Category Miscellaneous

I Love You

Love can be expressed in many ways. But the most direct and effective way is to use money. Money cannot buy love, but it sure can buy many things to show your sincerity and to touch the heart of the…

Tenacity

In 2003, Aron Lee Ralston became famous for cutting off part of his right arm after it got stuck in an accident when canyoneering alone through the Bluejohn Canyon. He had a choice that time – to die with an…

Legalising Drugs

In the late 18th century, the East India Company of the United Kingdom sold opium to China. This resulted in 2 opium wars and a corrupted empire on the brink of collapse, with the result of China being compelled to…

Lying Flat And Evolution

In 1859, Charles Darwin published a book called ‘On the Origin of Species’. It detailed the Theory of Evolution, of which natural selection is core of the theory. In short, all organisms evolve and fit into the environment in which…

The Free Market

The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit. – Milton Friedman In basic economics, students learn about Keynesian theory and monetary theory, which are theories of John Maynard…

Loyalty

Loyalty – something impressed upon us since young. Loyalty to the spouse, to the company and above all to the country. The Oxford dictionary defines the word ‘loyal’ as giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a…

Revolutions

In 1989, Chinese university students started a protest in Tiananmen, right at the heart of the political centre of China in Beijing. They demanded for democracy and were swiftly clamped down by the military. In 2020, Hong Kong started a…