Sign of the Times of Financial Crisis

Several Reuters journalists compiled a list of “Sign of the Times” of this financial crisis era. Here some of my favorites: * In Britain, the Girl Guides issued tips on making sensible economic decisions, including: “Shop around — see which banks are offering the best deals;” “Avoid the debt trap — the easiest way to lose friends and alienate...

Blitz Megaplex

Blitz is used to be my favorite theatre because it is not as crowded as XXI albeit the seats and sounds in Blitz cinemas are not as good as the XXI. Blitz is slightly more expensive than XXI, and I think this is why it is not crowded. However using my HSBC card, I can get the “buy one get one”, so in overall, the costs are more or less the same with XXI. Just few minutes ago I was...

Best Predictions in 2008

Businessweek.com published an interesting article about predictions in 2008 which totally missed its prophecies, so they become jokes. The article can be seen here, it is written by Peter Coy. These are the funniest parts: 1. “A very powerful and durable rally is in the works. But it may need another couple of days to lift off. Hold the fort and keep the faith!” —Richard Band,...

Illinois governor tried to sell Senate seat: prosecutors

I thought this could happen in Indonesia too… Illinois governor tried to sell Senate seat: prosecutors CHICAGO (Reuters) – The governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, was arrested on Tuesday on “staggering” corruption charges that alleged he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by fellow Democrat, President-elect Barack Obama. The governor also tried to extort the...

The Globe to Hillary Clinton

courtesy The Economist. Illustration by KAL Yeah, the Clintons always appear to clean up Bush’s mess.