Got into Xiamen at 1am in the morning, catch some sleep before going for my 9am meeting. Before I went to Xiamen (my first trip btw), a friend told me Xiamen is one of the best city in China. It is not as well developed as Shanghai or Beijing and it is a much smaller […]
Category: Random Musing
Beijing 24 hours
Arrived in Beijing yesterday. After a long jam, finally arrived in Haidian District (海淀区), put down my lungage and then head off to Minzu Hotel for dinner with Andy Jacobs who happens to be in Beijing for a company party at the Great Wall tonight. Went to CNNIC this morning to catch up with catch […]
Industrial and Commerical Bank of China
A friend just pointed me to this article: ICBC’s indicative price range offers discount versus peers Price range indicates pre-greenshoe deal size of $15.9 billion to $19.1 billion for combined H and A share offering. The offering has the potential to become the world’s largest IPO. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has set a […]
On Iridum
Just posted a comment on BeyondSG (George Yeo blogs there btw) regarding Iridium. A Porsche for $750 bucks. Re-post here for archive purposes. I done a due diligence on Iridum for a banker in 2002. It was already pretty interesting back then. Iridium went backrupted in Aug 1999 and in Nov 2000 was bought out […]
Success Build to Last
Success Build to Last by Jerry I. Porras, Mark Thompson, Stewart Emery The same author of Build to Last :)
Enzer E6068
Just got a new DVD player: Enzer E6068. What so cool about the DVD player is that it comes with a USB port as well as a multi-card reader. You can put in a USB thumbdrive (or an SD card) into the DVD player and it will play the avi :-) Yes, it support […]
Amazing Flying
Another silly video clip :-)
Clinton vs Fox News
Man, Clinton is good! On hostile ground no less.
VC Podcast
Introducing VC-IO, a podcast by Levensohn Venture Partners. VC who do podcast! wow! VC-InsideOut opens a window into the venture capital industry through constructive dialogue and interviews with leading VCs, entrepreneurs, and other influential leaders involved with the VC world. VC-InsideOut episodes feature original content developed and produced by Pascal Levensohn, Keith Benjamin, Kip Sheeline, […]
On the thailand coup…
I had an email exchange with a friend based in Thailand. Got his permission to repost part of his email The King has openly showed his distaste for Taksin for some time. I think the King–or really Prem–gave the “go” signal for the coup. For months now, bank employees, toll collectors–any organization that wanted to […]