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…
Category Miscellaneous
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…
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 young…
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 Roman…
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 either…
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 this…
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 upon…
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 been…
Credibility Is Important
Credibility is important not only to the individuals, but to the corporations and to the country as well. US’s credit ratings are given an AAA because of the confidence that it will be able to repay its debt. People buy…
Getting Out Of The Bottom Class – Part II
In part 1 of this 2 part-series we talked about scrimping every single cent we can in order to maximise our savings. However, just that alone will not get us out of the bottom class. To get out, we need…
Getting Out Of The Bottom Class – Part I
In every society there is always the bottom class. The family so poor they cannot afford anything decent and the kid who often goes hungry. I have seen people climb up from that situation by themselves as an individual, but…