MY FIRST MONEY WOUND 💸
I made real money for the first time in 8th grade. I was mad for manga and so were half of my classmates.
In front of our school gate, there was a shop selling manga merchandise. Everyday kids like me drooled over those keychains, badges, and pins.
One day, I had a brilliant idea: why not try to make those keychains myself?
I went to an internet shop, browsed Yahoo images (yes, Yahoo) for artworks of the hottest manga characters, and saved them in my dad’s floppy-disk (yes, floppy-disk).
I had them colored-printed, and then ran to the old uncle who had a “laminating shop” - one rusty machine on the back of his 200-year-old bicycle - to laminate those pictures for cheap.
With my dad’s 2-hole mini puncher, I punched holes to attach keychains on them.
Tada! My products were complete.
The next day, I showed up in class with a dozen of those keychains. I sold everything in one morning.
The following days, my keychains were sold out again. Soon enough, kids from other classes started to hand me their pocket money. Lo and behold, my business had expanded!
One afternoon, I sat in the back of the class with my red kitten wallet, counting money. I had a “boyfriend” at the time and he was sitting next to me. I turned to him beaming:
“Look, how much money I made!”
He did not smile.
Instead, he gave me, my money, and my red kitten wallet a cold look. He grunted:
“Money, money! Now you always think about money! What a girl you are!”
I went silent. I was shocked and then I was ashamed. What he said confused me.
“Maybe I’m really becoming bad…” I wondered.
I stopped making keychains after that.
Now, looking back I think:
“Dude, what a dumb thing to say. You could’ve had chè with me for free, every day after school!”
At the same time, I wonder:
“He was a young boy! What must have he heard from other people to have such a negative view about women making money?!”
Until now, this story and its cultural implications still surprise me.
This is one of the stories that later shaped the way I felt towards money.
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red pocket 在 [心得] Red Pocket mobile - 看板studyabroad - 批踢踢實業坊 的必吃
來美國也用過幾家手機
前一陣子跳到red pocket
覺得可以跟大家推薦一下
剛來的時候，因為在台灣是用GSM系統，所以不是cingular/AT&T就是T-mobile
AT&T沒什麼好説的，最大的缺點就是貴
T-mobile就是coverage小一點，便宜一點，但是客服跟帳務都有很不好的經驗
後來因為要便宜，也用過sprint系統的virgin mobiel，感覺網路比t-mobile還小
漸漸小孩大了，也開始有手機需求
就都給他們t-mobile的pre-paid，打緊急電話用
但是等到他們更大一點，就會開始抱怨沒網路
我跟太太的生活很單純，公司住家兩點一線，LTE用量很低
我們先試了cricket wireless，unlimited calls & texts + 5GB data一個月$35
沒什麼大問題，網路不是特別快但也還算穩
比較有趣的是，我用台灣買的HTC手機可以分享網路，用criket免費手機就被鎖
要注意一下他的unlock條款
是要＂使用＂免費手機一年才可以unlock，光是＂擁有＂還不行
後來小孩說要網路，可是我不想一個月多花三十幾塊在每一個孩子身上
本來是看上mint mobile有一個月$15的plan(unlimited calls & texts + 2GB data)
可是後來同事說有更便宜的red pocket，一個月最低只要$10，所以就先試試看了
red pocket $10的plan是 500 min talk + 500 texts + 500 MB data
$15的話則是 1000 + 1000 + 1GB
算起來mint mobile可能還比較划算
但是用不到就是浪費，所以我們還是選了red pocket的plan
red pocket、mint、以及cricket都是MVNO (mobile virtual network operator)
也就是說沒有自己的網路，要跟verizon、AT&T、或是T-mobile租用網路
Cricket用的是AT&T，mint用t-mobile，red pocket則可以在四大網路中任選
我們有三隻電話用AT&T，一隻用T-mobile(我太太)，想說這樣coverage比較完整
目前使用上都ＯＫ
對我們這種用量超低的人不失為一個好的省錢方案，也許有的留學生也可以考慮
我們的經驗是用AT&T的網路會比較好
我太太偶爾因為不明原因會漏掉我的電話
再來要注意的是，red pocket每個月data配額用完就沒了，得另外加購才有網路
不像其他有的公司LTE額度用完只是降速，還是有網路可以使用
然後如果從台灣帶手機的話，要注意LTE的頻率規格，不相符的話會完全沒網路可用
一點心得大家參考看看
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然後詐騙電話就都不會漏接...
來一陣子了
red pocket自己官網只有月付的
一次要付一年的卡在amazon上有，會稍微有點折扣
那我錯怪老婆了 XD
感恩，下次來試試
※ 編輯: uwmtsa (129.89.95.163), 08/15/2018 03:53:47
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