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The Avocado Bell Curve God

Apparently, students in NUS have recently resorted to worshipping an “avocado bell curve god” in order to get good grades. I wonder -...

For Gen Z, greed isn't always good

“They talk about work-life balance. That’s a term I didn’t even know when I was their age. Work-life balance. When I was their age, if...

Musings from a few interesting people

Words from a few folks which I had whiskey with today: A lot of investment firms out there have earned themselves a reputation for doing...

Welcome to the world's largest gambling den

"This is the nature of capitalism, get over it." - Kevin O'Leary After nearly two decades of being in finance I still don't think I...

In the end, it will all make sense

"At twenty, you don’t get the life you deserve, you are just the product of the environment you were lucky or unlucky to have. Then, as...

What the whales own matter to the fishes

The study of capital markets has always been both intriguing and amusing to me. A lot of its theories are backed by mathematics and...

Cultural learnings

As I enter my third year of working for a Chinese company and living in China, it felt apt to reflect on and summarise a few takeaways...

The perils of a suitcase life

During the initial years of starting IJK, we contemplated the option of moving me from Singapore to...

Inner peace and self-realisation

Come next year on 3 January, I would have clocked three years into my current company. Unknown to many, this is my longest ever unbroken...

Twelve rules of success

I am not usually fond of reading corporate marketing material but ended up flipping through the pages of a book I came across in the hotel..