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I Passed My Statistics Quiz
2007-04-12 10:52:00
Yesterday, I blogged and said that I failed my first quiz since my polytechnic days, but I was wrong. I managed to just pass my quiz and I’m incredibly happy. Although I scoredway lower than the class average, I was indeed quite happy that I didn’t perform as badly as I thought I would. This brought me back confidence for this coming examinations and I believe I still have a chance to get A for the module, provided I work extremely hard to make up for the bad coursework grades. I foresee that I will be spending70% ofthe time that I allocate for studying onStat istics alone, 20% on economics, 5% on Organisational Behaviour and 5% for Marketing. It’s not gonna be easy to rise from the depths of a well back to the surface, but I believe there is still a chance. If I just spend three days focusing on statistics, I’m sure I will make up for lost time and become proficient at the module. My worst enemy so far is still myself, being lazy and unfocused when it comes t...
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Finances In April 2007
2007-04-10 19:23:00
It’s been some time since I last reported on my finances, how my funds are doing and how much income I’m getting. Well… my mutual funds have pretty much gone back to the pre-correction levels, so it’s pretty good that I’m still having a little bit of profits, somewhere within the region of 3-4%. It’s quite troublesome to give off the exact figures, but I’m still holding onto the same funds and here’s the list. Fidelity Latin America USD Henderson European Property Securities HSBC AM Chinese Growth UOBAM United Asian Growth Opportunities DBS Shenton Thrift Aberdeen Thailand Equity Fidelity Korea USD It’s very likely that I won’t be making any changes to the funds that I chose, because I think that all funds are about the same. By that, I mean that if you picked funds that target the same geographic region, it’s likely that their performance will be around the same, with maybe a few percentage points in difference. I&r...
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Comfort Zones Limit Achievements
2007-04-04 20:24:00
Few months ago,Ireflected on myselfand thinkthat I tend to be easily contented and that seems to be stopping my achievements. When I look at it, I don’t think I’m the only person in the world that limits achievement by staying in a comfort zone. It’s not that I’m super rich or anything, but rather the fact that there is no immediate need that I am reaching out for. It seems like I’m comfortable with what I have… well, I just need a computer and food to survive and have fun. I’m just too easily satisfied and it seems pretty ironically for a person living in Singapore, where we’re famous for being involved in the rat race, for saying that. Anyway, identifyingthis character, I started this blog to get out of my comfort zone and to make becoming a millionaire a need. Recently, I have been thinking of quitting my job and quitting school to make this need stronger. Well… quitting school is unlikely, but tentatively, I’ll be sto...
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Last Presentation on More Fruits and Vegetables
2007-03-31 12:59:00
This marks the last of my presentations for my Communication Management Fundamentals module. After having three presentations in this module, Ithink that I present very differently, as compared to other modules. First difference: I think I’m more nervous for this module, since I’m always just throwing crap, instead of really knowing the topic well. Last minute and sloppy work contributes to this anxiety. Second Difference: I think that I’m more assertivefor other presentations, as compared to this module, where I’m usually smiling and having fun. Think the difference is attributed to the fact that this module is more like a play-play module and there’s a camera in front of me, so I gotta smile more. Of course, there’s nothing for me to compare to, since the other presentations are not recorded. Maybe next time I should ask my friends to record my presentations in other modules, that might be fun. For now, you might want to watch this video, no...
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Approving Comment Spam To Get Traffic?
2007-03-30 05:20:00
Recently, my blog has been getting a lot of comment spam, averaging more than 20 everyday. I noticed a change in the type of comment spam nowadays. It used to be full of those wonder pills advertisements, but the general trend is more towards adult-themed sites nowadays. Additionally, they are all pointing to different sites, so there must be a lot of such content available online. Although we hate to admit it, such content attracts quite a lot of attention, maybe especially among hot-blooded males. Normally, I will just blindly mark all comments as spam in my control panel, then scroll through to see if there are any real comments and unmark those. However, today a thought flashed past me. I suddenly wondered if there were bloggers who would intentionally allow such comment spam, just so that they could increase their traffic. After all, having links to those contentcould significantly boost readership and they can simply claim that they were victims of comment spam. Of course, the...
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Intelligence is a Result of Past Diligence
2007-03-26 19:26:00
Everytime I get real busy, I will somehow have a lot of thoughts stirring in my mind. I will think about life and ask myself questions like’why did something turn out this way’. Although these thoughts aren’t new and most people have thought of it at least once, I still think that I should blog about it. There’s a simple reason for blogging about it: Sometimes we humans are just so oblivious to the most obvious. Anyway, I think the topic of whether some people are born smarter than others is an interesting one. When it comes to my thoughts on this, I stand pretty firmly with the notion that, apart from the mentally-impaired, anyone can become more ‘intelligent’ than others. It’s all a matter of diligence. I’m probably going to get shot and criticized for even thinking about this, but it’s sincerely what I believe. Think about it, have you ever seen anyone who is smart but have never been diligent in any point of his/her life? If ...
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