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Westpac: The Banana That Humiliates the Bank
This will really make you laughing in tears. A magnificent corporate bungle that really humiliate this big old bank, one of the finest in Australia (and the world). There was a big news and furor happening when it was launched in Australia on 2nd week of December 2009. People laugh but angry about it, but no one can really do anything about it except condemn it. Maybe a bit of excellent example of corporate greed? Who knows this is an intentional publicity stunt engineered by the clever people at Westpac !
Full StoryIs Global Warming / Climate Change a Democratic Issue ?
Following debate about climate change / global warming policy in radio, TV and newspaper. There has been direct and indirect debate between the skeptic and the pro. And one of the argument put forward is that if majority of scientist in the world agree on something, then it must have been true. Then I start questioning my self, well, yes a prime minister or president of a country can be determine by the majority of voter, but is Global Warming / Climate Change is one of those that became true if the majority say so ? No, I don’t think so.
Full StoryEntrepreneur Of The World, Wake Up ! You Got the Money !
Money, money, money ! Capital money. That’s always the excuse that most of the entrepreneur-would-be say they don’t have to bring their idea and work to the community and the world. Well, no more excuse ! Someone will give you the money to fund your project big or small. Thanks to internet and global community, you will get your money and realize your dream, start making money and make the world a better place !
Full StorySwimming Lesson For Children : Start with Fun !
Giving your children a swimming skill is one of the most important parenting checklist item that have to be ticked by all means, all parents. It gives your children the skill for life, confidence, happiness and for some , could be the lucrative career and fame. But all of those need to be started as something fun for the children. The children should be the focus, not the parent. Let us see why it better to be like that.
Beat the Lotto odds?
Believe it or not, Lotto can be categorized as one of Wealth Creation. A quick, easy and painless one. Maybe the only “Get Rich Quick” scheme which is legal and approved by government ! But on the other side, it’s a form of gambling. And any gambling can be addicted. And addiction (to anything) is not good. But let’s have alook if we can beat the odds..
Full StorySecurity For Everyone: Beware The Phone Call
This just literally happen again to me today, twice. So, I thought I have to emphasize the critical aspect of this issue and the fact that it is really easy to get overlooked. What am I talking about ? I am referring to the verbal ID verification during phone conversation when you are dealing with (usually) your bank, financial institution or other service provider. Disregarding this you might end up exposed yourself to identity theft, fraud, scam or other unwanted nasty that we really don’t want to deal with. Beware !
Full StorySmiling Investor on Global Warming
I sometimes get asked on what is my opinion about the whole global warming saga and I always answer that I am neutral. In term of the technicality that human race is causing global warming, I would put myself into the sceptic. But on the other hand, in term of the action, I encourage everybody to do whatever we can to do what is necessary to reduce our footprint in the environment.
Full StoryWindows 7 64-bit Upgrade: The Surprises
Surprise! Just 5 days from the official launch, DHL has just delivered my shiny new copy of Windows 7. Considering it is ‘just’ a free upgrade from Vista 64 bit that I bought about 2 months ago, the distribution seems to be going very well. But, what other surprise from the installation ? This is my first quick post made under newly released Windows 7…
Full StoryHindsight is Your Friend, But Foresight is the One Making Money
Everything in life, absolutely everything at all: decision making, investing, trading, business, parenting, working, studying, betting, would be much more easy if we have the benefit of hindsight. But unfortunately (or actually fortunately) nobody has that power, and this what makes life interesting and fair. Nobody what happen next. So, how to make hindsight your friend, churn it and then having a foresight to get the most of it?
Decent Hot Chili in Sydney
One tiny little nag that I have when moving to Australia, in particular Sydney, is the absent of decent chili that is actually hot. Yes, you can still buy those red chili easily in supermarket or green grocery widely, but the degree of hotness is very poor. If I have a “hot-o-meter” scale from 0 to 10 where 0 is not hot at all and 10 being ‘super max kicking hot’ the average supply of chilli in Sydney will be around 2 or 3 level. Not good enough for me…
Full StoryGolf Membership Bungle: $1000 is Better than $150, Silly!
I might mention on other article that I actually take golf as my “official” sport. Hence, that will involve a golf club and its membership. Just happen to me, I see that there is something strange on membership scheme that I cannot comprehend in any angle at all: from business perspective, from membership perspective or even logic. You might be surprise that this scheme is not uncommon here. It could be running in yours as well.
Full StoryDo It Yourself: Assemble Your Own PC – Market Research
Unless you are a computer geek or computer enthusiast that follows every development of technology in computing world, you will need to know what is the latest technology to upgrade to. You need to aim that the upgrade that you will do can survive at least another 5 years or so – in other words , to future-proof your upgrade. To find this info, you may go through many review / forum / chat with friends, etc and can get you overwhlem in very short time. In this article I will show you a practical and quite straightforward market research technique that could help you determine your starting point.
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