Something doesn’t add up.
On the one hand, I’m reading about how “World markets slide as governments struggle to stem panic” and how “Singapore shares close more than 5% lower”…and yet on the other hand I’m reading about “Households to see average rise of about 21% in electricity bills from Oct” as well as “SingTel increases [...]
Archive for the 'Business' Category
It Doesn’t Add Up
Tuesday, 7 October, 2008
Is Being A Tyrant The Only Way?
Thursday, 15 May, 2008
I was doing some reading up on legendary chef Marco Pierre White recently.
Marco Pierre White might not be as well-known as, say, Gordon Ramsay, but he was actually the chef that trained Gordon Ramsay and Heston Blumenthal, among others, to become the celebrity chefs that they are today.
Marco Pierre White was also the first and [...]
Here’s A Simple Question…
Friday, 21 March, 2008
…which may not have a simple answer to it:
Where can an average S’porean Joe like myself go to buy legal & original MP3 songs?
Y’know, just the single MP3 track. Like Sean Kingston’s “Beautiful Girls”, for instance.
Hey, I’m willing to pay good money for legal MP3s which I can put into my iPod.
But sadly iTunes doesn’t [...]
Working vs. Running A Business
Friday, 13 July, 2007
I think there are many differences between being an employee in a large organization and being actively-involved in running a small business.
Of course, many large organizations are businesses themselves, but there’s a difference in the way the people behave in the two scenarios.
1) Here’s one:
When you’re working in a large organization…
Somehow or rather, things will get done, by [...]
Hitchoo In The Sunday Times
Monday, 11 June, 2007
(NB: I wrote an entry on Hitchoo a few days back.)
So I was catching up on my newspaper reading and I discovered that there was an almost full-page article of Hitchoo.com on page 40 of yesterday’s Sunday Times (complete with a huge picture of the founder Hu Yinghan holding up a large heart-shaped pillow with the [...]
Uber Burger
Tuesday, 27 February, 2007
Uber Burger - An example of a Purple Cow gone wrong, in my opinion.
Apparently, this ultra-hip gourmet burger restaurant located at Millenia Walk has recently folded.
Take a look at this blog post which gives a pretty good run-down on what happened: Are F&B Flops Uber Unlucky?
Now tell me, seriously…do you know of anyone who actually [...]
“I’m In Love With Books” And Other Short Stories…
Friday, 9 February, 2007
Leave
Everyone should take a day off from work every now & then.
Just like what I did today.
It really does wonders for the being.
Today I decided to take the day off, partly to clear my remaining leave days.
I did a swim in the morning, and spent the afternoon at VivoCity.
Y’know, VivoCity is fast becoming one of [...]
The Purple Cow
Tuesday, 30 January, 2007
(Please pardon the shockingly large picture. I’m bad at picture uploads. And this WordPress picture upload function isn’t exactly the most user-friendly of functions.)
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Book Review
I’ve just finished reading Purple Cow by bestselling author, entrepreneur, and agent of change Seth Godin.
I was at Kino the other day, and was in the mood to buy a business book just [...]
At Least The Neptune Lasted 34 Years
Thursday, 25 January, 2007
There goes another one.
Poor turnout closes Singapore Crazy Horse
(Channelnewsasia Article - 25th Jan ‘07)
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“Erm…what?”, you say.
You mean after so much publicity and hoo-hah, the business still had to close down?
(Even after Xiaxue and Rosalyn visited the place on Episode 4 of Girls Out Loud???)
That’s quite sad you know.
Apparently Eng Wah Organization, who brought in the show, [...]
