Last night was my company’s annual christmas party. Even though it said annual, it’s the first time since 5 years. During the downturn, the company simply cut all the unncessary expense, and the party is one of them. The official name is called winter party, to be politically correct and not offending other religion. I think that is totally fart with pants down. I doubt anyone will be offended by using the word christmas. Just turn christmas into a secular festival like halloween, make Santa Claus and Rudolph the red nose raindeer rather than Jesus as the center character of hristmas should be sufficient, no need to replace the word christmas with something else.

I always the like the idea about beating the system, finding clever ways to exploit the loopholes to your favour. Today, I find a very inspiring story on the news. There is a Canadian guy spent $7000 on a North America unlimited pass with Air Canada, then continuously fly for two months and end up earning $70000 worth of airmiles. His daily routine starting at 10a.m., flying back and forth between Vancouver and Victoria 6 times, then before the airport is closed, board an over night flight to Toronto and come back right away. He basically earned ten times of return in two month and they are all tax free! I think Air Canada will soon fix the airmile system. I just wonder, what he does on the plane to pass time?