X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MayBlog;h=dfd117da12b41715aa5f0673d65051877867a08c;hp=f4b0eec6c2c9ebbef7a5d711698df452b4ff8eda;hb=6c0fdcf38144776f7fc6affa342e822a967c82d7;hpb=ee16e2d69ad8324c549688c70ed771d892f37153 diff --git a/MayBlog b/MayBlog index f4b0eec..dfd117d 100644 --- a/MayBlog +++ b/MayBlog @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ == May 2007 == -'''Tip:'''' as always, start from the bottom and proceed bottom up to keep time flowing in one direction. +'''Tip:''' as always, start from the bottom and proceed bottom up to keep time flowing in one direction. === Tue, 2nd === ==== BankOfAmerica ==== -I went to BankOfAmerica and opened a bank account. I went there wearing a yello T-shirt +I went to BankOfAmerica and opened a bank account. I went there wearing a yellow T-shirt and a weary pair of jeans. In the beginning, they referred me to a young guy who quickly tried to offer me a student's saving account. When I queried for interest rates, credit cards, and dollar/euro conversion rates, they finally realized that I was going to move @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Banking appears to be far, far simpler here. I already feel like I know everything while in Italy I still can't read most of the paperwork I get from my banks. +Batt: Or maybe american bankers are so skilled that you are happy while, in truth, they have stolen your money forever :-P + +Massimo: Yahr yahr! He didn't realize they already got 4.80% of his balance from his pocket with a magician move! Yahr yahr! Anyway... 4-5% rate is not absurd in the US. It has always been almost like this as far as I can remember (maybe sometimes it was even 6-7%). It's useful for someone (like bernie), but tragic for someone who does not have any money and to buy a house with those mortgages it's almost impossible. Still, the US has got a very low rate in comparison with other extra-european countries. === Tue, 1st === @@ -32,13 +35,19 @@ my banks. And I'll be moving in *today*! But I'm writing on Thursday the 3rd, actually (aren't you thinking fourth-dimentionally yet?). The room is nice and comes with some forniture, including a desk. It's on the second floor -of a house where the landlord lives with her wife and a very friendly puppy. I like it +of a house where the landlord lives with her wife and a very friendly puppy. + + +'''Camy''': the landlord lives with '''his''' wife + + + I like it that way: all those houses shared by students I've seen so far tend to become unmaintained and dirty quite quickly, while this one is a real house with a fully operational kitchen, bathroom and even a clean back garden! My landlord is Armenian, but have been living here in Boston for a long time. My first -imprssion is he's a very nice person, honest and easy going. I haven't met his wife yet -- +impression is he's a very nice person, honest and easy going. I haven't met his wife yet -- she'll be back on Sunday. I'm afraid the house is a bit far away from MIT, in southern Boston. But that won't @@ -50,7 +59,7 @@ I don't know the address yet. I should, but I forgot the sheet on the table whe ==== Do You Speak English? ==== Some of you will be pissed off by this change, but I'm starting to make -some international friends here and non of them could read Italian. +some international friends here and none of them could read Italian. Writing in English is also what I need to improve my writing skills. For the few of you who barely know English, some more reading surely won't hurt! @@ -58,4 +67,6 @@ If you're real lazy, [[http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbender.codewiz.org%2Fwiki%2FMayBlog&langpair=en%7Cit&hl=en Google Translator]] is your friend. -As always, I'd very much appreciate being told of any mistake I make. +As always, I'd very much appreciate being told about any mistake I make. + +''Massimo: ok, let's start with those horrible contractions my poor eyes had to read: '''Won't''' and '''I'd'''. Hey Bernie! You already went back home from NYC. Ain't gonna play with ya 'nymore!'' \ No newline at end of file