Saturday, March 26, 2016

Personal update and short break from blogging.

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Here's a personal update from me just before I begin exam preparations. a) Financial markets I think my financial situation is much ...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

How to think about a basic income in Singapore.

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Some societies are starting to think about implementing a basic income. A basic income is a form of unconditional welfare that gives everyon...
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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Harshness against unemployed manager is unwarranted.

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The Year of the Monkey continues to bring a hodge podge of surprises to me. Markets are apparently up. But this article should have been u...
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Beware of False dichotomies when investing.

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I don't have much to say this week as I spent half my weekend stuck in traffic heading towards my brother-in-law's wedding on Saturd...
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Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Saizen's Defence - Results from my arbitrage attempt.

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Chess and wargames have a lot in common in investing. Wargamers are familiar with ancient tactics such as Scipio's Defense. Opening ches...
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Sunday, March 06, 2016

Why engineers and technology professionals become road-kill at middle age.

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I thought I'd write another article which is a follow-up to my previous post advising the folks who might be considering an engineering ...
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Friday, March 04, 2016

Lessen the psychological impact of a home mortgage though asset/liability matching.

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I just ended hell week. Two paper submissions this week and a team presentation has made me lose sleep over the last few days. My body still...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Personal Update - Meaningless Holiday just ended meaninglessly.

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Ok, time for another personal update. a) Law School I am so demotivated right now, I should actually be vetting my research papers inste...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Before you jump into the Engineering bandwagon...

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Readers might think that I have very reason to be cynical. Graduating in 1999 with an engineering degree would have been great if not for ...
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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Not a good day to be part of the JD programme.

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I had to stop studying to write this article because my class was greeted with shock one day to find out that one of our classmates has been...
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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Valentine's Day Post - Singlehood is the new Venereal Disease ! Huzzah !

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When I was single, I used to say that children are the most common venereal disease in this world. Now that I am a father of two kids, it is...
Saturday, February 13, 2016

Microagressions - The breakfast of champions !

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This is a very special Chinese New Year for me. For the first time, Millenials have come together to crowdsource the micro-aggressions tha...
Monday, February 08, 2016

Year of the Monkey - Unbent, unbowed and unbroken...

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First off, a Happy Lunar New Year to all the readers of this blog. Regulars might know that the previous year of the Goat had been a bitte...
Friday, February 05, 2016

#1 Peak Prosperity - The Poverty Simulation angle.

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Sometimes, getting an article for this blog is so easy it is as if the Gods conspire to help you with your next posting. This week, news s...
Monday, February 01, 2016

[Prologue] Peak Prosperity : How do we know that Singapore is in decline ?

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I've got less than an hour before my lectures begin so this is going to be a short post. Right now I am in the process of researching ...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Thoughts on being a father a second time.

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Last night, my son Durendal Ng Mun Khoi, was born. It was a happy day for me and my missus and right now, mother and son are doing well....
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Personal Update : Two years have passed since my last paycheck !

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It's time for a another update. It's been two years since I had a pay-check, if this were a disaster recovery exercise, I would sa...
Monday, January 18, 2016

Does nobody really owe you a living ?

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Mr. Chan Chun Sing, in my humble opinion, may well be the best Secretary General in NTUC we would ever have. He gave a talk in NTUC while I ...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Net Present Value of Suffering.

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This post is inspired by the large number of articles in response to the release of the O level results. Well meaning educators start to ass...
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Sunday, January 10, 2016

Singaporeans want an Australian Singapore, not a Singaporean Singapore.

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G'Day readers ! If you really think about it, these days Singaporeans want an Australian Singapore, not a Singaporean Singapore. The s...