Posted in Chess on Apr 30th, 2010
The ongoing world chess championship has its exciting moments. IT HAS been a week since the start of the world chess championship match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and his challenger, Veselin Topalov. After all the drama of Anand’s overland journey from Frankfurt to Sofia, the match was put off for a day and it [...]
Posted in Chess on Apr 23rd, 2010
Mother Nature puts a whammy on world championship match. AS IS typical with all high-stake chess events, especially the world chess championship matches, the pre-match mind games usually start well before the first move is played. This year’s world championship match between defending champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Veselin Topalov is no different. The mind [...]
Job interviewers can usually tell whether or not you are an ideal candidate for the job within the first minute. It’s called the first impression. Your personal appearance, outfit, facial expressions and body language can make or break you. To make a great first impression, walk in with confidence but not cockiness, give a firm [...]
Posted in Chess on Apr 16th, 2010
Teen sensation captures the hearts and imagination of players and spectators alike at KL open. CHINA has a lot of young and talented chess players but few have made an impact like wonder lass Hou Yifan, 16. Yifan, who started playing chess 10 years ago and is a grandmaster in her own right, stamped her [...]
Posted in General on Apr 14th, 2010
I came across this story that appeared in Singapore’s The Straits Times recently. It was quite timely too, because I haven’t written anything about this Power 1 Walnut sex-enhancing drug in my blog for quite some time already. So here it is, the story from Singapore: BEWARE the dodgy sex drugs that can be bought [...]
Doing business is a lot about building a rapport, and building a rapport with a job interviewer is equally as important. Studies show that job interviewers tend to hire candidates based on whether or not they are like them, as well as whether or not they seem like a match for the company culture. So [...]
Posted in Rockwills & Estate planning, Rockwills & Inheritance on Apr 10th, 2010
An elderly parent needs to consider various issues before transferring his only house to his child. THE pursuit of material possessions is a common obsession, and people’s attitude towards ownership of property may change as they get older. Many, after having seen their children through college, see no reason to hold on to the house [...]
Posted in General on Apr 9th, 2010
Love your chess but don’t get carried away. TODAY marks the third day of the Kuala Lumpur Open chess tournament. It is one of the country’s bigger chess tournaments this year. There’s an unprecedented number of foreign players in the event, and there’s also a record number of titled players. Compared with last year’s tournament, [...]
Posted in Insurance, Rockwills & Estate planning, Rockwills & Inheritance on Apr 8th, 2010
Well, I learnt something useful today. I’m not an insurance person, so I’ve always found it very confusing when trying to deal with the types of nominations under the important sections 166 and 167 of the Malaysian Insurance Act 1996. According to this friend of mine who IS well-versed with insurance laws in Malaysia, section [...]
Posted in Chess on Apr 2nd, 2010
Vasily Smyslov will long be remembered for his love for chess and music. IT IS very easy to get excited when meeting revered players such as world champions, or even former world champions. When my friends and I were in Lucerne way back in 1982, our greatest reverence was reserved for two former world champions [...]
