..my battle stance..

today i was reading this (sorry it happened to be citi, no offense to bombie hehe. anyway it happens everywhere nowadays) and the money involved here is peanuts compares to Lehmann bros case, or other more high profile cases. some of my friends know that i have recently been involved with a 'gold trading' company which many believe to be another scam or ponzy scheme, which reminds us of Madoff. maybe because for my family, such 'investment scheme' is not the first one we have been involved with.. and a return of 25% p.a. is not something new to us.. so i decided to jump on the bandwagon anyway. yes it may run away one day.. yes it may be a scam... so.. let's not be greedy and pray. that's all. i mean.. if even banks like dbs could be accused of misrepresenting the risk of lehmann bonds to their clients.. what then should we do? call dbs and all the other banks' products 'potential fraud'? can't be right? you don't pull out from a bank just be...

my definition of happiness is simple. my definition of good song too.. is simple.

And all I need is a way back to where I left my passion.

Someone tweeted today: Overheard "if u need me to do ur job, can I need u to get lost n gimme ur salary?" (I gave e complete stranger who said this 2 thumbs up) Woww.. make it 4 with mine ;)

Two very nice OSTs. My fave!!! ^^

wow.. I feel like buying the landed houses in Melbourne . Having a house Down Under sounds tempting. But well.. may have to wait another 3-4 years before we can realistically talk about this. I could use a wish right now.. wish right now.. wish right now...

all i need to keep going.. is a little bit of sunshine, and a gentle push of wind beneath my wing.

Some observation from this interesting chapter. v9- His (Abraham's) sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite, Just read today about two bomb packages that were sent to ex- anti terrorism key police office (a Christian), and the office of a liberal islam organisation in Jakarta. One wonders if we will see the day when sons of Isaac and sons of Ishmael reconciles for good. If you read the earlier chapters, Ishmael had actually been sent away when he was still a young boy, along with his mother. I guess he would have hated Abraham, Sarah, as well as Isaac. Can't blame the boy for that. But what a surprise.. many years later, we would find this verse, telling us how Ishmael would bury his father, together with Isaac. Isn't it beautiful? And note that verse 2 tells us that Abraham did have other children. But verse 9 specifically mentioned only Isaac and Ishmael. After all is said and done, no one can ...

A Sunday school teacher asked her class if anyone could quote the entire 23rd Psalm. A golden-haired, four-and-a-half-year-old girl was among those who raised their hands. A bit skeptical, the teacher asked if she could really quote the entire psalm. The little girl came to the front of the room, faced the class, made a perky little bow, and said, "The Lord is my shepherd, that's all I want." She bowed again and went and sat down. That may well be the greatest interpretation of the 23rd Psalm ever heard. --author unknown

Could anyone get more unpredictably entertaining than him?

In the Outliers book.. it is said that what makes someone a world class pianist, or world class programmer.. is not necessarily their outstanding talent or intelligence. Talent and intelligence matters.. but there is another interesting factor that exists in the story of almost all world class talents. It's a magic number: 10,000. 10,000 is the key. 10,000 is the number of hours of practice it takes for someone to be able to reach top level expertise in whatever field they are in. Of course, some people can never be a top model no matter how many hours she/he spends for practice. But everyone has something they can work on, something in which they have that little bit of talent, and much bigger bit of passion. And once that 'something' is discovered.. the next defining factor will be the magic number. I did a simple calculation.. if someone practices for 3 hours every day, he would need about 9-10 years to hit the magic number. So.. be patient.. Just because you are not tha...

now that March is officially underway, it's time to up the gear and do our best for the next 7-8 months. So far the year has been like a suspense movie with make or break possibility on many fronts. oh God.. we need your favor. which reminds me of Naima's top 13 performance. She sang 'umbrella' and initially I thought ,"wow.. she was unbelievably pitchy".. and in a moment.. she blew my mind with her rap and dance. Not that she rapped or danced that well.. but I don't recall anyone, ever.. did that in such a risky way. the way she did it.. it's either a brilliant stroke or a free falling. I gotta say this voodoo-lady-like singer kinda impress me. back to life.. these few years have thought me some sad but truth lessons. Like... the risk of losing friend when business and money is involved. Nobody is immune to this.. apparently. No wonder some people I know made it a point not to do business with their close friends. Alright.. move on, march on.. this ye...

maybe it's a test to my patience, maybe it's a lesson for humility.. or it's a wake up call from God. in any case, it's time to do something about this.. (I have received feedback that sometimes such posting would cause some people to feel condemned.. well.. rest assured.. this is not about anyone in particular ^^ ) alrite.. I guess I need a good nap now. and hopefully I have clearer mind by the time I wake up later.

I think you can't find many women with name such as "Huang Xiao Hu", neither do you find many Chinese singers with such vocal nowadays. Well.. I am pretty sure "Ding Dang" is a stage name, unless her parents were Doraemon's huge fans. Her songs are not bad. I caught Casino Tycoon in cable tv yesterday. I thought.. gosh.. this guy is probably one of the biggest factors that defines my era :P Truly.. one of the all time greats.