Book Review : ‘The Perfect Prey – The fall of ABN AMRO or what went wrong in the banking industry’ (Part 3) Here are some of my thoughts on how to become a better in business. Since we all learn from past mistakes, the following tips are the ones that I learnt to be careful when I do [...]
Entries from January 2010
Business tips from The Perfect Prey
January 28th, 2010 · 6 Comments
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How Dutch people behave in Business
January 23rd, 2010 · 4 Comments
Book Review : ‘The Perfect Prey – The fall of ABN AMRO or what went wrong in the banking industry’ (Part 2) As book is so thick (–> see picture) there are lots to talk about this book. It was not possible for me to put every thoughts and feelings in one page. Here are some business skills [...]
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Book Review- The Perfect Prey-ABNAmro (Part 1)
January 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment
The Perfect Prey-The fall of ABN AMRO or what went wrong in the banking industry Yes, I finally finished reading such a thick book!! It took me about month. Although Business is my major, financial industry have been the most weak part for me, so I decided to read this book hoping that I would understand banking [...]
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China VS Google, So who is going to teach a lesson?
January 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments
So, Google has made big statement. Google has been cyber attack, which they assumed that Chinese government is the attacker. This is because numbers of accounts of human rights activists’ accounts were cracked in China and it is obvious only government would have power to authorize that. Perhaps this triggered Google to re consider of [...]
2010 Shanghai Spring Festival Expo
January 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Today I went to Spring Festival Expo at Shanghai Exhibition Center for bit of research as well as get familiar with project that i am involved in. At the moment, exhibition called 2010 Special Characteristics Merchandise of Shanghai Peer to Peer Support Areas Spring Festival Expo. However as you can guess from the name, place is more [...]
Raise the red lantern-Hidden Message
January 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments
While I was searching for recommended Chinese movie, I remembered nice movie called ‘Raise the red lantern’. It was very beautiful and cultural movie. Just got curious how people think about this movie, I did bit of research and found interesting back stories about this movie. This movie had lots of twists and hidden meaning [...]
Irresponsible Korean Entrepreneurs are ruining reputation of Korea
January 4th, 2010 · 6 Comments
When I was 20, I worked at English institution for a while as part time job. I really worked hard but last two month, my salary was kept delayed. Of course i demanded my wage but boss kept told me that I would get my salary next month.( I should I have see it coming [...]
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Nieuwjaarsduik, A way to start New Year
January 3rd, 2010 · 8 Comments
After talking about traditional Dutch food for New Year’s Eve, I also got to know that there is traditional activity in The Netherlands for New Year. It is called Nieuwjaarsduik (New Year Dive) As you can see video above, bunch of people going into sea in such a freezing weather. According to The Official site of Holland, [...]
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What do dutch people eat for New Year's Eve?
January 2nd, 2010 · 8 Comments
On New Year’s Eve, My boyfriend and I received special present from Marc van der Chijs. It was a box that contains Oliebollen and Appelbeignets. These are Dutch traditional snack that eaten usually on New Year’s eve. Funny how culture can influence people, once my boyfriend ate Oliebollen and Appelbeignets, he said he can really [...]
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