Nuwen’s Med Blog

I know that I have been away from this site for some time now. It’s not that I don’t have anything particularly good to write about, I just become lazy to actually write it, lol. However, here is a story that I want to share with you guys. About a month ago, I received the most interesting email.

Hello,

I have been looking over your domain and I wanted to acquire your domain (www.nuwen.com). We are going to use this domain, because we are going to open up a retail store in Austin, TX selling Computer Accessories. I will like to make a offer of $50K (fifty-thousand-dollars). Please contact me back ASAP.

~Jose A. Vasquez

Do you smell something? Because, it smells like a scam letter to me. So, I look around online to see whether other blogs have posted something like this before. Sure enough, there is a scam that’s going around involving selling and buying domain names.

How this scam works is that the scammer hook an unsuspecting domain owner by dangling a ridiculous amount of money to buy his domain name. Once the bait is taken, the scammer requests an appraisal certificate for the name. The catch is that the name must be appraised by the scammer’s list of recommended sites. Little does the victim know, the scammer owns all of those sites. So the victim spend hundreds of dollars to get his domain name appraised only to find out that the scammer is no longer interested in buying the name.

I decide to dig a little bit further and let him know that I mean business, and that he is messing with the wrong girl. In response, I reply.

Good Evening,

I am not 100% sure about selling (www.nuwen.com). However, if you are serious about your pursuit, then I am willing to place (www.nuwen.com) on Sedo for you to purchase at $50,000 US.

Regards,

The next day, I receive his reply.

Nevermind about the domain, we will use a other domain name (www.nuwencomps.com).

Amazingly, one month has passed and “nuwencomps.com” is still available. When you push a scammer into the right course of action, they will suddenly draw back. So the moral of the story is not to believe in any get-rich-quick scheme. In our pursuit of invisible money, we may be the one who end up on the dinner plate.

Brother: “Oh look, New York now recognizes gay marriage from other states.”
Me: “Grrrreeeeaaaatttt … I have enough competition as it is.”
Brother: “Hahaha, it’s not like guys are going to be jumping on other guys just because it’s legal.”
Me: “You never know.”

Have you ever heard of mobile phone novels? I am quite new to this myself. Written by normal cell phone users (sometimes anonymous) and gaining popularity by word of mouth, they are stories released in subsequent 70-words chapters as text messages on your cell phone.

I would love to try it out except that I don’t live in Japan or China. I live in the US (cry). The buzz seems to be that there will be an attempt to do something like that here in the States. Until then, check out the these drama adaptations from popular mobile phone novels in Japan, “Deep Love” and “Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi by Yoshi and “Koizora” (Sky of Love) by Mika.

“Deep Love” by Yoshi

I have not yet watched the drama version, but I did read parts of the manga before it got licensed. This story is very good with Ayu as a very strong female lead, but the plot can be melodramatic, dark, and depressing at times. Hence, it can be emotionally dramatizing to watch, but that’s what makes it so captivating.

“Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi” by Yoshi

This was the first work of Yoshi that I saw, which roughly translated as “Fallen Angels” or perhaps more accurately as “Angels Whose Wings Have Fallen”. It is a series comprised of short true stories about the unique struggle of each girl in each story. There are two seasons so far with a total of eight different stories. My favorite story is the fourth girl in season one. Overall, I don’t think this is the best work of Yoshi (which is “Deep Love”), but it is interesting to watch nonetheless.

“Koizora” by Mika

This movie seems to be all the rave, but I have not yet finished watching it because the main female lead’s naiveness is quite annoying to watch (I like people with stronger personalities better). Anyway, you should definitely check it out because it is one of Japan’s top ten movies for 2007.

Since I am starting anew here on WordPress.com, I think should introduce myself. So here is a peeping Tom’s view of who I am. For additional irrelevant info, check out the About page.

About Me
I am a Vietnamese American currently living in the United States. My family immigrated in 1994. So that makes it more than 14 years now. Being the oldest in the family is not all that fun, but I do enjoy the company of my two younger brothers and a dog named Bobbi.

About Medicine
I am currently a student at a medical school. Which school is it? I cannot say since I would like to protect my own identity from prying eyes. For old friends who know what school I attend, please don’t reveal this info.

Medicine had always been my secret man (metaphorically speaking) throughout my undergraduate education. In my early years, I mused with the concept of becoming a doctor. However, I never did take it seriously because I was already aiming toward pharmacy school. After one year of working as a pharmacy clerk, I decided that it was about time for me to finally stop lying. That decision, which proved to be a turning point in my life, took me a really long time and a lot of courage to make.

My Blogging Perspective
I am very theoretical with just about everything in life. My primary interests are people and human relations. I truly enjoy watching and understanding human behaviors. If medicine didn’t exist, I would have no doubt become a psychologist.

Yes, I’ve done it. I emailed by host yesterday requesting to end my contract. Now, it is only a matter of time before they close the account.

The good thing, however, is that I still own the domain name. I plan to continue renewing the domain name until I decide to bring back Nuwen.com.