Wrong about North Korea fears

I was wrong about North Korea missile testing. I had speculated that previously they purposely failed their test in order to avoid an American attack. I risked it because that would be the least worst scenario leading likely to a peaceful resolution. The latest failed missile launch tells me I ought to change my mind.

When I consider something to be 50/50 based on the information I have, the more positive  or less worse outcome would be my bet. Then if the facts proved that I am wrong, I change my mind.

Bicycle sharing

Took that picture off WSJ. They are ofo bicycles awaiting repair in Beijing. The numbers are just mind boggling.

Ofo is here too and I haven't try them yet. Here is a less than laudatory experience I just came across.

As a startup business concept bike sharing is quite hot. As an attractive business proposition, I think there is a lot of improvement needed in the execution and customer service.

Getting fired is worse than divorce or the death of a spouse

Why Getting Fired Is Worse Than Divorce or the Death of a Spouse. Broken hearts heal. A blotch on the resume is harder to repair went the Bloomberg version of the article which the ST one was taken from.

If so, I think your priorities are totally warped and you are simply pathetic. 

The results of the study is based off the British experience. I hope this is not true here and in this instance the high levels of disengagement at work may not be a bad thing. It is something we need to fix as taken over the long term the economic damage would be serious and intractable.

New record high temperature: 30.8 Celsius

The previous record was 30.7 Then over the last few days I noticed it was hitting 30.7 pretty often. That is the signal that the record would be broken.

Sometime next year we will learn if 2017 is the hottest year ever recorded. I hope not and that it is peculiar only to us, but not one should be surprised that it is.

The changed drug addiction scene

The drug abuse landscape is becoming like those among the elites in western society.



See CNA story.

and the TV program now available at Toggle.

We have never solved this problem and it also keep changing.

To be realistic we will from the public policy angle make more progress here as a public health issue than a moral one. To drill this down to its core it remains a moral issue. In the program one ex-addict finally gave up his habit for good because of his daughter.

We become what we loved.



All drug addicts are sinners but not all sinners are drug addicts. Every sinner is like a stem cell programmed as a potential drug abuser, adulterer, murderer, thief etc., and if you escape all of the crimes and vices it is hard to avoid the last sin: Pride. You become a hypocrite, more incurable than any of the other conditions.

That is why for society sake, it is more realistic to deal with drug addiction as a public health issue.

Kong Hee: I am TOTALLY at peace

Pretty typical, trust God when you run out of options. I am not filled with schadenfreude and wished they never did what they had landing them in prison.

They still owe Richard Poon who first called them out an apology. Our laws aren't immoral and it was never necessary to flout them regardless of your motives.

Fortunately you would not succeed like those before to give your religion a bad name. People here are more sophisticated than that. In fact your deplorable example has opened up opportunities for me to explain the Gospel. On the other hand CHC membership would likely decline.

CHC: Church or Community

I extracted that from Mothership article: Why the media (and Mothership) are mistaken about City Harvest Church-goers. (Click here for her original post and comments)

Amanda Jayne reads like she has not read her Bible or more likely reads but nothing stays inside. Christians might grieve often given what the world is but the need for anger is doesn't come often.

No, CHC is just a community to her and friends which they have mistakenly labeled it as a church. Given that you practically grew up there, the years gone by had done nothing for you in growing to become more Christ like.

And because I made this post, I decided to look up Amanda Jayne Facebook page as well. Not surprised with what I saw.