Oct 31
Happy Halloween everybody… I just want to share my favorite pumpkin carving this year. The picture is from MailOnline.
And here is a funny cartoon about our current financial crisis. The cartoon is from Slate Magazine.
Archive for October, 2008
Oct 30
(Picture is from Wikipedia.)
I hope you agree with me. October 2008 is just a disaster for many of us. I read news about lay-off almost everyday. Here are some of them:
- American Express to cut 10% of work force, or 7,000 jobs (MarketWatch, October 30)
- Time Inc. plans about 600 layoffs (New York Times, October 28)
- Chrysler to slash up to 5,000 jobs worldwide by year-end (AFP, October 24)
- Xerox slashes jobs as sales slow – Copier giants cuts 3,000 positions amid weakness in commercial-printing business(Wall Street Journal, October 24)
- Yahoo to cut headcount “at least” 10 percent; possibly more to come next year (TechCrunch, October 21). The number 10% is around 1,500 employees.
- Goldman Sachs to sack 10 percent of workforce (The Register, October 23). The number 10% is around 3,260 employees.
We can expect more and more layoff news coming in the next couple of months.
Am I nervous? Yes, indeed. The layoff may happen to me at any time. Two of my friends in Vancouver have just got laid off recently.
Anything impossible may become possible now. Some people said this is going to be the worst recession after Great Depression.
Oct 15
Last weekend, we went to Capilano Suspension Bridge to accompany our guests from Indonesia. They have Harvest Festival with Halloween decoration. I took some pictures using my Canon EOS 40D camera.
The first two pictures below are collection of pumpkins and maple leaves. Yes, we live in Canada…. so maple leaves must be there. 
The picture below is a scarecrow in front of a restaurant near the bridge. Well… to me, it’s not scary at all.
PS: These pictures are also available on my Flickr account.