Paradox talk

Starting from next month onwards bus and taxi fare are up in Malaysia. Depending on destination prices are up from 25-50%. In a torrent of price hikes from electricity to tolls it can be easily forgotten just 10 years ago some of these standard service used to cost half of the present rate -- not counting the impending price hike.

In other words, in a decade the price of a bus ticket went up almost 300% while the standard salary baseline stay almost stagnant with like 10-20% increment. In the meantime though, the public can be assured by the government officials "the new increment will not burden them" again and again.

Work Faster - There's More Work!

Based on a real story.

Now how are you supposed to motivate any worker with more work, when the job in question is almost a dead-end. This is something beyond us.

Maybe that's why some of us might never make it to become a boss in the future.

You Own the Car, or the Car Owns You?

There was this chart which was published in a local paper portraying the causes of Malaysian bankruptcies. A staggering more then 50% was attributed to failure to pay car loan installments - that says something about the local situation.

Inadequate public transport systems coupled with very expensive cars forced a lot people to purchase cars which were out of their means. Now that the recession has hit, all hell broke loose.

Old Age cover ups in New Age

Not pointing finger to any one in particular ... but if you happen to keep a tab on the news around the world one can notice certain governing regime seemed keen to run the old cover ups operation in the new age of internet -- that is like trying to keep your feet dry in raising flood water. Well, god bless the internet.

Like classroom fight... except for the nuclear warheads

Get a load of this, a casual glance of the wordings like "unruly children", "school girl" and "funny lady" might indicate some sort of cheesy spat between high school students or celebrities; a closer inspection will reveal it to be might more serious.

Our canine force are genetical identical

Check out the news on Cloned sniffer dogs begin duties.
Science fiction meets reality? The news quoted "Only about 30% of naturally-born sniffer dogs make the grade, but South Korean scientists say that could rise to 90% using the cloning method.". Well gee, even if it really works this will definitely raise many disturbing questions in time to come.

Banking Self Mutilation

As mind boggling as it sounds it is reported a Bank Sues itself due to either erm, stupidity or technical reasons. It then proceed to hire 2 different law firms to sue and defend itself to avoid "comflict of interest". Bank split personality at its best? We can't help but feels something is seriously wrong about the case.

Shine or Rain make little difference

A salute to the workers world wide.