Australia Federal Election 2010: Modern vs Traditional Prime Minister
The 3-yearly-party of democratic election has been called. On 21 August 2010, Australian all over the world will elect a new Prime Minister (the current Prime Minister is not elected by public). Yes, it’s the classic battle between Labor versus Liberal, but also between modern versus traditional leader. Which one to choose ?….
Full StoryStrong Female Leadership In Australia: An Empowerment for All
All women in Australia should be filled with proud and motivated that Australia has proved to the maximum that women empowerment is second to none. But on the other side of the coin, this remove one of the biggest “excuse” that women has not been given their fair share or being discriminated, etc. Meaning: a woman become a success or not, the result is only determine by herself – or in other words, if a woman is not selected for something, that’s not because she is a woman, but because the requirement (skill, quality, etc) is not up to the required level….
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.
Full StoryTiger Airways in Australia: Pay Your Convenience
When Tiger Airways extend it’s wing to Australia, I can see it will be good to the market in general, domestic routes in particular. As you probably know, Australian almost has no healthy competitive market- it’s just between Qantas (and its subsidiary, Jet Star) and Virgin Blue. So this Singapore based airline which only start at 2004 surely will improve the condition. Let us see as I book my first flight with them.
Full StoryDo It Yourself: Assemble Your Own PC – General Overview
Either for upgrading or getting a brand new one, assembly your own PC is not that difficult. You don’t have to be geek or computer expert, just basic understanding and reading this series of article, you will find that it is not that difficult. It will make you proud to yourself and save a bit of money on the making. Of course, if you are computer enthusiast, probably this skill is a must have one.
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Yes, it's in June - July 2010 - 4 weeks of party!. My fellow Aussie, some, will ask "what world cup? which world cup?" - It's quite sad but true, but at the moment, football (or soccer) is not that damn popular in here (Other kind of football which not dominantly handled by "foot" namely Aussie Rule and Rugby are more popular and all called football or "footy"). So, the answer of that question is: "It's the world cup, the only world cup that bigger than Olympic, the real football world cup: 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa tm , mate !" Full Story
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The 3-yearly-party of democratic election has been called. On 21 August 2010, Australian all over the world will elect a new Prime Minister (the current Prime Minister is not elected by public). Yes, it's the classic battle between Labor versus Liberal, but also between modern versus traditional leader. Which one to choose ?.... Full Story
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Sydney Living Cost 2010: Car Ownership Expenses
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