Paul's Survival Tools Kit

Personal Financial Planning

• Personal Finance at
  • CBSMarketwatch
  • CNNMoney
  • MSN Money
  • Fool.com
• Salary Calculator: when you want to move from one city to another
• Insweb: guide for insurances on Health, Auto, Life, etc.

Legal Issues in America

Travel in U.S.

• Travelocity.com: find optional air routes, but the fare may not be competitive.
• Priceline.com
• farechase(air ticket, hotel, rental car)
• HotWire.com (air ticket)
• Cheap Air Ticket Finder

Price Compare Tools (also known as shopbots)

• dealtime (good for electronics, computer)
• pricegrabbers (electronics)
• price.com
• addall (books)
• bestbookbuys (books)

Shopping Spree (good deals finder)

• ableshoppers
• slickdeals
• jumpondeals
• dealmac or dealnews

Holidays & Gifts

• Americangreetings.com
• 3D Mall

Download or Watch Movies Online

• site one (h711)
• site two (keya)
• site three (wenxuecity)
• site four

Useful Services

• Online English-Chinese Dictionary: Webster, Tignernt
• netLibrary: read books online
• Look up for US cities by zip code
• Look up for US cities by telephone area code OR see area code map
• Find origin and gender of NAMES

Baylor and Waco Links

• Waco - Visitor's Guide
• Local newspaper: Waco Tribune-Herald
• BearRent: Apartment search around Baylor U.
• BearLife.com

Apply to U.S. Schools

• Application Guide
• F-2 Visa Speical
  • Search "F-2" or "F2" in ReUnion@ bbs.mit.edu
  • Search "F-2" or "F2" in GoWest@bbs.mit.edu
  • I excerpted some useful F-2 visa articles, you may download it here in .zip format.

China Connections

• CSSA Directory
• CND.org
• Cheap Air Ticket Finder
• FlyChina: find low fare from USA to China
• cybercalling.com: the best-buy for calling back to China
• mediaRing.com: free pc-to-phone calls to China, including Chengdu and all other major cities.
• Free PC to Phone Links
• Beijing Opera Facial Make-Up

Road to Berkeley

• UC Berkeley Visitor Services
• Berkeley Econ Dept.
• Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) at Berkeley
• Berkeley CSSA
• Berkeley Housing Info