Success and Failure

I don't know who is Alain de Botton but I find his talk very interesting.

Hire People Who Disagree with You

Why Malaysia cannot progress: The leaders (national, state or organization) always surround themselves with "yes man". No new ideas, no progress. Period.

Everyone should read Hire People Who Disagree with You

Breastfeeding 'broke no food rule'

This is what happened when you over-zealously enforce a rule:

A mother was told to stop breastfeeding her baby boy by a swimming pool as it breached a leisure centre's strict poolside ban on food and drink.

Black Money

A look into bribery at the highest level. 

The Brain In Love

What is love? This talk explains what happens in your brain when you are in love or out of love.

Don't Talk to the Police

This is an interesting talk. I'm not sure how will it apply in this country.

Changing Lifestyle

This is a nice article concerning how high oil is changing people's lifestyle.

10 things you can like about $4 Gas:

1. Globalized jobs return home
2. Sprawl stalls
3. Four-day workweeks
4. Less pollution
5. More frugality
6. Fewer traffic deaths
7. Cheaper insurance
8. Less traffic
9. More cops on the beat
10. Less obesity
    

So, we should see the change as something good. The only thing that troubles me is the poor people are suffering more. How can we solve this?

Ban the Power Of Nine Contest

I strongly believe that the government should put a stop to the Star's Power of Nine contest. This is just gambling. The gambler must buy the newspaper and arrange something. The result depends on the majority choices. It is just similar to playing Magnum4D or Sports Toto (except that the winning numbers are randomly drawn).