Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time. – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Part I, Chapter IX, Notes From Underground (1864). One chilly evening in early January, as snow began to fall unexpectedly on campus, I saw three older ladies transform into little girls. Lugging heavy suitcases,
As we step into the first day of 2025, many employees are clearing their annual leave from the past year. Most employment contracts cap the number of leave days that can be carried forward, encouraging employees to take their leave and maintain a healthy work-life balance. For us, though, things
‘Love is not simply a feeling but a decision to care, forgive, and endure. It is the courage to accept others flaws and the strength to stand together, even when the world feels heavy against you.’ – Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) Russian novelist It is around the close of the
CHINA’S global dominance in the automobile industry, particularly electric vehicles (EVs), has not escaped Malaysia. Two China automakers — BYD and Chery — sold a total of 18,708 passenger vehicles in Malaysia in the first nine months of this year. That is over six times the 2,970 they sold in
The first birth my wife Jillian witnessed was also the first death. It happened many years ago, just a few days before Christmas, when she started her journey as a new specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN), working the graveyard shift in the labour and delivery ward. Walking into the
‘… I replaced all the windows, but I made the new ones as much like the old ones as I could, I put the windows into the same frames just with an extra pane of glass instead of one in every window, one pane that opens out, one that opens
Nature didn’t select me. I selected myself by harnessing my nature. – Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod in Billions, Season 5, Episode 3: Beg, Bribe, Bully. Despite the endless cycle of economic crises, it seems that the appetite for a position within investment banking is as insatiable as ever. Recruitment numbers have
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s banking sector is projected to continue recording higher profits in 2025, supported by steady loan growth, a stable interest rate environment, and non-interest income, said an economist. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid anticipates total loans to grow around 5.5 per cent
A new form of social tyranny has broken out. Opposition to it seems churlish and unsporting. Refusal risks offence. Other than actual or feigned injury or bad weather, there is truly no escape. I am speaking of the invitation that seems to arrive with everincreasing frequency from acquaintances, clients and
CHINESE residents have been illicitly moving billions of dollars out of the country under authorities’ noses as a cratering property market and economic uncertainties push people to find safer places to park their wealth overseas. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon didn’t hold back when addressing the issue at the Global
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