Posted in Chess on Sep 29th, 2006
THIRTEEN years ago, the chess crime of the century was committed. Gary Kasparov and Nigel Short committed an unthinkable crime when they hijacked the world championship match and took it outside of the World Chess Federation (Fide). Since that watershed event in 1993, the world championship crown had gone two separate ways. Fide claimed that [...]
Posted in Careers, Resume Writing on Sep 27th, 2006
Job seekers are often faced with a dilemma when they write their resumes. Should they or shouldn’t they list their references in their resumes? I’ve been asked this so many times in my talks around the campuses in Malaysia. There are two schools of thought. One says that it is quite all right to name [...]
Posted in Investment on Sep 26th, 2006
For a long while, almost all Malaysian investors had only the opportunity to buy into the local stock market or local unit trust funds. But as I had mentioned elsewhere on my blog, the mantra now is to go global and there are quite a number of attractive global funds to look at. When you [...]
Posted in General on Sep 24th, 2006
Today is the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. This is the most sacred month in Islam and I am told it is regarded as holy because the Qur’an was first revealed during this month. This is the time when Muslims fast during the daylight hours for a whole month, exercise restraint, control [...]
Posted in General on Sep 21st, 2006
Just the other day, I found out that very few people knows about a Thesaurus, let alone uses it. A great pity, because a Thesaurus is very useful. You may ask what exactly is a Thesaurus? It’s actually a reference book in which words with similar meanings are grouped together. Of course, nowadays, you will [...]
Posted in Investment on Sep 16th, 2006
In the 1980s, soon after Dr Mahathir took over as Prime Minister, he thumbed his nose at the West and signalled a Look East policy, claiming that there was more to learn from and emulate the Japanese and South Koreans than the Western countries. Today, the battle cry is different. It’s Go Global. Global this, [...]
Posted in Chess on Sep 15th, 2006
I HAVE been in the thick of this country’s chess movement since the early 1970s and yet when it comes to understanding the mind of local chess players, I am still perplexed. For instance, I have been hearing and reading comments from various people asking how we can improve the level of chess in this [...]
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning on Sep 15th, 2006
I have a rather sensitive subject to broach today. It is a subject that most people will prefer to keep silent and the less people that knows about it, the better. Hey… I’m referring to infidelity and illegitimacy. There are some non-Muslims who think they can get away with having more than one family. One [...]
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning on Sep 12th, 2006
I have mixed feelings whenever I received a wedding invitation. Some are downright boring and loud, especially if the “entertainment” is all noise, noise, noise in the guise of music. But there are also beautiful experiences, especially if there is something new or worthwhile to see or hear. In my son’s case, to eat. Like [...]
Posted in Investment, Rockwills & Estate planning on Sep 9th, 2006
Have you every wondered about the role of the Trust Corporations in Malaysia and what they do? There are quite a number of them and all are registered under the Trust Companies Act 1949. I do not propose to go into what they can or cannot do, but the word trustee already gives a clue [...]
