Rich Snail » News http://richsnail.com/blog Expatriation in Malaysia & South East Asia Fri, 18 May 2012 13:30:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tarnishing the name of the country http://richsnail.com/blog/tarnishing-the-name-of-the-country?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tarnishing-the-name-of-the-country http://richsnail.com/blog/tarnishing-the-name-of-the-country#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:55:11 +0000 Jacques http://richsnail.com/blog/?p=1313 The now infamous video about Army veterans swirling their backsides in the direction of Ms. Ambiga has reached the Wall Street Journal: Malaysian Military Veterans Show Some Cheek. It is quite a fun read. I was particularly amused by the fact that the veterans claim the Bersih protests “tarnish the name of this country.”

I think this kind of news, which is often picked up by international medias unfortunately, does effectively tarnish Malaysia’s reputation. But this one does also keep Bersih and its agenda in the news. I’m not sure that is the result they were looking for…

]]> http://richsnail.com/blog/tarnishing-the-name-of-the-country/feed 0 Weekly Interesting Reading http://richsnail.com/blog/weekly-interesting-reading?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weekly-interesting-reading http://richsnail.com/blog/weekly-interesting-reading#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:03:34 +0000 Jacques http://richsnail.com/blog/?p=65 As some of you know I just started a new job; I’m actually struggling a little to update Rich Snail on a regular basis. I am looking forward to settling down fast so as to find more time for regular posting soon. Meanwhile, I read some very interesting articles over the past few days & wanted to share some of them here:

Trent wrote a very interesting article on what he calls the Superman Syndrome. Some people want to be financial heros – they want to save the day by paying for the group. Should you recognize yourself in this category, I highly recommend Trent’s prose. He makes many good points.

While the superman syndrom is not cool for your finance, the avare (miserly) syndrome is not great either. Britt Bravo got a great point across in her article on how giving may cheer one up. We should never forget that we are social creatures & that sharing is one of the most enjoyable thing we could do with our money.

Last quick one for the road; I just came across some reading on Benjamin Graham in the local newspaper. Mr Graham was an influential economist and professional investor. Graham influenced many investment gurus as Warren Buffett or Michael Price. He wrote two “bibles” in the Security Analysis and The Intelligent Investor. I’ll try to find them in here & do as well as Mr Buffett…

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