World Cup 06 in Germany
World cup is a real magnificient event that most everybody in the world know and watch it closely. George Bush,Tony Blair and many world leaders watch it closely and occasionally gave their comments on the World cup match.
This year the world cup held in Germany. Germany is still one of the leading country in world and Europe so far though it has been facing several years of economic stagnation and high unemployment ( still much lower compared to any developing countries including Indonesia ). It also inherit the Germany reunification cost which happened 15 years back. Well,anyway Germany is still a big and modern country to be count on.
The game itself so far has left Italy go to Final after defeating Germany. Now left Portugal ( the first time they go into semifinal ) and the return back of France. All of them are from Europe countries. This time no country from Latin America,Asia or Africa can go until semifinal. What a poor result which certainly reflect the effectiveness of European competitive leagues which then produce good players and teams in this world cup. Well many things to be addressed especially for Asian football.
This time no Asian football teams can go to 2nd round. Not even South Korea, one of the Asian strongest teams which I support. What a really poor result compared to Africa which still have Ghana as their only team went to 2nd round.
Well,one of social phenomenon of World cup and any other major sport events in the world is betting. Betting is legal and produces enough money for the governments in many countries such as UK,Singapore,US and etc. It is illegal in Indonesia ( my homecountry ) and some other countries. What a poor thing to do. Many people in Indonesia still bet in this world cup through illegal betting. The result surely is that people get poorer, Indonesian government get nothing and the betmaster together with their patrons get richer after this Worldcup. Of course if it is becoming legal can create problem also like what will happen in Singapore.
Singapore has a legal betting. As far as I know the biggest one is SingaporePool. During this world cup you can see many people queue every day to bet in front of SingaporePool counters islandwide.During latest survey published by StraitsTimes Singapore that at least 43% of Singaporean bet on the worldcup matches. The highest so far compared to China and South Korean. The betting industry here is fruitful and profitable to fullfill the need of many betting and gambling addicts. The bad thing of betting/gambling addicts is they can lose everything that they have and can even leave their jobs,families and etc just to bet with the hope of becoming richer easily.
Gambling addicts surely a social phenomenon which need to be addressed after this World Cup as many people lost this time ( many favourite teams defeated : Brasil,Holland,UK ,Argentina and Germany ).
Well,Worldcup is a celebration for the world. For me itself is a fantastic Worldcup and a cheap entertainment during my postgraduate study in Singapore.
Cheers,
Herman
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Never ending festivals and bazaars in NUS
This week I see so many festivals and bazaars going on in NUS ( may be because of the Valentine or may be because of one week before the midterm break ). If you go to Forum Central Library you will find bazaar selling miscellaneous stuffs ranging from necklace,books,magazines,palmistry service lol, ice cream, clothes, manicure / pedicure and etc. Then simply walk away to Engineering faculty there you found Engine bazaar before. Little bit far then the NUS Chinese Society's bazaar in Science Foyer, Science Faculty. Hmmm, NUS has so many markets then ( or NUS = markets ???? ). So soon after that I started to think about how many customers can they get to buy their stuffs and use their services ? NUS has around 30000 students and 6000 staffs totaled 36000 together with the visitor will be around 40000 ( an enormous and huge number though ). I practically saw never ending streams of people buying the stuffs and using the services in the bazaar ( the bazaar in Forum is more crowded and best selling compared with the one in Engineering and Science ). Wow,what a potential market then. So if it is really selling now i can see the logic behind so many bazaars held in NUS. The impacts actually are positive as it can help NUS students to gain real experience on trading and organizing events, help people to get the stuffs and services they needed / wanted and also for social / charity reason. So welcome to the world of bazaar in NUS. Do not miss it out and gain the most from it . Cheers.
This week I see so many festivals and bazaars going on in NUS ( may be because of the Valentine or may be because of one week before the midterm break ). If you go to Forum Central Library you will find bazaar selling miscellaneous stuffs ranging from necklace,books,magazines,palmistry service lol, ice cream, clothes, manicure / pedicure and etc. Then simply walk away to Engineering faculty there you found Engine bazaar before. Little bit far then the NUS Chinese Society's bazaar in Science Foyer, Science Faculty. Hmmm, NUS has so many markets then ( or NUS = markets ???? ). So soon after that I started to think about how many customers can they get to buy their stuffs and use their services ? NUS has around 30000 students and 6000 staffs totaled 36000 together with the visitor will be around 40000 ( an enormous and huge number though ). I practically saw never ending streams of people buying the stuffs and using the services in the bazaar ( the bazaar in Forum is more crowded and best selling compared with the one in Engineering and Science ). Wow,what a potential market then. So if it is really selling now i can see the logic behind so many bazaars held in NUS. The impacts actually are positive as it can help NUS students to gain real experience on trading and organizing events, help people to get the stuffs and services they needed / wanted and also for social / charity reason. So welcome to the world of bazaar in NUS. Do not miss it out and gain the most from it . Cheers.
Saturday, February 11, 2006
I-cube Investment Summit 2006
Today I had a chance to attend the I-cube investment summit 2006 in Singapore Management University. The I-cube initiative is a collaboration programme among three investment clubs in the Singapore univ. i.e. NUS,NTU and SMU. This programme sponsored by OCBC securities was held in the new SMU campus in Stamford road. What a double chance for me :). I used this opportunity to gain the knowledge and at the same time to see around SMU campus. First about the knowledge. On the presentation from morning till afternoon the knowledges that can be gained was enormous and it presented by all top brass in the field ( from OCBC : www.iocbc.com, Singapore Exchange : www.sgx.com, Nextview, www.nextview.com, Wallstraits, www.wallstraits.com ). Second it was a good chance to see the automatic and different by design campus of SMU. The campus located really in the city has a quite stringent measure on security as to enter the building you must swipe the card exactly the same like when you are using MRT ( I believe it must be because the easy reachability by people ). But once you go inside you will find automated open door like in the mall, power socket to plug everywhere and etc. Quite a good design and planning. How bout the girl then ? Many pretty and interesting girls were also in this event. I enjoyed very much the summit today as beside the free knowledge,the time to mingling and see SMU directly inside it, we also had free lunch and tea break. This event really need to be attended if you are still a student and wish to know more about the vast world and opportunity of investment. Cheers and happy weekend.
Herman Huang Chin Chen
Today I had a chance to attend the I-cube investment summit 2006 in Singapore Management University. The I-cube initiative is a collaboration programme among three investment clubs in the Singapore univ. i.e. NUS,NTU and SMU. This programme sponsored by OCBC securities was held in the new SMU campus in Stamford road. What a double chance for me :). I used this opportunity to gain the knowledge and at the same time to see around SMU campus. First about the knowledge. On the presentation from morning till afternoon the knowledges that can be gained was enormous and it presented by all top brass in the field ( from OCBC : www.iocbc.com, Singapore Exchange : www.sgx.com, Nextview, www.nextview.com, Wallstraits, www.wallstraits.com ). Second it was a good chance to see the automatic and different by design campus of SMU. The campus located really in the city has a quite stringent measure on security as to enter the building you must swipe the card exactly the same like when you are using MRT ( I believe it must be because the easy reachability by people ). But once you go inside you will find automated open door like in the mall, power socket to plug everywhere and etc. Quite a good design and planning. How bout the girl then ? Many pretty and interesting girls were also in this event. I enjoyed very much the summit today as beside the free knowledge,the time to mingling and see SMU directly inside it, we also had free lunch and tea break. This event really need to be attended if you are still a student and wish to know more about the vast world and opportunity of investment. Cheers and happy weekend.
Herman Huang Chin Chen
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
All,
Though I had plan to make my own blog for almost two and half years already but I only manage to get it happened now.
So here is my blog, Daily Express, a simple blog that going to express my easy, rilex,naughty and critical thoughts,observations, forecast and of course me myself based upon my daily activities, surrounding and etc.
Enjoy :)
Cheers,
Herman Huang
Humble man in Singapore
Though I had plan to make my own blog for almost two and half years already but I only manage to get it happened now.
So here is my blog, Daily Express, a simple blog that going to express my easy, rilex,naughty and critical thoughts,observations, forecast and of course me myself based upon my daily activities, surrounding and etc.
Enjoy :)
Cheers,
Herman Huang
Humble man in Singapore
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