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I spent 2 mornings, 30 minutes each watching this YouTube video How to Speak from Professor Patrick Winston - MIT I used to watch this video when I was searching for Presentation Training materials 3 or 4 years ago. But at that time, I did not pay much attention to 1-hour video with the lecturing style of Professor Winston. I was not patient at that time and I was looking for some quick tips for my presentation class.  Yesterday, I opened YouTube to find something to watch (after watching Cillian Murphy's interview), and luckily, I found this video. What interested me at first was 17 Million views, seriously, I think. I was curious and decided to watch the video.  I was surprised because I could understand what he was saying quite well, without using a transcript. But there were some jokes and difficult words I still need to use a transcript when watching back and Google translate.  Most of the new words I searched are quite difficult to use in normal conversation, so I ...

The topic for my English Class today is investment.  When you invest in any company, or you want to start your own company, you need to do many research. One of the frameworks to do market research is STEEP S - Social: consumer behavior demographics, religion, lifestyles, values, and advertising. T - Technology: technological advancements. It includes factors like innovation, communication, energy, transport, research and development. E - Economic: the consumers' buying position, for example, income, taxes, saving, inflation... E - Environmental: ecosystem factors such as water, wind, food, soil, energy, pollution, and environmental regulations.  P - Political: the political developments, and policies.  

Today I learned how to write an annual report in my English class.  I write down here the sample report in the textbook, it helps me to remember some vocabulary and structures.  2018 was a year of mixed results and challenges which were caused by the slow-down in the global economy and the strength of the dollar, which affected our gross profit margins . However, lower operating costs in Asia and Australia meant that we finished more strongly than expected in the fourth quarter, with growth of 3.5% on the previous quarter.  Sales revenues fell by 5% in the second quarter but after a stable / steady recovery over the next two quarters, we achieved an overall sales volume of $92 million, up 2% on 2017. Cash flow from operations was $43 million and we invested$20 million in / on capital expenditure including our internet infrastructure to enable customers to do business with us more easily. We also repaid / refunded $1 million of debt which we had borrowed to build the ne...