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Teaching profession: held in high regards 教师：一个被尊敬的专业
Until I took up an academic position in China, it did not occur to me that the teaching profession is so respected. In fact all teaching staff, whether they are teaching primary, secondary or university students are referred to as “teachers”. For me, it felt great being addressed by my students as “teacher” when I…
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A change in this blog’s writing.
Commentary [show_post_categories show=”category” hyperlink=”yes”] [show_post_categories show=”tag” hyperlink=”yes”] They say “change is the norm” and it is true. Apart from death and taxes, nothing in life is certain. It is more so during this pandemic era.This blog’s main author, Dr. Chow has taken up an appointment as a full time teaching staff at a government…
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Make “complete stops” at Persiaran Kewajipan T-junctions
It is the opinion of this author, a twenty three years resident of USJ that Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) should seriously consider making all T-junctions at this township “complete stops” at the traffic lights. This may not solve the traffic congestion issue, especially at key areas of bottlenecks, it will certainly make it safer…
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They don’t build things to last anymore
[show_post_categories show=”category” hyperlink=”yes”][show_post_categories show=”tag” hyperlink=”yes”] This may sound old or stale, “they don’t make things last anymore” is the key theme of this article. It seems that durability of products is no longer a key consideration. Often an expensive piece of appliance is rendered worthless because of the lack of durability of its control system,…
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Don’t rely on traditional banks for international remittance!
How much (as a percentage of fund) would you guess it cost to transfer RMB 1,406 from Taiwan to Malaysia using the traditional banking services? In this article I share my expensive lesson on international fund transaction using traditional banks. A staggering 27.46% of my fund of RMB 1,406 was “taxed” by the intermediary. Both…