Countries
Singapore first entered the Olympics in 1948 but had never won an Olympic gold – until now. Singapore’s first medal was a silver, contributed by Tan Howe Liang, in weightlifting at Rome in 1960. The country waited 48 years before winning their next medal, also a silver in table tennis team at Beijing in 2008, thanks […]
... written on Aug 14 2016United States presidential election 2016 is not merely about Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton of having a “short-circuit in the brain” or Clinton accusing Trump of being unfit to become a president. Regardless of who gets elected to the White House, it would impact American business owners and individuals, one way or another. According […]
... written on Aug 13 2016Malaysia, under Prime Minister Najib Razak’s administration, has entered a new phase of “pariahness” not seen since Independence in 1957. Najib should be congratulated for bringing the country to a new level of “colonisation” through blackmail and corruption. The country is like a piece of tender and juicy wagyu-kobe beef being gobbled up by China […]
... written on Aug 12 2016Emperor Napoleon once said this – “Let China Sleep, for when the Dragon awakes, she will shake the world.” Today, not only China has awaken, there seems to be very little superpower America can do to stop it from continuously growing. From the perspective of history, China has no intention of ruling the world. It’s pretty […]
... written on Aug 09 2016Unless you live in China, India or South Korea, chances are you’ve been hunting Pokémon since the game was introduced in Asia 2 days ago. Even if you haven’t started doing that, at least you should have heard about Pokémon which is taking the entire planet by storm. So, which are the 15 countries in […]
... written on Aug 08 2016Since December 2008, Malaysia stock market has more than doubled (up 88% in U.S. dollar terms), until a “disaster strikes” the country. In fact, the rally in the Malaysian shares was the world’s longest bull market. Comparing to other stock markets, the KLCI (Kuala Lumpur Composite Index) has gone up the longest without a 20% […]
... written on Aug 06 2016Who says the mighty United States of America won’t negotiate with terrorists? Depending on situation, the U.S. does negotiate and is ready to pay top dollar, although everything would be done secretly. The Obama administration was exposed as having secretly airlifted US$400 million (£304 million; RM1.62 billion) – in CASH – to Iran as 4 […]
... written on Aug 04 2016Monkey see, monkey do – is a saying refers to the learning of a process without an understanding of why it works. If you ask former Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, he will gladly tell you such monkeys do exist in abundance – in the form of UMNO leaders throwing punches in the air in […]
... written on Aug 03 2016Yahoo has finally sold itself away to Verizon Communications for merely US$4.83 billion. Only time will tell if the purchase is a great deal, or a waste of money. Verizon, America’s biggest wireless company, plans to merge Yahoo with AOL, a company it bought last year for a cool US$4.4 billion – cash. Clearly, […]
... written on Aug 02 2016Donation is the buzzword for this year, both in the United States as well as Malaysia, but serving different purpose. In US, as temperature rises in the wake of Clinton-vs-Trump for the presidential general election this coming November, hundreds of millions of dollars are being pumped into campaigns to influence American voters. In the […]
... written on Aug 01 2016
