Overheard at a Pasar Malam, as narrated by a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) master. I paraphrased the story and replaced a few details, but the moral of the story remained unchanged. Once upon a time… A shoe company was looking to expand it’s business into a new country. Before entering the new market, it sent [...]
I moaned and groaned about being jobless in this blog, but the truth is, I am being melodramatic. I recalled when I graduated and started my first job so many years ago. By the end of my studies, I was in debt for tens of thousands, having taken a student loan to pay for the [...]
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Posted 05 January 2009
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Tagged: happiness
Personally, 2008 has been a turbulent and life changing year. As the year draw to a close, I will like to wish everyone a better 2009. May you find happiness in the new year.
Best wishes for holiday!
There wasn’t any post this week, and it appeared as if I have gone on vacation without any notice. [...]
Many years ago, my high school maths teacher showed me a mysterious number 142857. This number has always remained in my memory since it’s so intriguing. To follow along, you would probably need a calculator. Unless you are one of those who could do numbers in his head. 8) How to memorise this number Think [...]
During the past few years, I was getting fairly convinced about the fallacy of the old refrain “Don’t complain if you have no constructive suggestion.” I called it the constructive counterargument. I was reminded about this again when I recently read a blog post someone made to refute an argument. The subject in question was [...]
How often do you hear someone say, “I can’t make it to the meeting, I am busy.” Or, “sorry for missing the appointment, I was busy.” In this fast pace world, people rushed through their lives, making busy excuses for the things they missed. “Being busy” is a common refrain, so common we failed to [...]
Occasionally, a friend asked how I am able to stop watching TV entirely. I don’t subscribe to cable TV. The local free-to-air channels tend to broadcast shallow contents. To make matter worse, both are full of advertisements. If you have been wondering how to get free and legal videos on the internet, this post described [...]
Here is an interesting question. Supposed the Martians exist, and they have their own alphabets, two of which are shown below. If I tell you these two alphabets are pronounced as “Buba” and “Kiki”, can you tell me which one is Buba and which one is Kiki? You are not a Martian, and Martians don’t [...]
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Posted 08 September 2008
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Tagged: Buba, Kiki, TED
