Making Money

Hi everyone,

When I was little, my dad took us to have Dim Sum a lot of time. Dim Sum is Chinese dumplings and serves in Chinese restaurant. Not every Chinese restaurant serves Dim Sum. You can find Dim Sum in big city like Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, etc. My dad wanted his family to spend time together, ate Dim Sum and drank Chinese tea ( Yum Cha ). ” Family closeness is very important” my dad said. Dim Sum is not expensive if you have just a few baskets.  But when you feed the whole family, it will add up. My dad is a big spender when it is about making family happy. He said that you have to live your life but make sure you do save some money for the future. From what my dad ’s teaching, I come up with this philosophy:- 1. to make money.  2. to save money for the future.  3. to invest.  4. to enjoy your life.  5. to help family or other people. How do you make money? In this Country, there are so many ways to do it, if only you set your mind and go after it. When my son was 8 yrs. old, I bought a camera to take his soccer games. I decided to take pictures for his soccer team. After that I took a lot of soccer teams almost the whole league.  Then I decided to contact the little league baseball in town for team picture taking. I took a lot of baseball teams. Soon after that I started to do wedding pictures. In one summer, I made enough money to take my wife, my son and my daughter to go on vacation in Thailand and Singapore for three weeks. That is one of my money making in the past.

When I first got to Hollywood, California, I got a job at Century Plaza Hotel. This hotel is five stars hotel, a lot of celebrities and movie stars stayed there. President Nixon held Welcome Home Party for Apollo 11 Astronauts (first landing on the moon). This hotel has cafeteria to serve all employees. They can eat anything they want to for free, as long as they wear uniforms. They really take good care of their staffs. This job was perfect for me to make money and also to save money. I didn’t have to spend money for meal so I could save more. There are so many restaurants that feed their employees for free especially oriental restaurants. Most of the restaurants charge 50% for employee meal. It doesn’t matter, it will help you save and make money.  I hope that my past experience give you some idea to make some money. I have more story to tell you how I made money later on. My next post subject will be investing.

Goodbye for now,

Mana