The weekend is here and what a way to start the weekend than to get today's Guardian newspaper with headline story on Kenya. Do not kid yourself nothing positive and if you abhor politics this is not for you (even if you are planning to vote it is time to look deep within your conscience - This is hilarious, though I'm not laughing)
It is the usual - something we all know about but never talk about. Anyway let the politicians deal with that and the Government furnish us with a response. I do not as matter of fact care a monkeys who is the president but please don't promise me ANYTHING.
Yeah I have the paper not gone through it - I have Saturday morning to deal with that. So you get me the weekend is going to be so good. I'm sure others wish they had such a plot!
Nice weekend.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Ouch!
Apparently the man expected to be Australia's next PM visited a lap dance club while on a trip in the US. Well you what is so interesting about that most guys have been tempted to go to a strip joint - Kevin Rudd was known for being a 'saint'
He is now even more offers in his native country from strip joints.
"We can't actually recall anything that you wouldn't seein most pubs in across Australia, but that doesn't absolve me for going in that door in the first place. That's where I made an error of judgement.."
"I've said from day one since I've been in public life - I'm as flawed and failed as the rest of them."
Since I'm no saint I wouldn't cast a stone at the man!
Still hunting for a bargain? Be Careful!
Still on the hunt of bargains. The BBC has a story on Ryan Air giving misleading promises. Read the small prints always.
The low budget airline in its adverts had claimed to be cheaper and faster then Eurostar in reaching Brussels (mainland Europe). Read the story.
They all cost the same to some extent - there is no deal. What you have to decide is how fast you want to get to your destination. How valuable is your time?
The low budget airline in its adverts had claimed to be cheaper and faster then Eurostar in reaching Brussels (mainland Europe). Read the story.
They all cost the same to some extent - there is no deal. What you have to decide is how fast you want to get to your destination. How valuable is your time?
Trying not to be stingy I bought a Sumsung SGH-250 ending my long attachment to Nokia. Nothing special about it but it came cheap and I thought since I've been tight on myself maybe I could indulge for once.
Why not. So I'm still learning how to use it. It costs like £49.50 and Orange sim card £10.00. Anyway I know I'll end up giving it away.
Where's the bargain ?
Remember in Economics 101 - in a perfect market it is almost impossible to get a 'deal'. I mean everyone has the same information so to some extent if at all we are in a perfect markets it is an effort in futility (Or is it not?)
A friend for the past week has been actively for a 'bargain' internet connection since his contract is running out and he believes their is a bargain out there somewhere. The cheapest I could recommend was one for £10.50 line rental and almost £6 internet connection (excluding set up costs) 18 month contract. The one I had - line rental was £11 + £15.99 broadband 12 month contract. What I assumed was that he had a clean record - the company wouldn't even consider him he had a previous outstanding bill he has to deal with.
Anyway I was looking at the brother he always claims he is broke but he has 2 mobile phones pays almost £20 on each every month and he is looking for 'cheap' internet facilities! Just put the phone down - the man is always on the phone.
Personally I consider myself a low user when it comes to mobile phone - my bill is like £8 every month but if (and I have!)convert to a direct debit mode of payment I save £3 every month. Actually I consider cell phones as necessary evil - I got so many numbers on my contact list but only regularly call like 5 numbers, and my calls wouldn't last more than 10 mins most of the time. So at the end of the month I rarely use up my allowance and its like 300 minutes!
One thing that beats logic as far as I am concerned is the amount of time people spend on the phone - it's not just ladies. My buddy is looking around for a deal and yet a few adjustments would do him well in the long run. Put down the phone and walk away with your hands where I can see them!
A friend for the past week has been actively for a 'bargain' internet connection since his contract is running out and he believes their is a bargain out there somewhere. The cheapest I could recommend was one for £10.50 line rental and almost £6 internet connection (excluding set up costs) 18 month contract. The one I had - line rental was £11 + £15.99 broadband 12 month contract. What I assumed was that he had a clean record - the company wouldn't even consider him he had a previous outstanding bill he has to deal with.
Anyway I was looking at the brother he always claims he is broke but he has 2 mobile phones pays almost £20 on each every month and he is looking for 'cheap' internet facilities! Just put the phone down - the man is always on the phone.
Personally I consider myself a low user when it comes to mobile phone - my bill is like £8 every month but if (and I have!)convert to a direct debit mode of payment I save £3 every month. Actually I consider cell phones as necessary evil - I got so many numbers on my contact list but only regularly call like 5 numbers, and my calls wouldn't last more than 10 mins most of the time. So at the end of the month I rarely use up my allowance and its like 300 minutes!
One thing that beats logic as far as I am concerned is the amount of time people spend on the phone - it's not just ladies. My buddy is looking around for a deal and yet a few adjustments would do him well in the long run. Put down the phone and walk away with your hands where I can see them!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
That's me being lazy
What a week so far. I've not been busy as it may seem just plain lazy in getting anything here. Karl Rove is leaving, the stock market globally is experiencing a plunge
Politics to me is like a bad habit that seems to entice one although you know eventually you will be disappointed (sorry I meant it is like forbidden love!). I must confess that Karl Rove to me is for the time being still a genius. He pulled an unpopular president through the elections - love him or hate him he did what he had to do if we are to look at it from a narrow perspective.
But it also brings up a side I do not like about the so-called analysts appearing on TV - they are not telling me anything new. In fact it is sad to just seat back and analyse other people going about their business. Yes the president's legacy looks like a lost cause but the man used whatever means available to deliver victory (He should be in business with that kind of skill - dissecting markets and concentrating on ones strength - that is how I see it.
For that reason I have to give it up to the boy genius. So I think (it is there right too) most of these so called analysts have lost it. I wouldn't be surprised if the Democrats blow this one up by losing the vision. Remember J.Kerry?
I topic widely discussed during my days in the Uni was why academics never seem to 'make it' in business - I'm not sure we came up with solutions to the problem but it is common knowledge that we go to school so that we can manage businesses of those who skipped school! Actually someone accused me of being too negative. The problem was that we were discussing a business venture and it seemed to the other guys that I was simply criticising (the accusation in my opinion - quite unfair!). I thought I was merely voicing concerns - issues we had to think more about.
Mr Rove did his thing he's gone the analysts have taken over - I can't wait to see how many books are coming up on this guy. I just can't wait. In the meantime I better forget what others are doing - they are getting paid.
Politics to me is like a bad habit that seems to entice one although you know eventually you will be disappointed (sorry I meant it is like forbidden love!). I must confess that Karl Rove to me is for the time being still a genius. He pulled an unpopular president through the elections - love him or hate him he did what he had to do if we are to look at it from a narrow perspective.
But it also brings up a side I do not like about the so-called analysts appearing on TV - they are not telling me anything new. In fact it is sad to just seat back and analyse other people going about their business. Yes the president's legacy looks like a lost cause but the man used whatever means available to deliver victory (He should be in business with that kind of skill - dissecting markets and concentrating on ones strength - that is how I see it.
For that reason I have to give it up to the boy genius. So I think (it is there right too) most of these so called analysts have lost it. I wouldn't be surprised if the Democrats blow this one up by losing the vision. Remember J.Kerry?
I topic widely discussed during my days in the Uni was why academics never seem to 'make it' in business - I'm not sure we came up with solutions to the problem but it is common knowledge that we go to school so that we can manage businesses of those who skipped school! Actually someone accused me of being too negative. The problem was that we were discussing a business venture and it seemed to the other guys that I was simply criticising (the accusation in my opinion - quite unfair!). I thought I was merely voicing concerns - issues we had to think more about.
Mr Rove did his thing he's gone the analysts have taken over - I can't wait to see how many books are coming up on this guy. I just can't wait. In the meantime I better forget what others are doing - they are getting paid.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
I am told that in the good old days you only had to make it to University to be assured of a good job - probably starting off as a management trainee and rising through the ranks in the corporate world. Times have changed.
A degree is not enough not even a masters degree. Last night I was watching Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight (BBC 2) and he had this piece on junior doctors - basically the tribulations they get in trying to get a job in the nhs. The taxpayer fund their education someone tells me its in the region of £250,000 excluding the personal loans the trainees.
Wrong career choice. Why did they choose to go into the medical field? They should have chosen entertainment or sports - I know I sometimes think I should have gone into sports, well I can't entertain so I'm left with one option.
Before and feel sorry for them - who cares about say the accountant or lawyer who still hasn't made it big? Should doctors be treated differently? Through school one should learn to expect this otherwise like B. Gates and all the rich fellas we should have quit school long time ago. Junior doctors should wake up to the fact that the world is changing
So junior doctors don't feel sorry for yourselves you still have a career option be who you want to be - a DJ gets paid well. If someone collapses on the dance floor you are there. Opportunities abound - a degree is not all that now.
A degree is not enough not even a masters degree. Last night I was watching Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight (BBC 2) and he had this piece on junior doctors - basically the tribulations they get in trying to get a job in the nhs. The taxpayer fund their education someone tells me its in the region of £250,000 excluding the personal loans the trainees.
Wrong career choice. Why did they choose to go into the medical field? They should have chosen entertainment or sports - I know I sometimes think I should have gone into sports, well I can't entertain so I'm left with one option.
Before and feel sorry for them - who cares about say the accountant or lawyer who still hasn't made it big? Should doctors be treated differently? Through school one should learn to expect this otherwise like B. Gates and all the rich fellas we should have quit school long time ago. Junior doctors should wake up to the fact that the world is changing
So junior doctors don't feel sorry for yourselves you still have a career option be who you want to be - a DJ gets paid well. If someone collapses on the dance floor you are there. Opportunities abound - a degree is not all that now.
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