Here are a couple of jokes that made me chuckle and then gaze thoughtfully like a philosopher: ……………………………………………………… A man walked out to the street and caught a taxi just going by. He got into the taxi, and the cabbie said, “Perfect timing. You’re just like Brian!” Passenger: “Who?” Cabbie: “Brian Sullivan. He’s a guy [...]
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The version of Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps I like the most is that of The Pussycat Dolls [video], which I have listened to countless times since I bought the Doll Domination album. Fast, passionate, and no beating around the bush; perhaps, dare I say, the best song out of the entire album: (Oh!) You won’t admit [...]
First of July – a date that means a lot to me in more than one context. I don’t quite have time for blogging right now as I have less than 100 hours left to prepare for a work-related exam. Still, I wanted to mark the second anniversary of the birth of my blog (and [...]
[Note: This is my unofficial translation and adaptation of a Korean-language newspaper article that introduces one of the books authored by Jacques Attali, founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and current President of PlaNet Finance.] “Just as nomads, people driven out of their native lands, illegal migrants, political refugees, [...]
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Life Outside Work
Ask Kim: Great cosmic significance, tax-free gold, and THE END
Ask Kim: Great cosmic significance, tax-free gold, and THE END
Mini reviews of: 500 Days of Summer (2009) / Prince of Persia (2010) / LOST: The End (2010) 500 Days of Summer Fate versus coincidence. Hope versus experienced cynicism. Does one bear more truth than the other, or is the universe eternally divided into two irreconcilable views? This is definitely not a film intended for [...]
A few weeks back, I unexpectedly received a letter of invitation to the launch of a digital library system organised by the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. Surprisingly, it was written in the name of Prime Minister John Key. What??? For a moment I thought it was some sort of a prank because [...]
Mini reviews of: Be With You (2004) / Love Letter (1995) / A Moment to Remember (2004) When introducing the iTunes Movie Rental service back in 2008, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was quoted as saying “Most of us watch our favourite movies… just once.” I tend to agree, but there are a few good films [...]
One thing I’ve talked a fair bit about with my friends and colleagues lately is blood types. It is true that some people – some “cultures” to be exact – take blood types very seriously. Children in countries such as Japan and Korea, for example, grow with the various personality stereotypes (allegedly) associated with the [...]
Here’s documentary evidence of the fact that life isn’t fair: “Once there was a man who went out early in the morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them the regular wage, a silver coin a day, and sent them to work in his vineyard. He went out [...]
While project management is not my job description, I acknowledge that it is a sensitive subject that plays a major role in determining the profitability of a team, particularly in a vendor environment where the team provides services to an external client. In a small project where its size does not warrant a dedicated project [...]