by rizal on
October 15th, 2008
Have you ever heard of the RAHMAN theory? According to this so-called theory, the first six prime ministers of Malaysia will be in the order of the first prime minister’s name, as follows:
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
Tun Abdul Razak
Tun Hussein Onn
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak?
Or, if events are [...]
Tags: Malaysian politics
by nazham on
October 10th, 2008
Found this on Digg today. Maybe he’s just jealous because he wants a signal too.
Tags: General
by rizal on
October 3rd, 2008
Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers; bailout of AIG. How did this happen?
Let’s ask Warren Buffett, investment guru:
If [AIG] had never heard of the word derivatives, they’d be doing fine. They’d be going to work in the morning and they would have no troubles … I said they were possibly financial weapons of mass destruction, and they [...]
Tags: Macroeconomics . US credit crunch
by rizal on
September 17th, 2008
Ok, the Honda City is not that ugly; I just thought it would make a great headline. But still, the Honda City is not exactly everyone’s dream car. Are Honda designers not talented? Surely they could come up with a better design? Yes, quite easily, I’m sure. It’s just that Honda is applying a slightly [...]
Tags: Car industry . Microeconomics
by rizal on
September 16th, 2008
I’m not sure why, but I love watching Air Crash Investigation on the National Geographic Channel. Maybe I’m fascinated with how passenger airliners can be both awesome and fragile at the same time. They’re huge, majestic, and chock-full of gizmos and gadgets and instrumentation; and yet, a small glitch or mistake can cause them to [...]
Tags: Air Crash Investigation . Airplane crashes . National Geographic Channel
