I went to a neighbourhood secondary school – Anderson Secondary School. Now, it is one of the better neighbourhood school but it was a humble school back then. I often represented the school for competitions (mainly math and computer) and the teacher in charge often gave us this advise “Don’t worry about losing. It is […]
Tag: Random Musing
Merry Christmas
Rule One on giving advise
Rule One of giving advise: Never give advise to something you won’t do yourself. Dont recommend your friend to buy something you wouldnt buy yourself. Dont give advise to action you wont do yourself. Never never believe one who dont do what they preach.
On the way to Xiamen
I am on my way to Xiamen. Come to think about it, it is the first time I am flying on Silkair so I am not sure what to expect. If you are wondering I am going to Xiamen and not to Hong Kong for the big ITU World 2006, you aren’t the only or […]
Follow the money
Over the weekend, I learn an acquaintance was recently recruited (together with the rest of his team) to join a new hedge fund by Goldman Sachs. The package he got was nothing less than amazing, in the millions per year. Considered he is probably one of the mid-level guys offered from his team, you could […]
Dear Celcom
Dear Celcom, I know I have voicemail. But do you have to set your system to call me every 15 mins? At 4am in the morning? Just so to wake me up to see a 3 missed calls from my own number? And to taunt me a few more times before I gave up and […]
No more one more year!
Had a long coffee chat with a former colleague from IDA yesterday. It was nice to know whats happening with the team as well the usual corporate gossips. It is even nicer to confirm one of the work I started is indeed going places, not just to the Cabinet (and PM was there :-) but […]
Most popular sites among US teens
Top sites among US teens in 2003 and 2006 September 2003 Reach September 2006 Reach Originalicons.com 77.6 PLyrics.com 68.4 Blunt Truth 76.1 Snapvine 67.6 Teen People 73.5 WhateverLife.com 60.6 FireHotQuotes.com 73.5 QuickKwiz 58.8 Buddy4u.com 73.5 PureVolume 58.2 Bolt 71.3 myYearbook 57.0 Badass Buddy 66.6 SparkNotes.com 55.4 SparkNotes.com 63.8 One True Media 55.3 QuizYourFriends.com 63.0 DiscoverClips […]
Bulgarian Foreign Minister starts his blog
Veni just send me an email to inform me that Bulgarian Foreign Minister starts his blog, meets Paul Twomey and Joichi Ito, and uses CreativeCommons! Minister Kalfin started his own blog, to be found at www.kalfin.eu, where he will be discussion issues about Bulgarian foreign policy, EU membership, etc. The blog is based on open […]
Me? Banker?
Someone email me today and asked me if I have become a banker? Hahaha. I am still a technologist. And I hang around with bankers enough to know I am definitely not qualify to be one. However, it was pretty flattering when Edwin (below) asked me the same question when I met him in Shanghai. […]