Chew Piin Huann 丘品焕

(1) Roughly 10 years ago, my parents discovered their favourite restaurant somewhere 15 mins of drive from my home. They went there so often and they liked the restaurant so much to the extent that whenever they finished eating, they would stay there for awhile to chat with other customers who shared the same table (all tables of the restaurant were unusually big). Sooner they also realised that there were also people who, like them, like this restaurant so much and visit it frequently. Then they became friends. One of their friends is a bald old man in his sixties. He is very talkative and extroverted. So I have quite some impression on him when I followed my parents to the restaurant. Later, I got to know more about his background. He is a bachelor (and therefore needless to say, he does not have any children). He is illiterate. He worked as a factory worker for his whole life which was largely consisted of manual labour. He used to have some chronic heart illness. Some years...

During March this year as usual I received queries pertaining to undergraduate law study. One of the e-mail was titled "Enquiries of um law from a desperate f6 leaver" . This young girl is asking me about "tips for interview" and as how the e-mail title showed, she seemed a little bit anxious. Later on she told me that the reason she was that nervous was because there were some people who told her a lot about "interviews" and what she needs to "prepare". While more information adds more options to life, it can backfire sometimes especially causing damage to our psyche.  I answered a little bit differently this time compared to the past and I think my answer worth being re-posted as follows:- Hi Miao, Thank you for your e-mail and well done for your examination results. My blog entry was a record about the interview I attended in UKM for its law degree in 2011. I did not attend any interview for UM's law degree as UM's Fa...

Long time no see guys (and girls) ! If you are (still) here let me know by saying Hi below! I miss alot of you.

My parents told me that a shop nearby my house (whose owner is their friend) was "visited" by an Indian "Kongsi Gelap" (I do not know what's the equivalent in English, maybe "the Mafia"? Except that they are much less stylish and classy compared to the Italians). The owner was requested to pay RM1,000/year per unit as a courtesy of being protected well all the time. She owns 4 units, so that's RM4,000/year. Of course those are illegal. The "protection" is merely an official fiction by the mafia for extortion. They have done nothing economically deserving for money in return. My parents did not know whether she pays at the end so I lack an ending to make judgment. But they did not describe the incident with anger. They were merely narrating it to me as a normal incident of the day. Then they further told me how common this situation is by citing all other past occurrence that happened to them and their friends, and how powerless they a...

Recently I stumbled upon some videos on Youtube about the political tension between China & Hong Kong. I was reminded on the hopelessly insoluble conflicts between China, Hong Kong & Taiwan.  My parents have been calling the Hong Kongese and Taiwanese activists "naive" on an economic standpoint. They think that Hong Kongese and Taiwanese are committing suicide gradually as the Chinese may stop their trade with Hong Kong & Taiwan due to their rebellion. Meanwhile, in the videos the "reformers" had propounded their strong arguments on democracy, liberty and the nations' "future". Some principles I do not know enough to have opinions about the situation. Coincidentally a friend of mine also spoke to me casually about this topic. That conversation enlightened me about the fundamental principles hold by the conflicting parties.  The conservatives say that Hong Kong and Taiwan originally belong to China, and for them any large-scale modif...

16.11 (Friday) 11.14am at office thought about UK scholarship super concave decision dont limit your options (dont take present as your future). bottom up dont take rewards (not possible) dont work too hard (junyuan worked too hard want certainty so he chose UK), dont maximise, dont optimise, (the seemable best option now (jpa overseas) turn out to be worst. The best option in long run = something secondary or seem worst now) ' the advice of "avoid losses" = more losses '. it backfired as iatrogenics. the movie of 2 dumpsters the most-near-to-best advice is "if you are losing alot, you are on the right track now" ("deliberately and actively lose!" and "lose alot" are not good advice, he won't listen just like he won't listen to "dont take rewards". this kind of hard and fast rule are useless or in fact iatrogenics/detrimental to humans) ultimately the advice to old self = dont take advice ________ when you ...

What is/are the truth(s) that you believe in which very few people agree with you? Mine: Eat alot a lot of fats, they are not harmful. Don't eat rice/bread/noodles/potatoes/corns/grains/wheats, they are not only not good but toxic. Newspapers, tv news, social media news, radio news, and anything about news are not only as useless as rubbish, but as harmful as poisons. Reading and "Knowledge" is overrated. They are not as good as you think. The people who read the most might be the stupidest and the most ignorant (drown by information) Failure, "Just Do It!" and "Take Risks" are overrated.  "Work Hard" and "Work Smart" are both wrong.  "Planning" is the most useless activity on Earth.  The smartest person in a gigantic company might be stupider than the dumbest person in a small company. Economic inequality and income gaps are good things. They are signs of society's progress.  Policy making, politicians, go...