It is quite a well-known fact that the state of the economy has helped Obama with his U.S. presidential campaign considerably, not least because his focus from the get-go has always been on the economy, whereas McCain's has not. But is there anyone out there besides me who thinks that the election may have played... Continue Reading →
Writing for Writing
I've long had this perception that writing a journal or having a blog that you regularly write to will help improve your English or use of language. Though I think that that theory does hold true to a certain extent, I've seen much evidence to the contrary that pushed me to think about why this... Continue Reading →
Financial Planning
I've been doing my financial planning assignment for the last week or so, and I must say it's opened up my eyes tremendously to what's possible. I don't know if there's a chance in hell that what I've written is even theoretically correct, but just thinking about the possibilities (that I may be a millionaire... Continue Reading →
U.S. Economic Bailout Fails?
The US$700 billion bailout failed, leading to the biggest drop in the U.S. financial market ever. It's shocking, and deplorable how this might have happened. An article on the MSNBC website regarding the bailout revealed the thoughts of one man who voted against it: Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., said he had three insurmountable problems with... Continue Reading →
Delusion of Success
I was just mulling over how I might be more "successful" the other day when I realised that that thought held one very fundamental problem: what did "success" mean to me? Lately, I've been going around sites like Mininova and The Pirate Bay looking for torrents on "success" and "self-improvement". I like the success genre,... Continue Reading →
Mixing Disciplines
I'm currently reading a book on innovation, called The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson. What I have read thus far has intrigued me and got me thinking like no book has for a long time. The basic premise of the book is that innovation often occurs at what Johannson calls the "Intersection". He defines the... Continue Reading →
The Rise of Immigration
The rise of immigrants in Singapore has provoked many Singaporeans into thinking we're being "invaded". The same may be said about many developed countries that feel that they're somehow superior, and that immigrants steal resources from their homeland. However, immigrants are not the only beneficiaries of their immigration: the host country itself stands to benefit.... Continue Reading →
Finding Purpose for eDonn.com
eDonn.com is in need of change. I may be taking it down for a while, or maybe not updating it; or something like that. So... heh. I've recently been reading one of de Bono's books called Parallel Thinking. In it, he writes how sometimes systems grow sub-optimally through evolution: a system starts off small and... Continue Reading →
I Need to Pee
I need to pee, I need to pee! But where's the toilet to relieve me?
A Love for Coding
Academically, this semester has been strange. I think it has partly to do with the communications unit that I talked about in an earlier post, where the administration and teaching methods are so different from what I'm used to, as well as the fact that two units that I'm taking hold tutorials only on alternate... Continue Reading →
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