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America is a great country because it was supposed to be a free country. As confusing as it may sound, public perception of people in the Middle East is that they hate America, and the West. But at the same time, they admire and aspire to the essence of Western life – freedom of expression, […]
... written on Mar 04 2016Remember the unbelievable predictions that crude oil would go to US$10 / barrel (cheaper than water) and gasoline would go for US$1 / gallon? Well, forget them because it’s already happening even though officially the crude WTI and Brent are trading above US$20 / barrel. However, the fact that both crude oil prices have gone […]
... written on Jan 19 2016Brent Crude Oil is trading just slightly above US$36 a barrel, forming a resistance-support at US$38-US$36 level. If today is somewhere June-2014, roughly one and a half year ago, and I were to tell you that global oil prices would tumble by 50% to US$60 a barrel; you would probably laugh to your death. Likewise, […]
... written on Jan 01 2016Don’t panic when you see stock ticker symbol “GOOG” has a new owner, Alphabet Inc. instead of the usual Google Inc. The name change is part of a plan announced months ago to restructure the company to give more room to its forever-growing businesses. Google, or rather Alphabet has been explaining to all and sundry […]
... written on Oct 08 2015It’s a deal!! The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, or simply TPPA, which represents the largest U.S. trade pact since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico in 1993, has been agreed upon by 12 nations – Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam. […]
... written on Oct 06 2015His father was the former Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani who handed control of the nation to his son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in 2013. The move basically left younger son Sheikh Khalid as first in line to the throne. Qatar has a total population of only 1.8 million but […]
... written on Sep 19 2015Red shirts leader – Jamal Md Yunos – has declared the rally will happen, come storm, rain or earthquake. We support and believe every single Malaysian has the right to freedom of speech and assembly. However, judging by Jamal’s leadership so far, he doesn’t seem to be interested in a “peaceful” assembly. Unlike Bersih […]
... written on Sep 11 2015The first ever mobile phone call was made in 1973 by Motorola’s Martin Cooper. That’s right, before most of you were born to this planet; Motorola had already done the “Connecting People” revolution, which later used as a slogan by Nokia. But the first cell phone wasn’t ready until 1983, when Motorola launched its DynaTAC […]
... written on Aug 14 2015The next time you visit Malaysia, observe something very peculiar. As a tourist, you would probably see drivers open their car’s door, instead of roll down the window, to pay parking or toll fee. This magnificent phenomena is due to the fact that Malaysian drivers have not recovered from a “permanent mental damage” caused by […]
... written on Jul 03 2015Ten years ago in 2005, then-deputy prime minister Najib Razak mooted the concept of “Glokal”, a term derived from “global” and “lokal (local)” for the Malaysian ethnic-Malay community. Najib Razak, now the prime minister of Malaysia, was extremely proud when his “invention” was greeted with thunderous applause and cheers at a 2005 UMNO assembly. While everyone […]
... written on Jun 24 2015
