Sunday, September 30, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Work
It's good to see my mates. Mates and br@nch people are just different. Although the time spent together is slightly over a month only, the bond we shared is tremendous.
Also got to know mates from the previous batch. They were gossiping over the branch lives they had and how stressful things are.
I guess we need to know the strengths and weaknesses of the environment we are in. But deep down, we need to know what is the motivating factor. Money may be the main one, but given a period of time, that factor would die down.
Passion is key.
It helps that the colleagues are united. It helps that your manager understands your situation and helps you along.
And it also helps that we have good food nearby the branch.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Singing Taxi-Man
But sometimes, we just want to take a ride home in peace.
If anyone wants to have a laugh at a taxi MTV, here it is.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Just Started.
Fridays are no longer the last working day of the week. Had a lonely dinner tonight before meeting a customer at his place.
Would be attending a roadshow the entire day tomorrow and another appointment on Sunday.
Looking forward to more drinking sessions. Lol.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Oopx. I 'stole' this clip from YouTube.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
I Love My Blings!
My favourite funds to date.
Monday, September 03, 2007
(hin@
It just keep going up. Too expensive.
Hackers Are Mean!
Sunday, September 02, 2007
D0llar And Sense
Take a look at the makings here. Click Videos -> Podcasts.
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It seems years ago when all it took for us men to please a lady was cash, a car and a credit card.
Throw in a condo and a country club membership and she's all yours.
But not anymore. Just spend 5 mins standing by the roadside at R@ffles Place and you would be busy counting the number of ladies driving Audis, BMWs and even Porsches with your toes, and you most probably even have to borrow a stranger's fingers.
Cash, car, credit card? The ladies have them all.
There's a new term to coin the ladies: EHM.
Emotionally High Maintenance.
In the real world, the ladies put up fronts to appear superior. They have to, in order to climb up the corporate ladder. But once it comes to private time, they want someone to 'abuse'. Someone they can throw all their worries and sorrows at.
They want someone to make them laugh, and have talks over coffee. Even when you're busy, they want 5 mins of your time to rant their complaints and whatnots at you.
Cost of love has risen.
And bad news? There's no subsidy.
There's alot of hype about the new regulations of Cpf. Someone even coined it as "Can Pay Faster? Contributions Perpetually Frozen".
But people don't realise the importance of annuities. Another form of insur@nce actually. In layman terms, it gives you regular monthly c0ntributions till the occurance of death.
You may easily use up or run out of funds if you would have taken it out and credit it into your b@nk a/c.
People like to live it up, especially after retirement. After working for 40 years, who doesn't want to do things they couldn't do before? I would like to travel around Europe, especially Venice!
Before the change of job, I was having one week break. And during that period of time, I spent $1.5K on Blackathy. There was not much of desperation as I know there would be incoming funds.
But it also dawns on me the importance of saving for retirement! No one would be giving me money upon retirement.
After having studied and cleared my papers, I've formed a deeper understanding how insurance can be beneficial. But what many do not know is they are most likely to be underinsured. What policies they have taken up before may not be able to cover what they need in future.
Simply put, the power of inflation.
There are a large group of people chasing for the 'best' interest rate for time deposits. But it was recently announced the inflation rate is now set at 2%. In time to come, time deposits wouldn't be able to cover your principal.