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[Xue Sheng]

It’s important to celebrate birthdays with your family…after all, it could be you last

I don't know about that..... my first wife was trying like crazy to get me to get life insurance a couple months before my birthday..... I didn't get any.... then a couple weeks before my birthday she went for a divorce..... I'm thinking if I did get the life insurance..... and then spent my birthday with my family..... that birthday WOULD have been my last....

 

[Xue Sheng]

Think I'm going to give tai chi another shot. Found a place nearby that looks good, all set to go tonight after work...then discovered that apparently it's my birthday and my wife wants to take me out to eat. Guess tai chi will have to wait until thursday.

what style?

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

what style?

Looks like it's not just one style - here's the website

Home - Shaolin Kung Fu NC

shaolinnc.com

Going to try the tai chi classes, but likely will do the shaolin as well, simply because I'm already there.

 

[Steve]

Think I'm going to give tai chi another shot. Found a place nearby that looks good, all set to go tonight after work...then discovered that apparently it's my birthday and my wife wants to take me out to eat. Guess tai chi will have to wait until thursday.

Happy birthday and good luck in tai chi.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Happy birthday and good luck in tai chi.

Thanks on both ends

 

[Xue Sheng]

Looks like it's not just one style - here's the website

Home - Shaolin Kung Fu NC

shaolinnc.com

Going to try the tai chi classes, but likely will do the shaolin as well, simply because I'm already there.

Looks like Beijing (Yang 24), good place to start

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Looks like Beijing (Yang 24), good place to start

Anything I should know about it before starting?

 

[Xue Sheng]

Anything I should know about it before starting?

Nope, just go with it. Would like to hear how it goes

 

[Kung Fu Wang]

Allow me to brag a little about myself (bragging about the past may be the only thing that left during old age). I use AI to find out the following information:

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These contributions have significantly impacted IBM’s technological advancements.

 

[Buka]

Think I'm going to give tai chi another shot. Found a place nearby that looks good, all set to go tonight after work...then discovered that apparently it's my birthday and my wife wants to take me out to eat. Guess tai chi will have to wait until thursday.

Happy Birthday, young fella!

 

[donald1]

Think I'm going to give tai chi another shot. Found a place nearby that looks good, all set to go tonight after work...then discovered that apparently it's my birthday and my wife wants to take me out to eat. Guess tai chi will have to wait until thursday.

Happy birthday. A good day for tai chi.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Think I'm going to give tai chi another shot. Found a place nearby that looks good, all set to go tonight after work...then discovered that apparently it's my birthday and my wife wants to take me out to eat. Guess tai chi will have to wait until thursday.

I just noticed this.... forgive me, I can be slow on the up take sometimes and occasionally distracted by shinny objects...

First, Happy Birthday.

Second, I started Taijiquan 2 weeks before my birthday 33 years ago this month

 

[Xue Sheng]

Nice start to the morning today.
Baduanjin
Wuji standing
Zhan Zhuang
Santi Shi
Siu Lim Tao
Taijiquan


and then....... had to go to work

 

[_Simon_]

Think I'm going to give tai chi another shot. Found a place nearby that looks good, all set to go tonight after work...then discovered that apparently it's my birthday and my wife wants to take me out to eat. Guess tai chi will have to wait until thursday.

Haaaaapy birthday!!! Hope it was a swell day!

And DO IT

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

My job is split into I think 5 teams of 10-15 people, that work with different clients. Apparently while I was on vacation, they did an analysis since January, and found that the team I'm on is performing by far the best. They've hinted that the best performers would get end of year bonuses, though last year apparently they sent out an email apologizing saying they realized the bonuses are not in the budget, so I'm not hopeful.


However, we do get a reward for performing so well! They've decided that means we're overstaffed, so they're moving one of our best guys to a different team, possibly a second as well, and are putting a hiring freeze on our team so that they don't backfill the spot that we've got currently. Did I mention they also added two new clients, bringing us up from 5 to 7 clients, in the last 2 months?

So performing well means: No bonuses. Extra work. Backfill for the people not performing well. Less workers to do the extra work and backfill.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Haaaaapy birthday!!! Hope it was a swell day!

And DO IT

Thank you! And I shall tonight

Might try to drag my wife along as well, since it's affordable.

 

[Steve]

Nice start to the morning today.
Baduanjin
Wuji standing
Zhan Zhuang
Santi Shi
Siu Lim Tao
Taijiquan


and then....... had to go to work

I started the day with a nice cup of coffee and a 45 minute drive into downtown Seattle.

My job is split into I think 5 teams of 10-15 people, that work with different clients. Apparently while I was on vacation, they did an analysis since January, and found that the team I'm on is performing by far the best. They've hinted that the best performers would get end of year bonuses, though last year apparently they sent out an email apologizing saying they realized the bonuses are not in the budget, so I'm not hopeful.


However, we do get a reward for performing so well! They've decided that means we're overstaffed, so they're moving one of our best guys to a different team, possibly a second as well, and are putting a hiring freeze on our team so that they don't backfill the spot that we've got currently. Did I mention they also added two new clients, bringing us up from 5 to 7 clients, in the last 2 months?

So performing well means: No bonuses. Extra work. Backfill for the people not performing well. Less workers to do the extra work and backfill.

sounds like a well run company.

 

[Xue Sheng]

I started the day with a nice cup of coffee and a 45 minute drive into downtown Seattle.

That was yesterday....today I watered trees, sprayed weed killer and went to work..... hey, at least I got outside for a bit

 

[Prince_Alarming]

Well, at least my running kit got a wash yesterday. There was a rainstorm with hail in it halfway through my run

 

[Wing Woo Gar]

My job is split into I think 5 teams of 10-15 people, that work with different clients. Apparently while I was on vacation, they did an analysis since January, and found that the team I'm on is performing by far the best. They've hinted that the best performers would get end of year bonuses, though last year apparently they sent out an email apologizing saying they realized the bonuses are not in the budget, so I'm not hopeful.


However, we do get a reward for performing so well! They've decided that means we're overstaffed, so they're moving one of our best guys to a different team, possibly a second as well, and are putting a hiring freeze on our team so that they don't backfill the spot that we've got currently. Did I mention they also added two new clients, bringing us up from 5 to 7 clients, in the last 2 months?

So performing well means: No bonuses. Extra work. Backfill for the people not performing well. Less workers to do the extra work and backfill.

Happy Birthday!