He who wants pretty nurse, must be patient.He who runs behind bus get exhausted.He who leaps off cliff jumps to conclusion.He who goes to sleep with stiff problem wakes up with solution in hand.He who walks through airport door sideways is going to Bangkok.She who sits on jockey’s lap gets hot tip.She who sits on… Read More »
From the book Sperm Wars: The Science of Sexby Robin Baker: “The success of prostitution as a reproductive strategy means that most of us will contain the genes of a prostitute among our ancestors. On average, we should each need to go back through our family tree no further than the 1820s (seven generations) before… Read More »
10 inspiring ways to eliminate most of your worries, written over a hundred years ago by Sibyl F. Partridge and were printed in a very old edition of Dale Carnegie’s “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.” Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that “most… Read More »
A description of Harvard University by Chris Langan (from Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers) that pretty much sums up the situation at SPH and the rest of the government machinery in Singapore: “The people running it are not necessarily searching for truth and knowledge. They want to be big shots, and when you accept a paycheck from… Read More »
Apparently, Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary would do anything in his quest to squeeze out every bit of profits for his budget airline. The Guardian recently quoted O’Leary defending his commitment to reduce the number of toilets on the carrier’s planes and charge passengers to use them: Asked if he would be interested in charging £5… Read More »
These are actual quotes taken from US Federal government employees’ performance evaluations: 1. “Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig.” 2. “I would not allow this employee to breed.” 3. “This employee is really not so much of a ‘has-been’, but more of a definite ‘won’t be’.”… Read More »