Is Australia Really Independent?
On 13 May 1787, a fleet of 11 ships consisting of 2 Royal Navy vessels, 3 store ships and 6 convict transports left England for New Holland to establish a penal colony. This fleet of 11 ships was known asโฆ
Why Women Should Have Their Own Earning Power
After marriage, most Japanese women became housewives, as is their culture. Beyond a certain age, companies also often showed discrimination towards women in terms of attitude and salary, making the workplace very unfavourable. Pushed by culture and tradition, these youngโฆ
With Violence We Will Meet Our End
In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Pompeii, Herculaneum and several Romanโฆ
Non-Financial Considerations When Buying A House
Today we will talk about something light-hearted, non-financial but practical for everyone. In one of my previous articles, I talked about the financial and investment considerations when buying a house. Today we will talk about other non-financial factors, which eitherโฆ
Scam Of The Prosperity Gospel Church
This is not a religious piece, nor am I promoting Christianity, but to use the example of the inner workings of a church to explain an elaborate scam. There will be some concepts of Christianity that is essential to thisโฆ
Moving House
Started moving house yesterday, and am busy with unpacking and cleaning up the new house. Will come back with new posts a few days later.
Sandcastles
The construction of a proper building can take anywhere from 2 to 4 years at normal speed. It involves the laying of the foundations, of reinforcing the foundations with iron bars and concrete, of piling up of stone one uponโฆ
Theories And Reality
In schools we learn about theories. From Chemistry to Biology, Sociology to Economics, we all start from learning the theories and principles behind it. For the hard sciences, it is easier. The theories that have been proven long ago generallyโฆ
The Opportunities Surrounding China
ๅคซๅฐๅ ต่ ๏ผไธๆฐๅๅฎ๏ผไธๅฎๅ่ตฐ๏ผไธ่ตฐๅ้๏ผไธ้ๅๆญปใ- ๅธ้ฆฌๆฟ In military, if you do not attack, defend; if you do not defend, retreat; if you do not retreat, flee; if you do not flee, die – Sima Yi Background Continuing our previous article on war preparation, todayโฆ
Buying Gold
Few days back I went out for lunch and passed by a few jewellery shops, all of which were swamped with people trying to buy gold jewellery. As of now there are no news yet of retailers snapping up goldโฆ
War Preparation
ๅญๅญๆฐ๏ผๅก็จๅ ตไนๆณ๏ผ้ฉฐ่ฝฆๅ้ฉท๏ผ้ฉ่ฝฆๅไน๏ผๅธฆ็ฒๅไธ๏ผๅ้้ฆ็ฒฎ๏ผๅๅ ๅคไน่ดน๏ผๅฎพๅฎขไน็จ๏ผ่ถๆผไนๆ๏ผ่ฝฆ็ฒไนๅฅ๏ผๆฅ่ดนๅ้๏ผ็ถๅๅไธไนๅธไธพ็ฃใ Sun Tzu said: When going into battle, to prepare a thousand war vehicles, a thousand heavy transport vehicles, a hundred thousand soldiers, a supply line of a thousand li (approx 500km), daily expenses, travelling fees for messengers, repair materials,โฆ
The Manipulation Of Statistics
I graduated with a degree in Statistics. I remembered once when doing a school project, I told my team leader: ‘Tell me the results you want and I will churn out the necessary statistics for you.’ Statistics manipulation have beenโฆ