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Be patient. Don’t buy that new gadget today. Wait a month or two and the price will certainly go down.
This statement is so true. There is no reason to chase technology and buy the latest gadget unless we desperately need them. I do not buy the latest model as it’s very expensive. Recently, I […]

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The spin-offs from Dan Brown’s ‘The Da Vinci Code’ do not seem to end. Every person, place, item or organization mentioned in the book has spun off another one or two more books. I have lost count on the numbers of books and theories that were written over the past two years.
Now, we have a computer […]

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I was invited by my friend to attend a concert entitled “Music from the Romantic Era“ which was presented by Yamaha Academy of Arts and Music & Yamaha Youth Orchestra.
The first performance was “Pictures at an Exhibition, 1st movement” by Mussorgsky which was presented by their Instrumental Ensemble. I was very surprised by the music […]

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Once in awhile, it’s great to know that some VIPs are in agreement with you. The Domestic Trade and Consumer minister of Malaysia supports the marketing strategy by Carrefour and Tesco to lower the price for J.K Rowling’s latest book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. He is in opinion that “Price War is Good […]

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Harry Porter has weaved his magic wand to show book enthusiasts in Malaysia that price for novels can be much cheaper than what they have been paying. J.K Rowling’s latest book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” costs 36% more in books stores compared to hypermarkets like Tesco and Carrefour.
Unfortunately, established book stores have withdrawn […]

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Recently, my nephew in Singapore was down with dengue fever and was hospitalized in Tan Tock Seng Hospital.  He has finally earned his “badge of honor” to be down with dengue fever. He is the 10th member in my family history who has dengue fever. I have not earned this dubious honor yet. Thank god […]

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We receive many emails in our inbox and complain that there are too many emails for us to clear each day. Most of them are work related. Some are from friends. Friends who thinks of us and want to share some joy with us. Joy that will brighten our day. They will forward nice emails they […]

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Most company will have their own internal policy to keep their employees’ office desk. They do it for two purposes. One, to ensure all company confidential documents are not left unsecured when the employees are not around. Two, to just to keep the office clean and tidy.
I am among the employees who do not have […]

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This morning I heard in the radio that someone just took a Porsche from a car showroom for a test drive and did not return it. He just left the car by the road side after using up all the gas. He must be a very brave and a sweet talker to be able to […]

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Inflation keeps going up. Prices are going up as well, if not faster than inflation. Price increase is not incrementing cent by cents. Nowadays, it’s going up in the increment of 5 cents or 10 cents. All this depends on the generosity of the business people. Consumers like us are at their mercy.
I used to […]

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