I’m not kidding. I’m now in Shenzhen again and this afternoon I had lunch at McDonald’s and I ordered a set meal that comes with a choice of three flavouring powder for the fries. What was amazing is that the crew on the floor offered to mix the powder and the fries in the paper… Read More »
According to a colleague of mine, the following is apparently an “ISO-certified” practice of eliminating redundancies in an organisation in the Philippines: — 48 hours before shutting down the operation, SWAT teams in janitorial disguise conduct metal detector/security checks in the premises. — 24 hours before shutting down the operation, maintenance is instructed to ship… Read More »
An Iraqi-flag cake served to visiting US Congressmen The above photo and caption from FORTUNE magazine (“Mission Impossible“, 17 September 2007) struck me as pretty symbolic in the way Iraq has been treated by the invaders. Like the cake, the country has basically been divided and gobbled up by Republican hawks who have been eyeing… Read More »
Dumbyanoun: Person who suffers from brain malfunction resulting in long usage of alcohol and drugs. Has problems speaking intelligently and has low IQ. Also suffers delusions of greatness and high self importance. Can not accept critisim. Lies compulsively. During a recent press conference, US president George Bush dismissed concerns about lack of political progress in… Read More »
Merle Hinrichs, CEO of Global Sources, recently went on CNBC to defend the quality of products made in China. Somehow, I think this pronouncement came a bit late. The company failed to capitalise on the situation early and make an ethical (and potentially beneficial) stand on the issue of sourcing from China by emphasising its… Read More »
I was trying to do some research this morning and I realised that Wikipedia is also censored by the Chinese authorities. I wonder if there’s any way to circumvent this. And I thought now that I’m in Hong Kong, my surfing troubles would be a thing of the past. But no! The supposedly “broadband” Internet… Read More »