Sybreon Ones Nought

According to a recent article from TheStar, we Malaysians suffer from a 'mega sale' culture. There is plenty of evidence to support this, especially in KL. As evidenced by this photo that I took on Christmas eve at MidValley, the shopping malls are thronging with shoppers and practically every car park bay is full. When I got to Zone A, the counter outside was only showing 10 lots ...

Education scholarships. Our government disburses many of them through its many agencies and government linked companies. We are fortunate in that we have one of the most generous national governments, when it comes to educational funding. However, there are many things about these scholarships that trigger an emotional response when people talk about them. This reminds me of a TehTarik session that we once had where someone, who ...

We had a prolonged TehTarik session last night that lasted till 4.30am. During that time, lots of things were discussed and one of the things that came up was game theory. As the rest of us were not very familiar with it, we asked the economists to explain a typical game to us, the prisoner's dilemma. You can read the details of the game on wikipedia. The gist of ...

Seems like a recent development, but the Public Services Department, has announced that they will be offering scholarships to anyone, who scored 9As and above, in last year's SPM examinations. In addition, anyone who manages to secure a place in a top international university, will also be given scholarships. All this is regardless of background. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing overall. Something ...