Personalities
David Bowie, the legendary British rocker, died Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer. Aged 69, he died 2-day after his birthday, when his album “Blackstar” was released. Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, tweeted to confirm the news. His new album includes the song “Lazarus,” which begins with the words – “Look up here, I’m in heaven.” If […]
... written on Jan 12 2016North Korea announced on Wednesday that it had successfully tested a “miniaturized” hydrogen bomb, whatever that means. We’ve read and seen miniature donut, furniture or even the Great Wall of China but seldom or never a miniature hydrogen bomb. World leaders have condemned fat boy Kim Jong-un for playing with the delicate toy. But […]
... written on Jan 07 2016Do you have credit cards? Sure. How on earth can we live without credit cards nowadays? Even President Barack Hussein Obama has one, although embarrassingly his credit card was turned down at a posh New York restaurant, rumoured to be Estela restaurant in Manhattan, forcing First Lady Michelle to pick up the tab in Oct […]
... written on Jan 05 2016If 2014 was the year of Malaysia Airlines where it lost two Boeing 777s, one disappeared while another shot down; the year 2015 is definitely the year of Prime Minister Najib Razak. The prime minister’s multi-billion dollar scandals easily eclipse any other financial scandals one could imagine in the history of the country, including Mahathir’s. […]
... written on Dec 29 2015The threat to the Christianity must be very real for the Archbishop of Canterbury to issue a warning on Christmas Day that the religion is facing “elimination” in the Middle East at the hands of an Islamic State (ISIS) “apocalypse”. The Most Reverend Justin Welby called the Islamist extremists as “a Herod of today” – a reference […]
... written on Dec 27 2015Christmas is just around the corner and stock markets have already started its yearly window dressing. Now is perhaps the best time for you to take some money off the table, if your portfolio is making good money. However, there’s one very prosperous country in ASEAN which disallows people from celebrating Christmas. Oil-rich Brunei has […]
... written on Dec 23 2015You may be forgiven for mistaken this airline as an Irish airline. After all, “Rayani Air” does sound like “Ryanair”, an Irish low-cost airline founded in 1985 and has since grown to become the largest European airline, operating over 300 Boeing 737-800 aircraft serving 31 countries in Europe, Africa and Middle East. Perhaps inspired by […]
... written on Dec 22 2015When do you feel like giving way to another motorist during a busy day? Well, when you’re happy, of course. And when do you think you would be happy on the road? Of course, when you don’t have to worry about paying bills, putting food on the table, rushing for a business appointment and the […]
... written on Dec 21 2015Do you remember what you were doing on June 29, 2006? That was close to 10-year ago and you could probably still schooling. But that was when the Federal Reserve pushed the key rate to 5.25%, for a 17th straight time since June 2004, and the last time before they do it again almost 10-year […]
... written on Dec 19 2015He is the first Portuguese footballer to win three FIFA / Ballons d’Or, and the first player to win four European Golden Shoe awards. In September 2015, he scored his 500th senior career goal for club and country. He has a US$50+ million a year salary (with bonuses) through 2018 and the world’s most popular athlete, with 108 million […]
... written on Dec 18 2015
