Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988), Time Enough For Love
Blogs that I read:
Chuan Zhi
Conrad
Eda
Elaine
Elton
Hazel
Hsin Hui
Huei Weun
Jacob
Jennifer
Jia-ee
Joseph
Mei Kit
Narek
Sek Ling
Shiao Yen
Shungz
Stef Khaw
Suzanne
Szet Anne
Szet Winne
Tzern Tzuin
Warick
Wing Yee
Winston
So I moved to London, safe and sound. Been meaning to update this blog, but had no time to, literally.
As you all know, Lehman went bust last Sunday, so my first day was extremely interesting, for lack of a better word. Only thing I can say is, at least I wasn’t starting with Lehman, that would have been an utter disaster. A colleague was telling us at dinner just now about an article in a paper he picked up during the week where this guy moved from Paris to London to start with Lehman. Anyway, long and short of it all is, pretty much the whole desk left after 10pm.
The rest of the week wasn’t much different. On average I left after 9pm, today we got out at 8pm which was quite the record for the week. It wasn’t a “bad” week per se since we made money, but as a colleague put it, we were “up on profits, down on energy”. In a way I had prepared myself for the new working hours, and yet at some level my body just wasn’t ready yet. I will need a lot of sleep this weekend to recover.
It gets better, or so I’m told. Even then.. it’s a long year ahead.
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So this blog has been neglected for the better part of two years. The thing is, this was primarily a way for friends and family back home to keep in touch with what’s happening with me when I was studying in London. Moving back to Asia made it a little unnecessary.
Anyway, I’m moving back to London and it’s time to revisit this. A new direction in life awaits!
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Another epic failure. And they wonder why voters are disgusted.
Slightly dated but you really have to read this article.
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The subject I have chosen for this post is probably one of the most apt one-line summary of the Malaysian elections that I have come across thus far. I quote the last 4 paragraphs from this article:
On Saturday, Malaysia went through a historic moment more important than sending a man into space.
It was momentous not because it had given the opposition its biggest mandate. It was significant not because it denied Barisan Nasional its routine two-thirds majority. It was meaningful not because it was a peaceful transition.
But it was historic because Malaysians have come of age and broke away from their communal fears to vote away from racial lines.
The rakyat are used to promises to end corruption, provide transparency and to help the poor regardless of race before. Hopefully, PKR will keep theirs.
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At this rate I’ll need to start a new category just for the Malaysian elections in March 2008. This clip is extremely funny and worth watching.
And to the rest of my Malaysian friends, remember to exercise your right to vote. Rather I should say, remember your responsibility to vote.
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