Ran into Subir Das in the hallway yeterday.

We exchanged our opinions about the future of the company. I was quite surprised that we have many same ideas. Probably, everybody sees the same thing and holds the same idea in their own mind.

Through him, I also learned that Hong Liu moved to Seattle and worked in Microsoft now. Glad to hear that. I think it is a correct move for Hong. I myself is also arming myself and preparing for the predictable future.

Don't know why, but I am kind of obsessed to Knuth in these days. I kept listening to Knuth's talks. I gave a definition to those masters in their own fields: Masters are those who can deeply explain very complex concepts in a straightforward way. Yibei listened to Richard Feynman's talk on Probability, and he also expressed the same feeling. For Knuth, I found that he has a very regular life style. I envy his life style. I hope that one day, I can also have a life style like him. This life style is built upon a financial freedom.

I will summarize the financial book I just read, so those ideas could be carved into my mind board. I also plan to evaluate our financial situation tonight and move some money in eTrade over to Mutual funds.