people skill.  I think people would agree with me saying that Jack Ma is not...

                          It IS DAY 6 ... a Busy Day     In the morning, I went alone to Langstaff Community Centre and played  3 hours of ping  pong.  Usually, I joined the group lunch together with the ping pong friends.  I did not join them.  I did some dumplingss cooking at home and that was my quick lunch.  I have an appointment with the garage technician at  2:00 pm for the car battery replacement.  It was not too far away from my home just about 15 minutes of drive.  According to the technician,  my battery is aging so much and it is in the bottom line condition.  The replace was super fast.  I thought it was about 10 minutes at the most.  The cost is C$180.   I returned home and made a phone call to my daughter telling her I have an appointment at 3:30 p.m. related to her apartment   A lady who is a close relative of the tena...

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Blogger.com  has launched mobile applications for our mobile devices, such as smartphone, tablets, even for traditional cellphones via  SMS and MMS.   We can post and edit blogs and share photos and links on Blogger through these mobile devices.  Blogger focuses on are Android and iOS.  It allows users to edit blogs anywhere through the app publishing blogs or saving them as drafts.  With Blogger app and a smartphone we can attach photos or selecting pictures from the photo gallery. Sharing current locations on posts is also possible by tabbing My Location bar and adding locations. We can also share photos and links directly to Blogger,  but editing a blog on the blogger app remains an open issue.   Source:  Wikipedia Here to what I did mobile blogging the other day at  Rouge Woods Community Center Gym . Step by Step with a smartphone Take a picture with the smart phone or s elect a picture  from the smartphone G...

Morning tea and dim sum  with Julie  at My Wonderful Kitchen Richmond Hill.  She shot the picture while I was enjoying my cup of green tea.   Excellent price there.  All dim sum at $3.50 for large, medium and small .  The restaurant provides wi-fi there but  I did not do any mobile blogging  there.  You know,  it is time for enjoying the good tea and delicious dim sum. 米芝蓮 My Wonderful Kitchen 350 Highway 7 East #101, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 3N2 (905) 889-1088 Any way, I did the desktop blogging later at home in the afternoon after playing ping pong. With my cellphone I sent a picture to my desktop computer via email.  Then from that email  download that specific  photo to the computer harddrive. Then I upload it to this post with Blogger sharing the picture and content with all readers and visitors.   By the way, we can do blogging while travelling.  That is mobile blogging. Here ...

Today is Sunday.  After a rich breakfast Julie and I went to the McConaghy Seniors Centre meeting friends and played 2 hours of  table tennis with them.  It is almost a daily routine and it is a very good way to keep fit both physically and mentally.   We returned home after lunch.  I resumed working a bit at the computer room which is my blogging corner. I resumed working on the new blog "Grandpa David A 's blogging journey".  I fine-tuned the layout making it simple and neat.  I also put on AddThis share button there so that the readers can share with friends. One important point worth mentioning here is the blog loading time. Long loading time is unaccepted by all visitors and readers.   This blogging corner is where I do my daily blogging.  With today 's mobile/smart phones blogging is great fun.   I can simply blogging anywhere.  I can do it at the cafe and shopping mall where wi-fi is available.  Of course, you can ...

Empower people  turning knowledge and experience during their retirement  into leisure activity or an  e-business of their own with right mindsets, tools and solutions.  It is my vision. Yes, we can do it.  Do it yourself with Google tools such as Google+, Google My Business, Blogger, Youtube, etc.  They are free.  They are the best tools building and developing your own online endeavors for fun and sharing.  If you desire, you can build your own online business and e-commerce, e-store - the business with no boundary.   Today is 12 Jan 2019.  It is day 1 when I started developing this new blog "GRANDPA  DAVID AU 's blogging journey. You can follow my journey as of today and  I would post you guys what happens in this blogging journey.  Check out my other 2 blogs on Blogger.com : RHTTC55 eMagazine This is a blog I built for leisure about a group ping pong friends in the  Richmond Hill 55...