Red Alert – Part I
In any war games, be it Starcraft or Red Alert or even Civilization, the general strategy for a win is to gather as much resources as we can in the shortest possible time, produce enough war machines and attack before…
Category Miscellaneous
The Shield And The Weapon Called Freedom
In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China and plundered it. Prior to that in 1884, the corrupted Qing Dynasty which ruled China at that time and led by Empress Dowager Cixi, spent a huge sum of money on reconstructing and…
The Two Systems
Background One may have realise that it is always the West that has explored unchartered territories. The Asians seems to be always (though not all the time, as evident by TSMC and Samsung’s semiconductor industry) lagging behind. This has got…
Resources
This will be a very short post. This website was created in 2008, and throughout the years I have wrote different things. This website has undergone 3 major revamps, each with a different type of content as I grew up…
Why Is A University Degree Important
In one of my previous post I talk about whether a university degree is worth it. In the post I recommended for most to get a university degree, even though in today’s world the value of a degree has been…
Money Laundering
Singapore recently conducted an operation involving more than 400 police officers and arrested 10 people suspected in money laundering. The cash and assets confiscated are worth about 1 billion SGD (approx 736 million USD). This piece of news shocked many…
The Resources We Are Allocated
Ever society is made up of a pyramid-shaped structure – be it power or money. The masses are at the bottom, while the few at the top control most of the society’s power and wealth. If resources are allocated equally,…
Of Fengshui And Witchcraft
Fengshui as we know it, lies in the field of mysticism. There seems to be nothing scientific to it, yet many people from all walks of life believe and dabble in it. For example, you may see people arranging furnitures…
Issues With Mailing System
There has been an issue with the mailing system. It did not send out notifications on the previous post. Essentially the mailing service decided to stop providing service to me, with issues relating to the content of this blog. As…
Why Our Generation Could Not Save Any Money
There has been many articles and memes, complains and frustrations about why our current generation could not save up enough money either for a house or just simply to live decently. The most common one being things become too ridiculously…
TFIP 2023
As countries vie for the top position or a place for survival, the need for people with hard skills become more pressing. An economy cannot thrive with just tiktokers who look pretty and dance well. A country cannot survive just…
Consider Being A Tutor
Education is one of our biggest spending, be it on ourselves or on our children. In countries like Singapore and China, tuition is a big deal (although China has since clamped down on the tuition sector). Parents will spend big…