20th Birthday, Easter Show, Earth Hour
I turned 20 last Tuesday! My housemates and friends who were all from Penang gave me a surprise!
Study shows eBay buyers save billions
Buyers saved $7 billion that they might have otherwise been ready to pay
SAN FRANCISCO - Buyers save billions of dollars each year bidding on eBay auctions, according to a new study that quantifies the benefits online consumers enjoy over and above what is derived by sellers, or eBay itself.
The independent research by two statisticians from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business found buyers saved $7 billion that they might have otherwise been ready to pay in a study of eBay auction behavior in 2003.
Applying the same analysis to 2004 buyer data, consumers saved $8.4 billion, said Wolfgang Jank, one author of the study. A linear projection of the research findings would mean consumers saved around $19 billion during 2007, Jank said.
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I’d be at Powerhouse Retreat at Central Coast till Saturday, so you won’t hear from me till then. Catching the train there. I’m so excited! 
I can’t believe this. There is even a Starbucks gossip blog. Anyway, I just woke up, getting ready for church. I need my coffee fix! Gloria Jeans!
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The Lleyton Hewitt-Marcos Baghdatis match just ended 1.5 hours before I woke up. They walked off the court at 4.34 a.m.! Who starts a tennis game at 11.47 p.m. and ends the next morning? I just managed to watch half of the first set. Anyway, he’s the only surviving Aussie man there. I need to play tennis soon! I don’t know anyone in summer who plays tennis…
