Rich List.

Just a little update on my London life.

I'm currently working on a campaign called 'This Foreigner Can'. It has been quite an interesting project so far but of course as with all new projects there are bumps on the road. While most people are quite receptive to the concept of the campaign, it is the funding that is proving to be the biggest road block to success.

Anyways, what I wanted to blog about is about my thoughts on the Sunday Times Rich List. Every year, the Sunday Times releases a list of the 1,000 richest people in the UK. I had to go through the list to find the richest migrants who made the list and after going through 1,000 names I think I have detected the trends for getting rich.

Some of the common trends are:

1. Come from a rich family: Many of those on the list may be really great CEO's and leaders of their companies, but they have just taken over their family business which has been established for quite some time.

2. Work in an investment bank: While you may not make the top 200, there are quite a number of investment bankers who are rich by power of their salary/bonus alone. On the other hand, there are a few ex-hedge fund managers who then came out to start their own businesses.

3. There are so few women: Sad to say that many women to did make the list are listed jointly with their husbands.

4. Divorce/Inheritance: There are so many individuals who are worth hundreds of millions just because they got a divorce who a really good inheritance. WHATTTT. I've also observed that unfortunately women who do come into a windfall decide then to be a socialite whereas quite a number of the men go on to use that money to start a business (it may not be a very profitable business, but it's something).

5. Politics: Pretty much all the mega rich are Tory supporters who donate millions. I think there were only two significant Labour donors on the list. There is also the odd Liberal Democrat.

6. Live in another country: If you are super rich, you will be a resident in Switzerland, Monaco or Gibraltar. All the tax havens.

7. Property: Just buy property.

Okay that's all I really wanted to note down. 

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say something.

Happy New Year one and all!

How weird is it to think that it's already a new year. 2013 was quite a year for me. Yes graduating from uni was quite a big thing but yet at the same time so much else happened last year like eating at my first ever Michelin starred restaurant and going to live in the jungle for 10 weeks.

I suppose I'm going to slowly catch up with all my backlog cause even though I may be blogging about things that happened some time ago, it's better than not noting it down at all. Even if no one else is interested in it, I'll be able to look back on it in years to come. One thing that I do from time to time is read my old blog posts (not all at once), just random posts and it just feels so weird to read about my life in the past that it doesn't quite feel like mine.

It's those times that you think you're never gonna forget when they happen but a year down the road it's almost wiped from your memory because more pressing matters are arisen. So being able to read about it five years in the future makes it seem like you're reading about someone else's life.

Or maybe that's just me.

Anyhow, more blog posts to come!

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tea.

Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.

Run as you might from your past

It's never actually far behind

One day it will catch up

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haruharu.

Dear Imagination,

I know I haven't really been spending time with you since the days in the playground where we played masak-masak together and you convinced me that leaves and twigs and sand could somehow look like fried rice with vegetables.

I'm sorry that over the years of growing up my attention has been hogged by Reality who is both bossy and demanding and seriously a pain in the ass. With you having to take a back seat in my life, you must have a lot of pent up energy since the only time I ever ask you out to play is when Fantasy is tired of copying off the movies or books I read.

But now that Reality has taken a chill pill and I've laid off reading too many books or watching too many movies, I can spend more time with you. The only thing I ask of you Imagination, is to STOP running wild! I'm too old to be chasing after you or having you running around while I'm trying to sleep.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Mentally exhausted Weng Yee.

Haha. Random much? =P

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movement.

Recipe for a perfect Saturday night:

1. Extract dad and sibling from house. (Send to Singapore)

2. Allow mum to go off. (To Seremban)

3. Stir in a long hot bath.

4. If desired, blast favourite music.

5. Slowly savour a good book. (In my case HP7)

6. When the time is right(tummy growling is a good sign), add in a cup of hot tea with favourite snacks =D.

7. Sit back and enjoy this moment of bliss.

Yes. That's my idea of a perfect Saturday night.

May sound super anti-social but seriously, moments of peace and quiet are hard to come by.

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interview.

I am going to be so annoyed if this waking up at weird times for no reason whatsoever starts again.

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safe.

Just read Kim's blog and saw this

ABCDEFG

A Boy Can Do Everything For Girl

and yes, while that totally induces an 'awww' in some of us,

we mustn't forget the reverse of it

GFEDCBA

Girl Forgets Everything Done & Catches (new)Boy Again

Haha. Sigh. Poor boy.

I've lost my blogging mojo. Maths has overrun my brain =(.

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boing.

Remember this -

Should you ever despair of life so much that you want to die, you have the means at hand and yearn to end your life, you have written a suicide note to those you will leave behind and you are prepared to die… at that moment, stop.

Get a pair of scissors. Cut away at the note until you end up with a piece of paper in the shape of a key. Go to a door, any one will do. Push the paper key forward and turn your hand as if unlocking an imaginary lock.

The lock is real. Open the door. There you will find it. The other earth. The one that awaits to replace this one when it dies. That death is inevitable, but in the meantime the other earth will belong to you.

Be warned: the other earth is very different from this one.

Taken from creepypasta.

Anyone wanna go to the other world?

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wooden.

Here's a test that I think has pretty accurate results.

*Right Brain vs. Left Brain*

Yet it's strange how it says that I'm suppose to naturally enjoy maths.

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apples.

Some of the strangest buildings. EVER.

Wonderworks (Orlando, Florida, United States)

Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria)

Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, United States)

[I am so totally visiting this place]

The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

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soda shop.

Slightly random post.

goodbye, prince charming
and drown sleeping beauty
shove Cinderella’s slipper where the sun don’t shine
toss the little mermaid back out to sea
cuz the fairy godmother had to perform another abortion today
and the seven dwarves live in the forest, of course, cuz they were driven away
but this part of the story could spark a cultural rage
so at the sound of the tone we just turn the page

Ever After Happily by Jay Brannan

The Department of Magical Affairs is investigating claims of sparkling vampires and shapeshifting wolves nearly starting a war with Italy. This is a matter of Magical Security. Do not be alarmed, we have the situation under control. Thank you and please contact local aurors is assistance is needed.

Haha. From MyLifeIsTwilight. Yes there actually is such a website.

And if you laughed at the Harry Potter reference, *high five* =D.

How can my kpop love die when there are constantly new things for me to watch? Jung Yong Hwa (C.N.Blue) and SeoHyun (SNSD) are pairing up for WGM. Can't wait to see this couple play out. Yong Hwa looks like the nice guy while SeoHyun has said that she isn't interested in guys. Not in the lesbian way but rather the guys are not worth the time and effort way. Haha.

Gah. This is the result of no internet for 3 days. Information overload.

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lone.

Haha. I'm sure most of you have seen that equation where it shows that Girls=Evil.

Well, here's something to show you that boys are MORE evil =P.

boys = time x money x girls x sex

time is money

boys = (money) x money x girls x sex

boys think girls equal sex

boys = money sqared x girls x (girls)

money is the root of all evil
boys = ( sqrt(evil) )^2 x (girls)^2

boys think girls are evil
boys = evil x (evil)^2
boys = (evil)^3

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disorganised.

"I am an unreal person. I am made of stone, or else I am made of glass. I am wired precisely wrong, precisely. But you will not find my key. I have tried to lose the key to me. You can look at me closely if you wish, but you see more from far away."

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spring.

Hmm, not sure whether people out there know but there's this TV series called Dollhouse.

It's about this organization that produce "Dolls" who are basically normal people who have had their memories wiped so that they can be programmed with a desired personality. So if you wanna hire an assassin then they'll program one for you and so forth. Quite an interesting series.

But that's beside the point.

The point is that I've found out that there is actually a company similar to this series in reality.

In Japan, there's a company called Hagemashi Tai a.k.a I Want to Cheer Up Limited.

You can 'rent' pets which you can take for walks and stuff if you want. About $10 an hour. That's just for pets though. You can also rent people. Cool right? You can rent actors to pretend to be your relative at a wedding or funeral. Or even for single mums who need a father figure for their kids or for young women who wanna experience a 'marriage'. Yup.

Two articles about it *HERE* and *HERE*

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laureates.

How does one write an essay about the love for a subject when one is not actually interested in it?

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glee.

Another interesting bit of information.

It's called the Great Man Theory.

The Great man theory is a philosophical theory that aims to explain history by the impact of "Great men", or heroes: highly influential individuals who, due to either their personal charisma, intelligence and wisdom or Machiavellianism, used power in a way that had a decisive historical impact.

Obviously I don't believe in it at all. How can you say that history is all based on the actions and decisions of one single individual? While I'd agree that some people are more influential when it comes to the course of history, it is ultimately the many people or events around that one 'great man' that led to the actions that he would take. The Domino Effect to say the least.

On that note. Here's a really cool domino effect video. With no real dominos used.

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end of the world.

Taylorism.

Haha. No kidding, there really is such a thing. 

Scientific management (also called Taylorism or the Taylor system) is a theory of management that analyzes and synthesizes workflows, with the objective of improving labour productivity.

Perhaps that is why Taylor's named the college that?

In hopes that we'd all be good little workers.

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cliff of love.

Does love change the way you think?
A landmark experiment in Pisa, Italy showed that early love (the attraction phase) really changes the way you think.

Dr Donatella Marazziti, a psychiatrist at the University of Pisa advertised for twenty couples who'd been madly in love for less than six months. She wanted to see if the brain mechanisms that cause you to constantly think about your lover, were related to the brain mechanisms of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.  By analysing blood samples from the lovers, Dr Marazitti discovered that serotonin levels of new lovers were equivalent to the low serotonin levels of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder patients.

 

Haha. Looks like bring in love is like having OCD.

How to fall in love. Find a complete stranger. Reveal to each other intimate details about your lives for half an hour. Then, stare deeply into each other’s eyes without talking for four minutes.

York psychologist, Professor Arthur Arun, has been studying why people fall in love.

He asked his subjects to carry out the above 3 steps and found that many of his couples felt deeply attracted after the 34 minute experiment. Two of his subjects later got married.

Hmm. Falling in love simplified?

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only you hear.

The Byronic hero typically exhibits the following characteristics:

• high level of intelligence and perception
• cunning and able to adapt
• sophisticated and educated
• self-critical and introspective
• mysterious, magnetic and charismatic
• struggling with integrity
• power of seduction and sexual attraction
• social dominance
• emotional conflicts or moodiness
• a distaste for social institutions and norms
• being an exile, an outcast, or an outlaw
• "dark" attributes not normally associated with a hero
• disrespect of rank and privilege
• a troubled past
• cynicism
• arrogance
• self-destructive behavior
• a good heart in the end

Where do I find one??

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self-comfort.

Got tagged in this on Facebook. But decided to post it up here. 

Go to: http://thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi
Put your name in, and generate slogan after each question.

1. What do you say to yourself every morning?
Have Weng Yee your way. [A good day?]

2. What do you want other people to say about you?
Good to the last Weng Yee. [Haha. I am the ONLY Weng Yee]

3. Someone asked you out, your answer is...
Snap into a Weng Yee. [Meaning I'll snap at him?]

4. How would you answer a booty call?
I'd walk a mile for Weng Yee. [Someone's willing to walk a mile for me.]

5. How would you introduce yourself to someone you really like?
When you've got Weng Yee. Flaunt it. [Hahahahahaha.]

6. To someone you dislike?
The Too Good to Hurry Weng Yee. [Err...]

7. You're in a conversation and you suddenly feel the need to pee, how would you excuse yourself?
Weng Yee is Job 1. [Of course! I'm oh so important =P]

8. Your parents ask you why you got home late, you say...
Discover the Weng Yee difference. [Cause I'm different.]

9. You're failing a subject, you say...
What can Weng Yee do for you? [Perhaps study harder?]

10. The love of your life asks you to marry him/her, what do you say?
Just what the Weng Yee ordered. [Yay!!]

11. Your bf/gf is breaking up with you, you tell him/her...
Don't just book it, Weng Yee it. [Hmm.]

12. Someone told you you're an asshole, you tell them...
I like the Weng Yee in you. [Whatever could that mean?]

13. What are the best words to describe you?
Pure Weng Yee. [Clearly.]

14. If you're going to have a movie about your life, the title is...
I'm cuckoo for Weng Yee. [Cool.]

15. Your last words before you die...
We're serious about Weng Yee. [Serious about dying?]

16. Your message to a special someone..
America's most trusted Weng Yee. [Nice to know America trusts me.]

17. Title of this post will be...
For the Weng Yee you don't yet know. [Nice.]

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